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ssATAsiatic Turkey beforo any attempt wasmade-to check their progress, when inJmill's.A V1801, an army was sent against them ;hut having bribed the Turkish generalsto retreat, the Wahabecs, af er havinglong as it is rampant, so long will the Britsh Lion keep his paws on the littlemice he has caught entering his cupboard.IeldestYankthe clt;wmein Tccommitted great devastation, and acquired largo booty, fled back to theirtintIn the year 1S03, 100,000 olKNT deserts.rlt; Icr* .%at G.’ i these fanatics touk the lioly city Mecca,TO I*murdered many shioks, and after desOVN-Ii’b.troying all the sacred niouuments, carried elf immense treasures. In 1800,BLL-tho British, fearing from their incrcns-I. .ling power and continual plundering ! that their commerce in the East wouldThe book keeper to whom wo spoke on our entrance, is no other than the from celebrate 1 Notman, a younger brother Ontai of tho photographer of Montreal. 11o , is in for 10 years on a charge of at- kScotc tempting te procure abortion. Heaven the kand Earth have been - moved by bis of tin friends to procure bis release, but with- thick out uny effect, lie seems quite hear- billertv. | Sir CwIn the shoe shop we saw Solomon two u Albert, n colored man from Bronte or has y(' IPalermo, who was sent tor life on a of Cacharge of rape, which, we are told, was theirnever satisfactorily proved, and the girl Gove cents be interfered with, assisted the Imnn of W|1P wo nro told, lives in Palermo, is ;a dislmojuith's, iMascat to defeat them. In the follow-;ing year, the Turks under Mohammedi Ali greatly reduced their power, and in1UR-veryilSlSIbraham Pasha totally defeatednow icndy to swear that it was not not lt;true, but that she was compelled by j 'flic ]other parties to swear as she did. But bothlie is a colored man arid lias no friendsand so be must remain on a doubtfullatura 1 n athem, taking 80 pieces of artiilery and charge imprisoned for life. lie saysAM)i Mil-putting to death 20,000 sVidiers. Their tlia* h° has n0 !l,?Pc‘ anJ bc h,T* n • .f I /« xHAr/t * /ant hvr thn irnui’iiuten an at leasovereignFPL[it It,. py if bo were taken out bv tho guards ign, AbJsl!ah,wa8takcnWiptivctO | nnil g,,ot dnaj Enquiry nliould bConstantinople and beheaded. Want made into the facts, m d although he isof space forbids a more extended notice j only a colored man, justice should bodone him. We hope somo one will insome 1 si a nsuffr;bar tiof these zealots. The late news from 1all thtercst himself in this case. Mr W m. drcssiltidia, however, shows that their fanuti | yHnallen wi], furniah fu;j particulars ; fr0,uVIEDI INcrste is not yet subdued, ut;d we trust j for the petition.Tebow, who robbed the Rev. 31 r.1that the British Government in Indiars18-tf. . , . . ,i . r Cameron, of Acton, works in the shoewill be ab e to prevent any outburst of• , . , , \ , »lhn.,1 J ; shop next neighbor to Solomon Albert.n •} 1 „ C i___I.: i __ * . . . .assoc of so wlietlthat wiid spirit of fanatical bigotry He is a tough looking pill.by arsec mwhich led to such scenes of horror inthe last rebellion.slyruf!« exchmmm.ssLast week we left the cxcurtionists atJohn Smith, alias Bottornley, latelying osent for ten years, is breaking stone in bccortlie quarry, as is also W. Chisholm, the nationotorious robber.of raithe point of departure from hospitableract.Th8-tfionra Id.anec-nndf thehimOswego, on board tho Steamer ‘Vorsc-man for Kingston.Leaving Oswegoabout midnight we touched - Kingstonwharf after a pleasanthours, and betook ourselves to our respective hotels. At breakfast, Alder-Thc femnie department is n model of n,e frneatness and * quietness ; not n sou d is beard. One can but faintly conceive the agony in making so many females ' 0f ajr sit year after year without using that unruly member, the tongue 1 Theyeither knitting or sewing, andcoulded thweretheresat, among the young women, old Grace Marks, who, with McDer inot, assisted to murder her master atSheness ; and c lie histeadThornhill, twenty-fi ve yrara ago. {entered llic prison for lite, a quarter ofman Drcnnan* stout and jo^y id- I ^ century niro, and now is n ntcm old^ — .WbilHall,dermnn should be, announced that wewere expected to assemble at 9, a.m.at Victoria Hall, where the Mayor and• idwoman, knitting away She has a sto look of despair out of her wicked lookfry (■ nr chiCorporation would present an addressand receive a reply, after which car-n g grey eyesto re;'scriptThe former rigid system of treating £encareriagcs would be in waiting to conductP Othe whole party to the Penctentiary,C-omthence to the llockwood Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and from thence to Forta greathavetheofsinceHenry ; addii g that it would be hisduty to get us all safelyout again.O’Accordingly, after the formal addresses had been delivered, we entered fourcarriages and drove to the Penctentiary.sron,9i passing through the principal streets ofpi isorjers is greatly ameliorated; they j qqlc j now i’!owed fiveda\s off their 1 tj|C j time if the behave well, which must be | qqie \encouragement to good bchnsanicvior. They arc also allowed to sell to t]lfvisitors any articles they may Tn »ke | :,b0utthe money ; j,]I)ir]jtlurebv acquired is deposited with the Warden, who hands it to them on their j bauds liberation. They are also allowed the', count use of tobacco: arrangements for education are made, and the convicts arc taught reading, writing, c. Their re- I• luring extra hours, andri visionand drockely refI’gious instruction is also sedubm’ly at 1 .urainrson-Kingston which seems exactly adapteditsnnotwefor a garrison city, there being nothingfor fire to work on, as the buildings,public and private, arc nearly all of apeculiarly hard blue stone with tin orlony-other fire proof loots. It is a solidivateflookiilt;g city, with many noble public[ettylt;Vomirrns,lllowthethatjatis-deUJN,forbuildings, 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. Thetend*faitll.d to by chaplains of their own t v},icijTo show the ignorance prevail-j jcnn^ ing among the ciminals we may mention j:mcathat in 1SH7 there were 232 who could Jnot read, 350 who could : ot write, andThe numberpea rschool82 unable to cypher ! of convicts at Kingstoniscloseon1000, of whom less thr.n one tenth arencxatbacklookingaffair,BuildPenctentiary is a solid enclosed by a lofty stone wall, ing is continually going on, both here and at the Lockwood Asylum, which was entirely built by convict lubor.— Both these institutions are washed by the lake on the Southern side, and thebeautifulpure atmosphere from that:tivnsheet 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 comfort of the prisoners. It chanced theymood, one imaginingraw a has mp-ivcnBut itiucdr*herversit has aIcertaiis umrubleJ »The eutrance of the “Presspur-hicbion,ofwillwill,conoclem’tesGang,’’ numbering 140 persons, which, toe°thcr with the Kingston officialsmade nrobably 1G0, seemed to astonish the natives, who glanced up with evident cnriosUy as :*e swept through the spacious aisles workshops.Ferre^, the new Anrdcn, showed us allthe attention and C0ur^epy possible, and we took the freedom of the Press to dotv. Dr. Dickson,when old hr charitelmsMr.ivenundbesonstheofforinksimesouratcnitro13m-1 by)088-Mowhowhat we pleased, sny whfti w-e pleased,We tookand go where we pleased, occasion to speak to .those wefrom the neighborhood. As we enterkne wMrreturrlunch with its usualthe IIed the packing shop, we enquired of tfu book-keeper, himself a stout good lookthe whereabouts of Dring convict,McConnell, who will be rememberedHein tho Georgetown abortion case.pointed to a pale looking young man,who, as if ashamed of his position, never raised his head to look at the largeparty as they entered, but kept intently folding parts of locks in brown pa per. 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, and if not released in a few months, he would not bc ablentuWalam-andJod,I re-L£ortoto stand it. Ilis pallid counrenar.ee boro sad testimony to Ins mournful story. 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 aad other keepers unite in givipg him a good character for docility and gentleness and promise to do all in their power tofacilitate his liberation. Considering the fact that Mr. Vance gets scot free, and that the deed was done when hewore in a merry nherself Queen Victoria, and wccourt come to receive her ; another, that it was her wedding party, c. In jcltlzc, the men's department we were trcntod | W0U1G to two songs by a couple of the inmates. I It seemed strn- ^e to hear, “ There’s a !good time coming, wait a little longer, which was one of the songs sung by ayoung m m who had murdered bis mother while under the iuGu'ticeof insanithe Superintendent,1 kindly threw open the whole rstabish-mcot to our inspection.On returning to the British Arms Hotel, those of the “male persuasion ”of7 • *the Press were treated to a champagne ; irnproconcomitant of i thuia? loyal speeches and toasts, after which a rush was made to the boat, where mus-PO'g, and the ‘‘light fantastic” whiled away the time for the and the graver themes of state were discussed by the seniors. At Picton. which is a beau’iful spot embosomed in lofty hills, carriages were waiting to I J-ive us to pjlaces of interest, an i on ]enviog, the warm hearted Pictomans lined tn hills and cfeered right heartily while tr. n wild music of the bag pipes stirred up all the Scottish blood in ourveins. - # .About eleven at nivjit've arrived atBelleville where wo foUi.d a splendid banquet prepared for us b the local press of tLat beautiful place : what w.ss said or done at it your deponent pnith not. as he was tired out by such affair?De:icyoung,that tof Cacertaiwas c: sent tGovciThlapsccNctroop.'Theyand fibeenthat epres.se Parli;the DalreadyThe press excursion of 18G9 will long be remembered bv all of those whoby a] 1were fortunate enough to take part in it. In five days of travel we had recep tions at Cobourg, Rochester, Syracuse, Oswego. Kingston, Picton, and BelleivcnThville. 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 bis meek and honorable behavior since, an effort might be maderemain.AS EXATiOS.The Rev. T. L. Cuyler, one of themost d istinguishud of American divines,has lately visited Canada, and givesYorkving c15Cbeen ron stawant lt;TlicussinTheCliimthe clA m e rfirst this 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 “ Indemanthatbeen iny to’ thedeu.prison.Lynch, the Fenian, who has nearly three years. lie 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,” we publish the following to show what theRev. gentlemen thinks of the situation.verohisorin-rdy,tenderly reared, do not accord so readi-, , . , ,ly wiih the .tern prison discipline r.s j II:mng 9Utod tl,at 1,0 “ hl‘d 00a,e backthose who have been reared in poverty more than ever persuaded that it wasand misery.A lady of our party who had been a school mate of Lynch, conversed with him about old times in their belovednet for the interest of either party thattho political marriage should takevery rLvmob ItSund;a ganA idistrilt; Our 5tion o twelvecountpreter people h i m sothesiEmerald Isle, and brought the tears tothe eyes of the subdued Fenian Sheplace,” he goes on to say :upon be prc themCanada, too. is not dying for an offer turnic of our hand and heart. Shewast in-ancestral castle. Father McMahon,tal.theircalls inis quitosays that Lynch came* of a good family happy to be left alone, especially by in Ireland, and was brought up in an Feuiau visitors. In her best province T_ , (’Ontario) the population are homo-1 forired, j the priest, was reloased tho day before genous, and are loyal too to the repub-1 speed1 [ by ' we arrived, but Lynch and some twen- lico-monarchical regime under which1H ! ty more of his deluded followers still they are thriving ; almost no Yankeeshave little are to be found. Up at‘ Belle Ewartlanguish in prison.)om- (ionht thnt, when T?Welish kLaidoubt thnt when Fcnianisrp dies out a lumbering hamlet on Lake Simcoc, l Biitai shed they wiil bc aiiowed to slip off, but as dwells young Captain Beecher (the the D
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