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companion wae answerin sa question he had TITLE FENIAN CONGRESS—THE LAST) put 4 before he tell asleep; so that his DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. | slumber could not have |isted many seconds woe : Lord Holland, overpowered by fatigee whilst) The Fenian Congress at Troy adjourned sine | a friend was reading to him, fell asleep, and die at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, having re- had adream which took him a quarter of an mained in session al! night and continuously hour to commit to paper , yet when he awoke | for 22 hours, with the exception of a brief ad: he found that he had not missed a sentence of | journment of two hours during Saturday. The the work that was being read to him — Dream session was as stormy as it was prot racted, and | Reading in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. related waiuly to a consideration of General ! Sweeney's military and executive —— ILis | | financial report was reported upon favorably by THE FALSE STORY OF MURDER OF A) )),, Cohedbintele aol approved be the re} SHIPWRECKED CREW. ‘ {From the Halifax Evening Express, Sept. 19.) | The contradiction and ex posure by this journal, | a shert time since, of the absurd story of the mur- der of two shipwrecked crews at Cape St George,

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| but the Military Committee censured him for the appointment of incompetent otlicers to some of the subordinate positions. They consider that he has not administrative ability to dis- | char re the duties of Secretary of War, but that

NF. has bad the efleet of © stirring the bile” of | he has the military skill to command an army one Joseph McVane, of Bothwell, (wherever that | 1n the field. In view of these strictures, Gen. is.) whe eudeavours in a rambling column of | Sweeney at once tendered his resiguation as whiting excuses, and inconsistent statements | Secretary of War. The Senate was reduced Srom hearsay, lately pudlisied dn the islander, | from fifteen members to nine, and the Presi- ehift the reeponmnbility —vceasioned by lis vld- | dout of the Brotherhood has the appointment mnaidivh desire of making public seme “cabin-| of the Executive oflicers. Power was also geesip" picked up on the Labrador—on the conferred upon the President to appoint a Com- chastaren, ot Cogt..damwe Sctvey, of We dobr.| mander-in-Chief, and before the Congress ad-

. o . rd Stew seaman, | 4 : © eee ar eee anes ourned a resolution was passed requesting the i recoyvnition of Gen. Sweeney's abilities by his

ot the same vessel, An affidavit 1s also published | J ast named peraon to the effect that he was | ! vies ‘ svuas aly last. on the Labrador, by the appointinent to that position. . But the General erew of the echr. “ Delitria,” of Nova Seotia, | has expressed his determination to serve no Capt Anderson, that the Coptain aud crew of the | longer in any capacity, as he does not consider “ Sireeco " were murdered at Cape St. George | the partes who now have the mana rement of last December, after baviny suffered shipwreck. | the Beotherhood capable of doing anything to In view of the elear and lucid statements vi | serve Ireland. The resolution tend rig the Capta, Shaw aud Measervey, (beth residing in the | thanks otf the organization to Gen. Banks and | vieinity of the wreek,) published by us, it is ra-| Congress for the action taken in reference to ther aatdhishing that “ampler evidence than has) tye yodilication of the neutrality laws, was get bere adduced ” should be required, bul We s4p | adopted with great nnauimity, previous to the peer due allowance should be made tor personsel) vd curnment. Mr. Roberts declined a re-elec- weak, excitable temperaments, and great powers tion as President of the Brotherhood, but a of imaginativa, as they are more ae agenene unanimous vote and the persistent endeavours wpoe than plain every a area pee of his friends to retain his services at last over- Possibly thie Joseph MeVane, of Buthwell, came his scruples, and he consented to serve may be a littl * soft,” may, “easily guiled,” vot for concen ae ’ te put toe fine a potnt apo it, and, net nopreb-'* eure yd fh ee oi ee ably, as fond of a bit of gossip as any veteran : He a? te ata diailieall ON ‘i spinster that ever sipped Bo bea, and it may chari- pomtments + Snape tor- pounes » Ge net dy Nel tably be concluded, that had he further beea ine (of Nashville ; ( hief Military Organizer, Col. formed by Captain Jeffrey or Edward Stewart,) Michael Bailey of Butfalo. A. B, or “any other man,’ that the unfortunate Gen. Sweeney is very indignant over his crew vf the “* Sireece " were reasted and eaten | virtual deposition by the Congress, and his by the fishermen of Newloundland, “ many of) friends, who were quite numerous in the body, whew,” te quote bis own words, “are but one re lure considerably excited thereat; but they will, move from savages 5 " this * Bothweil celebrity | it is believed, fully acquiesce in the action of like the ghost te Mpaiet ant ithe delezates after the first ebullition of passion . A tale wate, wibage Hephtest worn ; _| subsides. I may state that Gen, O'Neil was Waals beaver om OT 4 apne, AF. SMS tendered Ge n. Sweeney's place, but peremptoril) Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their | declined. Gen, Lozan isspoken of as Sweeney's spheres ; successor. The Central Organizers, Messrs. ~ wae Sy ! pe plpely | D. O'Sullivan, James Brennan, and W. J. - alpeaer \ paincage-olly Papamoa niger Hrnes, have been retained. I am able to assert, ee ene reerae as the result of the action of this Congress, that Bat seriously whether this Joseph MeVane had | if the finances of the Brotherhood will admit, aw hidden motive in making this extraordimary | y paid ypon Canada will take place before the slander in the absence of more authentic iuforu- |snows of Winter. President Roberts and Gens. ative, ve whether from officwusness, oF an overt! Sweeney and O'Neil left for New York this weening sense of self-importance, he circulated it, | ‘ the result is the same to the unfortunate jndivi- duals thus publicly accused of the basest of cries, i and we hone sition te know that although “ only | fishermen” in a remote district, aud in hamble eons circumstances, and from their isolated pesition,| How wiacly events follow each other in proper debarred from ready acerss te any of the usual) order? Just at the time when the wind of modes of redress for gross defamation such as Eurepe was waking frow a thousand years’ lether-

ty have been subjected te, yet they feel the in-| ov and when means were reauired te spread ity attempted to be put upon them, jast as! abroad the cesults of the mquiries which the learn-

heenly, and perhaps more than would Joseph Me- ed were waking in all branches of science, Cax Vane, of Botbweli, Captain Jeffrey, Capt. Auder-| ton gave te the world the Printing Press. By son. or Edward Stewart, under the same cireuw-| its instrumentality the discoveries and inventions stances. ot one land have become the property of the eu- -<>o- - ttre globe, and the advancement of science has

Caxat tro Convect tHe Bay or Frvpy AND | been greatly promoted. No man of the present Gute or Sr. Lawnence.— The propriety of con. | age has more fully comprehended this truth than necting the Bay of Fundy with the Gulf of St. | Holloway. The same intellect that led him to the Lawrence, by cutting a canal through the narrow | studies which resulted in the production of his cele: inthenne which conuects Nova Scotia with New | rated Pills and Ointment saw at once the immense

. : ‘ = . _ xr... advantage to the world as well as to himself, eeevete oe Posies bates d by New / which naght be drawn from this source. He laid

It is shown | his discoveries before the world, sowing his seed that *h : the aid of this work the circumnaviza- broadcast, wherever a written hingahay is read, tion of the entire coast of Nova Scotia would be: and modestly awaited the result. His confident saved tu these who wish to pas from the Bay of | statement of his theory led men to try bis reme- Fundy intothe Mediterranean of British Ameri-| dies; their intrinise excellence when once tried ea.—From St. Johu to the Galf at Shediac the | established thew firmly in the confidence ef the distance by water is at present more than 500) public of beth Hemispheres, and Professor Hol

evening-—New Vork Tribune. es et THE PRINTING PRESS.

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LATEST NEWS By Telegraph Per Atlantic Cable.

Lonxpox, Thursday noon, Sept. 13. The Atlantic Telegraph Company have eall- ed a meeting of the steckholders for the pur- pose of raising funds to buy up the interest of the Anglo American Telegraph Compaay, under whose auspices the cable has been com- pleted. : 3 Panis, Thursday noon, Sept. 13. The Monifeur of to-day publishes a Conven- tion which was signed in the city of Mexico, by which Maximilian transfers to Erench agents one half of the receipts from Customs through- out the Empire, for the purpose of paying the liabilities of Mexico to France. The conven- tion goes into operation on the Ist ot November. The Journal des Debats of to-day states that the French aud English Governments have conjoinfly made an active representation to the Sultan of Turky, against the acquisition by the United States Government of au island in the Gulf of Orim. Maprip, Thursday noon, Sept. 13. The Spanish Cortes have voted to increase the import duty on certain goods to 12 per cent. Trieste, Thursday, Sept. 13.

Advices from Athens state that the Cretaa

‘| Assembly have voted for the annexation of the

Island of Candia to Greece.

The Prussian Chamber of Deputies have voted an electoral law aud Parliameat for Saxony.

Neyotiations between Prussia and Saxony make very slow progress. It is said that Prus sia demands the taking ofan outh of loyalty to herself by the Saxon troops, the payment ol ten million thalers as an indemnity to Prussia for the expenses of the war, and the right to varrison the Fortress of Konigstern, and the cities of Dresden and Leipsie with Prussian troops. :

Sr. Perexssurc, Thurday, Sept. 13.

A farewell banquet was given to-day to the American embassy ; Mr. Fox and several U.S. Naval Oilicers were present. Count Gorts-

chokoff made a speech, expressive of the hape that the era of good faith now prevailing be- tween Russia and the Uuited States, may be rermauent and stationery, that there was dan- ver of its being considereda menace to other nations.

Gold 144}.

Parts, Friday, Sept. 14.

In an article published in to-day’s Moniteur it is stated that Maximilian has named General Osmond as Minister of War of the Empire of Mexico to reside in France, but his military duties to his own country being incompatible with the proper discharge of the duties of the new official position thus offered him, the Em peror Napoleon has refused to grant the neces- sary authority to Geueral Osmond to accept the position.

F.orexcr, Friday, Sept. 14.

It is announced that the Plenipeteniiaries of Austria and Italy have agreed upon all points but the amount of Indemnity, and that they willsoonfarrive at a satisfactory adjust- ment on this score, when the Treaty of Peace will be officiaily signed by the high contracting marties, and proclaimed throuzhout the two couutries.

Beni, Friday, Sept. 14.

Some doubt having been expressed of the passage of the bill authorizing the King to make a loan for the liquidation of the late war expenses, it is announced on what may be con- sidered semi-ofticial authority, that should the bill be defeated, the Chamber of Deputies will be dissolved by a Royal decree.

Queenstown, Sept. 14th.

The steamship Persia from New York Sept. 8 has arrived, thus making one of the shortest passages on record.

Paris, Friday, Sept. 14.

miles; by cutting across the neck of land .t the head of the Bay the distance would be reduced to

190 miles. Ofcourse the lon: sea voyage is never |

made, and there is no community of interest between thuse parts of New Brunswick and

| loway stands new, in the estimation of the people, jas the mest powerful opponent of all disease. | For disorders of the liver and stomach, the Pills are claimed te be a swilt and sure specific, and | the elain is verified by an overwhelming mass of itestimeny. Now we all know how entirely the

Nova Seotia which are situnted on the Bay of) bodily health depends upen the condition of those

Fundy, and those on the North shore of the jtwe Linpertant ergane,

If the digestion is im-

same Provinces. On both sides there is a great | paired, the bowels disordered, and the liver tor-

loss in consequence, and the narrow isthmus is

pid or congested, the whole trame suffers; the

especially’a hind ance to the profiteble develop- | strength declines, the spirits dreep, the complexion

ment of the Fishery business in these parts. | Owing to this cause, the Yaukees at Cape Ann, | Mass., are nearer the valuable mackerel fish- | eries of the Gulf than the Nova Scotian and

New Brunswick fishermen who live on the Bay | of Fundy ; and the consequence is, that the lat- ter do not participate in the fisheries, thou sh | the Nova Scotians on the Atlantic side do, for

the simple reason that by way of the Gut of Canso they are near the fishing grounds. By | the people on the Gulf side of these Provinces, | the fishing business is pursued to a very limited | extent, and the main reason is, that they ean-| not follow it da-ing the lon s winter, the har- bours being closed by ice. But this is not the ease on the Bay of Fundy, at the month of | which, amonz the numerous islands, fishing is | carried on for herring az weil as other fish dur- | ing the whole winter. By imeans of a short) canal the waters on both sides could be thrown iuto one, and fishermen with their schooners | and boats could pass from one to the other, as) the season required. Thus, so far as the fish-| ery basiness is concerned, the Gulf of the St.| Lawrence would have easy access to open| water all the year round. For general pur- poses of navigation too this shortenins of the route would be of great advantare ; and the chief difficulty, we believe, «ould be in findins a channel to which the acces from the Gulf side would be deep enough for vessels of any con- siderable size. There is one point at which a cutting of four or five miles would connect the two waters by means of rivers on each side ; but at this point it is doubtful if vessels of more than 200 tons could enter by way of Bay Ve. te. Even a limited gain like this would be worth considerable outlay ; but to )enefit the united Provinces, and to establish o claim as a na- tional work, the canal would need to be located | so as to alford a passa se to the class of sen vO- tag vessels and propellors, which, if St. John engazes largely in the West India and South American trade, would be employed in carrving hetween that city and the St. Lawrence if this route were opened.”—Halifax Evening Ke

press, Sept. 19.

eS JT MUST GO ON,

(From the Montreal Trade Review, Sept. 7.) We refer to the Isterevlonial Railway.— Every week shows the people of British Ame- rica more and more that we are too depeudent the neighbouring Republic for means of transportation to the seaboard. This renders this railway a necessity ! aud rcceut intelligence from Great Britain leaves iittle reason to doubt that Lord Derby's Government are prepared | to guarantee a loan to the extent of £4,000,000 stz.

It is well known that the Palmerston | Ministry gave a pledye to thi- effect, the imme- diate parties to the pled being Mr, Cardwell, Mr. Gladstone, Lovd de Grey and the Duke of Somerset. The only condition of importance impoved was, that thediflerent Provinces should agree to Confederation. This condition is now iu a fair way of faltilment, aud it is reported on good authority that Lord Carnarvon, the new Colonial Seeretary, has signified the iutention of the present British Goverument to make good the pled se of their predecessors. There is no reason to doubt this whatever, so that we aay rest assured that with the consummation of Confederation, the Iutercolonial road will be commenced. There is no denying the fact that this ne will eost the Provinces considerable. the bulk of which will fall upon Canada; but if the Provinces unite, of which there can now be no doubt, it will be absolutely indispen- sable. It has also become very essential from @ trade point of view. This is particularly the ease since the Americans abrogated the Reci- ity Treaty, aud we have heen compelled to}

ook te the Lower Provinces for a market for

our breadstuffs. The sooner, therefore, the road is commenced the better. The present is pro- bally not the best time to fivat 2 loan on the British money market, the rate of interest hav-

ing lately heea very bizh, but the guarantee of the British Goverument will cuable the whole amount necessary for the construction of the

road to be procured on easy terms. The ad.

vantages to the Provinces from the Imperial

cannot he over estimated; without

i it i# very doubtful if we could raise so mach mowey in England at the present time. The course of the Mother Count y in this matter deserves the warmest thanks of the Colonies, | and mast soon insure direct roilway communi-| eation between all Canadian cities and Balifay, the Nova Sevtian capital. |

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becomes cadaverous, the flesh wasted, supinenes- and despair take the places of energy and hopetul ness the sick man boeomes as dead to the great ob jects and pursuits of hfe as if he were entombed alive. Out of his selfsepulchre,as it were, this pow

2 | erful remedy litts bin as it by magie—a few timely

doses of these Pills bring back digestion, appetite, und physicia! energy. These statements are tee plain, avd soo easily contradicted if unirne, to admit of the slightest doubt. On the contrary, we kuew them to be nothing but the literal taet. They are not founded merely npou common report, but upon the testuneny of parties eceupying high positions in seciety—men of unblemished repu tation and matured jadgment—that likewise is confirmed by circumstances within our own im- mediate knowledge —Jeerach Telegram. - <<a -

Napotron’s Orewa Housrt.—Louis Napoleon is building an opera bowse in Paris, which will rival in extent and grandeur the Coliseum at It will ces: about B5,200,000 and will be constructed entirely of stone, brick and metal Nothing combustible will enter its Composition It will cover seven and a hal acres, and be two hundred feet m external hemht. The audite- rium, however, is calculated to seat only about three thousand persons. Every box will have its separate soloon attached, fitted up like draw. ing rooms, and a carriage way will be construct. ed te the secoud stery frou the street. The mest successful celebrated artists of Franee— painters, sculptors and architects—will be em- ployed in ite oruameutation and erection. It will be entirely unapproachable in finish and richuess by ay structure at present existing.

- >- “A stitch in time saves pine.”—It

easier te guard against diseare by taking proper

is much

eare of the system, when unimpaired, than te mend it when ence broken down, Upen the first

| appearance of pain use Bloed’s Rheumatic Com-

pound. _ ——< <> Ge

The Hon. Mr. Hamlin, late Viee-President of the United States, has taken the stump on an electioneering tour in support of the Black Re- publican party in the Northern States, and declares that the Johnson party will ultimately make an effort to assume the payment of the rebel war debt.

Goveruer Dundas and lady are at present on a visit te the Governor General of Canada, Mre Dundas is visiting the Convents.—Jlalifar paper

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Dr. Kirwin, of Quebee, has been commissioned by Lord Monek to purchase 1.000 horses mn Ca- nada, on aecount ot the Logerial Government, for the use of the Hussars and Artillery, svon to arrive.

The repert of the Steamship Persia, making the passage from New York to Queenstewn in six days is absurd. She left New York on the Sth, aud arrived m Queenstown, on the 4th, being 9 days, which no doubt is the shortest pas-

sage on record, see _

We are inatructed to interim the readers of the EXAMINER that rf Parsons’ Purgative Pills fail tn any instance te give satisfaction, the money suall be refunded. Cut out this netice and take it

with you, ~ soe

he English judges deeded at Westminster, a month ago, that if was a principle of com- mon law chat # coungellot, in questioning a witness, should address him in ordinary tones, and tn language of respect. such as is employ- ed by a genth man in conversation with an- other; that such lawyer bas no right to ques tion the private business or moral character of a witness, any further than is apparent they absolutely affect his reliability, or touel, the case in hand; and that a witness is not bound to answer questions put to him in an insulong manner. There is nothing new in thie deesion, but unfortunately it ts too tre- quently forgotten in practice. Lumany cases. the witness is treated worse than the criminal, and his efforts to tell the truth are reward -d by an amount of bullying which outside the court-room would entitle the questioning counsel to the benefit of summary flayellation We de not mean that this evil is et all gene- rel. or the majority of barristers do not recognize it as their daty to act as gen- tlemen in the court-room as well as out- side of :t; but there are exceptional cases. familar to all who have attended trials, where the conduct of the counsel is simply brutal. Yo such, as well as to remind wat- nesses of their rights while ander examination, the above facts may be useful. —_——_-_->+ <P oe — --— Prussia has cast a steel gun which shoots a missle weighing 1,255 Ibs,

A report is current here that the Emperor has sent to Mexico for the recall of Marshal Bazaine.

Panis, Sept. 14.

It is stated that arrangements for a meeting hetween the Emperor Napoleon and Count Bismarek have been completed, and the inter- view will soon take place. P

Berry, Friday, Sept. 14.

The irmy of the Main is on its homeward march, and the vanzuard has reached Frank- tort,

Trikste, Friday, Sept. 14. A conflict has taken place in Syria between the Parsees and the bedouins, in which the Jat- ter were defeated,

Constantixopie, Friday, Sent. 14. Advices received from the Turkish army an- nounce that it has commenced the jnvasion of Lebanon.

Loxpox, Sept. 15. There is a rumour of difficulty between Italy and Austria on the subject of the debt of Venetia. It is said that Great Britain has urged the Porte to give an autonomy to the Cretans, and that the Porte has refused. The troubles on the eastern coast of the Me- diterranean are on the increase. Sr. Perersnenc, Sept. 15. The United States Squadron left Russian waters to-day. Moscow, Sept. 15. The Moscow Gazette extols the alliance be- tween the United States and Russia. Berry, Sept. 15. Count Bismarck has sent a letter of thanks to the United States Minister, acknowledging the kindness of the American residents who furnished the fifty tous of ice for the wounded in the hospitals. Panis, Sept. 15. Tt is expected that the circular which the Emperor Napoleon is about to issue to the Powers of Europe will be very pacific in its tone and character, . Breadstults firm. Consols 894. Five-twentie’s 72}. Gold 1444, New York, Sept. 17th. Tribune has the following cable despatches : Vienna, Sept. 13. We are on the verge of another war, which threatens to equal in extent that just ended. Austria shows bad faith in neyotiating with Italy, and has made unreasonable demands to which Italy will not submit, Austria has overcharged the debt of Venetia, and withholds Venetian property which she was bound to transfer, Bex.iy, Sept 14. Prussia has emphatically notified Austria that she will not suiler Italy, her ally, to be insulted and defrauded, and that if Austria insists on her present course war must follow. Pxacre, Sept. 14. The homeward march of the Prussian troops has been peremptorily arrested, and the demo- bilization of the entire army stopped. Dirspven, Sept. 14. Everything looks like war. There is no reply from Austria to the notifi- sation of Prussia,

It is now but a question of hours whether troops be not again put in motion for Vienna. Qvrexstowx, Monday, neon, Sept. 17. The Aun, from Liverpool for the Baltic, has

put into this port badly damaged.

Hamuurc, Monday morning, Sept. 17. At a meeting of the inhabitants of North Schleswig, held in the city of Flensburg, a re solution was adopted in favor of the incorpora- tion of the entire Duchy with Prussia.

ConstantinovLe, Sunday, Sept. 16. Reinforcements of Turkish troops have been sent to the Island of Candia, where the insur- rection still presents a bold front. Sovrnaxeron, Monday, noon, Sept. 17,

The Mail steamer from Rio Janeiro brings the important information that the troops of the Allies have been badly defeated by the Paraguayans.

FROM THE STATES. New York, Sept. 19,

A Toronto despatch of yesterday says a full financial statement of the Bank of Upper Canada, will be published immediately. It is said the assets will be sufficient to cover liabili- ties. No serious apprehensions as to other Bauks are felt... ..The work onthe Huron and Ontario Canal was formally commenced yes- terday, by the President, Mr. Apriat, turning the firstsod.. .. .No cable news. . .

A rumor is current that 300 Fenians are about to leave Boston for a raid upon some Canadian Bank, Col. Roberts and Fenian Senate are taking measures to prevent the ex- pedition from, starting.

CORRESPONDENCE,

ea ET To THe Eprror oF THE EXAMINER.

Dear Sir:

In perusing the columns of the Summerside Progress, my attention was drawn to an editorial article, the subject ef which was” W est: ard Ho!” in which he gave an account of a * flying visit” he had made to the Western portion of the Island, in which the learned ” editor makes use of many incorrect: statements relative to the different branches of trade carned on in the enter- prising village of Alberton.

Now, Lhave lived some yeara in Alberton, and I presume to know more about it by personal ex perienee than the editor who was only ov a flying excursion through it; yet he would have people believe, whe kKuew nothing about it, that itis the centre of twice as much business as is really car ried on. As regards the number of wen, ot which the Editer gives an account, whe are em ployed in the ses eral blackswith shops, 1 cau posi lively assert it to be a piece of gross inisre presen: tation, for Lam certain that there ts net near the number of men employed Im the work that he would have us beheve. The same may likewise be said of the oller braucies of trade, withou: exception.

1 do not think the distinguished editor could: have seen many steres of any uote in his travels throughout the Isiaud, when he speaks in suci iaudable terms of the new building recently erect- ed by Messrs. Ro & W. Reid. No doubt the Messrs Reid are enterprising men, and deserve credit for their untiiing efforis; but at the same time there are stores throughout the Island ot greater wmaguificence than theirs, However, 1 wish their eflurts wmay be crowned with success.

No doubt the village of Alberton is beth thriving and prosperous, in a degree that is highly creditable to its enterprising mbabitants ; and is destined, from its immediate connection with thas inexhaustible source of wealth, the Gulf fisheries, to become, at no very distant day, a smart litth town, But the trade department of the litth town was misrepresented by the editor of the Progress, though it wight have happened uuinten- uiotially. 7 ee ? : He must bave been excited to a great degree when he took his departure trom Alberton “at the gait of 2 two-forty, with the whole population looking atte: hime with tears in their eyes.” It appears that he wast bave made himself very popular when among thein, when they thus expressed thei sorrow,

Dear Sir, 1 fear Lam intruding rather much on your valuable journal, therefore | will draw these tew remarks to a close, hoping you will insert them in av early namber of your paper.

1 remain, yours, &e., JUSTICE. King’s County, Sept. Mth, 1866.

ssh tile To True Evrrok or THE EXAMINER, Sint :—

Your correspondent“ Thistle,” some five weeks since, made a flourish of intended benevolence by the Caledonian Club, arising from the proceeds of the great gathering at their games on the Govern. ment Grounds on the 15th of August last. But * Thistle’s " vaunting note of material charity, to be bestowed upon the houseless and indigent suf- ferers by the desolating fires, is yet an empty sound. Had the starvelings and the unclad de- pended upon the action of the Club's Executive, the hungry would have been unfed, and the naked unprotected?) Why is the aid promised still a myth? Why hae the Club seemingly felt so cold towards the consuming calamity of the sufferers?) To ask the Executive officers of the Club, why the balance in hand, derived from the gathering of the 15th August, is yet unapplied to the object which the Club publicly purported tu serve, and is bound in honor to fulfil?

All charities raised for the benefit of the poor in View, excepting alone the sum gathered by the Club, have been handed over to His Worship

the Mayor, or paid inte the Poor Fund for ap- prepriation to the eager necessities cf the unfor tuuates, and yet the Club withholds.

PURPOSE.

Che Gxraminer.

saad

Charlottetown, September 24, 1866.

A POLITICAL REVIEW. No. 1.

We never knew such little

interest to be taken by the public coneeruing a general elec. tion as that which prevails at the present time. | We have had so maay pathetic appeals to the patriotism of our public men, imploring them to preserve our Parliament in its full integrity —so many fierce denunciations of all who favour Confederation as the means of lessening the pewer of our Parliament—that we surely thouzht there would be vigorous preparations before No—there is

about as little stir_as there would be for the

for the election now, election of a Mayor-and City Council.

That there will be an election this Fall or early in the winter; seems to us morally certain ; and we cannot divine why it is deferred unless it be that the Government are waiting for an answer to the resolutions and address of the House of Assembly} passed ast Session, on the question 6f Confederation, We may fairly assume that there hds been no answer from the Home Government to the resolutions, or it would have been published, Negotiations have been so long pending between the Colo- nia! Office and the other Provinces—by the re- sult of which this Colony cannot fail to be af- fected one way or another—that it. seems to us quite reasonable for ithe Colonial Minister to defer an answer to the Address of dur House of Assembly until the negotiations shall have heen brought to a close. Whatever may be the precise nature of the answer—and we may rest assured it will not be over complimentary to our little Parliament which declared hosti lity to the Imperial policy on the question of Confederation, and announced the determina- tion of the Colony not to enter into a Federal Union with the other American Provinces ox any terms—it will not, however, seriously aff ct the decision to be given at the hustings. There is not one district in the Island but will declare against a Federal Union—some districts more emphatically than others; and we believe there will not be one candidate throuzhout the whole Island who will say that this unpopular measure should be urged contrary to the wishes Confederation or auti-Confede- ration canuot, therefore, be properly a test at the polls;

of the people.

and those who say it should be a test are evidently—althoush they may not all now see it—leadig the public away from the consideration of questions of a purely local character, of great importance to the Colo- ny. We will take it for granted that amongst the thirty members to be returned to the lower House—(of the upper House we take little or no account)—unot one will appear as the out-and-out’ advocate “of Confederation, whatever his private views may be upon the matter. So that question will be promptly settled, so far as our Legislulure can settle it, If the Home Government, having agreed to, and consummated the Confederation of the other Provinces, will consent to leave us out of the arrangement, we may be sure there will be onerous terms proposed about naval and mili- tary defence, and such things, and the entire payment by the Colony of every charge now borne by the Imperial Treasury—the payment | of the Lieut. Governor's salary being not the) least important. Jt will be an immense con-|

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the general plan of Confederation; but to say | that we can keep aloof from that plan, and still | have no greater burthens to bear than those which are inseparable from our present condi- tion, is a thing which, we believe, no reason- able man should expect. There is a very general belief throughout the Island—(alas, how many foolish things this Island has been led to believe !)—that it is not in the power— (yes, “ power’’ is the word generally used)—of the British Government to change our consti- If that be the

case, it is not in the power of the British Go-

tution without our own consent.

vernment to impose any terms consequent upon our remaining in an isolated condition, unless the terms be perfectly acceptable to ourselves. We beg te decline entering into an

We

will ouly say that if the British Government

argument on either of these propositions.

should manifest this singular forbearance, it will not be in conformity with its general Colo- nial policy, the aim of which has been to place all the Colonies having representative institu- tions onan equal footing. The smallest of the Colonial possessions will then, in the extraor- dinary case assumed, be the reeipient of move petting and coaxing from the British Govern- ment than has ever yet fallen to the lot of any dependency of the Crown.

Now, as nearly all the candidates at the elee- tions will declare point blank against Confede- ration—(there may be a few who bold an un- biassed Opinion in favor of the measure, but who will have good sexse enough not to at- tempt an impracticable advocacy of it)—let us see what other questions there are worthy of the consideration of the electors at the forth coming contests.

There are two parties here, as is the case in every other place which possesses parliamen- tary government—the Jus and the Outs, or the Conservatives and Liberals. The former have been in power nearly eight years. They went to the country with a long array of pledges—not one of which can we remember they have re- deemed, excepting the pledge to make the Le- sislative Council an elective body—a measure of extremely doubtful utility, and in carrying out which most of the Liberal members of the House of Assembly aided the Conservatives. The party in office solemnly pled sed themselves to settl® the Land Question—which constitutes our only great grievance; but after trying the expensive experiment of the Land Commission, and the Delezation to England which grew out of it, and came to nausht —after passing a Fifteen Years’ Purchase Bill, and the local Loan Bill as a supplementary measure, the Conservatives found that they could not satisfy the expectatious which they had excited in the minds of the tenantry, without falling back upon the policy of their predecessors, carrying out their Land Purebase Bill, which they had declared while in opposition to be a very ob- jectionable measnre, and most obnoxious to the freeholders of the Island. Some fair purchases were effected—the first and best being the pur- chase of the Selkirk estate; but whether even that will be a self-sustaining transaction is a matter about which there is more than con- siderable doubt. The purchase of the Cunard estates — the last and the greatest transaction under the Purchase Bill—has been effected at such a hizh price as to make it impossible for the majority of the settlers on that estate to hecome freeholders for many years to come. When the Worrell Estate was bought at six shillin’s an acre, but which was really not more than five shillings an acre, allowins for dedue- tions on account of fishery reserves, and Lot 66, unattorned, it was said the country would be ruined, unless the estate were speedily sold at auction for whatever it might bring, and th: Land Office finally closed. The Worrell Es tate cost about twenty thousand pounds—the greater part of it is settled in freehold, and no apparent loss upon it yet. The Cunard Estates cost about ninety thousand pounds, and the Government party make no seeret of their be- lief that it will involve a loss to the Colony of at least one half that amount. Forty-five thou sand pounds is an enormous loss for a small. poor Colony like this, and must be provided for by further taxation. One might fai ly think that the Government hastened the purchase of this large estate when it became highly probable a few mouths azo, that our Island would be em- braced ia the proposed Federal Union, notwith standing all our Opposition to that measure. We feel confident that such a larze price as £90,000 would not be viven for the Cunard Estate if Confederation had taken place; and we feel certain that no great while would elapse before means wou!d be provided by the Gene- ral Government to purchase out the claims of all the Proprietors. It was important to othe: proprietors that a hizh rate should be fixed as the standard value of township lands; and we may rest assured that no Proprietor will now be content with a less price for his property, should he be disposed to sell, than was paid for the Cunard estate. Jn short, the whole policy of our rulers, on the Land Question, has been especially shaped to serve the interests of the proprietors. It could not have been otherwise, for in the Executive Council at the formation of the Government, and long after, there was a majority of land azeuts and proprietors; aud the minority, we imagine, was ouly too ready to coincide with them. The Tenant League troubles — which brought so much disgrace upon the country, such great personal suffer- ing to many dupes of the League, and which led toa very heavy expense for the building of a Barracks, and other outlays connected with ihe support of a military establishment — were undoubtedly the offspring of the strony pro-pro- prietory policy which the Government were pursuing. The tenantry, who eurolled them- selves in the Leazue, saw there was very little prospect of getting the leaschold tenure abolish- ed by Government action, and impatiently and foolishly attempted to set the law at defiance in its operation for the recovery of rent. Had the Government heen sincerely interested in the welfare of the teuantry, the Tenant Leazue would never have risen juto any importance. Turn to any other question besides the Jease- hold tenure : The