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play different tunes to thy ; Amnesty of O’Donoghue. The Montred | Witness denounces it as a‘ political trick ‘to catch votes.” The Sté John Freeman is | not half satistied. It says a mistake was made in excepting O'Donoghue * from the amnesty first granted,” and it doubts the
| wisdom of—unwillingly, tardily, and just
‘before an election—following the advice of ‘the Opposition ina matter of this kind.” , However, the immediate object to be gained | by the amnesty of -O? Donoghue has been |gained. Laurier’s seat is secured. And | what does the Government care for the dis- | savisiaction of even its best supporters !
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NOVEMBER 30, 1877.
Indignation Meetings. PUBLIC OPINION IN THE COUNTRY.
Ar a public meeting held at Springton Schoolhouse, on the 22nd inst., on motion it was unanimously—
Resolved, That a monster meeting be held at the above named place, on Thursday, the Gth Dec., next, at the hour of 5 o'clock, p. m., to take into consideration the Acts of the present Government in regard to the Tax Act. etc., etc. :
The representatives of the district as well members of the Opposition are respectfully invited to attend.
Signed, Alex. McLeod, Ronald McDonald, Alex. McIntosh, N Kenneth McInnis, Norman Munroe.
NOTICE.
A monster meeting of the Electors of the Second Electoral Djstrict of Queen’s County will be held at Brookfield Hall, on Thurs- day, the Gth December, next, at the hour of 4 o'clock, p. m., to consider the doings of the present Government at its last Session ; especially tke Assessment and Education Acts. re
The Representatives of the District and the Appraisers are re juested to attend.
J.T. McLeod, 1 E. Jewell,
| well worth the inspection of all. | designed by the members of the Company)
by him to the best shot in his Company for the year 1877, are now on ‘€xhibition at the store of William R. Watson, Esq., and are
is the manufacture of ‘‘ The Brittania Manufacturing Company,” of: Philadelphia, end for finished style and symmetry is & credit to the makers anda very handsome piece of workmanship. “It stands fifteen inches high, and is neatly but not elaborate- ly ornamented in frosted. silver. On one side is a target surrounded by a wreath of laurel, and on the other the place for the inscription within a similar wreath, The Cup itself is supported by four rifles, plainly but prettily carved, around two of which an ammunition pouch’ with its strap is tastefully entwined. Inside it is inlaid with burnished gold, and presents a very handsome #ppearance. it is now the pro- perty of Pte. James Dover, who won it at the late shooting match by a high score ; but he cannot call it his own until he wins it twice more. From the good shooting abilities of his comrades, this task will not be easily performed, and we are confident it will severely tax the powers of even this superior marksman before it becomes ab- solutely his. The silver medal is very hand- some and of the newest pattern. It is got up in very good style by Messrs. M. 8.
and on the reverse is the inscription :—
Presented by Capt. F. S. Longworth to the best shot in his Company of Royal Canadian Militia, 1877,
and on the obverse is acrest with a rifleman underneath, neeling, above which are the words ‘** In defence,’ and below the motto ** Sit Perpetuum,” surrounded by the words ‘Victoria Cueen” and ‘‘ Lord Dufferin, Govr. General.” It was won by Pte. Ver- non Longworth, of the Union Bank, a steady
‘land promising young marksman, who scored
85 points out of a possible hundred, with the disadvantage of a wet and stormy day.
Here we may remark, in reference to the relative positions of the various Battalions of Volunteers throughout the Dominion, that our men labor under great disadvan- tages at present. The only rifle allowed to be used is the Snider-Enfield, which after 600 yards is not accurate—when the men of the other Provinces have the use of the more improved, small-bore weapon, the Martini-Henry Rifle, suited to the long ranges of 700, 800, 900 and 1600 yards. And even when one of our riflemen, Major Doughtery, won a position on the Wimble- don ‘Team for 1877, he was merely allowed the use of along range rifle a week or so before going to England, which placed hiin at a great disadvantage on the Canadian 20.
A. R. Spense,' { Besides this, the ammunition now in use is
Dougald McPherson, D. W. Henderson, Thomas Campbell, Malcolm McDonald, N. Campbell, J. P., Arch. McPherson, D. E. Campbell.
PUBLIC MEETING.
A meerine of the Electors of the First District of Queen’s County will be held at or near Irishtown Schoolhouse, on Tuesday, the 4th day of December next, at the hour of 2 o'clock, p. m., to protest against the uncalled for Assessment Act, and other wrong doings of the present Government during the last Session of the Legislature.
The Representatives of the District and all other persons interested are respectfully requested to attend.
Called by the request of a number of
Electors. Ricuarp Reavy, J. P.
NOTICE,
A Publie meeting of the inhabitants of Agyle Shore, and surrounding Districts, will be held in Argyle School House, on Tuesday, the 4th Nov., inst., at the hour of five o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of tak- ing into consideration. the best means for remedying the injustice inflicted on rate- payers through the unfairness of the Pro- vincial Assessment Roll and other matters.
The Representatives of the District are respectfully requested to attend.
Angus McDougall, Alex. C. McLean, } Committee John McNevin,
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Tae 8S. S. ‘*Prince Edward” finished discharging her cargo on Thursday evening, She is now loading oats at Peake’s No. 2.
A numper of P. E. Island horses were sold by Mr. P. Connolly in Halifax, on Wednesday last. As yet we have not heard the prices realized.
Tue Soup Kitchen on Dorchester Street was,on Wednesday evening last, attacked by a crowd of street arabs, who broke win- dows and earried on general destruction till the police put in an appearance. We under- siand that the Kitchen has been removed from that place. Supplies for the Kitchen
Will be left at the store of Alex, Horne.
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the old musty manufacture of 1868, which after the 400 -yards range cannot be de- pended upon, and even at that range itself is far from’ accurate, some of the shots, on jaccount of the weakness of the powder in some packages, falling short of the target Some of the cartridges are prety fair, but the marksman is never sure of the strength of the powder or the accuracy of the bullet*-while in all the other Provinces, not excluding British Co!- umbia, the ammunition issued from the Government stores and used for practice, is the good, strong, improved ‘ammunition of 1873 and 1876. There can be no doubt, had our Volunteers this good ammunition, last summer, to select the Wimbledon 20 for 1878, much better shooting would have been made, and two or three of our men would, we believe, have secured a_ position lon the team. We hope that ere long the Government will see fit to do justice to our Voluntéers in this particular, and give them the Martini-Henry Rifle and good ammunition, and we are sure they will give a good account of themselves. And bear in mind, too, that the Volunteers don’t get the ammunition (except 20 rounds a man, year- ly, which is nothing), without paying for it. Every round over the 20 the Volunteers are ready and willing to pay for, and are anxi- ous to get, and unless they are extended these privileges they cannot compete with their more highly-favored comrades of the other Provinces, And it must be under- stood that in this matter no fault lies with the officers of our foree. From the Adju- tant-General down, everything is done to forward the interests of the Volunteers. The obliging and indefatigable Secretary of the Island Rifle Association, Lieut. J. D. Irving, knows this well ; for it is only after repeated applications any satisfaction at all can be had on the various points connected with our Volunteers. The fault of indif- ference to our riflemen lies, we are con- vineed, in a higher quarter than any Island authority, and we must say that this apathy is unjust and unfair and, to say the least of it, very discouraging to our men. 1 ements haialliiaarrihilee nisi tit
Tue market to-day was the smallest we have had for sonie time, owing to the state of the roads. There was no tub butter, and very little fresh—it sold at 24 cents ; geese were sold at from 40 to 60 cents each ; turkeys, from 50 cents to $1.00 ; pork, from 5} to ¢s per lb. ; oats, from 35 to 38 eents per bushel,
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THE LAURIER ELECTION. MORE FAILURES. The Fishery Award,
| Montrear, Nov. 28.
The Conservatives are badly sold as to the result of the Quebec East elections, but they are gratified at the decrease of four hundred in the Grit majcrity. Large.sums of money have been spent by theGovernment party.
Messrs. H. R. Ives & Co.—foundry works of this city—have suspended. — Lia- bilities are estimated at three hundred thousand dollars.
The English papers express their opinion that the United States is bound to pay the award; but they hope it will not be mixed up with the Reciprocity Treaty.
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Lonpvon, Nov. 30.
It is announced at London that « declara- tion of siege is imminent at Warsaw and various districts of Russian Poland.
The ‘Turkish ironclads before Antivan have opened fire. The Montenegrins are preparing to oppose them landing.
The Montenegrins at Antivan number about ten thousand.
The Turks will probably embark at Durazze and attempt to relieve Sactaire, which is threatened by Miredets. | The Porte has proclaimed blockade of the coast of Spitza and Dulayne.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 28.
The Council of War, hitherto under the supreme direction of the military, has been transformed into a deliberative body under a presidency, with Mucktar Pasha, Minister of War. This transfers operations to Mus- tafa from Mahomand-Damud, who was the most prominent member of the late Coun- cil.
It is rey orted that Kars fell through the treachery of a Pasha, who admitted the Russians to a commanding fort and was well paid for it.
No compromise Aas yet been made in France, and the anxiety is increasing.
THE WAR.
Lonpon, Nov. 28. , AServian battalion, recently crossed the frontier near, Vertaarniba to protect some Bulgarian women and children, The Turks drove the Servians back, and many were killed and wounded on both sides.
Intelligence dias been received thrt the speedy fallof Mahomaud Damond Pasha is anticipated in consequence of discontent at the loss of Kars.
The Turks hold a_ strongly fortified posi- tion at the head of the Orchanie defile, and have abandoned the town of Orchanie for stratagetic reasons. ;
It is announced that the Roumanians have
Lonpon, Nov. 28. It is stated on the authority of a Vienna correspondent that the Turks have almost abandoned the expedition for suecoring Plevna, though another report says that Achmet Eyoub has been appointed comman- der at Shipka, in place of Raouf Pasha, who goes to Adrianople to superintend the organ- ization of a new army. BucHarest, Nov. 28. The Roumanian Parliament opened to- day. Prince Charles in his opening address declared thet after the capture of Plevna, |Eurtpe mst reeognize Roumania as enti- tled to independence.
Lonpon, Nov. 28.
A despatch from Vienna to the ‘‘ Times” says : News about the movement of the Russians at Etredol and Orchanie leaves no doubt that instead of ‘waiting for the oper- ations of Mehemet Ali they have determin- ed to anticipate him by a vigorous forward march, which if successful would cripple if not altogether prevent his intended effort for the relief of Plevna.
The ‘‘ Times” military critic thinks Me- hemet will have difficulty to defend Sofia. This town is of vital importance to. the Turks, as it is the centre of the roads that lead from south and west from Phillipolis and Adrinople. Could the Russians gain it, and secure the passage of the mountains which bar the approach to it from the north, they would find it more convenient and ad- vantageous to the base of operstions to sup- port the advance down the fertile valley | which leads to Adrianople. :
FRE CCH NEWS
Lonpvon, Nov. 28.
A Paris special says that McMahon, yes- terday, received a delegation from the party of the Right in the Senate. ‘They as- sured the Marshal of the unwavering sup- port of their party in the present crisis, and encouraged him to persevere in his present policy of resistance to the Chamber. The Marshal replied as follows :—
‘* Gentlemen,—I thank you for your co- operation, and believe I have the right to count upon it: If the Senate is faithful to! its duty, as the guardian, with me, of the constitution and of legality, it will sustain me—I feel sure it will... If, unfortunately for the country, it should prove otherwise our lot will still be the same, and I shall
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