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Years’
£424,000,000. Taking thia aa a basis,
it is estimated that Paris, with 1,800,000
inhabitanta, containg Lp ony teed pro-
worth about £171,500,000, or, after
he necessary deductions, £154,350,000
would be about ‘the value of Parisian
buildings, which a complete bombard-
ment and street defence would annibi-
liate.”” To this must be added £77,175,-
000 for the furniture and other coutents
of houses, and a like amount for the
stock in trade of Parisian shops and
warehouses, This gives 4 total of £311,-
700,000, as ‘the minimum value’’ of the
private property which may be destroy-
ed by bombardment,
FEARFUL STATE OF THE INHABI-
TANTS IN SEDAN,
A letter has been received in Liver-
pool by a gentleman holding an official
position, from a lady resident in Sedan,

imploring Lim to use what influence he
may possess with his fellow-townsmen

to enable her to mitigate in some degree | P

the fearful miseries which are daily
causing the death*of hundreds in the
neighbourhood of Sedan, from disease
and starvation, The writer draws a
most fearful picture of the sufferings of
the wretched people of this once happy
and flourishing towa and district. The
peasants, she says, have been deprived
of their live stock, implements, and corn,
so that, however willing to work, it is
impossible for them to cultivate their
tields, or do anything to gain a subsis-
tence, The same may be said of the
weavers and other members of the work-
ing classes. Their habitations have, in
many cases, been destroyed, while the
large manufactories have been closed.
Numberless people have had their houses
demolished by shot and fire, leaving them
absolutely no place in which to lay their
heads; while the majority have also
been deprived by the Prussians and the
marauders following both armies of what-
ever articles of clothing they possessed,
The result is that during the last fow
weekr, in very severe and wet weather,
hundreds in and around the neighbour-
hood have had no shelter whatever,
though such inhabitants of Sedan and
the surrounding surburbs as were able
to give shelter to those poor wretches,
did so with the ytmost liberality, bestow-
ing upon them at the same time such
food and spare clothing as the Prussians
had left them in possession of. In spite,
however, of all efforts, starvation,
typhus fever, as well as other serious
diseases, are causing immense mortality,
and so utterly dejected and despairing
are the majority of the population, that
many of them welcome death as a relief
from the unspeakable horrors of their
present situation. The writer speaks in
terms of reprobation of the cruel exac-
tions of the Prussians, who, not content
with the public requisitions, lay hands
on clothing and such other property as
they can carry away, though they know
that they leave the peasantry almost
naked. Of the sufferings of the women
and children, the writer draws a most
heart-rending pictnro, and requests the

ntleman to whom she writes to use

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1870.

ors

THE FRENCH PLAN OF DEFENCE.

The Spectator discusses the prospecta of

France in a well-reasoned article under the
above head, and arrives at the conclusion
that discipline and time ought to rapidly
change the aspect of affairs, We make a few
extracts, which will make our readers conver-
sant with the views of the writer as to
Trochu's tacties and policy, and with the
train of reasoning which induces him to hope
for the future of France ;~

‘The regular course of events is now some-
thing like this. The German corps detached
from the army besieging Paris to scour the
country, to levy requisitions, and to break
up any forces gathering for resistance,
threaten place after place, are feebly resisted
and either retire or eceupy at discretion.
Such occupations, which are accepted as
fresh victories, whereas they are useful only
for the requisitions they enable the troops to
make, create an implacable irritation, and
dissipate the strength of the invading force.
The,oceupation of « score of petty towns is
of no real use to the Germans, if their main
ower can be successfully assailed; and it
is to this,and this only, that the Republicans
direct their energies. As we understand all
the official hints, such as those contained in
the Gauloiz of the 24th inst., in General
Trochu’s letter to the Mayor of Paris, in
some private letters, and certain statements,
conscious and unconscious, from one or two
of the * own correspondents,” the Govern-
meut of France,shortly after the revolution,
devised a distinct plan of operations.
Swayed mainly by Trochu, who is a regular
soldier, by Gambetta, who appreciates mili-
tary facts, and, as we suspect, by Rochefort,
who, it seems clear, in spite of his history,
has that cool sense, which sometimes belongs
to the aristocratic Reds, and some military
skill, they decided on a definite plan of oper-
ations from which they have not yet swerved.
This plan was to provision and defend Paris,
which Gen. Trochu, with Todleben's opinion
before him, knew to be very strong, and
drill its population into an army tit to take
the field, Meanwhile, an outside Govern-

Defence, was to organize armies in the north
in the Loire Valley, and in the south, with
Lyons for its centre. ‘Io make these armies
of any use, however, it was necessary to
pe pri them, and this was and is the dificulty
of the Republicans. ‘The neglect of reserve
arsenals by the Imperial Government must
have been extreme, for the defeat of the
armyhas left France almost without artillery.
By allowing two weapons to be employed
atthe same time, the chassepot and the
tabatiere, an annoying but unavoidable
necessity, they found rifles in Paris for about
500,000 men; and to supply the armies out-
side, they trusted to the immense wealth
and criditof France. hese last have proved
sufficient; and we believe there is, and will
continue to be, a sufficient supply of good
rifles, mainly imported from America, where
the stock must exceed two millions. Rifles,
however, were not enough; the men must
have artillery, field guns—articles of the first
necessity, but almost beyond purchase.
For all those purposes it was indispensable
to gain time, and to abstain whenever _pos-
sible from fighting, This plan. which seems
to us strikingly reasonable, has been carried
out in Paris with great determination, Gen.
Trochu, as he writes to the Mayor of Paris
on the 15th inst., refusing to waste strength
in sortics—which, without artillery, must be
fruitless—and devoting himself to the mul-
tiplication of field-pieces. How he is doing
this we cannot tell, but we entertain a
shrewd ae ey that as Paris is a depot of
bronze, and has a whole population of bronze-
founders, besides severol iron foundries like

his infaence with the ladies of Liverpool
to send out via Belgium, as quickly as
possible, not only moncy, but clothing
of any description. The lady speaks in
high commendation of the energy and
humanity dieplayed by the gentlemen
sent out by the Daily News to distribute
food and clothing, but she asserts most
positively that in many cases the
peasantry have been robbed by the Prus-
siaus of the articles they had received
a few hours previously from members of
different English societies.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY,

It could hardly be expected that the
Russian Czar would interfere against lis
kinsman, the King of Prussia, in favor
of France. Yet the Russiaus are morti-
fied at the rising power of Germany.
They already pretend that it threatens
their Baltic Provinces, in which a sen-
sible amount of German population is
mixed, In case of » war breaking out,
Prussla would appear to be quite as well
informed in the geography of Russia as
she showed herself to be in that of France.
The St. Petersburg coriespondent of the
Pall Mall Gazette tells how the know-
ledge was obtained. He says a discov-
ery bas just been made by the War De-
partment which has caused no small
alarm in military circles here. It appears
that after the war in 1866, the Russian

| that of Cail & Co., at La Villette, the Gener-
| al is restlessly casting the ‘‘ Indian” bronze
| 9-pounder, with a shell which bursts on
|impact, instead of a shell with a fuse, and

that he begins to see land in his manufacture.

which,remember, are armed like ships, with
much better guns than the field-pieces—
and, as we imagine, proposes, when his
preparations are complete, to attempt a
grand attack, with an army fully equipped,
fairly drilled, used to the sound of cannon,
and as numerous as hisenemy. He has two
things against him—the possible exhaustion
of his supplies of food, about which he knows
everything and no body else anything; and
the extreme difficulty of improvising gun-
ners. However, there must bea great many
old artillerymen in Paris; he has 15,000
sailors who can work the fort guns; he has
all the omnibus horses, and his plan is, on
the whole, like all he does—sensible, definite
and business-like. He may be totally de-
feated; but he may also fight a battle which
would raise the siege, and secure a moder-
ately just peace. The correspondent of the
Daily News before Metz now thinks himself
justified in admitting that the victory at
Gravelotte on the 16th Angust which Bazaine
claimed—a claim which seemed so strange
in this country—was really won by him,
and that nothing but his inaction on the 17th,
an inaction he could not help, all his am-
munition being exhausted, prevented him
from getting away. Whenever the French
charge, says the same writer, an experienced
officer, the chances become equal, and the
new levies are pretty certain to see that to
charge is just the one thing they know how

Government applied at Berlin for a num-
ber of Prussian officers to act as instruc- |
tors in the Russian army. The applica-
tion was readily granted, and some of
the most experienced and able members
of the Prussian staff were sent to St.
Petersburg. These gentlemen were dis-
tributed among the various military de-
artments, with fall power to examine
all the details of the army organization,
and suggest reforms in accordance with
the Prussian system. They were em-
ployedon this duty until the outbreak
ofthe present war, giving many valu-
able hints to the Russian officers, but, at
the same time, making themselves tho-
roughly acquainted with all the weak
points of the Russian army and its ad-
ministration. A few months ago, the
Minister of War determined to have an
accurate an made of the whole of
south-western Russia, and three of the
Prussian instractors were employed for
this . They did their work ad-
mirally, and were well paid for their
ability and zeal. A series of maps were
engraved from their drawings, which
were acknowledged by all to be perfect
marvels of accuracy and clearness, but
the drawings themselves have disappear-
ed. There is no doubt that the Prossian
officers have taken them to Berlin, where,
coupled with the information they took
such pains to obtain daring their two
mad stay in Russia, these maps would
8i invaluable in the case of a
Russo-Prussian war.

JME FRANC-TIREURS.

3 of the English press raise an
A peng against the barbarous
the ag re in executing

todo. A great success, should a success be
possible in any quarter, would change the
whole tone of France, place her and her re-

| sources at the feet of the officer who had

achieved it, and probably at a stroke re-es-
tablish discipline by again exciting hope.
Were discipline but once thoroughly §estab-
lished, the French forces in the field are
sufficient to make the war uncertain, and
resistance wise.

os

LETTER FROM A FRANC-TIREUR.
Copenhagan, October 20.

One of our townsmen, a young Dane, who
has enlisted in the French Franc-tireurs, has
sent home an account of his life and doings,
which throws some light one the exploits of
this popular corps, that have now become
their country’s hope. The young man
writes thus :—

“If Paris is surrounded by German
armies, the latter are in their turn surrounded
by the Franc-tireurs and Gardes Mobile, who
hover around their camps and outposts,
patiently waiting till they can achieve some
success, and never missing an opportunity.
a the Prussians appear to make light
of us in their despatches and newspaper re-
rts, they know very well that we are not

n reality 4s contemptible enemies as they
wish to make out. Formerly three or four
Uhlans would suffice for capturing herds,
hundreds of cattle, and frightening the
whole country round about into complete
submission. ‘They require at least as many
adrons now, and even they find it trou-
blesome work. Wherever the ground is
favourable for our warfare,they may be sure
to find a ot of sharpshooters laying in
wait for the hated invaders. Every bridge
conceals a couple, every village is garrisoned
with them, and every forest, or, even copse,
is sure to contain a number of those fierce
We dig up roads, and gua

ment, to be formed out of the Committee of

He is, moreover, drilling his army outside
Paris, between the enceinte and the forts—

| pelled to refuse

The Alsatian companies sent a deputation
to their General, informing him that if Gari.

We never shoot a horse, for we know it is
worth money, whereas the riders would only
give us trouble, and have tobe fed. We
cannot afford to make’ princaateewrs shoot
the men and capture the horses. The detach-
ment I belong to has not been fortunate

enough to semanas this way, tho we
have picked some men at a ce.
The Ublans evidently do not care to come
within range of our ambuscades, which is
no wonder, for that is almost certain death
to them; and as they give us no quarter,
neither do we give themany. We hear how
the Prussians treat those of us whom they
get into their power; it is but natural that
we should retaliate. Our lot is not an easy
one. We hayg to put % with many hard-
ships. Many « night have we lain in our
pits and ambuscades, flat on the ground,
from seven in the evening to four in the
morning, or longer still, waiting for the
Prussians, who, in the end, did not come.
This was cold work, when the ground was
soaked with rain, and we dare not speak or
stir, not even speak to our nearest neighbors,
only three or four yards distant; it was
strictly forbidden to do either, and we must
lie as still as mice, only active with our
eyes. My French comrades find this silence
and patience a most severe task, but they
are forced to observe it by our stringent
military laws. Sleeping at our posts is still
more severely punished. I have often got
up after a night spent in this manner stiff
with cold, weary and worn out. Our best
corps are Mocquards, who comprise the elite
of the Francs-tireurs. ‘They are the best
commanded, most numerous, and have seen
most service. ‘They are composed chiefly
of remnants of the regiments that capitulated
at Sedan; their men consequently wear all
different kinds of dress, most of them their
old uniforms, belonging to various regular
corps, displaying a great variety of colors,
alike only in tatteredness and dirt, both of
which properties they possess in a very
great degree, making the men look regular
tillibusters.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Mr, Charles Dufour has addressed an elo-
quent and stirring appeal to the English
people. Wecopy it from the Dublin Free-
man, with the following remarks of the
| Editor :—

* Though Mr. Dufour speaks as a ‘simple
citizen,” he yet reflects the thoughts of his
fellow countrymen with accuracy, and at
such a crisis he is a man who has a right to
speak and to be heard, ‘The greatest silk
merchant of Lyons, his name is known
throughout the commercial world. ‘The
money which he earns in trade he freely
spends to benefit not only his fellow-country-
men but the world. Benevolent, yet prac-
tical and far-seeing, he has long labored to
bring about a cordial union between France
and England. Te has been identified with
every movement to promote freedom of
trade and peace for the last forty years.
We do not know of any Englishman to whom
we can compare him more aptly than John
Bright or Richard Cobden, ‘This is the man
who appeals to the English nation—not to
take up the sword in the cause of France,
but to protest against the continuance of this
iniquitous war, and to raise its ‘ powerful
voice” to enlighten the world on the true
character it has assumed.” The following
is the Address :—

“TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.

**Lyons,.Oct. 12, 1870.
“‘T,a simple citizen, venture to make an
appeal to the sympathies of the English
eople on behalf of an unfortunate but faith-
fal ally, whose feeling of brotherhood has
been cemented on the fields of battle, and!
developed on the fields of labor. ‘To justify |
the boldness of this en, I call to remem-
brance my constant though modest partici-
pation in’ all the steps of economical and
acific progress accomplished by England
om the time of Minister Huskisson to the
Treaty of Commerce. I invoke all the
friendship with which I have been and still
am favored by the men who have directed
and secured the realization of this progress,
and with whom I have worked to found a
he and holy International League of
eace.

“Great people, lift up your powerful,
sympathetic voice to enlighten the civilized
world on the cruelty and danger of ruthless-
ly pursuing a war which, according to the
words of the conqueror himself, was directed
not against the people of France, but against
the man who was to blame for provoking it.
He who was to blame has fallen, and yet
the war is carried on more pitilessly than
ever against this "ag and brave people. It
is continued by t
of God. To bring it to an end France does
not ask you to shed pone blood in remem-
brance of the blood she gave for you in the
Crimea; but she asks for your active sym-
a: such as a fortunate brother should at
east give to a brother in trouble.

‘Stir up those of your ministers whom
our disasters are so slow to move. Tell
them that a day may come when misfor-
tunes may he knocking at your door, when
you will regret the friend, the faithful ally,
whom you allowed to be crushed. I hearti-
ly pray that so cruel a day may never dawn
on Great Britain andits noble people.

“CHARLES Durour,
“Vice President of International and
Permanent League of Peace,
“ President of the Lyons Committee
for succour of Victims of the War.”

GARIBALDI IN FRANCE,
The Archbishop of Tours contradicts a
statement that he received Garibaldi on’ his
arrival. His Grace says :—

‘On learning of the approaching arrival
of Garibaldi at Tours, I old to M. Cremieux,
in the | oe nage of his secretaries, ‘ I thought
that Divine Providence had filled up the
measure of the humiliations which it had
laid upon the country; I was mistaken. It
had reserved for us the submission to a su-
~_ humiliation—that of seeing Garibal-
i arrive here, showing himself to the world
as having the mission of saving France.’
At the same time, I entreated M. Cremienx
to prevent Garibaldi—the public enemy of
the Pope and the Church—from coming to
my house, even for a simple visit; and I
hasten to acknowledge that the Keeper of
the Seals took precautions that the insulter
of the Catholic priesthood should not appear
at my residence. This is the simple truth.
In the country of St. Thomas of Canter-
bury (alluding to the publication of the
above report in England), they seem not to
understand among our separatist brethren
what a bishop is; but we still know in
France, despite our misfortunes; and with
God's help I shall not be the man ever to
forget the respect due to my sacred charac-
ter, nor my duties to the Church as well as
to the country.”
The reception which the Hero of Mentana
met with in Brittany and Alsace is instruc-
tive. Having been appointed, by the Goy-
ernment of Tours, General in Chief of the
Frane-tireurs of the East, he set out to enter
upon his command. On his route, a Breton
Company was asked to escort him. Tho
Commander of the Company declined the
honorable service in the following terms :—

“T regret, M. le Prefect, that I am com-
the first request you have

tome, but Iam a Frenchman, a
Briton and a Catholic. .If you asked me to
command a file of soldiers to shoot M. Gari-
baldi, 1 would do so with pleasure, but, as
to paying him honor, I say, no!”

set a foot on their territory,

e conqueror in the name |

The Micvali.

Wednesday, November 23, 1870,

Lorp Kimberley’s reply to the addreas of
Nova Scotia respecting the independence of
the Dominion, or of any one of the Confe-
derate Provinces, contains an ayowal of the
policy likely to guide Great Britain in her
dealings with her Colonies, It is not now
laid down for the first time. Leading mem-
bers of both Houses have frequently avowed
it, and public opinion, as expressed through
the press in Great Britain, has sanctioned
it. Atthe present moment, the announce-
ment of it in an official despatch, is exceed.
ingly opportune. There are among us men
who display great industry in circulating
reports that our constitution is on the verge
of danger. What private ends these indi-
viduals intend to gain by such practices,
we know not. The alarm, if any, whith
their insinuations may excite, we hail as
happy indication of the attachment of the
people to their present constitution, and
their firm resolve to uphold it at all ha-
zards. A popular right is in little danger
so long as its possessors so jealously guard
it. When it sinks in the estimation of the
people, then danger is indeed near. We
heed little who grasps the helm ofstate. A
people like ours, so averse to confederation
and so well schooled in the modes by which
it has been brought about in the neighbor-
ing provinces, is not likely to allow the
stearsman to shape his own course unheed-
ed, or be unobservant of his modes of pro-
cedure. We could not really imagine a
government, desirous of retaining its posi-
tion as such, venturing to betray the slight-
est tendency to Confederation in the present
temper of the public mind. Its doom would
would certainly be sealed. There are, no
doubt, in the present government, men oc.
cupying high offices, who are undisguisedly
confederates. But have not these men
pledged themselves to their constituencies
to accept no terms of union not approved
by the people? We candidly confess that
we have not as yet been able to form to
ourselves so low an estimate of human na-
|ture as to fancy thst pledges so solemnly
and so publicly given, will be departed
from. ‘True, such things have been, and
that too in times not yet accustomed to be
called ancient, and in lands not very dis-
tant. Patriotic defenders of the constitu-
tion have been strangely lured away from
its defences, and a people has been bought
to betray its own rights. The world’s his-
tory furnishes us with instances of ministers,
senates and peoples who have been bought.
These are, howevr,eenormities, luckily for the
honor of human nature, rare in the world's
history. Yet in modern times a constitution
may survive the treachery of a minister, or

Txtnos have come to a pretty pass in the
United States, when the Elections in the
Metropolitan City of the Union have had to
be held under the supervision of the military
power. On the 8th instant, when the State
Elections came off, the City of New York
was virtually in the hands of General Mc-
Dowell and his soldiers, The vote was
taken under quasi-martiallaw. Asa matter
of course, the New Yorkers naturally feel
incensed at the slur thus cast upon them by
the General Government. They ask them-
selves the question—what next insult will
political thimble-riggery subject them to?
Ifa breach of the peace was not committed
on the occasion, dnd the heads of the elect-
ors broken, or their bodies riddled by bul-
lets, the fault was not President Grant’s or
that of his advisers. The good sense alone
of the electors prevented the catastrophe.
The idea of soldiers camping about the City
on election day, to inspire terror among the
voters, so strikingly resembles the plebisci-
tum in Rome, as to turn the election of Gov-
ernor Hoffman and Mayor Hall into a farce.
Fortunately for themselves, the New York-
ers did not permit themselves to be fright-
ened; and, as they could not be swamped,
like the late subjects of Pius the Ninth were,
they went calmly and resolutely to the polls
and triumphantly asserted their rights, by
electing their favorite men. ‘The Goyern-
ment appears tous to have been unnecessarily
alarmed. But as the election passed off
quietly, the Cabinet will doubtlessly take
eredit to themselves for having adopted
wise precautionary measures to prevent a
riot; and if a disturbance had taken place,
they would be equally ready to assert that
it would have been much more serious, but
for the decisive action of the soldiery. Un-
der any circumstances, the precedent has
been an unfortunate one. For years to come,
the metropolis may be subject to martial
law, snd the rule may be extended to every
city in the union containing a population of
over 20,000 persons, until finally the con-
gressional elections pass as fully under
the control of the bayonet, as the French
elections ever were. In this, ultimately,
there must be danger. Administrations,
whether Republican or Democratic, cannot
always be trusted to be peaceable and mod-
erate, or commanding Generals to be cool
and humane; and it would be wonderful
indeed if the time never came when this
wedge of military government of which the
citizens of New York now feel only the
point, were driven full length. The pre-
cedent of martial interference with elections,
and with civil affairs generally, is one that
progresses from bad to worse—not in the
opposite direction. It is when we come to
look at the future possible consequences of
what seems comparatively harmless now,
that we deprecate the precedent laid down
on the 8th instant,

the venality ofa senate, provided the people
remain staunch. ‘The union of Ireland
would be an impossibility on the valsung!
principles of British statesmanship. A re-
presentation at variance with its represen-|
tatives is a political solecism.
therefore, as the people of this Island remain
| staunch to their present opinions on union,
Confederation is impossible. They are the
arbiters of their own fate, and the doom
they so much dread must be pronounced by
their own lips before it can have any rele-
vancy. Nothing can be clearer than the
| terms in which the Colonial Secretary lays
down this principle. He says: ‘ Whilst
| Her Majesty's Government have ever been

based upon the free will of the people of
| British North America, the Assembly (of
| Nova Scotia) cannot be ignorant of the dis-
| inclination of this country (Great Britain) to
jinterfere by force with the wishes of the
| colonists.” From this, two things are obvi-
} ous: first, the continuance of allegiance to

the people; and, second, there is no inten-
tion to interfere with our wishes by force.
If, therefore, it be our wish to keep out of
confederation, Great Britain will employ
no force to drive us into it; andif Great
Britain abstains coercive measures
who else will be rash enough to attempt
them? The idea of our being forced into
union, has always appeared to us singu-
larly unhappy. It stood in such sharp
contradiction to what has been called the
spirit of the age, that its adoption seemed to |
drag us back to the cra of the Stamp Act.
Force and the freedom of colonial life are
incompatible; England has confessed it, and
England’s experience in the administration
of Colonies has been dearly bought. It
would, to our mind, betray something like
an unusual amount of animosity towards
this Island, did Great Britain attempt to
force it into the Canadian Confederation.
The manner in which the lands were par-
celled out to proprietors by the British Go-
vernmeut inflicted upon the Colony wrongs
still deeply felt, and for which all compen-
sation has been steadfastly refused. If now,
when our land question has been, by our
own exertions, placed upon a basis of set-
tlement, England should seek to drive us
into a union distasteful to the people and
hurtful to their interests, it might fuirly be
inferred that we were the object of some
unaccountable rancour on the part of the
mother country; for confederation, on the
terms lately offered by Canada, or indeed
any other terms that Canada can honestly
offer, would entail upon this Island its great-
est misfortune. England has, hitherto, left
the people to decide for themselves, and we
have the assurance of her ministers that she
will on future occasions adhere to the sume
policy. With our fate then in our own
hands, we have only to exercise a moderate
vigilance over its preservation. Many years
of prosperity must pass over Canada before
she will find herself in a position to offer
terms worth our while to accept. To try
and inveigle us into the union by deplomacy
would be a most unwise act, even if it could
succeed. The elements of discontent she
has already become possessed of through a
tampering policy of this kind, are sufficient
to mar her success, and enfeeble her growth.
We would only add to her weakness were
we united to her in any other manner than
with the full concurrence of the people.
This, we believe, is the only mode in which
it will be tried—if ever it is to be tried again.

Ottawa advices report that the Dominion
Parliament will assemble on the 15th of

So long, jIm

A late number of the London Spectator
Says :— :

**It does not seem certain that the gua-
rantee of the loan of a million sterling,
wrung with so much difficulty out of the
rial Government for New Zealand,
| will, after all, be acceptable, as the colony
|is profoundly nettled at the whole transac-
ition; but at least it has saved us the colony,
just saved it tous. In the lower House, a
motion to the effect that ‘the Imperial Go-
vernment has failed in its duties to the Colo-
nies,’ was not negatived, but only defeated
by the carrying of the previous question.
In the Upper (the nominated) House, a Ke-
solution was carried by a majority of 3 (in
a house of 40 members) affirming that ‘the
best interests of New Zealand will be con-
sulted by remaining an integral part of the

ready to assist in preserving a connection | British Empire,’ but this was carried ex-

pressly on the strength of the indication of
lfriendly feeling manifested by the offered

uarantee of the loan: had that been refused,
New Zealand would certainly be already
asserting her independence.”

Our reason for quoting this paragraph is
to show how very unfairly England acts
|towards her colonies. Here, for example,

| Great Britain is based upon the free will of is New Zealand, the people of which no

sooner find themselves involved, through
their own greed and injustice, in a war with
the native Maories, than they apply at once
to England for men and money to subju-
gate the aboriginees. The men were sup-
plied, and the revolt, or whatever else it may
be termed, was put down. Whenthis was
accomplished, the troops were withdrawn
from the colony, and great was the outery
of the New Zealanders thereon. Nothing
could appease their wrath or enliven their
loyalty save the Imperial guarantee for a loan
of w million of money, and forthwith the gua-
rantee is given and the money is placed at
their disposal. How different is the treat-
ment meted out to Prince Edward Island.
By the improvidence of the Imperial Go-
vernment, the whole of the Colony fell into
the hands of a lot of land.sharks, who lite-
rally sucked the life-blood out of their un-
fortunate tenants. By hard struggling,
some of them rescued themselves from
thraldom. A land Bill was passed which
liberated others, whilst another section, in
the desperation of despair, were goaded
into acts of lawnesness, which had to be
suppressed by Her Majesty's soldiers, and
which cost the colony something like
£30,000, The public debt, consequent upon
this land difficulty, entailed upon us by the
mother country — which is the only entail
she has left us, unless we except her policy
towards the United States—is now some-
thing enormous, and when we ask for an
imperial guarantee for a loan to wipe out
this debt and finally settle a question, which,
for obvious reasons, is every day becoming
more difficult of adjustment, we are con-
temptuously snubbed or met with a flat
refusal. But then this colony is only a
Small patch in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
within a day's travel of the station of Hali-
fax, and its population numbers only some
90.000 souls, whilst New Zealand is a long
way off, is a large and powerful colony, and
is capable of asserting her independence
with perfect safety. The reflection called
up by the contrast is not pleasing, nor is it
flattering to the justice and impartiality of
the Parent State. Perhaps, however, at
some period in the future, when England's
power shall have been, through her own
folly, completely destroyed on this conti-
nent, the consideration of her very indiffer-
ent treatment of us, will make the transfer
of our allegiance a matter of little regret.

The Dominion Government have consent-
ed to allow American fishing vessels return-
ing home to obtain supplies of stores in

February for the despatch of business,

Canadian ports,

TROUBLE IN THE Dominton.—The Lieut.
Governor, in the speech at the opening of
the Quebec Legislature, after stating that the
Quebee Arbitrator resigned, and the others
nevertheless continued their deliberations,
said :—

“I have thought it my duty to protest first
against the illegality of their proceedings,

and afterwards against the manifestly illegal
and unjust at which they arrived.—
The correspondence which has taken place

on the subject will be submitted to your con-
sideration.”

In the debate upon the address, M. Chau-
veau, the premier, said :—

“ There can be no doubt that the position
taken by Ontario in the Arbitration was in-
imical to us, and because of the attempt to
do us an injustice, our arbitrator had to re-
sign. It was not we who forced him to do
80, a8 has been alleged elsewhere. That
gentleman believed it his duty to resign, and
we could not interfere with him. Neither
are we inclined to submit to an unjust arbi-
tration.”

This matter will cause much trouble yet.

New Srores. — Within the last three
weeks, two young men have opened new
stores in Queen Street. Both are inthe Dry
Goods and Grocery business. We know the
two of them to be enterprising, industrious,
and thorough business men. Mr. A. G.
McDougall oceupies the shop recently held
by G. D. Wright, in Dunn's Block; and Mr.
J. B. McDonald, that held by Mr. E. Reilly,
as Book Store and Printing Office. We
recommend both to the favorable considera-
tion of the public, feeling assured that they
will give every satisfaction, and that they
are bound to succeed in business.

We learn that the Charlottetown Amateur
Dramatic Club intend giving a performance,
under the distinguished patronage of Lieut.
Governor Robinson, in the Market Hall, on
or about the 15th December next, in aid of
the poor who suffered by the Saguenay fire.
The City Council has generously given them
the Hall and Gas free,to mark their interest
in the affair, We trust the general public
will give a generous support to the perform-
ance. Next week, full particulars of the
programme will be given.

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Tne October number of the Typographic

Advertiser has come to hand.

Local Htems.

Owen ConNnoLiy, EsqQ., shipped over
£2200 worth of pork and lard this week.

ee ttt

Tue weather presents quite a winterish
apppearance this morning—snow and sleet
making the ground white and slippery.

Tur Summerside Journal says, that during
the disembarkment of a lot of sheep from
the steamer at Point DuChene, last Friday,
twelve of them jumped overboard and were

drowned,

: j y anthawttgy
an RO "he dete, Bounced have
agreed to pay Mr. Ashburne £100 to frescoe
the Market Hall. We are glad to hear it,
The money can be much more judiciously
employed just now. :

AN additional assistant has been put in the
Post Office, which is now to be opened from
7 in the morning until 9 at night. Another
delivery-box has been opened, from which
postage stamps will be sold within the hours
named. Stamps cannot now be had any-
where else than at the Post Office.

Tue R. M. 8. “City of Limerick” arrived
at Halifax on Thursday last. Her mails
were forwarded by train, via Truro and
Pictou, and arrived here the same evening.
As usual, we furnish our readers with full
and interesting quotations from our Euro-
pean exchanges,

In to-day’s paper, W. A. Weeks & Co.,
advertize a splendid lot of housekeeping
requisites, which we have no doubt any of
our readers who want to buy such goods
cheap, will call and inspect when shopping.
Theirs’ is one of the cheapest shops 4 the
trade, and does a large business in the class
of goods referred to.

Tae Sons of Temperance , in this city,
held a public Temperance Meeting in their
Division Room on Monday evening last.
This, it is expected, is the commencement
of a series of Public Meetings during the
winter monthe ‘There ic much need of ouch
meetings as these in Charlottetown at the
present time. Free to all,

Hundreds of bushels of potatoes, says the
Patriot, have been shipped this fall in barrels
to the United States. Several thousand
bushels will be sent to that market in the
same way before the closing of the naviga-
tion. In December the duty on potatoes
there will be reduced from 25 to 15 cents,
and eggs will be admitted free.

The Patriot says:—We hear that one of
the two licensed carters to supply the town
with water from Spring Park, has abandon-
ed the business. It so, his place should be
filled without delay, as the citizens cannot
do without good pure water—an article,
which we regret to say, the wells do not

supply.”

Tre Court of Vice Admiralty opened yes-
terday, to determine the case of the schooner
Clara A. Friend, seized some time ago by
H.M. 8. Plover for an infraction of the
fishery regulations. The case is not yet
terminated; but it is supposed that she will
be condemned, as the evidence against her
is very conclusive.

A man named Norman Beaton, of Spar-
row's Road, committed suicide last week,
by cutting his throat. When found, he was
quite dead. We were well acquainted with
Mr. Beaton, and always regarded him as a
good, amodest and honest men. Ile was
about 54 years of age, and unmarried. We
have heard no cause assigned for the rash
deed.— Argus.

WE regret to learn from our Halifax ex-
changes, that Wm. Garvie, Esq., has been
defeated by his opponent, P. C. Hill, Esq.
The majority was only about 20 votes, and
they might have been outnumbered, had not
Mr. Garvie's friends been over-confident of
success. Halifax has committed a mistake,
we think, in not sending Mr. Garvie to the
Local Legislature,

Joux McMu..an, Esq., Teacher, of Wood
Island, was found dead in his bed on Mon-
day, the ld4thinst. He ae in his usual

ood health when he retired to rest on Sun-

ay night. He was 62 years of age, was
rm 08 pm by all who knew him. His re-
mains were interred at West River, Lot 56.
The Coroner's Jury, summoned, on the oc-
easion, returned the verdict—‘‘Died by the
visitation of God,”

Tur Summerside Progress informs us of
a fatal accident which took place on the
Q’ Road, on the evening of the 29th
ult. The machinery of a well gave way
while the digger was being hoistedup. The
unfortunate man was precipitated to the
bottom, and received such serious injuries
in the fall that he died almost immediately.
Dr. Shaw was sent for but did not arrive qn
time to be of any use, Our informant has
forgotten to give us the the name of the un-
fortunate man. :

Hews Items.

a

Judge Bedford, of New York, fined Geo.
Francis Train $100 for evading jury duty.

It is said the Rey, Mr. Techereau will be
the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Quebec.

The Right Rev. Dr. Cameron, Coadjutor
Bishop of Arichat, received quite an ovation
on his return to Arichat recently.

ee

In dread of possible trouble, the Local
> mage, is fortifying Melbourne, Aus-
tralia.

The suit of Bailey against ex-President
O'Mahony, of the Fenian brotherhood, to
recover possession of funds of the order, was
dismissed by default.

The compensation offered by the Chinese
Government for the outrages lately perpe-
trated at Tien-tsin has been accepted 2 the
French envoy.

A rupture batween Eugland and Russia is
looked upon as certain and imminent. It is
also believed that Prussia is in close alliance
with Russia against the rest of Europe.

It is rumored in Halifax that Admiral
Fanshawe will remain in Halifax this winter.
The Reporter says the reason given for this
is,that trouble with the United | States is ap-
prehended.

A cable despatch to the N. Y. World, from
London, states that at a Cabinet Council
held on the 24 November, it was resolved
to grant a pardon to O'Donovan Rossa and
the other Fenian prisoners,

The latest advices from Newfoundland are
to the 9th inst. The papers are lamenting
the withdrawal of the troops from the Colo-
ny, and those in the confederate interest
very unjustly lay the blame on the anti-con-
federate local government.

The Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis has been in-
dicted by the United States grand jury in
Cincinnati, for receiving bribes to defraud
the government in the collection of the
revenue, during his term as assessor of the
second Ohio district.

The letter said to have been written by
the King of Prussia to Pius the Ninth, in
reply to the Pope’s alleged request for aid
against Victor Emmanuel, has been pro-
nounced a forgery. No communications
have passed between the two Sovereigns
since the outbreak of hostilities,

At the Supreme Court in Fredericton,
N. B.,recently, Driscoll, for sacrilegious rob-
bery, and Davis, for manslaughter, were
each sentenced for 12 years in the Provin-
cial Penitentiary. McCarron, for a series
of robberies, was sentenced to 27 years in
the Penitentiary.

The well known House of Ridley, Son,
& Co., of Harbor Grace, N. F., has’ failed.
Scores of small dealers, it is said, will be
affected by the failure, and much consterna-
tion has been occasioned thereby. After
forty years absence, mackerel have revisited
the coast of Newfoundland.

The great overland eastern bound train
on the central Pacific Railroad, was stopped
and the express car robbed, between Verdi
and Reno, recently, by a band of highwaymen,
who boarded the train at Verdi, and, pre-
sentin pistols at the heads of the conductor
auad orakemen, detached the express car,
and robbed it of about $40,000 in coin. The
robbers escaped, but a party had been or-
ganized to give them pursuit,

The town of Cronstadt, in the Baltic, so
celebrated during the war with Russia, has
just been devustated by a fire, which com-
menced at eleven on the night of the 2nd
ult., and in three hours destroyed three
entire streets, and aa are large houses,
depriving more than 2,000 people of shelter.
Several public buildings, including the
depot of naval models, were consumed.
The houses were chiefly inhabited by work-
men in the powder mills and workshops of
the port.

Mr. Pearson, who opposed Mr. Archibald
when last he was a candidate for Colchester,
N. S., has been elected by a large majority.
Mr. Reading, the Confederate candidate,
after canvassing the Couuty, found his pros-
pects so hopeless that he withdrew. Mr.
Chambers, also an anti-Confederate, and
now an avowed Annexationist, determined
that there should be a contest, took the field
on nomination day, and being supported b:
no party, was of course defeated. It dl
amusing now to find the Confederate papers
claiming Mr. Pearson's election as a victory
for them,

Correspondence,

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We cannot undertake to retarn rejected
communications,.—In all cases in which mat-
ters of fact are involved, Correspondents must
furnish us withtheir names and addresses —
not for publication, but as a guarantee of au-
tuemil try.

nA AN stacyptingt nity infidel,

To Tue Epitor or tHe Heraxp.

Sir,—I welcome you in your new dress,
ag well as coincide with you in the prinei-
ples you have laid down on the two great
questions of our local politics—the School

uestion and Confederation. I am also glad

t you have determined on giving a
Catholic tone to your paper. “This is
much required, as it is too much the case
that our views on the School question have
been much misrepresented in the press and
= | an hag Why Catholics of this
sland ought to be able to support one good
paper, which, from its Catholic tone
could be received as a welcome guest in
their families, as well as afford them sound
information on the yublic pvents of the day.

The storms of the past few days have left
our roads pimost impassable, and the num-
ber of broken carts by the way-sides, speak
more ‘eloquently in favor of either a better
rond system, or for some other means of

etting the surplus produce of our farms to
the shipping places. Our season is so short
that man and beast will be taxed to their ut-
most during the next sixty days, (if even so
long) to get owr merchants paid, as well as
“squaring the . with the blacksmith,
shoemaker, printer, &c., before the com-
mencement of another year. I am afraid,
however, if this stormy weather continues,
we shall have to commit “hari kari,” on
new year’s day, as the Chinese are said to
do, if they are not out of debt on the first of
every new year. If this were the fashion
here, I fear our population would become
decimated to a certain extent.

I notice in your market reports that in
Boston, Hay finds ready sale at $29 to $30
per ton, and Straw at $27 per ton. This is
all very well, but how are we to get it to
market from.here. Yon haye steamboats
and railroads within call, but we are out of
“humanity's reach.” Your mussel-mud
friends will now be repaid for their labor.
The industrious farmer of the West and
East rivers will be able to reap the benetit
of his labor, but when our hay fields turn
off their quota, our trouble commences to

et it to market. This is no doubt felt at
ew London, St, Peter's, and all along the
— side, as yp Ponape We don't be-
grudge you your facilities, but we protest
| ae being always Wan in the cold.”
erhaps you may say, “ Well, you must get
asseambonty too.” We ; os
to-day, bnt, with
come on again, w

a

ll, Thave said enough
our permission, I may
nwecan have a little

more to say on the subject.
OCCASIONAL.

Tignish, Noy. 27, 1870,