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


THENEv BRITISH CoLoxr.-Tae London
Tines returns to the SUBJECT of America
Siberia ]; conteads TIA, the gueStiun as t.
BE future fate Of Hulsnn's Bay c .nipanv l.
as difficult a problem FIR parliamentary solu-
sson as was the India aacStiuu. Having
sl1cts.Iesi the physical Geafaras nf tha Com
pany's Trcriterirs with very black psn. the
Times expresses It's belief that the c lanpanv
can puinf 20 a more satisfactory rcsr,9t than
Parl;amcBts rr Secretaries Of State are likely
l 20 produce, for. while tlla Crown Lands of
! kpglaBd arr rlthc. a burden than benefit to
tie ration, this company has brought regulation
! into bowling wilderness. - live on terms OF
peace and amity with the tribes that inhabit
| it, to prevent them from destroying or even
making war on each other, to eU4Ilay tiscm in
/ the peaceful pursuit of the chase, and 70 de-
rive from s't;rres - Iinprc:nising EeSenuc of
at least $50 600 a year. However. proceeds
the Times, there Is t1 l.e change of system
As mfsch of the Territory rs she pleasas 10 &C.
cupy is offered 10 Clnaia, but rnlY OF cond;-
ton that Canada shall connect herself with it
| by reads, shall lay cat townships in the vast
intervening Territory, and 30 place herself in
a position to assume the cares and rcs,,9nsibIii-
ties of government. The Secretary OF State
fnr the Colonies assumes that Clnada viii not
accept these terms, although they emb,iy the
very conditions demanded ON her behalf by
the two Canadian witnesses, Chief Justice
Draner and Mr.. Rss. Before she incurs thi.
expetse Canada will probably coDsi,lcr what
return size * to have for her outlay, and from
What source it is to he derived The terms of
/. fered 10 the Canadians are fair test of their
security. II the Canadian Parliament and
people really believe one hundTe,l;h part vi
the statements OF their hustingS anu their press
| on the ulject Of the value uf the lands on the
| Red River and the Saskatchewan, they will
close at once with the offer of Mr. I.Ihouchere,
| well knowing that by the sale of these lands
they will indemnify thetnselves for any outlay
| they may make, and besides considerably en-
rich their exchequcr But IT, on the other
! hand they believe that these lands froia the
/ poverty Of their resources, from tie remoteness
and tacccssibty uf their situation. ami. above
! all, from the great facility whrh exists, and
| probably will long continue to exist uf obtain
ing on the American continent lands infinitely
superior tn them in ali these resrcCts-src utter
iy valucleSs III the market. thea we shall cx-
| pect that. upon consideration. the offer uf the
English Government will be declined.
| a WATERsPoUr As SEEN ~ THE EIsTEaN
PASSAGE TO CHINA-iiter very close i!i.ht.
attended usual in these regions, by thunder
and lightning, we were surprised at dawn BY
being surrounded by what seemed n be dense
cloud, perfectly impenctrable To tie eve; but
| which, as morning further advanced cleared of
10 the westward, disclosing most beautiful
rainbow-which, contrary to the usual semi
| circular appearance that it possesses ashore,
! seemed, by the perfect reflection of it in the
sea, 10 b. one vast circle of the most brilliant
colors; but after contemplating this magniti-
cent sight, on turning Ia the Eastward, differ
eut feelings were excited, not altogether un-
mixed with wonder and fear, for the clouds on
this side instead of clearing off, had aSnsmci
a greater consistency, and seemed TO be drawn
together ly some vast h: tden power, presenting
| the appearance of a column, which was quite
small at the base, but rs 1t rose diycrged on
all sides till f'iHiug the Clouds when Il entirely
obscurei the view of the horizon in that quar-
ter. We surveyed tlis awful phenomenon for
sometime before is true character occurred to
us; but as it neared us, the whr!ing Of the wa
ter, which appeared to be drawn up to the
elDutls in-rapil~ spiral ovalntinns. accom-
panied by noise az of distant thunder, pro-
claimed it 10 be. beyond doubt, waterspout
| Our position now began to be one re danger.
it being dead calm, that we seemed t.
! to have no chance of escaping n. spout which
was rapidly approaching U.s. 81 absorbed
! were we in watching this canSe OF danger, that
| we had very nearly fallen victims to one Of
those sudden squalls which infcst the Eastern
passage 10 China. Having had very lighr
weather we had all sail set, and consequently,
when the squall caught liz, we We're in immi-
nent danger of losing our masts, but which,
thanks to their size and our good rigging.
held out manfully for about two hours, when
the squal. which had joined the waterspout,
entirely disappeared, leaving Us in sight Of the
island Of Dana, bearing ". 5 miles in lat.
1928, long. l2o &C.. II. C.-LoRdon Rerietc.
! RE-VACCfSATIoS.-Ap paper on re-vaccina-
tion 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 a view to ascertain the advantages arising
| from a repetition of vaccination At the various
peripds OF life. The results arrived at are
that between the ages Of 30 and 40 rc-vaccina-
ticn only takes effect upon out of 100 pa
tients, while the proportion Of those OH whom
| it takes effect between the ages Of 40 and so is
23 per cent; and between the ages Of 60 and
20, "a 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 as it produces use:
ful effects upon a very small number of per-
sons, and that consequently it need not be very
| strenuously recommended at that period OF
life.
g. That from the age Of 35 and upwards, il
becomes really prophylatic, and therefore Ne
ceSsary.
That when vaccination has no taken effect
at certain period. this Is no reason for conclud-
ing that it will not take effect at some future
period.
| The SPANISH NAvY.-The Navy Of Spain
consists at present of 119 vessels, as follows
! Four screw -frigates, combining 155 guns and
| 1850 horse power; nine screw-boat>, combin-
ing eighteen guns and 80 horse power; three
side-wheel frigates, combining forty-two guns
and ] 800 horse power; seven sIde-wheel cor
vettes, combining forty-two guns and 2,45O
horse power; eighteen side wheel advice bats
combining forty-eight guns aud $3.50 horse
pOwer-in all, IL steamers, with 305 guns and
J 8 aSO horse roNver The sailing vessels cnn,-