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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Friday, January 14, 1881.

‘ew Series.

WHEHKLY HDITION.

ot

ie Weekly Examiner is Published every Frida OFFICE ~" RUILDING,. CORNER OF WATER AND GREAT GEORGES rREETS,

Charlottetown, P. F. 1.

~ JANUARY 14. 1881. Very Gratify ng.

ription price, postage prepaid, $1.00 Since the present Government attaine

Che eekly Examiner

Pariamentary. PaktiamMant has had its holidays, and is } new at work again.

statements of members of Parliament, the ayitatiuon against the Syndicate has failed utterly in the Upper Provinces. fembers of tue Government and their supporters

: } 7 : | have consequently returned to their seats

pe yet, Sevens to power, Geverumont lands have (sceord- | i, chy House, flushed with snecess—s:roug

> Rates of advertising, in the Weekl | ing to Grit journals and politicians) risen | tie knowled ve that the country is, in the siner, will be as follows in valne from $l to $3 en acre. Good for munis, in sympathy with them, and that irat insertion, per inch, 30 50 the Government ! the tavre the terma of the contract are dis ‘ach continuation, ** 012 = | cussed and the better they are understood racts may be made for quarterly, half Very Much Depressed the mure a nee are sanctivued by the

. - } Ldale ehee of Whe poupie,

scly, and yearly advertisements on Taz Reform members of Parliament | Mr, Cameron, m5 Terie’ re-opened the application at the office have returoed to Parlhament, very much | debace on the part of the Oppesition, He Corton J. W. Miresete, deprease! and alnost dise uraged. Their! did- net say anything new. Mr. Plaub Manager Office Supt spasareic efforca have not been responded | fuiiowed aud made two distinet points

a —— tu by the poeple /agairien Mr. Blake. Ue sad (we quote the |

ALMANAC FOR JANUARY, ‘281. oe thautat dlerald’s report :—** Mr. Biake had

Jubi ant. Mixes SS CLANGUEA, Vs =

57m. a w.,N. W.

-* Quarter, 7th day, th Tas Government supporters, on

tie |

qaesuon, the sum apd substance of | the | wudio being that i tte Gove. advent would)

low herizon ) _ | other band, are jubilant over their success | only build the Sault branch through Am- | loom, {Sch day, 7b. Zim. & 12., N. W. at Reforuw: meetings, and believe that the sorte. Zted day, 4h. 35m. 2. m., 5, E | people everywhere are satified that the Moon, 28ta day, of. J0m m, W bargain made by the Government ia the slow havrison.) | beat, under the cireumstauces, that can be | jie desk, apparently asleep, suddenly start . *e . iuade. ed up * sited out: * That's not sv.’’] | Sun Sean Moon: liigh Days Mr a ae ; d .4 | or WEEK rises!sets. | rises wat'r| len. | -— i Ay 7 ‘ou. Cemtinuing, ae » suid -|— ~|--—|-—— | The Irish Question in Parliament. “"" ©" 5 ee Stain eel . bh. mih. mimora aft’n.th mm Rabie Per) ' “VF postion arguibe was, | r lay 7 49/4 18) 8 Bd) 37! $29) Tae Partiament of Great Britain is again | 2 od bre Sault branch to connect with | lay 9) 19) 8 Morn 8 30) iy, session ; and the main question for it to | Me A verrcun Railway system, and we, the ay «| © = 2s iS at consider is that of the Irish people. In ‘irite wi Canada, will be perfectly satisfied. | 49 2t 95 1 0 32 sealing with it. the wisdom and enerzy and | “4° showed that it was impussible for the | sv 2 13 a 33 sceougth of the Government will undoant | 5) Bdicate to become the mouepoly that 490-23 ‘tL 37) 2 27 | Pee eee Their measures are avx.| “4 Deen talked abuut, becaues the Syndi ss 2401 | 16; 36 iously awaited caiy had to populate the country and | bs “5 11 "a ‘ oad dial casei liven carry freight at auch rates as| + of aft | ss | would make it possible for the producers | > + : = : Me 4 Roveruss. | \o compete with their American neighbors. | 47, Mi zeise 2 Tus latest advices show clearly that — Seana a _ be * srutgnt, | 45) 31) 3 18) 9 26) 45) At two wevtings convened by Sir Richard | "°F = a “ti etry : y aie 46) 33) 4 13,10 6 4) Cartwright and his friends, the people | pury the aye ye PPh “hi one i 45 34 5 16:10 40, 49) uignifested a decided objection to his their eee ( ae bod istory of | 4¢ 35 6 villi 15 5! eourse and fully endorsed the contract with | U"*Y Monope a Sa eet way 44 37! 7 23;1) 47) 53) ae uvt in keeping with the Grit arguments. | 43 34) 8 ailaft 19] 65 | “Pe S7nctonte. | Lwok at Vaaderbilt’s railways . =sjatt ' ' : . $2, 39) Sao 8 march nar ge engeen ir -edbnennty vere] tue greatest monopolist in the world, and 1, AOR ae) | Se © Ol Oe a See cumtinnny, 08 PTT & had cut come rates of freight to an | 41; 42/1 452 2 | | meetings addressed by him resolutions: eoredibl oe ete a = of | 40' 44 morn | 2 46; 2 | favormy the Syndicate bargain were passed, | *° y liste ou mot guage a abe : 39) 45/0 54345; «= 4 | aud at une, » resolution requesting bim % | **? Ropolists consisted in their wdtain- | ay 47) 3 864 9| support the terms, received the aliost | ‘"S mense quantities of carrying freight xt 48 6 34) 11! auanimous support of the meeting. at the lowest living rates. The talk of | on. 4) 698.7 30} 93] Me. Biaho hes persistently refused to | nigher rates and monopolies reminded hiw | 33 41 56209 8 16} meet Sir Charles Tupper. ot the uld gostal system. When the post. si s@ é¢ 9,9 sz is Mr. Ross, of Middienex, Reformer, failed | nae on eighteen pence on a letter, the 5 M6 — 3 aa to appear at one or two meetings called by Post Offiee did no business, but look at the 78 i. oy, | itm, se strong is the feeling in favor of | postal systene of the world under penny 457 74/11 38°92 | postage. Was it likely this Syndicate

the agreement. i | Hon. William Macdougall has attacked | | some of the Uppusition objections, and | | pointed out the gross misrepresentation of | the terms by Mr. Biake and others. Al!- | though wot ta favor of the present scheme } } im ali ite details, Mr. Macdongall thinks | @ | the bargain,as a whole,is not objectionable. |

| He repudiates « great deal of woat appears

rard island

NAY

| this Province’ate taking part in the discus- |

would charge ruinous races and transact no business, or culn monty by low rateal | (Hear, hear.)

Oppvsition was te continue the debate, and | vir. Hackett to follew Chariton. pleasiag to mote that the representatives o

If we may believe | | private letters, the pewspapers, and the |

| sountry. | bushel were despatched te various sectiens

|) excewdingly alarming if it had been heard

| done service for their perty in times paat— 13 greuwing rather monvtonena, abevt halt a doxen times a year, on an ave- rage, that the country is fast going to ruin, and that » chauge of government is the He was ly way of salvetion from impending dan- | ger, 18 no uncommon wing now-a days.

‘party,’ fails to produce the desired effect. | The people read aud think for themselves ) much te the anmoyance, no doubt, of would be revolutionists amd political agitators. | What has been the result ofthe Meetings j lately held to consider the Pacific Railway torms ? pective of party, pronounced in favor of the Uppoesition! Far from this being the ease, the Reformens themeeives are net agreed on the subject of the Pacitic Railway. Grit | constitticucies | sevens, Mr. Charitun, oue of the big guns of the | stforts of their present leader to ‘meke | them them see eye to eye with him in op-

I¢ is | Position, in many respecte, to the expressed 1 ¢| Views of their furmer chief -Mr. Macken- | week's (rip is for sale, is an amusi zie.

| Dir. Mitchel positively re‘used to give ; no | because the bills were inaccurate but, as | expressed it to one of the poor men, would not oblige Lord.”

Lord >

justice.

Kaew who caused the delay.

Mr. Mitebel! thought that by compelling ||. these people to return him without their king delighted to honor?” is the question money, he would, in some way, spite Mr. | bow freely disenssed. Over sixty mem- and so, in his stupidity and boorish. | bers have signed a petition requesting that ness, he refused to perform an act of simple | Mr. Bunster be placed in nomination for

Tos men thus inconvenienced, | the next Lieut.-Governor of British Colam- They were | bia, when that office become vacant next netsurprised at Mr. Mitchell’s conduct, for | S8™mer.

’ i ¢ | and a grand skating and tobbogan party came |

he | off on the 3rd inst. **he |

| ME. BUNSTER, B. C,

Mr. Bunster's solemnity of man-

| they had experienced tov much of it for | »©T—especially on that night when ‘he

; some years paat. | this wien has made Mitchell's dismissal | from office a subject o% such profound con-

| gratulation to ali the employees of the De-

partment in this Province.

| oe oe

4 “~ e | NOTES From THE CAPITAL.

| Duaive the last few days, life at the | 2088" to loom up, Mr. B. has put on a! spukenu altqgetior seventeen houre on this) Capital has been semewhat dull owing ty | Very Serious countenance, indicative of the |

the teuporary adjuurnigant of Parliament, % “-spucially Ontario

Pir ssghoat the comin —tines have been livelier than usual.

erican territury, all his objections would | What with Grit anti-Pacifie Railway weet- | conse. (Loud cheeas.) [Mr. Blake, who} ings, Municipal elections, Vennor’s snow. | Blake. up to this time bad oven laying his head on | storm, cold weves and other windy demon. | 0¢¢¥rrence on the floor of Parliament.

| strations, the Christmas holidays have been

unusually eventful. THE MEKTINGS. *

For some time previous to the adjourn- ment, every possible eflurt was put forth by the Opposition to get up an excitement against the Syndicate terns. we ¢ issued, and eeut broadcast ail over the inflammatory speeches by the

vf the Dominion ; aud a how] was raised by Grit writ wire-pulivrs that would have been

for the first time. But this old wail of the Opposition—thia cry of rnination, that has

Te be tald

Vhis kind of intelligence, coming from the

Have the people in a body, irres-

and herculean

aixes the

are = at notwithstanding

Manifestoes |

It is conduet such as | Moved the adjournment of the House out

| of respect to the memory of his confrere, | the late Me. Thompson, more familiarly | known as * Cariboo Thompson’ ”—coupled | with his long, black, flowing beard, emi- | nently fit him for the gubernatorial chair, | or “* that of the pirate king in the Penzance | tragedy.” Since the prospect ef becoming | chief magistrate in British Columbia has

| Tesponsibilities in store forhim. As nearly | any one is fit for a Lieut.-Governor, it is | hoped in the ifitefeats of #arliament that Mr. B. may be left where he ia to confront

Bunater versus Blake is a common

NEW SHALL.

A new seal has been designed for the Public Works Department. It embodies views of Quebee Citadel, Custom House, an Allan steamer, and sundry emblems ef | engineering work.

OTTAWA POLICE FORCE.

For signing an address te Police Con- stable McKenna, who was committed by the Magistrate for contempt of Court, the whole police force was lately discharged. Seventeen were re-engaged by explaining that they did not read the address they. signed. Some of the old force are left ** out in the cold.”

$200,000 nonvs. In Ottawa, on the 30th ult., a vote was

taken on $200,000 bonus by-law to the Tvronto and Ottawa Railway oe ing

resulting in favor of that amount paid to said company, by « large majority. This amount is granted in order to bring the line into Ottawa. People here aro net afraid of taxing themselves for the sake of railway accommodation.

TMK SYNDICATE aGaty,

On re-assembling of Parliament, to-day,

A Visit to the Hot Lake District, Cooking Made Easy,

An Interesting Deseription,

(Written for the Examiner). FROM AUCKLAND TO ROTO MAHANA, The weird beauty of the «Terraces at Roto Mohana (warm lake) have acquired for them a world wide fame, and attracted tourists to New Zealand from the four quarters of the globe. The nobility of | Europe, the wealthy commoner and the

penniless wanderer, meet in their pilgrim-

| age to tha. rorteatic. ion. g region In a

| reach

THE FAMOUS HOT LALE DISTRICT

| we take the steamer at Aueklund on some | fine evening in early autumn, which is the | best season for our purpose, as the weather } will probably be clear, and yet not so op- pressive as summer in the visinity of the boiling cauldrens we propose visiting. Steaming away from the river Waitemata, (shining water) on the right bank of which | the city of Auckland is situated, we leave that enterprising town of 30,000 inhabitants peering out through the darkness a succes- sion of star-lit hills, round the headlands of the North Shore, pass the triple-peaked mountain island aud extinct volcano Raa- gitoto (bloody sky) out into Hauraki Gulf, and turning near Great Barrier Island, be- gitt to steer seaward, and run southward along the east coast. Moonlight now brightens the dark outline of hills and rocky shore or glistens on stretches of white sandy beach. (vnveraation and music en- liven the passage until a late hour. In the moraing ' yak

CRAGGY I®LANDs,

—————— SS A SS mee anepeeeen

(Vol. 4. No. &

A Voice from the Antipodgs, ** What shall be done with the man the | NEW ZEALAND SCENERY.

.

projecting into it, is situaated the village of Ohinemutu, a populons Maori centre, with asmal! sprinkling of pakeha traders, hotel keepers, and government officers, ete. The | land is entirely in the hands of the natives, }and the European residents have leased from them the places they occupy. As wo | approach the settlement the

' SCBNT OF SULPHUR

| grows gradually stronger, columns of steam may be seen hissing up through holes | among the tea trees, and slongis of beiling | mud bubble up fiercely within « few feet of | the roadside. Crossing a bridge near the entrance to the town or village, we ob- | serve the Maories preparing their evenin jmeal. The modus operand: is simple. Fou | or fire is wn - Each dusky belie | bears a kit or basket of New Zealand flax, | filled with peeled potatoes. This she drops | into any of the shallower boiling Springs, | now everywhere visible, and ina fow min. | whee fishes out the basket containing the nea rivet (he toes,) couked and ready vari the sci house kecpihg mace j easy, should certainly visit Ohinemucu. | Sunset is crimsoning the lake and breaking in golden shafts through gaps in the pur- ple wooded hills. Son far and neur comes the sound of hissing, bubbling water, mingling with the wild uncouth wiutas (songs) of Maories, paddling with measured time, crossing and recrossing on the lake. The smell of sulphur is unmistakeable and abnoxions until you get used to it. Pass- ing throngh groups of Macries, we arrive at the hotei and vur day’s journey is end- ed. Pedestrian excursions by moonlight in this region are not judicious, and we defcr further exploration fur the morrow. _ You my have a hot bath before retiring, if you wish, the water being taken from every hole near the hotel. Foety miles of rough treed in te weather, condnce to appeti rest. Until the early daw let us R. i. P. ore

| DR. nowitis's VIEws.

with dart, dangerous, half-hidden ledgew running oeeanward, greet our gaze; and, before the sun is pewerful, we are at the entraace of Tauranga Harbor and under the shadow of the frowning peninsular mountain Maunganui. Having touched

the Syndicate Contract .will be agam taken up ; and its eonsideration—-to the exelusion; all ether subjects—will take ap the entire time of the Hense until the disosh- sion is finally concluded and the agree- ment ratified. Until then, the only topic discussed in Parliament wil! he Syndicate ! Syndicate !! BLAKE ON HIS AMPLEST PART.

|

Within the last week or ten days the

Opposition has dune much to ensure the | ratification of the Syndicate agreement. At | 00 bis feet, has suddenly fallen on his amp- all the meetings, where free and fair dis /es' part, cracking the iee under him, and cussion was allowed, the people pronounced | produciug & general sensation—to himself.

o favor of the Government. At Kingaton,

to reply to ae strong a wan as Mr. Chariton | 3 Richard Cartwright failed to convinee

| his audience.

A majority of the eleciors

Stuck up in shep windows where this ear toon of the Hon. Edward Blake. Mr. Blake with large spectacles on his eyes, and skates

With feet in the air; with head slightly raised, bearing a most injured and forlorn expression of countenance, the Hon. the

| of Tauranga, a quiet though steadily pros-

| present were unmistakeably opposed to Leader of Her Majesty's loyal Opposition is him, notwithstanding the unfair ruling of endeavoring to take in the situation. This

¥ J : . : | sion of great national questions ; and we} NO. 15. ; ~~ settee coca ane eng hope oy bese that Mr Hackest has so ac- | sion Wheeler, cate and | 4uitted himself, as to raise himself and his clding | PPe¥itice in the estiuwtion of the represen | * geil ent. news nS ean nen eae tatives of the nation. That he was chosen | * bat they failed to aro any enthusiasm in ! : D C 1880 faver of the aiiiies ennen ae emote ls proof that his practical common sense | ec., 4 instances their own supporters have passed ' has commended itself tu his leader. a nen reselnutious in favor of the contract. In | Sir Charles Tupper has brought down re- 1 * _ | other cases they have refused to allow Con | tus which show that the estimated cost of ea ae enti sine eae siieln the sections of railway te be built by the : d faa! verumelt, lying between Mrince Archurs pir unmediate I" | T anding, Selkirk, and Emerson, and : between Kamloops and Port Moody, is 327, | a | 965,000, as against the estimate of April | _n Hope. | last of $32,712,000. a oe « dees eat Ottawa writes :— | Petitions. orm wemberssiilcling) _. _— : : Mr. Yeo will bring en Ye .s Toronto Telegram an independent w them frow his con- { emal, with decided leanings towards Mr. Jat the Government will “Giake, gives oo ares maps the peti: © the effor t he has| tions that the Grits are so industrivtissy- ‘ a we! Sie Mr. Yeu | hawking about the cowatry. Petitions are | annoanend that Mr. G. W. Ross, M. P, for we wonderfully inspiring | vot public opinion, for everybody knows to Grit members and Grit! how easy it is to get up petitions, ho mat- As arrival in O:tawa. When | ter hat the o!-jrct they have in view may | J) weeks ayv, he related a/ be. Even if it were heid that they repre- | Itale about th exasvera | sented public opinion, it would be only one ciuce Edward Li eare ~e™. of public opinion, for we may be sure) It was afterwards discuvei * the Conservatives are not yotng to vo had left the Island before the | petition for a dissolution of Parliameut. It | Ane coutract were known there. | is uot likely, however, that after being set | cporters always hail with "Ts. y the Home authorities in the posi s return to Ottawa, They gt ‘e tock on the Letellier question, the us, as the people of the East yather Ais will be very apt to set bis opinion | « Uriental story teller, and listen | ainat tliat of his constitutional. advi- ‘ovel tales he has to relate. It has| sors. been an enigma tw Islanders to | — stand how Mr. Yeo represents the, We take the following paragraph from eof Prinee County, and in what way | ‘he same paper : Mr Gordon Brown always ‘ents sre employed. Mowbers of | thaws out about this season of the year c4ment serve their country and their anfliviently to talk of goodfellowship, ar stituents in a variety of ways. Some | aud gout vill Bat he takes prectous gi men of sound judgment, clear reasun | care fo teiew Up his articles on peace an saud ready debaters, and employ their | good «ii with vig rous onslaugbte upon Sir bilitvea on the fluor of the House. “Others | Charis Tapper, who, if we ean believe ail re shacp, practical business men, and | that is said of him, muse either be & mia- serve best on committees. Bat Mr. Yoo | nicht assassin or 8 rheanboidal parallelo finds scope for his talents in pacing en ute r pags? mentee yd rae ' wridors relating Munchansen tales t' not be as black as Sir. (rorlu v dione eayer s hawtendl items. This | paints him, for Gorden ia really not a laecounts jor Mr. Yeo's frequent absence | Ge rge Washington as regards veracity * | from his place in Parliament.” aud eander. Tm ar : : , ‘ ‘ . . + + We learn from the Glove that ‘ what is be | Uneuccesstul Forgery. i — is that on oe of - parties “ , illi _| should unite to preven e railway con- s« Fda. ee coupe to Se See Mae | tract from wt ratified in its present 5 cope he Gaus ¢ 7 S form.” Coming from the Globe, this is

telegram; because it sage the statements

contained in it were true. But read the)

following buna fide despatch from Winui

peg>—

** To the Right Hon. Sir John Macdonald, K. O. B., &c. &¢.

“Asa dea) of excitement has per vaded de reork caused by a wisunderstand- ing of the facts in the case, aud inasmuch

| as through » better understanding of the | terms of the centract the feeling here is ™. ¢ mpletely changed, wethe undersig: © fresi- T dents, @ tors uf Winnipeg take this meti« @ lof expres, our hearty approval ut

eo the terms upon which your Guvern- HILD, wens sear 10 trom er the yee \.tendeat | work ef gunstructing the Cax7 2-708 7 ethic

, 190 | Railway > « privagye COMpeny and the ee. be emda the contract which Se view with 4 Ceheansiou is contained ia

the filteewth clause, aud this clause

vent the couaste Gon of branch roads from the Canadian Pacific railway weet of Red River in « svuth-eass direction to the boun- dary until the eastern section is completed. The terms have oar general approval, and we swait with confidence the date of she

EDITION.

“7 fully expecting to think should only be ehauged so as to pree oe eae at least, relying on what they | expected to receive, for the purchase of their

= But although the elaime

rich; seeing thataf that journal could have its way, or if its readers had followed its example or acted upon its advice, there would not be such a being as a moderate man inthe country. Every person would be a hide-bound Grit. Fortunately the Globe has not had its way, and people haye neither followed its example ner acted apon si advice .

Se

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Tne Department of Marine.

alia wg t- wae Minister of mene the opndisate than ftom the Ger- M Owing to the bites there is, i’ orally OF _—o Finck of’ Wan tanen b

_ in Charlottetown te con uo neas of this Depar

tir. Lord \ +e duties of his office, bad no authority to e i Aa On Tuesday @ great many people

| to whor the Departinent was inde

winter sup Lies.

ll right,

| were allowed aud everything was a * “ could do . othing for them. He

on ee to check for svuey. Such

had no authority Careleseness Causes

jicnce the humiliation of seeing the elec.

to Hou. Wm, Macdougall, ie entirely jsmeecrent- Me. Soutt wevrer to Mr, Macdougall. It is a forgery. @ excite-

tment. The new incumbent, besides knowing povhiag abvut the tio the fecling is undoubtedly changed.

be paid, and, im

much inconvenience to the

the Grit chairman, Grit M. P's. —aong

| them Mr. Baine, Mr. Wheeler, and dir. © Xela, 1 OB aw ak. doe gh BM. —wwwe gg *

| cheir several constituencies only to ex

tors go back on them badly. In Ontario the vppeaition to the Syndicate terms was said to be widespread. The contrary turns out to be the case, as the meetings in North Ontario, North Brace, West York, Peterboro and North Uxtord abundantly Tae Woodstock meeting, of which

| prove s» much was expected, turned ont “* the ciggest fizzle.” An elaborate acvertisement

West Middlesex, would hola a mass meet- About 150 attended. Mr. Suther-

| img. | iand, the newiy-elected M. P. for North

Oxford, first addressed the eleotors present. tHe explained that sa

MATOR OF WOODSTOCK, he was not responsible for the meeting, | aor had he been consulted as member for

| |

the riding, as to its being held, and that be had good cause to complain of the in sulc offered him by thuse who had called the weeting. He announced that he had just received word from Mr. Ross that he was badly used up and could not attend. A resulution was carried in this old re- form riding in favor of building the Pacific Railway by a company, tcusting to the wias- dom of Parliament tu protect the interests of the country, And so the boom goes on. ONTARIO MEMBERS, supporters of the present Government, have returned to Parliament, fully eonvine- ed by the meetings recently held in their Province that the people are with the present Government, in its praiseworthy endeavor to build the Pacific Road bya company instead of by Government con- tract.

MANITOBA.

In Winnipeg a ietter has been signed by nearly all the business men of the city, | endorsing the terms of the Raiway Syndi- eote. Ata meeting of the electors of the County of Lisgar (Ur. Shuite’s county) re- svlutiona were passed udanimously endors- ing the terms of the bargain, Hon. Mr. Bowell recvived the following telegram from # promigent citizen of Winnipeg :—

Wissipsc, Dec. 2$vh, 1860.

‘* The telegram in the Globe of the 23rd, pe ping ha been sent by Mr. T. Scott,

ment started here against the syndicate terms was by meana of falee re tation by parties interested in rival eharters, and ether

which would receive keener cempe-

¥ ue meeting on Menday night caused the to abandon nearly all their reselu-

Win: :

? supports the bargain. by a large a ndiew &=°@Pt only as to the power re *y Ra? te TaD 8 line frem tho Canada Pa- eitic ipes*? * the boandary line west of ee A memorial to this effect is being will be forwarded to Sir John . Selkirk holds # mecting to en- terus to-morrow (Thurs-

dorse day)

we AM UNBROKES FROXT.

| dealing in any way unfairly with the public.

| the porte mentioned numbered only 53,- ‘| 000.

eartoon is ons of Bengough’s happiest hits.

DALTON MACCARTHY'S RESOLUTION. ‘

wt. a meets 2

resolution which const. tel a railway com- missioner, who shall have power to deal with all disputes between Railways and their customers, to prevent railway com- panies from charging excessive rates, or

The Bill if passed will apply te the Canada Pacific Railway Company—and all other railway companies in Canada.

THE BXODUs.

On Wedoesday, Mr. Thomas White brought up the subject of the exodus. Hon. | J. ©. Pope said he had investigated the | matter and could state that every man, woman and child that had passed through

When the returns were brought down, it would be shown that the exodus was far greater in 1876 and 1877 than 188). Why, among that 53,000 there had been no less than nine Sir Richard Cari- wright’s. (Laughter.) He knew of an ex- cursien party of 165 people who went across the border for one day, every one of whom was put down as an immigrant set- tling in the United States. He read res from the auditors of the Grand Trunk Rail- way showing that the total number of passegere varried by that line to the United States, including immigrants from Eurepe, European and Canadian emigrants te Manitoba and all Canadians settling in the United States was only 63,627. What would the country think of that in view of the statements by the Grits! The Grits had stated that 40,- 000 people had left the country during the past three months. He quoted the railway statistics showing that during the last three months there was not a differenee of 600 between the number of people leaving Canada and those entering it. These false statements of the Opposition were doing Canada incalculable injury. These state- ments were flaunted in the faces of the Ministers in England, made on the author- ity of prominent Opposition leaders in the Parliament of the country, and they were asked, ‘‘ what do you mean by coming here and asking our people to emigrate to Canada!”

Public Meetings. VICTORIRS WON FOR THE GOVRREMENT.

Tus meetings at Baldwin's Road and Vie- toria Cross, have resulted in vio- tories for the Government. At Baldwin's in spite of the attacks of Mr.Shaw a resolu- tion of confidence ve poet with bat one person dissenting he not an elector of the District. At Victoria Cross the Opposition who ealled the ing turned out in fall foree. Messrs. R. Shaw, D. Farquharson, W. D, Stewart, and Rubertson, spoke in Opposition, and Messrs Ferguson and Prowse in support of the Government. Ata late hour a di- vision was taken, when «6 large majority declared in favor of the Government. The place has been considered sn opposition stronghold.

ee nD Bier mn =

_ 0. O. F.--The following officers of Col. ML No. 32, I. 0. OF. was installed

sare monuments to soldiers and sailors

bottom a few times by way of toll to the presiding genius, we enter the harbor and are struck by its mirror-like stillness eon- trasted with the tumbling surf which breaks upon the bar and at the foot of the Gibraltar-like rock which sentinels its gate. Soon we are landed at the

PICTURBSQUE LITTLE TOWK

pering place, boasting hotels, banks, post and telegraph offices, churches, schools | ete., and with a population of perha 1,000. The color of the soil, the bright green of the meadows, and the level or undulating land in, and immediately sur- rounding, the town, remind me more of P. E. Island than any place I have seen in New Zealand. After lunch,

THE CITY AND SCRURBS

will profitably occupy our time until even- ing. The cemetery is worth a visit, where

t See occurred the disaster to the imperial and eolonial troops, knowl es the‘ Gatepath massacre,” where the Maories; lying in ambush, made a sudden assault u the advancing soldiers, with fatal effect. Many who fell in this engagement are buried in the Taurangu cemetry. The town and har- bor by moonlight, with its contrasts ef roar and stillness, hill and dale, light and shade, and mirror-like reflections, form a picture on the mind living and indelible. At 7a. m. we start by the mail coach or private conveyance on OUR JOURNEY INLAND,

having first taken care to provide eurselves with the necessary commissariat for a day's travel through the wilds. We toil grand- ually upward for a few hours, until we reac ropi (Europe), a farming settle- ment situated upon a table land er high undulating surface 1200 feet above the level of the sea. From this eminence, looking back, we behold green-pointed peaks, rounded domes, tortuous ridges, with winding streamlets threading their way between,on their seaward course ; his- torical hills, with the crumbling remains of ancient Maori pahs or ‘ortresses; level plains dotted with sheep and cattle; smaller paddocks of brighter green, hedge sur- rounded ; the town of Tauranga fifteen miles away; - mirrored harbor ; sombre

y, city, hill, and sea. e@ change A turn in the road and we enter the 18 mile forest or ‘bush’ as they term all woodlands here. A winding mountain road aseending in places ato steep an angle that all able-bodied passengers have to get out of the coach and walk, leads us onward and upward, flanked on one side by towering steeps densely wooded, while on the ether, sheer precipices er abruptly shelving banks terminate in deep half hidden by forest growth. We are 1500 ft. above fthe sea level. Dark rocky ravines, perpendicular cliffs over which sometimes dash mountain streams, and the wonderful New Zealand forest hem- ming us in op every side, are the main fea- tares of the seane anti] we have : ed the18 miles of bush. The ‘bush’ consists principally of trees eight or ten feet in dis- meter, and their tops terminate, well I could not leok high enough to see. 8 i of trophical foliage with an immense variety of that of more temperate zones in one in- extrieable mass of varied colour and form, interlaced with rope-like ‘supple jacks,’ through which nothing human but a Maori could force its way, might bafile the skill of or pencil. Sach a reproduction of life m death, in ever changing forms, as is exhibited in this primeval forest, ‘‘ where ruin y dwells,” deserves separate notice and would extend this sketch be- yond limits, The highest emin- ence, the noon day sun, ani thoughts of the commissariat, to ee of the horses, command a halt. During the after- noon we descend the mountain side, through woodland scenes similar to that pris witnessed, its charms heightened

‘Dr. William H. Russell, the celebrated correspondent, writes tc the at Tele- gruph \——"* On December 10, ,._ the Boers met to tbe number of 6,300 ut Mon- torfontein and a series of annoencing their ur ve to re- gain their independence, and duly notify. ing the authorities of the fact. y one after the meeting at Menterfon- claimed a Republic at Heidelburg, and alse de focto became in open rebellion, although their contention would be that as they never acknow the annexation of the Transvaal by Sir philus Shepston, and as they were acting under the cover of their conatitt.tion with a legally elected president and a Volksraad, they were vnly resisting » lawless invasion, which all ul remon- strance had failed to abate. Martin Pre- torias, Vice-President of the Transvaal and President of the Orsnge River Free State, is a man of no great force of character, but has great influence over the Boers, which he derives from hie conuection of his name with their troubles and anhappy history. But Paul Kruger is person of very dif- tonens, ore: and Joubert, ibe, goutenaniinnt Loaectt adie «etn ut the

the work of a few agiletors. it ares national as the Boers can make it. It is rule,” Tite” weaadhy 2nd dislike to Brivisih’ masses behind them. When Vile Sumenie, ties at Pretoria arrerted Mr, Celliers, , editor of the ‘‘ Volkstem,” fur publishing the resolutions of the Boers’ government at Heidelberg, and ita order net to pay taxes, they must have seen that a conflict was in- evitable unless the Boers gave in, and one is at a loss to know why it should have been taken for granted that a race so dogged, so calm, and so patient, should have boen judged quite ineapable of action, seeing that their recurds show of what wonderful tenacity uf purpose their ances” tors were possessed. It is deplorable that, if the Government were determined to keep the Transvaal by foree, and at all hazards, and to govern it by martial law, they did not maintain sueh a force

there as would have convinced the Boers of the hopelessness cf armed resistance. It now only remains to

be seen what turn the rising will take till such time as the British army i atreny eno to overrun the Trensveal, and bring with them what is after ell some- thing very like civil war with ali its horrors. It must be remembered that the Dutch. im the Cape Colony and Orange River Fres State constitute au important factor in the Imperial calculations respecting South Africa, and as the Home Government as well as the local authorities seem to bave been completely astray in their estimate of the forces at work in the Buer rising, let me express the earnest hope that they will well consider, not only the means to be used in repressing the revolt and in punishing those who may deserve such treatment, but also the measures which are to follow the assertion of the Queen's supremaey oves her unwilling subjects.”

ete iP One

German Liberty.

The Government of Germany is daily becoming more oppressive. Freedom of the press has never exisied either in the Empire or its component States, but freedom of thought and of the expression of th

in books has always been the boast of mans. Lately, however, the Berlin police warned the booksellers that they were in- structed te seize all copies of » poem forty years old, because :t contained are on the Prussian Kings. This was no ° a work than Heine's ‘‘ Schloss

which is to be suppressed, sven when the seizure of the volume an entire edi- tion of his werks. This big 2 she ae

ice seized ev y of * Juni

Pe collection of , ort ces, ant ie longest step beckward yet taken even by Prince Bismarck. There is about

such as act indescribably insulting to eneh a people as he governs, and which he will not trust even with literature # generation old. The persecution is so wretchedly in- complete, too. The police should seize all New Testaments and tear out the Sermon on the Mount, because it says, **