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Conrrary to expectation, Wolseley is still waiting for further reinforcements. It can scarcely be doubted that the counter-concentration of Arabi has, so far. succeeeded in checking the attack from the British. The forces of Arabi at the theatre of war surrounding Tel-el- Kebir, greatly outeumber those of Sir Garuvet, and the artillery of the Egyptians has been worked in a masterly manper. Britain grows impatient over the delay, but the level head of Sir Garnet remem: bers that he who believes, must not always make haste. Cautiousness and patience are the characteristic traits of Wolseley. To-day’s news from Alex- | andria, leads us to infer that Wolseley is | obliged to keep a goodly reserve of troops in the vicinity of Alexandria, and this | announcement may point to the cause | why Arabi was vot attacked yesterday.
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Tue common sense and sound judg- ment of the country demaud the abolition | of the Legislative Couucil.
aioe teen : The Minister of Marine and Fisheries. |
Arrer a stay of more than a week on | the Island, the Minister has left for the | Mainland. During the course of inspec- | tion the Minister expressed himself | highly satisfied with the various offices under his control, and was particularly pleased with the splendid agricultural prospect afforded by the Island. The impression gained by the Minister was | that the Island is worthy to be ranked | among the richest heritages of this our'| fair Dominion, that its people compare favourably in intelligence with any of the other Provinces, and that the matrons and goodly maidens were unsur- passed ia physical strength and beauty, by the daughters of any other Province of Canada.
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T a8 useless expenditure of six thous- and dollars per year on orvamental legislators should be universally con- demoed by the yeomaury of this Island.
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The Thirst for Reputation.
Any man who possesses in any degree the power of attaining fame or reputa- tion is geverally burdened with a stroug desire for the same. Ordinary persons wonder at the phenomenon ; they caanot attain fame; they cannot realize the higher motives which sway the (mind of a genius, and they are apt to (suspect pride where there is only copscious power. Decidedly the first test of a truly great man is his humility. But humility does not mean doubt of power, and humility becomes hypocrisy when it be- comes unreal. A right understanding of the difference between what a man ean do, and what the rest of the world can do and has done is consistent with true humility. All noble men koow their business, and know that they kaow it, but do not think much of themseives on that account. Albert Durer wrote to one who found fault with his picture, ‘Tt cannot be better doue;” and the world has agreed with the painter. Newton knew that his head had puzzled out something that was beyond the power of others, yet he had a sevse of power- lessness because he saw the immense power of Omuipoteuce, aud something divine in every man he met. The great- est poets, like Horace, Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth, have truly prophesied their own immortality, they knew their power, and when the occa- sion came they were uot ashamed to confess it. Two of the most famous men are Shakespeare and Milton, and yet these immortals were rather roughly treated. George III. called Shakespeare’s plays ** sad stuff.” Waller, the fashion- able poet in Milton’s time, declared Milton’s *‘ Paradise Lost” to be ‘“‘a tedious poem, remarkable for nothing but its great length.” The publisher evideutly held the same _ opinion since he gave the poet the miserable sum of £10 for two editious, and £8 eventual- ly to his widow in discharge of that and all other claims. Even in the 17th Century, Butler and Dryden were far more generally appreciated than was But the seed of immortality was in Milton, which he knew, and which the world vow recognizes. Fame, literary, and otherwise, is not dependenti on caprice, but upon firm and fixed prin ciples. Whatever is bad, time destroys ; whatever ennobles human nature will be preserved throughout all ages. The deep diapasons of Milton will ever sound beside the rippling trills of the birdnotes of Burns. The rugged thunderous tones
ireported a failure.
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THE DAILY EXAMINER, SHPTEMBER 5, 1882.
The Potato Crop in the United States.
York potato crop is last year the entire yieid of the country’: as about 115,000,000 bushels, of which New York furnished 25,000,000) below the average for ten years past, including the bad potato year of 1879, when nearly one and a half million dollars’ worth of potatves were imported. Last year, ending “une 30, 1882, the imported
western New
The
| potatoes amounted in valne to over four
and a half million dollars. The present crop in New York is reported as 3,000,000 bushels less than that of last year, and the remainder of the country must produce considerably more than its average crop to prevent another influx of potatoes to meet the high prices which scarcity here will maintain. Not even a bountiful grain harvest seems to have much effect upon the potato market such a staple of food has it
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De Lesseps on the Situation.
De Lesseps arrived at Paris on the 3rd September. In an interview he said that the first fact that should be known regard ing Egyptian matters is that the movement He was convinced that Arabi has the whole nation at his back. His force is probably between 25,000 and 30,000, and Arabi has arms for 200,000 and when he needs the men he can get them De Lesseps had every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which Arabi had behaved towards the canal. The English had no need of the canal for their opera- tions. De Lesseps said Arabi had not placed a price on his head, but after the English landed at Suez he had received a letter from Arabi saying that he knew it was not his fault and giving him notice that the ‘‘ Sweet Water’ canal would be cut. The English sailors had behaved very badly, firing right and left in the streets, and killing many Arab women and children, and one of DeLesseps own explorers. The English army is very well organized, but he thinks the war will be a long one and that the final result cannot yet be forecasted. No serious oper- ations] could be undertaken unless the wet weather and overflowing of the Nile were at an end, and that would be in October. The war would be no military promenade. Ic is not true that Arabs had mutilated the English dead and wounde1,and he had heard nothing of that from officers in Egypt. Eng- land had been longintending toget her finger into Egypt on some pretext or another. ‘I'he whole Egyptian trouble has been caused by the intrigues of Edward Mallet and for the purpose of giving England this opportunity. He had not seen any actual fighting, but there had been many more killed and wounded among the English than they had reported, also many cases of sunstroke and a little cholera. When he had been in Egypt before the troubles had begun, he had found some opposition to Arabi among the Bedouin chiefs but now they were, he believed, all for Arabi. Even those who before had opposed Arabi bad said to him (DeLesseps) that they were Exyptiane before they were anything else. Even if Arabi was killed or captured, the war would not on that account come to an end.
—— > - The Dublin Riots. TELEGRAPHIC REPORT.
Dustin, Sept. 1.
Atll p. m. a bayonet charge was made in Sackville Street, where the soldiers were hotly pressed and badly stoned the troops stationed before the Bank of Ireland.
Dousirn, Sept. 3.
At a meeting of policemen, at which all the dismissed men and those who resigned were present, held this evening, Canon Pope spoke. He urged the police to sub- mit to the authorities and advised those who had resigned to return to duty and petition for the reinstatement of the dis- missed men. The men said they were willing to return to duty the moment the dismissed men were reinstated and assnr- ance given them that their grievances would be considered. If any disturbance occurred the responsibility would be with the Police Commissioners. Serious disturbances oc- turred to-night in Stephen's Street. A number of special constables who had a drunken man in charge, were attacked and one badly maltreated. Fifteen Mounted Policemen resigned and refused todo duty.
Lonpon, Sept. 3.
A despatch from Dublin, dated Sundar afternoon, says the police strike is virtu- ally ended. The Superintendent, in an interview with the dismissed men, advised them to draw up a memorial asking that they be reinstated and acknowledging that they committed a breach of discipline, which memorial will be submitted to the authorities this evening, and there is little doubt that the men will then be reinstated with the understanding that their griev- ances will be investigated. Several street robberies were committed last evening. The wounds of several parties injured in the street melees were dressed at the hospi- tal, but no serious injuries are reported. About fourteen persons wounded in the street fight here are in the hospital. Five hundred special constables were sworn in to-day. The mob to-day attacked a special constable; the latter fired three shots from his revolver and wounded a man danger- oisly. The mob thereupon attempted to lynch the constable, and they handled him so roughly that he is not expected to re-
of Demosthenes will stand forever beside the conceited charm of Cicero’s rounded periods. These men knew the power of | their works better than the readers, and gave unfalteriaog expression to it. As long as the world lasts this thirst for fame will endure. It does uot come by waiting, it comes by hard and earnest work. It’s ever maddening cry is work, work, for in thet} alone is the secret and the genius of the success. If the reader fancies that he has the thirst, let him ask the question : ** Have I the appetite for work, unceas- ing workwork that burns the midnight candie”” Ou the true answer will de- pend in some measure the test of. the thirst for fame,
Tue usefulness of the Legislative Council, if it ever had any, is now gone. Thea Coyncil ig but a piece of cumberous expevitve wacbivery,
cover. To-night the mob became very vio- lent and was charged by the troops.
The gunboat “ Forester” has arrived at Kingstown, where disorder is apprehended. The authorities will advertise to-morrow for recruits.
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Stx Joun McDonatp will probably visit St. John, N. B.; and pay the Island a flying visit.
Prestpent Grevy has gone to Jura, and will remain away from Paris for a month,
Sara Bexnuakpt, after performing at Bradford, England, on Wednesday, was seized with a severe spitting of blood.
GreyeraL Buy_er has been nominated for Governor by the Greenbackers of Massachv- setts.
CartaIN Maituzw Weep, the famous English swimmer, is to be in Montreal dur- ing the Exhibition in that city.
Rev. Aprxgen Ogporye is registered at the American Hotel, Toronto.
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CORRESPONDENCE, |
We do not hold OUTS lves responsible jor the opinions or statcme nts of our corvespordents
To the Editor of the Examiner.
Drar Sir, —The Directors of the Bank are still silent. To prevent a misunder- standing I may say that | am a depositor, and consequently a sufferer at the hands of these gentlemen to a large extent for a man of my circumstances. I have sought for information which I could not obtain. | have made application to several lawyers in Charlottetown in order to ascertain my remedy against the Bank. To my surprise I fonnd the Directors, or other parties in their behalf, have retained them. They have in this way prevented me from obtain. ing counsel. It was not sufficient for these ventlemen to take our money, but they must now shut us out from the privilege of obtaining counsel from the leading practioners at the Bar in this Island. The Board of Directors is composed of men oecupying high positions—men well versed in legal technicalities and usages—men who have made law a life business. An unsop- histicated countryman would hardly sup pose they would be under the necessity of taking these steps uuless the accusations of a guilty conscience was goading them sorely, and in order to lull themselves into any degree of repose, they must mono- polize the leading practitioners at the bar, and shut us out from obtaining re dress, as they knew very well that to bring lawyers from abroad would be expensive and beyond our ability. This was no doubt a happy thought, as the gentlemen are rich and have funds enovgh, and to spare, for such purposes.
What have they been doing since the 28th November last? They have, no doubt, fulfilled the Scriptures, like all wise men, before their final dissolution. They 1ave set their house in order. They made their last will and testament in the shape of an ex post facto law, which they would not trust to Mr. Brecken at Ottawa, but must send a_ special messenger, at the ex pense of the creditors to help iis passage through parliament. They have compro- mised with several firms; they sent agents to England on a fruitless expedition. ‘They sold the Bank building by private centract, and then made everything left over to the Court, under the provisions of the expost facto law—‘*They now, I believe, seek to absolve themselves from their lia- bility as Common Shareholders, on certain grounds and irregularities which, it was their own duty to perfect and mature. The Registry Office plainly tells a tale which is very suspicious, and, to say the least, not very creditable to men of high estate. If they have been reckless in their management of the deposits previous to their suspension there are grave reasons to believe they have been reckless since they suspended. One would sappose they would wind up the affairs of the bank as economically as pos- sible. Instead of that they have displayed their utter disregard of all principles of fair play. They could liquidate the affairs of the Bank by the provisions of their charter without the nnnecessary and expensive liti- gation of liquidators. That acrime rests upon the shoulders of some party there cannot be adoubt. To constitute a crime, the intext and the act must concur. Although this eppears to be an _ in- flexible rule we must not infer that both need in ali cases be proved. The intent is, in general, proved when the overt acts are proved; and so far as the Directors are concerned, they are prima facia supposed to have intended the neces- sary consequences of their own acts. Outward acts, it is said, indicate the secret intentions. From the manifest reckless management of the Bank, the intent will be easily inferred.
A man of close affinity to the Cashier de- clared in my hearing in Charlottetown, the other day, that he believed the cashier was paid to get out of the way. It looks like it when the Directors never attempted to bring him back.
The Depositors should use all lawful diligence in examining into the affairs of this Bank, and bringing home the facts to the doors of the guilty ones. If the law is to be a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well, the wheels of justice must be greased and set in motion. We may then find out how the Directors ob- tained their dividends and managed the deposits.
| think every reasonable person will concede that the General Government did wrong in passing an ex post factolaw I think the constitution of this country ought to prehibit such acts in like manner as they do in the United States. On this point much more can be said, but will leave it andthe Directors for a future oc- casion.
Yours truly, R. McNett.
New London, Sept. 4, 1882.
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To the Editor of the Examiner.
Sir,—I am very glad your correspondent ‘* Bingo” has called the attention of the indefatigable Chairman of the Street Com- mittee to the ‘‘ disgraceful” condition of the sidewalk on the Spring Park Road. I occasionally walk out that way, and can bear testimony that ‘‘ Bingo” does not exaggerate. Itis worse than disgraceful, it is diabolical; and anyone who has broken his shins and lost his hat in the gutter coming in that road at night, as I have, would say the same. I can sympathize.with poor ‘‘Bingo.”’
Yours, Bincosrai.
‘TWENTY-FOUR YEARS’ EXPERIENCE,” says an eminent physician, convinces me that the only cure for ‘‘ Nervous E#haustion” and weakness of the generative organs is to repair the waste by giving Brain and Nerve Foods, and of all the remedies [ have used, Mack’s Magnetic Medicine is the best. This remedy is now sold by all our Druggists at 50 cents per box, or 6 for $2.50, and on receipt of an order for 12 boxes, accompanied with $5 00, addressed to Mack’s Magnetic Medicine Co., Windsor, Ont., they will forward the goods free by mail, and send their ‘ written guar- antee” to refund the money, if the treatment does not effect a cure. See advt. in another column.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Wolseley Delays the Attack,
lmpcrial Government Sends Reinforcements,
Conspiracy at Alexandria The Minotaur Active.
Special Despatch to the Examiner.
Lonpon, Sept. 4.
Considerable delay has been occasioned in the transportation of the British zein- forcements towards Kassassin. This delay has upset the expected movements cf Sir Garvet, and it is now expected that Arabi will be permitted to remain quiet for a day or two,
The transport vessels have proved them- selves utterly insufficient to move the troops with the desired rapidity.
The Imperial Government have decided to send off at once more troops for the army in Kyypt. Several battalions of in fantry have been ordered to reinforve Wolseley.
A widespread conspiracy has been dis- covered at Alexandria to massacre all the Europeans in the vicinity in the event of the British forces coming to a formidable engagement at Ramleh.
The ironclad ‘* Minotaur ” is off Alexan- dria, and js constantly moving before the eneniy’s lines and shelling them. The reason of this movement is that news has been received of a threatening demonstra- tion of the enemy at Mandara.
It is feared that Arabi is preparing his concentration in order to take the offensive against Wolseley. His men are being rap- idly sent towards Zagazig. and there is a great deal of activity in his camp.
Wolseley has just telegraphed from, Is- mailia, saying that everything is quiet along the front.
A German Railway Accident,
found in keeping the front well supplied. Major Ardah, the Scharab Bey, with a| trocp of Lancers, have gone out to try to | meet b.duin chiefs and endeavor to wean | them from Aribi Pacha. Sultan Pacha and Ferrid Pacha are still here, but will advance with our forces to Zagazig, where Ferrid Pacha will again take up the government. They carry with them a pumber of proclamations which will be distributed by friendly Bedouins. They have already entered into successful negotia- tions with some of the Bedouin chiefs, and these have promised to bring over a con- siderable number of their tribesmen from Arabi, A naval brigade is forming and will shortly go to the front with machine guns Weather Bulletin. Probabilities for the next 24 hours for the Ma itime Provinces.
Toxontro, Sept. 5—10 a. m. Moderate winds, fair weather, few local showers ; Wedueacday fine,
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Special Despateh to the Hxanviner.
Bexuin, Sept. 4.
News has reached here of a terrible Railway accident on the German Line. Fifty-three persons were killed, and eighty- six were injured by the railway accident. The cause of the painful accident was that a telegraph pole had been struck by light- ning, which, when it had fallen across the track, succeeded in wrecking the train, and doing so much personal injury.
Narrew Escape of Czar and Czarina,
Special Despatch to the Examimer. St. Perersevre, Sept. 4
At the militrry manceuvres at St. Peters- burg to-day, the Czar and Czarina had a narrow escape. A temporary bridge had been erected for the occasion, over which the Czar and and Ozarina had just passed. Soon a crash was heard when it was found that the bridge had broken down and pre cipitated several of the ministers and lead- functionaries into the steam.
DUBLIN NEWS ‘THE RIOTS. The Assassin’s Weapons
Special to the Examiner.
Dosuin, Sept. 4.
The injuries sustained by the riotous con- duct of the mob on Saturday and Sunday last, and by the charge of the military, are now found to be seventy-seven persons se- verely injured, and thedeath of one woman is reported.
The weapons used by the assassins in the Phoenix Park tragedy have been discovered in the house of a man who is row in jail. The clue obtained is an important one, and will be thoroughly worked out by the police,
The Dowager Countess of Roseberry is dead.
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Sudden Death of a Prominent Moutreal Man.
Special Dispatch to the Examiner.
Monrrkat, Sept. 5. T. W. Ritchie, Q. C., one of the most prominent lawyers in Montreal, Solicitor, and formerly Director of the Bank of Montreal, dropped dead on the steamer yesterday afternoon when returning home from Magog.
GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
Lonpon, Sept. 3.
Ti -night’s bulletin announces that the Archbishop’s drowsiness is diminishing and that he takes nourishment. :
The TZimes’ Alexandria correspondent says the news from Cairo is that there are only 1,500 troops there and they are unreliable. ;
Kassassin, Sept. 3.
One Indian seven pound mountain bat- tery has arrived here. Stores are fast brought up. Engineers are busy entrench- ing the camp for defence. A forward movement is daily expectcd.
Reschid Bey assumed command of the enemy's force at Tel el Kebir after the cap- ture of Mahmoud Fehmy. The superior- ity hitherto possessed by the enemy’s ar- tillery will be reversed when the day of the assault arrives, as we shall have the whole of our batteries on the spot.
ALexanpria, Sept. 2. The man-of-war Minotaur shelled the enemy's lines between Ramleh and Aboukir early this morning. Ismariia, Sept. 2. Two engines have arrived from Suez, making three now available, and as there
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