The Canadian times, 11 février 1858, jeudi 11 février 1858

[" -Extracts from Mr.Galt\u2019s Lecture, ~covery of modern days, if we judge by its .effects as seen all around us.- Whitney, an American, by the invention Ciena » Literature.MAN.\"The glory of Man ! like a gush of the breeze That leap from the thunder-tloud strong, \u2018And Lifes up the Himbs and the leaves of the ees, And dies as it passes along : Like the wrath ef the surge as it breaks on the shore, Proveked by the wing of the blast.To melt, as it dashes the rock with a roar, Ard for ever and ever be past ! .The Mute of a Man { like the dew on the turt, Which a glance of the sua has consumed ; Like a dream, er the spray on the brow of the ?Or the flash of a swift eagle's plume ; An echo, forgot ere N came to the ear, .A presence which never was felt WA shrine, with the footsteps of worshippers near, But lost ere they found it and knek, The strength of a Man ! like a feather sent out To fetter the storm spirit\u2019s feet ; \u201cA leaf in the arms of a hurricane stout ; A snail on the lightniag\u2019s back fleet; \u201cA.mote to be lost in the folds of the grass ; , A sigh in the ear of the gale; 4A drop in the ocean to quiver and pass\u2014 he Canadian a a a £5.VOL 4.NOX © aa glory and the duty of embellishing his country with massive temples, or developing its resources with works of useful arts, the science of combination was unknown {\u2014the world witnessed only the unsupported efforts of individuals, and it was reserved to our own age \u201cour Times\u201d to shew the wondrous results that flow from the united efforts of many members of the same community.The errors ar, j cases crimes which have un marked the career of mfny joint stock enterprises, have ind\u2018iced some foolish an- reasoning miBGs ta consider the whole principle of combined action as faulty and vicious, and to cause them to attack a sys- n many fortunately Noetho te whisper the tale.The hope of à Man ! °tis as high as the stars ; | As deep as the tathomless space ; As-streng as the earthquake that breaketl; its bars, And swift as the light in its race, The glory and fame, and the strength shall decay.But the hope of the spirit is sure, And fresh, when the sun and the stars fade away, \u2018Will for ever and ever endure ! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 on \u2018*The Times we Live in,\u201d to the Sherbrooke Library Association and Mechanics\u2019 : Institute, STEAM POWER AND JOINT STOCK COMPANIES, Steam is unquestionably the great dis- Its untiring power represents the labor of millions \u2014it brings within the reach of all that which was formerly confined to the use of princes\u2014it makes at once the cotton shirt \u2018of the slave, and the bridal dress of the Princess\u2014its products are seen in the interior of the African desert, and in the Monarch\u2019s palace.Here it makes the axe that clears the forest\u2014there it prints the sheet that clears the rubbish of ignorance from the human mind\u2014here it makes the most delicate fabric of the loom\u2014there it forces with irresistible power the mighty steamship against the winds and waves of stormy ocean.The geni of Aladdin's lamp never performed a tithe of the miracles which steam now daily executes; it is the mightiest servant ever man possess- | ed, and vast indeed are the results of its untiring labor.Without the steam engine the products of the mine could never be raised in quantities adequate to supply man\u2019s increasing wants.Without it the iron could never be framed for its thousand diverse uses\u2014the millions of bales of cotton could never be used to clothe the na- ked\u2014in short, when we see how dependent we are upon its universal service, we can scarcely understand how the world work was done in ancient days.With the discovery of the applicability of steam power, human ingenuity has been taxed to adapt it to their varied wants.When Watt's steam engine had shown the world the mighty agent it possessed, Arkwright invented the machinery for cotton spinning, followed by Whitney's cotton gin, and subsequently by the power loom.It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the importance of these inventions in the history of our own times.To the invention of Arkwright it has been said with much appearagce of truth, Great Britain mainly owes her manufacturing and commercial pre-eminence.The cotton jinny, it is said, pays the national debt of England, and so vast has become this branch of national industry, that the value of cotton goods exported from Great Britain during the last year, exceeded the enormous sum of $150,000,000.Yet it would have been impossible to have furnished the raw material for this enormous trade, had not of the cotton gin superceded one of the most laborious processes in the preparation of raw cotton for flarket.It would weary you were I to speak of other inventions and improvements made in machinery to supply the wants of man.That knowledge which printing first placed within the reach of all, has been bearing its legitimate fruits, and if the present age had no other characteristic, it might well be called an age of invention.\u201cThe effect of general Education has been to open up hidden\u2019 treasures of genius and intellect in the mind of what is termed \u201cthe People,\u201d and the progress of the world is now no longer dependent on the exertions of the few, but whole millions are now entered on the race, and the prizes once reserved for the noble and the well-born, are now grasped by the sturdy hand of the mechanic and the yeoman.\u2014 Honor be to those who conquer in such a struggle\u2014they form the pride and the strengch of the nation, and shame be the \u2018portion or Such as would not strive to put within the reac; of all in this our own new country the means of qualifying our ehil- dren to take their place jn the contest for fame and fortune.When Watt on the land gave life to the steam engine, some present may doubt- Jess remember the time when the genius (of Fulton placed it on the wave.Great indeed has been the advance made in steam \u2018navigation since the day in 1807 when the trial trip of the Clermont was made from New York to Albany.Inthe world\u2019s his- story it is but as yesterday since these events passed\u2014the echo of the scorn which Scepticism threw on the inventor is still in our ears, and yet we see the ocean traver- #ed in every direction by the most magni- fficegt creations of man\u2019s genius, floating «palaceg that pause not for wind or tide, But steadily force their way onward to the remotest regions of the earth.It is but a few years since the first steamboat was tested, and now we see this power Opening up the interior of unexplored con- Ainents to- the eivilization and commerce (of the\u2019 world\u2014while equally it serves to give the toil worn citizen of the great imetropolis a cheap and easy access once ;more to the green fields of nature.The universality of modern invention is certainly of their most remarkable charac- iteristics\u2014they are for all time and for all men.In olden times, all the mighty works, ithe gorgeous monuments of power, were :the emanations of the individual love of art, or persopal ambition of the Des- -pot\u2014the geniug of those ages reserved tem, which more than any other thing has given character to the commercial progress of the times we live in, and to which I hesitate not to say we owe all the vast enterprises which signalize the present age.That which is beyond the grasp of any one man from its magnitude, becomes attainable by the united effort of many ; and we have seen even the mighty Autocrat of all the Russians fain to seek through the agency of the prineely merchants of Europe, the attainment of those works of internal communication which were proved to be beyond the power of the millions that own his sway.Let us not then ignorantly adopt the clamor of many against the principle of joint action, but accept it as the most powerful engine the world has ever had to effect great purposes.ELECTRICITY.Electricity, like steam has been pressed into the service of mankind, and the Electric Telegraph now conveys from land to land with the speed of thought, the ideas and wishes of the human race.This invention is perhaps the most wonderful of the present age, and we can yet scarcely form a conception of what its future influence may be.The vast increase of intercourse between the various portions of the globe, has seemed to require the agent we now possess, and I cannot but believe that it is destined to act a most important part in the general civilization and instruction of mankind.When we think but a moment on the many anxious days and sleepless nights spent in waiting for tardy news from those we love; when we reflect on the ruined fortunes and blighted hopes which delay has often caused, how can we sufficiently appreciate the future benefits of that invention which gives us instantaneous intelligence from the remotest quarters of the earth.For the instant as it were we have been disappointed in the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph, but no one doubts its speedy accomplishment, and within a very few short years, the globe will be circled with the Electric wire, bringing all mankind into close communion.If Printing have been the great motor for the past, may we not hope for as great results from that which \u2018has at once annihilated time and space.May we not hope that the Press, the Railway, the Steamship and the Telegraph will speedily drive back th2 remaining mists of barbarism from the heathen lands, and these great elements of progress confided to the charge of Christian nations will be by them so used as to serve the cause of the Giver of all good, and to spread at once the religion and civilization of the Bible.PUBLIC OPINION.Public opinion I think may be said to be almost wholly the creature of the last half century.It is true that in all times Public Opinion has existed, but lacking the facilities which we possess for obtaining information, it never occupied the position it now holds as the great tribunal of the world.In ancient days, and even in more modern times, without the Press and literature of the day, the events that form the destiny of nations often passed without even the knowledge of those whom they affected.It was reserved to our own age to see the acts of nations, as of individuals, arraigned at the bar of the world\u2019s opinion, and the sentence accepted and obeyed.The mightiest autocrat of the present day, in weighing his proposed course in his secret council chamber, is now compelled to remember that public opinion will afterwards pronounce on his acts, and that their success or failure will in the end, depend on the verdict then rendered.A remarkble circumstance connected with the discussions of Public Opinion, is to be found in their being, I believe invariably.in accordance with the high principles of morality.Whatever may be the depravity of the individual, the opinion of the aggregate is found to be pure.\u2014\u2014 EFFECT OF GENERAL HAVE- LOCK\u2019S DEATH IN INDIA, The Calcutta correspondentof the London Times gives the following affecting tribute to the memory of General Have- lock : \u2018The deceased general has been a prominent character in Indian history for nearly twenty years.He was one of those few who passed through the Affghan campaign with added reputation.In the first Punjaub war he was Lord Hardinge\u2019s most trusted friend.A slight, spare man,about five feet five inchef in height, with an eagle eye, he belonged emphatically to the class who have never to contend with mutiny.As a general, he was the best tactician we bave had in India; and asan officer, trough stern and sometimes exacting, his antique heroism made him the idol of his nien.He was indeed, perhaps the bravest man in his own army, and was never so chatty or so agreerble as under fire.Like most cf our Indian statesmen and soldiers, the Lawrences, Edwards, Nicholson, Montgomery, and many others, he was a christian of the oid stamp\u2014a strong, God-fearing Puritan man, who thought often in spiritual phrase, and deemed it no shame to teach his soldiers to pray.\u2018turn out the saints,\u201d said Lord Gough, on one occasion when he anticipated desperate work, \u2018Havolock never blunders, and his men are never drunk.\u2019 The Joss has created a most painful impression in Calcutta.We have now but two generals left in whom the public have any confidence whatever\u2014Sir C.Campbell and £0 the possessor of kingdoms alike tue Brigadier Cotton, of Peshawur, SHERBROOKE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1858.A FRENCH WILL STORY.\u2018Is she dead, then ?\u2018Yes, madam,\u2019 replied a little gentleman in brown coat and short breeches.\u2018And her will \u2018Is going to be opened here immediately by her solicitor.\u2019 \u2018Shall we inherit anything ?\u201d \u2018It must be supposed so; we have claims.\u2019 \u2018Who is that miserably dressed personage who intrudes herself here ?\u2019 \u2018Oh, she,\u2019 said the little man,sneering\u2014 \u2018She won\u2019t have much in the will : she is sister to the deceased.\u2019 \u2018What, that Anne who wedded in 1812 a man of nothing\u2014an officer.\u2019 \u2018Precisely so.\u2019 \u2018She must have no small amount of impudence to present herself here, before a respectable family.\u2019 \u2018The more so as Sister Egerie of noble birth, had never forgiven her that mesalli- ance.\u2019 Anne moved at this time across the room in which the family of the deceased were assembled.She was pale; her fine eyes were filled with tears, and her face was furrowed by care, with precocious wrinkles.\u201cWhat do you come here for ?\u2019 said with great hautiness, Madame de Villeboys, the lady who, a moment befors had been interrogating the little man who inherited with her.\u2018Madam,\u2019 the poor lady replied, with humility, \u2018I do not come here to claim a part of what does not belong to me; I come solely to see M Dubois, my poor sister's solicitor, to inquire if she spoke of me at her last hour.\u2019 \u2018What! do you think people busy themselves about you \u2019 arrogantly observed Madame de Villebo®s; \u2018the disgrace of a great house\u2014you, who wedded a man of nothing, a soldier of Bonaparte\u2019s !' \u2018Madam, my husband, although a child of the people, was a brave soldier, and what is better, an honest man,\u201d observed Anne.At this moment a venerable personage, the notary, Dubois, made his appearance.\u2018Cease,\u2019 he said, \u2018to reproach Anne with a union which her sister has forgiven her.Anne loved a generous, brave, and good man, who had no other crime to reproach himself with than his poverty and the obscurity of his name.Nevertheless, had he lived, if his family had known him as I knew him; I, his old friend, Anne would be at this time happy and respected.\u2018But why is this woman here ?\u2019 \u2018Because it is her place to be here,\u2019,said the notary, gravely; \u2018I myself requested her to attend here.\u2019 M.Dubois then proceeded to open the will : \u2018I, being sound in mind and heart, Eg- eric de Dam{reming, retired as a boarder in the convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, dictate the following wishes as the expression of my formal desire and principal clause of my testament.\u2018After my decease there will be found two hundred thousand francs in money at my notary\u2019s, besides jewelry, clothes, and furniture, as also, a chateau worth two hundred thousand francs.\u2018In the convent, where I have been residing there will only be found my book, \u2018Heures de la Vierge,\u2019 holy volume, which remains as it was when I took it with me at the time of the emigration.I desire that these three objects be divided into three lots.\u201cThe first lot, the two hundred thousand francs in money.\u2018The second lot, the chateau, furniture, and jewels.i \u201cThe third lot, my book, \u2018Heures de la Vierge \u2018I have pardoned my sester Anne, the grief which she has caused us,and I would have comforted her in her sorrows if I had known sooner of her return to France.I comprise her in my will.\u2018Madame de Villeboys, my much beloved cousin shall have the first choice.\u2018M.Vatry, my brother-in-law,shall have the second choice.\u2018Anne will take the remaining lot.\u2019 \u2018Ah! ah! said Vatry, \u2018Sister Egerie was a good one ; that is rather clever on her part.\u2019 \u2018Anne will only have the prayer-book !\u2019 exclaimed Madame de Villeboys, laughing aloud.The notary interrupted her jocularity.\u2018Madame,\u2019 he said, \u2018which lot do you choose ¥\u2019 \u2018The two hundred thousand francs in money.\u2019 \u2018Have you quite made up your mind \u201d \u2018Perfectly so.\u2019 The man of law, addressing himself to the good feeling of the lady, said, \u2018Madame, you are rich, and Anne has nothing.Could you not leave her this lot, and take the book of prayers which the eccentricity of the deceased has placed on a par with the other lots ?\u2019 \u2018You must be joking, M.Dubois !\u201d exclaimed Madame de Villeboys; \u2018you must really be very dull not to see the intention of Sister Egerie in all this, Our honored cousin foresaw full well that her book of prayers would fall to the lot of Anne, who had the last choice.\u2018And what do you conclude from that ¥\u2019 inquired the notary.\u2018I conclude that she meant to intimate to her sister that repentence and prayer were the only help that she had to expect in this world.\u2019 As she finished these words, Madame de Villeboys made a definite sclection of the ready for her share.Monseiur Vat- ry, as may be easily imagined, selected the chateau, furniture and jewels as his lot.\u2018Monsieur Vatry,\u201d said M.Dubois to that gentleman, \u2018even suppose it had been the intention of the deceased to punish her sister, it would be noble on your part, millionaire as you are, to give up, at least a portion of your share to Anne who wants it so much, \u201cThanks for your kind advice, dear sir, replied Vatry ; the mansion is situated on the confines of my woods,and suits me admirably, all the more so that it is ready furnished.As to the jewels of Sister Eg- erie, they are reminiscences which one ought never to part with.\u2019 \u2018Since it is so,\u2019 said the notary, \u2018my poor Madame Anne, here is the Prayer-book that remains to you.\u2019 Anne, attended by her son, a handsome boy with blue eyes, took her sister's old Prayer-book, and making her son kiss it after her, she said : \u2018Hector, kiss this book, which belonged to your poor aunt, who is dead, but who would have loved you well had she known you.When you have learned to read, you will pray to Heaven to make you wise and good as your father was, and happier than your unfortunate mother.\u2019 The eyes of those who were present were filled with tears, notwithstanding their efforts to preserve an appearance of indifference.The child embraced the book with boyish fervor, and opening it afterward\u2014 \u2018O! mamma,\u2019 he said, \u2018what pretty pictures.\u2019 \u2018Indeed ! said the mother, happy in the gladness of her boy.\u2018Yes.The good Virgin, in a red dress, holding the infant Jesus in her arms.But why, mamma, has silk paper been put upon the pictures ?\u2019 \u2018So that they might not be injured, my dear.\u2019 \u2018But, mamma, why are there ten silk pa- pars to each engraving ¥\u2019 The mother looked, and uttering a sudden shriek, she fell into the arms of M.Du- bois, the notary,who addressing those present, said \u2018Leave her alone, it won\u2019t be much ; people don\u2019t die of these shocks.As for you, little one,\u201d addressing Hector, \u2018give me that prayer-book ; you will tear the engravings.\u2019 The inheritors withdrew, making various conjectures as to the cause of Anne's sudden illness, and the interest which the notary took in her.A month afterward they met Anne and her son, exceedingly well, yet not extravagantly dressed, taking an airing in a two horse chariot.This led them to make inquiries, and they ascertained that Madam Anne had recently purchased a hotel for one hundred and eighty thousand francs, and that she was giving a first rate education to her son.\u2014 the news came like a thunderbolt upon them.Madame de Villeboys and M.de Vatry hastened to call upon the notary to ask for explanations.The good Dubois was working at his desk.\u2018Perhaps we are disturbing you?\u2019 said the arrogant old lady.\u2018No matter.I was in the act of setting a purchase in the state funds for Madame Anne.\u2019 \u2018What!\" exclaimed Vatry, \u2018after purchasing house and equipages, \u2018she has still money to invest?\u2019 \u2018Undoubtedly so.\u2019 \u2018But where did the money come from >\u2019 \u2018What! did you not see?\u2019 \u2018When ?\u2019 \u201cWhoa she shrieked upon secing what the prayer-book contained which she inherited.\u2019 \u2018We observed nothing.\u2019 \u2018Oh! T thought you saw it,\u2019 said the sarcastic notary.\u2018That prayer-book contained sixty engravings, and each engraving was covered by ten notes of a thousand francs each.\u2018Good Heaven !\u2019 exclaimed Vatry, thunderstruck.\u2018If I had only known it !\u2019 shouted Madame de Villeboys.\u2018You had the choice,\u201d added the notary, \u2018and I myself urged you to take the pray- erbook, but you refused.\u2019 - \u2018But who could have expected to find a fortune in a breviary ?\u2019 The two baffled old egotists withdrew, their hearts swollen with passionate env Madame Anne is still in Paris.If you pass by the Rue Lafitte on a fine summer evening, you will see a charming picture on the first floor, illuminated by the reflection of wax lights.\" A lady who has joined the hands of her son, a fair child of six years of age, in prayer before an old book of \u2018Heures de la Vierge,\u2019 and for which a case in gold has been made.\u2018Pray for me, child,\u2019 said the mother.\u2018And for who else ?\u2019 inquired the child.\u2018For your father,your dear father, who perished without knowing you, without being able to love you.\u2019 *Must I pray to the saint, my patron ?\u2019 \u2018Yes, my little friend; but do not forget a saint who watches us from Heaven, and who smiles upon us from above the clouds.\u2019 \u2018And what is the name of that saint, mamma, dear ?\u2019 .The mother then watering the fair child\u2019s head with her tears, answered\u2014 \u2018Her name is\u2014Sister Egerie.\u2019 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 88 res be w fi of \u2018le D he eh nd an.ers econ.ays the nd the ere to pta ow will of 1eir on- and the.by ich- ard- rit- nce 0l,8 sky., on the pro- ave ade, _ jeetiles fell to the ground.A third bomb, - pæor and Empress was General Roguet, and \u2026 culous.The Emperor seeeived.a slight cut on \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 -» .; LE Jd Tanke.He It had been resolved to establish a oredit for an issue of eleven million pounds, six per cent stock.on the 16th of March, to redeem the floating debt,of the Sultan and the Government, with the exception of the paper circulation, + The Porte is about te concentrate the troops onthe Danube on account of the agitation whick the project for emareipating the Serfs, causes among the Christians of Turkey.It is announced that a compromise offered by the Emperor of the French, ia the affairs of the Principalities, hag; been favorably received by the Powers opposed to the union, and it is expected that it will be adopted.The French Government in this last proposition is said to have considerably modified its original opinions with the hopes of an honorable conclusion to the difficuly.3 Tor.West Indies.Ce The first batch of African immigtants, under the new contract made by the French government, arrived at Martinique recently.Symptoms of discontent had been manifested among the Africans on the Island, and an attempt: at flight to St.Lucia had been discovered on one of the estates, : (FURTHERIBY THE ARAMA, This has been a busy week in the fashionable circles of London, and next week will be still more so.Her Majesty has received a great number of Belgian and German visitors, royal and noble, with their attendant suites, attracted tæthe British metropolis by the forthcoming marriage between the Princess Royal of Eng- lamé :and Prince Frederick of Prussia.The State Ball on Wednesday evening, at Buckingham Palade, was a very splendid affair, at which more than a thousand persons were present, the elite of the British Isles.The East India Company are bracing them- gelves for the conflict with Lord Palmerston\u2019s government whet Panfanten} opens net month and they are putting forth their power in a way which it'will require \u2018alt the: strength the Cabinet to overcome.A.pamplilet has been published by the Company which\" contains\u2019 an elaborate defarise of themselves, and of the principles on which they have ruled India, | The English papers do not lend much coun- tenance to the rumored proposal from) France| for the expulsion of foreign refugees from the soil-of Great Britain.4 3 \u2018 France.- The following connected .ackount of the attempt to assaseinate Louis Napoleon we take from the Psris eorrespondence of.the Rondon Times, the day attes the event accurred : .\u201cIt was known some days previous that his Majesty proposed visiting the Opera lest night.As is customary on such occasions, the entrance of, Bue Lepelleteir wea ilaminated, wiih.gas stands, the house of the Court tradesmen.that stands at the right as you enter from the Boule- \u2018vards, and also to the front cf the theatre.As is usual, a crowd cf people thronged the Boule- | vards and the street to see the cortegs.About 9 o'clock the Imperial carriage arrived, preceded by another with.the attendants, end followed by an ordinary escort of Lancers, The Emperor, Empress, and General Roguet, the Aid-de- Camp on duty, occupied tie same carriage.On arriving at the theatre, near which some groups of spectators were standing, a loud explosion was heard, followed at the interval of a few seconds by another, and again a third \u2014the.last the loudest of al.À rush of the people on the |: .Boulevardg took plase down the ua Lepelletier anxious to know wla:.was the matter, Fer some minutes all was confusion, but the moung- ed guards on duty dic their utmost to prevent the crowd from filling the streets.It was known that the Emperor had beea fired at, snd rumors flew about of -gemething -more.disagtrous.So far ns the Empéror \u2018was perscnally \u2018concerned, however, all appæehension Was soon removed, and an immense and enthusiastic: shout told | those who were ut a distance that his Majesty was unhurt.In order to trancguilize the people the Emperor, on quitting his carriage, pre- | sented himself at the door, and again on the |' balcony.Gn entering the box he and the Em- |: press were, as you may suppose, most enthusiastically cheered.: Ju The assassins had provided themselves.with | à ollow projectiles.of the mest deadly description, and contrived, to fiing them on she'ground |.under the carriage, where they imstantlyexplod- | ed, and spread destruction among the bystanders.was broken to pieces ; Gen.Roguet, who sat jn front, was wounded slightly, it is said, and the?two footmen who stood behind, dangerously hurt.A bullet, or fragnpent of the shell, passed through the Emperor's hat, but did not touch him.The Empress was also untouched.At the moment of the.explesion, which was tremendons, the row of gas-lights running down the front of the theatre, and those at the wings.were extinguishéd ; for some time the place was in utter darkness, while the windows of three or four houses opposite were dashed into fragments.1 need not dwell on the consternation which prevailed.the news flew to every -part of the city.All Paris appeared to be in movement.The night was dark and cold, though not wet, and throng- @d as the Boulevards were before, crowds now poured carelessly down the great thoroughfare from every street in sight, and all in the direction of the Rue Lepelletier.A squadron of mounted Paris guards from the Minimes barracks, Place Royale, came at a gallop up the]: Boulevards to reinforce the ordinary pickets on duty at the theatre, and the cavalry of the barracks on the Quai d'Orsay, axmed to \u2018the teeth, mounted their horges, and remained jn \u2018the court-yard ready for any \u2018emergency.Many houses on the Boulevards were lighted up, the balconies and windows thronged with spectators.all betraying the most intense anxiety.Detachments of borse cleared the Rue Lepelletier and the neighboring passages, and some occupied the side paths to prevent any one from slipping along.From the Palais Royal came Prince Jerome and his son, Prince Napoleon, and the Princess Mathilde, to assure themselves of the safety of the Emperor.The people were also re-assured on finding that the Emperor | remained at the theatre.His first act was to send for medical assistance for the wounded.The Paris Droit says: ¢ Lhe bombs were of «cast igon, oblong, and in the form of g: pear, and in \u2018the widest part from four to five inches in diameter.The shock of one of the caps, of which each had several, on \u2018a; hard stibstance necessarily caused gn explosion.The first thrown at the carriage of the Emperor was just after the carriage entered - the Rue Lepelletier; it did not touch the Emperor, nor even the vehicle, but, it wounded about: twenty pempongy On this the toachman \u2018whipped up his horses, but almost immediately a sepond bomb burst, and one of the horses being struck by three pros thrown with more precision, fell beneath the carriage \u2018 itself, and burst \u201cwith treméndous force, smashing part of it itt pieeest ~The splinters of this bomb wounded the second Horse, which expired somd: hours after.\u2018The coach- } man, named Ledoux, was wounded in the head, |- The only person in the carriage with'the Em- he, as already stated, received a slight injury.\u2018The escape of their.Majesties was quite mira- the side of the nose by a piece of glass from the carriage window.Another piece of glass struek |.the Empress at the corner of the left eye, but left no trace.\u2019 Ailuding to the speech of the Emperor at the opening of the legislative session, the Moniteur of Tuesday says: \u201cIt is impossible to describe the impression produced.by this .discourse.The Assemby, transported with admiration and enthusiasm,.rose as one.man, and.made again and again resound these cries, which all Frauce will repeat\u2014\u2018Vive l'Empereur !\u2019.\u2018Vive.l'Im- peratrice I\u2019 «Vive le Prince.Imperial!\u2019 «Vive la Dynastie Imperiale I\u2019 >.The Emperor of the Freneh- has- resolved to visit his Algerian possessions.- The visit will take place in the month of April.- -A Council of Regency will be appointed during \u2018hie ab- senee.Cee ea ces .According to the Siecle, Prarce has \u2018now got a golden colony in the Ile Bourbon, the sghd and pebbles washed down from its mountains yielding a larger average return than California.- The mails by the Buropa reached town yes- i terday evening.We subjoin the points of news of chief importance not anticipated by telegram.- \u2018 The London Globe believes that the Indian telegraph is in error when it states that the 64th regiment was nearly cut: up, as part of it was with Sir Colin Campbell in Oùde: ; The news of Havelock\u2019s death was received.in Britain with the deepest sorrow.The Tires of the 7th says : aa Ta eed a.One of the carriage horses was killed on à the spot, the other wounded ; the carriage itself | As quiok- as lightning | A ~ Nanny his son.\u201d and adds :\u2014 his wonderful campaign.common man.have daunted most other men.attacked but to conquer.\u201d «The nation will.receive with the deepest sorrow the news that the gallayt Havelock is no mere.This is, indeed, no common Joss, Mariy a brave man has laid down his Life since the beginning of the Indian ttoubies, but not one will have left behind him the memory as the General who, on the 235th of November, succumbed to disease, brought on by exposure and anxiety.General Havelock survived only a few days the relief of Lucknow.On the 19th the women and children were taken trom the Residency, and six days later he was a corpse.He did not live to hear of the high value which his country set upon his deeds, or to receive the honors conferred on him by the Crown, His family he leaves to his country, and his melancholy death shows how just were the forebodings of those who demanded that the pension accorded to him should be coritinued to Again, on the 8th, it returns to the subject, «Seldom has an event been received by the nation with a more bitter feeling of regret than the, death of Sir Henry Havelock at the close of It is not too much to say that we must go back to the days of a great war for a parallel to the universal sympathy and sorrow.We all felt that Ifavelock was no His victories were not the natural result of the opposition of European troops to Hindoos, but were achieved by his own skill, courage, coolness and indomitable energy.Ile not only defeated the\u2019enemy, but he surmounted;the difficulties of \u2018a situation which would | He was in the | heart of an enemy's country with a mere handful of troops; his communications were inter- | runted, his supplies were threatened, everyday added new strength to the rautinous levies, and decimated his own band by fever and cholera.Yet not for one moment did he quail, nor did he ever submit to abstain from offensive.operations, He marched as few leaders have mareh- ed befere, attacked the enemy wherever they ware to be found, end at whatever odds, never Miscellaneous.LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST ES- TABLISHMEXNT IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS !1 THE \u201cTIMES\u201d JOB-PRINTING ROOMS, TEFYHE proprietor begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for the very liberal patronage he has received, and would at the same time inform them that he has lately added SEVERAL NEW FOUNTS OF LETTER AND BORDER to his already extensive assortment.| He has also received from Portland and Boston a large and splendid assortment of NOTE, CARD AND FANCY PAL Et, and is now prepared to execute at very Low Prices, every description of PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING, such as } $ ASRES\u2014FOtS, © CWie sccsosecéssau00s 565 ' Prori8.vcosercercesaanannes 5 30 FLouR\u2014Cen:da \u2018ne, {> LI.195 1bs.3 50 Superfine No.?e,.00ucco00000 410 : - Po.Na.Ll seieeeenennnns 4 40 SA Fancr & extra superfine,.4 55 OAFMEAL\u2014200 TbS.0 3000600000 +.880 INDIAN M7AL\u2014T9G TiS.000000000u00 8 75 GRAIN\u2014V'heat, U.£.mixed, 60.Ibs .0 00 PeCevensosrannene ass 0e nan000 0 0) : Le 8.Med, > Minot,.\u2026\u2026.0.G6 00 Qar8\u2014por Dushel;.s\u2026.v.secacccn00ss 9 82 Prag\u2014 3 hushel.ssss\u2026ssscsrococcens 0 75 BARLEYT\u2014} mingt,ceceeecercencacness 065 INDIEN CORN\u2014 YF 50 TS.0 0000000000 0 00 PORE\u2014MESS.00000000ncncas ec 0000000 16 00 Prime 11\u20ac8gscsesessccscccecccrnss 12 09 Primé.+\u2026\u2026osvevsssuccuce -.10 00 BurreR\u2014Choice, Pr .14 : Ordinary, do.ccaessececenes 12 LATD\u2014P Tryecscrscesec0ccecuue.cee 00 - RRIARK 35.slight advance quotede quotatichs.Montredl Prices Current.Montreal, 20th January, 1558.ASHES\u2014 Pois continied in fair request during the week at previous rates, closing to-day firm at the Pearls have also slightly improved with seles of shipping lots at $5,40 per cwt.FLCOUR.\u2014The muricet haz ruled steady throughout the week, with an increased demand.No change in Books, Pamphlets, Way-Billa, Bills of Lading, Bill Headings, Posters, Show Cards, Fancy \u20ac; $ c.\u2018@ 570 .Labels, &c., &c.@ 535 Ca .; w 86) Being furnished with Orcutt\u2019s @ 42 @ 450 : gr sss PATENT CARD PRESS ® 400 a 3 @ 000 .® 000 he is enabled to print @ 000 .@ 000 Quicker, Better and Cheaper aD 60 n .+ s x 0 8) than any other Office in the Townships, every @ 0 % description of @ 0 .@ 16 50 Bell and Concert Tickets, Circulais, (OU : .25 @ 10 50 Business, Visiting and Address @ 0 x @ 0 Cards, Taggs, &c., &c.@ 10 He keeps constantly on hand for sale a large stock of Law, Commercial and Ma- nicipal Blanks.137 Orders by Mail promptly attended to.ÆA 0ifice Beekelt's Building, Sherbracke, C.E, Cu elo Aabertisomerd adh 5, HH.BRADFORD.A next, at Ten o'clock, A.Mat the said Meeting, for confirmation.Sec\u2019 COUNTY COUNCIL.QUARTERLY SESSION of the MUNICIPAL COUNCIL cf the COUNTY OF COMPTON, will be held at COOKSHIRE on \u2018WEDNESDAY, the TENTH day of MARCH S.A.HURD, y Treas.4-¢G3 Applicants.for Tavern Licenses for 1555 should present their certificatss to-the Council Sherbrooke, Sept.17th 1857.CHECK BOOIMS N THE CITY BANK AGENCY, neatly Printed and Bound.For Sale at this Office.THE ATLANTIC HONTELY.PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & COMPANY'S Eaton.9th Feb., 1858.TO MASTERS 14th January, 13 + VESSELS, A By Command, 9.063 53.E.A.MEREDITH, Assistant Sccretary.ProviNcrAn Secrmiarr's Orrice, OR OWNERS OF STEAM TOTICE IS HELEBY GIVEN, that on and after the opening of the Navigation in the Spring of the present year, a strict compliance with the requirement of the several Acts relating to the INSPECTION of STEAM VESSELS, will be insisted on, and all penalties for any infraction thereof rigidly enforced.NEW MAGAZINE, Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics.ITS AIM WILL BE Firgr: In Literature, to leave no province unrepresented, so that while cach number will contain articles of an abstract aud permancnt value, it will also be found that the healthy appetite of the mind for entertainment in its various forms of Marrative, Wit, and Humor, will not go uncared for, The publishers wish to say, also, that while native writers will receive the mostsolid encouragement, and will be main- Iy relied.on to fil the pages of the ATLANTIC, they will not hesitate to draw from the lor- eign sources at their coramand, as occasion may require, relying rather on the competency of an an author to treat a particular subject, than on any other claim whatever.In this way they hope to make their Periodical welcome wherever the English tongue is spoken or read.Szconn: In the term Auxr they intend to include the whole domain of.æsthetics, and hope gradually to make this critical department a true TO BE LE & about.EEBVEN LAND.all in good order.terms, to Loge T.G.H.NAPIER, N.P., Richmond.THE FARM AND PREMISES in the Township of CLLVELAND now and for several years past occu- she Pied by Mr.Isaac CUTTER.property 1s beautifully situated on the banks of the River St.Francis, comprises Lots Nos.8, 9 and 10 in the 14th and 8, 9 and 10 in the 15th Range of Cleveland, and contains altogether HUNDRED ACRES The Farm is in a good state of cultivation, and the Farm Buildings and Fences are Rent $200 per annum.The above property will be let either in one block, ar divided into Two or Three Farms, to suit Tenants, or will be sold on very advantagecus Possession given immediately.For farther particulars apply to the Proprietor, P- S.STAYNER, Esquire, QUEBEC, or This OF and fearless representative of Art, in all its various branches, without any regard to prejudice, whether personal or national, or to private considerations of what kind soever.Trirp: In Politics, the ATLANTIC will be the organ of no party or clique, but will honestly endeavor to be the exponent of what its cou- ductors believe to be the American idea.It will deal frankly with persons and with parties, endeavoring always to keep in view that moral element which transcends all persous .and parties, and which alone makes the basis of a true and lasting national prosperity.It will not rank itself with any sort of anéies, but with that body of men which is in favor .of Freedom, National Progress, and Ilonor, whether public or private.As an earnest of the material at their command, they subjoin the following list of literary persons interested in their enterprise; wishing it, however to be distinctly understood that ability which desires the avenue of their columns, and in the remuneration of which they shall be guided purely by their sense of intrinsic merit :\u2014 dpy.guages - - te 6- Montreal, Jan.; 1858.a à $ +.» ESTRAY.light red color.\u2018charges and take it away.Eaton, 1st Feb.1858.2- \"Terms, $2,00 per annum.It is recommended to those desirous of becoming familiar with the French, and to Parents whose Children are learning that lan- L.AUGER, General Agent.c62 W.H.8.HODGE.c62 ~ He Semeir Candien.7 Rew.IN.C¥R, Editor.IS Evangelical Paper, the only one in À French on this Continent, is devoted to region, Literature, Temperance, Education and ews, and is published in this City every Fri- - +CAME into the enclosure of the sub- Be iy scriber, about the 6th of December 2, last, a small Yearling STEER, of a The owner is notified to pay WizLIAM H.Prescott, Raurx Warnpo EMERSON, Wu, C.BRyAxT, Hrwry W.LoNGFELLOW, Rev.¥.H.Henge, D.D., NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Joux G.WuITTIER, Ouiver Wennperr HoLMEs, Jaxes R.LoweLL, J.Lornror MoTLEY, GroncE Wu.Curtis, HerMAN MELVILLE, Pror.C.C.FELTON, Pror.E.J.CHiLD, E.P.WHIPPLE, Epmuny Quincy, Author of «\u201cWensley,\u201d: Tuomas W, Parsons, J.T.Trowsripge, Author of \u201cNeighbor Jackwood,\u201d &c.Murs.H.BEECHER STOWE, Mrs.GASEELL, Author of \u201cRuth,\u201d \u201cMary Barton, &c.Mrs.L.Maria Cup, Mrs.C.M, IKIrkLAND, Mrs, PixE, Author of \u201cIda May,\u201d \u201cCaste,\u201d &ec., &c.Miss Rost Terry, WiLrIE COLLINS, Author of \u201cThe Dead Se- Ao ~ APPRENTICE WAN A NESS.Apply at this Office.TED.BOY, about 15 or 16 years of age, witha fair English education and steady habits, as an Apprentice to the PRINTING BUSI- cret,\u201d &c.G.RurriNi, Author of \u2018Doctor Antonio,\u2019 &c.SurrLuy Brooks, Author of \u201cAspen Court,\u201d &£c., &e.EB.M.Wuirty, Author of \u201cPolitical Portraits,\u201d\u2019 &c.Jaymes HANNAY, Author of \u201cSINGLETON FoN- ALWAYS ON HAND, The best assortment of Townships.most every description.EF Cheaper than the cheapest.14F HARDWARE To be found in the Eastern Xl BECKRTT & HARVEY Nails, Glass, Putty, Mechanics Tools, of al- TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.25 DOZEN AXES, tenoy,\u201d C.W.PuiILLEO, Author of \u201cTwice married.\u201d LT\u2014 The Publishers will aim to have each number of the magazine ready in time for distribution and sale, in the more remote parts of the country, on or before the first day of the month for which it is intended.Ce ES MIS = \"THE ATANTIC MONTHLY can be had of Booksellers, Periodical Agents, or the Publishers, at Three Dollars a year, or Twenty-five Cents a Number.\u2018î Subscribers remitting three dollars in advance TO LET.pires under written contract.and Jeweller.5 Sherbrooke, 3rd Feb., 1833.MEDIC AE: FTA TL:Ls, OR ONE OR MORE YEARS, and Posses- sioh given on the 1st of May next, the period when the lease of the present tenant ex- For-terins apply to W.W.BECKETT.-tfe&2 This is decidedly the best stand in the Eastern Townships for a druggist\u2019s shop, or, with a little alteration fitted up for a Watch Maker to the publishers, will receive the work for one year, post-paid, to any part of the United States within 3000 miles.KZ A liberal discount made to wholesale dealers, and to post-masters and others whe act as agents, to whom specimen numbers will be furnished without charge.{The Publishers will not be resronsible for contracts made byagents.AU \u201cersons ordering through that medium, aust look to them for their supply, .is All communications for the Atlantic must ba addressed to the publishers, | Le 8d Sof they shall hope for support from every kind of \u2014\u2014 for Sale, Ke -_ THE COUNTING-HOUSE CALENDAR 1858, For Sale at this Office, and at the POST OFFICE.\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2014\u2014\u2014 em Price 19 1-2 Cents.MATCHES.MATOHES.RICTION MATCHES, wholesale & retail, of the best quality, can be had at the Factory of the undersigned, who has now everything in readines for manufscturing the various sortsof FAICTION FMATCHIS, and will be happy to supply the Trade in any quantity at the shortest notice.Traders throughout the Country will find it to their advantage to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.These matches are manufactured with \u2018the greatest care and of the best materials, \u2014 e=And Are Warranted.HU.TAPLIN.References : BECKETT & HARVEY.Sherbrooke, C.E., Nov.10, 1857.\u2019 13wc50 W.BROOKS.TT.FRESH r TEAS AND GROCERIES.80 Chests & Caddies Young Uyson and Ane Vuionz, Longon and Souctong TEAR, of best quality, SUGAR MOLASSES aud SYRUP Sardines, Mustard, Pickles, Sauces and Keteh- up, Currants, Nutmegs, Cloves, Allspice, Ginger, Cinnamon, Mace, &c., Candied, Lemon, Citron and Orange Peel, 100 Bags LIVERPOOL SALTY White Fish, Cod Fish, Herrings, in brls and half bris, to 69 Boxes Soap and Candles, and Yellow, Mathewson\u2019s Pale and Liverpool Soaps, French Wax, Sperm, Belment, Adamantine, Wax wick and Tallow Candies, Burning Fluid, Sweet Oil, Rape do, and Lle- phant Whele of Superior quality, winter strained.147 English, White BECKETT & HARVEY FOR SALE, ON FAVORABLE JT LRMS: THE following valuable property in the Township of BURY, in the County of COMPTON, viz: Lot 67 in Victoria Road Range of BURY, containing 132 Acres.11 Fer price and terms of payment, apply to WA.RITCHIE, Agent City Bank.Sherbrooke, Dee.14¢h, 1857.ticss LOOK H£ne ll S we wish to clear our our Fall Stock of Gocds, will sell them at FIRST COST {for one month, ) for cash or pay down.BECKETT & HARVEY.Sherbrooke, Nov.28th, 1857.tfess PROSPECTUS FOR 18\" 8, rN FARA LAA SA UN AA ae THE SATURBAY EVENING POST.Established August 4, 1S21.THE PAPER THAT NEVER SUSPENDS.A Family Weekly-Devoted to Literature and the News.- In these times of Bank and Mercantile suspensions, the proprietors of the SATURDAY lLvunixa Posr cail the attention of the reading public to their old and firmly-established weekly paper, as the paper that never suspends.\u2014 For over THIRTY-SIX YEARS Tue Post has been published ; and in «ll that period\u2014througi \u201cgood times\u201d and through *bad times,\u201d through bank infiations and bank contractions, through prosperous scasons aud through panics, THE Post has been regularly issued every week, and forwarded to its thousands of subscribers.Its proprietors therefore point to the past as an unfailing index of the future.And feel that in asking of the reading public a continuance of the patronage heretofore so liberally bestowed upon Tue Post, they are asking no more than what it will be both the in.| terest and the pleasure of that public to grant.Among the contributors to Tur Post, we may mention the following gifted writers :\u2014 WILLIAM HOWITT, ALICE CARY, T.S.ARTHUR, GRACE GREENWOOD, ANNA BLACKWELE, AUGUSTINE DUGANNE, MRS.3M.A.DENISON, EMMA ALICE BROWNE, The author of \u201cAn extra Judicial Statement\u201d The Author of \u201cZillah, the Child Medium,\u201d &e.ge.We design commencing in the first paper of January, an original 7 ; C Novelet, by Ÿ.S Arthur.Mr, Arthur\u2019s productions are so widely known that we need hardly say that the tone of the present Novelet will be entirely consistent with the moral and instructive eharacter which we have always striven to impress upon Tur Post.Readers who wish to peruse the Frasu Stories which abound in the land\u2014pernicious and destructive in their tendency and etffects\u2014can find them we regret to say at every corner.But the Post will still, maintain its high character as a paper which the most\u2019 scrupulous parent may allow freely to enter THE FAMILY CIRCLE; And which will purify and mstruct, instead of demoralizing aud corrupting the youthful mind.Especially will its conductorrs avoid, in the publication of the weekly news, all those long and disgusting reports\u2014unfortunately now so common\u2014of VILE CRIMINAL CASES ; _ Believing, as they do, that the practice of publishing the details of such loathsome cases, and of the criminal trials resulting therefrom, is a fruitful cause of therecentalarming increasé cf vice and crime in the community.Like begets like\u2014and what the mind feeds upon, that it will grow to resemble.tr CHOICE SELECTIONS of all kinds, from the BEST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SOURCES, shall continue to be, as heretofore, a leading feature of the Posr.The Stories, Essays, Sketches, Agricultural and Scientiiic Facts, &c.&c., obtained in this way for the readers of Tur Post, are among the most instructive as well as interesting portion of its contents.\u2018THE VERY CREAM ofthe PERIODICAL LITERATURE of the Britisu IsLES is thus given to our readers.Taz Posr, weekly, has SOMETHING FOR ALL the members of the family.NOVELETS, ESSAYS, STORIES, ENGRAVINGS, AGRICULTURAL ARTICLES, TIE NEWS, SKETCUES, POETRY, ANECDOTES, R1D- DLES, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MARKETS, BANK NOE LIST, &e.&c.Finally, we may mention three good reasons why the reading public should give the preference to Tne Post :\u2014 It is Superior to any other Paper of the Same Price.It is Cheaper than any other Paper of equal Merit It will be certain to come when Paid For.TERMS [Cash in advanceT-Single Copy Two Dollars a Year.4 COpies,.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.0.0\u202600 00006 85,00 a year, 8 « (And one to getter up of Club) 810, « 13 « oe sc ti 315,00, « 20 + ce ui \u2018 \u2019 $20,00, « _ The Posters on the POST to any part of the Unitza States, paid quarterly or ycarly in advance, at the office where it is received, is anly 26 cents a veay, Address, always posé-paid, DEACON & PETERSON, No.132 South Third Street, Philadelphia.; ZF 8pecimen Numbers Sent Gratis to i any one when Requested.#1 | Hhiseellaneons.IR NOTICE.: To Farmers, Contractors & others.TIE undersigned is now prepared tc receive TENDERS for RAILWAY TIES, Good inducements given.For particulars apply, (if by lester, pre-paid,) to Co .pro-pe 3 A.CLUNE, : Teicgraph Ofce, Griftith\u2019s Block.Sherbrooke, Nov.11th, 18357.tfc5l GREEN HIDES WANTED.ASH paid for GREEN MIDES at | : BECKEITT &« HARVEY'S, 7 Nr ,; DR.KENNY.: Tsate of Bury.HAG removed to Sherbrooke wishes to inform the inbabitants and its vieinity that he may be found at Mr.J.O'FXRRELIL\u2019S WEILINGTON STREET, where he will be ready at all times to attend on these who may require his services.Sherbrooke, 23rd Dec.1857.tf156 0 Monday the 4th inst., between LENNOX- VILLE and SHERBROOKE, A Black Lion-skin Cloth Great Coat; with fur Collar, and lined with red Flannel.The finder will he rewarded by sending it to Ourven's Horer, Lennoxville, A.WINTER, Sudler, sherorooke, or to tiie owner, JAMES HACKETT, Lucan Cottage.ticas A3, GR January 5th, 1858.= 3 - COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.: Drsrrter or Saint Francis.SESSION of the COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, holding Criminal Jurisdiction, for the District of Saint Francis, will be holden at the COURT HOUSE, in the Town of SHERBROOKE, on FRIDAY, the 12th day of FEBRUARY next, at the hour of TEN | o'clock in the forenoon.I do therefore give Public Notice to all those who will prosecute against any prisoners in the Common Jail for the said District, that they be present to prosecute against them as shall te just; and I do also give notice to all Justices of the Peace, Cor- ouers, Constables, and Peace Officers, in and for the District aforesaid, that they personally do appear with their Rolls, Indictments, and other remembrances, to do those things which in their several offices in that benalf appertain to be done.G.F.BOWEN, Sheriff.Sheriff's Office, Jun, 20th, 1858.~~ 4c60 EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, EPOILTIL AIND.' ® \u2014_\u2014 oC ANNIS & STEVENS, No.90 Federal Street, Portland, Respectfully inform the travelling public of Sherbrooke and the Townships, that they have fitted up this well house, and are.preparcd \u2018to furnish meals at any hour on the EUROPEAN PLAN.ZF Attached to the housc is an excellent Bowring Savroon, where gentlemen can spend | a leisure hour pleasantly at the healthy exercise of Bowling.JESSE ANNIS, January, 1808.GEO.M.STEVENS.1y159 \u2014_\u2014 ma \u2014 es LIFE ASSURANCE.rqUIlE ASSURANCE OF LIFE is a subject to which but a small proportion of those chiefly requiring îts protection give their careful attention.The parent \u2014whatever station he may hold \u2014 upon whose present excrtions a wife and children depend for their future maintenance, is the type of the great majority of those who may read this notice.Me may be striving by steady labor and watchful economy to accumulate efficient means to render them in some degree independent, but what guarantee has he that the needful time will be given for the accomplishment of this purpose, that he shall even add the savings of another year to these of the present! Cannot most men recall some sad examples \u2018of the distress caused by the failure of such well-intended plans by prema- | ture death ! Life Assurance is the only means by which the certain att:inment of this object can be se cured.By its aid and no other a man can se cure for his family, immediately upon his death the utmost amount of the savings of a lifetime, and at the yearly cost (during his own life or a term eof years) of the sum he wishes to set aside.To spread this most admirable system amongst Canadians, to encourage its gencräl adoption by the thousands to whom it would bring preseut peace of mind, and in the hour of death untold comfort, was.the purpose for which THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was established ; its progress has bcen most satisfactory, upwards of 1,100 Policies having been issued in five years, assuring nearly £500- 000, and, although of ¢omparatively recent formation, its Directors have had the true gratification of witnessing the benefits flowing from \u2018its establishment, Upwards of £§,000 has been paid upon fourteen claims, chicfly for tha support of those who require it most, the widow and the children deprived of him upon whom they depended for support.The officers have labored to extend its useful.\u2018ness, both by advertisements and the free distribution of publieations, as well as by the.exercise\u2018of personal influence and example, but all arc not met with at the happy moment when they might be disposed to listen to the friendly voice of warning, and therefore it is hoped that this notice may induce many who need it most to refiect upon their duty \u201cto those of their own house,\u201d and lead them.without durther solicitation to secure its valuable protection.In claiming for «THE CANADA\u201d a decided preference, the Directors rely upon what they: consider to be indisputable grounds, viz: ecan- omy of expenditure and a high rate of interest, lccal management and the invesiment of its accumulating surplus in this Province, thus combining the chief reasons which render one Life Ofiice superior to another, with those which \u2018must speak home to all who are interested in the prosperity of Canada, and inducing many to select this office upon pullic grounds irrespective of personal advantage.The two first reasons justify the Dircetors in offering with perfect prudence rates of assurance materially more advantageous than those of any other office now represented in the Province.As an instance ofthe charges of management of offices having Branches in Canada, they notice that a Lritish office of six year\u2019s standing has, in effecting the whole a fewer number of Policies than the *Canada\u2019\u201d expended, 3 or 4 times as much money: and another, in its twelfth year, acknowledges the outlay in the vear, of £15,967 sterling.These are not alluded to with any desire to injure these or other trans-colonial Companies, but solely to corroborate the assertion th:t the expenses of «The Canada\u201d are low, beyond any comparison with the best managed offices.It must also be a matter for serious thought that the whole Colonial business now transacted with British or American offices could be effected throu-h the Canada at the saving to thc.as- surcd of all the heavy charges of manager ent thercon, as the additional interest upon t*e accumulated monies.(now drawn fror the Tro- vince) would .uiare, than covnterbalynee the slight \u2018increase of expeuse such &ü increase of business would cause to «The (anada.\u201d _Residents in any port'un of the British Provinces or the Northern States of the Union, can | effect insurances by correspondence with the undersign