he Cv vmiey - im possession of information which

) Very painful intelligence comes from the Cape of Good, Hope. The wap betweeu the ‘ oers and the Busiutos was virtually at an end; but a war almost astrichtful—a war of want fand famie—had succeeded. The distress at the Cape is deseribed as being most serious. The crops throuzhout the colony had failed for j Want of rain, and when the steamer left there were no symptoms of the drought abating. <A May had been set apart for Rimiliation and Tun Ro M.S. Visie arrived at Halifax from | prayer, and the condition of the labouring Live pool on Thorsdav last. The latest dates | pager thrown GUE of employ meut is dyseribed pest ‘Ri oe Ls af as being piteous in the extreme. are to the 17th u he Mails for this Island | of those cael m which help from home, or us- we We give | sistance froin the nenrest point, will save in below from Willaer & Smith's Ruropean calculable inisery, Times of the 17th k. ’ hi

Che Gxraminer,

LOLOL PLL LO LLL AMO LL OMe a

eee bea Charlottetown, March 6, 1868. LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE,

ARRIVAL OF THE ENG@QISH MAIL.

‘re reeetved Rote this morning. The Governor at the Cape will need the exercise of all his energics to meet | this demand upon the resources of all parts of fSeuthern Afriea within his reach. Within » 1 _ eg — Po Pe Leirele of fitty miles from Cape Town there had AML other mittens in I artament pale Hevare fhoen abundance of rain. No doubt the subject Lien, atbadaenesseerecdapen & made tr betir tonses last P will not Zo unnoticed in England, for the pre- nicht, that Gove unent will, totlay, At MOOR, | sert destitution of the Cane colonists demands propose the stispersion of the Habeas Corpts|and must meet immediate attention, — In Yet im Treland, on announcement which was | pressing emergency of thiscbaracter, the ehari- reectved hy the Commons with loud and gene-| table propensities of our countrymen are never rat cheering. That is what is called + taking jappeated to in vain. = Der. Colenso commanded the hall by the horns,” and the suspension, | large audiences in Muritzburg Cathedral and is believed, will tor twe Ive months. The | soine fanaties may be dianosed to attribute the object is to seize, without hringiag to trial, a l terrible misfortune overtaken the geet number of persons who hold, or have | eolony techis ministrations: kelly conimtissions ta the army of the United! : States, and who abound in the hotels and ta-| verns of alf the principal towns of tho sister | e suntry. ' From ¢ mspinag, the Femans in Dublin appear to have taken te assassination, which may be described as cause and etleet. A mem ber of the * brotherhood” has been thrown into a Canal and drowned, on suspicion of in teuding to betray his fellows to the Govern-| jaent, The takias away of this man’s life was Aecless murder, for in every Lrish couspiracy iuvemers abyun!. The dilliculiy is not so mach to get at the root of the evil, as to deal with it when the facts come to light. Trials and conyvictious have lost their terror, for guns aud pikes were being largely manutactured foi rob ilious. purposes at the very time that the jd ces in the Towr Courts, in Dublin, were ex- ecelsing all the powers of the law te put down tiis hocrible couspiracy, The date debate in| ton, has had several interviews with the Com- t w i ruse of C MLLAROUS Webs less important in| mittee on the subject. The Federal authorities itself Cian du the opinion generally entertained : aud éxpressed, th: t the evils of the sister coun- ‘ try cannot much longer be allowed to ferment | and we dy not think it is likely that Delegates

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WEEK. 'v

NEWS OF THE

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Tae Mails from abroad, reecived during the past week, have been somewhat excessive in quantity, but as regards the quality of the infor- mation furnished, it is not of the most attractive description. A. few paragraphs may contain the gist of the news.

There are va-rue ramours afloat, set in motion by the telegraphic wives, that the United States Government, through the Congressional Com- mittee of Ways and Means—are anxious to re- open negotiations with the view to the adoption of a new reciprocity treaty, and that Sir Fre-

derick Bruce, the British Minister at Washing-

}do not appear to have made any new proposals ;

and breed this tervible crep of disloyalty and| from the teedson. Asa very large portion of the soil of freland is the property of Hagtish lamllords, ii lehowes fhem to asseinble and see what can be lowe to remedy evils which time out of mind} as to the temper and disposition of the Colo- have beea chronic, and now threaten an explo | nists, and their supposed desire to go fur annex- gion of the most sanguinary character. . Thev! _,- oe) ee

; ‘ain , 7 eo : - jation rather than lose might thug set aa example to Irish proprictoes. | ; CV Lhe chronic poverty of a country always breed: | them under the Reciprocity Treaty, The Cov. the worst erimes, and, when neglected, gives | lonists were never so determined as thev are at tse todesperation—an instanee of which ma : he found iu the hercers of the firsi Fronc Revolution.

Sir Us we Grey has introduced a bill into | the House of Com mous, the object of which is! to frame an oath which can be takea by all} uyinbers of the |louse, without distinction of | asset or erecd.. La the new oath the first part | of the eath of valle ciance will dw retained, and | da, arrived at Moutveal, on his retarn from tie other parts discarded, and thus the oath | teken alike: by Peotesteut and Cathohe mem- Peme owill Wocwesimilate-d) A {Mr vears az ® proposition wou'd have called out iif the | most distinguished loners, aud at) Montreal he latent bizotry in the” land; but even ultra! afaluts nove be chr-te discover the folly of niintainin s old j-alousies and hatreds in the | presends ofa" reat’ din ser, aud fn’a country | whieh beasteofats enh ehteumentand liberality.

British Provinces will again, in a hurry, be induced to dance attendance upon

them. The Americans made a great mistake

the benefits derived by

. wesent in their opposition to the disloyal pro-

b }s bi e : Ms ‘ 1 J¢ ct of annexation. The recent mauifestation of av unteiendly fecling oa the part of the United States has tanzht them one of the most valuable lessons they ever learned. Lord Monek, the Governor General of Cana Europe, on the Lith ult. He was received on

his route from New York to Canada with the

9 such

reeerred.

i ie é : him special reference was anade to the subject

Pad Leowdoa Dimes, ot the Lith, has an article | most emphatic responses, urging on the people e vv , | : = o - ha this subject, so well ceqgsoned, and pervaded |

; ‘ te of British America the accomplishmen thi deen ek Et ae Sritish America the accomplishment of that

lutury influenee

Have saat tit on the public | measure.

inbvd. € “3 “Teason and! The Legislature of Nova Scotia met on the Theis Com mae many his simple reform. | o3 vn . . "

+ ¢ - 3 F od ' pa iais mnie rel ew i the 22 i ult. The Speech of his Exeellenev lt we consider the matter iu a philosophical] , 7: : s ; , light. nothing ¢m be move unjust aud coutrary | !¢ Lieut. Governor is quite waimportant to us. tv all the prineip'+s of represeutation than that) He eougratalates the Province ou the pros-

warmer should

& ver Oar conte:

wrary SaVvs :

w precluded from formin: | perous state of its aTuirs, but wd @xpressiang ay independerit judrment on

any question that iaay be broucht before Par- lianrent. ft is not mily a wrons to the member | terests of the Province.

hima Hf, bat to Kis ‘oustituents, who have onal From New Brunswick iatellizence comes to him to represent their opiniows—to the House |p. ¢h of Commoas, whose aninber is arbitrarily di| . miuished as far as.that measure is concerned— | *'"¢e- aod tothe whole eountivy, which loses the due | discussion of most in portant topics.

makes no allusions

at a political crisis is imminent iu that Pro-

the Government ¢lfon. Mr. Hatheway) has re- ant But if) sizned his place we uray thus deehive @ prior that the present oath ought not to be imoosed on the Catholics, wi may also decile, from the experience of | Canada, to consult with the Governor General : s . ‘

tu ty-s¢ven. years, and from the present state | there. of Trcland, that it is practically injurious.

It is just one |

was especially honoured in the reception he

Ta the several addiesses presented t r|

of Confederation, to whieh dis J, wrdabip made

| to any questions apart from the immediate in-|

It is reported that another member of |

¥ cag oa «eedee

Over readers will perceive that we are favoured with another letter from our friend Me. Coles

on the harmless issue between us, respecting

the way in which the nevotiations were con-|

ducted at Washingtou in order to effect a re- luewal of the Rec iprocity Treaty. Our friend scemed to think that the Provincial Deleyates were rich fo blame for the absurd nonsense | propounded in Mr, Derby's Report to Congress |—acting for the Treasury Department—and | that they (the Delegates) endorsed the recom- }meudations. We thought otherwise, and think

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so still, Our frieud Mr. Coles apparently sup-

poses that we labour under profound ignorance lof the whole subject, and jauntily savs, that he

‘cannot be responsible’ for our * want otf

tinding proof that the Delezates agreed to the

proposal submitted by the American Secretary loft the '

| pass over the insinuation of ignorance from our

Treasury.” We are quite willing to | friend Mr. Coles, and of course we do not hold him * responsible” on that account. It is a matter, we think, of small consequence as to

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hat passed between Mr.

vernment over the telegraph wires, or what has

Henry and his Go-

been published in the Toronto Globe—a pape: not apparently friendly to the Washington ne- yotiations from the outset ;—but we hope ow triend Mr, Coles wiil place some reliance on the oficial report of the negotiations, Last week we gave an abstract of the proposals sub- mitted on both sides; now we are enabled to give, from the most authentic source, the official records of the Conference at Washington be- tween the Federal authorities and the Colonia! Delegates. The report sizued by Messrs. Galt, Howland, Henry and Smith, proves how far they laboured to secure a renewal of the Reei- procity Treaty, and their Memorandum marked A, shows the extent o{ the overtures they were

Willing to make, (and certainly that extent is

very different trom that which Mr. Derby indi-

cated in his hi-faluting speech before Con zress.) | The memorandum marked B, shows how ex- | travazant and unreasonable were the demand: of the United States Government on the Colo- nies; aud the Delezates thereupon withd.ew from the nezotiatious. Mr. Derby's so-called report, or speceh in Congress, is not referred to ou cither side,

Mr, Coles has favoured us, in his postscript,

ta‘e from that which our friend would fain

have us believe.

rls ucciepheialieeae tte OF RECIPROCITY NEGOCIATIONS. The following papers will explain the nature

ofthe late nesociations at Washington,

tanec.

form:-—~

Wastixetros, Febrnary 7th, 1866. Sin,z—We have the hover to inform Your

newal of Reciprocal Trade with the United States: have -termiuatcd unsmecesstullv. You

proceedin zs, but we propose briefly tu recapii- tulate them.

Ou our arrival here, after eonsultation with Your Excelleney, we addeessed ourselves with your sanction to the Secretary of the Treasarvy, — we were by him put in communication with | '

the Committee of Ways and Means of the | louse ef Representatives. After repeated jn- j ters iews with them, and on ascertaining that no renewal

‘ation, we submitted as the basis upon which

We} stuted on Monday last all the facts of any impor- Hut our readers will probably desire to} p. 1

‘ ithe uid’ : , see the record of nezotiations in the authentic

Exceileney that our nezotiations for the re-

have been informed from time’ to time of our

or extension of the existing Treaty | would be made by the American authorities, | hut that whatever was done must he by Lis. |

Above all things, it is advisable that the difer- eaces between Protestants and Catholies should erase.” Opinions like these, in a leading organ Of opinion, would not have been uttered

ta plainly and honestly some time azo; and it}

ix a remarkable proot of the “good time eom ive’ that the only member of Parliament who objected ta the chanve was Mr. Newde rate, who has obtained any notoriety he may posses by his a'tea-Toryis: » «That the bill will pass hardly admits of a doubt in the present state of pablic epmion.

The oatery for move strimzent measures to ston the cattle placue, with which both Houses of Parliameut at the openins of the Session re

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svinded, his com elled the Government to tnove. A bill was introduced by the Home

Secretary, Sir Georve Grey, on the 12th, for

> and that the Lieut. Goy ermor, 7 Son e and Hemlock, 4 meee, s mwa . . * Me (hom : . we desired arrangements to be made’ the en}! o — ‘ os sl seete and society. This organization, said our rev. Mr. Gordon, has been ordered im hot haste to! closed paper Gnarked A) seas eee, aly eo friend, iz not cor lof t] f ial | ( aper Gnarked A). “a il: 1. finidhed or mend, is not composed of gentiemen of sociai | ‘ anes inished or ” Tu reply we receive : i : bom | pee cs “ . “ys ee The P hicl 1] ts tl | the € aaitl f of \ si ce belie i i. | partly finished... 25 per cent, ad val. | character, of talent, or military qualification. @ Press which usually supports the | the ( ittee, of which a copy is enclosed (B). | ops 4 Thea é <i , : : ae , “ ’ pe nny \nd finding after discussion ion no important | Shingle bolts......... 10 The leaders ave but demagogues and adven {preseut Government of New Brunswick, has} **’ eet ae a ew | Shin oo. a - és 1 : ee . er a ald hostile fel; ; } modifications in their views could be obtained, | ALI oti +. of Black Wal ;turers, who have nothing to lose in this mad infely manifested a most hostile fce:ing towards! 4 4 4. wie i wiidnieniet semninieitili : eee is wer, ae al- 7 . . ‘ % , ~ \z tov jand that we were re quired to cousider their } eit’ Cleitey Think Baad ridiculous experiment= whose obicet is sel- Governor Gordon; and the impression now | proposition as a whole, we felt ourselves under new : ; ig . : S ' : ; : Tie ‘ualstedie af ducttikeaii | "e White Wood, Ash, Oak, fishness—whose aims are folly and wickedness prevails that the Governor aud his Council are | necessity of declining it, which was done round, hewedorsawed 20 6 be } : ‘ ; ‘ ; hy the memorandum also enclosed (C). | ps oH 7 ef and plunder—who delude and entrap the unre- at variance on the Confederation question. i [tis proper to explain the grounds of onal Pianed, tougued and | fecting, and obtaia.movey from ther ] ' ee = s pie Pd 5s p rroever * finished... 25 bc 6 jue sf) 2nd ObTath money ‘om Thep Wirere- Oe Eee. oe ' inal action. On Sen ere 10 ‘ | with to enrich themselves SOF THE YE 363 = ; eee. a eee ‘ =n > msetves, REVENUE OF THE YEAR 1565. | It will be observed that the most important | Pe a He to 25 ots. per bushel ©] - WwW . . ig hewane™ ; ‘Te oe :.. #2 Ot3. per bushel “| : e ay th: » Nev “ctor : , | provisions of the expiring Treaty relating to the | py “4. I € ‘venture to say’ thut the ev. ‘Rector We are indebted to the Island r for the fol- : | Porky. 2. Se. . I et. - Ih.

free interchange of the products of the two

lowing statement of the revenue for the past year, which, we presume, has been compiled | (uties proposed to be levied were almost pro-

: i | hibitery in their character. Phe increase over the | ject fur our entering into negotiations was, revenue of the past year—only £1,717 12s 1d/ therefore, anattainabie, and we had only to con- | —secms to be exceedingly stnali in view of the| sider whether the minor points were such as to | 1 finake it desirable for us to enter into specific!

from official records.

way in which trade has been flourishing in a

the other Proviaces. As regards the state-| These points are three in number.

Hus purpose, and it contains clauses apparentls wrbit-ary, that w few weeks aso would have heen deuouneed as tyrannical and unealled for. Se severe, however, has been the visitation, so rapid ifs progress, and so fital its effeets, that strong as the Government bill is, it is now as- s tiled for mot -hejag strong enough in its pro- hjbitory reculations. The bili eaforees com- pulsery slauchter of all infected eattle, prohibi- tiow of the removal of cattle except under peealiar eiveumstanees, the disinfection of suspected premises, und re rulations respecting cattle imported by sea. These regulations are aojticable to the whole country: bat in certain e<theme eases the local authorities are invested be the bill witha di “retionary power, and it is this last feature which has eacountered the Stren set apposition, Compensation is to be rotres eetive, aad powers are given to borrow niney from the Pubic Works Commissioners oa the seearity of the mutes. M>. Hunt opposed te second reading ef the bill heeause, mainly, of the powers conceded to the local authorities ——nowers, he contended, whieh destroved its vane. The principa! opponent of the nyeasure was Mr. Bright, who described the compensa tion clauses as monst ous, but was in favor of isulation of the cattle, which he thought would render neediess indise mamate shaurhter. There vi be cousiderable dittecence of opinion ay to the prineiple of compensation, and many peo- yle will azree with Mr. Bricht in thinktig that mécchants and Shipe vaers would Le ju-tified, wee rding to the same theory, in asking tor eom-

eishty thousand pounds ¢han sixty-six thousand eight bundied.

breast "’ of the financial state ef the Colony be-

certain sum having not vet come in from seve-

enga cements. meat, that “the expenditure proper of the vear| With regard to the first, the proposed mutual use of the waters of Lake Michizan and the St. Lawrence, we considered that the present ar- rangements were suflicient, and that the coim- mon interests of both countries would prevent their disturbance. We were not prepared to yield the right of interference in the imposition of tulls upon eur canals. We believed, more- over, that the privilege allowed the United States of naviyvating the waters of the St. Law- rence was very much more than an equivalent for our use of Lake Michigan.

Upon the second point, providing for the free transit of zoods under bond between the tiro countries, we believed that in this respect in the former case the interests of both countries would secure the maintenance of exist- ing rerulations. Connected with this point was the demand made for the abolition of the Free Ports existing in Canada, which we were not disposed to concede, especially in view of the ‘tremely unsatisfactory position in whieh it was proposed to place the trade between the two countries.

Gn beth the aheve points, we do not desire to be understauad as stating that the existing ar- rangements should not be extended and placed on a more permanent basis, but only that, taken apait from the more important Interests in- volved, it did not appear to us at this time! necessary to deal with them exceptionally. With reference to the third and last point, the coneéssion of the right of fishing in Pro-

just elused is ahout £66,800," there is some

thing exceedingly vague in it. “What is meant j

by the word “ proper’ tacked on to the word “expenditure ?’’ The Government organ ap- pears to be exact to one penny in getting at the Why should there be any

difenlty in getting at the amount of the public

amount of reecipts.

expenditure, iustead of leading its readers to all sorts of surmises by using that suspicious phrase, “about £65,8007" Our opinion is, that if we take jnto account the cost of building the Bar-

. . “y* as raeks and bringing the Military here, the ex-

penditure will be found to be much nearer

However, we suppose we must wait with such patience as we may eommand,

until our rulers be required to make a “ clean

Meanwhile we the Js

fore the Honse of Assembly.

sive the folluwing statement from

lunder :-— “Revexve or the Year Just cLosep.—Al- though the returns are not fully completed,

ral outports, we are in a position to state that

countries, were entirely set aside, and that the |

The principal ob-|

the actual reeeipt+to the 31st of January, 1866, amount to £6,041 3 Td. The revenue of the previous year was £66,333 11s 10d, show-

j eusation fom the evtire country whenever the wimls of Heaven de-icoy their property at sea.

vineial waters, we eonsidered the equivalent proposed for so very valuable a right to he

The admission of a few

and if the United States are present to consider the general opening of their | coasting trade it would appear desirable that as regards the internal waters of the continenty| no distinction should be made between the ves- sels of the two couutries.

If the foregoing points be satisfactorily ar- ranged, Canada js willing to wljust her excise duties upon spirits, beer and tobacco, upon the bestrevenue #tandard which may be mutually adopted after Tull consideration of the subject, and if it be desired to tyeat any other articles ia the same way the disposition of the Canadian Government is to giye every facility in thei: | power to prevent illicit trade.

With regard to the transit trade it is sug- vested that the same regulations should exist ou both sides and be detined by law. Canada is algo prepared to make her patent laws simi- lar to those of the United States.

Washington, D. C., Feh. 2, 1866.

MEMORANDUM B.

Tn response to the meinorandum of the Hon. Mr. Galt and his associates, Hou. Mr. Smith, Hon. Mr. Henry and the Hon. Mr. Howland, the Committee of Ways and Means, with the ap proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, are | prepared to recommend to the House of Re-

presentatives for their adoption a law providing tor the continnance of some of the measures embraced in the Reciprocity Treaty, soon to expire, viz: For the use and privileges as en joyed now under said treaty in the waters of Lake Michigan, provided the same rights tnd privilezes are coneeded to the citizens of the United States by Canada iu the waters of the St. Lawrence and its canals as are enjoyed by British subjects, without Ciscrimination as to tolls and charging rates proportioned to canal listance ; also for the free transit of goods, wares and merchandise in bond, under prope: regulations, by railroad across the territory of the United States to and from Portland and the Canada line; provided equal privileges shall he conceded to the United States from Windsor or Port Sarnia, or other western points of de- parture to Butfilo or Ordensburg, orany othe: points Eastward, and that the free ports estab- lished in the Provinces shall be abolished : also, that the bounties now given to American fishermen shall be repealed, and duties not

in Schedule A, provided that all the rights ot

fishing near the shores, existing under the treaty heretofore mentioned, shall be granted and conceded by the United States tothe Provinces, and by the Proviuees to the United States. It is also further proposed that the following list of articles shall be mutually free, viz :— Burr Millstones, unwrought. Cotton and Linen Rags. Vi rewoe vd. i Grindstones, rough or unfinished. Gypsum or Plaster, unground.

SCHEDULE A.

with a rather lame extract from the Scottish | Fisn-—Mackerel.. 22.0.2... ..- $1.50 per bhi. American Journal. We reciprocate by giving Herring, pickled or salted . -s08 , ‘ 2 . Fe Oe. . s Vi ee o. a muca larger extract from the same journal, “ Shed 2.00 a jou the same subject, which tells a ve ry different S , Gib CREE SUOMI... 93s 5 L.50 6

Provided that any fish in packages other than marrels shall pay in propertion to the rates charged upon similar fish In barre!s.

All other fish,’..°.. .... .4.¢t. per Th,

As to the duties which will be proposed upon i the other aiticles ineluded in the t eaty, the | following are submitted, viz :—

Animals, living, all surts - 20 per cent, ad val. Apes & Gardea’ Fruit

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4 . 10 cts. per bushel

Chee Oo thine wate ee a wee Corn (fodian) and Oats Corn-meal (fudian) and

SE s,s ae a oa. = “ Coal, bituminous... .. . 50 “ & 409 — aoe... . 2 aoe Flour 25 per cent, ad val. OE oe ee ak 2 cts. per Ib. | Etay bien 6 > be hic an +nee OO Der tOn ese 10 per cent, ad yal. Be Me oe ge 3 cls per Ib.

| Lumber—

| Pine, round orin thelog,S1.50 per M.

sawed or hewn... 2.50 +

$s planed.tongued and vrooved or finished

' +

25 per cent, ad val.

| Potatoes... ..

16 cts. per bushel

| Seed, Timothy & Clover 20 per ceut, ad yal. Trees, Plantsand Shrubs,

| Ornamental and Fut | 15 “ “

| Pallow'! 22595 2 2 cts. per Th. Wetef).. 2:25 .* 20 cts. per bushel.

MEMORANDUM ¢,

In reference to the memorandum received from the Cominitiee of Ways and Means, the Provincial Delegates regret to be obliged to state that the proposition therein contained in resurd ty the commergial relations between the two Countrics is nét such as they can recom- mend for the adoption of their — respec- tive Lesislatures. ‘Th Imposts which it is pro- posed to lay upon the productions of the DBri- tish Provinces on their entry into the markets of the United States are such as in their opin- ion will be in some cases prohibitory, and will certainly seriously interfere with the nataral eourse of trade. These imposts are much beyond what the delegates conceive to be an equivalent for the internal taxation of the United States that they are reluctantly brought to the conelusion that the Comunittee no longer desire the trade between the two countries to be carried 6n upon the principle of reciprocity, With the concurrence of the british Minister at Washington, they are there- fore obliged respectfully to decline to enter into the engavement suggested in the memorandum : hut they trust that the present views of the United States may soon t so far moditied as to permit of the interchange of the productions

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of the two countries upon a more liberal basis.

Washing ton, Feb. 6, 1866.

eae From the Scottish American (N. ¥.) Feb'y 17.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN DELEGATION

AND THEM MISSION TO WASHING. TON We happen to be ina position to state that

althoush the proposition of Messrs. Galt, How-

not prepared at Far more, we think, has come ot the mission

higher imposed upon fish than those ment’oncd |

Me Lowe eateved the list against Mr. Bright, aid wecused hire of setting class against class, ia this debat + ale. J ba Sturt Mill, the great writer on Political Economy, made his maiden speech, and maintained that the compensation soul tot be excessive, as it mi slit prevent the fatasrs from tiking measures to guard against the spread of the divease, knowing that they would, be paid for any anijnal that died or was slauzhiered. As a class, he added, the landed aud teeming doterest Wed no claim whatever to compensation, exec t in reference to the ex treine inequality with whieh the loss was sus- tained. Several amondiments have been made in the bill as orizinal y introduced. The com- pensation, for instance, is to he only half the value of the animal, and not two-thitds, and ay amendment by Mr. Want, to prevent the ut vement of all cattle by rail or road, which wis opposed br the Govertuwnt, was carried b* 2£ to ISL.

Tt will interest all who follow the ‘prezress of events in the United States since the end of tw war, to know that 4 large portion of Eny- Vish society heartily sympathises with the aboll- tion of s'avery, and to givé expression to this antiment. a crowd d meeting was held iv Exefer-hall on the 1 “th, ostensibly to celebrate te pees of the Coustitutional Amend:nent A tin the Uaion, which abolishes the property of man in man. Seo eral distin ished persons, sone of them ministers of relizion, were in a‘tendsnce, and amongst them the Rev. New-! mo p> The Chair was filled by the Cham- burlafs of London, Mr. Scott, and strony ex.

essions were indulged in during the evening Pit g relations between Enzland and

“grest lie might long continue. The recdmen's Aid Society, with which this nn orisinated, is not insensible to the Seiitien of the biaeks in Jamaica, and a large , ed on their!

aum of money is about to be Cites

behalf. \

ing an increase of £1,717 12s ld. The ex- penditure proper of the year just closed is about £66,200, leaving a surplus of over £1,100. When the extraordinary expenditure of the year is considered, it is some satisfaction to Gnd that our Habilities are more than met.

The sources of revenve of the year ending 3ist January, 1266, are as follow :— ?

utterly inadequate. unimportant articles free, with the establishment of a scale of high duties as proposed, would net, in our opinion, have justified us in yielding this point.

While we rezret this unfavorable termination of the negotiations, we are not without hope that, at no distant day, they may be resumed

finpost Duty, € « @ | with # better prospect of a satisfactory result.

“ Charlottetown, 40.581 1° 6 | We have the houor to be,

6“ dedeqne , 4.169 4° 62 Your Excelleney’s most obdt. servte.,

“ Georzetorrn, 2103 2 1e8}} A. F; Gar,

Malpeque, 1,019 5 01 Minister of Finance, Canada.

«Souris, 50135 ‘5 } Wr. Howraxn, ;

“ — Caseumpee, nes 9" Postmaster General, Canada,

” New London, ety 36-41 | W. A. Henry, i

* Murray Hai bour, #3673 Attorney General, Nova Scotia.

* Crapaud, 5707 08! A. J. Sur,

*& Grand River, 50°'4. 8 Attorney General, New Brunswick.

ee Ot. PA's, 22.10 6 | ToTlis Excelleney Sir Frederiek Bruce, K.

Orwell, SVG 'S') |. Ce Bas Ste de> Oe-

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“a Rustico, s] 9 0 MEMORANDUM 4, List & Anchoraze Duty, 1.161 8 il The trade between the United States and the Land Assessment, : 4.510 4.11 | British Provinees should, it is believed, under Public Lands, 6.153 2 7 |ordinary circumstances, be free in reference to Crown Lands, 1314.14.10 | their natural productions ; Wut as internal taxes Reat of Warren Farm, 27.15 6 [exceptionally exist in the U nited States, it is Pust Office, 1.940 0 0 | new proposed that the articles embraced in the Colonial Seeretary’s Office, 219.18 2 {free list of the Reciprocity Treaty should con- Rexvistrar's Fees, 351 10 © |tinue,to be exchanged, subject only to such Custom Fees, 64.16 6 | duties as may be equivalent to that internal tax- Warehouse Fees, 76.10. 0 [ation. Tt is suggested that both parties may Land Assessmeut Fees, 5 6 S§ |add certain articles to those now in the said Trustees Prince of Wales College, 22 5 6 |list. With reference to the fisheries and the License Duty, 626 10 0 | navigation of the internal waters of the conti- Seizures, 14.2 4 | nent, the British Provinces are willing that the Fines and Penalties, 127. 8 @ | exjating regulations should continue in effect : Casual Tuterest in Bonds, 1,191 2 6 | but Canada is ready to enter iato engagements Sale of Imported Breeding Stock, 2°0 2° 0 | with ike view of improving the means of access Sale of Port Wine, 34 8 3 (tothe ocean, provided the assurance be given

that the trade of the Western States will not he

£62,041 3 11 i diverted from its natural channe! by legislation ; |

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land, Henry, &e., in regard to Reciprocity was rejected by the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, a body contvolled by ultra-protection- ists, a Jarge and respectable party in both the | House and Senate is strongly in faver of some | satisfactory trade arrangemeut with the Pro- vinees. Mr. McCulloch is especialiy desivons that athorougly good understanding should be come to; and before the delegation icft Wash- ington the Seeretary of the Treasury made ar- ranvements, after asking permission of the dele- gates, for them to fave a special interview With the President. It is no seeret that President Johnson expressed in the strongest msayner his desire that some satisfactory basis of agreement should be reached. Both the President ana fhe | Seeretary indeed expressed a strong wish that rolong their visit in the hope of their mission ie ultimately-suceess- ful. Itis probable that the delegates consulted

the delegation should

their own dignity in leaving when they did.

They showed at least that such Reciprocity as the Ways and Meavs Committee are willing to coneede is athing that. British America ean do without, at least until her people comes to be many poorer and meaner than they are to-day,

The upshot, we think, will be that Mr. Me- Cullech will seek another interview with Mr. Galt and his colleagues before the latter seek an inteaview with Mr. McCulloch. It is a great deal to have enlisted a man of the oficial aud personal standing of the Finance Minister of the United States ina fair measure of international trade. It is still more to have the President of the United States exhibit so strong an interest in the maintenance of friendly, political, and commercial relations with any portion of the British Empire. It shows that wisdom, dis-

cretion, and sobriety have not yet deserted the high places of the land, and there are yet men left to think and act fur the American people, who are not yet utterly the victims of passion and prejudice,

1 than appears at the first blush ; and the delegates | at least can console themselves with having done all that was in their power to serve their country by offering and proposing to accept such terms as shouid not compromise their re- lutions with the Home Government, or imperil the vast commercial interests committed to thei trust. . <> FENIANISM. This subject-—— or, as it is now properly denominated, “ Villainous Swindle’’—was dis-

ay ee

last Wednesday evening.

cussed before the C. L. Institute on

The audience on yas the must numerous we ever Tn fact.

very many, as we have been told, failed to ; n

the occasion,

saw assembled in St. Andrew's Hall.

obtain admission—so crowded was every avail- able seat. Thomas Kelly, Esqr., presided as Chairman, and we may bere observe that he discharged the duties incident to that situation with at /eas/ sufficient strictness.

The Rev. A. MeDona’d, Rector of St. Dun- stan’s College, opened the debate in a brie! address-—merely indicating the line of argument he intended to pursue in his closing discourse. In his introductory, however, the learned Rector submitted some general propositions as the basis of the position he then assumed, and con- demnatory of the priaciples and doctrines of the

said he, is essentially a bad one: it is wrong

organizition. This associaticn,

Fenian

per se, and utterly indefensible, and therefore he, as a Catholic Priest, responsible for his sentiments, as a citizen, a loyal subject, aud as a friend of Ireland, was conscieutious!y opposed tv it, and would consider any man who woder- took to defend the “ Brotherhood” to be a Fenian in sympathy and spirit.

On resuming his seat, the Rev. gentleman was followed by several speakers, including the How. G. Coles, who occupied a seat on the platorm. Mr. Coies spoke at considerable lensth in Opposition to the Fenian ‘scheme’ but admitted tlat Ireland had, for centuries, endured aygravated and unmerited oppressionis at the instance of her Imperial rulers—that she was still compelled, with great injustice, to submit to inequitable exactions in connection with those two standing yiievances—tithes and absentecism. The hon, gentleman, expressed his hopes that those sources of strife and misery in Treland would shortly be removed or modi- fied, and he felt persuaded that the Tinperia! Parliament would —as they have been doin: for sometinfe past—enact measures éalenlated to elevate the social and commercial condition of that country.

very question of Fenianisin, which he earnest!y

ing the Lritish ministry that the welfare aud prosperity of the Irish peaple ave indispensible

to the safety of the whole Rinpire. Mr. Cole's

ar "“ecatahles ‘ “c eth . . and Vegetahles, ..... 10 ; : remarks were ¢alm and convincing, and had CE ae 15 ets. per bushel tH Tect of TA le Og a

¢ > > 1¢ elie 0 “oncliating > ImMpasive Asscm- Seuns (except Vanilla : EIR Fee, Sa a 7 .

and Castér Off)..." >, . a “ age before whom he stood. ey be oo eae 1 ct. per Ih. It is noteworthy —and we think the faci > ’ i ’ Me

TN ss ee ub 0 ets. per bushe - .

B ckwheat...... 10 cts. per bushel |yoflects huch credit upon the large. audience TN as pas > bs een oo . '

f Irishmen who were present on this occasion —that nota sinele individual declared himselt This

rment of the non-existence o!

as an ndgoente of the “Trish Republic.” tacit acknowled Fenian theories in Charlettctown, of course left the ground quite clear for the Rev. Mr. MeDonald, and the debate was closed by him in excellent style. He addvessed himself more especially to Trish Catholics, and admonished them to form no connection with such societies