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NOTES OF THE MONTH.

RUSSIA.

EXAMINER. |

tain. Mr. Russel is repeating more definite- ly, and with circumstantial details, his charges against Sir Garnet Wolseys’ force ‘in South Africa. If his statements are true, the facts are most discreditable ‘to the British army.

' The Irish distress has been too promin- ‘ent a matter to need special comment.

In Europe the all-absorbing topic 18 the sme most sad particulars have been made

fresh attempt 0; When we read an account of what the Winter Palace is, and who live in it, we eanuot help seeing that there are more symptoms of a palace intrigue than of pop- ular indignation in the late occurreuce. Can it be that the explosion was so timed as not to kill the Czar, but to try and scare

him into abdication! It seems hard to

‘ j : . i understand why conspirators who must) tely forward as one of the Republican can-}

have had a thorough acquaintance with the ins an: outs of the palace, should not have known when the Imperial Party would certainly be in the dining room. Alexander II. lias abolished serfdom and freed fourteen millions of his subjects ; has done away with capital punishment, and with the oppressive system of farming the taxes; separated the jndicial system from the executive, and given the country trial by jury ; he has lessened the term of military service and removed many re- airictions from the press. And this is the return he receives for his liberal measures It looks as if Russia were hardly yet fit for even the measura of freedom given, and

son the life of the Czar. |

‘known. But there is hope that ' . . ° private charity and public aid will so far

‘blunt the keen edge of want that famine

every

| may be kept off. Already the Relief Com- |

: ° . . mittees ‘are speaking more hopefully.

But there is no excuse yet for relaxed

efforts. UNITED STATES.

| General Grant's name is now put defini-

\didates at the next Presidential election, iwith Sherman and Blaine as his rivals. Tilden is so far the favorite Demoerat ; but ithat party has not yet healed its divisions | | sufticiently to be safe in making a nomina- tion. There are in the States, elections within elections. The party conventions the party’s man, and As the

have first to elect then to try and carry the country.

wo shall know the candidates before long.

It is fortunate that Mr. Parnell’s exhi- bitions of himself have alienated the sym- pathies ef the Anerican poopla only from himself and not from the sufferings of the

that, after all, Nicholas knew better how she should be ruled. GERMANY.

Prince Bismarck either feels or affacts to feel a fear that the internal troubles of Russia will force the Caar to a war; that the war must be against Germany ; that! in- it France will join. Consequently, he| has asked the Raichstag tu provide for an

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increase of the army by 26,000 men in of peace, and 85,000 in war, at a cost of

£350,009. This little inereasa is more than half the British army. Germany grumbles and assents. Most other coun-

tries think given. We mus? indeed hope that it is so. A war between I'rancs and Russia on one side, and Germany and Austria on the other, each its tramendeus armies, would be one of the most fearfu! that the world has ever witnessed. The war force of the four countries is as fol- lows : Russia, 500,000; France, 490,000 ; Germany, 427,000; Austria, 252,090. Total 1,669,000 fighting men.

AUSTRIA.

Austria seems to have basen doing some really good work since her occupation of the Turkish Provinces handed jover to her by the Treaty of Berlin. Wisely determin- ing to disturb as little as possible the ex- isting civil arrangements of the country, she has put honest officials in the place of the Turkish officers who had left the country. The result has been very satisfactory, and proves that it is not the ‘* machine” that is bad in Turkey, but the men who werk it.

that a false alarm has been

nation with

FRANCE.

Two eminent men died in France to wards the eud vf January,—two men who, in public affsirs, were widely separated. The Dac de Gramont was Foreign Minister when Napoleen -LIL. declared war against Prussia ; and when, after Sedan, the Em pire was overthrown, Jules Favre was For- eign Ministor uuder the Republic. It was he who then declared that Franca would yield ‘* not one fortress, not one inch of territory ;’ and, not long after, he had to agree to the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, with their fortresses.

GREAT BRITAIN.

A Parliament in its last session is not ex- pected todo very much. Honorable mem- bers are supposed to be too anxiously oc- eupied in “ making up their accounts” to lay before their constituents. If the crimi- nal cole should be enacted, the last session of this Parl.ament will have given the coun try a mos: important reform ; and we shall see another prvof that the most useful legislation is that which is passed with {t would be hardly too much to say that the usefulness. of re- forms is in inverse ratio to the popular ex- citement about them. If there could be given an inexpensive system of land con- veyancing, and a compulsory registration of titles, many of the * land difticulties ” would settle themselves. But the influence of the lawyers is too strong in Parliament to make Law Reforms easy. the are in rather tter spirits this month than before. Early in February Mr. Cowen, a Radical member, in @ speech made by him. praised and defend- od the foreign policy of the Ministry. The victory at Liverpool was merely holding their own in spite of the defection of the Irish vote. But in Southwark, hitherto leoked upen as safe for a Liberal majority, a seat was won, aud the combined votes of the Liberal and Radical candidates fel] short of these of the successful candidate. These events have started fresh rumors of

least popular clamor.

The friends of

Government be

chief interest

Irish. It spsaks most highly for the -American people that they have separated the cause of political agitation from that of Christian Charity; and, while keeping themselves free from the ene, have liber- ally responded to the cails of the other. The New York Herald has done good ser-

vice, both by pricking the Parnell bubble

fund.

If the Parliament at \ energies chilled by approaching dissolution, that at Ottawa should be in tho fullness of

Vestminster has its

vigour ; and it dogs seem to be settiing

down to work. So far, there has been but one division which gave the Government a majority of 71. That the second reading of the Bill for the repeal, pure and simple, of the Insolvent Act should pass without a division, shows how strong the feeling against the law. It is most unlikely that the Senate will interpose again to save it. So we are pretty sure soon to be with-

out the law.

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It is very desirable that our Local Legislature, which is soon to meet, should follow the example ot Ontario, and make provision for some equitable distriba- tion of a debtor's effects. We have no doubt the subject will occupy its tion.

The various depyrtm ental reports are be-

atten-

fore Parliament. Of course the question of is, how has the New Tariff affected the revenue ? and how far has the promised decreasa in expenditure been ef fected? As, the mule up only till June of last year, they include only about three months of the have been ask-

however, reports are

new tariff. Later returns el for, and when they are before the House, a fairer opinion can be formed than ai present. The Minister of Railways has withdrawn his report to add to it the re- cvipts and expenditure to the close of 1879, and it is known that he can show them to be nearly balanced. If this has been ef- ected without allowing the road and stock to run down, Sir Charles Tapper must be congratulated on his management.

An accident which might have proved moat serious, providentially resulted in some comparatively trifling injuries to the Princeas, who, we are ail ylad to learn, is rapidly recovering. with this there has been astorm among the press

In connection

reporters, a protest against DeWintonisia, and a very adsurd comparison drawn be- Hail Secretary is the press restric- The

with the

tween what the Rideau sail to have done, and of the Indian if blame

tions Government.

blaine,

election will take place in November next, ,

and by its handsome gift to the Relief | lof Moses down to that of Cardinal Wise- CANADA |

‘the country generally might get the advan- ‘tage of all the paper currency. One of the most striking instances of how banking in- fluencse may take to themselves profits 'which belong to the country generally be our own Province befure lation. A new issue of Provincial was pit out, all of $20, while the banks

was to seen in

shortly we went into Confeder-

notes

exten; ! OUR OWN PROVINCE.

much to note. The winter is slipping by all tow slowly for the many who last sum- mer failed to earn enough to get through the winter. We fear that many of our 'poor people will find themselves more heavily in debt in the spring of 1880 than they that of 1879. One hundred men were employed for three weeks in the woedyard opened by the Relief Committee of this city. During that time they sawed and split fifty-eight cords of wood and were paid for their labor the sui cf five hundred and forty six dollars. Forty-five cords of wood were sold to the citizens, and the balance to the men em- ployel by the Committee. Forty cords of unvhopped wood remain on hand. Work in the yard was discontinued on Saturday last, but it will recommence on Monday, the Ist of March. Besides the money ex- pended in the wood yard, the Committee paid out ninety dollars for breaking stone for the city streets.

[t never rains bat it pours ; and if there

were in

were such a science as Intellectual Meteor ology, the bulletin would have given us the probabilities : ‘‘ Mere lectures may be expected.” The subjects lectured, and to ve lectured on, show a pretty wide range -—-

‘biography being favorite.

man, stopping on the way to investigate the sources of early English Christianity, and to look at the work of Francis of Assisi, and sympathizing with the sorrows of the Royal Dane. But anything that stimn- lates thought is good. The large audiences gathered show that the people like it, and no doubt the lecturer is net without his satistactions—especially if he can jump upon his hobby and take a few turns up and down on that animal, An emateur social reformer can trot his fancies under the protection of such a veterable name as that of ‘‘ Moses; and both the modern Cardinal and the medie- val Saint may be made to point a moral for taese degenerate days.

OBITUARY.

The death of Lieut. Governor Chandler makes the fifth death of these holding the Governor’s office in the Dominion of P. KE. Island is the only one where this has not occurred.

FIRE.

The partial destruction by fire of the Legislative Buildings of New Brunswick, advis-

harmless out

sonal

Canada.

has cerved to direct attention to the ability of having the seat of Government at Sc John,instead of at Fredericton. Itisurged that St. John is the more central place ; and that as it is the commercial city of the Province, it should also be the political capival. It seems not unlikely that the char ge suggested will be made—-unless, in- deed, the proposed union of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick be first decided on.

Apples, &c.

Y AUCTION, MONDAY, March Ist, at 2 o'clock, at Auction Rooms, No. 1] Que2n Street, —

cu i were free to issue $i and $2 notes to a large)

In our own Province there has not been

From the time]> ; ° ‘In this line we have been par-

‘Tn Baldwin's, Ruasets, Pippins, &c. Also, | 10 bbls. HERRING, Peanuts, Grapes, ete. | ‘allia prime erder; and a lot of Ceunter and. Platform Scales. all of which must be sold to} clos: consignments, A. McNEILL, Auctioneer. Fb, 28, 1880,

YHE Annual General

Meeting of the

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there is, lies Celegraph Companies. The matter seems clear enough. ° D:Winton made it known that a lady having met with an accident,

We imaging that had Major

felt anxious that no exaygzerated reports of it should be made public, and had diracted him to fur-

nish an accurate account of

should have treated his order as they would that of any other man who came into their. office and dictated to them what message. they should or should not send. — If they | obeyed this command, they will no doubt, |

have many similar,ones,and only themselves |

to blame for them. |

Woe are promised this session a revision of | the Banking and Currency laws. We sin” cerely hope that there-will be no encourage- | meut given to ‘“‘soft money” men, with

their ‘legal tender promises not to pay.” |

@ near dissoiuiion, But that is very uncer-

®+me arrangement might be made by which

what had really | happened, and to request that it only might Charlettetown, Feb, 24, 1880, be published, any GENTLEMAN would have | —— complied with this reasonable request. |

Bat if he ord:red no despatches to be sent :

‘without his permission, the Company |7 ROFESSOR ANBPERSON will de.

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at tieir Head Office, Charlottetown, on WED- ;NE3DAY. 3rd March, at 12 o'clock, neon, for she purpose of electing Directors for the’ ‘enstiing year, and the transaction of such! bus ness as may be laid before them. | Proxies for votiug must be left with the! Cas rier at least one day previous to the meet-| ‘ing.

GEORGE MACLEOD, Cashier.

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LECTURE.

liver the third Lecture of the Course in. con 1ection with the St. Parricx’s T. A. & B. | Soc (Bry, in

ST. PATRICK’S HALL,

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Doors open at 7 o’clock ; Chair to be Siidien' at. ‘3. /.dmission 10 cents. RICHARD WALSH, |

1880—th st th Seoretary

Sibject—“ MACBETH.”

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Fel. 25,

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Shareholders of this Bank will be held done flavor.

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MARCH i880.

{ URSTOCK-TAKING SALE

during the month of Febru- ary has been very successful ; we have therefore decided to continue it through this month. The demand for patterns, as everybody knows, is always great, and we regret to say that

ticularly busy. The desire for “snifs” has become chronic, but we trust a healthier state of things is in the future.

Our Dress Materials have had a steady sale, and give great satisfaction; their quality and unsurpassed cheapness make them very tempting. Black Cashmeres and Lustres are in great request, in “snips” of 8 to 16 yards.

We have recently received a

new lot of Gents’ Spring Over- coats and Suits, also a lot of

Suits for Boys; all at very low prices.

Gents’ wear of allt kinds we find to go off very rapidly. We call especial attention to our Fine Black Broadcloth, Tweeds, Linders and Drawers, Ties, Paper and Linen Collars, Hosi- ery, Xe.

Carpets, Hemp, Scotch, Felt and Tapestry, a very good as- sortment,and ridiculously cheap, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, &e.

Table Damasks, Wool Table Covers, Linen Table Covers, Towels, 40 cents per doz. up wards.

Our Dress Fringes at 5 to 10 cents per yard, and Ladies’ Dress Caps at 10 to 20 cents, are sell- ing readily.

New Lot of Prime Teas just come in; our 32-cent is nearly run out, but we have on hand a few chests of 36-cent Tea, which we retail onty, Our 40-cent

Tea is regarded as the best in 1 er aes

but all grades sell

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Union Bank of P. E, Island, spidly. We sell in caddies of

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» 10, 15 or 20 Ibs., neatly up, so as to retain the

All kinds of Dry Goods cheap

for Cash at

TREMAINE &

METCALF'S,

- 83 QUEEN STREET.

Ch’town, Feb. 28, 1880.

Friday Evening, oth Mareh,

/ LECTURE. MR. E. J. HODGSON

Has consented to deliver his Lecture upon

FRANCIS OF ASSISI,

MONDAY, ist March Next,

wef GP wins

Y.M. C. A. HALL,

AT EIGHT 6 CLOCK,

Admission 15 cents. Tickets for admission ean be obtained at W. R. Watson’s, Feb. 18, 1880.

The insolvent Act ef 1875 and Amending Acts,

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In the matter of John Seller, an Insolvent,

FFXYE Subscriber will sell at AUCTION

on WEDNESDAY, the 3rd day of Mareh next, at the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at his new Warerooms, 52 Queen Street, the whole Stock in Trade of the above Insolvent, consisting of

Asst. lot Crockeryware, Glassware, Earthen. ware, Confectionery, Biscuit and Crack. ers, bbls. Pilot Bread, boxes Fancy boxes Blacking, Canned Lobsters, Lam Lamp Chimneys, Lanterns, Brooms, Pails, lot Legwood Dyes, Cream Tartar, Paper Bags, quintals Codfiah, 1 , etc. ,ete., Shop Furniture, 1 Show Case, 1 Giass (ase, 1 [ron Safe, 4 setts Counter Scales, 2 Platform Scales, 50 Egg Boxes, 2 Stoy.

1 Cheese Case, | Molasses Tin, lot of Tin Measures, 3 Shop Lamps, ete. ete. Also, to close sundry consignments, —

5 bbls. Dried Apples, Puns. Molasses, Chests Tea, I] Iron Safe, etc. ete. B, WILSON HIGGS, Auctioneer, Charlettetown, Feb. 25, 1880-—pat till sale

Canadian Pacifie Railway,

Tenders for Relling Steck.

os will be received by the under- signed up tonoonof MONDAY, the 23rd FEBRUARY instant, for the immediate sup- ply of the following Rolling Stock : —

4 First-class Cars.

2 Postal and Baggaye Cars. 6® Box Cars. 60 Platform Cars.

Drawings and specitications may be seen, and other information obtained on application at thé office ct tne Payineor-in-Chief, Pacific Railway, Ottawa, and at the Engineer's Office Intercolonia! Railway, Moncton, N. B.

The Rolling Steck to be delivered on the Pembina Branch, Canadian Pacific Railway, on or before 15th of MAY next.

By Order, F. BRAUN, Secretary, Derr. oF Raitways & Canars, } Ottawa, 7th February, 1880. | fel64i2aw

The time for receiving the above Tenders is extended one week, viz.: to MONDAY, lst MARKOH, and the time for delivery of a por- tion of Rolling Stock is extended to the

Ist TUNE. By Order, . BRAUN. (fe 26

CHESTS,

Strong and Excel. 55 half-chests,

1 7 lent flavor. CARVELL BROS

Meeting of Parliament, ST. JAMES’ KIRK

BAZAAR!

rENHE Ladies in connection with St. James’

Kirk will hold a Bazaar for the

Sale of Fancy and Useful Articles,

-—ALSO—

A Tea and Refreshment Table, On the 3lst March Next,

—inN THE-—

MARKET HALL.

The proceeds to be applied to the liquida- tion of the debt on the Church edifice.

Doors epen at 2 o'clock, p- m. Admission--Adults, 20 cents; childrea, half-price. Tickets to be had at the Drug Stores of W. R. Watson, Dr. Dodd, C. D. Rankin, and at the door.

PRESIDENT. -Mrs. McLennan. ComMMIITEE—Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Long- worth, Mrs. A. Kennedy, Mrs. Stirling. Mra. Lord, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. McLaren, Mrs. A. Murray, Mrs. Cavanagh, Mrs. Rankin, Mrs.

P. W. Hyndman, Miss Mackieson, Miss Owen, Mrs. Malcolm McLeod. T. A. STEWART, Feb, 19, 1880. Secretary.

CAUTION.

HE public are hereby cautioned not te A pay to any person except the under- signed, debts due to the firm of McKinnon, Fraser & Co, WILLIAM JOHN FRASER, Feb, 19, 1880.

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