The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

LATER FROM NEW BRUNSWICK

By the arrival of the clipper ship, John Duncan,
Captain Kenny, at this port, yesterday forenoon,
we are in receipt of St. John's (New Brunswick)
papers to the 15th ult. The John Duncan made
the voyage from Liverpool to St John's and back,
in 70 days—an extraordinary feat iu the winter

season.
The Provincial Parliament was opened at Fr&
dericton, on the 12th February. His Excellency
the Governor opened the session with the follow-

ing epeech
-Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legis-
lative Council :
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly :
It affords me much satisfaction to meet you on your re-
assembling for the discharge of your legislative duties. I
hive given dieections that there should be laid before you
the reports which have been received by the government
respecting the existing state of the various constituencies in
the province,—a condition of affairs in which large numbers
of those to whom it was the intention of the legislature to
entrust the franchise, cannot leo•belly exercise that privilege,
will not, I am.sure, be permitted by you to continue. I
rejcice to be able to announce to you that considerable pro
gress bas been made in the railway works in course of em•
struetion ; and.a gratifying; proof has been afforde i of the
confi leave ebich is reposed by the capitalists of
the mother country, both in the good faith and in the
resources of 'the province, by the ready sale, at
a premi.)rn, of the debentures issued to defray
the cost of thee works. Documents fully explaining the
present condition of the Railway works, and the proceed
jugs of the government in connection with them, will be
laid before you ; and a measure will bo submitted to you,
having for its object the diminution of the cost of superin-
tending the expenditure on railways, without impairing the
efficiency of that superintendence. The attention of the
government bas been directed to the insufficiency of the
existing means of conveyance both of passengers and goods
between the various ports on the Northern and Eastern
shores of this province atd Prince Edward's Island. You
will, I am confident, recognise the advantage which the
province would derive from increased facilities of commercial
intercourse with that colony. The government of Prince
Edward's Island are prepared to co-operate in making
such arrangements as would afford to the people of both
c)lonies the advantages of a more complete system
of inter-communication between them, and a proposal will
be submitted to you for carrying into effect these arrange-
ments. _ _ _

Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly :
The fiscal accounts of the past year will be laid before
you. These accounts will, I hope, be found to exhibit with
clearness and simplicity both the receip's and the expendi-
ture of the year, and I congratulate you on the improved
condition of the finances of the province. Estimates also
of the revenue and of the expenditure of the current year
have been prepared by the government, and will be
submitted to you.
Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legis-
lative Council :
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly :
In accordance with the desire expressed by the House of
Assembly, the government has during the recess been
engaged in the consideration of the means whereby a
healthy stream of immigration hither may be best promoted.
The correspondence and other documents explanatory of
the progress which has hitherto been made in maturing a
scheme for this purpse, will be laid before you ; and I do
not doubt that those documents will receive from you that
cdm and careful consideration to which they are entitled,
as well from the importance as from the complicated
character of the subject to which they relate. In other
colonies commerce has been extended, and an impetus
given bolt to emigration and to the investment of
capital from the United Kingdom, by the establishment
of direct steam communication with the Mother
Country. ti I should view with lively satisfaction any
step for the attainment of this object which
could be taken consistently with a due regard to financial
considerations. I have received from the Secretary of
State an important despatch relative to the surplus civil list
fund. This despatch will be laid before you. The law
which regulates parish schools will shortly expire. Your
attention will necessarily be directed to this important
subject, The Council of King's College have submitted to
me, as the visitor of that- institution, a report, of which a
copy will, he laid before you. I commend this report to
your attentive consideration. I' have given effect to the
wish of the House of Assembly, that a commission
should be appointed to conaider the means by which
she successful culture of the soil may be best
promoted. This commis4 m is now engaged in
making the necessary enquiries on this subject, and I
trust that those who are engaged in this important branch
of industry may derive advantage from the labours of the
commissioners. During the past year the staple article of
export from the province was depressed in value, while the
potato crop was seriously injured, and in most districts
wholly destroyed by the blight ; and although the fisheries
wore at least as productive as usual, both the commercial
and the agricultural industry of the province suffered a
temporary check. But the general condition of the people
is, I am happy to believe, one of comfort and contentment;
and gratefully acknowlelging the numerous blessings which
' have been bestowed upon us, and our dependence on
Provid race for their continuance, 1 rely with confidence on
-your devotion to the public interests, and I fervently hope
that your deliberations may c)nduce to the honour and
permanent welfare of the province.
Of this speech the New Brunswicker says :—" It
is a plain, straightforward, and statesmanlike docu-
ment, embracing the several questions now pro-
minently bOore the people, each one of which
receives a due share of attention." The Morning
Freenzan is of opinion that " the opposition must
feel sorely perplexed by this speech, it is so plain
and intelligible ; contains so much matter and so
few useless words, and explains, so openly and
fully, the intentions and policy of tie government."
The St John's Leader thinks, " on the whole, it is
a very non-committal document."

SCANDAL IN Mon LIFE —The name of a popular
nobleman in' the west of Sc,tland appears, we learn, on the
paper of a court of law in London, as defendant in an
action for crim, cokt.—damages laid at £2o,ooo.—Scotsman.
In the London Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, the debts
of Mr. Baldwin, of the Horning Herald and Standard, were
stated at from £35,000 to £40,000. The assets are
uncertain, the property being mortgaged. Assignees were
appointed.
Amongst the passengers who left Southamp►on on Wed-
nesday, for Hong Kong, in the India and Chiva mail
steamer Indus, were Mr. J. C. Bowring and Miss Bowring,
a son and daughter of Sir John Bowring. The Indus took
out about 100 passengers in the whole.
DIFFICULT WORDS. —Among the curiosities contained
in the Civil Service Commissioners' Report are ml.takes
in orthography, which are regularly tabulated into a kind
of index, like proscribed books at Rome. One word—
"stretch," seems to have been as greata puzzle to candidates
.as " Paycht" was to Jack Brag, no less than eight shots
having been fired at his unapproachable mark—"streatge,"
" stretge," " stregh," " stretgh," "streag," " stredgh,"
" stredge," " streech." The real crux, however, was the
-word Mediterranean, which was spelt in 15 different ways
—all wrong.
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—The well known and much
respected Parriarch of Mill o' Machie, Mr. David R-rny,
depart( d this life on Tuesday morning, at an age rarely,
attained by man, having, at the early part of last month.
. entered his 103rd ye tr. Notwithstanding the weight of
years, his faculties were good, and his intellect was clear to
the last, recognising such friends as saw him even the day
before be-died. In his early youth he was factor to Sir
- Alexander Ramsey, of B ilmain, b•tt spent the greater part
of his existence as tenant of the farm of the Mi'l o' Maehie,
of which he obtained a liferent lease about 1784. He was
a quiet and unsbstrusive person, and held in great esteem
by all his neighbours, both high and low. About two years
ago, on the occurrence of the 100th anniversary of his birth-
day, a number of the neighbouring gentlemen assembl. din
his house to celebrate the remarkable event, and Mr. Renny
appeared to enjoy himself as well as the youngest one
H:8 end was like his past life; exhausted nature
and he fell asleep in peace.—. Dundee

-At the re-opening of the
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Courier.

A CHURCH IN DANGER.-- _
Ktlbtogan church on Thursday last, a ...
occurred. In consequence of enlarging ann
church, it was found necessary to make some chug.—
the pews. These changes, it would appear, did not give
universal satisfaction, us some parties conceived that they
bad not obtained as desirable a position as they enjoyed
before the enlargement bad been made. Amongst those
di,satisfied with the change was. Mrs. who
determined on asserting her right to her forme! pew—the
difficulty, however, was how to get into the pew, as it was
already occupied, and the door locked against her. The
lady, however, nothing daunted, hit upon another mode of
gaining her point; for, going into the adjoining pew, she
actually made bet way, after a disputed struggle, over
the back of it into her former pew? and ejected those she
found in possession. On the following Sunday morning
she repaired to the Church at an early hour, and being
first in possession held ground—not so in the evening—
the police had anticipated her, and she was obliged to
yield. We understand that the above matter will become
a subject for consideration in the Consistorial Court
Meanwhile the lady has joined the Methodist congregation.
—Communicated to Cork Reporter.