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Not Displeased.

‘““The Government, therefore, has no reason to feel displeased at the result at the recent Council election.”

So says this morning’s Argus. How much humiliation ard how many reverses, may we ask will suffice to “ displease” Messrs. Davies, Stewart & Co.? The va- eancy in the Cardigan District was filled by the election of Mr. Ferguson by acclama- tion; and still the Government showed no Mr. Welsh’s seat was taken by an Opposition candidate in spite of all the Government’s influence and efforts, and yet they are not “‘ displeased.” When Mr. Robertson resigned, Belfast sent another man to swell the ranks of the Op-

sign of ‘* disploasure.”

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Caledonians to the Front.

The Caledonia Club of Prince Island has nominated the following gentle- men to represent the Club at the reception to be given the Marquis of Lorne and Prin- cess Louise on their arrival at Halifax, viz:

Col. McGill, Chairman of Delegates; John A. McDonald, V. H. Knight, Finlay MeNeill, John Caven and Austin C. Me- Donald, Esquires; Messrs. David Mc- Lellan, T. E. Campbell, John John A. Cameron and A. J. Ross, such other members of the Club as report themselves to the Chairman of the Delegates at Halifax.

The representatives are to wear their bon- nets and plaids. They leave here by boat for Pictou on Thursday morning.

Peter Ferguson, Piper to the Club, ac- companied by pipers Murray and Buchan- an, who distinguished themselves in the musical competition last autumn, are goimg on to assist the Pipers of the North British Society at Halifax, in enlivening the reception with choice selections in pipe

position, and though the Government did — not dare to contest his election, they bore ‘

their humiliation with becoming fortitude, !

and refused to ‘‘feel displeased.” Mr. Hackett’s election to the Com- mons left a vacant seat at the

disposal of tho electors; and though Mr. Gavin carried the District by a hand-

some majority over the Government’s fa- vorite candidate, they yet assume an air of philosophic composure, anc insist that they are not ‘‘displeased.””. Mr. Daniel McDon- ald, of New Perth, had the misfortune to be a supporter of the faction, and the tem- erity to run his election in their interest. But the people triumphantly elected Mr. Annear as an uncompromising opponent of the Government; and, notwithstanding this crushing defeat, they decline to *‘feel displeased.” Mr. Strong, the ‘‘ Rump” champion of the West, who is personally popular, and whose only fault is that he supported the obnoxious measures of the Davies-Stewart Cabal. received an over- whelming defeat at the hands of Mr. Burns, the Opposition candidate; and the Argus congratulates the Government, and assures the faction that it ‘‘has no reason to feel displeased.”

Mr. A. B. McKenzie and Mr. Rogers owe their election to the fact that in each district there were two Opposition candi- dates, and they managed to slip in between them. But in the First District of King’s none of the candidates dared express any sympathy with the ‘‘Rump.” The Opposi- tion have gained four seats— namely, those held by Messrs. Strong, Richards, Mc- Donald and McGill. ‘The Government have gained none from their opponents ‘ and where they [have held their ground, their success has been owing to divisions in the ranks of the people’s party, or to superior organization, and more thorough canvassing. Weare quite certain, however, that the Government will cling to their position till the Honse meets, and an ad- verse vote has sunk them forever into ob- livion. The people must only bear the outrage patiently. They wil! have an op- portunity in a few months, at the furthest, of hurling them into the obscurity which awaits them.

Cutting Down Expenditures.

AFTER five years of economy—a la Mc- Kenzie & Co.—the Liberal-Conservative Government find that they can get on with- out the services at Ottawa of two hundred officials! Sir John McDonald has, it ap. pears, dispensed with the services of Mr. Buckingham as Deputy Minister of the In- terior; and thereby saved to the country $3,300 per annum.

SO Russia and Engiand.

The Berlin correspondent of the 7'i es tele- phs to that journal on Oct. 31. The whole Remisn press professes to regard the Berlin Treaty as practically extinct. Out of the many which might be adduced, the Ruski Mir expresses itself to this effect :—

*‘It is absolutely impossible for us to leave any land south of the Balkans in Turkish hands. We have no reason to perpetuate the Oriental Question. We can have no wish to create a situation which must unavoidably result in a fresh sanguinary-crisis. Europe's decision is unjust. There will be no ce while the Trans-Balkan jand remains in Turk- ish hands. All Bulgaria must be formed into one united Principality, and the more im- portant portion of the Eastern Question set- tled once forall. Wehave the power to do so, and should use it in a way to finish the Turco- Slavish trouble forever. In point of fact, it is easy to effect this in the present state of in- ternational relations.”

In the same spirit the St. Petersburg | -./o- moati says :-—

“The grest struggle between England and Russia which has been coming on for cen- turies will occur in Afghanistan. A radical change in the history and position of one of these two Powers must be the result.”

From Winnipeg it is reported that the last spike in the extension of the St. Paul and Pacific Railway, to the boundary of Manitoba, was driven on Tuesday. The first car that arrived was one chartered by an Ontario emigrant for his family and horses. Two newspapers are about to be started at Emerson. It is reported that a line to connect Emerson with Castleton, on the Northern Pacific Railway, has been de- eided on.

A > LP oS~ Mr. Tilley’s Mission.

‘They have already begun borrowing,” gleefully cries a Western contemporary, apropos of Mr. Tilley’s early departure for England. Itis most true. The Reform Min- istry left the finances of the country in dread- ful confusion. To begin with, accrued deficits

to the amount of four and a half millions have

to be provided for. The financial years 1876, 1877 and 1878 each resulted in a balance the wrong way, which Mr, Cartwright failed to meet. Then the ex-Finance Minister, true to those mixing and muddling instincts with which our King street contemporary credited him, left oftice without making the remotest provision for seven or eight millions of debt falling due in January. ‘This is why Mr. Til- ley hurries to England. He has to make straight the pada processes of his predesces- sor; to restore order out of the chaos that reigns supreme in the most important depart- ment of government, and protect the credit of the country which the culpable negligence or deplorable incapacity of a Reform Ministry has putin peril. And when he reaches London we have faith that Mr. Tilley will carry out his mission in a creditable way. He carries with him no two-sided shield for purposes of financial jugglery, but a sterling reputation asa cautious and clear-headed man of busi- uess. No one shall taunt him with being the colleague of a speculator who stands charged in a British Court with a high crime. In floating his loan, we venture to say he will not ask the vendees of the bonds to fix their price, as was done in 1875; nor will he dispose of them to or through an agency in which he is pecuniarily interested. He will be able to “ to the capitalists, ‘‘See here, my friends, had the honour of being a member of an Ad- ministration which, after providing for much extraordinary expenditure, building many public works out of revenue; and decreasin the taxation of the people, rolled up annua surpluses to the amount of ten million dol- lars.” This will give him a certain prestige the Reform financier who went into Lombord street with his shield under his arm and his finger in his mouth, did not possess. On the whole, Mr. Tilley’, mission is a matter for re- joicing, although not in the view the Londen ** Advertiser” takes of it.— Toronto Mai/.

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Princes Gortschakoff’s Tenacity.

More than one diplomatist has stretched ut 2 hand to lift the aged Russian Chancellor ut of the saddle where he has been so rinly seated these many years. When Prince

Gortschakoff was ill in the spring the Czar in- timated to Prince Constantine Gortschakoff that it was a good time for his father to retire on his laurels. The Chancellor took the hint very much amiss; and, although still suffer- ing, Went to Berlin in order to show that his would-be successors had reckoned without their host. His son Michael, now Minister at Dresden, is strongly opposed to the resigna- tion of his father, whose support he wants for becoming ambassador. When the Czar gave that hint to Prince Constantine he was think- ing of Count Schouvaloff as his successor ; but the influence of a lady powerful at Court, who is a declared foe of the Count, has managed to throw him into the background—or they so believe who pretend to know. The Chancellor is still at Baden-Baden, according to the latest mail advices, and is attended by his two sons and his niece, nee Annenhoff, first married to M. Araktejoff, and now to Prince Leuchten- berg, styling herself Mme. Beauharnais.

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Populations of Cities.

The population of the great cities of the world is a matter of perennial interest. Unofficial statements vary somewhat, but those of the last annual report of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of New York City are derived from offictal sources, and are, no doubt, authentic. According to the latest official statements in each city, or the latest census, where these are not attain- able, they range as follows: London, of course, heads the list with its 3,583,484 ; Paris comes next with 1,851,792 by the census of 1872; then Peking with 1,500,000; and Canton with 1,300,000; next comes New York with 1,069,362, and closes the list of those having more than 1,000,000 in- habitants. Of those having less than 1,000- 000 and more than 500,000. Berlin eomes first with 994,433; then Philadelphia, with 850,859 ; next Tokio, Japan, the Yedo of the old geographies, with 800,000; Vienna, 690,548; St. Petersburg, 669,741; Bombay, 644,405; Kioto, Japan, 560,000; Glasgow, 555,933; Ozaka, Japan, 530,000; Brooklyn, 527,830; Liverpool, 527,083. St. Louis claims 500,000, and, if allowed her own estimate, heads the list of these rang- ing downward, from 500,000 to 250,000. Then follows Nabels, with 457,407; Chi- cago, with 440,000; Calcutta, 429,535 ; Nanking, 420,000; Madras, 397,552; Ham- burg, 393,588; Birmingham, 377,346; Man- chester, 359,213; Baltimore,355,000; Boston, 354,165; Shanghai, 320,000; Dublin, 314,- 666 ; Buda-Pesth, 314,401 ; Amsterdam, 302,666 ; San Francisco, 300,000; Leeds, 298,189; Rome, 282,214 ; Sheffield, 282,- 130; Cincinatti, 280,000: Breslau, 259,345; Melbourne, 250,678 ; Havana, 250,000. Thus it will beseen that there are 39 cities, each having 250,000 inhabitants, or more,

supposing none to have been omitted, and an aggregate of about 24,000,000,

Lord Salisbury on the Fishery

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TUE HALIFAX AWARD,

Lord Salisbury, in reply to Mr. Evarts’ cis- pateh concerning the Halifax Award, after a somewhat lengthy review of the circumstances

under which the Commission was formed, and the award made by it, says it was assuredly not without the most thorough and laborious investigation of the guestions submitted to their appreciation that the majority of the

ceedings were held in strict conformity with the terms of the Treaty of Washington, whilst the award was given in the very terms con-

tained in Article 22 of the Treaty. MR. EVARTS’ REASONS, in the dispatch which has been communi- cated to Her Majesty's Government Mr. Evarts seeks to invalidate the Award

which is the result of this exhaustive investi- gation, upon the ground that, in estimating the claims of Great Britain, the Commissioners must be assumed to have taken into consider- ation circumstances which the Treaty of Washington had not referred to them. There is nothing upon the face of the Award which gives any countenance to the supposition that the Commission travelled beyona the limits assigned them by the Treaty. Mr. Evarts’ argument, in favor of this contention, is entirely deduced from what he con- siders the magnitude of the sum award- ed; it is, he contends, so far in excess of what the United States Government be- lieve to be the true solution of the problem submitted by the Treaty, that some factor which the Treaty has not recognized must necessarily, in his opinion; have becr. taken into calculation. Mr. Evarts proceeds to give, in detail, the considerations by which, in his judgment, the result arrived at should be tested. He gives his reason for believing that mackerel is the only fish to whose capture in waters opened by Great Britain any value should be assigned, and that no account is to be taken of herring, halibut, cod, lake pollock, or bait fish. He computes the number of mackerel which United States fishermen caught within the three mile line from shore, during the years of the treaty period which has ex- pired, and he infers from it the number which they are likely to catch within the same area during the interval that remains. SALISBURY’S REFUTATION,

That Mr. Evarts’ reasoning is powerful it is not necessary for me to say; nor, on the other hand, willhe be surprised to hear that Her Ma,esty’s Government still retains the belie: that it is capable of refutation; but in their opinion they would not be justified in follow- ing him into the details of ‘the argument. These very matters were examined at great length and with conscientious minuteness by the Commissioners. The decision of the ma- jority was given after a fuil hearing of all the considerations that either side was able to ad- vance, and that decision, within the limits of the matter submitted to them, is without ap- peal. Mr. Evarts contends that the sum awarded is excessive, and, therefore, the award must have been arrived at by some il- legitimate process; but to argue against the validity of an award solely on the ground thaé the conclusion arrived at by the arbitrators, on the very point referred to them, is er- roneous, is in effect the same thing as to dis- pute the judgment they have formed upon the evidence. Her Majesty’s Government do not feel that it is their duty to put forward an opinien, adverse or favorable, to the decision which the majority of the commissioners have passed upon the aflidavits and deposition which they have had to consider. Her Majesty’s Government can only accept now the decision of the tribunal to which they have solemnly and voluntarily submitted. At the close of his despatch, Mr. Evarts refers to a con’ sideration which ought not to pass over without observation, though he does not place it in the first rank among the objections which he raises against the award. He calls atten. | tion to the fact that the award of the Commis- sion was not unanimous, and that in the Treaty of Washington no stipulation is, in this case, made that the decision of the ma- jority is to be binding. The opinion that, according to the Treaty of Washington, the Fishery Commission is incapable of pronounc- ing any decision unless its members were unan- imous, is one in which Her Majesty’s Govern- ment is unable to concur.

CONCLUSION.

Lord Salisbury concludes as follows : Had it been known five years ago that an award would be prevented by the dissent of one of the members, I feel confident that England would have declined to enter upon so unequal a litigation. Her Majesty’s Government did not contemplate that the award was likely to be effected by the requirements of unanimity, believing, in agreement with the majority of the commission, that they were to be heavy losers by the exchange of concessions contained in articles 15, 16 and 21 of the treaty. They nevertheless have for five years allowed those concessions to live in force, trusting to the compensation which the commission would give them; and that they have done so is sufficient proof that they did not anticipate any construction of the treaty which would make the delivery of the award almost impossible. Valuable property has ac- tually passed into the enjoyment of others and cannot be recalled. The price to be paid for it was to be determined later by a tribunal agreed upon$between the parties. Her Mo. jesty’s Government feel confident that the the United States Go ernment will not, upoa reflection, see in the considerations which have been advanced any sufficient reason for treat- ing as a nullity the decision to which the ma jority of the Commission have arrived.

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The “Times” andits Parliamen- tary Reports.

The London correspondent of the Birming- ham ‘‘ Gazette” writes :—‘‘ A change, which may almost be described as historical, will be made by the ‘*Times” next session in regard to its arrangements for reporting the Parlia- mentary debates. Almost since the time that the right to chronicle its proceedings was first wrung from a reluctant and jealous Legisla- ture, the reports in the ‘‘Times” have been remarkable for their length as well as their er. The quality will, as heretofore, be high, but in the matter of length something little short of a revolution will be effected. From next session comparatively short sum- maries of Parliamentary proceedings will be supplied, except upon occasions of the great est importance. As vacancies in the reporting corps of the paper occur, they will not, there-

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