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0n the ﬁsheries difficulty. Gen. Grant sinks for unauthority which. in prudent (handmsutklitpenhaps have a salutary i-ﬂ‘eet. “If the~iliiberal interference with our fishermen is renewed next season. invents power to suspend by procla- matioup‘tlle laws permitting the transit pt Canadian goods through our territory ‘and sub to torbid the entrance of Can- 1adieu vessels into our waters. The oh- ;eetionato these modes of retaliation is that the deems we intlct would recoil srponl-our own citizens. it would be rabble; Beebr to pay Paul. The Can- p inn (pit)ch and imported goods 'tvhich pass' in bond ever our railroads lied tbmsih our canals are an ‘im or- ‘tent addition to their business and ieir The pecuniary losses to our lines .of transportation. would, many times; exceed the injuries suffered by our ﬁshermen. In oil's-st. Peter would :gothe robbed to puyJJaul, but i‘oter Eveuld be robbed by ourselves, hecense ‘l’eul had been robbed b the Canadians.

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sis; and diy. an assurance that the Ength Cabinet would not have refused to enter intoan examination of the tree of 1856. so far as they have been oditi , by eirel mltnnles. As fertile use upofstflet right. stated by Lord Crunv lle. we liitvs‘uo wish to enter into any discussion. to renal any precedent. or to cite any example. Such a controversy would in no way iromote the good understandin which we , ire. Our august mater had to discharge be rious duty to his own country. Without wls rig to injure. in any way. the governments which were signatories of the treaty of '56. On the contrary. his In; rial Majesty appeals to their sense of just on and to their regard for their own dignity.

" We regret tosee that Earl Granville ad. dresses himself-princiinlly tothe form of our communication. The form was not our choice. We would have asked for nothing better surely than to obtain our end by an. 9 Ishment with the signatories of the treaty $.36. but the principal Secretaries of Suite Pi’ her Britannic Majesty well know that the attempts made at ditferent times toassemble the powers in a neral conference. with a view to remove t e eausesofdiilieuity which disturb the general peace. have universally failed. The prolongation of the present crisis and the absence of a-regular‘govsramenl in France postpone still flirther the ibility of such an cement. Meanwhi o. the sitiou in wk ch the treaty left Russia has i: come more and more intolerable. Earl Granville will agree that the Europe of to- day is. far from being the Europe which signed the treaty of 18.50. - .

. “‘It was im iblc that Russia should agree to rem n the only power bound in- deﬁniwa to an agreement which. onerous as it was at the time when it was concluded. becomes daily weaker in it. guarantees. Our august toaster has too deep a sense of what he owerto his bountrv to ores it to submit any longer to an obligation against which the national sentiment protests; . .We cannot admit that the abrogation of a purely theor- etical prir’ici 1e. not followed by itsimmedi- etc applicnt On. and which visibly restores to Russia a right. of which no great power would consent to be deprived. ought to be considered as a menue- to c. nor the! in

Of course ,luss. .en inconvenience :wenld be also inflicted on Usuads; but’ is there nonwe" to bring her to her! senses without: punishing ourselves .’» 'Do we wanton increase the trade. com- merce andmbipping of Quebec and Men- treal, and centributo to-hnild up those cities at; tlwsxpeuse of our own for- warders? wil'osld it be for our interest to govern. Canadian merchants coming? to err York end buying of 'our iuipor-l tern. stored in the bonded were- lionses l .13. would be cheaper and more maid} to apply the plaster directly to the sure by sending a part of- our idle

levy into the Canadian waters next spring. withorders to protect our fisher- men. Claiming nothing but our rights. 'onr government should have no hesi~ tatien in enforcing them without a resort to circuitous. «circumventing ninethods which. .pseld. bring upon our citizens, greater. injuries than ‘we undertake to redress .

The remarks of the Canadian Press mdybe summarized thus :—-

In'refcrcnce to the enforcement of the Canadian rights in the Gulf of -St.. Law- rence. that the President does not found his obﬁction .ngaipst the ectionmf our Government. upon the seizure of vessels actualiyengsged in fishing within for- biddcn'boundaries. but on the seizures Hid examinations of vessels suspected

avoiding one point of the treaty of 1856. the abrogation of all is implied. The Imperial Cabinet never had any such intention. 0n the contrarv. our communication of October 19. declared in the most explicit terms that his Majest the Em ror maintains his ad- hesion to genera principle of the treaty of 1856. and at be is ready to come to an agreement . will: ,si story powers of the treaty. either to con rm its general stipula- tions or to renew them. or to substitute for them any other equitable arrangement which maybe thought 'suiteble to secure the repose of the East or the equilibrium of Europe. There seems. then. to be no reason why the Cabinet ofLondou should not. if it please. enter into an explanation with the signator- ies of the treaty of 1856. For our part. we are ready in any deliberation having for its object the settlement of guarantees. for the consolidation of peace in the East.

0 We are persuaded that thesh guarantees would be found in the removal of the pre- minent cause of the irritation existing be- tween the two powers. which are most di- rectly interested. Their mutual relations would be more ﬁrmly established on a base 61' ed and solid understeudi .

her British Majesty has expressed to us the regret he would feel if this discussion should disturb the harmony which the Government of her Majesty the Queen has striven to main- tain between the two countries.

“ Be good enough to express to his Excel- lency how entirely this regret would be shared by the Imperial Cabinet. We believe that friendship between the two governments is essentially useful to the two countries. as

site design to violate the regulations of the Canadian Government. He states that while the Canadian act permits. of anchseisures and examinations. the law has not yet been put in force. and he. is resolved to post one action .until an actual utence‘b n given. M'ssienrsset ruminations item a w part of the police duty of our navy. is a. question to be considered. "We need liprdl'y." say. however, that if these .pvoecedings are necessary to driving out of the intruders upon our water», the law ought to be enforced whatever objections may be made by the American government. ' ~ ' l-‘l’llsl'thﬂete‘sf retaliation which the Yrssidsut holds out, will not have the slightest diet in preventing the asser- tiea oftbe est rig tsofCanuda in the watersof sgulf. ‘ . 'l‘rssident Great may try these meas- ure. of mm wit-ultra. in... Us hvill not cause tite‘pe'epls of Canada to phets-thrir-clsinis one lot or title. The ’rsnidsnt m the right of the United nu- te the thee navigation of the St. .ewrenoe. It is hardly worth while to dispute this claim. ; .. . ~ ..

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THE SPANISH TIIROJE. _

The followin is the oﬂcisl report of the voting on the e ectlon of the Duke of Aosta to the Spanish thrensz—Thrsr hundred and eleven members took part in the Yeti 0. the number of members entitled to vote ng 345. For the Duke d'Aosts 191 voted. in addition to which two members who would have voted for him were detained at home throu illness; for a Fedral Republic. 60; for s.! 7blip. for the gh‘ks tail: Phaunt- penssr.z ; or ‘partero. ; or e nee Alphonse. 2;: for the Duchess do Montpcn- eier. 1; blank tickets. 19. which 12 were given by the Carlist .msm rs. malo- rity regulrgd by the law for the election ofa monarch was 173.- ' « Duke d'Aoeta hav- ing obtained 191. sndtwo adhesion more. have been proclaimed Kinfnliiy the President of the Cortes. Selves of , levy announc- ed this event to the town. where perfect tranquility prevails. v

The Units Catalina gives its opinion of the election as follows:— . ' v We may be allowed to write a word 3‘ condolence on the v ’ ave danger whi our Prince Amsdee. u s d‘Aosta. runs of being elected King of Spain. or of the Span- iards. If we pitisd Queen Isabella when she was driven from her throes. we feel much we pity for the Duke d‘Aesta. who is about to ascend it. Noweda fallen kl are better oﬂ than those seated in

stead. We have seen how the former fell- but how and when the letter will fail. God only knows! The Duchess of Genoa. with that exquisite political sentiment which poss‘ddbs ‘I

raise Wit. and her opposition prevailed. 1f the the d‘Aoste‘s mother were still alive. we ensure that she would threw her bed across the path to {event him there ascsn - leg the throne of pain. As for us. we can donomerstbae bewail the matter in the columns of our Journal. The Duke d‘Acste has many virtues. and is. acquainted with the aleirs and the men of the time. ‘ he did not a pear to deserve the fate which is reserved him. But. as bets determin- ed to sacriﬁce himself. we may be allowed eurpltymlftdiet him accept our 0

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in: Christmas M of “peace on “to msnofgoodn ” bHserhserd in Europe by the pins of which are ‘eegagsd in loot-tel stilts. end" are busy preparing huge armaments Which may. ‘st any moment. he let loose to thereon the Iternage and desolation. Devastetsd pro- vinces. trampled harvests. smoking villages and towns. ruined homesteads. countless widows. beleagured cities. disease. starva- tion, and probable pestlleucc.——smid such things the celestial sugary sounds almost like a mockery; and the deelHlug trenches of the battle-held.whereln sleep the unnum- bered dead. the only objecﬂ with which it seems to harmonise. Yet it is not the mis- ery entailed by a terrific war which jars the rudest with this peaceful Christmas time. There is another and a more dreadful eon. dict going on at (an memdnt in Europe—s conflict against that very'Christiaiilt'y which was heralded by"notus of peace to men. Any oue'whe has watched the increments - of Europeitn society-since. 'or even before. the outbreak of the present War. must have obscured how strong were the indications of a'reversien to the principiee‘of the ﬁrst French Revolution. These principles were never" Wholly indicated from society. Their growth. though unseen. has been nevertheless going on. To-dsy'they‘ rise before us in almost every European Govern- ment. not as brittle saplings. but as growths of strength. spreading. and striving to over- shadow. The Universal Republic and its red ﬂag haves well defined meaning. . They mean the complete overthrow of Christian- ity; the ebnogation of all restraint. whether imposed by Divine. Ecclesiastical or Natural laws: and the establishment of confusion. anarchy and ’tyriinny. When Louis Napo- leon was a wanderer throughout Europe. he became an associate of the secret brother- hood: which had. for their objects. the above grand consummation. Seated on the Im~ perinl Throne as Napoleon 111.. he seemed for a time to forget his allegiance to the secret socitics. lie was greeted with the title of Vanquisber of the Revolution. and he appears to have thought the this no vain compliment; for in speaking to his Senators and Deputies, at the opening of the session of 1857. shortly after the disastrous inunds~ tlons. he said. " I hold for certain that the waters. like the Revolution. have re-cutered their channels. and that they will not again be able to' break forth." This dream of security was rudely broken by the bursting of Orsini’s bombs. lie might forget the re- volution. but the Revolution was resolved not 12: forget hire. . Pelt ten years he st‘rove “ to reconcile the irreconcilable." Ila co-y quettsd between Christianity and the Revo- lutiou. At the commencement of the Ger- man war.his resolution was ﬁxed to identify himself with the power he once boasted of having overthrown. In his proclamation to the French people. announcing the war. on the 22d of July. he used these words :—- " The glorious ﬂag which we once more no- furl before those who have provoked us. is the same which bore over Europe the civil- in'ng ideas of our Great Revolution. It re- presents the same principles. it inspires the same devotion.“ What the principles or the Great Revolution were.need not be told. France, by a decree of her Legislative As- sembly. pronounced that there was no God. and Paris received the announcement with rapture. \Vas it with principles like these inscribed upon her banner that France threw down the gage of battle. At all events.how readily they were accepted by Paris. was made evident on Sunday. the ltth August. On that day.the Germans were winning the battle of Conrcelles. and Paris. with the for- mal consent of the new Minister of the In- terior. was setting up a statue to Voltaire in the Square Mange. while disaster after dis- aster followed the benusr of the Revolution. and the man who went forth to do battle for its principles. the precursor of that Reve- lutlon. and the apostle of its principles. was receiving high honors at the hands of his ad- miring countrymen. When it is remem- bered that no man despised. or elected to de- spise the French people more than Voltaire. and that no man ever played the sycophsnt more servilely than be to the Prussian King Frederick—the enemy of France—.tbs erec- tion of that status at such a momentmppeers most inexplicable. But it should not be for- gotten that it was not to Voltaire. the habi- tual contemner of his countrymen.or to Vol- taire. the abject ﬂatterer of Prussia. that honor was paid on that occasion. but to Voltaire the enemy of Christianity and scotfsr at God‘s worship. These were traits in his character to be admired in France. new that the principles of the Great Revo- lution were emblazoned on her tlag. The man who-emblamed them was suddenly hurled from power. and the Government that suc- ceeded him was composed of ministers eminently Qualiﬁed to be called the disciples of Voltaire. Excepqu General Troehu—s pious Breton. ‘who believes in God and wor- ships biui by sec 'of Reilglen—-your Garn- bsttas and your Rocheforts. " gentlemsn of the pavement “ are the very nation of a Veitarian Government. And to sup- port this Government. there arrives that mixture of stupidity and impiety known as Garibaldi. IIeeomesmottosupper-tOhristieu francs. sinking under great disasters. but to aid in‘ths propagation of the Universsl Repub- lic. It is so wondsrthet Christian men feel al- armed atsnch indications of s deﬁance ’of High lkavon; no wonder if they rush into voluntary exile over every frontier. They use not so much from an invading and vic- torious emery. as from the provoked judg- ment of an: insulted At the present momentthrougheut Francs. “ wherever the omoials and supporters hf the Government are not actually obliged to take the ﬁeld against div Prussisns. they proceed as at Lyons. to impress or imprison Priests and to hunt Nuns.” Prnsis. ambitious and grasping. night he successfully resisted by Frseoe. but Prussia. tbs avengsrofllsavsu. havsrydllorsut thing. We care not to bring the Mound, Marc. as corrob-

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' ‘ We! the 1 lssolstiseers not they“! it! In; of In“ lumped. Wears. teell intents and per- pd-s'n. u eminently Christian people. w. plums ourselves upon our Religious sentiJ nexus. There are many churches through- outour land. and worshippers are numerous. Public sympathy with'ths doctrines Vol- tsire i. minimums-nu. followers. if eay.must be so in seoreufor fear of public indigo“. “The great think. and the mud philosoiibbtﬁ' has no status erected to hills in our public qusirs'i. dud his teachings will never close our church docks. Yet. by an Act of our Legislature. we have given hiui‘tlie centre} of our Schoolsmn'd appoint- ed him the guardian of the children whom the State undertakes to educate; Let us not deceive ourselves. our school system is emi- nently Volutrian. Continue it and you will breed up a race of men who will adopt the principles of the Greet Revolution. and scoff at the Christianity which their forefathers professed: Figs will not grow from thistles. nor Christian men grow up in Godless schools. '

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Tm: I’olrt‘ol of int leth inst. contains a leading article under the heading of " Self- Viedisution.” in which David Laird‘s un- selﬁshness and patriotism are painted- in characteristic style. Of‘eourse. everybody knows that Mr. Laird is one of the most un- selﬁsh creatures in existence. and deserves. ‘ the hands of the people. a monument.'in honor of his special virtues. Nor do we re- quire to be told that he never quarrclled with the late Government. to obtain the whole of the-Queen's Printing. Neither did he scorn the pickings which his tidends gave him. even after his failure to oust Mr. Inga. untilthe people turned the whole lot about their business. When a change of Govern. ment occurred. he did not fawn upon and bully.by turns.thc new Administration to 0!» tain a share of the public printing. and to turn Mr. Reilly out of otllce. With evidences such as these. of Mr. Laird‘s seif-ubncgn- tion.boforc the public. they will be prepared to accept his pronuaesltmenlo that he “would not. have accepted the Queen's Printing flow the Pope-[lowlan—lirocksn-Reiliy combina- tion." Of course not ! The only little doubt about the matter. in our mind. is. that the otl'cr was never made him; for if it bad. we feel morally certain that he would have been the mouth-piece of that howling XooPopery I'a . which he strove so zealously to con- struct. before the formation of the present " combination.“ This hint will serve for the edltlcntlon of his "Catholic" and “leer- al“ contributors. After assuring us of his utter unselfishncss. Mr. Laird prooeeds to give us a public profession of his faith upon

c School Question. To assert that be ever was in favor of sectarian grunts. “is a base and malicious untruth, manufactured out of whole cloth.“ Yet. in the some paper from which this extract is made. he has the hardi- hood to taunt Catholics. because they refuse to follow the leadership of a party whose mouth-piece is the puritanical spectre of the seventeenth century who now publishes the W. We agree with the lion. Mr. Key- theme. that it was to the utter stupidity of the pollticlensof Mr. Laird‘s way of thinking. who failed to see the settlement of the School question. for some years to come. at least. in the giving of a grant to St. Dunstan‘s College. that we owe the breaking-up of the late Government. Their statesmanship will never again be tested with a settlement of that or any other question. Confederation and a Pope government. with all their evils, were before them on one side. and on the other. was the simple matter of giving jus- tics in Catholics. by placing St. Dunstan‘s on a levsl with the Prince of Wales College. in a pecuniary point of view. The antenna of a few months ago. with Mr. Laird at their head. aeceptedthe former on their own cono tension. and rejected the latter. Messrs. Pope and liavilaud risked. at all events. their elections and political existence. upon the School question. and as one Member of the Legislature. we would rather serve un- der them without onlce. for eternity. than to occupy the that place in the synagogue. with the heterogeneous set of higots and im- becllos who really broke-up the late Govern- ment. Mr. Laird is at liberty to accept what consolation he likes from his sot-dismal “Catholic” and "Liberal" friends. but he can mark down these as some of the reasons which cause us. though no "slave." but as tree and ludependontas any of the‘ﬂurt'ol cliqueto use our judgment in political mat- ters. to accept the present combination. With respect to the personal attack made upon us by the W. we have simply to remind our contemporary of his habitual failing—that he does not tell the truth when he asserts that Mr. Reilly “signed the bond of submission to the Popes and the Confed- erates. under the impression that he would holdhis oilice." The question of the Queen‘s Printing was fully settled before the "bond" was signed. and Mr. Reilly was fully pre- pared for the loss of his ofﬁce when he as- ceded from the late party. We leave Mr. laird with his lies crammed down his throat. He cannot make a scapegoat of us. nor of any sensible portion of the Catholic com- munity of this Island. He has made his bed; let him lie upon it. When our "ass" is as dull and worthless as his.we shall have the decency to hide our disappointment. and throw a veil over our chagrin.

Tin: Patriot‘s opinion of the people of a portion of King’s County. may be gathered from the following sentence. which we clip front its issue of the 17th inst. : "The Herald talks of smuggling and robbery. of which we know nothing. Some localities in the neighborhood of Mr. Reilly's district. in former years. enioysd an nnsnviabls repu- tation for illicit trading." We night. per- don Mr. Laird for his misrepresentation of what we said respecting Americen'poeehers upon the ﬁshing pounds. but the people of the First and Second Districts of King‘s County. will not be so ready to forgive the gratuitous insult offered to them.

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- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870.

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Lawson—Blackwell. for Noreen». ls.’as a whole. dull beyond ordinary. “The very Strange n ant.” is our old friend Cornelius " pd Count hic- CWJ-ilo In“ O'trﬂl . amusing than Cornelius. “The and h of ‘the Scott-h basgnsus.‘i acetates , new. It seer-etc havsbesecsrnpilsd very much Item Us-isson‘s. Diedonsry.’ “New Booksiisaeerreetrevtew of late liens. slid minus. a so: digest .of the latest contributions to English Me. By far the most interesting artiols~of the number; is the "Great Collapse." It is thoughtful and well written. "Earl's Dene" drags along'ﬂully enough.

Messrs. Mann 0 00.. 31 Park Row. New York. have forwarded to us a copy "of the Cniped States l’atclt Laws. It is illustrated 'with a great number of diagrams. contains a variety of useful information. and can be bad the by any one. on application to the above address. - ‘ - -

Last week. Ilia Lordshl p Bishop McIntyre. in company with the Rector of St. Dunstnn‘s College. visited several of the Western parts of his diocese, We are informed that the Bishop humutsd.nt'the solicitation of the people of Grand'ltiver slid Sumthorslde. to give in the course of 'the winter. extern- pore addresses on his rccent tour- through Europe and Palestine. An interesting in- tellectual treat'may be looked for. ' ' "

We also learn‘that Ills Lordship. before his return from PrinccCounty. had the satis- faction‘ef s'eeing contracts entered into for the completion, next summer. of the greater portion oftbe work on the new Catholic Church at Summersidc. and for the building of n ﬁrstoclass Parochial residence at the some piece. v 4

The Catholics of that rapidly growing town are entitled to great praise for the generous manner in which they have second- ed their Bishop‘s efforts in behalf of these important undertakings. As an instance of this. we may state that two young man be- longing to Summerslde. each subscribed fifty pounds towards the building fund.

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TIIE proceeds of'ths entertainment of the Charlottetown Amateur Dramatic Club. in the Market Hall. on Thurday night last. un- der the distinguished patronage of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor. are as follows :—

Tua entertainment by the Amateur Dra- matic Club. under the patronage of His lionor W. C. F. Robinson. Esquire. Lieut. Governor. for the beneﬁt of the sufferers by the Sagneney tire. came otf as announced on Thursday evening lest. Owing to the fearful state of the streets. the aﬂ'air was not lsrgely attended. and the consequence was that the receipts did not cover expen- sea.

The Club have at last made a respectable appearance. and though the acting was not of the first water. yet we would wish to see

during the winter season; studying their parts will give the young folks a literary taste. as well as keep them from standing around street corners.-Com.

Ma. DONALD Cums]: opened a discussion at the Charlottetown Debating Club. on Friday last. on the Fishery Question. The nature of his remarks can be learned from an editorial article in the Atrial. of the 17th inst., directed against our observations on the Clara F. Friend case. He was supported in his views by Mr. Roche. of the Normal School. and others. with the result. that when the question was put to the vote. they were outnumbered by two to one. Annex- ation and thesurrender of the habsriesaio not find much favor with the members of the Debating Club.

To: Christmas services at 8. Peter's will be as follows:—

I-‘irst Evensong of the Festival. 11.15 . m; a Solemn Celebration of the Blessed ra- ment at midnight; second Celebration of Holy Communion. 8 a. m.; mattins at 11; third Celebration of H01 Communion at 12; second Evensong. 3. .

0n Moods . Tuesdav. and Wednesday. bein rupee vei the Feasts of 8. Stephen. 8. Jo u and of e 1101 Innocents. there will be the usual Saints ay services. viz:

evensoug with sermon at 7.30 p. m.; with the exception of the latter festival. when dvsnsong will be at the usual hour of 4.30.

Tn! schr. St. Cecile. belongin to Capt. John Mclnt e. of East Point. an Mr. Peter Stewart. of nrls. and which cleared from St. Peter‘s Harbor with s cargo of poduce for Newthnudlend. this fall. was wrecked on the Newfoundland shore. on the 20th of November. Both vessel and car are a total loss. as it is an that no nsuranee had been cﬂ'octod on either. The crew had much difﬁcult in saving themselves. \Ve sympathies w th tbs owners in their loss.

Tux Helical ﬂutes for December has come to hand. It contains a uFestival llymn." com by C. P. Morrison. The musical intsl e contained in this num-

them give an entertainment once a month Emil“

Holy Communion. 7.30; mattins. 9.80; and 3

, ,, «mambo. ' 110"“ ‘20 COIIIIPOIDIN‘II.

We ceases «scrum to more mooted communicating—do all cells In which met- ters of thct are involved. mammalian“ must farsleh us with their names and addresses—- not be publication. betas a guarantee of en- them

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lugle attention of the ‘public throughout 9

the Island. it may but be out of place to

publish the following letter. which I reeeiv-J

ed in answer to one addressed to Mr. Boyd. requesting some information respecting unrrow-gunge roads. which I knew he had made the study of a lifetime.

Mr. Boyd has travelled East and West of the Island. and also examined carefully our

‘ lets census Kahlil”. together with our ex-

ports and imports, for some years put. I may also add. that as he ,is a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. of London. and has had considerable experience. both as Engineer and General Superintendent of the E. d: N. A. Railway. from Shediae to St. 'John. his statements on" reliwky matters may be‘considored reliable. '

I am aware that with some people the mention of a railroad is synonlmous with Confederation; but in my humble judgment. we are quite able to build the road from our own resources. without seriously interfering with the monetary or commercial clicks of the Colony. A Colony unoppressed by a greater public debt than it has lands to pay for. cannot be a bad security to offer to any company. who might be Willing to talks the

. contract to build the road.

)‘c’l‘y respectfully yours, ‘ Gnoin W1 llowux. 28th. 1870.

Sr. Jon». N. B. Hon. George W. Howlan. Cascumpec. P. I). I.

Sim—I have the honor to acknowled the receipt of your letter of 15th inst.. as - ing for some information respecting narrow-

usge Rallw of lift. Gin. gouge. I‘pnb- ﬁshed a imp list in 1865 on the subject. A letter wr tten by me to the Directors of the

re N. Y. Railways. out of Toronto. n uly. 1867. was also published in m h- let form. with letters from M. CanﬂPi iii. Chief En ineer of Norwegian Railways. Mr. Fitzg bbon. Chief Engineer of the Queensland Government Railways. major

Alberton. Nov.

EXPENDITURE. Adolshold. Swedish Royal Engineers. and £ a. d. 1: s (1. others. The latter had reference to many Major Pollard. forlamps. 0 16 U merely local matitersuand the former was Advertising and tickets. 2 17 0 based on a much more limited knowler of Pro names and hand- the s'stcm than I now have. Insten of b is. 2 10 0 send ng you either of these; I think. it will Ilcnpessy. stage work, 2 10 0 be better to compile from various sources Music. 1 10 0 such information on the subject as will be Painting. 6 it 4 interesting to you.

Act drop. and cottton ' ‘ho chief points in question are the cost of for l willie. 2 3 4‘ construction. the cost of maintenance and Powders and dyes. 0 10 6 the Working expenses. the tratllc‘ capacity. Strain. for services. 0 3 0 the s d attainable. and the safety of the 19 16 2i 811.6 n. lines. as compared with those of necnir-rs. the owii-ssr English la of 4ft. 8lin.,

Amount received atdoor or the Cans ian gnegu o 5 . din. Phl- ﬂ‘wllv 1219 5 Gear or Coxsrucnox.-—It is a well Amoum “Wind .mm established fact that the resistance due ‘v-1‘~‘v‘mn-h‘l' “ m 0 to curves diminishes as the width be- 9 6 tween the Til}: is redui‘fell.m;incl it is ""‘"‘-"' b takin van 6 o s abili . Mammalth Chi” 9 6 8‘ w’iilch thegnarrow :gage lines possess 2f W. W. Mclxrrnn. ada ting themselves to the natural surface Sec‘y and Trees. of a country. by sharper or more frequent

curves without meeting corresponding loss of power. from increased insistence that a great rt of the saving in earthwork is reﬂected. i‘he proportion of this saving is. however. entirely dependent on the state of the coun- try. snd is necesnriiv less in a level country than in a hilly and diillcult one. The Nor- wogian Government has now in operation 182 miles of N. Y. Railway. hi. Carl Pihil the Chief En ’uecr says: “The formation width for the ion of tit. Mill. in.“ is gen— erally from 15 to 1811... any 165 .on on aver- . and for the 3ft 6in. gun c it is here 12ft. bin. The average height 0 the banks and cuttings on the narrower gauge is less than on the broad. owing to the greater facility of adaptation to the coun . With us the height is 103... whereas the bmndcr been adopted. it would have been from 12ft. to 1411... any 13. This would make the proportion of quantities nearly as t to 7." File saving in earthwork leads naturally to a saving in masonry. If the cuibankmeuts are lower and narrower. the culverts are shorter and the bridge abut- ments of less height and width. As the engine and trains are li hm the bri superstructnres are much ess costly. 'i‘ 6 cost of permanent way is about 66 per cent. of that of the broader guago. Nader Adela- kold. Swedish Royal Engineer. who has constructed several of these railways says: “Their principal advantage is their original cost. which is so considerably below that of the broader (in. 83in.) gauge bod: here and in Name ." In ueensland 200 miles of 8ft. sin. 1 nos are now in operation. and some 250 miles more are in progress. Mr. I-‘itegibbon. the Chief Engineer to the Gov- ernmentsa sin his report: “It was found on calculs on of the quantities of work that the cost of the line w th lift. “in. gun . would exceed that of the 8R. Gin. gouge y more than threefold.” This is of course an extreme case. as theornmtry wasexceedtng- ly dlﬂlcuit. but the estimate was thlly borne out by the result. The New South Wales Railways of 4n. Blln. guage cost very much more than those of Queensland. The item of permanent way alone exceeding by £834 r mile. The \ictorian Railways of til. gill). go o cost £88,000 per mile more than those ofgueenslaud. or in other words the cost of one exceeded the cost of the other sixfold on the li liter section and threefold on the mounts n inclines. Owin to the skill and energetic management of r. Fits- ibbon who 0 lsed and constructed the whole of the loss. and his success in the battle against the broad guage advocates. Queensland. above all the Australian Cole- nies. has a system of Railways adapted to the wants ofthe country. and constructed at a cost which leavin‘z the resources of the Co- lony comparative y unburdened. laces it in a position to extend the lines w on neces- sary for the further developsment of the coimcilii i l l l w tcuar to mressupon you that honeys; the sd’vooetcs pof the narrow Page a stern. promo to arrive at the sav- ng n rsteost by inferior construction or the use of inferior material. The obllect is to construct lines. which though the r first coat be low. will not be extensive to work and maintain. And in order to meet these two important requirements. it is ndcemry that the materials and workmanship should beofthsvsry bestdsseriptioe. endellpnrts gopeﬂy proportioned to the services the] perform. 0ftbe Queensland kin .

her is varied and entsmlnin . Any one vote

wishing to subscribe for it. address G. Mr. Fitsgtbboe says: “As report the W. Stratlou. 375 Washington Street. Bos- ity and durability of the works. of the re ling ton. sunk and the ill out cfthsliusmothing ""‘ “’Tu”'2.'m....i" ‘i‘a'P'iénl'l" “ll Tm: Wssl an Basset yestsvds m 0“ "l ' "P ‘ in Market . with success. it a m '“Pk'l'd' m i“ “1mm” ‘0 being condoned today with equal satisfec- “I nil"! in “I- vorldo “News 001! “0* Th. “my. m w b. q, w, thin. they er: limited in power to the waste “who”... nofwnww “.oftheeass. ltr.Cbas.Deulassl’oxsays Lagos" '° “mm 'm m Wilﬂd'm 3i:'i§h“,.l.’”"..: no“. . umdw' my to the excellent condition 0 all the works on the lines; the psrmeaeat way. hog“ naval? was“??? 'et'l‘!‘ gin: i his m2”m”33

e vs on ones. we w Its . es

o‘clock. ea nearby. tbs 8d January out. smoothest we?! have been om",

Cost or Maintenance sun Woitxmo Exrtilau.-—'1‘hs cost of maintenance of the narrow years must be less than that of the based. 1 on y for the reespn tluttltmrlsh- e s are expena vs to r .

Whaler: of the lines: “The working expenses have also been lien- sidsrebly lowd’. partly because the resist4 sues on the serves. with the same sp‘e‘od diminishes in proportion with the gauge; partly also. because the deed wet ht of the carriages 003ml.“er dimln shes with the gua ; finally. because the light looomot was on the narrow age line. do not wear out the rails so east as a heavier engine on a broad gouge." My own im-

resslon. in the absence of an reliable sta- tistics. is that while the costo re lrs Would be less per mile. the expense moving a passenger or ton of goods. would be about the same on either gusge.

IiThe remaining part of Mr. Bo wi lappeur in our next issuer-En.

yd‘s letter {Eluij

To run Boner; or run Renato.

Dean 8m :—-Knowiag that your readers are always interested in hearing nom “ 1'. It. Is- lander nbrosd." 1 thought a few ttin s from one six years in this "Hub of t e Uu verse" would not be unaccecteblv atlthe rest at time. First let me congratulate you on t in continued succell which has bllowsd'yout alerts in the years past. and tbeprospess widened by your enlarged and improved paper. of still greater results in the future. ‘ "’

You will readily believe that here. as well as

elsewhere. European atfalrs barf-oneroule the largest share of public attentive. udesd, so rapid and astounding have besetlsepolitlc- nl changes. embracing In months. ewan which might till centuries of bluesy. 'thet men's minds seemed for a time to loose sight of all other concerns. But as nations. like 'lndivlduals. must Occasionally vary the sme- tlon and scope of their thoughts and eucr lee, the pepnlar ntercst here has. within a hurt time. been alternating between the occurren- ces trunsplrlug abroad. and the less-import- ant. but more closely interesting legal issues pending -nt home. The smoke of the political contests. incident on the late elections in these Btates.'hnvlng entirely cleared away. we are now enabled to judge with accuracy what ul‘e'tbe'results. and what the position and prospects of the various contending par» ties. . The fate of many an aspirant for public honors has been decided. Iand lauumerahle pet schemes have received their sentence at the bands of the great American system of silo ruling maturities. I would not attempt to lead your not over curious fellow-colonists into the inextricable inbryntli of Yankee polities. even ifl were capable of thresdlngits intermin- able ruse m self. for I am convinced that they are occupie in a far more dicerning and pro- tltable manner—«attending to their own inier‘ cats in the GulfofSt‘. Lawrence. Let me sim- ply take a broad view of the tteld as it appears to the eye of a non-oombstant. and 1 observe two great document panics throu bout the land; one the steady conservative ui some~ what backward Democrbcy. and the other the present ulnmphsnt ‘ltepubllcau part with its bold though often doubtful ideas'o progres- sion. Between. and in the very rsults of these would-be rullnn’ powers.‘1 sec slowly but grandly rldnd the young Labor Reform ifnrty. headed by its architect and builder. Wendell l'hilllps. the brave and lite-long friend 0 ho- manity. wi’,h the ever-spreading ideas 0 ele- voting the worklo‘gman nod helping to up the lowly. It would seem evident to an is- lntercstrd person. that the policy of thenir- cigmboru eltisens. especially the Irish sir i. should be not to ally themselves wholly to any one of those'upposing parties. but to watch whqt lnducements each hn's tn hIel‘. and he always ready to throw their Inﬂuence. on the most favorable side. How to account; for iheIr tenacious and. until Iately."a‘lmnst‘ unanimous adherence in the Democrats is a mystery to me. "I‘tioae tlme-worulnd oft-dc- feated politiciunLceu hardly claim to here my particular bench to afoul our people. while they have several planks in their plattbrm de- cidedly objectionable. ltut. of course. 1 ans only giving my own impressions, amine? they are founded on What I consider good a - thorlty. A very impbrtont fact that concerns the ado ted citlteus has recently come to lluht here. t Is the genuine active cxlstenceof a lecret organization called the American Order of Phinnlx. which is little more or less than I revival of the old Know-nothing clique. whose avowed object was the exclusion of all but native-born Americans from ofﬁces of honor and trust under the Government. The per- ticulers of this powerful and dangerous organ- ization became known by the energy and saga- city of the Editor of the Pilot. who exposed the whole machinery of narrow mallgnlty. so that the cabsllstic letters. “ A. 0. It." on the street walls no longer stare at us with their unreadable mockery. and this relic of past meanness and stupidity bids fair to meet the isnomlnloua fat: of its predecessor. which was etl'ectuelly stamped out under the iron heel of true America's spirit of honor. The crisis in this unfair is approaching. and it will, no doubt. play an important part in the city elections next week. Whatever emiru fana« ties may put forth. I can say with conﬁdence. that our people are progressing here in every sense of the word. end the grand old Church. of which they are the pioneers, is spreading with wonderful strides.

Last Thursday was Thanksgiving Day. Have your readers any idea of What an Ameri- can Thanksgiving consists of? If not. it would be impossible for me to convey it to them. The day here is inseparably connected with videos of roast turkeys. happy reunions and crowded theatres 1 can assure you that whatever may have been the prevailing notions on the present Turkmltnsslsn ditheulties. New England, last week. went in strong for Turkey.

But 1 must leave oll’for the present. I hope to have the pleasure of imparting some more Interesting things at a more favorable oppor- tunity. Yours sincerely

II. O'K.

Boston. November 28.

To run Eon-on or ran Knew.

Sim—1n glancing over your issue of the 7th inst..l was much ph-aved to know that you have not forgotten us with regsrd to the neeesser public wants of this part of the Island. It s evident. Mr. Editor, that the want of justice in giving us an equal share of the public money to expend in the improvements sf our bashes. Ve- vents this locality from tairlvlng. thy 'u Tignish Run been u an are a place that never will gm" Myrna!" the reign of cats. is this ustieci The smell amount that has been grant towards this harbor. shows the great improvement it has done. Vessels drawiu from 1! to 13 feet water. could so our this fkﬂ. And for the purpose of having the channel to run in some dismiss. we require some few hundred pounds mend Is to build s breaslwovk on the west sl 0. and to extend the prosrnl one on the east aids. This would sense the channel to run in one direction at on tines. instead of shifting.

There is another matter I weuld reveled the Government «sf-tbs want of having sailing som- munlcstlon from Charlottetown to this port. I would therefore suggest the proprietv of giving a grant to a Packet to run between this port and Charlottetown, teaching at we and souris. Ctps. uniq‘ee. cf the r. Chemo can justify ms in say u that. a Peekstwoeld have more than she see it his heights to or from Charlottetown darts; ibvsssaoe. Weave. Mr. Editor. as you are aware. next to halo set of tbs world. So situated as we are. so ther steam or sallin «multinatio- to spy parts- only left to pa dis our own canoe. s easiest thrive where justice is not no in be distribu- tion of public lousy. 8 tent mossy greeted to us. and judiciously ex v . would make It. Peter's Bay ease! the seeds-suns the Island. ‘ Tﬂmtu you. In ldltsr. will be so. ofths main v es in the wbssl.oetbs asst- lag of the . ls ebtstelegesv Issue- sary waste. astbaellssyontss thyﬂtm bevelsbseilthswslhesfthisplses. I y ’9

u ' Your obedient camel. . sorta rice. St. Peter's lay. it. me.