Che Enanriner.,

h, 1876

‘ wr D> teiot that the +% ° sla " c ould have instant know ledge O1

The

election is remarkable.

editor of the Patriot could not surely have forgotten the undue suddenness with Ww h the MeKenzie Laird Administra- tion nounced the last Dominion elec tion, when he declared on Saturday last that “ It is unfair to the people to spring an election upon them, allowing them little time to make the necessary preparations.” We are, therefore, we think justified in|

accepting the declaration as an intentional once of the Dominion ‘overnment. Mr. Owen and his colleagues will, we have no doubt, exercise discretion in fixing the dav of election. The people will not, w e believe, have the same cause for com- rgninst them, which they have

Laird, and

Me ssTs. W hether election takes

plaint inst Mackenzie,

: company. the

— ; a ee insulyor Angust, the electors Will

have ample time to inform themselves restion which will be submitted ]

’ rate P la

i extraordinary anxicty of tie

, | a ge ee Pu iis, however, fully equaiied by tae ingenuity with which—while pretending solicitude about the settlement of

the School Question—it advances a plea for its party. The people are in effect, told to vote squarely on the School Ques- tion—but to be sure to elect the men supported by the Patriot—because ‘“ to the of Louis H. Davies, William D. Stewart, William Campbell, Hi. J. Callbeck, William S. MeNeill, Henry Beer, Beajamin Davies, William Welsh, and Manoah Rowe, is the secular school

steadfastness

party of this country greatly indebted.” The blandishments of the Patriot we trust and believe, be disregarded. The people will, if we mistake not, endeavour to select as their representatives, men who | will administer the public affairs of the Province economically and efficiently. They will not elect an unlettered nincom- poop, simply because he happens to op- pose or to favor the introduction of re- ligious education inte the public schools. They will, if they are wise, try to obtain the services of good men. Those who have hitherto supported the Hon. J.C, Pope and his party, will not, we think, be wheedled by the Patriot into transferring | their allegience to such men as Mr, |

W'lliam Campbell and Mr. Manoah Rowe. | Ita better man and a stronger secularist than Mr. Pope can be procured, let him be supported by secularists of all parties ; bu ab patriotic man

Pope's adherents should stick to their

t if no ler politician, or more truly

ean be found, then Mr. |

old leader.

We have endeavored — and we will continue our endeavors — to place the School Question fairly betore the people. To-day we publish the concluding portion of the evidence obtained by Mr. L. H. Davies’ Committee. We have not, as our contemporary the Argus more than iasiou- ates, withheld any portion of that evi- dence. It is, we think, a pity that two such powerful organs as the Patriot and Argus, had uot followed our example. The Committee was moved for by secularists. Its Chairman was the leader of the seeu. larists. Many of the witnesses were secu- larists. The evidence educed by it is

most importunt and exceedingly interest- But the Patriot, the Argus, the

ing. Presiyterian—the organs of the secular- ists—have not yet laid it before their

readers! ! With an earnest desire to sce

the school question satisfactorily settled, |

we have given the public facts and the opinions of prominent and experienced edueationists of all denominations, re- spectivg those facts. It is acknowledged | n all hands that the Free Education Act

‘ has been a great boon to the country. But it is expediest—nuzy, it is absolutely necessary—that it should give greater free- dom. Seven-twelfths of the population demand the freedom of having religious instruction imparted to their children. Because they have not this freedom, thou- sands of dollars are annually misspent by the Education Department ; hundreds of schools throughout the country are vacant ; the city schools are in a disgraceful con- dition ; in the towns, many poor people are obliged to pay their school-tax who cannot conscientiously send their children to a public school ; discontent and agi. tation prevail. So great has been the dis- satisfaction of the people, that our Govy- ernment has been unable to perform its functions properly. It is admitted on all that the Sehool Act needs re- vision ; that the teachers need higher pay. Yet, no party on the Island has dared to improve the School Act or to raise theo salaries of teachers, because the freedom which seven-twelfths of the population has not been granted. In the words of Mr. William MeNeill of Cavendish, *‘ this Sehool Question has almost rendered party Government in the Provinee ims Need say, thing must be done—some concession must be made. And why should we hesi- tate? The power which gives the free- dom demanded can easily withdraw it should it be abused. It has been truly said, that ‘* as good men asever broke the world’s bread are in favor of having re- ligious education imparted in the public schools.”’ Gladstone, Disraeli and Bright, Sir John A. MeDonald, Alexander Mac-— kenzie and Edward Blake, the Earl of Shastsbury, England’s greatest Protest- ant, the Rev. George (irant, the ablest Presbyterian clergyman in Canada, the Tion. Judge Hensley,one of the staunchest Protestants on the Island—and thousands of others who could be named—are in favor of it. The foremost: countries of the world—England, Seetland and Gert many—have it. Then why should we hesitate about offering a reasonable con- ceesion for the sake of peace, content- ment and good Government ?

The proposition of the Hon. J.C. Pope is, we think,very reasonable. He would not ehange the character of the schools in country districts in which there are many denominations, He would simply permit religion to be taught in schools where the children atteuding are all of one denom- ination. He would‘leave the teaching of religion and (we presume) of music, calis- thenics, ete., solely to the parent and the am oh . He would have the State know

ing avout »relivious > os taught, und pay for nothioe bot che eit, and pay for nothing but the res sults of purely secular instruction. If there were « semi-annual public examina- tion, and if good, honest, examiners were

sides

practicable.” we that some

jing and starving.

| Governor-General’s Secretary’s Office

° Ae

ts , sppointed, there would be no difficulty

.

. . ° ’ whatever in this. Moreover, if the exs

aminations were conducted by the ex”

aminers, without the assistance or inter-

renee of t teacher—there would not be the slightest the Government into paying for seenlar instruction which was not imparted. Thus the State will occupy its proper position, The penalty to which it now subjects

teachers who dare to impart religious in- | Its object | A large proportion of

struction will be removed.

will, be guined. its revenue will not, as at present, be | squandered. Such schools as the Wess leyan Academy, St. Peter’s Scheol, and | St. Patrick’s School, will receive the aid they greatly need. The School Act may be improved. Free education will be main- and the discontent of the people

| tained ; | will be allayed. The concession asked is j small; the results which will follow the granting of it will, we feel convinced, be

eminently beneficial.

THE

~—- 4 see eo —-—-——_ —

GYRATORY MINISTER.

| Sine we held up to the derision and | contempt of our readers that fiaished po- litieal aerobat, Mr. Laird, we bave been sub It is, h

Pairict.

owever, worthy of note,

. ntl « vila

Laird’s organ in explanation or defence | berton, or Tignish, at little more

4 of Mr. lLaird’s extraordinary con- ‘duct, relative to the School Question. We fully expected that some attempt would have been made to show how Mr. Laird’s gyrations are performed,—how Mr. Laird can be a friend of religious education in Ottawa, and a secularist here. We have been disappointed. Instead of the explana- tion to which Mr. Laird’s constituents are entitled, we are treated to mean and spite- ful attacks, with the view of fastening upon the EXAMINER, a character for un- reliability. On the authority of the St. John and the Halifax FRe- | porter, we, last week, pablished a report to the effeet that the Governor General’s

Watchman

will |

| Grand Fancy Ball had been authorized by

the Government, and had cost the country $28,000. The Patriot knows that the same report was published in nearly every Op- position paper in the Lower Provinces. lt also knows right well that in giving publicity to the report, we did nothing more nor Jess than our duty to a public jealous of Governmental extravagance. If the report prove fulse we shall be pleased. We should be sorry to think that, like Nero who fiddled while Rome burnt, our Government would throw away $28,000 of

| the public money while thousahds of per-

sons throughout the Dominion were shiver. When the report is authoratively denied, or when the Report- er or Watchman states that it was untrue, we will cheerfully make the amende hon- orable. But we think we may be pardon- ed if we decline to accept the simple de- nial of the FPatriot—the head editor of which could strain the constitution te give the children of the North-west the priceless boon of religious education, while he does believe that “ to supplement the secular instruction by so-called religi- ous teaching, is rather hurtful than bene- jictal.”” The gyratory Minister of the Interior must expect that the statements of his organ will be accepted “ with a grain of salt,”

ECONOMY AND REFORM (?)

Tue Toronto Mail furnishes statistics which show that since the 30th of June, 1878, the salaries and bonuses of officials under the Dominion Government have in- creased upwards of $90,000 a year. By a comparative statement collated from the official returns it proves that the increase

|in the various departments is :—

or

$1,085

Privy Council Office 2,340 | Jepartment of Justice 4,732 Secretary of Slate 676

Minister of the Interior, formerly

Secretary of State for the Provinces 21,824 Receiver-General’s Department 1,406 | Militia and Defence 4,385 Finance Department 10,360 Custom Department 3,523 Inland Revenue Department 4,852 Public Works Department 8,410 Marine and Fisheries Department 6,624 Department of Agriculture 4.014 Post Office Department 16,702 Total increase per annum $90,932

It commends this statement to the eare- ful attention of those who. believe that the “ Reform” leaders meant what they said wheu they denounced the Depart- mental extravagance of Sir John Mac- donald’s Government and pledged thems selves to make large reductions in the annual expenditure provided they were placed in power. We commend the state- ment to the consideration of the Patriot. It may, perhaps, discover that the state- ment is false.

a NO e+ am -+ ee -

THE RANKIN HOUSE.

Ovr city has lost the benefit of many thousands of dollars of foreign money be- cause she could not boast a hotel fitted up with the appliances known to modern times. It gives us pleasure to report that, through the enterprise of Artemas Lord, £sq., and Miss Rankin, such a hotel will soon be supplied.

Mr. Lord has greatly enlarged his late pleasantly situated residence, on Water street. It isnowa hundred and eight feet long, thirty-eight feet broad and four storys high. It contains fortyafive bed-rooms, parlors for ladies and gentlemen, a dining rcom in which eighty persons may, at one time, comfortably seat themselves : six sample rooms, separate and apart from other sections of the house and eas- ily accessible; a reception room; a smoking room ; and an office, with which there is communication—by means of bells—with all parts of the building. It is well supplied with bath rooms; and all the conveniences and appliances by means of which strangers are made eomfortable. That most important department, the kitchen, is fitted up in the latest and best style. The upper rooms and the balcony command a fine view of the harbor and its beautiful surroundings,

Miss Rankin. for her part, has not spared expense in furnishing the house in a becoming manner. The parlors contain the best furniture which Messrs, Butcher and Newson could supply. All the rooms are neat—many of them elegant. Miss Rankin, as a hostess, is already widely known. Her well-merited popus larity will, we feel assured, be extended and increased by her public spirited and plucky conduct, We have no doubt that she will be well rewarded.

possibility of cheating |

| that it is a good one.

ject to series of petty attacks from the i es : See |side, Alberton, Tignish or {

ot one word has appeared in Mr. |

|half the rates charged last year.

| he asserted that the preper way to build

SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS. | A Raitway Tine TaBie has been |

o ° . y.day. | It will go into operation to-G iy.

issued. ; ° . . and another A train will run daily east and anot . \e ha li 10 he- west over the whole live. On the itt

+) Summersiac,

Charlottetown

tween and there will be two trains daily, From a hasty review of the arrangement we judge ; A person leaving

Georgetown at 7 o’clock, a. m., or Souris

at 6 p. m.,—or any point on both the main ln

4 ue

ects as 0 a.w.,may reach Tignish at ¢.

line and the branches during the day.

the same way, a person leaving Tignish G.15, a.m, may reach Georgetown by 5.45, or Souris by 6.45, p. m. The de- lay at Summerside—whieh was such an intolerable nuisance last year—is reduced | to three-quarters of an hour or an hour— | from 11.15, a.m. to 120’clock, and from, |

1 o’clock to 2 o’clock every day.

| 4 FEARFUL Ti

ls ' m the day of his death, severely | ; bat and had, on the day of his death, severely | 1¢ seams to be the opinion that the overs

| beaten his wife and 1

} , | Haich’s house that n.ght

es PAGKDY—A FATHER | BY HIS CH'LDREN, |

ragedy was re ently enact

MURDERED

A mystericus t

| ed in North Carolina. A white man named | vd in } arol

au the early |

inated

ght

R. B. Hatch was assa ° 41.2% Rain hours of a dark winter D vhile sitting in his own | ree gunshot in his ow x i wounds, from whith he died a few days afterwards Coroner Lalayette Smith, of

Duplin County,came to the spot, summon~ ed a jury of the bystinders and held an ins | quest. It was im evidence at the inquest that the murdered man

} ; intemperate, a cruelbusband and

was reckless and

father,

locked her in & room |

for another flogging which he threatened | | . ° . ‘ ! to administer on the morrow, At the} same time he had driven his younger child- |

ren, three in number, with curses out of doors. Testimony was also taken to the fact that three nearly charges of a gun were

} |

, soon after dark,

| disturbance of public tranquility.

| bores

i ; - 2 | simultaneous i

THE SULTAN DETHRONED,

A despatch to the Reuter Telegram

Company, from Constantinople on the 30th

ult., says that Sultan Abdul Aziz has been dethroned, and Mohammed Murad Effendi, | nephew of Abdul Aziz, and heir presump- tive, been proclaimed. Sultan. A private despatch states that the revolution in Constantinople was effected without a . arkish securities of all descriptions are very strong and at one time were from to five per cent. They are now about three percent. higher all round.

has

and active,

throw of the Saltan will result beneficially.

2 wom + -

A COMING STORM.

A European war is anticipated: The London Standard of the 29th ult., says that one hundred tons of gun.

eard at or near} powder and a million catridges have

jut been despatched from Woolwich to

It gives us great pleasure to note the | No gne, however,of the wilresses examined | Gibraltar, Malta, and the Mediterranean fact that the railway authorities have | had seen anything which tended to indicate | fleet. This is quite independent of the

adopted the suggestion of the Hon, J. C. who was guilty of the homicide. Although

Pope on the subject of second-class fares and a reduction of freight rates. Our people may now, if they choose, travel by rail for two centsa mile; and get car |

loads of freight taken from Charlottetown,

to Georgetown, Mount Stewart, Summer- | verdict that Hatchcame

uris ; and

A} 4ii~

from Summerside to Charlottetown, than it is, however, to be regretted, that the reduced rates has not been applied to the whole line. We hear that special freight rates are to be adopted for the accommodation of farmers. We trust that our mation is correct. The railway was built by the people for the accommodation of the people ; and we hope they will no longer be deprived of the facilities and ad- vantages of the railway by reason of a high tariff.

The arrangements for internal communi- cation and traffic, we regard as superior to those of last year. The arrangements for communication with the outside world, have not yet been completed—nor are they likely to be for another week. We look forward with interest to the day on

which they will be published.

infor»

A NEW DEAL.

[From the Toronto Mail,]

Reference was made, a few days ago, in in our Ottawa dispatch, to a contemplated change of policy by the Mackenzie Admins tration with reference to the building of the Pacific railway. We have received some further information on the subject ;

| and we have good reason to believe that it

is literally correct. There is to be a new deal. Abandoned contracts “ magnificent water stretches,’’ the insatiety of political hacks, the serious difficulties encountered on the section between Thunder Bay and Red River,the hitherto peddling and potter ing which have been pursued, the financial incapacity of the Administration, the pros. pect of new loans whose products would fast go into the sink of useless branches—these and numberless other considerations have begun to make tMemselves felt on the some, what unimpressible mind of the Premier. Will he go on as he has begun, or will he adopt a radical change of policy? Will he continue to build the road, or rather uses less branches of it, some of them leading from nowhere to nowhere, directly from the Public Works Department? or will he seek the intervention of a company or com- panies? These are the questions over which Mr. Mackenzie has seemingly been pondering, and on which he appears to have come toa conclusion at last.

This brilliant, heaven-born statesman came into power in November, 1873, In the course of two short months he laid down the programme by which his Government was to be guided; and he announced it when, following up his deter mination to make the memorable “ mid

| night attack,”’ he appealed to the country |

in January following. During his contest |

the Pacific Railway was, not by a company | or companies, but by the Government. Whatever profit there might be in the work he said, should go into tae people’s pocket. The intervention of cempanies would be discarded, and Mr. Mackenzie would build the road, Well, we have seen with what success he has carried out this boldly-utter~ ed and would-be patriotic policy, To-day he is the laughing-stock of every practical man in the community. ‘To the north he selected a route which was found impracx ticable, and now the country is paying his friend Mr. A. B. Foster,for useless surveys. In the North-west he is pottering away at asection here and a section there, not knowing whether to abandon the water stretches or attempt to utilize them, and with the strong probability staring him in the face, that he will never be able to con« nect them; or, if he should, it will be at an alarming cost.

Out of all these difficulties Mr. McKenzie hopes to drag himself by # ready “ "bout face.” His intention is, we are assured, to advertise for contractors who will undertake to build the railway entire, or in sections, the Government giving a bonus of $10,000 a mile, and a land subsidy to an extent not yet revealed. The Premier’s intention is, we understand, to advertise in the Canadian press to this effect immediately, as well as in England, and to give until January next for the reception of tenders by the Depart~ ment. The tirst thought which occurs to one is the deep humiliation which the adoption of such a policy must bring to the Premier. What! Adopt a means of building the railway which he and his Party had so vehemently denounced! Fall back upon the much-abused, roundly-~denounced policy of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Govern- ment! Can it be that we are to come to this? Are the people of this country to be treated to such a spectacle ?

Our information—which comes to us on excellent authority—will prove to be very much at fault if this change of front by the First Minister be not shortly announced. We await the event before making further reference to it.

THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD,

The oldest person in the world is believed to be Eulalia Perez de Guillen, of Los Anx gelos County, California, who was born in 1737 and is thereiore now 137 years of age, She is a full blooded Spanish woman, and even now has sufficient vitality to take short walks, and attend Church regularly. She has a good appetite and is a regular drinker of beer, She was unable to see without glasses fora great number of years, but latterly her eyesight has improved to such a degree that she can read without them, Another remarkable peculiarity she possesses is that her hair, which was grey for sixty or seventy years, has lately turned black, of which fact she is very proud, She has two children living, one of them 111 years old and the other 98.

the deceased had for several days after re~ ceiving his mortal weunds, he had made no dying declaration which implicated avy The whole matter was a horrible and apparently impenetrable

person as his assassia.

| mystery. The Coronor’s jury returned a

to his death at the hands of some person or persons to them unknown:

Hatch had insured his life, some time previous to the murder, with the North Carolina ‘Home Life Insurance Company, for the benefit of certain of his children, The policy was for $1,590. The company’s agent at Wilmington refused to make pay- ment, upon the ground that he had reason to believe that the death of the inspred had been procured by the beneficiaries of the policy. Two detectives, Cameron and Martin, were employed, it is said, for a large contingent,to work up the case. These detectives at length, afvera quest of months shadowed aman named Weeks, who had married one of Hatch’s elder daughters. Some slight out-givings and other clews were fastened upon, which suggested that Weeks knew more about the slaying of Hatch than he was disposed to reveal. He was confronted and charged with being accessary to the crime. He denied his own participation, but, being thoroughly frightened, inculpated the little children, whom Hatch had turned out of the house on that fatal night in mid.winter. Two of these children are boys, one aged 16 and the other 10, and the third isa girl uf some 12 years. In order to get something in the nature of evidence against them, the de- tectives proposed to conceal themselves in some bushes near the roadside so that they might overhear a conversation which Weeks was to have with the accused. According~ ly Weeks led a young negro man, whom he had also charged with complicity in the murder, towards the covert before reaching which, however, ihe negro,suspecting some- thing, refused to proceed further, saying loud enough for the men in ambush to hear, that he didn’t want to say any more about it. The two boy's, Hatch’s sons, were next brought within earshot of the detectives, when Weeks talked over the circumstancees of the murder with them. The boy’s spoke of their dead father’s re« lentless cruelty to them and to their moth- er, and admitted that they shot and killed him, the guns having been handed to them by their little sister. They implicated the negro above mentioned as having fired one of the fatal shots. The boy’s and the negro were at once arrested and were taken on the 13th inst., kefore a Justice of the Peace at this place for examination. ‘The proceedings were postponed until to-day in order to obtain the attendance of connsel from Goldsboro. Lawyer Granger arrived here about three p. m., and the prelimin~ arp examination proceeded, resulting in the committing of the accused for trial at the next term of the Duplin County Su- perior court, which begins next week at Kennansville. There a strong and general sympathy for the unfortunate children, notwithstanding their unnatural act. to the only apparent motive which impelled these almost infant

is

Strange say

parricides was love for their much mal-

| treated mother, and a purpose to avenge

her wrongs.

oo ees

THE PRINCE OF WALES’ RETURN TO ENGLAND.

People are glad to have the Prince back, and they showed it yesterday in all sorts of enthusiastic ways. The demonstrations of welcome were unusually genuine. Official zeal was far outrun by popular enthusiasm. It appears that the authorities scarcely contemplated a reception on a great scale. They so little understood the energetic character of English loyalty that they bes lieved the heir to the Throne might return from a seven months’ journey on the other side of the globe without attracting much attention. They expected him to slip into Marlborough House as if he had returned from a trip to Paris, But his subjects would not have itso. To them the occas~ ion was unique, and they resolved to make the welcome they gave him a memorable one. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say they did it without any resolve; the tribute they offered was as nearly spontan. eous as such a thing could be. They swarmed down to.. Portsmouth, where the Prince was again to set foot on English soil. They gathered at every railway station bes tween Portsmouth and London, ‘They even assembled in the fields along the line, where the most they could hope for—as at all the stations, indeed, except one—was a glimpse of the train as it whirled by. In London, of course, they filled every inch of standing room over the long route chosen from Victoria Station to Buckingham Pal- ace, and every wiadow and balcony; and from Portsmouth to Marlborough House, the Prince heard one almost continuous shout of welcome, and the faces he beheld were brightened by joy at his return.

All this strikes me as unusually sincere, and respectable because sincere It is not necessary to judge of the feeling of the multitude by the tone of the municipal addresses to which the Prince had to listen at Portsmouth and in Westminister. Those addresses are like all such addresses, in bad taste and bad English. A good British cheer is much more expressive; perhaps the thunder of a British gun speaks not less plainly. The. Prince landed under such a salute as no other nation in the world could have given. His wife had gone out to sea to-meet him, as the wife of an English Prince —herself also of a sea- faring and seasfighting nation. Together they passed under the roaring guns of iron-~ clads and forts, and drove together once more,along the streets of London, guarded with an unbroken line of troops, and better guarded with throngs of loyal people, with whom the Princess has always, and the Prince often, been a favorite. The Queen received them at Buckingham Palace; thence they went to Marlborough House; thence after dinner to the opera at Covent Garden, where another reception awaited them. “Altogether, a pretty good day’s

work . —N. as Tribune.

ordinary supply.

It was stated in Ports- mouth on Saturday that all available work- men are to be placed at work on éhips which are nearest to sea-going condition. Che turret ship Thunderer is understood to

_be the first whose completion will be thus

pushed forward. There is arumor to the

| effect that the Rothchilds are sellers of

Consols to the amount of nearly £1,000,000 sterling, which transaction is supposed to be based on knowledge that the political situation in Europe is likely to grow worse. The French Government it is stated, has issued invitations to the other powers to hold a general conference. Our latest advices are of a most pacific character.

_———---s <> oe

A MYSTERY.

The London, England, papers are agitated over the discovery that Mr. Charles Turner Bravo, a barrister, who moved ina high circle in society, had been poisoned by some persons unknown on the 18th of April last, and that the subsequent inquest had been made in secret. He was married to the widow of a Captain Ricardo, who the New York Herald states was captain in the Guards, and met the lady of his choice— then a Miss Campbell—in Montreal. There was much unhappiness between Captain and Mrs. Ricardo, and, owing to certain occur rences at Great Malvern, he had separated from her and eventually instituted proceed- ings in the Divorce Court. Before the suit came on Captain Ricardo died. His sudden death, while proceedings for divorce were pendimg, and which, if successful, would have nullified her settlements, caused her to come into possession of considerable wealth, The widow then married Mr. Bravo; on the 18th ult., he dined at home with his wife and a Mrs. Cox, a companion, and drank three glasses of Burgundy from a bottle which had been specially decanted for him. Soon after he complained of great pain in the stomach, and died in ter- rible agony on the 2lst. A post mortem examination disclosed that he had been poisoned with antimony. The deceased had only been married a few month», and the proceedings at the inquest are described as *peculiar.”’ This terrible business has made a great sensation in London society, owing to the high position held in it by the parties concerned. Public sentiment is thoroughly aroused, and the comrades of of the unfortunate barrister have taken the matter in hand. Recent investigations seem to intimate that he committed sui- cide; but the matter will ever remain what is called a “‘ mystery.” =

THE GREAT BELLS OF THE WORLD.

The great bell of Moscow, called the Tsar Kolokol.or king of bells,is the largest in the world. Itis 18 ft. 3 Inches high, and mea- sures around the margin 60 ft. 9inches. It is estimated to weigh 443,772 pounds, and the metal in it is valued at $200,000. The bells of China rank next in size to those of Russia, but are much inferior to them in form and tone. In Pekin, it is stated by Father Le Compte, there are seven bells, each weighing 120,000 pounds. One of the suburbs of the city has, according to the testimony of many travellers, the ‘argest suspended bellin the world. It is hung near the ;zround, in a large pavillion, and, to ring it, a hage beam is swung against its sides. Abell taken from the Dragon Pagods at Rangoon, was valued at $80,-

000. Among the bells recently cast for the new Houses of Parliament, the largest

weigh 14 tons. The next largest bell in England was cast in 1846, for York Minster weighs 27,000 pounds and is 7 ft. 7 inches indiameter. The Great Tom of Oxford weighs 17,000, and the Great Tom of Lin- coln 12,000 pounds. The bell of St. Paul's, in London is 9 ft. in diameter, and weighs 11,500 pounds. One placed in the Cathe- dral of Paris, in 1680,weighs $8,000 pounds. One in Vienna, cast in 1711, weighs 40,000, and in Olmutz is another weighing about jhe same. The famous bell called Susanne of Erfurt is considerad to be of the finest bell metal, containing the largest propor- tion of silver; its weight is about 30,000 pounds,and was cast in 1497. At Montreal, Canada, is a larger bell than any in Eng. land, weighing 30,900. [t was imported in 1843, for the Notre Dame Cathedral. In the opposite tower of the Cathedral is a chime of ten bells, the heavies of which weighs 6,013 pounds, and their aggregate weight is 21,800 pounds.—Eclectic.

San l’rancisco,according to its new direct- ory, hss a population of 272,345, a gain of 42.000 during the past year.

Young swell, ‘I should like to have my moustache dyed.’ Polite barber, ‘ Certain- ly. . Did you bring it with you ?’

Mrs.Thornhill, an English lady,has offer- ed to give $50,000, or more if necessary for the restoration of the parish church in Shef. field, Engiand.

The Prince of Wales took home from India over 60 animals, and they are to be added to the British Zoological Garden, making that menagerie the finest in the world.

Prof. Mommsen, while consulting ancient inscriptions in Arpinum recently, discover, ed the tomb of Caius Marius, finding the name of that Roman General, with a recerd of his seven consulships, upon his monu- ment,

ireland desires temperance. In the British House of Commons Mr. Smyth’s re« solution in favor of stopping liquor traffic on Sundays in Ireland has been carried by @ majority vote of 57, or 224 Liberals against 167 Conservatives.

i, son,’ said a Boston parent, as his eighteen-yearsold offspring stood, carpet bag in hand, upon the threshold, ‘ you are going to the centennial. Promise me that during your absence you will shun bad company and keep your feet from the doors of alehouses and billiard saloons.’ ‘ Father,’ replied the young man, with the memory of the last cancus floating through his mind, ‘{ cannot. I go uninstructed and unpledged.’

The farmers in some of the districts in Great Britain have a bitter enmity for the rooks, estimating the damage they do to the crops as being greater than the benefit they confer by destreying wire worms, grubs and other pests. A few weeks ago a party of men waged war on a rookery in Fifeshire, Scotland, devoting four days to the work of tearing down nests and killing the birds, both old and young. The result was the death of 10,816 rooks. As there is no law in the country to protect the birds, it is probable that a prosecution of such work will soon drive them out of Great

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Extensive Auction. FURNITURE. N THURSDAY, the sth, at 11 A. M., at

( the OLD RANKIN HOUSE:

Dining & other Tables, H. C., & Dining Chairs, Sofas, Lounges, Wardrobes, Chest Drawers, Wash Stands, Towel Stands, Sinks, Looking Glasses, Toilet Setts, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Repp & Lace Curtains, Linen Blinds, Pictures, Carpets, Oii Cloths, Curtains, Poles & Rings, Stoves, Fire Irons, one part Din- ner Sett, Glass & E. Ware, a lot Kitchen Utensils.

(See Handbills. )

MEW ADVERTISE

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No reserve. N. RANKIN,

June 5, 76, 1 i, Auctioneer.

GRAND RAILWAY

EXCURSION & PICNIC, ape.

The First of the Season.

HE BENEVOLENT IRISH SOCIETY will hold a PICNIC at Hunter River Railroad Station, on

WEDNESDAY, 2ist June, inst.

All arrangements are being made to render this the very best PICNIC ever held on Prince Edward Island.

Full Particulars next week. Ch’town, June 5, 1876.

SCHOLARSHIPS ! A* the close of the present term of the Prince of Wales College, six Scholar- ships in that Institution — two for each County—will be open for competition as provided for in the Act 23 Vic., cap. 17. Now, this is to notify all candidates for said Scholarship, that they must apply to the School Visitors without delay,and that such as may be nominated by the Visitors, must appear before the Examiners at the Nor- mal School, Charlottetown, on Tuesday, the 25th of July next, at 2 o'clock, p. m., for examination. By order, DONALD McNEILL, Sec’y. Education Office, Ist June, 1876.—2in

TENDERS.

EALED TENDERS will be received by the undersignec until the Ist July next, for the

Erection of a New Convent at Rustico. Plans and specification to be seen at the office of Mr. John Corbett, Architect, Char- lottetown,or at the Parocial House, Rustico. FELIX GALLANT, DOMNIQUE PINEAD, MOSES PETRE, Rustico, May 31, 1876.—till date.

AUCTION. Household Furniture

E will sell on WEDNESDAY the 7th JUNE, at 11 o'clock, at the residence

of G.C. Carman, Esq., Water Street, (west end), his Household Furniture consisting of : 1 English Cottage Piano, Dining Table, Chairs, Couches, Bedroom Sets, Feather Beds, Mattrasses, Carpets,Crockery ware, Pictures, Stoves, Water Casks, etc.,

etc., etc. F.S. HANFORD & CO., Auctioneers,

Elders

Ch’town, May 29, 1876.—2i

To be Sold by Auction

In the North End of the City.

HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS from the owner to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on the premises, on

Thursday, the 8th day of Juve next,

at the hour of 11 o’clock, TwENTY-TWwWo

VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS !

beautifully situated between the St. Peter's Road and Euston Street, directly opposite the residence of Hon. John Longworth. Terms :—Twenty-five per cent of the purchase money to be paid down; balance in FIVE YEARS With interest at six per cent.