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Ch'town, August 10, IS74.

THE WATER QUESTION

Tux city has lost the services of Ex-| Councillor Murphy. But the eivic elec- | tions have forwarded the great measure of | which he isthechampion. The attention

THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

Tue Putriot of the 3d is only half hearted in its defence of the Chief Justice ship. In its seolding article, there is a conspicuous absence of argument, or any~ thing like an attempt to answer the arti cle which it endeavors to review. It is but fair to say that we thin}

ce is a poor

His defe h¢

npointment e sought te ei

the editor

1as done his best. ou But t! justify was of such a wature, that bis read- ers could not have looked foi much and

l sappol ed. vot fea that dud

hey have not been The Put

beters will a

cited or his self-love te be wounded ”’ by

Lies low uis jealousy to be ex inything the press may say recarding him. He understands his position, and appre- ciates the indignity which the Domin- ion Government have cast upon him so well that there is no necessity for the Minister of the Interior—or his satellites |

—to further explain it to him. The}

EXAMINER never attempted an at- tack on his “ jealousy ’’ or on his “ self- | love’’ The Patriot will find that its

clumsy attempts to do so will be, even for |

him, more than ordinarily unsuccessful. | -

The Patriot asks, ‘ Did the first Lib- | eral Government of 1852 intend to cast a/

of citizens has been called to it. It has} pogoction upon Judge Peters’ ability and been seriously discussed. And every | integrity when they made the Hon. | time it is seriously discussed it is advane- Robert Hodgson Chief Justice?” No, ed. The more a sensible, intelligent man they did not—and tor this reason, The reflects and talks about the introduction |

of pure water into Charlottetown, the more clearly be becomes convinced that it is esscatially necessary to the health and gtowth of the city. There has been much reflection and much talk about the matter lately; and therefore, we are not surprised that there are now among us few such ultra-anti-watermen as Mr. John P. Tanton. But there are many—we be- lieve a majority—who think that measures should be taken to supply the city with pure water without delay. The wnwhole- some facts adduced by Mr. Archibald McNeill, at the meeting last Monday evening, startled not a few into an ad- vance thus far. Elder may have had seme weight with those who read the St. John Telegrinph. Mr. Elder not long ago visited Charlotte- town. He could not, of course, e: neticing our “horrid water.”” He writes:

‘When itis stated that there are wells,

‘ape

the water of which is drunk by the people, while yet there is no sewerage, much food for thought is supplied, especially if one thinks of the friable nature of the soil. | It is most disagreeable to pursue the sub- ject or to indicate the self-evident fact that

the sewage of the city goes into the wells, @ circumstance further attested bythe alarin- ing number of cases of typhoid fever, which has occurred in various blocks in the town; and ifan epidemic should break out who can tell what the result would be? Those who know how it was with those parts of the city and suburbs of St. John, which required sewerage and water when the cholera struck them, may be able to answer the question. Al any necessary cost Charlottetown si

have a liberal supply of ¢ wale d

through the cily. a tnied by a complete system of draina In this city we have to cut through the rocks in order to make our sewers and lay our water pipes.

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lottetown the soil is perfectly friable, an the cost would be but trifling. Neither St Jobn nor Charlottetown can dispense with sewerage or water works, no matter what

the cost may be.” i The “necessary cost ’ will undoubt: i. |

ly be great. The practical Civil Engiocer | who introduced water into St. John and |

Halifax, and whose plans, surveys, and | report are now in possession of the city, | estimated itat $100,000. Council-

lor Fletcher estimates it at $500,000 | —ineluding sewerage—which is also ne-

cesssary. But whatever the cost may be, there will undoubtedly be much saved. | There will certainly te a large reduc. | tion in the rates of insurance; and there | will be saved the heavy tax now paid for

getting water by the bucketful. Then, the | property which may some time be preserv- ed by a plentiful supply of water at com-| mand in time of fire, cannot be estimated. | If we subtract the money directly and indi- | rectly saved by the possession of a plenti- ful supply of pure water from the cost of |

its introduction, the balance will, we be-| lieve, be comparatively small. In this | belief we are not singular. of the city

at the present time we judge that the City |

From the “ public opinion

Council will be justified in taking measures to intreduce pure water without delay. | For the citizens a plentiful supply is| needed

(1.) Because the pump water of the city is not fit for the use of human beings— vide Professor Dana Hayes’ Report.

(2.) Because it will check the ravages ot slow fever which is now prevalent in| al] parts of the city.

(3) Because we want sewers, and sewers

are no good without water.

(4,} Because the fact of 10,000 people being supplied by two carters, who hauk it round to whom they please by the | bucketful, is too ridiculous and too dis--| graceful to be permitted much longer.

(5.) Because it will be of inestimabie use in time of fire.

(6.) Because the rates of insurance | will on its introduction be lowered. |

(7.) Because no city of the size, pre-| tensions and prospects of Charlottetown | should be without a plentiful supply of | water running through it.

We believe the City Council will be | borne out in their action by a majority of | our citizens, if it operations for the obtainment of pur water without further unnecessary delay.

He ie lit dicen

“Tue Park Buw.”’—The Pa/riot has, prac- tibally, “caved in”’ the Park Bill Question. it does not attempt to prove that Government Farm was public property, or that Government previous or that it ever could be placed under its control except by Act of Parliament. Therefore, the /ulricl tacitly admits the correctness of our conclusion, that the Dominion Cabinet has no power to give Government House and Farm to the Local | Government and Legislature. The [at | rio€s childish contention that—presuming Government House Farm to be literally private property—Parliament had no right to legislate it into the possession of the city, is almost unworthy of remark. It is an extraordinary instance of mental blind- ness on the part of the editor of a news- paper. As well say that our legislators made “ egregious fools’ of themselves by passing the Railway Bill—which made pub-

commence practical

on

under the control of

to

it wae our

Confederation ;

The opinions of Mr. |

| Did he eo about Charlottetown denounc—

' name ?

it is now considered, most unjust | unfair.

| McKenzie’s Government.

|to the appointment of Mr. Palmer as|

} nial himself,

office of Assistant Judge was first offered | to Sir Robert Hodgson: and he waived | | his claim in favor of Judge Peters, upon | | the distinct understanding, that in case of | | the vacancy of the Chief Justiceship, Sir | | Robert’s claim to that office should be ' considered before Judge Peters.’ Had this Robert |

, understanding not existed, Sir would have taken the assistant Judgeship. | But it did exist; and it was well known to all. The Patriot states that there would whatever in

have been ‘no hesitation elevating the Hon. T. H. Haviland to the | Bench, and to the seat of the Chief Justice | A nfre impudent falsehood never | Does Mr. Haviland cherish |

* 9 any resentment against Judge Peters!

too.”’ was stated.

as a “member of the family | execrations

ing him compact,” and muttering against him, at the very mention of his If such were would be mére delighted than the editor

of the “ Patriot’ to inform the public of | We}

It was the intention |

the case no one

it, and to dilate upon every detail. dk fy him to do so. of Sir John A. Macdonald's Government to have made d udge Pe ters Chie f J ustice ;

to have promoted Judge Hensley as Mas- ter of the Rolls; and then Mr. Haviland, | as the most prominent lawyer of his party, would have been appointed Vice Chan- To have appointed any person of Peters Hensley, would have been an unmerited

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ver the heads Judges and and unworthy reflection upon them both, which would then have been deemed, as

and }

The Patriot says that five of our re- presentatives supported the nomination of Mr. Palmer. It may beso. We not aware that the elective system, in force in New York, had been adopted by Mr. But even if it |

were

be so, Mr. Palmer was in a hopeless min

. th | ority; for no less thran eleven of our repre- | , | sentatives, supporters of the McKenzie |

Government, signed a memorial adverse | Chief Justice. The probability is that | the “ Patriot’s” five representatives are | entirely mythical. We will give the names of the eleven who signed the memorial torwarded to Ottawa against the appoint- ment of Judge Palmer as Chief Justice : | Hon. Herpert Be t, President L. C. “ Patrick Waker, M. L. C. ‘ James Mutrugap, M. L. C. « Jonn Batpgrseton, M. L. C. « Josern Wicutwan, M. L.C. | « Wurm McGi1, M.L.C. | Wiriiam WeExso, Esq., M. P. P. | Bensamin Davies, Esq., M. P.P. | H, J, CALLBECK, Esq., M. P. P. J. R. McLean, Esq., M. P. P. Manoau Rowe, Esq., M. P. P. Will the furnish us with | the names of the “ five,”’ and, if not draw- ing too largely upon his knowledge of | arithmetic, would he be good enough to | tell us which is the larger number, the | eleven names above given, or his “ mythi- |

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cal five.’’

The editor of the ‘‘ Patriot ’’ gives to our version of Mr. Palmer’s conversation with what he calls a “ categorical denial ;’ forgotten to tell us who authorized him It he did it without Mr. Pal- mer’s authority, then his ‘ categorical

“« leading merchant ’”’

’ but he has

to do so.

denial’ is unauthorized and impertin- ent. If, on the other hand, Mr. Palmer did authorize him, he employed him to do so because he dared not make the de- | But we put this plain ques- tion, Will Mr. Palmer deny-that he did not, during his canvass for the Chief Justiceship, denounce Judge Peters, over and over again, as a member of a family compact? The recklessness of his attacks upon Judge Peters were only equalled by their untruthfulness. Our readers will find that however convenient it may be for the Chief Justice to employ some unknown individual, some penny-a-liner,

to make the denial for him, his statements have been too recent, and his language too bitterly vindictive, to enable him, if he should deny it, to urge, as an excuse, his favorite plea of “a bad memory” to, shield him from a far graver accusation. _—- - MISMANAGEMENT IN THE EAST.

Tue Halifax Reporter, in an article commenting on the general mismanage- ment of the Dominion Government in these Maritime Provinces, thus adverts to the recent appointment of Judge Pal- mer to the Chief Justiceship of this Is- land :—

‘** Take another instance of the new style of doing things. We don't mean the keep- ing open the Collectorship of Halifax now for months; though that is a deep disgrace. There is stilla deeper. We allude to the appointment of Mr. Palmer as Chief Justice of Prince Edward Isiand. Mr. Palmer was,

till lately County Court Judge for Queen's County, to which office he was appointed, at

lic property of part of the greater number of farms on the Island, as to say they made * egregious fools ” of themselves by passing the Park Bill. The Minister of

the interior and the Leader of the ()pposi- | self and satisfaction to the public generally ; this city.

ticn both assisted in the passing of the Park Bill, Will the editor of the Patriot say that they are “ egregious fools ?’’

his own solicitation, by his political oppo-

“ee a .

' those of manner.

wieit * } Visit,

nents. He is now Chief Justice, appuinted

over the head of Judge Peters who, for | | over 25 years, has discharged the duties of |

his position with the greatest credit to him-

| also over Judge Heasley, whose popularity | and ability are unchallenged. [tis no won-

der such an appoin.ment has caused the | published, will, we trust, be eagerly |

greatest dissatisfaction.”

CAMPBELLS HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA.

Tis interesting book has been upon

our table for several weeks. We owe its talented author an apology for not having acknowledged the receipt of it long ago. We can now, however, with greater con

fidence recommend it

Prince Edward Island, Every man in this community, who lays claim to intelli nee, shoul read it,

To know is the suyreme duty of man: and to know our nei bors Is se ondary only to the obliga n to KnOoW

wrechves. We fi that have not been so di! nt in the prose tion ¢ f t! is dutyeas we should be. We fear that we

know very little of the Provinces a Ij o— |

ent to our own—or of their inhabitants,

who, in ene seuse, are Our no ighbors, and, |

in another, are with our- We of their power or their resources. know almost as little of

istics and capabilities as of those of

‘one people ” selves. are comparatively We their character-

’ 22 Call

fornia and its inhabitants, or Kamschatka |

This should not

To live amicably with our neighbors

and its inhabitants. be.

-our brothers——of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, we must know them ; should strive, by increased assiduity in

the future, to overcome the ignorance

our supineness and

Campbell's History

consequent upon

neglect in the past. ot Nova Seotia will be a great help to us, It may be depended upon ; for it is evi- dently the work of a man who has to the root of the matter,’ and carefully and skillfully labored till he has finished dint of

* gone

a work which will bear the “

criticism.”? It commences at that “ tm-

portant event in the history of the world when the joyful sound of land! land ! ”’ was, on the twelfth of October, 1492,

heard from the Pinta ; and it ends at

| the sorrowful Sunday for Halifax, when it

was announced that the spirit of Joseph Howe had country from whose bourne no traveller ’ The history of the long

gone ‘to the undiscovered ever returns.”’ interval between the two dates, is related with much and The faults and errors of the author are chiefly He does not write like His

but it

force accuracy.

Macaulay or Washington Irving.

style is not pure or very correct ;

isforcible and perspicuous. As we read,

we beeome interested; and the more in- |

terested, the more we read. While per- using the “ History of Nova Se ”? the

feeling that its author isan honest, pains-

tia,

taking man, insensibly takes hold otf us. Every fact related has evidently stood the test of intelligent and laborious investi- gation

Several pages are taken up with an

account of the aborigines of the country. |

Here is what he says of the Mic-Mac} .. , ; Higa . : : " of telegraphic commuication the line will a 4 iF sins ss oes

Indians, at home | be substantially useless, There are only In t wigwa eis a pla f \ : " a

thin “ie sc Every | U¥O points from which it could be used: nz ane U Ve i” 1 is | y 3 i i l |

post, ry bar, « ning, tier | Fort Garry and New Westminster, and with

¢ | "Y a1 . ve 3 6whe r for , .. a ’ : i :

ef bark, and ry iy ndage, whet al both places we have telegraphic connection

rnament or use, in this curious structure : ‘ ine ey

has a name, and every section of th ted | 2 nad : 80 that millions of money will be

sna has its appropriate designations and | spent in constructing a work which will be

us Perhaps it would be impossible to plan | practically useless, on which no business will | hut of equal dimensions in which the com- ‘ “he : , 7.

Sr ae ett ae b | be done, and which will cost us some Two

fort and convenience of the inmates could be

so effectively se in the centre is the | Hundred ‘Lhousand Dollars a year or more

fire’ On each side is what is called the] to maintain. Had the intention of the Go-

Ka wher a ( I ster | cs

: - : i ; rf "| vernment been to construct the Pacific i mistress, and on t ot ! or | L \ 1g peo Th . } pla | Railway, its route being actually surveyed |

ext the sits h rd and defined, and they in pursuance of such

I o case doe bove the hus-|].- . ‘ ae

In no ca + ll | intention made a telegraph line subsidiary

band. Towards {the wigwam | : }

s the place of honor hey sav te astranger | tothe greater undertaking, there would

: : | « at is made welcome —*‘ Aulakumagual | have been some reason in the project; as, ipchalace’ *“‘come up to the back part of], from any her re: he cleari l . i apartfrom any other reason, the ciearing the wigwam. The men sit cross-legged,

in Oriental fashion, the women with their feet twisted round to one and the young men of the family, with their feet ex- tended in front, The etiquette ebserved in this limited domicile is as exact and rigid as in more polished society. When a neigh~ bour comes to the wigwam he never pre-

e.de,

sumes to enter without ceremony. Saluting the inmates from the outside, he utters the word “ Kwa,’ which; signifies, Hail! If the voice is not recognized, the response from the | inside is ‘*Kwa wenin kel ?” “‘who art thou,? | when the visitor gives his name,and if known he is at once made welcome. Ifthe inmates

care about his

either do not know him or { ‘‘what is your

Kogwa pavwolumun ? wish?” is the dry «

Though the condition « men has been im

y are Still cor $ex. When th is engagedin any kind of business

inferior to the other

} never ventures to interfere by ad r othe wise. Thus when the wife s*ntlema | who was in a treaty for feat with an

Indian, remonstrated with her giving too high a price the Indian indignant+ ly rebuked her by remarking ‘‘when [ndian, make bargain squaw never speakum!” In travelling, the Indian always walks in ad- vance of his wife. In quenching thirst he uniformly serves himself first. In passing from one part of the wigwam to another a woman must not, however crowded it may be, step across a man’s feetor his fish spear, if it happen to be in the way. would be regarded asa gross insult,

The natives maintain commendable discip- line in the management of their households, They have no sympathy with that modern but very unwise regulation, which at school or at home dispenses with judici ads ministred corporeal punishment. They be- lieve with Solomon that he that spareth the rod hateth the child. Hence they do not scruple to apply therod when it is necessary.

The story of the sett'ement of North America by white men; the trials and the many changes of Government; the bat-

I 0 do so

usly

viecissitudes of the early settlers ;

tles and sieges between the French and And hard- so is the early history of Nova

English—is very interesting. y less Scotia proper, after its government under Great Britain, was firmly established, Much space is given to the proceedings of the House of Assembly, and many amusing anecdotesaretold. Here is one— inserted as a foot note to page 230 :—

In a debate in the House of Assembly on a grant of money for the importation of horses for the Province, several members ex presssed their opinion as to the most suitable breed. Jobu Young, ,;Author of Agricoja,” was in

favor of horses for farming purposes, of which he was considered a good judge

James B. Uniacke was in favor of importing horses, half breed, and in his remarks spoke sarcastically about the kind of horses kept by Mr. Young, who lived at Willow Park and which were ocsasionaily employed in driving agricultural produce to market. Mr Uniacke was an eloquent speaker, graceful in manner and appearance, and by his ready wit anda sly allusion to Mr. Young’s cabs bages, turned the laugh of the House against that gentleman. Mrs. Uniacke was a lady possessed of a very large fortune atthe time of her marriage, but happened, like many of the very best of her sex, not to be remarkab): for her beauty. Mr Young who had sat dreamingly listening to Mr. Uniacke, by-and- by rose to reply, and with a complacent smile beaming on his countenance, said: “We in Scotland, Mr. Speaker, select our horses upon the same principle that some gentlemen select their wives—not for their beauty but for their sterling worth.” All eyes were immediately on Mr. Uniacke, and there followed a universal burst of laughter

We regret that the space at our com- mand will not admit of a lengthy review of the work. We can only again advise our readers to purchase and peruse themselves.

Its author, Mr, Campbell, is now in He is obtaining the material for a history of this Island, which, when

sought after and read by our people.

to tl e public of

ignorant |

and we |

it for |

Tur Members of the Dominion Cabinet says the Toronto Mai/—are at present en- gaged in an undertaking which, from its manner of conception and carrying out, should at once stamp them as grossly unlit for the positions they fill, whe her for reas son of their palpable incompet sney or their leleg ph is to be some point in Northern

dishonesty. <A line of constricted from

Ontario to British Columbia, sa’: about three

thousand miles—probably som »what less— | which is to be equipped, mai: tained, and the contractcrs ‘or five years ifierits construction. Now w - do not hesi:; tate to denounce this as abou: the maddest

schome ever couceived by a i‘overnment.

Some tivo thousand miles of the line will be through timber which is to be cleared to the

breadth of one hundred and thirty-two feet

where there is no material for the posts. Now, when we consider that all the material used in construction, provisions for the men, and the like to be transs ported into these distant regions on men's and mules’ and that it costs from forty to fifty dollars a month to keep a man

will have

b ick 3

there, making the cost of clearing the land

| from five to seven hundred dollars a mile,

with every other expense at a like ratio,

we believe we are not wide of the mark when we affirm that it will not cost less than one thousand dollars a mile to construct the work, making its first cost three million dollars.

tenence, there must be a

Then for its working and mains at every fifty miles, with not less than three

station least

men at each station, and allowing one thou

sand dollars per man, for wages and + keep,’ which is a low estimate, 1t would cost one hundred and eighty thousand doliars a year dred thousand dollars. Of course this is but a rough computation, and necessarily so, as the terms and specifications submits

} | to maintain and work the line, or nine huns {

ted are so vague and indefinite, and the apparent ignorance of the whole matter by | the Government so great, that it has been

all guess work as yet with those who have

looked into the subject either with the | view of contracting or for information. So

| much indeed, does this general ignorance | prevail, that the Government have been | forced to extend the time in order to get any tenders whatever. It seems

| legitimate they want some sort of a telegraph line

MISMANAGEMENT IN THE WEST.

the other thousand miles being over prairie |

aes

AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION.

ly would be well if one or two of our ‘ good farmers’ were to attend the Exhibition of the ‘Provincial Agricultural and Art Association,’’ cof Obtario) to le held in the city of Toronto on the 2Ist, 2 2d, 28d, 24th Competition i the prizes

and 25th September next. will bo open to the world, ar

to be awarded are valuable. It is, there-

ariety of the produce in be on

fore, probable that a great

best farm animals and farn vand the United State will right be poss sible to purchase thoroughbr: 1 stock and the best comparatively cheap rate. of this, however, the knowledge which might be gained by an intelligent repres sentative valuable to himself and to the Province. It is not probable that any of our people will be in | a position to compete ; but the following | classified prize list may, nevertheless, prove

Carnac

exibition ; and perhaps, it

and | dependently

kinds of roots cereals at a

farmer, would be

| interesting .

| Class 1. Thoroughbred horses.

2. Roadster horses.

. Carriage horses,

. Canadian bred draught horses. Heavy draught horses, imported

stock,

6. Durham cattle.

7. Hereford cattle.

$. Devon cattle.

9, Ayrshire cattle.

Galloway cattle

11. Grade cattle.

2. Fat and working cattle.

3. Cotswold sheep.

1. Leicester sheep.

5, Lincoln sheep.

}, South Down sheep.

. Shropshire and Hampshire down

sheep. Merino sheep. Fat sheep.

20. Improved Berkshire pigs

21. Suffolk pigs.

. Essex pigs.

Other small breed pigs, exclusive of Suffolks, Berkshires and Es- sex.

Yorkshire and other large breeds.

Poultry —dorkings, Polands, gamp, etc.

26. Poultry — Asiatic fowls,

geese, etc.

27. Agricultural implements and ma- chines, for exhibition only.

Agricultural implements.

St be fo 1

turkeys,

ON

29. do do. 30, Agricultural implements — hand power.

Field grains, hops, etc. 2 Small field seeds, flax, etc.

" o 2 oO

buiit between two points, and that is about 33. Roots, hoed field crops, etc. ce ee 34, Dairy produce, honey, bacon, ete. all they are prepared to say in the way of ex- | 35. Domestic wines. planation. It is quite manifest either that | 36. Fruit—professional list.

the Government have not duly considered and determined on what they do want done,

and are therefore incapable of giving infor- mation, or that having considered and de-

termined on the route and scheme of con-

struction they purposely withhold their

special knowledge so as to be able to throw the work as a whole or in sections into the hands of their friends,

But apart from all the ignorance, incapa- city and corruption connected with the

scheme and its details, what is the object of | tke thing at all? What is to be gained by

this enormous expenditure? As

would have served the purposes of the road, along which the telegraph line would have As itis, whenever the road shall be built this clearing must all be done again en

run

anew route and the telegraph line have to be removed to that of the railway ; so that

| in any case the present work will be useless, In the light of this extraordinary scheme we can well understand why Mr. Carrwricut wanted the three millions more ; and we submit that in the face of this last exhibi-

tion of administrative incapacity the Gov-

ernment must stand condemned as utterly wanting in either common sense or common honesty. . 7; oe DISRAELI ON LORD CAREER.

On the occasion of unveiling a statue of

YR, DERBYS

r | Lord Derby in Palace Square, Mr. Disraeli

He said :—I have unveiled the semblance of a man who for half a cen- tury influenced opinions and largely con- tributed to the history of this country. (Cheers.) Although the high position to which he was born may have facilitated his | entrance into public life, he was one of those men who, under any circumstances and in any lot, would have become memorable. (Hear. hear.) His fiery eloquence,

was at his best.

his haughty courage, the rapidity of his intel- lectual grasp — which probably never was surpassed ; his capacity for labour and mass tery of detail—which never were sufficient. ly appreciated, because th: world was aston ished by the celerity with which he des patched public affairs—all these combined to produce a man who must have become celebrated, [Chers.] His statue looks upon that famous Parliament in both houses of which his public life was about equally spent Amid all the transactions of thirty years he was one of those who took a leading part in those Assemblies; but from out the affairs of this Empire during that period there are three measures which figure in collossal pro-~ portions, and which were the result of his own individual energy and creation. Ile abolished slavery (cheers) he educated Lre-~ iand (cheers) and he reformed Parliament (Cheers.) Forty years ago, when the first measure was brought forward with that obs ject it would have failed had it not been for his daring determination ; and only within recent years as Prime Minister of England: he carried that great Act which supplied the deficiencies and repaired the injustice of its predecessor, because it restored to the working classes of this country those frans chises which in 1832 they were deprived of. (Cheers.) The sculptor who has raised this statue equal to the occasion, has in the beautiful bronzes which relieve the other pedestal, commemorated other events in the life of Lord Derby besides those which he passed in the Senate and the Council Chams ber. He has depicted him as the learned Chancellor of a renowned University, and as the genial President of that Committee of Charity and Patriotism which, in an unpre< cedented crisis in the industry of England, mitigated the sufferings of the population of that great country where he was born, where his ashes repose, and which he loved }sewell. (Cheers, ) Lord Derby was far too sensible a man | to undervalue the advantages of wealth and | lineage; but he valued them because they gratified the highest ambition, which was a | large performance of duty. (Cheers.) He | was one of those rare characters that | am | proud to say, can be found in no other country but our own. (Cheers.)

He coms |

a& means |

7. Fruit—general list. 38. do do do 39. Garden vegetables. ), Plants and flowers. 41. Cabinet ware and other wood and hair manufactures.

42 Carriages and sleighs, and parts thereof.

13. Chemical manufactures and pres parations,

44, Building materials and construc- tions, pottery, stained glass, ete.

15. Fine arts—oil paintings, statuary, photography. architectural draw- ings, engravings, etc.

Fine arts — water colors, pencil, crayons, etc.

7. Groceries and provisions.

48. Ladies’ work—flower, hair, moss,

wax, worsted work, etc.

50. Machinery, castings and tools.

Machines —sewing

52. Metal work (miscellaneous) inciud

ing stoves.

53. Musical instruments.

. Natural history.

5. Paper,printing, penmanship, book-

binding and type.

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work, leather, etc. 57. Shoe and bootmakers’ work, tools and leather. 58, Woollen goods 59 Flax and cotton goods furs, wear- ing apparel, etc.

Intendmg exhibitors are requested to fill up the form [which the secretary will furnish on application] and return it, to~ gether with one dollar for membership, to the Secretary of the Association, Toronto, on or before the following named dates for the respective classes, viz :—

Horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, agricultural implements, oa or before Satur day, Aug. 22d,

Grain, field root and other farm pro. ducts, machinery other than agricultural implements, and manufactures generally, Saturday, August 29th,

Horticultural products, ladies’ work the fine arts, etc., Saturday, Sept. 12th.

Positively no entry will be received after these dates for the various classes on any consideration.

A full prize list may be seen at the Examiser office, and can be obtained on application to ‘‘ the Secretary of the Pros vincial Agricultural and Arts Association, Toronto.”’

Curs vor Cancer.—The following recipe for the cure of Cancer is furnished by a reliable person :—A piece of sticking plas- ter was put over the cancer with a circular piece cut out of the centre a little longer than the cancer, so that the cancer and a small circular rim of healthy skin next to it was exposed. Then a plaster made of chloride of zinc, blood root, and wheat flour was spread on a piece of muslin the size of this circular opening, and applied to the cancer for twenty-four hours. On remov- ing it the cancer was found to have been burnt into, and appeared of the color and hardness of an old shoessole , and the circular rim outside of it appeared white and parboiled as if scalded by steam. The wound was now dressed, and the outside rim soon suppurated, and the cancer came out a hard lump, and the place healed up. The plaster killed the cancer, so that it sloughed out like dead flesh, and never grows again. You who suffer, try it

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Vegetation is suffering in Bermuda for want of rain.

Cure ror Hypaornosia.—A German for- est-keeper, 62 years of age, not wishing to carry to the grave with him an important secret, has published in the Leipsig Journal a recipe he has used for fifty years, and which, he says has saved several men and a great number of animals from a horrible death by hydrophobia. The bite must be bathed as soon as possible with warm vine- gar and water,and when this has dried, a few drops of muriatic acid poured upon the wound will destroy the poison of the saliva, and relieve the patiept from all present or future danger.

The Treasurer of the Province of Quebec has succeeded in disposing of £800,000 stg. of Government five per cent, debentures at 974. That Province was previously un- known in the English money market: it had no debt of any kind or amount. Since 1868, inclusive, the total revenue has been over ten million less ($10‘132,914;) and the expenditure was nearly a million less ($9,204,822) than the receipts, the balance lying at the credit of the Province in banks. The public lands amount to more than 106,- 000,000 acres ; in 1856 the quantity was of- ficially stated at 200,000 acres, of which 600,- 000 have been expiored and are ready for colonization ; 100,000,000 are unexplored, but nearly half of this quantity is covered with timber licenses. ‘his latter fact is one of great importance, though we doubt if it be one on which to congratulate the Province. The 50 000,000 of acres under lis cense naturally includes the most accessable lands and those which lie where, owing to climate conditions, the timber is likely to be the best. It is probable that at least four- sixths, perhaps as greata proportion as fives sixths, of all the pinesgrowing territory of the Province of Quebec is under license, and is being denuded of its timber. How long will the supply lastat the rate the timber is