The Quebec mercury, 14 janvier 1854, samedi 14 janvier 1854

[" he #nehee SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1854.VOLUME L.- -A ittercnr MORES ET STUDIA ET POPULOS ET PRÆLIA DICAM.Vma.Obo.IV.NUMBER 6.THE QUEBEC MERCURY.vmici or advmtibiko.fini imrNon,6 tinea and undor.2*®® -7 How to 10.3» 44 Upwards of 10 Unes.44 per lino » ¦ 1 ¦\tu «aw w ¦ \u2022 \u2014¦\t' ¦ ÿw^Mooenl insrrlwmi\u2014QuarUr prie*.Alt Adrertiaomonta, unaoeompanlod with dlree-[Iona, are inaertod untilforbld, and charged accord- *Ordora for diaeontlnuing Adrertlaemrnta, to be n eritingf tod delivered the day previous to pub- lCpanîons not having Accounts at this 0«ee, will be required to pay on giving Advertisements.rf» SuBSCRimoir\u2014JE1 per Annum, payable half-yearly in advance.AGBNTSt HoMTgtAi.\u2014Messrs.Et.Chalmers tt Co., Great St.James Street.Toboivto\u2014John Maulson, Esq.V.B.Palm**, the Amerlean Newspaper Agent, the only authorized Agent for thi.paper in the cities of Boaton, New York, and Philadelphia, and is duly empowered to take advertisernents and sub* seriptiore at the rates as required by receipt* will be regarded as payments.His Offices are J.Bostow, Scollay\u2019s Building } New \\on*.Tribune Building* ; Phiiadblyhia, N.W.corner Third and Chestnut Streets.Chemet streets.Loirpow.\u2014Mr.John Chappell, 20, Change Alley, Cornhill.\t_\t«,«,.\u2022 FnAifc*.\u2014M.Hector Boesange, Quais Voltaire, Pario.\t________ Property for Sale and to Let.Cfittgo for Bala on the St.Foy Road, M/CONTAINING about Four Acres of Ground, with House, Outhou*es.Garden, Été.Thia property ia at a short distance from town, on the North side of the road, die preperty of M.Tkssikb, Esq.Easy terms of payment and unqueationable title.Auplr to W.WonrsL*, E*q.or to f 1\tED.Gt.ACKMEYRR, N.P.Quebec, 24th Deer., 1853^_153\u2014f-l FOR SALE.A SAW MILL, in complete working order, with e gond water privilege, and NINE ACRES of CLE4RED LAND attached.Situated at Val-carrier, on the Main Road, 14 miles from Quebec.Apply to r\tWM.EADON, St.Nicholas Street, Palace Gate.CLeebee,20th Dee., 1853.\t151\u20143m FOB sale.fT8HE underaigned oflèra for Sale, upon VgB X erry rentonable term», a lot of ground, JÜ B.wjih Hoosr and Boildinos, on the Beauport Road, about half a mile from the Bridge coatataing about78 feet in front by 100 feet in depth J.GREAVES CLAPHAM, N.P.St.Lawrence Chambers.Quebec, 7th Dec., 1853.\t146\u20145m TO LET ! ! ! From this day until 1st May, 18r>4852.\tu-l FOR SALE, OR TO BE LET.rflHE RACK COURSE FARM at OLD mm X LURETTE.Apply to W.H.ANDERSON.Quebec, 27th January, 1853.\t11\u2014u NOTICE, APPLICATION willbemada at the next Sesaion of Parliament for a CHARTER to CONSTRUCT a RAILROAD from some point on the SOUTH SHORE of the SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER aa near opposite the City ol Quebec ss possible, through the SEIGNIORY of LAUZON and part of the Valley of the CHAUDIERE River to the State of MAINE, with one branch striking off at St.Henry and ascending the Elchen Valley.J.THOMAS TASCHERBAU, Advocate.Quebec, 12th December, 1853.\t148\u2014u CATALOGUE.THE Subscriber has just issued a very complete CATALOGUE of BOOKS, which may be hid groits on appileatien at the Store.Parlies residing in the country, can have it aent by Pott, by address ins a letter Pott Paid.P.SINCLAIR, John Street.Quebec, December 10, 1853.\t147 WINE.1 fk rrUNS \u2022« VIN DF.GRAVE.\u2019» X VF X For Sale by BOSSANGB, MOREL k CO.Quebec, I lilt June, 1853.\tOS REMOVAL.thomasTbickell, GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.| Auctioneer k CommiBBion Merchant No.4, ST.JOHN STREET, CHURCH SOCIETY The Annual General Meeting of the Esq., and adopied without a dissentient voice having been raised against it, and ia consequence notices were printed on the covere of the Annual Report that the meeting would be held this day, RE OPENING OF THE LINE ¦BTWBBM THANKFUL for pest favors, brga leave inform hia friends and the Public, that he haa REMOVED for the Winter months to the premises Church Society of the Diocese of Quebec, j coaled ^\tÏ& being its Twelfth Anniversary, was held trict Associations, tbo Accounts of District Trea-on Wednesday, the 11th day of January,\ta\u201d(* Lists of the Subscribers in the several 10 i oka.\t* Mission# for the half year nrccedinsr this meotlno- AlfD ISLAND POND.ON AND AFTER lire 15th DECEMBER, ths following alterations in the Trains will take plate r\u2014 The FIRST DOWN-TRAIN will leave Lon* Kuil at 10.15 A.M, arriving at laland Pond at4.1i M, and leaves that Station the following morning at 8.0, arriving at Portland at 3.0 P.M.The SECOND DOWN-TRAIN will leave Longueuil for St.Hyacinthe at 4.0 P.M.The FIRST UP-TRAIN will leave St.Hy cinihe at 8.40 A.M., arriving at Longueuil at 10.0.The SECOND UP-TRAIN will leave ForiDud at 1.30 P.M, arriving at Island Pond at 8.0 P.M.; leaving the following morning at 7.0, arriving at Longueuil at 1.0 P.M.The NEW HOTEL at Island Pond will be so far completed by the 15th December, aa to afford comfortable accommodation to Passengere for the night.Arrangement* have been made with Mr.F.P.Levine for conveying Passengers and Luggage in Sleighs to and from Longueuil during the stoppage of the Navigation.A BOOKING OFFICE for the Winter will be OPENED at the COMPANY\u2019S GENERAL OFFICES, LITTLE ST.J IMES STREET, from which place the Sleighs will leave every Morning at 9 15, and is the Afternoon at 3.15.The Publie ate alio informed that Mr.C.Houoii.the Mail Contractor, haa undertaken to II U N SLEIGHS between QUEBEC and RICHMOND in connection with the Troina during the Winter ;\u2014 the times of Departure and Arrival of which will be duly announced.S.P.BIDDER, General Manager.J.S.MARTIN, Superintendent.General Offices,\t1 Little St.James Street, > Montreal, November V9,1853.j\t146\u2014u 1854.Divine Service having been previously lately occupied by Mr.E.Morris, Tobacconist, held in the Cathedral : the Lord Bishop adjoining Mr.T.Andrews, Tin.mith, No.4.St.! tnnk tl||, nhflir rtm, John Street, where he intends to carry on bit bud-ntaa a* Auctioneer and Broker.Good* received for Sale on Commission.Days of Sale each Evening at SEVEN o\u2019clock, of MONDAYS, TUESDAYS 8c WEDNESDAYS.fcX\u201d OUT-DOOR SALES attended to.Quebec, 14th Deer., 1853.\t140\u2014m-C j,» n NOTICE ia hereby given, that »-\u2022 » »\u2022 MULTIPLE THEM TO ANY LATENT, atalo«i« tun:.No.51, St.John Street, Nest door to Mr.Scott, Confectioner.Quebec,26i)i Oct.1853.\t128\u2014e-2«u-1 Portrait of the Lord Bishop of Quebec.B.A.,\tLieut.Ashe, R.N., Rev.R, A.Carden, T.Cary, Esq., A.Campbell, Esq., J.B.Forsyth, Esq., J.R.Eckart, Esq., II.LeMesurtcr, E»q., H.X.Jones, Esq.,\tC.X.MoutuamU\u2019rt, Esq, li.S.Scott, Esq., J.A.Sewell, Esq , M.D., Kctmiugs Taylor, Esq., W.Spragge, Èsq., J.You Exter, Esq.And that the following j»:rsona, having contributed £1\u20194 It's, or become Annual S»\u2018 sent)?rs ot JLI 5j.to me tunas or tno society, be elected Members of the Corporation :\u2014 year preceding tbii meeting should bo transmitted to tbe Secretary on or beforo the lOtli day of December last.Subse-quently a circular to tbo same effect was addressed to each Clergyman in the Diocese by the Secretory, oud tho Lord Bishop who was in England upon business connected with tbe welfare of the Church during the time that these changes were proposed, lias since, as President of the Society, given hie formal sanction to them.Slight inconveniences, as was to have been expected, have occurred In some of the Distriets, in consequence of these alterations, and prevented tlic subscriptions for tbo lost six months frt.n haviug been collected.In others, and especially iu the city and neighbourhood of Quebec, and at Point Levi, little or no difficulty baa been experienced.the subscribers having cheerfully paid in their contributions with the view of reliaving tbe Society from an irregular and complicated system of accounts.It is not anticipated that there will eventually be any pecuniary loss to tbo Society by theso alterations, for even iu the Districts where tho difficulties in collecting the last half year\u2019s subscriptions have been greatest, very confident hopes have been expressed that the arrears will be easily obtained, together with tho subscriptions fur the year upon which we have just been privileged to enter, but even should some small deficiency accrue in any District, it will bo amply compensated for by the muro regular income, and nmoro simple mode* of keeping tbe accounts of the Parent Society.Advantages, on the other hand, it ia hoped, will result to the Society from the alteration of the time for holding the annual meeting from summer.w!t;*n the mercantile and agricultural portions of onr population arc so fully occupiea, to winter, when they have more leisure from worldly concerns, and tuny be reasonably expected to givo more attention toits mcetinge and its operations.Without dwelling upon the near approach to coronlction of tlie Richmond Ruilro&d, tbo winter snow-track being in general more easily travelled over than the rough and broken roods of summer, will enable the clergy and laity in the rural Districts more conveniently to attend, and to lako part in the consultations and discussions of the Society.In reviewing the operations of tho central Board during the lost six months, it will be found ihal-tliough no new object has been developed, and though it has been found impossible to carry out as fully as could be wished, important measures iu which the clergy end laity feel a deep and mutual interest, yet the Society is in a healthy and satisfactory state, proceeding gradually and tranquilly, but it is believed, steadily and i securely in pub ic favor, and in it» legitimato course of usefulness.Missionary Labor.During three months of the lost half year, two clergymen have been employed as Missionaries, one at tho Quarantine fetation, tbo other in the District of St.Francis.Tin.i>-\t** i \u2022 !\u201e\u201e\t~i\u201el t.:- .a?.\t.f st:.«ionnry on being appointed to a fixed charge, and the Rev.Mr.Stewart, who discharged tho duties eteciou Memuen oi me corporation\tul r c , j b ^ nomiuated to tho Curacy Lieutenant-General Rowan.G.B.Symes, Ksq., HVlilrh\u201e_.»\tJ Mrs.Ross, Cant.Armstrong, W.ILTUstono, Ksq., j OI oneroroo*e\u2019 Widows and Orpiuw.The making Home provision for the widows and William Wood, K»q., Chns.Webber Smith, Esq , Mrs.Rhodes, F.S.Carpenter, Esq., Assist.Commissary General, John Carter, Esq., Rev.R.A.orphan- of the clergy who may die in the di*- John 0.T.Cochrane, Esq., Mrs.rîtott.II.D.ritieicko, K.P.Mackie, Eiq., Johu Ritchie, Esq., T T is proposed, if a sufficient number of rub.cr.ber.\u2018 I can be ob-ained.to publish a I\u2019ortrs.l of Hi* *nd \u201c\u2022 Patto\"\u2019 Lordvtop the BISHOP OF QUEBEC.It will be ! Moved by the ilev Lordilup the BISHOP OF QU taken fro» a Picture by one of tlie first Pointers in seconded by the Hull.Mr.Sheppard :\u2014 London, and en?ratrd nested by the best English Artist__Subscribers names will be rredved at the ,\t.\t_\t.\t\tDumber P >|Ni'LAIIend under God upon ourselves alone if we would place the Church upon a firm basis in this country.We are not justified in calculating upon any axtraneous aid.We cannot even hope that all which now belongs to us will be left with us.In ench circumstances it is satisfactory to be able to reflect that a combination of the humblest efforts will produce much.\" If all the members of the Church would but act upon the Scriptural principal, of consscrnting a tenth of their incomes to God's glory and the advancement of the Redeemer'» Kingdom what a noble fund would the Church then pos»css ! A fund auffleient for every emergency, and adequate to meet every requirement.\" Nay, were but one dollar paid annually by each member of the Church in thl» Diocese, our present income would be trebled and the Society be enabled to carry out all its roost Important objects.\\\\ hat w* bave ie not onr own.We are but steward» of God'» bounties\u2014it is required of stewards that a nan be found faithful-and sbortly w* shall all have to render in aa account of our ste wardship to that God who cannot be deceived.Your Board would most respectfully ask, ought not this e ole ran consideration induce all often and seriously to enquire of their own souls whether in the db ___i.i .~ .* .«.«u mnnAs th#*v »r* «-\u2022rafnl to render aato God His portion ' In conclusion, your Board would exhort all to trust and pray that we may have^ grace to per-KYtr* in the work of the Sociotr -\u2014which they are persuaded is the work of God-and not to our hands, until the happy day shall come, If sot to us, at least to some future generation, when every Township of this broad Province Shall he supplied with the salutary ministrations of Christ\u2019s Holv, Catholic and Apostolic Church, every bsptixed Christian within it, has be-fooic % member of the Church Society.The question of paying jurors, is one which we trust Parliament will lake up as soon as the session meets.It is to he hoped that no difirreuce of opinion will exist as to a measure so indispensable to anything like a satisfactory administration of justice.During Monday's sitting of the Court of Quarter Sessions a discussion took place, shewing the absolute necessity oi the payment of jurors.A number of misdemeanours were on hand 6 for trial, but it appeared three prisoners were still in jail for felony, who had demanded their trial at the last session, being then under indictment, but having been remanded to prison because there were no jurors to try them, these unpaid functionaries having exhausted their means, afier a diligent and exemplary discharge of their duties, during the period of fiAeen days, had gone home, under the pressure of actual starvation ! Here then we have an anomaly in jurisprudence, parties prosecuting for grave and serious wrongs, but not amounting to felony, held off from term, some of them at a ruinous expense both to prosecutors and defendants ; others at a heavy and useless burden to the country ; and on the other hand, prisoners crying for leave to plead before their country, incarcerated for months, without a hearing.And this mainly, because jurors could not be got with means to afford the necessary sacrifice, and because the country exacts the services of these |»oor, though conscientious men, but makes no provision for reimbursing their expenses or affording them even a bare sustenance during their attendance on the Court ! Mostbssl, Jen.10, 1854.Tm Kmtb Sanaa sap Mo*tubal and Bytowb Railways.\u2014A DepuUtio® from Quetee, in the persons of Joseph I\u2019auehon.Esq., end François VvMtarel, Esq., Directors of lb* former Compe-¦X.arrived her* on Snturdny Inst, to confer with tbs Directors of the Montreal and By town Rail-way Company.The Director* met tboee gentlemen on Tuesday lent, and the result of their con-fcreae* led to the adoption by both Companies, iB Montreal, of a common terminas, and of the -t\u2014 gunge\u2014the five feet sis inch gunge.The Montreal aud Bytown Company have fixed their terminas near the Bishop's Church, and hare pur-chased twelve seres of ground for that purpose, from the heirs Guy\u2014one half of which is to be nnid by the Quebec Company.It was also settled, nt the same time, that the North Shore road would be brought into this city by the Parishes of Poiote ant Trembles and Longue Pointe : and not by the County of Terrebonne, ns stated b^r Mr.Hamel, TARDY JUSTICE.\u2014CHALMER\u2019S CHURCH RIOT.The demand of the Grand Inquest, made six months ngo, for an inquiry into the conduct of the Police authorities in this city, on the occasion of the Gavazzi Riot of the 6th June, has only now elicited a response from the Government.Skcretarv's Ornez.Qnehne, 14tb January, 1834.His ExceTteeey the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointments within Lower Canada, vix.: Sherbrooke, Esquires, to be Commissioners to inquire into the conduct of the Police Authorities on the occasion of a riot which took place in the City of Quebec on the sixth of June last, and further to inquire into the state of the Polies force of the said City.The Canatlitn of last evening explains why the Ministry refused to grant the applications for St.Gabriel lands, i.e., u particular reasons.\u2019' There are at this moment two steamers due, with later news from Europe, the\u201d Baltic,\" which sailed on the 28ih December, and the \u201c Europtt,\" which left Liverpool on the 31st.The recent rain and subsequent cold have charged the telegraph wires with ice, and the violent storms have laid the most of the posts low.In consequence of this, the wires have furnished its no news from distant parts for the last two days.__ Kamovraska.\u2014At a meeting held in Kamotiraska in connection with the of Quebec, e short time since.We hear that I Seigniorial question, and presided over MMsrs.CAUchonA^Eventnrel left town ^on by t||e Mnyof of lhe County> a rego|lltion eflketsci^\u2019end thl friendly spirit in whkh they wa8 I*®6*1.the effect that the meeting were received.\u2014fllereld.\t[viewed with indignation the assertion made by the Mercury that the recent fire Misoairr.\u2014On* *i-1 there was caused by the dissentions resulting from the last elections.The reader will have observed that we RarRESCXTATlOB OB TUB pedient far the representation of the minority ie lb* substitution of the number \u201cthree\u201d as often as possible for \u201ctwo\" in filing the representation of sack electoral district.' By thise means the «**0 the rumour on authority of a private minority will often have the power of stipulating | letter, fbr a member for itself\u2014a claim which will sometimes be admitted, rather than incur the expense .\tn\t^ and trouble of a contest, confessing, ne It does, |\t* HOMEMADE Concert AT THE Music We have received, through the hands of Mr.G.G.Ardouin, Chemist, a box of Dentrifico prepared at Montreal by Messrs.S.J.Lyman A Co., from a recipe of Dr.Elliot, a well-known dentist cnbeoiute equality.The suggestion seem good |\t\u201cr*'!\t\u201c\u2018r'a\"\tin that city.This powder is said to be ssfar ns it is goes.Another propositioe fito |\t____0 ^unc^rt t°f\tcom|>used of the mo*t innocent aromatic substances, and to be free from any mineral acids, the presenae of which in ordinary powders is highly deleterious.*DU irUUUiO OI * X.V»l4V%wi,\tmm aw eavrwm.\t\u2014 ^ \u2014wwsw inferiority, but which would ba sure tob*resisted Uall.\u2014\\\\ e have reason to anticipate a would lead^aM.Die case tff two momberSj | numerous audience at the approaching keecaeb voter one vote less than the number of arrangements made by the Directors of \u2022ember* to be returned, by which eoewivauce it tha association are calculated not only to aetna very probablethet,out of three merobsre, [attracta largeattendenceon the occasion but also to ensure the gratification and \u2018to minority might be able to secure one.The fault of this scheme is, that where only two mem tors were to be returned, tbs miuority, if amount lag to one third of the constituency, would always to able te secure on*-hairlb* representation, and Itol the earn* result would follow where the ¦lutrity was lees than on* third, unless the votes comfort of the visitors.The whole of the Parterre scats have been removed so as to afford ample room fur Quadrilles.As this is the first experimental Concert Wmm\tIISMS* \\Mirm nsssBMt uuir»» MIY VU VC 3\t-\u2014 %\t- ^\t\u2022 tb* majority were divided with perfect equality under the auspices of «lie Hall Directors, between its two candidates.It is a good thing «bat tb* minority should be represented, but not that it sho'ild be placed on a level with the majority.Should such a scheme, therefore, lie adopted.it would be necessary 4\u201c lirait it* application to eaeee in which more than two members were to ba returned\u2014an arrangement which, however plausible it may appear, is open to serions objection M constitutional grounds.Another suggestiou It to give cv«>ry elector as many votes as tberc are it is expected that the shareholders, with their families, will be present.that we were in error, aud placed too high a value upon iheir scientific knowledge and attainments, bnt when we did so, we did not expect so soon lobe obliged not only to admit the fact, bnt to learn that the three blundering ninnies alluded to in the following article from the lust Montreal Medical Chronicle, are all actually connected with one of the Montreal Medical Schools, \u201c L\u2019-Ecofe Cuwa-(lienne\u201do% Medical teachers,respectively, viz : the professor ofaimtomy ! The demonstrator of anatomy!!\u2014and the professor of Midwifery ! ! ! A MEDICO-LKGAL CURIOSITY.At Damascus, in 1840, a Roman Oatholic priest, baring suddenly disappeared, a strong suspicion arose that he hnd been murdered, and certain Jews were charged with the crime, for horrible purposes.The sewer in the quarter of the town where they lived was examined and some bones found, which were pronounced to be human, snd considered confirmatory of the supicion that hod arisen.Several of the accused parties died under the tortures to which they were subjected.The bones, after some time, were sent to Paris, and having been examined by the Academy of Medicine, were found to be those of an animal.The eminent writer who records this remarkable example of the deplorable effects of Ignorance and the low state of anatomy, does not believe that such a mistake could occur where there were educated men, as it might be prevented by the examination of even a fragment.His opinion, however, is controverted by a late performance in this city.An aged pensioner lived unhappily with his wife.She was missing for a few weeks, and the thrilling intimation was mooted that he had made away with her.He was apprehended on suspicion, and in a search for confirmation of thecurrent belief, some bones, more or less imperfect, were withdrawn from the ashes in his fire place, whither they had lain hid.Three physicians of this city having examined the relicts, declared it as their conviction that they were the bones of an aged female, and this being put together with that, it was about to go hard with the poor old man, end be might have suffered the severest penalty of the law, had it not been that the solemnities of the court were interrupted by the entrance of his beloved consort in unimpaired health.The malicious bones were subsequently proved to belong to a sheep.They had formed part of the dinner meal, and having been picked, were carelessly thrown upon the hearth.We will not now pursue any further this sad exposition of professional benightment.On another occasion, as requested, we may expatiate on the differences between human bones and those of animal.In the meantime, we recommend the case to the notice of onr medico-logel friends and expect hereafter to see It duly emblazoned in the pages of history as a great fact.An instructive and pleasant hour passed we on Tuesday evening last at Mr.Jeffery Hale\u2019s Sunday School Room, whtther we went to hear ona of those lectures which the Rev.Mr.Marsh has, during the past few years, been giving weekly during ths winter season.His audience was composed principally of the young people who attended the Sunday School, and of their parents and friends.The subject of the evening was \u201cThe Candle,\u201d under which heading the nature of fire or flame was expounded and illustrated in an exceedingly interesting manner.The experiments tried on these\t#*onnot fail firmly to impress on the minds of those prcoom the many wonders of Nature, which Mr.Marsh so lucidly and pleasingly explains.Thie gentleman is, in a quiet hut sure way, doing much good among us, and we believe it to be with him entirely a labor of love.Look out for Thieves.\u2014A gang of old culprits, and among them several Penitentiary birds, whose term of imprisonment has lately expired, are now at largo in the city.Their manners have evidently undergone no reformation, for a number of articles and costly parcels of dry goods have already disappeared from several shop doors, and a professional gentleman of our acquaintance had a valuable buffalo robe stolen from his sleigh at the door of a friend\u2019s house in broad day light on Wednesday.The Ice Bridge at Montreal.\u2014The first sleighing across the river at Montreal was made on Monday, the rosd being opened by the Champlain Sc St.Lawrence Railroad Company.Three Rivers.\u2014This town is manifestly going ahead.A new semi-weekly pa-(«r in the English language, to be called the Enquirer, and to advocate Littéral-Conservative principles, is announced for the beginning of May next.Mortality or New York.\u2014The whole number of deaths in the city of New York, in the year 1853, was 21,897._________, ______________- Ths official report of the city inspector SMeeSere to beretexeed, eud permit him to use I supply ninny interesting particulars.votes either cumuUtivefjr or individuAlly, M to mev think proper.The only difference toureeo this and the present aystem would be, The regiments of the British Army on ttol a plumper would become someteing more foreign servies which are to be relieved in ttoa one vote,\u2014equivalent, in fact,\t- three any^seriou* objection exists to insure (he rspra- I which the 55th Regiment has bcen'ex-\u2022solation of the minority without unfairly en- ,a>sed by the yellow fever in the West UW.UM up» IÜ.Hfhtl of Ih.«.Jorlty.\t| ln(|jcf( j, wj||'j, j,\t,,rob,M\u201d \u2022 plumper wuu.u\t-uiu-ixuk mun» foreign servie* which are tube relieved in on#\tt| If) fuel, to onf, tWO| I » Uo Siifincr uf|s f hf» OQfifll OfléfU ftâ» i.\t| -, or more rotes, according to the number of\t\u201cre ine ^nU»/?,h, ^h, and ms to be elected.We ere not aware whether\tconsequence of the tuflering to laroBTABca or a Flbst to Rceiu.\u2014We are told Ibal Russia regards with indifference the navy which has been raised to its present questionable State of efficiency by efforleso great und persover-Tbe western powers, is is said, cannot attack \u2022heir adversary by land ; nod the loss of his fleet would scarcely be fell by tb* possessor of half n continent.I* was not thus, however, that the lievsd at a very early date.Among the passengers in the United States Steamship Pacific that sailed from New-York on Saturday fur Europe, are Father Gavazzi, W.Webb, editor of the conuneat II was noi tau», However, toat me i ajevv y^rk Courier and Fmitiirrr nml V diplomatists reososed who plotted the disaster of | ^\t\\\tinquirer, and F.Na Torino.Turkey, without ships, was compelled j .Ka mbit, editor of the \u201c Alta Califor-lo stga the treaty of Adrianople ; and Russia, 1 nib\" newsjwper, on hie way to the seat of witboei iblpa, west toast to trouble tb» porte j war in Turkey.Ncu> Publications.iLLctraArso Mao a sins ob Ant.New-York : Alexander Montgomery.Quebec : P.Sinclair.The January number of this Mngaxins contains a great number of beautiful angravings.A series of pictures, specimens of the works of Francis llieris, the elcicr, another Mrtss from Albert Durer, aud a great variety at giber pretty engravings are found in this number.We bA># frequently cslled the attention of oar readers to this JoaLaah vbich we hope is encouraged as it deserves to bd.Jt always filled with excellent etgravinge and Interesting reading.Tue present number contains a sketeb, with a portrait, Of Ih* life of Mrs.Chisholm, tb* woman who bat done to Booh tq improve tha condition of émigrent* to AaitrelSor (who form no inconsiderable portion of your readers) will thank you for it.This notice is followed up by a series of articles from \u201cl (whoever he may be).I do not speak of political squilis of this nature, though I am far from approving all that Punch says in this line, but when matters which involve the luterests of religion are thus brought forward, serious and thinking people have only two courses open to them : to give up the pnper, or to remonstrate.* I hare ventured upon the latter, and I trust you will take my observations in good part.I beg to assure you, that I do not attribute any malice or intentional profanmoss to the author of Punch.I am far from objecting to the introduction of lively or witty sallies into any newspaper, bnt there is a false kind of wit (into which the caterers for public amusement are sometimes betrayed from mere want of reflection), which, though it may be acceptable to some minds, offends, in the judgment of many others, alike against good taste and Christian charity.It is hardly necessary for me to add, that it is against the second of the items from Punch in the Mercury of Thursday last, that 1 feel myself called upon, in the name of many of your readers, to protest.I am, Sir, Your obed.servant, A.W.M.14 th January, 1854.\u2022 Perhaps they had better take the Gaxette, Globe, or True Witness.\u2014[E.Q.M.Those editors are certainly lobe envied in some respects who are amongst the enemies instead of the friends of the vested rights of the Church of England ; if we consulted our convenience instead ofour duty, not one line in countenance of that cause should ever again find place in our columns ; but no, we have a duty to perform, which we shall continue to discharge, however thankless the office may be.Any subscribers of the Mercury who choose to act on the above hint, throw up the most consistent and industrious advocate of the Church on this side the Ottawa, and, thereby to lend their support to George Brown Sc Co., are welcome to do so\u2014we think there are Churchmen enough in the country to prevent our missing them.{For the Mercury.) A BACHELOR TO A CRICKET.Listening to the Cricket chirping, In the stillness of the night, With one tone for aye unchanging, Clicking on with all his might, Like a Yankee clock whoso \u201c fixings\" Are not altogether right.Tims I speak with some emotion\u2014 \u201c Cricket, wherefore dost thou chirp, \u201c Wherefore thus the odious office \u201c Of a singing bore usurp.\u2019\u2019 He chirps on\u2014of my words despiser, And I am not a whit the wiser.Then, I think of old traditions, Of stories current on this earth, How, well stored bouses shelter crickets Who disdain a stingy hearth.And I wonder, as I ponder, What makes all my cricket's mirth.I seldom breakfast until mid-day ; Then at home I never feed.I keep no dainties in my chamber, Except (he loathsome Indian weed.\u2019* And yet that cricket sings like Grisi, # It's very wonderful indeed.On Mr.Peerybingle's hearth (YH.tale of Dick*»* \u2022\u2022\u2022 Tbe.crickot found there, ever swinging A large and most capacious pot, And a kettle softly humming, And besides, the Lord knows what.Here our cases differ also, For kitchen furniture\u2014-I've none.I wish, alas! that I were joking ; But no\u2014I do not write in fun.And kettle, of whatever metal, I know that I had never one.A scientific friend in dropping Has helped me at this awkward hitch.The cricket rubs, t'would seem, his forelegs Acres» hie breast.\u2014This soothes his stitch.Thus, all my theory of song Has proved a simple case of itch.SIGMA.Quebec, 14th Jan., 1854.{Tb the Editor of the Mercury.) Sts,\u2014l am inre that I am far from standing alone in a strong feeling of dissntisfsction which certain articles in several recent numbers of tbs Mercury have called forth in mo.The reputation of your paper, which has long been held in estimation in the aobor Judging part of th« community, and tha frequent notice in it of ecclesiastical ap Silvov ihe rate p»-r crm en ihe Bill* of Eirhang( I' mure 'hen one B ll ia icqu.red ihe sells specified.Gemini satie», Canada, J Montreal, li b Janue y, IN54.fc\tg (To the Editor of the Mercury.) Sts,\u2014Can you hform me to what extent a telegraph message ia considered binding in law, for instance is an order for goods, aa agreement to a proposal, or any other business traasaclion regarded as equally obligatory whether the means of cotnutuaicaliou be by telegraph or by letter ?I am, Sir, Yours, Ac., \u201e L\tUNQUIRKR.Quebec, 13th Jan , 1854.WHAT, OR WHICH |S THE BEST Vermifuge or Worm Destrojmr f In e question daily end hourly a «bed If p«.isnta, anxious for the bnalth ef iheir children.All who ere at ell aeqamttd with ih* article, will msum-dtaltly aeswir, Or.H'Lant\u2019s C«l«bratBd ?ernifoft.It his iwwr been known t* fail» and is one *( iha \u2022\u2022nnd **>rv e* for period commencing the I*t AruiL, 1864.sodr mg ins 3()th S*fT> MRRR, 1AÔ7 T\u2018> Pf HFORM all the NIGHT WORK i \u2022ay he required *1\u2014 The Polaee Gale, J.eeit and Citadel B.rrat (he Otfiem\u2019s Quvrtsrv in 8l Lauiereucel, ih# V tery Dgkee, Uua»d*r*nma, lluspnals.Mild Pnauns, he,, et ihie fiialmw.fh* Tender* to elate the name end reside wf the party tendering, and alau the name* residence* of two good and auffirieul surette*for du» performant* ef ih* wurh.For further parleulei*, apply at this Office, day between 9.A.M.and 4, P.M.R.rreeh Office, St.Anae-Mrea*, > Quebec, C E., 14th Jauy., 1854.)\t« SEALED TENDERS will ba reratvvd OFFICE of ORDNANCE.MONTI addressed \u2022\u2022 Ta Ihe Ravpaenv* Officers ,f Ord J**'\"»1; C.X,\u2019* mu',| NOON, aa tha I »\t.\tfor SWEEPING, from « Airil, 1854, until the 300» irr rmtsr.Hffi CHIMNIES in the saeuval Officma\u2019 Ba* rack Rooma, Offices, Mo#,,i».|,, Uusid I *«\u2022\u2022\u2022 \u2022» lh»a 8>aUuu.Mating ihe pitcu fur such Flue, Ftm Tandete i« Mat* h» ^ m4 P»r«y i-»dtr\u201elf (\t#h4\t(||# mmm \u201e duucea Ut lwu good aud suffisant Suret we due reifurmenee of the w ih.i unher particular» may hr obtained el thl ;\u2022«»y «lay from 9, A.M , ml 4, P.M.B w.srg v!ür*; Bt.Ann flircel, 1 (lustier, I4th Janur7, 1834.S Tffltgrtpli CBrnmamoations.(onus ifTst» g'*phic CutU\"»**'teutt*\"*' bound n » WllfiWs\tfo» » te at th* O** #1 thiv paper._\t9 Mtrcury Offiee, Ma>.P!T. Gentlemen'* Haberdashery.Linen ano cot on sh**'1'.3» Regain SWna, Blue Lilac, and Pink.Linen Collar», Bn|li»h and American, Scotch Latnha' Wool Shirt» and Orawcra, Iriih Linen» and Prunrtnp (Kieherdton'a,) Scarlet, BUe and Pink Flannel Shirt», Lamb»' Wool and Merino Socka, Do.\tdo.Stockinga, Silk and Salin Cravat*, Do.Tie* and Scarf*, Silk and Camhrk Handkerchief*, Buckakin and India Rubber Brae**, Caalimere and Plaid Muffler», Alecamler*» French Ku GROOM WANTED.A STEADY MAN wbe understand* hi* buaincM, and eau wait at tabla oceaaionaily.Apply at this Office.Quebec, 14th January.1854.\t< with BISHOP\u2019S COLLEGE., will be re-opened on WEDNESDAY, I8ib inatant.Apply to the He».John Butler, Lennoartlle.Quebrc, l itb January, l85t.\t6\u2014c DOG LOST.M/~bN SATURDAY leal, a SMALL v^/ SI.UT, whne curly fur, with blue nubui.a i out the neck.It i* deffinent uf «ne o< th in hatowe>jaw.Any peraon b,n ging tlie 8lut co ihu officr ««ill be liberally rewardi-d.QU\u2019-brc*.9ih January, t854.\t6\u2014e IRROY\u2019S CHAMPAGNE.FOR SALE by \u2019hr Undersigned,\u2014 .5 B^k.u IRROY\u2019S WELL KNOWN BRAND, rune in Bond \u2014 ALSO,\u2014 MADEIRA, PORT au\u2022«».R.MITt HELL.Arthor Street.Q wbee, ll'H Jawoary.1851.\t4 HOLLOWAY\u2019S PILLS.SURPRISING CURE «rCONFIRMED ASTHMA, AFTER FIVE YEARS\u2019 SUFFERING.TAr following tntimonint has been imt I» Profeuor Holloway, by n gentleman named Middleton, of Scotland Road.Liverpool.Sir,\u2014Yortr Pill» have beea the means, under pro-viitrnce, of rrrtoring me to round health after fit e year» of »e«rre afflietina.During tha trhnle of lhal fwrifnl, | auffevrd (be mort dreadful attacks of Aathma, reqnentty of several weeks\u2019duration, attended with a violent cough »nd continuai spinier of phlegm intermixed with blood.This »o shook my coninnuioathai 1 was unfitirit for say of tbr attire «luîtes of life.I wa« utleiHlrd by some of the mort eminent medical men of thii town, but theyfailed to give me the slight eat relief.Aa a last retarde i tried your I'ill», and ia Abort three ra« nib* they rBectrd a perfict cure of the «iiaraar, Irtatly eradicatiag the cough and restored tour and vigour to the chest and digertire organa.1 am, Sir.yoorobedient «rivant, (Migard)\tII.MIDDLETON.Dated Jan.1st, IHn3.PERMANENT CURE OF DISEASED LIVER, OF MANY YEARS\u2019 Ul RATION.Copy of