neon —=————=== = — The Goverument of New Brovswick, with « justjau irreversible conclusion being drawn from errone- appreciation of the rights of the constituent body,|ous or unauthenticated promises, & PLB4 IN SHORT dissolved Parliament before inviting its concurreyee POR DELAY. iu the resolutions of the Quebec coufereuce. The; We seck delay, not tasrustrate the purposes of a resolt, as we have already stated, was the returu of majority of our countrymen, but fo prevent their au overwhelming majority opposed to the scheme. berg surprised, against their will, or without their Tu the spring of the present year auoiher dissolu- tiou of the Parliament of New Bruuswick took place. A Governmeut favorable to Coufederation had just previously been formed, aud, a4 it is assert ed, by the uuscrupilous use of the influeuce of the Crowa, audi sill saure, by represeuting the issue as ove iv which the loyalty of the people was couceru- ed, they succeeded ia securing the election of # mua- jority faverable to the general priveiple of Couted- eration. The Quebec scheme, however, Was not aceepted by the people of New Brunswick in this election, for uearly all the Government eaudidaics, including the members of the Goverument the..- selves, found it necessary to avow their dissent ton, that scheme or from some of its lowding teaturer When the vew Parliament assembled, miuisters did not venture tu submit for concurrence, or even as the basis of an vet of union, the Quebee resulutions. bu confined themselves to moving an nddress to Her Majesty. covched io the most general terms. The Government of Nova Scotia did not dissolve Parliament, oor iu the session of 1865 did they ask it to affirm the Quebec resolutions, In the session of 1866, au address to Her Majesty was adopted, expressing in general terms a desire for « federa union of the Provinces, but carefully avoiding th. slightest endorsement of the Quebec scheme. It is well known that this course was pursued, because nv proposition aflirmiuy, even in general terma, au ap: proval of that scheme, would have received the sup port of a majority of the House of Assembly. Prince Edward Island expressly and unequivo- cally rejected the Quebec seheme, aud has not, thus far, eviaced a desire or « williugness to form part of a general confederation ov avy terms; and, in Newfoundland, though a geueral election has takeo place there sinve the Quebee conference was held, the resolutions of that conference have not yet been approved by the Legislature, aud no steps similar tw those taken in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, fookiug to a union on other terms, huve been adoji- ed. It may be assumed, therefore, that it is vot pro- posed to embrace the iuaulur provinces in any plav of confederation to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament at its next seasion, and we may consider the question as affeeting, for the preseut, at lemst. only the Provinces of Canada, New Bruuswick, and Nova Scotia, What, thea, is the present position of the ques- tion? The Governments of New Bruvswick and Nova Scotian have sent delegates to England to urge|srmice called on Col. Kelly durmg the day and offered forward 4 uvion, but ow terms different trom those |:be.r services in the coming struggle for liberty. le» agreed to by the Quebec conference. ‘The Cunadian|*uppesmd that several privateers are already being firted Government is about to despuich delegates to Kug-/99t iv the States to prey on British commerce the momen: land to obtain an Act of Union, embodying thegvery |'b¢ Fenian war has probably commenced, terms agreed to by the Quebec eonfereace. The _ gene ibeahers ot the es Secmeneet are bouad FROM GRAND TURK ISLAND, by repeated aud explicit pledges, given from their places in Parliament. to see that the previsivns of any Act of Union, assented to by them, shall be ia atric Coulociatiy with the Quebec resolutions. The Members of the Goreraments of New Brunswick! 04, distress prevailed there, but had been somewhat aod Nova Scotia, on the other hand, are pledyed | -ulieved by the arrival of the Britwh war seamer obiain essential modifications of the Quebve scheme} Cadmus, which suppled the inhabitants with provisions before the Union is consummated with their cousent./and necessaries uatil the arrival of vessels from America If an Act be passed adhering strictly te the term:|wih supplies, of the Quebve resolutions, is there uot seme danger) The Grand Turk Island Royal Standard of the 17th that in Nova Scotia aud New Bruuswick, disap-|"*Y*'—" A continuance of rough weatber bas prevented “ pe ye vessels in port from completing their loading, and some polatment, arising out of viulated coufidence, may/.i.y.. sailed without full cargoes. The quantity of salt speedily develop into aggravated forma of discou- |). by the hurricane im tast decreasing without the teut? Oa the other hand, if the Act does not ad-|snatlest prospect of another bushel being gathered until here closely to the terms of the Quebec resolutions, fiate next year. The salt now on hand, when compared is there vot equal daager that the people of Cunada,| with the quantity tor the corresponding period last year, smarting noder a seuse of broken faith, will be trom} foes not average over one-fifth; there is, thereture, the very start dissatisfied wich their vew form of|*"*'? probability that all that now cemains will have bab: ; wen shipped belore the next season begins. The price Goveroment? The conflicting aims aad pledges of|/°)4 om l¥de. The government market price, on A rstecn the several Provincial Goveraments, who agree voly |, crown duty of ten per cent, ad valurem ie payable by in desiring some kind of usion, but differ widely|:he salt proprietors, has been fixed tor November at ten with regard to the couditions ef that aviou, show}cents per bushel. The export datv i+ one cent, The conclusively, we respectfully urze, the estreme im-|bushel measure for salt contains 85 imperial quarts.” policy of dealing with the subjeet at sll at the ap- oe prosel:ing sess.on of the Imperial Parliament. The) A Sixouranm Disesse.--We copied a statement from present Parliament of Canada expires next summer ;|'he drgus a tew days since, that Miss Mary Kuights, of that of Nova Scotia expires peat spring. We would a pA sp Poa Aay ap Po por 5 er, - say, let geveral elections im both Provinces take) ne yicht. Sumetimes she 288 deep. Guan pune place at the regulur periods fized by law. Theiirom achool ent rely helpless, Her blood changed to elections will ueeessurily turn on the question of con-|.ugar. She was sick six months. federation. The desirablen:ss ef Confederation.) The Advertiser mentions another of the same nature. and the couditions om which it would be aeceptable. A young man bearing the name of Knights, a resident if thought to be desirable, would be fully discussed,|! Lubec, died with the same disease, after filteen representing the settled convictions aod the matured was found drinking water aguyravated the disease; as purposes of the people. The decisions of Paurlia-liar gy possible all fluids were kept from the patient. meut elected under these circumstances, if favorable} But his craving for water made this a hard matter, to Confederation, would go far towards ensuring the| It was the only case of the kind that ever occurred in success of a system, which at beat cas ouly be re- that section, but his physician told us that he had . nent for the ein, as fa possible, to a. sine aon one byl rw ot live on dry boiled beelstake or mutton cad’ bread, not , ’ %, tiou, that fact alone would demonstrate the wisdom wea” than ic Veelly cneasanes te eas h of the delay for which we plead. is said that if this method is pursued when first taken, We en ind Rona to ahow that the initiation of |the disease may be checked oa a cure effected by the this pr ject of Confederation, and all the subsequent administering of other proper remedies. : But while the steps taken to promote it, are to be, wanes te the oa _ Ms cg are allowed, medicine is of no use,— party or pe rsonal exigencies of adiau politi- We learn that a man died of the same disease at cians, and uot to @ spoutaneous or general desire! a yayuadavie the week befure last.—St, Stephen, N.B among the le for fundamental changes in their| Courier. fe fitieal lecherous or iu their politioul relations. 'e have endeavored to show that in none of the Proviovial Parliaments havo the detaile of the pro- ject been considered, iw the — hegreoarn the elanses of a bill are cousidered ; that in Canada and Nova Scotia the people have uot had an oppertunity of pronouncing upon either the principle er the de- tails; and that in New Brunswick, where am elec- tion was reeently held, the people cannot be said to have assented to the Quebec acbeme, which is the only definite plau of uvios now under consideration. If these positions cannot be successfully axsailed, the argument for delay would seem to be weanawer- able, whatever may be thought of the general ques- tion of Confederation, er ef the particular scheme agreed to by the Quebec conference. We believe that Confederation in any form ia un- suited to the present circumstances of the Proviaces, ‘ poxious aud oppressive to them it might prove. could not be reversed without such au agitation as every well-wisher of the country might wishto avert, [Sigoed by Twegty Lower Canadian Members. ] FENIANISM, The N. ¥. World says that notwithstanding the efforts of leading Fenians to produce the impression that Mr. SMephons has ieft this country, there is every reason tor supposing that the Head Centre is yet in New York, awaiting bis opportunity to leave wien no detective's uye le open, i the will leave within a few days—if he can get off unobwerved——is very certain, and that he i have left already is very possible, It is thought by Col, Kelly that the alarm of the British Government is caused organgation exists in great streagth in England as it is by the attipude of the men in Ireland. The plan of the Fenian leaders in Ireland is to begin the rebellion jn the North, and hurl their forces upon the less barren but less defeasible regions of the South, upon three things: 1, ‘The disaffection of Lishmen in the English army. 2. The calculation that Eogland cannot within three penehe bring more than 50,000 available troops against im. 8. The certainty that he can- put 75,000 well trained men into the field, leaving, as he asserts, a reserve of 200.000 more, Who is to supply so vast an army with rations is a question not yet solved, Mr, Stephens expects, however, that the sympathy of the Erish will be with hin, and shat those who are left at home will endure privations for the sake of keeping the army in fighting trim. He reckons the number of able-bodied Fenians in Ireland at 300,000 in round numbers, and of these he deglares every one dy a fighting man, New York, Nov. 30.—The scanty intelligence fur- hished through the cable of the rumored rising in Ireland is causing great dissatisfaction among the Fenian portion of our inbabitante. It is believed the British Govern- ment bas placed an embargo purposely on the cable, so that no news of an excitable nature may he transmitted here autil the rebellion, if at all commenced, is stamped out. The head-quarters of James Stephens is kept ina state of continual bustle and excitement by the presence of the solid supporters of the C.O. 1. R., uany of whom alled un Cut, Rey wud Gen. dotpin to-day and endered contributions to a very considerable gmoynt, ‘vncerts, Dalle and all sorts of © mecivable means ar wing used to ralne money, and there is ne duubt the war fund will be augimented at least fifty fold before th: end of neat week. Hundreds of young fellows who have served with distinction in the Union and Contederat: DISTRESS IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE 8TORM—-THE SaLT SUPPLY. Fortress Moxrox, Nov. 28.—Advices from Grand Purk Istand state that in consequence of the hurr-cane . LATEST FROM EUROPE! Arrival of the “Asia.’’ Hatrrax, December 5th. The Royal Mail Steamship Asia arrived at Halifax on Wednesday night last. The Mails for this Island ar- rived here on Friday morning. The latest dates are to the Sith ult. The news has been principally anticipated by telugraph. We give a few items :— A Liverpoe! paper of the 24th ways that the Fenians ain weying t@ ret arms into Ireland. and and that there are defects se radical, aud iacensis- - “ bee dg dh hcg peta tencies i i y have @ucew some extent. 1¢ police, how- ” glaring. me oes Sees mm, oe coud tae ota very Vigilant, and several seizures have been never be brought into successtul operation, eveo if it should be found possible to reduce it, in its inveg- . to the form of a coherent Act of Parliament, y with the spirit of British institutions and Britieh legislation. We refrain, however, from ‘troubling your Lordship with any lengthened obser- vations, either on the general question or on the particular scheme. We assume that the single aim of Her Majesty's Government will be to vive effect to the well-understood and clearly expressed .mnploy of John Daly & Co., of that City, was arrested the people of the Provinces, Wo have there on the 23rd. The two cases of rifles seized by the : show that no adequate ‘ona aomigir of ge gates, Deny consigned to the address of the above se 7 8 Confederation n given. aud. named fira. ‘ . _ The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says an sone pees ceneummntly te ‘be. re that, according to French despatches, the io is rapidly ie te are he ren er Conrenriate Pronching me the relations of Great Britain with : 4 t nited States will be more than difficult, jtdacy On & subject that coucerns the highest made. A case containing filty Enfield rifles and bullet moulds was seized a} Cork on the 23rd, and the naval authorities at Queenstown have taken possession of a schooner supposed to have munitions of war on board. A number of persons arrived in the City of Paris at Cork, on Monday night, from New York, and it is noticed that many of them left in parties of three or four hy warly traine on Tuesday for different parte of the country. The Cork Examiner says a man named Tracey, in the 5 as much by ite accidental discovery that the Fenian Stephens is confident of success, and baseg bis confidence - presidency of the Emperor Napoleon. What business was transacted is not generally known, but itjs current- ly reported in Paris that the contemplated augmentation of the army bas been abandoned, and that its effective jlorce will remain at 400,000 men, ‘The Gazettedu Midi revives the old story that the iron-clad sqnadron at Toulon has reevived sailing orders jconseut, into # political change which, however ob- for the 28th inst., in order to escort the Empress of the | i'Freneb on board the imperial yacht Aigle, to Civita i) Vecchia, Her Majesty having at length resolved to pay [her often projected visit to the Pope. This determina tion has been come to, it is sail, in consequence of the impression produced on the Emperor's mind by the last Papal allocation, : One of the French journals has news from Miramar which, if true, is almost heartrending :—"* The Empress Charlotte is completely deprived of reason, aod in a horrible state of agitation, She tears her garments, ob- stinately refuses all nourishment, and fears every human being who approaches ber.” : The Nord says that a report prevailed in Paris that the Queen of Spain intended to abdivate and take reluge in France, and that the French Government was concen- trating troops on the side of the Pyrenees, in order to be prepared for any insurrectionary or revolutionary movement that might arise, A painful sensation has been created in Naples by the arrest of some of the most wealthy and nuble of the Sivilian families, who for some time have resided in Naples. They all lie ander the imputation of eompli- city with the late insurrectionary movemement in Pal- rmo. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales was present at a wolf- hunt near St. Petersburg, on the l4th instant, He started for Moscow with the Crown Prince of Denmark the same night at nine, and arrived on the 15th at mid- day. On the 16th,the royal travellers were to be entertained ata grand dinner by the Governor General of Moscow, Prince W. Dolgoruky, and to leave at 11 o'clock at night for St. Petersburg, ‘The Prince of Wales was re- ceived with great enthusiasm by the people, At the opera he was loudly cheered, and the British anthem was performed several times, in answer to the calls of the audience, His royal highness is expected to return to England about the 28th. It ia stated that the Italian Government will take upon taelf the payment of a proportionate part of the Papal debt as it existed in 1860, With regard to the arrears since that period, they would be consolidated, and the interest thereon defrayed by Italy. It is sand that the King of Prussia bas written to the Pope, offering His Holiness the protection of Prassia. Letters from Rome of the 16th state that the cholera there is now very serious, On the 15th there were 100 cases; and in consequence of the panic several foreign. ers have left the city, The Dublin Freeman's Journal bas the following in a recent number ;— “Tl we may judge by certain precautions now being taken by the military and police authorities, it would seem that they do not totally disregard the assertion of the famous head centre that there will be fighting in Lre- land this year, The ordnance officers are busily putting Beggar's bush Barracks in a state of defence. The wally surrounding it are bemyg strengthened in many places, and tanking projections, with numerous loop- boles commanding the various points from which an at- tack might be made, are being constructed, **Shuiar preparations for defence are in progress in several military stations throughout the provinces, there being a large number of men engaged in strengthening the old fortiivation of Athlone Castle. With respect to the preparations on the part of the metropolitan police, they principally cousist in a diligent training of its various members ip the use of the revolver, all those not on duty being drilled every day to the exercise of it and the cutlass, which they are to carry during this, as in the past.” The neyotiations for a commercial treaty between France and Austria are now almost completed. The French plenipotentiaries were to go to Vienna on the 18th to make the tinal arrangements. © France has made important concessions to Austria in regard to sugar, Spirits, feathers, and iron, The subject of the annexation of Belgium to France is still discussed by some of the Paris journals, ana new arrangements are adduced to prepare the public mind for the absorption of that tingdom when the Freneh troops retara trom Rowe ana Mexico and the re-organ- zation of the French army is complete At the War Office, at Parts, everything is being got ready for the evacuation of Rome, and it is said that the wode in which the evacuation is to be carried vut bas al- ready been arranged, On the Sth of December, Gen. Montebello will leave Rome with his staff, bat General Polbes will remain in the Castle of St. Angelo with hall a brigade up to the 15th, on which day the French flag will be taken from the castle, after a salute of 101 guns. and replaced by the Papal flag, which will also receive a salute. Gen, Pothes will then give up the keys of the castle to the Papal General Kurten, and the Roman Le- givn will take the place of the French troops. By a very recent order of the Italian Government, the Bishops who have been sv long exiled from their Sees in the annexed States are allowed to return to their Dioceses. Two orders have. in fact, been issued on this subject, By the first, which was issued at the close of last month, all the Bishops were allowed to return, ex- sept those who had made Rome their residence during their exile. The second order removes this limitation, and all the exiled Prelates are now at liberty to return to their sees, no matter where they may bave resided, or whether their exile was voluntary or compulsory. If we have been correctly informed, this change in the con- duct, if not the policy, of the Subalpine Government, is to be attributed to the counsels of Mr, Gladstone and Gen. Fleury, acting independently, and without concert, but moving in the same direction, The Paris journals assert that Spain is on the eve of a general rising, and the Nord alleges that the Quen is about to abdicate, and take refuge in France. A despatch from St, Petersburg says that the Princess Dagmar, who bad been taken suddenly ill, is now much better, The Italians are getting to see clearly that Florence must remain the capital—that Rome can only belong to the Mazzinians, aud they are changing their tone in a very odd manner, It is said that Lord Clarendon's presence here is not aoe eiber a private matter. He has had two interviews with the Holy Father—the second time his family accompanied biin—and he has spoken most warmly of the impression made upon him by the bearing and majesty of the Po Ile iv said to have told the Holy Father that the Queen would feel herself greatly honored if he should resolve to accept the offer “lof any portion of British soil, during the time be might have to be away from Rowe. Last week alsu the Prussian Minister made a formal offer on the part of the King of a suitable residence in Prusvia for the same period, News by ‘Telegraph. Lonpon, Dec. 2.—All the regular troops in this city 7 which takes lace here on Monday. Lieut. Maury, hace Confederate naval commander, has arrived in London, lt is quite probable that troops will be sent to Liverpool and en, on occount of the bad feeling that prevails among the Irish in those cities, Many arrests have been made by the Gov- ernment in Lreland. Lonvow, Dee. 3.—A grand Reform demonstration took lace to-day. It was participated in by the Trade Societies, t was the most important affair of the kind ever held in this city—tully 50,000 people marched in procession to the of meeting, and there would have been thousands more had the weather been fair. ‘There were 40 societies in line that marched, together with various branch societies of the Re- form League, all divided into four grand divisions, with bands of music, banners, mottoes,“&e, Great enthusmem no disturbance occurred, ‘the Stars and Stripes Were borne in the procession, and ery. boon airs played by the various bands was the * Wearing of the Green.” taken to Dublin. No evidence of treason was found upon him, It is said that the United States authorities in Italy had telegraphed to Malta to arrest John U, Surratt, one of President Lincoln's assassins, om the steamer’s touching there, but the attempt failed. Lownon, Tuesday evening. Dec. 4.—The Morning Herald declares the rumors that have been circulating disvensions therefore, to an earnest plen against The last meeting of the commission tor the re-organ- ization of the French army, whieh is likely to take ipterests of our country, against place at Compiegne, was held on Tuceday, ander the in the British Cabinet out of the probable retirement will be strictly continvd to the precincts of their) paves during the Reform meetia Pp of, whatever | D'derecli, are without foundation. The same paper announ- ces that the Royal Commission upon the Neutrality Law:! has been formed, and consists of thirteen members, the mos: | eminent ot whom have already been announced. New Yor, Dec. 5, p. m.--A. New Orleans special says: ‘it is whis that the fast Ctyde built blockade runner eroine, has been purchased, and is fitting out here for the, purpose of aiding Ireland,—Gold 149. Quanec, Nov. 30.—A cable despatch authorises the May-_ er of this City to draw £1090 for relief of sufferers by late fire-- subscriptions collected in Dublin. loronto, Nov, 40.—Gen, Michel is to be sworn in short- 'y and will act as Administrator of the Government during the absence of Lord Monck, whe is going to England by the! next Cunard steamer to assist in the Confederation p oject Toronto, C. W., Dee. 6,—A man named James McDevitt, hailing from New Brunawick, has been arrested here for using seditious language, daring the Government to hang the Fenians, otc, He will be examined to-day, Ottawa, Dec, 5.—The whole of the Volunteer Battalions in Canada have been supplied with new and complete equip- ments of guns, carriages, stores, ammunition and harness, which has given great sativfaction to the officers and men, 4s placing them ina condition to take the field with effect at 4 moment's warning Among those who have thus been newly equipped, are the field batteries at London, Welland, Hamilton, Tor nto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal and (Quebec. LATER! Hamilton, C. W., Dec. 6.—Katensive improvements are being made in the military buildings to accommodate the new artillery equipments, In addition to guny and harness- es of a new pattern, field batterice have been supplied with the Spencer rifle. Lonvox, Dee, 6.—T wo more Regiments of Troops, and a company of Fngineers, ordered immediately to Ireland, Admiralty ordered three iron clads of home flvet to sail on Trish coast, New York, Dec. 6.—Sedgewick removed from command on Rio Grande; his occupation of Matamoras cause of his removal, Gold 1384. ‘Toronto. Dec 8.—In the matter of the condemned Fenians, the Sheriff received instructions from the Government to make no preparations. Respite granted till 10th March. Montreal ‘Transcript learns from a reliable source that from fift en to seventeen thousand rifles have been sold in that city on Fenians accoant within a few days, onvon, Dec. 6. —Maximilian telegraphs by the At'antic cable that he will soon land at Gibraltar,—Gold 1374. The Herald. Wednosday, December 12, 1866. HAVE WE ANY POLITICAL PARTIES ? Any person who has been an attentive reader of the Charlottetown papers of late, will not be astonished at the question which heads this article. For some weeks past, a writer in the Xzaminer—tho supposed organ of the Liberal Party—has been making a tool of himselt and of that paper by recommending a coalition of the Conservative and Liberal leaders into a so-called ** Party of Urogress.” Of course every one understands that our Confederate politicians, being now politically bankrupt, are anxious for any coalition that will secure to them a share of the loves and fishes of office, and a voice in the councils of the country that may enable them to swing as into Confederation whenever the chance offers; but these advocates for coalition must possess a charming simplicity if they imagine that any politician, with an ounce of brains in his head, is going to risk his character and his position by an association with them. Any coalition which proposes to embrace the leading Confederates, (whose wish and design it is, by recommending such a coalition, to occupy the highest places in the synagogue), would be scouted from one end of the Island to the other, It would not command the confidence of the public for a day. It may be well, perhaps, for the people to sound those who shall present themselves before them for election upon their views in reference to the combination shadowed forth, The friends of the promised * Party of Progtess” ought :o be well known ‘beiore they are placed im a positio. to carry their scheme mio practical operation, Should this precaution be overlooked, who knows but we may see, upon the meeting of the new Parliament, 4 coaiition Government ied by a Confederate, with Mr. W. H. Pope as Colonial Secretary, and the other principal offices distributed in like manner. We cannot think that the Liberals, as a Party, have either suggested or acquiesced in the pro- position of the Zzaminer, and we think moreover, that they ought to take the earliest opportunity to repudiate it in the most public manner. This Island, we feel convinced, is not going to entrust its interests to a coalition of that kind, nor yet to a political party which favors it. The proposition is viewed with general dis:rust and contempt; aad the comment from alnost every lip is that the writer in the Lzaminer must be a dolt, who falsifies the trite saying of the Rev. Sydney Smith, in one of his Reviews, that « man’s faculties are wonderfully concentrated when he is about to be executed, Certainly the political execution which inevitably awaits the Confederate coalition manufacturers bas the very opposite effuct to, that of concentrating their faculties, for we. must in candor say, that a more ili-timed suggestion,--a coalition of more incongruous elements, or one advo- cated in a more slip-slop, slavering, verbose, muddling style, we have never read, We will say one word for all in reference to a coalition of parties. The only coalition Government that could possibly hope to meet Hthe approval ofthe people would be one which rigidly excluded from its Councils all those who are known to be in favor of the Quebec Scheme. A Government to be stable and popular must tolerate no Canadian spies and agents within its ranks to thwart tho legislation of the people's representatives; and this condition, we believe, the country oaght and will insist upon. With reference to the Conservative Party, we scarcely know what to think or say. The Jslunder used to be recognized as the organ of that Party, and we presume still considers itself so, Now, if this be the case, we know that the tortuous and treacherous policy pursued by that journal will not receive the support of any considerably portion of the peopie. Neither in its dealings with the Land Question, nor with Confedera- tion, is it in harmony with public opinion, The Patriot differs widely from the Islander upon the question of Confederation ; but whether it is prepared to endorse all the extravagance, with respect to dele- | gations, military expenditure, ete., of which the Gov, jerament has been guilty. is a point that ought to be settled before the elections come off. We confess we are at a loss to know whether the Government is Confed- erate or anti-Contederate in its character, or whether the Islander or the Patriot is the organ of the Con- ‘servative Party. Both evidently cannot be the organs ‘ — a facto coalition for the purpose of carrying a scheme of union, which, in its bearing upon the Interests and des sy of the colony, tar transcends all or any of the different policies of contending parties. In this case the people found Uv mselves abandoned by their long recognized leaders, whose vaulting ambition ourran, for once, their prudence and their patriotism. The instinct of self-preserauation led te their making commen cause in defence of their rights and privileges. Those of their leaders who have proved faithful to the trust reposed in them are as powerful to-day as ever they wer ‘lit is they alune who will buve the privilege of initiating any coalition that may be found hecessury for the safety and welfare of the colony. The Examiner, on the one hand, bas done more towards weakening the Liberal Party unin any other cause; and the Islander, on the other, is notoriously a source ef weakness to the Couservatives. Having first become deserters themselyes, and done all in their power to destroy contidence in vither Party, it is rather amusing now to hear these organs bewailing the obstinacy and ingratitude of the people, and the absence of all potitical excitement. Outof ail this chuos, however, something like order is being restored, and we think the comin contests will be decided by the antecedents of be’ parties, and by the estimate in which the present —- and character of their respective leaders are held, As the consideration of this aspect of the sut ject requires both time and space, we will defer ent ring into it until next week, SCOTLAND. Tue leading advocates of Confederation both here and elsewhere, in their endeavors to create favor for their darling scheme, have often pointed iv scotland as an illustration of the advantages to be derived trom the political union of countries, Mr. Haviland, aud others, have attempted that process of rauecination in this Colony. Mr. Haythorae, # short time sinee, pointed out some of Mr, Maviland’s bisteurical inaccuracies and false deductions. Just aud successful as was Mr. Haythorne’s critique, he did not fully enter into the subject of Scotland's alleged prosperity, or the cun- nection said to be existing between it and thy Union of 1707, Waen told to look at the Factories aud Ship- yards on the Clyde, and the farms of the Lothiuus ee., Mr. Haythoroe might, in addition to che facts which wo used last week in considering this subject, have an- nounced the startling and expressive truth that according to the last official returns; * There are in Scotland 356,723 houses of only one apartinent !” Now, allowing only five inhabitants for each of these dwellings—wh.en we consider a fair average—we tad that vie-half the people of this amazingty prosperous and united country are ne better housed thau su many cattle, To what cuuse will Mr. taviland ur the editor of the dstander attrivute this state of affairs; or will they acknowlwige that they are vither ignorant of it, or, knowing it, they have dishonesily withbeld it from the public? Nothing can be more tulse or rotten than the arguinent whieh the Confederates seek to base upon Sevtiand’s Union with England. The terms of that Union, in the first place, whether financially or poiiueally, and with respect tu the importaut mater of representation, were imuch fairer than those of the Quebee Scoeme, and lastly, even under the aust lavorable circuustanees, it has proved a wretched iailure in so tar as the social pusitivn aud circumstances of the ‘uass of the Sevttisia peopie are coucerned, Phin we bave proved by facts which cannot be contro- verted; aud with these facts before us we are astunisbed ar the cool hardihood of the Coniederares m putting Scotland iorward as a country whose ex- mupie ougut to be followed, rather than a beacon to warn aud guide us We hype we have dune with the fancy pictures drawn by Messrs. Haviland, Pope, and vtuers, in relerence to Secu land's Uaien, and tuat whea next they attempt to pourtray the glories of Confederas tion, their groundwork will consist of track and common sense, iu both of which they appour lamentably deficient at present, THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS. Atruovan to-day is nomination day, yet we are not in possession of a complete list of the candidates who intend to offer tor the Counci!. From Prince County we learn, that for the First District, Mr. Yeo will be opposed by Nicholas \ onroy, Esq., and for the Second Dimrict, Mr. Ramsay will be opposed by Jas, Muirhead, Jas, Campbell and Thos. Kelly, Esquires. In Queen's county, Donald W. i almer, Ksq., has been nominated w succeed Mr. Henderson,-—who is to run for the Lower House for Murray Harbor,—for the First istrict, and sv far we have not heard whether he will be opposed or not. For the Second District, Mr. Haythorne will oppese Mr. Goff. We think there can be no doubt that Mr. Haythurne will be seccessful, Unless the people are thoroughly blind to their own interests, it caunot be else. Were it not for Mr. Haythorne’s influence and example, we believe the Cunard Estates, as well as the Montgomery Estates, would never have been purchased, Tue tenants upon them migat have lived on in serfdom, trodden into the dust or shot duwn by suldiers placed at the disposal ot wn unprincipled constabulary rendered furious by whiskey supplied by the Goternment, but for the noble example of a humane landlord who shamed our rulers from their ruthless course, and forced them inte buying up the estates referred to, rather than in ex- pending the revenue upon barracks, soldiers, con- stables, whiskey, horse-hire,ete, Allthis extravagance, dissipation and misery, occasioned by the tenant crusade of the Government, was supported by Mr, Goff. Mr. Haythorne, on the contrary, both directly and indirectly, wided m doing away with the ** reign of terror," and therefore we say again we cannot but think he will receive the hearty support of the vast majority of the voters ot the Second District, whatever their religious or political views may be. In King’s County, it is supposed that Mr. Dingwell will be allowed tu walk the course for the First District; and Mr. MeDonald for the Second District. A special election will have to be held to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of the Hen, James MeLaren, We give below, for the information of our readers, the qualification of a voter for a Legislative Councillor; ‘of the Government, and what the Government or ‘Conservative platform and policy are we would give a ‘trifle to know. Politics appear to be topsy-turvy just! determined upon having none but uncompromising anti-Confederatys of the most intelligent and independ- in the next Parliament. Party cries and party leaders have lost much of their influence, and for this state of affairs the leaders have to thank themselves. Those of them who, from their previous history, rashly con- cluded that they could drag their party after them into force reiatio course they choose to pursue, formed a os General | * Evory male person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, whw shall own @ treehotd or leasehold property, of the valae of ons handeed pounds carrenoy, was man fested, but the immense crowds were orderly, and now, except, indeed, in this far, that the rropie are or who shail own lands paridy freehold and leasehold, amountin together in value to one hundred pounds carreney, and wav shail nave been in posession of the same fora period of at least twelve calendar ‘The Fenian senator Meany, was arrested this morning wd ent stamp that can be procured for their representatives months previous to the teste ot the writ of the elevtion, shall be entitied to vote for a member to serve in the Legislative Conneii of this Island, and shill vore ai the place or places at which he ordinarily votes at the election of a menor or Mra vers of tne tease of Assembly, under and by virtue of the laws now ia to the election of momvers tv servein Leoenaisty.”