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NEW ELECTION LAW.

“An Act respecting the election of members of the House of (passed during the Dominion Parliament) into oper- ation on the first day of July next. The | leading provisions of this Act should be | familiar to “THE veorie.” In order that the readers of the EXAMINER, ut least, may make themselves acquainted with its most prominent features, we lay before them the following summary.

First, then, the property «ualification of candidates no longer Any British subject, of the full age of twenty-one years never been proved guilty of a criminal of- | fence, may ‘set up” and, if elected, may take his seat in the Commons. In the next place, voters throughout the Dominion, will be qualified to vote at the election of ae bers to serve in the Assembly |

Commons,”’ late session of the will g

2

is pecessary.

and upwards, who has

for a candidate; |

those

Local Prince Ed- bigh

each Province respectively. ward Islanders were well of their ‘“‘ manhood suffrage ’ definite period. Clause 41 at first printed) of the Act pr

deprived | for an in-| net 42, as wided that in this Province persons qualitied to vote for the election of to serve in the Legislative Council, only, should | henceforth be the electors qua ified to vote at the election of members of the House as the Lo- r the regis-

members

of Commons,—until such time eal Legislature had provided f tration of voters. This prov happily, strack out. On motion of Hon. Mr. Haviland, it was resolved by the Senate, in Committee of the Whole :-—

“ That the 40th clause of the said Bill respecting the Election of Members of the House of Commons, be amended by strik- | ing out ef the words ‘Elective House’ wherever mentioned in the 40th clause; and inserting instead thereof, the words ‘House of Assembly,” or “ Legislative Assembly ;’ and by striking out the words ‘‘ Except Prince Edward Island,” in the said clause and also by striking out the 41st clause of the said Bill.”

Public nominations are abolished. stead of a public nominatior notice, signed by twenty-five bona fide electors, will be given the Returning Off- cer at any time previous to or at the time fixed for the nomination. This notice must be accompanied bya letter from the candidate, (if he is in the Province) in which he shall signify his consent to the nomination ; if not Province, his absence shal be stated in In either case, the notice of nomination | must be accompanied with a sum of fifty dollars, as a pledge that the nomination is made in good faith. Any candidate may withdraw before the issue of the election, by fi ing a declaration of his de do with the Returning Officer which may have been cast for ing candidate, shall be Voting shall be by ballot—between the | hours of nine in the morning and five the evening of the day fixed by the Gov- eroor General i in Council for the election. During the whole day, no person shall be admitted within the hooth, but the Returning Officer or his deputy, the poll clerks, the candidates, and not more

ision Was,

In-

a written

in th the notice.

sire so to Votes | such retir— nul! and void.

in

polling

than two accredited agents of each can— didate. present, then two electors may act in that capacity. shall eontain one or more apartments, in which an elector may mark his ballot pa- per without being seen. Before the bal- lot opens, the ballot box shall be inspected by the candidates or their agents. Then it is to be closed and locked up until the elose of the poll. The voter, on present ing himself at the polling booth, shall have his name, address, and qualification recorded by the poll clerk. The Deputy Returning Officer shall then hand him a paper on which the names of al! the can- didates are printed. This paper the vo- ter will take to one of the private com- partments of the booth, and mark a cross opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes. He shal! then place the paper in an envelope with which he will be farnished, and having enclosed it, he shall hand it back to the Deputy Return— ing Officer, who shall drop it into the bal- lot box He shall then immediately leave the booth. Voters unable to read, or in- capable, by reason of blindness or other physical cause, of making marks opposite the names of candidates for whom they wish to vote, shall have the marks made for them by the Deputy Returning Offi- cer, in the presence of one agent of each candidate.

As coon as the poll is over; the box is to be opened in the presence of the eandi- dates or their agents, or, in the absence of either, in the presence of at least three electors. The ballots shall be counted; all spurious ballot papers, and any bal! ot |

In case no accredited agents are claim to Each polling booth

paper which has a mark on it which may

indicate the name of the vote, and any) ballot paper which may have more marks

than there are candidates to be elected, | shali be thrown out. Objections rained |

| the free exercise of the franchise,

; elector will be allowed to take his

: any ballot by a candidate, or his agent,

iall be heard and determined by the “in Officer or his deputy. A re- cord of such objections shall be kept in case of'a subsequent investigation. There shall, }

tor has voted ;

an elee

shall, in

1owever, be no clue of how

and no elector

| such subsequent investigation, be required

After the Deputy Returning Officer has counted

to tell for whom he has voted.

all the ballots, they are to be replaced in the box, which shall then be locked, seal and forwarded to the Keturning Offi-

A certificate of the number of votes

ed, cer.

| polled for each candidate, is to be given

to the Deputy Returfiing Officer's candi On “ Declaration Day,’ shall all the ballot boxes, and declare the re- sult of If it should hap-

pen that the vote be equal in any case,

dates, or their agents. ’ the Returning Officer open

the election.

then the Returning Officer is to have a easting vote.

The prevention and punishment of corrupt practices, occupies much space in the Act. involidate an election, bribery,

Corrupt practices, proven, will The offences of treating, or undue influence, or

any of such offences, as defined by this or any other Act of the Parliament of Can-

ada, or the inducing person to commit personation, corrupt practices within the the of the Act.”

by a fine of two hundred dol-

personation any shall be meaning of provision Bribery is No liquor shail be dispensed or sold

on the day of election. The law reads

No spirituous or fermented liquors or strong drinks shall be sold or given at any | hotel, tavern, or shop, within the limits of any polling district, during the whole of the polling day at any election for the House

or other place

of Commons, of one hundred dollars and the offender shall be subject to imprisonment, not exceed-

uuder a penalty

for every offence, ing six months, at the diseretion of the Judge or Court, in default of payment of such fine ”’

and the is also strictly prohibited.

The hiring of teams, of railway fares,

payment

“ The person so offending shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars to any person who shall sue for the same; and apy vo-

ter hiring any horse, cab, cart, wagon, sleigh, carriage, or other conveyance for any candidate, or for any agent of a can- didate, for the purpose of conveying any voter or voters to or from the polling place or places, qualified from

shall ipso facto, be dis- at such election, shall forfeit hundred dollars to any

voting and for every such offence the sum

person suing for the same.”

of one

Threats of violence, which may impede are for- bidden, and punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars, The gift or the offer of sideration for the purpose of inducing a

or joan of

money, any valuable con- a candidate to vote or refrain from vot- ing, is a misdemeanor, and subjects per- sons so offending to a fine of two hundred dollars. Any person who, in such considerations, either votes, or

return for

duces others to vote, is liable to the same penalty. in return for services rendered at an elee- tion, shall be permitted to vote.. No ballot The of- fender against this provision shall forfeit two hundred dollars :—“ Every candidate who curruptly by himself or by or with

No person who receives money

| paper from the polling booth.

any other person on his behalf, compe!s

or induces or endeavors to induce any person to personate any Voter, or take any false oath in any matter wherein an oath is required under this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall in addition to any other punishment to which he may

be liable

teit the sum of two hundred dollars to any

for such offence, be liable to for-

person suing for the same.”

Every candidate guilty of corrupt prac- tices shall, ‘during the seven years next after the date of his being so proved or found ed to, moos, member of that House, or of holding an office in the nomination of the Crown or in Canada. If any can- didate personally engages at his election

guilty, be incapable of being elect- and of sitting in the House of Com- and of voting at any election of a

of the Governor,

as canvasser or agent a person known to

| him to have been found guilty of corrupt |

practices, the election will be void.

Any person other than a candidate found |

guilty of any corrupt practice shall, dur- ing the eight years next after the time at which he is so found guilty, be incapuble of being elected to, and of sitting in the House of Commons, and of voting at any of the Commons, or of holding any office in the

election of a member House of nomination of the Crown or of the Goy- ernor, in Canada. Stealing or tampering with the poll books, shall be punished as felony. Clauses 1,2, 3, provides that no payment (except in respect of the per- sonal expenses of a candidate) and no ad- vance, loan or deposit, shall be made by or on behalf of any candidate at any elec- tion, before or during or after such elee— tion, on account of such election, othere wise than through an agent or agents,whose name or names, address or addresses, have been declared in writing to the Returning Officer, on or before the nomination day, or through an agent or agents to be ap- pointed in his or their place; and any person making any such payment, ad- vance, loan or deposit, otherwise than through such agent or agents, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A statement of all expenses is to be sent to the agent within one month after the election. A detailed account of the candidates ex- penses must be made out and sent to the Returning Officer within two montha after the election; and within fourteen days after its reception the Returniog Officer shall advertize it at the expense of the candidate. A false statement of account is to be punished as a misdemeanor. _ eo

Deatu or Hon. Cuartes MoPurrson.— We learn, with regret, that Hon. Charles McPherson, who has been in poor health fora longtime died last evening at his residence in Fredericton. Mr. McPherson sat in the House of Assembly prior to the | Union, and was at ene time Surveyor Gen- eral of the Province. He was again elect» | ed for York in 1870, at the General Elec. tion. He was a worthy and estimable man, of fine social disposition, and will be uni- _versally regretted, for he had hosts of friends all ovsr the Province,—St, John Telegraph,

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GOOD HEALTH.

“ The Guide-book to Health, Peace and Competence, or the road to Happy Old Age,by W. W. Hall, MD., New

York. Author of ‘ Soldier Health,’ ‘ Sleep,’ ‘ Journal of Health,’ etc., ete. D. Archibald, General Agent for P. BE. Island.

This is a useful book. thing more precious than good health.

It is one of God's best gifts, Bat how

lightly is it prized? How few take the

trouble to learn the simple laws of nature it ? antly and thoughtlessly drive it far from them—banish happiness suffer till their end of life?

This “‘ guide-book "’ should be studied.

It suggests thoughtfalness about health,

There is no-

which preserve How many ignor-

and

and dispels much of the ignorance which It is intelligible to all. It is full of useful hints, which may be What a boon it would be to Charlottetown, were its citizens and the

invites disease. acted upon by all.

corporation to act upon fo'low-

ing :

“ Hard water,” as it is commonly called, not only Jays a foundation for many lorment- ing chronic complaints , but it tails to soften meat and vegetables in preparing them for food; and for cleansing purposes it expense for additional soap or other alkaline substances, and increased labor in its appl cation.’

That the water of this city is ‘ hard,’ is demonstrated to every cleanly person every day. That it is unfit for drinking purposes,

involves

was declared by Professor Dana Hayes more than two years ago. Coun- try horses, of geod taste, will not touch it. —a physician—has water drawn from And yet

thousands of our citizens are compelled to

A prominené stock-raiser of the town Spring Park for his cattle.

which is ob- a

drink the “ slow poison’ tained from our street pumps In con- | versation the other day, of our most skilful doctors, admitted that the debility, fever, and diptheria which prevails, was to the bad True, many persons buy water But these aristocra to visit

one

due, in great part, use water. from the watermen. tic will not deign

gentlemen

the outskirts —the districts — of White, asked,

to take water to a house within the

poor the no

Waterman, Was,

four

the city. last times, limits of the city proper,—a one hundred yards out of

summer, less than

house not his regular route—and each time he refused the re- quest. This cirveumstance is mentioned for the special benefit of our City Coun- Dr. Hall says, ‘‘the first con- sideration soft water,” trust our City take steps towards supplying it to those

cillors.

is pure, and we

Fathers may immediately

who need it most—the poor people of the town. We advise our citizens (who have to contend against the influences of poi- sonous water) to buy Dr. Hall’s ‘* Guide to health,’’ and read it carefully. Those who are so fortunate as to reside in the should also obtain it.

country, They will

ICELA

trvee

ND.

Iceland, says James in the “Corns hill’? for May, is most easily described by negatives. There are no trees, though ap- parently there were plenty in the tenth century, when hear of men hiding | among them and being hanged by them. No corn is grown, nor any other crop, exs cept a few turnips and potatoes, which taste The only wild quadr upeds |

we

only halfsripe.

as the white bear now and then does, on icesfloes from Greenland), and the reindeer a century

the

—the latter introduced about ago and still uncommon, ranging over desert mountains. There is no town, cept the capital, a city of 1,500 people, no other place deserving to be called even a village, unless it be the hamlet of Akureyi, on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, with some | fifty houses ; no inn (save one in the vil»

single jug and basin, and a billiard table); no hens, ducks or geese, except wild geese : no pigs,no donkeys, no roads, no carriages no shops, no manufactures; no dissenters from the established Luthernism; no army, navy, volunteers, or other guardians of public order, except one policeman in| Reykjavik; no criminals, only two lawyers, and finally no snakes. ‘What, then, is there ?’ springs, volcanoes, lights, ravens, morasses, and above all, dess erts. Or rather—there is the desert! For Iceland—and this is a point which none of the books of travel bring out—Iceland is really one vast desert, fringed by a belt of pasture land which lies along the more level parts of the coast, and here and there runs up the valleys of the great rivers into the interior. And a desert in Iceland does not mean merely a land waste and solitary, such as large parts of Scotland and Ireland have become (especially since deer forests grew to be so profitable), but land that has always been and always be desolate—-land bare and drear, treeless, grasss less, where not a sheep or a pony can browse, and where

shrubless,

by consequence man can never plant his dwelling.

Of this great central space a part is oc- cupied by glaciers and snow fields. (ne tremedous mass, out of which the highest some four thousand sqauare miles, never been crossed, and never will be. mountains are not very high; level of perpetual snow is only some 3,000 feet above the sea, and the larger glaciers descend almost to the sea level. Other parts are filled by volcanic mountains, sures rounded by fields of rugged lava, sometimes like the great Oado Hraun, spreading over hundreds of miles, and not only barren but waterless. of black voleanic sand and pebbles, or, panse of bare earth, strewed with loose blocks of stone, from among which no herb springs, over which the nimble pony can hardly pick his way. one may have at least birch and willow, nestling, with a few tiny | ferns, in the chinks and hollows of the | mouldering rock, but on these stony wastes all is desolation—not a flower,

On the lava fields

not an

learn from it how to appreciate the pure air and water with which they are blessed.

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“PU N . BETTER THAN PHY. SIC.

A neat, well got up little book, with the above title on its back, and “ Every- body's Life Preserver,’”? by the well. known Dr. W. W. Hall, author of the “Journal of Health,’ “ Health by good | living,” ete. We can safely recommend to the heads of and, what is of more importance, the care— ful perusal of this work, What we like about itis its detestation of quacks and The maxims are the result of and a

families the purchase,

quackery. good sound sense, series of olser— vations derived from experience. great rocommendation is, that it is writ-

One

sect, not a bird, except the sombre raven, Odin’s companion; least of all, human presence. A far less imaginative people than the Icelanders might easily have peopled sueh a wilderness with trolls and demons.

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TERRIBLE DEATH.

his life in Salt Creek Township, Mason County, lil., recently, under very painful circumstances. Jt seems that he went into a well for the purpose of taking up a curbs ing. The well was dry, and some eighty feet deep. and he had succeeded in removs ing but a few pieces when the o'd curbing burst, and he was buried beneath about twenty feet of coarse gravel. sion of every one that he must have been killed immediately was natural. A large number of the neighbors were collected,

ten in that plain, simple style, so as to be | intelligible to the simplest capacity. We eannot do better in recommendation of the work, than to copy a few of the max- ims for getting and retaining health :-—

hence cricket,

We believe in fun more than physic, we ‘still live,” and lively as a too.

Heat rarifies all noxious gases and odors, and sends them to the clouds; these are most pernicious at sunrise and sunset; hence building fires in the family sitting-room at those hours, will, other things being equal, exempt families from epidemics, chills, and fevers, and perhaps even cholera itself.

Bearing about in one’s heart the sweet memories of a mother’s care, and affection, and fidelity, often has a resistless power, for

many a year after that dear mother has found her resting place in heaven, to res

strain the wayward and the unsettled from rushing into the ways of wicked and aban- | doned men.

Many a cold,

cough, and consumption are | excited into action by pulling off the hat or overebat as to men, and the bonnet and shaw] as to women, immediately on entering the house in winter, after a walk. An in. terval. of at least five or tem mHiutes should be allowed; for however warm or ‘ close ” the apartment may appear on first entering, it will seem much less so at the end of five minutes, if the outer garments remain as they were before entering. Any one who judiciously uses this observation, will find a multifold reward in the course of a lifetime.

We think that the perusal of the tore- going will have the effect of rendering the book acceptable to our readers,

NEARLY A FATAL RAILWAY ACz

CIDENT.

The train ran off the track at Blue- shank switch on Friday night last, and the fireman barely saved his life by jump- ing. On examination, it was found that the straps had been taken off, and the rails moved about six inches out of its place. When the engine came along, it, asa matter of course, ran off on the sleepers. Fortunately, the spot was mud- dy; or, in all probability, we should be now compelled to chronicle a fatal railway accident. There can beno doubt that the person who “ shifted the switch ”’— not a lunatic—did so with a maliguant design. The authorities will, we under- stand, make vigorous efforts to discover the scoundrel. We trust they may suc— ceed.

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How to Cook Ducks.—It came to pass that on one occasion agentleman hunter and a gourmand, too, stumbled across a wild man in his lair. With the hospitality of a savage, the wild maninvited the new comer to dine with him on a magnificent wild duck which he proposed roasting. It was a lovely sight to see how the noble bird, turning slowly before the fre, was just assuming a delicate golden tint. “Looks nicely, dose it not?” said the savage, “but I shan’t roast it.” In vaia‘did the guest plead for roast duck. Remorselessly the savage tore the bird from the spit, cut oft the legs, wings, divided up the bresat, and pitched all pell-mel] into a stew pot. Sad, even despairing, the hungry guest, a re- monstrance on his lips, saw the wild crea- ture thrown into the pot, apinch of salt, then a few whole peppercorns, two table- spoonsful of olive oil, then a half tumbler of Bordeaux wine, and last the juice of a lemon, Then the untamed man stirred it and let it simmer for half an hour. Some- what doubtfully the guests tasted the dish Oh! ecstacy, it was delicious! Full of en- thusiasm,that worthy man has disseminated

the receipt.

and efforts were directed to the recovery of the body. Owing to the danger of work-

| ing in the well, on account of the nature

of the soil and the difficulty of putting in | proper curbing, digging was notcommenced | until next morning- In the afternoon, the men in the well imagined they heard groans from the buried man, but this seemed so incredible that at first no reliance placed in the report. Work at night was

| impossible, from the danger to the diggers,

and consequently it was suspended at dark, but resumed again early on the second | morning. Over a hundred men gathered at the mouth of the well, when the diggers announced it as being an unmistakable facf that the man was still alive, and his groans were distinctly heard. The most despers ate efforts were made to reach, and if pos- sible, save him from his position and agony. As they got near to him the men in the well plainly heard the sufferer ing for death to relieve

earnestly prays him from his ex-

cruciating torment. ‘Death! Death! 0 Lord!’ he was heard to exclaim. About

three in the afternoon, when hope ran high, and he was almost reached, the attempt to remove some of the planks of the broken curbing caused a new caving in of a small amount of sand, and nothing more was heard, With almost superhuman labor he was at last reached about seven in the evening, but too late—the body was still warm, but life was extinct. The diggers succeeded im uncovering his head, but found the body pinned down by the fallen and broken curbing, and as night had set in, were obliged to relinquish their labor until morning. Next day labor was re- sumed, and the body was brought to the surface about noon. bruised, the left lung crushed, and the right hip bone driven apart from the backs bone by the timbers which had pinned him down.

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POLAND PROSPEROUS,

A remarkable instance of a country, in

spite of recent political convulsions, bes |

coming rich and prosperous, beyond the most sanguine expectations, is afforded in the case of Poland. The most trustworthy evidence of this is given by the report of Consul General Mansfield, which has just been made public. Polish fabrics of every kind ere gradually driving out of the market, both for the kingdom itself and the Empire of Russia in general, a vast number ofarticles of inferior quality hither- to imported from Germany, and the ins dustrial production for exportation into Russia is assuming very large proportions. In many cases the contractors can hardly meet the demands. Labor has risen in price in the same ratio, and active and in-~ telligent hands find ready employment at a remuneration quite owt of proportion with the price of living. The population is undergoing a steady increase, no emis gration takes place for America or else- where, and the number of Israelites who run away to escape military service, is more than counterbalanced by the return of exs iles from Russia, Siberia and abroad, under the provissons of various imperial amnesties, —London Paper,

are the blue fox (who has probably come, |

exX- j

lage whose resources consist of two beds, a |

Snow mountains, glaciers, hot | earthquakes, northern |

peaks of the Island rise, covers an area of | has | The | but then the |

The rest is an undulating waste |

perhaps, what is most dismal of all, an ex- |

shrublets of dwarf |

ins |

a sign of |

A young man named Hendrickson lost |

The conclu- |

was |

The head was found |

THE VICE REGAL SPEECH AND THE DOMINION VOLUNTEERS,

[From the Oltlawa Citizen.)

The graceful and

lelivered by His Excellency the

must prove pecu~

to the to

statesmanlike speech

Governoi

General on Monday last, jliarly gratifying, not only corps 'which it was more particulary addressed, but to the entire volunteer and militia the Dominion, There was a and honesty permeating every

thoroughly in keeping |

forces of manliness,

| sentence uttered

+! with the record of His arriving in Canada as the representative of

| Her Majesty the Queen. Himself in hearty

sympathy with the people, and possessing | | a great national sense of the responsibility of his position —a man of large and refined culture—Lord Dufferin, whilst ctmplimenting in the highest terms, th

regiment to which Her Excellency had but

experience

'an hour before presented a set of colors, | ae

was not utilize the presenting an oppor

| warm sympathy and regard for the forces

slow to event as one

tunity of expressing his

| throughout the various provinces. With | that candor which has already made him

| popular with the masses, a popularity not the

took occasion

circumstances of to tell

the country

alone achieved by

he the as

position, s and through them

emblage, at large, that he was aware in remoter diss tricts, and amongst a more scattered popu- tton, not exist facilities for frequent drill, nor the stimu. lus of repeated parades

where there do the same as at head-quars ters, we must be content with such a vary- ing standard of efficiency; but whatever allowances have to be made on that acs count, he felt certain that there was not a Canadian regiment between the Atlantic and the Pacific that was not animated with the same loyalty to the Queen, the same patriotism, the luty as were the oflicers and men of the “oot Guards. He hoped it would be un- derstood that in the pre vhich had taken place, there was no in,

same anxiety to do their

sentation of colors

iention of paying a capricious

to a peculiarly favored

compliment corps. And his lordship was right, when adding that he believed the men of that corps would be the first to resent any invidious distinctions; pr there esprit de corps manifested upon the part | of all Canadian volunteers highly creditable

is, and for years has been, an

| to them, and it is pleasing to know that this spirit is increasing, and will continue te increase, if a few envious appointed agitators do not, by their inter- ference mar the harmony existing. | The volunteers of Canada are too sensible,

critics or diss

now

| however, to allow petty considerations to destroy what is citizen soldiery,

| adjunct to the

fast

becoming a powerful and must prove a powerful regular forces should occas sion ever require active military service.

In evident allusion to events

which have | lately transpired, were the closing words

of his Excellency when remarking that he | was aware there were persons to whom al | display kind distasteful, and | who, inthe name of soscalled Republican simplicity, abolish ard sign and symbol of the great ‘imperium.’ | But on reflection he thou; ght this philosophy would be found faulty, and if pushed to its is of life

would destroy much of the ease, amenity At our-

of this was

would every outw

|

| logical conclusion in all the relatior

and decorum of social intercourse. all

like

events, a great historical people | selves, might be pardoned for clinging to those ancient usages which are the land marks of constitutional progress, and for this reason he thought it his duty to retain, without, however, adding to them in the slightest degree, the observances which he found established by his predecessors, in which the Foot Guards played so conspicu~ ous a part, and in doing so were acting in harmony with Canadian sentiment. His Excellency further said that, were it other- wise, he would of course be willing to mox dify the customary procedure, but the readers of history would remember that it was the least constitutional of European | monarchs who thought jack boots and a hunting coat a dress good enough to meet | Parliament in, and he was quite sure it was understood and felt whenever the Governor

General came down in State to open the that the forms through on that occasion, were parts of no idle and vain ceremonial, but the testation on the part of a proud and free people of their veneration for constitu»

se ssion, solemn gone

manis

| | tional Government, and of their deep sense of all that is implied in the annual rea | sembly of their representatives in the great Council of the Realm And without doubt the sentiment of Canadians is one favorable

Ss

| towards maintaining in most particulars the observances of the Mother Country, and | re-producing here, in so far as political and social limitations will permit, the admirable Those who, in attain public

system of Great Britain.

their desire to or political

ation of existing volunteer and military

arrangements, certainly commit a very graye error, and are responsible for an | attempt to create envy, ill-feeling and

ties of friendliness are observable. Tos

for any service, is to tell the volunteers

Foot and well

quires. The Governor General's Guards are a thoroughly trained disciplined body, and if there is one weak point about the volunteers of Canada, it is in lack of discipline. Here starts in‘life, ten chances to one at an early age, and knowing that the future depends upon himself, he naturally arrives at man» hood with the firm conviction that Jack is as good as his master, and it is difficult for him to divest himself of the same independence of feeling upon being called to fulfil the duties and obey the mandates of military law. For this reason, then, the man who fans ill.feeling, or encourages envy tween various regiments or arms of the service, does a grave wrong to society, The modern system of warfare exacts the strictest subordination, and it has been truly said that by subordination, as b#uni- versal intelligence, parts apparently the most averse and discordant, are operated on, and combined in the strictest unison with ease and advantage; the submission of individuals in every rank produces unis formity and energy in the whole, and en- ables the directing power to work for the public benefit, The kindly, well-timed remarks made by his Excellency the Gev- ernor General, should have the effect of dispelling any temporarily rising cloud, and should cause those who desire to act the role of agitators, to discover some real national grievance other than the existence of the Governor General’s Foot Guards. We sincerely trust that the speech in ques~ tion may exercise a beneficial effect over all classes, and particularly the volunteers and militiamen, and that with a representa- tive of Her Majesty ready to co-operate at all times with the people in solving the problem of national progress, those in power and those out of power may work in harmony towards building up a great nationality—not only a dependency but an

ally of the mother country—on this side the Atlantic,

a Canodian

be-

GERMANY “AT PEACI Pall Mall Gazetle remarks : Society and all respectable enthusi-

The “The Peace : usts who believe in early disarmament will

learn with some regret that the increasing

Krupp at Essen has made it necessary *

him to advertise for a gigantic loan for

he carries on in the manufacture of guns.

500,000, ecured

(he amount to secure is £1,

Excellency since |

on the works as a first charge, and bearing

live per cent. intere eet; but the issue of the t allotment of £900,009, which was to be

six,

it

closed on Tuesday, was made at ninety

notoriety, commence by sapping the founds

*“Y | he has not lived in vain, —[* that in Canada we ‘have regiments adapte od | | in The Danbury ees)

at | large that they must strive to emulate the example set by such corps, and must en- | troublesome “Finance Minister’ deavor to become efficient and able to co. | time—Secretary Richardson,

: fa k ind the special attraction offered vo capita

development of the enormous works of Kerr | | for

the | has completed his Spri

peci: il enlargment of the prolit ible business |

| Pei