St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12


TEE NEw BEfrfsH CoLoSY.-The London
Times returns to the subject Of american
Siberia Il contends that the question m tn
she future fate Of Hu.isogs's BAY C nnuany Is
as difficult problem f,r parliamentary solsi-
tlon IS was the India question:. Having
$ket1hea tie physical features Il the Can
pany : TERRITORIES with very black pen. tie
Times EXPRESSES It's belief that the Company
can paant 10 more satisfactDrv result than
Parlnments or Secretaries Of State are likely
to produce, t'r. while the Crown Lands OF
England are rather n burden than a benefit %
llesiation, this company has brought regulation
into hossiIng wilderness, tn lise on TERMS OF
peace and amity with the tribes that inhahit
1t, To prevent them from destroying or even
making war on each other, to employ them in
the peaceful pursuit of the chase. and to de-
I'VE iroul sources 50 nnpFuinisng revenue Of
at lel st 100000 a year. However. proceeds
the Times, there is 10 he change of system.
As much of the Territory as she pleascs 10 &C.
cupy Is offered 10 Canada. bat sniy on cnndi-
ton thai Canada shall connect herself. witt, il
by roads. shall lay ont townships in The vast
Intervening Territory, aud so place herself In
position to assume the cares and reap Hfsitrli-
ties OF government. The Secretary OF State
tor the Colonies assumes that CIna.ii will not
accept these terms, although they embay the
very cnnditios:s demanded on her behalf by
the two Canadian witnesses, Chief Justice
Draper and Mr.. Ross. BeE,re she incurs this
expense Canada ~ill probably consider what
return size Is to have for her ottiay, aud from
what source it is to be derived. The terms Of
iered 10 the Canadians are fair test Of their
ls gs.lly sy 1 s ".Is. s,sqs ''n 3.
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"n the subject Of the value Of the lands on the
Red Rver aud the Saskatchewan. thew will
close at once with The offer Of Mr.. f.abouchere,
well knowing that by the sale of these lands
they will indemnify Themselves fpr any outlay
they may make, and besides considerably Gu
rich their exch-qner But II, on the o.her
hand they believe that these lands, frUtn the
poverty OF their resources, from the remoteness
and iusccesibiiity If their situation. and. above
all, from the great facility which exists, and
probably will long continue 10 exist "f obtain
ing on the American continent lanls Infinitely
superior to them in all these fesltects=are utter
~ Talueless in the market. then we shall ex-
pect that. Upon consideration. the offer Of the
English Government will be declined
y WATERSPoCT AS SEEN N THE ELsTERS
PASSAGE TO CHrSA.-.tfter very close night.
attended as usual i'll these regions, by thunder
and lightning, we were surprised at dawn hv
being surrounded by what seemed tn lie n dense
cloud, perfectly impcnetrable to the eye; hit
which, as morning further advanced cleared uff
TO the westward, disclosing 4 most beautiful
rainb0w-which, Contrary to the usual semi
circular appearance that it possesses ashore.
seemed, by the perfect reflection cf it in the
sea, to Be one vast circle of the most brilliant
colors; but after contemplating this magnti-
cent sight, on turning 10 the Eastward, differ
ent feelings were excited. not altogether un-
mixed with wonder and fear, for the clouds on
this side. instead VI clearing off, had asuSmed
a greater consistency and seemed to b., drawn
tngether by some vast hi!,len power, presenting
the appearance Of a column, which was quite
smah at Che base. but rs it rose divcrged on
all sides till joining the clouds when it entirely
ofsctifed the view Of the horizon in tina, quar-
ter. We surveyed this awful phenomenon for
sometime before its trtte character occurred to
us; but as it neared us, the whirling of the wa
ter, which appeared to- Id drawn I'D to the |
clouds in rapid spiral revolutions, accom- |
panied by NOISE as of distant thunder, pro-
claimed it to be, beyond doubt, waterspout. |
Our position now began tu be one of danger. |
IL 6-inv dead cnlsa .I,~. ,"--
TO have no chance III escaping 'l1e Spout, which
was rapidly approaching Us. So absorbed |
were We in Watching this caIfsc of danger, that |
we had very nearly fallen victims to one Of
those sudden squalls which infest the Eastern
passage to China. Having had very light
weather we had MI sail set, and consequently. |
when the squal caught us, we were in immi-
nent danger of losing our masts, but which, |
thanks to their size and our good rigging.
held out manfnlly for about two hours when
the squaIl. which had joined the waterspout.
entirely disappeared, leaving us in sight Of the
island of Dana. bearing w. 5 miles IN lat
1873, long. 1go So. III. c. London Rerie.r
RE-VACCISATIoN.-Ap paper on re-vaccina-
ton was recently presented TO the Academy
of Medicine at Paris, in the name of DR.. Vie
mineks one Of its corresponding members
The author gives an account Of the expert
ments instituted at Quad by DR. Denobele.
with view to ascertain the advantages arising
from repetition of vaccination at the various
periods Of lie. The results arrived ut are,
that between the ages of 90 and 80 rc-vaccna-
ticn only takes effect upon out of 100 pa
tients, while The proportion of those on whom
it takes effect between the ages Of 10 and so is
90 per cent; and between the ages of 60 and
20, 81 per cent. The consequences deduced
from these facts are:
l. That until the age of twenty-five re-vac-
cination is useless
2. That from that age TO So il produces use
full effects upon a very small number of per-
sons, and that Consequently it need not be very
strcnuously recommended at that period of
life.
8. That from the age Of as and upwards. il
becomes really prUphylatic, and therefore ne
cessary.
That when vaccination has no taken effect
at certain PERIOD, this is no reason for conclud-
ing that il viii not take effect at some future
period.
The SPANISH NAvY.-The Navy Of Spain
consists at present of 1l9 vessels, as follows :
Four sCTev-frigates, combining 155 guns and
1850 horse power; nine screw-boats, cornbin-
ing eighteen guns and TO horse power; three
side-wheel frigates, combining forty-two guns
and 500 horse power; seven side-wheel cor-
yettes, combining forty-swo guns and 2,45O
horse power; eighteen side wheel advice bcats,
combining forty-eight guns and 1850 horse
power-in all, ~ steamers, with 305 guns and
{, 4sO horse power. The sailing vessels corr
prise two ships-2f-the-line Of eighty-four guns
each: four frigatcs of thirty-rEj5e guns each: