St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
March 14, 1865

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St.Cl‘()iX AViSo UDGIVER: HANS HATCHETT. TRYKT I ENKEN HARRIET HATCHETT’S BOGTRYKKERI 21de Aarg.) The “AVIS” 19 EDITED BY HANS HATCHETT; AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. for the Proprietress. Terms of Subscription.—-Six Dollars per an sum, payable quarterly in advance. Single numberto non-advertisers--10 cents, B@~ Parties desirous of withdrawing their subscription to the Avis’’ are required to give three months previous notice. Terms of Advertising, Approved by Government, 25th June, 1855. Foran advertisement of Blines, or under, one to three insertions—- Small Type (Brevier) Ito §lines....§l 0C SAUBE 3 DRes, pE 11He ceae 10 Larger Type (Long Primer, Small Pica, Pica, Columbia:) 1 to Blines 1 00 ERAr B Teee BE e., 1D JOr lioe of lacpést Type 12 I For 1 to 3 subsequent insertions, the halt amount of the first charge will be made. All advertisements for insertion must be delivered at this Office on Mondays and Thursdays,notlaterthan 4 o'clock M. sccompanied with the CASII, as otherwise insertion will be refused. The Postageon lettersto this Office from West End %r St. Thomas muat be prepaid, or no notice will be taken of em., e O e st e N A TG T TR ok N 0L FENEREE DUs RE ÆP DD AUCTION. ÆUCTIONS-Directeuren be kjendt la] gjor herved, at ifølge Requisition as Hr. Procurator Gad paa vedkom mende Forligs- og Udlægshaveres Vegne vil blive opraabt til Salg ved 3de offentlige Auctioner i Medtor as Pl. 22 April 1817 BIENDOMMEN No. 4 a Regjeringsgade og No. 4 Canalgade Kronpridsens Qvarteer med paastaaende Bygninger, tilh6- rvende Hr. A Raoul. lste Auction Fredag den 7de April næstkommende Middag K1.12. 2den Auction Fredag den 21de April næstkommende Middag Kl. 12. 3die Auction Fredag den 3te Mai næstkommende Middag KI. 12. Iste og 2den Auction paa Underteg nede Contoir, 3die Auction paa Åa stedet. Conditionerne,V… teattest ville blive fremlagte ved Auc tionerne, hvortil Lysthavende indby des. St. Thomæ Auctions Contoir, den Ilde Marts 1865. Rosenstand, Auctionsdirecteur. AUCTION. HE Vendue Director hereby W makes known, that at the re quest of Lawyer L. C. Gad in behalf of the mortgageholder and distrainer is offered for sale by 3 Auctions in conformity with Royal Ordinance dated 22nd April 1817 THE PROPERTY No. 4 a Regjeringsgade and No. 4 Canalgade, Kronprindsens Quarter, with buildings thereon, belonging to A. Raoul Esq. CHRISTIANSTED, TIRSDAGEN den 14de MARTS 1865, Ist Auction on Friday the 7th April next at 12 o’clock noon. 2nd Auction on Friday the 21st April next at 12 o’clock noon. 3rd Auction on Friday the sth May next at 12 o’cloek noon. Ist and second Auction at the under signed office, 3rd Auction at the pre mises. The terms of sale, appraisement and extract of register of mortgage to be seen at the Vendues to which purchasers are invited. St. Thomas Vendue Office, the 11th March 1865. Rosenstand, Vendue Director.

New Arrival. T AKE, Pollock and Cod fish in tierces, Herrings and Mackrel in barrels. Family Beef, Pilot Bread, and Hams, Oats, Oilmeal and Cement. Barrels Ale and Porter in Bottles. Claret Wines, Gin, and Havanah Cigars. For Sale by R. J. ROBINSON. Frederiksted, Bth March 18€5. Royal Insurance Office, Christiansted, St. Crowzx, 9th March 1865. 7 beg leave to announce that I have re- E ceived a fresh supply of the Royal’s, «BOOK AND OFFICE ALMANACS” for 1865 for GraTis distiibution. E. MONEFLELDT, Agent. Rel i T AVING heen informed by several of his friends that it 18 proposed to re dlect him to the Colonial Couneil, the undersigned, grateful for their couvfidence, respecti'ully informs theni, that circam stances prevent his acceeding to their wishes. Christiansted, Bth March 18605. o W. CLINDINEN. /N consequence of the approaching dis- X solution of the Burgher Council, I have been directed to call upon all per sons having any claim agaiost the Land Treasury to transmit the same without delay. Burgher Council’s Secretary’s Office, St. Croix Bth March 1865. JACOB MULLER. exccuted at this Office JUB PR'NTING with neatness and des patch. e Lommuniraiing, 4 To the Editor of the St. Croix Avis, Sir, The time has come when the principle of fix wages embodied in our *4dshor jAct” should ed ahandoned. Why should the p}:m be the E:IJI person in the island who cannot make his own bargain with his labourers, and conduc his business ag he thinks best Why shoula we not here adopt the principle of task work and pay a man according to his exertions? Is it just to say to the industrious labourer you shall have no more for your work than the idle or feeble person who works beside you? Isit wise to zncourage idleness by refusing to re ward industry Can we expect that Immi grants from other Islands will come here when so little inducement can be held out to them? Have not many labourers left because they were dissatisfied with our present system? Can any planter say exactly what the present system costs him, including its privileges, and its bribes, valuing the Rum and Sugar he gives to the la borer to make him contented with the low wa ges. I wish that these questions would be freely discussed in the columns of your paper, and at a public meeting when trath will be eli cited and if, as very many believe, the present system of fixed wages is most injurious to the planter, the labourer, and the community —the sooner it gives place to one founded on the principles of individual freedom and common sense the better. FREE DISCUSSION. Bt. Croix March 10, 1865. T T S e THE “AVIS.” a o v Gurisiinusid, B1 srois e il el TUESDAY, 14tu MARCIH 1865. ol i Turouagi the kmdoess of gentleman lately from Denmmk we bhave received the following explanation of the real character ot the steam ram Olinde which excited the supicions of the Frenech Go vernment as to her being intended as a Confederate Cruiser. In the month of November last year, a steam ram, intend cd to be called ““Sterkodder,”” and which was engaged in France tor the Danish Governmeunt, arrived at Copenhagen; but on vxamination she did not meet the expec tations entertained of her. Meanwinle her French erew hiad returned home und the vessel, ufter being condemued by the Mmister of Marine, was sent baek to France with a Danish e¢rew, who, on her arrival there, also left her. It thus ap pears that the whole mystery in conuees tion with the *Olinde” is thus cleared up, that vessel being no other than the condemned ¢Stiwerkodder.” 'T'he Gentle man who gave us this information assures us that he pities the erew that is to take her over to A:mnerica, where; he scargely thinks, she ever will artive. gt et Our attention has been drawn by Mr, Mclutosh to a few errors in his communi. cation which escaped the notice of the proof reader. The word “mitigating"’ in the 20th line, should be “mélitating and instead of “Revd. T. Gardii’” in the 341 h line, it should stand “Revd.J Gardiv)’ The signature shauld be 3. 11. Mclntosh” jinstead of “T. H. Mclntosh. et S—— L 5 “An old country-school Teacher” will ap pear in our next. 0609 C ERBATUR eive Ist line, 2nd §of “Reformer's” Jettet in previous number of the “Avis emfor “fixed labor” read fixed wages. [Nr. 21,

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From the London Times, Febuary 14, 1865.) THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. Jamaica advices are to the 24th ult. The Legislature met on the 10th, after the Christmas recess, but some days pass ed before a quorum could be formed, and at length the quorum was reduced to 11. Little or nothing had as yet been done in the way of business, the Government finding itseif opposed on every side. T'he Pedro Cays, with their valuable deposits of guano, had been leased by Government to Messrs. W. G. Attwood and Co., whose tender was the highest sent in. Major-General Ashmore, commander of the troops at Jamaica, and two officers of his staff, Captain Stewart and Lieute. Stuart, left in the Fawn on the 10th ult. for Nassau, on a tour of inspection. Colonel Reynolds commands the forces during the absence of the Major-General. The International Bank was being wound up, and had ceased all business. Small pox had again broken out in the city of Kingston with renewed virulence, and geveral fatal cases had occurred. The following commercial intelligence is from Cordova’s Mercantile Intelligencer of the 24th ult, “The business of the past fortnight has not been marked by any extraordinary excitement or activity. ‘T'he transactions have been steady and quiet, and up to the usual average. Since our last issue, the Revenue returns for the quarter ending the 31st December, 1864, have been pub lished, showing a total of 78,497 L 11s. 4d., being 7,242 l 2s. 7d. more than was collected in the previous quarter, and 15,1071. 16s. 10d. in excess of the amount realized for the corresponding quarter in 1863. The collections in rum duties caused the greater part of the increase, the large sum raised on this head having been the result of the anticipation of in creased duties which induced the holders of the article 10 take all out of boud. We pive the priacipal items of the return, and compare them with those in the re turn for 1863 Dec. 31, 1864. Dec. 31, 1863. Import dutie5....£48,183 4 10..£40277 17 0 Pounhgo 105719 0., 1564 9 8 Rumduty........ 20,137 10 2.. 10,973 9 10 Stamp duty gy 1 3.. 8121 14 10 Export duties ----1 141518 8. 138312 1 Breeding stock, 9153 10 4.. 1422 8 5 houses, &0.....$ Jamaica Post-office 1,747 0 5.. 224410 2 A law has been passed to tax fishing ca noes and dories 10s. per annum, and a re solution has also been agieed to by the House of Assembly that on or before the 6th day of April next all persons not in possession of spirit licences, and selling malt liquors or wines to be drunk on the premises, shall take out a licence for vending the same; the cost of soch li cence for the towns to be 6/, and for the country 2. per annum.”’ The ruling quotations for coffee were 50s. to 525. for ordinary and 60s. for good mountain quality, while some transactions in ordinary were reported at 48s. Sugar had fetched 15s. 6d. %o 16s. for dark and 18s. for mediom; fuir qualities were scarce and in demand. The pimento crop was over, and none at market. Sales of East India rice had transpired at 165, and holders were demanding ISs. Ex change on London, Colonial Bank.—9o days, 13 per cent. premium; 60 days, 2 per cent. premium 30 days, 2} per cent. premium. Our St. Lucis correspondent writes as follows on the 26th of January $Te CROLEK AVLS. %Since last mail we have had beautiftl weathey for all kinds ot out-door work. Sugar making is progressing rapidly throughout the island; a lurge crop is expected everywhere, but the planter, in place of being benefited, will be the loser, in consequence of the additional heavy expense put- 1o in-its manufacture. The. canes are not yielding well, but next mouth an improvement is expected. The cocoa-market continues in a very uusel tled state, in consequence of recent ad viees from Barbadoes, Prices have fall en to such an extent that correct guota tions cannot be given. Oue firm has bren large purchasers at from 28s to34s. per 100 Ib. in expectation of a rise in price later in the season. Rum is entirely negiect ed the bonded warehouses are full, and very little demand. The island consump tion has decreased fully one half, and there is no present inquiry for export. Bank exchange for 90 day bills is 8487.50 per 100/ sterling; ditto 380-day ditte, $492.50 per ditto purchasing at 90 days at $450 per 1007 sterling. The Melody and Tuscan have both arrived from Lon don with full cargoes of gonds for the merchants, with a tew plantation stores The followine is fiom the Trinidad Chronicle of the 20th ol “A number of coolies, urged on, it is said, by a set of agitators, have lately be come insubordinate, and demanded an increase of wages, on the plea that or ders to that effect had been sent from England to the Governor. Large depu tations of these people have hung about Government lloase on the chance of seeing the Governor and demanding the immediate execution of the Queen’s or ders. At the same time the reports from the farther country distiic's represented the disaffection vas spreadieg. In this emergency the action of Government has been equally prompt and jndicious. By a proclamation, dated the 17th of Jan wary, the coolies are informed that the above-mentioned reports are spread by evil disposed persons, and that they are untrue ;3 that no sach instractions as re presented have been received by the Go vernor, and that h: hagnot cither the power or intention to raise or diminish wages. The identared labourers are warned that by discontinninz their ap p.iuteql labour !ht'y not ouly lose all ¢laim to wages durine their abscuee from work, but sabfeet themselves to severe punishment by law” The weather at Troudad, though siill showery, gave anmistiiiabie sians of the approach of the ey on. Cool winds had pr vailed for some days, and the rains h:ul bevn shorier it less 11 (]me:s! Suear-m kins hat comm o need on several estates, but nothi g as yebt can be said of the probable yield of the bulk oi the canes. The cocoa crop, which promised well, had materially suff red trom blight, and the yiela was expected to be small in quantity and inddf-rent in quabty. T'here had been but few arriva's: from the Federal States since last mail 5 still, breadstuffs and provisions were in full supply for the wants of the trade, and prices were moderate. No fixed rates as yet for sugar, molasses, rum or cocoa, aud freights were not yet determined on, but prices were likely to opeo low. Ex change at Banks —Selling at 90 days’ sight, $434 per 100/ ditto 60 ys’ sizht, 8437 per 100/ ditto, 30 days’ sight, 8490 per 100/ There is very hitle news from Vene zuela. The Exeeutive Committee for the forihcomimg ~indusirial exhibition had been appointed. The late Census of the State of Upata shows a total of 14,000 inhabitants. Both bodies of the Demerara Legisla ture had been in Session; a special meet of the Combined Court having beensum moned by proclamation on the 9th ult., and the Court of Policy having met on that and following days. Governor Hincks in a short specch opened the Session, stating that i's special object was to con siler an application from the Mayor and Town Couneil of Georgetown requesting lesislative aid towards the raising of a sum of SIOO,OOO to mect the extraordi nary expenditure consequent on the two disastrous fires which occurred in the months of April ani July last year. Re solutions to carry out this object were proposed by the Attorney-General, and after some di~cussion carried, authorizing the Governor anl the Court of Policy to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding SIOO,OOO, charged upon the colonial re venues, anl re ecmible with interest at 6 percent, i1 20 yrars from the date of issue. A Bill was ultimately hrought in and read a first time, and the Court ad jouraed till the 30:h. A proposal fora day mail commurication between George town and New Amsterdam and the coun ty ot Essequibo was approved, and the Governor and Court of Policy author ized to make the necessary arrangements. The tollowing returns from the Control ler of Rum Dartics were read :—l['or the quarter ending the 31st of December, 1364, the rum consunied in the colony amounted t 033.543 zallons; duty, $67,086, being an increase over the corresponding gqrarter of 1863 ot 3920 gallons and $7,840 duty ‘T'he rum shipped during the same period was 731,025 zallons, be ng a decrease of 187 730 ¢allons from the corresponding quarter of 1863. The rum taken out for consumpt on in the coiony amonnted for the waole vear 1864 to 123 972 gallons, paying aduty of $247,944, bemne an inerease over that in 1863 of 11.64% gallons and $23,288 duty. The vam shipped in IS6+amounted t 0 2,417,840 gilions, beivg a decrease of 451,695 gal lons from the quntity shipped in 1863. The follow:ne s from the Demerara Price Current ot the 231 uit, “During the past fortnight the market hos been tairly sapplied with breadstufts, and priees of flour have declined, sales haviog been made at $6 50c. to 86 75c¢. per barrel; cornmeal at $4 70¢. bread, at 82 50 to 82 75¢. split pease, 88 25¢. to 83 50+, per barrel. No arrivals with colfish: tn- market is entirely bare of the article. Pi(‘.k]ed fish in sma“ supply. Pork plentiful, and dull of sale. Rice in fuil sapply; stock of new crop held Ly one firm. W. P. Lum-: ber, “last s.le ex Georgiana, at 822 50¢ consumption large. Staves abund ant, and sales dell. Tonnage plentiful. Freights without change vessels of 200 to 300 tons are much wanted-for timber, at quotations. Freights—2s. 3d. to Lon dou and the Ciyde for sugar 3d. to 33d. for rum. Timber, Is. sd. to Is. 6d. per foort, string measure. ‘The following are the exports from the 6th to the 20th of Januvary, inclusive :—Sugar 4,986 hhds. 274 tierces, 1,102 barrels 3,357 ‘bags molasses, 1,083 rum, 1,188 puucheons 205 hhds. 107 barrels cotton, 5 bales 21 bags; tumber, 38,245 ft. charcoal, 900 barrels; cocoanuts, 12,600; shingles, 161,650 The Grenada Legislature held sittings oun the 17¢h. and 18th ult., but no busi-' nees of inportance was transacted, and on the latter day it adjourned. to the 2d of May. Fine weather prevaijed.aii oyer the colony, faveurable for all purposes and the planters were busily repairing

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roads, putting works in order, and pre paring tor a commencement of the sugar crop, which will probably be early in February. Belmont in St. Patrick's, and Dunfermline in St. Andrew’s, both likely to make large crops, had already turned some hogsheads in, and other estates in diff-rent parishes could also show a few casks; bat the crop would vot he fairly entered upon before two or three weeks more. Cocoa was being rapidly brouzht ‘0 town for exportatior, and cotton pick ing and ginning proceeded cheertully. There will be a good deal of cotton ship ped this year, and of excellent fibre. The tsland was healthy. Colonial banks’ selling rates of exchange were :—9O day~’ draugnts, $480; 60 days’, $4524; BO days’, 8485. A comparative statement of the ex ports ot the ista-d of Porto Rico, publish ed by the R:vista Comercial, shows that, with the exception of cotton, there was a decrease in atl the crops of 1864 com pared with 1863. This ix ascribed chiefly to excessive drought. The new sugar crop had commeneed on s veral estates, and promised resuits exceeding the ave rage of some years. The Castom-house returns for the French Island of Martinique for the year 1364 are published. They show a fall ing off in all the exports except cotton, in which an increase of 55,635 kilogram mes appears compared with the year 1863. There is a decreas: in sugar of 6,997,532 kilogramm-»s, or 12,594 hhds For the previous ten years there hul been cosstant!y obtained crops of 55 0130 to 60,000 hhds., and the greatest diffcr ence between any two ot those vears never exceeded 6,000 hhds, Tue ding {ion just shown of 12,954 hhds. sucar, at the prevailing price ot 25{ per 50 kilo grammes (about 20s. sterling pereai,) represents aloss of 3,133,5001 (125 000/), an immense drawback, covsid- ring that the exportation generally ranged between 15,000,000 f. and 16$€00,000f. annually. The decrease in other exports is given as follows i—rum, 2,421,000 litres; cocoa, 37.051 kilogrammes; cass a, 61,292 kilo grammes coffee, 21.455 Kilozrammes. The following is an account of the total crops shipped from the Lst of January to to the 31st of December 1864 :—Sugar, 24,161.246 kilogrammes rum, 3,031,043 litres; eoff 10706 Kilogrimimes; ¢ot ton, 10,135 kilogrammes; cocoa. 221,076 kilogrammes cassia, 302.297 Kiogrum mes. The only intellizence from Gaadalonpe relates to the crops, in which, asin th of Martinique, a larze decrease appears by the Custom house acconnts. The total exports in 1864 are as follows:—Sngar, 15,754,309 kilogrammes; rum, 397,529 litres coffee, 219,994 kilogram es; ton, 105,501 kilogrammes cocoan, 69.220 kilogrammes, cassia, 389 kilogrammes. Compared with the returns of the year 1863 the above fiznresshow a deciease, in surar, of 14,407,742 kilogrammes, or 28,- 814hhd., representingonemiliion of tranes, at2sf. the 50 kilogrammes;inrum, 1,025,408 litres, value 358 892 f, at 33c. the htre; in coffee, 189,065 kilogrammes, valae 378,130 f, at 2f. the kilogramme. An in crease appears in the cotton exported of 73,019 kilogrammes over last year. The prineipal item of interest from Central America is the excitement caused throughout the different States by the arrival in Costa Rica of the ex-President of Salvador, General Barrios. The pro tests of both Nicaragua and Silvador against Costa Rica affording an asylam to General Barrios had been published, SSTe CROLX AV S as a'so the reply of that Government. The protests. especially that of Salvador, are excecdingly severe, the latter Govern ment prohibiting all ecommunication be tween the two Republics so long as Gen eral Barrios is permitted to remain in Costa Rica. The answer of the latter Government is mild and dizuvified, and sustains the right and obliecation of the Government to «fford an asylum to politi cal refagecs so lo g as no treaies are broken thireby. The coffee ¢rop m Cos ta Rica will prove a fair average—Dbe- L tween SO,OOO and 90.000 qninruls. At i the recent elections in Salvador the pro visional President, Sro-Dueias, was re elected President for the next teim by 2 very large majoriry. I'rom Equador the news is unimportant. The rainy season had commenced at Guayaquil. Letters from the interior of the Republic report that the road be tween Quito and Esmeralda is progress ing favourably, more than one-third being already competed. Thisroad wiil prove of vhst impnrtnncc to the country, as it L oopens up an immense tract of territory i hitherto closed from commuuication i with any seaport. It was reported at Guaayaquil that the question between Peru and Spain was likely to be adjasted specdily, and that one of the vessels of the Spanish squadron was expected at i Guayeaquil.

THE RINGDOM OF GRELECE. From the Times' Correspondent Athens, Feb, 3. All Greeee has been tovited by Kine Gearge to sit inJudenment niluet 01 1 w Prinee Juiigs of G e wha hag bheen ardere§ to quit Greeee be fore the end of the week i The mtormation supplied to the Greek newspapess by actors in the d flerent scenes which compose the melodrama has laidd before the public ananthenticaccount of the transaction. Prince Julins invited seven of the ex Ministers of King Otho, whom his very confined l(nuwlmlgv of Greek polities led him to believe were still the most infla ~ential men in the conntry, to conferon the means of ejeeting Count Sponneci from his place as the King’s adviser. Tlis i mega symboulion, or graud conference, s the G ceck papers call it, took place on Mounday. while the Kiog was absent from l the palace. The seven champions of functionary worship intormed evervbody they met that they were going to the meeting, and the report spread vapid'y that Count Sponneck was abont to quit Greeee, and that the Ministers had rosioned, The Prince opened the husiness of the conference by statine he was 1. formed I that the miscondnet of the Government had hronght the aifiirs of Greeee into an alarming coudition, and that the misgo vernment of the country was to be attri buted to Count Sponneck’s incap-ciry He desired, therefore, to hear the cpinion of the ablest and most I‘xpt*rie'!_C“'| men in Greece on the subject, and he invited his auditors to state their views candidly. Every one of the ex-Ministers addressed by Prince Julius ought to have felt that the prolonged miscovernment as the country arose as much from Count Spon reck’s inability to remedy (he econsequen ces of theirownmalatdninistration when in office as from the Count’s fan!t. All of them, either let loose iheir tongues against Count Sponneck: or approved by ‘their silence the bzghbmig to which, they listened with complacence. Bul aares, who, whatever other fanl's he may have, is no hypocrite, declared that the Count was an ignorant meddler. Old Trikonpes said that the position of King's adviser was ‘anomalous, unconstitationsl, antl untenable. No person present. it is said, attached the smallest lmportance to the words of the speaker, as he has the reputat ou of being the most selfish of the seven notabiites present, and the one least likcly torhave any real opinion. M:avrocordates and Minoules, ke men of serse, referred thie Piivee 1o the King'’s Ministers for facts, and excused them svlves from gning opinions which must be both vigue and invidious. Mavrocor datos and Miacvles have been Piime Mi nisters at ciiteal periods. Zaimes, who has an drrepressible desire 1o become a Prime Minister, boldly revealed the ultimate ohject of the great confererce. He stated that Count Sponm-cl\' must be ejeeted from his position, and snegested that sinee it 1s necessary that s M'.jcsvy should have an adviser on account of Lis vouth, Heaven has poicted out Prince Julius ot Giuckshure, the King's unele, as the fittest person for the place. This proposal oprrated ou the meeting ke an autammal shower on la-dics with small parasols FEvervbody gow that Z iiues had made sue of the Premier ship. ‘T'he leave taking was shiert Qe ran to teil Connt Npounneek ali that had happencd. O hers sent off messaces to Kanares, offering 1o jain his Mioistry if he would give the vacant porifolio eiher to them or their nominee. The covelasion of the Jaliw latricue, by which tiie position ot Count Sponneck ix rendered stronger than ever, is gived 1o the following communication, whieh was publishet by authority in the Miisterid paperson Tuesday, Jannavy 31 1= “Yesterday, at the hour when iz Ma- Jrsty was taking his usual wa kg s unele, Prince Julius, who has been for syime days a guest in the Palace, invited wi hout the King's knowledge MM. Bu'gares, Mavro cordatos, Chrestides, Trikoupes, Miaou es, Z ames, and Koundouriottes to mee? hinm tn order to d'seass the political couditon of Greece. When His Majesty returned at 6 pm. he learnt what had occurred with great imdignarion, and those who had the honour of dining at the Royal table observed thet Ihis Mij-sty was areatly exested. In the meantime the Ministers, who were S\H'p;'l'su«l at an event so unexpected aud s» ipjurtons 1o them, assembled in the house ot Admiral Kao ares, the Peime Minister, where they re ceived a summons to the palace. T'livy were admitted toan andience at o’clock, and the King a'ddressed them with visible emo ion in the following words:— e «Mini:ters.—On retarning from my walk to-day I learnt with great sorrow the ctrenmstances which had oceurred 1n my Paluce sdurirg my absence. assure vou o my Roy b word that I had no pre vioss ic'.b\\'l¢etigee ot this affuir »I have given you until now ungqaestionale proofs of my coufidence. T repeat that you st ll pmsfess it in the fullest manner. I have ex;)rc'ssfl'l to my unc'e my great sorrow al the event for I will not allow any inter ference with the conduct of my Govern ment. “After THs Majesty had sqid the<e few words with great emotion the Ministers retired. To-day, at half-past 11 am, His Majesty stumanoned lllcr.“i'li;s'.el'l{w tha Pa'ace and addresed Ihem again v these wordsl e wetaEg 0 v Geitlemen,—l informed yon vesters day of the painful impression which L ge-

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ceived from the events of the day. I now inform you that I have required, for the dignity of the Crown and the interest of the country, that my uncle should depart on Saturday. I must add that I will allow no one, whether he be a member of my hoanse or a stranger, to interfere in the affuirs of our couutry, which shall be de termined by the nation and by me, the King.’ 1 ©So, evil was the root, and bitter was the fruit” of the tree planted by Prince Julinsand watered by the seven champions of Greek statesmanship. Supposep CoNrFeperATE CRUISER.—The Phare de la Luire states that the suspi cions of the French Government have been excited as to the real character of the gteam ram Olinde, which recently arriv ed at the Isle of Houat under the Danish flag, and left again after receiving a quan tity of coals from the French steam-tug Expeditif, and transferring to the latter vessel the Danish crew consisting of 42 persons. Some of the crew of this last named vessel recognised the Olinde as an iron-clad ram recently constructed at Bordeaux for Denmark, and they state that soon after leaving the Olinde they saw an English steamer approach her and transfer on board a great number of large cases and barrels. One of the officers on board of the Olinde offered the crew of the Expeditif 175 f. per month toserve on board the ram, first to Lisbon, and thence for a five month’ voyage. The stoker and a sailor named Guerché ac cepted the offer, but when the latter found the Olinde was a war vessel, and that all the men on board were armed with revolvers, cutlasses, &c., he jumped into-a boat and succeeded in getting back to the Expeditif. When this last-named vessel returned to Nantes the crew stated what they had seen, and were afterwards examined by Viscount de DBeaufonds, Commissary-general of marine, who im mediately communicated with the Danish consul. The real character of the Olinde will, no douhi, soon be ascertained. The crew of the Olinde are generally of opin jon that she is a Confederate cruiser.— Galignani. Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor, Jan. 28. ON THE BEST MODE OF PROTECTING LONDON FROM THE RAVAGES OF FIRE. By Cuas. F. T. Young, Esq., C.E. (Continued.) As an example of what these rates and taxes wight amount to in maintaining a force of men sufficient to control the fires of the metropolis, §u is estimated that it would require a protec tive foree of at least 500 men, in addition to the present staff (which would be only lin 6.000 of the populution), and to keep up this staff as s paid brigade, would require us to be taxed for wages only to the extent of £37,000 per anpum. This amount would of course bhe in creased if more men were put on, and with Loundon spreading out at its present rapid an nual rate, it would not be very long before a larger sum would be required. Knowing, there fore, from present aug past experience, how rapidly rates and taxes increase, it is but fair to sssume that the extent and amount of a rate or a tax for the purpose of adequately protect ing the metropolis from the ravages of fire, muet bo taken 98 an unknown quantity, but one nevertheless capable of unlimited exten sion and for thig very reason, if none other, we must ooe and all strenuoasly oppose it. The Police Act does not and will not provide any applisnces for extinguishing fire; and it is po part of a policeman’s duty to make any at fempt to do 80, even when he sees it at the mo ment of the outbreak. The beavy police-rate (averagiog 6d. in the will not admit of any ST CROILUX AVLIS. men being spared for other duties than those of guardians of the peace; and (ven now we see frequent complainis in the pubiic papers that their number is insufficicnt for this purpose, It is evilent, then, that we canuot cxpect the re qiired protection trom the police, vor is it at all desirab e that the ficc-extingui-hing arrange ments of the metropolis should be left to them. Tae time i 3 -.-Vidcnt]y now arrived when the question of the most efficicn the cheapest, and casie=t mode of thoroughly proteeting the metro polis from the destrusiive lavages of fire, and providing a more eff-¢c'uil check to the tremen dous coufligrations that have occurred so fre qu-ntly of late, shall be set at rest; and the es tablishment of a truly M tropo.itan Fire Bri g:de be accomplished, for with the improvi dence of an almos: savage state of society, we have lofi ourselves at the me:rey of the flames, and for more than a quater of a century bave shamefully n:z'ected vur duty in this respect, because the insurance compauies arranged for extinguishing their own fi.e;, by a set of men and plant aud to their inclination or otherwise we have trusted for help in extingaishing our own. It is nuither just to the iosurance com paoies, nor sale for vurselves to trust wholly or even io part to their aid wheu fires occur. It should be remembered that their men and en gines are designed and maintained by them selves simply for the protection of their own funds, and that there is no legal claim on them to maintain their establishment for the public benefit; but we have all grown into the false belief that we are entitled to look upon them as intended for the bapefit of the public at large. No doubt, to a certain extent, they do confer this benefit but all they can do with their present means and appliances, 1s far from sufficient for the daily increasing requirements and we find that having to defray the cost of them, they stand, a3 is natural, on their undoubted right when they declive to augment it. What we now want iz a complete aul entire change of system—ne which does not infliet a compulso ry miiatenance of rates for the purpos:, but brings into requisition thet importaut and price less principle—the Voluateer system —to whose energetic and chivalrous exertions we can trust with far greater certainty and satisfaction than to any paid system whatever. It will, of course, be urged—ls it was in the case of our vo'untecr rifl:men—that they are not needed, that they can not be made efficient, will not work as well us paid men, &ec., &ec.; and ws hive sezn how all these sinister prognos ica tions have failed. It miy also be remembered that stronger reasons thin thess were urged azinst railways. and, in fact, against every im provement, or “iniovation,” as it is termad, but, in spite of all thit could be urged to the contra ry, they haive iavariably, when once started, gone ahead, and their most persevering and strenuous opponents are found amongst their staunchast sipporters The Voluniear rifl :man, it should be remem bared, provide sic a dinzer afar off and yet to come; but the vo'nntear firam:n are ready and willinz to dea! w 'h o)y rthat is in our midst, and miy m et us ot any corner at any moment, and whe can 4t (s moment say that he may no, even wh'! I um speaking, require their seivices, [To be continued.] E'P bykjond gjøres herved, at Onsda gen den 12e April forstkommiæende Middag Kl. 12 slet, vil Repartitionen paa Hr.C. Bærentsens Opbudsdoe vorde frem lagt, og ventes Boet derefter sluttet. St. Croix, Christiansteds Skifterets Contoir, den 3ilie Marts 1865. J. A. Stakemann. T is hereby made known that on Wed- K nesday the 12th April next at 12 o’clock at noon, the Repartition in the dealing of Mr. C. Berentsen will be produced and the dealing closed. St. Croix. Christiansted’s Dealing Court Office, 3rd Murch 1865. J. A. Stakemann. AVING been asked bdy several voters H in West End Jurisdiction to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the new Colonial Council, the Sub. scriber takes this method of assuring them and others, who may have a similar opinion, that, with every wish to scrve them, he cannof, under preseut circum stances, accede to their request. Frederiksted March 6, 1865. HUGH MAC WILLIAM. L K 2 g Os the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix SAVINGS BANK, On Saturday, 11th March 1866. e e Receivers: IN CHRISTIANSTED: J. I'. Colberg, Exq., Trustee. A. Just, Esq, Member. IN FREDERIKSTED L. Faber, Esq., Trustee. Amount of former deposits. §229,863 28 6 deposits of 20 cents each. 21 above 20 cts. and under 1. $8 4 3 5, A 5 i 10. i v 10 20. g Bo 50. s—é_;leposits, of which 48 in Christiansted amounting .0 000 55; Bin Frederiksteddo. 42 49 e it 148 04 Total 230,011 32 Balance of deposits 48,400 18 1 new deposit account, viz.: 1 Cooper. 5 Withdrawals amounting t0..5194 46. Receivers for Saturday, 18th March 1866. IN CHRISTIANSTED Cnpt. Holstein, Trastee. G. B. Meyer Esq., Member. IN FREDERIRSTED I. N. Malgrav, Esq., Trustee. A. Lund, iZsq., Member. GEO. BEHAGEN, Predident, St. Croix. 13'h March 1865. H. Krebs Pratorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN ASSURANGE COMPANY. I'OR FIRE AND LIFE. UL LGN \Ef THE TWO STOLY HOUSE 833 No. 3L. A Water Gut, for particu lars apply to T.J. ARMSTRONG. Recommendedto the Attention of all Busy-Bodies BY A MEMBER OF THE Anti-Poking-Your-Nose-Into-Other- People’s- Business-Society. ANTED IMMEDIATELY, a per son of fair character, age immate rial, at a Salary of £I,OOO stg. per an num, merely to mind their own business, with a periodical increase of 30 per cent. only to leave other People’s fiuineso alone. Application with testimonials to be ad dressed to the Honorary Secretary of ihe Neglected Own Affairs Society, Ne. Great Airy Street, London. 1