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QUEEN'S COUNTY JA?ZL.

ceded By bright anticipations or suc ceeded by pleasing reflections. The pi son in which born

pelled to live in ‘ durar may expiaic their

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free men

4 Val —_— or pay euliarly-—an

aspect,

Queen’s Cou Jatl is not; we su pose, more repulsive in a] th other jails. But, sit l ‘

Pownal Squar Imost “in

the city—with all the liberty loving, li-

berty-enjoying people of Charlottetown

just ottside its walls—it is very apt to

lly painful

ful and

awaken strange and unusu

ent

feelings in the mind ofa thou

sensitive observer. In most other cities,

prisons are situated in retired s

some

away from the busy haunts of men.

placing our jail in such a public th

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fare, its founders perhaps, thougl

that it would be a standing warnings to all who might in the future be tempted to evil. If so, they were,

Aoubtless, wise ia their own ¢ But, as we shall pres: “ wofully missed their mark.’

ntly

,

Notwithstanding th

ful feeling which its ay irance m n- gender, our jail is not, by any means, a horrib I i i in fact, rather pleasing to many individua's of the class from which criminals are ordinarily drawn. The high, dark walls within which it is enclosed, its massive cage-like windows, the heavy old-fashioned locks and bars, the sombre iron portal—over

which it might seem to the innocent and sensitively fearful, are written the words, “ABANDON Hope YE WHO ENT:R Hekg ’’—have no terrors tor those who have onve tasted the sweetness of oatmeal and molasses within its walls.

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In truth, the appearance of the jail is one of its greatest drawbacks ; its appearance, considering that it has

weathered the storms of forty-four winters

and even

is not, we should imagine, very repulsive |

insid

to those to whom it is familiar.

the walls, there is a spacious yard around | Here | the ‘ immared ones’ can, during certain | ‘third is in the yatd. The Local Govern- |

which is a clean well kept walk.

periods of each day, disport themselves and promenade. stones to be cracked, nor heaps of oakum

to be picked. From the moment a ma’e- |

factor enters cur jail, till the moment he leaves it, he is exempt from labor. In Halifax, and other cities we might men- tion, prisoners are compelled to work for

the good of their country, and for the purpose of defraying their prison ex- penses. We, more generous, condemn our criminals to a life of reereation and re- pose, freely furnishing wholesome rations

* ; and strengtn.

to keep them in health The jail proper is in excellent order. The floors were,.on the day we visited

Th

it, scrupulously clean. warm aud cemfortable. lowing coal fires burned There was an absence—except in oue rcom—of that peculiar, close, dissgreeable smell—

y e rooms were G

hearth.

on every

which is invariably found in company with dirt, heat, and bad The Keeper of the jail is evidently the right man in the right place. and cells of the institution were in pleas— ing contrast with those of the Poor House

ventilation.

The rooms

when we visited it; and the prisoners, of whom there are now only about twenty, are comfortable and idle, improving in appearance and gaining in strength.

They are permitted to club together— three or four in a room —and, they enjoy themselves after a fashion.

doubtless,

ying.

There are no means of classifying. th Wh n Y tty

| J fuli, old and young, hardened criminals,

m

in the cells the j il is re

and neophytes in rascality, ali live to—

gether instead of being a place of

punishment, is After three or

aschool for scoundrels.

four months’ confinement, during which | they are boarded at the public expense, |

and enjoy a long unbroken rest, they leave the jail—fetter and stronger than

when they weut in—with all their prison |

lessons —ail the experiences of their com-

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panions—all the latest improvements in villiany fresh in their memories!

What is the result ? ing a wholesome dread of prison life and discipline, they are firmly impressed with the belief that jail is not such a bad place after all; and instead of endeavoring to reform, they outdo their old crimes—are

Instead of hav=

again caught, and again condemned to}

repose and recreation—to cat aud drink at the public expense—for a longer period than before! _ But the evil does not end here. The ambition to be a “ jaildbird ” under good treatment, is very apt to spread, A man, just out of prison, goes home to his friends. They cannot help remarking his greatly improved appear- anee, It may be that he went to jail unhealthy and lean—‘used-up,’ as the saying is—by intemperance, midnight orgies, and perseverance in rascality. He comes out, smooth of face, soft of hand, healthy and piump; to tell his boon companions how pleasantly he has rested, and how well he has fared. Is it not natural that such an example should influence the actions of persons who, in all likelihood, fare very badly at home and who, unfettered by precepts of morality, would gladly commit some bold crime so that they may eseape the daily stragzle for a hard and bare sustenance? Is it not plain, thatif men who were bang: ed,could return to their friends, at the end of four or six months, very greatly im- proved in looks—stronger and healthier than they were before the noose was ap- plied, the gallows would be robbed of lj its terrors, and murders would increase in number? Is it not obvious, that by the treatment now zccorded criminals on this Island, a premium is virtually placed on ‘erime? that iawlessness is a lottery in which there are no blanks? For the successful law breaker gains his cnd whatever it is} the unsuccessful one gains three, four, six or twelve months board at tion theown in.

A visit toany jail is not generally pre- |

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There are no piles of

Naturally enough, ihe prison, |

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ies everywhere. ; sometimes

FOR SSE CLEA Re ee ee - - ; «° — 7” , IW PPLRVUPNTAT VE" 3 Of late, our people hare beea alarmed | “OUR DUAL REPRESEN TATIVE | by outrages on the streets of ee city ane) Even “ Our Dual Representative him- ! : EE Se r es “93 : : a | the roads of the Province. The alarm self will, we think, admit that the “paid Ce ; Te | has, jad few instances, almost reached a ; Oy : | ptthic ; and the hardware merchants of ithe town have done a thriving busi-| |. , ° Chis ¢— !ness in revolvers. It cannot be denied ithat erime is on the inerease in this x uni I 3, we think, obvious |.) ae a a Po r ar . wree Why is it not unlawful? Let us state senane ee . | the facts. When the bill introduced by : 1k h +} law is 1 { : yf r P % ei ‘ _ oe sant > ; se the Hon. Senator Provineial ne cretary, v tol roper prison, ane : . oe a io which dual r ntutlon was con- e ene demned, was before the Legislature last Dj % Session, cach member of both houses, , \ means of pun-| , . ‘ = 1 | either expressed himself as opposed to oO crim ave not me i cs ees * Dual hepresentation, ° or, by his si— ire cor- |, me cote ol | lence, tacitly assented to the principle of | L Government ee a ae wee : the Bill. The L r oi the Oppositic n | till ovid i id ji y for all | : : ae } cis , | and his y, however, took exception to | vyho are condemaed, whether in the} ee : al : eee ee | the proviso that the bill ehould not go he Mayor s Court. |

Supreme Court or in t eich r. The | is bound to punish all who are, in the

Dominion Government is |

‘ ROP See | Supreme Conrt, convict od of high crimes and

The City own assisted, }

iad-

misdemeanors perhaps, by a grant ot the Local Legis »

iv C=

ture—should maintain a prison and hick

bic

ry in which condign punishment } ft |

be inflicted on all found guilty of

t mate

hOLUGa

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p y offene in the Mayor’s Court We]

shall enla n this topic in future |

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| CASCUMPEC. } All or Cascum

; . | W rye unde d, has th year |

b t twelve tio n ainount what

|

it five years Oats bas ranged in

pi from 40 cents to 45 cents ; barley |

ie 2:2 butter 2

10 cents.

from 60 cents to 60 cent

20

statoes from |

‘ 2 { . 2 + 18 cents to cents: z Cents;

beef from 6 cents to In the | the lead merchant. B, Roger Mathewson Clark, M. Foley, N. | Woodside, G. R. Montgomery, A. Larkin, R. N, Weel

eks, = , each driven a good trade.

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village of Alberton, Senator Howlan takes | | as | ’ ’

8, | and . and one or two more, have | At { Wharf, several new buildings have been |

ascumpec |

They ought not, we think, to provide for |

| Both Houses remained firm

| when

| officials

into operation until after the present House of Assembly should cease to ex- ist; and contended that, as the House so unanimously condemnec Dual Representa- tion avd as Dual Representation , was so clearly inimical to the “ Independence of Parliament,” it should not be tolerated the session in which the Bill was

In the Assembly, the Opposi-

alter passed tion was overborne; and the Bill pass-

ed a third reading. The Legislative

| Council, however, sustained the views of

| Opposition ; and the Bill was thrown out.

the major.

was unconstitutional and unprecedented

egislate a membcr out of his seat by

reating a dis ibility which did not exist

he was elected; the majority in

the Upper House maintaining that it was s “ neither anconstitutional nor unprecedent-

jed—and that ‘‘ Dual Representation

shouid be abolished immediately. It is but right to add that with the question of “ Dual Representation” was mixed up the question of allowing certain Local remaio the floor of the

to on

House.

| ity in the Lower House maintaining that it |

| distinet positions ‘ “C6 , »j fn nm £ 1onest | 2 . abroad you will find men of equal honesty, | 000 or $40,000. equal earnestness, equal intelligence, rang: |

i, rm es Me — caw ae ‘as TYDALUS FAITH. ~~ MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Tyndall produced an immense im~ pression by his Belfast deliverance, and the occasion has been improved by both believ-

organs’? defence of his anomalous posi- | ers and unbelievers to revile or exult at the tion is very weak indeed. It amounts to | able exposition of the range and history of that the position oceapied by Hon. | science given by the celebrated lecturer. Senator Provincial Secretary Haviland, | A lecture which he has recently delivered at M.P.P. and M,E.C., is not unlawful, | Manchester, takes the ground from under

his too hasty admirers and his too violent opponents, and sets him right with the world in so far as Atheism is concerned, Speak- ing of the Crystaline and Mollecular 'o ces in his usually eloquent manner, he said :—

| We are surrounded by wonders and myster-

I have sometimes —not but often—in the springtide watched the advance of the sprouting leaves, and of the grass, and of the flowers, and observed the general joy of opening life m nature, and I have asked myself the

| question—Can it be that there is no being

or thing in nature that knows more about these matters thanI do? Do I in my ignorance represent the highest know- ledge of these things existing in this uni- verse? Ladies and gentlemen, the man who puts the question 4o himself, if he be not a shallow man, if he be a man capable of being penetrated by a profound thought, will never answer the question by professing the creed of Atheism, which has been so lightly attributed to me.” And then, with respect. to the all-important question—Are there the same forces which give rise to the phenomena of life in the vital organism ?--he declines to answer it fully, but makes the following weighty res marks upon the attitude of the two hostile parties :—‘‘ Here there are two perfectly and

ing themselves on two opposite sides in relation to this question. Which are right and which are wrong is, I submit, a question for grave consideration, and not for abuse and hard names. 1 am afraid that many of the fears that are now entertained on these subjects really have their roots in a kind of scepticism. It is not always those who are charged with scepticism that are the real sceptics—and I confess it is a matter of

| some grief to me to see able, useful, and

On this cireumstance,the ‘ paid organs’ | courageous men, running to and fro upon

rest the defence of Senator—Provinciz]

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|

the earth, wringing their hands upon the

put up, and a private wharf eommenced. | Secretary Haviland, M.P.P. and M.E.C.! | threatened destruction of their ideals, I

At

: } oa - business had been carried on, over

sixty |

years ago by the late John Hill—a point, | by the way, of which au interesting ro- | mance might be written—the Hon. J. C. | Pope has erected -an excellent Steam Saw | Mill. Under the same roof, and driven by | the same engine, are Shingle and Planing |

machines, besides the usual machinery for |

Two ships |

carrying on a Barrel Factory.

are on the Stocks, and the frame of a}

ment are opening the streets opposite the harbor, according to « plan to be seen in the Land Office. In doing so they are |

acting wisely. There is no better spot

on this Island for the erection of country | seats than is to be found along any of | We

visit Cascumper. Outside of Summerside,

those streets. adyise to

santa li caplbaiists

it is the first place for business in Prince | County. As a healthy and cheerful local- ity for a summer residence, it takes the first rans in this Provine: The soil is

dry. Surf bathing, anzling, and other

healthy exercises ean be fully enjoyed. It | is free from fog, impure water and mos- quitoes.

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TELEGRAPHIC.

The Newfoundland correspondent of the Halifax Cilizen, writes:— “I am in a position to state, on the most unquestion- able authority, that the British Government have decided not to disallow the Canadian Marine Telegraph Act, but to refer it. back to Canada for final settlement. It is need- less to say that this is a great triumph to the cause of free telegraphy ; for there can be no doubt that when the settlement of the matter is left to the Dominion Legis- | lature, the decision will be adverse to the |

cause of the monopolists. The interests of

Canada, and indeed of civilization, demand

that a speedy termination be put to the

|monoply in Newfoundland. The decision of the British Government is, in one respect,

highly satisfactory it shows that the alle- |

gations of the monoplists regarding the

character of the Act as being an infringe-

ment of vested rights, and a virtual confiss

| cation of private property, were without foundation, and were merely the utterances of interested parties. After the fullest in- | vestigation, the British Government ‘“de- cline to disallow,’ and thereby virtually pronounce the Act constitutional. Had it |involved any interference with vested rights, it would of course have been disal-

|lowed. In referring it back to Canada, with the intimation that the dominion is at | liberty to settle it as its legislature sees | best, the British Government give unmis~ | takable intimation of their wish that the | Act should become law. The hint was | hardly needed, for the Government and | people of Canada are determined, if we may | judge by the utterances of the leading or- | gans of public opinion, that the Act shall | be placed on their statutestook. I presume it will be necessary to re-introducé the Bill at next session of the legislature, and we | may hope to see it put through at an early period. There will be need, however, of vigilance and firmness on the part of the Government. Every effort will be put forth, by this wealthya nd powerful corpora- tion,—the Anglo-American Company — to defeat the Act in the Canadian Legislature, for they clung to their monopoly with a death-grasp. Their agents will be at work, just as they have been here, to create an interest in their behalf, and there will be no scruples as to the means to{be employ- ed. Letus hope that the press of Canada will keep the matter ;xomptly before the public, and so enlighten the minds of the people, on the subject, that secret manipu- lations will be vain. Canada, in common with the rest of the western world, wants free communication with Europe, and until the shores of Newfoundland are free for telegraphic enterprise, this cannot be had. This injurious monopoly must be swept away, and it rests now with Canada iv do the work, for there is no chance of its being done here at present.” a

Mr. Manoan Rowe has been appointed Collector of Customs at Montague Bridge, instead of Mr. Richard W, Sprague. This is hardly in accordance with the public promise given to Hon. Geo. W. Howlan, by the leader in the Senate at Uttawa, that no more of the Island officials would be dis» missed without a just cause. It may be a'leged that Mr. Sprague could not hoid the office as he is an importer of goods; but that philosophy will nor work, as ir. Rowe is an importer also. Party spirit must be however be looked to, and although we rex gret Mr. Sprague’s dismissal, knowing him to be, from experience, a competent and obiiging official, we trust that his successor will if possible, try and imitate his predeces~ sors obliging manner and style, or at least

| the Legislature disputec

| technicality in the bill-

position, its contrariety to che spirit of our ‘onstitution, to the letter of the law in Nova Seotia and Ontario; to the sense of our representatives convened, all hang in the single fact that the two parties in } 1

s about

a

introduced by

| Mr. Haviland himself—to secure the In-

dependence of Parliament by abolishing Dual Representation. - > + ame +e

DESPERATE STRUGGLE.

AN AMBUSCADE AND COMBINEL ATTACK—A SPIRITs ED HORSE AND A MAN BADLY iINJURED.— ROUGH AND TUMBLE CONFLI'T IN A WAGGON,

On Friday last, about half-past eight or nine o clock in the evening, Mr. William S.

| Glover, of Sammerside, was quietly driving | near

“Three Mile Run,’ North River Road —when suddenly, without a moment’s

| warning, six or seven men leaped from a | clump of bushes on the roadside, and rush- |

ed upon him. was their attack that even had he firearms (which he had not) he would hardly have been able to draw them before two men were by his side in the wagon, and two more were grasping the reins at his horse’s head, The horse was a spirited and pow. erfulanimal, A single lash with the whip was sufficient to set him offat full speed. The mon on the road were soon left far bes hind; and Mr. Glover had only the two as- sailants in the waggon to contend with. Dropping the reins on the dashboard, he grappled with them, and fought bravely; but although young, strong and active, he was no match for his opponents. They throttled and jammed him against the back of the waggon seat. One of the men dealt iwo severe kicks (with his knee) in tbe ab~ domen on the right side, just under the ribs, and he was powerless. The villians then proceeded to strip him, tearing his coats, vest and shivit off his back,and mal- treating his person in a most shocking manner. As the horse had paid no atten

mere |

So sudden and unexpcted |

| Ni eniin Patel whire sondatabiel se. . : 7 : Caseumpee Point, where considerable | yj, inconsistemcey, the singularity of his |

would say, if I dared, to such men; 1 would exhort them to cast owt such scepti- cism, for this fear has its root in scepticism.

In the human mind we have the substratum | ally we have had a deluge.

of all ideals, and as surely as string responds to string when the proper note is sounde«, so surely, when words of truth and noble. ness are uttered by a living human soul, will those words have a resonant response in other souls ; and in faith I abide, and in this way I leave the question.”

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DISRAELI AT GUILDHALL.

On November the 9th, being Lord Mayo’s day in London, the usual civic Banquet took piace at Guildhall. Mr. Disraeli and his cabinet were of course the beroes of the evening. Last year the Homericand eccle- siastical chief of the Liberals replied for Her Majesty’s ministers ; this year Vivian Gray performed that duty. The premier seems to have got his refractory brood down into the city in strong force, the only prominent member of the cabinet absent being the Duke of Richmond; and after the snubbing he receivea last session we are nov surprised at his absence. The Marquis of Salisbury has got over his chief's scolding with the magnanimity of a Cecil, and Mr. Disraeli rewarded him with an elaborate patting on the back. It must have been edifying to see the Tory lion of the Upper House re- clining in peace with the new Conservative fox--we can hardly say Lamb—of the Low- er. Mr. Goschea seems to have been the only prominent Liberal there, and his pres-~ ence was, of course, due to the fact that he is one of the members for the city. Mr. Disraeli’s speech is the only one of which we havean abstract by cable. There is not much in it, perhaps, but some of the Sphinx’s utterances are ominous enough. To suppose that the Premier could leave out the ‘ Conservative working-man ’ would be to imagine an impossibility, Yet no- body would guess, @ priori, how he could be linked with military conscription, Prince Bismarck, and Count Von Arnim. Let us|

| quote a line or two: —“ The working classes

tion to their cries of ‘‘whoa, whoa” they |

were by this time quite near the city ; and they thought it convenient to leave in a hurry by the way they came, Mr. Glover, in some way reached the * Dominion House ’ Great George Street, and Dr, Taylor of this city, was immediately sent for. He found the wound in his patient’s sidea very dans gerous one—and shoud inflammation set in it will not unlikely prove fatal. Under cureful treatment, however, he hopes this will not be the case.

Mr. Glover knows neither of the assail~ ants, nor does he understand the motive which prompted the attack, He only had some five or six dollars upon his person and they were not taken.

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HING MATCH,

PLOUG

[For the Examiner .]

A ploughing match in connection with the King’s County Exhibition, took place in the vicinity of Montague Bridge, on ‘onday the 19th inst,, under the supers intendence of the Commissioners, resi- dent in this vicinity. It is much to be regretted that the attendance of competi- tors was so small, more particularly in the boys class, who are expected to benefit more bya ploughing match than their seniors. The ploughing was considered good. Too much cannot be said in praise of the little lad on'y 14 years of age, who took the first prize in the ovy’s class.

The following prizes were awarded : ~

John Menchin, New Perth, Ist

prize, $38.00

John McGregor, Union Road, 2nd do 6.50 John Annear, Montegue, 38rd do 4.50 Daniel Dewar, do 4th do 3.00 Alfred Campbell, do 5th do 2,00 Peter A. Dewar, do 6th do 1.00

BOY'S CLASS.

Daniel Campbell, Montague prize,

Ist £5.00 THOS. ANNEAR, Secretary, pro tem. Montague, 12th Noy., 1874.

Exronts. — The Steamer Princess of Wales took the {gllowing freight from ihis port for Point du Chene, Tuesday, Nov. 17 :~-14 horses, 30 p’kgs. removals, 3 pais carriage wheels and axles, 51 bbls pork and 15 half bbls fish,

And also from Summerside as follows— 68 bbls oysters, 3 bbls vegetables, 3 bbls meal, Xc., 3 bbis and 4 half bbls fish, 23 bbls pork, 6 carcasses pork, 20 bags oats, 25 tubs butter, 4 cases eggs, 10 p’kgs. re- movals, 1 case poultry, 3 cases sundries, i7 cases containing 343 live geese, i8 pairs ducks and 13) sheep.—Patriot

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Sr. Anprew’s Day.—Monday next is St, Andrew’s Day. A_Literary and Musical Entertainment, under the auspices of Vic- toria Lodge, Free Masons, will take place at Mason Hall, Water Street, in the even- ing. Admission 25 cents. The members of Caledonia Ciub will entertain themselves at 8 o'clock st Dinner in St, Lawrence Hotel,

came as near to it as he can,

of Great Britain inherited rights and privi- leges not yet possessed by the nobility of | other lands, They had no fear of arbritary | Ministers and domiciliary visits............Al- though the service of the Sovereign was open to all, no ove was liable to be drawn unwillingly frem his. home employments.”

Then, asa finishing stroke on foreiga af- fairs, we are told that “ Although it would be trifling with the truth to assert that the state of the continent showed no cause for anxiety, yet the Government believed in the maintenance of peace, for which all the great Powers are anxious.’ In other words —the only cause for anxiety in Europe would appear to be the fact that all the Powers are anxious to keep the peace. If the truth be.true, there can be no cause for disquietude ; ‘ail’ being anxious to avoid war, we would think there could be no great difficulty in doingso. Ifany one but Mr

Disraeli had uttered these words they would have startled the country; it does not ap- pear, however, that the three-perscents have perceptibly depreciated. After in- dulging in these little rhapsodies about the freedom which the British workman enjoys from domiciliary visits, arbitrary sinisters, and compulsory service -words which may come home to some of the foreign diplo. matists clustered round the Lord Mayor's mahogany— the Premier introduced the Colonial question. The cable says that “ Referring to the recent outcry for the separation of the Colonies, he distinctly de> clared himself ia favor of the maintenance of the integrity of the Empire. He quoted the annexation of the Fiji Islands as a proof that the Government was resolved to con.

solidate the Empire and establish identity of interest and sympathy with the colonies.’ ‘Lhe latter statement, owing to the necess sities of telegraphic abbreviation, is some~ what vague : but the former is so satisfac« torily explicit that if it does not convince the Globe that the disruption of the Empire is contemplated, it only proves that one rule of interpretation is applied to Mr.

Disraeli s assertions, and another to those of Mr. Geldwin Smith.-—Toronfo Nation.

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Fires,—Two large Mills at Turner's Point (near St. John) were consumed last week and property, including shooks, laths, pickets, etc., to the value of $40,000 were destroyed.

Wreck. — Messrs. Jas. W. Carmichael & Co.on Tuesday received a telegram an. nouncing the loss of the Barque S/. Paul, Capt. Graham, on the Newfoundland coast, She is a total wreck. The crew were saved. She had some insurance on her.— Eastern Chronicle.

Tue Picrov CoLurrys.~—The shipments from the collierys in Pictou County, from 4th May to 3lst October, were as follows: Acadia 55,599 tons ; Albion, 84,731 tons, Ip 53,299 tons, Nova Scotia,

if you will look | | messenger, robbed the safe of some $30,s

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tercolonial, 43,004 tons ; Vale, 32,630-—Hz, Citizen,

The Archbishop of Tours is dead.

Ex-Marshal Bazaine is at Lisbon, on his way to Madrid, where he proposes to resicle.

Snow fell last week in Ontario to the depth of over three feet.

Ice is rapidly forming in the bays an coves of the Hudson river. :

Austriaand Russia have agreed to ap- point a commission to define their bound~ aries,

It 1s said that Tennyson has received $300,000 from his publishers for the sale of his poems.

Shipbuilders and proprietors of engine works on’ the Clyde have decided to re- duce wages.

‘The first English church erected within the walls of the city of Rome was recently opened for public worship

At Liverpoolrecently, Charles Cullen and Henry Morton, for robbery with violence, were each sentenced to seven years servi- tude and 25 lashes.

The Prussian Governmen: declines a re- vision of the boundry line between their dominion and Russia.

A report comes throngh Vienna of an unsuccessful attempt to murder the Czar. Several arrests have been made in connec» tion therewith at Moscow.

Complete anarchy prevails in Khiva. The Khan’s Council declare Khivan auton- omy a fiction and the aid of Russia indis- pensable for the maintenance of order.

The insurrection in Argentine is on the decline. Gen. Mitre is retreating south~- ward with 4 000 men, and 16,000 to 18,000 Government troops are in active pursuit.

Adespatch from Coleutta announces a disastrous collision in Hoogly. both vessels sinking. Steamers have been sent to the scene of disaster, There are no further particulars.

Last week five masked men entered the express car between Port Credit and Tors onto, and having gagged and bound the

The New Orleans steamship Empire over- loaded with sugar and molasses, sunk at her wharf, foot Center$street, New York. It is reported that thirty or forty lives were lost.

Recent heavy rains have swollen the rivers and streams in North Lancashire so that considerable tracts of country are in- undated and much damage has been done,

The colonies of Western and South Aus- tralial both havea surplus of revenue over expenditures, the aggregate amount being about $250,000. The Government of West- ern Australia anticipates a surplus of about

| $115,000 in 1875.

The N. Y. Herald, speaking of the pre« vailing pleasant autumnal weather, says :— A more remarkable autumnal season than this, atmospherically or politically considers ed, can hardly be recalled in the recollec. tions of the oldest inhabitant. Meteoro- logically the season has been dry, but politic-

The Republican troops are burning Car- list houses right and left along their line of march The country, which is under snow, is covered with homeless women and children, burnt out by the victorious troops.

varre, where the latter are concentrated

Disraeli has been re-elected Rector of the University at Glasgow by 700 votes, against 500 for Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Conservative students protested against the election of Emerson because he was a fors eigner and the Liberals against the choice of Disraeli because of undue influence in his favor of Professors in the University.

A gentleman in Boston owns the oldest umbrella, Ee says:—I have now in my possession an old, green silk umbrella, pre- sented by my grandfather to his wife when they commenced housekeeping, in 1767, in Halifax, N.S. Emigrating to Massachu- setts in 1776, he'took sides with the patriots, and had a new handle attached to his um- brella, kearing the design of an eagle, sur- rounded by thirteen stars. The frame and handle are ina state of perfect preserva- tion.”

A despatch tothe Pall Mall Gazelte from St. Petersburgh says Russia has issued an- other circular note to the European powers requesting to be informed of the pomts in the protocol, signed it the Brussels Con- ference, which they desire revised, amends ed or omitted. The Russian Government also suggests another International Confer- ence next year.

Goop For Taz Saitors.—We are enabled to state that it is the intention of the Lords of the Admirality to reward all the “Blue Jackets’ who were employed during the late Ashantee War with 30 days’ pay, being the sam* mode of compensation as that which was adopted towards their >rethern 0; the sister service. Some time, however, may elapse before the payement can be made, owing to the way in which the men are scattered about the world.—Army and Navy Gazette.

Acz axp Worx.--History furnishes us with many instancesof men who come under the deseription of old men who have pers formed their best archievements during the last years of their lives. William Cullen Bryant, whose - eightieth, birthday was reached on Tuesday, is still hard at work and is as vigorousin mind and as capable of performing good work as ever. Gen. Dix is over 75, and performs 16 hours of mental iabor in his office daily, sound in mind and body. Lord Palmerstcn was in

his greatest mental and bodly vigor at 70. |,

Thiers ruled France when he was over 80 and is stillas vigorous as ever. Von Moltke planned the Prussian campagn when he was over 70, and is still in the en-

joyment of sound bodly health, with a mind

unimpaired, Commodore Vanderbilt, at about 80 is prosecuting a gigantic railway enterprise, and personally managing the largest estate in America. A. T. Stewart personally manages the largest mercantile trade on the continent atthe age of 170. Lord Lyndhurst was over 90-when he was chancelor of England,

Tunes Not GensxaLty Kxown.-—That the Plays of Shakespeare were written by Bacon to pass the time when he was out of office. That Oliver Cromwell was the author of Paradise Lost, but published it under tive name of his Latin Secretary. as he thought a beneath the dignity of the Lori

igh Protector. That a faithful servant was beheaded in the place of King Charles the First, who is passing his venerable old ege inapartmentsassigned to him in Hamp~ ton Count Palace. That Julius Crsar-cross- ed the Thames in a boat built specially for him by Salter of Oxford. That Dr. Johnson was Junius. That the Bishop of Lincoln is the owner of George Frederick. That Sir Wilfred Lawson is a sleeping part: ner in the firmof Bass and Co. That the the Pope has sent a golden rose to Mr. Newdegate, in return for his persistent ad- vocacy of the Confessional. That Fijiis so called because its inhabitants are fidgets. That the gunpowder explosion was arrang- ed to furnish several novelists with a tre mendous incident. That Lord Elcho is to be madea Prefect of the Metropolis, with ful liberty to tlaussmannize it. That the moon is inhabited by mites.— Punch,

A Noste Prussian Fencing Master.— The Berlin correspondent of the Pall Mail (azetle says, apropos of the reports cf the Von Arnim affair: “Count Arnim comes of obstinate stock, and is not the first of his race who got into difficulties with the Government. In 1848 another Count Arnim, then a major in the Kings Guards, sided with the Liberals, and on being threatened with a court-martial went of and joined tae Hungarian insurrection. For this he was sentenced to death in contumacium for treason ; and being unable to return to his own country, went and settled in London, where he has been earning his living for the last five and-twenty years under an assumed name, In 1858, when Prince Frederick William came to marry the Princess Royai, his Higbnes wished to remonstrate with the exiled nobleman, and, if he evinced re-

ntance, intercede tc get him pardoned ; ut the Count on been sent for to Prussia House, answered that if the Prince desired to see him on business he could come to his fencing-rooms at any hour when the lessons were not going on. At the outbreak of the last war, however, the Count wrote to offer his sword to the King; but he was ge td ces before ae would accep must purge his contumacy,

a process which would have necessitated three menths’ preliminary imprisonment and a possible resentencing to five yezis’ fortress at the new trial. So. he refused, and continued to be a fencing-master, though doubtless few of his English all os cut trust

suspect that they are learning aie pean he nae. an service,

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