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The Examiner.

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tharlottetown, August S75,

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Ir is no wonder that the Irish people | agree together that the hundreth anni-| versary of O'Connell's birth shall not pass without ample recognition of the benefits his country derived from his great abilities, his untiring zeal, and self-saerificing pat riotism. When we reflect on the refor which did rights for which he always so ably and often so suecess{ully contended ; the in-

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justice, the eppression, which he so relent leasly exposed ; the cruelty and corruption which he dragged from high places, and blasted with his splendid eloquence, , must acknowledye that their cause for gratitude is great. Unhappy is that country which has not had its heroes ; but more unhappy still the people who for- get to remember their toils when their

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warfare is accomplished, and are sluggish | to keep their memory green when they | have ceased to live to enjoy the liberty | won by them for their descendants

One need not bean Lrishman to admire | the great Liberator. Though his end was special, the stand which he took to | accomplish it was on the broad ground of | human rights. The truest doctrines of civil and religious liberty run through all | his utterances, and are to be found exem- | He had drunk of |

plified in his actions. the spirit of his age, and realized the | brotherhood of min.

O'Connell is a representative man, He | is thoroughly Irish. Like the leaders | of the French Revolution in some ways, he differed from them in many striking |

respects, While they sought inspiration |

in dreaming on heroes of other races, in 2 distant age, and of the liberty of classic days, O'Connell found food for his enthu- siasm in meditations on the history of his native land, andthe story of her buried freedom. The legends of his country were as poetry to him, and the relation of her sufferings a testament of blood. The hills and dales, the sublimity of her moun- tains, or the soft beauty of ber valleys, pleaded with him for the people. The) form of Erio, as the Irish imagination | has loved to depict it, pale with the op- pression of centuries, ind a harp with none but melancholy chords, was ever present to his faney. Each spot of ground hallowed by the «associations of ancient days, teemed with incitements to his ar dent mind. The poverty of the people | touched him most of all. into their griefs, and sympathized with | them. No cold political schemer, but | one of themselves, through the sense of | oppression,— bound to the same faith, | warmed by the same passion, inspired by | a kindred ideal. Had his character not been so truly in union with that of his nation, he could never have obtained so great an influence over its people. Hibs | power was that of a hero, in the olden | sense of the word. The people believed in him. This country, the English na- tion, the world, must turn with gratitude |

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to the constant assurance of this man, | in the ultimate triumph of his cause, by | the moral force of its claims. At any | time it was necessary ovly that he should speak the word, to have plunged the land into the horrors of civil war. But he fought with ideas, not with the sword. Strong in his belief in human sympathy, he appealed to it, snd needed not to en- | trench himself in the fastnesses of his mountains. There are few nobler spec. tacles than his wise forbearance, his pati- ent confidence. Yeur after year he elect- ed to hope, and refused to be guilty of the “ crime of despsiring of his country.” Through the persecutions of the authori- ties, over the hatred and scorn of the aristocrats, amidst dangers in plots, in entanglements, sometimes forsaken by those on whom he depended, he continued his purposed course. In public, in private, at the bar, in the senate, by the cottagers fireside or the socixl board, the wrongs of his country were never forgotten. Re- sistless as the mountain winds which swept the surtace of his native lakes, his passion- ate eloquence thrilled through the hearts of the multitudes who hung upon his words on Tara’s hill, and learned from him to be- lieve that they had triumphed, because the “ voice which had been raised for the country, had first becn breathed in prayer | tothe Lord.” No disappointment could deject him and threats were powerless to subdue. His demands for justice were as constant as his faith that it would be obtained ; and the best effect of his life, has been the proof that no power can withstand the moral onset of an assailant, armed with the force of righteous principle, doing battle in the sacred name of the liberty of man.

Towards the close of day, when the are covered with dense and

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heavens gloomy vapors, bewildered by the fitful wind, or driven, like the horses of fallen warriors before a conquering host, how frequently has it oecurred that suddenly allis changed. The sun, bursting through the dark mists, tones the discordant as— pect of the sky to a grand and simple unity. Languid streaks of ghastly light 01 the torn edges of clouds, disappear. Haggard lines of vapor, which stretched despairing|y away to be lost in obscurity, now band themselves together, as massy p'alanxes, destined to obey a common law. From horizon to zenith the atmos- phere is flushed with the prophetic glow, which asserts itself as the precursor of a brighter day. So, when Ireland's great chief arose, he shed over the despairing lives of his countrymen the genial hues of hope; and, garnering to himself their hearts, spoke in the name of his peop'e, teaching them to fee) with him that their

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preserved.

‘and of what a constitutional | to the Opposition as well as to his Min-|

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os a soypptre 4 Ty \ / OPD DUFF VR] y's UPR Kt "T/ TUE i Vi) Liedod TEAL IU. ‘ of ‘ ‘ : ‘ i fe : ‘ a o 1} at Fe a ne Ir hilders ™ We publish elsewhere, in fuli, LoD On Wednesday last, Mi 1] . ’ letead hire and the arhiteation court Wi DUFFERIN'S apec ch on * Canada, at | rived nere, ana — arbisrat W foss | ® * . ' nila | Yerv soot heeh ts work, e eontess the dinner given to him by the Canada | Very lice. rahe ay

' ah Tt has attracted much

All the principal

London, England,

Club in

attention in

° e . ry’ i papers have leading articles on it. Che | ate : niteful | Times, which has always been spiteiul |

towards Canada, yields 2 sort of growling : ‘ 1 eed ungracious assent to what Lord Dufferin says; and is evidently preparing, now age, to be very generous to us.

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We hope that this spe year fully read in this Provinee ; and that it | may do something, towards awakening feelings of patriotism and nationality, which are of rather slow growth among us. We searvely yet realize that Can ida is our country, end that we are Can diat Nor is this much to be wondered at. It is not easy at once to change either the feelings or the language of a lifetime ; and |

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to weld iselated and dependent I

into a unit nation is not the work of a | tew years

Lord Dufferin’s speech opens with some very decided and truthful rem rks upon the prevailing tose of our people with reference to home connection, He

points out that there are two feelings

prevalent in the minds of Canadians——one

jealousy of their legislative indk p ndence ;

the other, desire for continued British |

. “ 1) } . 7 seh to say connection. It would be too mucn to say ° , )

that the problem has yet been solved ’ ° - ia: 3 ha

how these two principles are both to bi

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| the great question of the future for both

British and Canadian statesmen. But it is something to know that this is the question we want solved, and that both acti-

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annexation and independence eally out of Court.

We observe that some of our contem- poraries, especially those on the other side of the border, dispute this, and think that Lord Dufferin has over—estimated the strength of the feeling of attachment to Great Britain. Now, no doubt there are individuals here and there—perhaps in {

some places a good many of them —whose from those of |

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opinions on this point diffe the majority of Canadians. But Dufferin

statesman.

was speaking as a

He was treating of public opinion ; not of men’s private fancies. And | as a proof that his estimate of public opinion is quite correct, we ask, is there a constitueucy from one end of Canada

to another, which would return, or even

give a chance to an annexationist candi- | date ?

man, were he to avow such views ?

Would it not ruin any public | The | same may be said with reference to Inde- | Many may be of opinion that

the relations between the mother country | and the Dominion may or must gradually | be modified ; but no one proposes to do |

pendence.

| this immediately, or in any way to sever |

the connection between what may be in | time the two countries of Great Britain and ‘‘anada.

One part of Lord

Dufferin’s speech | should be specially studied; that in which

he speaks of his confidence in Parliament | ruler owes |

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isters. One of the worst symptoms of | our political condition, is the reckless | way in which party spirit tries to dispar- | age, not the views alone—that is right | but ability, of those who may be opposed to it. fee! that the character of their public men |

enough the character, motives and |

In other countries, men of all parties

}should be jealously defended; that

high standard should be set up, and) both sides required to come up to it. More than that, men and journals of all | parties, would feel it a national disgrace,

and would really regret it, were a dis. | honorable action done by any man in pub- | lie life, whether friend opponent. Too often amongst us the reverse is the case, and party rejoices to find enything bad about its It right for the Opposition to point out the

faults of the Administration of the day,

the defects in their policy, or any short— |

or

opponents. is quite

comings they may be guilty of. It is quite another thing to set them down as | regues or incompetents, and to take a malicious delight in belittling them in | every possible way. Such a course pan | ders to the worst tastes of the people, | lowers the whole tone of public manners | and morals, and degrades the country in the opivioa of the outside world. tainly, if we think of it, when the p of a country adopts this plan, it forces |

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those who care about their country into | a mest unpleasant Cilemma. The press, | is the instructor of the people. Often, if we are to believe it, there is uo honesty and ability among our public men. So that either our rulers ure rogues, or our teachers are slanderers. Lord Dufferin points out the true ground to take. We may differ most strongly from 2 person | without calling in question either his | intellect or his morals.

Lord Dufferin is one of the few real orators now to be found in English pub- lic life; and when he touches upon the natural beauty and resources of our country, his words have the ring of true eloquence. Merely as a piece of litera— ture, the speech is worth studying. It would he well if some of those politicians, who seem to confound oratorical power with mastery over abusive language, would give their attention to it, and see howa gentleman and a scholar can give plea- sure, instruction and reproof (for there is plenty of this last in Lord Dufferin’s speech) in language at onee powerful and graceful.

We are glad to see that Lord Dufferin looks forward to completing his ful] period among us; and so long as the British Government sends us statesmen of the true stamp, and keeps us freo of

cause must prove successful, beeause it deserved to succeed.

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CANADA AS IT IS.

Ir is a pleasing proof of how much attention our country is attracting in England to see in Blickirood's Magazine | for July a very excellent article on “ Can- ada as itis.’ The writer states that he was a resident a long time in Canada, and his writing shows that he was observant | of the country where he lived. The writer evidentiy thinks very highly of our country at present, and of its pro-

bable future. e give elsewhere a few extracts,

| ernor General being in other hands than

mere hangers on to Royalty, such as we have Seen threatened with, we shal] not complain of the appointment of the Goy-

our oW4. Incendiary fires at London, Ont., have been of such frequent occurrence lately | that the London, England Insurance office | have notified their agents that they will withdraw their business from that city after the Ist of August.

A despatch from t'elena, ¥ ontana, says the United States Commissioner has releas- ed the parties arrested for the murder of Assiniboine Indians last year, in British ter- ritory, on the ground of there not being suf. ficient evidence to justify their extradition,

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l ceive a tair price

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|if possible, carried out

j any scheme ;

| consistent advocate

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te \in the town

| funds well husbandedd.

that we await the results with some an- |

favorable to compulsory sala, but not oi

confiscation. The proprietors should re-

neither more nor less—

Weare decid

from the present Act.

of opmion, that when the country throuch ‘jealous suspicions, drove Mr. Pope al- moss out of publie life, it did itself much more injury than it did to him We

are very muny who would

devolve upon our citizens.

past year, Ciyie affairs have not been satis- factorily conducted. Few

have been made; and yet we are informed

that the city is now paying interest on a}

debt of {6000 twelve months. it is that the pe

the election of pub‘ic-spirited men of busi-

contracted within the past This shows how necessary ‘ple should try to secure hess.

But they should, t

there is an additional reason why

his year, take an absorbing The Water Works

have at last suc-

interest in Civic polities, Association ceeded in bringing the question of intros

Promoters

ducing a plentiful supply of pure water, |

to a square issue. This, of itself, is a great advance on the retrogressive ideas which Whether the Associa~ tion succeeds or fails in securing the elec- tion of its candidates, it may, at least, be congratulated on having brought the ques, ; ba whate ver— practically

prevailed last year.

yn—on its broadest sis — unhampered

any * scheme before the people. It is, however,

to thut the

Association’s candidates will be triumphs

be hoped antly returned. Every elector who feels that a plentiful ‘supply of pure water will benelit the city—will insure better health to citizens, will reduce the risk of fire, save thousands of dollars now expended in purchasing water by the bucket, will tend to greatly lower the rates of insur-

ance and to raise the character of the city | to the level of other modern towns, will | vote on the Association’s platform—that a |

feasible plan, prepared by a competent

Civil Engineer, be advocated, adopted, and | ,~ will vote for the |

Association’s nominees.

A list of these gentlemen is published in |

DesBrisay, candidate for

Theophilu 3

seen, tl

another column. Esq., be

Qt . . ayor,

it will the

Mr.

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but he has always been a

water works. His judgment is good, his experience great, his leisure ample. urphy, Esq., is the candidate in Ward

believe that Vr.

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Many persons affect to

scheme; but by simply referring to

Of qualifications, nothing need besaid. Every one agrees that he is one of the fittest men for the office of Councillor.

William Koughan Esq., seeks the suffrages |

of the electors of Ward 2,

Mr. Koughan

is a new man—of good abilities and suffix | } cient public spirit.

ise is, moreover, en-

He will see and the civic JamesCurrie Esq., the candidate for Ward 3, is, admittedly

terprising and economical.

improvements introduced

one of the most intelligent men in the present Council. For Ward 4, Dr. Beer

| has consented to be put in nomination,

and, so well is he appreciated, that it is not likely he will be opposed. In Ward 5, Donald McKenzie, Esq., of the firm of Me- Kenzie & Xtumbles, is a candidate. The longer and more intimately Mr, McKenzie is known, the better he is liked. Pehind an unassuming, reticent manner he hides

| sterling qualities of head and heart; and

if he lives, and is at all ambitious, he wil! one day take a leading part, not only in Civic affairs, but also in the politics of the Province and of the Dominion. The elecx tors of Ward 5 will do well if they elect him. He is worthy of their support both because of the sound, moderate principles he holds on the water question, and also because of bis personal qualifications,

WATER QUEST‘ON.

An esteemed correspondent in Clyman Dodge County, Wis., writing July 21, 1875, remarks :-—‘ On looking over the columns of the Examiner, of 12th ult., I find the people of Charlottetown agitating the ques- tion of supplying themselves with a sufli- eient supply of pure water. In our little city of Watertown, there are many citizens who have artesian wells ranging from 75 to 150 feet, drilled through limestone rock ; hole about five inches in diameter, Now, I see no reason why some or your enterprising citizens could not dig such wells. As your soiland rock is so easily drilled, I thinlk many such wells could be dug among you at comparatively small cost. ‘There are two such wells in the stock yards in Chicago some 1200 or 1400 feet deep, capable of supplying your city with sufficient water. As I have not the figures, I cannot give you the amount of flow per day, but it’s enormous, as it sup- plies thousands of cattle daily.”

The Dover Channel Tunnei Bill has passs ed its second reading in the Lords without opposition,

A native Japanese jurnaliat who has

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evidently travelled in Europe has publishs | ed an article on woman’s rights in his |

newspaper, in which he says that ‘ from

the practice of Europeans, it would appear |

that the power of the wife is greater than that of the husband and this error has been brought about by the want of the correct views of the dictates of nature. We will point out examples of this, In going through a door the wife passes first and the husband follows her, the wife takes the bect seat and the husband the

next best ; in visiting the wife 1s first sa, | to stop, luted ; in forms of address the wife is first spirit of t

mentioned. Moreover, while men are in

| the oompany of ladies they must be parti.

cular in their conversition, and are not permitted tosmoke without the ladies per- mission being first obtained. These and like customs are innumerable, and the power of the women is far greater than that of the men.”

for their lands. Knowine how uncertain arbitrations are, we strongly counsel- led that arbitration hould pree ‘de compulsol y levis] ition ; that is that the Government and preprictors should ar- bitrate upon the price of the land and when that had been decided, th { tl } the Com- \pulsory Act should be passed. How- lever. both Gove 1d Opposition thought it bett t 2 course which can o7 } { it blind.’ Wetrust t! tm i ] that thes were right and we were wron

We observe that nod. 0. 2 Ope than whom there is not a more clear- headed business man in either Govern- |

ut or Opposition, anticipates the worst | edly }

there I feel easier to-day, if Mr, Pope’s clear | head, and firm, strobe hand were engaged in the e uidanee of public efrirs. o— » Wt) ELECTIONS. fo-morkow the important duty of se- lecting a Mayor and five Councillors wil

During the |

Improvements |

will |

DesBrisay is not wedded to | of the introduction of |

Wil- | is bound to carry out the Winter |

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YORE

RAILWAy ACCOMMODATION, C. Geecony, Esq. Civil Engi; | neer, has projected q plan for affording to | this Island additional Railway accommoda, | tion. He suggests that railways, extends | ing from the main trunk tine, be built as |

CHARLES

The EXAMINER has always been | follows :-—

Ist. Belfast and Murray Ilarbor, 24, East Point Extension.

od, Cavendish Branch.

4th. New London Branch. j 5th. Cape Trayerse Branch (th, Kensington and Malpeque Koad ith. West Cape Extension,

Respecting the Belfast and Murray Harbor Railway he submits :— 1. To the southward the present line of iment J $s an extensi { t { i | pulated cou I Be 1 Murray Harbor d trict } i A 20h » heavy tra bot } } } { rot to any tI i Wi ; H ( 1 the lily of | ist Lb 1- | ‘ | ‘ t VOI Lid rie | as they may b hen olles rious obstruction.

Kailwi built and managed by | conlpar ul by sulling the tarilf to t wants of the peo] le, be so worked as to «et rive the utmost traftic from and afford the | greatest advantage to the country traversed.

At the favorable tariff thus attainable» the carrying shell mud and other fertilizers» into inland districts would alone afford une | timited freight trailic for years to come.

It is believed that local railways may

be built to a great extent upon the co-

}operative principle, farmers taking stock

jin he company in payment for land, dam-

} ages, fencing, sleepers, grating, &c

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| 6. In order te encourage the taking of

stock by farmers, it is proposed to issue Lo |

each stockholder each year a ticket entilling

| him to carriage for himself, family or goods ; over the railway to the value of interest at six per cent on the stock he holds. All or any portion of the value of the ticket so ; used to be charged against any dividends | recruing to the holder of such stock. This

| arrangement simply operates as a guarantee | of six per cent annual dividend (if taken up in traflic) upon all stock taken in payment for land, work or materials.

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from this and other districts where similar need exists,(and where itis hoped companies on similar basis will be formed) being fair-y made to the Local Legislature, a general act providing for subsidies of five thousand dol-

lars per mi.e to companys constructing rail-

ways in the Isiand will be obtained, as has |

been done in Ne Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

8. The proposed railways will, when built, operate greatly lo increase the tratlic upon the Government railway, and therefore it may fairly be hoped that the General Govern- ment will not be aver to sistance, either as bonus to assist in defray- jing cost of construction, or in subsequent | arrangement for operating the proposed line

These suggestions (which

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apply with

equal force to all the projected railways) are worthy the serious consideration of the people of Belfast and Murray Harbor par | ticularly and tle people of the Province generally, The success of the main trunk line warrants the

tension through the wealthy and thickly-

belief that railway ex~ | populated settlements of the Province is And, if so. why Why should | not our people unite their efforts to obtain

so great a boon? Some persons affect to

believe that the Dominion Government will

feasible and advisable. ' should it not be undertaken ?

But we may wait till doomsday, and then not see a branch line constructed under the orders Neither will the Local Government be likely to under. take the work. Both Governments may,

build the required railways.

of the authorities at Ottawa.

however, assist ; ~ May give liberal subsidies

in aid of Companies.

Our to

engineer. It is worthy of discussion.

columns are open t> all those who care discuss it on its merits,

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FINANCIAL,

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The statement of revenue and expendis | ture of the Dominion for the financial year ended 30th June, exclusive of the months |of March and April, which have never ap- peared in the Canada Gazetie, show the | revenues have been— | Revenue, Expenditure,

$21,593 O48 63 17,486,508 98 $4,156,539 65 The Dominion Auditor, on being applied

April statements, said he conld not give the March state-~

Surplus,

to for the March and

ment, but could give a revised statement | of the revenue and expenditure of the

| Dominion for the first nine months of the financial year down to the 31st of March, give the April statement separately. His revised statement shows the revenue and expenditure for the first nine months to have been— Revenue, $17,911,709 63 Expenditure, 16,493,518 17 Deducting the eight months’ statements | which were published in the Official Gazette from this, it would give for March :— Revenue, $ 344,539 77 Expenditure, 1,788 303 78 This seems extraordinary, as the revenue

and he could

of the other months averaged between $1,500,000 and $3,000,000, The April

statement now furnished by the Auditor shows—

Revenue, SLTiLAIS 09 Expenditure, 2 115,267 98

The effect of the March and April states ments is to reduce the surplus shown on the other ten months’ transactions from $4,000,600 to $2,520,000 in round numbers: This is suspicious, as the month of March, 1874, shows a revenue in excess of the exs penditure almost equil to the entire ap- | parent revenue of March, 1875, while the | revenue of April, 1874, was nearly three |times as great as the expenditure. This is sufficient to lead the public to suspect that either the monthly statements, as published in the Official Gazette, are not in | any way reliable, or the finance Minister is | cooking the acc uuts to cover up the effects of his own gloomy forebodings and the ex- cessive taxation which he imposed on the people during a period of stringency. — Montreal Gazette.

Ibe Canadian Copyright Bill has been passed by the Imperial House of Coms mcns.

Prof, Goldwin Smith has been elected a member of the Ontario Press Association in virtue of his connection with the Nation and has been chosen as Essayist for the next year. In returning thanks for the honor, Mr. Smith said that “ though new at the profession of a journalist, he was ac-~ quainted with its history. On his recent visit to England he was immensely struck With the fact that the Press had increased most wonderfully in power and importance. In former years questions used to be dis- cussed on the floors of the House of Par. liament, and this had been the case in times of great revolutions, and in the days of Pitt and Fox; but now the whole dis- cussion of subjects seems centred in the Press. The late speaker of the Hiouse of Commons had deplored to him the lack of rising young members, not that the present {louse was inferior to any other that had gone before it, except in one or two ins stances, but that there seemed to be a lack _ofyoung men to supply the place of the | present leaders, The papers were now, | however, the place where the discussion took plage, and full Parliamentary reports were not given, with the exception ot the | Times, by leading English newspapers. In | fact, the press was getting so powerful that _he did not see where that power was going A change has come over the he age; formerly newspaper | power had Bs "the advent of rt revolutionary change, but now education was so far advanced that matters were wanted by all classes to be discussed in a calm, argumentative, historical and critical way, and that was the manner in which things should be discussed by the Canadian Press,”

tis believed that joint representatoins |

alford some ass |

The scheme is propounded by a practical |

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‘ANADA AGAZANE contain article

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BLACK Wwoon’s V an

on **Canada a ” from ¥ 1 we quote

following res] lvince Edward Island :-—

‘The last province added to the Do- minion, although small in extent, is no mean acquisition to her territory. Prince Edward Island has been likened to the Isle of Wight; and her fertile felds and smiling homesteads may challenge comparison with that favored spot. Happy in her direct

lie vecting

, connection with England, and imbued with }

the feelings of all small communities, the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island were | for some time loath to merge themselves | into the population of the Dominion ; but » advantages of consolidation

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were seen, and goud terms in respect to | istance in regard to the railway which | intersects the Island, having been offered, she entered the Confederation in 1873. | Close as the Island is to the mainiand, the winter passag cross the strait half frozen nnd nearly blocked with floating ice, presents difficulties of communication not unaccompained with danger; and one of | the first results of the necessity of more

| frequent communication will be the en-

| | deavor to establish 4 steam-ferry sufliciently |

lstrong and powerful to force during the winter frosts.”

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re a ‘rnment is seen in the impetus given to vorks of national importance.

the project of con-

t t \ | lutercolonial raliway | | Bay of Fundy and plans have beenprepared for a channel, termed the Bay Verte Canal, across the barrow isthmus which connects Nova Scotia with New Brunswick. A more speedy | route to England than that now taken by the Allan steamships is also the subject of much consideration. St. John’s, New- |} foundland, is spoken of as the port for passenger steamers from Liverpool-a | railway on the southern shore,in conjunction | with steamers to Spiffigan, a port on the | north-east corner of New Brunswick cons | nected with the Intercolonial railway, being |in the opinion of many, the most direct route between Europe and the American | continent, Others, however, advocate Louis burgh, the ancient Vrench military port in | Cape Breton Island, the passage of the Gut | of Canso being elected by asteamsferry, or, | as traflic increases, by a tunnel under its | narrow waters. Some think that a suitable | port might be found at or near St. Andrews, | in New Brunswick; but, whatever may be } the result, the attention paid to this im- | portant subject 1s an evidence of the energy | and breadth of view of those who are the | leaders of Canadian society.”

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Respecting the government of the coun- | try it is stated that,—

| At present the country is almost over- | governed ; except in Ontario and Manitoba | the provincial governments comprise a | local governor and two houses of parlias ment; and there is a difficulty in a society where time is money, to find a suflicient number of competent men to furnish re< presentatives at the local as well as the central parliaments. The recent law which forbids the same men to sit in both parlia. ments, whilst acting beneficially in regard to the government of the country, has in- | creased this difficulty ; and it may bea | question whether the other provinces will not gradually follow the example of On- tario by doing away with one of their Houses of Assembly, and whether the maritime provinces may not even combine and form of three distinct governments, one that | would compare in importance with those of | Ontario and Quebec. The interests of the maritime provinces are closely allied ; com- municition between them is easy ; and a powerful conterpoise to the preponderating | influence of Ontario might not be an unim | portant desideratum: in securing a more | complete consolidation of the Dominion.” |

With reference to the great exponent of

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public opinion, the press, the writer says—

‘There is still something to be desired. |The newspapers are of a far higher tone | than the generality of those of the United | States; butthey are still too personal in | their attacks on public men, and their articles are sometimes written in language which is more forcible than elegant. Some of the leading papers, indeed stand de- servedly high in the estimation of the more educated of their readers ; but the bane of the press is the multitude of papers. Each town, and even each village, aspires to at least two daily papers, and consequently the circulation is limited, and the funds necessary to pay for high talent are wanting. Efforts have been made by wealthy and patriotic men to correct this evil, by sup. plementing from their own means the in

come of certain of the more important newspapers ; and the lruit is shown by the greater power of their leading articles. One magazine of high merit is published monthly at !oronto, and possesses a con- siderable circulation ; but it has to vie with the English and American periodicals, and has had a hard struggle for existence. Many of the articles from the pen of Cana- dian writers would compare very favorably with the best of the English magazines, and it is to be hoped that it will receive the encouragement which its merits deserye.”’

The article concludes,—

* With ten millions of inhabitants, with railway communication from Cape Breton to Vancouver, with a united and vigorous population, imbued with English feelings, and retaining the good whilst rejecting the evils of European society, Canada will be the home of a nation whose youth and energy will add strength to the parent stock and whose moderation and sound sense will be a useful counterpoise to the almost extra- vagant talent and restlessness of the neighboring population of the American Union. For such a future Canada will be content to wait, satisfied with her present position, and remembering that the slowest growth and gradual progress are ever the surest, and that the northern nations, whilst less rapid than others in maturing their history, have in the long run exercised a preponderating influence in the destinies of the world.”

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Our Gaspe correspondent writes us to say that the crops in the district are looking well, and promise a full average yield. Along the Gaspe coast the fishery is very good, but the accounts from the north shore fisheries are discouraging. Mackerel has struck in considerable quantities, — Montreal Gazette.

The St. Petersburg Golos announces, ups on semisoificial authority, that the Governs ment has not abandoned the idea of having a session of Conference on the usages of war at St. Petersburg. It says all the powers except England have accepted the invitation to participate and the Conference will meet in the spring of 1876.

‘it is said,’ a German residing in New York, after experimenting for twenty year, has succeeded in discovering a method of manufacturing a very delicate article of leather from tissue paper, and it is claimed that it can be made as thick as sole leather if desirable. The right to manufacture this article in the States has just been sold for $259,000.

It appears from the Secretary's report

lately read at the annual session of the various divisions of the Sons of Temperance in North America, that, numerically, Ons tario ranks second among all the divisions, whether of the United States or the Do~ minion of Canada, its membership num- bering 10,418—Eastern New York, with a membership of 12535, taking the lead. In increase in membership during the last year Nova Scotia is first, there being a re- corded addition to its forces of 2,800, while Ontario comes third on the list with an in< crease of 1,250, and New [runswickstands in the eigth place. This cannot but be gratifying to the temperance men of the Dominion. Canapa First,—We have pleasure in an~ nouncing that our townsman, Mr. William Notman, has been appointed photographer to the United States Centennial Commise siou. The magnitude of this award may be estimated from the fact that Mr. Not- man will have a staff at least of one huns dred persons. He has just completed pians for a building to be erected on the exhibi- tion grounds,and used as his headquarters. The dimensions will be about 100 x 150 feet. It is no small honor that a Canadian should be selected to execute this im- portant work for the great Republic. It is all the more satisfactory knowing, as we do that the contract will be fullilled in a way that will earn nothing but praise and re- flect credit upon both the contractor and >= country he hails from.— Montreal altar.