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Cy rks is the public opi-

this city, that we presume the

tion will take action, with a view

ly a ith« it del ry. The ap-

t of a qualified water works ep.

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>the duty which now

\ Vi f a’ tJ ’ ‘ fue vorespect of avorable weathe 1 the O'Connell Centenary Celebration ¥ not bright. Torrents of rain fell on Thurs- day evening and Friday morning

dawned dark and threatening. But, a

day; and it was so in this instance. About ten o'clock the clouds began to break and clear away: he sun soon shone forth ; the close, damp atmosphere became light and breezy. ‘The day, throughout, proved as fine as could be desired by the most

anxious rnember of the Celebration Com-

is, clearly mittee, lies before our City Fathers. An Engi- Atan early hour, carriages bearing plea- neer 1 necessarily, require consider- | sure seekers from settlements in the vicin- ble time and fair weather to thoroughly | ity of the city began to come: :

| 3 : ‘ shortly after nine o’clock, trains from examine the various schemes before the | *0rty sitet Mine : | . ] ~ Summerside, Alberton and Tignish ; from

} LS weeks W ill, of course, a ee cL: } Mount Stewart Georgetown and Souris,

t in asion oO $ port be- | © : : ; .

oo following each other in rapid succession,

f moan it ist There > ' et

1 upon it istaken, There arrived. These trains were literally pack

aa titude is required. Again, ed, They were, for the most part, made

nu } er of citiz na, W ho, up of one or two pa senger ears, and eight

although extremely sensitive to the taunt] 9, ten freight cars. In the latter, the that Charlottetown is behind the age, and | people were jammed indiscriminate ly. ily feeling and acknowledging | Some complained of ‘ inadequate -accomy»

] iful ly tion’ but the greater numoer en

l want of a plentiful supply of | modation’ but t : ‘

dured the ‘situstion’ unmurmuringly.

ee ‘

pure water,—are yet so falsely econom}- ’ :

| 3 } - lucti fhe celebration of high mass and the lly they will resis , yduction ;

eCany th it they will resist the introau delivering of an eloquent sermon by the

. JY MEPrevemiens kely to necessitate Vicar General, comprised the first act in

in sed taxation. These persons must the drama, which so many came to see.

the unwise, hue

If the action of

prem ure , ta

be dealt with. We have space for the concluding part ot

= the address only :

“ Travelliag in his (O’Connell’s] native country this time twelve months (said the Vicar General) I saw many places made sacred by his footsteps. In_ visiting his own native mountains through the county of Kerry,

raise a the But, in-

will not fai

ery which will, for time, it any measure proposed.

dependently of these persons, it iS ex- obt:in the

largest and ey ly at tl les st possible expense. | Many of the present ~e I r ren ber that in the years be necessary. | will rememb th 2b

*, | 1847 the people of that country were de-~

visitation as terrible and

1846 and ~—these should | popul staul by a ( the Corporation | before. You remember how it brought forth the sympathy of the civilized world and stirred up the Christian heart. I was »:.,. | and heard a sermon preached by the Prince neess“““\ of Roman Orators, on behalf of the suffer- ‘ing Imsh, amt so graphically were their sutlerings described that the sympathies of all present were enlisted. Many ladies land gentlemen actually threw their gold » ad— watches, rings and braclets in the collee

nlanks. If these | tion. 1 mever saw any thing in this way oe i a | equal to it. Many went only to fill up the

t time, laid down on all} fever hospitals of Liverpool and other City Fathers will have places. Others who had not the means to

| their wretched hovels. | erable father of his country witnessed. | big, honest, Irish heart sank within him— | that heart that never knew fear, even in | the presence of his adversary, but now that | heart actually broke and bled for his country | There one spot in Ireland dear ___| the memory of O'Connell, I mean Mount Wa*) Mellory. No matter what was going on he | performed his yearly retreat in this place — a fact not generally known even to Irish- men. He always managed to visit it one Week in the year. You will find written } | on the door of the cell which he occupied,

i enna fee the aeealal _|* Daniel O’Connell—May his soul rest in

Suen ¢e Che Caz! e Lee epentas Per | peace,’ and cold indeed is the heart that ‘so be it.’ There is in that

‘E influence inimical to the inter-

this Island, was certainly exer- 1s

) hen Lo: ]

J by sir

Darham’s despatch } ‘harles Fitzroy

from the

tureand the people. That so im-|

sument, addressed by

nt a pablie do inent a statesman, to the Lieutenant

f ascertaining the wishes of the In—| could not add of this Island respecting : :

si |—Glasneven Cemetry, in the suburbs of

ment of the Land Question—should | py»jin—where is erected a splendid monus ‘en suppressed—should never have | ment to perpetuate the memory of the ~ ys +7 * > a statesmin, W ee 2SUs 3 thlished—should have lain on file | &° s stateomsan, hich fully attests the gratitude and fervor of a nation. My

ernment House till Mr. Campbell, | friends, after a hundred years, on this

n. brought to light, is very hundredth anniversary birth day, the very

“ | name of Daniel O Connell sends a thrill of

enthusiasm through the heart of the Catho-

Be gail St ee .| lic world. Let us see that your conduct Civic Eitecrions.—The annual election of

willbe such to-day while enjoying your- nd . 5b Stee ‘ ~ om . a e ° Mayor and five Councillors to,represent | selyes, as testifying by your love and ven- this city took place on Thursday last. It | eration for the most firm Catholic, enlight~ resulted in the return, without opposition, ened statesman, and illustrious patriot that a a J : ever shed lustre on the history of any age of The is DesBrisay, Es; , tothe Mayor- | 5+ country , : ’ : i einakin saving th : . Ranks o ™ rn At half-past ten o'clock a procession was yhy, as Counci . : . pay, as ounces | formed on Rochford Square, in the follows for Ward 4.

ing order—

phil a

ailty—ex-siayor

1ination ; William Mt

. YT" .. T\. ior tor Ward i, and Dr

Y

beer

raz ) c I b= > slected C s - ' : ee a oe eee l nes City Marshal and Policemen. cillor for Ward 2, and James Currie for Galbraith’s Band. W Mr. Charles Hooper, is the elect Chief Marshal, Charles Quirk, and Aides.

Full length portrait of O Connell, by Harris.

ot ’ ‘ rd 5 Ex-Councillors nn 4 .

: Fe a de te Benevolent [Irish Society.

iN ‘J: 4a" er ea ines St. Joseph's Society.

t M seciined being agaia putin | St. Charles Temperance Society, Summer-

side.

St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society Carriage, containing Senator Ho»lan, Hon. James Warburton and Daniel Brenan, Esq. Committee of Management.

Rustico Band.

. ’ . . . nominawon, r their Mcritorious services |

during the past three or rve the thanks of the community.

four years they

lof Mowing Machines was held at | Summerside, Saturday, August ith. John

A. McDonald, M. P. P., was chosen Chairs | Irishmen.

man, and a committee of three to act as As the procession moved through Queen, Judges was appointed by the crowd as- Water, Prince and Kent Streets, the re-~ spectable and erderly appearance of those who composed it was the subject of much comment.. It was followed to the grounds at Kensington by a motley multitude from city and country. Stonds and booths had been erected at convenient

4 ty

sembled to witness the match. Each | Machine was allotted a separate piece of | grain to cut, after which the draft was tested by dynamometer owned and

loaned from Hon, R. Haythorne. Much |} * . distances ior

interest was manifested both by the | ~ oa ep ‘ and the the accommodation oO: the people. in the i th res decided in favor of | ‘@t@nd Stand’ were assembled His Honor th ‘ Sao Comsbiaad the Lieutenant Governor and Miss Mac- | lighter draft donell, the Right Hon. Mr. Childers and te" Mrs. Childers, the Bishop of Charlottetown, the Chief Justice, Mr. Robert Haliburton sulting | 29d others. The Oration of the day was thostreet | delivered by Senator Howlan. We subjoin

j |. in Miss | the peroration :-—

i for atrespass| “‘In the year 1846, after O'Connell had House, tl + 8a. | been discharged from an imprisonment, dex uaa | clared by the highest judical authorities of aorming, intiicted | the kingdom to have been illegal came the Lamb, amounting in the | terrible famine when the news spread from 578, or nine months’ imprison. | lip to lip. “There is a famine in the land alting Mr. Connolly's night | and we must all die!’ So said eight million <. sh w. Of Halifax. end | OS™ million in that terrible year of 1546, ae uP i a when the people cried for bread and there M ‘ankin’s Boarding | was none to break it tothem. The strong | J vas fined in sums] man lay down and died —the tender maid- g to ; months’ imprison- | en, the pure and aged matron of Ireland, P ia pathos Matebe lay down and died. ‘Thus did the angel of 3 ’ | death spread his wings over the land. The . oe sao image, were Fe~| 7 agislator and the Emancipator, the father of lreland, was compelled to see his people — | perish and he had not the means to save % was % banquet given by the Lord | them. O’Connell’s heart broke in his f Dublin, on the night of the 5th. | bosom ; and a broken hearted man, in bn :undred people were present. A | January 1847, he rose from, his bed and i ‘ i : 7 | crawled to London and repaired at once to a i was received from the Pope giv- | Parliament where the merest whisper was ing his blessing to all participating in the | the sole representation of that voice the (> Connell Centennial. The city was illu- | thunder of whose eloquence had in- days minated, The Lord Mayor read O' Hagan’s | gone by aroused the people as with the

sound of aclarion. Nature had yielded to

the progress of years, and O'Connell felt

that naught was left to him but to die, and

_ ged ge —_ ue an appeal an be- pe ‘ yait Of lis starving fellow country :

(ys Monday last a lad named Connolly then turned his ao towards anager

fell off a load of hay while hauling it to | the beautiful lines of Lady Wilde his own

his home on the Hrackley Point Road, countrywoman.

and a pitch fork which he held in his hand Crowned with a liberated people's love

a ie or “me penstrated on tet Ring. rad Sir kace eee yet iptv at

it is said he will not recover.— Pat. fire, 7

ie Tho’ death’s pale shadow rested on his brow

_ owing to the illness of O'Hagan’s at the ©O’Connell Centennary

' sclglir daughter,

Celebration.

Pr .—* West End House,” | Forth went the mighty Chief from his loved Mr. | ite residence, and grounds land were, t morning, sold at auction by Wm, Mid oe reverence paid to dying : ‘ s dd ehiie murebased bv dar eS Jvoake ‘ - ‘ i . Do Jd, bese . pe vong nes Peake, | On his last pilgrimage, yearning to find rest Esq £1,500 For the overwearied hero, hear® and brain

as After great trials past and triumphs won, Istanp Kevenve.—The collections for the | Within the Temple city of the world But faint with combats of a glorious life, Tho’ froedom’s hymns still murmured on his l.ps And his dim eyes still tracked the western sun, Would raise for Ireland, but no more for him, Seeking the gates of God's great church on earth He found the gates of Heaven and entered in, There angels met him with the conqueror’s palm, And passing from the portal to the throne, Circled with golden glitter of their wings, God crowned him victor for his work well- done.

_In compliance of his last dying request his heart has been enshrined in Rome, the city of the soul. And the rest of what was mortal of Daniel ©’Connell moulders in the quiet gloom of the Cemetry of Glasnevin,

month of

$4, 940,64

July, IS75. amount to . 2 846.89

July, [S74 ‘

increase for 1875 $2,693.75

—

Steve Licgursina.. lhe house occu. Mr. Cartwright, Minister of Finance, was struck by livhtning in a storm last week were completely

gutted.

pied by llon,.

The premise ;

Seizures.—Customs ollicers Curtis and “MeDonald have recently shown consider~ able vigilance They lave made several seizures of goorls illicitly imported.

Two or three street lamps are badly

needed on Water Street between Mr. Ball’s Mere life’s fitful f he sl a” corner and the Railway St ition. a te Thus died Daniel O'Connell,the man who

when living his countrymen loved with a love almost amounting to idolitary—the man whose death deprived Ireland of a Leader ; whose place hitherto remains

Recoverixc.—Capt. Muteh of the South- port is recovering from the effects of the necident we reported Inst week.

| . > : ] | strange as was ever witnessed by the world |

the | old Emerald Isle another spot that is sacred |

Mia SB set TEAS

cloudy morning often precedes a pleasant |

saa skill enabled entrusted to his adverse winds ks openly ob-

ofa pile twh

xl unfilled ;

him to conduct the bark ceeping through storms and clear of the numerous roc ’ -trueting his course in the form of undis- | guised opposition, and the more se gies shoals and quicksands of timid friends and | false-hearted and treacherous allies. Mo t- erate in victory, great in adversity, his soul “a gem of purest ray serene, never shone with greater lustre than when it beaconed and illumined the sublime course of this great man struggling with ‘the storms of Fate.” ue Intrenched in the concious honesty of his motives and the rightuousness 0! cause to which he had religiously «

| the idle wind which he regarded not, “The oppressor’s wrong. the proud man’s |

|

contumely,

—the laws delay,

in; and | Ihe insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy take.’ i there was in that country a great and | y¢ ry warmly cheered.

He pressed forward and when he fell in

| obedience to the fiat of that power to which foremost |

all must succumb, he fell the man of his day and generation. ‘As falls on Mount Alvernus The thundersstricken oak.”

It had not been given to me to present to you a picture of the men as he is present~ ed tomy imagination. Language fails me in attempting to give expression to my

He fell

ideas of that patriot, guiltless of hiseountry’s | blood, of that heaven-sent spirit who coud, |

land who did, so wisely and so well. ride

[have brought him to mind and | could not help picturing him to myself, generation still living |

a student in the city of Rome at the time, |

| winning post first.

| leave lay down to die in the ditches and in All this the “His | North Wiltshire, tyed for prizes, each man 1s |

| ground.

to | . ; } were eight entries.

| } | |

|

|

the whirlwind and direct the storm. « Equal in power over the multitudes to Him who fulmined over Greece and shook the arsenal,’ f his very name became throughout Europe and America a synomyn for the ideas of Freedom and Emancipation, oe Fancy, fondly, aud to my own mind, truly, cherishes the thought that the spirit of 0’. Conneli flew to its first great giver. His last thoughts concerning the things of earth were of his country. I cannot but believe that when the tongue once so eloquent and so facile could no longer perform its func« tions, his feelings were those so beautifully expre-sed by the poet Campbeell. ‘Yet every fond recollection suppressing, One dying wish this lone bosom may draw, Erin! an exile bequeaths thee his blessing, Land of my forefathers !—Erin go bragh.’ ”’ Then followed athletic sports, under the FitzGerald, Esq., Mr. B. Warburton, Acting Secretary and Wm. Welsh, Esq., Umpire.—

able managementof Rh. R

1. Foot Race (any age). For this race there were thirteen entries, The course was about halfa mile. The race was very well contested. Ilugh Trainor reached the Robert Vaneiderstine making avery fair second, Ist Prize, $5 2d do, $2.

2. Jumping. For this there were ten entries. Atter a close contest John Min- chin, of New Perth, and Lemuel Clow, of

having cleared Il feet 6 inches ona level

prizes were divided between them. Ist Prize, $3, 2d do, $1. 3. Putting the Stone. For this there

We hive been unable to ascertain the distance to which the stone was put, but it appeared a long one. Frederick tlorn won the first prize, Alex. Campbell ahe second. Ist Prize, $3, 2d do, $l.

t Climbing Greased Pole. Owing to the lack of competitors this exercise had to be abandoned.

5. Hurdle Race. Nine competitors en- tered for this race. The course was the same as forthe Foot Race (No.1). After a spirited contest, Hugh McGonnell came in first, closely pursued by Jas. Shepherd, Ist Prize, $3, 2a do, $2.

6. Throwing the Hammer. For this nine competitors entered. The throwing all through was very good. Frederick

Ilorn obtained the first prize, and Frederick Johnson, of the city police, the second. lst Prize, $3 2d do, $2. 7. Foot Race (under 16), There were seventeen entries for this race, but owing to the lateness of the hour, and the pres. sure of the people against the barriers, the race did not come off. 8. Sack Race. For this there were eight entries. Owing to the pressure of the crowd and the impossibility of keeping the course clear, only five ran. Charles Clow carried off the prize. Prize, £4. 9. Jumping with Pole. For this there were seven entries, David Cullen Archd, McKinnon and Alex. McDonald, tyed. Of these three, Alex. \!icDonald succeed- ed in carrying off the first prize, and David Cullen the second. The jumping of the three men was very good indeed. Ist Prize, $3, 2d do, $2. 10, For the Paper Uunt—one of the most amusing exercises of the day. There were nineteen competitors. There was only one prize, which was won by Charles Dock» endortl, closely followed by Frederick Evans. Prize, $4. 1l. Pig Hunt Prize, $4., won by Lemuel Clow. i2. Pony Race. Four entries. Charles Clow, North Wiltshire won the first two heats, and was declared the winner. Prize, $10. At the conclusion of the sports, Mrs.

R. FitzGerald—by special request of the Committee—distributed the various prizes. In the evening there was a bril- liant display of fireworks,under the manages ment of Messrs. \illner, and an entertains mentin Market Hall, the most: noticeable feature of which was the recital, by John LePage, Esq., of his poem on O'Connell's

R.

Centenary. Few will dispute the words of

the poet :—

Not his countrymen only : in England his name

lt linked with the highest examples of fame.

SCURRILITY AND LIBELS,

It may be safely assumed, that every per- son has read the well-known passage by Addison, in one of his essays, in which he deprecates a tendency prevailing in his period, to malign and injure the reputation of the most prominent of men, There are afew lines in one portion of his graceful and charming writings, that denote that an evil, which certain portions of Canada now suffer, but happily obsolete in England, has passed from the latter country and taken up its abode with us. It would be impos~ sible to find a sentence more applicable to and truer in description of a certain class of Canadian journalism than the following :— ‘Our satire is nothing but ribaldry and bil. lingsgate. Sceurrility passes for wit, and he who can call names in the greatest va- riety of phrases is looked upon to have the shrewdest pen. By this means the honour of families is ruined, the highest posts and greatest titles rendered cheap and vile in the sight of the people, the noblest virtues and most exalted payts exposed to the con- tempt of the vicious and ignorant. Should a foreigner who knows nothing of our pri. vate factions, or one who is to act his part in the world when our present heats and animosities are forgotten, should I say, such a one form to himself a notion of the great> est men of all sides in the nation who are now living, from the characters which are given them in some or other of those abo- minable writings which are daily published among us, what a nation of monsters must we appear.’’ Transfer this sentence to our own day and country and to our own doors and how doubly true does it appear. Doubly true, for, after all, the evil Addison deplor- ed, and denounced, was of a far higher class than the outrageous attacks on the the personal characters of public men which a partisan press at times indulges in at our own éimes.— Zoronio Leader,

>: a ++ :

Rumor is busy with the names of persons who are to succeed Lieut, Governor Morris in Manitoba. Hon. A. J. Smith is said to have declined the offer. Hon. Letellier de St. Just, Minister of Agriculture, is also —— of; but the Toronto Globe intimates that the Hon. David Laird is to be the man, It is not likely any appointment will be made tillafter the Premier's return from

_ received the freedom of Perth. vost MeDonald made the presentation in | presence ofa large assembl ze of ladies

and mounted in silver.

| es as an example to Scotiaa’. that | followed, at which Lord Kinnaird and other levoted | representative persons were present.

his lifelong exertions. he could pass by as the course of his remarks Mr. Mackenzie, ) Mr. Mathew Arnold, Mr.

|

MR. DISRAELI ON THE BYRON MEQ MORIAL,

A crowded meeting convened by the By-

MR. MACKENZIF AT PERTH.

Qn the 16th ult,, the Canadian Premier

| ros . ‘ . 4 Lord Pro ron Memorial Committee, composed of

many influential lacie held on July 16th, at Willis’ Rooms, in Lon-

The Burgess ticket was Richt Hon. B. Disraeli presided (bes

enclosed in a box made of Perthshire oak, jpn» yoted to the chair on of Mr. Mackenzie, in Archd acon ‘Trollope), and among those | Lord hope, Lord Lovelace, Lord Rosslyn, Lord

‘Houghton, Lord fradford, Lord Claud | Hamilton, Lord 8, Graham, Dr. Farr, Mr. | | Baillie Cochrane, M.P., Mr. E, Trelawne, | Alfred Austin, | alluding to the United States, said that) yt... K. Locker, Mr. Alaric A. Watts, | they had reason to complain in Canada that | y7,. yp, Edgoombe (Honorary Secretary),

that branch of the family was not over | aio. | friendly on particulfr oceasions. Still, |

and gentlemen, was

and gentlemen. non.

the motion

acknowledging the honor, alluded to the union in Canada of all Presbyterian Church- A banquet

present were iimesbury, Lord Stan

In

\.r. Disraeli, on taking the chair, was | Ife said :—‘ Gentle-

powerful section of the people who appre- | _— ~I ne h a77, to meet <8 the — time | ciated and admitted the greatness, and the | fe Haembers ee | j

; egos cau tes before been consulting on the subject which generosity, and power of the British people. | will engage our attention to-day. Before |

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

PIKE O'CALLAGHAN!

THE

irish Patriot. |

on

Grand Dramatie

ENTERTAINMENT !

IN

Market Hall, Gn Thursday, August 12,

AMATEUR DAAHATIC CLUB,

The performance will commence with the Piriding lrish Drama, entitled PIKE§ O’CALLAGHAN, or the IRISH PATRIOT, to conclude With the beautiful

—s

Boards, Deals and (;

As both men agreed to a tye, the |

They boasted that their flag,

| contained an emblem of God's goodness,

in representing the most wonderful tracts of ground extending through what Chal- mer calls ‘immensity Of space.’ But chey lof Canada could say that their freedom

representated a still greater work, especi-

lally to the future happiness of mankind, |

while they had upon their flag the Cross,

every vestige of despotism and cruelty and savage life from off the face of the earth. (Applause )

a force that would at once compe! the im-

the must the generosity, of the British Empire. Canada was not behind in this part of the duty as one branch of the great family.

| bitious, to respect power, as they

their annual drill and fitting themselves to

try. They were establishing a martial school which would compare favorably in all its arrangements and details with the very best engineering schools, in order to enable young men to obtain such an edu- cation as would enable them to oceupy the position of officers and gentlemen in the native force. He then referred to what | they were doing in the Dominion of Canada | in order to fit that country to be a home of a still vaster population than any one dreams of. They had in Canada the most magnificent prospects as to elbow room that could be conceived. Few who know the healthiness of the climate and the adyan- tages to be derived from it would hesitate at all in taking their departure if they found that their services could be more profitably employed there, or that they could produce more to conduce to their comfort than in this country. Ue did not for ® moment advise any one to leave comfortable positions in this country, but if they found it convenient and profitable to leave this country, there were abundant means and room to make them comfortable. Alluding to his own position, he observed that every statesman was bound, whether in Australia, New Zealand or Canada, or Great Britain, to watch the course of legis. lation. He was bound to initiate legisla. tion such as will conduce to the welfare of the particular portion of the empire over which he bearsrule. So far as he (the hon, gentieman) could promise, that he

the interest of that portion of it, that for the time being was committed to his care Another aim of every statesman must be the initiation or the promotion of such a

tingencies which may overshadow country. were events that every man can name, which point a moral and point to a policy which should always be kept in view in initiating new legislation projects which may seriously affect for centuries to come the prosperity of the people over which they rule.

REVIVAL OF BUSINESS,

A revival of business has taken plice in the United States and its effect will soon be felt in all parts of the Dominion. Within a few days wheat has gone up twenty

cents a bushel and flour a dollar a barrel. This sudden rise is owing to an unfavorable turn in the European markets—caused mainly by the recent continnous htavy rains which have materially damaged the growing crops, and to the disastrous floods that have swept over various parts of Europe —- not only destroying the crops in alarge section of country bat, by simple destruction to all kinds of property, creat

ing an impoverished and starving populas tion who must be instantly fed at any cost- The misfortunes of Europe arc in this in- stance the fortune of America, So sens sitive are now all the markets of the old and new worlds that an increased demand in the one is immediately followed by a rise in prices in the’ other. The cable telegraph brings about in an hour what it formerly took weeks to accomplish ; and those who wish to speculate on a rise in the markets find themselves more limited as to time than formerly. Judging by the opinions of authorities in the States wheat will not greatly exceed its present rise. We learn that « larger proportion than usual of last year’s crop is unsold, owing to the low prices that have been the rule during the past year, and that this year’s harvest promises to be a fair average. The States will therefore be able with new and old wheat to send to Europe all that she may require without inconveniencing her~ self, The supply of old wheat in Canada yet to be placed inthe market is about one-third of the whole of last year’s crop ; and the coming harvest, it is anticipated, will be in advance of the last. The new world then has and will have plenty of wheat to sell to the old ; the prices, theres fore, cannot be expected to climb much higher than they are at present. The ins crease in all kinds of business that always follows a rise in wheat is already beneficial ly felt in the States. Wheat is moving rapidly, and money is consequently briskly changing hands to the benefit of ail who touch it. In Canada our time is coming. The late stringency of the money market is wearing off; confidence is being restored in business circles, and a heilthier tone pervades commerce than was the case a month ago. Imports are falling off, and business is being curtailed. In a short time the harvest wili begin to flow into our markets and briskness will succeed dull, ness.— Toronto Nation.

Arrangements for the reception of the Prince of Wales in !ndia are of the most extensive character.

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carry a man never so little be~ yond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.

We get this at second-hand :-—* An ex- change suggests that if you want to see a man struggling to do several things at once, —~ watch him try to put on his overcoat

rubbers, and yet keep his head bowed

Great Britain,

> the minister is pronouncing the beres

with its stars, |

asanemblem of the redemption of men, | and if they continued to live in amity and | peace the two nations combined would be | able to advance, sweeping before them | ant or modern.

He was aware of the neces- | sity there was in this country, and in all | nation, parts of the British Empire, of maintaining died

prudent amongst the nations. and the am, |

and regiments of native militia putting in |

should faithfully keep watch and ward over

policy as will look far into the future, and | class. as will prepare for possible events and con. |

| profitable matches.

going further I wish to take this opportu. nity of attempting to draw your minds to

ithe contemplation of the real object that |

we have before us. In the twelfth year of this ya poem was published by a

young man which instantly commanded the

century

sympathies of the nation. There is no in, stance in literary records of a success so | j}sudden and so lasting. To use his own

words, he ‘woke one morning

|himself famous.’ From that time for

twenty

(Applause.) Admirable for many qualities. for their picturesque~ | ness, their wit their passion, they are most distinguished by their power of expression | and by the sublime energy of their imagi- And then, after twelve years, he he died in the fullness of his fame, having enjoyed in his lifetime a degree of celebrity which has never fallen to the lot of any other literary man—not only admir-~ ed in his own country, but reverenced and adored in Europe. (Applause.) How is it then that after halfa century has elapsed

| we are met here for the first time in public | meeting, to devise some means of a natio-

If they went to Canada they would find | nal expression of admiration and gratitude : | : cas . “anc 9 ane from end to end of the country battalions | to qualities so transcendent? (Applause.)

reason tor this | strange and dark neglect that the private | character of this poet was not as illustrious

' It has been said as some

take any part in the defence of the couns | as his public one. When half a century has

elapsed, private character is scarcely an eles ment in the estimate of literary genius, (Applause.) Butof his private character it may be said that it was ambiguous ; of it little is clearly known, and there is no man in this room — aye, I would say even in this country — that upon that subject can presume to give a defi- nite and precise opinion. (Loud Ap- plause.) lout. then, it was said as an- other excuse that his works were defi- cient in morality, and that he indulged in too free speculation upon those subjects which the human mind can never penetrate, yet which itis organically formed to rever- ence. And yet it might be remembered that he was born in an age of contracted sympathies and restricted thought, and that much he then questioned has been since surrendered. (Applause.) If he fell, as he undoubtedly did, into many erroneous con- clusions upon divine subjects, it may be urged for him that he was very young. ({lear.) [ remember once Lord Lynd- hurst disserting upon the character and career of Mr. Canning, and he then asked of some one who was present what was the precise age at which Mr, Canning died. He was told that he died at the age of fifty-six. +What,’ said Lord Lyndhurst, then advanced in life; but yet in the full- ness of his mental capacity, ‘only fifty-six ; why he was a mere boy.’ But remember that when Byron died he was twenty years younger than Mr, Canning, and in these speculations upon his character and his career, that element in that wonderful character and that marvellous career should never be omitted, It should be remember- ed that we are speculating always on the life of one who, like those whom the gods love, died young. (Applause.) During these fifty years that have elapsed, and during which no public meeting has been called to recognize his merits, a chorus of poetasters have unceasingly worked to decry his abilities, and ultimately aim to deny his genius. No one who has travelled in Greece can ever question for a moment the place of Byron as a poet of the highest He has impressed his mind on that than any other poet who has There is not a cape,

| country more | existed since liomer.

the | a promontory, that he has not touched with In the long roll of years, there | the fire, or suflused with the sweetness of

his song. Ifyou follow him in his Italian | residence, you will find that Italy was to | him a source of searcely inferior inspiration. | But the last and greatest of his works does | not depend upon local influence. It will | remain, as it is now recognized, an unex- ampled picture of human nature, and the | triumphant effort of English tongue. | (Loud applause.) Weare met here then, | to day, at last, to do some justice to one of ‘the greatest of England’s sons, (hear ‘hear.) What form our feelings should | take, it willbe for you to decide. You ' know, and you will know more as these | proceedings continue, of what has been /attempred. I can effectually apologize for | not having taken part in any proceedings, | that my life isa busy and urgent one, and | I could only lend to the committee the depth of my sympathy. But when [ saw that in that movement respecting a tablet that it was sanctioned by the presence and the active interposition of one who had the proudest and the nearest claim to interpose in such a business—I mean the son-in-law of Byron ~(cheers)—who more than forty years agO was my companion in that Albania which Byron celebrated, I felt that it was under the influence of kindly and able counsels. For myself, though I pre- sume not to dictate tothe assembly what form their feelings should assume in this respect I will express my individual desire to see in some public place a semblance of this great spirit—(applause)—so that the English people when they pass shall recog~ nize one of the greatest masters of the English language.

Tilton’s counsel has notified Beecher’s to be prepared for a new trial in September.

The French Assembly have appropriated 15,000,000 frances for supplementary war expenses.

Messrs. Moody and Sankey are making a tour in North Wales.

By an Imperial ukase, 180,000 men are to be drawn for the conscription in Russia this year.

A despatch from Shanghai says there are renewed indications of a disposition on the part of China to open war on Kashgar,

Some persons in St. Petersburg, charged with being implicated in a socialist movex ment, have been sentenced to ten years’ f imprisonment,

Coal ashes, sifted very finely, thoroughly ground, and mixed with oil, make a good cheap paint. Any coloring matter may be added,

The Duncan Sherman failure has sprea consternation among American residents in Paris, The Rothschilds refused to honor the firm’s paper, and even attempted to recover money paid on their account be- fore news of the failure arrived, in one case taking a gentleman before Minister Wasi- burne because he refused to refund,