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After the Fire! josmavs "BUSINESS DIRECTORY. | For the benofit of the public, we have compiled the following business directory. comprising the names of the most "eliable dealers inthe village The public will find it to their advantage to deal § | with them H W., conyRN, nM. vo, 1" L., 1 oe 1.04 RHLHENRY * King Street, Oshawa, 1} 1} ] 1 ACCOUCHEUR Ldence and OXice - Nearly o posit 0 He yhbs | MEDICAL. | Dr. Wu. Copury, King Street, imm west of Tlobh's Flote! we ediately De. FRANCIS RAE, . . McBriax, Si) Forel. WH. FRIDE ERICK MCBRIAN, M.D MLR.CS Gallery lately oocupied byJ. E Hoitt | FUY'S HOSP IT AL LORDOR, ENG. X LAND. R or sasidence, Rime Have Resumod Business §n th In the Builling on the bs' r Corner of Ring and Simess Streets, | ull.) Wt | ! Brock + Whitby, WZkre they are once more prepare" to {Le Modem, Barr hy Street, op- {PASE "PURMER % Take Phot vographs, RL who & a ¥, *Bréex" Street, TVLAN, Ontario Bauk, Simeoe Street, C. Manager. Dominic oh Bank, Simcoe Strect, J. H. McLEL- AN, Age RN LEN , Money to lend, Brokerage &2. Brock Street W hitby, i RE TTAY. J. Ferg srsox, ncar Ragget St pet, . N. Vans, Cowan's Bloc! Cr ounty iowa Attorney, .. ROBSON BOIS FING STREE T WEST, W AMILTON, Go. Robs " stor, formerly of the Totkon House. Whitby And "cther Stries of igure s, in all the Latest MorLa~, vies, CN VARS L DS, | PPEETH INSERTED ON ALL THE "Entrance on King Street . : st. Testh Sled Between (filletts' and Dickie's Stare, tod witont Lunseta) attention civen to emlassing | and Coloring. Photographs talon | from Pile " & SSea's, King i an's New Block ing 8 : Stove, King St Oshawa wn 2 king Strout. tures, and enla J. VERGUSON, ICENTIATEG#DEN TALSURGERY. rhe Grodery of Messrs, Simpson RE A Fed ip 3 si; Jonw M (E330 Os! hawa, December 2 th, 1872 -- AY, Insure az ent, opposite RE- ~ MEDICAL HALL. iii HELIN, Skirt \ . WET op Skir anulas waren, Bow. HOTELS. Einicoe Street, Jas. Quigley ful mann .C ENTR aL HoTeL, so , Remova 6% bran DRY GOODS, ithcoe & King Sts. 1 ARRISTER, "ATTORNEY, n xX rect Faust, LICITOR, Cavey no Pablic, Oshawa, South. SNuces Streets. 2 MONEY to Lend, old, r, tak, d Co., corner of King and Simcoe "PDR. DIE ANS RESPECIFULLY INFORMS THT Publi that the MEUICAL HALL is REMOVED to | WILSON'S NEAR THE Where he has oy Mortgages bought and | ALEX pDER & Bryce, a Street. Wa Ii ® R. McGee. 3. rE F FAREWELL, LL.B, o OUNLL . CROWN ATTORNEY aurister An waney, Solicitor, Notary Ne. gud LUanvay eer Oe. - k y ocenpiod by f1. Cochran deceased] Brock Stregr Alby, Sutario. . FURNBTIINGS, g He Wr 8 st Eas! NE EW BLOCK, © LT gor Hi King $ treet East, POST OFFICE, TAILORS, fed out a NEW STOCK of ¢ SarRLEYS Riss Sh Street Pare Drugs, Chemicals, Patent odie cines, Superior Dye Studs, ZTlocant | Poxfums, Scented Soaps, Testa PARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS. ' Brushes Hair I: Bells, Nell AT-LAW, Soliciier Lh Notaries was Ruble. Unnveyancors, &c.. Whithy, ® Mou Fugies Brushes, Coo hs, In ses, &e., &2. McMinn Toan LA wa ON And a large stock of Fancy Articlor. smn, ANT 245 ' AND LADIES WEAR, . . Ie Rac's store GREENWOOD IND Mc MILLEN re r of I?inz and Simcoe ey | 22 His Surgery is in donnection with the INSUR- Shop as usual. ATK] woe NI 1xsox, Kin Oshawa, Maach 12th, 1872, Di. Dia 1, Wilson 's Block, shous. King Street, NK Ae Uibhs Bros, F. 5 le , Sq. Falrbankl, Fa. ©; Dominion Bank B. SHERIN & Co., AY J HOL ES AL E M ANUFAC TU RERS ie wt New York Ma plied on A term . Bowmany ile. 3s TOTICE 1S HIRE BY G IVEN THE following ealls on the alloted Stock of the Domiffion Bank, have Leen wade by tke Directors, and the same are pay- alle at the Banking Houke in Tofuuts, as D. ROLLIDAY, 1 lows: ProukLIx, ONT. . ; the Lsolat sk i0 per cent. and premium of 5 per gent of Uanada \ on the 1st July, 1873. tion, Also; fr, Q sen's and nthe 1st July, 1873 : = empl, & W000 ob. J tf 10 do do 1st Aux. 1873. ¢ | 10 . "1st Sept. " 19 i 10 7 GX SMITH, LL I 150 '" . GW " 'eo ' *. WY RISTER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAYW, 1b . an t e nel Insolvency, 10 % tice: Me Millan's Wi k, 10 ay 31-1y 10 ONTDRIO REro 2. Simeoc Strmet, J. 0. Haxry, King 3 A. ALCXANDER Garth, King ' oy h March « "Oh April (By order of the Bo nr 1.) R. H. BETHUXE, \ Accorer : Cashier 3h Toronto, 28th Mar, 1873. 8-15-41. hawa, 1-2 MEAT MAR KET. W. G A RTH, BUTCHER. AS REMOVED His ME AT MAR- T to the DBnilding dir COLNE RUIAL Te $5 to , 820 or ol either sex, yc or { { at work for us xX. time t han ai an Address G. STINSON & 1, Mai we. CENTRAL HOTEL, SIMCOE ST. NORTH, OSHAWA. JAS, QUIGLEY, Preprictor. HIS SPLENDID NEW HOTEL 18 Ww oven, and offers to he travellers the On x » be procured betwes 10. House fitted--uap with penis. Best brands. of 4 r vays on hand. Estontive aki ng and an seule bostler. 88. 000 Worth bof Stock. | 3 EE Srl win tomers can be tors, an "in 'good time av the Market cuppa ar tite : Fi ra BO M I N [ON BA N K! NOW 8 YOUR TIME FOR CHEAP pram wally atiend.d ©: I WATCIIES, ADVE CLOCKS, OSIFAWA A AGENCY. XTISE IN THE " REFORMER." NOTICE Is HERERY GIVEN THAT { JEWELRY, 4 ve tr nk has « od an agenc { =aeth of Varhear Fare ells New Brick Block opposite the oflice of Messrs. Gibns & Brother, Simeone 'Street, Interest will be allowed on deposits. Drafts issued on all oints in Canada, United States and Great ritain. The Savings Bank department is now open, On ali deposits over $4 laterest will be allowdd. Oftice Hamrs From 16 0'4 Pan, exfept on Saturday, sited at 1 v'clo Kk, pan. 3 & MH. McLELL AR, gent, FASHIONABLE . TAILORING. SEVER PLATE, PANCY GOODS, emee| Philip Taylor | Has commenced to sell his splendid stock at Bi i - GR EATLY REDUCED RATES he prio »r to his fitting ) ines, And wT S TO AN Nou NCE TO THE of Cshawa a hborhnod, that pened a T TORING ESTABLISH- ONTARIO BANK. or con ons. ; door to Hatin, CAPITAL $2,500, 000. English, re h G Where he OSHAW A Bi YANCH. ets and manufacturers, His prese s of | work. Satisfac the best quality and rewest patie: rns r : STREET SOUTH "ROM 10 AM. | Fehased from the man t fall. 1 urday, from 10 aan. will be hay to recelve or tion and prompiness guaranteed. JOHN Oshawa, July 30th, 1973, 154 Oshawa Coal. AND WOOD DFE POT ties will save money b a swe his wlock and elsewhere, prices be! fofe pur Cr ing Watches, Clecks and Jewelry repared and warranted on short notice, apd cheaper than any other "house, Oshawa, March 11th,I%32, OFFICE -§13COE QFrice HOURS o'cl 1o ry I of all kinds transacted refs ie wed on al pulnts a | aibs, and Groat Detar X | r connection with deposits LADIES HC LL. AN D. Manager. thawa, July 16th, 3y Money to Lend hand at the above Yard, large quantity of GOAL and-CORD WOOD t Georgetown Lime, AND -- REDU( on RATES. 1 AM Now PPE PARED TO LEND! Any Aor ey. on} « security of Go Farm or Fre u Property, at the Lowest Posiblo Rates of Interest, GIBBS BLO C n sums and manner to suit borrowers, Prinel ean by re-paid by yearly instalments, or in one | sum. Investments made in Debentures, Mortages, nd other securities, SILVER AND GREENBACKS BOUGHT AND - BOLD. For further pardculars 0 P MES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Money Broker, &ke. Office Mc Millan's Bloek, Brockt., 8, Whitby April 13th, 1871. INMAN LINE OF MAIL STEAMSHIPS, New York, Queenston and Liverpool | Crry or Rico, City oF MONTREAL. Ciry ov Brook LYN, on oy Panis, p! ITY oF BRUSSE TY Cirvyor N pili Ciry A HALIFAX. ITY or Loxpox, City or DURNAM, 4 oF WASHINGTON. Sailing on T and Saturdays From Fs 45, North River. Having obteined Rooms n [All orders left at the office in the Yad, will 'be promptly attended to. A. Alexander. OVER McBAE AND C08 STORE Mortgage Sale. Phe NOTICE I8 HEREBY | ven, that under and virtue ofa Power ed the 1 have LADIES UNDERWEAR Sall contathed in a certain Mortgage {to uced at the Hl Sale) the Be | prgduced property in VILLAGE oF OSHAWA viz: Villages Lot Number Four, on the North Bian at Barked Gn the Pian of vil ing? Lot nm Lot Num albion on oO t NA of Adon oh wi put up and soid by Pie yas Sod LEASE W Black's in the sald _ | Saturda thé 10th of August V sext, A.D1873, 48h ve of Tor ac afernoon of Ther e are on the sald land Two good FraB Dwel'ings and Out Houses, in every way suita- ble for two "Fie Lovie wil fens: » ova Well kb By of Fruit r Trees ant & Sood. Garden with Orchard, Terms and conditions made known the time of sale. For further particulars to 1E IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, WHOLESALE & RETAIL. read inspection Eads Jeb, of work pia A ay for have them filled, in & manner guaranteed to to give be sagatct are invited to cell, Mr] gravy bd AMTWERP. BALTIMORE ] shown, and every women, Mss. OU J. ¥ KELLOGG. "paws: Jue In ad, 17 873 ~ Millinery y! ! Mitlinery | Bi For Style in a Millinery, Go to Brooks' For'Cheap Goods, Go to Brooks ox | Ladies' Furnishing Store }. rE " Tickets can be t here at moderate rate by persons send for tb Fo Nirther Be a apply to A Company' 7 © W.,SUITH, OspAWA. ire nf this office | ing and insur | Oriental Company's steamer, at Seuth- -- F ampt 1 / | ampton. | ! L1 thought, John Wood! Kira St., Oshawa, | | Sees Pk Ly visions; fects, a Poctry, PATHER TAKS MY HAND. cloud The thunders roar abave, Sce, I stand | And threiigh the gloom Lead safely hortte Thy child. | The day goos fast, my Father! and tke | night, Is any Srawiog down. My faithless | : spedial | O Father! take my band, Encompass me. | hand, | And from the night | | | Lead up to light Thy child. | The way ia Jang, my Father! and my son | Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal. | While yet I journey through this weary | Jand, | Keep me from wandering. Father, take | { my hand ! 'Quickly and straig ght | Lead to heavens's 'gate | Thy child ! | The path is rough, my Father ! | thorn | Has pierced ma; | all torn And bleeding, mark the way; yet thy | command | Bids me press forward. Father take my -- hand, Then safe and ULlest Lead up to rest Thy child ! The throng is great, my Father ! joubt, And fear, and Garger eompass me about, Aud foes oppress me scre. [ cannot stand Or gu alone. O Father, take wy hawt, | And through the throng Lead safe along Thy <hild ! The cross i heavy, Father, | It long Many a and my weary feet, all Many a Thave borne | and still do bear it. Let my | worn | ck, King Street. | And fainting spirit rise to that blest land | Where crowns aro given. hand. And, reaching down, Lead to thesgrown Thy child ! ALY "& I Pl Te, rt, Ne EE Selections, Father take my | A WITE THROUGH A MISTAEE | It was towards the ¢ clots of Decembe- + | that I stepped from the Peninsvlar and | | , Protracted service with my regiment on | the hot plains of Hindostan hal made me | a stranger ¢> most of the friends of my | youth, For me there was no domestic hearth; no | cheerful circle to make me a sharer in its | joys 3 no mistletoe, under which I would be permitted to swatch the sweet kiss of | | hiatias, - » | In shy. ruminations I sometiines amost ppo-ite regretted the leave of absence that had of- Better, to have stayed among my jovial eowmpanions, sticking pigs in the jungle, or swinging in a grass Bammock, with a hookah hetween my teeth. Av 1 wended my way towards the old | forded an oportunity for geturn. club, I entertained a faint hope--it was it was indeed only a glinmer of hope-- | that I might find somb fellow as mistrable | as mysclf. It wasimot reasonable, I allow, to ex- pect that any one else could be quite as friendless as to have no family fireside at | which to enjoy the coming holiday. I could scarcely, at all' events, fail to fall in with some old acquaintance who | | would smoke a cigar with me. Any letters for Captain Fleetwynd 1" 1 asked of the club jgnitor. " Captain Fleetwynd ! Yes, sir. One | | By the last delivery. Long time since we" WOOD, | here, sir." ng the club and throwing myself on ah ottoman, ¥ opened the letter and read it. Its contents ¢'anged the tenor of my | thoughts ; from being a miserably dog, J | became comparatively happy. | It was,/in fact, an invitation to 3ne on | seen n yey | Christmas day with my old friend Harry | TTNT | aD A > SUBSCRIBERS BEG TO IN | U N DER W 44 R ! Ah M the pub Me th at they have now on | K Agricultural Salt! | itself that the heart which had withstood | w 90D CUT and SPLIT at EXTRA CHARGE. | Blount, At tho time designated T was on the platform of the Euston Square terminus, equipped with travelling bag and ticket. As the train proceeded' T relapsed inte reverie, indulging in dreams of the past, | in which the vision of golden-haired girls | | with ripe ruby lips waiting patiently to be kissed under the mistletoe, made their | appearance, while a_premonition presented | the charmers of India would, yiblding | | to the mystic influence of the season, | | becomeenslaved to some amid of the colier English climate. | Presisely at tho honr indicatsd by the time-table, I reached the station. Stepping on to the platform and saunter- | ing along, I was presently accosted by a | | footman in livery, somewhat mors pre- { tenticus in appearance than any of the group of servants frum which" ko stepped | forth. " Mr. Flectwynd," inquired the man. "Yes," I replied, bot not without noticing the omission of my military title. though the mammight have ben carelessly instructed and have forgotten it. "The carriage, sir," And he pointed to a carriage snd pair drawn up outside the railings, with a couchman, weighing at Jenst a quarter a ton, ou the box. "* Harry must have prospered," thought I, as I stepped in and swnk on the soft morroeco cushions, " At all events this niust be his- father's Squippage, and 1 suppose I am to be taken to the squire' . house." 1 had never, however, been , My acquaintances with Blount family was confined to Harry himeeli--a college friendship interrupted by my be- | | The way is dark, my my Father! Cloud on things. Ts gat hesisig thick!y o'er my head, smd Liké\yne bewildered ! Father; take my | As the fancy flitted across my mind I | palled off my travelling cap, passed my | dows, and gave gn additional twirl to my | carriage swept by tw) trellissd lodges. { and then a winding sweep thraugh copse- | treme elegance. | thawed the ceremonious air tht had hung { o¥er the company, | not obly from my pretty partner, but | from Sir William hiwself and his stately jwite, | might have fancied myself she honoured ing suddenly called out to service in India. | time seemed opportuns. I was aware that my friend had a sister of whom rumor onde spoke some pretty Was she still unmarried, and still disengaged? 1Ifso, there might be a chance of wy renounding single blessed ness. | ingers through my still tnsilvered curls, gazed on my sun-embrowned visage, reflect- [ed on the plateglass of the carriage win- moustaches. We had beech nearly an hour on the road. * Kingscote Pak was further than 1 had fhticipated. The evenlrig was pitchy dark, all that was visible being the trees and hedges | pordering the road. There was frost upon the foliage, an? the svarkling noar gave forth its myriads of glittering corruseations. At length the carriage stopped, a mas- sive gate swung on ifs hinges, and the Five minutes on a soft gravelled drive, wood, and the carriage drew up at the doors of a noble wansion., not easy to explain. The renewal of that friendship at this | | the reflection I wade to myself, while | in a tope of austerity, strongly bordering Several othercarriages were taking their departure, having delivered their freights | on the steps of the portico. | I was almost immediately consigned | 7 into the hands of a portly servant, by whoui I was conducted into a large cham- | | ber with all the appurtenances of a lux- ! | urious sleeping apartment. Adjoining was the dress'ng closet, 'into | which my bag was carried. | " Yoar room, Mr. Flectwynd," said | the man, on entering. *' Dinner at seven o'clock." | 1 arranged my toilet with duo care, snd | after rirging the bell and descending, | was led along a maguificient corridor; a | wide door was then flung open, and I was annovnced. A large company was present in the | drawing room. There was the usua! pause | of euibuate nent when an unfamiliar | name is announced--unfamiliar, at least, | to most of the company, but this I expect. | ed to be terminated by Harry rushicg for- ward ard taking me by tht hemd Iiistead of this, 1 was approached by a | portly whito haired gertleman who after | offering we his congratuiatiopis on wy re- turn from hadia, led me up to his equally | venerable wife. My cyes, at the moment, glanced on a | Foung lady standing near, radiant in beauty, My dangliter, Mr. Fleetwynd," wero | | the next words that fell on my ear, and I | was face to face with tlus tall, blue-eyed, golden-haired gitl, just such aoncasl| expected the sister of Harry Blount would be. Iwas about asking after my friend Harry, still speculating ae to ths "ause of his ron-appearance, whon this was explain- plainen by the old gentlmuasn himeslf. *1 am very sorry, Mr. Fleetwynd, that wy son is not here. He will not bé with us to dinner; but we may expect him over-the wine. An awkward accident | has happened to a friend of his in the Mtinting field," and he has ridden over to séo what cai be done. He left athousand apologies for his absence, and has left Pmily Here to take ¢hargo of you till his ! return." will be able to furnish it." | much sooner than I would otherwise have | had never heard. | I amr sofry to say, sir has no remembratice | Had it anytlung to do with the fate of the unfortunate Nimrod with the dis- placed shoulder-blads ? . "Ladies and gentlemen, said our host rising to his feet, *' permit me to leave yo for a moment. Please fill your glasses and make merry till my return. Saping this Sir William strode towards the door, casting on me as he did so, threatening look, which seemed to com- prehend mé aid his daughter Emily. " What the deuce does it mean 1" was others seomed engaged ix similar specula- tion. Although glasses were filled afresh, and an effort made to kesp up the donverss- tion, it proved a failure, and the effort was succezdel by a dea'hliko silence. It was a relief toall when Sir William returned, though I was some what embar- rassed when he took a stand on the oppo- site side of the table, and fixed his eyes upon me as though I were to be made answerable fof 'he late accident. to robgon of a guest who, I sure, would not thauk me for transferring him from such a genial atmosphere. What say you. Fragk? "That you ha®e gife a very correct in- terpretation to my sentiments. * Thanks !" exclaimed Sir William. ' Thanks, Captain Fleetwynd, for yotir frank Jorgiveness. And now, ladies and gentlemen, may I beg you to refil your g asses, and drink a toast I am dbout to propose : * Equal honor to the guest who is here by nustake, as to him who has come by invitation." As might have been expected, the inci- dent, its very bizarrerie, had the effcet of exciting the hilarity of the com- pany, and a merrier Christmas party could not have been found in all Ergland. There may have been exceptions, a few individukls who did not share in the gene- ral joy, and one, perhaps, should be men- tioned, my namesake of the cadaverous complexion. : I could see that he was far from satis- " Is your name Fleetwynd 1" he asked, on insult. " My name is Fleetwynd." " Jasper Fleetwynd, of Hor Majesty's Civil Service, late resident in Madras? " No; Francis Flectwynd, of Her Majesty's army, late serving 'n the Presi- dency. of Bombay.™ " Permit me to ask, sir, how you come to be Rete '* By invitation from yout son." * From my son? This is very stranps | Allow me to say, ¢ir, that I have some | ment. My son, gentlemen," he added, turning to his astonished guests, "had in- vited an old eollege acquaintance, of whom | you have all heard, to be present with me | | weighted by the thought of losing whole | By a strange | | bags of rupees, the matter ended in my | atour Christmas dinner. accident Mr. Fleetwynd has been delayed, | but he is now outside. Who Captain Fleetwynd may be, requires explanation, | and I hepe, sir, for your own sake, yon | I need hardly say that I was quite 'as much astonishod at this speech as any | one around the table. I was chagrined | | suffic"ently to fecl confused," at the same | time L.was comforted by perceiving that | there was ote who did not, asi might have | been expected, sh*iuk from me in abhor- | rence. In the eyes of Emily I read something | that spoke of sympathy. "Bir William," 1 said, rising tomy | feet, and preparing to vacate the place I | hitherto held, "I ragret very mich the | | misapprehension that has occurred, and | which, I gonfess, 1am quite unable to ex- a Captain | Regiment, and ! plain. 1 am, as I have said, Fleetwynd, of H. M.--th | if yo 3 4s | your son were here "Heo 4s here," answered a tall youth, | { who at that moment entered the room, | | accompapied by a much shoiter man, of | | pa'e, bilious compl exion, who I at once | recognized as the ~ very unsocial passenger | on board the steamer, but whose name (| " He is here. and, and of aver likving met you before, much less given you the invitation yon speak of." I was now in a position to ve tied by a couple of straws. What could it mean? Whore was young | Harry--Harry Blount ? Tho sprout I'saw before me bore not | the slightest reseniblance of him. I had certainly received an invitation fied with the part he had been made to | play in the little comedy of errors, and more than onde I caught him glaugng at myself in a way anything but friendly. 'I soon discovered the clue to to the un- | spoken hostility in the fact that the charm- | ing Emily had been designed fo be his partner throtighout the evening, he being | reputed to be as rich as a rajak---the possessor of a vast Indian estate, and of whole bushels of rupees. But, before evening was over, I discov- | ered, or fancied what made that Cliristmas. [to me the happiest inf, my life--that Jrsper Fleetwynd had arrived too late; and that | diffieulty in giving credence to yous state- [Frat Fleetwynd had forestalled him. The fancy proved to be well founded. » despite some slight opposition on the | part of Sir William and Lady Mary, favor, and I succeeded in becoming poasess- ed of the prize. Itave nevér had reason to rogret the mistake. It helped me to worthy wife found one, for I discovered next day shat my friend Harry's sister had become a wife and a mother. It helped me to something more--my Colontley--muth' sooner than I_ would havo reached 1t by seniority. May you my whmarried readers, make | no worse mistake wden you are on your journey to juin your friends benesth the | | mistletoe. How an English Minister met an Accusation. : (From the Montreal Herall.) A fow days ago we noticed the manner in which Mr. Speaker Plaine behaved. under the charges bfonght against him in the newspapers--how he himself asked for sn inquiry, and vacating his seat of | President, asked Mr. Cox, of New}York, one of his' most earnest political oppon- ents, to take it and to namb a Committee to investigate the "matter at issue. We have now to mantioh what took place m the British Parlizment when a charge was made against Lord' Melville, the political assbciat and personal friend of Pitt. Lord Melville at once retired from the Ministry, untill the inquiry should Save ended, and he should be acquitt He was, however, still a member ot Privy Council, and Mr. Whitbread, was eondueting the prosecution, moved that his name shoald be strnck out, pend- The smile with which Emily received:| from Harry Blout! His family crest was | ing the procosdings against him, lest he this avowal removed any regret I might | upon the note that conveyed it ; I hal | might . tainted advice to the give | Have felt at the absence of her brother |'! as per invitatibh) ahd' had' been received | Sovereign. Thoigh the Privy Councilor- and I did' not feel much sorrow for the | | with great cordiality by, as I supposed, his | ship is but an honorary post, Mr. Pitt at silent that lind befulleri'the sportswan-- | a displaced shoulder, as [ was told. I was introduced to several of the | f guests, some bear™hyg titles, still as plain | Mr. Fleetwynd. Additional guests ar- father, How Jong, but for a happy incident, my | awkward dilemma wonld have been pro- jouged, I am unable to say. From the dark looks around m2, TI argii- | mee acceded to' the motion, and Lord Melville's name was erased from the roll. Jt is needless to -point out the dif- ference between this conduct and that of men, who ary' mot merely accused, but riving, a similar process was gone throngh | ed that T stood # fair chao of being | proved fo be guilty, subject of course to with them, till the stentorian voice of the { Butler antiounded ** diuner served," and we filed off into' the dining room, Eaiily. | | pronounced'a swindler. I was about entering on my version of | the matter, when a spit! of whbels grated | any evidence in rebuttal, who ate allowed to continue to give His Excellency such' advice as may best save thenibelves from ! taking me in charge, as her father jocular- | on the ground outside, and almost im- | punishment, and this for week after week. ly phrased it. Long before we had come to the cham | pagne, I was as much a captive to her | charms as any of her admirers. Sle was indeed, a splendid specimen of | { Euglish beanty of the most aristocratic | type. | Pirw dinner was served in a style of ex- The chuicest wines soon and the conversation | became more generdl and' Mvestrained, I was a little surprised to Hoar cur host spoken of as Sir William, not having beh aware that the father of Harry Blount was a kuight. What most surprised me, however, was the vory great attention I was receiving The wore distinguished of the company were lavish of pleasant speech, and I guest of the occassion: My introduction - was thoronghly cor- tect, and, no doubt, my friend Harry Ead spoken well of me, and to this I might attribute the quick ivtimacy that had sprung up between myself ard bis | sister. l I felt grateful to hity' {or {RSs thowgh I would have preferred that the considera tion paid me should have been more spon- taneous, Diner was at length ended, the desert | was spread out, and the bon-bons were | being pulled; wien suddenly there eanro a ! change over tho festive "scene. Sir Willlany was about rising fo propose the usual toast of a Christwas dinner, when the butler entered and slipped a card into his hand, accompanying the act with » whisper. Why the card of a gentleman, probably waiting vutside,® should bring s cloud over the late smiling face of our host was mediately, the door Leinz still open, a voice was heard exchanging speech wit), tue butler in the hall. A moment after the butler made his | appearance, placing a second card iu the | hands of Sir William, "Mr. Harry Blount!" techanically | Nearly all the large cotton mills of Roch- dale, Lancashire, are closed in consequence of a strike of operatives. Henry Rochefort, té bear the voyage, was' placed on board | uttered our host, reading from the eard. | the transpott Virginia for New Caledonia "Who would have expected him at this hour ! [ invited him to d*wner to-day, " Blount, Blount" exclaimed my fel- low paesenger on the steamer. was thegeutlemwn to whose house I was taken, having mistaken his carriage for : ! yours, Sir William. Nota bad by the | difBeulty, and consequently bas not taken way ; but for his politeness and his dog- cart, I might still be on the high road instead of here." " Mr "Harry Bloant I" cried Sie Will iam, holding ont his hand. * Happy | to | sec you sir ; better late than never." "Thanks I" answered my college ac- quaintance, whom I recognized as he e - tered the room. "I hope the ladies will pardon this intrusion ; but if I mistake | i not, you have a guest here who'by right | belongs to] mo. You and I, Sir William, | | appear to have made an exshange through | the: stupidity of our séfvants. Do you | chance to have a gentleman among you by namo Captain Francis Fleetwynd 1" " We have," answered Sir Willkm. | * That | | yesterday morning. A Vieuna paper snaotindes that the | but he expocted a friend froi' London. F Comte de Chambord has accepted the | Tell kim to step in aad join us o7er a glass | 4 ono of France, which hay been formally | of wine." | fendefed to him by a deputation of Legitimists. The United States Government hasnot received any official commuuication from Great Btitail relative to the Manitoba | any action. ; The agents in New York-of the line to { which the steamer Alabama belongs deny | the possibility of her having deen the vessel wrocked off the Iris) coast, as | calculating from the time Ao left, she could™not have been in the vicinity, At tao close of the last year the amount in trust of Mr. Peatvdy's great bequest { for the benefit of the poor of London | amounted to 81,714,000, and another sum of $500,000 is be added to the principal during the nt year. Thy ndmber of Sunil ing Joctpying aparicients under his bequest 847, and the number of persons | besyfitud by it 3,407. 1 was stated at | Count de Paris le | Chambotd to be the head of the Aouse of ¢ Miving Yéed pro. | nounced snfliciently recovered in health " And now tXat we know Captain Fleet. | | | thd recont meling of the trustees of the wywd to bea friend of yours, we have | Peabody Eduéational Fed, ke'? in New only toteg of him tliat he will not alloy | York, that this facome of fhe fund to be you to ,carry him off. F am ready to'| to be expended in the Southern States for apoligize*for the ineivility that has stisen | educational purposes luring the pressnt out of misapprehension. Come, Mr. | year would ba abont $130,000, Last = ho NEWS OF THE WEEK, Protestant bas boa elacted Tent Spot of Da, bh al The United States Government has sent a fleet to cruise in Spanish waters. ps ari te I racks at Berlin, hi bid The steamer Arnot, from sige teen days over due at New York, has nos yet been heard of. Woives are #0 plentiful in Labrador that they have entirely broken up one settlement. : z : A billiard tournsient is to come off in Chicago between the 1st and 10th of October next. The London' morning journals contra. dict the report that Prince Arthuris be- trothed to Thyra, of Denmark. ° Four prisoners escaped from the Mon. treal gaol on Wednesday, one of whom was subsequently captured. KX "ery serious rising has taken place in Japan, and the rebels demand a return to the old laws of the country. A meeting of tfe prominkiit Reformers of Ottaiva has been held in thal city, and' steps taken towards forming an association. Mr. W. E. Baxter, Joint Secretary of the Treasury, has resigned that office. It is stated otr good authérity that Glad. stone will net seek re-election, but contem- plates retiring to private life. It is understood that the Gioverament of Fewfoundland is endeavorigg to establish a reciprocal treaty with the United States. The nomination for the Western Divi sion of Montreal; tekes place on the J4th, and the polling on the 21st and 23nd. A dul vss fought yesterday in France between ML. Herve, editorrof the Journal de Paris, and M. About, which resulted in the latter being slightly wounde', Industry is not always rewarded. A Sing Sing prisoner worked eighteen months to make s false key, and it was taken away the day he had it 'completed: The steamer Etnest Montz Arnot, from' | Stettin for New York, with 400 passengers is fifteen days over due and fears are en tertained for her safety. Kate Stoddard has executed a qnit ciais deed, freeing all property of the late Chas. Goodrich frem any claim that might be urged in her behalf. Tho agreement for the Biglin-Brown boat race, for $1,000 a side, to take place' at Halifax on_the 28th inst., has been drawn up and signed.' 1t is stated that in the Yecent interview "Count de' Bourbon and of the royal' line of France. Presidert Thierr amsvres his' Republican' riends that they uced have no fear that a fusion of Bourbonists and Orleanists will be effected, Great indignation is felt in London that - a Metropolitan Railway Company con- templated the destruction of Christ's Hospital, and offered five millions of dollars for the site of this ancient school. A despatch from Liverpool states' that Captain Phillips; of the wrecked City of of Washington, hae Been dismissed from' the employ of the Company for dbt cast- ing the lead during the voyage. A London special shys the Conservatives tave won a triumph st Greenwich, by electing Mr. Boord, a London' distiller, to' Parliament, Vice David Salmons, de~ ceased. The races st Buffalo were postponed owing to slight rain. The general opinfost is that the postpotiement' was s put up job to' dutaint visitors in Buffalo for the benefit of the city. A large quantity of a wrecked ¥essel has been diséovered off the West coast of In- 'land, and the supposition is that the State The Paris Univers annouhces with great joy that Mr. Darwin was rejected by 26 against 0 votes as' corresponding member' of the French academy of sciense. The' sixvotes were given to him by the ** {risuds' weighed 1,566 pounds 1 gendleman with seven men ten acre field of grass, and' with of one boy to rake it, shone thon were cut and moved away by sf the same evening. The turn out about otre fon to coed to St. John, and return to Ottawa as soon as possible, to take such action as he may dem necessary in the present erieis; A session of Parliament will nndonbtedly be held. Lord Dufferin will fall his en gagements in Halifax this week, and leave on Saturday, the probably going ty mil to' aay meting the steamer Druid thats; 40 take: Blount, ask your friend to forgive us. | year $130,000 had. been "a Louk around and see whether it bs wortll | by them "for {ree common while to stay for » kiss under the mistlc: | in * the South, thus making 0a" =" $1,000,007 with the amount "In the teeth of such & clallenge as in connection therewith by that, Sir William, 1 would pot be sorry themselves. -