run into IMEB'I‘ING 01‘ PARLIAMENT—THE ABYSSINIAN QUESTION.

Parliament assembled on 'l‘ucsday last. the usual time tor meeting l-avinlgr bccu anticipated on account of the “overtimeut ltaviugi’oeolvrd to send a ulilitaly expe- lli on to the comparatively unknown count yo: Al-v Slillls. tor the purpose of reds w ill h and l‘rusai 1 subjects held tn captivzly llr'rn by tho ' Ncgus," or Emperor. who after ox]; tiling a lllt'lllll. til-position towards the pr suncrs. udden- lv. lrutu some value or other. llll'I‘W them into vuuiincmeut. and treated them with great crueltv. " 'l‘ltu Sovereign of Abys- sinia." observed hchnjesiy. iii the Royal I\‘pccch with which the SPSailln was open:

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~7- . f already with responsibilities of empire ;i‘rom which they cannot in honor escape. but to which it would be folly and guilt .szratuitously to add,“ Sir llcnry llatviin- in n, at a mcetint.r ol‘the Ethnohtgical 50- ;l , y a few evenings ago. spoke of a com- ing time when the lttdian Govermnent ; would ll! 1: a aanatoriutu on the highlands :uf.\lvy. inia. lnr although the low-lying licrt‘ilory is unhealthy. the case is different ion the hills. it. wot '.-I seem. then. the tideas ofsome persons cxtrutl beyond .thu , ccoveryol the captives. That a lirilislt iacttlemcnl iu Ah ssiuia is the subjch nt tuanv brilliant \ ms may be inferred from .asml'uuces plcutii'nlly given. that cattle ‘autl sheep l-tccd there in profusion. the lpaaturea being: good all the year round, ‘havinglhe. advantage at “ Abysduiau rains from June to .‘icplcmlwraud the constrain lrnm October to the end of March ;" more-

Z'- “9':- . .. ‘J‘flllll'flt‘lzll'WPll, and, erln s.or"-lur u l, "1-:1 .If. I. f y t h p t p Utt gt sou ole at p n

cd. "in violation of all international liantn‘ul'. promisingr information is afforded.

continues to hold in captivity several of. my subjects. some of whom have es n-ct-: ally accredited to him hy‘tnyscll. ant lllS‘ persistent disregard of irtcudly rcprcsen-; tatiuna. has left ml.- tto alturuatire but that; of making a peremptory demand for thc‘ liberation of my sub; .. and supporltug it bv an adequate force." The. expenses of this expedition have to be pro and it therefore became necessary that the Chancellor ol the li ’ ' cquer should slitti- lnon Parliament to r sit at. tltia unugugi period for the pin-ptsc. By this time. the troops dcspatched to Abyssinia are cithcr in search of the Emperor in his tlii‘ticult territory oi mowtain and iuuglc, oritt ac- tual couilici; and although lhore no doubt of the issue of the war. it in equally certain that 'lllcodorus and his army are iicrcc, crafty. a :d resolute men. who will take a great deal of beating be- fore they submit to their invaders. It is to be hoped the prisoners will be found alive when ’l‘heodorus is compelled to yield. and that they will be able to bring home lo limit" friends and countrymen the welcome news of their liberation.

it is a great mistake on the part of G. ernments to draw the sword beloro al other methods of obtainiaing satisfaction have been oxhastctl ; and tltis ts the mistake into which Lord Derby‘s Government ap- pears itt the present case. to have fallctt. It is not clear tltal conciliatory steps would not have accomplished the object of the war expedition; and ifit were to he said that hypocrisy and dissimulatiuu are un- worthy of the chatacter of a great nation. .the reply would be that wittt fierce attd semi-savage tribes who do uotcomprcheud the principles and the a uenitics of civili- zation. it is indispensable that a peculiar course should be taken. and the character- istics of the loo steadfastly borne in mind. Fighting is the pleasure and delight of Theodorus. and he finds ltimselfin agrco- able exercise in measuring strength and craft with his invaders. lie will not yield until he is compelled. but will maintain the battle through all the dreary wastes and mountain passes to which he willcon- duct the loo; reckoning upon the ravages v-t sickness and the distress of privatiott for the lclsening the power of the enemy in places with which he and his own peo- ple are familiar, and s pcstilctttial climate which they are able to hear. The llrilish troops may have. to seek an invisible cue- my always in flight from place to place. which they may capture but find nothing there. either it ' steuauce or tltc gratifi- cation oi the pride of victory. “ We are now going into Abyssinia," as Mr. Glad- stone said iii the. debate on the Address, “ and the question wlticlt the country will regard with the greatest interest of all is the question. ‘ When shall we come out of Abyssinia?‘ " Where is the man

would volunteer an answer to this ques-I

lion? The campaign. it has been observ- ed, “will resemble one of those Arab raz~ 7ias in tho Kaybylc country, which after costing France so many brave men only served to render iormit able. a petty Sheik like. Abd-cl-Kancr." No wars are so un- certain as war; with savages. The. whole strength of the. Russian empire was for years employed in vain to crush Scltamyl. Every general of note in the imperial ser- vice has been fighting in the (‘nucasusmnd itis not over yct._ The difficulty which the French have encountered in one place and Russia in another is found, and unfor- tunately adopted by our Government. in Ahyssiria. a word which British taxpayers are doomed to become disagreeably famil- iar with.

Oi the character of 'I‘hcndorue it is rep- rcsenled by one who scents well acquaint- ed with the man. that he is more powerful than either Abd-cl-Kadcror Scbantyl. lie is fierce and cruel, adding to the natural warincss of lhe savage. " some of the worst tricks of half—civilized kingcrafl. In his wars with the puppet Emperor .lultnusc he displayed much military capacity. lie so dazzled the chiefs who were sent against him by unlimited promises, and so charmed them by his insinuating manners that they deserted at once to his standard. VVbeu fully prepared he chose his battle ground at Amha Chara with such skill that in a single battle lte nltcrly broke the power of his adversary ltas Ali, and made himselfmaslcr oftbc whole kingdom. liis subsequent crncllics struck awe and terror into the hearts of his opponents. and he became absolute despot oi the wide coun- try lrom Shoa to Matctuna, and from onam to llamaziu." it. is not liker that; any of the awe and terror struck into the warriors of Ra: All. will be feltbylbe llrilish troops who are seal against him; but there is unbs. pily the possibility that the latter may e barrasscd. fatigued. and. broken down in health in a rugged country and a climate. which it is only fora brief period of the year British constitutions can en- time. There can be no misgivng with respect to the steady courage and unliiucb- in: resolution of our troops; but there are circumstances which overcome the best of physical strength and the force oi heroic determination. if ’l'lteotlnrtts cannot be, found by his pursuem. and the war should become merojungle lighting. the campaign will end without sallsiaction been afforded. and then preparations will have to be made (or another demonstration. and pct-baps‘ others which the British nation will look at with the grim hope that at last the savage chief will be caught and broughtl upon his knees. and the captives, British and Prussian released. i

Ami when all this is accomplished. what;

'ded for, til“) I) ':

n be ’

that '

that in one place there are valuablcsulpbur ntiucs- itt another extensive salt plains and salt lakes, where the surplus iit' "h ‘ly‘llal. now lying unemployed and w. t- ing for some good mode of ir csltucnt to turn up. may be employed \\ith a certainty

of immense rclurzts. Any or money might be laid out in .A if

.h (lovcrtuncut were citly in (:Lc possession of the (‘t‘nilllll'y—-“'lll\t with i ' sheep and its camels. ita sulphur and its lsall. it would become one of the brilliant gems in the British crown. lt. isdovoutly to be wished that herd Derby and his col- league: will turn a dcal‘car to such ideas as the c. 'l .cre is nothing to be got hill of Ab} ssinia but trouble, and disaster. We tmight he settled there for -‘ sanatorv put-- lposes “' but we should iiud n tot-33;", “as. iundcr us and hornets all about us Our it‘lurppcau‘ allit‘S, who are not tlnolt: out 0i lgllgllml influence in any part of the iglobe. might not rcgard even the small xudrantagoofasauatoriutn on the Abys- lsiniatt highlands with the col‘uposure which [is characteristic of the perfect friendliness |it is the desire of the British public. to ultivale and sustain. and what with ex- ;plaualions. diirmval and vindicatious. ,‘wo should bar in 'nttcly more trouble, 1upon our hands llrtn Abyssinia can por- lsibly be worth.

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THE IENIAN MENAGES TO THE GOVERNMENT. |

l The prominence given in llcr Majoriy‘e lSpeech to recent outrages in Manchester paud elsewhere. and the remarks of.lltc Prime Minister. will not tail to impress the public mind. It is seldom that an English Government in ottrown times has ; recognized so emphatically the prevalence .of a. spirit: dangerous to law and order in i this country. The attention of Parliament ilutviug been thus called to l-‘cnianism in ingland, We. may expect that even during ,lhe present Session it will become the ' It is .thcreiore time for us to look the matter in

;subjcct oi debate in Parliament.

-llle face, and to consider botlt what it. ill

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the proper measures Iorits “ cil'uclual sup- } presston.“ Some light is thrown upon the

mastoid atrium. "tattooing. ono

ionnl incendiaries. is already makint: i if lull. itt our great towns. Whether it take the iortn of com— tnon street rowd. ‘sm. of desperate as- saults on the polic . ol bread riots. nr'ofi seditious meetings. it is a tempt-r wittelt cannot safely be allowed to spiend. The Queen's Speech hardly doesptsltce to her subjects when it expresses conltdencc m Ihe loyalty of “ the cat 2‘ ass“. ul them. The fact is that dish yalty, m it: proper sense. ltardlyex tsatntutg us. and Fenlan- ism probably could not muster :ttt hundred Englishmen under its banner. Were it necessary and expedient, we doubt not that special constables enough to outnum- her all ill': rouplts in any Engli-h towu‘ might be callcdout an hour‘s notice. It not, ltou . cr, cithcr necessary or expedi- ent that recourse. should bu had to extra-y ordinary tucastu'cs until ordinary measures have proved ineffective. Peat-able citizens ought not to he required to protect their;

armed tho Executive with ample means for that purpose. SULMEHSIDE DEBATING SOCIETY.

Tut: first meeting of lltc above Society

Messrs. Strong‘s llall. 5 very good. The President. FINLAY McNmt.i., Esq.. opened the mccling with a very interesting and appropriate ltd- dress. which we give bclow. The subject for debate was " \Ycrc the British Um. crtutwnt ‘iusilill’ll in permitting the exc- lczttiou of the Manchester Fenians The debate was an animated one, and a large number of the members took part in it. who adduced arguments pro and Iron. After a somewhat lengthy debate lit was decided in the ufiirmutivc. We hope the inicres’. of the society will be sustained. and that such a good begin- ning may have a good end.

ADDRESS :

G nurtures ;-~

in opening the Summer-aide Debating Society for the season. permit me to say that Iour object in met-ting is not for the. purpose >of bearing ourselves talk, but for mutual htt- iproft‘tlll‘llt. No matter who the individual lis. or what his occupation. whetherllteartizttu, tlhc f‘t ter. the sailor, the merchant, or (ill! 'politi an, he must he. ever learning. if he ircmatus stationary—if he does not kecpup t

with the improvements and acquirctncdts ‘of the day, he must all behind: and we, here in Sunnncrside. locked up in common with our countryim'll by barriers of ice, deprived even of seeing the dazzling loveliness nfuur rivers and harbors—deprived of looking on and rfllllllll'lllf‘.’ the ship; ing as they arrive and de- ipnrt—and not having it in our power to stand limiting: on the wharf, looking on and wonder- ‘ing at the beauty of the ladies as they come on shore from the steautor,——we can do no- thing hotter than. after our day's work is lover, to meet logetber once a week for a couple of hours, to discuss some of the

.that we have to “put down" and what are l many momentous things that have or are

ltrauspirinx in the, great world beyond us. ‘latst winter, gentlemen. you are aware we

.lormor question by a, strange inun- d¢.lhad no debates. for two or three reasons.

llivercd at tile oil‘ . published in that journal. It isdatcd from 1» Dublin. and purports to be a circular of libs Irish Revolutionary Government to its i agents and friends abroad. being ‘ '; by a person who styles ltiuisclftho Sec-rc- ;tary of External Relations. Our contem- ‘porary, of course. does not vouch for itb igcnuincnos ' bltt. whether it be genuine for spurith a literary merit and argu- utenlit‘e tone are conclusive proofs of its having; been composed by some \vellvedu- 'catt-d person. lls professed object is to notify the, course which the Fenian Execu- tive has, determined to adopt in the event oi Allen and his fcllow-conspirators bcin}: hanged. and. by way ofprolitco. it gives ihc Fenian view of the rescue and subse- quent tri'tls. Kelly and Deaseyare desic- tuttcd as “ two lrish nfliccrs on secret and speci service itt lliancltcstcr.” who had the tttisibrlunc to fall into lltel ds oi the civil authorities, and whose rclca , it. was

the death of iirctt as accidental. attd caus- ed by “ the (for him) fatal expedient of firing into the lock." He admits the ex- ploit to have been illegal. but maintains ‘ that “ disregard for tth laws by which an oppressor act-ks to prolch himself is the

against that opprcssor “ Acknowledgng the duty of insurgents to abstain from all acts of wanton violence. l' ‘ then casts llt‘t same rcspousihilir: 0., i}... 1 m5}. (ten... mcnl. "Hitherto," says he. “the Irish insurgents against England have honorably fulfillcd their share of this moral obliga- tion," :ttul though England has not. acted with corresponding forbearance. she has wine! .5 yet from puttingr to death an) ll‘cnian prisoners. “.‘iltouhl she do so," he continues. “ lam instructed to say i for every judical assa taiion she is gutlly of tlto life of a prominent Englishman will be exacted by this Government. and you will point out that upon England will rest the odiutu of h in}; first’inauguralcd the policy of assassination in ltcr prcsrnt struggle with irolaltd." lie is careful to add that it will make no different-c whether the pc ‘ an executed an: l-‘ettians or not. for that retalial ion will be enforced fut their behalf. " in recogniliuu ni'lhcir claims as 'lrisltmeu. it is, perhaps. a waste ot labor to point out false assertions in a document so audacious as this. Since. however, considerable misconception pro ‘ails as to the circumstances of lirett‘a murder. it may be Well to remind our readers oi‘two material facts The one islhat, according to tho cvidcucc. the Sergeant was not killed ill the. process of breaking open lhol lock. but on the contrary. by n shotainted

at him by Allen through the vcnlilatur.

The other is that Lari and Gould were

not only p. selves oarrtcd revolvers and fired upon the police. Indeed. that more bloodsaed had bcctt pertnedilatcd. and that, if Brett only was killed; it was not for want of murderous iatcntin the attacking party. might be inferred front on expression in this vcry letter. that, " the probable cost .was estimated beforehand, and the actual cost. was less then estimated.“ int these

(.unsidermions in no negro“ “pea “unset-there a new contct shuntng up into the

opinions and designs avowed here. as wall as in an equally singularleltcr received at

signed .

of thc ulntor-l importance to effect " at any, 1 cost." Tito wtitcr proceeds to (inscribe '

first and mocssary principle in a rebellion ;not attained to a greater degree ofperfct'tion.

v n ‘ v i . "L5 [0 M "n 5 m h but llmn‘ anti tltc ltdcs of the urn; tn all these we dis-

theu? Will'l‘hendorus be leftiu possession ;lbc oiliec of the Iris/t Times about. a fort- :lnd with the ability as well as desiro lo'uightago. and ostensibly written by the revenge himself upon any llritish subjects ‘ man who shot the l’olt’m: constables Kelly who at any future period may stray into and Kcmt. in both the rights of a belli- Itis power? Or will anew potcntutp he set ;‘ gerent Power are claimed lot‘ the Fenian up in his place with great. proi'csstous oftorganimlionmntluturdurcommitted tvilbin

attachment to the British Gm‘crumcnt.and lllte United Kingdom is rcprcsgntcd at: a ,perior education and cultivation. by the power

living under its virtual protection? if the Linstitiable, act of gueriila warfare. Neither; British Government should choose to setfthe ulNllt'tlity nor the annuity of illuscl

up a prince oiitaliking. llto British (luv-‘svniltlll'nifi. nor even the probability of gnilt'd “he” it i! ""U’ "m‘m‘d. ’L‘lllkilfx crntncat will have to pay for its luxury; llll'll' authors bcitrp: men of straw. tnttstl'mm‘" h”""'- “'1'!” went MIME“! "0 “‘0 I".

and. besides. lhejealousics and suspicions; blind as to the danger of their being pl'n-‘

V "router l'ownrs would entail ittrlltct' cm- ‘ mulgatcd at all. n hat‘runstttcni upon this country. Nothing»pymytlnue of a sympathy with l-‘cuiausamt; "go be morn intelligible than the doelara- ‘ as patriots. but as the cucmic ofccusliiut- ““Wflhlllcll in Her .\l.ux:sty's Speech. ,cd authority. which sophistry like this may

‘ “‘00: diliou is to ho rent for onc‘settousl)‘ aggravate, unless it be silenced

a , , . . rm...“ “he, and it H In be hoped that l lp a peremptory and dc. tvo (lxpl't'Salttll \

t

m, M... mm ‘1? steadlnstly it‘ll‘lvi‘l‘ll to. for , oi public, opinion. ' "amp, U; “m :3 monthly lll‘lM'l\\‘ll. “ lilo ‘ that n l-lfllvrfi tnlnpcr, lust-'rcd, if not on-

_ “‘“Iby ate at this moment 'grttdrrcd. I} ' t

Jams-Av u. u-..

...........t.t.. not. 10. not.

British & American HOMO-I I" m, "‘1‘"

.3 ohm, Dam, fun”. and T We had two Dancing Assemblies in full blast,

ting ltp two nights; the ilritisb and lbc \tucrican (lood 'l‘cutplars took up two nights

:tuorc; tltt- Masons another night—and then;

e whole ot'us were in the throes oflbe ch-

~ ctions; so that it was impossible for this socitly to meet, or to lo able to do any good.

i need not remind you litat the great object l to be aimed at in ottr education. in that we be taught everything it is important we should know. i g at the same time our minds disciplined; and there is something noble and .grand—nay, tltcreis something impressively lot , at lit-holding the fund mother first leaching her little buy his lcttcra, then as he grows, sending him oil to school. to light, as it were, his own way there. and tltcn in tile world, and oh, how the prayers and the wishes of that mother arc oil‘crcdup on be- bnlfuf her child. and tlttttthc world would deal gently by him. That boy. perhaps, for three or four years attends sl-ltool,antl as soon as he begins to exurcisc‘hia powch of obser- vAIion and reflection. or at all events as soon s be is able to work. whether to assist his father on the farm, on board lbc ship, at tile work bcnclt, or in the shop, ho is taken front the school ucvcrto return. This is the case in a great litany installers. anti this the rcnson why, even in our own island with a (it)\'(!rll~ ment affording every assistance and en- couragement in its power, that education has

:The real caust- is that in all our schools over

“fittpil and for this lamentable deficiency our legislators although altering and perfect- ing, as they style it, our Educ. ion Act limo and again have not yct found atcmcdy. Again on the othcr hand, many fond fathers and mothers think that iftlteir sons and datigbtcrs are left at school for five or six years, or by sending them away to some great institution ‘l‘or it y tr or two, that their education is lilnishcd. This is a very great mistake. ()ur education is never finished while we live, we need to he ever learnint: about ourselves and about common ll ags. to say nothing nf metaphysics and philosophy.