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. that their notes were in my hands, and
They thought
tout old Mr. Dawson had pat them into my

i my capacity of lawyer, without
notifying them When old Mr Dawson came
up te me, | told him how ill the parties, both

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e very crusty about it

is, in

prietor, as you have said he teld you he|
Was, it was strange his son shoald take |
notes in his own name? Wainess, Wher!
' Thonas Dawson told we so, | believed he
| was telling me the trath : he was, by repu-!
| tation, an honest man. f believe here was |

NOVA SCOTIA'S: PROTEST.!

The undersigned, Delegntes from the Pro-
vinee of Nova Seotia, before returning to their
homes, deem it a duty, alike to those they vl
present and to the people of this country, to

potest in the most solemn and emphatic wav-| instructions, bat yeilding to

land in the
versies. ad

With this evidence in their hands the unilér-
signed came to England instructed to ask for
the repeal of 80 much of the [mperial Statute
as related to Nowa Scotia. They
the opimron ©

° } ’ Ws
ner against the decision of the Honse of Com-} their best friends here, who thoaght thar Par

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town and country, whom T bad notited of | some very queer work about the Tannery, |
t! votes being ia my bands had taken it. |} and it was, therefore, perhaps, not generally |
! mons ON
had written a formal notice to each of them understood whe was the realowner,. At the a
{ | H owas the nicht of the 6th of June last \
i 1 the ki man that they were very crusty | time it raised my suspicions that all was , ' » offal
t | f } a } ] As that decision inay alleet the lovalty off
: ti He said to me, De not notify a ot right aleout at, but Chey passed out ol :: i nag
i 4 . oe ld etl wae! ble vpravinces and be ¢ ntlowed by events af)
nieti tie t y att I iW teateet. ii vor. Dawe Cold me mil wa : d
' Vier J J wl ; li atadhe Tanner Me Thompe| be bericad ne portance, the v idursigued, au per
t ie vou ii said Wha pote on Wella \e t ’ Ma } : “ie is
V ] . " ; wal ates 2 greuids, desire to shake th mseived cles
‘ \ I is fh t son bihese notes, accordig to your state- 1 , . ‘ : “agape “ae
; ‘ he responsiiity which one ‘Le ar:
vaus he wants u swer Wus ment, were merely orders far money Whit 5 . , . : f Her Ma
} atte shmehd, acklt bider the wuidanee of er 3
\ et Nn was your ohjcct in requiring the walver te er a Anon js «dl
: " 4 ' ¢.. fiesty s verntiient, fae assum
} " ‘ ‘ bee le written upon them?’ Was old) Mr \i tl ‘ Se ckaniiends
‘ . ” *hhrotile Sui
t tt Dawson to be able for them, ether with or y tm eutnd lua state of ch ,
‘ ‘ N ’ » 5 iene un bo Oe 6 a ’ : toh. | ents hovering upou
on til } ‘ ' . 2 , Witness, | Hom. WitO ae mal ton of Pentans wy Uy
‘ ‘ . 1 sa I ck Without the waiver Hpon tier ! iness, gh . ale gnaveieal
} r # Ouse aud eNpPesed lromtler, alias et il
ho e your tot s Newe Yes, he war to be liable sent back potes F ¢
“ar ri by hundreds of thousands of discontented men
' | se he am) has! whi were Withoutit (the waiver) because ' sean detneie uk te
} . } ' riven trom Chem ‘somes tt lle aesp ‘ i
pote todo with notes down at the Tannery, Lb wonld rather lave the waiver apon thei - Dre Sil on 80 died t|
a , “ener , ' reasoure’s of British statesinanship, it did no
! at | see “Dut, said he, ‘“*dun t give i tad explaiacd to him that when he en ’ , tl ciel de Riis eg
teerual ; ge ‘ tlertsi - e > ‘ .
hi monev } 3 he is very exe!) dorsed with the waiver, he pat biimself in)” ne th wee Parliament not to enlarge
, ; ; isk of lhe moyperhal arhiamen
tra t. Dron’t fet him haveary money but! the position of the maker of the note “i ;
i i J not: and, fr i the ked upen | ns the maker of the |" #c4 uf discontent, - “ere
wat sar would not: and, tron then i Ker uy n him as ‘ ‘ ‘ | mar te , if 1 nh Paduce |
} — i Preis »> these el ifs ¢ ais H °
" to this moment, he has vot had one note or borrower Of he man ¥. as my pre b YN \ Ss tia trouts the popul us ed ict d, |
f trromey trot © SACO 10 the way} mary debtor, the note, in cacn case, being rik ad prosserous New Knyland States
ee ile hes oT urerely che evidente ‘of le nr wid that t ‘ bh Uta eat staples for which there |
, i , ek 6@ wii a‘ wreé Sti ' 4 i
sk te £ or L20 to take up st Thompson Now, if that was the case, was! ! narket in Canada The arsenals and
. " } , } is nO Matac ! Atha ° i ars nis at
Hind, armed Dhave seid, No, DT wou't) it nut as much so without the words of the j is of Boston and Portsmouth are with
' » , } duckvards of Deuston ta virlst ‘ t
‘ d naan said to me mt bneeded) waiver as with them Witness It was et ey aot of Bill aad WAAbee
. ; sy ' ‘in my 4:5 Sali ‘ bile a ii
erty u knew the makes > Mr. Thompson. Then why send back notes : " ; ;
_— agg eS om : a \ pati a | ne , mrad md to have thoac | se stretches # whole continent, free trade
net. for he would look out ter which were not so endorsed, to lave TORK a oe ener PPS: A ah ont
q ‘ “a f “0 : » which ul ace Ta Liprorte Mh i
i that nothing went at the Pun | words put op >» Wilness Beeause | pre: | alan oo ge a abl” Se stttinunies’
without his knowledye. LTsaid it be ea | ferred having them, and bad told him (old a “* Fe MS i sede
: ' ’ ' _. | enterprises 5 , thous rOltiCed ochal '
nutes d would advance tie: money. }) Mr Dawson) that f sleould always require yy Ame aie a Ol Ce
, : , with the tiety-four mile f vu}
m if be undersived wh Lhud said) bim to endorse in that way. lL swear that a or cepa ea gs ae
— an ver ut on b w RB j thant this great country mightt i i ’
t dd waeliing nolme a.d caehlnciul, tie watver Wa eve b V é et ee
, ' jy" ro i volve bigh taxation, it would cpen a career for |
i it I Gesas an { aw 4 ‘ HUA & Draw sc min my utlice. Mr. on i, sea Now ‘| } } [ » sat i , ure ft tl “im i de uale pro- i
i | ~o omnes rwhieh y have det: led her cChidren and ensure To them a pUarle j |
reseniat ted edad aed oo ice ull the conversation Heh You ave debiiled | j | - r Bail dink
] 8 + wa hy , dd heewven vou and uld Me {| hChO® HOF ever DF and ane acs Hone |
ay ay sins ' hip olin » Atti A egg ag pec i True to then d traditions, preferring then
4 . . ue >THeY ’ rid His, | ¥ LD Be |
: : " lawson, Was it not with W. B. Dawsen? : aT ae f\c ia
sin tay 2 ee . ; Deh , old tag and their old forms of administration,
i tissshe i ihe not ust as if you! lave you not confused the one with the > ; ; : bed
we é P . - " . A — : ;? Wee os The pony, Lie peop eal N Va Sculla, Whice Chelishnins tlie
. I al . um berey lee oiverin your mind: te SS. ‘ a : 1 , usleled!
. ‘ : delusion that they were En slishmen, entitles
d i to joak at the notes sued for | vereation was with vld Mr Dawson, When poeple ty x pay? bpelageron
l » transact 4 simply with W. B, {to the rtght, as they were skiutul mm the practy
A Aime y were a set the transaction Was situpay tly 4 ; i pis
~~ s a » self yovernment, were Content, wilh ai. these
‘ y wy came to me without that! Dawson, | wees to give notice > but not when ck fre :
, temptations beside them, to follow the fortunes
‘ ’ > | sent them back again. | it was witheld Mr, Dawson. | told old Mr. "sal pee ty ea as
} t ni Daw n } was e » — a } “) in ind share in the glomes and the vicissitudes ¢
sl al wi senile ime aWeon Was Nob yony t e Dothered mn : : i ’ » 3
. j ; ¢, . ayreat british basa) ire. Jul Wiel asSned by
eo ‘ that wav. | had no iden of forgeries until : . , é é 2 :
i. of mM ‘ "my . Lord Mouck to form patol anew nation, ln
i ee * , ss eh hac aiter W. B Dawson left. The first tame | , ha few millions of peo
, iS ass lation wilh & Te W Mmallitons of per
sain. Ikept «a list of the wort Phev want heard of them, Mr. Richard Ueartz was Ya : ¥ ; Hf ry
; ne Who colle No markets for Cher produc lignes,
an th n eprese i,aud) present, and, on that occasion, he said to Sal t re. who have a lonz
1 ' . Mw lave ory CATO Sita ‘. 7 ‘ i ,e ue .
i 4 iW. B. Da in #@ Bote t old Mr. Dawson, * Uncle, | do not tt.ink ontive eulnut a wares tid
] iene i i i = mu t ! ’ i
, hoy wanted over and above whe William would ferge your mame: he is aot)! ; i ceon the seaka 7 4
1 ' ] ¢ » 29 i, rs ‘ a n ti OF Wi Aroemiwae GPon we Sen | >!
wa reset by the notes. hat way su bad as thie All the notes on which | : |
. eprese tiled t i taal a) ] . ' pa 4 a , : vus that the N a Scolians sh id y CW,
cod ut ). ‘dhe od man was} bad made sivanees were brotight to ury oes -
’ } ' ir \ . “ s ties Ibo, Oa ¢, SUCH & Proj es
atl kept ws iist; and | told him tha:| bouse, from my office, by Mr. ireartz and . Ste Ps
} . , ? . , tron with ¢ fen d > ist, st C10n wd aliaru
was wi liberty to inspect NM whenever he| in Mr. Leartas presence shewn to and cx- : me nf ee
4 ; a Was most unnal nus > anit
close, au that ify when he cuiied to dys. 1! ammed by vid Mr Dawson. As respects ' Cor Rrit t s pie
" ¥ . . . . bm: thocla ac ryril i iii i
vy pa iw my office, gue of my ierks would! two of theam—one given by W. Finlay, the 4 ' Ue San to . Bs 2374
" > b ne eS e t D4 i 4 > ae ‘ Za ! iit
s wil Ww bin I have seen him inspect it other by Prowse— he said the endorsements f | end to per uy hut
’ " , i ues, seend to persousl rt :
lle thanked me-fer the liberty, aud he gota! were very lke his handwriting, but he “ ‘ er cover of reckless char es}
} “4 -t 110 Cal iirier Coy ~ ue Ss arse
the motes more than once. | have af could not receticet thut he had endorsed |"). | A ta Oe d
‘ ~— ‘ ' i i disioyally and wy gyrus COTTUPMO’, aA liea
copy of it. Ar. C. Palmer.—How came it that) them, tie suid that he knew ue owed we | ure which the natural instincts of self-preser- |
P tc “ - ' sure ie i) uturai Hines ¢ sc ; ‘
he got that list? VW idaess.— He came several! a large amount—Li50). 1 said it Was ‘

times to amy office, and asked for it. He bad

pulimte @ Scrape wilh the Bauk :
ld me abuut nu. After William left he was
vlice; Mr. Ricbara Heariz was there
Bios Ube ab LOles ol hand. Ji was, 1 think,
n VUciobver or November. Jt must have beer
in Vet He then suid Willian: had forged

s batee tu. betes to the amount of £3,000, on

ier mathe Bank of P. E.1., which he bad
oe io pay. 1 paid it then, he said; but!
wil pay none of these forgeries any longer. 1
suid Lo lina, How could you leud your name to
uielluw whe would act in that m snner ? He
suid, “1 was deceived in bim. 1 thought he
was duing weil.’ Whatdo you think of him
] suid. “Mr. Hodgson,” he said, ** he
vreatest scoundrel that ever God put
** He in,” “such a
scoundiel that I cannot believe one word be
suave, Willes, oF swears.”’ That wis the lirst iu-
tiimuat oti l had that he (W. B Dawson) had

dj me)

we

ios bhae

;

Hiewh iite, said ie,

ever lured wuy paper Mr. C. i adiner.— Lid
youu sdvance moneys under Lhe arrangement
” h you made with vid Mc. Dassou? Wit

‘ “I wid,
I advanced by cheque on the Bank ot
bkeiward Island

‘

they are all here.
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4

Lhe notes will speak tor them-
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ae

They were payable to W.

, Daw seu—~ssnme to vid M . Du» sun or bear-

é These « heques were all delivered by me
te W. B. Dawsen, and charged to mein my
Lavk account. They were given cither direct-
iy iwote W. KB Dawson's hands, or sent unde)

coverto bim at the Tannery, in pursuauce otf

tie uudhorily gaveu to ine by the eid man to do
ao. Whee taking a waik wm the morning, [|
Semeianes went into the Tannery, bud never
Wiihvut busmess. It would be at al out half past

wine ut At
have seeu old Mr. Dawson in the citice.

uch mes |
Ll have
“ people. ]
vw ollice. I

ten in the morning.

ety seen juin Oudiside Wilh lie wo

Lise s€@eu: Nita endvoisiies neles mi t

Lave sven Wiihwm brenk the env: lopes of let |

tors, take Owt what 1 believed to

desk, ti

€ lwles, lay
downwards, sud thea
suy tu. bis dather, * bather, | waut your siz-
and, unless old Mr. Dawson puSsesne d
the power te see through the paper, 1 saw bin

bites On, Lia ce

itp the notes without lovkmwyg et their tace. |
lle sizued wt whew tubie. The desk was wo
lug tor bim to, write at. He sivued without

iueong Up the paper; wad leaving tlie paper on
thie lu

lnio the street with me,
them on the table, and walked p the street
His tatk was always how well they
geitive one Wiliam, be said, was a little
€itravagett about the cottage tbe had buiit,
bewi the could stand that. J may

Were
Dusiness

Olu # proot that everything was ju los owe
las thas
oe i L i

mio aan eo aoe al
tures onthe notes sued for throu,

bu powerful

magitier, and could see no evider.ce of tracing |
i

] welieve they wre not forgeries. 1 think they
aiv old Me. Dawson's signatures. The old man
isa better writer than his sun William. ITdon’t
think William could forge his tather’s name

die could not torm the letiers as they are forn: |
J believed the en;

e
duisements. to be old Mr. Daweot 8 at the tae |

1 tovk the wotes, and I believe them to be bis

now. No. 11 Jooks a little different frum the
others, bet thee 18 ne sign of tracing in i.

toed Me. Dawseu told me he endorsed all their
customers paper, but that he kept no list of
ile
why he me fora list. Had I never
seen eld Mr. Dawson write, | should have said,

on comparny the endorsements on the notes

CHuiuie to

with the sipsalures proved tu be his, that the
'

@udursemetis were his.
Crors-examined by Mr. Thom) son :
Me. T. Lites as & suit comumneed by you
against Thomas Dawson for money lent by
you to hiw. Lave you an account made
out aguinst lim? or is there an account
stated against him in your book? Wadtness
In my book the notes are entered ia the
names of the wakera, and credit given as
moneys were paid Om account of them. |
made no charge in my books against Thomas
Dawson-—only against the makers of the
wotes. Against Thomas Daweou, when be
gave me his own note, or when W. B.
Dawson gave me his note, I did the same. |
looked upon the dather and the sou as carry-
ing on business together. | have uo account
in my bovks against Teomas Dawevn alone,
unless when be was the maker of a note
given to me. The discount | charged was
az percent. Mr Thompsoa. 1 think you
said the notes brought to you by W. b.
Dawson were endorsed by his tather with
tie words ** presentation, Cowaad, and
motice waived,’ and that, i any were
brought to you without those words written
upon them, you sent them back to have the
ouicsion supplied. | think there is ope
Lere without Lhomwe words, and you said there
Wer notene watluutthem VWe/uess. Yes,
there is ope Jor 4501. Lt is @ now of George
Nicolls, over due sace January, i867, Mr.
Them sun. You said you Dever tuvk a nute
Without the words ** waiwing, preseutment,
demand, and notice ’’ upon it, und you were
Wrong ib saying Be? Was Thomas Dawson
fic only person you looked tt}? Witness,
‘the travsactiops were entirely betwegr
Thomas Dawseo aod me. | only claim
ayainet W.B. Dawson asan endorser, j
koew he (W. 1B DD.) was not worth a straw.
i dv bot thimk that any other person was
present whee old Mr. Dawsun explained to
pwe tle nature of the business connection
Wwiuel existed between byw and bis soy
w Himm. ‘To some extent, | believe, W.B.
~gactovl appeared the heed man im the pubke
eye. Lknew he was the manager. i do mah
kuow that the public generally thought
hiw Ue proprietor, Mr 1 hompsou. The
betes Whieh you hold in your band are
drawn payable to W. B. Dawson, as the
proprietor. Did you never think, or to say
ty vid Mr. Dawson, that, if he was the pro-

» afterwards

L have the cheques ;

|
te justas be had sizgued u, walked oul |
He tok uo Hehor- |
wiioim of the wetes, ouly eudorsed them, left |

L have seew huw write several times m |

ivtes he eudomed, and that was the reason |

Lid00 of nutes given by Nicol!, and endorsed
by him. tle said it was 21800, if it was
riglit that the £560 should be accounted a}
art ul it. Mr. Thompson. Afr W B.|
etal went away, did you aot try to ger!
a bend aod Warrant,or Judgment Bond, |

| trom old Mr. Dawson for the amount which
| you said he owed you ? and did you not
' ewploy Mr. ileartz to try and arrange with |
old Mr. Dawson for you? Waitress | |
} never employed Mr. teartz for any such |
purpose, either directly or indirectly. Old |

Mr. Dawson said be could not pay me thie |
L150, but le would pay the £1500 vut of |
the proceeds of Nicuil s estate. | swear he |

| did not tell me that any of the notes in my |

hands were turgeries. ile spoke of suuie
notes in the bank as being tourgeries. tle
suid he had no recollection of signing

Prowee’s pute, and that he was afraid the

nutes in the Bank were torgeries. One day

i met Lim in the street, and he told me he

had Leen looking over the list of notes in my

olice. There was a large amount, be said,

bet that, altiough Willimw was rather 1

clined to be extravagant, and bad spent a

good deal upon his house, be was doing a |

you! business, and could afford it Mr.

Lhompsun. After W. Bo Dawson bad lett,

did you net say the Tannery ought to be

| carried on, or otherwise Douwaid McKinnon

Would bave the whole business m lis lands ?

Witness. No: | asked old Mr. Dawson

what was the value of the Cannery, aud he

said between £4000 and L500, awi, rater
than it steuld wo fur less, be would hary it
in hineselt, work it, and pay olf the debos

Hiere Mr lt fat]
anewered evasively and heyoud the questian,

apd tuat he Would be obliged to request the

Court w restrain him = Did you mot, at that

tune, propowe that the old man should give

you a Judgment and assign to lieartz, and
ety tiat that would be @ proteetion to him

(the old nein) against uuknown elaine ?
Wiilness WwW hiedi tie Betas hie would pRaVv te,

I suyve-ted that be eliould give me au dudy-
ment for what he owed me. bo tedd te
jomt note against the old man. Mr. Thomp
son Yuu say you knew William was worth
bething, is it net curivus then that you
should get im tu joi bis fitber in joint
nutes ty yuu tiow many such joint notes
did you take? Witn-ss. bkive but only
twu were original, and charged to W. is.
Dawson and his father. Mr TL Did you |
not, atter the £113 transaction, when W.
LB. Dawson brought you a batch of notes,
denis bios with tue amount of the money

| jou gave him for the notes and the discount, |
btete that the Lease of the Tamnery was spoken

and gave hia credit for the motes ? Watness
Yer, ut lust butnotattiret. Mr. Thompson
Was not the mode such that one bahiuced
| .abvencettrare W. 1 did not give him credit
| lor the notes, and charge him with thie eash |
and discount. Mr 7. Now, Sir, this mw
| your book? W. It iw, Mr 7. Here is
| the amount of the notes ; here the discount ;
, bere the makers” names: and iw not the |
| stufement balanced? W tt in: it naust |
| be su of necessity. W. Bo Dawson's Book
was then shewa to Mr Hodgson. He looked
at it, and said sumething im it had been |
altcred. Mr. T. Tie book slicws the!
| amount of cash which yoo gave W. B |
| Dawson, and the discount you charged |
|} him? W. Yes; down to 1806, it shews
how | kept the account Mr. 1. Alter
this you had another book? (shewed it to
Mr. ddodgeom.) ts the system the same in
this buvuk? WL No: it is w diferent one.
When my presenc elors, Mr. teliin, came
ty me, be did not like my system. 1 opened
| & separate account tor each note. Le
| shortewed it by adding all the notes together,
and entering them ail in one sum, taking
*% memorandum of the particulars of each
hele. ‘This book is net my book : itis W.
B. Dawson's book. Mr. 7. Uhe notes, in
March, 1807, were entered in a batch, and,
on such oceasions, you took W.B. Dawson’s
note tor the whole amount of the one entry, |
sey LOD. —hulding the emaller netes them- |
seives as collateral seourity? W. The other |
nutes Were bot held merely as collateral se- |
curty., The arraugement made was to}
siwmplity the uccounis, aud it was wade be
tween my clerk and W., B Dawson. Mr.
JT. I demand that W. B Dawson's notes,
eo given, shall be produced Mr. /udysun.
They belong w another suit; and, there-
fore, | will not produce them, [TLese nutes
were bot produced |

Mr. Hodgson, reeranuned by Mr. C
Palmer:

Mr. Bellin, my clerk, asked me if |

dummy sv would be a saving of time and labour |
in writing ; and !

liberty to doas he pleased about it
notes, winch, on the vecasions of the lesser |
holes being maseed, be (Mr. Bellin) teok for
the whole amounts from W.B Dawson, |
have never suugit to enturce, and they never
will be enforced. i swear ft always beld old
Mer Dawson liable. WB. Dawson's notes
Were not given tu alter the liability.

K. B. levine, Reporter,

Ths Norte Buirian Review for Jone has re-
et been issued by the Leounrd Seott Publieh-
ing Company, und completes their series of
} peclicetines for the qnarter just closed Thies}
| Review js a yrest fuvorite with many readers; |
the editor has of lute years shown good jadgemant
in the selection of subjects, and it bas ceuked to be
j the ofan of more local interests Of the eight
articles in the present number, those on the History
1 of Writing, on Sleep, and on Lovie IX: of Franc
| (Seine Louis), will be acceptable to all chisses of
readers. Lhe first wawmed articic vives aa xecouut
of face swiles of national manaseripts lately pub-
lished by wuthority in England, and is full of «nti
Varian luformation of the most readable kind, and
the paper om bomte LX, is ef murked biograph

ieal und historical interest. ier arucle® aie ,

Mistral’s Mireio (a review, With many extracts, of (trous to your imberests,”
pieusing Provencal poem), The Greek ftaken, and at the elections, without a disloy dy

a very
fdyllie Poets, Memoirs of Baron Bunsen, Schools
and Universities, Charches and Creede He must
be hard W please wiw finds tuis number dull
seuuig

Prequil to

ane of the undersigned witnessed with a; sad

i fiee roads

ltvuted, ow a

vation in all tne Maritime Provinces, prompted

Luci?

populati

It a natural, also, Wheu betrayed by a few
rash and uuscrupuluus men, who came over |
here tousk the limperial Parlianieat ty embody |
in # Statute the most tagrant breach of trust]
to be found in our Colonial Annals, that the |
people of Nova Scotia, who had ucver in a}
ceatury sent a Petitnou to Parliament before, |
should claim to be heard before its final sanc
tion was given to machinations sv astounding

What did they ask? That the bill should
be thrown out? That a scheme of govera
ment, al best but an experiment, secreuy pre- |
pared ina Loudon hotel, and never submitted |
to either of the Culunial Leyislatures, should)
be abrust! They might in all rea
son bave asked this, but they did aot.
preamble to the Bill it was assumed that the
peuple of Nova Scotia desired the revolution-
ary chauzes proposed. lu the summer of 1866,
one lif of the population of the Provinces,
folowiog their ordinary 4 vcetions, and known
lo

sea. ln

ONS to TESsist.
|
i

y rejected ?

la the

be hostile to Confederation, were pon the
their absence, 31,900 men, a unumder
three-fifths of the cntire mitiitia force
of the country, sigued a Petition, which was |
presented by Admiral Erskine to the House of |
Commous. All that these nen asked was a!
week's de ayy that they mizht have an oppor

tunity. in due course of law, aud without wuy

extraurdinsss y eXercise of the prer futive of

dissolution in their favor, to express then dei

berate convictions. The General elections were
to come offin June. If the people of Nova

ided ayainst the Bill, it is clear that
the entitled to the benelit of the ex-

Scotia dex

ue’ wok
emption made in favor of the peu le of Prince
mdward tsiand and Newfoundlaed. Uf they

cousernted to aecept it, as Parliament would
sit t Aacust, there was ample time to pe feet
the iugusure aud to prociaiin the New Dominion
lous belare the close of the year. The i
f this petition, so modest and so reasonable,
vas rejected, and the undersigned caunot re- |
cal .

bation, the manner in which the subject was

ywruyel

willout @ Sense of deep surrow aud humi-

b treated lust year in both Eases of Parlament

lu the Commons the petition was never read,
and scarcely referred to. Iu the Lords its |
exisiciuce was bardiy recognised, theirexercise |

of the right of Petition was sneered at, and the
wile ince and affection of a high-spirited aud
loyur people were iveated with Supreme lin

©

A tew nizhts since the claims of 700,000 per-

'sous, Wlw claim an ascendancy over three or

four aullions of their fellow-subjects, reyarded |
Hivuse of Commens as perilous to the |
iutegrity of the Empire, came up for |
discussion in the House of keeds There was
a fuci atteodanee. Tue Chamber was crowded,
There were royal Princes on the Cross benches,
a goodly array of Bishops in lawn sleeves
around the woolsack, aud of nobie ladies,
richly attired, raming influence from the gal-|
Contrast this scene with that which

by Lie
peuce wud

esta

revision of feeling in the same Chamber in|
the winter of 1867. 370,000 Englishmen, as |
vyal and as intelligent as the Protestants ot |
lreland, stood for the first time inthe presence |
of the Peers of Kayland, claiming wo ascend,
aucy, asking no favors. They could point to}
a century of successtul lezisiation, to thirty
years of culightened selfgoverument, to their]
public works constructed without fraud, to their
aod free schouls, tu their loyal
Militia, their well drilled Volunteers, and to the
sin, aod the dead who have shed their bloud
tu defence of the Einpire. by thriit they had
maistained their civil gover anent, and illus
contiuent where protectionist
levislaties: was much favored, the free trade
policy of Bagland Was if tou much for such
: people, lreasged for the first time before the
tLouse of Lords, to expect that ing CUULPOVErSsS |
involving vested iutevests of the greatest
masuitude—constitulionad priveiples demand.
ing the most subtle investrration — tuucning
and so honorable, and
national considerations of the very hizhest|
moment, they would be protected by at .east!
lad
this been # case touching the honer or the
estate of w single noble Lord, it would have |
been heard aud re-head with exemplary |
patieuce—months, nay years, would have been |
erauted fur the production uf a piece of evi-
dence on which it was appareat the whole case |
turned,

How differeut was
Nova Seotia received.

teelings so sacred

the semblance of serious consideration,

the treatment which |
At no time while the)

| Bill was under discussion were there lifty Peers |

in their seats, and oa the only occasion when |

| T would allow bim to mass the notes, as! an appearauce of controversy was vainly wat | bome to share the perils of our native land

tempted te be provoked hy one or twu noble |

ill there were but tea menibers preseut, when
the Bill finally passed. A youd many historic |
delusions were dissipated on that day. Frank- |
ring Standing before the Privy Council, and en |
during the sarcastic insults of Wedderburn, |
did not, itis fair to assume, retire uiore grieved |
and indigeanut than did the yventlemen who |
represented the people ol Nova Scotia on that |
occasion. i

They did not, however, follow Franklin's
exampe. ‘They were reluctant to throw over: |
board the traditions of thew fathers The!
seutiinent of loyalty. They used this lan- |
guage; -* The Government, Parliament, and |
the People of Kagland have been deceived,

‘They have dowe you # cruel wrons, but ny! | Hettowar's Oistmxst avo Prtrs.—Outward |
Do nut blame those why | Htirmities — Before the discovery Of these opey, | Yeat of the day.
jedies, tauy exses of sores ulcers, &e., were pro |

wrong Was intended.
have erred with the best uiteations, but punish |
those who have deceived them. Prove that
the evidence upon which the whole case turned
was worthless, and trust to the honor of the
Imperial Parliament to relieve
dom, as wounding to your pri

ape from thral- |
e us it is disas- |

word spoke or a blow struck, the evidence was |

produced, proof more overwhelimins than can
Loe gathered frow the pylidica! aurals of Ruy.

| A tew specime:

| dma gualiot,

the motion made by Mr, Bright on figment might fairly require, ss coadivien

precedent to repeal, ai in jmpenatent inv sti
gotiom wt the real state of the faxts and of the

most momentuous of her contro: |

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obeyed their lawless puuishment, :
i f travelling on foot over the Rocky Mountains

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" CRIME AND VENGEANCE.

CRURL MUuDeE AND PM CUT PUL RETRIBUTLON.

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A shoeking story of brutal murder and swift
uinougs & party of ininers

to the Secetwater mines, is reported in one of |
our Westers exchanges. Hess, a Frenchman,
aud -Armstrony, a Nova Scotian, had quarreled |

| but apparently become reconciled, wheu Arne

fo mg vt the Proviuee, they were cuuteut that |

lihe subject should be agate pe weuted with
levery security aguiust the posible ovis vf

ibhi-
wide precipilaucy, aud iu the full reliance that
any fair inquiry eould be followed by but ene
result. Lhe blouse of Commies have thousht
proper to reject Mr. Bri It
was Clear that no ether result could be ex pect-
ed after the promulgation ot the Colonial
Seeretary’s despatch
livision list that, with few exceptions, the sup-
porters of the Government rallied to sustain its
policy, and the aid of Me. Cardwell made a
triumph over justice and common sense ex-

‘bt's resvlutiou,

tremely casy

The undersigned having discharged thei
dutv—they trust with courtesy aud indepen-
dance—-will return to their homes in a
davs. His Grace, the Colonial Secretary, and
Mr. Adderly, acting upon the representations
of the Governor General and of the Canadian

lew

agent in this country, have guided the Mouse

ut Comitnous to a positien which, re sarded

leither with reference to Limperial interests or

to tie mutual co-operation anil xood neL_rhbor
houd of the British American Provinces valy,
the undersizned cannot but consider as must
unwise. The people of Nova Seotia
hardly prepared to believe that the Imperial
meut and Parliament would refuse re-
though done

were

(rove!
dvess fur a yreat wrong, even
juadvertently aud with the best intentions.
They certainly could not have imagined that
in a case involving the honor of the Empire,
the Parjiament, and all the
rishis and revenues Of an ancient aiid noble
Pray nets they be denied the most
obvious fort of inde pendent Investiration
Nor will their feelings be much suothed by

the style of arguinent pursued towards them

good name ot

would

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s of the accuracy of members

ot Paraament, Clauning to spe ak with orneutar

wisdeun upon Colonial affairs, ought to be
brramed and ylazed,

On the second reading of the Bill in the
tlouse of Commons, the hen. mem ver for Stock
port declared that at the Cigueral Klee tion
whieh tuvk place tn Nova Svotia i 1563, tl
juestion F Contederation bad been pre sented
and discu ed at every ~P tiime-Dooth tn Lise
vunlry. this declauratiun was wiluenul Lie
Siiad Ww ot touilatiouw When pubosted saa

iL Was received ln every part of
the country with wingled shoutsof iauzhter and
\ Isat what thea? It
turn, and the House of Commons,
statement ringing in the ears of members, pass
ed the Confederation Bill without a division.
In the recent debate the member for Stock:
port, whom we always charitably assumed ta
the Provinces had been grossly deceived, was
thrown over altogether, Both Mr. Adderley
and Mr. Cardwell flatly contradicted Mr. Wat
kin, and admitted that at the elections of 1863,
the question had not been discussed at the
husliuzs.
established beyoud dispute, but stranze to say
that botn those ventlemen mised the House

fof Cowmmons by drawing an mfercmce tor i
)

of the must vital import insuch a Controversy,
bot only unsupported by, but utterly at variance
with, the facts, Both assured tne House that

i the subject was not inentivocd only because all

the public men were in favor of Confederation,
and the people fully instructed and prepared for
it. This argument, coming tron two geutie-
inen of high character on opposite sides of the

It is evident from the ,

stronmreopened the disayreement und threat- |
ened Hess for taking sume of bis tobacey.
During that Gay the party entefed a daugerons
and ditticult ¢ wvern, throuch which they wound
alony a narrow led re of rock, several hundred
feet above the bed of the siveam which vay
along at the foot of that fearful prec ipice. At
the point of the greatest danzer, where the
party had to travel in single file, and several
vards apwt, Armstrang watched his opportu-
nity to dedze behind a ledge of rock unobser-
ved, and thus fell behind the others. — [Less was
the last mar in the file. .As he drew near to
the place where Arinstrong was seereted, the
latter stepped outand follows d his COMPAltons
without seeming ‘te notice him. Presently he
knelt down as if to tie his shoe, and Hess, un-
able to pass, stopped within a few feet of him.
The next moment, turning about to te up
his bundle, which had been thrown aside upen
the ground by a sudden change of movement,
he seized the unsuspected Frenchmen
hurled him over the ede of the terrible abyss.

Some twetty or thirty feet down from the
face of the preeipice the wretched man lod zed
in the branches of a seragzy hemlock tree,
which grew out of a crevice in the rocks, and
micht from thence bave been rescued if assist-
ance had been nigh. But there was none.
How the murderer could summon the hardi-
houd to stoop down and wateh the fall of his

lyvietim from that dizzy height, we eannot ima-

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served its |
1
with this |

Tue fact may now be regarded as |

vine. Yet Armstrong did look down the cliff,

work was well done, and saw poor Hess still
desperately miaintaining his hold upon lite, in-

stead of lying a shapeless muss ut the bottom
lof the The fiendish spirit manifested
itself further. He vot f ayrraents of rock
and cast them down upon the poer man, until
his hody dee pped the

t
ayss Hel

Canon,

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hile jAss over yuwt ab 4

ow; then Armstrong arose and pur-

sued his journey,

¢

prom }

other ef the party, who was apart hunting

rame; and after they

} Phe wile act seen
had got into Cui at
isht he told the

wnd charged with the inerder, and he
did net deny it. A part
in favor of taking him with them the suvh to the

nm’ Was

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siory, when Armstrong

f the company were

setiicments, to be tried by the civil authorities:
uo chance for escape, and so, about
before miduisht, Armstyor
jucted to the top of a eliff which rose like a
wall to the height of 180 or 200 feet, half a
| mile in the rear of the camp. Having bound
| his hands and feet they cast bim over into the
black abyss, Gut of which no ery returued.

OTHE FENLANS.

rity wert
mnderer

inn y Was COh-

| We trust that the foolish utterances of their |

| jOurnals will not cause the Government to re-
| inquish their attitude of watchtalness in view
lof w Feniaa raid. There are fewer outward
signs of preparation than there were in 1866,
aud less sympathy is manifested by the Ameri-
can press an ! pe ople 3 but there is no reason
to believe that the intention of the Feniau

leaders to make a raid this summer has been |

| abanduned They have collected money for
lit, and if they fail to keep their promises, will
}l.se their influence over the Presidential
jslection, from which they hope so much.

They may fail to raise enough money, the rauk
, aud ile way refuse to follow their leaders, put

Louse, was assuined to be accurate, aud at vue we have nv proof as yet that any failure bas
vclock in the mu.niag, wheu nebody could |p. Key place.

vurrect their statements, had a decisive influ |

ence upon the division.

Now what are the facts? Some months be
fore the election of Lsu3, Mc. Howe aud Mi.
Tilley, accompanied by six other delegates from
Nova Scotia and New Beuuswick, went
Quebec and there discussed with the Execu
tive Council of Canada tht geuera! policy of a
political union of tae Provinces. At that con
ference it was decided, without a dissenting
voiee, that uutil the Tsterculoniai Railway had

hecn coustructed, and until the peopla of the |

Provuices were drawia into free Commercia

and social intercourse with each other, it was
premature and wuwise even tu discuss the sub-
chauges io the political relatious.

ject of

Tlas decision, reported by Mr. Howe to the}

Government aud Legislature ot Nova Scotia,
of which be was the leader, was accepted by
both paruies without a murmur, and was univer-
sally vece:ved by Lae peupie as a wise sellic-
ment of the question,

Now let us suppose that Mr Cobden, going

to Prance to ascertain if & Comunecctai treaty |

could be advantageousiy negotiated, bad be
come conviaced that it evuld not, and, returc.-
ing, reported tial opiniou, what would be

thought of the logician who argued that be

cause the people of Nasind, acywiescing in |

his judgement, had never thought of or men
tioned the subject at a subsequeit election, Unt
therefure it was fair to assume that they had
expressed their approbation of u nigasurt never
even outlined, and thus post-
poned.

The uadersigned cannot leave Eugland with

idelinitely

out expressing their obligations to the indepen: | “ag ‘
| given hearty support to their favorite candidate.

deut press of the Three Kingdows tor the gener-
evs manuer in which its conductors have
ventilated ahis queslivu. Suwe of these yeu-
tlemen have mastered it completely, and have
discussed it with great ability; and many
others, regardless of party trammels and assu-
ciations, have shown a sturdy, English love tor
fuir-play which the people of Nova Scotia wil!
never forget.

Our countrymen will have other consolations.
In spite of that curious combination between
Mr. Addeviey and Mr. Cardwell, which last
year stifled debate, aud which this summer has

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A Feriau pic-nic, review, and shaim-fizht is
j wlvertised toteke place at Buffalo, on Monday,
July 27th.
| The Kingston Whigsays a Canadian resident
in the United States passed through Buffalo a
couple of days ago, en roufe to Kingston. He
“says that the talk amoung the Fenians there is
jof araid shortly on Canada. This, he says,
must take place if the Fenian leaders intend to
keep faith with their followers. But he adds,
most pertinently, that i @ caid takes place the
Feaians vill be put between two fires—at least
such is the opinion of intelligent Americans.
FENIAN INFLUENCE POR THE VICK PRESIDENCY.
We take the following extract from the New
| York correspondence of a Philadel; bia paper;
A strony delezation of Irishmen, leaders of
the New York Fenians and officers of the
rotherhood, met at a late hour last might aud
esulved to present tu the New York delegation
i this morning at 10) o'clock an ultimatum
which they flatter themselves will have the
Tect of securing the nomination for General
Miair. They propose to tell the New York
ving that Blaiv, having viven satisfactory proofs
of tus williaguess to bring the Alabama elaims

and the nuturahzation question to a satisfactory |

setticment if elected to the Presidency, they
inust either vote for-him in the Convention to-
hday ov be prepared to meet arrayed avainst the
Democracy at the polls whole battalions of
voting Peuiaus. They will declare their de-
termination to prevent the election to State
and municipal officers of every New York po-
litician, at least, who cannot show that he bas

Should General Blair be rejected in the Con-
vention, the Fenian Brotherhood all over the
Union will cast a solid yote for Grant.

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[From the Moutreal Herald, July 18.]
THE DEATHS FROM HEAT.

A carter named St. George fell dead on Tues-
day afternoon in Dorchester Street, from aun-
stroke. A blacksmith named Benoit, died from

| (he same cause ia Wolfe Street, wile coming out

presented formidable obstacies to any tovm ot |

tuir inquiry, eighty-six independent yentlemen
went into the lobby with Mr. Bright, and

}among them they will recognize many of great

promise, and others of high intellectual powers
and of much experience.
w@ teuder our ac
member for HBir-
To speak the

behaii of our countrymen,
knowledzements. Of the

mitch we ueed gay nothing.

truth aud feel i rotee weak inst | ely
id feel it, lo protect the we Ryainat /wediately, aod the toriner being ia dangerous

the strong, to take enlarged views of the in
tevesis of the Euipire, aud to express theus in
eluquent language, isa necessity of his nature.
‘To hase had such wa advocate our countrymen
will feel was adistinetion ; and if anything could

ake them doubt the justice of their cause, it) expired.

would be to find John Bright ou the other
side.

But what of the future? The question 1
natural, but we have no answer to give, With
the publication of this paper our responsibilities
end,

been rejected.

They will have had time to try their experi-
meuts before the Legis'ature of Nova Scotia

| mects in August.

In the interim, we presume the future of our
country will be anxiously considered by its
peuple.
ing discharged our duty to the K.apire, we go

whose service we consider it an honor to labor,

told him be was quite at!) Lods who kindly voluateeved some sort of | whose fortunes in this the darkest hour of her
The | remeonstrance, the numbers gradually thinued, history it would be cowardice to desert.

JOSEPH HOWE, M. P.
For the County of Hants.
WILLIAM ANNAND, M.L.C.
President of Coungit.
JARED C. TROOP, M. P. P.
For the County of Annapolis,
HENRY W.SMITH,M fF. P.
Hor the Uounty of Queen's.

14 Haxover Syrekt,
Loudon, 3rd July, 1868.

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treatment pursued tended to destruy the strenguh
it Was lncompedent & preserve, anal to eXasperute
the syinptoms if Was inadequate to remove. Hol-

ever unhealthy flesh or skin without délarring

ride } the patient from tresh air and exercise, and thus | Pills possess more merit than any other pill new |
Phis--adadce Was | the constitutional vigour is husbanded ; while the | Hered for sule

woot malignant tleets, abscesses. ated skin diseanes
ure ip process of eute
make the blood richer aud purer, insiead of gerinit
ting it to tall jute shat pour and watery state ao
fatal po wiany laboring gudes chrouic uleeridions.

May the Almighty guide them. Hay- |

To one and all, on | \
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ofhissbop. A farmer vamed Audvine Lacrosse,
from St. Auguating was suostruck in St. Joseph |
alreet. A physician waa soon in attendance, whe |

|pronounced Mr. Lacrowse in a dangerous condi-'

tion, and ho has met, at laet aceenuts, recovered. |
A laborer tiamed Smrtt, while at work on the
whart was sunstruck, aud conveyed to his house
iuast might a.
aud son vamed Lapham, living at the evr-
ver of Muuutain and Barrie streets cual drivers for
Mr. James, were sunstruck—the latter dying in-

condition at lust accounts. Ou Tuesday evening
the cook on board the steamer Passport, while
ou the way down, waa enoking beet-atéeae for
ea tor seme of the passergers, when he tell down
trom the excessive heat, and almost immediately
Mr, Flanigan, a visitor of the St. Law-
renee Hall, died troin the effects of the heat. He
had been ill for some days back from the same
cause. Mra. Wright was fonnd dead in her own
house about six o'clock yesterday afterneon. Mr.
Jauios Gilmour, tavern keeper, Commissioners’
street, died suddenly yesterday morning at nine

We have proposed our remedy, it has) e'elock. On Tuesday evening, a wan watned
His Grace the Colonial Secre | Phomas frwine, remding in St. Maurice street,
retary and Lord Mouck have assumed the task) 8d in the employ of Mr Wa, Stewart, ginger
of waking things pleasant and harmonious, | #le werks, Little St. James street, was taken ill,

owilug to the excessive beat. He was couveyed
tothe Englieh Hospital, where he died at one

o'clock this morning, a supposed vietim to eun-

stroke. A waiter in the OUawa Hotel fell down
dead yesterday ufteruoun.

Mr. H. B Sinith, so well known in thie city

from the long time he was in business, dropped
suddenly dead yesterday morning.
A wan uatwed Patrick Hester, aged about 35
ars, a tingiwith, on Monday eveuing was toad
dead by Alexis Moquip, at Lapeairie, who brought
hin tu thisenty. Mr Coroner Jones held an in-
quest, aud a verdict of death frow appoplexy waa
returned by the jury.

Charles Lynch, aged about 37 years, a shoeing
swith, belonging to the 13th Hussars, dropped
down suddewy in bis reow, in the Quebec Gate
Barracks, on Mouday evening, and died a short
time after,

A nan named Thomas Blinston , aged about 24
years, Was found dead in a barn at Petite Cote,
apparently frow the effects of a sunstroke.

A man named Thomas Mass, aged about 35
years dropped suddenly yesterday afternoon about
four o'clock, and died trom the efivets of a sun-
stroke.

A man.vaied Jolin Macdouald, aged about 55
years, while Working on the farm of Mr. Little,

at Hocholaga, dropped to the ground and expired

ina few minutes after, the result of the grea

Horses Down—An immense number of

| horses have been struck down by the heat.

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We pledge our reputation on the aséertion that

loway'’s Pills exert the most wholesome powers |"! Y educated physiciafly after a careful examina

ion of the receipt, will say that Parsons’ Paryati¥e

To Coue® a Cov Gu.—to relieve alllrritutions of

Both Ointment abd Pills! the throat. to prevene lourseuess, te restore to

pecteet seandners and health the must delicate
organization of the hunian frame —the longs— use
'Wigtak’s Bassam oy Wity CukKur.

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perhaps to assure himself that his murderous |

STURM IN CAPE BRETON.

THUNDER
Loss OF LIFE.

‘ape Breton eorreapondent of the Halivox
au ries: —Sunday was dehghttully fines, |
and the weather extremely wert, Powards
evening the heavens beeaty darkened, and gave
appearance of a lreawy eterin brewing. At about

coutmmenced, und was

without doubt, the mest frightial, bat yet most

yrand, couvulyien ot the heavene LT bave ever
witnessed, aud which [hope never to behol
Phe lightning Mashed, the thunder rear-

again.
ed coatingoualy, all night, pre @eeting the idea of

two mighty armies in deadly conflict, Ab iuter-|
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vais the entire heaven weuld be Hluminated with
the brilliancy of the lightning. Seareely any
rain tell, Dhefeartal eflecis of the storin were |
elt throughout the whole Isiand. At Cow Bay

daughier whe was standing by the bedside, wo
doubt fearfully alarmed at the vielence of the
sierm, were struck by a thunder bolt and bot}:
killed instantly fhe bodies were fearfully
mutilated. At Mira, a man named Kenneth
Morrisvon, Who tad alea retived for the night,
was instantly killed in the same way; hie wife
and ebiid whe were sleeping beside bin
seriously injured. It ia stated that a manu
killed at Lite Bras @Or, The greatest
sternation prevailed throughout the Island, a
jarge number mayining that the last Great Day
bad arrived. Monday was very cold, and the
sea runoing mountains high

of Samukn. Lover.—A cable dis

wus

cou-

Dearu

author whe was bern in Dublio inthe year W797
He commenced lite as an artist, and waa suc
evsstul, but his keen sense of humor, aud the
tacility with whieh be wielded the pen, led him
to abandon art for literature

Latest News by Telegraph,

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FRON EUROPE.
Carlshrue, 19°
| ‘The American Minister has concluded lis ve-
geiiations with the grand ducal Government tor
a Treaty for the mutual protection of the rights
of vaturalized citize.s, and the document bas
been signed by the bigh contracting parties on
both sides. The treaty is identical with those
previodaly reported by Mer Banereit
London, July 30—eve
Lord Napier of Magdala, for himself and for
the officers aud men of the Abyssinian expedilion,

nus qoade gratelul acknowledgements to both
Houses of Parliament for their iecent vete ot
ibanas.

Cork, July 20.

A gunermith'’s shop was broken into last night
and plundered of the contente by six armed men
‘Tue police are actively engaged in searching tor
the perpetrators, bul no arrests are yet ina he
London, 2s
The Emperor Napolen has gone to Plonbieres
Baron Von Lederer, late Minister, resident at
Hamburg, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary upd
Minister Pleuipoteutiary of Austria to the United
Slutes
The London © Times" efoses a leading article
ou the finances of the United tates as follows :—
* The trne interest of the Cuited States govern-
fwent lies in its lonor and right. Heavy as the
jtuxes venerally ure, it is intinicely betier that
leverything should be faxed than to repudiate the
{terms upon which the national debt was created.”

London, July 21, (eve.)

In the Honse of Commons ths evening, Mr.
‘Join Stuart Mill, in answer te the statement by
Mr. Vanee, said he bad never refused to pul an
Fenquiry to Lord Mayo about the case of the
| Fenian prisonera Warren aud Costello, and be
added, that he was not unwilling, but giad, that
the Government should claim credit fer clemency

Prince Napoleon has arrived at Malta, on his
lreturn home. At Syria, the Cretan exiles pre-
sented bia with an address, in which they ex-
pressed hope that France wenld pot abandon
their case. Phe Prince repicd with reserve,
committing hie Goverameat to no definite policy.

Liverpool, July 22.

Lerd Napier, of Magdala, yesterday received
the freedom ot the City, and a sword from the
Corporation et Lendon, “Pie ceremony took
piace at Guild tall, aud was witucssed by a
large asseublage of ladies and geutlemen. Toe
Lord Mayor presided and made the presentation.
Lord Napier Was loudly cheered by the audience,
among Whom Were many of the principal cftleers
ofthe British Army .

A grand banquet was given iu bonor of Napier
at the Mausivn tiouse.

Berlin, July 21

The Grand Ducal Government of Hesse has
sigutiied a desire to join the ofber Gerinan States
in Conciuding a narurahgation Ureaty with the
United States, and Mr. Bauereft is expected at
Darwetadt to make the vecessary arrangements

FROM CANADA.
Moutreal, July 20

The deaths last week were 207, tho largest
timber on tecord except im cholera times

Fue roads tu the viewny of St. Schelactique
are lnpassavle on account of the burniug loresis

Steamers aud trains are delayed by the suicke

New York, July 22

A new revciution bas broken ont om St,
Domingo. The vevelutiontets in Venezula have
captured Cxtaceus, the seat ol the Government,
and have otgamzed a Government of Geir own
with General Menagas at itevead. Gold 145].

LOCAL.

-_-_ PPO
We bave to congratulute the inhabitante of North
Side, from Cable Head to Kast Pomt, on the estab
lishment of a semi-weekly mail on that route, in
sicud of weekly as bheretotore. Thia isa right for
which the people in that section have long suuht -
but it was only at the last meeting of the Execu
| tive, ad at the earnest solieitation of the members
from the First and Second Districtsot King’s Coun
ty, that the right has been conceded. A semi
weekly mail will be of mnch advantage to the peo-
ple interested, aud wiil; we dowbt net, be duly
appreciated by them —Hrr,
eRe ee Pes

MASONIC BAZAAR AT PICTOU.

The Bazaar, held on Tuesday last, at Pictou,
| in aid of the Masonic Temple in course of erect-
iow in that town, was, we understand, a great
affair. Many of the brethern of the mistic tie
and others ef this city availed themselves of the

| lowing
Mrs. Quible, who had retired to vest, and wer} Béeued Island

were |

patch announces the death of thie genial Trish |

Mn. A. H. St. Gervais, Pri
Canadian Advertising
Ont., is our Ayent for procuring American
Advertisements, and is authorized also to
receive Canadian Advertiscuientsa for thig
paper.

»pr ietor of the ;

Agency, Toronto,

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NNR Re RNR NN NONE NONE NERS Oo rn
Charlottetown, July 27, 1863,
ai caitlin ets tiini le ee ae
lu the House of Repre senialives, duly 6
Mr. bb. F. Butler, on leave, introduced the fol.
juiut resuiution, relative to Prince

Resolved, By the Senate and House ef Re.
presentatiy es of the United States iy Cony te dy
assembled: “That the Seerctary of the
Treasury is authorized and direCted tO Witty
into the several Pons of the | uted Siates, tree
| of duty, the actual productions of A Island,
including fish, when accom panied by Satis fae.
tory vouchers of the place at prviluction, fider
such regulatiow: as he may deem NCetasury
whenever the Colonial Guverument shall by
| law provide.
| Ist, Free admission of ali the produé
tions of the United States to that [stand.
2ud, To admit to its Bays, Ports at-d Harbors
for shelter, to obtain suppiies and to relit, fre
of duty or impest,all Auertcau Lishiny vessels,

3rd, To give license to fish in the Wwaterg
adjacent to said Island, wpow Such terms hag
the license fee shall not exceed five dollars for
jany one vessel, or sach « jess sum as may be
demanded by the Canadian Dominion as a per-
leentage of or excise on licenses yi anted by
| Colonial Government of said. island.” ;
| From the abows we fiud that Prinee Edward
’
Island is not such # very iwsiznilicant pla
The Senate and House of Repregeh.
c of the world

have uot considered reciprocity of trade, with
(so small and so vbseure a Co.ony uewoethy of
The name of Prince Lalward
Island, has most likely for the first time in thetr

after all

taiives of the Great Repu!

their attention.

lives, been brought to the notice ef wany-of
the States. Char-
luttetown and Washington will be mentioned

once more in the one sentence. Business of

legislaturs of the United

| weichty import affecting the interests of thod-
| sands will must hkely be transacted between
the Governments whose seats are the above
(natn d cities. Well, it ts very pleasant fo find
jthat we are beginning to be of some conse-
quence in the world, We hope that weshgll
assume no self-important airs on our sudden
and unexpected elevation in the seale of

nomies, but behave ourselves ina amodest and
becoming manner. Let us ask ourselves; lat,
are the proposals emlodied in the above Pesi-
lutions fair; 2ud, would it be for omr mterestig
close with them; and 3rd, enquire whether we
save the power, if we approve of them, to close
with Our neighbors the Americans
propose a free interchange of productions With

us on certain conditions, We, v Y i
aduit the prodects of Prince eve: ‘Island,
and the fish cauvht in P. E, Taui® waters, free
of duty, if the Government of that Isang will

wdinit like commodities, the growth and pro-
duction of the United States atid-ite adjage
far ie

thein.

So
reciprocity is & perfectly fair one; but adds the

waters on the sume terms.
Americans, we require the privilege of fishing
jin your waters and of using your hasbors tree pf
duty or impost, withvut offering you any futher
equivalent than the one first mentioned. “This
ia, we think, hardly fair. A free mterchange
of the productions of both countries would ne
duubt be a mutual benefit, but we fail to see

why we should he required to wake a preseut

to our American neighbors of our very valunble
[fishing privileses, while the American harbors
| nite sealed to our Coasting vessels, Our har-
| borsacd our eoust trade are as freeto Amerieawr
| citiaer 3 as they are to the subjects of Qheen
| Victoria. A ship of American re ristry pays
precisely the same curs and has the same
privileges as ove of British registry. If we ate”
| to have reciprocity, let it be @ true reciprocity.
jr the Americans want employment for their
| fishermen, we quite a3 badly need work for our
shipbuilders aud «a market for our ships. The
fair (hing, in Our opinion, would be to establish
a recip ocity of Avricultaral production, and if
our neighbors want any other priviieges let
them offer something , of ailequate value

réturu, About the ‘second’ inatter irk
there can be but ore 6pintiow dndbh¥ the people
of this Island, It would po doubt be fer their
advantage to embrace ~ the proposals, one-
sided as they undoubjedly are. Reciprecith of
trade with the United States has dene wonders
for P. E. Island. Our farmers and traders ‘all
date their prosperity from its establishment,

aud they all deplore its discontin . That
we have prospered without it {8 quite true, but
wary believe that this prosperity is evanescent,

and more in seeming than in reality, )

occasion to meet their triends an the other side |
of tae water, aud alb returued bewe delighted |
with the days proceedings £500 waa the debt |
due on the building, and it is supposed, that. the |
procecds of the Bazaar will pay off thia debt, |
and leave a handsoue balance on band.
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ON Monday last, the Shooting Match between |
the All comers, was held at the Shooting Ground, |
Kensington and resulted as follows:

(Hirst) 200 400 Total |
L.. Youuker, lat Arty. 5 18 Sti’)
N. tharper, L, York, 17 16 33% |
D McLeod, Dundas, 14 is 32. |
W. Connolly, Royalty, 15 1S
be Newberry, do., i6 da JU
G. Seamen Lo York, 16 14 S
(Second) 200 400 Total |
W. Connolly, Reyaliy, 1D 17 ae
Gr. Seamen, L. York, Is l4 so |
Capt. MeRae, Dundas, | 15 30
D. MeKinnen, P. Wales, = 13 17 JU
A. McLellan, 14 15 29
N. Harper, L. York, i3 16 29
C. Newberry, Koyalty, 15 14 2 |

—Her.
The Colonial Rifle Competition will take place

(ou Thursday and Mriday, the 13th aud i4th of.

Aupust next.

Minivia DepartTMeENT, July 1, 1863.

Corps of Artillery.

Lieutenant 8. Davies to be Acting Captain,
Vice Morris promoted.

Battery Sergeant) Major George Passmore, te
be Acting Lieutenant, View S. Davies promoted

cl i

Tux Thunder Sterm of Wednesday night last
Was a graud affiir. The lightning was the most
vivid we eVerremember witnessing in this Island
We huve not heard of uny damage being dove by
it, however. of w serione character. In the upper
portion of the town we hear that the lightimuy
entered the Window of « house. aud seizing upon
the steel hoopmof a lady's skeleton skirt. melted
and crimped them in such a manner as to render
them unlit for further eerviee. Ladies, take warn-
‘ing. Hoops way render your appearanee attractive
‘but when they attract lightning there is not as,
‘much fun in the matter. Get outside ef them iu a
jthuader storm-—Sum Proe.
| wastes

Max Deownxen.—We learn that a young man,
naned Thomas Kobertson, in the employ of D. S-
Green, Esq. of Summerside, was drowwed in Lot
Hl riveroun Wednesday. The deceased with two
vihers was engayed in rafting fevee poles. They
bad completed the raft, and-were about to move it
down the river. Young Robertson took a tow line
aud waded alouy the shore, when he suddenly

;

came tv a hole in the river, into which he sank, |

und never rose again. It is supposed that he was
)teised with cramp. The body was not recovered
aH an hour and a half bad elapsed. Mr. Robert-
son was about 20 years of age, hud was a young
jan pt stewiy bubite, good moral character, and
well liked by his employer, in whose service he
had been for about nine months —S. Pros.
c siti Py :

| By an sdvertisement inthis days paper it will
be seen that the Boston and Colouil Stscumhip
Co, bave placed the Commerce on the reute be-
, tween Boston, Halifax aud Charlottetown. There
will thas be a steamer isgm Busioun and Halifax
‘every week,

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;
;

With respect to the third head of enqui¥y,
serious doubts are enteptaipedis to the powers
of our local Goverument to legislate upon -
subject of which the Resolution treats. W1
we come to consider that all our législatioa fs
when strictly considered, permissive; that we
have toapply to the Home Go»erument for its

jsamction tu matters of much less importdnes;

we fail to see the foree of the objections found.

jed upon the limited jurisliction of our local

legislature. If the consent of the Royal Assen€
is required to an Act to enable the loeal Gov.
ernment to purchase bonds or befrew money,
no mnore would be required to a law establishing
reciprocal free trade between this Islnd and
the United States, or to a Bil ranting Ameri-
can citizens the privilege of fishing within three
iniles of our shores. Tn any case ‘Our le Jisla-
ture cannot set independently The consent of
the Home Government in some shape or other
must be obtained, either to, a treaty or to R
legislative enactment. We would then urge
upon our local Gevernmeut to do its share
towards establishing a mutual free trade with
the United States, and to leave it° with the
Home Government either to grant or reftibe
sanction w its proceediugs. «| »

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BENEVOLENT IRISH SOCIETY PIC NIC.

.

ON Wednesday last. the Benevolent Irish
\ciety, and their frieude, asxearbled on the bea
ful grounds of St Dunstan's College to spend
day in innecent amusement and relaxation fi
| the cares of business, At 10 s'cloek, the nr
| Soecwty, preeeded by Mr Dagean’s Band, having
_ their beautiful Banner floating im the bre: ze, leit
the St. Audrew's Hall aud marehed in processioa
to the grounds, and from that hewrwatll evening,
crowds were seen wending their way in the same
direction. The day was cloudy, with every ap-
pearance of rain, which no doubt prevented
bers, living at a distance, from Joining int
day's ainesement. Danciug) Orie ot Ball,
Putting the Stone, &e, eh afc by two
prominent ciuzena, created pot ouly ample
ineut, but excited much mernment., We ire
at no distant day another opportunity may
aflurded the pubhe of eeliog together At this
delighitul retreat.
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lel Ye
Westwarp pe — During the present ‘Week,
| the Steamer * Prineess of Walea’’ ia to vive an
| Facursion trip to Summerside. on "Tite the
28th inet. Fare to and fro, guly Five Shillings, Aa
two interesting ies are to be
— in Prince veal during the week, an a.
i lent unit us ‘ : " wt
with hay be pe on. £ertatt: co
Convention to arend these gatherings. € see it
| noticed that some members of the former body from
| Nova Scotia are expected te visit the Giraud bivi-
‘seu at Port Hill.

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