‘ aR Alt teste a “*: ve point to which we shall draw Mr Hay- GRPRS ett en THE EXAMINER IS PUBLISHED HUA AY Eiik Printing & Publishing Ce, OFFICE: Corner Queen and King Streets. rrr BYil By FORENOON, ‘nop ivi Kyau Pre BF VE Sw Der (ane 21.029. 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Davies woucht to entrench his Jeadcr, was of so fimsy a natu to bords the The idea of one, claiming to position re as upon .dierous xe the leader of those who call them- selves ‘ Liberals,’ urging that ‘ social pesi- tion’ can palliate a crime, was felt to be And, wo thit the whole something more than a mistake. inasmuch as *t was kne Patriot staff together tricate Mr. Haythorne fr ful position, it was agreed t ffort should be towards reinstating him in t) were nable to ex om his disgrace- it a united made to do something opinion of hose credulous enough to believe him an yonest man. Accordingly, the defence is livided into two ports. On consisting f an editorial—evidently from a very young hand at the business-the other yart, a ponderous and a prolix epistle rom the inculpsted gentien himself, A careful, candd perusal of the de- efce, conclusively shows that Mr Hay- horne’s conduct is even worse than it vas represented by Mr Hodson. The juestion in disput between the two ‘eutlemen — whether t vards referred o could in «ny sense be deemed ‘ then ending ’—-is a purely leg 1 question, and eing so, we prefer Mr. Hodg-on’s opin- on to that ef Mr. Haythorne. Then we nd Mr. Hlaythorne, by his own admis. jos, writing to the Court of Appraisers | egarding suits which we now know to be} ther pending before them, nd which sight egain be referred to then for judi- | ial consideration. t lling them. in eff ct, hat ‘the question had suggest: d itself to be € uncil,’ whether they had sufficiently a ts of certsin suitors those lands had been dam ig d by the | silroad? =f Mr. Haythorne were dis- | atixfied with the conduct of the appraisers, | @ would have been justified in dismissing | rem , if he «dgment in any ease ; his proper course | were dissatisfied with their | as to have removed it to the Supreme | ourt and made known his complaint, ad urge his objection against it there. | The worst a iVvs of the Pelhan ; and the Valpoles,’ 1s a favorite expression of his hen endeavoring to b icken t! e eharae ; ® 1 . *r end injare the reputation of his poli But if his appeal to his- | ical Op pone nts | treacherous | wy¥ can show us one ict “0 dno subversive of justice, as that which | b stand eonvicted of, then, but not | sll then, will we admit that he does not} yand alone the living embodiment of poli vod thich we hitherto supposed him to be. We again beg | the fi wite prob«bl. that very sufficient reasons eal proflig cy abandoned honor, | uur readers special atten- oa to llowing sentence: ‘It is an be sssigned for mukiog thes appraise- j sents: and, if so, it would be well that | the Counci should be iatormed of them, | ‘ecause, as Members of Parliament, the yembera of the (council will be called on pexplin and defend the action of the ppraisers.’ Now mark the tickedness contained in this fe telis the appraisers that their every insidious ‘atement. ‘ward is to be mede the subject of a arty ¥ irfure in the House of Assembly. dad he written to them the direct reverse ¢ this; bad he suggested that they should | Ylow no thought of what would be said sthe Legisliture to influence them in| but thet their sworn as | oy way, duty ey were to pertorm it impurtivily~ lay atween their conscience ind their God | diNbhe done this, he would have acted as | 5 officious, bus;body; but | othing worse theo this could be said of | meddiesom ‘jm. But to write to these gentiemen,— st that they muse do right between the | . = ! and do it uninfluenced by any that they | arlics, gnsideration Wlhatever—bul ust keep ever before them the political | floor of th sufficiest reasons’ attle ground upon the House | f Assembly,and that } ‘ust be reasons which will b deemed | sufficient’ in a party debate, or help to wry a party division,—this, w repeat, san act of wickedoess so great and so} flaring. that bad the n whom he thus | , ‘ perouched been appoint i by & court) t 3 ‘hich could have ‘ted asult, Mr. Haythorne would have learn | ink prot them from da lesson he sadly needs—th»t if there ‘g an acta court will punish most severe y. it is ope so atrocious and wicked as is has been. ’ Of course we do not hope—after what ee have seen, we canpot hope—that any- biog we can say, will have that good fect upon Mr. Haythoree, which we igure him, we earnestly desire it may ; and “et, for his own suke, we are willing to puke one more attempt. There is a case borne’ s attention, ~iu which even he must Jee that if he should act ashe did towards he Appraisers, what the consequences | explicit in Chancellor. | Appraisers touching the awards, then we ‘and the Chancery (ommissiovers, arises of the salaries of officials ; and are only in which Mr. Herbert | He had gone inte court; and upon the strength Judge Hensley, Bell played a conspiouous part. t afidavits whieh be had sworn to, had | ; Utained an order preventing an honest man from getting his property When fidivits upon the other side wer read, Mr Bell's ¢ ise W $ put out of court | vith an alserity which, slthough unusu al, was most richly deserved. In giviog | judgment, the Vice-Chancellor observed | hit “ Mr. Beil’ ed to mislead the Mr suffidavit’s were ealeulat Now, suppose | court Huythorne had written to Judge Uensley, telling him that he was not un aware that he was sworn to perform his duty impartially, but that the Legislative Council *: Was jexlous of the reputation of } its members,”’ and that he must be very | ‘assigning reasons’ to bim | why he made this charge, “ because, as _mombers of Parliament, the members of | the Council will be called upon to ex plain and defend” the conduct of the Vice— | The facts of the case are as we have given them; and, if Mr. Hay- thorne will write to Judge Hensley such a“lester upon that case as he wrote to the will undertake to say that whatever other results may be, one is certain, and that is | that the Senate at Ottawa will be depriv— ed of his valuable services for at least this session, The nonsense which the Putriot writes about the Judges of the Supreme Court from ignorance upov these subjects too | dense for us to hope to enlighten. If | the editor of the Patriot ever has a case | before the court, we strongly advise him, for his own peace and comfort, not to fol- | low the example of Mr. Haythorne, and, | when judgment has been given, write a | private note to the Judges asking them | to furnish kim with ‘ sufficient reasons "’ for their judgment, as he expects to be | called upon to remark upon their conduct | in the of the No Chancery Commissioners ever are asked columns ratriot. to make an award in the same sense that the Appraisers make theirs. And now, we have but one remark to make as to Mr. Haythorne’s very evident bad this His friends, we know, represent him as an individual so “fine grained,” and of such an exquisite'y sensitive temperament, tewper all through matter. that even the truth must not at all times be told him for fear it might ruffle the his dignified - self. Now, this may be all We admit that Mr, Hay- thorne But we are incliaed to attribute his irritability Mr. Hodgson has not denounced him one-half profound calm of complacency. very true. is very, very angry. to the consciousness of his guilt. us strongly as Mr. L. H_ Davies has done. Mr. Hodgson has done it « penly and dis— He has asked the public to aseume nothing but has given facts, the correctness of which Mr. Haythorue ad— pussionately ‘ mits. He called him no bad names. and! merely characterized his crime in lan- guage which he was fully warranted in| But Mr. L. 8. in the of the Patriot, denounced Mr. Haythorne in language which no gentle- ‘* Baseness,”’ using. Davies, columns man should use to another. “ treachery,’ “ perfidy,” were the mildest ‘terms he could use; and his torrent of! wild and vehement abuse terminated with , giving Mr. Haythorne the option of | choosing whether he should be regarded as | a ‘knave” or a “‘simpleton.”” And what | was this for? Because he wished to give | Catholics a grant towards their educational establishmentsa,—the only political act of | his life of which he has any reason to be | | proud. Yet, when Mr. Davies denounced | him as a knave anda simpleton for this, he | made no sign, he said no word; for he as the truth was, that he did not dee Had in this watter, been as clear, he would have been | calm and quiet, and would try to be as | dignified as he then endeavored to be fe t. serve it. his conscience, “wom. THE ESTIMATES. Estimates of the public revenue and | expenditure of this Province for the coming year were submitted te the Legis- lature on Monday lat. The revenue, it | is computed, will be made up in the fol- | lowing manner :—~ Laud Assessment, Public Lands, Fees Co). Secretary's office,$ 750 813.000 | 35,000 | * Registry's office, 1,200 * Prothonotary, 2,706 Normal School, 100 * County Courts, 2.000-——06 750 Interest of money in Banks, 1,000 Fines, 250 W harves, 1,400 Licenses, 1,600 Total from local sources, 59.030 Subsidy, 140800 Interest of Land Fund, 22,500 Legislation, 15.000 i 80c per capita, 37.608 Difference of Interest, 45,500 120,608 | $320,438 The ordinary expenditure of the year is estimated at « hundred thousand dol- lars less than this amount; but there are many important public services yet to be provided for. The estimates of expendi- ture we thiok unworthy a p'ace in these columns, They are principally made up remarkable because they show the ridi- cu‘ously small salaries Prince Edward Is. land pays its public servants, THE FISHERY COMMISSION, Hon Grorert Brown, of the Toronto Globe, is the Canadian Commissioner at Washington to diseuss the question of compensation to ‘sanada in return for fishing privileges conceded to citizens of the United States by the Treaty of Washs ington. Mr. Brown is the last man in the Dominion who should have been sent on sueh a mission. Apart from an over- bearing temper, which renders him totally unfit for diplomacy, the Dictator to the present Dominion Administration, possesses neither the knowledge of, nor the interest in, our fisheries which a euc- cessful negotiator must possess. A poli- tician from the Lower Provinces shuuld have been sent to execute this important Commission. The appointment of Mr. Brown, the “ impracticable’ Ontarian Legislator, was a grave mistake. | Canapa Pacwwic Raitway.—The Governs ment has decided to proceed with the con. struction of the railway from Fort Garry | }acres may be made compulsory. | Way THE LAND QUESTION Tue draft of a bill to be entitled mitted Monday evening last. trimetnal to the prosperity of this Pro- vinee and to the contentment and happi-— acess of its people; and that from corres- poudence recently held, it uppears there is no reasonuble hope of proprietors volun - tarily selling their Township lands to the Government at moderate prices. It | provides a way by which the sale of the | fee-simple of estates over one thousand The cannot be better shown than by quoting its leading sections : 1. The Colonial Secretary sha’) proprietors owning or possessing one thou- notify any sand acres of land or upwards, that the Govs | ernment of this Province intend to purchase his land under the provisions of this Act, 2. The Government and the proprietor so notified, shal! each nominate a Commissioner to award the amount of money to be paid to such proprietor as hereinafter mentioned 3. The Commissioners appointed by the Government and the proprietor shall nomin- ate a third Commissioner, who shall act in conjunction with them 4 Ifany proprietor shali not, within sixty | days after the notification prescnibed in the | first section, eppoint a Commissioner, appli |} cation may be made on behalf of the Govern- ment tothe Supreme Court to nominate a Commissioner on behalf of such proprietor. +. The Supreme Court shaii, upon such application, appoint a Commissioner for such proprietor so refusing to appoint, who, when appointed, shall have the same powers and auihorities as though such Commissioner had been appointed by such proprietor under the second section of this Act 6. If the Commissioner appointed by the Government and the Commi sioner appointed by any proprietor cannot agree upon the ap- pointmeat of the third Commissioner, either | party may apply to the Supreme Court for | . a + - . . . | the appointment of such third Commissioner. 7. The Supreme Court shall, upon such application, appoint a third Comuimssioner, who, when appointed, shall have the same powers and authority as though he had been appointed by the Commissioner so appointed by the Government and the proprietor. 8. In case any proprietor shall be a lu- natic, a person of unsound mind, or a minor, an application shall be made on behalf of | the Government to the Supreme Court fer the | appointment of a guardain for such Iunatic, | person of unsouud mind or minor, 9. Upon such application the said Court may appoint a guardian ad dilem for such lunatic, person of unsound mind or minor 10 When the three Commissioners shail have been appointed, not than thirty days notice sail be given ou Lehalf of the Government to any proprietor (or to his agent residing in this Island, authorized by power less of Attorney duly registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds) that the Commission- ers will be called upon to value the lands o the proprietor 11. The Government and any propriet nay be represented by Counsel before the Commissic 12. Either party shail have power io issue ners subj @aias to witnesses io give evidence bes fore the Commissioners, which subpoenas shall be issued from the Prothonotary’s office upon payment of the usual fers 13, If any witness refuses to obey such Subpeena he shall be liable to an action or to an attacbment tor contempt by the Sn- preme Court, 14. The other Commissioners when ap- pointed as aforesaid shail make oath before me of the Judges of the Supreme Court that they will well and faithfully discharge the duties imposed upon them under this Act, and adjudicate on all matters coming before them, to the best of their judgment, without fear, favor or affeciion [5. The to administer oaths to all witnesses before them for examination 16. If tbe proprietor shall neglect to ap- pear before the Commissioners, pursuant to notice, the Governmeht shall be at liberty to proceed er parte. 17. The id Commissioners shall have brought power Commissioners may, upon applis | cation made by any proprietor upon sufficient cause heing shown, grant an extension of time to such proprietor before entering upon the hearing of such proceedings before them. 18. After hearing the eyidence adduced before them, the Commissioners, or any two of them, shail award the proprietor, as compensation or price to which he shall he entitled by reason of his being divested of his lands and all! interest therein and thereto. 19. When the award shall have them, the same sha!! be pubiished by des livering a copy thereof to the proprietor or to his agent, duly authorized as aforesaid, and filing the original in the office of the Prothon- otary of the Supreme Court 20. At the expiration of thirty days from such publication of the award, the Govern- ment shail pay inio the Colonial Treasury the sum so awarded hy the said Commis- sioners, or any two of them, to the credit of the suit or proceeding in which such award shall have been made. These sections contain the leading prin- ciples of the bill by which the Govern ment propose to finally settle the Land Question, That, taken altogether, it is a good bill, there, we think, no doubt ; that a better might be framed might, we think, he demonstrated. Its most objectiouable feature iv that of arbitration, Arbitra- |} tion means doubt, and delay, and com- plication. There is danger in it. Possi- bly some two or three years hence, our, | Lieutenant Governor, for the time being, 'may come down to the Provincial Build- ing and tell the Legislature that ‘‘ the sums paid a8 compensation to proprietors It exceeded all reasonable anticipation.’ | isnot probable that we shall ever again | have Mr. Haythorne 2s Leader of our Provincial Government, and it is utterly impossible that such another one as he) should ever again hold the reins of power in this Island,—or it might be that some | future Premier would commit the crime of writing to the arbitrators and threat- ening them that their awards may have to be explained and defended in Parlia- ment. The fact that such a thing has been done, should, however, be sufficient to warn our legislators, and to render them exceedingly careful how they legis- late respecting the appointment of the duties and the control of arbitrators. Doubtless, in view of the disgraceful act which has recently been brought to light, our Government have already well con- sidered this difficulty. Still, we think, the people of the Island would feel more se- eure if the element of arbitration were not contained in the Bill at all. Would it not be possible to frame a measure on the principle contained in the of fer of Heuary J. Cundall, Esquire? Could not the rent roll of an estate be taken as a criterion of its value; anda principal sum be given by the Govern- ment which, at five or six per cent, (as might be deemed fair) would yield inter- est equal to the anaual rental? Could not 2 per centage on all arrears due, and a price at which unleased wilderness lands shall be taken, be fixed by the Lezisla- ture? We think it could; and we think this course would pot be more unjust to proprietors than the course proposed in the bill. The proprietor’s property is not so much in the land, as in the rent de- rived from it. The land he has, with his own hand, alienated for a period (in the majority of eases) of nine hundred and ninety-nine years. So long as the rent is paid, he is satisfied. He does not care probubly be. Some time ayo, 2 case! to Pembina, st once, The work will take whether the land is fertile or barren ; tried ia the Court of Chaueary before ‘ about siz months, wellsituated or ill-situated. All he ‘THE LAND Purcnase Act, 1874,” was sub- to the House of Assembly on It sets forth that the leasehold system is “scriously de- sum due to such | been | made by the Commissioners, or any two Of | wants is his rent. /ment give him money which will yield a sum equal to his rent, and make good ar- rears due, he should not greatly complain if the land is taken from him for the pub- Mr. Cunda'l states that, “ for | fertility of soil and natural advantages,” lie good. his estat’ * exceeded by few in the Is— land.”’ ot. for a * principal sum, which » per cent., will yield interest equa’ ae annual rental,’’ he is “ ready to convey to the Government | property ut any time proprietors should be compelled to sel] ob the same terms. Of course, those few whos« land is le used for short terms, | should receive a proportionstely larger | price. If some such scheme as this could be | carried out, we should be inclined to pre- | fer it to the scheme embodied ia the bill which has been introduced,—not because | the latter is a bad but because the for- | mer is a better. The Government have laid hold of the “ Land Question ’’ so vigorously and with such an honest desire to settle it satisfae— tory, that we are sure they will listen to | Suggestions from whatever source, REPRESENTATION a = DUAL A BILL to secure the ‘“ Independence | of Parliament ”’ has passed .ts third read- ing in the Assembly. It provides for the abolition of dual representation. If it receives the of the Legislative | Council, no member of either the Senate the next dissolution, be permitted a seat in the Legislature of this Provinee. The | Opposition desired an amendment. They | wished to prevent Senators from taking their seats in the Provincial Legislature after the end of the assent or Commons of Canada will, after present session. Their motive, it is needless to say, was | nota noble one. They dislike Senztor | Haviland, and they are jealous of the | Government. True, they would—if theis amendment passed —be ob iged to sacrifice Senators Haythorne «and Montgomery. But what of that ?—one Haviland is worth a hundred Haythornes, Besides, Haythornve’s term in the Legislative Coun ,eul will, in any Case, expire at the end of the present session; and they know that Senator Montgomery is too honorable a Their amendment, it is easy to perceive, was man to hold a talse position lovg, dictated by dislike and envy; «and, it failed, The G overnment took the view that it was unjust and unprecedented to legislate a member cut of his seat, unless he had been guilty of some polities! or "riminal } criminal offence; and, therefore. they op- posed and voted down the amendment Nevertheless, we wre bound to admit that if Senator Haviland continues to ve- | present the Province in the Assembly und the Dominion in the Senate. he con- 'tinues in a false and invidious position— [4 position in which it is impossible to | defend him. He | measure which condemns dual representa- tion; and can he remain a dual represen- tative? The duties of a Senator of the Dominion, are entirely distinet from those ofa member ot the Local Assembly. {t _is quite probable that they may at times be directly antagonistic; for the power ‘of the Dominion Parliament must ocea- sionally clash with the independence of the Provincial Legislature. Again the Senate sits at Ottawa and the Provincial Legislature sits here,—snd it is just as | impossible to be in both places at the | same time, as it is to conscientiously ex- | ercise the totally distinct functions of a | Senator and a ‘ ember of the Assembly. Besides, it is inconsistent with the dignity of a Senator of the whole Domivion—one of the conscript fathera of Canada--to sit in our little petty Legislature, ~ to he condemned to listen to long harangues on such subjects as the price per yard of |‘ two-ply Kidderminster carpets ’—and to be taunted by such an inferior man as Mr. Benj. Davies, with being the “Honorable member for frog pond, , veteran—with such a A political record for honor, consistency and dignity, as Sevator Havi- land can show, will not, we feel quite satisfied, longer than i& absolutely neces- sary, remain a member of the Assembly of Prince Edward Island while he is a Senator of the Dominion of Canada. The same remark will we are sure, apply to Senator Montgomery. Of Senator Haythorne, however, we are not prepared an opinion. His mor:l obliquity, and his political bliadness, may again have the effect of rendering him —s in the case of his letter to the Ap- praisers— totally oblivious to the plainest | rules of consistent and honorable conduct. to express any euch > _-- — THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. To any friend of our educational institu. _ tions, a visit to the * Commercial College,’’ lately estatlished here, could not fail to | prove interesting. Its management does ; not consist in the ordinary stereotyped | school routine to which most of us have | | been accustomed. There is none of the | | sameness or repetition of lessons or lectures | according to given theories or favorite au- | thors; neither are the students classified | according to either supposed or real quali- fications or attainments. Properly speak~ | ing, no text-book is depended on, so that the student’s memory is rot strained with either extraneous matter or unnecessary mgntal labor, but he glides smoothly, and almost unconscious of actual progress — through the supposed intricacies of book- | keeping, from the simplest entry of a bona Jide business transaction to the apparently | laborious completion of a balance-sheet. To one only acquainted with the dry theory of the science, the course of instruction in the Commercial College wears an entirely | new aspect; Here is an active business community, engaged in all kinds of mer cantile avocations—so far as business trans- actions are concerned—buying, selling, ex- changing, dealing in commissions, specu, | lating, making partnerships, dissolving them, dealing in stocks and banking.—in | short, getting actual practice in all that per. tains to a complete business education, | We have used the term, “ bona fide business | transaction.” This is literally correct. For, by means of a system of tickets, represent~ | ing the actual market or current values of | the different kinds of merchandize, every | student begins by buying or selling these | either to or from a fellow-student, or to or | from the teachers of the College, who, for | the more perfect working of their system, and for becoming more intimately acquaint. | ed with the capacities of their ssudents, freely and unreservedly mix themselves up with the pratical business of the institution, and without in the least sacrificing their | If, then, the Govera- | the suid | ‘* We think other | self-respect or detracting from their dig- LEGISLATIVE. nity as teachers or professors. The school is a perfect business mart in miniature, a8 it might be aptly termed. The students call .t their “city."’ Every student keeps his books, and records his business trans- actions in any department of trade that may suit his fancy ; but his entries are made under the direct supervision of tbe teachers, so that the terse style of com- | position peculiar to the science, may be acs , : .. | sionally, quired,—each set of books being as differ. | S10D“") he credit of the House and the ent in the original entries as if the several which, for the cred pe : Never- | country, had better been unacted. A no- ltable scene was that played on Friday, in which Hon. Benjamin Davies acted the part of the “ twosply Kidderminster carpet mer- Dvrine the past week, considerable pro- | ness. House of Assembly, at least, “speech is sils vern but silence is goldern.’’ There are fews in the House,—than formerly. Conse- quently, more work is performed, Occa~ however, a scene takes place, | students were in different schools | theless, so admirable is the system and so closely do the teachers identify themseives | | with the interests of all, that there is no and chant.” On Monday last, Mr. Conroy presented a petition for the repeal of the law under which fishermen, bound by articles, are lagging, no jarring, no diversity of | style. For by means of the intercourse to | which the system of tickets gives facility, | each student can, at all times, have more | " | or less, or even a full knowledge of the re~ freed from acess. lcord of the business transactions of his | sented a petition to amend the County neighbor. | Courts’ Act. The Attorney Genera! pre~ Here the student is initiated in all that | sented a petition to incorporate the “ Prince is nevessary to make the thoroughly suc- | Edward Island Chamber of Commerce,”’ cessful merchant, banker or speculator. | and introduced a draft bill prepared for Nor is the system that induces bankruptcy | that purpose. In Committee of the Whole, forgotton. In this latter phase, laughable | the House discussed the expediency of au- and interesting incidents occur. The} thorizing additional taxation in Charlotte- a large profit on his balance sheet, does | ment. A resolution to introduce a bill on not attract half the attention that the ‘the subject was carried. : apparently unfortunate speculator does | On Tuesday, Hon. John Yeo, in snoving ‘whose balance sheet exhibits him as a the House into Committee of the Whole | bankrupt. But here the young bankrupt on Supply, said that the revenue for the When the bal-| current year was estimated by the Govern- | learns a valuable lesson. , : | ance sheet representing the transactions of ment at $32000),— the expeniture at | a given period is made out, and the balance | from $210,000 to $220,000. Mr. Welsh | exhibited on the ‘ wrong side,’ the young | called attention to the neglected state of book keeper, or, in this case, bankrupt, , his district, and in a Vigorous speech de. | calls a meeting of his creditors, (his fellow | manded ‘ justice for Belfa~t.’ He said the | students) shows his deficit, and has his | people he represented would reap no ad- | accounts investigated according to the pros | vantage from the railway ; and he wanted | visions of the bankrupt laws. After com- | pounding or arranging with such creditors, , tion it had entailed upon them, On Tues» ihe is regularly released from his incums | day evening, the Colonial Secretary subs | brances ; and he usually borrows capital, and mitted estimates of the proposed bridge begins business anew—that is to say, be | across the Hillsborough at Hickey’s wharf, | gins a new set of books—and with the aid and the Attorney General moved to intro~ of his late experience, endeavors torecover, | duce the “Land Purchase Bill, 1874.’' balance sheet, the ground lost by his late General. Both gentlemen delivered able | misfortune. speeches on the Land Question. Wednes- It must not be supposed that the teach~ | day, Thursday and Friday were principally | ers jog along with the mathematical regu> occupied in discussing the Public Accounts larity and precisi on incident to the old style- and the Billto secure the Independence of _ gress has been made with the public busi~ Weare pleased to observe that mem. | ‘bers are beginning to learn that in the) ‘er speeches,—fewer senseless harangues | Mr. Conroy also pre- | shrewd youngster who succeeds in showing town for the support of the Fire Depart- an indemnification to the additional taxa- | | in the favorable exhibition of an improved | His motion was seconded by the Solicitor | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Six Months’ Trade Sale, FOR SALE. MMEDIATELY after the receipt ofour Spring 1 SECOND HAND chain Cable, suitabie | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, | Stock, by arrival of Steamer Prince Edwar. for a Schooner 50 tons. land sailing vessels from Great Britain, ao HYNDMAN BROS | Steamers from Boston, Halifax apd Montreal, rat | we will sell at AvcTrion— 50 Puns. Molasses. 100 Doz. Pickles, | March 80, 1874.—6) Tonnage Wanted! 25 Hhds. Sugar, 100 Tins Mustard, VESSEL of at 250 tans | 50 Bbls. White C. Sugar, 25 Bbls. Vinegar, | 4 OATS ecmoas aoe -to load with 200 Flour, 25 “ Currants, | an. 100 Corameal, 290 Boxes Raisins, ine CARVELL BROS. 120 Chests Tea, 50 Bb.s. Nuts, Ch’town, March 30, 1874.—2w 49 half-chests do. 100 Bs. ee BARLEY ' ~— - atin 60 Boxes Tobacco, 40 Tins mixed Spices ! ! 100 Caddies “ 40 “ Ginger, eg BARLEY . cegs is ; lack] . iia a a aoa oo — oo ead, Subscriber wil! pay the highest price 30 Sacks Rice, 100 Tins Pepper. ‘a cash for any quantity of good TWO. 150 Boxes P. Y. Soap, 49 boxes Epsom Salts | ROWED BARLEY. 50 “ Century “ 300 Reams W. Paper, BLATCH McKENZIE & CO 50 Scented “ 40 M. Paper Bags, Ch’town, March 30, 1874.—8w 40 Bbls. Washing Soda, 50 Doz. —— -_— he 75 Kegs Baking Soda, so ails F} | : ; 100 Doz. Table Salt, 45 Boxes Clothes Pins lot iver Ferry &c., &-., &e. . Due notice will be given of day of Sale in COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Orvice. 25th March, 1874. EALED TENDERS will be recieved at this office until WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of April next, at 12 o’clock, noon, from any person or persons being willing to con. tract for THE PERRY AT ELLIOT RIVER, for five years, from the first day of May next, in terms of the Act 3, Will. 4, cup 8. The Tenders nust express the rates of Ferriage demanded for Passengers, Horses, Road, and on Thursday, the 10th day of | Cattle, Sheep and Swine; also, for vehicles, April, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the repairs | Luggage per cwt., and Produce per bushel, of Crooked Creek Bridge, Wheatley River. | The Contractor or Contractors to find his Two securities will be required for faithful | or their own Boats, Scow. &c. performance of each Contract. Tenders will also be received from per- RICHARD WEEKS, S. P. W. } 8008 for the above service. stating the low- : on ae est rates at which they will be willing to Ch’town, Ma:ch 30, _1876.—till sale take it, the Government finding » Scow. Wy oe The names of two responsible persons Ot 80 VERY SAAR PENNER Se“ CneeEe willing to become bound for the per thing” for nobles and rich people was to formance of the service, must accompau teke the ‘grand tour,” as it was then | the tender. “ Tender for Elliol River Ferry” ealied, and which comprised a visit to the | must be written on the envelope. : principal countries of Europe. Beyond | tT wae" ae ILAND, Europe, few ventured, save bold explorers March 80, 1874: re _ or restless spirits. Princes liked to travel, | but desired to travel in comfort ; and be~ sides, no one thought for a moment that | any particular information of use toa prince future Advertisement, and by Handbills. CARVELL BROs. | Ch’town, March 30, 1874. AUCTION. WILL SELL by AUCTION, on TUES- DAY, the 8th day of April, at the hour of 10 o’clock. the building of two Blocks and Span to Saw Mill Bridge, Covehead Road, and at 12 o'clock. noon the repairs of Clow’s Bridge, Suffolk Road. Also, at 2 o’clock, p. m , the repairs of Connors’ Bridge, Friston TENDERS. ENDERS will be received by the See- retary Board Works, until FRIDAY, the 10th April next, at 12 0’clock. noon, from rties willing to to enter into a contract to iid a SCOW for the Ferry at West River. Plans and Specifications can be seeu at the office of the undersigned. ‘Two securities willing to become bound for the faithful performance of contract to accompany each Tender. Board do not bind themselves to accept lowest or any tender. RICHARD WEEKS, Supt. Public Works. or magnate could be gathered outside the magic circle of Paris. St.Petersburg, Vienna, | Rome and Florence. (Gradually things changed. Railroads and steamboats ens abled the masses to enjoy their grand tour, and the aristocratic travellers found thems | selves everywhere elbowed by their ins feriors—as they chose to consider them. | year,to the lates Under their system they have to be cons tinually on the alert. A great strain is brought to bear on the mental faculties and powers, from the fact that they keep a counter set of books, which check coms pletely the books of the several students, and represent, as it were, the books of a merchant exhibiting his dealings with all his customers. They have also to keep a chec all the banking and speculating transactions, and this proves conclusively what we stated before, that they closely identified themselves with the interests of all the students—precluding the possibi- lity of favoritism, or negligent teaching. Much more of very interesting matter might be written, for which we have not space at present; but we may sav, that the as- siduity and attention of Mr. Reagh and his assistant, will commend themselves to the friends of those already receiving in« struction, and will act as a guatantee of the further prosperity of this really excel- lent institution, is the introducer of a! ———_—_-—¢-<B © @-0- — en OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. By Telegraph to N ews Room and Examine, Otrawa, March 27.--His Excellency the Governor General, at 3 o'clock yesterday, proceeded in state to the Chamber of the Senate, and having taken his seat on the Throne, commanded the attendance of the House of Commons. ‘(he members of that body preceded by their Speaker, the Hon. Timothy Warren Anglin, appeared at the Bar. The Hon. T. W. Anglin then in- formed His Excellency that the choice of | the House of Commons had fallen upon him to be their Speaker; and he prayed for the | Parliament. On Saturnay, the working of the now expiring Insolvency Law was dis- cussed Buroiary. —- Two young men, Samuel named Nicholson were arraigned on Friday morning last, be. fore the Mayor, on a charge of burglary. Between half-past eleven and twelve o clock on the previous night, the City Marshal whom he identified in Court as the prisoners, leave the premises of James Dunn, tavern keeper, on Queen Street. saw two persons, He gave chase as far as Water and Francis Mitchell, | The East then became a refuge, but not | for long, and of late years it has become fashionable to send the members of Royal families all over the world. The Erglish Princes have been and still are great tras vellers—the Grand Duke Alexis is a Russ sian wandering Jew, and now the Red | Prince, the conqueror of Metz, Frederick | Charlies of Prussia, is to start on his tour round the globe. Very pleasant it is to | travel as he and his peers do, seeing everys Street, and, seeing there was no chance of , securing them, he sounded the alarm for the police, who were promptly on the spot. Following his instructions, they saw two persons near Prince Street, who ran away on their approach. When ciosely over- hauled, they turned and fired on the police, and made their way to the premises of a man named Mitchell. One of the police remained here on guard, while the other sought further aid; and, on search of Mitchell’s house. the parties whom the Marshal says he previously detected coming out of Dunn's, were arrested As his Worship the Mayor saw fit to remand them for trial at the next term of the Supreme Court, it would at present be unfair to publish any more en to the charge against them. MISCELLANEOUS. Twenty-seven Nashville ladies determin- ed to practice economy—vowed not to wear anything more expensive than calico dres- ses to church - and they stuck to it, as none of them has attended church since. Americans who pay a thousand dollars a head for about twenty thousand useless | soldiers may envy the fortune of Sir Garnet Wolseley, who hired all the soldiers he wanted from two African kings at fifty dol- Members thereof the customary Parlias } jars per thousand. mentary privileges,— after which His Exs | cellency was pleased to deliver the following SPEECH: Tlon. Gentlemen of the Senate Genllemen of the House of Commons J have onvoked Parliament aé the earliest n uw consistent with the delay entail b re nt ss i Wi i id net present Session to measures having reference to the Representatives of the people in Parlia- ment embracing the system now prevaiiing in Great Brita i 1 most other Countries enjoying Constitutional Government of taking votes by bailot and to the establishment of a general ¢ f appe Measures will also be submitted to you for the amendinent of the laws relating to the Etection, the Militia and Insolvency he enactment of 1872 respecting the Cana- dian Pacilic Railway, having failed to secure the peosecution of that great enterprise, you i will he called upon to consider what plan will best and most speedily provide the means of trans-contineatal communication with British Columbia.— A report the Chief Engineer will be laid before you show- ing what progress was made during the past year in the surveys connected with the pro- p sed line.—The destruction of the Railway oftice by fire nvolved a serious | of maps, plans, and papers, the posss of whic would have made the report more complete The Cana! and Harbor improvements are being vigorously prosecuted, with a view to insurean equal accommodation for the rapid- iy growing tradeof this country. The report of the Chiel Engine r of the Departm nt Pablic Works on the proposed canal be- tween the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy, wil! be submitted for + sideratior With the progress already made in the construction of the [ntercolonial Railway. inother vear will be required to complete it A report indicating tis actual condition will be laid before Parliament, and a measure will be introduced to vest in the Department of Public Works the powers now exercised by | the Board of Railway Commissioners i The question of Compensation due to Dominien for g conceded to | the United Btates by the Treaty of Washing- i ton, bas given rise t tending to wi } + the privileges renewal of negotiations | len reciprocal trade relations with t ry Alt the instance of my } Government, the Imperial Authorities é given directions to the British Minister, to discuss the whole subject with the Adminis- } tration at Washington, and have associated | with him for this purpose, a Canadian Come | missioner. Gentlemen of the Hiouse of Commons . tye have The accounts of the last financial year will be Jaid before you, as well as a statement of | aad expeuditures of the present ipracticable period. Lregret to state that the receipts of the current year will not be sufficient to meet the expenditure. the receipts It will therefcre be necessary for you to cons | sider the best means to be ade pted for making good the anticipated deficiency. The estimates for the ensuing year will be aid before you. They have been prepared with as much re-| consistent with the | : ; "Yul. Ithas been suggested that this fres | With the title of Earl of Minto, asa reward _quentlyxmarried person was unfortunate in for his services in Corsica, Eventually ap~ _all her matrimonial ventures, and kept on | pointed Governor-General of India, he won | no mean place in history by his efficient ad. | | ministration of the Government. gard to economy as is efficiency of the public servic: Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate - Gentlemen of the House of Commons, The combined efforts of the Dominion and Provincial Governments to promote emigras tion, Lave met with a reasonable measure of success, thus adding a considerable number of desirable persons from other countries to our industrial population. Notwithstanding the commercial depression which through exceptional causes, prevailed, to some extent during the past year, it is satisfactory to know that the general prosperity was not thereby seriously affected. 1 do not doubt but that as the great natural resources of this Dominion, become more widely appre- ciated, the results will be a healthy stimulus to the enterprise and energy of our people, {trust that your deliberation may be di- rected by wisdom and aided by Divine Pro- vidence. ' adds one more to her list: “If,' advertized a philosophical victim, ‘the person who took a fancy to my overs coat was influenced by the weather then al! isserene ; butif he did so from commer- cial considerations, I am ready to enter into negotiations for its return.” The total length of projected narrow guage railways in America is 46804 mi es 3889} in the United States and 79i in the Canadas. Of this there are completed 13644 miles—923 in the United Statesand 436m Canada. The recent invasion of Egypt by the Darfoorians was in order to capture slaves. The Khedive has determined to enter the Darfoor country in force, and put an end to the whole system of slave hunting cara ried on there, A panting deer, chased by hounds, came to a woodman working near the Umpqua Oregon, bridge, and after he had driven the dogs off, the deer remained with him all day, and appearing to feel a lively sense | of gratitude for the man « interference in its behalf. The latest thing in dolls isa young lady of tinted wax, who when wound up and given a high chair at the table, reaches out | her arms, seizes a bil of bread and slowly puts itin her mouth. Whenshe has done this a certain number of times, it’s neces, sary to open her back, remove the food and wind her up again. Would that human beings could be relieved of indegestion in this way. A pretty German girl of Indiana made $100 quite neatly the other day. She took it from a gay deceiver with a wife and family in Co.dwater, Mich., to buy her outfit for an elopement. but, about the time he expected to meet her at the next station, she was on the train in precisely the opposite direction, going home. The proposed railway over Mont. St. Bernard, will involve the boring ot seven tunne s on the Swiss side and three on the | italian, in addition to the great tunnel, which is 5800 metres in length. The en- tire length of tanneling wil be 8680 metres about one and one-tifth miles. A new arrangement of screw propellers, | whereby it is asserted that a saving of fifty per cent. can be effected in the power res quired to drive the vessel through the water, has been proposed by Mr. Griflths, a well-know English engineer. In additi~ on tothe screw propeller in the ordinary place, he would put another screw in a tunnel near the bows of theship. The En- gineer, in commenting upon his proposition | says that the results which he claims from) his experiments vary from those obtained | by every other person who has tried the. tunnel plan for screws propeller has yet been laid before the world. A A WIFE OF TEN HUSBANDS.— They are boast~ ing of a lady in Lewisburg, Ark:, who had j ten husbands and survived them al!, and yet | she is only seventy-three years of age. | This isa yery fair record and does credit to | the lady's tasta and judgment. It proves | that there is something very attractive in matrimony after all, and is a cemplete re- | futation of the theories of Victoria Woods | marrying in order to find a really good husband ; but this hint of course, comes from one of that c ass of peop ewho are for- ever picking flaws. if her husbands were | bad no one of them cou'd have troub ed her for a very long time, for suppose her to have been first married at eighteen | years of age, her husbands woud have | on y averaged five years each. She finds Heart had possibly their origin in the mys- it difficu't to take unto herse'f an e eveth tical effusions of the famous Puritan divine, sharer of her joys and sorrows, as the mar- | riageable young men of the place give her a | wide berth, and look ominously in directs | ion of the churchyard when her name is ™Manism imparts and admits, to the vigor- cts _mentioned. Buta woman who has had ten | ous but less definite outlines traced by the. | husbands need never despair. and if she be | (aljyinist.”’ ; and a slill larger accession to our numbers. | at all superstitious . the truth of the proverb that there is luck | she may pin her faith on | ‘a roval Cook guiding royal parties over two ' | Mill,” _ by one who was personally acquainted with ' Comments mainly on the Southern States, | emancipation. its mountains, from base to the yery sum- thing worth seeing, and never being ex~ cluded, as is too often the case in Europe, from the objects of particelar interest, be- cause one is nota titled personage. The mania of touristing is spreading through all classes. Perhaps future ages may behold hemispheres. : sls ek Gambetta, ‘the flying statesman,’ as he was not unfrequently called after his fam- ous balloon voyage, has been openly charg~ ed by De Keratry in the French Assembly with having sacrificed the national defence to political designs. The charge is con- tained in a petition presented by De Kera- } Ch’town, March 26, 1874. TENDERS. EALED TENDERS will be recieved by the Secretary of the Board of Works until SATURDAY, the 12th day of April next, from parties willing to enter into a contract for the rebuilding of DeSable Bridge. Two good and sufficient securities willing to become bound for the faithful performance of said contract to accompany each tender. The Board will not be bound to accept the lowest tender. Plans and and speciticatiods to be seen at the office of the undersigned and at the residence of Mr. A. McKuy, near Bridge. RICHARD WEEKS, 8. P. W. Ch’town, Mareh 30, 1874.—3w |GRAND RIVER FERRY, LOT 56. } ! CovoniaL Secretary's OFFice, | 2ist March, 1874. | QIEALED TENDERS will be received at } this Office until WEDNESDAY, the | FIRST day of APRIL next, at 12 o’oclock, | noon ,from any person or persons being will- | ing to contract for the Ferry at Grand River, Lot 56, furthree years from the 15th day of April next, in terms of the Act 3, Will. 4, | cap. 8. The Tenders must express the rates of rty, and no one at all conversant with Perriage demanded for Passengers, Horses, French politics will be surprised at the resolution of the Right to press the con> sideration of the petition. Gambetta is an Vehicles, Luggage per cwt., and produce per bushel. The names of two responsible persons, Cattle, Sheep, Calves and Swine; also, for eminent Republican, and however numer- | willing to become bound for the perfurmance ous his faults and grievous his mistakes, the part he took in the defence of France | against the Germans entitles him to the | gratitude of the patriots, and no less to the suspicions and enmity of the Monarchists. Notwithstanding the Chambord fiasco, the | Monarchists have not lost all hope, and ‘are yet working steadily for the accom- plishment of their aims. One of the first necessities for them is to clear the political | £¢ arena of all their politioal foes, and Gam- betta is amongst the most resolute of these. No charge is more quickly preferred against | a statesman, more easily propped up by flimsy, but apparently sound evidence, than this of sacrificing the national interests to personal ambition. It is an almost infalli. | ble way of rousing fierce popular wrath | against the victim. Whether it will be | successful in this case, or whether the wea, | pon will not rather destroy those attempt. ing to use it, remains to be seen. — Tus Lionarp Scott Pustisuine Co.'s res print of the Edinburgh Review for January | has just reached us. The following isa summary of the contents : 1. “Libraries, Ancient and Modern. ’' short account of the histories of ancient li- | braries, and of the nature and circumstan~ | ces of book cliecting in early times, follow ed by a survey of the progress made within the past few years by the library of the | British Museum and its rivals abroad — an | attractive article to bibilographers. II, “ emoir and Letters of Sara Coles | ridge."" A thorough review of the work, | interspersed with many quotations, illus. | trating the moral and intellectual charac- teristics of a highly gifted woman. lll. ‘The Diplomatic Service.’ Dwells mainly on the difficult es with which the younger members of service have to cons tend. IV. ‘Autobiography of John Stewart The most interesting of the many reviews we have seen of this work, written | theauthor It will be no fault of the peri- odical press if the public fails to form a cor- rect estimte of this distinguished author. VY. “Ninth Census of the United States.” the effects produced by the war and the VI. ‘Heer’s Primeval Life in Switzer- land.’ Describes the remains of ancient animal and vegetable life that abound in mit. VIL. “ Life and Correspondence of the First Earl of Minto.” After a glimpse at | the early records of the Elliot family, we have here a condensed narrative of Sir Gils | bert Elliot, now better known as the first | Earl of Minto. Many interesting details | are given connected with his career in Par- | liament during the anxious times of the | American and French Revolutions. For | many years Elliot was intrusted with vari-— ous important foreign missions and embas-— sies, and he was raised to the peerage, VILL. “Results of the Education Act.” IX, “The Doctrine of the Sacred Heart.’’ Suggests that the style and metaphorical i language of the worship of the Sacred Thomas Goodwin, the Jesuits only giving “the additional body coloring. which Ro- X. “ Disraeli’s Glasgow Speeches.” A | in odd numbers, and presevere until she wre | ag i the present state of the service must accompany each tender. —‘ Tender for Grand River Ferry, Lot 56,” must be written on the envelope. T. HEATH MAVILAND, March 2401874. Colonial Secretary. COAT COA arrive on the epediinn of the naviga- 0 T tion, 1000 Tons Old Mines Sydney Coal, with Certificate. Also, several Car- Pictou Large and Small Coal. The above will be delivered from the vessels at the lowest prices for cash only. WM. KOUGHAN, Queen Street. March 30, 1874—4in BOOKS! BOOKS!! c00 VOL MES. I WILL Sell at Auction, at my Saie Room, Queen Square, on WepNeEsDay, Ist April, at 20°clock: A large collection of Books, over 500 vol- umes, comprising Works on Theology, History, Chemistry, Farming, Smoking, Botany, Astronomy, Latin, Creek, and French Dictionaries and Grammars, Shake- speare’s complete plays, Parliamentary History, Poetical Works, Clarke’s and Barves’ Commentaries, Wesley's Sermons, &e., &e. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. March 30, 1874 A RARE CHANCE! HE Subscriber being about to leave the Island, offers at PRIVATE SALE up to the 24th day of April next, that Desirable Business Stand, situate on the corner of the SOUTH SHORE and WEST RIVER ROAD, knowa as “RINGWOOD CORNER,” ; and containing FIFTY ACRES o* excellent land, almost adjoining ROCKY POINT WHARF, where large quantities of produce are ship- ped spring and fall. The proposed STEAM COMMUNICATION with sections along the West River will largely increase the actual value of this property,and being on the road to the Rocky Point Ferry, a public thoroughfare, and a large amount ef business is transacted et the stand both in winter and summer. It is also the favorite centre Of resort for pleasure-seekers and pic-nic-parties during the summer season. There are on the premises a DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP compined, 39x27 feet, with walled cellar capable of containing twenty-five hundred bushels of Potatoes, and out houses, includingastable for eight horses. For further particulars apply at the Ex- AMINER Office, or to the subscriber on the premises. MICHAEL MURPHY. Ringwood Corner, Lot 65, March 30, 1878.—4ins Wanted. NE OR TWO JOURNEYMAN SHOE- MAKERS can get emp!oyiment at JAMES STANLEY'S. March 16, 1874.—tf Pa] * > y x tHE NEW ERA. 7 Subscriber respectiully intimates to his former patrons aud the public generally, that on receipt of Printing Material, (which 1s at Cape Tormentine, and which is being for- warded as favorable weather permits,) he will commence the publication of the New Era, # a Journal devoted to Politics Literature, Agri | onyare Leow and Foreign News. The New Ena will be a twenty-eight colume paper, printed on new Type, and will be sent to su loon at $1.00 a year, payable in advance. Judg ng from the large number of subscribere already obtained, the New Era will afford a medium for advertisers to ering. their iness before the country. Only a limited space wil! be allotted to advertisements, aud uo atent medicine or handbill advertisements will admitted. Rates of advertisement will be 40 cts per inch of colume for 1st insertion, each continuation, 20 cts per isch; special notuces 12 per line. : ( ommunications addressed as follows will be pucctually attended to. P. R. BOWERS New Era and Royal Gazette Uftice, Welsh & Owen's Buildivg, Corner of Queen & King Streets, Chitown, PE. 1 POPSES se SIEHFPS 2 ~~ = + Cea eeU HERTS LaTR SK Se BERR EERE