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NOW. THR ARROGATION OF THE RECI-| Prom the statement that after completing his PROCITY ‘TREATY It\8 WORKKO IN Cosar, the Freach Eauperor proposes to write CANADA : ' ~ bingraphies of Charlemagne, Philippe Augustus,

re aes ws Louis XI. aed Lows XIV., it would seem that

Napoleon [EL tituself dues not cvnsider bie life in

The. Toronto Leader hae the folbowtug interest- >. ' : th ‘imuediate danger.

ing rewarke on thie subject? me __ 2.

© La reference te lar ber, the trade tw this article | Mere Biewn & Sams and C. A. Rohineon, never wasdetier in the Gietery of thie provinge. Rag... livery stable proprietors, and direerora of [fit wae more profitable at any petted, that wae ii 'Se John's Pleasure Ground Association, filly becatiar the distance between Ghe foreate and the lendorse the Cavalry Condition Powders, onl

market was net eo great as nuw, but even that bwill use their wfluence te have them used ex-|

pocorn n+ ree cannery = ~ rr lelusively op their track the conmug season, vastly itereaced fae of itera nespertas | tow whtgh we now have, Reepecting the trade | yy caian in London isunder arrest for beating in corvald’ the poditios ie equally gratifying and |) husband to death

bopefet, Thewgt it mst be admitted that the - CORRESPONDENCE.

duty of as pbustel tas been a detriment to the lrade inf Watley, and has Feduced the price which the grower would have received, yet Chet nen en em een NPR PN OL reduction bas been tht eight: and wight possibly have Geen aubupited. te even without the duty, | A radical and met impertant and alse gratifying | chatge hae been effected in the trade im bread- stuffs! Dvetead of the markets of Malfax and St Juin being eupplied with Qeur ax formerly trem Music, whether vocal or instrumental, has the Attentic ett.ee wt the oe 4 ow i | Decome—in all well-informed, intellectual, re- turve would indicate that abo | tworthirds of their supplies are being drawn tran Canada, The dr- . mand frow that source already bears an impertanl | necessary of life; aad though in many places influence on the direetion of prices with us, and : it aveine now qaile certaiti that these lewer pre ete vinges Will be in anotier seaeen, if proper tactl- | as rapidly as dues the desire to improve a town ties for carriage are obtained at low rates, wholly | supplied by us, and the quantity required tor this | utpese will be equal te ear cotire surplus, It j as therefore ore . — aoe bad |Perbars with # much larger population, anc that we tan not 0 ice cyoy undeminishe prosperity. treat 4 noe treaty) The Americans | lage already su iw the lose of a large carrying trade, in the loos of profile as middirunen the flour trade between ne aud the lower provinces, ip the enhanced prices | they are paying for our iuanber a ad other products, and w a large falling off in eur nnuperte ol western corn, wheat, and perk, resulting from the Caua- dian duty on Uheae articles, which duty is a result of the refusal of reciprocity. All things taken mite ageduagt, tt ds net, therefore, a matter of sur- price that we find egme leading journals and | be thinkege aailating =? at . ” Ages naga yee such results accrue from their labours! : * > ow) ‘ oe bein na ones ‘date, ainda | Not the labours of a year or two, but those of desire te rewew the treaty, we will be able to do | many years: a study commenced, perhaps, in enemas paren e i. jearly childhved and ended only with the life

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For tHe Examryen.

MUstc AND MUSICAL TEACHERS.

iGned and educated communities—almost a

buildings, gardens, o1

hy new and handsome g

intellectual institutions, yet ia other places,

having better musical advantages, an almost

. n is evineed: or, if musie be cultivated at all—

it is done with such ignorance as to what really is music by those who profess to teach it, that could some of the men, who have devoted a life- | time to the art, witness the low ebb to which lmusi¢ is being daily brought by these “ would

professors—they would grieve, indeed, to

“ . . at, even in going out, felt it had yet more t IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND WAR that, even in going out, felt it had y Beg ” MOVEMEN' llearn—aad more to impart of a science which i ‘ ino true musician has ever felt himself a perfect V¢.appears from information whieh the Posen | ee scien ies all * Journal bas teceived fran Vienwa, and whieh it / master of; for the more we know of music, saya te Anfitied te all contidenee, that the Cabinet the more we desire to know,—and having of St. Peterebutg. feeling Gtesay at the recent) ae have wet down furus! attitude ofsAuetria and Galicia, had, within a few | !°*™ d all teat mnceED Ene Se down furusio days, proposed to the Governtment of Berin to give | learn, we still feel that there is even vet asome-

ap te Praweia the left bank of the Vistula, provid- ed Poesia coneeatrd fe the annexation of Eastern Se : Galiera by Kuesia, and allowed the Cabinet of St the cause of this decrease in the musical taste Petersburg freedom of section in the Kast. and talent of a large community. The fault, The Paris Presse soya the alliance ‘between | Ruasie and Prussia is an wecomplidhed fact. lt :

was entered inte with reference fo a apectal object, | haps, have neither travelled sor devoted thei and in auticipativu of events already determmed | 4) earlier years to an art which, formerly, upon. i fall °

"The Presse alow says that if Kussia, in the ex | 84s More coutined to professional persons ;

ecution of Wer planus i the east. should meet with | for, it that, in the any other obstacle than the Tucks, Prussia will | radgetierélifion her side. Lt auy foreign inter- | vertion sheald thwart the werk of assimilation | sidered (as she would be now) to be very un- wble Prussia is accomplishing in Northern |

Gerttany, of The already prepared absorption of |”

the Miner Statew woth ab the main, Prussia: can } Such parents are not supposed to know more rely apn tle irined co operation of Russia. It) of uusic than that their fancy is pleased when wher pointe out: the, comasnity ef interests be. | eae : ditidais, ninaintamunatene; ital tween Prussia and Russia in the work of dene. (‘CY Bear & particular piece oF song; ! tivemirzing Poland. though, from circumstances, their own musical

Tne Loudon. Times in au article indicating a change of government policy, makes light of the tate‘ot Constantinople aud the Ottoman Empire, |e’ ertheless, desirous that their daughters should while, wn the cuutrary. attaching importance t+) be properly aud fully instructed in the art, and the defeney of Egypt sufficiently greatte warrant! tli se ras sha lt aaa the expenditure wt the last sbi! ing and the last are willl tv pay handsomely fort * lustruction. soldier of England. Much less does the fault lie with the pupil,

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Aw Usprerrrasce Counrsiir.— Under thie ee ue fae Sk head the New York Times says :—"* The Radi- teacher, voto in the style of selections an < cvurting of ve sea for political, not Fe-| method of studying. It is clear, then, that the nian: perprees, and the Fenian courting with the! s,s 0.3... .: i all sie Radicals (640 !edlan, ext Medial purpenre, in| Plt lies with those who profess to teach. 1

thing more. It now remains to enquire into

certainly, dees not lie with parents, who, per

must be remembered,

days of our grandmothers, a girl was not con-

accomplished if she could not play or sing.

taste is confined to this narrow limit, they are,

isinee a pupil should always be guided by her

comparatively small, the musical tast@ grows |

red the worr!, te aay the least, | ross nesiect of tis great ornament to society |

inewre aatsing ta outsiders than if is likely te prove profitable te either the parties ty the courtehip A leading Radical politician in one of the States m which an election has recently Laken place, has, with more diaguat than guste, narrated the reault of bis efferts to get the Fenian vere. * During the canvass,” he confessed, ‘ we drank limitless quan- tities of whiskey with the Fenian men; we danced at numberiess balls with the Fenian girls; we beught Fenian bends, wore the Fenian green, tried te get a lithe brogue under our tongue, and posted ourerives on the uannere ond doctrines of ihe ancient Phenicians, And atter suffering in thie etyle for three months. we found after the clecthun that we hada't got o hundred votes in the wile State” We were not aurry to hear it. It emiy ergued, right, the political echemers who would atiewpt in such a way te use any element ef our population. And, ou the other hand, the Peuisns are now very well convinced that they

wa ect vo aid whatever for revolution in 1 rom those whose pretensions they have fund gut te be ee hollow and selfish.

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Tue Stroxe winveo Womey ts Russia —A aeet of women had been formed af St. Petersburg, Keen, calling themarives Nihiliate. The aigniti- cance of the name is wet apparent, for the women aeem te be the same cluse with ours whe are stroug-minded enough to wear the bloomer cos- tutu ie public. Whee the Te Deum tor the Caratia preservation was lately sung in one of the aristuctatic churches of Paria, conspicuous among the be-jewelled ladies were two of these Nihilists, aod they attracted all eyes. An account says:— ~ The attitude, nevertheless, vas humble und

;make use of the word “ profess "’ because it has 'been my painful lot to witness, in mauy places, | the most glaring imposition paimed off upon a jcommunity by persons who literally knew }nothing of music. To be able to teach an art | properly, one must have first learned that art |properly and when I consider that many of our greatest masters have devoted a life fime to lthe study of music, and then confessed that |they knew nothing of the science, I am | tempted to wouder how, and by what “ Hey | Presto” wizard of the North sort of means, \these feachers-—who have themselves, perhaps, only studied for about a year—(commeucing ithat period by learning their notes !)—ecan pos- sibly have acquired that “ competency’? which reuders them su ‘ confident’’ of giving their employers * satixfaction."” People, not know- ing better, may sugzest that these persons may

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know enough of music to teach young beyin- ners. This is agreat mistake. As a building, tw he safe, requires a good foundation, so does a musical education; and, as the mason who

lays that fuundation should ve a good work-

inan, 80 shuuld be the teacher. I do not mean jsuch an education as would be considered a}

reserved : they seemed tu avord, rather thanaeek. | musical one ina community where the « Teach- |

onepeation, Their costuae was siagular enough,

however, fwattenct all the serutiny they met with; (7% iMpart nothing but ‘dance music,” and |

the tweteir beads cropped close. their attire wu acrt af comprtutice between the coat and trousers ot the male aex, with srtjous ot female Coane wover the hips, and tlieed over the beaoin by « cow of large buttons, a short, very full petticout of the same, aud beneath jtat apparent above the high boots of . Shining leather, tall wes. ' , nut red in; bit flouting just abote the knee, dieplnying ubeot an‘ineh of the anew white stocking, termed their novel ood singular at tire, Epeb held. jo hee taud «low. flat bat, with

sha tues : re ly, be the saine mirac 38) Wi a large diditaal talth @eued tad i ie io y, by the saine miraculous means, with Whispered throngh the clapel that those |

wae oung ladies were the first epeeiuens beheld in eatern Europe of the new seet formed at St

the mat consenient pro with polkas and waltzes (a2 deafening as Arm-

A jarket desernding |

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i the explosive bomSardment of the instruments, |

(strong suns), produciug a slaughtering effect buth upon the music and the listeners. Any person having, iso short a time, gained such a ‘competent Knuwledye of the science" as to

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feel “ confident’ of giving ‘satisfaction ’’ to

their emuluyers, mi, he probably be able to

the reyjuest made by the sailor in the fullowing

well known aneedute. “A professor of music

Petersburg, among the women here, and which

has inereased to such ao alarming degree that the “God save the Queen,” “Sich a gettin’ up Gorermornt is beginning te take Uubrage. The | ladies reinain unuatried ; they aaeuie the cares | ae “use aud cenpoudibilities of ti inale sen; work at all | Horupipe,” and * Rule Britannia,

kinds of dranwal habeus; ge te the Mourse; tran act every hind of megenntile dysiness, secording | ter the atate of life le wineds they hare been placed | by Providener.”* “ ’ a A fe j The Chicago Repihlicna aaysthat © orders have been reerived by all tte Fenian officers in the | West yx owe allegiance to Hend-Centre Ste. | ples ireeting, them te leave. for New York | * ithegh delay. aed be prepared te cross the vecan Ic is sail thal &@ detachment of these men will | tuke passage in Cunard steamers, and when out | i wide; geen seize upon the vesnele It in| nleo expected to ship what will be called boxeauf mach Mery on anaiine stewmere, which, when | the ehip t¢ eupturedand ont at sen, will prove to be Gregus, cannon, dee” The New York | Daily Nees ae alee a cucious story to tell of a | Stephens expeditipi abaut te sail from a cape in Mame! _ the faye:

‘The grneroney aol the perticuber cape in the State of Maine,

whenee the ehiet will «ail, ia not

was once asked by a sailor if he cou!d play

stairs,” “The 100th Psalm," “The Sailors’? to all of which the professor rephed -in the affirmative. “Oh, can you,” responded Jack, “then play ‘em ull at once as 'm in @ burry.’’ If the professor .suecceded in thia.. most wonderful perfurmance, he must have studied in the same school as that Jin which the teachers I have alluded to obtained their “ competent know- ledge!’ Probably if you were to ask such’ teachers (who always have “ad Libitum" or * Allesro”’ at the tips of their tongues), what was meant by a superfluous fourth, or tritene, modulation, and gradation, the reply would be raat they were all «eperflious {—which reininds me of a conversation [ once had with a pro- fessor of the above uamed class upon music.

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| lady who sings would require to make this \ braneh an especial study for her own aecommo.- dation, or she must sing to such disadvantage ‘that she will scarcely be listened to, It is ‘useless to enter further into detail upon the | different branches ofa really musical education, | which involves so much more than being able to play dance music at a purty. Dance music should never be taught; and it is the duty of every teacher to set his or her veto aguinst it, making the selection of classical music the means of improving the public taste, Dance music, and the Christie ministrel airs, though very good in their place, .can only lower, in- stead of raise, tle taste for music, which, like the taste of olives, must be an acquired one,

where nature has not giver it. I will conclude with afew hints which may not

be entirely thrown away upon some of the class

of teachers I have alluded to. Tn most profes:

sions, whether clerical, medical, musical, or the law, there is a positive rule of etiquette never lost sieht of, except hy quacks and pellifoggers. | : ‘ | Now, it so happens, that we have, unfortunately,

many musical * quacks,” who either are igno- lrant of this etiquette amongst musicians of a

| WIGHER CLASS, as they ure of the art in which

co dabble, or, being aware of its existence, cher entirely ignore it, upon the charitable (’) principle that every man has a right to do the best he can for himself. take a patient from a brother practitioner with- lout being authorized to do so, so ought a iteacher to avoid the seeking to obtain pupils from another teacher. Yet, amongst a certain class of ** professors it is quite a common oc- currence for application to be made to the pa- rents of children, during the temporary absence of their teachers, stating that it is not their in- tention to return, thereby forcing themselves into & position, as musical instructors, which their false representations alone enabled them to attain. A LOVER OF TRUE MUSIC. November, 1866. - —————— To THE Eprrok OF ‘THUGEXAMINER. Dear Sir,—

I had an opportunity lately of visiting the Eas‘ern section of this Island, and among many other disadvantages under which the people of that aection suffer, J noticed particularily how aluust completely destitute the whele coast on either side is of proper barbers or safe shipping places. There are none whatever East from St. Peter's ov the north to Souris on the South Sides, No doubt, this portion of the Island bas a large surplus te expert fin the sbape of agriculiural produce, and other

a distance of at least fifty miles.

articles, and when it is remembered that the chict trade of the Eastern part of King’s County centres in Souria, [, for one, feel astonished that the slow and uncertain method of transpertation by sailing sessels has not been superseded even in the tar East by thorough and fast going steamers. By glancing at the map of these lower provinces you will ‘observe how direct a line of Steam communication might be established between the ports of Souris and Pictou, touching at the intermediate ports of Georgetown and Murray Harbor. 1] feel con- fident, that o line of steamers ou the route alluded to would prove a8 renuwerative to the owners ar wny other route in British Nurth America, aud I trust that the attention of some ef our enter- prising capitalists, in Pictou may soon be directed te the “* East.” and that even as eoon as next Sum- mer the week y snort uf the steam whistle way be heard in Colville Bay.

In connection with this subject, I would wish to draw the attention of the “powers that be,” ax well as the pewers that are to be—to the great necessity of having tully completed what bas been already so well and nobly commenced, the Souris East Breakwater, so that veasels of all sizes may have a safe and convenient place to lay at, shelter- ed from wind trom any quarter. Souris Harber is considered by many both too shoal and tue narrow, to admit of steamers of any considerable size running iv and wut under all circumstances Hence the great necessity of having the Break- water to which 1 have alluded. The trade and circumatances of the country speak loudly in ite

favour; and whether souner or later, a Break- water in Souris Bay must and shall be cOnstructed, in spite of all and every oppusition it may meet

with from learned officials or “ interested parties.” * * * r * *. * * *

Need I tell you that [ returned home fully con- vinced that the Eastern part of eur Island has wide capabilities as yet undeveloped, aud with a fair chunceand a good government wight compete favorably with any other place in the Provinces ?

TOURIS?. Nov. 12th, 1866.

Che Gxraminer, (Chiaitioebabetrh: November 26, 1866.

See = = sateen

MR. HOWE'S PAMPHLET.

We reprint oa our first page the first portion ofa pamphlet, recently issued from the London Press by the Hon. Joseph Howe, under the high sounding title of the ** Organization of the Euipire.”’ give the whole of it in our present issue : demands on our space forbid this.

We regret that we are not able to the We repro- duce this pamphlet, first, because it wholly iguores Confederation, about which there has been so much angry discussion ; and, secondly, because it admits that the British American Co- lonies require « change from their preseut con- dition. Mr. Howe, as our readers are aware, published, in England, a few months azo,‘ pamphiet, against Coufederation, which has provoked-a goud deal of discussion in the Eny- lish press, two pamphlets from the Colonial press, and a reply, (in pamphlet likewise, ) from the Hon. Dr. Tupper. what censured by some of our friends in this}

We were some-

I had oecasion to ask him a very simple ques-

(sland, for not, reprinting Mr. Howe's. Pam.

a at eg ee ; | i baie , tarviliar to the seafaring weeld. -1t is knwo we tion ia tlie theory of music, Concerning trans phlet, as many of the Colouial journalists had

the pages of the (ational schon! books. and a few | fisherueew cunteii de Whireaheuta, This remote,

mysteriotias and inhospitable cape ie abont ten,

mile« frou & cailway station; bat when Mr.

Stephens leaves the railroad train te 1 tebe met

by (riends, whe are te convey Lins sod his staff in | pritate earciages to the reeky comes iary whence | he je te embark... Under the lee of this heneetorth | b j sone ferlorn-lebwing A bing sitack

ee |, HT These be aud his trusty bend will omni, Wheve ghey wil land or whew “is at ve myers :

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The Mantes! correspdudent “of the Boston’ Journal Wtites;—“ No one bere xppeare to be apprehensive af a deeline in tee eounuercial pros- penty of Meuterat. fae single morning's walk | Coen 18 rOty-LWO Bret ginas storen id rT) cuustruction; Mur @hiies wor more high, and anetly of a Cory opmmeptalatyle of architecture. Taree are devigued babe cuvered iu botore winter, wed leet : OUbet ela’ atructures ere Oring laid. Phe strerte ere tern up in man

quarters, aud d buiidjog. Addi- Cope ate alee contemplated fy the receiving reaer- suit at the water works, wheb. if properly ear- rind cust, will give’the best facilitive sd the hind

ia Che wertd — entire. whaye |

—— Teespes Aeneid: baltdons sn Rew York, tr te euuary 1S. ia tr, be divided in eyed » ay ae culy Owe editors ut cep. ctere will be — ae me a ee foyrteen 4 t te elegans Bited ug beds, furniture and pictaree. ry. {MPORTERT To Rerraney SoLoiwns Cire : ERS, fie aud weue Diurrhang

bogies be cured tiasarl a doueun's aoniew biteoes é

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wrk Dy sentry in all ite) ae | Unberuadly ) 5

position. After acknywledying that he did not understand what | meant, he replied, **Oh, 1) never bother my pupils with that dry stuff; it| doesn't take here ¥! This compliment to the enlightenment of the community at Jarge needs nd comment! ! ftas well Kuown that in a ca valry reziminant the ridinzs master invariably’ preters teaching recruits from a manufacturing town, who have never heen on horseback, to the fararlabouree who fanvics he ean ride. In like manner, a cood teacher of music preferw commencing a pupil—as they often have to contend against gross errors, taught-by persons who pretend to know enough for young begin- ners, forgetting that they are but beginners themselves. . Vo prove thata knowled ze of the theory of music is ax essential as the playing of » few pieces, or the singing of a few songs, I will mention but one ef its braaches. Trans- position is the result of theoretienl study. The same youoy lady who conld play a grand aria

done. On perusing it we thought it was not worthy of his genius, and we believed we were not unfriendly to him in limiting its circulation as far as we could.~ The anti-Confederates ac | cepted his views as a thorouzh exposition of the question of Coutederation trom their “point of view ;—indecd, Mr.’ Howe was recognized, somewhat joyfully. as their champion on the vexed question ; and now that he has propound- ed opinions, which may be said to have grown out of the agitation respecting Confederation, we presume that the anti-Confederates will adopt and advocate them. Mr. Howe's plan may be stated in a very few words: it is— that the Colopies should be represented in the Im- perial Parliament, in proportion to tneir- popu- lutions, and for this privilege they shoald pay, towards the support of the army and navy of Great Britain, pound and pound alike with their fellow subjects in the British Islands. Prince Edward [slaud‘s*share of the representation

with variations, (said variations arranced in the most accummodlating manner by her teacher ty suit, MH peoperly crammed in, any dozen po-

would not be more than one member, accord. (ing f0 Owe present population; and, her ‘eoutribution far the support of the army and

paler airs!) would appear very ignorant if she) navy of Great Britain would be not less than would not, when asked at a muaical party, to | twenty thousand pounds. The anti-Confeder- | tren ps aie the accompaniment of a sanz, the) ates have complained that they would not be} transposition theing necessitated hy the fact of] fairly regresented, in the Federal Pattiament, | the piste being, 48 mang are in this climate, | under the General Govacnment, according to the! favourable direction. At present the heavy!

A a ee

‘much below concert pitch, Or, again, a young! plan of the Qnehes Conference, byw

As a doctor will not}

| would have nine members in both branches of | ithe . Federal Lezislature, and be free trom | | direet charge for vaval and military defence.— | Mr. Howe’s plan proposes to give the Tx | land one member, gs its representative, In the House of Commons, wherein there are upwards of six hundred’ members, and the Colonial representatives would be confined to the discussion of Colénial questions only: which would very rarely engaze the attention of the House of Commons. And the question for us now is—would ‘the, privilege of an ex: ecedingly scant represedtation in the House of Comntons be worth thé enormous outlay of our proportion for the support of the army and navy of Great Britain? «Mr. Howe thinks the privileze of having one thember in the House of Commons wauld he worth this great price,—al! the anti-Cowfederates believe in Mr. Howe, and We must take it for eranfed that they believe in this part of his doctrine. Mr. Howe has pro- pounded a plan as a substitute tor Contede- ration, but we confess that we are unable to congratulate our auti-Confederate friends ou Ais plan, as being better than the Confederation project. d suiptiniastaldlatiltastssniiatiaie ‘s

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARICA,

There have been sevdral cases of cholera in Cork lately, sume of which proved fatal.

A few evenings sinée the Lord Mayor and Sherif of Londou entertained the members of the Ministry toa grand banquet. Lord Derby referved to the prosperous ecvudition of Kuylish commerce, ‘aud the establishment .of peace on the continent. -

On the 7th inst. several persons, mostly stu- dents, were arrested in a Parisian cafe, on a charge of being amiers ot a secret society.

The valuable services rendered to the Atlantic telegraph expedition by Capt. Coumereil, ot HOM. 8. Terrible, and Stulcommander Mor- arty, who attended to the navigation of the Great Eustera, have beew reco snized by the Queen, who has conferred upon them the Com- panionship of the Baths

The Rey. John De La Poer Beresford, fourth Marquis of Waterford, died on the 6th inst. He was born in L814, und succeeded to the title on the death of his ecégnttic brother in 1859. His eldest son, the Eart of Tyrone (Conserva- tive), Who was born ip J444, and was elected for Waterford county at the last general elec- tion, suceeeds to the title. There will, conse- quently, be another election for Waterford.

The Queen has plaecedSt. Jame’s Palace at the disposal of her relative King George of Hanover. His Majesty*has resolved to accept the offer for himself aud daughter the Princess Frederica. Queen Marig, however, has resolved to rewain it dbanever wilither second danzbter.

The Queen of Dentigark topk leave of her daughter, the Priueessof Wales, on the 4th inst., and started on the return journey to Copentagen. It will not have escaped notice that Her Majesty was not favoured with a visit from Queew Victoria, nor does it appear that she was even invited to Windsor.

Lord Romily, the Master of the Rolls, gave judgment on the 6th in the suit brought by Dr. Colenso to compe! the! late Chancellor of the Exchequer and others to pay him his salary, which they had. withheld since 1864, on the ground that the bishop had practically ceased tw hold his office. Thejudzment was: for the plaintiff, and the defendants (who merely act as trustees) were condemned in costs.

Some further disclosares of interest to the commercial world were made in the Glaszow Bankruptcy Court on the 8th. The ease under consideration was that of Messrs. McEwen, Bryson, and Co., who were so largely mixed up in the iron trade “rig.”’ The latest disclo- sures relate to the ‘combination "’ for working the Grand Trunk of Canada stock in the market.

Mr. Bright returned from Ireland on the 3rd. The Dublin papers (except the Tory organs) are coufident that the effect of the: honourable yentienian’s visit willbe to cement a zood and enduring understanding between the Irish and the English Liberals, and so lead to the pro- duction of measures really calculated to pro- mote the welfare of the sister iste. The Tory papers try hard to show that the visit has been a ‘Bright break down; and we think that their very eagerness to make people believe that the honorable gentleman utterly failed in his mission shows that they exceedingly fear: lest it should prove a success.

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FOREIGN. |

A grand review of the French army by the Emperor Napoleon took place on Monday in the4 Bois de Boulogne.

The French public, who have been much concerned about the contemplated reorganiza- tion of the French army, are now ina position to form a more correct jud ment upon the ques- tion, for the Moniteur del Armee has shadowed forth the Imperial intentions and has interpreted the purposes and desizns of the recently organ. ized commission. There js no intention to re. duce the streugth of the French army from its preseut aumber of 460,060 men; but the great object of the commission jg to,diseover the best means of raising & more powertul and better instructed army of reserve than at present ex- ‘ists. It is candidly aluisted that the tormation of such a body will incrggse the war budget, hut the official journal declares that the sacri- fices thereby uecessitated are indispensable for the honour and security of France. It is feared in Paris that-any attempt to levy moré men on the country will occasiom widespread discon- tent and awaken strenuous: opposition.

The Paris correspondent ot the Daily News says that * the fact of the treaty of alliance be- tween Russia and Prussia is now accepted by nearly all the French press, and the news res ceived from 5t. Petersburg and Berlin all tends to confirm it. The feeling in France towards Prussia is more bitter: than ever, and even Russia is now out of favour, This is attribut- able rather to the caquetting of- Russia with the United States and neglectins to be equally civil to France, than to any real apprehension of the effect of ber designs in the East on Freuch influences.’ . Another writer in Paris says that the Rusao-Prussiay alliance is spoken ot in that city, bot that 98 all, and that it has be- come wsubjéct of conversation not credited. | it is rumoved that @ stroug party at the .Prench Court is trying to push the Emperor into an alliance with, Austria ayd Jraly—in faet, to form a kind of Catholic league.,

Close onthe hecls of the above information comes the news that Russia is taking steps for

hich they | payments in the India and China trade are

vassing over satisfactorily. The Discount

utket remains exceedingly quiet, but there is a fair demand at 3] per cent., and it is be- lieved that the principal business is now done at this rate. In the course of next week it is expected we shall see the terms for money lower.

At the Stock Exchange to-day the demand for money is moderate and there is a yrood amount olfering > the rates range between 3 to 34 per cent.

The Liverpool Cotton Market shows stead. iness, with a fair demand. The sales will at the ciose reach about 10,000 bales.

Business in English Government Securities is rather more active this moruing, but quotations present no material chanye. ure 89y to S94, und for account 8S) to Sky ex div.

There is more animation in Foreign Se- curities, aud prices are generally firmer, The publie show a disposition to purchase, and a better feeling is exhibited among the dealers.

In the Enylish Railway Share Market activity éannot be said to be the feature, but there is decidedly a better tendency notiveable, and in some of the principal lines there is a marked improvement, :

Bank Shares present no immediate change, but there is a firm appearance in this market.

Atlantic Cable Shares remain steady, show- ing little activity; quotations are firm. The Eight per Cent. Preference, 4) to 453 aud the Anglo-American, 14} to 144, both per share.

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THE HON. MR. HOWK ON COLONTAL UNION, (From the London Morniug Star, Nov. 10)

The Hon. Joseph Howe recently wrote a pamphlet which embodied the views of those who oppose the scheme tov uniting the various colonies of British North Amesica under one central Government. Of the ability of that. production there could not be two opinions; and it was pervaded by such a tone of passionate earnestness as to suggest to the reader that the author was moved by. strong and persistent sense of the danger or impolicy of the proposed measure. Judsing him by his language and his arguments one would naturally have thought that from the beginuing he must have been the inveterate enemy of Contederation, aud that whether rightly or wrongly, he was influ enced by a deeply patriotic impulse, From every point of view the union of the maritime provinces with Canada was reyarded by him as asvuree of mischief andeven of peril. The Ca- nadians were ruled by a race of jobbers. They had no sympathies or interests in com- mon with their fellow-subjects of the seaboard. fy truth, all one’s ideas of the industrious and loyal population’ dwelling ou the banks of the St. Laurence were upset. In short, the British people were labouring under a zrotesque illusion. Things were not at all as they seemed ; and even the Intercolonial railway, exposed as it must be at all points, would only intensify the dan vers of war, and enable the coveteous Ameri-

resist. the temptation to cross an exposed fron-

territories of the Union.

We admit that there was a certain force in Mr. Howe's reasoning. If it were true that the colonies whose special interests he profes- es to advocate were in the position of Schles- wig-Holstein, and that Canada aspired to play the part of a German Cormorant, and to swal- low upits weaker neighbours ; then, indeed, his arguments would be not ouly convincing, but absolutely unanswerable. We have al- ways contended that, however desirable Cenfe- deration might be from an umperial, or even from a colonial stand-point, the colonists are. and should be, the masters of their own destiny. Great Britain must rule in her American pos- sessions by public opinion, or not at all, Phy- sical force would be, of course, under any cir- cumstances, out of the question; and an undue moral pressure on ed soi of the mother coun- try would be only one degree less “hjectionable. Therefore, that part of the difficulty has neve: been a serious difficulty at all. Nobody wants Nova Scotia or New Bruuswick to join Canada against their will. They are free to follow the bent of their inclinations, whether it leads them to separation, to union, or to independence ; hut then it is necessary not merely that Mr. Howe should tell us what course of action in his judgment best accords with their interests, but that he should furnish undubitable proof that the policy he recommends is really com mended by the support of the great body, or at least a majority of the people. Now, on the contrary, he does nothing of the kind. Facts are againsthim. In New Brunswick a major- ity of thirty-three against eight in favour of Confederation has been elected by the constitu- encies to the Legislative Assembly ; and in his own colony he was defeated by a crushing ma- jority, and has himself ever since failed to obtain aseat. It is true he may be of opinion that wander the more restricted suffrage which is wow in Operation another general election would wndo the work which the present advisers of the Crown in Nova Scotia, sustained as they ame by the local parliament, are resolutely de- termined, if they can, to bring to a successfnl ter mination. But great must be the faith of that man who thinks that even with a narrower fran- Ckise a majority of thirty one te nineteen in the House of Assembly, and of thirteen to five iu the Lezislative Council, can he so exsily ceaverted into a minority. Besides which, Eeglish Reformers will, at all events, be inclined tw fuok upon the vote of the more popular constitutiencies by which the present lezislature wes elected as a better test of the real state of public opinion than if a smaller electoral body were called upon to decide the question.

But in point of fact Mr. Howe is the hest wWitaess against Mr. Howe. It could not be expected that his pamphlet would pass unsea- thed through the ordeal of criticism. He must have been prepared for what was to follow, aud wecan therefore the more thorouzhly appreci- ate and admire the courage which provoked

made. This honourable zentleman’s task is so easy that he misht well become an object of envy among public men who have often hard battles to fight and perplexing questions to solve ere they can snatch even the semblance of victory from their unsleeping and relentless foes. The truth is, that there is not a single line of attack or defence in Mr. Howe's clever pamphlet to which Mr, Howe's previous speeches and proceedings on the same question do wot offer a conclusive answer. Does he vow auathematise and traduce the Canadians ? Only two short vears azo he ailirmed that “he was not one of those who thanked Gop that he was a Nova Scotian merely, for he was a Canadian as well.’’ Does he vow draw the most appalling picture of the evils which accrue from the union of the colonies? Tn 1862, speaking beforea Canadian audience, “ he looked hopefully forward to the time when the great province of Canada would be connected

the completion of her artMy—an annduutement which has created-a \reat, seusatiun-in Paris | and has given rise to the-most extravagant and| alarming eonjectares: The Paris journals vene-| rally are silent on the subject, but La France! indujyes in the following interrogatories :— |

“What is going on between Russia and the