<0 eect Bn alii lls a ser cll. mieten oy, song ee Maeno. ore ee _* “ex ee ete: ca eee ee. nee \ FA THE CITY'S CANDIDATES HON. NEIL McLEOD —AND— PATRICK BLAKE, ESQUIRE. The Datty EXAMINE}. MA} 8, .882. The Contest. “Tue fight goes bravely on.” Tories, they tay, are always lucky; and the Gvov- ernie nt certainly hit upona first-class day. Thronghout the forenoon, eager voters have been pressing to the polis. The con- test in this city is keer but good humored A good relly of the friends of Mcleod and Blake is wanted this aiterncon. Up boys, and at them ! A Great Advantage Gained for the Island. Wut the Patriot is ridiculing the grant for the Cape Traverse Railway, the papers show that the Government have favorably considered the Chignecto Ship Raiiway pro- ject, which, in connection with the Cape Tormentine Railway, will place this Island in direct communication not only with the reat of Canada but also with Portland, Bos ton and New York ! ‘* Bxaminer’ Wants to Know. What the How many hours the Patriot staff worked on Sundey night to get an untruthful sheet out earlyon Mouday morning. War regard the Taxationists have for the Sabbath ? Ir Fred. Peters is now looking forward to eminence at the polls! ly it is proper for a military band to at tend a party meeting in uniform ? Mr. Forster’s Reasons. Mr. Forster, in the House of Commons, on the 4th inst., stated the reasons of his withdrawal from office of Secretary for Ire- land. He said he could not agree to release suspects unless he got from them a public undertaking to cease to oppose the execu- tion of the law. As he could not obtain that he could not remain in office. He would have released the suspects if Ireland had been quiet or the Government had ful; power, but he could not agree to uncon ditional surrender. He admitted that the condition of Ireland was better than in January, but it was still so bad that he wanted the Government to let the rules of procedure wait until a fresh Act, securing punishment for outrages, had been passed. The Coercien Act, he said, had broken up the League or put it under petticoats, and rents were being bet- ter paid: but he feared that unconditional release would undo all the good effects of the Act. Mr. Forster, in justifying the arrest of Parnell, said that Parvell, if he had been allowed, would become an un- crowned King of Ireland. Mr. Forster de- clared that the proceedings of the im- prisoned members had been far more than an individual inciting to outrage. Replying to a question,he said it had been intimated to him that the ‘no rent’ manifesto wouid be withdrawn. Dillon, O'Kelley and Sex. ton stated that such intimation was without their authority. Gl: datene stated that the intimation came from Parnell; as that gentleman was absent Gladstone declined any further statement. After defenaing the arrest made, Mr. Forster said if ai! England could not govern Parnell let the Government acknowledge that he is the greatest power in Ireland. But he believed that neither such admission nor any weakening concessions were neces- sary. Better even hide our secret soci eties, than pay black mail to law break- ers. (This exclamation waa received with rears and Opposition cheering.) Cantinu- ing, Mr. Forster said the course he had hoped to see pursued was that an act strengthening the ordinary iaw should be pressed forward and then all suspects re- leased. He feared that the price which would have to be paid for the immediate diminution of outrages which might be pro- duced by the unconditional! release of Par- nell would be weakening to the power of any Government to protect life and prop- erty. Parnell first evtered the House while Forster was making his statement, and was loudly eheered. > oe —— Mr. Gladstone has finally abandoned coercion, the imprisoned M. P.’s have been released, aud Mr. Forster has resigned. The latter was a necessary consequence of the former. Mr. Forster was practically the author of coercion; he believed that Ireland could not be governed without it; that the imprisonment of Parnell, Dillon, O'’ Kelley, and the other Irish leaders, was absolutely necessary, and yet believes that the continuance of coercion and the incar- ceration of the suspects for some tiie long- er isatill neceseary. But the Government have realized the truth of John Bright’s famous declaration that ‘force is no rem- edy.” The Coercion Acts are about to ex- pire and Mr. Gladstone, doubtless, found that it would be next to impossible to re- new them. They had failed in their pur- pose. The growing feeling of the country was against that policy, and a change was decided upon. Mr. Forster has had en- ormous difficulties to contend against— probably more so than any previous Irish Secretary, He grappled with those difficu!- ties with a boldness and determination that has commanded the respect of even his bitterest opponents. He was one of the ablest meu in the Ministry, and one of the bravest; and his withdrawal from the Cabinet will be a severe luss. Who his successor will be is not stated. ae ~~ e Weather Bulletin. Probabilitics for the next 24 hours tor the Maritime Provinces. ee Toronto, May 8-10 a. m. Moderate winds fine warm weather. a oe renee showing to-day, Englizh weorwan Heis, lates styles -<*' ndid sj D. A. Bevcr is and A value, Mr. Thomas’ Essays. THE DAILY EXAMIN bility of our nature to sin; the almost irre” | sistible impulse we feel at times to trans | ess the moral laws. Nor does 2 ‘‘Wuy God the just and good, oumipo- Sed with the trapidity with which evi tent and wise, shou!d suffer sin to rset 1s a question wl ich throughout all ages has baffled and b: wildered the minds of mil- lions Men have ever found themselves hampered in their pursuit of the noble and good. While the indulgence of the senses, the gracitication of the lower desires of their nature, have been matters.of the utmost easc—nay, actions to which they seemed almost impe led—the attainment of goodness, the cultivation of viitue have salwaya been beset with countless obstacles to do wrong, has ever been easy ; to do right, on the other hand, has been ditlicult ‘“What I would, that I do not, and what I would not that 1 do,” is the painful ex- pression of a universal experience. Men have naturally wondered at this, and earched for an explanation of it, Consel- ous of a hondage to they know not what, recognizing the existence of something to which they feel they should offer stern r.- sistence and to which, nevertheless, they often yie'ded, perceiving their best actions auilied with many an impurity, seeing sin mterwining itself, inextricably, it seemed, into all the details of their daily life, they have eagerly demanded what this tyranny was which swayed it over them so cruelly and eo continuously. They have asked, and never yet has as tisfactory answer been viven. They have searched and searched diligently - volumes have been written upon he subject ; in every clime and in all as pects has it been discussed, and yet all these discussions, ail thess learned disquisitions, have done little more than to show how little they can do. The erigin of evil, the cause aud meaning of its existence, why a benevolent being sheuld suffer his creatures to be tormented and hindered in their at- tempts to love Him and obey Him ; why evil should exist at all, what it really is since it does exist—these are among the deepest metaphysical questions tu which the intellect of man has ever ventured to pro- pose areply. When mon cannot untis & knot they willinvent means of cutting it; in other words, when difficulties present themselves, especiaily moral and theo- logical difficulties, men, for the sake of thei: own peace, devise theories, superstitions systems of philosophy—something or other to explain them — to satisfy, if not to solve. So inthe present instance. All kinds of theories have been advanced respecting eri. itis an active principles; it is the covse- quence of the frailty of human nature; it is the natural tendency of matter; it ia the resu!t of the machinations of an evil spirit, or a whole host of them—and se on. The heathen, the Jew, the Calvanist, the Angi can, all have their explanation of it, its nature, its mode of operation. We have been led to make theee rather trite observations by the perusal of a little volume lately put imto our hands. It is entitled ‘* Speculative Essays,” and is writ- ten by ‘Robert Brockholes Thomas,” at residing on this Island. Itis a sma] present volume of ninety pages, and contains four essays, allas the title would suggest of a more or less metaphysical character. The book is dedicated to Mr. Malcolm McLeod, of this city. We know not whether Mr. Thomas bas ever appeared upon the literary arena before, or whether this is his first venture in that line or not. At all events, as an author the name is quite a new one to us. The appearance of a book of this kind amongst us, composed, printed and published in our very midst was somewhat of asurprise. In our howe. made literary flights, we seldom soar higher than politic’) leaders, or at the loftiest, some homb’e effusions in the way of original verse. Dut, here was something cf a mani- festly more pretentious character; a book, though by no means extensive in length and breath, yet promising considera! le depth. We sat down to its perussl, jet us c nfess with feelings of curk sty not un mixed with dis‘ruet. We scarcely expec‘e! to read more than the first few pages, yet wlen we /aid the book down two hours afterwards, we found that we had read it entirely through—read it quite through without a touch of weariness, read it through and fund it both interesting and instructive ail the way, and that is a great deal to say, even of a volume that contains less than a hundred pages. The language, throughout, is clear, concise, and inteilig- ible. The writeris evidently in earnest, knows what he wants to say, and says it shortly and to the point. The reagoning is close, lucid and cogent, displaying, on the part of the writer, considerable knowledge both of logic, and of that branch of study with which the easays particularly deal. As we said before, there are four essys in the volume. These are upon subjects of the most ambitious nature, which involve the widest and deepest scope ; but as the anthor says in his preface, he intends only **to regard them from a single point of view, dealing with generalities which bear upen a special result rather than attempt elaborate definitions, or to refine upon questions which involve endless, intricacies of detail.” The first deais with the subject which gave rise to oug.opening remarks. It is entitled good and evil.” In this. asin all other dissertations, the matter is regarded wholly from a philosophical puint of view. With regard to the vexed question of “evil,” Mr. Thomas arrives at the con- clusion that it is ‘* the absence of good.” Evil, he says, bears to good the same relation that darkness does to light. or heat to cold—it is simply: the lack of it. His argument, in outline, runs thus :—If the Creator endowed ua with perfect attributes, we should have no perception of good- ness, we should have never known it by comparison. There world te nothing to call forth energy, or the exerc’s. of moral virtues. Progression, on the other hand, has its stages, which call into operation our noblest faculties. Thus a space is necessary for good to extend itself. The beauties of goodness, like the beautics of light, are recognized only by its modifi- cations. Thus, fur the exercise of our most cherished powers, evil is necessary. We can see @ striking illustration of this medi- fication of good in the sensation of feeling, wherein pain, though oppurently an un- mixed physical evil, is really precious guide and guardian. So with evil; it is the absence of good, the space for the exten- sion of our moral faculties, the vacuum which admits of progression, a necessary sphere for the development of guod. Our hature requires auch a space for progress, analogy shows evil to be that space, and auch explanation reconciles its existence | with the goodness of God. We cannot bring ourselves to agree with Mr. Thomas in his conclusion. To our minds his theory dues pot enitiveintly vxplain the susceptt- 'wil work, an Osi») ‘This latter would imply that it is a principle \as active and a lawas operative as is God. | Moreover, if progression is endless, as Mr. } Thomas admits, does not this by a parity and spread, and = desiroy' of reason, imply the existence of a space, that is of evil, forever. But we did not | iutend to approach anything like argument, | even if we had the time and space, which we have not. The most striking essay in the volume, in our opinion, is the second one on * Sub- tle Influences,” in which the progress of the race is compared to the progress of the individual, and by analogy it is reasoned that,taking inte consideration the influences which govern action, the anticipations may be confidently hszarded ‘‘that at some mvre or Jess remote period of time, order will appear out of apparent irregularity, and truth will prevail over falsehood.’ Then follows au essay on ‘‘ Patriotism,’ wherein the essayest becomes metamorphos- ed into a prophet—a prophet of the most sanguine and, withal, of the most cosmo- politan type, who speaks glewingly of the time when ** nation shall not lift up sword egainst nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” ‘The last essay is on ‘* Miracles.” In this the writer clearly shows how, on purely scientific and philosophical grounds, the occurrence of so-called miracles is net only reasonable but probable. Science has not yet dscovered all laws. Miracles may be the result of a law or combination of laws, of which as yet it has no cognizance. The relation between mind and matter is not understood, and the evidence of exper ence cannot be relied upon outside of the present; and even in the present with caution. Altogether, we can congratulate Mr. Thomas on his clever little book, and aa- sureo ur readers that it will repay them for the short time which its perusal requires. eet + a + spe The Distribution of Seats Bill. The Guelph (Ont.) Merald says that one of the most important, if not the mest im- portant, bill of the session was brought down by Sir John Macdonald on Friday night. Under the provisions of the British North Ameusica Act, Ontario became, on the basis of the census return for 188), entitled to some additional members, and ihe apportionment of these seats causes a general redistribution. Another reason for such a measuye is the unequal growth vf population, which results in some conati tuencies having nearly 45,000 voters, while others have only 12,000. To. remove this ancwwalous state of affairs, the Re-adjust- ment Bill, prepared with most consummate care, was introduced. The re-arrangetiient ia based on the popular and equitable prin- ciple of representation by population. Taking the proportion of 21,000 yoters to each representative, the several constitu. eucies are made to conform to this number as nearly as circumstances will permit. For several reasons it became desirable that Niagara and Cornwall should cease te have an electoral existence, and they have been absorbed, the one by Lincoln and the other by Stormont. This gives two addi- tional seats, or six in all, and these are disposed of by giving aa additional member each to Bruce, Essex, Lambton, Middlesex, Ontario, and Simeose. It was not to be expected that so important a measure as this would be allowed to pass nochallenged by the (Opposition, and of course it was an -qua'ly foregone conclusion that Sir John Macdonald would be charged with gerry- mandering. The best reply to this 13 that the same charge was brought against the Readjustment bill in 1872, which the Opp »- siti mn, are now desirous of retaining in preference to the new bill, and there is little doubt but when the next bill on the same subject is introduced by the Cou- servative party ten yeara hence that the same complaints will be mada against it and the same desire to return the present blll, The fact is that political majorites must not be marked out by geographical boundaries. Population is the true basis of representation. WHAT THEY SAY. ‘The Distribution of Seats bill might be entitled ‘An Act to keep the Tory party in power till the next census,’ and if a similar Act were passed iv 1892 the yame could be carried on for ever.” —- Globe. “They (the majority) laugh at it as a good joke that the majority in this House should legislate themselves into power. They laugh at it asa good joke that they should take advantage of their power and the majority in this House to do what I have just now said is the ruling principle of this measure so far as the hon. gentleman can accomplish it,”-—Mr. Blake. ** They talk of precipitating the election the year before the regular time, because they knew that it will be less difficult for them to secure a verdict now than it will a year later, We must proceed legislatively to ex- pound in alvance what the vote shail be by cutting and carving constituencies, by ar- ranging them so as to concentrate as far as we can the Liberal strength in a compar- atively limited number of constituencies and to weaken as far as we can the Liberal strength of a great many constituencies, That is the general plan and scope of the hon. gentleman s measure ’—- Mr, Bluke. “Mr, Charlton holds up for the inspection of the house a diagram of Norfolk as ar- ranged under the bill. He stated that ii would now be a riding forty miles long, pro- portionately wide at bovh ends, with a nar- row neck in middle only 42 miles wide. If this was the idea of the geographical ar- rangement held by the Government he could only say he had no confidence in it The arrangement was eltog-ther with a view to securing as much benefits to the Tory cause as possible.— Mr. char!ton. — a The Canada Temperance Act in Engiand. Meesrs. Weldon, McLean & Devlin ro- ceived a cable despatch yesterday, dated London, May 2. It was signed by counsel in the cause and was in the following terms :— ** Case argued ; judgment reserved.” Tt is not tikely that there will be much ; delay in dehvering judgment. That is! very promptly done as a rule.—Telegvaph. | neal sepia ‘* Aut Riau,’ is the general exclamation of | all who naveused Minards Liviment, for it | always proves to be juvt what % iy represent. | of, ' Queen strect, April 22, 1852.47 thw apr3 ‘ Household Furniture, WAGONS, Farming Implements, &e. * WILL SELL AT AUCTION, at my Sale Room, Queen Square,on TUESDAY next, 4b inet,, at 2 o'clock, a collection ot House- hold Furniture, consisting of one Bed Room suit, Chairs, Extension, Dining and other Tables, Book Case, Five Bedsteads, Mat- trasses, Toilet Tables, Wesh Stand, Toilet Ware, Looking Glasser, Sponge Bath, | good Sewing Machine. &., &e. —-ALSO — 2 large Express Wagons, with Tops, Poles and Brakes, | Vis-a-Vis Carriage, 2 Cultivat- ors (one with pole and brake) | Iron Plough, 1 Shear Harrows, | Couch-grass Rake, 5 Tur- nip Kuives, 3 Swingletrees, 1 Birch Bark Canoe and other articles, WiLLIAM DODD, Auctioneer, Ch’town, May 6, °82— CONCERT |! pane will he a CONCERT, IN AID OF THE POOR, in the Y. Ma, «c, A. FALL, —ON — THURSDAY, May 18. As there will be Music by the Orchestral Club and the best vocalists in the city,a really enjoyable entertainment may be ex- pected) = Progremme printed on the 17th, Admission 15 cents, May 6, ’82. TO THE TRADE! WE OFFER 20 Tons White Lead, ) Tous Colored Paint, 00 Barrels Whiting, 20“ Portland Cement, 12 Gasks Linseed Oil. Selling at usual advance on cost for Cash. W. E. DAWSON & CO. May 5, 1882—2w 3aw pat A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GARDEN TOOLS, —~ IN -- Digging Forks. Spades, Hoes, Rakes, Lawn Mowers, Latest improvement for 1882, at W. E. Dawson & Co's, May 5, 82—2w 3aw pat SODA. 50 Gasks Washing Soda, 45 Kegs Garb. Soda. W, E. DsWSON & C0, May 5, 82 —2w 3aw pat An Hour in Scotland. Y. M,C. A. MALL, Thursday, llth May. ee eee UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CALBLONIAN CLUB, Ma. S. BAIRNSFATHER, Of Scotland, will deliver his great \jusical Lecture “ An Hour in Scotland,” in the above Hall, with a choice selection of the Songs of Scotland, pronounced by the Press, the Clergy and the Public the bes. of the kind ever given. It is instructive, amusing and entertaining, Prof. 8, N. Earle will preside at the Piane, For programme see hendolls, Admission 25 cents. Reserved seats 35 cents. Doors open at 7.30. (ommence at 8 o’clock sharp. Tickets to be had at the principal Scores and at the Hall. [ma 6 MILLINERY. N IsS GALLANT begs to inform her A friends, and the public generally, that she has commenced business in the above ling, at her residence, Upper Queen Street. Having bad four years’ experience in the establishment of Robert Young, Esq., she feels confident ot giving satisfaction to all who may favor her with their patronage. [ma 3im MIANILLA. CAR LOADS, 6 thread, 9 thread, 12 thread, S 1§ thread, to arrive first steamer from icton, CARVELL BROS. Charlottetown, April 29, “82—2i pat For Sale or to Let, | iL COTTAGE, beautifully situated on Lower Spring Park Road, together wiih outhouses and garden. For further par: ticuiars apply to the owner, MRS, OFFER. BR, MAY | Concert at 8 p,m, a a s,1is i,T— PERKINS Queen Square. A Pertien of our Stock of IN Ei W 02 CASES S.S. “ PARISIAN.” 20 CASES AND BALES EX 8.8. ° NOVA SCOTIAN.” 10 CASES S. S. “ PRUSSIAN.” These Goods have been purchased by Mk. Srerns in the BEST MARKETS, And we can Assure cur dustomers NO BETTER VALUE WILL BE HAD THIS SEASON. Cive us a Call, AND INSPECT OUR GOCDS & PRICES, And don’t be afraid to ask for Patterns. Perkins & Sterns. |} py to Witiam Donn, April 26, 1882, | VALUABLE AND. Handsome Private Residenga OX PRINCE sy RET AM instruckd by M, P, Hog BA sell at Auction, on the WEDNESD«yY, 17th inst, His very handsome Bis. Esq, to: bremiges, on at 12 lor and valuable y Km tne Se. Oper Princ e Stre-+ t, oOporite St, Paul £ . - on Centrelly located in one of the best Teh, i bork ous : neigh The residence is a 3 storey F 7 y French roofcom, ’ Street, and extends back 169 fee: three years, with interest at six per DRY GOODS & STERNS, WH ARE NOW OPENING SPRING GOODS AND BALES EX AND BALES EX dation of summir visitors to the | ball. of fortubly and conveniently built for tbe owner's }OWD use, Contains fourteen rooms, with | pantry, good frost-proof cellar, with ‘etal | coach house, and other outbyi le, Idings in the feet on Prince rear. The land measures 42 Texms ~ Ose balf down, balance in two or cent, per WILLIAM DODD, Austionser, cod Tickets to all Points WEST AND NORTH WEST, (Over the Entercolonial and Grand T.iunk Raiiways, For sale at Post Office at Pictoa Landing by D. A. Me LEO). annul, Ch’town, May 4, 1882 May 2, 1882, JUsT PUBLISHED! "Short Speculative Essays," BY ROBERT B. THOMAS, For sale at the Bookstores of Mesers Bremner Bros,, Chappelle, Harvie and GH. Huszard. Price 50 cents, 2 292 WANTS, LOST, POUND, de, 7 ANTED at Carter's Confectionery, @ \ smart Girl, Must have first-class ref. erences. Apply at ouce to W. FP. Carter, may § 2in *g°-O LET--A House on Richmone Street near the Wesleyan Parsenage, contain. ing 8 rooms, with good yard anid .stables. Poseession the Ist June, Apply to Jf, Me Donald. Queen Street, [ma 6 44 ‘O LET~—A House containing five rooma, on north side of Grafton Street, near Prince of Wales Vollege, Apply to McLean & Martin. [ma 9 2i \ | ANTED IMMEDiA i ELY—A Carriage {Y Maker. Apply to Alexander MeDon- ald, Pictou, N.S, jma 5 WANT to exchance a Driving Wagon fora Tiuck Wayun; or failing,a trade, I will buy a Truck Wagon, Apply to H. COOMBS, {ma4 ‘g°O LET—That plearauily-ritouied rest dence on Desbrisay Laue, Licad of Hille | borough Street, forns ihe property of P, W. 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Parties desiring « pleasant suite ef rooms will do well to wase immediate ap- plication. pep 25 vaw tf ccntirteamapninnpmntl ee can be accommodated in @ private residence, in @ picasant part of the city, the Ist May, For turther particulars engvire at this ollice, [ap 19 —_——_ i HOTEL TO LET This Hotel is finely situated, standing opposite the Bishos’s Palace, on the highest ground in the city, It contains 37 ;vome, and being cone lizuous to the Scam Navigation Company's Wharf, is sdmirably auiepted jor the accomo- sland. Terms easy. Apply to Messrs, Geo. Davies & Co., Loudon House. fap 17 74 O LET—Tie House at present occupied by R. Slogget, Esq., at the head of Pow- hal Sireet, Porsession given the Ist July next. Apply at this office. jap 4 cod rpO LET—The second story of the Brics Building, on Queen Street lately occt- pied as the Orange Haji. It is conveniently situated and well adapted for a Lawyeci’s office, Apply to Mas. Orrar, Queen Street. ffe 14 gaw 4 cupicd Ly A. 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