and , but

d have to he raised some wa) t to deai wit

i ore particularly of the ri le ihe ip ted States had,

1 f the navigation laws in ving the free coasting trade i her vast colonial empire, east far as lately limited by

\{merican ships were lover the rt in ition

. pt so adian legislation mnpeting Canadian ships a com ng adian shiy

ssupposed there was no ]

where the compe

word, andi

the British Empire

of American ships had been found so revere ss in this port of St. John, but if he nta ship to New York, for instance, he could not take a cargo from there to San Francis- e technically that was coasting

ad » had a ship returning from 10re or Philadelphia he could not take

f t to New York Was this Re pros a ine they in YQ iebec were at ngly i pposed to the clause relating to the canals. | They thought it unwise for our Govern- ment to bind themselves to deepen to St, Lawrence to 12 feet within a specified time and s cost practically unknown. There |

were many engineers in Canada who dov bted

even the possibility of accomplishing that | work, Suppose at the end of five years we have failed to carry out the provision in what position would the country then be ? It might lead to complications of the most disastrous character—even to war. We were all anxious to deepen these canals, but he doubted the wisdom of binding ourselves

na Treaty witha foreign nation to coms plete the work within a limited and speci- ed time. As to the Caughnawaga canal,

it was a work that interested American trade more than our own, and it should be built by a private company assisted by the

nited States Government. To throw upon our country the additional burden cf the building of this canal, was 8 proposition to which they in Quebec were entirely opposed. With regard tothe lumber trade, it was a matter of indifference Americans put 5 or 50 per cent duty on our | beeause they must have our lumber and they paid the duty. Besides, it would be well for Canada to preserve her forests better than she has been doing. He admitted that the registration of Canadian ships in the United States might prove a

umber,

particu arly

Treat

ble advance in public opinion in the

> sie

to us whether the

boon to someshipbuilders, and he was more { gratilied at this feature of the | inasmuch as it evinces a very con- |

a »

Twa

wheat at about 80 cents, and so on, but when the Treaty was 2 brogated, and Canada

sought out new mark ets, the prices went up and remained up «ver since son was that we found a better market in England, which he declared to be the na- tural market for Ontario products. It was there the prices were regulated, and the market of the United States was at best an uncertain one That idea that the farm

ing community of Ontario was to be spe

cially benetitted by this Treaty, was a delus sion They would receive no substantial benefit from it, and therefore the Mari- time Provinces ought not to be called upon to make sacrifices for a supposed benefit to another part of the Dominion which was really no benefit at all

It being one o'clock, the Board took a recess of one hour.

On resuming, the President read a letter | from the president of the New York Pro | duce Exchange, expressing regret that their were unable to attend this meeting, and | his sympathy with the efforts to promote reciprocal trade relations with Canada.

Che president invited Mr. Hersey, of the American delegation, to address the Board.

Mr. Hersey, chairman of the delegates, who was greeted with cheers, said he could | not but feel surprised, as he listened to the

|

| debate, to see that so intelligent a body }seemed to regard the negotiation of the | proposed Treaty as partial. This Treaty | bad never been before the National Board | of Trade nor before its constituent bodies, | and consequently he did not feel authorized, ‘as a representative of the National Board,

to take ground either for or against it, | further than that, the National Board were committed to a broad, liberal and equitable Treaty. (Hear, hear.) That was all he believed that the United States desired ; but if they were to allow special and section- al interests to come up foremost in this matter the day was far distant when we might |expecta Treaty. It was right and proper that those manufacturers, who had so ably represented their interests, should make their case known, but having done so, it must be left to statesmen to settle the whole question, and we must waive all per- sonal considerations and sectional interests for the public good. If he and his associ- ates were to represent their own particular | States in this matter, they would each find very serious objections to the Treaty.

|

The reas

| suffer under the treaty, because they would In | be subject to the competition, not of the

!

In looking over tke Treaty he had found it objectionable in many respects. In the first place, the clause respecting the gradual reduction of duties would operate to the disadyantage of Canada, as he proceeded to

show. Hedisliked the ambiguity of sec-

tion C, and was of opinion there would be}

trouble in deciding whether certain articles came within that section or not, including tweeds, &c. In his judgement the Treaty

must be amended; it could never pass in

this way. He was quite willing to deal fair ly with the Americans and wanted nothing but a good liberal Treaty, but this was not such a Treaty. (Cheers). Mr. Larke (Ottawa) pointed out that the Americans were not bound to anything as yet, and when the Senate met they would be free to make such modifications in the | Treaty as they pleased. But there were some general principles that should be re- coguized in any Treaty of this kind. was that the interests of no Province should be sacrificed for ‘the benetit of any other Province, and he feared that was the case in thia Treaty. For instance, our fisheries | were given away, and we were not to get the | United States coasting trade. It is true | that a Canadian ship, if it did not break bulk at an American port, could discharge jat any other American port, but often it would be an advantage to sell part of anas« sorted cargo; this it could not do, and still less take inacargo. (Applause.] In On- tario they shipped a great deal by rail, and consequently did not meet with this diffi- culty. He did not want to have it said in future, that it was an Ontario man that negotiated the Treaty, and that while On- tario got a market for her grain, the Mari< time Provinces lost their fisheries and failed to ovtain coasting privileges, though such privileges had been exchanged in the West. (Cheers.) Another principle that should be recognized was that no large interest should be sacrificed for the benefit of others. Even supposing that the agricultural and lumber interests would te served by this | Treaty— which he did not believe — this | should not be done at the sacrilice of the manulacturing interests. He proceeded, in a forcible spirit, to show how other in terests depended on the manufacturers,and contended that if the manufacturing in- terests suffered the whole country must suf- fer. He believed our manufactures would

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The Examiner,

Ch'town, July 27, 1874.

VISIT TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Our Province has often been visited by distinguished men, | hand of welcome to Princes, Governors and Generals. But we never entertained visit- Tur citizens of Charlottetown will be! ors more worthy of a “hearty, friendly surprised—and not pleased—to learn thet | greeting’ than those whom last week it was | the Queen has refused her assent to the | our privilege and our delight to honor. Their names are :—W. H. Howland, (Pre ’ xident) ; John Gillespie, W. B. Hamilton, was conveyed to the mayer - a wife a daughter, a Young—of Tors They will be still ' onto ; Wm. Darling, Andrew Robertson and more surprised—still more displeased— | daughter, Thomas White, W. W. Ogilvie to learn that the refuse! was at the in| Robert Spratt, and two daughters, Jobn stance and on the recon .endation of the) Rankin, W. S. Paterson and wife, of Mons treal: Henry A. Fry, A. Joseph, and daughter, and R, R. Dobell, of Quebec : ‘anaes H. Wilkes, A. Hardy, A. Watts, of of Brantford, Ont.: Thomas Cowan and Robert Scott, of Galt, Ont.: S. E.-Gregory W. F. Findley, Mattheson and A.Jam- ieson, of Kingston, Ontario: Isaac Water man, A. 1’. Chapman, and wife, and Thomas Chureber of London, Ont.: Hon. James the use, benefit and recreation of the|Skead, and Francis Clemow and wife, of citizens of Charlottetown. To this de-| of Ottawa: William Craig, of Port Hope, sire, the Dominion Government made no| Ont, : William Gordon, W. J. Keays, of opposition. They were quite willing that | Sarnia, Ont. : William Gordon of Stratford, But | Ont., W. H. Murray, and J. B. Cummings, ts Of Strathroy, Ont., Jas. Dougald, and Don- ald Campbell, of Windsor, Ont.: J.S. Clark, Oshawa, Ont., George Baby, and E- Guilbes . ' ault, of Jolette, Quebec, John Baptist, Three ain granted it to Lord Dorchester, then Rivers, Quebec, Robert Marshall, of St. John Governor General of Canada, and to his} y, §,, the Misses Bond, T. C. Hersey, Esq., successors — under them, to be held} Portland, U. S., W. W. Taylor, Esq., Cins by each succeeding Lieutenant Governor cinatti: John Austin Stephens, jr., Esq., New of the Island, In order to the attain-; Yo W. &. Smith. Esq., Milwaukie, E. ment of Mr. Pope’s desire, it was neces— zegore, Boy.. Rainy earns erantnnonint | men and representatives of the commercial sary that this grant should be reversed.| i torests of Canada and the United States And Sir John A. Macdonald, Premier of | 9¢ the meeting of the Dominion Board of Canada, himself, suggested that a Bill] Trade lately held in St. John; T. J. Rich- should be passed by our Legislature veste |! a:dson of the Toronto Glue: S. Hutchison, ing that portion of the farm required for | of the Montreal Herald ; William Elder, of

A BREACH OF FAITH.

Bill by which part of Government Farn

tion for a public park.

Dominion Government.

When Messrs, Pope, Haviland and Howlan were at Ottawa settling the terms upon which this Province entered Confederation, the, former—sedulous in his care for the interests of his constitu. ents—desired that part of Government Farm should be granted and set apart for

have the farm. there was one obstacle in the way of i transfer to the Mayor and Corporation. Many years ago, the King of Great Brit-

the city should

DOMINION BOARD OF TRADE,

We have extended the |

7 ee a a

United States, he observed that our manus | of the regulations whieh now affected our | bulk at Montreal, is held to be an importa« facturers could doubtless obtain the privi- | trade with the Atlantic sea-board, contrast- | tion from Montreal, and, therefore, liable to

United States. When he was at the Detroit convention, in 1865, he proposed that Canax dian ships should be admitted to registia- tion in the United States, but he was garded as a sort of simpleton, even to sugs gest such athing. (Laughter.) He was only

ras

happy to see the change of opinion in this |

respect. The last objection he would make to the lreaty was that, considering that we were, to some extent, taking a leap in the dark, twenty-four years was to long for the duration of the Treaty. A shorter time and a shorter notice of abrogation would be better.

Mr- Thomas Cowan ((ialt) adverted tothe

(Ubeers.

advattages the Americans would gain in the | proposed gradual reduction of the duties, |

as they would virtually have free access to our markets long before we bad access to their's, Reaping Machinesand that class of of goods had being referred to. He believ ed that Canada could manufacture those goods cheaper than the United States, and they were looking forward to the great

Northwest ava field for their surplus pros |

ductions, but they found that the Ameri- cans, by their proximity, had the advantage ef them, and now they were to be offered further advantage, and the hopes excited at the time of Coafederation disappointed. {[Applause.] There were exceptions tc what might be considered the rule, that we in Canada could manufacture almost any article as cheaply as it could be done in the United For instance, one branch of manufactures was always aided by the existence in vicinity of other n building machinery in this many ef the component

be brought from the United this respect the Americans

¢

States.

»advautage of us. He would sup-

Elder's resolution, believing that

ud operate injuriously to our

i uring interests, and that it res

quis be modified before it could be ; ece}y the people of this country. ‘ Mr. Dougal!, [Windsor) read the fourth | article of the Treaty,and contended that | itdid not require that the manufactured

article should be composed of material | ) , produced in the country where it was manufactured. He was opposed to refer«

ring this question to a committee, as it : would then be too late to do any good. : if we waited till the United States Sen- ate ratified the Treaty, then all “Canada could do would be to reject or accept the

Treaty. It would be too late for amend- |

f & ment ther. Therefore he contended that * now was the proper time to express our | views on this question. Referring to the

remark that many of our agricultural im- plements were protected by patents in the

s. a ° © leges of those patents by paying for them

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po MA oo ’ \

the same as the Americans did. agoour manufacturers were crying out to | t be placed on the same footing as regards | fered greatly,

Not long |

duties as the Americans, but now they |

seemed to dread American competition on | say the least we ran a great risk in passing | equal grounds so far as duties were con- | such a Treaty. Doubtless, some interests would | suffer by the Treaty, but weuld the coun- |

cerned.

try, as a whole, be injured by it? He was opposed to that part of the amendment which proposed to refer the matter toa committee.

Hon. Mr. Howlan [P. E. Island) said that in listening to the debate he was re. minded of the Irishman who, when on his for some offence, said he did not wish a but one who would lean a little.

It appeared to him that many of the gentiemen who had spoken were in favor of Reciprocity provided it leaned a little in favor of their particular interests. After all that had been said, it was a ques- tion whether the ernment was not the f ion that if

trial

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proper one. He was of opini he commission appointed to value the fish had met, we would find such an array of facts setting forth the great value of the American fisheries as would astonish most of us. The internal revenve department of the United States had the most complete means of collecting statistics, whereas our fisheries statistics were very unreliable. The result would be that the Commission would have endless difficuity in deciding what were reliable statistics. With regard

eries

facture in Canada cheaper than in the United Staies. If that were the case, the Americans were shrewd enough to see it, und would buy where they could get their goods cheapest. The law that people gen erally wil! buy in the cheapest and sell in

the dearest market, would hold good in|

this case, and if they could manufacture cheaper than the Americans, depend upon it we could obtain their custom as purehas- ers. There was another point he wished to cail attention to, and that was the pro- tection of our gulf fisheries. It was well known that the per was condition. He therefore thought ought to be sc for the joint protect wanton destruction. that part of the gradual reduction of duties.

of opinion

his own State there was serious objection to | United States alone but of the whole world it. He hoped good counsels would prevail, as we would never throw open our markets | and that we would have what we long con, | to the Americans and not to our mother | tended for, a just, liberal and statesmanlike | country as well. [Applause.] But we | Treaty, which would bring us together in | would not even have an equal competition } all our interests. (Cheers. ) | with the United States, on account of the

a park in the Mayor and Corporation ; and that it should, in the ordinary course, be sent to England for the assent of Her Majesty. At the same time, he assured

The President read a note from Mr. Fair. fact that the portions of many of our manus | weather, explaining his absence from the |

meeting this afternoon. The President

}

factured goods had to be imported, and | also because of the patent rights in the | added that they had all been pleased to States Oonmany of our machines. From a | | meet Mr. Fairweather, as the representa, | Provincial point of view we should oppose | tive of the St. John Board, and it was | the Treaty, as it now stands, because while | ‘carrying out his hospitable plan in regard | the Maritime Provinces would have to pay | to the fades of the party that he was oblig- | the price, Ontario would reap the benetit. | to be absent. And froma national point of view we should | | Be, A. Joseph (Quebes) sevumed the} oppose, because it would destroy our manus | iebate on Reciprocity. He said there was | ‘°t"ting interests. [Cheers:) de I y e ) good reason for this Board to reiterate its THE DIVISION, | frequently expressed opinion that Recipro- fhe tollowing is the division on the | city was wanted by Canada. He thought | amendment to the amendment :-— | the second part of the amendment should | ja Wilkes. Brentford ; Uarty, Kingss |

Mr. Pope and his co-delegates, that the Dominion Government would offer no Opposition to its passage.

they considered sufficient. adian Government would oppose no ob-

This assurance

| stacle to the transfer of the portion of

oe

the farm required, it was thought quite

| certain that the British Government |

would consent to if. The delegates returned home. terms were published. Mr. Pope told

If the Can- |

The |

| be allowed to stand until the first part had | been carried. With two or three exceps | tions, none of the Boards of Trade repre- sented here had yet expressed any opinion upon this treaty; and though they were all delighted that this meeting had been held

Of course, none of | them expected that a treaty would ever be | passed that would please every section ; but though few of our Boards had express- | ed any opinion upon the proposed treaty, they had al! expressed one opinion,and that was that we want Reciprocity. This was not the place to deal with the details of the | treaty : they could be best dealt with by | our representatives in Parliament. | Mr- Watts (Brantford) said of course we were all in favor of Reciprocity and not | merely aname. Ofcourse, we could not

| expect that every interest would be served,

but we should see to jt that no important interest was sacrificed that could be saved. {n this opinion the Treaty was unjust to our manufacturing interests. He was not a munufacturer, and the interest which he re.

: : | Waterman, London lat St. John, yet it was not their regular | i

| business meeting.

ton; Shannon, Kingston; Darling, Mons the citizens what he had done in their

treal ; Joseph. Quebec ; Trout, Toronto. —6

Nays—Watts, Brantford: Cown, Galt; Scott. Galt: Gregory, Hamilton; Findlay, Hamilton: Jamieson, Hamilton , Gilbault, Churchill, London. Robertson, Montreal; Spratt, Montreal ; Skead. Ottawa ; Clemow, Ottawa ; Fry, Que~ bee ; Dobell Quebec » Keays, Sarnia: Hards ing, St. John; Jones, St. John; Elder, St.

behalf; and repeated the gratifying as- surance of the first Minister of the Gov- ernment of Canada that that Govern- ment would,in the event of the Island | Joining the Union, consent to the cession | of part of Government Farm for a Park,

i ( | in which they and their children might John ; Murray, Toronto ; Hamilton, Torone | . : to: J. Young, Toronto: John Baptiste, | *™use and recreate themselves. Acting Holmstead; Dougal, Windsor, Larke, t+! on the suggestion of Sir John A, Mac- tawa ; Gordon, Stratford.—27. | Donald the “ Hon. G. W. Howlan and Mr. Peake of | Charlottetown, who were absent, request us | to add their names to the minority. Mr. Marshall of St. John, who was also unavoids

Park Bill’? was passed by our Legislature at its next session, and sent to street. The official ) Wa there, despatched it to Ottawa. It was ably absent when the division was taken, sa hef, ‘2: : wishes to be included among the majority. | laid before the Cabinet. The members it is understood that a number of other} ofthe Cabinet were, in honor, bound to delegates who were enjoying social attens | recommend it to the favorable considera—

tions in the city and Rothesay, weuld have| . ‘ : . swelled the majority had they been present. | tion of Her Majesty; for their predeces- Mr.

Downing

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| sors in office had agreed to do so,

om

course taken by the Gors |

to manufactures | they had been told that we would manu- |

Massachusetts fisheries | had rather a hard bargain. he were well nigh destroyed from want of pros | the specified time Canada found it impos- reguiations, and if the same license | sibe to complete the canals, we should be siven on our fishing grounds, in a few | again at the mercy of our neighbors. vears they would be in an equally depleted | did not doubt their generosity, but we ‘ : there would rather have them trust to our well sme provision in the Treaty, 3 ion of our fisheries from | soon as possible rather than be bound to |

He took exception to | any specified time. the Treaty which provided for ile was that the duties should be! ports. With regard to manufactures, that abolished immediately on the passing of | was perhaps a matter of more interest to

presented would be well served by the | a ee RA “ 4DE IS GOING. Treaty ; but he took exception to that part | Pe ee 7, to Mail of the treaty which provided for the gradual ie eee 2

reduction of duties The effect of it would; he intelligent judgment of our com- be that for two years the Americans would | mercial men s0 much better than that of ao — meta a the incapables now in power at Ottawa, is while we wou dbepractically prohibited from Stee . ii ill : . theirs, and during that time they would use | being proved ony — = in the matter their advantage to crush out our manufac- | of the t aduties. In New York papers ree turers and occupy the field. Many of our| ceived yesterday we find the following, manufacturers had a hard struggle now,and | among a number of other Treasury depart» would not be able to survive the three years | nent decisions at Wishiaste i etal luring which the duties were being redue- | ee ed, on account of the advantage the Ameri< ‘¢° mport duties: ‘A cargo of tea origi» cans would have over them. Ile adverted /‘nally shipped in China for Montreal, had its to the coasting trade, which he contended | destination changed to New York, and was should be open to both countries. He)| hi x aes ; pointed out the injustice and hardship |**ipped for New York without breaking

ng them with the liberal terms offered by | 9 giscriminati nae ee Canada and England. He did not believe | ee sf ou 88 _ — a that any of our Canadian interests now suf. ‘°’*’” -_ er thet uird section of the Act { and he held that it was best | Of June 6, 1872.

vo leave well enoughalone. (Applause.) To

roof is here of the wise He wished to extend our | P*ttiotism of the American Government,

trade relations, but not if it was going to be ever careful of jvme interests above all done with loss to any of the great interests | others, and at the same time of the utter

f Canada. (Cheers. ) | incapacity and unpatriotic blundering of our Sheriff Harding said he approached this) own! Gur neightors legislate with the in~ joestion with the feeling thes + came be tention of insuring that tea for American fore us under very unfortunate circumstan- oe : ~ ‘ ces. The United States had frequently | 4s¢ shali be imported by American mer- stated that as they had abrogated the last | Treaty it was only courteous that they ' should open the negotiations for a new one , but now we found that it was Canada that had taken the first step in the matter. As, however, the Treaty was betore us it was oar duty to discuss it, and we could not avoid discussing it in some measure from a sectional point of viewin order to give in. formation from one section to the other. Moreover, the Treaty itself was sectional, as | for instance in this respect, that whilst we were to have an exchange with the United States of the coasting trade of lakes, we are denied it on the Atiantic, though we should give up equivalent rights. In fact the | Americans enjoyed more than our coasting trade, for they could carry freight from New Brunswick say to Great Britain as well as | > | from port to port in the Dominion, except | Mont eal was promptly despatched to New ; as limited by a recent Aet. After making | York without breaking bulk—is proof posie | some corrections in the remarks of the last | tive that our absurd law is really operating speaker. the Sheriff went on to say that we, | . ee) eee | just as the tea merchants said it would.

n New Brunswick felt that this coasting was r , That notwithstanding prompt despatch from

What a striking

chants only, and that no foreigners—the | producers of the article of course excepted | —shall participate in the profits of the trade, | With a fatuity which would be beyond belief

did we not see it before our eyes, the Cana. | dian Government legislates so as to aid the | American design, and actually does what it

can to drive the tea trade of the Dominion | wholly to New York, Seldom we venture to | say, does it happen that governmental wis. | dom and governmental folly are placed in | such striking contrast. That the Treasury | decision above quoted was called for by a ; case actually before the Department at | Washington — that a tea ship arriving at

We

settled policy to complete the canals as

|a necessity in any Keciprocity with the

Montreal, without breaking bulk, the Washs | we did not know when the day might come

spirit shows how carefu’ our neighbours are closed to us because they had been trans- ,al augury. (Applause.) He contended their side, and all the folly on ours. | with regard to the canals he thought we Hicks at the head of affairs? We unhesi-

will make the inevitable contrast.

specialty some have already made arranges ‘in the interest of New York as of Canadian |

| States, the mure so as the Americans were | continually adding to their territory, and | ington authorities still execute to the letter | when some parts that we were trading with | * law which certainly was not infringed in now, those of Cuba for example, would be 0 L of home interests. In such matters as this mitted to the United States, and had come | jj the wisdom seems at present to be on | under their navigation laws, to our addition- that in giving up our fisheries we should re. | Would this thing, we ask, have happened ceive something like an equivalent, and | with Sir John Macdonald and Sir Francis sree He ene of tatingly answer, No—and all Canada will say the same. ‘The people of the Dominion We understand that of Canadian imports |ers who make the direct tea trade their As to the Caughnaw- | ments for removing their business to New aga Canal, he regarded it as quite as much | York, and that others will soon follow. A | trade which. under the statesmanlike po icy | of the late Government was fostered until

the Treaty, otherwise the high duties of the Western Canada than to New Brunswick, | it had attained large proportions, has been

United States compared with our low duties " The | in anarea ofa mile from where he stood

would operate unfairly to Canada,

reduction of 5) per cent duty, say one half, would be of no practical benefit to Canada,

but when he informed that Board that with- | killed by the Americanized Government

there would be one hundred steam engines now in power, and the verdict of public

| driving factories, he thought they would | °pinion must be one of “wilful murder”

because the duty would still be prohibitive, | agree with him that they had considerable ) against Mr. Mackenzie and his colleagues.

whereas the reduction of our duties by | interest in the question of manufactures, | one half would practically throw open our | These facts compelled him to support the | With regard to | arnendment. schedules A and B, he had no fauit to find with them, but it certainly was unjust that | the duties on agricultural produce, at _— * would like to have seen the coasting trade | of the United States opened to Canada, and he hoped before the debate closed that a resolution upon that subject would be (Cheera)

said neither tliat. manufacturers, shipowners ner shipbuilders eries? Nothing. What were we to receive appeared to be satisfied with this Treaty, forour canals? The canals the Americans

and the only interest it was supposed to | had to give uswere small, and even they werve was the agricultural interest of On- | were not given absolutely, but only a pro- Coming from a city surrounded and | mise that the general (iovernment would -upported by agricultural industry he felt | use their influence with the state Govern- icultural side at this ques- tion in the light of experience, under the Under the it Treaty they sold their oats for 18 to 25 ents @ bushel, Larley from 40 to 45 cents, | time.

market to the Americans.

should not be removed at once.

offered cnd passed by the Board.

Mr. Churchill [London]

tario.

; from the He look

entitled to s _of the question.

Treaty and without the Treaty.

+ = aaa | Opp FeLLows.~The Grand Lodge of the ee : | Independent order of dd Fellows, was last Mr. A. Robertson (Montreal) said the | week in session at Halifax. The meetings

Nationa! Board of Trade of the United | : . ne States had admitted that that country were held in Hesslein Building. Reports submitted show that the Order has largely

should be the first to open negotiations for | * ' anew Treaty. He felt ashamed that our | inereased during the past year, and that country had taken the first step inthe mat» monetary affairs are in a satisfactory cons

| ter. (Cheers). He was in favor ofacoms | 44:4; ' . prehensive and liberal Treaty. He would | Cs The following officers have been

| not say just because we could not expect hat were to receive for our fish» G. M., Alex. Robertson; D. G. M,, James E. Geldert; G. W., John P. [rvine; G. Sec’y.,

| W. Kilby Dimock; Grand Representative, R. Radford Barnes ; G. Chaplain,G. Murdoch; |G. Con., P. G. Chisholm; G. E. Guardian,

John Ringle; G. Herald, Jehn Dryden; ment to secure them for us. (Applause.) Grand Marshall, RK. B. Emerson.

Hoyas — ’ fg _ a | Invitations were received from “Victoria,” cine thle cmanian honad eae build | Fredericton, and “St. Lawrence’’ lodge,

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7

David Laird sat in the Cabinet, and he was fully cognizant of ail the circumstanes connected with the Bill. He was in our Legislature when it passed. He knew that the citizens of Charlottetown wanted a Park ; and he kaew that Mr. Pope and his co-delegates had agreed with the Do- minion Government, that the Bill should be allowed to pass unopposed by Canadian influence. The peop'e of Charlettetown are his constituents. His duty was clear. He should have explained what he knew to his colleagues ; and exerted whatever influence he possessed, to have the obliga- tions of the Macdonald-Government,in this respect, carried out in good faith. What he did do, it is hard to say. Certain it

| is, that the Park Bill was opposed by the

Canadian Government, and that it was— owing to that opposition—subsequently vetoed by the Queen

The indignation of the citizens will, we fear, be aroused by this “breach of faith’ on the part of the Dominion Gov- They counted the Park as Many thought that the Bill had, as a matter of course, long since re- ceived the assent of Her Majesty. What will they think now? What will they think of their representative, Mr. David Laird? Is it possible that because the citizens—who best know Mr. Laird— voted, almost en masse, against him, he —to be revenged—advised the veto of the “ Park Bill?” Is it possible that Mr. Laird, chafing under the failure of his attempt to disfranchise the young men of the city, was so petty and tyran- nical that he exerted his power to their prejudice? The facts, so far as they have appeared, justify us in suspecting that it was so.

ernment. secured,

THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.,

A telegram from Ottawa states that Judge Palmer has been appointed Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island. We cannot eredit the correctness of this state- ment; and we therefore await the officiul announcement of the appointment to this office —believing that any comments would be premature until iv has been received.

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THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

Mr. DisraEsi fears for the peace of Europe. In responding to a toast to the Ministry, at a recent banquet, he is report- ed to have said that no one was able to view the state of England with compla- cency ; and every one must deplore the an- archial condition of some of the most favored countries of Europe. The friend- ship of England, he said, was never more sought for by the leading powers of Eu- rope and America than at present. Eng- land, he assured his hearers, would use her influence in the interests of peace. Mr. Disraeli repudiated the idea that the coun- try was not to be held responsible on the many questions which might arise abroad affecting the fortunes of the world, He believes the influence of England may now be most affectively exercised to reconcile discordant and distant interests. She may, he thinks, ussist distracted countries with sympathy and counsel, and resume a position worthy of her former prestige.

A financial panic exists in Peru. One of the wealthiest merchants of Liam, Julian Zaracondegui, recently failed for the sum of $2,546,000 ; another large house followed, aud a general panic ensued, so that trade is

them of « specified size within a specified Prince Edward Island, for next session. The (Cheers), | batter was accepted,

now prostrate,

tae St. John Telegraph: and George W. Hay, of the St. John News. THEIR ARRIVAL.

They arrived in Charlottetown at eleven o'clock, p. m., on Monday last. The night was dark and rainy and their reception was not, therefore, attended by favorable | circumstances. The ‘Reception Committee’ of our Chamber of Commerce, and a large number of citizens met them at the Wharf. Carriages were in attendance; and they were, as speedily as possible, conveyed to lodgings for the night.

EXCURSION TO SUMMERSIDE

Next morning broke rainy and dark. Before seven o'clock, however, the rain | ceased: and the sky, though stil! dark, | gave promise of a fine day for the excur- | sion to Summerside. At ten o’cloc: our | visitors and a large number of ladies and gentlemen — residents of this city —met at the railway station. After the half hour’s preliminary delay usual on such | occasions the train started. It was made |up of five first class passenger cars anda | smoking car: and it carried two hundred persons—a little more or less. Visitors and residents, allalike .apparently) enjoyed the | trip. The day, as the morning promised, | Was fine, cool and breezy. The country | through which the excursion was made, | though not the most highly cultivated, and

| though not seen at the best advantage, was | yet sufficiently beautiful to draw expressions of “ pleased surprise’’ from the strangers. | Shortly after one o'clock the train arrived /at Summerside. The steamer Frank was in

waiting to convey the party to the

“ ISLAND PARK HOTEL.’’

This hotel is prettily situated. It com-

| mands a view of Summerside and the sur-

rounding country. The fine harbor of

Bedeque frets the shores of the Island

within a hundred yards of the hotel. Per-

sons of sporting proclivities may there grat» ify their bent to the fullest. In summer, mackeral are usually plentiful in the Bay: and trout may be angled for with success in theadjoining Dunk and Wilmot Rivers, Mr. dolman has spent a large amount in fitting up this hotel. and providing comforts and sccommodation for travellers. The party landed on the Island about half-past one o'clock. To hungry excursionists the time which elapsed before dinner was announces ed, may have seemed rather long.