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Wi hout him, the bedy cannot formulate Cy UNS {h (iL } » fax and « ther cities. Surely parents wou'd | end gives citizenship (o a party even f he
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Creorge R. Beer, Ksq., remarked that he
believed that the Legislature would not
Gyms of faith, When he therefore siedies’ ey i) Li } ney in bat he thinks more w ad when receiving instruction tm the City Sc hools. | puts 18 Money itito wha i lbas more CARAS, i Say, ‘ fiecudaeu Cee ' . | ‘ . jf i Then there afe men whe cour here with profitable, ub capacity of twuiversal teacher, he’ + _ . l : | 5 ; . idresses ie if to the whole world on i he Paxation ( te stion lots ot four, cargoes of coal, cic., andsell| P. Blake, Ksq., opposed the motion, and it tSace ’ at ut cat ‘ i ‘ Ses pin, ty the am away iu their tkete, | argued at lovgth that the Legislature would a matters touching faith or morals, by virtue Discussed. them, take the money away na their pooke — it as . er i Divine assistance promised bim,. hi pay not acent in tent or taxes, and walk | not entertain the tdea of allowing the ¢ ity i the i © ASSistalie re 8 I : 8 , . een \ : } fall l > away The Se neh, le thou ht. should be } ounen, le ley V (taxXea all the a lose He SE Se BN ulterances are to be recelves Epa ae : ] t} . ’ iI Se ] . shy i { gat 1 4] tea | st Thi s *anction raises the decrees owl y 1 - th | wn he } alized 9 com) ‘Hled to pay sometha uv fos the privilege | urced reticne ren , an ant Ae teache Cor the diguity { irreiragable UW Call ie Lurcen ' (jd ' of uoderselling those who are residents, | ave getthiny their salaries supplemented be- "ten ounce oO he Hutt ‘ i ax ae ; truth. But what about the non placets / ~ and as such, subject to the expenses imel- | a a = ans . the ~*~. a Do they nly submit when overcome by dent to life ina city. | Douala tqguharson, eq, 2 . “y d :
, ‘ ; , pont of Humbers, as re
dish nes'ly puts it? So far from yielding > brute force, which is ¢ vide nily upphed mh he above qu mn, they yield rather
humble submission to the teach of the Church, ** Feed my
and bow In ing authority shee}
Christ promised to His church Unity of Faith, Unity of Worship, and Unity of Obedience, but he did not promise Unity in Politics. Why, then, unless it te to bolster up a weak cause, does he refer me to the e'vil questions that may agitate Cathole minds in Quebec or elsewhere, as if such ditiererees of opinion, on purely legitimate questions of epinion, could mili
tae against the Unity of the Roman Chureh !
| fear | am wearying your readers, for really so far | have encountered nothing
worthy serions consideration. A few more moves ana | shall le ave my eritic checek- mated
“P,P.” makes “Luther's error” consist ‘in preclaimiog the very same great doctrine of justification by faith alone
which the Apostie St. Paul hed so carefully taueht to the e riy Church of Rome.” Thus he introduces the fundamental point of difference between the Catholic Church, on the one hend; and all the other denominations professing christianity, on the other 1 am well aware that the great Doctor of the Gentiles (Rom. i, 28—xi,t— Eph. ii 8,9) epeaks of justifying faith without works, sti'l we koeow full will that he means to »werks which were performed
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by command of the law of Moses,and which, |
as they were «x ernal, and without true charity, were of no avail: he did not refer to those works which are performed in a state of grace, with a lively, love inspired faith. Therfore the Apostle t+lls the Galatiana thet ‘faith enly availeth which worketh by charity,(Gal. v. 6.) and he like- wise exhorts the Colossians to be fruithful in every geod work, (Co). i. 10.) 1 contd adduce other texts to the point, but the foregoing wil! suflice. Thus we see thet although faith is necessary, it is not suffi- cient for ssleatien unless it is perfected by charity. Some have eyes, but do not see.
“P. P.” exultingly flaunts in the eyes of the world the power and prosperity that have become the inheritance of these pro fessing *‘Luther’s error.” Seo anew mark must now be added to the old ones, to Cesignate the Church cf Christ ! Indeed the eld ones may be safely dropped, and to enquiring minds kind friends will unhesi- tatingly peint out to the Church of the All Mighty Dollar as the Church of Christ. Bat | read some where, years ago, that the Saviour promised that His gespel would be preached to the poor. He elsewhere assures us that His Kingdom is ne* of this world, and in yet avother place He tells us that some receive their rewsrd even in this llfe. In view of these statements. [ cannot con scientiously compliment “P. P.” on his briliiant discovery. Anyhow, there's no knowing where the money may eventually gu in the ‘‘whirlgig” of time.
His reference to the comparative freedom of the Roman Church in the British Empire is equally unfortunate with his other ran- dom slings. Let me state that if the Romau Chorch does cnjoy this com- parative freedem, it is due to the recogni- tion of her rights,and not to the application of Protes‘ant principles, as ‘*P. P.” would have us infer. During the reign of Henry VIII, and his immediate successors, the Church was not so very free,to our loss be it told. ‘‘All power is from God,” so says St. Paul, civil as well as ecclesiastical.
Ged delegates the exercise of these powers to his »sgents§ on carth Having the same immutable sourc:, they
may vever clash. They sre consequently im their very origin, intended to harm: nize They are not antagonistic to one avother tender to Cwsar the things that are Cewesar's, and to God the things that are Giod’s. To claim freedom for the Church iu the British Empire or elsewhere, is only to claim that in so far as that freedom is guaranteed, by just so much isthe Sover- eign, ss depository of God's temporal power, true to his trust.
With perfect propriety have we witnessed the Catholic Hierarchy appealing to the British Crown for the protection of their vested rights in the Propaganda. ‘The Washington Government averted from its Catholic citizens a like spoliation. "Tis simply a matter of civil rights. They did not appeal as Catholics, but rather as British subjects, demanding protection of their imperilled rights in the dominions of a ‘*Most Catholic Kiog” who had pre- varicated.
Thus I have replied to all “P. P.’s” structures. I leave a discriminating public to decide whether or no, | have dene so satisfactorily. | was necessarily forced by reason of the vast amount of maiter ob- jected to, to barely tonch important points, which, on their merits, would re quire a more complete exposition. However, I think I have said enovghto vindicate Catholic belief in the points attacked ; and I will here observe that I consider *‘P, P.’s” interference on a par with that of any re porter who might wish to enter any church on a Snpday, and drag the preacher into the public press, because the views enunciate did not agree with his own. My surround- ings guaranteed mea certain amount of immunity and exclusiveness. Had I spoken in the Market Hall, “P. P.’s” interference might net he considered so unwarrantable. I] was long in doubt whether | could, with propriety, reply to his charges. [ decided eventually to do so, lest @ certain portion of the public might consider that | had been completely silenced under his scathing denunciation. And new TI have done. I take my leave of P. P , as I have no desire to enter the lists as a controver- sialist, and to continue this discussion further would lead us both into a contro-
versy which some few might follow through |
curiosity, but fewer still with profit. _Apolegizing to you, Sir, for having ocen- pied so much of your valuable space, I remain,
_ _Gareory McDowxaup. 3t Margaret's, King’s (> , Feb. 26, ‘Rh
Keep the City in a Creditable State?
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IN the City Council Chamber, last even-| al! the ground. ing, a number of citizens met together with pishcd, necessitate the
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nething in Mr. Crabbe’s estimates about the cost of water for the city. He thought it would be folly to go to the Legis- lature with ascheme which did not covir The water will, when fur- expenditure of a
saw
| His Worship the Mayor and the Council. | consid:rable sum in addition to that re lors, to consider the Civic situation; and | quired for next year, itelk the matter over. ‘The Mayor pre- | Councillor McLean said he would like
| sided He opened the meeting by | pointing out the fact that unless Char- jlottetown be suffered to retrogade
to know the opinion of the meeting as to |
whether or not they were willing that the
to | Council should levy the taxes as they saw
lthe discredit of its people, more will have! fit, so as to spread the burden and make it
‘to be done by its Corporation than has j been dene in recent years; if so, more jmonuey will be required; and while owners of real estate complain that the present (mode of taxation js ut fair and particularly 'oucrous to them, the qt estion is, How is the |m<« ney to be raised, so that the bi rden will ‘fall more equitably! It had been suggested j that the Council should endeavor to obtain ifrom the Legislature power to levy tax- jation in the manner that seemed to them i best, and judgment upon their action be passed every year by the taxpayers at the p lls. consider this suggestion. CcounertioR CRABBE submitted a rough lestimate of what, in his opinion, would be | the expenditure required by the Corporation | this year—-»s follows :— | City Government......... ‘ice ae Street lamy De ce dk kaa ies 3,556 | Police department.....
| Fire department. seccuesseseee, 4,060} year. He would have all taxes collected by Se ne a 1,500} the City Council and by the same collector. Maintenance of streete.. 7,500; Hon. D. Davies would 1.ot agree to a tax | Femps and wellr..............-4.. (0 | on furutture because it is unproductive pro- | | Sssetsing and collecting tex.......... 684 | perty. Vieteria Park ? ©) James Cartis,E:q. thought it a harsh and ereet.i~.- eine 7 508 unfair proceeding to levy a poll tax upon ab al Geek i pi ene! 10,00 old man like b.mself— one who paid on rea! Moving and repaiiing......... ... Go4 | estate, too. — The poll tax, he thought, ee 350 should be levied on the young men who did _ | net pay in any other way. Itis nonsense to BON. sciences decconscenteccess Ue or oe L gislature will ever give In this estimate there was an increase _ City Council liberty to tax as they over last year of $3,3U0 for the repair of | Please. ; streets, a small increase in the pie of MM. a Hogan, os ’ could F Rot repairing pumps and wells, and also an understanc a by : ont “ aP 7 * increase in the amount paid to the City prejudice against , ee cee are School Board. These increases he deemed | perty er ie ot a aoe = necessary ; and in round numbers the City |°%e?y other city se Sat vinited, . and is fo his mind just 48 kk vlilmate
Council would require for the service of next year the sum of $44,000. On the o'her band, the sources of revenne would, he feared, be fewer than they wire last year,—and it would be remembcred that last year the aciual receipts were only $59,849.91, while the actual expenditute
was $41,057.31, Jeaving « delicit of $1,207.41. Last year they received
$547.50 as rent for Queen’s Wharf, but this year itis so much out of repair that little if amy revenue cau be expected {rem it. Last year 8566 was received as pull tex ; but unless there were Dominion or Loca! elections, this sum would not be obtained this year. Then there was a considerable amount of fines under the Scott Act, and of vendors’ licenses urder the Liquor License Act, which has lotely heen declared ultra vives. This could not be counted on during the present year, Aitogether thé reductions in the revenne would, according to his estimate, amount to $4,467.22. The revenue derivable would be :—
Fie $26,276 05
teal Estate....
Arrears. 1,542 74
$27,818 79 City Court..... ‘ ed eb cd o% 122 90 Market tolls and rents........... 2 500 00 i all oe oid ie 3860 00 City Weight Bridge.............. 400 00 ae 70 00 i : 1,059 00 Grant to Insnrance department 650 CO Truck mens’ license.......... £60 00
Auctioneers’ license... . 2°90 €O
Theat:e license...... 64 00 Mauure sold... ae 10 60 Horse and carriave tax.. 729 60 Dog OO cent ca 166 06 De. 6 ot i ek os 600 00
$34,940 69 Leaving about $10,000 to be made up. The question was ; How is this to be done | A. B. Warburton, Esq.. favored the passage of a Bill giving to the Council more general powers of taxation. He also advo- cated the consolidation of the City laws and bye-laws. Hon. Daniel Davies thought that to allow the City Council to levy taxes as they
pleased, would be to give them great ower. Still the Council were the seivents P
of the City and could be turned out every year, if they did not do right. This would be a great check upon t!em For his part he thought au income tax the fair- est; and it would include those who are best able to pay. As to a poll tax, the Council have now the power to levy ir! but it is not collected.
Councill ciCrabbe.— We have not the machinery necessary to enforce its collec- tien.
Mr. Davies (continuing) condemned the suggestion that the ‘“‘turnover” of goods sheu'd ba taxed.
Archibald Kennedy, Esq., said there were numbers «f citizens (householders) who send their children to the schools ard enjoy «ll the advantages of the city, but who do not contribute directly or indiree' ly | one single cent to the city revenue. How jareswe to meet” the peisons in quest’ou? | Lie would place a tax on their rental, in
| addition tv the tax which the landlords are |
| | now compelled to pay, and thus;make up a
| portion of the amount required for schools —say $4 609 a year. Charlee Palmer, Esq., said that in his opinion the tenant paid indirectly, as would j be apparent had there not been a reduction inrenis. In his opinion the Legislature would never give the City Council liberty jto tax as they chose; and it was therefore , useless to talk nhoutit. Asto on ineome tax he would not object to it, if means were taken to have it fairly levied, and he | thought something might be got of the poll | tax— 1500
(3, would pay $4,500 a year—quite a con-| sold, or enough to satisfy the claim.
' siderable item
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It would be well, perhaps, to)
as equitable aus possible,
Mr. Sutherland (Davies, Sutherland & Weeks) said that to test the feeling of the meeting on this point. he would move that the City Council have leave to apply for uulimited powers of taxation. He thought taxation should embrace all classes <f property; and he would oppose the im- position of tolls on persons who may come here (o do business, as opposed the principles of free trade and as petty and contemptible. He thought the amount required by the
city might be made up somewhat in | upon |
this way: Real estate’ levied
iat the rate of one per cent. would yield
(say) $26,000; poll tax of $3 on all persons over 18 or 21 yearsuf age, $4,500; a half per cent. on rental would yield $11,000
more; personal property might be taxed to the extent of $10,000; and an income tax might be levied for the
5,509 | amount of (sey) $4,000; or, in all, $55,000 a
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an obj ct of taxation as real estate. He would levy 1 per cent. on real estate, and { per cent. on personal property.
F. T. Newbery, Esq., seconded the motion of Mr, Sutherland. He did so for the purpese of having the sense of the meeting tested. This is such a vexed ques- tion that he though it quite impvussible for a mecting of this sizs to devise a suitable scheme of taxation; and perkaps it would be well to Jet the City Council make a levy according to their best judgment, ani if they do wrong let the citizens turn them out at the first opportunity. For his part, he thought that some of the pressure should be taken off real estate; and that the young men might well bear a portion of the burden of city taxation, In St. John, young men used to pay $5 each, a year. He thought also, that something might be done in the way of retrenchment. For instance; the assessors gu round every year, —would not once in every two cr three years be sufficient for all practical purposes?!
tob Angus, Erq., said that what the city wanted was a mode of taxation which would real'ze the amount required, and a means of levying and collecting that would be equit- able and efficient. Ii seemed to him that the system adopted in Ontario wouid answer our requirements better than what we now have. Their system is that the assessors make valuations every year iu the following manner :—They go from bouse to
house. They value (say) Mr. A’s real! estate at (say) $1500; personal property
(say) $500; income (say) $700—aesess ail over $400 would be $300—each dog, $1; bitch, $2; (and they see that the tex is col- lected, by making the owner attach to each deg a brass plate, with the number of license stamped upon it—-any dog found without this heense is taken in charge by
| police, and if not claimed within a certain
time is killed); horse and carriage, $3 They leave with each housekeeper a copy of the assessment, with a notice that if he thinks there is anything wrong or unjust
‘he must notify the city clerk within four-
teen days that he means to appeal. If ho does so, the case is tried bc fore a committee
of the City Council appointed for the pur-
pose. If he dces not give notice, the assessment stands as it ig. Then when they know what the valuation of the property is they strike the rate, and that rate isthe sameonallc!asses of property, whether real estate personal, or income Then as to the means of collection after the rate and amounts are fixed, a notice is served on each taxpayer, informing him what he has to pay, and also notifying him that if he peys within acertain time that he will get 2} per cent. off the bill, and if he does not, precesdings will be taken to recover it, Almost all the taxes are paid within the time, as the proceedings for col- lection, which are as follows, are very summary: You get notice through the papers that all taxes not paid within a cer- tain time, (whieh, say 10 days) it will be collected by law, and that process is very sin'ple and efficient. The collector calls and makes a shedule of goods, snongh to pay the tax, and puts the notice upon your door to the effict that if net paid within cight cays, the goods will be sold to eatisfy the claim. The argument that householders should pay par! of the school tax because they get the use of the schools just holds as good about the other expenses of our city, as every citizen gets the protection of the fire dep»rtment, the police, ete.; he also uses our streets and plank walks.
The Ontario system collects all taxos from the honecholder, mot the landlord, and makes the personal preperty pay, not the land, unless there be no personal property on the land, in which case after taxes are
persons subject to a poll tax of |in arrears three yeara, the land can be
The tenant does not go into a house till he finds
Archibald MeNeill, Esq., thought the | out if there are arrears of taxes, and if his Council should have formulated ascheine of | arrangement is that the landlord haa to pay
| taxation, and submitted it to
as
wxat i) ! ihe meeting. | taxes he keeps it out of his reut unles she For his part he was in favor of a small taxon | does
Thies system seems more equitable as
throw eurany bill submitt d by the City Council, and backed up by the veiece of the citizens.
Councillor Morris could net se
that the
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10,000 spoken of was required ; and urged |
retrenchment, and a poli tax. The rents
| paid for schoolhou es was, he thought, cer-
ne nr
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Ex-Councillor Tanton deprecated the idea +f giving the City Council unlimited powers of taxation ; and argued that no more equitable system of taxeiion could be devised than that submitt,d to the Legisla- ture in the bill of Jas* year.
Charles Palmer, Eq, moved in amend- ment to Mr. Sutherland’s motion, that a committee of seven he vp; ointed to ach as an Advisory WLoaid with the City Council for the purposs of de- visting an cquitable system of texation, and drafting a Bill to be submitted to the Legislature for that purpose, and to report toa public meeting of citizens at an early day
W. E. Dawson, Esy., seconded the motion; and H. J. Callbeck, Esq., sup- ported it,
Mr. Sutherland then withdrew his
motion; and Mr. Palmer's motion passed uuanimously
The Committee was then appointed as fellows :—Johu McPhail, Fredk. Perkins, Owen Connolly, C. Palmer, A- B. Warbur- ton, M. P. Hogan, Archibald Kennedy. Meeting adjourned,
+ <<? «Sawer
Tue time for issning Excorsion Return i
Ticketa at one first-class fare from all ns oh t! & : K | Traverse, and vice eersa, is extended to the 2th i ek ee
25th inst., inclusive. Tickets issued on 27th and 28th will be good t» return up to and inelnding March 4:h.
Stati
“_- Hars, latest styles, selling at a discount of
20 per cent, at L. E. Prowse’s, for fifteen
days only, teb28
‘PEED.
On the 31st Jan. at Dresden, Saxony, aged 19, alter a short illness, Catherine Edith Brandford Griffith, youogest and beloved daughter of Wiiliam Branford Griffith, Keq., C. M. G., Lieut:nant-Governcr of the Gold Coast Colony, and grand-daughter of Mrs, Griffith, of 29, Westbourne Park Road, days- water.
[Lieutenant Governor Griffith is uncle-in- law to W, J. P. Parks, Lisq., of Head of Hills. borough, in this Island.
Molasses, Gil,
Sugar, Kerosene Apples, &e.
B* Auction, Wednesday, March 4th, at d 11 o’clock, at my Auction Room ;
5 Puns. Molasses, 5 bris. Granu’ated Sagar, i0 casks Kerosene Oil, 26 bris. Apples, 4 brls, American Beans, 5 half-chests Tea, 4 bris, Crackers (a-sorted), 5 boxes Biscuits (assort-
ed), 50 boxes Dighy Herring, 3 crates Crockyware, 25 bris. Labrador Herring (prime), Brooms, Wrapping Parer, Paper Bags, Xe.
Als>:—\l Large Fireprocf Safe (Boston make. )
Sale Positive —Te close consignments. A. MeNEILL, Auctioneer,
Ch’town, Feb 28. 1885— 2i
DADOS.
THEG. | CHAPPELLE,
Diamond Book store, 89 Queen St. “L’iown, Feb. 28, 1885. 1 i Y. ll. 6.4. Lecture Uourse, fh hare next Lecture of the winter course, before the Young Men’s Christian Asso- cation, will be delivered by Mr. Leich PR, Gregor, B. A, in the Y. M. ©. A. Hall, on Thursday evening, March 5th. Subject: **Means of Culture ” Cha‘r to be taken at 8 o'clock. Admission, 10 Cents, HENRY SMITH, Secretary. Ch’town, Feb. 28, ’85—sat tu we :
_ NOTICE. —
A SPECIAL Mectiog of the Sharcholders ad of the Citizens’ Skating Rink Co. will be held in the Rink Buildine, on Thursda: . March 12th, at 8 o'clock, p m., to take into consider-
ation the advisibility of making certain alter. |
ations to the Rink By order, W. W. STANLEY. Secretary. Ch’town, Feb. 26, 1835 .
Notice to Contravtors.
Se rs ce
ae for the erection of additional . buildings to St, Joseph’s Convent. Char. |
lottetewr, will March. Plans and sp-cifitations can be scen at the otlice of Messrs. Stirling & Harri STIRLING & HARRIs, Architecta Ch’town, Feb. 26, 188%5-—eana pat her
Railway to Cape!
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be received up-to the 16th!
, Architects, | on and after Monday, the ?nd day of March, |
BOOTS AND SHOES
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