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“Then came the aft-air of the enlistment. In the very heat of the Crimean war our Mi- nister had what, considering the resufils it brought about. we are bound") can the indis- cretion. of seeking to emist in Canada a few recruits for our army, reduced to scanty num- bol's by cold and famine, from among the more recognize] from nct being- there. and the .work will bedone as he designed it, and nude; the shadow of his name. But who shaH ever be at Queen Victoria’s side to ex- change sympathy comesel and encourage- ment under the political difficulties, the changing fortunes, perhaps the calamitous reverses of an American war ?. The Times in an article. on the 213L194" enumerates the list of grievanree at which England has to complain against the United States. The article concludes thus : be at once natural and meritorious? The reception of all Europe and the civilized u or 'd in the Fxhibition next year may be left to other bands. The Prince Consort will be the is there to reassure with sound reason the bosom whose distress and mismvmgs \viH P.1nce Albert’s work. whether in the palace or as the patron of art. has itsell'detrncted from his just praises. Such men must he missed bet‘orethey are known. As it in re- tribution for our thritty homage and measured -respect. the Prince Consort has been taken from before our eyes at the moment when Queen Victoria is threatened with a. renewal of the fratriciiial war which cost her grand- father so much misery and disgrace. The very papers which yesterday told England she had lost Prince Albert contained the news that the infatua; (1 Government and Cerigress at “’ashington were fast committing them- selves to war with this country. There can- not be imagined an occasion to make heavier demands and impose severer trials on the en- ergies and heart of a patriotic sovereign.â€" The light of the constitution has hitherto led Queen Victoria to the prosperity of all the interests, the happiness of all classes, and the harmonious working of nil the institutions in these islands. Not to speak of the visita- tions of nature. it cannot be said that in this reign legislation has ever sacrificed one part of the British people to the other. In the struggle which depends. a large section of the British rrce pots itself in the pesition that it most be hnrnhled and chastised if the flag of England is still to be respected.â€" ‘Vho shall say- whnt miseries and losses we may not ham: to suffer or inflict in such a contest? Our Queen will be the first to lament the necessity .anrl responsihiiitvrâ€" Whois to divide and bear the bnrthen ? Who A9 tnesémae sin-d twenty years have almost impreceptihly SIOEen away. and the fortunate youth, as the people then hem him. has pur- sued-staudy course of duty and achievement. he has already acquired that mint. pure light of fame. that descends to the iatest 3:18;. In our long: line of mval pvt-sona'ws there is not one who can surpass him fur that tmhh-st of all work, the reward of which is in itseif. It cannot he said that Prmce :Uhvrt has had his reward. It is a aimp'e fact. whatever t‘rw cause. and whoever he in fanft. that he has been but ill-requited. not duty avpreciatedrâ€" As men whn do their wmk the best are morn envied fnrtheir opportnnttes than onmtTPnde for their industry or skit! the very success of .4- -UII eral society or the. world in a still larger sense. he has yet been more prominently and unintermitting before the British peopte than any other man in these isles. Instead of fretting, as o.hers might have done, against the constitutional etiquettes which met him on every side. he found a compensation in the. World of art and seieiice, and won for himself there a nolile realm, of which even death cannot deprive him. At this moment it is impossible to say how muvh awaits the de- cision of his tas‘e and the exercise of his ahill,to select or to arrange. Yet these were only trifles of the hour in comparison with the office of comforting and sustaining the heart of a woman to hearthe mightiest empire in the world. We have only to look around at the best men among its. and a glance will remind us how few, even of them, would enâ€" dure monotony, the restraint, the self-denial and subjection of will necessary for sui-h a position. Prinve Albeit has discharged it for twenty-one. years without a fault. It is hard to say which most to admireâ€"his goodness. his wisdom, or his fortune. in no respeet has he been wanting to his d fiirult post, and we should have ti ransat-k forgotten stories for a hint that he had i-xceeded his duties. â€"â€" All at once he is gone, and by what prece- dent shall we frame the terms if our loss ? - England once iost a boy king, of whose vir- tues we read much from his tutors and guar- dians; she has several times lost the heir to the throne while in the midst of progresses and pageants, gayeties and intrigut s; Sl-e has lost royal ciphers and children of promise; she. has lost statesmen in mid career. or haf- :fle_ll and heart-broken. The hand of the as- sasin has semetimes ailtlel wrong and horror to a national loss. Forty-four years ago. in _ _j___ P I i v“'\ “-\" .a (lay of darkness, wheri discontent and disâ€" loyalty had taken root in the land. and there seemed but one solitary pathway of light to a purer atmosphere and to happier times. it was su"tletily extinguished, am! all the hope at the nation was home to the tomb. It is nut easy to compare the fulfilment with the huge. things known and things unknown; but lot the sutldenness am! hlankness of the lOSS.fln(l for the dismay struck into every thoughtful mind, there can he no nearer parallel than the cleath of the Prinvess Charlotte and her child. in lRl'i'. nml that of Prince Albert in this already fatal year. THE POLITICAL POSITION OF THE PRINCE AND POLITICAL EFFECT ' OF HIS DEATH. The Death of the Prince Consort has come upon the nation with an onexpectedness which defeats every preparation of thought and of feeling. Irr‘a moment every loyal subject of this reaim-amt who is not loyal ?-â€" is driven to memory for exemptes, and to his forethought for consequences, and can find none. It is the sudden extinction of a light, and an intervai must eiapse before we can penetrate the darkness. The inseparnbfe friend and adviser, and, in the course of na- ture. the mainstay and 5133 of the crown, is suddenly wrenched away, and there is not a man in the country who wouh! venture to boast that he had considered the conzingency, and was prepared with antieipations. The Prince Consor‘ himself. was the onty man, as it seems, who had within him the presenti- ment of what was to happen. For morethzm twenty yens his name has been ewry day before the pnbiie, combining in a singular uniform routine works of public utiiity with dntitnl devotion to M4 wife and sovere'gn -â€"â€" Thongh prechueti from public (iisvusflmt. and ”Mom brought face to fame either with "an- THE OFFENCES OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ENGLAND. (From the London Times, Dec. 17. ing in a singular public utiiity with 9 and sovele'gn -- {Media-{134011. ard 1: either with gen- 1 in a 513” lalger ; Her Majesty herself, with her accustomed ireadmess and composure, arpealed at once lm her family to undertake the great charge . thus suddenly thrown Upon them. In that family there are two upon whom the eyes of all England will naturally be attracted at this juncture. The Prince of Wales is rapidly approaching the age when a man is he'd to be capahle of every responsibility. and by the measure of rears he should now be as compe- tent to assist his mother as the Prince Con- SOT! When he assumed that duty. He has been60 educated as to bring him into contac’s with a large variety of men, of minds, of: peoples and of manners. "By a happy fore- thought he has visited the very nation that now threatens to escape from worse difficul- ‘ies by a war with its mother country. If the Prince of Wales is ever tobe a wise and good sovereign.” he will now be a wise and good son; and if he will ever feel it now. This is the time for tha selt-sacri me on which the greatness of a crown, as we” 33:;th glory ol 3 statesman. a soldier or a priest must be toamhd This. ind. ed, is the occaszon such as historians and dramatists have loved to describe in the lives ot'their favor'te princes, when the Prince of ‘Vales Wit have to make :t3)lemtt choice between a life of frivolit)’. perhaps of trouble and misery, and a reign of usefulness, to make his name forever. He THE PRINCE OF VVALESâ€"THE HOUR OF INS DESTINY. These facts should be sufficient tovprovc to any thinking mind the want of Flax, and the importance of the matter to Agrit-ulturalists ; we hope some of those in your country will see the matter in the same iigf t, and we shall deem ourselves fortunate if the perusal ofthits letter will have iutlnt‘ed even one farmer to grow Flax {or the sake ofthe fibre alone. V We trust you will give this letter space in your colums, and hoping that other papers throughout the provmce, seeing the import- ance of the subjer-t, will copy i , ' \Ve have the honor to be. Sir, Your obedient servants. W.th thew increased facilities of preparing Flax for ‘-‘axl<et. we hope your farmers will, in the coming; spring, ket-p the matter before them: let them hear in mind that we are obliged to import annually an immense quantity of Flax, far in excess of our own crop; trom Russia, Belgium, Holland, France, untl latterly also from Norway. That to sup- ply the want of material still keenly felt, a largo quantity of the Italian Hemp is used to take the place of coarse. Flax, and that a joint Stock Company, the “Indian Flax Company hmitml,” with a capital of £50,000, had been formed, and has sent one or two. qualified gentlemen out of India toinstruct arm encour- age the natives in the growth and preparation of the plant. ' ‘ The linen tr. (It: has Inn;r been (-rippied by adeficient suppZy of the raw mate-rial. and we look tom'zu'd with pl 215nm to the period when farmers at hnme and abroad will re- «-0;_rnise the impurinnce to themseh’bs and to their respective cmndries of the matter. and give it more at entinn. The new Scutclnug Macinm menlinneu by Mr. Donaldson, the nzvenzion and patent nf nur friends: Messrs. John Rowan Son ofthis town, xvi}! do much to encnznage Flax (‘nhzvmioz‘n Like most new inventinns this machine is condemned by many who'ure prejudiced in favor of NW 0M Svmch Milis, but We hear from those well qualified to jndgc. that giving it fair play it does Us work admirably. - The quantity n’fibrc produced by (hi; year’s crop mmmt fall short of thirzy than and tons. and :in this flax men-‘5 with a ready snka Mr vast} down, as fast as it can he perzuea’ for market, at prices ranging from £35 to £100 sterling per ton. Taking: this ywar Irish flux at the low average 'ume of £55 per um. the vame of the crap would be 131.650.000 >29; 1 German population of the United S‘a:es. That America does not estimate this crime as one of the very first magnitude is abundantly proved by her own conduct in filling up her armies with the people at every country, and 38:11]ng content to rely lor her defence on the population of any territory except her own. It was the time of a keen Presidential election ; political capital was wanted, and our Minister was ignominiously expelled for this alleged offence; and now, for all these out~ rages and insults. supported with such exem- plary meekness and tameness. what is our re ward ? We are selected as the rhjects of an insult so strange and so groundless that all Europe, want, as it is, to catch greedily at anything which may seem to compromise our naval superiority, cries shame upon the out- rage, and agrees that it is one to which even we, well used as we have been to every spe- cies ol insu.t, cannot possibly submit. . It is not,perhaps, to be wondered at, when we consider our former forbearance, that (recon- sider that at this moment we are actually giv- ing efi’ect to a paper b;ocl.:ade. maintained by a. contemptibte naval Power. rather than give the slightest excuse for a. quarrel, that those whom We. thus earnestly seek to conciliate should believe it impossible that this last at so many insults should have an effect which all that we have suffered before has failed to produce. Put it is even so. “’43 are con- vinced at last that there "is little dignity or wisdom in submitting any longer to t reatzuent which. on the part of the United States. has become habitual and trad itonal : Peace can never he preserved in this way. Such con- duct, like all other over indulgenCe, only tends to make us contemptihle in the eyes of these on whom it is practised, and we shall probably be driven to give the most terrible proofs of our strength lvecziuse we have hitherto used it with a degree of moderation which has caused America to doubt its exist ence. Slurâ€"Wk have been much gratified by per- Usiuu in the impression If your widely circu- iated paper on the 23rd inst, a letter on “Flax Cultivataon in Canada,” from John A. Donald- sun, Esq, Canadian Gnvermeut Ezmgratim MclNTYRE PATTERSON Belfast, Ireland, Doc. 17, 1861. To the Elder oft}: e Lead. From the London Times, Dec. 17.] ELAX CULTI VTION der. 5:? It appears that the late robbery of money, pa ers, c., from John Birth, Esq , Owen Sound. was perpetrated by his own son, a lad about 14 years of age. Last Sun- day evening he left home, leaving a note on the table to the effect that he had drowned himself in the lake. A general search waging stituted that night an ' part of the next day, “ten iniormntinn was received that he had been #98” en the stage going through this place to Guelph. Chase was immediately! given, and on Tuesday mori ing ,about41t. 11.. he was arrested in Guelph, with a consider- able portion of the money-a part having] RANKIN LANCERSrâ€"B‘ir. Rankin has re- signed his commission in this regiment; which yet numbers 300 miserable specimen ct humanity. Public opinion will deny Mr. Rankin the privilege of ever again entering the Canadran Parliament, or having any con- nectien with our Miiitia. This societv will be opened once a month to the public when due notice will be given. BENTINCK. George Jackson, D. Campbell, D. Fletcher, J. Hopkins. DURHAM LITERARY AND ML'TUAL INmovr- MENT Assocunox.â€"â€"The question for next Monday evening’s debate in this society is; “\Vhether is Possession o: Pursuit of an Objectâ€"the most conducive to happiness.”â€" E. Orchard takes the affirmative, and G; Privat the negative. GIEXDLG. J. Edge, S. B. Chafl‘ey, J. Reid, W. Mor- rison, N McCannPl. The following are tne Councillors elected for the townships named : l James BUl(l"ll. ‘ F. McLaughlan, R'Ibrrt Bull, ‘Vm. Ram Samuel Edge, John Eva. J uues J‘uulieWs, Joseph Lauder. Jonathan ‘Vllllt‘, Henry Rae. William Wright, Donald Smith. Ferdinand Mervyn, James Hum, Jnlm Swinlxurn, Jolm Guiness. Gonlip Huslwr, Ruben Fczxsome, John Ell gr Peter \‘Vutron, R C: HOpkins. _ Dnnald McAthr,‘ Dnnald B'ltfiDimald, Samson Bolteral, Th- mae Hutton, \Villiam Hunt, Rnlwrl Franks. Oliver 3'lLtC2uhlz-‘tntl, llenjzmiin Blair, Jnlm LivC‘ingslon, John Davis, D.- ‘r‘lvArtlmr, Alexander Morvyn‘i Eilwzlnl Mumlel, D. l‘vivl.ean, John McCulloch, Donald MoKiu‘non, Put. McGrmle, AntihuId McC x'ilvra},(}eoxge Huttoix, Charles FletL her. Duncan McDonald, Ralph C(mk. Andrew Lawrie, William Firth. Neil MC. \rthur, \Vm. Vessie. James. \VhitmOre. Jame:- Higgms, Jr: GHOTO‘B Dunn, \Vm. F. Killenlieck, AllariCamemn, Via lcom McGilvra). George Fletcher, Robert Barbe 1‘, Arch. 3':ch .uglilan, Robert B. McKel‘iY: Alexander Luvsimy “The following is a list of the officers elect- Btl :â€" Captain: John Momlie. * Lieutevant: Hugh McNab. Ensign: Angus Paterson. Gotflip ”usher, Ruben Fczxsome, John Edam, Archibald McGiIvray, Charles Fletcher. Duncan McDonald, RaEPh C(mk. Andrew Lawrie, VViHIam E‘ir‘hc \Vm. F. Klilenbeck, Ma§c0m McGllvray. George Fletcher, John Bs'akc, James 39“, Adam “’8”, J. E. Curwmdine, Gen P Ncwherry, According to Order issued by Lieut. Col. D. C. McDounll, the omcer Commanding the Battalion, a general muster was held in Dnr~ ham on the 41h inst, when the Roll was call- ed, and a list opened for volunteers, to com- piete a Service Company of 75 men for imâ€" mediate service, as reqmred by the late Gen- eral Order olthe Adjutant General,command- ing the forces of the Province. Sixty-eight were received at once on the ground, and we have no doubt, should occasaon require, that the whole Battalion numbering about 1300 ba3onette would be ready for active service in one week. should their services be requirâ€" ed by their Queen and country. The follow- ing is a list of the heroic spirits who nob- ly responded to their Country’s call on the day in question, and whose names and mem~ ory should be cherished at every hearthstone in the land :â€" most resolve, if he would do ; and renounce it he would win. It is an awful thing to say, “Now or neVer ;” but experience proves that they who reject the first solemn call, are sel- dom more atfected by any that come after. From all accounts the Princess Alice has shown herself tully equal to the occasion, re- ceiving her dying tather’s confidences and giving her mother timely comfort‘aud aid. That the Queen should gather her familv around her, and address them at such a time, for such a purpose, it elfproves her confidence in them. That all. and above all the Prince of “’ules, may he deserving of that confi- dence. is now the prayer ol this great country. We know not how much the destinies. not only of the British empire, but of the whole human race, depend on the youthful prince of whom we have seen so much, yet seem to know >0 little. Like tt e rest of us, he has pos.ti0n, and honor. and power to win. He , ‘ _ . . - - Mâ€"-- ' _ ...... '-â€" -~ â€"- .v u III. Lav may be a true king or a shadow of royal! ’; and. by the laws of human nature and the testimony of experience, the decision is to be made ”US very hour. ' THE STANDARD. THE DURHAM STANDARD, DURHAM, JANUARY 10, 1861. FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1861. Volunteer Movement. mh BATTALION, GREY. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. John Matthews, John Johnston, Gnnson Reay, Salomon Spears. Archimld Fuilerton, m. LEIW'I'BHCB, Vla bampbell Town, at the “019 9" head of the Ba" 01 Cbgions. _ ‘ rowned ' If this enterprise should be carried out, the was‘iu-e news bthe Canadian line of s_teamers will “ day be receivedat least one dayearherthan here- ‘ ’ Iofnre by way 0: Father‘ Pumt,aml the extend- he had ed wires wiH_,1a}_so bring imp‘telegraphic’ con gh this nection'sevaral Very. 1mportam fishing muons :(Iiately on the lower gulf shore. Should ”1.8 ling-[fa 41mm. extended, as prOposed-M Cape; Rozner, It IS nsider- understoon that :he steamers to and from . Quebec and Liverpool will make that a port havmgl of call next season. The recent announcement through Canadian papers that the military authofities have de- Cltlell to build a telegraph line between Que- bee and Halifax Was at, least premature, no decision has yet been made by the proper authorities. The existing telegraph Company of Canada has, we learn, in setjous contemp- lation the egteusion of their Father Point line some 200 mtles to Czapestrzter, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, via, Campbell Town, at the heggl pf the Ga" Aot Chglons. ' uu,yv\,|||\1u9 tll‘x v t-‘xuutzt uguuvn, “to, “U. Upon the melancholy occassion ofthe dea 1th of H13 Royal Highness the Plincc Cousin-1', His Exeellency ti e Govemor General expects that ail persons wiil put themselves mtu de- cent mourning. [Signed] NEW CAST Governor. the Viscount Monck, c., 810 Dowmxc STREET, Dec. 16. MY Loamâ€"It is with the deepest regret thatl‘have to communicate to you the mel- ancholy intelligent-«3 of the death of His Roy- al Highness the Prince Consort. His: anal Highness expired at Windsor Castie on the night oflhe 14m instant. at ten minutes before eleven o’clock to theiuev- pressible grief of Her Majes!v,thc Royal Famiiy andthe mat on. (From tbc Canada Gazette Jan. 4.) , QUEBEC. Jan. 3. The following: dispatch is published h} mmmzmd of his Excellency the Governor General for public iulormatiou. [Coma ] “In :hus prescribing a Uniform for’the Force His ExveJency earnestly desires to im~ mesh "pm: the Commanding affix-era and all mhezs mncerned the exPediem-y of keepmg the expense of the uniform of the Volunteer Corps as low as possiblyâ€"His Excellency is satisfied that the must simple unilnrm will be the most servu-eai'xle, and that Ihe several carpi: “ill be maintained in a more efficivm state by diminishing the cost ofthesoidier’» outfit.” EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH LINES _ IN CANADA “The BlNUMs of the Tunic-é'of each Arm of the Force tr- he of the same deschption as those wnrn in the reguiar servicp, euciufled with the words, “Vuiumezir Mliitia Canada.” ' HEAD DRESS. ' “His Exmliiem‘) 18 pleased fo‘reavethede- scriptmn ('1' thw future. Head Dress to be de- vided by the F!) ('e themselves: but, with a View to unifimmity at each Minion, it rnust be $0 arranged that catch Arm «fine sezvive xvii! always appearun Parade with the same stviv of Head I)ress-â€"-Ihe Highlam! Companies huwweâ€"r \viH continue to wear sup}; ”ng Dress as may be con-idered most suitabie to themselves. “Blue Tunics, single breasted, with Scazlet Officers to facings and white van! : wear Sn}- “Blue Tm“ sets with ver Lace. white stripes dawn the legs:' RIFLE CORPS 0R COMPANIES. “Rifle Green Tunics. singie hrcuslvd, WM: scarlet faring: and Black Curd Shouider Strap; collurumi Puffs slightlyfimided. "Rifle Green mesers with two stripes of Black Braid (m a suarfet strip dawn the 382'" g the Highland Cumpnnies we recommended In wear Tumcs. 0r Juvkvts, and Trvws the same as thnse used if] the ,reguier service. the ma- telial and. favings of the tunic 01' Jacket to be in unit‘urm with the other Rifle Corps (2:? Hon. J. A. Macdonald has‘been at» pointed “ Minister of Militia Aflairs,”-by Hji Excellency the Governor General; ‘ To to Lieutenant :â€"--Lieuft. Howard A; Hay;~ frum the Unattacheu List. His Excellency therefore has ordered the re-pnblrcation ot the Circular Letter from the Office ofthe Adjutant General of Militia, of the 19th May. 186,0, by which the unilorm of the Active Militia Force is prescribed, in ac- cordance with the Mililia Law; and His EX: cellency strongly urges the attention of Offiâ€" cers in Command of Corps ofthe Active Force to the necessity of a mid compliance with such General Order; and in respect to such Corps as may have provided themselves with the Undress Uniform of Grey. Cloth, His EX- cellency urges that tlie‘Regulation Uniform should be procured by them so soon as their circumstances will permit. [copy] “Circular, 7 ADJUTANT GENERAL’S “Active Force, 5 ~ OFFICE. QUEBEC, 19th May, 1860. “Sunâ€"In accordance with section 31 oft‘ne Consolidated Militia Laws, l-lis Exeellency the Commamlerâ€"in~Chief has been pleased to prescribe the following pattern for all clothing (0 be furnished in future by the Volunteer Force of the Province, viz: FIELD BATTERIES AND roor COMPANIES or aarxuen‘r. " “Blue'Tnnics and Trowsers the same as th Royal Artillery. been given to a vile wretch in Owen Sound who planned the robbery. To be Ensigu°â€"â€"-Oswa}d Edward Cruse, gentleman. To be Adjutantzâ€"Lieut. Howard A. Hay, vice R. Slack, whoretains his rank of Lieu- tenant m the Battalion. H15 Excellency the Commander-in-Chiéf has had under his consideration the obvious disadvantages which most exist in the event of any Militia Corps being dressed in uni- forms different trom any of those \1 cm by 1181 Majes1y 3 regular Tro 1p» with whom they run) bejequired to act. THE, DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT. MILITIAGENERAL ORDER NO. 2. Circular. SIXTH BATTALION, GEEY. Militia Appointments. MONTREAL, Ffiaay, Dec. 27; 186} By cr mmand: I“--f- CAYA LRY. DENIS CODLEY, . Civil Secretary. I have. Sun, NEWCASTLE. 4A Militia man dmfled for aotnal ~'zermoe must either pay a penmL‘v of£10 to be given tn an apprnyed man of the same class, not himcelf draued for svrwcp who will serve. or he may provide an approved substimte of the same class, and not drafted to serve in 'his 'phace. = CENSUS or NEW.BRUNswrck.â€"~The ‘tofal ponulation of New Brunswick is put-down at 250,000. -~-v . W'hen the ‘Sedemary Mifitia are called out in case of war, invasion or insurreclinn. those first taken for noma! service shall he volun- teers fmn‘i’ the Service Men ; than the first- élas's .S'é“v?t'é Ellen; "then the l'second-cmcs ServmeMén : and, lazflv. the Reserve Men. \Vith a View to the actual service in time nf war. inviteion. or inenrrection, the Service Men shall be divided into two Masses. to be called respectively first-class Service fiTen and second-plan SerVice. Men, the first-Mass to censis} of unmharriefi men arid widowers with- oqt‘c.hi1dren.-anu the. secofid-ciass of married men and widower-s with children. -.-_..,-'.. ‘.IV|\-||lullo The S-u’en‘nrj,’ ETIIEfi‘z await! "f :11? the male inmhmnm of the. Provim-P. of the ago of oighlepn or upwards and under sixh', um Pxornrted n'r flicqnaiifi-d by law. The Seâ€" dentnrv i‘v'filiti’a men; are. morenvvr. m be (ii- vidml into hm Chews. L) be 0:1I'ed rvspeam- ivelysm‘vitvp men and r~sprve mun ; tf'e" sevâ€" vive men s! all'he three of Fighteen }.'»‘=:1r.- and upwards. but under fnrtyâ€"five 5’9:er 0‘ £329, and upwards. but mldmr Sixtv ymre. the reserve. men. Th9 fullnwing p'H‘Srms only. hetweon the aims of Rightewn and sixty a< a- foresaid, shall be exempt from amino eervim- in any Wren ; {11th of NW Surprinr szrts nf Law {Ind Equity; the? Jndfir‘ hf We met n? of" Viva-Admimhy; tho Judge): 0‘ tho Cirvni' and County Crinrtaz t‘nu Clvrqr and i\“!inistpr; 11an (ivnnminnfimw; the Pmfi’ssors in mm (70119390? University. mu? :2}! IPRPhPx“9 in re- ‘igimn wdprs: the \Vnrt‘emm.’ KiJvars an" Cnmde nft'ne T’mvinvin‘ PPHEEQntian. An”. the fivhnying. 130111131 onr'vaL Am” 1‘? PK 9mm from mum-”r and {mm acmnj survim- 91-99” in timn of war. inv::<inn nr 'mx‘mmv- tinn. viz: The Rfecprvo “Jinn : \Tem‘wm Md": Hym‘nfive and l'figidative Pawn-Us; Mnm hers ofthe Loggie’mivn .-\<<0m!'\!_v: Me- 03‘: ' cars of said Councils and Asaemhly r.z'*~‘pz-’r-t~ ivelyg the Atmmimq and S x'h-Iturs 69.:me vainrv?m Sevrmarv and Awifla'v! .Q'mrmariesz a” Civ” O‘fic'vrs‘ ‘nf the Crew? 39:}! : a“ War. ~‘nns Iawfifliy anthmizml tnpramibe P7“ Vaih .nr Slugger? ; all Ath‘ncatpc. Barriflere. Solicitor» and AHOI‘HiPR: Notarins in ane‘r_Canada° haH-pay am! retimd 0555091? 0? HP" Wfrzimty’s } Army or Navy; Post Macters and ~MaiV-Pér- :rz'ersz; snafaring mnn. anmaHv emnhwd ir Fthpir calling; Masters of Puhiir and C(rmmnré Schools actuanv 91052::ng in tmchhigr; I’m-w monume Miller. fur each rm: of stnnps iv every Grist Mill; Keeper: of PuNic T121!- szates; Lurk-masters: and Laborers emnfnvpd in attending to Looks and Bridgps on Publiv Canals; Engine-drivnrg. (‘nnduvtnra and Sxi'ihzh'mencnnnevted whh 13w. various Ran--j ways antimlly in use in‘ thp vaince ;_ Mvm-i berg of Fire Companieg: JaiEm-q, Constabfes. i and Ofliopre of Courts Of’JnFfiI'PL-‘z. not beingr snchsnlél'; 3w virtizrp of Mair being non-oom- missi‘nncd Officers: of Miiilia; Studenm ms tending Seminariee, Colfeges, Schools am! Academies, who have bepn attending sue? at 19:13! 553: months prevmus 10’ the time at which they claim such oxemn{i(yn, and a" persons disabled from HMHV. infirm‘itv. Alan a” personsbeavrinfz certificates from flie Socie- tyof 'Qtugkerstemnomtes and Tankers, of any d’thér inhabitants of this Province of an': religimmflennmiratmn. otherwise su‘jer't it}: mllitaryduty in time ofpeaaefi; but who {ram the doctrinespf his religion; shall be averké 16 bearih‘g arms} and shall refuse perenna'! mili- tarfi' service shallvbe. expmpt therefrom. ‘I?‘-I . No wider eontrai-t can be conceived than that whiCl‘t marks the rival 3‘dessaues of the Northen and Southern Presidents. The con- ztrast, too, is just the opposite of what might have been eXpected between the old and nevi empire. The Soiithern MessagQis calm and confident, full of n sp rit of independence and aconvictionof1ictor1. The Northern Mes- sage is fret: ul and angry, and veils 1ts a - prehension and chagrin under the most trans- parent dasguise. You can hardly believe but that President Davis is the head of the old. assured», traditionart en1pire.’.and that .presi- dent Lincoln is the lorlormdefeated, disheart- ened. political adventurer. The head of the old Government carts at etery act of the maritime Poners of Etnope. demand their aid, raiis at their neutralitv, denounces their cold indiH'erence, holds up the indignation their flagrant design to barter principle for mean commercial advantage. and because they are not with him, insists that thev are altogether that every body has done. As to the alliance and support of the European P011 ers in the struggle he' 18 waging against the North, the European Powers may 11.111 till they are asked. He is no suppliantâ€"he wants no extemal supportâ€"he can deal with the Northerners single-handedâ€"his Confed- eration is an independent Confederation. and he would scorn to prop 11p an American Com- monwealth with European pillars. And all this intimated Without the slightest approach to Yankee swagger hut under a calm sense that a nation which asserts independence ought to snst ain itself by its own enern': es. â€"â€"- indeed, his only appeal to the Rump-eon Powers 111 on .. single question of1mernation~ :11 law, 0 which they and he are committed in 'cornmon. namely, whether, if the blocks ade is ineffectual i: fact .it is not also roll in la11.11’ut 1'11 point. of siyle. ofstafesmnn- like views and of the general (1pm row of the question before the two Confederates, {he fife? °sogc of President Data's 7's yet more distinguished from its 7'11:ul.Yon might expect to find in the chief ofthe old Govern- ment the 'better taste, the greater refinement of feeling. the more polished diction and general evidence'ol' a higher education.-â€"~ Here are even more mistaken than you were before. , The h‘lessa'je of President Lincoln. if it were to be taken for a moment as an i11- stance of the education of the United States would imply that the whole not ion might to 1:0 to school again. The st}le of this latter document is not al11'a1s gr.1mm1-ural.is frequent! 1, confused and obscure; the. sen- tettt'es are. often not logical, and here and there 11111 come upon such ahsnrh blunders of diction as that “ the last rat of hop-1 {11111133 Mr 91' 1111 rl at the assault on Fort Sumter. 3’ imagiiiu a r31 of hone. peat cal-11 PYniring too, in a homhardment. fit this ma non! It mm’ 19. interpeiivg in man" nf our readers m 9913 1 w term: of the Militiw Ln x negmf‘ :9 roqnirumenh m lw m We under it for swam). in qace of um. i" Q'Hrlec- tinn nr invasion. Th5» Vim Hm? :' Md‘izi. at», by AM, Dhidvd inm twn Mascecâ€"v-Ser’mzmr‘; and Active. The ‘Active’ are the Vuiumeér Companies. The S-H'en‘nr? ET’IETE} cmcitn ff :1“ thp . -"L1NCOLN’S MESSAGE COMPARED SYNOPSIS OF THE ENLITEA LAW. WITH THAT OF DAVIS. (From the London Hé‘fiz'ld.) THE Federal3sts have. m tnngth. succeed-- Pd in effecting; :1 blockade atone Southern port. The main channel leading to Charleston har- hm has been hetmeticallvsealed hythe sink- imzflf sixteen hulks. Tfiey were not placed S”flight across, as in other cases where the {experiment had failed. but in three r03“). With special reference to the fact that the m- land waters must flow to the sea. An intricate maxe’of shoals and eddies will thus be formed. ,\t'h7ké}x it will be impossible to navigate. but which Will'étill anew of the flow of water W'ithbfit' the'creation of new channels. 'I‘novmxn‘m ANNtVERSARY.-â€"Next year “‘53! be the thousandth anniversary of the lnszatinn-ofthe Ros ian Empire; and it 1! 8 Med that the Russians mm: d :0 09.. ebrate hm occasion w”! u one oftheir grand national re‘izious festivals. The speotavle {1:81. Pe- tersbuvg and Moscow willd cu} ”less he verY magnifice..t, and the manumission of the serfs will give it a peculiar significance, 2111â€"111 refuge 111 N3 13331“, The direvtor of the ') sermtmy 011 31111111! Vesuvius 11:1: tunde a wpmt 011 the eruption. 0:1 1‘10 7111. 11113 reâ€" port 9111': the needles <1ft‘1e Lamont :1 1111:1121- 111s 111911:- ated some dL-z'urbance, and more mrin < inuication we re given next moritmg. \t 111:1 ociock, :1. 111., <11 the 891. a lame (‘J'BVi opened 3111118 laxa 0f1704, a few 413111111. “ewes above T0119 del Grevo. The on): U 1.3 :11 fi1st threw up smoke and Cinders, 1111111 1:11 \v’1i1‘h overwheimed <01 oral 111111505 Trr‘u'zzs is midnight the 111111 ceased flowing. â€"- ()1: 1f~:-morn111«r of the 9111 newcraters opened 11111 1 .1ew 11p smoke. and Cinders, and stones, matti 1g at the same time a horribie noise. A tahlc inserted in a paper in the'Assm ram-e Magazine, exhibits results of a rather start-ling character. In the first two QUl!!QUQn- nial periods, ‘20 ‘25, : n l 2:5 3 .l, the probaoil ty ufiixtjithxxf3r marryingr m a year is nearly 1hree. times as great as that of a bachelor. At 30 it is nearly lour times as great; 'frum 3010 45 it "is five times as or at; and it in- .cféasés,tllllii‘, at GU. the ('hntwe (it a widower marrying in a year is eleven times as great as that 01 a; bachelor, It is curious to romark (mm "thisttahle how confirmed Either class becomes in' its condition of life; how little likelx°.after‘ a few ye’ars, is a bachelor to break through his habits and solitary condi- :iOn; and on the other. how readily in pro- portion doe}: a hushantl cohtroct a second mar- TI 1-: Emmrmx 0F MOUXT vavn's.-â€"â€"A t0] gram dated the 112:. in the Aord, gn'es n< snme details of the eruption 0! Mount T. 3" ontzxcerowx ursday, Jan. 2. 1832. The Rt"? fish menm gnu-hm! R5 ml.’ :n 122% ‘wre at 5 p. m. Vedvrd: n . with Hes-«Is. M‘t- *nn and 5 “Tide” and iheirSm retmiwe «m board The wmd New :1 Imrrh ane ali night. SHEERâ€"Tilt“ qu "Jinn is Mien asked, “Do shvep Teqniru wntvr in winter when hnvirg acress‘ .n snow 2’" They (in. mm! ('orrainh. In myjmkzmem. watvr is as anemia} 10 4:09p 3211‘)an other animal. ' In"; Wm gn’ flmmgh the Witch-‘1‘ rm sum? instead of vmn-r. and $0 won-d a man or :1 Lone. if mmpolied by HP- !vssiry m (in so g. but nu one. I t3*i:!k. \vmfld argue that it wsz nut 3w h. trr to have it mama lwfnre using it; The fluids of the <}'€_t9m,mnst h.“ supp'ivd. and {fire water is the Best sum?!) from whenco to euppEy lhcm «Bast-an Cultivator. riage who has been deprived prematurely of his first partner. After the age of 30, the probabihty at 35 is not much more than half that at 30. and nearly the same propomon exists between efich quinquemnal period afterward. A meeting of those favorable to the forma- tion at a force {or service on the lake was held in the offic; of Mr. G. ll. “’yatt, Front sreet, yesterday. The meeting. which had been called hy-Mr. R. Arnold, was well attended and quite enthusiastiv. After some discus- sion it was resolved that the force intended to he raised should he called the ‘Naval and Pilot Brigade of Toronto.” am: he composed of masters, mates, and seamen employed on the inland waters. A servive~mll was then opened and it we immediately Signed by thirty-eight of thoce present. It wag expected that the total number of momhom required Would be Obtained 10-day. when the list will he sent to Quebec. Another zm-eting will he held inthv‘ same place this am-rrroou for the purpose of closihg ‘_the list and appointing of- 3:20 barrvtary 0! Nam. has (300.1de to issue no more passes to ladivs. II has Ewen :m-er mined that in Learfy ever-y in~lanc9 where these favors mve Ive?!) anunmi to woman, letters and ether documents have been con- ceaied in thvir clamps, cmnwying important infimz'lazinn to the {933035. in future. the. Ni- noiines' who even ::pp!y for passes wiil be warmed. Ecei's. The Brigade, We. have no doubt, Vwill be as efficient as It IS posste {or a company of British tars to become.-â€"-T0ronto Leader. A painful rumor is current in the city ofthe loss of the steamship Parana. with 1.100 troops on board, in the St. Lawrence River, but it cannot be traced to any trustworthy source. Fail wheat per bush. Se)ring u u _ 3‘ Barley “ “ “. Oats ' u u u . A {afge war gteamer, supposed American, IS crmzmg offllns port. DURHAV, “Tan 9, Flourperbb1,m,..............$4:\0 to Wheat, per bush“ 0 58 “ Oats . C O O C O ..... 0.18 ‘ Bagfley, . . . . ........ 0.25 “ Potatoes, ............ 0. 20 “ Pork 300 “ REPORTED LOSS OF BRITISH STEAâ€" MER PARANA VVI'I‘H 1,100 TROOPS. DEF ARTURE 033‘ :‘TWASON AND SLI- 3312! I PROBABILITY OF MARRYI‘NG‘ HALIFAX, N. S , Friday, Jan. 3. NO MORE PASSES TO LADIES. T( RONTO MARKETS. MEETING OF SEAMEN. DURHAM MARKETS. tary of‘Staze has decided to issue ,...$1 00“3108 086“$088 045“ 048 030“ 032. Jan. 31, 1861, a plum: 1862. i1: 1b Par-tie; address 3m] on t! ‘Ct‘d: den ilw 11:1! 1.1 “W Andersm Bar'» (mi Bra cko 8mm): Brian Chit 0 Camp} kee; Smli preset-uni tiuns of I will find Bnoxcmr in sendin flicted, a ceives to I will try may prov‘i the the very simq Years xvi dr 'ad dis known t Toan‘ «i m :‘8‘ ting 8a ry ‘ prove GCEI. “’heal $4 per 4 Lice néifu ttcr us +22“?! TL IST