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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

JUNE 13, 1887. Rack Renting in the Western Highlands.

Tue oppression of the Highlanders of the

Western Isles is less known than the grievances of the Lrish peasantry, but it is none the less falling and disgraceful. As is known to most of our readers, the High land cotters, within the last few jrears, re- for rents to a small and and the hand of the law was old men and even women with rigorous cruelty. The cotters ind tenants complained that they were

rack-rented and oppressed by their land-

sisted distresses mild extent

brought to bear on

lords, factors and land agents more grivous- ly than they could bear; and no attention being paid to their petitions and complaints, they, especially in parts of the Isle of Skye, resisted the bailiffs. Gunboats and

marines, acconrpanied by legal oflicers, were sent toSkye, and the poor people were harassed in a moat merciless manner

uuder the direction of that cruel scoun-

drel, Sheriff Ivory. The Tory and Whig newspapers, led by the Edinburgh Scots- man, maintained the Highlanders had no grievances, and all the landlerds and their bailiffs and factors joined in a chorus of denunciation against the poor people, and scoused them of wantonly following the and of being. the

example of the Lrish,

tools of Radical agitators. The Govern

ment, a few years ago, app yinted a Royal

Commission to examine intu the com- plaints of the people, and the Com- missioners’ report divulged a state of poverty and oppression among

these people, that woula have disgraced an Eastern Despotisin.

Parliament, about a year ago, pass

ed what is known as_ the Crofters Act, under which Commissioners were ap- pointed to enquire into the relations be- tween the landlords and the tenants, with

power to settle fair rents and wipe off arrears,when they were the accumulation of excessive rents. The Commissioners have for the last three months been hearing evi- dence in the Isle of Skye, and all along the Scofsman and Whig papers argued that there was no_rgason for interfering with the

The

nission is composed of Sheriff Brand and

benignant landlords of Skye. Com-

other gentlemen whose education and position in society make them naturally the and much

friends of the landlords ; disap-

pointment was expressed at the time of their appointment that no one had been ap- pointed who could be depended on as friends of the tenantry. The Commission- ers have now published their award in a

and

alfairs revealed by it and the evidence on

large number of cases ; the state of based, has caused a profound sensatiou among British public men, This Lord McDonald and Colonel Fraser, two of the chief landlords

There

are many old men in this Island who have

which it is

award shows up

in Skye, as cruel, heartless despots.

a knowledge of landlord oppression in the Highlands, and a their children a knowledge of it by tradi-

A few facts from the

great many of have tion. Commission ers award will show the shocking rack-rent- ing practiced by these Highland landlords on the poor.

On two hundred and twelve applications

Lord Me

result is as

disposed of on the estates of Donald and Colonel Fraser the follows :

Present reat.

Fairrent Reduec’n

Lord McDonald. ..,.2£756.12.3 £525.16.0 £ 230,16.3 Colonel Fraser.... 70.119 £44.6.0 329.3.9 ARREARS.

Ordered to Wiped be paid. off. £606.12.9 £1164.11.9 609.17.6 1349,6,10

i otal arrears

Lord McDonald... £1831.4.8 Colonel Fraser..... 1959.44

These general results give but a vague idea of the individuaksuffering of the poor under the heels of thelandlords: The peo- pl > are helpless lord—liable to be turned out of their huts, and have all their personal effects sold in # summery and arbitrary manne:

ut the mercy of the land-

; and the oppression of the tenant means want, hun- cer and beggary for his wife lt must be remembered that

and children. most of these people pay heavy rents for a few acres— heavier rents than would be paid here, in landlord days, for one hundred or two hun- dred acres.

To show the grinding exactions: of Lord M:Donald and Col. Fraser we extract a few of the individual findings from their com- missioners award :—

Fair Rent

as settled

Rent Exacted. by Coms.

Chas Matheson....-+-«- 45,19.7 £2.13.0 McDonald .....: hy glee 4.16.0 Donald Nicholson 9.9.10 4,7.0 Widow Mcinnis..... aie 5.7.6 2.9.0 A Nioholson...... 12,17.2 6,0.0 And so on. These rents were so

unconsionably excessive that the Com- missioners wiped off all the arrears.

There is a village or settlement in Skye called Sheadder, known to many persons still living in the Maritime Provinces. It is now under the benign sway of Colonel

Praser, is

@all Fibiiebli : We

land “dl To now how extrac Sper Liner YT ives exfortions award as published : 2h Campbell rent, £.,14.U. £9.5.90. ‘ Ni i it ‘ . ~ . A Fle t aer-—present rent, £11.15.0; fair —_ £4.13.0. Arrears, £35.5.0: cancelled

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reat, £4.15.0, Arrears, L£19.0; cameelled, £19.0.0. .

“J. Cameron--present rent, £6,0.0; fair rent, £3 30. Arrears, £10; cameelled, £S.

«Widow Nicholson—present rent, £11,10.03 fair rent, £6.2.0, Arrears, £29; cancelled, £20.

it is unnecessary to quote further. The

poor people who are thus ill-used are in-

tellectually and physically as good men as their oppressors, and the wonder is they have submitted so long. to treatment not much- better than that of negro slaves in the South. The blacks are free, but the poor tenantry in Ireland and Scotland have

only yet seen the dawn of their freedom. ated ilitieds

_ James G. Blaine, late Presidental candidate, accompanied by his wife and two daughters left on the Sth inst., on a European tour te extend about one year. Previous to his departure he was iter- viewed by a reporter. In reference to the [rish question he said that the story of his intention to assist Gladstone and the Home Rule party was purely imaginative. He further said “‘such an action would simply be meddling with the affairs of another nation.” ‘* What,” continued Mr. Blaine, ‘would be thought here if some prominent Englishman would take the stump during one of our national campaigns ¢”

owt anteantt aM <aee It would puzzte the*proverbial Phila-

delphi 1 law yer to deitine a Grit policy. It is truly ‘‘ all things ty all men,’”—now you see it, now you don’t. The Liberal leader of Quebec, Hon. Honore Mercier, was_ re- cently’ banquetted at Delmonico’s, New York Gity. In the course of a speech de- livered by him on that ocoasion, he ‘said : ““Onebee is not rich compared with New Yorx, but we feel‘proud of ourselves be- cause we do our best,and you will be proud f us one day when we become an indepen- dent nation.” Evidently the usefulness of Riel’s corpse is gone, and so Mr. Mercier falls back on secession from the British Empire.

Literary Notes.

CHRISTIANITY IN THE FIRST AND NINE- TEENTH CENTURIES. The above is the title of an article from

the pen of Rev. Wm. Harrison of this city. The article, which is published in the Methodist Episcopal South Review, con- trasts the moral condition of the first and the nineteenth centuries. It gives a brief yet vivid survey of the immoralities of the tirst century of the Christian era, and shows how directly antagonistic to all the in- fluences of that century was Christianity. This view is supported by brief quotations from ancient writers. By all gradations of society christianity was opposed. Then it proceeds to speak of the present condition of society and of christianity. The numbers of preachers and christian editices are given; and the amounts raised annually for benevolent purposes. Reference is also made to the leavening influence of christian- ity in modern life. If the article falls short in anything, this deficiency arises from the fact that the present all-powerfnl and permeating influences of christianity scarcely receive a sufticiently full treatment The article is written in Mr. Harrison's

eloquent style, while it lacks neither strength nor dignity, there are many phrases scattered all through it, which have a _ peculiar charm

for an educated ear. It is well that active pastors give attention to writing as well as reading. Perhaps oftener than usual the results of their readings and meditations ought to come before the world in printed form. Wetrust that Mr. Harrison’s pen will soon beat work again, either in a similar direction or in the way of publish- ing something which may have a more per- manent form than a review article. The value that the editor places upon the article is seen in the fact that it is given the first place in the May number of the Review. S.

DALHOUSIE COLLEGE. We have just received a copy of the calender issued by Dalhousie College. \n interesting historical sketch of the Col- lege occupies a few pages. In the year 1821 the Earl of Dalhousie, then Lieut.-Gover- nor of Nova Scotia, was authorized by the British Government to devote the Castine Fund to the advancement of higher educa- tion in the Province. Under this order 4 college was opened which, through varying fortune, has borne the name of its founder. [n 1841 University powers were conferred on the College. In 1863 it was re-organized after having been closed for a number of

neat

years. In 1868 a Faculty of Medicine was added. In 1879 George Munro gave the

first of a series of benefactions which, to-

gether with those of Alexander McLeod

and Sir William Young have placed Dal- housie preeminently at the head of the

Provincial Colleges. In 1883 the Faculty

of Law was added. The Academic staff now consists of 18 Professors and Lectur- ers and two Tutors. Ofgthese 10 Profes- sors and Lecturers and two Tutors belong

te the Arts Faculty and 8 Professors and’ Lecturers to the Law Faculty. Last year there were in attendance at the University 170 students, and in the same year the

graduates numbered twenty-seven. For the benefit of students who may wish to spend but a short time at the University the time table has lately been so arranged that combinations of classes may be made which will give short courses of study. These courses cover two years and include a course in liberal studies, preparatory courses to study of medicine or chemistry, 21, gg journalistic work and commer- cial work, Students taking these courses will, on passing the sessional examinations, be entitled to certificates stating the na- ‘ture of the course pursued and the degree of success attained, These short courses must prove of great benefit to young men who, desiring a university education, would | find it impossible to spend the time and } money that must be spent in the usual four | years course. Anyone who contemplates taking a university course. should send for a Dalhousie calendar, and peruse it care-

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AE TOT MTT, cannecpeee,

A PROCESSION of school children for Jubilee

Parliamentary Notes.

p. Ey J. SUBMARINE TUNNEL.

The Prince Edward [sland sttbmarine tun- nel was discussed in the Senate a few days ago. Senator Howlan, in asking if the Gov- ernment intended to cause borings to be made this summer to test the practicability of the work,..said that the pune wanted the bond redeemed whith Canadagave at Confederation, that communication between the Mainlind and the Island should be kept up all winter. This could not be-done by boats,and the same duty which impelled the Dominion to build the Canadian Pacific necessitated the con- struction of the subway beneath the Straits of Northumberland. He then quoted the opin- ions of leading engineers who believe that the scheme is practicable. The Govermment was how paying $72,391 annually for the steam- boat service. There was also a loss of $142,000 per year on the Prinée Edward Island railway. An English company was ready to build the tunnel and take over the railway for a subsidy of $200,000 yearly. This would effect & sav- ing of about $15,000. Senator Howlan then dwelt upon the importance of the tunnel to the whole Dominion, claiming that it would effect a saving of 24 to 40 hours in the arrival of the European mails, He said that'the Lib- eral members from the province in the House of Commons were elected on the understand- ing that they would use their influence to get the tunnel constructed, but they had been un- faithful to their promises to the electors. Senator Abbott stated that the Government would enquire into the feasibility of the scheme, and if they found it could be cari ied out without difficulty an examination of the channel would Be made this summer.

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

Sir John MeDonald, in moving concur- rence in the Senates’ Jubilee Address to the Queen, said; All the municipalities of Canada, the largest counties and the humblest villages alike, have arisen in their might and of their own’accord and have giyen most enthusiastic evi lence of their gratitude that Her Majesty the Queen has been so long spared, and gratitude also for thé blessings we have enjoyed under het Sékgn of fifty years, and our people, after their own fashion and in their own way, and not pressed by any court or official influ- ence, are showing from one end of the country to the Other, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, their desire to make this a gala day in the history of Canada as it is in the history of the Empire. We, in Canada, have undergone great changes during the fifty years during

which Her Majesty has reigned over us. Byt a few months after she aseended the throne—I can remember

it well—the old Provinces of Canada were in armed resistance to the crown—nat, I believe, from any fault of the Crown, but from dis- content, which has happily long passed away, and which should be but lightly alluded to. From that time our progress has been constant.jWe have had our drawbacks, we have had our troubles, we haye had our commercial and other catastrophes, but still, on the whole, the progress of this great Dominion, and every Province of it, has been onward. The outbreak of which | speak was sestled for the time by the union of Upper and Lower Canada. The area was extended in 1867 to four of our Provinces, and now all British America, with the exception of Newfoundland, is under one Government, under a constitu- tional goverument, under a government fashioned, so far as the Federal Government is concerned, upon the model of the British Constitution, and we are going op prospering and, I hope, to prosper. And, al- though we may have our contests and our differences as the best mode of advancing the interests of the Dominion as a whole, I hope that all of us, no matter to what party we may belong, have one object at heart, and that is, to develop still further the Dominion, which has made such an extensive progress during Her Majesty’s reign. I will not say one word respecting the tribute that all the world, as well as Canada and the Empire, passes on Her Majesty's domestic virtues. It is said that:

‘To gild fine gold, to paint the lily,

To throw a perfume on the violet,

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.”

So it would be to attempt by any feeble lan- guage of mine to enhance the great merits of Her Majesty as a woman, wife and mother.

The Rifle Club.

‘Tue first competition this season of» the Charlottetown Rifle Club was held at Kensington Range on Saturday afternoon. The weather, wind and light were fairly good. The silver spoon was won by Capt. Weeks, with a scorezof 63Zpoints. Mr. ,H. Anderson, of the P. E. Igland Railway, made good shooting at the 400 yard range, making 6 bull’s eyes, with a total of 33.

200 yas. 400 yas. Total. Capt Weeks 30 33 63 Lieut J A Longworth 30 31 61

H Anderson 27 33 60

Lieut R V Longworth 25 32 57 Sergt Davison 27 30 7 Statf-Sergt Allan 28 29 87 E B Love 28 27 57 H Hooper 26 30 56 S Grey 29 25 54 Lieut D L Hooper 29 24 53 CG R smallwooc 26 18 44 Lieut H C McDonald 24 10 34

The regular annual meeting for the election of officers will be held Thursday evening next in the Stipendiary Magis- trate’s Court Room, when R. R. Fitz- gerald, Esq., President off the @lub, will present last year’s spoon winners with their trophies. nearness ities iliitatiea alias

Ow Friday last a young man named Duncan McDonald arrived in Montreal “from Cape Breton, in order to procure an artificial leg. Shortly after landing he took a walk, and was accosted by a well-dressed confidence man, who learned his errand, and represented him- self.as an agent for the firm he came to pur- chase from, He got the price of the leg, $60, from McDonald, and when a convenient opportunity presented itself, left him. The case is a particularly hard one.

ft SripenpraRyY MacistratTe NArRAWwAY and wife, of Pictou, N.S., will celebrate the. fif- tieth anniversary of their married life some time in July. Mr. and Mrs. N. ére natives of Englacd, and went to school with each other in their native tewn, in Devonshire, and were married at Charlottetown, P. E. L, on the 13th of June, 1837, by the late Rev. Dr. Knight, Wesleyan minister. One of their sons, Mr. J. W. Narraway, is the Principal of Schools at Belleville, Ont., and one of their daughters is Mrs. C. C. Gardiner, of this city, se~eed

ARRANGEMENTS have beon concluded with a first-class opera company, numbering thirty, who will produee the famous opera. Mikado in this city during Jubilee week. ‘This opera is regarded as Gilbert and Sullivan’s master-

piece. On the second evening the same opera will be reueabed or either Pinafore or the Pirates of Pen-

zance substituted. A company of great merit an‘l with such an excellent opera will doubt- less draw crowded houses. The prices of admission are placed at 50 and 75 cents. Tickets will ready at the Diamond Book- store in a few days. The dates of performan-

ces will be announved to-morrow,

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~~ MONDAY.

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‘Rocky Point and West River Ferry.

TIME TABLE FOR THIS SEASON,

MONDAY—Steamer Southport leaves Char: lottetown, at 4.30 p. m., for Westville and Shaw’s Wharf, touching at Rocky Point ; leaves Shaw's at 6.30 a. m.

TUESDAY —For Charlottetown, calling at Westville and Rocky Point; leaves Char- lottetown for Rocky Point at 11 a. m., and returns at 12, noon; leaving Char-

* lottetown for Rocky Point at 2.30 p. m.; returns to town, ne Rocky Point at 3.15-p. m.; leaves town for Shaw's Wharf, calling at Rocky Point and Westville.

WEDNESDAY—Leaves Shaw's Wharf for town at 6.30 a m., calling at Westville and Rocky Point ; leaves Charlottetown for Rocky Point at 11 a. m., and returns to town at 12, noon; leaves town a. 2.30 o'clock for Rocky Point; returning leaves Rocky Point at 3.30 p. m. for town; leaves town for Rocky Point at 4.15 p.m; returns to town.

THURSDAY --Leaveg Charlottetown at li

a. m. for Rocky Point and returns to

town at 11.45 a, m.; leaves for Rocky

Point at 2.30 p. m.; returns, leaving

Rocky Point at 3.15 p. m.

FRIDAY—Leaves town at 9a. m.; returning

at 9.45 p..in.; leaves town for Rocky

Poiut at 3 p. m.; returning at 3.45 p. m.

SATURDAY—Leaves town at 1] a. m.; re-

turning at 11.45; leaves town for Rocky

Point at 4p. m.; returning.

SUNDAY—Leaves town at 8.30 a. m.; re-

turning at 9.30 a. m.; leaves town for

Rocky Point at 1.15; returning to town

at 5 p. m,

Sart Boat leaves Rocky Point at 6a. m.,

every morning, and will run every alternate

hour of the day that the steamer is not running.

“Por St. Johns, Newfoundland.

GTEAMER BONAVISTA, for St. John’s, Newfoundland,g will be due at Charlotte- town WEDNESDAY MORNING, lish June, and will carry cattle and sheep on deck.

For freight or passage apply to PEAKE BROS. & CO., Agents. June 132i

SCHOONER Elmer «. Hawes BY AUCTION, FRIDAY. June i7th

at 12 o’clock, noon, on QUEEN’S WHARF.

i et fast sailing, American built Schooner Elmer KB. Hawes, 39 tons register, with Sails (nearly new), Anchors, 40 fathoms Chain, 160 fathoms Manilla Cable, 2 Dories, &c., &c., com- plete and ready for sea.

Sale Positive. No Reserve. delivery.

Terms Cash on

A. McNEILL, Auctioneer. June 13, 1887.

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Charlottetown Rifle Club,

THE Annual Meeting of the Club will take

place on ‘THURSDAY, the 16th inst., at & o'clock p. m., in the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court Room, for presentation of prizes and elec- tion of officers,

S. GREY, Sec.-Treas. June 13—4i

THE LYGEUM

Wednesday, June th.

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‘THE DANITES”

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will be produced under the Auns- pices of the Odd Fellows of this citys With the popular and accom- plished young actress,

MISS AGNES CODY,

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supported by a STRONG COMPANY, com- posed of Odd Fellows and PROMINENT LAD[ES of the city.

The Orchestra will discourse elegant music, written expressly for the Danites.

Curtain rises at 8; carriages may be called at 10.45.

Reserved Seats, 50 cents; on sale at ail Drug Stores; also at T. L. Chappelle’s, C. P. Fletcher's, Beer Bros., Norton & Fennell’s and by members.

June 10th, 1887.

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