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PERRUC PERE AN PORDL

AND. The fire in dgrtiand proves to-hare been fully as severe as i wae pigtured ;by the telegrams Ito gimatod dhe pcenlental throwing of a fire cracker m a heap ot shavings near’ a chopery it spread rapidly: burned fiereel¥y and caused destruction to property imést dire. Slappily no lives were loat.

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THR AMOUNT OF THE Lose. is variously estimated, some placing itatten millions and others athigh us fifteen milliens of dollars. THE (INDOMUTARLE ENERGY OF THE SUFFERERS. The citizens of Portland of conrse feel this eala mity most keenly. Fortunes have been sweptaway ma night; splendid baildings that were so recent

rividly examined by several of the Clergymen

present, and the prompt and correct answers

_given by the young ladies elicited the warmest

applause of the very large and respectable | audienee present. Too much praise cannot be

ven to the pupils for the manner in which

tty buev with labor, contributing te the peerersy i # of the city, are now levelled or marked ouly bY | epoy acquitted themselves on this occasion.

jagged piles of mournful ruins; streets that were

' Seal Y doar. , : ie | Lhe loss sustained will @°oely | marts of trade are wiped out of existence, their

he eovered by ten uy pad of dijhyts, while the | traces searcely Wefined ; workmen by thonsunds | and correctness of eloéution, and well deserved

homseess qud homeless are numbered by theu- tated \ getquayee> ettiags are already being made to mghe provision for the wauts of the sufferers (a faa, a rywwal et business The tollaming, igor the dosten J’ast, is the west can yrotgd goat Ure calamity athat we jiave ea chin »

ere

PORTLAND, Me., July 5

ied this once beautiful Moyest City |

Lars. deseription <Tt is impossible to con- xpos greater gage lation thap pthat prescated me at peceodt where but a day gf Awe since Was Prayer The byrcut district,

Te the eye ipiniligr with if appearance ¢ the PR on sHeking, red mass of

avins, Acre upon

‘ gk i ak th¢ gre dfal, eepaling monotony of {hideutis suyatee, staggering destruction. YT .ORsay. Qe THE FIRE. Nestentay, Abyat balf-past four o'clock in the fierneon, Grewas'lacovered in the beat-shop

at Mae Dex gee, situated on Commercial atreet, |

we the powtheg@terly part of the city, eaused by apucks comp a fireracker. thrown by a lad ‘ 2 pile of shavings. At the tune, two ikea of water would have extinguished the

fire; bat iw theelay and excitement the flames |

were tauugd Yy ihe high wind that prevailed, sud very synthe bi ddyg—a wooden structare ——Wasall aIduze. Seon another wooden build: Ver fedjvinihg’ wae'ot tire, atd the cinders: were selewn in BM directions: The baildings of the d’eetiand Sugar Mou-e Company on Commercial aivevt was svdd ih flaues, aud the fire raged fearfully. aes TOY FIREMEN

of the city were promptly on the spot and did ‘Wit that herdie men could to stop the further

of the devarrmg element, but ail tele |

eilusts proved of no o vail, 4 No waren! That partion of the city where the fire origin-

ated was near.the wharves, aod fortunately the | tide was ip, affording a good supply of water tor

4 fiine, But when the tide fell recourse was had

) te the reservoirs, bul in this direction the supply _ypfgrater was exceed ngly limited, and they were Lgry seen drained t (he bottom. Meanwhile the wind, already ok g a gale, increased, aud the spread with terrible rapidity, sweeping off

© wpéden and brick stpuctures at will, the firemen |

vend cuizqua, being powerless to prevent or stay iLs progress. ‘ THE SLUCAR KEFINERY

Was an immense concern, owned and carried on ‘by Johh B. Brown & Sons. Everything

within iAH wae consumed, and nothing, save

the blackened walls and chimneys, remain to

mark the spot. Phe tess to this firm is estimated at nearly on® millien ot dollars, which is about half covered by jcsaraneé, mainly in New York offices. Mr. Brown is very wealthy, and will take immediate steps te re-build aud re-establisi: his. eXtensive burivess.§ Messra. Churchill, Brows & Mason, extensive dealers in sugar, are heavy losers, in comncetion with Messrs. Brown & Sous This firm had a stock of two thoueand hogsheads of sugar vv band, every pound of which wus destroyed. THE FLAMES SPREADING.

or sugar-heuse the flames communicat- slintlet & Son, Sea

sepeics tqundries of Messrs. Staples

’ N. 2. Aichardson, on Commercial

street, and they were sevo euveloped in flames. “OW PRLL OF THE PoUNDRIES.

Soon floors, borne down with the weight of nmebinery, gave way carrying the massive walls Aw the gtowid with a crash which seemed tu shake dhe gcouad bke au eorthquake.

\ SHE CONFLAGGATION SWEEPS ON. » Protathe points soove spoken of, the flames . Jo, Yosk, Mayle avd the lower part of ‘i h streets to Centre street, destroying everything in its way. From Centre Street it extended te Cotton e(reet thence to Cross street, _ going up that street to Middle and down the lat- fer to Te and thence to Exchange street Frow Exchange ta b ore atreet, from Fore street * tothe Cify Hall and then dews Myrtle to Cum- berland> street, then to India street, and every building, save the Custom House, was burued to sven, The Nocth side of Fore street, both * of Middle, Federal, Congress, and with one m, allon the south side of Cumberland street, dewm Myrtle (o Washington street is a maeeet mins. Several dwellings on Washing- teu and Oxford streets were also burned. Ex- change street—the Wall street of Portiand—has | * neta whee building upon it, aud but twe or! three are standing, aud these in a damaged cun- | _ Sition. Commercial «treet is the ouly business | | dharougbtare of importance which bus escaped | destruction by the fiery element. DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY HALL. As the ftidines approached the City Hall, cor-| “ner of Congreés aud Myrtle streets, it was gene- | ( rally theaght it was sufficiently fire-proof to recape destruction, aud in thie belief it was made reerptacly of a large quantity of valuable le. “Bit nothing could seem to withstand the progress of the flames, and seon it became a wm complete wreek. [This building cost orgin- plly about $400,000, but it cannot be replaced tor nearly double that auwunt.] Most of ite contents eopecially those moved for aafety, were consumed, | although tlie city and county records and papers were sulgly reiwoved THE CUSTOM HOUSE,

fronting on Middle «treet, was also considered | but. directly wpposite stood Fox's piive-story bu iding, and the wind blew he Pages iny the upper part of the Custom. juse, nged forthe Courts, and considerable daw- * age was done, 7 Elcur ChUcCHES DESTROYED.

Amoug the buildings destroyed were eight @hureltes, the heavies! loss in this description of y being the Church of the Lummacu'ate Joueeption and the parsonage couneeted with it, amountitig to $100,006. SEVEN MOTELS IN RUINS,

Seven the Fun, Lnternational, Commer- Cal, Pravkho, Kingsbury. and Sturtevant houses, also the aofiniehed marble hotel, built by the late Hoa. John Mo Wed, are in rnine.

atl TUE NEWSPAI'ER OFFICES DESTROYED.

The pewapaper proprietors! and printers are severe aeierers. Eeory newspaper office is des- treoyed: ‘Type, presses, and materials of all kinds belonging te the Argus, Advertiser, Press, Mirror, Transcript, Zion's Advocate, and Price Current} piliees, are a mage of tuins, In addition to this, |

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ta ¥ Ake Wt reach there is noth acte, as lar ie Ake Wt gag ceac ere I ie Fie ti bee a ao

jure homeless, even shelterless at this moment ; banka, newspaper oltices, splendid residences, hotels

all are goue ; butostiltthere are left the indomi fable energy aud cuterprise that have always chur-

| terest mowent, when there seemed no hope of sav- | ing any property whatever, plans were made for ithe future, and mén songht to forget the terrible | loss in arranging for the rebuilding of edifices des | trove d

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Che Gxraminer. Charlottetows, July 16, 1866.

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(VISIT TO THE SECOND DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

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| Derixe the week before last, Mr. Whelan visited his constituents in the second Electoral | Distriet of King’s County. He held four small | public meetings, beginning at the South eastern lor Grand River section of the District, from thence to Bay Fortune Road, St. Peter's Bay ‘and Morell, The Meetings were not intended | to be large, and could not be, from the short- ness of the notice given; but, nevertheless, they i brought together some of the leading men in l the several sections of the District, to whom land to all Mr. Whelan frankly but briefly com- | municated his views on the great question of Confederation. He perceived that much mis- representation had been used to prejudice the | electors against him—that the Grangemen and Tories of the District, who have long been | struggling, and will struggle yet in vain, we hope, for an ascendancy in that part of the Island, pre- | tend to co-operate with Irish Catholics, who are |led to believe that the union of the Colonies would be similar to the union between Great Bri- | tain and Ireland, to which most Irishmen have Mr. Whelan ex-

plained that the two sorts of union were ma-

a well grounded repugnance.

terially different—the Irish union was a legis lative one, under which the Irish people were left without a Parliament at all; whereas, the plan of Colonial union proposed to leave to the several Colonies, as usual, their local Lezisla- tures—the General Parliament at the seat of the Confederate Government being, in a great measure, like the House of Representatives and Seuate at Washington, whilst the several States of the American union possesses each a local Leyislature. to those who had Leen imposed upon by a con- trary story, but was not agreeable to the plot-

This explanation was satisfactory

ters in the interest of the Conservative party. Mr. Whelan explained several other points connected with the union question ; aud dwelt particularly on the nature of the resolu- tions which he proposed last Session in amend- ment to those moved by the Hon. J. C. Pope. Mr. W. found that it had been most industrious- ly circulated that he was desirous of bringing the Island into Confederation without reference | to the will of the people. His amendment ex. posed that falsehood most conclusively, as it dis. tinctly proposes to leave it to the people to pronounce their decision for or against Confe- deration, befure the Legislature of the Colony shall finally decide upon the question. Mr. Whelan, while expressing and maintaining his own opinon, as favourable to Colonial anion, dis- tinetly stated that, if elected again, he would not press that question, in his place in the House of Assembly, contrary to the well understood wish- es of his constituents, further than to avow his opinion on the merits of the question. This de- elaration was received with much satisfaction to the no small chagrin of the Orange plotters. Mr. Whelan was received, at the several public meetings, with the courtesy and kind- ness which have for many years characterised his intercourse with his constituents. He knows that a majority of his constituents are opposed to Confederation. Should they reject him, however. for maintaining an independent opinion on that question — (and surely he had as good a right to freedom of thought as the electors themselves )— he would bow to the deci- sion of the district, and contentedly retire from He stated that the small meetings which he that week held were not elec- If he concluded to offer again,(upon which point he said he had not made up his mind,) he would call other meetings pre- vious to the elections; and

its representation.

tioneering meetings.

should he be honoured with a renewal of confidence, he re- peated that he would not press to Legislative action & measure so unpopular as Colonial Union appeared to be, in the eyes of his consti- His vote in the House could hardly, however, influence the fate of that measure,

tuents.

more particularly as he believed it would be es- tablished in the other Colonies, even before another Session oceurred ; and he did not, for reasons Which he mentioned, expect that Prince Edward Island could continue for any length

| of time an exception to the general plan of

Confederation which Her Majesty’s Imperial

| veterized the City of Portland, and even at the bit.

peery job office but thsee was destroyed. With Government had so long and so earnestly urg-

an spergy that is characteristic of the fraternity detp, the proprietors of the dailies have already pedered type and presses from Boston and New York, and they will soon be in running order Uatil tiey are ready for operations here, the /yean avi issis their paper from an office in Bid- ord, and the Argus wil make its daily appear- auee from an office in Saco. “Tie FLAMES CHECKED.

phe pangtes* of the flames was checked this

“ee , . in os gitermegn ou Qxtord street after several building» were burned ou that thoroughfare.

THE BURNT HISTRICT

” extends for nearly a iyily and # quarter, running

* South, and trom giasi fo West about oue-third of Suuire Se complete was the destruction of the devouring clement that street lines were almost entively obliterated. Phe area burnt over ie ee- timated to be two hundred acres, and the number pt biftidings destroyed to be titteen hundred.

TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE UOMELESS.

Mayor Stevens iniorme me that he estimates shat dearly fast quite 10,000 people have been pendered oachens and houseless by this sad cala- puity. The vesteies of the churches that remain awd the halls and yord rows have been thrown andes Upeie geyeg. aiedat inp, and this atteraoon ~ Shepley aud Capt Loman caused a large caf teats to be erected upoy the vacant ta tor the ure of the sufferers until better ac- pumneda lions can be provided, LIBECAL SY MPATOY. authoriies and citizens of p gth, Salew, Lewiston, Biddetyr i, h, Gardiver, and Hallowell, hay

The! ugusta, B Prepaid

aston,

Sece,

ws have decureeewed. Two car huasds gyur fideolo arrived here by the eight o shock rein. twats, bread, citizens of Poston, awe on the eleven o'clook tra in eharge of Dergewat Halle the first police. BE-RINDLING OF THE FIRE,

e res ‘apost fiberaliy to calls for food, and se! Donald, Rey. D, F. MeDonald, Rev. P. Doyle. |

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ed upon all the Colonies. [Mr. W. was asked

by two of his constituents, one at St. Peter's

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| jand one at Morell, if he would advoeate in this

He declared His journal was his own privat. property, and not under the control of his constituents.) For other parti- culars of the visit to the Seeond District of

ings County, we have no space at present;

journal anti-Union principles.

j most positively he would not.

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| and, indeed, there is hardly any other point

| worthy of notice.

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EXAMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE CONVENT OF NOTRE DAME, CHARLOTTETOWN,

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} / | dug annual public Examination of the pupils f this lusfizution took place on Thursday last, the 12th inst., at ®t. Andrew's Hall, and was a

We yojiced present His

v

j}most brilliant affair.

Lordship the Bishop of Charlotjetown, His!

| Wor

Consul, and Lady, Very Revs. James McDon- ‘ald and Dr. MeDonald, Rev. M. Lacan, Chaplain jaf the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, | Rev. [. Pelletier, N. B., Rev. G. Belcourt, Rev. | P. MePhee, Rey. A. MeDonald, Rev. Dus. Me-

ship the Mayor, Gen, Scammon, American

" Rey, W. Phelan, Rev. C. Beaubien, Montreal,

bree more cur loads of cooked | and other Cleryymen, besides a large number -¢. fretiu the hotels and private |

pot the elite of the city. | digly gecoryted for the occasion ; and the font

The Hall was splen.

cusemble of the youny lady pupils, deessed in

' . . “as At elevey oo cloes this evening, uu alum was white avd placed in amphitheatrieal position,

givew, tdased Vy the pek ndiiad «

site of the City Hail dng we nde pi ! ’ All over the burut digiei he

vii ce ahd fteme:, and rae PI . t« . 7

“2 Paw rseCnasce comrastra.

ther ontbreu

vilete so heavily iny oblige (0 Chee heir Bye

TUF BASH VAULTS.

olve eH.

te of the bauks Lave uot - veed that their cou! cuts are sule.

r na &

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fhe times on the Pde Was, ip 3B ran beoidery and painjin

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phe a date divas this evening the safes nnd | wed, but it is sup. | ¢

‘ towether with the superb display of their em ss, presented a view well

Mis j Worthy of admiration. The procramme of the

| proceedings of the day was varied by dramas! fence thi the local immrauce oigees, and, TAS

in Paglish and French, as well es by vocwl and instruggental music. ppoerves classes in Reading, Spelliny. (rapimar, Rkesoriek, Geo- vraphy, History, Use of The@fobes, A rithmetie,

} Natural Science, Zootoys, ¥ “a

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games *, awarded to Miss

the praise bestowed on them by the audiénee. We need scareely- say that.the-mausic, consisting | of solos, duets, trios and choruses, was suchas

lmisht be expected from. the high, prestize of ‘the Ladies of the Convent, and well caleulated to delight the ears of those who have a taste for that Divine art. In a word, the proficiency displayed by the pupils of this excellent institu. tion in music, literature and science, reflects the highest honor on the diligence of the pupils, the arduous labors of the worthy Ladies who

_linstruct them, as well as on the admirable eth-

ciency of the Convent of Notre Dame.

After the Examination His Worship the Mayor distributed the prizes to the most de- serving of the young ladies, a large nutnber of books, cordons d'honneur, and Crowns of Ex- cellence, complimenting each on herssuccess: After the distribution of prizes His Worship addressed the young ladies in appropriate terms, expressing the great pleasure which he felt in assisting ut their Examination, during which amanner. After the closing address, delivered in poetry, in a pleasing aud eloquent style, by Miss Mary Clarke, His Lordship the Bishop expressed his entire satisfaction at the success of the Examination, and recommended the young ladies always to putin practice the many lessons of virtue which had been so frequently ineuleated by the good Ladies who had labored so arduously and with such manifest success for their advancement in virtue and knowledge. The proceedings of the day were terminated by the National Anthem performed on Pianos, by Want of space prevents us from giving a more extended

twenty hands, in magnificent style.

account of this Examination, which was one of the most brilliant that we ever had the pleasure

of attending. We subjoin a list of the prizes

given on the occasion,

First Class, Ist div: Ist prize of Rhetoric, Natural Science, Zoology, Botany, History, Ancient Geography, 2ud prize of Terrestrial Globes and French Conversation, Srd_ prize of Composition, awarded to Miss Charlotte MeDonald,

ist prize of Zoology, Botany, Natural Science, Modern History, Ancient Geography, Terres- trial Globes, and French Conversation; 2nd prize of Rhetoric, Composition, Vrithmetic and Book-keeping, awarded to Miss Sarah Watson.

Ist prize of Elocution, Natural Science, Ancient Geography, Botany, 2nd do. of Zoology, Rhetoric, Terrestrial Globes and Music, awarded to Miss Lillias Watson.

Ist prize of Rhetoric, Grammar, Botany, Zoology, Natural Science, Modern Geography, Terrestrial Globes, Modern History, Book- keeping, Arithmetic, and French Grammar, 2nd prize of Fancy Work, awarded to Miss Mary Clarke.

Ist prize of Botany and Terrestrial Globes, 2ud prize of Zoology and Modern History, awarded to Miss Mary Theresa Stephens.

lst Class, 2ud div: Ist'prize of Gratamar, Botany, Zovlogy, Geography, Natural Science, Composition, Modern History, Terrestrial Globes, 2nd prize of French Exercises and Faney Work, awarded to Miss: Aunie~ War- burton.

Ist prize of Flocution, Grammar, Zoology, 2nd do. of Geography, Terrestrial Globes and Arithmetic, awarded to Mixs Georgina Stephens.

Ist prize of Zoolozy and Terrestrial Globes, 2nd do. do. Geography, 2nd of the 2nd div. of French Exercises, and t#t of the 2nd div. of Music, awarded to Miss Jessie Ross.

Ist prize of Zoology, Arithmetic, Geography, 2nd do. do. Terrestrial Glohes, Composition and French Exercises, awarded to Miss Anna Ross.

Ist prize of Grammar, Modern History, Arithmetic, 2nd prize of Zoology and Geo- graphy, awarded to Miss Emily Young.

Ist prize of grammar, Geography, Vocabu- lary, 2nd of History, Arithmetic and Zoology, awarded to Miss M, A. Blake.

3rd div: Ist prize of Modern History, 2nd prize of Grammar and Geography, awarded to Miss Annie Connell.

Ist prize of Geography, 2nd prize of Gram- mar and History, awarded to Miss Ellen Blake. | Ist prize of Arithmetic, Grammar and Geography, 2nd do. do. Book-keeping, and Ist of the 2nd div. of Music, awarded to Miss Catherine Eckstadt.

2nd prize of History and 3rd prize of Zoology, awarded to Miss Martha Morrissey.

Ist of Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic, 3rd do. do. History, awarded to Miss Ellen Hill.

lst prize of Grammar, Geography, History, Arithmetic, awarded to-Miss Anastasia Sinnott.

Ist prize of French, Grammar and Exercises, awarded to Mise Appoline Gandet. |.

2nd prize of Geography, History and Gram. mar, awarded to Miss Eliza Giriffith.

Ist prize of Grammar, History, 2nd of Geo- grapy and Arithmetic, awarded to Miss Mar- garet Kickham.

2nd prize of Geography, 3rd prize of History, Miss Bessie Swabey.

2nd prize of Reading and Geography, award- ed to Miss Clara Gillan.

3rd prize of History and Arithmetic, awarded to Mias Mary Murphy.

Prize of Application, awarded to Miss Anas- tasia Carroll.

3rd prize of Grammar and History, awarded to Miss Margaret Bowers.

4th division. Ist prize of Grammar, Geo- graphy, History and Reading, awarded to Miss Jane Muckler.

Ist prize of Epistolary Style, awarded to Miss Lottie Watson.

Ist prize of Grammar and Arithmetic, 2nd prize of History and Geography, awarded to Miss Mary Morrissey.

Ist prize of Reading, History, 2ud of Geo- graphy and Grammar, awarded to Miss Ma- tilda Conroy.

Ast prize of Grammar, 2ud of Reading and Geography awarded to Jane Newbery. __

Ist prize of Writing, Grammar, History, 2nd do. do. Geography, awirded to Miss Aunie | Longard.

Ist prize of Geography, 2nd of History and Grammar, awarded to Miss Eva Murphy.

Ist prize of Reading and Geography, 2ud do. do. Grammar and History, awarded to Miss Amy Knight.

2nd prize of Grammar, Geography, History, Arithmetic, ist prize of Music, awarded to Miss Mary Mckwen.

3rd prize of History, awarded to Miss Mary Ann Dinn.

2ud prize of Arithmetic, awarded to Miss Klizabeth Essery.

2nd elass, Ist*Division. Ist prize of Geo- araphy, 2nd of Reading and Writing, awarded tu Miss Catherine Gillis,

3rd prize of Reading, awarded to Miss Cathrrine Foley.

2ad prize of Geography and Reading, award. ed to Miss Mary Frances Grillith.

dud prize of Writing, Grammar, and Arith- netic, awarded to Miss Me Mullin.

2nd prize of Keading, Dictation and Faney Work, awarded to Miss Julia Cartoll.

3rd prize of Writing aud Arithmetic, awarded to Miss Alexandrine Pyles.

Sed prize of Writing, 2u¢ of Sewjny, awarded | to Miss Mary Ann MeAskill.

PREPARATORY CLASS,

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Ist prize of Elocution, Geoyvraphy, Arith- metic, Letter writing, awarded to Miss Florence ; Rankin. .

Ist prize of Grammar, Geography, 3rd of | Reading, Writing, awarded to Miss Flore Me | Donald. | 2nd prize of Grammar, 3rd of Readia awarded to Mies Annie Clarke.

2nd prize of Elocution, 3rd of Arithmetic awarded to, Miss Cathrrine Reddin, ;

2nd prize of Reading, Writing, and Geo- graphy, awarded to Miss Sarah Essery.

Ixt prize of Elocution, 3rd of Geography, awarded tu Miss. oo

2ud prize of

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The dramas were performed with much feeling |

they had acquitted themselves in so admirable |-

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2nd prize of Catechism, Rea Geod Pouduct, awarded. te M Donald. 2nd prize of Arithmetic Grammar, aw ondef ito Miss Ter@sa MeDonald. f 2ad prize of Reading, Waiting, Grammar, awarded to Miss Mary Ann Steele. | Lst prize of Spelling, Arithmetic, awarded -to Miss Alice. Morrissey.” ~ ;

Sud prize.of ( tramp. Wiitin

iss sRapelia Me-

Miss Ellen Sinnott. *” aie j Sed yaa oui Miss Lie oo v.¥ Jed prize -of Spelling Miss Auntie Quirk. ~~ Ist prizetbt tienda? Mis* Mary Wish. Sed prize of Reading, Writing, Miss isHen Lantry. E etka St? fos! wouce ee Tstyprize ‘o

ne awarded to

{ Writing, Mis» Jano O* Halloran. PREPARATORY CLASS, PND. PIVISTON.

Ist prize of Reading, 2a of Spelling, Miss Rachel Lowden. . : _ Ist prize of Spelling and Arithmetic, Miss Mary Essery. ie tae

Ist prize of Catechism, Miss Virginia New-

Orv,

Ist prize of Writing, Miss Annie Dean,

Ist prize of Reading, 2ud of Catechism, Miss Ellie MeDonald. :

Ist prize-of Regular Attendance and Appli- eation, Miss Ella Lee.

2nd prize of Reyular Attendance, Miss Dolly Morrissey.

Ist prize *of Assiduity, eqnally merited by Miss Mary Clarke, and wan by dane Newbery.

Ist prize of Domestic Economy, Miss, Mary Frances Griilith. k

lst prize of Drawing and Painting, Miss . Mary Clarke. é

Ist prize of Faney Work, Miss Appaline Gaudet.

Ist prize of... Plain Watson.

Ist prize of Instrumental Music, Miss Mary Clarke.

Ist prize of Religious Instruction, Ist div., Miss Mary Ann Blake.

‘Ist prize, 2ud div., Miss Annie Longard.

Sewing, Miss Lillias

SENIOR. CLASS.

Ist and 2nd div: Prize of Good Conduct, equally merited by Miss* Charlotte MeDonald, Catherine Gillis;and won by Annie Warburton.

3rd and 4th div: Prize equally merited by the latter, won by Miss Mary Ann Blake, and Miss Annie Longard.

Crowns of Good Conduct, merited by Sarah Watson, Aunie Connell, Anastasia Sinnott.

Crowns of Honor, Junior Class, Miss Emelia McDonald, Miss Katie Reddin, Edith Wright.

Cordons» @howneur, for Application and Assiduity, awarded to Miss C. McDonald, Miss Sarah Watsou, Miss Lillias Watson, Miss Mary Theresa Stephens, Miss Mary Clarke, Miss Georgie Stephens, Miss Aunie Warburton,

2nd div: Miss Emily Young, Miss Anastasia

uell, Miss Mary Ann Blake, Miss Ellen Blake, Miss Catherine Eckstadt.-

3rd div: Miss Margaret Kickham, Miss Bessie Swabey. - if

4th div; Miss Mary Morrissey, Miss Annie Longard, Miss Jane Muckler; Miss Jane New- bery, Miss) Kwa Murphy, -Miss, Tilly Couroy, Miss Lottie Watson, Miss, Mary McEwen, and Miss Amy Kuight.

Prize of Excellence, presented by His Lord- ship the Bishop, equallf merited and won ‘by Miss Appoline Gaudet,~Miss. Lillias Watson, Miss Mary Clarke, Miss Bllew Blake.

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We are compelled to defer, for want of space in our.present Edition, a report of the very in- teresting Examination at St. Dunstan's College on Wednesday last, together with a list of the students to whom prizes were distributed.

next.

These will appear in our cl ee er

——— ao THE GREAT FIRE AT PORTLAND. We give in another part of our paper a de-

tailed account of the awfully destructive fire

which has nearly laid waste the fair city of

Portland, in the State of Maine, and of which

the telegrams merely informed our readers in

our last No. We have no recollection of any tire oeeurring of lute years, in any place, that has caused such fearful loss of property. Port- land was one of the handsomest—if not the first entitled to that desiznatioun—of the cities of the New England States; but now it will be several years before its former beauty can be restored. We sincerely sympathise with our

American cousins in the terrible calamity thus

brought upon them; and we rejoice to learn

that Her Majesty's subjects of the British

Provinces on the main land are giving sub-

stantial proof of theif sympathy for their

American neighbours in the terrible. loss and

suffering brought upon-the latter.

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Mr. Hvcues, our General Avent and Collee- tor, will set out on his annual visit to the west- ward this week. We request that our subscribers will be prepiired to pay to him the amounts of their respective bills. Delinquent and unwilling subscribers may rest assured that payment will be enforced from them by sum- mary process immediately on the return of Mr. Nughes.

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- im +> [from the Halifac Evening Express, July 6.)

THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF CANADA.

It is of the greatest importance to the people of the Lower Provinces that the} should understand clearly the financial condition of the Province with which, in all likelihood, they will at no distant period be confederated. We have all heard enough, and more than enough, of the debta of Canada, of her financial défficullier, her crushing ‘taxation, her bankruptcy. and - ruin, echoed and re-echoed in every possible form by the opponents of Confederation. It may be well, therefore, to come down to ascertained facts, and by waking ase of the financial statistics of the year which hae lately closed, to endeavour to come at a precise Understanding of the prospects aud the capabilities of the great colony of Canada. It must be kept in mind that during the year two exeeptional difficulties bad to be encountered, the abrogation of thé Reciprocity Treaty, and

| the Fenian invasion. ‘Af present, however, we

will briefly review the commercial statistics, as presented the other day te the House of Assem- bly by the Finance Minister, Mr. Galt. A coun- try’s prosperity is meadired by ite trade, its manulactures and agriculture. In 1865 the im- ports of Canada amounted iu round numbers to $44,620,000. This year they reach $53,030,000, showing an exeess of $3,000,000, which iz near- ly equal to the imparts of Nova Scotia altogether. During the saine periods the exports rose from $42,000,000 to nearly $50,000,000, > while the corresponding increase of revenue exhibits a total of not lens than $1,800,000. This remarkable eXpansion—most remarkable when we consider the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty, and that it is ust confined to particular departments of trade, but affects uearly all alike. The ouly article which shows a decrease, and that a small one, in unporte, is iton, While the iucrease in free goods is more than ten-fold, rising from #12005 (W0) to $13,000,000. In exports there is & small decrease in manutactures and in vere ds; but in v everything else the lticéease is as extraordinary as | it is gratifying. em In order to show the bound which has taken

| Place in the faanees of Cavada, it will ouly be necessary (0 state that between hist year and 1864 there was & deticieticy of bot leas than $1,000,- OY. OF course. this caused some.uneasiness, and | wag foade the most of b¢ the defamers of that fine Provinge. What we have to look to now, however, ia, what is actually before us. ‘The in- come of Canada during the fiseal year just ended was $12,436,000, while her expenditure was $11,- 336,000, showing a surplus of $600,000. Aud it

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perity was net caleulated upon, is proved by the

fact, that the actual exceeds the estimated re |

venpe hy $1,300,000.

Such a fact may surely be taken as a fair proof that the resourees of the country are only begin- ving ti'Be developed, and that within a dozen years a state of things will be presented, of which few, if any ofus, ean have much conception. tis ealculated that-the. Fenian( business will cost

not trench beyond the’ pribtie * Yyevenue. The Commnéree of Canada in the aggregate, Waa riseri in a single year, from $87,000,000 to $105,000.- 000, giving us some idea of the amount of wealth that is being added to the Colony. Last year the Administration asked $500,000 for Militia purposes, thik year it is proposed to ask three times the amount, so aa to place the safety of the country on a more secure foundation, Last year provision was made for 25,000 volunteors, but it is proposed during this year to provide arms and equipments for 35,000.

All this, a8 a matter of courae, will require more money, and in the ordinary course of things more taxation. Mr. Galt, however, propounds a new and a bold financial policy, which will dis- appoint, we daresay, (he Anti-Confederate party here, considerably, by robbing them of their moat popular ery. He proposes to assimilate to a great extent, the Canadian te the Lower Previneial tariffs, and adupt a fiscal policy, rather English than American. ‘Those articles which pay a duty of 25 and 30 per cent. he proposes to reduce to 20; those at.20 ta 15 per cent and that those paying 10 per cent. be admitted free, with the ex- ception of Jewellery, Copper, and ove or two other articles. This isa great stride towards free trade, and especially towords British trade. as opposed to the Uoited States system. It cuts also from under the feet of the Anti-Conte- derates their last prop, by the assurance that in- stead of raising our tariff to the Canadian one, the latter will be assimilated to curs. By thir change, of course there will be a considerable di- minution of revenue, but probably an increase in trade. And this decrease it is proposed to make good by imposing an additional duty on spirits, raixing it from 30 to 60 cents a gallon ; by putting a duty of 10 cents a bushel on rye, barley and

coarse grain from the States; a duty of 50 ceuts a barrel ou American flour; and alse to protect vative manufactures, a duty on sawn timber ex- ported te the States. The duty on tea, it is pro- posed to raise from 4 to 7 cents a pound.

Such is an outline of the new Canadian tariff Which is expected to be equal to all demands that are likely to be made upon it, aud which will en- able the ministry at once to meet the requirements of the country, encourage British trade, protect home industry, and expand Luter-colonial com- merece. Mr. Galt has evidently taken a leaf out vi Mr. Gladstoue’s book, by eudeavouring to equalise taxation and apportion it according to the necessities of the country. Whenever, there isa disposition manifested to reciprocate, the

the United States will retreat from ite restrictive poliey, then the old system will be gladly resumed. It is to be noted as a not unimportant fact that France has, in a most liberal spirit, reduced the duty upon Canadian ships from 20 to 2 franes per ton, and in return for thie valuable concession, large encouragement is to be given to the mnpor- tation of various articles of French growth and manufacture,—encouraging the importation aud use of wines, by imposing a duty only of 10 cents & gallon on wine in wood, and of $3 per dozen on sparkling wines, when accompanied with a certificate. Itis shown that the Lower Provinces import 870,000 barrels of flour annually, a large proportion of which might be taken from Canada by reciprocity. The exports of the United States, chiefly cereals, to the West Indies, are equal to $60,000,000; ef which Canada, by a aystem of tree trade with these Colonies, might engross a large share by underselling her neighbour. The free port system is alsu to be abolished, which is another step favorable to these Colonies, and an assimilation in another direction to our system.

We observe that it ia stated by the Citizen last night, that the duty on molasses js to be increased toa dollar a gallon—a base and coutemptible misstatement, the duty being a dollar upon each hundred pounds—a very different matter; but it is only in keeping with the general character of Anti-Confederate statewents now-a-days. George Brown finds fault with the budget, not that he disagrees with the leading principles it propounds, but because it proposes to effect a sweeping change in the tariff on the eve of Contederation, when another readjustment will be necessary. ‘There is very little force in the wbjection, for the simple reason that the change now made is a fureshadow- ing of that which is to come, an advance to, and a preparation for it, and one besides which ia, be- youd all doubt, a vast improvement upon its pre- decessor. It takes the fetters. off the great asta- ples of industry; it reduces taxation upon the necessaries of life, and places it largely upon luxuries. It initiates a system of free trade; it invites the co-operation of other countries in a general system of reciprocity, while ite aim is to expand aud consolidate Luterculonial trade.

AA aia ae po poll + [from the New York Albion.}

CANADIAN FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

The commercial and finaneisl position of Ca- nada would appear to be very satisfactory. Mr. Galt wade his annual statewent to Parliament on the 26th inst., and produced what nay be termed a very gratilying budget. According to this the total trade of the Province fad risen fron $87,- 112,620 to $105,018, 420. and, notwithstanding the unexpected disbursements for Military pur- poses had been $1,634,868, he comes out with $25,962 on baud, The Finance Minister boldly asks for $1,500,000 —instead of $50,000, the fast apportionment—tor Military purposes, and while he estimates the loss to the revenue, sustained by the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty, at a million of dollars, he proposes making it good in part by @ revision of the Tariff as follows, namely :

Raise the excise duty of spirits from 30 to 60 cents agallon ; raise Lhe cuxtoun duty on whiskey, brandy, to a uniform specific standard of 70 cents a gallon; levy a duty on Indian cory and coarse grains from the States ot 10 cents a bushel, levy | a duty on flour coming (rou the States of 50 cents | 4 barrel; abolush the Free Ports at Gaspe and Sault | Ste Marie: raise the duty on tea trom 9 te de aud 124 cents per tb. ; impose an export duty on saw logs of 25e. per standard log; change the method of levying the duty whieh well hereafter

tevied on accamulated charges at the port ol shipment, reduce the duties on sugar, refined, $3 per 100 Ibs. ; white clayed $2 80; yellow mus- covade, brown clayed $2 25; other sugars $1.75; take the duty on eane juice $1 50 per gallon, and molasses Sl per ewt ; impose a specitic duty of 40 ceuts per gallon ou Wine in wood, not over 26 degrees of proof spirits, and 25 ceate per gallon on Wine containing ever 26 degress ; on wine in bottles, except sparkling wine, $120 per dezen : ou genuine sparkling Wine $3 per dozeu; the duty on coilee is reduced, aud there ix general re- duction ou maiulactured goods of about five per cent. Mr. Gait also announced that the Govern- ment had te provide tor over $5,000,000, to raise Which they proposed, instead ot yoing to England, to issue legal teuder-notes to that extent.