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The Day EXAMINER.

~ SEPTEMBER 2, 1879.

J. W. MITCHELL, Office Sup’t

The Quebec Dead Lock.

Tru dead lock in the Joly Government— caused by the Legislative Council refusing topass the Supply Bill—continues. TheLiext. Governer, in reply to the Ceuncil’s address, expressed the hope that his constitutional advisers would find means to restore har- mony among both branches of the Legisla- ture. Here the matter rests at present. Had Mr. Joly obtained power in a proper man- ner, he would now have the sympathy of the people. But the fact that he owes his position to-a tyrannical act of Governor Letellier—in dismissing his constitutional advisers—materially weakens his present case. That the Supply Bill has to receive the assent of the Council, shows that the Council has alse the power to refuse its as- sent. But the refusal ef the Council to grant Supplies to Her Majesty is an unusual

course, and only adopted in ex- treme cases. Legislative Councils are not very popular, just now, either

in Quebec, P. E. Island, or, indeed, any part of the Dominion, and their action in this matter is looked upon with suspicion. The only excuse that can be made for its recent action is the bitterness of feeling en- gendered by Lettellier’s despotic act. The

following from the St. John Neves, a Lib- eral paper, is to the point : * It was asad day’ for Quebec when Mr. Letellier performed his coup d’ etat. The evil wrought on that day was the unsealing of a bitter fountain—the planting preparatory to an evil harvest. It was an wholly unnces- sary act The pretences on which its justi- fication has been base are hollow. Whatever the character of the DeBoucherville policy, whatever the demerits of some of the De- Boucherville measures, both the one and the other would in the nature of things have soon been passed upon by the Quebec people. There was no need for arbitrary intervention to hasten the ap- 1. Had the DeBoucherville Ministry been allowed to run its natural course, and been displaced as the result of an adverse judg- ment on its acts by the Quebec people, a Joly Ministry succeeding would have met with moderate and fair treatment. But reaching power as it did, it was inevitable that the Joly Government should be assailed with weapons of every sort that could be made available for the infliction of injury. Mr. Letellier’s coup d'etat was unquestionably an act fraught with evil consequences.

The United States as the Rival of England.

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In Mr. Gladstone’s elaborate discourse on art, made recently at a fine art exhibition at Chester, he made a digression on trade matters, which contained these weighty suggestions. He sad :—

There are those who will say it is a very visionary idea to promote a love of excel- lence for its own sake; but I hold it is not visionary at all, for, depend uponit, every excellence that is real—whether it relates te utility or beauty—has got its price, its value in the market; it is an element of strength in the market. There is no doubt England has been very remarkable for cheapness of production; but in this a for- midable rival is springing up in America. But America has been taken with a fever of what is called protection, and so long as America suffers from that fever English manufacturers will not have a great deal to fear from American rivals ; but when she learns to trust entirely to her own national ; resources—the great genius of her people, their marvellous proficiency in the adoption of labor-saving contrivances, in which they are ahead of the whole world—America will be a formidable competitor. But what you have now to contend against is not competition with America, but limitation of markets. You are met on every side with hostile tariffs, and you want to bound over these tariffs and get within them. Well, for that purpose, the British producer must consider the solidity of his work and its homely qualities, and endeavor to make it, in the first place, true work, net professing to be anything but what it is, and to divest it of all falsehood and sham ; for however the imposture may last for a little while, the effect is ultimately to destroy reputa- tion, to take away confidence, and to react most injuriously on those who have aitempt- ed to trick others) But apart from that I have the strongest conviction of this—that all along English industry has been defect- ive in the matter of beauty and the quality which we generally hear described under the name of taste.

Tue weather for the past few ome has been very unfavorable for harvesting. Most of the early wheat has been cut, and little, if any, has been saved. Unless the weather immedi- ately becomes fine, our splendid crop ‘will be

- | services at fires beneficial.

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Presentation. ‘he members of the ‘‘ Sir John A, Hook and Ladder” company,on hearing that their Captain—Mr. James M. Butcher—is about to depart from this city to make a new home in Colorado, assembled at their room, Grafton Street and presented him with the following appropriate ADDRESS ; To James M. Butcher, Esq., Capt. of the * “Si; John A. Hook and Ladder Co.” Dear Srr—Having heard of your intention tion te leave the Island shortly, we—not onl) as individual members, but as a company—

\The Halifax Boat Race. SMITH VICTORIOUS.

Ross Defeated by Two Boat Lengths. (LE AR ANCE |

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TIME, 2) MINUTES.

regret the fact; fully aware that owing to your indomitable zeal and perseverance 1 due the present efficient state of the Hook and |

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‘ ; , cing it ¢ st important | ,- . a | Ladder Company, making it @ most imp *\ tion at about a quarter past five o'clock. branch of our tire department.

The interest which you have at all times manifested in the welfare of eur company, together with the unanimity and harmony which have ever existed among its members, have ever been a source of pleasure to us, and materially aided in our exertions to render eur

Though in the future we may be separated by distance, we shall ever cherish fond recol- lections of your many excellencies and hope that in your newhome a benignant Providence may shower His choicest gifts upon you and yours. Signed on behalf ef the Company,

Arcu’p. D. Wurirte, Ist Lieut.

Wma. Beruune, 2nd Lieut.

Mat, W. LePacs, Sec’y. Ch'town, Sept. Ist 1879.

REPLY. T'o the Officers and Members of the ‘*Sir John A, Hook and Ladder Company.”

GENTLEMAN, —I thank you sincerely, I can

assure you, fer the extremely flattering ad- dress with which you have presented me, on the occasion of my leaving this, my native, place. It is much more flattering than I de- serve. Whatever interest I may have taken in our Company has been reciproctaed by yourselves, —hence the the unanimity &c., which has existed.

You may rest assured that neither distance nor time shall blot from my memory the many pleasing associations we have together enjoyed.

My thanks I tender you for your constant regard and attention to my wishes and orders during the three anda half years of our ex- istence as a Company, as well as the very handsome presentation lately made me.

My best wishes and hopes are, that the same promptness to duty, the same usefulness to the City, the same respect to your future Captain, as well as unanimity among your- selves, may characterize your future, as it has in the past.

Thanking you for your very kind wishes, &c.,

l remain, yours, James M. Burcner, Charlottetown, Sept. Ist, 1879. we baedits

. The British Grain Trade.

The London Mark Lane Express, in its review of the British grain trade for the week ending the 27th inst., says :

The heavy rain storms of the past week have seriously laid the crops in many parts of the northern and midland counties, while the submersion of the low-lying lands has caused the wheat plant to rot at the root to develop mildew in the ear in large quantities. Nearly everywhere the fields are choked with weeds and there is every sign that the present year will be as bad or worse for the farmers than its im- mediate predecessors, Cereal crops in the north are still quite green, and much of the grain in the upland may never ripen at all. October, rather than September, will pro- bably be the harvest month in Scotland.

Turnips there are improving, and potatoes are generally free from disease, but the yield will be late

and deticient. Imports have been exces- sive. But for the imports having exceeded the usual summer complement the strength of the trade has been so marked that higher prices would doubtless have been obtainable, but it is difficult to per- suade millers to buy except ir retail, in the face of a supply censiderably exceeding 300,000 quarters in three weeks on the eve of a harvest, even if the prospects of such harvest are admittedly bad. America’s capacity for gigantic shipments is also thoroughly understood by buyers whe oper- ated cautiously but at the same time mere freely during the past week. In another monthmore reliable data will be ebtainable concerning European crops upon which to indicate the future course of prices. The sales of English wheat last week were 18,862 quarters at 40s. Sd., against 26,570 quart- ers at 45s. 2d., for the same period last] year. The imports into the United King. dom for the week ending August 16, 1870, were 1,458,598 hundred-weights of wheat and 280,224 do of flour. -_-—————s oa. Public Prosecutions.

The Beaconsfield Government hare in- troduced a useful reform which will pro- duce more benefit in one year than can be achieved by Mr. Gladstone writing post- cards during alifetime. The passage of an Act.providing for the appointment of a public prosecutor will be attended by im- portant consequences in criminal matters. In England the duty of prosecuting for an offence, is cast,as arule, on the injured party. The Crown may, if it think fit, take up the case, or the aggrieved party may be bound over to carry it on; but in general the right to prosecute or forbear is left with the injured party, and, as a re- sult, cases are often disregarded or hushed up. The ‘‘ Director of Public Prosecu-: tions ” is to have six assistants, who may be appointed fer seven years, and then, if it is expedient, re-appointed. The qualifi- eation for the Director is ten years ‘‘ in actual practice” as a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Courts, and fer his assist- ants seven years ; and the Director and his assistants are debarred from practising in their profession, directly or indirectly, during their tenure of office. The Director 18 to receive a salary not exceeding £2,000 a year and he is to take charge of criminal prosecutions in any Court in England,

seriorsly damaged.

Hauirax, Sept. Ist. The starting boats were placed in posi-

Both men being ashore, the signal was given for them tocome ont. Ten minutes later they had made their appearance, snd were’ in position. At 5.37 the start was made. The race was a fairone,and all the way up the struggle between the two oarsmen was very exciting. Smith slowly gained the lead, and was in a short time two lengths ahead. This advantage he continued to increase, and at the turning was leading by three lengths. Coming down the home stretch Ross began to make it lively work for the Haligonian, and when half way down had reduced his rival’s lead by one length. He could not diminish it any further, however, and Smith won the race by two lengths. Time, 21 minutes.

Corresponoence.

ex” Weo not hold ourselves cesponsible for the statements or opinions of our correspondents

The Grading of our Public Schools.

To the Editor of the Examiner.

Sir,-—To properly carry out our present system of eduction, a thorough mede of grading the pupils is indispensably neces- sary. This is a process which requires no small amount of skill and good judgment. It would be very improper, for instance, to have one class reading the Fourth Book and another reading the Fifth Book in the same department, and under one and the same teacher. Now, if the officer to which is intrusted fhe business of grading the pupils, knows and understands his duties aright, he can so classify them that no

Readers, need be in any one department. There are at least nineteen teachers em- ployed within the city by the City Trustees, without including the Prince of Wales College, the Nermal and Model Schools, nor the Sectarian or Private Schools. Therefore, it is evident that no one teacher of these nineteen needs have any more than one class of those in any of the six Royal Readers. But are matters so? We fear not. And again, the Grading Officer should be very just and straightforward in his dealings with the several teachers. He should not allow himself te be led or influ- enced by any private pique or partiality in assigning to each teacher those pupils which should legitimately fall to his or her classes. Such a thing is known as the grading mas- ter having endeavored to starve out the de- partment of a teacher, against whom he en- tertained a grudge er an animosity, by refusing to send him the pupils suited to his grade, while the favorite teachers were over-crowded. We are not inclined te pre- fer this charge directly against the present grading officer ; but we have heard a whis- pered report which throws a shadow of suspicion on our mind in respect to this matter. The suggestions here offered re- specting the grading of the Royal Readers, do not apply to history and some other classes, fer the very plain reason that there is a separate histery of every civilized country on the globe. We can £2¢ it, there- fore, quite right,and perfectly consistent, to have a class reading the history of England and another that of the Maritime Pro- vinees, or any cther country, in the same department, and taught by one and the same teacher. And so, indeed, of several other branches. Nor, again, should there be any invidious distinction made in the style or quality of the school furniture supplied to one teacher more than another. Te de so would be unjust te the teachers, to the pupils, and to the parents. We are fully convinced that it is neither the wish nor the disposition of our industrious and energetic Trustees to make any such invidious dis- tinctions ; and we entertain the same good Opinion of their efficient and obliging Secretary. Still, there 1s a party in the connection who may, if allowed, transgress in this matter. Dictum sapienti sat est. A PARENT. Js amelie s

Boschees German Syrup

can now be purchased right at home, it is the most suecessful coe ever introduced to our people. It works like a charm in all cases of Consumption, Pnuemonia, Hemorr- hages, Asthma, severe Coughs, Croup and all other Throat and Lung Diseases, No person has ever used this medicine without getting immediate relief, yet there are a great many poor, suffering, skeptical persons going ‘about our streets with a suspicious cough, and the voice of consumption coming from their lungs, that will not try it. If yon die, it is your own fault, as you can go to your druggist and get. a sample bottle and try it; three doses will relieve any case. Regular size only 75 cts.

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Birth. At Hayston Villa,-on the Ist inst., the wife of George McLeod, Esq., Union Bank, of a son.

.\MPLOYMENT.—In every village and

two classes of those in any of the six Royal}

ALE

The Subscribers, in making their bow to the Public, beg to

draw attention to their

vale THIS DAY,

ADT DDO

Continue for One Month,

Having purchased the Stock of Mr. James DesBrisay on very favorable terms, also a

QUANTITY OF GOODS

AT RECENT

Auction Sales,

AND BEING OBLIGRD TO

Make Room for Extensive Importations of New Goods,

NOW ARRIVING,

they have determined to make

Large Reductions

From Former Pricas,

TO CASH CUSTOMERS,

For One Moaih from Date,

The Public are cordially invited to eall and inspect our Stock and Prices, that they may be convinced of our sincerity in mak- ing the above offer and that

REHEAT BARGAINS

ARE TO OBTAINED.

BE

Tremaine & Metcalt,

—SUCCESSORS TO—

township of P. E. Island not yet u- man can obtain a most respectable and very

under the superintendence of the Attorne General. —Monl. :

particulars, D. DOWNIE & CO., Box 1964, Montreal

profitable engagement. Address, with full,

pied, ONE ACTIVE, intelligert Lady or, Gentle- | JAMES Des BRISAY,

83 QUEEN STREET.

Ch’town, Sept. 2, 1879.

COMMENCING |

—_,. eee

| BRENAN’S ESTATE.

VALUABLE PROPERTY.

WILL SELL at AUCTION, on the prem- ises, on

Wednesday. 10th Sept., next,

AT 12 0’CLOCK, NOON, That valuable property on Sidney street

known as ‘‘BRENAN’S OLD WARE- HOUSE.” The Land measures 44 feet on

Sidney striet, and extends back 77 feet, is

centrally located near Queen street, and with

the commodious building thereon, presents a

a first rate charce toa business man for Ware-

housing facilities.

Terms easy and made known at Sale. WILLIAM DODD,

Auctioneer.

Ch’town, Aug. 28, ’79.—tu fri & tu

Market Hall

TWO NIGHTS ONLY.

Wednesday & Thursday Kv'ng,

September 3 and 4, The Provincial Favorites, Viola Clifton’s

LADY MINSTRELS !

An Entertainment ef rare excellence, devoid of any objectionable feature.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY BIG FOUR,

4 KINGS 4 The Greatest Minstrel Shew on Earth.

The Great New York Success,

Irish Life in America! Full Company in the Cast.

Admission 35 cts. ; Reserved Seats 3 cta. Tickets for sale at Dodd’s Medical Hall.

August 30, 1879—5in MUSIC!

M* MORIN LOWDEN ‘would respect- fully intimate to the inhabitants of

Charlottetown, that he has opened a class of

instruction on the Violin, at the Quincy

House, Kent-st:eet, and is confident, from

his past experience as a teacher, he gw ive every satis‘action to his pupi a

pils taken from ten years upwards.

Ch’town, Aug. 30, 1879.—3i eod

VINEGAR.

Qi) casas PARKS’ BEST

XXX VINEGAR, THE BEST QUALITY IMPORTED.

CARVELL BROS. Aug. 25, 1879. 2aw 2w

VALE COAL. Excellent NUT COAL. $1.25 PER TON.

CARVELL BROS. Aug. 22, 1879.—2aw 2w

Cash! Cash!

LL PERSONS indebted to me are. quested te make immediate yment

All accounts remaining unpaid on the 1

of September next will be handed over te the

PLAISTER PARIS.

SELIING LOW.

H, COOMBS, Aug. 29, 1879-—-3i pat & ne

WHITE OATS WANTED.

\ E REQUIRE White Oats for Early Shipment, and will pay the highest market price for two Ghibigdadie (2,000) Bushels of the same, delivered not later than the 15th

September, next. HASZARD BROS,

61 Water St., Ch’town, : ' Aug 28th 1879. 3 taw pat till 15th.

PICKLES. 50 Dozen Chow-Chow. CARVELL BROS.

Ch’town, Aug. 25, 1879—3in eod

NOTICE.

iY Kk. ALFRED MAY has retired from the iV firm of May, Kelly & Co., by selling out his interest in the same to the remaining

partners. ALFRED MAY. JOHN KELLY, W. N. RIGGS.

N REFERENCE to the above, the business will, in fature, be conducted under the name of John Kelly & Co. All parties in- debted to:the late firm are pageant to make immediate payment to the undersigned. W. N. RIGGS. JOHN KELLY, Ch’town, Ang. 23, 1879.

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