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s■:s ATAsiatic Turkey beforo any attempt wasmade-to check their progress, when ini.ONSsmith's.1801, an army was sent against them ;hut having bribed the Turkish generalsto retreat, the Wahabecs, nfer havingIYankees ilong as it is rampant, 60 long will the eldest sonBritsh Lion keep his paws on the littlemice he has caught entering his cupboard.the countwine ; anin Torontcommitted great devastation, and acquired largo booty. Hod back to theirIK NT deserts.ionler*,In the year 1803, 100,000 olnt (4. these fanatics touk the lioly city Mecca,murdered many shieks, and after desTOl* toying nil the sacred monuments, carried iff immense treasures. In 1800,_tho British, fearing from their incrcns-I. .I ing power und continual piuudcri• gThe book keeper to whom we spoko on our entrance, is no other than the from “the celebrate 1 Notman, a younger brother Ontario, i of tho photographer of Montreal. Ilojt.mt Irishis in for 10 years on a charge of at- Fcotchmc tempting te procure abortion. Heaven the lowerand Barth have been • moved by his of the Fn friends to procure his release, hut with- thick heat out any effect, lie seems quite hear- billers” otv. ! Sir Georc* »In the shoe shop we saw Solomon two men i Albert, n'colored man from llror.tc or has yet pi Palermo, who was sent 1or life on a ofCanad;IK I,1.-! •h a 1 their commerce in the East wouldcharge of rape, which, we are told, was their Govnever satisfactorily proved, and tho girl Governmt 0 cents j be interfered with, assisted the Imnn of W|1P) we are told, lives in Palermo, is Ja distantMascat to defeat them. In the follow-ND1Dsmith's,ing year, the Turks under MohammedAli greatly reduced their power, and inButThe poop both of tlC Villa very1818 Ibraham Pasha totally defeatedthem, taking 80 pieces of artillery andANDin Mil-putting to dcuth 20,000 s'bidiers. Theirnow nndy to swear that it was not not effect true, hut that she was compelled by other parties to swear as she did. he is a colored man arid has no friends hitures ; and so he must remain on a doubtful charge imprisoned for life. lie says that he has no hope, and would be hap- at least 8all Tiaturatenants ofriTLG.rutltuu tu ViVUlil 3U.U IV. I C • a ajva* i m - , 1 , Ir . f . i py if lie were taken out bv tho s/unniH , pome plursovereign, Abdullah, wastakeoWiptive to (, g,10t Knquiry should hi j 1,1,lml wlConstantinople and beheaded. Want niadc into the facts, u» d although he is 'suffrage hof space forbids a more extended ndtico ■ only a colored man, justice should bo bar to tindone him.of these zealots. The late news from !We hope sumo one will in j.,j] *}1C co], , , • n • , terest himself in this case. Mr Win.India, however, shows that their fanuti , yana]ien wj]|dressed[MEDY INcisfci is not yet sujdued, and we trust j for the petition.Tcbow, who robbed thethat the British Government in India icase.furnish full particulars | from TorassociateRev. Mr.Iof socialITS48-tf... , iix * .1 4 r Cameron, of Acton works in the shoewill be able to prevent any outburst of. , . ,, u1 J ; shop next neighbor to Solomon Albert.whether (that wild rpirlt of fanatical bigotry | Hc is a touph iocking pill.whicli led to such scenes of horror inthe last rebellion.John Smith, alias Bottornley, latelyby annex: seem to cmg our nclyt « CXCIZMIO.T.ESSLast week we left the cxcurtionists atsent for ten years, is breaking stone in becomingthe ejuarry, as is also W. Chisholm, thenotorious robber.national gthe point of departure from hospitableof railwayThe femnie department is n model of n,e from ]neatness and‘quietness ; not n sou d is heard. One can but faintly conceiveagarICE.8-tfOswego, on board tho Steamer Norseman for Kingston.Leaving Oswegoabout midnight we touched • Kingstonwharf after a pleasanthours, and betook ourselves to our respective hotels. At breakfast, A’der-ract. I wthe agony in making so many females 0f almost sit year after year without using that ur.ruly member, the tongue I They 1 et| tjie OC(either knitting or sewing, and icould hadwerethereness andsat, among the young women, an(j delibold Grace Marks, who, with McDcr-tnot. assisted to murder her master atlie huildiistead of‘s,'f While sirlionThornhill, twenty-fi ve yoara ajzo.(entered the prison for lito, a quarter of w}man Drcnnan, stout and jo^y tis an al- ^ century and now is n ptern old_ L .deru'an should be, announced that wercrahl.onnec-andof thehimwere expected to assemble at 9, a.m.idwoman, knitting away She has a sto look of despair out of her wicked looktry (whosarchitect ito read 01at Victoria Hall, where the Mayor andCorporation would present an addressand receive a reply, after which carriages would be in waiting to conductr othe whole party to the Ier.ctentiary,fvomthence to the llockwood Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and from thence to Fort11 g gr«*y eyes.The former rigid system of treatingpiisorjcrs is greatly ameliorated ; they are now a’lowed fiveda\8 off theirscript ionsBench,” The iu Igi• luring extra hours, andhaved theicofsinceHenry ; addii g that it would be hisduty to got us all safelyout again.Accordingly, after the formal addresses had been delivered, wo entered fourcarriages and drove to tire Penctentiary.'SStOO,(passing through the principal streets oferson-Kingston which seems exactly adapteditsannotwern innony-for a garrison city, there being nothingfor fire to work on, as the buildings,public and private, are nearly all of apeculiarly hard blue stone with tin oiother fire proof loots. It is a solidrivatejlookiiig city, with many noble publicpettyF ro mSurns,allowthethatsatis-t dePICTN, 1forbuildings, but would look much betterof trees planted along the sides of the streets. In this respect, the American cities far excel those on this side. Thethe lawylt;time if the behave well, which must be lt;pjie p,ricp a great encouragement to good biha■■ gamc ,.ejj( vior. They arc also allowed to sell to f|)t vcrdvisitors any articles they may ^ ‘ke ‘ ;ibout tLethe money ],]ni,]ish ].thereby acquired is deposited with the j vjg{„n j Warden, who hands it to them on their ; hands? of I liberation. They are also allowed tlie • COUI1torCJ use of tobacco : arrangements for cduca- j an(] Jimc, tion arc made, and the convicts arc pPckct bcl taught reading, writing, c. Their re- j | rcfrain I'gious instruction is also sedullt;u5ly at J j„ the tended to by chaplains of their own , j j,faith. To show the ignorance prevail I jcnny j^, ing among the ciminals we may mention Jin,Cg whithat in 1807 there were 232 who could j pcd jntonot read, 350 who could ; ot write, and j sci100] ;The number82 unable to cypher !Kingstonof convicts atiscloseon1000, of whom less than one tenth aren ex at ion back ng tiiiraw and ilookingaffair,BuildPenetentiary is a solid enclosed by a lofty stone wali. ing is continually going on, both here and at the llockwood Asylum, which was entirely built by convict labor.— Both these institutions are washed by the lake on the Southern side, and theatmosphere from that beautifulpureictivcsheet of water must contribute largely to tho health and comfort of the infemales.The nrx* place visiicd was the criminal Lunatic Asylum, where we foundevery arrangement possible for the comf.irt of the prisoners. It chanced theymood, one imaginingherhas not ycpavement But it istiucd to bwere in a merry ... ......nbcrself Queen Victoria, and wc court conic to receive her ; another,versify bu has a stat'Icertain ailthat it was her wedding party, c. In 1is unsurp:citizens nithe men's department we were treated ■ wou]j rcc,The eutrance of tho “Presspur-rhichition,ofwillwill,coneoplem Me sGang,’’ numbering 140 persons, whicli. too°ther with the Kingston officials made nrobably 1G0, 6cciucd to astonish the natives, who glanced up with evi dent cnriosVy as :*e swept through the spacious aisles 2nc^ workshops.Ferres, the new Aurden, showed us allthe attention and C0ur^epy possible, and we took the freedom ot the Press to doto two songs by a couple of the inmates. rupje y.(p It seemed stra- ye to hear, “ There's a wj)cn tj good time coming, wait a little longer,” n1fl (which was one of the songs sung by a young man who had murdered' his mother while under the iufimnce of insanicharitablyel m °Mr.51 venound0 bersonstheofforrankstimesoureatenatroEm-ly bypOSS-; Mowhowhat we pleased, say whai ^ve pPascd,We tookand go where we pleased, occasion to speak to .those we from the neighborhood. As weeiJerkne wty. Dr. Dickson, tlie Superintendent,' kindly threw open the whole establishment to ( ur inpectnn.On returning to the British ArmsMr. Ghreturned tthe House[IoM. those of the “male persuasion ’’of; • * j - - - — — - --the Press were treated to a champagne ; improved, lunch with its usual concomitant of j tliui.ustio ( loyal ppeech.es and toasts, after which a rush was made to the boat, where music, PO'g, and the ‘‘light fantastic” whiled away the time for the and the graver themes of state wereAt Picton,lt;yyoun^.,Despatithat the ncd the packing shop, we enquired of ttu book-keeper, himself a stout good lookthe whereabouts of Drof Cabooling convict,McConnell, who will bo rememberedin tho Georgetown abortion case. Hepointed to a pale looking young man, who, as if ashamed of his position, never raised bis bead to look at the largeparty as they entered, but kept intently folding parts of locks in brown paper. He seemed delighted that any one spoke to him, and informed us that owing to the confinement and vitiated atmosphere of the cells his health was rapidly failing, a chronic disease wassettling upon him, und if not released in a few months, he would not be ableto stand it. Hisdiscussed by the seniors, which is a beau’iful spot embosomed in lolty hills, carriages were waiting to I J-ive us to pilaces of interest, an! on leav'ng, the warm hearted Pictonianscertain ncwas captu sent to BiGovcrnmeThe Cained tn hills and cleered right heartily while tti.1 wl!c* mu?ic of t},e P'PC8 stirred up all the Scottish blood in ourlapsed.News 0pallid countenance boro sad testimony to his mournful sto-entuVVa-ham-, andGod,id re-rilKortory. He is kindly treated, all the pris oners concur in this, but the discipline requires him to be twelve hours out of the twenty four in his close, narrow cell. The Deputy Warden and other keepers unite in givipg him a good character for docility and gentl-mcs-, and promise to do all in their power to facilitate his liberation. Considering the fact that Mr. Vance gets scot free, and that the deed was done when heveins. * _ .About cloven at nisjR arrived atBelleville where wo foiii.d a splendid banquet prepared for us by the localpress of that beautiful place : what w.^s said or done at it your deponent pnith not., as he was tired out by such affair?troops coi They h.av and four lt;been killethat great pressed inParliameralreadyThe press excursion of 18G9 will longbe remembered by all of those whothe Duke given by 1Three 1were fortunate enough to take part init. In five days of travel we had receplions at Cobourg, Rochester, Syracuse,Oswego. Kingston, Picton, and Belleville. with banquets at all these placesbut Picton, where there was no time towas a lunatic from drink, and that bischaracter is that ol a quiet, gentle spirit, coupled with his meek and honorable behavior since, an effort might be maderemain.AS EXATIOS.The Rev. T. L. Cuyler, one of themost distinguished of American divines,has lately visited Canada, and givesYork occnving one c150 00(been redult;on starvat want of ei;The Arcussing thCjThe arguChinese hthe clieapi America sfirst two. ihis imprcssins to the public in a letter totho New York Independent As a fewto save him from death in the gloomyNext the Doctor sat Colonelof our papers arc prating about “ lnde-man’ thatay toprison.Lynch, the Fenian, who hasbeen inf theIden.nearly three years. Ho is also packing locks, and, like his neighbor, is also failing in health. Tho free spirits of those who have been well educated andpcndcncc,” and the American pressand politicians are expressing their determination either to coax, starve ordrive us into “ Annexation,” wo pub!1lish the following to show what theRev. gentlemen thinks of the situation.werohisorm-ardy,tenderly reared, do not accord so readily with the item prison discipline as those who have been reared in poverty ' more than ever persuaded that it wasHaving stated that lie “ had come backI net for the interest of either party thatand misery.A lady of our party who had been a school mate of Lynch, conversed with , him about old times in their beloved P^ace be goes on to say :tho political marriage should takevery reverLvnch 1mob brokeSunday laa gang ofA mandistrict ofOur Saviction of tintwelve foilcountry w pretends i people to ’ himself pa the sick.Emerald Isle, and brought the tears todueAi the eyes of the subdued Fenian She) wasCanada, too. is not dying for an offer of our hand and heart. Sheupon the 1 be prophe them witlturning hiit inis quitesays that Lynch came of a good family happy to be left alone, especially by in Ireland, and was brought up in an Feuian visitors. In her best province ancestral castle. Father McMahon,tal.lietheir indiicalls upon (Ontario) the population are homo-1 for newlered,! the priest, was released tho day before genous, and are loyal too to the repub-1 speedy rc-j by we drived, but Lynch and somo twen- lico-monarchical regime under which 1......f the'^ more of his deluded followers still they are thriving ; almost ro Yankees,r” have little are to be found. Up at' Belle Ewartlanguish in prison.Dom- doakt that whenWelish kingdLast ycFenianistp dies out a lumbering hamlet on Lake Simcoc, i Biitain ar ichcd they wiil bo aiiowed to slip off, but as dwells young Captain Beecher (the the Domii
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