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ty east and north of St. Peter's—daily, , ° ‘ ‘ * ‘ : 2.30 p.m. 12.15 p. Mm. Beprqguer, and all offices on route between Charlottetown and Bedeque, Monday, Wednesday ! : ere : : . . 2.00 p.m. 2.30 p. m. Vers \ VNAL and Coerry VaLiicy, daily, : . ‘ ‘ 7.00 a, m 3.00 p.m. VERNON \ st. Onweii, Murray Harbor Sourn, and all offices ou the South- ‘ Frid tarning Wednesday and Saturday, : / 7.00 a, im. 5.00 p. m. BRacKkLey | Covi » LITTLE Yorks, and all offices on that route, Monday and Thursday ; ; . lay, : aa : : 7.00 a. m. 3.00 p.m. \ rus. INA LN, all oflices on that route, Thursday, 6.00 a, m. 7.00 p. ra. Mi \ Lf 1: ierside to Miscouche, Alberton, Port Hill and Tignish daily; to other principal points on that line laes . Thursday and irday; and to smaller offices, Tuesday and Friday. ra D ton to Rose Valley receive and despatch mails Tuesday and Friday. 7 son | + River to North Rustico, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. O S ! rs River to Cavendish, &c., Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. oO es ont ! » ¢ Line to New London, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. i ‘ e% to Somerset and Newton, Tuesday and Friday. : Mails are forward rom Head of St. Peter’s Bay and Souris East to all offices in the Eastern section of King’s County, every Maiis are forwarded f i Ca can Bridge to Dundas and Lot 56 every Tuesday and Friday, on arrival of the morning train from Charlottetown, r ning to Cardigan Bridge at 8 o’clock, p. m. Mails are forwar i mM vzne Bridge to alloffiees onthe routes to Murray Harbor North and Brookiyn, &e., every Tuesday, Letters intended for Registrat must be posted at least half an hour before the time of closing the Mails by which they are to be | forwarded. Registration open from 8 o'clock a. m. to 8 o’clock p. m. ; Letters may be posted in lette xes on Steamers up to time of departure.

Correspondence for Newfound

ALMANAC FOR JUL‘ MOON'S CHANGYS.

New Moon, 3rd Day, Ih. I2m., 2.m., N., below horizon.

First Quar., 10th Day, 6h. 25in., below horizon,

Fall Moon, Isth Day, %h. lim., below horizon.

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BUSINESS CARDS.

WILLIAM DODD,

Commission Verchant and AUCTIONEER QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. CARVELL BROS., AUCTIONEERS. Commission Merchants,

GENERAL AGENTS. a ~ G4 fr“. - al * -~* ? Lower Queen St. Charlottetown, P. E, I.

F. Mi. CANMIPBELL.

4 af Genern! Vierchant

ISLAND.

ind, Bermuda and West Indies will be forwarded to Halifax by each mail.

INSURANCE. MWA Ee tN

“INSURANCE COMPANY’

OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Ronernr Lonaworrnu, Esq., President, lion. Jas. DUNCAN, Hon. L. C. Owen, lion. A. A. MCDonaLp, Hion, J. C- Porr, Tuomas HANDRANAN, Esq., GEORGE R. Breer, Esq. Risks taken daily at their office, corner Great George and Lower Water Streets. F. W. HALES, Seerretay. Ch’town, March 22, 1875—ly

ST. LAWRENCE Viarine Insurance Co.

OF

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

, Authorized Capital, - - $300,000.

Subscribed Capital, - - 143,950.

] ! BOARD OF DIRECTORS: |

ARCHIBALD Kennepy, [’resident. Joun F. Rosenrson, ArTeEMAS LorbD, P. W. HyxpMAN, RALPH B. PEAKE, THOMAS MoRRIs, Georce D. Loneworrt. } Risks taken daily at their office, Exchange | Building. FREDERICK W. HYNDMAN, Ch’town, March 22, 1875.—ly Secretary.

“FIRE INSURANCE

IMPERIAL

Fire Insuranee Company

Subscribed & Invested Capital, £1.9G6G5.000 te.

PHENIX

INSURANCE COMPANY,

OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Cash Assets, - - - 32,015,588.84.

COMMISSION AGIINT, AUCTIONEER & BROKER TRINITY COENER, GLORGETOWS, PL ELL AGENT FOR THE Sandard iife Insurance Co.

Sept. 1, 1873. ly

HASZARD BERCS.,

Commission Merehauts & Anctioneers, FORWARDING, MANUFACTURERS,

AND

General Agents.

Gi WATER STREET. Opp site Merchants Bank j Charlcttetown, - - - - PEI. |

J. E. Haszanp, |

om? &

Horace HAszarp.

REFERENCES: Messrs. Greenshields, Son & Co.. Montreal, Messrs. W. & Ki. Brodie, Quebec. Messrs. J. S. Farlow & Co., Boston, Henry Lawson, Esq., Halifax, N. 5. Hon. Daniel Davies, Charlottctown, P. E. I. May 3, 1875.

NOTICE 10 SHIPBUILDERS.

just RECEIVED, by the Subseribers, wiarge jot of Manilla Rope, all sizes, Which wil] be sold at a small advance on cost, MacDONALD & OWEN. June 21. 1875.

NOW OPEN! —

“International Hotel,” Central Street, Summerside, P. E. Island.

Wish to inform the public that I have

how opened one of the best as well as one of the most commodions Hotels on this Island. Il am prepare d to accommodate the travelling public with a first-class table, Sieeping apartments, and good stabling, sheds, dc.. where their horses will be tho- Poughly attended to,

Also, in connection with the llouse, are Liquors of the very best quality,— all at moderate prices to suit the times.

Acall from the public will be thankfully received.

W.J.8S. GLOVER, Proprietor. May 24, 1875,

‘Manhood Restored.

Vietim of youthful imprudence, causing Premature decay, nervous debility, ete., Wing tried in vain every known remedy, found a simple self-cure which he will fend free to his fellow sufferers. Address

J H. REEVES. 75 Nassu street, New York. P. 0. Box 5153. 4

April 19, 1875, ’

The above Offices being of UN DOUBT- ED STANDING, guarantee perfect security and Prompt Payment of Losses.

DETACHED DWELLINGS insured for One, Two, or Three Years on SPE- CIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS.

FENTON T. NEW BERY,

AGENT.

Jan. 18, 1874 ly

THE

LIVERPOOL & LONDON AND CLOBE

SURANCE COMPAM

Fire AND LIFE.

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Invested Fands, Ist Jan’y., 1874, $21,628,356 Deposited with Receiver Gener-

al of Canada, 162,800 Other Investments in Dominion

of Canada, 367,09]

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FAIR RATES. Prompt & Liberal Settlements.

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ee ee Pri- Insurance against Fire etl cted upon vets Residences, Household Furniture and Farm Properties, for One, Three or more years, At Reduced Rates. Otliee—Great George Street, Charlotie

town, P. E. I R. R. FITZGERALD, Agent

Ch’town, July 27, 1874.—6in

COAL. COAL.

A quantity of

on hand, and for sa’e at KOUGHAN S SCALES.

April 19, 1874. _

‘+ At Egmont Bay.”

ent for parties in want of the following : Ae CEDAR OR JUNIPER FENCE POSTS, PAILINGS, SILLS, ASU AND SOFTWOOD, STAVES, HOOPS, &e., &e., &e. Now is the time. U. C. TRUDELLE

Egmont Bay, Dec, 21, 1874

| | MISCELLANEOUS,

~~ | Empire.

Pictou & Sydney Large Coal.

PHIL Subscriber is prepared to take con- contracts for any quantity, or act as

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The Government of China proposes to ; send an embassy to England relative to the | ‘murder of Mr. Margary.

The Liverpool “ Evening Albion’’ of Tuesday says the rapid decline in cotton is {forcing the weaker holders to clear off | | their stocks, and creates gloomy feelings. |

Mr. Disraeli has declared his intention of | proceeding guring the present session of the House with the Agricultural erchant | | Shipping, Jadicature and Land Transfer | | Bills. A special from Vienna says it is reported | that Russia and Germany intend to grant | military furloughs on a larger scale next | 'year. One of the Vienna papers urges | | Austria to folow their example, and thus , prove that the alliance between the three | Emperors is worth something. | Heavy rains are falling in Laneashire | and Yorkshire, and adjoining countries. — The River Calder has overflowed its banks and the roads are submerged. Many streets | and houses in Todmorden and Eastwood bridge are flooded. The river Don threat- }ens to invndate parts ef Sheffield. The Ribbla has overflowed the country for | | thirty miles round.

Ladies who like to wear blackslace veils at all seasons of the year, have the authors |ity of an eminent physician for the follows | ing :—Black lace has the desirable effect of | | Shielding the complexion from the sun

while it prevents freckling. For black, | considered asacolor, acts by converting the radient heat of the sun into sensible | heat, in realtiy, preventing the scorching ; quality of its rays. Meantime, the increase | of sensible heat is neutralized by the cor- | responding increase of prespiration which | naturally takes place.

Odger’s lambs and Bradlaugh’s followers do not believe in tolerating opinions differ- ing from their own, as is evidenced by their assaulting eight people who voted against aresolution moved by Bradlaugh at the latest Hyde Park demonstration. They claim for themselves liberty of speech and action, but they do not want any one else to enjoy it. According to their creed, who- ever differs from them is deserving of pun- ishment and this they at once administer. It isa great blessing that republicanism, as understood by Bradlaugh and Odger, has no chance in England.

Tue Leonard Scott, Publishing Co., 41 Barelay Street, New York, have just pub- lished the July number of Blackwood’s Mayazine, The following are the contents:

The Dilemma.—Part II.

Paulo.Post-Mortem.

Under the Mask,

Sketch o* Canada as it now is.

Abode of Snow : Conclusion,

New Books,

Speke’s Nile—Livingstone’s Congo.

Horatian Lyrics.

Modern Scepticism and its Fruit.

Mepicinan Virtues or Tue Pumpxin.—At a meeting of the American Institute Fars mers Club, a correspondent wrote of the virtues of the pumpkin, giving the follows ing instance of its value for inflammatory rheumatism :— A womian’s arm was swelled to an enormous size and painfully inflam- ed. A poultice was made of stewed pump>- kins, which was renewed every fifteen minutes, and in a short time produced a perfect cure. The fever drawn out by the poultice made them extremely effensive, as they were taken off. I knew a man cured of severe inflammation of the bowels by the same kind of application,

Whatever else the people of Canada have been about during the past year they have not been idle in the matter of cheese. The total production in 1870 was 4,914,846 pounds of home made, and the value of that made by factories was $1,001,738. 3ut in 1873 the exports rose to 19,452,211 pounds, while last year the quantity rose to 24,050,982 pounds, Thus, in certain arith- metical proportions and as a figure of speech it may be said that every man, woman and sucking child in the Dominion produced each six pounds of this valuable article of food. Onthis Dominion Day one cannot refrain from noticing such facts as these. And it is well to rest one day in the year if only to look at what the farm can do. It is just about 340 years since the St. Law rence was first discovered. The country which the Spaniards conquered and colon-~ ized began to be occupied about the same tinie. God keep Os from boasting ; but there is precious little cheese made in what were once the Spanish colonies, and now are Spanish Republics. There is hardly a green field to be seen within thousand miles of their Pacific coast, for what the earthquake has spared the greed of the gold grubbers has covered with cinders. In Canada, at least, the plough- share has been allowed to do its work, and as on this day we look back over the three past centuries of colonization we may thank our stars that we live under the English rule and belong to the Pritish

Raspnerry Vinecar.— The followihg re- ceipt for ing t summer drinking is the best I have ever tried,and I think such of your readers, Mr. Editor, who has other methods will, after a trial endorse what I say:—Puta pound of very fine ripe raspberries in 4 bowl, bruise them well, and pour upon them a quart of

st cider vinegar ; c t aad a seen of fresh, ripe raspberries, bruise them also, and the following day do the same, but do not squeeze the fruit or it will make it ferment, only drain the *quor as dry as you can from it. The last time

it through a canvass bag rreviously wet with the vinegar to prevene waste. Put the juice into a stone Jar, with a pound of sugar to every pint of juice; the sugar must be breken into Jumps ; stir it and when melted put the jars into a pan of water ; let it simmer & little and then skim it ; when cold bottle it. It will be fine and thick when cold and a most excellent syrup

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NO. 31.

VORTRY. THE VOICE oF’ MUSIC. _

BY MRS. HEMANS

“striktag the electaic chain wherewith we are |

darkly bound.”—Cuitpe Haroun.

| Whence is the might of thy master-spell? Speak to me, voice of sweet sound, and tell ! | low canst thou wake, by one geatle breath,

Jon nate ; na ee j } * Passionate visions of love and death.

How call’st thou back with a note, a sig!

Words and low tones from the days gone by A sunay glance, or a fond farewell ?- : Speak tome, voice of sweet sound, and tell!

OLE Se 2c S07

| had been fanned by an angel’s wing. ‘And | this boy must live under this doom,’ cried | he, bitterly. -Oh! miserable ——unparalle'ed madness!’

‘I will try once more,’ cried the weeping |inebriate. ‘I will try for the sake of that | boy and my poor, little, motherless Katy. | | thank you for the interest you have taken ‘in adoomed wretch. If I had known you a little sooner, I might perhaps have been ) saved, But friends looked coldly on me, _ neighbors passed by me on the other side

infatuation |

AALS Ee THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA,

aatiaae 3.

(From the Times, July 8.) ‘he Canada Club entertained the Earl of | Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada, and 'a select party of other guests at dinner in the Albion, yesterday evening. Mr. G. T, srooking was chairman, and Mr. Charles Churchill, vice-president; and the com- | pany included the Duke of Manchester, the | Earl of Kimberly, Lord Lisgar, Mr. Gos-

| }

What is thy power, from the soul’s deep spring | —€Ven my wife turned from me in loath- | chen, M.P., Mr. Childers, M. P., Sir Clin~ ‘id {

; Insudden gushes the tears to bring ?

| E’en midst the swells of thy festal glee,

| Fountains of sorrow are stirr'd by thee !

| Vain are those tears—vain and fruitless all !—

| Showers that refresh not, yet stiil must tall ; For a purer bliss while the full heart burns,

| For a brighter home while the spirit yeargs !

; Something of mystery there surely dwells,

} Waiting thy touch, in our bosom-cells : Something that finds not its answer here—

| A chain to be clasped in another sphere.

| Therefore a current of sadness deep, lhrough the stream of thy triumphs is heard to

|

| sweep,

| Like a moan of the breeze through the summer SKY,

| Like aname of the dead whenthe wine foams high

Yet speak to me still though thy tones be fraugh | With vainremembrance and troubled thought ; Speak! for thou tell’st my soul that its birth Links with it regious more bright than earth, § Ssierg MAT.) By LAPERATU CE,

MARCUS THE

WARLAND ; LONG MOSS SPRING.

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CUAPTER

The lady, though she was much interest»

OR,

1. — Continued,

|edin the history of the orphan children,

and touched by the devotion of the faith- ful slave, felt very weary and anxious to resume her recliaing position. The colors ed girl was already fast asleep ; and Marcus

'wrapping himself in a basket that Aunt

Milly brought from the kitchen, soon slept

| as soundly as if lying on a bed of down.

‘irs Bellamy, overcome by fatigue, suffer- ed her head to fall entirely on the pillow, whose clean surface she did not shrink from pressing; and she also soon lost all cons sciouness of surrounding objects. Aunt ‘tilly retired to the kitchen rejoicing that she had not been obliged to commit the honor of the family by getting a supper, which would have shamed her cookery and the former grandeur of their house. All slept but Mr. Bellamy and his host, who their pipes and conversing interest by the light wood

sat smoking

blaze. ‘I am astonished,’ said Mr. Bellamy,

| continuing the conversation, now audible

n the stillness of the apartment, +I am astonished that a man of your natural and cultivated powers of mind can settle down in this obscure post, lost to mankind and lost to himself. Pardon me if I speak too plainly, but Icannot help it. \ man 1s never lost while conscious of his degen-

erate condition. Ifnotfor your own sakes

for the sake of your children, rouse your-

selfand be a man again. Why, this boy of yours is the finest child I ever saw in my life. To put him in a ferry boat, and throw all his energies into that long pole he grasps with sucha princely air, when by education he might be made such an ornas ment to the world, is a crime in the sight of God and man.’

‘ Alas ! what else can I do with him now? I have wasted the property that might have been his. I have forfeited the confidence and respect of society. Ihave made my- self 2 by-word and a reproach among men. I came here that I might hide myself from every eye that knew me in the days that were mine, before the tempter found this burning plague-spot in my heart, and blew upon it with his breath of flame.’

‘You have but to make a solemn reso-~ lution never to taste another drop of the poison— to do as thousands have done be- fore you, and be saved,’ cried Mr. Bellamy, rapping the ashes from his pipe in an energetic manner. ‘ You are still in the prime and vigor of your days. You can resume your station in society. You can give your children the blessings of civilized and social life.’

‘Look at the tremulous hand,’ said Mr. Warland, holding up the half-palsied mem- ber, ‘and see what a wreck my nervous system now is. I might have reformed years ago, but now it is too late. Every energy of body and mind is fast wasting away. I cannot live without the excite- ment of drink. I must drink to appease the gnawing of remorse - to drown the scor- pions of avenging conscience—drink to tor- get that I broke the heart of my wife, beg- gared my children sold and scattered my poor slaves—drink to forget that I sold myself to the archstempter of mankind.’

‘ Well, drink as much as you please, but let it be cold water—pure, crystal water from thespring. Promise me, if you have one remnant of manhood left, that you will not taste another drop of alcohol. If you will, { will do something for that boy of yours. If 1 had such a son I would not take a million ingots of gold for him. He must be educated How you can sit down and give yourself up to perdition, without one spark of pride for your children, or ong feeling of respect for yourself, is astonish- ing—astonishing—incomprehensible The maniac, chained to his dungeon walls, is a sane man to you!’

‘[ know it—I feel it,’ cried the wretched man, ‘but I’ve made so many resolutions and broken them all I’m afraid to promise, I have tried—God knows | have—but it is allin vain. You think I don’t love my children. 1 would sacrifice myself if it would do them any goad. | would endure anything to save them one pang. And yet "-——

‘You cannot give up the suicidal habit of drinking,’ interrupted Mr. Pellamy.

‘ Alas! no—some demon stands at my elbow and urges me on, though I know that every step brings me nearer to de- struction.’

Here he leaned his head on his hand, and wept and sobbed in the impotence of unavailing remorse.

‘God help you! poor man, and God help your poor children,’ exclaimed Mr. Bel. lamy, too much moved to remain still in his chair, and rising he walked the room with troubled steps.

His heart yearned over the sleeping chi'dren, doomed to an orphanage more sad than that created by death itself. It yearned, too, over the helpless man, who seemed wrapped in the tightening coils of a hydra, whose blood is gail, and whose breath is fire. He stopped at the side of the slumbering boy, on whose placid brow

for making a wholesome drink,

a heayensborn emile was lingering, as if it

) can do for you.

ing. Poor soul, she could not help it — no, | she could not. I thought I was lost, and plunged deeper and deeper, trying to an- hilate myself. But there is something here that is undying,’ cried he, smiting his breast with his hand. that is unquenchable. true.’

‘I ghall be travelling this way again in about six months,’ said Mr. Bellamy, try-~ ing to speak calmly. ‘In the meantime, abstain from the poison that is consuming you, and if I then find you are trying to help yourself and family, I will see what I { will get a respectable

‘ There is a fire the word of God is

situation for yourself, and assist in the edus | eaticn of your children. it must bea sober man that I place ina responsible office. my own reputation,’ Mr. Warland renewed the oft-repeated and oft-broken promise of abstinence, with an earnest resolution of amendment; and Mr. Bellamy, gratified at obtaining the vic- tory, and hoping he would have strength to

I cannot compromise

But remember. After dinner the ’ \

| ton Murdoch, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant.Gen, Sir Hastings Doyle, Admiral T«nshawe, Chief Justice Uegbie (British Columbia), Mr. William Smith (Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa), Sir Francis Hincks, C.1}., K.CM.G., Sir John Rose, K. |C.M.G., Vicount Bury, Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., Mr. Law, M.P., Sir E. Watkin, M.P., vr. E. Jenkins, M.P., Mr. Kirkman Hodgs son, M. P., Mr. M. Ridulph, M. P., with many others. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Mr. J. Lowther, M. P., (Under- Secretary for the Colonies), and Mr, A. Macx Kenzie, the Premier of Canada, who had accepted invitations, were unable to be pres sent.

loyal and toasts were cordially drunk.

Sir Hastings Doyle spoke on behalf of the Army, Admiral Fanshawe for the Navy, and Lieutenant-Colonel Oxley fer the Aux- iliary Forces.

The next toast, that of the Houses of Par- liament, was acknowledged briefly by the Duke of Manchesterand W. H. Smith. The

patriotic

keep his word inviolate, lay down on the | couch, and fell into the calm slumbers of | an untroubled bosom. not sleep. science, and the terrible gnawings of un- satisfied appetite would not let him rest. | Crouching on the hearth he gazed on the little cupboard which contained the fluid | that had turned his blood to fire, and for which he was craving with insane, iwsesist-

Mr, Warland could | The stings of an awakened con, |

ible desire ; then looking on the calm sleepers, he said to himself,—he might taste, and they would never know. flis

bold boy would not dash the glass again from his grasping hand ; his new friend’s admonishing voice was silent now. Steal darkly towards the corner, he opened the door, and laid his hand upon the bottle.

‘T have promised,’ he said pausing and trembling ‘the breath is not yet dry upon my lips--I[ have promised once again, and shall | break my wor.) this very night— this hour—this moment? Oh! merciful Father !’ he exclaimed, sinking on his knees and holding up his trembling arms towards heaven, ‘ Uoly Spirit, wlom I have insulted and abjured, fersake me not in this my ex- tremity. Give me strength to wrestle with my indwelling sin. from me and my children.’

Jacob wrestled with the angel of his dream till the breaking day, a.d won the blessing for which he fought. Warland struggled with the demon of temptation till morning light, and at last prevailed. ‘:ow many more conflicts could he eadure, and | live?

Take away the curse

To be continued.

MESCEGLAASOUS.

ee ey

The drought destroyed the crops in Pors tugal, and a famine is imminent.

John Melvor,one of the owners of the Cunard Steamship Line, who retired. some time ago, is dead.

A New Orle.ns man claims to have invents | ed a process by which cotton can be man- | ufactured into silk.

Mr. Wm. Murray, M_P., of North Renfean, has been unseated, and his brother is to be reported for corrupt practices.

Mr. Scaddmore will retire from the British lost Office and go to Turkey to organize the postal service there in accordance with the Berlin convention.

Andrew Wiseman, who lives in Hancock County, Ohio, has had over 100 sheep killed by dogs within the last few weeks There are reported to be 2,210 dogs in that county.

The ice-crop of 2.090,000 tons harvested on the Hudson. estimated ‘at half a cent per pound, is of more value by $2,000,000 than either the wheat or corn crop of the entire State of New York.

Ata recent bull-fight in Madrid, eight bulls, twelve horses. and two men were killed. <A singular affair connected with this circumstance is that it was organized for the benefit of a society for assistance of widows and orphans.

Eight hundred thousand acres of India | soil is now under jute cultivation, produc- Ing nearly 8,000,000 pounds of fibre’ which ultimately takes the form of 52,767,000 gunny bags, and an enormous quantity of matting, twine and paper.

The Queen of Madagascar has been making a royal progress through her domains. And Father Gelbose describes

her appearance at a reception, with satin dress and golden crown, with a huge scarlet umbrella in one hand and an ivory sceptre in the other. * Now you may all dance,’ she says after the formalities. They all begin to hop about in an independent and comi- cal manner, as though the floor was a hot gridiron, the old folks with the rest, and the Queen seems to enjoy it greatly.

Cossetr’s Courtsmp,— The celebrated William Cobbett, the author of so many useful works, and who became a member for Oldham , was originally a private soldier in the English army. It was when quite young, and while quartered in New Bruns- wick, that Cobbett met the girl who became his wife. He first saw her in company for about an hour one evening. Shortly after- wards in the dead of winter, when the snow lay several feet thick on the ground, he chanced, in his walk at break of day, to

ass the house of her parents. It was hardly light, but there she was, out in the cold, scrubbing at awash-tub. Thataction made her mistress of Cobbett’s heart for- ever. Nosooner was he out of hearing than he exclaimed :—‘ That’s the girl for me!’ She was the daughter of a sergeant of ar- tillery, and then only thirteen, 40 his in- tense chagrin the artillery was ordered to England, and she had to go with her father, Cobbett by this time had managed to save 150 guineas as a foot.soldier—the produce

latter speaker expressed his belief that at no time had this country beén more anxious than at present, not only to maintain the unity and greatness of the British Empire, but at the same time to recognize fully the colonial right of self-government.

In proposing the health of the evening— ‘The Health of the Governor-General of Canada, and prosperity of the Dominion,’ the Chairman expressed the opinion that a more successful administration than his Excelleney’s had seldom been witnessed in that part of the Empire.

After the company had responded en- thusiastically to the toasts,

_ The Earl of Dufferin said,—in rising to return thanks for the honour which has been done me by this splendid ‘entertain~ ment, and for the kind and cordial manner in which my health has been received, | hope it will be understood that, however. deeply I may feel the compliment thus paid to me—and words would fail to ex- press all that I experienced on that score —my personal gratitude and satisfaction are absorbed and lost in the prouder cons sciousness that this brilliant assembly and the distinguished men I see around me are met, not so much for the purpose of ex- tending a welcome to a mere individual like myself, but that they have been

| brought together by the desire to pay a

tribute of respect to the Dominion over which | have the honour to preside, and to testify their sympathy in the most marked and generous manner with that noble com- munity, their kinsmen and fellow-citizens, who on the other side of the Atlantic are engaged in building up a nationality cog~ nate to their own, instinct with the same high spirit of constitutional freedom, and determination to prove itself a powerful and worthy member of the British Empire. (cheers.) My lords and gentlemen, it is this consideration alone which can give im- portance and significance to the demonstra~ tion of to-night, and to proceedings which will be scanned and discussed with un- speakable pride and pleasure by thousands of your fellow-subjects in their distant Ca. nadian homes (hear, hear); for if there is one predilection more marked than another in the Canidian people, if there is one pas- sion—if | may so call it—which predomi. nates over every other feeling in their breasts, if their is one especial message which a person in my situation is bound to transmit from them to you, it is this—that they desire to maintain intact and unim- paired their connextion with this country, that they cherish an ineradicable conviction of the preseminent value of the political system under which they live, and that they are determined to preserve puse and uncontaminated ail the traditional charac- teristics of England’s prosperous polity. (cheers.) It would be impossible to over- state the universality, the force, the depth of this sentiment, and proud am | to think that an assemblage so representative of the public opinion of this country as that which { see around me should have met together to reciprocate it and to do it justice. {[ear, hear.] But, my lords and gentlemen, | should be conveying to youa very wrong impression if I gave you to understand that the enthusiastic loyalty of the Canadian people to the Crown and person of our gracious Sovereign, their tender and almost yearning love for the Mother Country, their desire to claim their part in the future for. tunes of the British Empire, and to sustain all the obligations such a position may im. ply, was born of any weak or unworthy spirit of dependence, [Hear hear,] So far from that being the case, no characteris- tic of the nationai feeling is more strongly marked than their exuberant confidence in their ability to shape their own destinies to their appointed issues, their jealous pride of the legislative autonomy with which they have been endowed, and their patriotic and personal devotion to the land within whose ample bosom they have been nurtured, and which they justly regard as more largely dowered with all that can endear a country to its sons than any other in the world, [Cheers.] And I assure you this intense affection for ‘ this Canada of ours,’ as we lovingly call her, can surprise no ene who has traversed her picturesque and fertile territories, where mountain, plain and yalley, river, lake and forest prairie and table land alternately invite by their extraordi nary magnificence and extent, the wonder and admiration of the traveller. [Ch ers.] And yet, however captivating may be the sights of beauty thus prepared by the hand of Nature, they are infinitely enhanced by the contemplation of all that man is doing to turn to their best advantage the gifts thus placed within his reach. _1n every direction you see human industry ard human energy digging deep the foundations, spreading out the lines, and marking the invisable boundaries upon and within. which one of the most intelligent and happiest of the ottsets of the English race is destined to develope into a proud and great nation. | The very atmosphere seems impregnated with the exhilirating spirit of enterprise, contentment and hope, The sights and sounds which caressed the senses of -the Trojan wanderer in Dido’s Carthage are repeated and multiplied in a thousand different localities in Canada where flourish

of extra work. Considering that Woolwich, to which his sweetheart was bound, was a gay place, and that she there might find many suitors who, moved by her beauty might tempt her by their wealth, and, un- willing that she should hurt herself with hard work, he sent her all his precious guineas and prayed that she might use them freely - for he could get plenty more—to buy good clothes and live in pleasant lodg, ings and be as happy as she could until he was able to join her. Four long years elapsed before they met. Cobbett, when when he reached England, found her maid of-all work at £5a year. On their meeting, without saying a word about it, she placed broken. He obtained his discharge from ty woman. She made him an admirable wife. Never was he tired of speaking her her praise ; and, whatever comfort and suc- cess he afterwards enjoyed, it was his des light to ascribed it to her care and inspira- tion.

in his hands the parcel of 150 guineas un.

the army, and married the brave and thrif. |

ing cities, towns and villages are rising in every direction with the rapidity of a fairy ‘tale. And better still, pari passu with the developement of these miterial evidences of wealth and happiness is to be observed | the growth ofa political wisdom, experience and ability perfectly capable of coping with the various difficult problems which from ‘time to time are presented in a country where new conditions foreign to European experience and complications arising out of ethnological and geographical! circum- stances are constantly requiring the appli-~ cation and intervention of a statesman- ship of the highest order. And here, per- haps, | may be permitted to remark on the _ extraordinary ability and intelligence with which the French portion of her Majesty’s | subjects in Canada join with their British _fellow-countrymen in working and devel- | oping the constitutional privileges with which, thanks to the initiative they were the first to take, their country has been endowed. Our French fellow-countrymen