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Toe Datty EXAMINER,

NOVEMBER 30, 1878

The Week.

Tue great event has been the Reception of the Governor General and the Princess Louise. Halifax has been highly honored, and she has gained much,—both directly and indirectly,—in being the first city of Canada to receive them. She has gained credit at home and abroad—in England and in the United States. Her advantageous position and her magnificent harbor will be better known to members of the Govern-

ment and to other influential men than ever before; and there is little doubt that her paramount claims to the position of ‘Winter Port”

for Canada will, ere long, be recognized. ‘'o her poor mechanics the Reception has been a perfect windfall; and the large amount of money which has been freely drawn from the pockets of the wealthy and loyal and put in general circulation, cannot but have a stimulating effect upon her trade. The Vice-Regal party—and, in fact, every one seems to have been favorably impressed with Halifax and its people.

On the other hand, the people of Halifax —and everyone else—seem to have been favorably impressed with the noble Gov- ernor General and his Princess. If a tithe of what has been said and written in their favor be true, their advent will, indeed, be a blessing to Canada. Canada requires an aristocracy. She has enough, and more than enough, of forward snobbery and social fustian. She wants more of the genuine article. If she is to make real progress in true culture, she must banish the counterfeit and have it replaced by the true metal. Of such is the Governor Cen- eral and the Princess Louise. It is nothing that they are descended from semi-savage kings and nobles. It is a great thing that with all the advantages of the highest culture, with all the importance attached to the Royal line of the greatest Empire in the world, with the closest relationship to the pattern Woman Wife and Queen, Vic- toria, they are, if reports be true, sensible, modest and industrious—-fond of fol- lowing the higher purposes of life, devoted to literature and art, energetic in well do- ing; and, desirous of walking the world with a higher aim in view than is ordinarily to be found among those who have their dwelling in king’s palaces, they are endowed with an inalienable wealth of character which cannot be misused, squandered or thrown away. In short, they belong to the aristocracy of merit; and, if so, their high example will be of infinite advantage to Canada; for instead of striving for the tin- sel and fustian of nobility, Canadians will try to be really noble.

The insidious and treacherous enemy of Great Britain, whom no treaty can bind, by an intrigue with the Ameer of Affganistan, obtained undue influence up.n the frontier ef British India. The British Government first satisfied itself that the intrigue ex- isted, then dispatched an ultimatum ; and then with a promptitude which surprised the world, sent an army to secure her borders. In the early part of the week in- telligence was received of the capture by them of Ali Musjid—an important strata- getic point.

The Pomeranian disaster—the tragedy of the week—was very distressing. But through the coolness and bravery of the captain and officers of the ship, it was not as calamutous as it might have been. A contemporary thinks ‘‘better behavior in the presence of such a sudden and startling danger could not be expected from the officers and crew of one of the crack ships of Her Majesty’s navy. The exhibition had a significance of a peculiar kind. It signi- fied to all concerned that the sons of the Fatherland have in them the stuff of which first-rate sailors are made—intrepid courage, self-possession and a faculty for obedience in the presence of the most deadly peril. It is exceedingly gratifying to learn that so many were saved from the sinking ship, including the gallant Captain himself.”

Times are harder than ever in England. Writing from Sheffield, the correspondent of the Enquirer, after recounting how t}i iror masters have told their men that witi: out further reduction of wages they cannot possibly compete with French or Belgian firms, proceeded to say :—‘'I went over var iron-workers district last Friday- It presents a pitiable appearance. In Brigh- side, Grimesthrope, etc., there are streets which have scarcely a single occupant. In other parts there are whole rows with shut- ters up, and it was rare indeed to finda road where half the houses were inhabited. Nor was thisall. I found that for the sake of cheapness three and four families had clubbed together and huddled themselves into one dwelling, where they are living

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under conditions certainly not conducive to health or morality. The publicans and merchants have suffered severely during the last two years, and the weakest have, as (usual, to go to the wall.”

Such sufferings as are here depicted have not been felt in Canada; and throughout the Deminion a better and a hopeful feel In the United States busi-

ing prevails. Consequent

ness has greatly improved. upon large supplies, the prices of potatoes have fallen somewhat-; and fears are enter- tained that some of our speculators will lose money. The demand is, however, great ; and persons who can afford to hold their consignments will probably realize a fair profit. sctitliinineanes i

I'noe Vice-Regal Party in Montreal. expensive prepara-

MonrreatL made

tions for the reception of the Governor General and the Princess Louise. Every one, we are told, worked hard. Among other notabilities of the procession which was formed on the arrival of the Vice Regal party were two hundred Caughna- waga Indians in aboriginal costume and war paint. They sang the Nathional Anthem in the Iroquois language as the party passed. It is announced that on Sunday, the Marquis of Lorne and Her Royal Highness will attend service in the English Cathedral.

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The Globe says: “If a Government is bent on acting on the ‘spoils’ theory in its dealings with the Civil Service, it can easily find a way doing so.” On which the Mail remarks: ‘‘Our contemporary speaks of that it knows and testifies of that which it has seen. In 1873, Reformers cancelled scores of appointments made by the pre- ceding Government, when it was sustained by a majority of the people’s representa- tives, filled the vacancies with good mem bers of the ‘pairty,’ and then published a list of those dismisscd and claimed credit for economy on that ground; entirely omit- ting mention the new appointees. In 1876, Mr. LeSueur, an old ana experienced mem- ber of the Civil Service, was set aside to make way for an imported article named Forsyth, who knew too many secrets of the Postmaster General to be disregarded. In 1878, after being overwhelmingly con- demned by the people of Canada at the polls, it superannuated Mr. Meredith, the efficient Deputy Minister of the Interior, and appointed the defeated Premier's con- fidential clerk in his place. No doubt, ‘‘if a Government is bent on acting on the ‘spoils’ theory, it can easily find a way of doing so.”

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There is a form of literature from which some countries have derived pleasure and profit, occasionally tempered, it ,is true, by certain disadvantages. We mean journals or sketches partly or wholly autobiographic- al of men who have taken a distinguished part in public affairs, as Lord Houghton, or whe have mingled with such as these on terms of intimacy, as Greville. In Canada, with the exception of a few brief memoirs, we have had no examples of this kind of writing. ‘This is certainly not from want of material. Such menas Sir L. H. Lafon- taine, L. J. Papineau, Sir George Cartier, the Hon. Joseph Howe, must have left be- hind them journals, correspondence, and memoranda of various kinds, quite enough to form the nuclei of most interesting and instructive works, if they were placed in the hands of persons of ability and judg- ment. Indeed, it is not very creditable to our patriotism that, apart from newspaper obituaries, Mr. Morgan’s brief biographies and the praiseworthy but too little ap- preciated efforts of Mr. Fennings Taylor, little, if anything has been done in this way to perpetuate the riemory of our greatest men. Is it not time that a beginning were were made ?—Montreal Gazette.

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Assassination.

The official account of the discoveries that have been made by the police agents, en- trusted with the task of tracing to its sources the International Conspiracy for the assassination of the Kings of Europe will probably soon be published. It is under- stood that the discoveries are full and com- plete and show the existence of a wide- spread combination for this purpose. The revolutionary propaganda in Italy has been mainly carried on through agency of this association, and men in high position are believed to be members of it. Jesi, at which place a great demonstration in favor of an overturn of the monarchy and estab- lishment of a republic took place on the 27th,is an Episcopal city and one of the’ most important towns in the Province of! Aconia. The manufacture of woollen and

silk goods is largely carried on in Jesi, and republican demonstrations are made chiefly | by workmen. Some landed proprietors. joined in it.

Search for suspected Inter-|

‘successful; not only have many arrests

national conspirators is being made at’ Naples, Florence, Rome, Acona and else-' where. The Government have been very |

been made, but the printed and written | documents seized are of an important and

interesting character. |

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A Denial. |

The Duke of Argyll, formerly Secretary of State for India, publishes a letter de- nying certain assertions in Lord Cranbrook’s dispatch. He says that Gladstone’s Gov- ernment did not conclude an alliance with

the Ameer of Afghanistan, but the latter ‘demanded it should be offensive and de- fensive, and should pledge England to pro-

tect the Ameer against internal and external ,

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Bcsnomy in the Public Service.

(From the Toronto Mail.)

We happened to say the other day that ‘‘ between the Civil Service of the Domutn- ion Government and the services of tae seven Provincial Governments, the country is oppressed by an army of non producing taxeaters whose ranks will bear thinning. The Ottawa Free Press thinks this 1s a cov- ert attack on the Federal system and_is afraid the Conservative party is inclined to advocate a change to a legislative union. it is to save the Federal system, not to Ges- troy it, that we urge a policy of economy. If the cost of this system 1s to go on Increas- ing in the future as it has done since 1867, beyond any doubt the taxpayers will ere long be found demanding the change the

Has our contem- porary ever looked at the figures? They are instructive. ‘There are no less than fourteen legislative bodies in the Dominion, viz.: the Dominion Senate and House of Commons, the Ontario Assembly, the Que- bee Legislative Council and Assembly, the New Brunswick Legislative Council and As- sembly, the Nova Scotia Legislative Coun- cil and Assembly, the Prince Ed-

‘‘ Free Press” dreads ”

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ward Island Legislative Council and Assembly, the Manitoba Assembly, tle British Columbia Assembly, and _ the

body governing the vast territory of which Battleford is the capital. These bodies are composed of a total of six hundred and sixty-one members. In the same proportion, it would take five thousand three hundred legislators to govern the Mother Country; six thousand six hundred to govern the United States, and fifty thousand to govern the British Empire. ‘The indemnity paid to members is very nearly $500,000 a year. There are fifty-six Ministers of the Crown in Canada whose salaries amount to $210,- 000; thirteen Speakers with salaries amount- ing to $17,000; and one Governor General and eight Lieutenant Governors whose sa'- aries amount to $122,000. In short, the in- demnity and salaries paid to the ‘* higher powers” in this country amount to $250,090 a year, or over 20 cents per head of the population. ‘The total cost of Civil Goy- ernment, exclusive of the figures above given, and the cost of the Customs, Post Office, Public Works and other departments of the Dominion and the seven Provinces, amounts to four and a quarter million dol- lars a year. Add the salaries of Ministers and Governors, etc., and it will be found that we pay upward of five million dollars a year for government. It is speaking mildly to say that this is a large sum; and our ob- ject is to keep it from increasing. No coun- try in the world pays so dearly for govern- ment, and if Ossais to be piled on this Pelion, either the people’s back will break under the burden, or they will unload and try a change, which would in effect be a revolution, a quiet but still a disastrous ene for Canada. —

The increase in the past seven years has been enormous both in Dominion expen- diture and in the expenditure of the Pro- vinces. It is true new Provinces have been brought into Confederation; but it will not be denied by those acquainted with the sub- ject that the increased cost of Government is out of all proportion to the growth of the population or the increase in the wealth of the people. Economy is not only advis- able but imperative; and we rejoice to see that the Ottawa Government realize the fact. In hard: times like these, when the cost of the public service should be cut down to meet the general shrinkage, there are always more office-seekers than when business is thriving and employment easily obtained; and this fact accounts to some extent, no doubt, for the vast increase in the cost of government that occurred under the late regime. The new Ministry will also have to endure the importunities of this class, but however much they may feel for individual cases of hardship, they must never forget the necessities of the country.

Ve trust Sir John McDonald and his col- leagues will go on cutting down salaries and ejecting useless ofticers, regardless of their party stripe. It is a policy of vital neces- sity to the credit and prosperity of the country.

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Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, when showing her jewels to a Chicago reporter the other day, is quoted as relating this story conceraing one of her bracelets: *‘Yeers ago when I was in England with my father and mother, the Duchess of Somerset showed us a great deal of attention, and among other guests we invited to meet the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. They, of course, entertained a great deal, and during the races at Brighton filled their house with guests. The first day or two of the races the Duke, who had bet heavily and lost im- mense sums, and being a little superstitious, telegraphed an invitation to my parents and self to come down, believing, he added, that I would bring him ‘luck.’ We went, and, funny enough, the day after I arrived he won $50,000, and on the eve of my departure for America he sent me this souvenir, with a grace- ful note.”

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Here is a sentence from the London Figaro, the value of which lies in the application thereof: ‘‘A majority in Parliament can, if it chooses, trample on the rights of the min- ority. But the triumph is dearly boaght by the reaction out of doors against the abuse of power.”

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Special Notices.

Iv you want your pictures framed cheap, go to Lewis.’ Motto Frames 40 cents each. All other kinds in proportion. Call and see for yourselves at Upper Great George Street.—3in

Tue Misses LePace are now conducting a first-class boarding house on the corner of Great George and King streets, in the building heretofore known as the ‘‘Broad- way House.” This house, being refitted in excellent style, situated in a most con- venient part of the city, and conducted by obliging ladies, is therefore one of the most desirable for permanent boarders. Im

Buy Essence of Vinegar and make your own Vinegar any strength required cheaper than can be imported. Directions given at Apothecaries Hall, Queen Square.

ROBERT HARRIS, ARTIST, FULL’S BRICK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.

Porrratts Painted from Life,” &e., during the next six months. Nov. 30. 1878

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Caledonia Club of P. B, Island, FESTIVAL OF ST. ANDREW.

7B VAE Members of the above Association will

i celebrate the Festival of their Tutelar

Saint by the annual ANNIVERSARY DIN-

NER, at Revere Howse, on

Wonday Evening, 2nd Bee. nex, NINE O'CLOCK.

Members are expected to wear their badges at this dinner.

Tickets tu be had at W. R. \Watson’s and C. D, Rankin’s Drug Stores ; of the Committee and Secretary.

by order of the President. JOHN ROSS, Secretary. Nov. 30, 1878—1li

ANNUAL MEETING.

TFIWE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Salvage Corps will be held in the office of the Stipendiary Magistrate, Market Building, on MONDAY Evening next (2nd December), at 74 o’clock. As the appoint- ment of officers and other important matters will be before the Corps, a full attendance is respectfuily solicited. Citizens willing to join the Corps are cor- dially invited to attend or send their names. ; By order. A. A. McKENZIE, Sec’y. ‘h’town, Dec. 30—

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We Have Added

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Monday, the 2nd December,

--BY THE—

REV, LACHLIN TAYLOR, D. D.,

Of Toronto,

Giving a full description, from observations made during a tour of upwards of five -months, and seven thousand miles of travel over that wonderful Territory.

The lecture will commence at 7.30 o'clock, precisely._Admission 25 cents, the door.

Nov. 28—4i

Picture Frames !

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POTATOES.

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