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7 | rial from the Prince Edward Island Gov-| FF, W. Fishwick, the lea york a HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. ernment, claiming that a large portion of | proprietor of Nova Scotia, 1s here, or MEALED TENDERS will be received at pie , r the Halifax award should be handed over oring to secure @ subsidy for one of his ; ) this office until noon of Monpay, 10th

The Closing Scenes. Debate on the Motion to Adjourn. to them. steamers, the M. A. Starr, plying aon Marcu next, from persons willing to contract al —— ; . P.. (Reformer) elect- Halifax, Cape Breton and Prince for As the day of fate draws nigh, the strug- | (Summary Report continued from yesterday's — = ae M. vl ate aneantedl Island. He asks the sum of meg eng ae Bila cksm + ie Work ib FOV es on jor. Soke ae | morial to the Government to this el- ee

gles of the moribund Government become | Fen. 28. and disqualified by Judge Armour at oe bean signed by all the Senators and ! for the city for one year. Specification to be really painful to contemplate. In despite | Hon. Mr. DeBuors, referring to an insinua-| Oshawa. Members of the Commons from Nova Scotia] geen at this ollice. “ 5. of the righteous indignation of an outraged | tion of the Leader e the ore that CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES, and Prince Edward Island. The Council do not. Lind. themselves -to ae- j - | . . ‘e shir |: , wi c Ww overn- . . ° j Wost OTF AY tenaer | people, they have clung to life during many oan hone Mica beds en reasons) The foliowing Committees of the os THE SUPERANNUATION SYSTEM. cept the i a y ler. } months. But the drama of “ Contempt for they withdrew be known to the House andjof Commons to-day met, organized, an Hon. Wm. Macdougall (Halton) is en- ” WM MORRISON,

The last scene | the public, stated that in his opinion his oath elected chairmen as follows :—Public Ac- gaged in preparing a bill which will be in- be 10s City Clerk.

the people” is nearly over. = a : e oe : as an Executive Councillor prevented him from} counts, Mr. Kirkpatriek; Banking and Com pv iuced shortly, for the purpose of doing| ee ene

has well nigh closed.

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The extremity in which the Government is placed was shown when the Leader of the Government—with an appearance of indig- nation--protested against the tactics of the Opposition on the ground that they were calculated to ‘‘ choke off discussion !!” If there is one thing which more than another is calculated to provoke discussion it is a motion of want of confidence. When it is before the House the members of the Gov- ernment have the right to talk as long as they like in justification of their strange conduct. When it is before the House those who, in deference to the will of the people, manfully came out from among them, may properly explain their meritorious action and define their present position. When it

making his reasons public ; if it did not do 80, he would be only too happy to give his reasons the widest publicity. He failed to see that the postponement of the consideration of the Address until after the motion of want of con- fidence had been disposed of was any insult to the Lieutenant Governor. ‘The ‘‘Speech”— as everyone knows—is practically the speech of the Government.

Hon. Mr. Stewart contended that Hon. Mr. DeBlois could make his reasons for leav- ing the Government known. He also con- tended that the Leader of the Government would, after the elections, be triumphantly re- turned by the people at the head of an un- wayering majority; and he said (truly) that the »eople are not now to be trifled with. He de fended the erection of the Lunatic Asylum, and said he would look up to it with pride till his dying day.

Mr. DonALp Fercuson saidthatmany would remember a condemned prisoner who, when brought before the judge and asked why sen-

merce, Mr. Domville; Privileges and Elec- tions, Mr. Mousseau; Railways, Canals and Telegraphs, Mr. Langevin ; Standing Or- ders, Mr. Robinson; Private Bills, Mr. Cameron (Victoria); Expiring Laws, Mr. Dewdney; Immigration and Colonization, Mr. McDonald (Cape Breton). INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY DEFICIT.

The statement of the half-year’s business on the Intercolonial Railway, ending Dec. 31st last, shows that the expenditure ex- ceeded the receipts by the enormous sum of $468,000. It is also understood from present indications that the deficit for the current half year will be in the vicinity of $400,000. Notwithstanding this state of affairs the late Government were maintain- ing a staff of officials on the road far in ex- cess of the requirements of the business. There was probably no public work in Can- ada more grossly mismanaged than the In-

away with or at least modifying the present system of superannuating Government ef- ficers. Mr. Macdougall takes the ground that the mode of retiring civil servants now followed, entails a very heavy charge on the country, while at the same time placing a dangerous power in the hands of the Gov- ernment. He argues that as the salaries of Civil Service officials are, as a rule, much better than in other occupations, they should save a portion of their earnings and prepare for old age in the same manner as erdinary people. The bill does not contemplate any interference with those who have contribut- ed to the superannuation fund. It is prob- able the bill will cause considerable discus- sion when it comes before the House.

BOARD OF TRADE PETITION.

A petition has been sent from the Do- minien Board of Trade to the Governor in

ENDERS will be received by this Depart- ment, at Ottawa, up to the lit MARCH next, for the construction of a PIER AND LIGHTHOUSE off Indian Point, near Summerside, and of Small Lighthouses at Or. well Harbor and at Crapaud, all in the Pro- vinee of Prince Edward Island. Plans and Specilications can he seen, and © Forms of tender procured by intending Con- tractors, at this Department here, and at the Agency of this epartment, Charlottetown. Those for indian Poiat can also be seen at the office of the Colleetor of Customs,

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Council. It sets forth the necessity for re- | side; for Orwell at the Post Office, Orwell; and moving some of the removable cause of dis- for Crapaud at the oflice of the Sub-Collector

/ ; aster to shipping in the Gulf of St. Law-| of Customs, Crapaud. wae ert: .. rence. It alleges that the scheme of Mr.| Tenders to be addressed to the undersigned, One of the Ministers has received a de-| p. Fortin, M. P., is the only feasible one and marked on the outside ‘*Tenders for In- It states that | 4am Point,” * Crapaud,” or ‘*Orwell Harbor

Lighthouse,” as the case may be. WM. SMITH,

Deputy Minister of Marine, &c,

: i m be |tence should not be passed upon him, with | tercolonial Railway under Mr. Br dges di- $s RONER FOP , Pt HRT ET quivering voice and shaking knees, asked for| rection. y *

| properly given to public opinion—-which is ‘ta long day.”” The object of the Government as the breath of life to a Government which | has been, and is, to obtain “a long day !” That

: : le. was the object of holding on after the signa s has eevee an vit ee Opposititn defeats in Belfast and elsewhere. That was mand for an office, which is one of the most yet presented to the publi. OT ta t of the object they had in trying to exclude the/ amusing of its kind on record. The name} $i cost of the scheme would be less than choose to press their motion of want of con-|now members yesterday. That is the object/ of the writer need not be given, nor the| the loss of asingle vessel with cargo, that

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fidence in the Government before permit- ting further business to be done, they insult the representative of the Queen, is te say that which will not bear the criticism of common sense. The Opposition simply propos? to deal with the Governor’s ad- visers first with the Governor after. When the House have stumped upon the former the indelible impression of “a PEO- PLE’S WANT OF CONFIDENCE” —then they may, with all the respect that is due to the Crown, go to the latter with an expression of their thanks for calling them together and their desires as representatives of a free people.

The propositions laid down by the Leader of the Government were very ably opposed by Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Mont- gomery, Mr. Prowse and Mr. Campbell. To refute them, Messrs. Ferguson and Montgomery made their maiden speeches in the Legislature. The former has borne his part in many a hot political contest ; and he has long been known as one of our ablest and most accomplished debaters. He was a little nervous yesterday. But nevertheless he obtained the varof the House, and hesucceeded in making the Commissioner of Public Works pop up and down in his seat like a ‘‘Jack in the Box.” After hear- ing Mr. Mcntgomery’s maiden speech, we tender to the Government. on behalf of the Province—our sincere thanks for having driven Mr. Montgomery out of his office of Master of the Normal School. By that high handed act they have rendered the Province, at least, une service. For Mr. Montgomery will, wehope,employ the talents which made him an ever-successful student and a teacher of high rank—and which would not permit him to be “ snuffed out” by Messrs. Davies and Stewart—in the political service of his native district and of the Province at large. Mr. Montgomery’s speech was listened to with marked atten. tion. His quiet, well-pointed, incisive style of speaking is suited to the dignity of Parliament. We predict for him a success- ful career as a politician.

Another Elevator of the Standard Unseated and Disqualified.

Mr. Wueetzer, M. P. for North On- tario, succeeded in defeating Mr. Gibbs at the last election by promising lots of money. And now his zeal in ‘‘ elevating the stand- ard of public morality” isrewarded by being unseated and disqualified.

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they have in pursuing the course they have taken to-day. But the inevitable hour, when they must render an account of stewardship, is at hand. Mr. Ferguson spoke at some length upon the opposition of public opinion to the Government; and showed the dis honesty of the Commissioner of Public Works in seeking to raise a feeling against the Leader of the Opposition on account of the Civil Ser- vice Bill, by quoting the following paragraph from his speech when the Bill was being de- bated in 1876 :—

‘“‘He (Mr. Stewart) could not understand why all the heads of departments named in the resolution should be placed upon such beg- garly allowances as had been proposed, while similar officers across the Straits were well paid for their services. He did not think the Uovernment would be thanked by the people of the island for starving their officials eccupy- ing responsible positions in the public service.”’ The speech was well received and repeatedly applauded.

Hon. Dr. Rozpertson contended that the course pursued by the leader of the Opposition is insulting to the Lieutenant Governor ; and said on an appeal to the country he was very certain that the Government would be sus- tained.

Mr. Mostcomery said that when running his election he tuld the people the reforms he would support if elected. He was, on the ground he took, determinedly opposed in the District by the leader of the Government and the Commissioner of Public Works, both of whom attended meetings and tried every means in their power to secare his defeat. But now the(tovernor’sspeech contains an announce- meat of the very retorms he then advocated. In fact, their policy of Reform was adopted only after they found that the strongest Dis trict in the Island—strongest in the sense of the support it gave them—was opposed to their previous policy. Such being the case he could not give the Government credit for sin- cerity in their ‘‘latter-day” cry. Their re- form is like that of the : Brg who, hav- ing spent all he possessed in the world, pro- poses to * reform ” when he is just about shuffling off the mortal coil. some reflections having been made upon the vote cast at his election, Mr. Mont- gomery pointed out that some 300 or 400 of the electors of Belfast were disfranchised under the Registration Act, and that the vote cast when he was elected was nearly the same as was polled in the Dominion election. If his election did not show a change of opinion in Belfast, why did not the Government bring out a candidate when Mr. Nicholson was elected hy acclamation? The country at large is opposed to the Government. Notice of a motion of want of confidence had been given ; and (Mr. Montgomery) was opposed to the appointment of a Committce until that motion had been disposed of, because it would merely be a waste of time; and he, therefore, sec- onded the motion for an adjournment.

Hon. Mr. Prowse passed a well-deserved compliment upon Messrs. Ferguson and Mont- gomery for the able and creditable maiden speeches they had delivered. He was very sure that Belfast (the neighboring district to his) was wise in its selection of Mr. Montgomery as its representative. He contended that the proper time for explanations on the part of the late members of the Government would be when the motion of want of confidence in the existing Administration is before the House.

Mr. CAMPBELL said that he had last year

place, but the letter is as follows :—-

‘* Srr,—There is a young man in the —— here who has the nicest kind of a situ- ation I know of. He goes strolling down town between ten and eleven in the morn- ing, stays in the office an hour or two and then goes to dinner in the north-eastern part of the city, which takes him from one to two hours. Then he returns to work an hour or so. The rest of his time he lounges and smokes. Last summer he had three months holidays given him, and for this hard work he gets $800 per annum, and is expecting to get his salary raised. I want a situation just like hisif Ican get it. I have heard a good many merchants talking about it, and they say it is shameful, but I don’t see that is any of their business. At any rate, I have as good a right to the situ- ation as he has, and if you can give me a hint how to get it I shall be forever obliged.”

MR. CARTWRIGHT.

Mr. Cartwright is evidently preparing for a grand assault on the financial statement of Mr. Tilley. He moved this afternoon for returns showing the recepts in February, for the imports and exports for the six months ending the lst January, 1879, and for the receipts and expenditures during the seven months ending the Ist February, 1879. ‘I'he hon. gentleman is determined that he shall have all possible light for the inspection of Mr. Tilley’s budget. Of course he will need it all. It must bea melancholy reflection te him that his bud- gets were visible, and apparent enough, without any additional light being needed, and that Dr. Tupper seldom required any other than the regular official figures to make sad havoe with Mr. Cartwright’s speeches and budgets. It was easy to see a deficit of a million and a half, and the ex-

penditure on steel rails was visible without:

spectacles. But no doubt Mr. Tilley will afford Mr. Cartwright all possible aid in his, no doubt, difficult and painful task.

ANTI-CHINESE PETITION.

_The following is the petition sent from Victoria, C. B., in regard to the Chinese ;

To the Hon. the Speaker and Members of the House of Commons, at Ottawa, in Parliament assembled :—~

The petition of the undersigned inhabit- ants of the Province of British Columbia, enrolled in the City of Victoria as members of an organization of workingmen, and from other residents of the said Province, sharing the views of the said society,—

Humbly showeth,——That your petition- ers, €Xperiencing the injurious effects from the competition of Chinese labor, so largely prevailing in this Province, to the detri- ment of the general welfare, and which your petitioners, more especially the work- ing class, feel most oppressively, respect- fully ask that your honorable bedy, with the view of affording relief, will be pleased in the present session of the Legislature to pass a measure similar to that of the Queens- land Act, of Australia, placing restrictions on the further immigration of Chineman ;

it would afford great aid to fishermen in ep- abling them to ascertain where shoals of fish were to hand, and finally it sets forth the recent resolution of the Board of Trade in faver of Mr. Fortin’s plan and pays for its adoption. ‘The report is signed by Hon. Jas. Skead, President, and Mr. Wm. J. Patterson, Secretary.

Summerside Notes.

SuMMERSIDE, Feb. 28, ’79.

The ladies of the Methodist congregation of this town are making preparations for holding an ‘* Apron Fair” on Dominion Day.

Early on the morning of Wednesday last, a conscience-stricken individual, who had helped himself on the evening of the fire } toa bag containing some of Reid Bro.’s goods, returned it with its contents. There are several other merchants who have suf- [ fered in the same way, who would wish to have the consciences of the depredators affected so as to return the goods stolen from them.

Since the dre, the house lately occupied by Mr. Charles Harvie, on Central Street, is used as a police station.

On Wednesday evening last a social gathering of the members of the Methodist denomination and their friends took place at the residence of Rey. Mr. Betts. Both old and young spent a pleasant evening.

The train from Charlottetown arrived here on time Thursday. This is the first train we have had for a week. On Monday and Wednesday, mails for the city were sent from the post effice here by teams.

Quite athaw set in and lasted during Wednesday and Thursday. It did more to make the streets passable than the people of the town.

During the past fortnight quite a lot of ice has been stored in the ice-houses of the butchers, as well as of private citizens.

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A Recrrrr to BE MisErabie.—The best receipt we know of, if you want to be mis- erable, is to think about yourself, how much you have lost, how much you have made, and the poor prospects for the future. A brave man with a soui in him gets out of such pitiful ruts, and laughs at dis- couragements, rolls up his sleeves, whistles and sings, and makes the best of life. The earth was never intended for a paradise; and a man who rises above his discourage- ments, and keeps his manheod, will only be better and stronger for his adversities. Many a noble ship has been saved by throwing over its most valuable cargo, and many a man is better and more human after he has lost his gold.

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Special Notices,

VecrtinE, Nestle’s Food and Anti-fat, just received at Rankin’s Drug Store. —2i j

Great clearing out sale of Boots, Shoes and

Department of Marine, }

Ottawa, 17th February, 1879. §

March 1, 1879.

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LADIES’

Rubber Shees & Boots,

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AMERICAN RUBBER BOOTS,

GEORGE E. FULL’S.

Feb, 27, 1879—31

hand, ready-made.

‘““PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.” Ch’town, February, 24, 1879.

UNDERTAXING, &6.

AMES M. BUTCHER is now prepared te give close personal attention to all funerals — that may be entrusted to him.

COFFINS, CASKETS, &C.,

of various sizes, styles and quality, always on

Union Bank of f Ki Island,

HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Stockholders of this Bank will be held at their Banking House, Charlottetown, °

on Wednesday, 5th proximo, at 12 o'clock, noon, to elect Directors for the ensn- ing year, and transact such other business as may be laid before the meeting. Proxies for voting must be left with the Cashier at least one day previous to said meeting.

GEORGE MACLEOD,

Cashier.

Ch’town, Feb. 20th, 1879—

NOTICE.

Company Prince Edward Island.

E ANNUAL MEETING of the Ocean Steamship Company of Prince Edward Island will be held in the office of Peake Bros. & Co., on WEDNESDAY of March, 1879, at 7 o'clock

of

, the 12th day

b; m. GEO, PEAKE, Sec’y.

Ch’town, Feb, 8, 1879.—4w 2i aw

MAIL NOTICE.

AILS to be forwarded via Cape Traverse will be closed at this Oilice daily—Sua- days excepted—at 8 o’clock p. m.

; : ee ._ |been called by the Government a ‘‘Commun-; and, further, that in the construction of the| Crockeryware at Gass’. The whole stock to We learn that the eee nae is —_ ‘ist,” because he advocated the very reforms in- | Canadian Pacific Railway the employment | be sold in three weeks. Come and buy at M disabled; and will have to ‘lay up” till dicated this year in the Lieutenant Governor’s|of Chinese labor shall be prohibited, and| your own prices. spring. The repairs already made to this ae 3 ee — well a oe a — you will see fit to ratify the act of ov re now ‘*Communists.’ €/this Provincial Government in placing th expensive fraud have cost already $28,094,- | contended that a measure of comprehensive re- oak . . 87! Will the Government expend sa Sicha sheudl hathatbelibed:-the aa on thi _ met have upon the Chinese in ae a = _— per Ib., differ-| be closed here on Wednesdays at 8 o'clock mere upon her ? |** Assessment Act,” and that the Government And _ titi . int, 18 : aa si b os en Syrups 10 conte peer ae ‘ ‘ dilee ; bala ghee ee atu ten lake im coutinn- dawn. cwith- thelr 06 oon | your petitioners, as in duty bound, | P cents per bottle, at Beer & Goft’s. The mail for Great Britain via New York ) . ever pray, etc. will be closed on Thursdays at 8 o'clock, p. m. .

‘forms. He complained that a h he de- . ; Thraty Years a Srrancer at Home.—Men livered last on the subject a ponding Signed by Noah Shakespeare and 1,496 Why Will You Mails for all places West of Charlottetown others. receiving Mails by Railway Train or Postal

may escape the law, bus theie own conscience pressed by the reporters. om. M: : : ci Allo i Car, will be closed daily ; pe oa Nag re Bays — ae ne ‘. aca House STUDYING HIS DOMAINS, and pee ne Ness raya ——— Mails for Ceoteddoat sl homie ibean ali fence agaiust the law, au offeace which brought His Excellency, the Governor-General, is | such as Pneumonia, Hemorrhages and Lung for all places on the route to those points, will exhibiting a very commendable desire to| troubles, when an immediate relief can be| ”° closed daily at 2 o'clock, p. m.

social ruin to himself and his family. The! ., ¢, Marcu 1. man and his offence are forgotten by the pub- | Mr. Catuoun moved that a Committee be} make himself very thoroughly acquainted|so readily attained. Boschee’s German| Post Office open from 8, a. m., till 8, p. m. F A. A. MACDONALD,

Smoxrp SALMON at Beer & Goff's.

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lic, yet he lives, and liyes Lere in Boston. But ®Ppointed to prepare a draft address in an-| with the character and habits of the people, | Syrup has gained the largest sale in the o

frourthe day his offence was discovered—al- though, having esca

come and go as he pleases —he has never been |

from outsile of his own home iu the daytime.

Sometimes, uader the cover of night, he walks *mitted and sworn in.

abroad to take an airing, and note the changes

thirty years have wrouzht, but an ever active the amendment—and the wrangle continues,

conscience makes him shun the light of day,

swer to the Speech of the Lieutenant Gov-

Hon. Mr. SuLLIVAN moved, in amendment, that the newly-elected member for Tignish be

The Leader of the Government objected to

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and the nature and resources of the country he has been called upon to rule. It is his custom to visit his office in the Government Buildings several times a week, where he is visited on each occasion, at his own re- quest, by Senators and Members of the Commons. These are invariably received

world for the cure of Coughs, Colds and the severest Lung Diseases. It is Dr. Boschee’s famous German prescription, and is pre pared with the greatest care, and no fear need be entertained in administering it to

the youngest child, as per directions. The/[

sale of this medicine is unprecedented.

Post Office, Charlottetown, }

20th Feb., 1879. )

Tax Notice.

Postmaster,

and the faces of men, and he walks apart, asa A NovetTy in telephonic appliances was with the the greatest cordiality by his Ex-| Since first introduced there has been a con- LL PERSONS owing City Taxes are re stranzer ia the midst of those among whom he that nsed last Sunday by a member of St. cellency, who straightway proceeds to learn | stant increasing demand and without a posters requested to pay the same has always lived. —Boston Transcript. Paui’s Church, Montreal. who heard the ser- | frem his ae all the information possible | single report of a failure to do its work in oT yee “ be —_—o by lawt a : : ‘ mon in his sick room a quarter of a mile away. concerning the portions of the coun any case. Ask your druggi or 05 ong $e Comet Mis “McCartuy, widow of the late Timothy The apparatus was fixed upon each side of the _which they severally represent. His ES ‘evAli of these Receiia ts oy das "8 W. SHEPHERD,

M Ca , . ° 7 i : L acne Gi, agen qeateiad | puipit. {cellency has already received all the Sen-jeents. Try it and be convinced. Ch town, Feb, 18, 1879, ~10in eee

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