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‘ pany vill eae the most of its profits, and

J say*® nothing about ‘he diffeult sections to

be GleekIp Gxaminer lo built at beth ends. Mr. Davies was a ee a ignorant on the anb- JANUARY 14, 1881. ject er wilfully hid ‘rom his hearers the fact i on neem | that nearly 1,009 miles of road are to be Se | built in the Province of Ontario, where

THES SYNDICATE CAMPAIGN. | ih. Government has not an acre of land en : | and consequently will have to yo to the MIS-REPRASENTA TIONS af THE DAVIES North West to the centre section for lands

ea | wherewith to pay for constructing the road. ce | Mr. Davies says that the Company is not We presume that, by thie tine, Mr. L. heund to build these difficult. pertions. H. Davies bas mz lean end of his speaking He must have been aware that the Com- against the ratification of the Canadian pany isas much hound by the terme of the Pacilie Railway Contract. He has, like his agreement to construct the line in the east- leader, taken goo! care to have it all to/ .-., and western sections as in the seats bimoself. Of eourse it was not his fault | butit suited him to make a false statement that those who can mateh him on the etump, are either in Ottawa attending to | that heir Parliamentary duties, or are busily | engaged with official duties here. He did) hie best t6 keep hom at home, and vnew- ployed in the service wf the Province , and they, consequent!r, had not on this ocea- siow, the experience of havin their offer for a fall, free and fair ag iscussien of the bargain declined e has had his way sud bis esy; and by saying, uneentradict- ed, “ the thsag thet w not,” be has snatched o small, ephewern and qu-ationsble, though much-prized, triumph. Doubtiess he hoped that the passage of two or three resolutions ir condemnation of the Syndicate Contract | p11: to Nipissing, but the Canads Central will prove the fororwaner of more substan: | 4.49 charter from Gevernment to build s tial f-iamphe in ‘the sweet bye and by.” | branch line to connect with the Canada He is mistaken. Thearts which ¢ajole or Pacific at Nipissing. sears have lost their power. The people + ey A may, indecd, be mislead for o Ume, a | At the meetings he has held, Mr. Davies under the influence of intelligent minds ait | bas been either guilty of a wilful mistate ~~ os ye cen a * | ment in describing the standard of the vight yoth end Sloe Gp we > Ae. } road, or else he is blindly ignorant of the That the spesshes recently ee F | fact that the Union Pacific—the standard Dasies 1S Gere ay ee upon which the Canada PaciGe is to be nego ae Cone. Bas masely to anne Sane Se | built—-was not constructed till the year portant bargain ‘ully discussed and under 1873, and then handed over to the United stood in all ite parts, we shall now call at- States Government. The road which Mr.

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| for the purpose which he had in view, and |

was to get up an agitation against a sheme that will secure for Sir | John Macdonald and his party o lease of power for twenty years to come. We do not accept the statement of Mr. Davies as to the value of the land being $3.18 cente per acre, as that value was placed last yoar by Sir Charles Tupper wpon the land after the road would be com- pleted and not in ite wilderness state. Mr. Davies stated that the road to Nipissing is completed. We merely mention this to show that he did not know what he was talking about. It is a fact that no road is

tention vo 0 few af ee a miate Davies describes as the standard, was in- | ee - edpplete aud payment refused by the

I wore Sy ran Ay <nerican (ove t See

the first and main proposition) bad pronounced the ro nished aocord. nue the acyument was Sad a | ing to the standard of the a and That “ In 1871 the men who are now in | VEO Toss. He also aa ae "aie cies power made s bargain with British Colum- | be used. eae ” - e174 ap se bia- impossible of fulfilment—to build the | myomieate weers Snes 8 peg 25 PS ae Th ede thia bargain | 2@ty on iron rails while stee! rails are free. eae aoe ; an me tifaoulcien | The iron rails would cost more than steel, —— oer" ta _ te: cond. echeuns and, therefore, it is the interest of the Ss aa kdieniin was pledged to | Company to use ateel rails In addition to os ee ae : aes end ane witheat this the Syndicate after hearing the gross hiatal > 1 f the people. Such an act | ™sinterpretation of the agreement by the aes im wovides in the extreme. It was | Opposition sent o letter to the Govern- : j ment statin that no other intention 18 wney Over ene. jentertained by them than to build the Mr. Davies iv aware and the people of | road after the standard of the Union Pacific ae ag Gomer Aig pene met | when handed to the United States Govern- 1873 Mr. Uayt)orne and Br. t, and that steel rails, and iron ’ Ottawa to aoe ate torus of eae Paes ge * be used. 7

with # country ‘hat was couimit to what | : Senin

: . and impossibdie | TRS GRO@SEST MIS-STA i be fale Wd 66.8 ete le : Put the most ‘ infamous” and ‘wicked ”

of fulfilment. Was the voice of Mr. . mous” and

Davies heard anywhere in town or couatry| part ef Mr. Davies’ digcoursee was after the return of Messrs. Haythorne andj *he mtruthful assertion that the Laird, urging «he people te oppose Cou- ; company will gobble up all the

Canada hed | fertile land along the line railway. | Now in the face of the agreemwt which prowides that the Government retaiys every witernate block of 640 acres it reqyires a good deal of audacity aud unbliqhing impudence to make that statement before any audience laying claim t average in}.

federation, on the groand that made a ‘ mad’ ' improrident’ and ‘ wicked

in with British Colombia. Mr Devies was conient to a hus ey pluage the country headlong into the did- Saltion thet he nab dathens He held out mo cautionary signa’s to his ede mor

letter on Ireland and Parnell. 17 much in the letier beside the point, smd) jay report, which speake for itself ;— this wo insert because We think it ex pedient to give vent, through the press,

Ireland and Parnell.

Is another column we publich a glowing

to strong feelings, That Ireland is jasti- fied in agitating, we make ne deubt. [has Parnell has wisely led and directed the agi- | tation is quite another matter. We hold a very decided opinion toat he has not dene wisely. With Gladstone in power, and with the tenant farmers of England and Scotland struggling against the compe- tition of the products of the free lands of

the Union, would be to aid in an attempt- ed revolution; and the savage acts which have been perpetrated and the ex- treme danger to which life aud property in Ireland is subjected by reason of the agita- tion led by Parnell, have so horrified all good men, that many have beea prerented from enlisting actively im Ireland’s cause. Parnell is neither wise enough, nor one enough, nor good enough, to lead an

guide the Irish people in the present eriais. | This ia our firm conviction. } References to old-time outrages can do no good now. ‘The sooner the etrifes of the past are forgotten the better. Our ferefathers acted foolishly aud harshly We ought to be wiser and better than they; and forgetting the troubles of the past we should set ourselves,as men and Christians, te deal with the affairs of the ; resent. The British people are now honest!” and sincere- ly desirous of dealing fairly snd liberally with Ireland. We hope Paraell will let them de se.

Civic Matters. ' Great satisfaction must be felt by our citizens when they see this evening in Tus ExaMcnenr a clear statement of the financial condition of the city on the 3lst day of December, 1880; and it will be ad ditionally pleasing to learn that a pawm- phlet has been issued, contaiuing a de- tailed account of all expenditures and re- ceipta during the past year. In the olden time—-mot many years ago- mo one—not even the Mayor, the councillors, or the clerka—knew how matters stood. New, all isclear. This shows the advantage of having, frsy of all, a good system, then well-trained, industrious clerks, and, over all, « man of @ practical mind, knowing when the secounts are right and how te. | keep them right. There is also a gleam of comfort in the fact that the amount of the small deficit | shown in the accovnts—which 1s almost | covered by additional real estate purchased | for the use of the city—is not so much as | the falling offin the Police Court receipts. | In 1877, these receipts reached $2,817.94; last year they were only $862.83—a differ- | ence of $2,055.1i—whieh shows that the number of civic offenders and debtors has diminished. It is hardly possible that expenditures

ligence. If there is not sufficient land “fairly fit for settlement along the line of arrival in railway, and within 24 miles of the road on swallow, “ holcs bolus” the terms of union | ¢ach side, the company can elsewhere, pegotiated by them, with the very same | but the Government still retains every al vaen @ho male the mad bargain wish | ternate section of the land selected. The British Colom! is—terms which would have | *yndieate will undoubtedly build branch compelled Mr Davies to raise 260,000 by | ‘ines. This they must do without any sub- direct taxation under his Assessment Act I sidy. But the building of these branch metead of $10,040, so much worse were lines will give valine to the Government they then the ‘eras upon which we actually | ‘ands and open them up for settelment. lv entered the | aion. ‘* But let that pass,’ | fact the agreement secures the branch lines we merely wisa tosbow Mr. Davies that | as the company cannot take up the land the more he (niminates against the bad, | without building them.

**mad scheme ' of 1871, the more an- patrietic does bis action appear in tak- Ing stepe to unite the Island with oa ecuntry pledged t» a ruinous bargain. All that wo lave to say at present upon the | merits of the original scheme is, that if i: wasamal one, the scheme of Mr. Mac- Kenge waa du bly eo. While the original policy was to | uild the road bya company

to the e at large The day tolowi os area Laird's ie PE. island was willing to

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Public Meetings.

Pys.ic meetings are now being held in many parts of the Island for the purpose | of discussing loeal and Dominion polities. | notices calling these meetings gen

erally contain invitations to the represen- | tative of the respective districts, and also

aus per for it out ef the lands of the North to two or three would-be itators, who West, dir. Mrekenzie, by the | Corjaryan oroupy no public position. To the unin-

Lofiae, fasceur if; i

sponsibility of ouilding it ass mh ecsaten Terma provider

. Teat a

alam — > ‘4 eo" ? wet tre: «vey on the mainland

peshed on wit? the utmost vigor.

g blic work

naediatel, comstructed across the continent. 4 Thar $2,000,000 Le spent yearly iv th Province of Brivish Colen: hia.

6. That the Pactic Railway be completed |

by Slat December, 1590. AS SKAGGBRATION, Let us now teke note of a few of the figur

os wbich Mr. andience, and show how he has exaggera

ted the cost of that portion of the road to Le constructed by Government and handed Mr. Davies takes Sir Charlee T.pper’s estimate for building and equipping certain sections of the road which is $53.7 19,000, and says that these sections, worth (hat amount, are to be hand. This assertion of

over to the Company.

ed over to the Vompany.

silway from Eequimarcit to

2. That « weyon road telegraph line be im-

Davies presented te his

,asem to indicate that thes pespls” of the | loealities in queation..=se dissatisfied with \ their representatives, and the invitions to -cwuéders are givem for the purpose of } securing their assistance in properly chas- | tising the erring representatives. A little | peep behind the scenes would soon eon- vinee any person thet such impressions as ; these are entirely erroneous. Im nine (cases outof ten the meetings are called | and the invitations are given at the insti-

| gation of the agitators themselves who, _ Wishing to keep their nasaes before the pub- _ le, resort to these underhand tricks tocreate an appearance of popular feeling in their favour. Only the other day a meeting was called in one of the outlying eounties, through the agency of one or two persons who are known to be sure tools in the hands of the wirepullers or agitatora before refer- red to, When the faithful few in the locality had their little plans matured, a trip to Charlottetown on the Sabbath Dey, and the issving of handbills on the Monday were al] that was required to inaugurate a Monster meeting of the electors of the

can be cut down to a much lower figure than they were last yesr. The Street Commissioner was last year very much hampered for the want of money. Though he made the little he had placed at nis dis posal go a great deal further than a com- mittee eould have done, there were many improvements which we have no doubt he would like to have made, mauy improve- ments which, in the interesta of the city, should have been made—whieh had to be deferred for the want of money. In view of the fact that it is not posnble to maintain the eivic departments, on their present basis, with less money than was expende i last year ; and that the City School Boeri have the expenditures fer education complete); within their own power, it is evideut that, unless some radical change be mace, more money must—-to keep ap the Street and Fire Departments—be raised next year than was raised last year. It is therefore well that the number of taxpayers has been increased by the addition of those who,

T'o the City Council

| herewith submitted exhibit in detail all imat- ters se clearly, that but few remarke from me

expenditure ($32,199 26) has exceeded the j revenue ($39,767.01) by $1,432. 25. |

| Income Account .. ..$32,199 26 City School Board... 13,810 32

S. Mutch, for land. .

The Mayor’s Report.

Mayor Daws x, at the City Council

Cuarieri grows, 10th January, 1581.

(igstTceMeN,—The Accounts and Reports

@ required, You will net fail to observe that the year’s

The tetal receipte are as follows :

America, a proper and constitutional agita- | Assesament 1878....8 807 44 cost the country $15,- country $28,100,000. tion for the relief of Irish tenants would | “ 1879.... 5,348 20 600,000, i The road is to be have been aided by the sympathy of the | - 1380.... 23,385 10 The road was ‘1 be| finished by 1891. | Government and by the sympathy of a | Other sources....... 10,546 91 finished by 159). He has succeeded. very large class of the people of the Mother | Union Bank........ 7,8%1 93—$ 48,009 58/ He failed. ' Country. But to give countenance to — The only question to be asked on read Parnell’s wild demand fer disruption of PAYMENTS. ing this parallel is: Was the extra 27,000,-

1,000 GO 1,000 00--§ 48,009 55

The indebtedness of the City stands thus:

Debentures redeemed

Pebonnne TUS. «oi. 0 oc ces ctds $ 92,355 61 SN ooo bes ooacnceun ’ 18,672 55 a eS a Ae 97 ve DE SI oi ph eck oboe Seca 32 25

giii,i56 31

Leas A Asseasment 1878... .. $1,758 66 os 1379..... 1,723 63 1830..... 1o38 Other Assets......... 483 00— 5,780 29 Total Liability.......... $105,376 5¢

In my report of January last, after dis- counting for ‘‘ Removals,’” *‘ Poverty,” &c. I said the probabilities are that ‘‘frem the $14,600 of Assessment arrears not more than $) 500 is cetlectable, s0 that the City Debt reaches some $104,000,”

After the lapse of twelve months, the esti mate then made is ae by the action of the Finance Conimittee # ity Collector, who, after going carefully through the list of arrearuges be the years 187+ and 1879 have, on the authority of a Resolution of City Couneil, passed (4th June last, written otf

ad oy

a

t

for ‘*Removals,” ‘*Insolvencies,” anc ** Poverty” : 7

From arroars of, 1878.............. $2,531 45

- as ik os iceki 1,740 30

pe 8 PS eres $4,322 25

I am, however, of opinion, after a careful supervision, that the estimate I then made ef the value of these Assets was too high, that the Committee have net written off sufficient te eover the shriukage. and | am satistied that the $3,482.29, for which credit is taken, will not realisy beyond $2,000.

The slight increase of the liability of the Corporation has been mainly caused by the payment of $1,000 to Mr. Samuel Mutch for the land upon which the Kiug Street Fire Engine House is built,

It is geatifying to find that the ordinary eutiay for the current year has been kept within the income, thus showing an im proved state of things as the result of adopt ing and athering to an authorized estimat~ of expenditur-; ands J trust the same wise course will be continued

The sum of $636.21, owing by Mr. J. J O' thivlly, late Assistact Clerk, has for the past four years appeared in the Accounts as au

Asset. | ovnnet evnceive the propriety of car-ying this amouat from year to year, au i would ayaia recommend that it be written | ;

i

off Tae powers obtained from the Legislature at the.session of 1530 to enable the Corpora- tion to ‘Levy an Assessment” en Real Es- tate, instead «f upcen the occupant, ha met the anticipatiwn~ of the promoters ef the change, and placed the finances of the City upen a much impreved basis; the discount alluwed for payment within thirty daye was taken advantage of by many of the citizeus, as the fol.owimg figures show: Paid to City Clerk............ $3 336 26 ** City Collecter.......... 6,447 49

$9,833.75 The Levy for the year was.... .26,702 0 Paid to Collector $19,126.14 “ City Clerk — 4,253 96 Discount........ 252.30 Appeals, Ac..... 230.40 23,887.80 Leaving unpaid but........ ... $1,815 OF

This 8 well not only for the diligence

though not householders, live and receive “head WET ESS weiiod attention to the necessity for an inspection of buildings, to the advisability ef prohibiting, within cer- tain localities, the erection of buildings, other than brick and stone, and to the desirability of having water works. We hope these suggestions will not be forgotten by the next Council.

If a private Company can be found who will introduce Water Works, there should be no hesitation about that matter.

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Exports for December.

Mx. Lypiako supplies the following statement of exporta from Prince and Kings Counties during the month of De- cember :—~

Value.

Oats to Previncial ports $%13.500

‘* Fereign do 47,023 ——~——- $80,523

Potatoes to Provincial 6,302

- Foreign do 19,918

26,217

Meats, fresh, salted and pre-

Mr. Davies’ is not true. It might be a fair estimate if the Government equipped the roed; but as the Company will have to pro- vide the rolling stock, which will cost about | Invitations were given at the same time siz millions, the estimate must be placed at | to other gentlemen who, it was well known $25,000,000 and not $35,769,000. If Mr. | had other engagements on the seme day. Devries was firminded, he would accept | ln opening the meeting at Victoria Cross

county on the following V/ednesday, to which of course the agitators were invited.

servel to Provinces Do ta Porsign porte 353,157

114,455

Fish to Foreign ports, in- cluding preserved, Miscellaneous, Colonial, " Foreign -_—-— 66,528

Sir Charlies Te >per's estimate, and uot pre- | the other evening, we learn that the Chair- did

tend that the portions of read under the contract will cost the souatry as much without rolling stock, as is estimated wish

man said he meeti All he Supervisor of

urport of the that the late .» who lives in

Total Exports for Dec., for Queen's and King’s Co’s

$325, 880 RECRIPTS IN THE CUSTOM MOUSE,

now and

of the City Collector, but also the willingness syatem of rating and “collecting, to } ag 0 fair ye ,

rate of taxation, “3

During the year, Pownal Wharf has been leased for a term of five years to Mr. R. fF. Quirk, ata yearly rent of $725, equal to a return of a little over: five per cent. on the outlay of the past four years.

In the estimates submitted for the year's services, and approved by the Vity Council, there was a vote of $2,000 for the formation of a ‘‘-inking Fund.” I have endeavor-d to secure an juvestment, but have so far friled. I trast, however, to do so at an early day, thus forming the nucleus of a fund which, yearly added to, will enhance the secorities of the Corporation, and cause them to he eagerly sought siter as investments secoad to none.

* The depreciation in the value of ‘ Rea! Estate,” the wear and tear of “ Plant and Moveable Property,” owned by the Corporation since the last appraisement was made, is very considerable, aad as it appears to me desirable that the ‘* Balance” shest should show, aa near as ible, a correct value of the assets of the Capita I weuld therefore again recommend that a re valuation of all city property be’made, ard that the appraisers for the coming year be so author-

ve

The falling of # portion of the building situated on the corner of Kent and Prince attreets, owned by Mr. Lemuel Wright, on the morning of the 2ist ultimo, resulting in the loss of life, would seem to call for the appointment of a qualified Inspector of Build- ings to whom all plans of proposed erections within the City should be submitted, and whose approval should be firet had before

% fie ae j

Tue Hamilton Spectator pais the whole

for tenders from cap- asked for tenders from italists to build the capitalists to build the Pacific Railway.

000 in cash. \G00 in cash, And 52,000,000 acres; And 25,000,000 acres of land. jof land,

guarantee, estimated to

000 acres of land offered by Mr. Macken- sie worth the extra $11,400,070 in cash outiay offered by Sir John Maedonald { Accordi publish 000,000 acres at $3 would give or $69 700,000 in favor of Sir John Mac- donald’s scheme.

face and hands were covered with scabs and sores similar to those seen on a smil-pox patient, arrivea by train from Georgetown,

police station. asmall bundle «f clothing and a letter ad

He was fellowed at a safe distance bya gang and kept upa conversation among themselves

thonght it was. mn aBijval at the station, he was met at the door by Officer MeGouneil, who asked him what was the matter wich him ° *nglish related his story, ended by stating

was to go. The port of destivation given by

could not be easily arrived at aniess the dis- ease grew fatal and the sailor was-a very bad man. Atany rate he went to ir. Taylor s. ‘The Doctor was not

ateps to the station. returning beteok themneives to the aputhe- cary shops. and became therouchly saturatea witb di-~infectants. Officer MeGoonell went to dinner. station sent to the Quarantine officer, who examined kim, and found that his disease was not small-pox, ner was it contagious. He sent him te the Marine Hospital. By the time the sailor was comfortsbly lodged in the

smail-pox spread throcgh the city. and the timid - avs was net correct.

dinuer hour at home, uneasy, feari might have contracted the disease while di. recting the sailor te ‘'r. Taylor's. did not abste much as he returned to the station, contemplating the loathsome dis vase. As he opened the door be, with au

no ene was present, he beiicved sinall-pox patient being aware of the ork, ordered the officer to throw the man eut be would give up his j chct before he would enter the station. arrived and, lifted

as they lifted the bundle of haberdasher; which was cevered by a policemans coat, and threw it towards him. A crowd arowad the station to enjoy the joke; learn, othecer there was ary joke at all.

How the Matter Stands.

! Mr. Mackenziea:ked! Sir John Macdonald

Pacitic Railway. He offered $25,000,

He uffered $26,000, -

And finished road |

Aud a 4 per cent. estimated to cost the

to the private memorandum by the Reform party, the 27,- 1,000,000,

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The Small-Pox.

SAILOR SAY° HE HAS SMALL-POK CRATES A SENSATION.

AT noon Monday i Swedish sailor whose

by directwn proceeded to the He carried with him

ressed to the doctor of the Marine Huspital f smali boys, who gazed curously at him

bout the sailor's disease—small pox, as they

The sailor, in much mixed

hat he had smail-pox and asked where he

he officer in the midst of much excitement,

at home and the Neptune retraced his he officers seemg him |

son of

The sailor was on return to the

ospital, the rumor that his disease wan e alarmed, But the rumor

Now, officer McGonuell had left the station a a great fever of excitement and spent his he

His fever

vath, started back. for be had seen the body of a man atretched on the statio floor, and as if was th: The Marshal arrived and,

Kas M:-Gonnell declared

A tew of the officers then by order of the Marshal, the form, while officer Mec(joanell, mach amazed, at«ered in at them

Sat, we

McGonvell cannot see that

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St. Peters Penny Readings.

Tux first night of the season must be pre- nounced a rema:kable success. The scheol- room ww overcrowded, aad the perfurmancr quite up to the high atancdard of the St. Peier’s Keadimgs. Mrs. J. K. Brecken, and Miss M. Rankio, played their fustramental duet with

see.

guage must be deprecated by every reason abl man”

Corres, onoence.

hold oursel

Ireland and Farnell. |

‘

T'o the Kklitor of the Examiner. |

S1z,—I am conscious of the difficulty of

writing @ letter the sentiments of which may not bein accord with your own. ventune to do 80, relying upon the well- known liverality of your journal, and with | ; all the more confidence, trom the fact that | @"4 w-repullers as putting a stop tu such . you are in no way “‘responsivle for the

li

business or blood, and his passionate lan

The italica are mine, and it ia with that part of the sentence I firmly acd respectfuliy di Lam so thor- oughly convineed in the light of history, and present facts, that England has done little else than misgovern I[reland ; that, with millions of others, I am so un- reasonable as to believe in Parnell, and tejvice in the fact that he is so severely in earnest on behalf of his down-trodden native land. An actual kuowledye of the people of Ireland, and a personal acquaint ance—of severa] years’ stauding—ct auch vf the present fisturbed districts—Loth North and South—enabies me to wriie with a little authority on the question. Al though an Englishman myself, [ confess | am not carried away by a ceriain portion of the ultra-Eaglish press, who hate every- thing Irish, and cater to the de; raved tastes of the dogs of Society. Unon the Irish question, the «editors of such journals betray @ lamentable icnorance, or wilfni maliciousness, insulting alike to every prin- cipls of “justice and sentiment of truth This is ail the more felt,4hen their false- hoods are wrapped up in the garb of sume professedly leading journal, with in- fluence enongh to secure a _ large circulation, and mould public opinion after the fashion of their own pernicious ideas. Their conceptions of Ireland and Irish questions, are founded in falsehoods, either second hand er original; which they scatter tyroadcast in the face of the world, with as little compuuction, asa dog would cherish fora well picked bone. Enough about such fellowes, Mr. Editor, and {am ylad you are vot une of that class.

I aw far from professing to justify every act of the so-called followers of Parnell. 1 will not atempt to advocate the assassina tien of landlords, or the destruction of the property of those those who refuse to reeng- nize the Land League; but I aw a firm be- liever in the old and oft-expressed opinion, that ‘‘ when the ruling power becomes un- just and tyrannical, the people have a right to rebel,” and I fail to see in the life o the laudlord anything more valuable chan can be found in that of sume anfour tunate victiin of his cold blooded tyranny, whom he has crushed beneath the iron necl of his heartlessuess, and ground be- veath the demons of bigotry, prejadice aud greed. Well ordered socwty refuses to take the law into its own hand, and yer there is a sentiment of wild justice beating in the breast of every man, which now and then rushes the culprit into the presence vt Judge Lynch, and gives the well meriteu punishinent which the technical ice ties of Chief Justice’s justice might ailow him tw escape. I may deplore the fact that blood jas been shed in Ireland, but I deplore still more anvuther fact—that Irish charac- ter has been unscrupulously painted with all the blackness which the genius of the master of the mint, in the workshop down stairs, could invent. Columns long of “ the reign of terror’ are dealt vut to us garnished wit) tke claptrap of sume brain- tees fool, who would look more at home in the stocks, than in the editoria! chair. * Another murder in Ireland” meets tie gaze, in every penny-a-liner, and inmgih tely follows a yard long of sad re ons and heart-rending dedactions, tu the s:ate of unhappy Ireland. Why bess your heart, Mr. itor, in free, exlightened, religiuus, happy, grand old Foland, who rides ** Cuck of the Walk’ over all creation aod vever lets the sun serOv lend or sea;

eane and dexterity, aud Mra Freeland’s * Fiehermaiden” (a sisti man of Heine) was sung with much fveling Mr. A. Peter's gave sensible advice to ladies trevelling, and also jutruduced to the audi- & very irrepressible boy, the terror of bald- heads. irs. McNab, and Miss Palmer, sang a duett of no small difficulty with great clearness, and the former lady's svle of the ‘* Kastern Gate’ was remarkably well dc Miss K. Wrigat, Miss M. Hobkirk, and Li iixon, did the scene from Sheridan's **Ri naturally, but in semt parte, were scarcely deliherate and loud enough for ail the aud - ence to hear. Mr. Reid's song of *‘ Kin: Glase” enlightened us on the value of tn: commodity, and to use a well-worn phase, “*teok the house by storm.” Mr. Morson told with a knowing quaintaess the story of “Jamie Hutler’s first visit to Ameries.’ Major aud Mrs. Free'and followed wit dustt, which was very well received. Piece of the evecing, was a recent poem Tennyson, called Rizpah 17. Not often has a lovelier story been recited, and it is undoubt- edly Tennyson's best in his lately ise ™ volume, a poem of unique ceuception power, a splendour of lament, posséssin strong- repose of art which is the pi witchery of Tennyson's verse. The reader, the Kev. G. W. Hodsson, held the audience spell-bound during the delivery, aad we sin. cerely hope that he will again give us the rare treat of listening to his rendition of this beautiful poem. The last, but not least, piece, was « quintette sung by Mra. McNab, Miss Palmer, Major Freeland and the Rev. R. D. Bambrick.

The chairman gave notice that the next reading would take place on Weduesday the

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There in meeting on Monday night, read the follow- | thiagin a nut-shell im the following parallel | 98 We do not vex responsible for it. Confederation w column : — he statements or opinions vf our Correspondente, |out this is » thonsand! Mayors Oster, 1874. ' 1880, a ie eee " ——— === 1 When the petition was pre

signature they had been very.

they had over twenty-seven nar.

vid and respectable professionals loafers and wany of our promising yo. reml6 years old and upwards. No doubt was for the’ sake of those juveniles a coruer loafers that such a praisewors object stimulated these good timekeege ruinvus

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statements or opinions of correspondents.” | the Slvation of our great Dominion. Among other matiers in reference to Ire. | Mr. Davies lecture in the Market Hall land and Parnell, in late issues of your °Peped journal, I noticed the following ; ‘* Parnell speaks with the tone of one who means

the eyes of the Grita, and they are determined to remedy the seiling of our future prosperity. I drop this note to you, sir, to let you know that. something is ding outdvors not only in city, but in the country as well, to alevi our present position. We hope for

times yet, and will have it, if auch ments only succeed as these, Yours truly, : oO. W. |

7th Jan., 1881,

To the Editor of the Examiner.

Dear Sir,—-Complaint having been mad by several merchants «ho camallad with tk liw and adopted the Imperial measure, th others still continue to use the wine professing to sell at a less rate than they ¢ | hereby give notice that | shall not alic those who obeyed the law to be put to a lo88 or inconvenieuce in their trade by the who do not.

Accordingly, I shall put the law in fo! without r.gard to who the offenders may |

Persons using giays« taps for measur | guide will also tke not.ce that these uot recognized by the law.

1 am yours truly, James Repprx, Inspector Weights & M —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—————

Keep off the Grass.

A new and very extensive ind about to be started in Canada. It wi remembered that Mr, Blake asserted j course of his London speech, that the s cate will not sell its lands but will hold for high prices. To this Sir Charles T responded that the syndicate wil] in a; measure be compelled toell its land: that it will not be an unniixed evil ey they should remain vacant,inasmuch ¢ settlers on the Governinent ladies ..con able to pasture their cattle on Ey a vacant lots. Mr. Blake, he : statesman—a yreat statesinar oe statesman he grepples with The pasturing uf cattle on Sy would create an ewergency, a pate that Mr. Biake last night his remedy.

The Syndicate will fi nce in the the catt e out.

Ha ! ha! ha!

Thre Cheers for Mr. Bla Canadian statesman |!

The land of the syndicate 25,000.090 acres. It will be

locks, each a m le square. exac!ly 39,0624 of these bloc tance around each will be ip except the odd half bl only three miles around. / G, order to keep settlers’ ‘catt the syndicate will byfid 1 fence !

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which have bound a chain ar ‘ tried to forget and f.

of centuries, and smile of history, which tell wit wwuthfulness the woes and herrers guue days. Her altars have been di- ed, ber homes d-stroyed, hee p exiled or martyred. Crushed and bl she has lay a victim at the feet of Eng and there was no tear of pity, no wo hope, no accent of mercy. Her man. was crushed, while the blood of her belp) women and inmocent babes iingled wi the dust of their native soil, a holy offeri: on the altar of patriotic love, which ha

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