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A late number of the London Thith gives in lull an account. oi the inaugural ceremonies iii the I'ealiody Statue. The“ at c, of great in-'

occasion must have been lcrcst. for. in addition to it brilliant civil" proccsion. tin-re was a banquet at. the Mansion House. given by tltc Lord Mayor. and Lady. at which the two most honored the Prince nl \‘i'ales nlid ourl llis lloyal IIigh-,

guests were Minister. Mr. Motley. ticss occupied a scat on the right. of the,

itcricait A alter. on tile other hand. banquet being over. the guests and authorities wero escorted by tiic police, and military to the site. ol‘thl- nil-nio- rial on lltc eastern side of the Royal l'lv- change. A great crowd route. the windows and housctops; and Mll‘l‘titltltlillg‘ tlte memorial was a brilliant circle,ol'distingui-Iicd lailio. and gentle men. sir Ilenjzunin l'liillips. chairman of the Memorial Committee. :nldr ed the hi -. in the mars.- of which he vet that "This statue will convincinot-ite an act almost without p: ':Illcl in Iznglish his- tory." and alter lnrlltcr culogitiug .\Ir I’ealiody. the speaker iid. that willi tiic ideslre ol honoring that good man ill every pi ble way. " atid with the farther vicw ol paying a gia til compliment to tile country [tool which he sprung [cheers] lilit"(iltilllliilit_‘t‘ cattle to the ilc crutinalion to intrnst tlte cat-cation oi it. to his illustri- nus countryman, the equally distinguished sculptor. .\Ii'. Story.“ Allcr commencing the work of art be- fore tltciii, Sir llcnlanlin colitinticd :— “l'our lloyal lliglntcss, let us hope that this st Itnc. erected by the sons of free l-‘ngland to tile honor of one of t‘oluinbia‘s true, and noble tciiizens. y be siiiilioli of the peace and good will that t.\i~'t between the two countries [cheers]. alid that a people springing from the .ame stock. speaking trit- same language. and inspired ainl animated by tlte stunt- hive oi'lrccdoin tuid liberty. may live in uninterrupted friendship ainl happiness. ll'rolongcd cheers j" llis lloyal ll lncss tltc I‘riiiceof Wales .tlt ‘ll presentcdfl .nsclf to speak. :tinl was hailed with euthtiasiastic lit,- said :— “ Sir Bl"ljllllifll Phillips. my lion] .Illlj/tll'. Lriilits «all Ural/tram :—I feel sure that all those who litive heard tiic words which have

cheers.

what has been si ti. Allow me to say to yonl that :unuug tiic preform. uliil ivliicli I Iiave tlte privilege ol'i preforlning. noni- could have given me greater, pie: are than to . 'st and take part iii the, unveiling of this itue on this oi: sinn. The, name of George I’ealiody is so well kltowli to, iill of you that really i feel some dilllculty in'. raying anything liew of that reiiiarkahle man; but, at tin me time, it affords me the deep— est gratilii lion to join iit paying it mark of, tribute and respect to the name of the great Ann-riean vit‘ ten aitd philanthropist—l may say. that cit n of tltc world. [l‘liccrsj linglandcan never adequater pay the debt ot'l .gratitnilc which slic‘nwes to liitit [In-ar. hear); — London, especially, where his wonderful. charity has been so liberally distributed. 1 For a man not hunt in this country to give a' 51in, I believe, more titan a qaattcr of a tail- hull of pounds sterling, for purposes of ban evalence. is a fact uncxinnpled. Lt‘h _‘ ilis name will go down in posterity . s otie wan. as Slr.lit'lljillllili l‘billips so justly rev marked, has tried to ameliorate the condition ofhis pourir fellow citizens, and especially to benefit tlteir mora‘. and social character. “ Illave not yet had the opportunity of see- ing the statue which is bout to be unveiled, but having had the pri ilege of kit living the the sculptor, Mr htory. tor a Fpilcc til now uliotlt ten years, I feel sure that it will be one worthy of his reputation, and worthy also ol'il the titan to whom it is dedicated. [ll - heard Before concluding the few iinper remarks whichl have vcitturctl to address to vou, let me thank Mr. Motley. the Anicri i‘liuistcr. for his presence on this ii [cheers], and assure ltilii what pleasure it gives tiic to him part iii this great, and, i might almost say. national ccrcnionial nt'pay- ing a tribute to the name of his great and distinguished countryman. [Loud cheers ,| Be assured tltatthc feelings watch 1 pt it- ally entertain towards America are the same. as they ever were. i can never lorget tiiel reception which I had there iiilie years ago,l and my earnest nislialid hopc istliat England and .\ntcr :i may go hand iii hand iii pcacc unit prosperity. Ll'rolonged cheers] “

i\lr. Motley. who also w: received with .nmltiisiastic cheers. made a low briol aml

happy remarks. Mr Story being c lied upon for pet h. p ted to his is llllt‘.

and said " There it ‘ which was ri civ- cd with iiiiiclt niciilnient. l'lverything went till" \chI and a most liicnilly feeling .was manifested bytbe coiiipaity aiul the

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aid next to his I'lxeclh-ncyi,

thrnngcd the ‘

Imus *I 11d and battling it to their farlns. I have heard it led that the value of the

Visit .rc. EXIBWCOUNTBY 7m rainca‘ EDWARD ISLAND. ,

Front tllc SI. Julia Ttitji'apit, Aug. 10, lStifl.

\\’hat I saw of the farmers arouinl Sum-

l nicrside. tliotigii my oiin time ofolivcrvation l

was tiller sunset. lc-I ltl‘ to desire very much , to see more oftiic Island mode of Agriculture. Accordingly. pending his I‘lxcellcncy’s arriv ,i though be nearly stole :i march on us at last. I arranged to make u trip fromCharlottetown almost across the lslandtu the North Cost. TIIH lioaiis. ‘ like the country, Were pretty level. Both, howc . were ninr': rolling than I anticipat- ed. giving the country a picturesque iilnl iii- iteri-sting appearance. The road engineers iIl'lti drawit vtry st ight lilies. “re illess jot'cxpense." ’I'lic cl 'ations being few, the ‘(‘.. I‘:‘> “t'lllL‘iI determined to more over the iL ’t of each whcrcvcr tiny could he found. ‘cven though a slight detour would have se- cnreil a more 'ivoiii‘ablc grade. The matcli- lals ol tiic I'o d a 'oit ainl yielding, so much .so that no means l are yet been discoverel of ‘ 'ccuring good roads at tltc pcl‘iiid that they ire mo-t incded. l-Iarly in the fall they lie- ‘Illt' very suit, and where tiic tratllcis great. roiiitd t h trlotlctotvn. they become lllltlu>li t. ip able. 'l'li's continues until late in the l spiing. The evil is so great that the subject of importing materials for niacadanti ing the iIIIK‘ roads has been seriously discil I. Look- ing at tile to which blocks of tiic‘ I" tlltl lled' used in fence-making, onel would suppo ' that ii machine for breaking. .np suvii rocks could be found. This would die”) to solve the problem, and it n'nnlilalso, lpcrliaps. reveal the f. 't that. the same stone lcould be used lor ballastilig tlle Island llail- ‘ro nl. tltat is stir.- in be btiilt cre long. The ,l'actsjlist stated iii regard to the common {roa Is go to show the ace ty of the Hall- .ruad, but when. in addition. it is boritc iii ,tnind that it might often be the means of se- ctii'iugt» the irnicrs form two to live ccn 1a bushel more lor their oats then they otlicr- ‘aise get. to . the least. by enabling tltoui to snare a ma itioii L‘Itlht‘tiv‘t ‘ and so ot'othcr produce—tiic advantage of it ‘ laill be obvious. 'i’lll: i'aitsis. Itis impossible to dc the the pleasure, ,\\'lli| which \\'L' gazed on liclil utter lield of, 'whcat. oats. bailey aitd potatoes. Unr road ‘lay through one of the best wheat localilit‘ The farmers had made quite ll large vcntu ‘in this grain. and Mt far with good r ~lllt

l'l'lic oats were very he: ‘v, we cly . liin llli linany e s to rt-s anhlc a field of green ‘

Egrass a few inches long. 'l‘lic barley app; 1

ed to bea fa crop. The buckwheat was in'

rt been uttered cannot litit he gratllii-il with its white blossom and seemed better than. iiy sun.” “was “my ‘3‘...“ m,

I had ever noticed. The potatoes were int

iy duties which I have to ; MUM" HIS". "lid I13" "01a fillill'k 01' Will“ . and lllcy worship it. Thu

upon tltciii. ’l‘he hay was being gatlii-rcd ill 1 —a very heavy crop. it is mowed and rakcd‘

Il\ abor-saving machines of tlic most approv- c type. The littinhcr in tlic islalid is ill‘, ci'i il-Iy great. There were several tine ticldsl

ol'tiirnips on our route, though itot so liialiy as I expected. This crop is more cultivated in other parts of tile isliiud.—'l'hc richness, of the crops, iit many cases, is largely due to the application of .ucssia. in some cases to that of liiitc. The friable. fertile soil of the red sandstone formation in which the Island is embraced, is easily ex- hausted. it requires to get back. in some tray, what it gives tip so freely. It does so when tlte mussel liitiil iplieil.-——'l'his con— .«ists, in part, ol'oy tcrs in tlic sea in the days ‘ of those slit-Ils.—’l‘li(‘y are so large they seem to need to be broken before being spread on :lic soil, but they crumble down gradually. l‘lien there are lies les, the iitttd proper litnl mussel and other small shell. 'lherc are so. many creeks in the Island titat, generally i I

awn;

speaking. not more than live or six miles ot hauling are necessary to scatter, the mud al— most its cxtcl iiely as it is rcquircli--TIIP number of machines for raising the mud is I very great. Soon after tltc ice forms several thou ind of people iitay be seen in all tiic creek. id indentations .itid rivers, taking up.

mussel itnnl r scil iii a season is very much greater tiiaii that of the amount ol'the iiitttiitil revenue of the Colony—a statement which I believe cuntcs tar shortoftbe truth. livery- wlicrc we saw the effects of tile iiitnl. iiinl along all hanks alid ciccku tiic niud itself, raised ainl reain tn hc ii‘lcd oil to the lirlds. — \Vlicn New llriin. ckei's waste their wiittcr months in lumbering and neglect their farms, tiic Islanders 'e engigeiljin com orting mussel land into a pi'olilie source of revenue. ‘

NILW otllsuow.

One of the prettiest settlements we saw on our trip was how Glasgow. It is a Scotch settlement atnl reveals lirat«clnss farming, by iiicit who evidently understand tiicir‘ business. A fine winding river—one which runsfiuai the sea. however, like most of tlic lint-called rivers of the Island, iiliii not to it ~—swecps along its base, culled rcry probably by the aine ot the settlement, it it it tundly by that ot'tlic Clyde. The settlement rises

popn , toward America and Americans. which llti ‘ ceremonies atnl the statue, ainl the o ninal ol the l-tatuc. have done much to c 'ment.——Zi'uii's llurulil.

llntttors are iit circulation once nllll't that the health of tho French i‘illl; ci'or on the decline. it is said that. the. areal to the Duke do Molichy‘s his .\

dillieulty he was placed iii his cairi: his return to Saint ('Ioud.

An English larlitcr by Ill-{thing up“, Mr, seed “heat with are ‘ lllI planting a gr in a place. at iiitei Is of a loot l .| \\ u produced one handled and siaty-tnol bits! cls to lhe acre.

Alvin lllakc, a. detective of lloaton. is under arrest in Portland. Maine. charged with robbing Adams l-lxpri Company ol $7.31). llc, claims to be one cl the Ocean itank robbers, but his story is ilot believed.

As Thomas (iihnartin. of (chvcland. Ohio. was attcmping to enter the house ol bis lather early ml the morning of tho .Jllt Inst . his I. her heard him. and thinking it was :t burglar. tiicil a shot killingr hitn instantly.

an: ill

illil ~

The first. busincss ol the Spanish (itil‘Il‘Hi

on -~scmbling in (letobcl' Vtiii be to elect a King.

The I‘acil'tc lailload has reduced the {.m- to New York to $1.3” iii currency :ind to llostiill $153.

The whole immbcrol vcssvlsso l‘ar land- ed iti Cuba with men and supplies tor lIll' tnvohitionisis is nine. The whole number of lillibnsteis landed is 2.001) mostly Americans.

Isvi..\‘ilns rim I‘iii1v VTINQ Tiil‘. niacliiiu- no or Sanaso Vicssi.i,».—’i'hcrc is nothing more vcxatinus, perhaps, to a shipmastcr. than to hate his vessel becalliicd. llllii‘lilt.‘ de- lay caused by it iii oftcnn serious injury to owners and ':on igncra. Exemption train

this annoying and expensive evil is one of

the advantages which has given steniiicu the preference over nailing vcueln to no large an extent. To relieve sailing vet-sch- from this disagreeable contingenoy,n Scotch inventor has contrived an apparatus which ill now be- ing applied to a new iihip at Dundee. It con-

gradually above it by it gentle ascent. llcre i large fields. regular fences, splendid cm] s

and line residences may be seen. You meet. .a little village of mechanics as yiiti enter it, land they have provided steam-power lor some .oftlicir operations. Here is the homestead of the Lailiiis, of whom there are six brothers all iii pronnncltt positions, aitd some of them- are Union men. as we were glad to discover. '

ijcsly l Mr, JAM” LA“...V m xuw (,|,,,g,,“., Inn‘s“, l working man‘s hands are his capital, and the had it fainting lit, and it was. with some . 5.1.. wry lint-1.1“...mq “Hump...” 1....,....,-,..,,i _ very instinct ot isclt-preservation will teach,i

,"llal tlot' oats aliil \vheal) otthi- must appiov- 'ed character in regard to stones. machinery, i

' undertakings which we hear of every day. are

rUMMEaSiDE‘iotiitnAL, TI-i'U'itflspaY, ‘i

ed. tome old discussions. pnlitit. l alid other- wise; our City friend holding the balances with great judgement and moderation. From our stand—point, i-Zlder Latiiti was still it little extreme in some. of his views. but we did tiat- lcr ourselves that we saw the . shadow of a shade of regret stealing over his honest conic tciiance for all the anti-Confederation tiilk in which be indulged. May it prove its the “ little cloud no bigger than it man's lhind.‘2 omen of tilt z-uspicious an I rcfreshin'mscquc

1".

COIEIEIGSI’ON DIGN CE. FROM OUR. BOSTON CORRESPONDENT.

llosrcx, August 19, 1869.

Mn. EDITOR :—

Tlic weather is always it convenient subject correspondence 0]" ll Ctlllllllulllt'illlllll. rkably cool for the season 1" is tiic first thing crerbodv says to everyboin else. The summer resorts do not prescnt by aiiy me ‘ the attraction for the fashionable that they did last summer. for it is quite comfort- able at home. it has been about as warm, .«o far. as an ordinary l'. 1-). Island summer. with this dillerencc. lliat here we dispense with the

,cloiids of dust which have established their

claiatto bc fotiiid among the institutions of lliy IlilH'C land. 'rnr. rnoiiimronr Law. ()fenurse your readers are already aware that Ii chusclts has on her Statute liooks

la law \\ ntli makes it i. criniinai offence to sell

any intoxicating liquor. It was certainly a great triumph of the temperance party. to

' such a law in spite of all the Lippimltinn 'il was brought to bear against it by an association of liquor dealers and their friends. comprising litany of the most wealthy men of the State, who would \villiliglv polir out their ill-gotten gold to buy nti'the opposition, if it were po.~'.~ilile. llut ill spite of their gold. rum and iiillitcnce. the law was passed. which, in my humble opiitioii, goes strongly to prev:- that American politicians are not so corrupt a lllt‘ persons—who profess such aduiiraltnn for he tr ccndant virtues altd honesty at their a; (in at reforms invariably meet with great i opposition. The law is evaded, and for that matter, openly \iolatcd by tinny. The lie—l mocraiic party iii the State are organizing tinir forces lor the November elections. ’l'hcir war cry is “ lluni! iluiiill" Political [ll‘iill‘lpit'f‘, liolism, the public good. I trade. lllli\l'l aI freedom, aiid all these qu (ions. on which iniIiilales were, iii tiic day. of Aitld Lang K\‘yiie. required to have a poll

"1' il""'- “HIV "l’I“‘"““I *“ “W” I” are not worth contending for. lhcy are 4-“ mp“...ng U" Wynn”

'i'iiicc I lit the tiiad II: to alter Iiuml lie -r«, villing tierniaus. whjsk \ -lo\'ing lliltcritians, ninlc cn lloni‘lion-ivor. ppmg Yunkccslniiitc 'ery apteslion tn li they call lit-n. . are as loud. if not so t'lll‘iust, lll their appeals foi itum, as Iliiox thc ltcl'orlncl‘ was in his t].pcal for Scotland. " (live as Ii‘llui. or we die." They say tllat moral philosophy teaches that liian should he allowed the free exercise of hi own will in thc' - matters, and that it is taking away his liberty to dictate what he shall not call or drink. 0n the first blush, this sounds reason- able; bitt this theory -xplodcs when ex nin- cd. Mural l‘bilosophy qualities it by saying tit it when a iiniii -\ci'cises his choice so as to interfere with itnuki r uturi'u Iibcrtv. that t... cicty has a perfect right to control his actions. ttr. in other words. when anything beconics dangerous to the public welfare, that the pub- Ii 'c justified in pulling it stop to it. even if ' ioan conflict with personal liberty. Fory it were otherwise, it would be easy to justify | murder. and like offences by this same principle.

Al’l'lllt Till: RAILROAD, wit.\'r ? All great revolutions or events which an“ c‘ lcnlated to henclit mankind, invariably br‘ tg ilt their traiii many pernicious evils, which, though unavoidable. olten make it doubtful. after all. it inatiy of Ilium: gigantic

oiic grand Golden Calf, wIi

really a blessing to mankind. The l'acillc Ilailroad is a case in point. it is certain that it t'aeilit: es trade and coiiiiucri'e, aitd gives a, fresh impetus to the industry of tlic country; but. on the other hand. if it. is going to be the means of scatteringtltrougli the Eastern States liordesnlseaii-civili chliinaincn aiidCooIt and building lieiiti'cn idols alid temples or on l’lynioutli illicit, its a itititter of Political Economy, it will be a curse instead of 3 bless- iitg. There are now 100.000 Chinamen iii America, and ship loads are every week being dcpo. 'teil iii California. If there were no other reasons. the influence ot'such an . . omit ol incor ble idolatry and superstition be- ing .scatti a] over the land, would be enough to condemn it, and to liiakc tiic Unvernmeatl forbid lilt ir importation. llut there is another, cvil connected with it. h‘outlicrn plantei l are preparing to introduce thcnt iitto tlieirl plantations, and ltiake them work inucll about the static as tlte negrocs used to. They cati- not lieconii- citizens, iiiiil they are such chronic liars that tltc courts of justice cannot place the least confidence iii their oaths or alllrma- lions. ’l'bns Slavery will again be revived in another foriii but twice as mischmvoit‘i out Negro slavery. ' Lynn is also thinking ofinstalling them in her biiot ainl sltoc lactoi'it . Ina few branch- t-s ol industry they succeed iii doing a fair day's work, especially at tlio~c in which the power of imitation is exercised. Ilut they will work for the fifth part of a man's wages. Any one of ordinary intelligence can see where this would end in a country like this, where such a large proportion ot the popula— tioit arc mechanics and working men. A

him to get the greatest possible return for his; capital; tilid lln-rclnrc he would be as justi-

c ones—represent them to he I

[lied Ill prohibiting a (‘hinaman front doing a

,‘ null-gear, elevators aitd iill other nioiieln ap-

pliaui: 5. It "'4 plouutilfl in see away in a country home all the cnnitorts and applianei ol Cl\ll|l.dlltlll and luxury, all that good taste and ample means (lluili provide. tsut 'iiiii t-llANl ' r vlitw

we got on tiic trip was live or six miles farth- lcr on, at Cavendish, near New London. We i . had left lithium ainl its bay and large chapel land iamons Ihink close at. hand behind. We .had ascended to it line table Iainl that. li'oks i out on the Half. where tiic white sails of the :lislicrniaii dotted the vast expanse (it \t‘.ll"l's,l where the air was suit niiil pure and yet br > tug \vitlial.—' aking our stand in the grounds 1 near the residence of the ilchnaae alliitita r l and sweeping " round " oIiI‘ " circle," we ob- tained a view ol'tln- agricultural iitnl Iihiiilifl‘ Illiithlrlt‘s of that rt’t’lluli ol the country that was truly enchanting. many as live hundred sails llI fishermen might iit tunes, be seen iii the Gulf all busily en gagcd in catching inatkere iitd unist oi them American tl‘llll.-‘k)lll‘ own )cuple bl't‘llll‘tl more carncst tti s 'ch ot the wealth of tin- lainl than ot'the spoil» ot'occan, but possibly they may improve in this respect.