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AARON EE NR eT Tee ere RR See FT

fhe Gxamiuer,

Ch'tow lhe di Wary 25. 1875.

That Tur EXAMINER may be brought within the reach of all, it will, in future, ’ ae ad

be issued at the following rates If paid in advanes copy 1 3 81.40 ws “ 1.49 If not paid t at »end of vear, 2 Ow | i Tur EXAMINER I forwarded to Ciabs at the ving rates per year—pay nent always in advance < < ‘ ee ‘oi ? wy 10 10.00 i. 14.00 0 17.00

Subseribers, who ecounts are overdu vill find it greatly to their advantage to pay up at or und « mence taking the

EXAMINER at advance or club rates.

OUR ‘ CASTLES OF INDOLENCE, Tur Grand Jury of Queen’s County, has recommended tl!

for utilizing the labor of prisoners,

t provision be made We trust the recommendation may be acted upon. It since the late Mayo DesBrisay, Esq., Caiit 1 the attention of

more, than six years

of the city, Theoph.

is now

those in authority to the ‘ mockery’ of

sentencing criminals to imprisonment with hard labor. and consigning them to jail. to retirement and to ease—forcing them to live apart ti!l their offences were

and their health and strength

An ] the mo< kery .

forgotte n

. +) renewed. stili con-

tinues.

We notice, by late Halifax papers, that the prisoners in the jails of that city and its vicinity, are used to clear and level

the snow on the streets. Here, we will

venture the assertion, th r is as deep Halifax. But while the necessary shoveling has to I at the

.e | not at all

and the streets as rough in

be done by private citizens, or expense of the Corporation—or i

—the prisoners in our jails live, shielded

from the weather—in secluded idleness. lolling before blazing fires provided by the Government, living a life which, a far as comfort goes, thousands of poor ind h citi } 1 cuvy t] m This, it I not t should I h tir r legislators took the ma i Domin ion Gove tim I ! shortly before t xt get election — see fit to giv } Ntiary Int nN meantime, it ¥ be ¥ if our Loeal authorities instit 1 ivh reform in the disci h tles of Indole —ou > -_-_> - 1 i el E TL L

We fear that “ the principle of honor ”’ —Wwhich | 1 and leayens the minds of t V inder Bri ish Ih itut ef ] \ low in this Provi The expr sion t ralled forth by ar cent act of the Grand Jury of Queen's County. [hat most honorable b dy of public-spirited geatlemen has demanded of the Supreme Court, for services ren dered, the sum of $900! The demand of so honorable a bo ly if publie spirit d

gentlemen—though unprecedented in this Provinee—will, of course, be aceeded to. They have: done certain- work, and they should, unquestionably, be paid for it. The honor of being a Grand Juryman— once esteemed so highly —now counts for The

power to

the the gentlemen of the Gren? Jury pay their devotions. the Grand Jury has not yet lost all sense It will be contented with no the golden ars are wanted ;

oa. | vi : almighty dollar is

nothing.

transcendent which even

It may be noted, however,that

of honer. small or trivial favors deity. Nine hundred d and nine hundred dollirs amount for a few days The Grand Jury evidently stil! rates it-

irom

is no smal]

minal services, self as a hich, and, body. has to furnish the mater

doubtless, honorable As, however, the country at large, | consideration

the honorable Grand Jurymen require,

it would be well if, in future, a stated sum were fixed as the reward of their services; and i lso that meno most ¢ ipable

of performing those services well—not most the most honoral, geotemen in the County—were zppointed Grand Jury This the pursued in those Provinces where the the Grand Inquest of

the County is establish d

men. is, we believe, course

system of paying

GLADSTONE’S RETIREMENT.

The Lead- Party of Great y an the r. As ft r the great Commoner, he will, if required,

GLADSTONE has retire Liberal ken b

ny

ership “of the Britain will be ta serve his country in a subordinate ex. pacity ; but his desire is to spend the re- mainder of his life in quiet. His suec

sor will not, probably, be named until the of Parliament. The men of the Liberal party, with the excep- tion of the Duke of Arzyle, Viscount

Cardwell, Lord and Jobn j Bright, a few days ago, met at dence of Earl Granville for

meeting leading

Wolve rion the resis consultation | in view of his retirement, It is under- | stood that the prevailing opinion at the | meeting was in favor of the selection of Mr. W. E. Forster as the

of the party.

leader | Our latest despatches, how- |

future

ever, indicate that the Mar juis of Hart ington will be chosen succe sor to Glad—| stone.

OWENS ELECTION.

MR.

We learn that Mr. Scrimgeonr has | signified his determination to contest Car- digan District against the Hon. L, C. Owen, Should Mr. Scrimgeour carry out his determination, it is probable W. Welsh, Esq., M. P. P., will have some- thing to say and do in the matter. It is also probable that Mr. Serimgeour will experience a tall—in is own cstimation.

scieenhiecinaeaneanniteliplteiaeens

W. Gavin, master, sailed from this port on 24 Nov. last for Bermuda with a cargo of produce, where she arrived on 9th; dis» charged, reloaded, and arrived in George- town, P. E.1., Dec. Ist; loaded a cargo of oats, and her owners receive a cable of her safe arrival in Swansea on the I4th January, thus making a round voyage and & voyage across the Atlantic in two months ane twelve days, being the only vessel that carried two cargoes of produce from P. E. Island last fall. The Fleetwood now pro- ceeds from Swaasea to Demerara to load a cargo of sugar and molasses for this port direct, and will be due here on opening of the navigation, —Pairio!.

| were in the Asylum, he

| results j

.

Tum twentysseventh Annual Report

the Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum

T e

p 1b 1 )}

the

published in form

addressed to the fi

imphiet of

low ing trustees

nstitution : Orrictar, Trustres.—Hon. Chief Justice, Hon. the Presi

ceil, Hon,

lentof

Assembly.

Orner ‘lrusters.—tllons. L. C. Owen, |

} re l . \W W ulliv in, M. Ps P.. Patrick | \\ ker, M. L. C.. WV. G Strong, ey des a Joseph i? Arsenault, M. P. P., Wm. Dp. Stewart, Esq., M. P. P., Theoph. Des- ay, maa. ¢d. & Carvell, Esq., Alex.

Alex. Brown, Eaq. Key. D. PitzG rald, Dr.

+ hy $a by} ip tne Loies

slanchard reports that in working that cover the proceedings

the past twelve ajonths, he has had the

eat difficulty, as he has had no data | to go upon—no reliable record having n Kept. At the close of last year there

says, “© lifty-eight

males and twenty-

Since then there have been

patients—thirtysfour

1 four lemfies.

admitted, twenty-one —thirteen males and

eight females—making the total number

under treatment for the year, seventy-

?

nine, Twelve have been discharged, three

females and nine males. hree have died,

two males and one female, leaving in the house at the present time, sixty four pati-

thirty-six males and twenty-eight

ents, females. Ail the discharges have taken

‘e from among those admitted within

the past ly treatment ,

the great advantage of ea ‘ while two out of the three deaths, occurred se who had been in the Asylum

mong th

great many years. One death was that

of 2 man who had been an inmate of tution twenty-two years and the other

died had

inst

male who been a patient for

fourteen years, who remain in the Asylum at present, nines tenths are cases

twenty-five years standing, down, and of

whose recovery, or even material improves | ment, no hope can be entertained. In- deed, in these cases, no treatment has |

been attempted, unless the regular night draught toa few sleepless and noisy ones, In recent cases

: ill lied such,

can be ca

ever, the fact is far otherwise, and we are

encouraged to work with the reasonable

s nee that our efforts will ke crowned

wit uecess, and that the unfortunate

’ e restored to their families

l be e, again, to take part in the

i of life Ifthe friends of those

who are thus attacked with insanity,

vould lay aside their prejudices, and in

me cases, their pride, and send the sufs

f to a proper Asylum, the

num! ‘ nic insane would not

i i ® s it has

ti t id Cc vuntry would be

I ing sO many

peless imsanit Respecting

Asylum t t] Medical

Superintendent uses the following forcible i

lang To an who has visited

! to sa}

i ti ipper s @Sa

{ lly ventilated, that the

0 mere cells 1 that 32 mat-

hment that so many have

v } ve Ss ch irgea year

inere ‘ l D lieve more

I } house at ] € , than haye

eve ‘ y one time before lo

cu mod sa eat a number, many

must be mide to sleep in the basement

( a@ yp! e which has received the

reprobation of all who are in any way fa-

mili viih the proper treatment of the

insane. The Asylum, as it now stands, is

a blot upon the fair fame of our Island,

but a stain which will, ere long, I trust, be [The time has surely fully the steps to provide a Hospital which will be

out.

wiped

come when Legisiature should take

adequate to the wants of our insane popu- lation to our Government.” The Medical Superintendent quotes the of Dr. Wilkins that ‘It

hopelessly impossil ,

anda credit

is

declaration je for any amount of care and attention, any degree of medical skill the power of man can supply, to overs come the disadvantages and drawbacks of

a poorly constructed Hospital, with its

ill-ventilated and over-crowded wards,

where; proper classification and necessary

sanit

. 1 si,baly

Freguiat

ions cannot be fully carried

out.”? The medical

superintendent asks Prince Edward Island not

“ Why should

have just as good an Asylum as either New

P weil T ruse : 4 Brunswick or Nova Scotia ?

Our people are just as wealthy, and quite as rea ly to devote their means to charitable purposes as those of either the two mentioned Pro- vinees, At present, there cannot be less

than two hundred insane on the Island ;

indeed, that is making the per centage considerably lower than it is in Nova Seos tia. Of that number, sixty-four are at present under treatment in the Asylum,

and thirtyssix in the jailsand seattered through the families in the

some on

5 . ' } j ieaving one hundred

Province. It has been remarked by

», that ‘a nation’s charities never

impoverish her,’ and the truth of the say-

ing has been verified over and over again, Laying aside every higher consideration,

however, even on the score of economy, it |

is high time that all our insane were pros vided for. * * * * The building we

va

at present

ocet

upy the wants of our insane population.

is totally inadequate to While we remain in it, we cannot look for anya thing which would follow our labors in a properly cons

the favorable results

like structed Hospital. Then, as regards the size of the Hospital needed. the number of our insane is in the ratio of one in every five hundred of our popu-

| lation—which is making it lower than it is | either in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia— |

we require a building that will accommo-

| date at least two hundred inmates, and a | Hospital of this size (from 200 to 250) is i that in which the American Association of Asys | decided the best |

Me@lical Superintendents of Insane lums, a few years ago will be obtained, as it

‘every advantage of that classification of | | diseases. dispositions and manners, which secures the most comfort and that mutual | | attrition of mind upon mind which is so

beneficial, and at the same time permits one head to acquire and retain that intis mate personal knowledge of each case, in all its history and relations, which is so essential to the best application of moral and medical treatment.’’’ Respecting the improvements which have been made in the course of the past three months, Dr. Blanchard reports: ‘* Among the patients, restraint has been almost entirely done away with, and with the best results. At present, among our sixty-four inmates, there are but three or four with whom any method of restraint is used. fashioned bolts which were in use on the doors of the different rooms, and which, owing to the length of time necessary to unlock them. would have rendered a fire almost inevitably fatal to at least, some of the patients, haye been removed, and locks of a more modern style substituted. The walls of the yards and outhouses have been lime washed,and present a much neater appearence than they formerly did. Since the first of October last, through the kind- ness of clergymen of different denomina tions in the city, aregular Sunday service has been conducted in the Asylum, and many of the patients have learned to look forward to it with pleasure. The organ, which was purchased a short time ago renders the service much more attractive and interesting to them than it would otherwise be,”

t of

the Legislative Couns |

the Speaker of the House of

eighteen months, thus showing |

the |

Of the sixty-four patients |

of chronic mania, from |

hows |

Granting that |

gives |

The olds)

SUPREME COURT.

Since the date of our last issue the fols lowing cases ‘have been disposed of :—

In the case Mugford vs. the Jury found a verdict o 00 for plaintiff. Palmer & McLeod for plaintiff; [Todgson and Davies for defend. ant.

1

last week

Queen Frederick Davy—indictment

for uttering base coin-——verdict, guilty.

J. D. Mason vs. for debt—while suit pending, defendant confesses judgment for £2,800.

Ann MeKinnon (absent debtor) verdict

for plaintii! $66.22. FitzGerald for plains

till.

The Queen vs. R. M. Gidley-—The Grand | Jury brought in a ‘ True Bill.’

Blatch, McKenzie & Co, —-The Jury (after a lengthened consultation in their room, extending from Saturday evens

|ing to Monday morning,) brought in a

verdict for plaintiff for $110,

Dr. Mackieson, the Grand

Jury brought in ‘No Bill.’

The Jury presented William | Henry Redhouse and John Carrol, both of | Charlottetown, for selling spirituous liquors | without License. They also presented William Henry Redhouse for selling liquor on the Lord's day.

They also presented that the Lunatic Asy- {lum is not suited for the purposes for which it is applied, ‘“‘ being unfitted for the | abode of human beings.”

The Grand Jury recommended that some

| etfort be made to utilize the prisoners in the Common Jail.

In the matter of the temporary Cily

Morris vs.

Queen vs.

Grand

labor of the

Llospital, on North River Road, the Grand Jury forbore to make a presentment—as | they had been assured, ‘ by those in auth- as soon

| ority,’ that the hospital will, as

possible, be removed to some secluded site, The Grand Jury brought in a bill of $900 for services rendered. 2 +- am oe PostaL.—dhe following is the arranges ment recently made between the postal

' authorities of the United States and Can-

i

ada ;—

First. —The unilication of the postal sys- tems of the two countries in respect to correspondence exchanged between them, each country to forward and deliver, free of charge, correspondence of all kinds, ‘written and printed received from the Other, which correspondence must in all cases be prepaid at the established do mestic rates of the country of origin.

Second.—Each country will transmit the domestic mails of the other in closed pouches through its territory, free of charge, by the ordinary mail routes.

ihird.. No account shall be kept be- tween the i’ost Office Departments of the two countries in regard to international correspondence of any kind exchanged be- tween them, each department retaining to its exclusive use all the postage it col- tects On mail matter delivery.

Fourth -—It is understood to be th sire and intention of ourrespective Post Office Departments that the provisions of the agreement shall extend to an interna- tional money order exchange as practicab!

Fifth.—The provisions of this agreement as far relates to the rate of letter postage, will be carried into effect on the Ist ¢

de-

SOOn 4S

a it as 1

t of February, 1875. Sixth.— All provisions of the existing Postal Convention inconsistent with this

arrangement sre hereby abrogated. Seventh, — Former articles embodying

the provisions of this agreement shall be

prepared for execution as soon as possible.

A TYRANNOUS PROCEEDING

The refasal of Mr. Pope, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for the Dominion, to obey the order of Mr. Justice Beaudry, Mr. Berthelot, to permit of an éxamination of the ballots cast in the Montreal West elecs tion, is a most unheard of proceeding. It is of consequence to know that Mr. Pope’s action is grounded upon advice given to him by M. Fournier, Minister of Justice.

subsequently confirmed by Justice

There was about the whole proceeding an air of supreme contempt for the Judges, and of utter disrespect for the applicants. Mr. White's demand is justified by law; it was recognized by two Supreme Court Judges ; it was the duty of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery to have obeyed the order without question. For the extraor- dinary course which he has chosen to pur- sue, and for Mr. Fred. Mackenzie’s opposi- tion to the law taking its course, there can be but one explanation: the two Macken- zie’s dread the result of the scrutiny. We have reason to believe that one of them

, has admitted that the investigation would

result in the return of Mr. White. It is shameful beyond expression that the mas chinery of the law should be thus blocked by a tyrannous Minister and a Ministerial supporter tremulous lest justice should be permitted to take its course. It will be strange indeed if such an outrage can be successfully perpetrated in this country, which we have been educated to regard as among the freest in the world.— Zoronto Mail.

eo ;- <a -« +

BURNT TO DEATH ON AN ALTAR.

Honsdale, Pa., Jan, 14.—Crissy Hocker, a religious fanatic, burned herself to death | at White’s Valley, in this county, yesterday, | She wasa young and accomplished woman,

the daughter of William Hocker, a wealthy 'farmer, of the place. She had for five or six years labored at intervals under the hallucination that she had com. mitted grevious sins against what she term, ed ‘ther Immanuel,” and was in the habit of building altars in her father’s fields and

above

| sacrificing lambs as a burnt offering to ap~ pease the wrath of her offended deity.

Yesterday Mr. Hocker went to Carbons _ dale after a load of coal. His daughter having manifested signs of a recurrence of her in-~ | sanity, he left a hired man to look after her, her mother being dead. The man went away at noon, and did not return to the house.

Mr. Hocker came back about 2 o’clock in the afterncon. Entering the kitchen of the house he was horrified to find the the coals and ashes of what had been one of her altars and burned toa crisp. Her face and upper part of her body alone had es. _caped. She had constructed an altar or | pyre out of a setof quilting frames. She had torn up a pertion of the carpet and laid iton the altar, and made a pillow for her head. She reclined on her right side, and her cheek was resting on her hand

Notwithstanding the intense agony she must have endured, her face bore a calm and peaceful expression, and there was a | smile on her lips. r

In the family Bible, which was found lying on the parlor table open at the Book of Job, was the following letter addressed to her father —

Dear Father: My Immanuel appeared to me to-day. He reveals to me that I have | committed the Unpardonable Sins; which _Ican only obtain forgiveness for by passs | ing through Fire. I will intercede for you, )my dear Father. You will find my purifi< | ed body in the north-east corner of the | house, I wish to have my ashes buried /inmy Immanuel’s guounds at the north- east corner of the House. Good-by, Meet me in the Eternal Ground.

Crissey.

Mr, Hocker went to the corner of the house indicated in the note as the spot where the remains were tc be buried, and found that his daughter had staked outa space for her grave.

| body of his daughter lying on

sent to the otleer for }

Crabbe, reported | oe | ¢| Madrid have presented a magnificent crown | js }ittle doubt that the meeting will elect

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VEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

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By Telegraph to Reading Room and Examiner,

TEST

Lonpox, Jan, 18, — The merchants of

ito Alfonso,

| Report that the German corvette, Nautis

}

i

| Jus, landed a party at Zaranze is pronounced lf

alse,

The Bonapartist Cazeau is elected to the

Richard Keefe—action | Assembly.

King Alfonso will assume the chief coms mand of the army of the North.

rhe Carlists vigorously deny, that any outrage was committed on the German vess sel Gustav.

Computations have been madejat Greens wich from four independent calculations gf

tions.

men are arming. Germany is arming en masse, nd surrounding nations, including the best part of the world cannot do other- wise. Momentary dreams of peace have fled. Germany recognizes the stern neces- sity that what she won by arms, she can only hold while arms are in her hands.”’ The Zimes believés Germany cannot raise a third army, and that her hopes are in her navy.

lt is reported at Lloyd's, that the steams ship Furaday is off Weymouth, *

hemorrhage, which greatly weakened him.

New York, Jan. 18-—In-coming steam- ers report there has been fearfully rough weather at sea for several days past. Six European steamers are due, but no uneasi- ness is felt for their safety.

Orrawa, Jan. 19,—Elections for Ontario Legislature came off yesterday.

turned Ministerialists ; thirty.-ix Opposis tion, and two Independent. Adam Crooks, Provincial Secretary, was defeated , but all the othar members of the Cabinet were elected. the first time in this Province.

Lonpon, Jan. 19.—Serious alarm is felt concerning the health of the Pope, who is suffering from the result of a chill.

the withdrawal of the proposed reciprocity. Treaty would greatly injure the Canadian Trade with the United States.

The Spanish Squadron — has Zarause, to exact from the Carlists indem< nity, for the outrage on the Gus/ur, and the punishment of her assailants,

The Shah of Persia has granted Railway concessions to the Russian General, Falken- haven, ignoring the existing concession to Earl Derby has instructed the British Minister at Persia, to support the latter protest, and trouble is feared. Geneva. He de- clines to swear allegiance to the Spanish

Baron Reuter.

Castellar soon goes to

} monarchy.

i j ‘ |

| pardoned by the

The commander of the Spanish

| Squadron before Zarause, is instructed to

inflict some punishment on the town. New York, Jan. 19.~Itis said, the Mani-

i toba Rekels of 1869 and !870, have been

Pritish Government.

Orrawa, Jan.20,--A deputation waited on the Minister of Justice to-day, to urge the desirability of introducing an Act per- taining to Insolvency. Mr. Fournier re- plied that it was the intention of the Gov~ ernment, to introduce an Act this coming session, and he would be glad to hear any suggestions they might desire to make on the subject.

An extra Canadain Guze//e was issued to- day. Itcontains a proclamation commit-~- ting Lepine’s sentence to two years imprison ment jn the penitentiary, and the depri« vation of all political rights.

Digby, is gazetted member of the Govern, ment , Stayley Brown, of Yarmouth,a /_egis~ lative Councillor becomes Treasurer vice Ans nand resigned ; Charles Annand is appoints ed Queen’s Printer.

Lonpon, Jan. 20. —The condition of Prince Leopold shows no improvement, and it is certain that unless hemorrhage is speed. ily arrested death will ensue,

The Bishop of Peaderborn, was yesterday, conducted to the fortress of Wessel, where he is to be confined.

Later news says, that Canon Kingsley is dying.

The Courier De Paris says Carlos’ Com. mittee of London has gone to Spain to in- form Don Carlos that the English Banks with which the Carlist loan was lodged | have refused to make further advances. !t is understood that Spain will pay Germany an indemnity equal to the value of the Gusiace, and in addition to a fine, even if from the Uarlists.

Gold 112} to 1123

Orrawa, Jan, 21.—John McDonald was to-day, unseated for South Renfrew. Wal- kem, Premier of British Columbia, stated before the Board of Trade to-day, that he was satisfied that the Canadian Pacific Rail- way would be built much sooner than was expected.

Lospon, 20.—The declaration of war, by Montegerin, against Turkey, caused great excitement heye. The aspect of the East» ern Question, at present, is a source of con- siderable uneasiness and anxiety, in official circles, and persons well acquainted in the East, regard the situation as one of the greatest danger. video. General alarm prevails, and busis ness is suspended A [ritish squadron is in the harbor

Pedro Varila is elected provisional Presi- dent.

The Spanish fleet will probably bombard Zarause, tosday, The German man .of-war,

part in the action.

The prompt action of the Spanish Gov- ernment in the Gustave affair, had an excel. lent effect. on the Northern Powers, who are ready to acknowledge Alfonso,

The physicians announced to-day, that Prince Leopold is worse.

New York, 21.-—Many lives are reported lost by the flood in California, and several miners and their families in the mountains perished by snow slides.

Gold 112} to 112}.

LATEST DESPATCH,

Orrawa, Jan, 22.—A colony of 930 Mem. nonites will leave Russia on the 29th Feb- ruary for Manitobah.

At the Dominion Board of Trade, it was resolved to advise our Govern: ment, to take steps to induce the United States Government to abolish the tax levied on Canadian vsssels, trading with the United States Ports,

Hauirax, Jan. 22—1t is understood that Hon. William Annand, will, at the end of the coming session, retire altogether from the Government of Nova Scotia.

Lonpon, Jan. 21, Evening....Physicians, to-day, pronounce Prince Leopold werse.

Lonvox, Jan. 22...The Paily News says that a letter signed by a large number of Liberal members of Parliament was sent to Adams, the Lberal, Whip last night, request-

ing him to calla meeting, at which o Leader

the transit of Venus, and the results given | | the distance from the Earth to the Sun, as | } 6,026,274 miles less than Encie’s calcula-

The Times editorial says :—*“ In the gloom | surrounding us one thing is perceptible, All |

An official bulletin announces that Prince | Leopold is recovering from an attack of |

Out of | eighty-eight Constituencies, forty-seven re-

The election was by ballot, for |

Right Hon. W. E, Foster does not think |

arrived at |

Ha.irax, Jan. 2).— Clein Campbell, of |

she is unsucccessful in exacting the same |

A revolution has broken out in Montes |

Nautilus, is at the scene, but will take no.

pe held on the 4th prox. No doubt ex- ists as to a cordial recognition of Lord | Granville as the head of Parliament: There

‘of Commons. The meeting will probably | |

the Marquis of Ilartington to the Leader- | ship of the House of Commons.

| Russia, Austria and Germany have agreed ‘to recognise Alfonso as King of Spain | without waiting for a proclaimation by the ‘Cortes. The prospect of an adjustment of the Montegerin difficulty is more hopeful. ‘It is said that Turkey is yielding. The St. | Petersburgh Journal has an article which | seems to indicate that Montegerin has the

support of Russia: Prince Leopold ia better: | Gold 1124 to 1125-8.

YASCELLANEOUS.

A $12,000 statue to Burns is to be erected in Central Park,

The Protestant journals of Madrid, which were suspended, have been permitted to resume publication,

It is stated, on British authority, that | there were 4335 steamships afloat in 1872, of which 2538 were from Great Britain, and

averaged 85) tons each. The year follow- | ing 460 steamers were built in Great Brit~ /ain, averaging 1167 tons each. It is esti-~ | mated that there are 5250 steamers afloat this year. The figures do not include river craft. | A Palatial Railway Depot, that of the | Boston and Providence Railway, in Boston, | was opened on Tuesday. It has any quanti- ty of marble, including a marble hall, 180 | feet long, 44 feet bread and 8) feet, high, with ‘gothic fountains of white marble, cut into novel designs,’ a magnificent gal-~ ary, and lighted by ‘44 separate clusters of /gas jets.’ The business offices, ticket of- tices, etc., are on the same scale of splendor and wealth. The building cost a million dollars, and 20,000 to 30,000 people attend- /ed the opening ceremonies, which concluds ed with aconcert. The King of the Sand- wich Islands was the guest of the company | on the occasion,

Tue Evversuavsen Paper Mitts.—The St. John News says: —*The paper manus factory at Ellershause, N. S., of which Mr. | F, Ellershausen, is managing director, is | likely to become famous abroad. Certain | parties in Havre, France, have arranged to purchase all the wrapping paper that the manufactory can turn out— upwards of 500 | tons per year—provided the matter’ of ship-

ment can be settled satisfactorily. The | tirst instalment, 253 packages of 506 reams, /was farwarded to this city by the Scud | last week, and was taken on board the bark John Johnson, by which it will be taken to | Cherbourg and thence forwarded to Havre. | Larger quantities arrived yesterday by the

Scud, and will be exported when oppors | tunity offers. °

Comets were an object of interest to the people of this continent last year, and a | good many persons got ‘ coached ’ on the | subject, so as to be able to ask, more or less | learnedly, about Coggia’s, Donateli's, and other men’s comets, The surprising fact that many comets are never visible to the naked eye, was likewise for the first time realised by many amateur astronomers, and helped to allay the disappointment felt at not seeing Coggia’s latest discovery in the way of heavenly yoyagers, The year closed quite prosperously as ‘ar as comets are concerned, the astronomer Borelli, of Mar- seilles, discovering one in December—a worthy termination to a well filled astro- nomical year, which saw a total eclipse of | the moon, a handsome comet, and a transit

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Persian Progress. —The Shah’s vit to Europe has occasioned some changes in social affairs in Persia. Shoes are worn and baggy trousers reduced, the chin is shayen, 'the capis not sohigh, [n religious mat- | ters there is more liberty for the missionary, and fanaticism is repressed. There remain, | however, many and serious abuses to be redressed. The army needs reconstructing. Only day laborers and the poorest are en~ | rolled, the rich securisg* exemption by bribing the officers. The allowance is so small that the soldiers mainly live by plun- der. Officials everywhere are tyrannical, rapacious and dishonest, except in tke Capital under the Shah’seye. The famine | of [S72 killed probably 1,500,000 or a quarts |er ofthe population, Baron Reuter’s rails | way project is at a stand-still, but the Shah has recently ordered a su:vey for a lengthy horse railway out of the Capital, and pros poses to organize a postal system. Weare so accustomed to hear everything |German praised up, and every German | Prince lauded as an Admirable Crichton, | that surprise at the announcement of any | German novelty is out of the question. It is, therefore, with unmovod composure that we read of Prince George, of Prussia, | being now engaged in writing a drama, the subject of which is taken from the Old Testament, and which is to be produced with uncommonly correct accessories. Meyerbeer it was, we think, who always had an idea that the story of Moses was eminently fitted to be the subject, not of a drama or an oratorio, but of an opera. He never carried out his intention of composing it, however, and so spared the world « great innovation. But Prince George, who, it is to be hoped, writes better poetry than Old Fritz, will surely inflict his Old Testament drama upon society at large, and probably obtain an order to have it performed in all theatres throughout the Empire.

A Lone Livev Famity.—The late William Wetmore, of Springfield, King’s County, was born in Rye, New York, in 1772. He came to this Province with his grandfather in 1783, and married Mary Fowler, by whom he had fourteen children, seven daughters and seven sons, one of whom died in in. fancy. The thirteen remaining all married and have had large families, ranging from eight to twelve in number. Two of the thirteen have since passed away, together with the father and mother. The father died in 1862 aged ninety. The mother died five years later. aged eighty~three ; and of the eleven children now living the eldest; Weeden F. Wetmore, of Springfield, is seventy-two years of age ; the youngest, Josiah Q, Wetmore, living in St. John, is forty-four years and six months. Their combined ages is something over 659 years, making an average of nearly sixty years. They are all living in New Brunswick, and within a day’s travel of each other.—Sz. John Telegraph.

The Despatch of General Sheridan, in- forming the public of his taking com- mand of the Department of the South, has been followed by news of a character unprecedented in the history of the United States. A Republican repre entative of Louisiana having being arrested for ems bezzelement, and two or three others hav- ing declined to take their seats on conci- entiousness grounds, the party of Kellogg was left in a minority of two, and the Legislature proceded to business. This was done amid the yells and execrations of the Republican representatives and a Speaker was elected by the dominant party in the House. The Report of the Returning Board was taken into consideration, and five members, whose elections had been referred to the Legislature, were declared duly elected. These being Democrats, the hopes of the Republicans were blasted, and U. 38. troops were brought into the build- ing to expel the five members. This was accomplished under protest, and the entire Democratic portion of the House withdrew, leaying there apponents to go on without a quorum, This news has reached us at too late an hour to admit ofa full elucida, tion of the affair ; but we do not hesiate to characterize these high~handed preceed~ ings as the climax and turning-point in the deplorable system of Federal interference in the Governme.i of the State of Louisiana. —Toronlo Nation.

Joun Garryey, Esq., VicesPresident of the Charles Temperance Society, delivered a lecture on the ‘ Early discoverers of Amer= ica,’ before that body, on Sunday evening last. Besides the Members of the Society there was quite a respectable number of ladies and gentlemen present. The lecture er’s manner of speaking is smooth and pleasing, and forcible by times. Every word was distinctly spoken so that the aus dience had no difficulty in following him. Noting the silence and strict attention paid throughout the lecturer’s discourse, the audience must have been deeply im- pressed with the feeling of interest. The subject was one from which much knowledge might be derived, and no aoubt, those pre- sent appreciated its sterling worth. on.

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