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! of the hon. member for Bedeque (Mr. Calhoun) | heavy for all time to come. The hon Leader

as the latter was most anxious to put forth some kind of programme, in order to satisfy, if Ppossil.e, the m Woricy OF the electors of the District which he at present misrepresented in the House. ‘ihe Government had, ey the session had opened, made

DESPERATE EFFORTS

to show that

the electors of this Provinee. The hon. Leader

of the Government had made a long address

to the House, or rater to the country,through

the reporter's, for that

had paid a great deal of long, and well delivere«

niurik Be purpese

attention to that

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speech. lt was very | l but, after all, there was r@lly nothing in 1 beyond ihe empty, pointless declamation in which the hon. genticman so frequently in dulged. {iis houor i that when the pre- sent Government came into power, they founda

the pablic affairs ia a very bad condition, ‘The hon. gevtleman shon!d remember that

VENTY YEARS

DURING Dak

there were so many changes in the Govern- ment that neither party retaimed the public offices i

sufficiently long to enable them to pre- pare an carry re

through the Legislature the measures necessary to regulate the atiairs of the various public departments. But curing the latter part of their administration, the Conzer vatives introduced and passed th.

CKVIL SERVICE BILL, ° under which the present Government had been working, and by which the Public De

artments had been better organized than ever

efore. To ~that Bill a great deal oi exception had been taken by the hon. Commissioner of Public Works. That hon. gentleman now seemed to think thet a general election was staring him in the face, and that it was therefore necessary to cut down the salaries of the heads of departments. But, when the Bill was before the House, and that hon. gentleman was in Opposition, he said that the salaries provided by it were not sufficient for ordinary clerks in business es- tablishments, and aitogether insufficient for the persons for whom they were intended This statement was made when the hon. member expected soon to fill one of the posi- tions provided for by tne Bill. But the other day he stated that the Civil Service Bill was a most. extravagant one, and that he desired to have it repealed, anid a new and better mesure introduced and passed. So far as he; (Mr. S.) was concerned, he was not particu- larly wedded to the rates of the salaries pro- vided for in that Bill. Times were much better When it was passed than they were to-day, and the rates were considered fair at that time. All branches of trade were now very dull, and the Province was

ra Bi

LESS ABLE

to pay high salaries than when the Civil Ser- vice Bill was passed. It would now become the duty of the House to reduce those salaries to a lower figure, to suit the times. Having seen that the public basiness was not con- ducted in a satisfactory mauner under the ol: Board of Works, the late Government, o which he was a member, thought it would b« to the iaterest of the country to introduce a Civil Service Bill that would provide for the e‘licient management of the various public de partments. ‘bat Bill was passed just before Mr. Owen’s Goverument went out of oilice.

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SLunCe }

they retained the confidence of|

He (Mr. 5.) |

lof the Government had endeavored to '

} LORIFY HIMSELF,

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land hi fol! ynvers at the same time, wher he | do this. The

| might have left it to them to ; se himself

|hon, gentleman took credit to | ior what he had done in securing the Fishery | Award* and in the settlement of the Land Question. s his honor’s services before ithe Land Commission were concerned, he (Mr. | 3.) was in a position to say that he did his | duty faithfully, and succeeded very well. For ithe hon. gentleman’s services in connection with the Fishery Commission, he was very well paid, although he (Mr. 8.) did npt know But it appeared that

nat reas

So far a

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| what sum he received.

his honor expected the House to pass a vote | f thanks to hiin, setting forth how much it | i ;

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: : © hn seha wimired him and estimated his distingurshea

services in connec

‘The Nova NSeotia press praised their Mr. | Weatherbie, the St. John press praised ltheir Mr. ‘Thompson, — but the press of this Island withheld its praises

from his honor the Leader of the Government for the vast and distinguished service which he had rendered to the country in securing an awar.l of no less than five and a half milions of dollars !! This was, in the hon. gentleman’s eyes, a most unpardonable sin! He (Mr. 5. always understood that if. the thanks of the conntry were due to any counsel for his ser- vices on the Fishery Commission, they were due tu Samuel R. Thompson, Esq., to whom we were indebted, more than to any other , for bringing about the result of that Commission, although he (Mr. 8.) did not think they awarded the Dominion .a sufficient sumof money. Mr. Thompson was really the mly gentleman who distingtished himself as

Fishery Com- mission. ‘The Hon. Leader of the Govern- ment had thought it his duty to endeavour to obtain from the Deminion Government the portion of thataward to whicy this Province was entitled. It was his (Mr. Snullivan’s) mint le TAAL

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counsel iu counection with the

THIS ISLAND Is ENTITLED- to its fair share of the Award, and that the proper way to dispose of the money, Wien re- ceived, would be to fund it, in order that we might continue to participate in the benefits arising from it, for years to come. There Were other ways in which the money might be usefully employed, such as for instance, railway extension to Belfast, Murray Harbor or New London, which would be of great advantage to those Districts. But in the present state of our finances, the interest of the money would prove more acceptable to ns than the construction of Public Works. He had been informed by the hon. member for Montague that a very able Minute of Council had been prepared and sent to the Dominion

Government respecting this matter. Dr. Roznsxtson had not used the word

’ bub stated that the Minute of Council

as strong language as

tatte * wid, :

? } 7 ° : MiUdeu to Was pu i

possi! le,

tion with that Commission. !

con entaeE

| was to be selected as Leader of the Adminis ltration which would shortly be formed ; he

would follow him as best he could. It ap- | peared that the Leader of the (Government had come to the conelusion that, whoever else led the new Government, he (Mr. 8.) must go He did not know whether the hon. 3 to be so, or not; ght have left such

down. 5; gentleman really wished thi: but he thought his honor might { a statement for some narrow-minded follower of his own (Mr. Davies’). He (Mr, 5.) had supposed that the hon. gentleman Was too liberal to act in that way. After hearing this, he (Mr. 5.) began to inquire what extra- ordinary crime he had committed to deserve such treatment. He (Mr. 5.) supposed that the endeavor which had been made to crush him in this way, was based on the statement made by the hon. member for Strathalbyn at a meetivg held in New London, namely, that

influence

holic ever leading a Gov-

he (Mr. Stewart) would use_ his against a Roman Cat ernment in this country.

Hon. Mr. Srewarr emphatically ever having made such a statement, and sai that he had freely supported Senator fiowlan when he led the party to which he [Mr. Sul- livan] belonged. :

Hon. Mr, SULLIVAN was glad to hear this prompt denial from the hon. member. As for himself [Mr. Sullivan], he wished hon. mem- bers to.

LEAVE HIM OUT OF THE COUNT altogether in the formation of a new Govern- ment, and to do justice, irrespective of any one member. The House had been informed, two years ago, by the present Government, Government, that they wished to see Protest- ant and Catholic children sit side by side in the public schools, aud, also, to see gentlemen of both denominations transact the business of life together, in friendship and harmony. it now appeared, from the remarks made during the present session by hon. members of the Government, that when the school-days of Catholic children were ended; they must expect to occupy a subordinate position among their fellow-countrymen.

denied

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nth Annual Report of the St. sawrence Marine Insurance Company.

Cary > so v YS - f -

In presentins this, the Seventh Annuai ie- port of the St. Lawrence Marine Insurance Company, your Directors beg to submit tae followiog remarks :—

It will be remembered that at the last An nual Meeting the Company showed a liability to Messrs. James Duncan & Co. of $8,059.50 for losses of 1876, and 2,575.00 for losses of

1877. Owing to the failure of that and other firms, from which the Company derived a

large portion of its business, your Directors were compelled to make a second call upon the Shareholders. This was done on the 10th October last, and was payable on the 18th November, amounting to $9,881.25. It was estimated that in consequence of the large

Hon. Mr. Suctivan—Ii the House was to‘ judge from the allusion made to if in- the Speech with which the Session was opened, he | thought it migut assume that the document} forwarded to Uttawa was a very ‘‘ learned” wellas ‘‘able’ ‘Tue hon. Leader of tie; Government desired some credit for assisting in obtaining the Award; but he (Mr. 3.)

?

thought that to Sir John McDonald was due

one.

The *hon. member for Strathalbyn was the first Commissioner of Public Works--except during the first few weeks—before the late Government resigned, when the otlice was filled by the Hon. L. C. Owen. Whatever good, therefore, had resulted from the system under which that Department was at present managed, was due to the predecessors of the present (rovernment, and not to the Hon. Commissioner of Public Works or his co! leagues. The Hon. Leader of the Govern- ment stated, the other evening, that the finances of the Province were in

A VERY BAD CONDITION

when the present Gorternment came into power, and that the late Government were most extravagant, and had expended the pub- lic monies in a most lavish manner. His honor assertei that wharves and bridges were built in many places where they were not re- quired. If this statement was correct, the hon. member for Vort Hill must take his share of the responsibility of such gross mismanage ment. He hoped that hon. gentleman would take in those remarks by his Leader on that matter. The Hon. Leader of the Government had also stated that, when this Province en- tered Confederation, there were $263,000 to our credit in the Banks.

Hon. Mr. Davies had stated that, six months after this Province entered Confedera- tion, there was that amount lying inthe Banks to the public credit.

Mr. SuuLIvAN said that he had given the hon. gentleman’s words correctly, as he had noted them down very carefully. ‘The Hon. Leader of the Government must remember that it was on the 3lst December, 1573,

AFTER we had received $209,000 from the Dominion Treasury, that we had the sum of $268,000 to our credit in the Banks. The sum received fromthe Dominion was paid this Province half-yearly in advance, so that we had only $59,000 of local revenue on hand at that time. When the Province entered Con- federation, there was only $63,000 in the Banks after yaying all liabilities. It the late Government expended a large amount of money while they were in power, they had SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT.

They had constructed a large number of ex-

nsive bridges and wharfs, which amounted to a very cousiderable sum of money. They

id large amounts due on the railway. In R374 they paid under that head $80,000; in 1875, $40,000; in 1876, 18,090. The steam- er Southport, built by their predcessors—the Haythorne-Laird Government—cost $28.00, and was paid for by the late Government. The addition to the Charlottetown Jail cost $13,090). Prince of Wales College and Gov-

the greater part of the credit, for negotiatin: the treaty uader which it was obtained. ‘The | hon. gentleman might think that -he had pleased the people by sending up to Ottawa a Haming Minute of Council, demanding as our share of the Award one and a quarter millions of dollars! Did he (Mr. Davies) imagine that anything which he could send to Ottawa would have greater influence with the Do- minion Goverument than a document for- warded by his successors in office. If the non. gentleman should remain in power— which could not possibly happen—he (Mr. 8.) would like to see him succeed in obtaining for this Province its

RIGHTFUL SHARE

of the Award; but did he (Mr. Davies) think that ifa new A:lministration was formed to-. morrow, it would not have as much influence at Ottawa as he had? He (Mr. 8.) thought that the House would bear him out, and come to the conclusion that the successors of the present Government would have more in- Huence in obtaining the sum due this Island than the present Government. The hon. Leader of the Government wished the House to understand that his Administration POSSESSED THE CONFIDENCE

of the country to-day! In fact, the House had ‘been informed that the Leader of the Government would be returned as one of the representatives for Charlottetown by a hand- some majority! Although the Government eandidate forthe seat in the Leyislative Council had been roturned at the late elec- tion by a small majority of twenty-one, it was only because they had a very popular candi- date and used almost superhuman exertions to secure his election, that they succeeded. The candidate, himself, had made a personal canvass of the city, and was most industrious- ly assisted by the Commissioner of Public Works. ‘The hon. Leader of the Government had declared that they were the people’s Gov- ernment. Indeed! Outof seven gentlemen returned by the people to represent them in the Legislative Council, two, only, were sup- porters of the Government! In the First Dis- trict of Prince County where two Conservative candidates opposed a third gentleman, the lat- ter was elected; but he (Mr. 8.) understood that he would not support the Government. However, whether such was the case or not it would not effect the situation. The two Con servative candidates secured a large majority of votes in that District, and, therefore, the Opposition had, properly speaking, won the seat. This should teach the Government that they were not the people's party. The Belfast District which they had, all along claimed as their own, had sent two representatives to the fiouse to oppose them. One of those re-

ernment House underwent extensive repair costing $3,000. The expenses of the Land, Commission amounted to nearly $25,009. The| new Law Courts erected in Charlottetown cost | $60,000. The County Court Houses at! Bonshaw, Dundas, St. Peter’s, and other} laces, were also erected by them; as also the! Court House and Jail at Summerside, which latter cest 355,000. The _ total! expenditure on those works alone vas! upwardsof $399,C09. This was the way in which | the late Government expended the public. moneys, and they had something to show for! it, No Pablic Works, however, excepting) those of real utility were underta‘ten and con- | struct.d by them. Of conrse this heavy ex-| penditurs reduced the capital of the country |

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to a considerable extent; but it was not to be) to the Government during the last two ses-

OXpocre

| the duty of

presontatives had been returned without a con- test--much to his credit; and had told the) Government the other evening that out they must go. He(Mr. 8.) might be told that those two hon. gentlemen had _ rot been returned to support him. This might be true, or it might not: he could not say, for he bad never asked any hon. gentleman in the House to support him. It had fallen upon him, during the last two sessions, to perform

LEADER OF THT OPPOSITION, and he had performed it honestly, if not efii- eieuty. He had tried to dohis duty faith fully. The position of Leader of the Opposi- tion had been given him by the few hon. members who had followed him in opposition

number ef failures amongst the Shareholders, that not more than $7,500.00 of this call would be immediately paid in, and at this date only $4,840.00 has been paid.

Cn the 9th Oetober your Directors deemed it advisable to call a Special Meeting of the

| Shareholders, in order to place before them

the financial state of the Corporation. The meeting took place on the 25th October, when it was Resolved, by a majority of those present, ‘that no farther risks should be taken by the Board until the Annual Meeting,” which reso- lution has been strictly adhered to.

Previous to the Special Meeting 54 Policies were issued, covering $132,070, the premiums on which amounted to $11,367.29, and it is a matter of covgratulation that with so iarge an amount at risk, the losses on the year's busi- ness which have come before the Board and been passed amount to only $515.95; and it is estimated that $1000 will be sufficient to cover all outstanding claims which have been re- ported. ,

Owing to the insolvency of many of the shareholders the Board considered it in the in- terests of the Company to obtain the cancel- ment of as many of the yearly polices as_pos- sible, and have to a great extent succeeded, so that at the present date only seven polices re- main in force, covering 319,300, of which $2,- 509 runs off on the 22nd inst., and $7,800 is suspended for the winter onths and will in all probability run oif before the opening of the navigation, leaving only $9,000 then at risk which wiil run off in June and August.

ti the Board’s estimate of vutstandinyg losses prove correct, and all solvent Shareholders’ calls be paid, there will be sutticient to make a return payment to the Company of at least 25 or 30 per cent. of the last call.

In conclusion, your Directors would urge upon the Shareholders who have not yet paid the call, the necessity of their doing so with- out delay, to enable the Board to meet its re- maining liabilities.

Arcup. Kennepy, President. Freep. W. HynpMAN, Secretary. Ch’town, March 12, 1879.

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Russia is in a bad way. The whole country is honey-combed with revolution, and the dis- tracted Czar feels the very ground crumbling beneath his feet. All the repressive measures that are devised by the minions of tyranny only add to the difficulties of his position, and Russia is evidently on the eve of a revolution, , compared to which, that which shook France in 1789 was a harmless and feeble affair. The troubles of the Imperial family are aggravated by a quarrel between the Czar and his oldest son, who is said to be a man of some eapacity, although, unfortunately for him-

self, he was born a_ hundred _ years too late. He is another Nicholas, with-

out the engaging qualities of that tyrant, and therefore sure to be among the first victims of the coming revolution. Russia’s foreign policy is weakened and neutralized by her domestic conditien, and the Emperor William, of Ger- many, who might be disposed to strengthen the hands of his nephew, the Czar, has more than he can attend to at home. Russia’s re- cent plotting to prevent the Turks from occu- pying the Balkans¥as provided by the Berlin Treaty, has ended in failure, and the Western Powers have informed the Sultan that the Ber- lin Treaty must be carrie! out. Add to these ditfienlties the plague and a prospective war with China, and it will be seen that Russia is in the most pitiable position of any European nation. —_—_—__ <I. @>- fe

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