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Ch’town, March 16, 1874.

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT! It is not a pleasing task to call attention to conduct of our public men which is dis graceful and disreputable. It indirectly affects us abroad ; for public men are con- sidered to be a reflex of the electors who have chosen When. ago, a scandalous charge wes preferred against Lord Palmerston, the public jour-

them. some years

gals on all sides of politics, joined in ex- pressions of congratulation that the charg had pre ve d to be un! unded : be cause the honor of England required that her states men should not be quirements of decency and of honor. With

ndifferent to the re

feelings such as these we pithise We have 1 of this paper, made

heartily syin ver, in the columns

‘harges against any

politician which were not either admit- tedly true, or which we fully proved. It has been our unp'casant duty, upon mor

than one occasion,to call attention to very questionxbie conduct on the part of the Hon. R. yl Haythor e, We did it with regret. We felt it at the time an un- pleasunt duty to han down to posterity the name of the Hon. R. P. Haythorne, the bye word he h But we felt ita duty from which wi to shrink. ant duties to perform ; and

; made it. eught not Journalists often have unpleas it is more in in anger that we have toe

sorrow than i act of the Hon. R

public attention to a:

P. Haythorne, so outrageous, and s dalous in its nature, that we are fain to hope that he isthe ouly public man we have who would be guilty of such an act. wee Lethaps the most <erious charge which can be brought against any man, is a de-

liberate attempt to pervert the adminis- tration of justice. he crime—for crime it is—is considered of suv black a kind, that any Court of justice, worthy of the name, would punish the culprit with « heavy band. In the Supreme Court when a case lasts over a day, the Judge warns the Jury to hold no conversation If any should happen to have done so, the Court, upon learning tle fact, would set the ver

dict aside, and if either the defendant were the guilty

punish them. It is of con this that Mr. Haytho: —of holding private

with anyone regarding the suit.

plaintiff or party, would luct su +h i» ie has been secus mmunication with seh ing proceedi 198 then pending before them. and endeavor- ing to induce them to give smaller awards than he thought they ere about to render. When the Lefurgy case came before Hou-e of Assembly, Mr. Sulli p-ace, read aletter from E. J Evg , Mr. Lefurgy's a3 one of the reasons wh take bis client's case be fi There is no want of deiiniteness about the

charge. The letter is us

the van in his Hodgson, rlicitor, giving this y he declined to vis

the Appraisers,

follows

CHARLOTTETOV March ith, 1874

Sreitivas

Deas Sin.—I undersiond, that an mpt isto be made to put my nt. Hon. J. Le- fury upon | is trial, becanse he chose,or rat! because | chosefor him !o appeal! to th of Chancery to protect hin and a grievous wrong

The pian of gibbeting a chooses to avail himsed of his legal right not a new one; but itis one of suchan that you will readily nderstand that embarrassment of a legal ¢ ition prevents me from appreciating. Hut if a the House of Assembiy, sidering an address in nors’ Speech, be the pi which te arraign a man because so rash as to apy | the land for pr j not deem it improper that I should you of some particulars o! which,perhaps, you ere unaware

That the money oraneward id ed to Mr. Lefurgy when his land was taken and that there were n praisers who would act, are admitted facts, lor they cannot be de- pied. But italso came tor owle highly improper and un! heen made by the Hon. RP infuence the appraisers and to induce them to give smaller sums o! i¢v to those wi appealed to them thar Startling as this may appear t you it is @ fact upon which you that about the month of Dece:nLer Hiaythorne wrote a | to Mr. Hooper the Chairman of the Appra ' w! dently intended for M fooper’s « as well as elf every consideration ] icy and prom he made use of his inti » as the Lea the Government—one of (he parties interested in the proceedings penving before the arl trators—to induce them to give smaiiera wards than they had previously returned, although their wwards had been made by virtue and under the sanctity of tue caths they had take n. If the Appraisers had been arbitrators aps

inted by the Supreme Court or Commis- sioners of the Court of Chancery, my duty would have been plain, and a representation

'

-

inform

was not tender:

of these facts to either court would have ree}

sulted in Mr. Haythorne’s committa! to prison, end the imposition of a heavy fine. This is

ministration of justice would do. Even in the Staite of New York, where the Courts are “Jeast above suspicion, the friends of Stokes in the Fisk murter case who had approached the jury as Mr. Haytherne approached the appraisers, were hoth lined and imprisoned

Mr. Haythorne in nis leiter actually specifi- ed several awar’s which : rated

@ soundly

; h which he declared

tie appraisers for: anc exorbitant. | am informed that an ins pection Of the poll books wil: show that the indix<

viduals in whese favor these awards were made were not Supporters of Mr. Favihorne’s Government. Would y-u—would any pro- fessional man who recognized any duty to

Wer's his client, take his client’s case before & tribunal opes to such improper influence, so

a 4 :

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1

!

\ tl

yever n Mr. Hayt '

' s ' 30 < acharg ! * Criminal Iyformation ”? was not nst him by the t } \ttorney Gen can only be accounted for upon two

ither that the members of his

t were ignorant of the matter tter was coneocted with their

in which latter case as

ACCES

sories before the fact, they were partakers of his crime.

observed does not want definiteness, and Mr, L. H. Davies at the House to defend his If we had not

wis, we could

charge as we ouce rose in

ieader and his friend. defence that any

It was this.

heard what that

not have believed sane man

That

Haythorne’s social position was so

would have set it up. Mr. high, that, the Selie tor General should not have brought forward such a charge against him. Such « ridiculous position shews in what a desperate plight Mr. H iythorne has

scanty

his the

placed

and how were Still, and was all that Mr.

Davies could say, we will examine it for a

means of defence. as the defence

was well meant,

moment. In the firet place, wherein Mr. Haythorne’s ‘ social position’ consists, we at aloss to concieve.

are That he pos-

sesses some means, we admit. He owns a

large furm a few miles from Charlotte- town, which he is anxiously endeavoring to dispose of, that he may leave the coun- As a propriet r, he intro- of Irish Land-

for he farmed

try forever.

duced the worst feature lordism—the middle-man out the miseries and the sufferings of his

vid.

accidents of a gentleman,no one will deny :

tenants for g That he possesses the

but if the test of eentleman. be an in

dread of committing a mean

stinective and desy ieable act : if it consists of an ab-

sence of hypocrisy, and a love of truth-

telling straightforward honesty, then even

Mr. Haythorne’s friends must admit that

he can lay no claim to the title. But even

if he were otherwise; even if we admit that he oceupies the high and lofty pinnacle of that * social position “

which so dazzles Mr. Davies, then we claim that he is more deserving of punish ment than any of us poor mortals would be who cannot aspire to his high ‘ social position, had we For,from people of exalted positions, such as that claimed for him, much is expected . So far from immunity being claimed for enormity such a wick-

ute letters

so detestable an ed act

court regarding matters pending before it,

—as writing priv to a and intended to influence iis judgment, it would be held that the fault w less excusable in him than in his humbler

as even

fellow-citizen. For it would be deemed

that, from his high “ social position,’’ he

would be better able to see the evil con- Th

‘ social position,”

sequences of his aet. poor man of

would be lighter than Mr. Haythorne

deserves.

was tried before the Supreme Court, be-

lowe r Some years ago, an appeal case

tween two men from the The late Chief Justice Jarvis took time to consider his judgment. The night be- fore the day on which the decision of the ease was to be given, one of the parties called at the Chief Justice’s house and

left for him a turkey and a leg of mutton. |

The next day, when the case came up for judgment, the Chief Justice ordered the turkey and the leg of mutton to be pro- duced in court and given to the anxious suitor; and he coneluded a severe repri- mand by saying that if he had had an edu- cation so that he could have understood the consequences of his act (that is, if he had as Mr.

Haythorne) he would have fined him and

had such a ‘‘ social position

sent him to prison.

Mr. Haythorne’s «social position”

really aggravates the wrong he has done; |

and we can imagine Mr. Davies’ indigna- tion and fury if, in the Supreme Court, he were called upon to answer the argu-

ment that ‘ secial position ’ gives immu-

nity to crime, which would be punishable |

if committed by a poor man, And now,

for the present, we must leave Mr. Hay- thorne with but this remark, that the EXAMINER has not the slightest idea of

allowing bis to shelter

him for one moment against be ing called

‘ social position 4:

t

sunt for

his misdeeds.

0 ace

the just consequences of

THE NEW PRESIDENT. We very much regret to learn that Herbert Bell, Esq., has been appointed A

worse appointment could not have been

President of the Legislative Council. made, Mr. Bell is chiefly known as a violent and unscrupulous partizan, whose vindictiveness stops short of nothing in his attacks upon those who are so unhappy as to have offended him.

In his own County—Priace County— he was chiefly remarkable in a ease before the Supreme Court, wherein he was found guilty of slander, and damages were ren- dered against him for a wicked and. mali- cious libel against a man who is his su- perior in every respect except those very questionable characteristics which we have ilready alluded to as possessed by Mr. Bell in an eminent degree.

The head of the Legislative Council should be one in whom that body could repose confidence,—to whom they cou'd

look with respect; and there are mem- |

bers in that body, whom, had they been chosen, public opinion would have com- mended their elevation to the President’s Either the Hon. Patrick Walker or the Hon. James Dingwell would have ereditably and honestly filled that position. We trvest that Mr. Strong, when he

chair.

/moved the appointment of Mr. Bell, did what auy Court desiring to keen pure the ad-|

soon his own individual responsibility, and that the Government are in no way implicated in an appointment so distaste— ful, not only to their own supporters, but to everyone who is at all qualified to ex- press an opinion upon the subject. The Government are in a minority in the Up- per House, and there was, therefore, the more necessity that its hezd should be a person who would hold the scales impar- tially between the contending parties, and one whe would not allow party pre- judice and bad feeling to obscure that sense of justice which should never be wanting in its President.

friends, |

available |

been guilty as he is. |

punishm« nt of

West River. |

“d that late change in our poli tieal condition, would be that the vio- be somewhat

moderate

lence of party spirit would tone 1n

lessened, and a more

troduced inte the debates of our Legisla-

ture, The House of Assembly has, in the first week f this session, effectu lly } } nani feater lispelled such hopes and has manifested ‘ts determination to maintain the bad pre-eminence for violent language which

has been. for some time past, its disgrace, and the disgrace of the country. There is1

House hav heen voing on from bad to

. “ : opp worse. It is certainly time for the press to | speak out, and to demand, forthe credit of | the country, and fer the sake of the morals |

of the community, that those members of the House of Assembly, who have lost their own self-respect, shall at least retain ‘some regard for that of their constitu- ents.

In writing thus, we do so from no party motives. We are forced to confess, that one side is as much to blame as the other; and we also regret to add, that on both sides, some of the worst offenders are those who, trom their position and education, have least excuse for their conduct. 7

It is certainly a miserable condition to which we are reduced, when we no longer | eare to ask about the eloquence or rhetoric

of our legislators, but simply beg for We are ata loss to understand

decency

what excuse memlers make to themselves

for such conduct. Most of them, pro-

bably all of them, know better; and in private society, can behave like gentlemen, Why, then, in their pub- lie capacity, do they adopt the language

They

cannot surely de!'ude themselves into the

age and manners of the pot house.

belief that there is anything clever in so that there is any oratory in tell ing a man he is a liar, for after all they the of feeling that they have done anything ex-

doing ,

have not even poor satisfaction traordinarily bad, as in their chosen style of rhetoric they are equalled by the gut ter boys on the street.

If the evil

extend beyond themselves,

this did

we

influences of not should regret it for their own sakes, and feel thankful

small.

that the number affected was But, putting aside the disgrace,

it is demoralizing to the community. | Night after night, the House of Assembly |

is crowded, mostly with the young men of the place, who come to see “a row;” They

rho are supposed to be the first

and they are seldom disappointed. thof

men of the country —the law-makers—the

see

councillors of their Sovereign—conduct- ing themselves like roughs in a drunken So low has the House allowed itself

to sink,that order is not maintained among

brawl.

the spectators, and loud applause from the qalle ries greets the speakers whose course lunguage is only too highly appre- , ciated by the not over-refined audience. The next morning, the common talk on the street i=, how A. and what he said in reply. How this Honorabl ‘slanged’ the other, and their disgusting personalities,their vul

member

garity, often increased by their profanity, |

are passed on from one to another with huge delight.

We believe in the ‘ drunken helot plan’ asa way of promoting any moral reform, so we

do not

cannot even console our- | and conduct will inspire disgust, and thus do some little good. results are wholly and unmitigatedly evil, and that those who so

act have much to

answer for. Eagerly did they seek for their position; vigorously did they ean- vass for it. They cannot say it was thrust it was their own choice and

Then

position by setting such an example as

upon them ;

seeking. let them not abuse that

| this to the community ; and let them not

| compel the respectable inhabitants of the |

| Island

representative

to blush for the conduct of their

Again and sgain, in their cooler mo members of the House have expressed regret at their own be-

| ments, various | haviour, and made professions of amend— ;ment; but, on the slightest provocation, | these were all forgotten.

We are almost hopeless of any improvement. We only that the could so far be aroused to a sense of shame, as to conduct

wish House

its debates with closed doors, and thus

. | _ keep these shameful scenes from the pub- |

lie gaze. | We gladly acknowledge that there are | |some members who do not thus act

indecencies of those who forget what is due | to their position ; the community is de- |

| laughing-stock. We have used strong | | language in writing on this subject ; not stronger than it requires. And we| believe that what we have written will approve itself to many who have felt thoroughly ashanred of the scenes in our House of Assembly.

aoe.

MR. PERRY'S RESIGNATION.

—_—— } ON Monday last, the House of Assem—

bly, in Committee of the Whole, passed a | resolution in which it was declared ‘ That | no legal evidence of the resignation of the seat of the Hon. S. Perry as a member of | the House of Assembly for the First El-| ectoral District of Prince County has been laid before the Committee which would | } justify them in declaring the said seat va- |

{eant.”” Mr. Perry is still a member of | the Local Assembly; and should he take | his seat in the Dominion Parliament, be- fore sending his resignation to the Speak- | er of the Local House, he will render himself liable to the payment of a heavy fine. As it is very probable that he will take his seat in the Commons during the coming Session, it is more than likely that he will resign, in the manner prescribed by law, before leaving the Island for Ot- tawa. Should"he adopt this course, there will be no difficulty in the matter. A writ may be immeédiately issued for the election of a person to represent the First District of Prinee County in his place, and the huge block over which nearly every member of the Opposition stumbled while discussing the subject, will be. quietly removed, Should he see fit not | to adopt it, then, we suppose, the Assem- bly will, before prorogation, discharge him | for neglect of duty ; and another and (we

do hope) more capable man will be elect- ed in his stead.

loubt the debates in the! 1

‘pitched into’ B.,

selves with thinking that such language |

We believe that the |

But the whole body is disgraced by the |

THE LAND QUESTION.

_—_—_.

THe introduction of the “ Land Ques- |

tion,’”? on Tuesday evening last, was at- tended by at least one good omen. the fir + time th's

For Session, the House of

Assembly was graced by the presence of |

ladies. The debate was consequent y eonducted with Dr. Jenkias brought the matter before the House hy

d ecorum.,

moving the following paragraph in the Draft Address in reply to the Admin’s- trator’s Speech :—

“We pleased to learn that com-

munications have been entered into with (he Proprietors Township Laads, with she

are much of

} @ariy and we hope that the purchase of these es tates, upon just and equitable terms, may pe soon elfected. When the correspondence re lating to this subject shall be laid before us, we will give it that attention which a ques tion of such great importance demands - should the proprietors refuse to dispose cf their lands ®n reasonable terms, we trust a

| bill will be introduced, without delay, for the purpose of compelling them to do so.”

The Attorney General explained that the policy of the Government had been, and would continue to be, the final settle-

ment of the “Land Question,’’—by an)

amicable settlement, if possible; but, if not possible, by the passage of a measure which would compel the proprietors to come to terms. position, we bave much pleasure in re- porting, frankly admitted that the policy was good ; and he said, in effect, that, though the details of the measure about

to be submitted would be sharply critic—| ized, yet that if its general principles were |

identical with the statements of the At- | . , . warm and cordial support ’’ of his party.

The correspondence between the Govern- | meut and the proprietors aas not yet |

been submitted. When it is, we will | have more to say upon this import- ant question. Meanwhile we cannot

refrain from congratulating the House |

of Assembly on the manner in which they have approached it, and felicitating the

country on the good prospect there is of

its final settlement

ACTIONS VERSUS WORDS. Just before the fall of the tration led by the Hon. James C. Pope, the appraisers of land taken up by the live

Adminis

of railway were engaged in appraising property in the vicinity of Charlottetown. When about to value land belonging to Mr. Pope, their proceedings were stayed by Mr Mr. Pope saw that his Administration would ve defeat-

Pope himself.

ed, and that appraisers would soon be ap- pointed by his political opponents ; and said he, ‘ I will have my land valued by j them, so that my influegce may not in ‘any way effect the award in my favor.” This incident was first made public in the Assembly by the Attorney General on Thursday evening last. We hope the Opposition press will not fail to give it the greatest possible publicity. ‘ Ac- ? they say, ‘speak louder than Such wordsas “

| tions,

words,”’ greedy,”’ “ ing,” “ selfish,’’ “unscrupulous,” *‘ dis— honest,” have been heaped upon the head of Mr. Pope by the Patriot, Pro- Herald. These are ‘‘Joud ;’’ but the little noble act which

| we now chronicle for the first time, will

and words

qre SS

apply with much greater force to the minds of unprejudiced and generous men.

_=-

| } | TENANTS* COMPENSATION ACT, |

We are glad to learn that one of the

last acts of Lord Kimberley, before his |

resignation, was to advise Her Majesty to give her Royal Assent to the Tenants’ Compensation Acts. The minutes ot | Council and letters written by Mr. Hay-

thorne and his colleagues, were remark-

‘able for nothing but their prolixity ; and

if no represeutation had been made but

by the late Government, the Acts would | have been cons'gned to the “ tomb of the Capulets.’’

But the present Government

sentations convinced Lord Kimberly of

| the necessity which existed that these acts |

'should become law. The proprietors in

but thanks to the vigilance and watehfulness of the Govern- ment, their attempts were defeated; and, as soon as the usual notificalion is pub- lished in the Royal Gazette the Acts will become operative. evident another instance in which the in- terests of the tenantry are in safer keep- ing in the hands of the Government than | they would be if confided to the members of the present Opposition.

+ wee os

“PRINCE CHARIIE."

defeat these measures ;

There is thus made

To the Editor of the Examiner. Sin :—When I tell you that I was one of

moralized, and the country is made a | the audience at Mr, Shaw’s lecture, you may

| possibly think that I might as well have

said on the spot that which I now write;

not ready at retort, and prefer my pen to

my tongue. Moreover, it was hardly poss sible to answer Mr. Bowers’ very discursive and irrelevant remarks, without going into a politico-religious dispute, which must have lasted half the night without doing the least good.

In speaking of the escape of Prince Charlie, afer the battle of Culloden, Mr. Bowers was pleased to make some spiteful remarks on the mercenary spirit of Englishs men as compared with the Scotch and Irish —insinuating that had the Prince been in England, he would have been betrayed, It strikes me that the escape of Charles Il, from Worcester, shews quite as much in favor of Charles’ English adherents, as

| the adventures of Prince Charlie in favor

of his Highland followers. Charles’ wans derings did not last so long; but for six weeks he was hunted about a thickiy popu- lated country, equally proscribed, equally sought, and equally preserved by disinter. ested devotion. The fidelity of the six brothers Penderell may safely be coms pared with that of Flora McDonald, es, pecially as men are seldom so enthusiastic in any cause as women; and besic.es, the reward for his betrayal the penalty of high treason was attached to the fact of having only harbored him. The lecturer «id not mention, and Mr. Bowers probably does not know. that so highly was Flora Mcs Donald’s heroism appreciated in Emgland, that the greatest and best in the land called upon her in person, and yuickly shamed George II. into anamnesty. As Mr. Bowers persistently dragged in religi- ous discussion and Irish grievances, under the name of ‘ Protestant ascendancy,’ well knowing that it no longer exists, it is clear that he is bent on inaugurating a “ New Era”’ of discord and animosity. With this conviction, I beg to leave him and his remarks for what they are wortl:—con- tempt. Yours, obediently, AN ENGLIsEMAN, March 14, 1874,

iew that the tenants thereon should have an | oppertunity of becoming freeholders, }

The Leader of the Op-.

torney General, it would “ receive the |

grasp- |

took the matter in hand, and their repre- |

England made most strenuous efforts to |

IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

connection with the mothor country is, says the Toronto Mud, unquestionably | the most important question which can cone before Canadian legislators or peo— ple. Whether the present generation will have to decide on it is a point on which we do not, at present, offer any opinion, There is no doubt, however, that very many statesmen and thinkers on both both sides of the Atlantic believe that it Amongst these we

will have to be so. find a writer in that able sheet the New York “Nation,” and as the subject is one on | which a foreigner is likely to be able to

speak whith much more calmness and | impartiality than one of our own country | men, we have thought it well to lay his ‘remarks before our readers. The ex- tract is taken from a criticism on Profes— sor Cairnes’ “ Political Essays,’’ in one 'of which he supports “ Colonial Emanci— pation’ most warmly. The “ Nation ” states Mr. Cairnes’ arguments, and re—

plies to them as follows :—

“The thesis he maintains is that England ought to give up the attempt to retain the Colonies as part of their empire : * The British Empire, such as it has hitherto been known to the world, has reached its natural goal.

: , ; Instead of a great political we shall be a great moral unity, bound to- gether no longer, indeed, by Imperial liga- ments supplied from the Colonia! Office, but by the stronger bonds of the blood, language and religion, by the common inheritance of laws fitted for free men, and of a literature rich in all that can keep alive the associa- tions of our common glory in the past.’

“The arguments by which this conclusion is reached are as follows :— | «Colonies, in the first place, have been hitherto held as vaiuable either tor the sake

settlements. The overthrow of the mercan- tile system has proved them valueless for the first purpose, whilst the refusal of the Colonies convicts has rendered them valueiess for the second purpose.

“The Colonies, in the second place, are | now admittedly independent. They are in | fact, therfore. separated from the empire.

“It follows that there is no advantage in maintaining an imperial supremacy which, were it real, would be of no value, and when in fact, while kept up in name ..t the expense of some four millions a year, has long ceased | to have any substantial existence

“Now, the Professor's reasoning is great extent sound,

io receive

loa

Kv ery assertionhe makes can be shown Lo be |

true. [tis true that the ground on which | the Colonies used to be held valuable either never had any real validity or no longer exist. itis trne that the colonies are now

all but independent States, and is true that | to acknowledge tueir actual independence |

would deprive Great Britain of every little real power. Any controversialist who main- tains that it is a great object to keep the pres sentrelation between England and her colo- nies, is pressed extremely hard by Professor Cairnes’ arguments, Even such an opponent is not entirely driven off the field, for he may jargue both thal the present condition of

things confers considerable advantage on the

Colonies as, for example, by freeing them

' ed force-and that the present relation between ; the mother country and her offspring is well

worth keeping up in view of future and un- foreseen contingencies. Nevertheless, such |a controversialist, if not absolutely routed,

would have by far the worst of the conflict;

and it is with an oy; ponent occupying the

position we described that Professor Cairnes deals. Against any one, in short,who maintains that the present connection bes

tween England and her Colonies can be per-

manent!y maintained, he shows, and shows

conclusively, that the present arrangement | must from their nature be simply transitory, and that a crisis has been reached which or later will lead to a revolution. | Whatis to be noted, however, is that to prove this is not to prove the thesis which Prefes- sor Cairnes wants to establish. The inevi- | table revolution may take one of two courses. It may (and this we admit is far the most pro bable result) lead to the complete indepen~ dence of the Colonies. It may, on the other hand, result in a union or federation between Great Britain and the States which she has founded. Now, the position which writers who deprecate the independence of the Cols» nies take up is, that mere seperation is a | much Jess desirable mode of terminating the | present connection than would be the forma- | tion of a great Imperial Federation. Politi- } clans who take this view have something to | say for themselves, It is, for example, credis | ble enuugh that such a federation might |} maintain liberal principles of commerce | which the Colonies will, if independent,sacris fice to the delusion of protection. It is, again | possible that such a federation might provide for the common defence by the use of asmall-

have

sooner

; er force than would be necessary were the British Empire broken into fragments. The

| progress of invention, by practically lessen- ing the distance between different parts of | the world, makes, it may further be urged, political combinations possible which could not have been dreamt of acentury ago. If America had in the time of George the Third, been within ten days’ sail of London, and connected with Great Britain by the electric cable, the demand thatrepresentation should go along with taxation would have been met | by introducing into the House of Common, | members for Boston and Philadelphia, With the principles, however, or dreams of those | who wish to extend rather than diminish the Kmpire we have no concern. Mr. Froud, and writers of his school may be pure vision- jaries. Ail we contend is that Professor | Cairnes never assails their position. His | argument, that connection with the Empire {is at bottom inconsistent with Colonial in- dependence, will not touch them, for they admit the fact; but suppose that Canada or | Australia will sacrifice some independence j in Imperial matters(e,g, the right of establishs | ing protecting tariffs) for the sake of enjoying | the full rights of citizens of a great Empire. It is in fact upon the truth of this supposition that Professor Cairnes and his opponents |} must ultimately join issue. If Canada or ; Australia value the British connections highly } enough to sacrilice something to it, human ingenuity could certainly arrange terms of union ; if not, the relation of nominal depens | dence must at least terminate in acknows

ledged independence. "’ | = ee oe | Mr. GLapstone. —In a note to Earl

Granville, Mr. Gladstone says:—For a vari.

but | but 1am not used to public speaking; am | ety of personal reasons 1 would not cons

| template an unlimited extension of active political service. I desire my »olitical

friends to clearly understand that at my age, | must resume entire freedom to di. vest myself of the responsibility of leaders ship at no distant time. My need of rest | will prevent more than my occasional pre- sence in the House during the present session. I should be desirous before the commencement of the 1875 session to cons sider whether it be advantageous to place my services for a time at the disposal of the Liberal party, or whether I should then claim exemption from the duties hitherto discharged. If, however, [am led to be» lieve that instead of the course which I have sketched, it would be preferable in view of the interests of the party generally, for me at once to assume the position of an independent member, I should willingly do 80, retaining all my desire for the welfare of the party, and if aleader is to be chosen or interim provision be made for the pre- sent year, my successor should receive every assistance he might seek or I can render.

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Enciisu Caitoren.~ Miss Birt proposes leaving England for Nova Scotia on the 7th April. She will bring out one hundred — English children to homes in Hali- ax.

In Africa, out of a population of 192,500, 000, 1,100,000 are Catholics, 1,200,000 Pro- testants, and 3,200,000 adherents of the Eastern Churches. In Australia and Poly- nesia, out of a population of 40,000, 400,« 000 are Catholics and 1,500,000 Protestants,

When the ‘“times’’ are “ hard” as at pre- sent, and when people want to lay out what little cash they have to the best advantage, business men, shopkeepers. (whether | wholesale or retail,) should advertize freely in the most wide-awake paper. A _judici- ous expenditure of $200 or $300 a year in advertizing by a retail dealer we believe will double his business in that time, and we can explain how it can be done to all who

The maintenance or disruption of our

of trade monopolies or for the sake of penal |

from the necessity of each maintaining an arm- }

THE FISHERIES OF NEWFOUND- LAND,’

The papers relating to Her Majesty's Colonial possessions contain some interest- ing. observations upon the fisheries, which furnish the largest portion of the exports of

Newfoundland, and the chief means of oc- |