Astin canadien Seneca . ‘ods, the same ‘languid, sleepy sort of mile, the sume secking for an opportunity | d say something to her in an undertone, sll that was wanting of the conduct T re- narked toward her sister, was a certain lance ot intelligence and meaning, which w did not assume on the present occasion, Iwo persons present were greatly annoy: | vd; niyseld and Nareissa. fier eyes flash. | ed. her lips curled and quivered, and fiery, Italian wrath seemed ready to burst forth} ateverymoment, Teoncealed my teelings | better; but, nevertheless, I watched with painful eagerness, determined to call him to a serious account if he gave me any oc- | easion, T had nothing to complain of in | the conduct of Beatrice, Teould see her} shrink from him, and sometimes, a look } ot sickening loathing came inte her face, which told plainly that he had no hold upon her regard, When I retired to my room that night I tried to examine, calmly and deliberately, my own feelings; but calmness and de- liberation were notto be had, Beatrice had wound herself into my heart too deep- ly to be cast out, whatever reason might say. There were objections, certainly, She was much younger than myself, an Italian, 2» Roman Catholic. But she was so beaatitul, so graceful; there was such a tenderness, mingled with a sort of spark- ling vivacity in her conversation, so many nameless graces, that not to love her seemed impossible, Her education had been English, too, She had none of the thoughts, none of the feelings, I felt sure, to which we so strongly object in many Ttalian women, and the only conclusion I could come to, was, to discover, as soon as possible, what progress I had made in ard, The opportunity presented itself the very next morning. From my window, as T was dressing, I stiw her go and seat herself beneath one of the foun- tains in the farther part of the garden, and I hurried down to obtain a few minutes’ conversation with her before the rest of tumily had visen, She looked up -and smiled as Lapproached, anda seated myself by herside. The beautiful myrtle-covered Appenines were sweeping down below us, toward Florence, and rising“up toward the sky above, shrouding theinselves higher up in their thick chesnut-trees: ‘The sky was bright and clear; but the heat of the day had not yet made itself felt, and there was a cool, refreshing morning breeze, which took away the languor of an Italian spring day, Wer eyes looked brighter than [ had ever seen them, and there was a taint, rosy color in her cheek, which added greatly to her beauty. Our conver- sation w very strange, at least the first pirt of it. On he t, it consisted alto- gether of one monosyllible, two or three times repeated, ‘This is exceedingly beautilul,” I said, gazing from ker to the Landscape, ‘ Could you ever make up your mind to quit these lovely scenes, and dwell in a colder and less genial land?” * Yes,” she answered, "And could you there be content and happy, among a people less warm in cha- racter, less imbued with taste 2” Yes,” she said with a sign, and. the color fading away in her eheek. ‘And could you go thither with me!” Tasked, “and make the whole happiness of one heart that loves you, and brighten A very singular Weident occurred afew) days ago in Marysviile, Callornia, 4! gentleman, wishing to have a photograph | taken of his two boys, went with them to a photogtaph gallery, While * fixing up” the children a litte, preparatory to the operation, be asked tor a basin of water to wash their faces, He was dinected to ‘another room, and on returning the boys sat ipr their pictures, But the operator presently notice! that the two lads were) growing very black in the lace, and on in- vestigation found that iustead of water they had used a basin ot chemicals pre- pared tor pictures, It was too lite to remedy the accident. This suggests a novel and perhaps efficacious method of * reconstruction !” It would be permanent enough to make a good beginning. Fashion is an imperious mistress. Many fashionable ladies think itno hardship to have their dark locks bleached to a gold- en (?) hue. Not long ago a brown-haired beauty resolutely submitted to the process of having her head entirely shaved and now contentedly sports a fashionable wig. Another young lady to whom beauty must have beon aw peal of great price, with wonderiuyl fortitude had all her own teeta —which were, to be sure, uneven and not so White as might be—extracted, that she might have a iandsomer set put in her mouth, A short time since the papers re- corded the death of a lady who bad been accustomed to draw her corsets together by the aid of a rope, iastened to the ceiling ot her room, One day she drew herself a little too close, and burst a blood vessel. ‘The death of such a foolish creature can be no great loss to the world; but it does seem hurd that she should have sacrificed herself iguorantly. Could not somebody have tou her that tight lacing was old style since gymuastices, skating, croquet, aud similar athletic sports haye come into vogue? A short time ago a New Jersey farmer of tilty ov thereabouts took a taucy to his neighbor's wile. So he lett his own family and came to New York in company with the lady and her husband; and a bargain was made, by which he agreed to pay to the original husbaud B6UUU for the, wile, couple sailed tor Calitornia. ‘Th yominu brought more than she was worthy omething new in the way of pinsis «a jeed, ‘There is a newly patented arti- cen this ling which will remain in posi- tion when once placed, and will not injure fabric, Lhe improvement consists in form- ing the shank with one or more swells or enlargements, beginning at er new the point, and terminating in square or bevel- ed shoulders ; or if designed to be perma-' nently placed, as in fastening papers to- gether, the expanded portion is provided with barbed points, so thatif once inserted itcannot be withdrawn. By using this ‘pin no anxiety need be telt by the ladies lest some article of apparel should become’ unpinned, Among the singular reasons assigned by suicides lor cutting short their lives is the following, given by a man who recently hung himselt in Paris. In the pocket. of his coat was a written paper-to the follow- ing effect; I have lived 38 years entirely sone home, where you’would 1éign like one adored 2” . * Yes,” she answered again and bent her head till her forehead almogt touched | her knees, : t Then suddenly she started, and, looking | up in my face, she added, ‘* But you} think not what you do, and [ must not let} you speak such words, and go on .in the same course till you consider well, and determine reasonably.” I answeretl as might be expected, that I had considered, that [ had thought what [ was dojng, and that my happiness difpended upon her. (Conclusion in of next.) Miscellaneous. Twenty-Five Tiovsanp Deatus1n En- Gust Coat Mines.—The last number of the Ldinburgh Review, has an article on accidents in coal mines, which gives some startling statistics. The writer says :—‘'By searching into various. local publications in the nottlref,ogland, and by a fair estimate of probabilitics’ arising: from what has been discovered, we are quite warrant- ed in assuniing the total nuinber of lives sacrificed in‘our coal mining, from the earliest notices to the yea? 1850, to be not ‘ ay certainly Jess than ten thousand. not too high an estimate, very low one.’ In Novem 1850, the first act for the¥jnspection of coal mines came into opérati®n.and hence- forth we have some authentic data for aceidents. During the ten years from 1850 to 1860 the deaths in or at the British Coal Mines amounted to 9090. In the ensuing five yours, ending 1865, the deaths were altogether 4827. Thus,then adding to the 10,000 deaths up to 1850, 10,000 more, in round numbers, up ts 1860, and neurly five thousand more up to the close of 1865, we have in all an estimate of nearly 45,000 deaths from coal mine accidents, from the commencement of any account of them to within a little more than a year of tho prescat date.” ae A certain member of the Reformed Pres- byterian Synod was recently expelled from his seat-in that Assembly because he as- serted boldly that he wis in the habit of singing hymns .of human composition. The Offender is to be dealt with for a ‘« gross violation of the estiblished order of.that;Church inghe dse of human psalm- ody, according t@@he oder and discipline of the Church in sth cages.” Pretty strict rules those whigh Fegard the singing of ** human hymns’ as a ** gross” offence. Boston still continues to be in a hubbub abont the liquor law. Various devices are contrived to ‘' get.a drink” and yet avoid the penalty. Club houses have opened on a peculiar principle. Each member has a kind of post-oflice-like box, ot which he ' keeps the,key, But semi-occasionally he leaves w Ijttle card inside, and when he wants something refreshing he walks into the club-raony, unlocks his box, and lo, it is there, fee #2'¢ A-remarkabje ness ocourred a nd probably a r"of the year Jasipans of sudden blind- ew weeks ago in Bethle- hem, Peritisylvania, A young girl, about *. #@n years old, wh y school complained ~~ of pain-in her cye: cae permission to go hont® d josh, was‘ granted, hut before she ltr ‘home, which was ovly abous 600 yards from. fe school, she became totally blind. _ Up to this time al) efforts to restore het sight have proved fruitless, In Louisville, Kentuoky, a young lady of picty, refinement; and culture was res fused permission to unite with a Baptist chureli of that city, in pecordance with the advice of thé pastor, solely because she Hid been A teaches in a freednyan's school, ‘They eVideutly need mission:ntes im Louis. ville, Atenas Ward bequeathed his library to MEWerpuarbscanhaalsst his native | ** grub” that make the butter fly. v which disquiets ne. 1 am going to: try and solve it in another world, which is just as unknown to me as the one I quit. but where I shall tind, as [have been told, what I have vainly sought for in this—the realization of my dreaus.” Work on a new suspension bridge over the ygira river has begun. The landing on the- U.S, side is near the gas works, and on the Canada side a little below the Clifton Ilouse. The new bridge will be no longer than the-old one. f A New York paper says:—A number of the Fenian Brotherhood, and refugees from Trelind, met yesterday at three o'clock at the Apollo Rooms in Prince Street. The meet- ing was strictly private, but from those pre- sent it wis ascertained that the object was to receive the reports of men lately arrived from Ireland, who represented that all hopes of success in that country were now abandoned, and that they only looked to Col. Roberts and his party to take such action ag would se- cure such hostages for those men now under sentence of death by the Britisl1 Government, and to secure the liberty of the men now in prison. fn We are gladto learn that the Synods of: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,- in connex- ion with the Church of Scotland, are likely to form a Union at their next meeting. This is agit ought to be. After this Union has been completed it will not be long until nearly all the Presbyterians of theaMaritiine Provinces form one body.—Presbyterian, The Globe says that a number of counter- feit half-sovereigns have been passed off ut one of our City Banks. The fraud was de- tected yesterday, when one of them was fonnd in a quantity of gold which the Bank was paying out toa broker. ‘ The counterfeit is of a brighter color than the real article; the coating is probably of Australian gold, the in- terior of platinum.” St. John Tel. Sounn Apvice.—The New York Albion affers some very sound advice to American newspapers who are deriding tho efforts of Colonists to bring about Colonial Union. It bays :— : and eminently fortunate people of British North America, we would say to our over- anxious, American Cousins—‘' Bestow your sympathies and counsels upon your own dis- franchised, disheartened, and desponding countrymen, who are now lying prosirate at the feet of not only youthful, but * irresponsi- ble’ and inexperienced military commanders— whose word is law, ‘till another order is issued from these head-quarters.’ Confer your criti- cisms upon your own sclf-willed despots of high places in your own fand; but forbear further misstatements in reference to your neighbors, until you can, at least, comprehend the spirit of freedom and good government. The very foundation of these cherished liber- ties the Northern Provinces are determined to perpetuate on this continent, and before the closo of the present century there may possibly bo other communities on this con- tinént desirous of joining the stable and well- governed Doininion of Canada.” Starting Facrs.—In consequence of the loss of slave Aabor in the Cotton States, and the dvercased cultivation of that iy a It is said in New York that supplies will shortly arrive there from Bombay-and be delivered free at twenty cents a -poufidea far less rate than thatof Now Orleans shipments to that city, while the quality ie suid to be nearly equal, and daily improving, Starvation ALona tus Guur S#onr.-- The distressed condition of the inhabitants in tmuny places along the gulf of the St. Lawren- ce; in the districts surrounding Gaspe, owing to the failure of the crops And the partial fail- ure of the fisheries last season, hha, we learn, reached a point nearly bordering on starva- tion. It is to be huped tliat iminediate means will be adopted to relieve these poor. people, for no one whd has not seen the amount of destitition that exists can have any adeqaate iden of the siifuring and misery they have fo undergo.—Quelec News. ’ ° The receipts from the Internal Revenue of | the United States for the week ended on the AO ALDARR Of), "| A ¥e Summerside, april Leth padpi? lisburee AR Bieta SUMMERSIDE J uukndwn-in the world; my.lite has always | * been forme a problem, ‘the solution of “In behalf of this prosperous, rising, free, , OUR oct THE LONDON CONFERENCE. VIEWS OF MNGi JOURNALS. The Spectator says that ifthe Oonferonce | succeeds in pmintaining pes me tacit will be established ot dar greagie pore: | auce than any possible solutio OF the Lux- embourg question, ‘The Karopean tribu- nal dissolved by the Crimean” war will have been reestablished, to the immense benefit of mankind, ‘There is no longer a Power on the Continent Which can do as it likes, without consulting anybody, but many Powers so equal and so bound to» gether that they. must per force prefer the regime of law to the regime of tovee. The tate of Belgium and Holland, for ek- ample, is no longer dependent upon Napo- leon’s flat, or that of Denmark upon the policy of Berlin. The Powers are jealous again, and with reason, and every acces- sion of territory, however small, every in- trigue, however secret, will be watched with anxious care, and, if needful, arr by the council of tive, which alone h; Strength to maintiin the European pe and an interest in doing so, The Economist says:—'t We can stave off this war by tiking new, vague, and ing, detinitely large obligations for the future, which we hope we may be never called upon, and in our hearts we have never seriously resolved to fulfil. We ourselves should object seriously even to repeating again the words of obligation, which have now lost so much force through the viola- tions of their pledges by all the parties to the treaties of 1814 and 1815; to renew, formally, those obligations would be in it- self a fresh obligation, But not only to renew, but to add to them obligations of iw very formidable nature, seems to us a policy of the most alarming kind,” ae The Times, notwithstanding the satislac- tory termination of the Confereece, does not take ahopeful view of the future, “All Europe is, as it were, mined; the slightest scident may apply the torch, and yet it has become so use( to the danger that it has almost learned to consider this atmed peace as the natural state of mankind: Now, with all respect for the labor’ret liplomacy, we must declare that we liye, no hope of 2 really stable pacification unt this state of things has thoroughly ameitd-4 ed. The disputes, like this one of Lux bourg, which periodically break out, are not the disease itself, but the symptoms 0! the disease which lie below, Till nations: can be prevailed ou not merely to keep the peace for the moment, but so to regulate their affairs as to give -ceurity that they mein to keep the peace herealter, only the first step has been taken in « pacific direc- tion, France has been the great offender in this matter, She itis who has set the evil example which has invested peace, as at present known to Europe, with most of the evils of war. The Emperor. has ‘an- nounced that, this question of Luxembourg being once amicably settled, he will re- nounce all views of territorial aggrandise- ment. This assurance will carry weight and produce a better state of things: in Europe just in proportion as it is accom- panied by a red disarmanient. ‘France has no invasion to fear, AIL that Lurope 8 to be let alone; but as long emains armed no ution will feel (din placing its forces on ~*really pucilic footing, Let the Euiperot Wapele- on set the example: to other sovereigns, and he will have ‘conterred ‘on his’ “Own subjects and on thé rest ef mankind ‘a benefit which he will regard in the Jatter pears ot his life with more real satisfaction than all the triumphs of his arms and all the suocesses of his diplomacy. There is reason to believe that the Lon- don Conference will not terminate without a suggestion. or even a formel- proposal, being niade by one of the Powers—pro- bably by our own Government, tora gen- eral disarmament, I! such a propasal be enterttined, a Cougress of the great Powers would naturally follow. Eurape is brist- ling with arms; it ie one vast camp, where rival hosts are being mustered and drilled nad equipped, in expectation of a great shock of arms, Any Power which could conjure away the threatened stam) and substitute a peaceful solution for thé arvit- rament of the sword, would be « gpiversal benefactor And to obtain » bond side dis- armament is to insure a‘peadeilil @tution Unhappily, Europe has not yet reaghed the gelden age of ae which awaits herhin the futire; and although no Power will object to the principal of a general disarm- ament, we feur that it has no chance at present of being carried inte) effect. The Chassepots and needle-guns; ‘and all the wonderful new enginery of war, will be tried on the battle-tield, before any propo- sal for a general disarmamontavill be lis- tened to—or at least acted upou.” j THE NEW ‘* BULLET PUMP.” ~ CEN- TRIFUGAL FORCE. FOR WAR PURPOSES, (From Galignani’s Messenger, May 9.) Under the name of the ** bullet pump” many & sarcasm has been recently cast on the inventor of a contrivance. by which the celebrated * corporal’and Jour men” might destroy a whole batallion in a few minutes. ‘The invention, however, is not so ubsolutely devoid of merit as.to prevent the Augsburg Gazedte /rom rettirnitigsto the charge, and endeavoring to demonstrate its practical utility. Nor is this destruc- tive engine quite new, inertia and velocity having ere this been applied to’ obtaining an immense power of brojection. In 1885, M. Steinhell caused a model of this same machine to be constructed; it could be managed by a single man, and was submitted to the inspection of the military commission, which spade a series of experiments that left no doubt as to its destructive powers, , Its principle simply consists in a proper papieean of centri- tugal foree. A metallic disk is made to revolve cither by steamer by animal power ; on each side of tho disk a groove 14 cut, going from the centre to the cireum- ference. The-eentre itself ishollowed out so as to receive bullets, Pht rotatory mo- tion of the disk causes the bullet to get in- to the grooves, in which they fit loosely. and, obeyiig the laws of vehtritugal force. they run to the civeumfereiice and “fly off with a velocity twenty times greater than tliat of the rotatidnio€ thedisk, . There are several contrivanees-proykleds tor giving the bullets the same diregligh: In 1848, M. Steinhill caused a machine toy grape shot to bo made ; it was worked by steam ; but the military commission witioli axa fried it was.of opinion that it could not be used for the field, but might do good ser- vice in the navy, or for the defence of for- tresses, ; i! Two lidios from the country, on a shop- ping excursion, dropped into’ a hardware store where agricultural implements were sold and innevently asked for cradles. The storekeuber said it was rather late in the season tor the article, and he had sold all he had purchased. The ladies looked at each other wonderingly, and whispered laughingly, when one turning to the sramtiirdahse. LATEST from EUROPE. Arrtval of tue “ Cuba.” Tt is always ‘gratifying to the people when they see the Queen in public, and. Urey dem- onstrate their aff-ction in a way that cannot be mistaken. ‘This was very strikingly shown when her’ Majesty daid che . foundation: jatene, onthe 2oth, of the new Hall of Arts aud Sciences at Kensington, to the memory af Prince Albert. The ceremony was very short, and the musical performances were as perfect as Mr, Costo andthe Royat Italian Opera could make them, The Archbishop of Canterbury, offered up a prayer, and the Prince of Wales, as chairman of the com- mittee, read an address to the Queen. lle: Majesty brietly replied, and the proceedings were over, By two o'elock her Majesty was back at Windsor. An important statement was pide in the House of Lords on the 24th by Lord Derby, Replying to a question put by Lord John Russell, his lordship said that inrespect to the Alabama claims, the Guv- elernment of the United States had accepted the propose! to refer the matter to arbitration, } Diderences of opinion ‘Nad arisen as to the form iv, which the matter was to be brought torwary betdre the arbitrator. ‘The British Goverfiment wished to have a statement of the points in dispute, while the Government of the United States wished to have all the correspoudence lnid before the arbitrator, There were some points which the British Government could not consent to submit to arbitration; but the negotiations on the matter were proceeding in a thoroughly friendly spi- rit—the most gratifying feature in the expla- nation, The Premier's answer may be re- -garded as disposing with the story that recent- ly ryerrae considerable currency and belief, do the effect that Mr. Seward was negotiating with our Government for the transfer to the United States of the whole of British North America, and that the basis of the settlement was the foregping of the Alabama claims. Affuirs in Ireland are not yet so settled that the Government can dispense with the’ arbi- trary power which was given to it by Purlia- ment at the commencement of the session of 1866. The Fenian trials are still going on, and convictions, on-the evidence of informers, multiply. ‘Lhe pacific arrangement entered into. at the Suggestion of Great Britain, between France and. Prussia is stale news; but it may as well be mentioned that the treaty referring thereto has been signed by the Emperor of the French, and the King of Prussia. All prospect of a hitch is, therefore, for the present ont of the I question. In France, however, there is a good deal of uneasiness about the army, ‘The Em- peror, it is believed, would willingly agree to Lord Stanley's suggestion of a disarmament, but there are influential parties in the State whose members are opposed to this, The difficulty is not lessened by the Committee on the Organization of the Army, ‘That commit- tee is suid to be opposed to all the Govern- ment propositions as to the army. ‘The semi- official papers express a hope that some agreement may be come to speedily, Perhaps as the committee have consenced that the et- fective force of the empire shall be 80,000 men, the proposition may contaiu ths basis of a settlement, A deputation recently waited on the King of Italy to congratulate him on the marriage of Prince Amadeous, and they referred with satisfaction to his Majesty’s renune : considerable portion of the civil list. The King, in his reply, took rather a gloomy view ot the future. He said that complications might arise at any time, and it was desirable to yet the finances of the country in order. This allusion was evidently intended to oper- ate on the deputies who ure opposed to the Church Property Bill in Parliament. ‘The bill meets with much opposition, but the belief appears te be that the Government will suc- ceed in passing it. If the bill should not pass, then, according to the quidnunes, there will be a coup d'etat, ‘This last story is now an- tique as well as improbable, in the present temper of Italy it would be a perilous experiment for King Victor Emmian- uel, ‘The Turks do not appear to be successful in putting down the insurrection in Crete. It is admitted in a Constantinople telegram that Omar Pasha has been beaten by the Chris- tians. ‘Three times he attacked the latter at Sphakia, and was driven buck each time. Such admissions show that the general is in a bad way. The Turkish Government is always promising reforms, but appears to be tardy in carrying them out. One of the projected re- forms is to be a reconstruction of the fingn- cial system. ‘This ominous announcement is regarded as the precursor of a foreign loan— assuming that foreigners will be~ foolish enongh to lend monty to a decrepid and de- caying government. Now that the Emperor Francis Joseph has made his peace with the Hungarians, great preparations are being made for crowning him King of Hungary. A contest between the sovereign and people, which has extended nearly over twanty years, terminating thus auspiciously, is indeed a remarkable event. Ina very singular letter which he lately addressed to the English Minister at Florence,, Iam informed that Garibaldi formally sets forth his title to the governorship of Rome, to which office he states himself to have been elected by the Roman people of 1848-9, and from which high estate he denies that lie has ever been legally deposed. In the eyes of Garibaldi the Pope is a mere usurper, and his position as a temporal sovereign logically un- tenable.—Darly News Correspondent. The ball given on Saturday, the 18th, at the Tuileries by the Emperor and Empress to the royal personages now in Paris scems to have been of extraordinary magnificence. The Galerie de la Paix, the Salle du Trone, the Galerie de Diane, their Majesties’ private saloons, and'the Salles des Murechaux were all splendidly lit up, this last being used as a ball-room.e The number ‘of invitations was limited, scarcely more than 1500, this fete being what is culleda * petit grand bal.” The reserved gardens were illuminatgd by a mul- titude of electric lights of divers colors, and produced a marvelous effect outside. Conse- quently, all the approaches to the palace were thronged. In Prussia a)l the drug shops are under the immediate charge of the police. Every drug- gist’s clerk is compelled to serve a long ap- prenticeship and pass a severe examination betore he is permitted to put up prescriptions. And no druggistis permitted to put up poisons in snfficient quantity to cause death ona mere prescription—it must be done under the eye of the prescribing physician himself. Crops 1n tus Unitep States.—A letter from Springfield, Il]., remarks :— “Wheat flelds aro luxuriant, The cool season is not injurious to growing wheat. — Winter wheat is surpassingly promising.—In sume few localities on flat, low lands, it looks ‘sorry.’. The siting Variety thrives apace and romises well, , An immense breadth of land 8 being planted with corn. Should tho season be propituous, corn, if not wine (as the grapes are daniaged) will ‘be marvelously abundant baa acelin f rudsonably low. rass looks well, The Laka City (Minnesota) Leader says cold weather is always best for growing wheat, and adds: \ “We confess fo some surprise that among all the farthers with whom we have conversed in regard t8 the whoat crop, we have failed to find a single cronker.. Not one.of them would have the weather warmer,-exeept that the frosts of the night have sometimes beon severe enough to delay work in the field fora time in the morning. -W® are nat convinced that ‘cold, late spring’ is not the best guarantee of a good crop. The springs of 1867, 1860, and hp oshi storekeeper remarked: ‘* Out of Tentey vatwity eye. olways in 1865, were late and cold, and we never had better yields of wheat than during those seu- AL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1867, } . ¢ ummerside Bournal, thee neem . THURSDAY, JUNE 1}, 1867. No notive Gan be taken of anonynions vom- munications, We must know the nimes and addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty of thajr good frith, — We cannot undertake to return communications that are not deed, c UNION PROCLAMATION, We published in our last week's issue the Queen's Proclamation for uniting the Vrovinees of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into one Dominion. After the first day of July, 1867, Confed- eration will be an accomplished fact in the Provinces named above. The New Dominion begins its career under the happiest auspices. It has no enemies except those whom it cherishes in its own bosom. The Mother Country regards it with the kindest feelings,’ and British subjects all the world over wish it a long anda prosperous existence. It is said by some that our neighbours and cousins of the United States look upon the estab- lishment of a what they consider a New State on their borders, *with jealousy, and these persons. predict that by fair means or foul, by treaty or by war, the New Dominion will ere long be incorpo- rated among the States of the Western Republic. These persons, we imagine, fall into the very common mistake of imagining the utterances of a few noisy demagogues and of some half dozen anti- British editors to be the voice of the people of the United States. ‘This is how- ever very far from being the case. The thoughtful and really influential men in the United States entertain no jealous feelings either of Great Britain herself or of her North American dependencies. They cheerfully admit that British Colo- nists have a right to enter into what poli- tical combinations ‘they please, and to choose that form of Government which they deem best suited to their situation and necessities. It would be indeed sin- gular if that nation which considers itself the freest upon carth would not recogni- zethe right of four millions of people hound to it by no tic, to dispose of themselves in any way they may think proper. We do not think that the Ame- ricans will attempt to force the Canadians to unite with them. Such an attempt, even if successful, would injure rather than benefit the Union. A conquered country is yery seldom a contented one. The yoke of the victor, be it ever so light and easy, galls the necks of its people, and renders them impatient and discontented. They become morbidly sensitive and are exccedingly ready to take offence, Neces- sary taxation they look upon as extortion and sulutary restrictions as the manifes- tations of wanton tyranny. In_ such countries conspiracies are rife at all sea- sons and the people are eyer ripe for insur. rection. If force were used by the Am- ericans to annex Canada to the republic, they would find that their conquest would be no benefit to them. It would be to the republic what Ireland is to Great Britain, or what Venice was to Austria. Indeed the situation of the Republic sandwiched as it would then be between two discontented and alien peoples, each longing and conspiring for’ an indepen- dent national existence, would be by no meuns an enyiable one. But there is no ground for supposing that the Americans will interfere with the new Dominion, They will no doubt regard the develop- ment of the Confederacy with curiosity and friendly interest, hoping and teliev- ing, we imagine, that after u time its members will find it to their interest to cast in their lot with that of the older, larger, and more powerful Confederacy. Well, if the experiment of the new Do- minion fail, and if its people after giving the new state of things a fair trial, con- clude to sever their connection with Great Britain and annex themselves to the United States, their fate will not after all, be so very deplorable. But we are very far from anticipating such a destiny for British America. Its inhabitants entertain a deep rooted affection for British Institutions, and their aspirations are rather towards an independent na- tional existence, than towards annexa- tion to the United States. It is said that Canada on account of its Jong and ex- posed line of frontier cannot be defended, and that consequently it must be conced- ed to the United States whenever they choose,to demandit. But this argument is rather against British Connection than against Confederation. The frontiers of British America will be of no greater extent under Confederation than they sre under Isolation. If Great Britain has been able to maintain her hold on those provinces for the last cighty years in the immediate neighborhood of the great Republic, while their inhabitants were few, weak, discontented and disunited, it is quite probable that she will continue to possess them now that they have be- come populous and united. ‘The hardy population of Canada always supposing they are determined to maintain their connection with the Old Country, backed by the power and prestige of Great Britain, is an enemy not needlessly to be encountered, and one we venture to say very difficult to be conquered, The jealousy of Canada with which Anti-Confederate politicians are endeay- oring to inoculate the people-of the Maritime Provinces is likely to prove much more hurtful to the new Dominion than American interference. Suspicion and distrust.very frequeutly bring about the very evils against which they are causelessly, in the ‘first place, directed. When the politicians of Ontatio and Quebec find that those of Nova Scotia dnd New Brunswick meet them in‘a hostile» and * distrustful .spirit, they, no matter how friendly their’ féelings may at first be, will insensibly, perhaps, be- comé .imbued with a similar -spirit. the menjof-the Maritime Provinces are touchy and exacting, those of the interior will become overbearing and tyrannical, If those of, one section/of the Dominion obstinately insist upon every imaginary right, those of the other seetion will be equally unyielding, ‘Phe spirit of sec. tionalism, which is the one the Anti- Confederate politicians of the Lower | Provinces are endeavoring to evoke, has j proved the bane of the United States, and lif the leading men of these Colonies do | not take very great care it will also prove jthe curse of the Dominion of Canada. | And there is after all very litte ground jfor this Jealousy of Can The inter- Jests of one of the provinces are the in. terests of the whole—that’ policy and those laws which will further the welfare of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, will algo cause Ontario and Quebec to flourish. If an encmy gain a footing in Canada the people of these lower provinees may tremble for-their safety,and if the Lower Provinces fall into the hands of ati ¢nemy, Canada must of necessity share their fate. The fishermen, sailors and builders of the Maritime parts of the Dominion are of essential use to the agriculturiste and manufacturers of the districts inland, The commerce und productions of these districts again are necésadry to the pros: perity and proper developement of the resources of the seaboard irs Kach is necessary to the well-being of. the other, and by zealous co-operation: and mutual confidence, they may, and! most probably will, form a flourishing and enduring commonwealth; but without that ‘co-operation and confidence the Confederation will most certainly prove a miserable failure. We.do not see what interest the West can have in tfrannizing - over and impeding the progress of the East. When Canadians tax the Nova Scotians they tax themselves, and we are pretty sure that neither the Nova Scotians northe Canadians will long submit to any tax which is not imperatively called for by the necessities of the Country. Be- sides, in every free Government no mere: sectional party is likely to acquire an. undue preponderance in the council of the nation, ‘There will always be ques-. tions of general policy about which there: will be @ difference of opinion, and con- sequently a division of parties, in every section of the Dominion. We can think of no great question, excepting perhaps that of Free Trade, in which the Eastern section will, as a body, be arrayed against the Western, ‘The policy of Protection may, perhaps, be regarded with more favor by the Canadians than by the more commercial people near the sea; but we think that this question, important as it is, will nat be the cause of serious mis- understanding between the inland and seaboard sections of the Dominion. ‘The battle of Free Trade has been fought and won in Europe, and though Protection still holds out on this side of the Atlantic its doom is sealed. : We think that the question of Confed- eration has been very badly managed in Nova Scotia, Upon so important aques- tion an appeal should have been made to the people at the hustings. Ultimate success was certain. The advantages of Union to the Nova Scotians are too evi- dent to make the event of the agitation a ‘matter of doubt. The decision of the question might have been delayed a year or two, but this would be a very small evil compared with those which a large party, prejudiced against Union, and predisposed to misinterpret its acts, can inflict upon the new Dominion, Such a party has needlessly, by the too great haste of the Union advocates, been created in Nova Scotia. Many people in that Proviuce consider that their rights have been infringed upon by the course pursued by the Legislature. . They, from Mr. Howe downwards, have no very strong reasons to urge against Confedera~ tion in the abstract; but the Unionists have, by their mismanagement, put a rod into their hands which they appear dis- posed to wield in an unmercitul manner against the advocates of Union. : It is to be hoped, however, that after the first outburst of indignation has spent itself, they will view their situation dispassionately, and with their wonted shrewdness take advantage of the many opportunities which their new situation affords them of developing the resources of their country. The question of Confederation wilt probably ere long be revived in this Island. What action the people will take it is not very difficult to predict. We Islanders are by no means fond of change. We are suspicious. We prize perhaps a little too highly the privilege we enjoy of managing our own affairs, in our own way. We are in love with isolation, because we believe it to mean independence. We are afraid that among the important and varied interests ofa great commonwealth, our few and small ones would be overlooked. We fear that we would not be able to’ bear the weight of taxation ‘which will neces- sarily be imposed pon the, provinces of. the new Dominion. We are inno hurry to change our condition, We will wait a while. Perhaps something may turn up to our advantage: We want to be let alone. We seo by the last Examiner thata demand has been made on the Island Government of five thousand pounds, by the Imperial Auith- orities,as payment for the troops stationed on the Island, If the other North American Colonies paid the troops sent to them from Britain, we of course ought to pay those gent us, but if these colonies are not asked to pay the soldiers that form the garrisons of their towns, neither ought we pay those ‘that form the gorrison of ours, It seems hardly fait to make poor landlord-ridden Prince Edward Island pay the soldiers sent to it, while Noya Scotia who knows no thing of landlord- ism is not’ asked for a single cent to pay its soldiers. We cannot see the justice of mak- jng’fish of ope and flesh of another in. this bare-faced manner. However; as'this Island ‘in {ts dealings with the mother country, has always met with « ateprchild’s treatment, it is no great wonder that it has now and ‘again indulged ina little hariuless bat noisy petu- lences ~~ : + ag ; ‘Tur ‘Princess of Wales" did not arrive Here until’2 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Thealteration made in the time of the Steam- boat's artival in Sammerside is a matter of very general discontent. We hnve heard a great deal of grumbling about it, and we think with very good reason.