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Ch’town, September 28, 1874.

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LEGISLATIVE UNION.

THE question of a Legislative Union of the Maritime Provinces is sow being dis cussed by the Press of Nova Scotia, With one all the leading organs of public opinion in the sister Province have declared in favor of the p Indeed it is so Patent that the fusion of the three inte one will result in a saving of

exception, roposed uni

legislature nd geveruments nearly,

if not fully, one half the cost of adminis

tering the public iffuirs of the Provinces, |

divided as they new are, while it will also concentrate and materially add to their

influence in the Councils of the Domini:

that the desirability of the union capuot be doubted. The only «uestion is, ean it be brought about It is svid the great difficulty will be io cet the people to e

sent to it. We have oo fear of such a difficulty ; beeause we know that the pees ple of the Maritime Provinces are on the

whole a sensible peoy and because they

are friendly disposed ne of Mr

Laird’s expression ne towards the

other. nace they ar persunded that t

proposed union will curtail the expens

f their leea! Government and en] iret s

powers they will unhesitat piv favor But it has by ithat tl | pl t

this Isiand will object to the union beeau the influence of the Island will be neutr ized ty the influence vinees ; because t} viduality aud independene Island's share of the public money w not be under the « of her

of the larger Pro- Island will lose it indi-

be caus tl e;

yntro

own peo- ple; and there can be no guaran-| tee that it will be fairly expended. |

that reflection and

do

We are cenvineed discussion will, in tim with these se-called “

the latter we have no cause to fear.

away Respectir .

The| j

objection

patronage of the Island’s share of the | “

public funds will be just as much under | the control of the representatives of the | Island as it is acquainted with parliamentary practice knows that the representatives of h} e'ectoral district practically control distribution of public money in each d - | trict. Great works for the benefit of the | general public will, as now, be carried en |

The Legis-

at present. Every one

ear

the

hy the general Government.

id s Carvell, Esq.

| woman,

ament

2. Se eee ee ee : - _

ST OO cette OUR CHARITABLE INS7 TUTIONS.

UNTIL some very radica changes are

made in our “ Aylum for the Insane’’ and | (

the instii

must of necessity absorb 2a large share of

our ‘* Poor House,’

itions

public attention. Our people must be as sured that the lunatics and paupers of the Province are well cared for, ere they suf

‘

} fer the {

agitation for improvements to cease

Since the memorable fourth of J uly, on | Which the Grand Inquest of the County

discovered poor Mary McCormack wal-

| cell, the condition of the inmates of

Asylum has materially improved. They

have not the same black, melancholy-breed- |

The

| buildings have be en thoroughly cleaned

ing prospect always before them.

jand white-washed inside and outside: a

drain has been laid in the yard to carry the slops and dirty water to 2 distance

and there are no stagnant bad smelling pools Although

in the vicinity, traces of the

| peculiar edors—deseribed by the Grand

| Jury,

| rooms and cells is, tor the most part, pure.

may be perceived, the air in the

| The beds on which the patients lie at |night are not the inexpressibly horrib!e Each bed-tick has

| stys they used to be. | been refilled ; and the sheets and blankets

| are, at least, tolerably elean Some of |

the patients appear to be very comfort- Miss Ready, whom the Grand

Jury mention as a patient illused in the

able.

' old time, has her room (which she invari ably reminds the

visitor is “her ow

room,’’) as clean and neat as possible ; and one or two other female patients are model housekeepers in their own smal] way. Mary MeVormack who was condemned to 'live out ber weary years in « condition one or two degrees below that ot filthiest of our domestic animals, is now up among the other patients She appears to be very quiet and harmless On the day we visit ed the institution, she was eng iged in the

lady-like occupation of ~ tatting’’—in

which she appears not unskilful The old he d- ridden woman, to deseribe whose

condition the Grand Jury could find no words, may now be seen by the most sen sitive without nausea orshuddering. She cold John

Connolly, another patient, doomed to dark

complains of nething but ness and to dirt, we found in the yard spread out in the sun, amusing himself with the pictures in one of the bound vol umes of the “ Illustrated London News,’ | recently presented to the Institution by In fact all the P ite nts appear to have improved under the super-

intendence and care of Dr. Blanchard and

Mr. Waller.

Still it is painfully apparent that there

are ameliorations of their unhappy con- dition of which they ud which it is Trustees

eupation is much felt.

ure not yet possessed incumbent upon th The want of oc

To be foreed

to remain passively idle from day to day

to provide.

and from year to year is of itself enough to make a sane man crazy, How, then, can crazy men and women, forced to re- main idle, be expected to become sane ? ‘Something to do’’ appeared to be |

| the most pressing want of the lunatics in | | our Asylum.

One poor melancholy, idle with her hands folded before her, said, while we were present, that she

would solike to have some knitting ”’

which she ‘ could do very well ;’ another

was very demonstrative in her demands for a fiddle ;

and a man of active temper- |

actually

and industrious habits

begged one of the attendants to take him |}

to work. Of course it would not be pro-

per to give heed to all the whims of a lunatic, nor wou'd it be prudent to trust violent lunatics with tools with which |

they might destroy themselves and injure |

lature of the United Maritime Provinecs their attendants. Still, the general cray-

will be emphatically a Local Government, | snd the grants it may make will be local purposes. est danger that our revenue will be ap- plied to the opeving of the Bay Verte Canal, or the extension of the railway into Halifax, or to any Roads and bridges, and education are the chief objects of the solicitude of our local and we have no fear that

suk h Be rvic s

politicians Nova Scotia New Brunswick, with their overflowing treasuries. and friend'y people, unite to defraud Prince Edward Island of its just propor- tion of the public money Respecting our infiuen: portance —— these great. But, in our opinion, the propo - ed union will materi lly increase it. Small, intelligent communiti a Parliament composed of partizans, able Parlia-

and

will

and our ite

can wever be very

. Sending to

men always exert an influence in

meat out of proportion t

strength. Under the lot: of the Dominion Nova “cotia per and flowe : od “eDonald to re present her wielded more inffuence in the ‘‘oun-

their numerical

with Tup-

cils of the Dominion than Qucbec—then,

And our people will

perhaps, Ontario.

remember that little Prince Edward Is- land net more than twelve months a0, held the po ities! fate of the Dominion in

her own hands; ond her politicians could obtain trom cither party just what they | most desired n the Legishture of the | United Provinces, there is little doubt

that similar “‘ situ itiows *’ will constar thy

recur. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

NOTWITHSTANDING the ]

suraneces of the ministerial

repeated as press, that no change in the persone/ of the Cabinet was contemplated, Mr. Breton, has been forced

, LORS,

of Cape

out of the Gov

ernment. avd Mr. Vail, of Digby. has been taken in. It is reported other

Mr. Huo-

ehanges will shortly be made

tington, President of the Council, will, it |

is said, make way fer Mr. Holton. -— > -_=- Tesaty with tae Isvians.—Mr. Laird

has succeeded in inaking a treaty with the Cree Indians, respecting lands through which the Pacific Railway is to pase. ‘Vhe following telegram was -ent to the Ja! ./,

but received too late for insertion on Satur. |

dap night, and we have been kindly favors ed with it:— Fort Gary, Maxrrona, Sept. 26 1874

Arrived to-day from ‘(juappelle’ Yade treaty to cover fifty thousand square D. Lass

Stvovtan.—Forty candidates for teachers Keense were examined by the Board of E-tn- cation on Wednesday last : and every one o Shera failed to pass the Board.

for | There is not the slight— |

their |

sdmivistration |

ing for employment should in some way be at least partially satisfied. And this

cannot be done while the Asylum is $0 |

fsmall, the attendants so few in number,

and the grounds adjoining the institution |

so contracted Another Mr. Carvell, a short time aed, provided

creat Want is amusement.

| some illustrated books and papers, which

|have been greedily conned by many of |

| the patients. Wetrust that Mr. Carvell’s | good example in this and other respects | may be followed by thoughtful, charitable persons in the city. The proprietors of i the Island journals could send copies of

their papers free of charge; and they

might utilize some of their exchanves in |

lthe same way. Other means of amuse-

ment and recreation micht easily be pro

vided at trifling cost. <A little music, dancing and entertainment in the evening would go far to relieve the maddening

dullness of our lunatics’ existence at the Asylum. But the prime necessity of the patients

is a suitable building in which to live ; jan Asylum in which the Superintendent dy at

the mind

could constantly reside, and be re

any moment to minister to

diseased.’ Till an Asylum worthy of

the name is provided—all efforts to cure and ameliorate the condition of the in | mates must prove, in a measure at least,

| abortive.

The building now used, would, | with a few alterations, do very well fora | penitentiary ; but it can never be made fit for a hospital for the insane. Notwithstanding all the agitation, little, we may say nothing, has been done to- wards the improvementof the Poor House, | The buildivgs have lately been white- washed ; a sort of sink has been made for the reception of the slops, and some of the filth in the yard has been cleared jaway. Buteverything else remains in | quo. The still ad- heres to the shameful resolution of the 25th January, 1875; and the Keeper, Mr, Allen, is still without an assistant. |

statu Crovernment

The rooms are unswept—not to say dirty. The out buildings are still in the state | described by the Grand Jury in July last

~—a state in which they should not have _ been suffered to remain twenty-four hours after the charge of the Grand Jury had been delivered. The room where mar-

lowing in filth in a noisome underground |

the |

ORGANIZED HYPtCRISY.’

le exeuse put forward by Dorion & : n palliation of the inexcusabi | 7° . y* . ) offevee of publishing the stolen Pop

} 4 - 1] MeDonald letter our readers will

mcomber, that it

was xposed a erime

untry. because it indicated

tr

avainst the ¢ the use of publie patronage as a means oF

preventing party division among the can

uf} ‘

Recent developments

didates at an elk

etion which wa to be imminent furnish proofs of the hollowness and in

sincerity of these professions; for they | show that Mr. Dorion did mmit the very same kind of

ntested |

himself not | hesitate to cc

In | election ot Richmond and Wolfe

offence. the trial of the it came |

Mr. | Wolfe | County. was announcing himself 4s a} the interest

this is the manner, Mr. Aylmer explains |

out in evidence that 2 certain

who was strong in

Beique,

candidate ip Liberal abd

in his evidence, in whieh he was

got out of the way ‘Mr. Beique | had received Government appoint- | ment since the election. Had not had any conversation with members of the |

Government or Civil Service in reference | to that appointment; had not used his influence in order to procure it for him. Had seen a number of letters addressed | to Beique by Hon Mr. Dorion, promising |

a situation, and Mr. Beique had expressed

a : | a wish to him that he would not attempt t

to forward his application for an appoint- ment in any way. Knew that Hon. Mr. | | Dorion had used his influence with Mr. Beique to prevent him being a candidate. in order not to divide the Liberal interest. Had seen a letter to that effect from Mr. Dorion to Mr. Of this evi- | dence the Montreal Gazette says oh lis not ni cessary to add one word by way

Beique.”

| of comment to this exposure of the man-

the patronag the late

is, however

ner in which of the Crown |

Was prostituted at elections for party purposes, [It added to the list of that Sir Francis Hineks was quite justi- described the so-called

but one

‘ ises which vo to show |

fied when he Libera!s 2s n organized hypecrisy =_— +

THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT.

ATER several weeks of an interregnum, a Local Government for the Previnee of Quebec has been at last formed, as fol- low :—DeBoucherville, Premicr and Pro- |

Mailhot, Crown Lands

vinetal Secretary ;

jand Leader of the Assembly; Chureh, | Attorney General; Angers, Solicitor Gen- | eral; Garneau, Commissioner of Public

Work Lemaire, President of the Coun-

cil; Robertson, Treasurer. This Minis-

try is considered “respectable, but not

strong.

None of the new men ean boast i rd,

member of the Ouimet Cabinet ()

a brilliant political Only one ir. Rob-

has been admitted to the new ad-

ree

ertsou )

ministration, It is said that the “ Land | | Tanneries Swap Scandal’? is to be inves. | tigated in January next. ++ me + + MARITIME UNION me ih Ka ‘

Quite a number of our Provincial cons temporaries are discussing the question of legislative union of the Maritime Provinces. Nearly all view the proposal favorably. We have not seen any journal which take stronger ground than that of suggesting objections that will inevitably arise in a

discussion of the questicn. That there are

| difficulties in the way of the accomplish | ment of such 4 union we freely admit, that | these

difficulties insurmountable are not yet prepared to admit.

are we Thet a| legislative union of the Maritime Provinces | investigation of the subject We still hold to the opin,

is desirable clearly she ws.

ion previously expressed in these columas that preparatory to any practical action on Maritime Union is the adoption of Munici-

pal Institutions in the Lower Provinces. When that question is settled, and Muni- cipal Institntions were put into good works | ing order, then the question of legislative ‘union of ritime Provinces will be We hold most strongly that the Municipal Institutions first, and |imperatively, demands the attention of | At the time we desiderate discuvtion of Maritime Union. The people desire information on which to |

the in order

| subject of ;

all our legislators. same

| base their opinions and give an intelligent | | decision when such is asked ; and our pub-

lic men will naturally favor discussion in | order that they may be able correctly to | | guage public opinion. One thing is to be | deprecated, and that is hurrying the mat- Confedera- (ur politicians, we hope, have learns

ter as was done in the case of tion, |ed an important lesson from the history of that movement.

In carrying out the idea | of legislative union it is necessary that the

people, or at least a good majority of them, should in accord with

the movement. | Our politicians must have a care on tha;

be point. Hence discussion of the subject is 'in order so that public opinion may be

|ripened thereon. We do not intend to | ; 1 i enter into an elaborate’ discussion of the subject at present. We have stated our |

i | position as the question now appeals to us, jand we willl add that we do’ not disagree

with the following from the ¢ Sland-

| ae ot Tuesday: ‘There are, of course, several dillicults ies which present themselves, and = more imaginary ones which will be urged against a maritime union, but we are con- vinced that the great importance of the | subject, and its manifest advantages, will towards its successful | accomplishment. In the meantime, it is | important that the subject should be } thoroughly discussed, so that it should be | understood in all its phases If the union | will be shown to offer a more efficient and economical system of Government than the | present, we have no doubt it will meet with | public approval, and will soon be adopted.” |

__—oe +

eventually prevail

Exroats.— On Thursday last the S.S. Carroll sailed for Boston with 1,300 bbls, mackerel, shipped by Nickerson, Churchill | and others ; 246 tubs butter by G. Howatt ; 145 boxes preserved lobsters, by Shanks & Smith; 250 boxes eggs, J. Hughes and G. W. Gardiner; 65 bags oats, T. O'Connell; | 7 hhds. pelts, G. W. Gardiner, onepeenen > oe ++ >

Supment. The sehr. Malbina cleared from Crapaud, for Halifex. on the 23d inst., with the following cargo : 4,550 | bushels oats, 40 bble. potatoes, and 3,000 lbs. | of butter The shippers were Messrs. G Howatt and J. R. Reid) When Crapaud | Harbor is dredged, which we hope will be

EARLy

ried and single men and women live and sleep together—harmlessly and innocent- ly it may be—still remains, (it is, at present, occupied by a man and his wife, | a young woman and a child,) and there

is yet no bath room in which a dirty pauper may be serubbed in private. Al. together, the Poor House is still in a

scandalously bad state.

_ A Conservative Convention is to be held in Toronto some time during this month.

soon, the village there will be quite a stirs ring business p ace.— Pu/rio/, 2 2. <=

“A Sorpawing Yietp.—Mr. Robert Glen, of St. Andrews, N, B., this year has raised seventy-one pounds of potatoes from one | pound. The potatoes are ofa variety re- cently introduced.

Young Napoleon is said to be a master of the -nobleand manly.’ He lately thrashed a German lad near Arenberg, and then res

marked that he might go an tel! Bismarck 'as aoon as he pleased.

| $15

| Tam O Shanter.

} cept winners in Ist and 4th races

| imagine that those fine ladies and that ex~

cag REGATTA PRSTIVITIES—CON “ERTS IN THE DRILL SHED —CRICKET MATCH € N GOVERNMENT , ROUNDS GRAND BALL AT MA KET HALL.

4 cloudy morning often pre redes & sunny day: and an unpromising beginning is not unfre ently followed by a successful en- xe. Last Monday was exceedingly un. | {he sky ana the atmosphere

I. the afternoon rain

terprize.

propitious ia storm. fellin torrents. When the Band arrived it still raining ; and fears were entert Lin

betokent

Wiis ed that the Regatta on the morrow w yuld These fears were The weather on

a total failure. however, iy was as fine as could possibly be de-~

] rove not, verijied. fuesd sired : and the regatta was a complete suc- ces: ‘here was wind enough to make sailing pleasant; but not enough to render rowing disagreeable, The air was light and bracing : the sun shone inan unclouded sky; the water in the harbor rippled and sparkled | pleasingly. Thousands of holiday-attired citizens crowded the wharfa and shipping and the grand stand on Connolly's wharf, and hundreds of small well-filled pleasure boats bout |

Irish |

lent additional liveliness to the scene

Roya!

ten o'clock the Band of the Fusileers took its station at the front of the grand stand ; and. at intervals throughout the day discoursed first-class music. The | sailing matches were lively sights , but the

greatest interest was taken in the skill and | pluck and muscle displayed by the rowers

Lily, Fred Douse—first prize won by Sea Bird.

Sixtu Race.—two oared boats. Ist prize 2nd prize $7.50—boats entered—

1 Kathleen, rowed by C. Burns and C.Gay. | Nancy Fat, ‘

to

C. 1, Strickland and | (lf. W. Longworth. |

3 Peacock, 6 Wm. Davison and | (James King. 4 Stranger, “David Murray and

(W. Fraser.

F. McCarey and P. { Power.

John Coombs and W.

Mrs. Tilton,

Nellie Lean,

| were F.

Play is resumed at past 5; the P.C : | boys following their innings. Doyle and | throw ste os their opponents. And the Warburton take the bats. Davies and} ‘ retually quotes, and that meek and

mme of the

‘ : | | exception) enjoyed themselves. On parts |

no notice of the match until the day pre- The wonder is that they had the The following com- Dr.

McDonald

ing three hearty cheers were given for the band of the Royal Irish Fusileers, to which Shreves 1e band responded by playing ‘‘ Auld Lang he officers and men of the band J. | were, we understand, highly pleased with their visit to Charlottet said that i ce had they been more hospitably

vious. courage to play at all.

prise Prince County eleven

(Captain) Charle MeDonald, A. Syne. M. Doyle J. Bethune, ™. Richards, J Prophet, a. he city Longworth, A.. llensley, J. T.

H. Davies, N. MeLeod, J, Doyle,

Chappell Hibpett, J.

ve 1 eleven | !® RO pua

entert

, wh; and

Warburton, G

orrissey.

ned

| of the Hillsboro’ Boating }

The Commitiee

Jenkins, L

; ' vane sntiring in thew eskewor tb

R. Freeland, W. Hobkivk, D. Longworth, | ‘ lub were untiring in then ende avors t cas ; 3 e all the Regatta Festivities success-

J. Longworth. J. Yeo At } to 1? o'clock render all the Regatta he re ‘ 1eces | ful- and they were suceessfal. They des

the play commenced, the town boys going ) " » > to the wicket Doyle and Freeland take | Serve great credit. I'he Ball has been pro-

r sci } i 7 onunesa rie § the 1x ve ¢ We append the official prize list the bat. Shreves and Bethune are bowl~ | nounced one of the best that ever took > - Jai , » fee " : as ce vibnsn toy Dice athe First Race.—Sail boats twenty feet keel | ing. Doyle and Freeland start off with a} place in this city. Silver ¥ e ” o.% a | ET Ae a and over, Ist prize, Silver Cup, pres ented | couple of two run hits and keep up with by Major Pollard, and $15; 2nd prize $10. | a little liveliness. Freeland is beauti- LOL AL COE PTION, The following boats entered : fully caught by McDonald —1 out for 12. | ne ( . , . ? s i Wd ‘ oJ 1 Surprise, entered by W. H. Lund, | Longworth takes the bat, and Doyle im- | ” Cutter. bd r C,. Hamilton. | F t . baa cela of; Phe organs of the Government are greats | ~ . ’ : . mediateiy retires rOWLeL ry Sureves mat ‘ : | 3 Whaler, , “ C. Hamilton, ‘Be . x . Long. | ly conc rned to account satisfactorily for | 4 Wave low, Cantley, | for 12— making room for Hobkirk ong- | * which have been made by : 1 : } ; ne exXposures yvuien hve ee 5 Linnet P. Foley. worth makes «a splendid three run hit, | the exposur ’ r : 80 ; Cc ' | the election courts in the trial of contested 6 Old erry Boat, “ George Coombs. | foliowed by Hobkirk with a ditto Iwo | the election c e is ” the tri 7 Ada ie Daly, } : ~~. | elections. Their friends have been un- 2 : “ J MeDonald | good bats in now and a big score 15 eX- | , ae . & Dauntless * J. A. ma yt og ae : Bott ie but ted 1 nderful rapidity ; and in & ize r xy Surprise: 2n o by| pected. both are masing a score, : : ae : Ist prize won by Ce ee J | ‘ i ys 5A ea ib (lis every case the evidence has shown the use ‘arry B SLOWLY te eing ina consideravie Lille, : i ‘ | Old Ferry Boat. ‘ * \ite: € promsorgninanrsiey er ie spread and general cors . - » . four oared boats le obkirk is foun Oo retire for 10, LOWE | ae ’ i Secoxp Racr.—Four oared ~ be atl ne : ea fon. | ruption, Judging by the cases which rize SP ny rrize $10.—two boats con-| by Bethune handsomely--o for 25. Jens | . Shy : Ee prize $20 2nd pri ' sh oo kei | He . | nO. Bethune | 28¥ve been ted, taere can be little doubt »sted : slows Kins takes the bat and makesan (7, Hetnune |” Ca ; tested as follow : ae , 7 sis the ons that G iment owes its majority in | lady Duff ontered by James Peake; | shivering his timbe: wvies Nils Ser). . i lady I entered by mes P¢ , a ek teal th t House of Commons to the} \! x a9 oe . 1 meworth at length j rowed by John McMahon. Matt. Murphy, | and play a Py b nt : WL eeoernl money at the elections, coms | 1 ; it Uiichnal Son ia ital retires, splendid], aught y I ‘ on ‘s ; Thomas Wise, and Micheal Sweeney , and | re : ey H . | " the | ' ned in many instances with the most | va , 7 ee ee, score © fo nsley he the Edward rowed by E. G. Fuller, Wallace, | 4 scor . va f, Fitz : lq | improper use of the patronage of the| McDonald, and NeDorsid. The La Duf ‘J ers ; CQ : } i ne | Crow! J Mr. McGregor was glad, a eon hy ah ¢ rm } 6 for oo itzi1eal ‘ ¢ ight YY DeUD ee | . : J won stout « bundre ye a _ 2% -- “* 2 { +} bat and { of Gay trial, to escape 7» _ . i . a lad yt ; 1c » on » the ie cu } wd was tou heavy to match th yf : oo pret ated nee e by withdrawing from the [) havKe one rOWw i oe $< ) : : ' : ' i r 4 | defer nting to the election se ik sia di cd ‘. @ is succeed Longwol i : ligand a — ! { nd } bei in| ion, Major Walker . i. ‘ A ean eck ot slavs well for a lion ‘ t , Earl Dufferin’s Medal and &1 nd do : ae ee a aa ind his friends have been proved to have $7.50. The contesting bosts were sel in on ents a — ted to an expenditure utterly demors | . ‘i bis iscua cles rper utterly Water Lily entered by W. L. Dean eres game : f nst i na such as, if - : \ ‘ ti ifi¢ ‘ = ’ Henry Ward Henry Hales rv O0.-—m iy for J. I iGaetine 3 , ¢ " ’ 1 i S23 yma Uaillice Ol } Naney Fat " Fuiler. Davi s taken leneth after n nea i ngs) equa ation 8 1 Stranger “4 Dan Murray. i ee 8 Viel ere ana total | possible under the law, uld certainly 'The Waler ] came in first nd Mr. W. ee Fines 4] } } of the opportunity of L. Dean had the honor of carryiv, off the they commence play ial bribery at another election, | Governor General's Medal. ‘The Va Chappell at th ia a I it i no contest, Fut won second money. aici hawlies p—] | fortunately for “1, Cameron was proses | IOUKITR | AT . Fouts Race.—Sail bouts under twenty ios 1, the f Mi. Simpson and Mr, | Ort. I i : if } feet keel Ist prize $20; 2nd Prize $1 who | ial iy | Hi nd the kind nfluence that | . val ' 4 ‘ . i n foll ins ¢ < 4 ’ } ( et tiumpi the following boats entered edht td Sank 4 ph of the} I Lark entered by James Peake a Government candidate. In Renfrew, Mr. : . : ‘ LO0¢€ in. Ley ‘ i t : : 2 Morning Star Angus Cameron a ; McD i] i his friends by throwing 3 Little Wanderer ‘ Fred. Douse. ively now. WW 7 a we thus preventing the t Fenian Dan. Lane. Jenkin } for S—and makes ee oe Galt ae = 5 Brant George Lund, Donald. A ball from Hobkirk , Cee eee 6 Plovei John Livingstone. ii iiha dn ons tf making a gap | 00 the stand. it zh came outina ie ; é hards to retire for making a gap : 7 Lone Star John Snelgrove. ani Maco lpia : o". | single day t the most disgraces ‘ . , whioh is filled by ~hreve McDonald is S Cusetiee “ James Burns. P : ul use was made of the Government pas | 9 Bellerophon * William Houston. caught by Longworth—-5 for 10—way made im | S : : . Ss a ie . ( nty. ichmond and First prize won by #eu Second prize by | for Bethune. Things are looking gloomy 5 : ' ci . ' : Minister of the Crown, Morning Star. for Prince County boys. Shreves is ‘ gone ' : : " . ; lup ‘—6 for 11 The vacancy is filled by| department of Justice, Firra Racr.—Stern seul’. Ist prize =4; up —6 for . he vacancy is fhillec y hid t ie field be »: McDonald. There seems to be é he 5 id DY boats entered—Sea Bird, J. A. McDonald, A- McDonald, There ms to be no hope Se oa Z . —e ae | the promise 1 Government situation, a ;}and Water for them now. Bethune run out—7 for 14 |

promise which h inc . | filled. Everywhere, in facet 15. eee . dence of the most unb

» been actually ful.

—Morrissey now takes the bat, but soon j ; : : , we have evi- dropped it, bowled by Davies. 8 for

pia, iushing corruption ‘ Click,’ and away g © I

triumph of the party » party of purity.

ves McDonald's wickets Hibbet filling the has no chance to make a score, as

in order to secure the

im? fone Th but

Prophet |

re Zap,

which claims to be And what is the defer

W } iy

> now put forth ? iservatives have been as entitled to

is bowled hy Davies, and all are

total of 22.

out for a

that the Cor

bad, and are therefore not

Hobkirk bowels. Warburton soon retires UOMIssly¥ rean,our Lnziish morning con

L, Desh. 1 for 9—Hibbet taking hiseplace. Doyle | tem} orary in this city, fob WSs suit in quot-

Henry Ward, “ H. Hales and P. | has the same luck as Warburton and res | (™& "emarks from the Conservative press [Hope. tires —2 for 4—-Richards tates the bat and during the Pacific Scandal to the effect

First prize won by Kathleen ; second prize drops it-.3 for 4. Charles McDonald {fills thatthe ex) enditure of money at elections by Nancy Fat. his place. The band is now discoursing as in under our constitutional Sevexta Race.—Four oared boats — boys | sweet music, and that ought to have a salu. | *¥*te™ of government, and that however under seventeen—!st Prize £12; second | tary eflect on the batters, but no, there i«a | h the fact was to be regretted, it prize $8: boats entered— collision between the balland Hibbet’s wick, | 2®™ ru ’ ee be avoided, | Lady Dufferin rowed by Daniel Davies jr. | et, and he retires—4 for 4—the gap being We are inclined to think that the experis

s Neil McLean, filled by Chappell, who is compelled to re- | ence t th which we are now passing

“ James McLean | ti. bya ball from Davies—5 for 4—and | Must be taken as evidence that the cone “« R. McFadyen, c ; i ie} 2 Rdward “ N. Fraser, way is made for A. McDonald, who has no | Se?vative press in making that statement | “ J. Morrison. chance to meke a score, as Hobkirk sent | was unfortunately very near the truth. | " T. Robins, aball which shivered his wicket—7 for 7, | But what we want to point out is that such |

s W. Clarke, Donald is out (feet before wicket)-—7 for | fence for the wholesale bery by the grits

J. McKenna | S—Shveves takes his place. Bethune fol, | and rouges at the last election, nor is it an

. if. Ramaay, lows pretty soon 8 for 9—whose place is tanswer to the ch wrges whieh the conserva.

cirst prize, Lady Dufferin, second prize

Eigutu Race.—-Nail boats apen to all ex- Ist prize $10: 2nd prize #5: boats entered

| Butterfly, entered by D. Lane.

2 Linnet, - J, Hughes.

3 Wave, " Cantley.

$ Lone Star, Snelgrove.

First prize Bulterily: 2nd prize Lou Star.

Nintu Race.—Double scull. Ist prize

$1), Loats entered —

1 Henry Ward rowed by H. Hales and | a Hope. 2 Nancy Fat “ E. Fuller. and Wallace.

,

Fa

Ist prize Naw . —Canoes (Indian.) Ist prize

Tentu Race

(#2) won by Martin LeBros; 2nd prize

i

£1) won by Abraham Spear.

THE PROMENADE CONCERTS,

The rain of Monday afternoon materially aflected the first Grand Promenade (‘oncert in the Drill Shed. Owing to cloudy, threat~ | ening skies and muddy streets compuras | tively few of our citizens attended. The | music was very select and beautiful—more select and more beautiful, perhaps, than any ever before rendered in Charlottetown, Yet the manner in which it was received by the

majority of the audience would indicate that it was * nothing more than common,.”’ To judge by the gossip of Miss C., the active flirtation of Miss T., and the unremitting small tal: of Mr. S., even while the finest strains were being rendered, one would

quisite coxcomb had been used to “ this sort of thing” all the days of their life. Pro- bably they were unaware that they display ed ignorance and insensibility to a degree

| which astonished strangers. The following |

rogramme was rendered :— prog

1 March. Inman Line, by Warren. 2 Overture, Masseniello, ‘© Auber.

3 Valse, Kuenstterleben, “ Strauss. 4 Fantasia, rin, ‘* Bosquit. 5 Galop, Sleigh, “Kushner:

INTE “MISSION.

> Selection, Vartha, ts Flotow.

7 Seotch Airs, Van Man, | 8 Quadrille, Geaevice de Bi abani,Offenbach. | 9 Aria, Traviata, Verdi,