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| J. W. MITCHELL, Office Sup’t

“SEPTEMBER 12, 1879. The National Policy and its ten- dencies.

The North Star, of Newfoundland, in an editorial on our future relations with the United States, says :—

‘* Within the last few months indications have everywhere made themselves apparent, that we are on the eve of probable changes in our relations with the United States, not only in regard to the Washington Treaty, but also in regard to fiscal relations. The retaliatory policy of Canada has been a severe and embarrasing blow to the United States, almost as much in its direct and im- mediate effect upon it as in the example it affords to bring unreasonable people to their senses.”

The North Star goes on to point out that this will lead to a total revision of the United States tariff in the direction of equity and fair play, or to the adoption of another re- ciprocity treaty, and concludes as follows :

‘* That some movement of this kind woul be the result of the heroic and enlightene National Policy of the Dominion Govern- ment, we have already stated, and it more that ever confirms us in the favourable im- pression which we conceived of Sir John Macdonald’s fiscal policy. We only regret that our own Government and Legislature, in the late revision of our tariff, did not os itself in line with the policy of the

ominion, and s» aid in making things a lot more lively for our friends across the bor- der. It was a grand opportunity lost. It was a great mistake made.”’

Alitalia -tinnemnignns The Situation in South Africa.

4 correspondent of the London Duily News thus writes of the prospect of tranquil- ity in South Africa :—

‘A peace with Cetewayo would have been a just and straightforward step and might have been lasting; but a settlement which leaves Cetewayo and the flower of his army out of the account, and which rests on the submission of those headmen and chiefs who for the sake of ease, or perhaps ulterior motives, have consented to make truce with the invaders, is to my mind wholly hollow and unsatisfactory. Cete- wayo is astute enough, and he will not be slow to notice the withdrawal of troops and the slackening of our efforts, and at the proper time he may strike in and make the blaze hotter than ever. On the other hand, the Zulu King may at any moment surren- der, and accept those terms which he has persistently asked for. This would make the termination of the war a reality ; any thing short of it will leave the settlement a hollow and dangerous sham.”’

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The Land Question.

‘Tuere is evidently a great trouble brewing in Great Britain and Ireland over the land question. Farmers there gre beginning to realize that, handicapped with a heavy load of rent and taxes, they cannot compete on equal terms with the producers of wheat and cattle in America. Once convinced of this they will not be slow or weak in their agitation to have the burden reduced. Ireland is, even now, leading the way. Some of her public men are advocating extreme measures if redress be not immediately given. It is reported that Mr. John O'Connor Power, Home Rule member for the Commons, for Mayo, speaking at Castle Bar, Ireland, relative to the land question the other day, said he “‘put it to the Government whether it was better to recognize the pressure of agitation than to have to recognize the pressure of rebellion.” ‘‘Free lands or rebel- lion” is the cry raised in Ireland. In England there wi!l be no sueh extreme language; but the English farmers will no doubt eventually force the landlords to yield somewhat te necessity.

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Doubt or no Doubt.

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SPEAKING of a violent letter against Gov- ernor Haviland, which Mr. Henry Lawson published, and which he has been accused of writing himself, yesterday’s Patrivt says :

“There would be, in the mind of any honest man, out of the Lunatic Asylum, very grave doubts about the authorship of the letter, and the man who says there is No DOUBT LIES AND LIES too in the face of light and reason. But as the Editor of the Pat- riot did not write that letter there is no place for doubt on the subject.”

Here we have a declaration that the man who says ‘‘ there is no doubt, lies ;’ while in the following sentence the Professor of Grievances, himself, says ‘‘ there is no place

for doubt on the subject.” This is what comes of a man losing his temper, calling naines and making a fool of himself gener-

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disappointed.

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A New Light in. Literature.

Tur keeper of the ‘grievance depot” on

Yueen Square does not appreciate the connec | tion in which we quoted, ina late EXAMINE! | sil eieticesid

Grey has had his day. light bas shone with comparative brightness ; but it pales before the rising glory of the Pro fessor of Giievances. We have reached the dawn of a new erain English literature. No

' person who reads the Patriot can possibly have ‘the slightest doubt on this head.

For the

benefit of those who are not *thus highly favored we make the following extract, which is taken indiscriminately from many columns of equally choice English. The italics are ours: --‘‘Because he finds in Grey’s exquisitely polished elegy (?) ‘Along the cool sequestered vale of life’ he has the assurance ¢o try to make the readers of the Examiner believe that the ‘sequestration of the vice-regal party’ is good English.” ‘*The Conservative party has fallen low indeed when @ impudent ignoramus like this scribbler is allowed in its leading organ thus to insult the intelligence of the com- munity.” Shades of Pope, Addison and Grey, hide your diminished heads !

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“Chickens Coming Home to Roost.

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Every subject upon which the Patriot at- tacks the Government supplies material for punishing his own friends. It appears as if he could not mention a public work in the country with which the ex-Commissioner had anything to do but a live scandal starts up before him. Pownal Bay wharf is a case in point. The keeper of the ‘‘grievance depot” attacked the present Commissioner of Public Works in reference to this work. On making inquiries we found that the late incapable Commissioner had taken the Pownal wharf contract off the hands of the

‘contractor, although the specitication had

been grossly violated in its construction. The Patriot indignantly denied the state- ment. Here is what Mr. Charles McGregor says on the subject :-— T'o Editor of the Patriot,

Srr,—In the last issue of your paper, under the heading of ‘‘A New Depart- ment,” I notice the following paragraph :

‘“‘We have had a few enquiries about Pewnal wharf, about which the Hxaminer reproaches the late Government, and finds that it was built under a specification drawn up by Mr. McGregor, who was out of office before it was completed.”

The specification for that wharf was pre- pared by me, and up to the time of my dis- missal from office the wharf had not been commenced. Since that time it has been built but not according to specification pro- vided by me. And I wish you to distinct- ly understand that on account of gross violations of said specifications [ cannot be held in any way responsible for the present defective state of the wharf. By giving insertion to the above in the next issue of your paper yor will oblige.

Yours, &c. Cuas. MeGrevor.

Ch'town, Sept. 9th, 1879. +o

The Butter Market.

The Montreal (fuzette says: “‘ We are gratified to nete a decidedly improved ex- port demand for both butter and cheese, at much better prices than have ruled for some time past. Not long since farmers in the Townships were getting only 10 cents per lb., for selected dairies and now they can obtain 12 cts for through dairies, which is fully equal to an advance of 4cts. per lb. In New York and Boston prices are higher than they are here, which places us in a capital position to get English orders,” The Boston Advertiser. says: ‘‘ Fine dairy made Vermont butter that is fresh and rosy sells at 16 cts., and fancy selections at a higher figure. Good lots of Northern butter sold at 12 te 15 cents.”

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The Afghan Revoli.

The despatches seem to indicate that the Afghan vevolt is likely to reach greater pro- portions than at first was supposed. That, we presume, is why troops are under orders both from England and at the Cape of Good Hope to proceed to India. The Ameer says he is as much perplexed and surprised as any one at the untoward course of aifairs, and will not be wanting in efforts to subdue the revolt, which is quite as dangerous to him as to the English. This time, it would seem that no correspendents are to be al- lowed to accompany the army. Such, at least, is the order from the Indian Govern- ment, whence so many curious orders crigi- nate. Such an order, we will venture to say, cannot be carried out. The English army belongs to the English people and they have a right to be informed through the press what that army isdoing. The British Premier will not sanction such an order, or if he does he will raise such a storm of in- dignation against his Government in Eng- land as would be extremely dangerous on the eve of an election. The British people are concerned to know the truth about both India and Afghanistan, and they will not suffer their usual sources of intelligence to be cut off.— St. John Telegraph.

Proposed Fusion of the Great estern and Grand Trunk Railways.

A cablegram dated London, September Gth, says:—Col. Gray, on behalf of the Great Western Railway board, replies to Sir Henry Tyler’s last letter, and promises that if the Grand Trunk Company will place the details of the proposed fusion ar rangements before the Great Western Board,careful consideration will be given it, and that afterwards it will be submitted

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To the Editor of ‘he Exvaminer.

Sir,—It is not uncommon now to read statements to the effect that British manu- factures are being pushed out of the market ot the world by those of other nations, particu

larly bythose of the United States. These state- nentsare usually confined to vague generalities, there being a total absence of figures to prove

them. The following figures, given im an English review of high standing, (the Jest- minster), iled irom official returns, tel!

as compile a very different story, and show that English manufactures, (though suffering from the gen- eral depression,) still maintain their accus- tomed advantage over others.

Take the cotton trade. Last year Great Britain imported cotton goods from all parts of the world to the value of £2,000,0U0 and exported to the value of £66,000, 000. oe

During the same year, (1878,) the United States imported cotton manufactures to the amount of £2,900,000— their total exports of cotton goods were £2,300,000. ;

In 1877 Great Britain exported to America (exclusive of the United States) £9,283,720 worth of cotten goods. During the same per- iod. the United States’ exports of manufac tured cottons to the whole world were £2,047,- 179. During the last two years England ex- ported more cotton goods than in any two previous years. The value of cotton goods exported by the United States never, until last year, reached the amount ef 1869.

Now look at the Iron trade. The following are the exports, for 1877, of pig, bar, and aail- road iron from the chief importing countries in the world.

Belgium, Germany,

213,716 tons,

142,604, ‘‘ United States, 16, 103, *‘ Great Britain, 2.346,370, **

That is, Great Britain exports six times as much as the other three countries together ; at present Great Britain makes 48} per cent. of all the iron maaufacturies of the world. In April last the price of steel rails in England was £4 5s per ton; in tne United States it was £5 10s for an inferior article. An order was given to a Sheffield firm for 12,000 tons ; they are able to put their rails in the American market and sell them there after paying freight and a duty of 130 per cent.

We have also heard of American goods being thrown in large quantities on the English home market ; let us see the figures. In 1875 the United States exported to England cotton goods to the value of £95,000; in 1876, to ¢451,576 ; in 1877, they fell to £163,000. This shows that at the time of the great financial crash about half a million worth was slaughtered in England, (that country then supplying herself, and exporting about £60- 900,000 worth) butn the followimg year that small amount was reduced by nearly two- thirds. A ship load of American bar iron was sedt to Liverpool and sold, and every news- paper in the country published the fact; but they have not been able to announce the ar- rival of a second lot.

People sometimes are greatly startled by the appearance of the ‘‘balauce of trade;” but to get at the true state of the case much more than the entered values of exports and im- ports must be considered. It is evident that a country to which large sums must be paid annually for interest on loans, and which does not owe any large ameunts abroad, must im- port much more than it exports. For the debts due by foreign countries are mostly paid in goods; and before they can begin to pur- chase, those countries must send large quantities of their exports to pay their yearly indebted- ness. If, besides this, the creditor country does mest of the carrying trade both ways, it will earn large sums in freights, which will do much to rectify the balance. These consider- ations throw some light on the following figures which will probably surprise many :—

‘‘In 1877 we (i. e. Great Britain) imported £394,000,000 worth of merchandize. We only sent out £39,800,000 worth of gold and silver, @nd while we exported £252,000,000 worth of goods we only received £37,100,000 worth of gold and silver. So that in that year we got £142,000,000 worth of goods more than we sent out,and only sent out £2,700,000 more bullion and specie than we received. Last year we imported much more merchandize than we exported, and yet we also imported £6,600,000 more gold and silver than we ex- ported.”

The above facts are interesting and worthy of much consideration.

E. N. Sept. 10, 1879. —+ ae A Stirring Incident. The K. C, Advertiser reports: ‘‘ A

serious disturbance took place on Tuesdey last, on the Scrimgeour farm, near head of Cardigan. The treuble arose out of a case of ejectment by Owen Connolly, against the occupiers, which was proceed with some time ago. It appears that Scrimgeour, the younger,had never been dispossessed and re- turned to the premises on Friday last, when the men placed there by Connolly prevent- ed him from taking possession. He had warrants issued and on Tuesday, as stated abeve,the house was besieged by constables and interested parties who broke in the door to arrest the men inside. After the door was broken in a shot was fired, it is stated accidentally, in the house,

and was returned. by the party on the outside. Seeing the danger of the situation the constables _ re-

treated, and, after some deliberation, one ef the men charged with assault on Friday delivered himself up quietly. He was brought to Georgetown aud gave in bail to appear on Friday before William Sanderson and R. Munro, Esqs., for trial. Reinforce- ments then kept possession of the inside of the house until an early hour yesterday morning, when hostilities recommenced. After some strategic movements a siege was raised against the fortress, which our in- formant could hardly describe. Breathless silence prevailed, and fear and trembling possessed the bravest hearts. But lo ! when the grand descent was made! A halt! The house was empty ; the men had decamped through the night. Thus fell Fort Scrim- geour. We learn that another man belong- ing to the crowd inside has been arrested. The legal fraternity on both sides are

actively at work.”

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The Subscribers, in making their bow to the Public, beg to draw attention to their

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COMMENCING

THIS DAY,

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Mr. James DesBrisay on very favorable terms, also a

QUANTITY OF COODS

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CHILpREN’s Leatuxr Boors from forty cent up, at John Kelly & Co.'s. {sl2 3i-

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APPLES & ONIONS.

¥ AUCTION to-morrow, Saturday, Sep- tember 13th, at 10 o’clock, a. m.,

75 bbls. APPLES, 25 do ONIONS,

60,000--at Dodd's

In prime order.

A. McNEILL, ~ Auetioneer.

»No. 11, Queen Street, Sep. 12. "76.

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TO LET.

jew well-known store at present occupied by Robert’ Young, Esq,, South Side Queen Square. The situation is one of the best in the city. Possession given Ist of Oct.,

next. Apply to HASZARD BROS, Agents.

Ch town, Sept. 12, ’79.—pat tf.

Apples and Onions,

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@ J ; Queen St. Auction Rooms, on SATURDAY, the 13th inst., at 10 o'clock,

25 bbls. APPLES, 6 bbls. (ONIONS.

Ex steamer ‘“‘Miramichi.”

W. D. STEWART, Auctioneer,

Sept. 12, 1879.

Department of Militia and Defence.

OTICE ig herby given that the above Department invites tenders for the pur- chase of a quautity of arms not now required for the service of the Department. Tenders to be received until noon on the 6th day of OCTOBER, 1879. Quantities and description as follows, viz:— 2,983 Peabody Rifles.

226 Starr Carbines.

176 Colt’s Revolver Pistols. 34 Allan’s Pistols. 76 Artillery Oarbines, O. P.

219 Cavalry do. do.

107 Speneer do. 5 do Muskets.

1,840 Long Enfield Rifles, M. L. 197 Short do do dao, Any information required in to the

above can be obtained on application to the

undersigned. THOS. WILY, Lt. Col.

Director of Stores, &c. Ottawa, Sep. Ist, ’79. {sep 12—2aw tld

TO THE LADIES.

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Vinegar, Vinegar, Vinegar,

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pt. 5, 1879.

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