“new

Jim tho fete shall now be held.

till} got his lcltt‘f. which i took home and; Vuwd for my old man to come. by reason i I cant! read, and about dusk he comes in. l and lights the candle, and my old man hel read it right out. for he‘s a line scholar. ‘ And there was two live-pound mites lu~

lll‘. llt'llliY S 0ii.\'l‘ltl.\'. \Visntso to ltt‘t‘li oar rradcrl posted up on the very important subject of i‘on- federation, we give liclow \lit‘ Ilcv. llr.

salt-.btessaim;nut..ayuiw.-it..tia-i-.l‘v-ei“WWWW! “NC and "My t'lctiuvm

got made sergeant now, i shall send to you re ular."‘

And tuned to the old woman, that ile tlii .plness was owing to my penny! il slit not had it to spend she Would not have walked to the post-otllcc; she \\ ould not

avo got her son‘s letter—that previous

‘|p~

letter whicliltad saved her from misery?

and the workliouse. llow happy I was

as we walked home; I set-med totread on ‘

air. and yet. I knew of how little value the many really was; it was only my having con permitted to give it under such pc- culiar circumstances that had made it such a worthy and important coin. ' The lesson taught tuc by those little events I did not easily forget, and I think their moral is too obvious to need elabor- ately eiit'orrin‘r. It may, .howcvcr. be summed up in a few words. First, do not expect that in your own strength you can make use at even the best opportunity for doing good. Second, do not. put at!" till another day any good which it is in the power of your hand to do at once. And thirdly, do not dcspnnd because your means oi doing good appear tritliug mid insignificant, for though out: sowcth and another rcapctli, yet it is God that glveth the increase; and who am tell whether lie will not cause that which is sown to bear fruit an hundred fold; who can tell whether to have a penny to give under certain circumstances may be to have not a copper, but a golden opportunity.

WHAT'S ix A Nut ‘hcrc's ii vote in a. name when you go to rt liter, and as many of our newly iiiadc~citizens are without that necessary appendage, we have taken trouble to collect a considerable number of eupho- nlous Indian names, which must he respect- able as they are signed to recent. treaties with the United States, and we hereby offer them to those in need. They will probably not have two claimants, aml no man who appro- printos one will be liable to the accusation of stealing’his neighbour's property. The fol— lowing are nfcw but we have plenty more that parties who will call on us uiay choose fromz—Quc- 'o~xance. iIule-in-tlie—day, Qui- wc-slicn-slilsli, Wau-bou-a-quot. )liii-e-ilo» wob, My-jaw-ke‘kc-shlk, Slioo-osk-kunk. Ka- zway-dosh. Mc-iio-ke-slilck. \Vay-na-mre, 0-5ub-ay-gwar-uy—ausli.—- Churlcslon Mercury

LATEST from EUROPE

The R. M. S. Cuba, from Liverpool 6th and Quecnstown Ttli iiist., arrived at Halifax at three o‘clock on Monday last. The princi. pal features oftlie news have been anticipated by Atlantic telegraph. It is stated in the papers that her Majesty Queen Victoria in. tends to pay a signal coiuplliiicnt to the Belgian Volunteers who will shortly visit Ellls'limdy by inviting them to abaiiquet at Windsor.

His Excellency the Governor General of Canada has been pleased to appoint James Bread Batten. Esq., of \Vcstniinistcr, Eng- land, solicitor, to be .1 commissioner for taking affidavits in and ftr the Canadian courts in England. Mr. Batten has long been connected with Canadian interests in his capacity as one of the legal advisers of the Grand Trunk and \Vellaiid railways.

\Ve belivo we are correct in stating that the British Gavornuicnt has notified the (luv- crnor of British Columbia that one of the first measure, which will be brought before the Canadian Parliament, on its meeting in October next. will be the extension ot'tlic confederation to all the British North Ameri- can territories.

The close ties of relationship existing be- tween the Queen and the unfortunate Eni- peror Maximilian has led to u postponement of the llydc Park review and the State ball at Buckingham Palace. The review will be held as soon as her Majesty can with pro- priety attend.

The Earl of Dudley has placed his capa~ cious and handsome iiietropolitnn residence at the disposal of the Government for the accommodation of the Viceroy of Egypt, and the odor has been accepted.

Another magnificent steamer for the Qan- nrd company has been launched at Glasgow. She is named the Siberia, and is 2500 tons burthen. The Siberia is 315 feet in length; breadth of beams 30 feet; depth of hold 27 fcctG inches; and she will propelled by direct acting engines of 300 horses-power. She has been so constructed as to combine carrying capacity with speed and. ample ae- cominodution for passengers. It is expected she will be completed in six weeks.

Another shocking series of revelation re- specting a fatal trade outrage, were made before the Sheffield Commissioner on the 2d inst. They related ncusc in wliiclia woman was killed by the explosion ofa can con- taining gunpowder, which had been thrown intou house occupied by a man who was obnoxious to the union.

An address has been presented to the Pope by 400 foreign bishops. to which his Holiness replied, expressing his satisfaction with the address.

Dn. Invinoaroxm—An extra of the Times of India, dated the Hill ult., contains the following;—-” Sin—One oftho missing sc- poys, let Regiment Native Infantry, or Marine Battalion, who accompanied l)r. Livingstone's expedition, returned this day from Zanzibar. News had been received from the doctor. He was alive and well, and the hav’ildar, 2ist Regiment Native Infantry or Marine Batallion, and the Nasslck boys were with than .—S. 'I'iuciticn, commanding 21st Regiment Native infantry. Bombay, May Htli, ltlti7.

EXECUTION OF MiXIMILIdN.

In the lIoustI of Commons Mr. ()tway gave notice of his intention to ask the Government the official statement that the Emperor Max- imilian, a near relative of Her Majesty. had been executed by persons now in authority in Mexico, it was the intention of the Govern- ment to advise the recall of our litigation in that country.

EXCI’I‘I‘IMENT IN PARIS RESPECTING MURDER UI" MAXIMILLIAN

Great excitement has been occasioned in Paris by the intelligence ot'tlic execution at the Emperor Maxiimlr n . it is said that the Emperor Napoleon received a telegram an- nouncing the melancholy information Just as he was about to start for the Exhibition on Monday. The public we then in possess- ion of the rumour only. which hail been float- ing about for some days. btit the absence of the Count and Countess of Flanders (Maxine imilian's brother and sister-in-law) from the great ceremonial did not escape observation, and by many persons was regarded as a sign that the worst but! befallen the illustrious rc— lntive. This was continued by the Count and Countess proceeding immediately to Brussels and subsequently information of the sad cv- ent was officially conveyed to the Emperor of the French by the Austrian ambassador. It is said that the Juarists agreed to spare the life of their prisoner on condition ofth abdi- catlng anti promising never again to return to their country, but that he refused, as he tliomzht such conditions would dishonor ban in the e es of Europe. The visit of the lam pornr 0 Austria to the exhibition is now con- sidered quite out of the question. The cinn- mince of Americans in Paris charged With organising the fate to celebrate the anniver- sary of American independencelmu revolved

tl'

,Ilcv. Mr. Aliuon on tliatoccasion.

oration delivered in Halifax on the ltlay of the inauguration of the New

know, though it pad nrvt‘t‘ "“wDoiuinionz—

Gentlemen. my ilr~t solititudc in

fdiuous an asst-iiiny on so auspices an or. [ca-ion is to preclude the pussibilly ot mis- alqirrheiisiou of my position. or min-ou- lstruciioii ot'tlic motives by which I have I been actuated iti consenting tooccnpy it. Let me at the. very outset lllg‘t'lllnllnl' confess that my compliance with tho iu\i talioii so respectfully tendered to Inc by the Committee was prompted by tliespon- taneous impulst‘s of my own heart. (Ilear, hour.)

I recognise in th" birthday of this Do- minion, the eonsuuunation of the wishes and aspirations of the most enlightened and aspu ions of the most loyal men, that ever existed in the colonies. (lIrar. hear.) It is air earnest desire that you should not rd Inc on this occasion in aliy rcprese tivt- capacit '. No t'ollot-l- ivc body, no individual, is. or shall be compromised by myiliing that. I may ut~ [or on this bee in. i assume on my isolated individuality cxclnsiv fly the res- ponsibility of responding to the invitation to address you to-d it is, however, I admit, a question which comes home to my bosoni,-l)o l compromiw myself by the position l occupy to-day,—am I IliUl'LI- by re it. to any principles that have cliarac zed my creed. or my life—do I

t

[dishonor the traditional loyalty of that body

with whom it happens that I am connect- ed? For. I ask the members otothercom- iiiunions, has it not long been l‘t'l'iigllISt-tl as a. fact. that. the rich, pure, vigorous stream of loyalty and mtachuicut in the Crown and Constitution of England that issued from liepwortli parsuu'ilrc has pcrnicatcdin cverypcriod oloui I 'tcuL'o the whole body with which I stand associ- ated? (Hear, hear.)

I am, lichvcr, almost ready to accuse

inysclfot temcrity in appearing before you on an oc 'iou which demands the highest exercise of the intellectual powci . You must accept this moiniug tho of usion of my llctll‘l,-lt)l‘ the fruit of matured inedi- tatlon on all the aspects of this subject in order to addrcss you has been ultci'ly out of the question. chcr. however, has a question arisen in my mind as to the rec- titudc ol’the position which we occupy in inaugurating tlti important event. I feel that sotiicthing is required to nerve as to occupy the position I do on this or: islon, bill I am nervctl by the assurance that I am supported by the constitution. guided by the power, and canopied by the gran- deur of the whole British Empire. (Hear, hear.) Atthe commencement of my remarks I addressed you as gentlcnicn,—-I now ad- dress you as cit us of Hall . —no mean city—and a city in the course of the Pro- vlt once of God most obviously destined to be an emporium of wealth. and a. centre of importance and influence.

I feel happy that I had the pleasure of being present at the ‘t celebration oi the first settlement of Ilal ' Ilistencd with entranced iutcrcst to t as address ol the lie re- ious dead

called the memories oi the lllii.

—lllustrious because they have bct the piouccrs,—-and to a. large extent tl irchi-

tools of that clvlllzatiot . id political cic- vntion, of which we are this day in the full enjoyment. It was in the period of the rudcst clia 'actcr ol the natives ol'antiquity that they most venerated the fathers ot their country. It was when Egypt legard- ctl Osius, that wlicli herjudgcs were ap- pointed they wci'e rigidly sworn to do ini- partialjusticc t. on where the king was concern -d. It “"18 than the iiionuuicnls ot ai'cliitt.-ctui'al skill were raised to the fathers of thcl country, so durable that they have survived by thousands of years the memory of those that reared them. It was so in Egypt, and so with other nations at antiquity.

I address you on this auspicious morn not merely as follow lllt'll, but as fellow subjects of the new born Dominion. (Ap- plause.) 11' instead oi‘liaviiig been devoted to the sacrcd Work oi the ministry, I had been devoted by my early associations, or the tlispclisatlons of Providence, to the Halls ot Legislation, or the arena of secti- lar or civil controversy, I should then deem it incumbent on me to divest myself of all feelings of that character on the present occasion, and to meet you under the new development of otir circumstances as sub- jects in common with myself of a. Domin- ion inauguratcd under the most favorable ' . Let us, fellow citizuns, and fol- low subjccls of the New Dominion, eu- dcavor to comprehend our position. What is the measure ot'tlic territory which dos- ccnds from our infant nationality from tho unsparing bounty of our gracious Sove- reign? It embraces 400.000 square miles, and a population ol 4,000,000 of men, in a higher state of development than they have before attained.

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.SE C.

It would be an altogether inappropriate and irrcvulcnt task to cater into a defence of the principles on which the Dominion is founded, or to review the circumstances which have led to its consummation. It there is any draw-back—and really look- ing at this vast assemblage it. would seem as iftlicrc Wcrc none—it is that in the widest range ofour I’i‘ovlnco there should be any who are not in perfect sympathy with us. With the celebration in tlilsilay, however. i dcprccatu a. single allusion that would implicate the motives of those persons or impugn their loyalty. 'l'hcrc beats in llalilax many a heart as fully lin- biicd with loyalty as my own. which yet. is not in perlcct harmony with our views on the subject of union. We bclic ‘o that they have conscientiously oppo it. But what we concede iiilly to others. we claim for ourselves. Nay, more, We do not des- pair of the day coming when men who have distinguished themselves in the ser- vicc oi the country—men to whom we are not a little intlt-btt'd for that training which has brought us to a state ol political clc- ration ivc now enjoy—will come forward with line, plnnunct, square and trmvol to aid with their di iiiguislicd energies in raising that superstructure, tho touudatiou of which we have now laid by command of royalty on the basis ot the liritlsli con~ stitutlou. (Applaus ) lcannotbutregard the apparently accidental. blit really pro- vidcutal, circumstances under which this Dominion lsinaugurntcd. as a memorial ol mingled joy and exultatiou. First of all, how have we reached the position of obtaining control of millions of miles of tci‘ritury,—-lor virtually we shall control territory ot that extent, a large portion of it, richly lcrtllc. and a very considerable portion of it stored with wealth which this present generation will not be able to ex- plul'c. Have we reached it on the gory pth of the hatltlc iicld.’ Have we reached it by the struggle against the power which we regard as supreme? No, it is the true

donatlvr 0! that Quin-n whose characterithe position rfa Kingdom, not by muting

_ _ f‘l“ ‘ and rich territory whit ll has been :lt't'lil'tI-‘ ,pearmg below you to address so multitu- l “I u, u‘. rm. ,1 '

~o

we all delight to recnguiu- as tho cmbmli- ,nicnt ut the highest \ iruiws that t‘\ er adorn- ‘ul the throne ol England. (Applausml

‘ In another \ low we are alsolortuuale.— ‘\\'t- are not like the “album of antiquity . >lcw thousands, or even a million ol lieople Wetting about erecting a 53 stem of governi- meat. which It might cost ages ol lime, jand Iltlr's oi blood to dcvelopo and to coin~ .plI-lc. We receive a not less; but ifpossi- .Idc a more valuable gilt than the aiiiplcl

i-xpcriiticut. We have in ceived the British (.‘Hnslillllltlll in itslull developmcut and perfection. That eon- slitullou, you will permit. Inn: to so stands“ unrivalled among-t the civil cot tutious ol the world. it has been long tried and stood the rudcst tests.~—’l‘lie lapse of ages tends only to lnvigoratcaud render it more, effect It is through its excellence. under (nod, that an iiicousidcrablc lslamli

has acquired the resources. one and sit tigth ot'tlic mightiest coutlncubl eni-l

pii ltis the object of (iod‘s peculiar care, because it is most like His own ad- ministration. lt is an honor to be born under it—a glory to tit-tend aml support it.

It is like that mighty tree described by the Prophet, widely dill'usctl in its i‘uuts.j and rustinils stein : its branches are spi . l ovei all the earth. and under them fowl ot every wing liml shelter. it is the envy of the nations of the earth aml should be the boast of its own sous. (iod alone can overthrow it, but iii.- will not. destroy the Work of His own hands. It is the nu 'serv ol' L‘\’t.'l'_\'llllllg that is pure iii rt ' it)“; sound in policy—good lu law—u so in council —tlccp iu learnlug—sublime in science—and, let. its enemies know, t'csisl~ less in might!

This constitution we are not left to work out aiul tluvclupu for ourselves. It is be- queathed to us and places us on a better vantage ground than any nationality has ever jet occupied. IL is a. uatlonalltV inaugurated \\ illi every constitutiomil gun nice for perfect. religious equality and libcr '. I am not going to utter a word - mist the principle, in the abstract, of a church t...tablisuuieut in colluct'liotl with a. state. It would ill-become me to take such ground. but I tliliik ancient and modern events show the t’lIIIJdl‘l'uslllL‘lllS to which a slate ~au be su ll.t'i.t}tl by such a union. I the dime reg't d it as one of the happiest cucumsl s in the constitu- tion of this new Dominion. that it gives all religious denominations liberty mid equal- ity. (Applause.) ll you add to that. the third clcuieut,-——I mean l'ratcrnily,—wc must obtain it for ourselves.

And here fellow-subjects, ii I might ut- ter anything in regard to (affirm lhrologi'imi ——I would luculcatc the utter incxpedleucv of anything of this kind being cousttlcrcil by us at all as subjects of this Dominion. Certainly no department of tho Clu'l Church has, in the person ol'itsdignlta been more prominent alid iiitlucnti: in enlightening the public mind and cont-ill- ating public opinion with regard to this union than the Church of Home. And while I believe the dignitaries of that church manilcst toward lisa spirit of toler- atiou and general Catiiolicity. we ought most cordially to meet them on that ground, and forget the aspcritics of the past, and the bitter feelings which have unlimited those who in their own estima- tiou contended only for the truth. Let that charity which tbliiketli no crib—and which is as pure as the light which batlitis 115 this iiiornlug—actuate us eligious denominations constituting this great com- munity.

I deem it a particularly auspicious circum- stance that this Dominion is inaugurated un- tier the auspices of Queen Victiiria. I h: 'e marked the events ot her reign, and I In“ rived at the conviction that if the greatest Sovereign we have liltlierto had, or the most intrepid Iiadoccupicd her place we should not have enjoyed the liberty mid general feeling of attachman to the Ui wn uml constitution which during every period of her re ii we have enjoyed. I attribute much oftlils to the boimigc which the heart of man involuntary it may be, btit spontaneously at the same time, accords to woman when in the providence of tied she is called to the deepest responsibility and the highest positions.

And let me say follow subjects, that I deem it no drawback to the joy which we all feel on this occ: .iou that the Dominion is inaugurated under the atlmlni 'ation of Sir Fcuwirk \\'il- liauis,——an illustrious sun of Nova Scotla, whose simplicity ol'cliaraclei‘ tllsiutercstedncsa uml paramount regard for the intcrcstsofNuva Scotia no one can for a moment (ltilllll..—ll man whose memory will not be permitted to fade from the page ofhistory,--w|io by the uiaguani- min ofliis surrender ot'tlic fortress which be defended covered himself with more glory than by the most signal Vidury. I doubt not that it'tbc service of his country demanded it. he wotllt aiu girl on his armour and coni- uiit lilinsclfto the contlnucncies ofthc battle lit-Id. But yeti am satisfied that he regards the fact that this Union has been completed under his administration as the most verdant laurel that can be entwined around his head.

It would, perhaps be improper for me to re- tlrc from this platform without telling you what I am. It had sometimes been said that. I am a Nova Scotian by birth. lwas not born in Nova. Scotla, but had such been the case, I should not. have regarded it asa liuinil' ition, but should have been proud of it always. and more especially to day. lint the fact is, l have to confess that I am an Irishman. (Ap- plausc.) And ifthci'c is a gentleman or lady in this vast assemblage that deems tliata inis- fortune, I hope they will keep their sympathy tothenisclves. (Laughton) lain not ashamed ot'tlic land of liurku aiul Wellington. But then I am connected with Nova Scotia by very tender and intimate tics. My first born sun is a Nova Scotinn, mid it has pleasatl you to endorse my sentiment of his character by cul‘ ling liiin repeatedly to occupy the highest position iii your gift. I thank you as a tatlicr for the honour you have conferred on my son. It trill be an additional consolation to inc if on any future occasion, in a wider split-re ofaction he should be called on to con- trlbute towards the iiiajt-sty and symmetry of that fabric, the foundation ofwhichto-day has been laid.