AO Oe ons z “ee Mo aqui ici pesiietainatl en amid among my own constituents te Montreal, and guard will be left here, and the base of sup- Ut have no doubt you would like mo to en-, plies will be changed to Florence. OF this large upon it as the point most iwm diately 1 bave no doubt. lateresting to ourselves. * * **The Tennessee jis navigable for small boats from Chattanooga to ite mouth, at all seasons, and for large ones from Florence to its mouth, in high water, the only exception being between Dacatur and Bainbridge, over me, by the cut of his jib to belong to the liberal ranks; but what got into his old head I don’t know; but as this is a time of coat-| turning | began to think maybe the old fel-| low is going to turn hie coat too; or anyhow to conciliate and please the Tories, and get) the muscle shoals. Around these, there is a some office from them: orto let them see the! f ' railroad of oaly forty-five miles in length, burlesque they were meking of their Gov-| sieges the good people of these colonies, | aad this could be kept open with compara-|erninont; but says i to myself, my old chup, gatly, & systew of government which will tively fow men. About the shoals there are) whoever you are, you better mind your own | secure to them ample means of pr serving : 7 © pnamereus boats which ran to Chattanooga,! business. Bat, my dear Sir, did not he! external and internal peace ; we offer to them the common profits of a trade, which was re- preseated tn 1863, by imports and exporta, tv the gross value of 131 millions of dollars, | THE SCUEMI 4S A WHOLE This is the frame of government we have to offer you, and to this system, when fully understood, | am certain you wi! give a cheerful and hearty adherence. [' beers]. keep the river open. to the independent and patriotie Attorney | ** We shall then have the advantage of! General a resolution as follows: — ‘* That! ; 4 ® Water base and» river line of defence. I this meeting do signify their disapproba- aod by the sea-going and lake tonnage or 12 have often wondered that this has not been tion of the duplicity resorted to by the Hon. millions of tons! We offer to cash other! bofore adjusted; but 1 feel eertain that it) Gentleman alluded to while in Canada.’’! : cial advantages in detail, The M +ribime | will now be employed asa base. With an} And, Sir, if he moved that resolution to con- | Provinces give us a right of way and free) of iene cavalry force, properly supported by | ciliate the Tories, they served him right— | outports for five months out of every year; infantry and light artillery,Selma and Mont-| not a soul voted for tis impertinent amend- | we give them what they need, direct onnee- | vomery will speedily fall into our bands.) ment but himself and two or three more.—| tion with the great producing regions of the! Tose towns would be no further from Flo-| But, my dear man, when the resolution was | North-West ali the year round. This con-| rence than Nuashyille is from Louisville; and | put you'd hear the 4 yes at the dreary | heetivm, sf they do not get through ¢ inada, | Louisville was our base in 1861-62; and/ waters of Babylon, and to demonstrate their | they a ustultimately get through the United! p) ronce is to day more securely ours than/disapprobation of said amendment, subse- | Sune SES eee SeReEN Way" 2,88 deme, U8 Frits was then.”’ }quent to the resolution and amendment be- perhaps out of season, had continued an ad- ae | ing disposed of, a worthy J. P. of the yellow waren we ee Interool mial Railway was, | BERMUDA AND THE WEST INDIES. | order chastises the Chairman for submitting that the first and closest, and most lasting ce aperR F a : | said amendment, because the mover being | eoanection of these Lower Provinces, witb | tha continental trade system, might be estab-| lished by, and through, and in union with} Cancda. (Cheers). [do not pretead that mere railway connection will make trade between us aod them, bat Lam quite sure we ean have | nv considerable intercourse, no exchanges or aecounts pre or cen, without euch a con | complains that the rights of the port of| the paper in his hand and read it himself. _ Nassau asa neutral one are now being in- | fringed by the Federal Government, and re- | grets that there is no British man-of-war on that station to enforce observance of Interna-! neetion, both for postal and travelling pur- ee ms > it a oe aoe ” oo | posss. i rejoice, moreover, that we, men of| por )) ot erat aqua ro " i ingular origin, are about to reeover one of | on ee ae sp poree. * —, ge _— on ' ‘ | Jacen ayes Cua epo no Ore v0} cur lost o Ohae, tae eee thet comprehends | ee ain 4 , Charlottetown, January 30, 1865. the eR —-4 Capea) nk eo We are pot now! The schooner Orville, (American) from| about to subside inte a character so loreign Philadelphia to New Orleans, called off St.} al "ede ‘ re i , to all our angecedents, that of a mere inland George's on the Ist, to land Capt. Know, | | officers, crew, and passengers of the steam-| —— people. The Union of the Provinces restores us ps i takes ne back to a aor ship Talisman, which vessel foundered at} I? is rather singular that nearly all the anti- | Sancta hy mad es 2 Al sea about 300 miles to the west of Bermuda. | Unionist controversialists readily admit Union in} western world, (Cheers). But it is not fa! [he Orvilie aauennine aes in sight je} the abstract to be a very good thing. They do not | its material advantages, by which we may, “send ” gg re crew and passengers. The} seem to be aware of the importance of this ad-| enrich each other, nor its joint politieal ae- Talisman =e from W mington, bound to| mission to their antagonists. They do not appear ak hee a! eat antes tah, thee | Bermuda with a cargo of 450 bales of cotton. | Oe ld ha etl ak, fu | ne sig AP tos ogg y - wee Oaeh) O8NCE.| ‘The steamer Charlotte, which arrived at | te kuow that by grauting this they yield almost | es me § Noi an only to te valved, it is be-| 5. George's from Wilmington, on the 23rd! everything worth contending for. We are rather | See et a ae Oy O88 Hen. & dio-| ultimo, had 1015 bales of eotton on board ;! of opinion that this concession has been wade un- | the Owl, which arrived on the 24th, has 700! tinct historical existence to British America. if it should be fortunately safely este lished bales; and the Colonel Lamb, which arrived and wisely upheld, mankind will fin 1 here, the same day, 1760 bales. ' ' standing side by side on this half cleared) The Bermuda Royal Gazette, of the 4th} Comsistent and more logical position that Mr.| continent, the British and American forms! inst. says the fever has about diced out. In} Beer already occupies. That gentleman cannot of free Government ; here we shall bave the| summing up the ravages of the epidemic, | now see his way into the Union on any terms. the same paper says .— | He, in effvet, denies that the principle of Unio means of comparison and contrast in the| ** What has been the total number of cases, | - in The rest of the greatest affairs; here we shall have princi-| : te ay aati , ' >| in the abstract is a sound one. pals tested to their last results, and maxims and what the exact proportion of deaths, it| me 3 a sound one , | anti-Union arty, fromthe Hon. Edward Palmer | tuspected and systems guaged, and selivolsof'! ; . . i theeght os eli + ae cinta. oofeamedi extremely difficult to determine with ac- °°" ' and revised,founded and refounded. (Cheers) | °2°2¢Y—4t least as far as the civilian part| down to Mr. Joseph Murphy, of Lot 11, appear] All that See oe mien vf the population is concerned. The cases) to think that if a Unien of these North American | mae Wanting to the intellect of R me ander! among the military may be roundly stated | Provinces could be effecte the Grat emperors will be abundantly supplied | at close upon 500, of which abuut one-third | , | proved futal—a rough calculation, based on|. .. . : , 5 sutof our own circumstances and thse of our| & Fuug jindividual in those Provinces, such an Umon j : atisti al i ; sible, neighbuurs, s that no Cicero need ever, oe obtained as far as was possible, | se | 50) in all among other | Wight possibly be productive of good. ‘They pro- ronal consideration, enter into in lefensi-| © ae Se Seee eae . | 2 consistencies, and no Tacitus be toureed to classes, and furnishes a yrand approximate | fess te be very willing to see the field ploughed : : : , tutal of within a few of 2000 cases and 670) ; arrowed j rimson-tippe dae a diagnise bis virtuous indignation a¢ public! _—_ 2 - ie . ™ a oe = and harrowed if no erimson-tipped flower would corruption, ander the thin veil of an vutlan.| ee Fo (REO Gee Sony o P| be buried beneath the sod, or nu mouse’s nest dish aliegory. (Cheers). 1 may be sanguine | Po f toru and seattered-by the unrelenting plough- for the future of this country, butif ic be an ~| share. “ Your theory of cultivation,” say they, error of judgment to expect great things of} | “is, for aught we can see to the contrary, sound; | but,” they add in tones most melancholy, “ if it! young countries, as well as of young people} who are richly endowed by nature and gener-' oats | be carried into effect, what is to become of the daisies, and the 1 remain, yours respectfully A SPECTATOR. Che Cxraminey. --- | { LOLOL ELLE | UNION IN THE ABSTRACT. PARA AAA r advisedly, and we would not be surprised to see | all our anti-Union writers soon teking the more | -d without injuring the interests or lessening the importance of any single CORRESPONDENCE. To tux Evrror or tue Examiner. ously natured, then it is an error | aeveri.§ «... .» . hope to amend. And here, let me say, that|,, Sm‘ Peay permit me, through the co- it us for the young men of all the Provinces) lattes a aeaaanae a be tel husbandry consistent with the preservation of that we who labour to being about the Cun-, G t J : pe aud having a due regard for the rights and federation, ave especially working; it is to) @°°°S° Beer, which you did me the favour | Gah mevING # Guo regare ior the rigate ap : : So ; to ventilate, has been read and unfortunately | interests of mice, and the time may, perhaps, ar- give them a country wide enough and diyer-| “.' 4 od bn. thas ff ble Genti hg Le ; : ified enough to content them all, that wel misan erstor y that Lonorabdle Gentleman. | rive in Which we will give it our faverable con- , to his regretful tact I learn from the spirit of | | Levtion:* labour ; it is to erect a standard worthy to @ very severe. but reined commenitation—-| ‘ ° pip 4 i ‘ -_ engage their affections and ambition ; it ist o| J. 3 . bli On | orators place the feather in one scale against the | frame @ system which shall biend the best in-| 2% bis polished pen, published in your "al ae e & syst e e best in-| j al of 1 The diffe 2. bh | mountain in the other, aud scream with delight | a val) jy, Journal of last week. ‘The difference, how-| on | terests with the best manners, which s!all in- a. : : . 3 lat coe te , | ever, existing between us is easily explaived | When in imagination they behold the beam incline | fuse the epirit of honor into the pursuit of| 1" . i | 7 a Rene cor pst ee sata 20d settled. The Hosorable “Gentleman | towards the inealculably lighter weight. ities, that we base steivea—and who ean) 5000. that ‘bh west i hin at , 6 x2 More interested in our success thaa the} cereea t om a ‘ah el "Ede a . c >» rhic : ‘ _ 4 young meo of the Provyinees, who are to ear-| woald oe cannes ee eal every race of men, whether savage or civilized, | bs ais , ry om ths affairs of the country inte aa- | the Coloni I aces his denial. Who! the earliest times. Modern experience has | other cemtury? (Cheers). vionies, aavept this denial. ho | eer would doubt the Hunvoravle Gentleman’s| proved union to be not only strength, but e1vili- | #8 THE PLAN GENERALLY TO BE APPROVED. ,word? And gonceding the demal, I admit! zation, prosperity, and even nativoal existence | * * * And now, gentlemen, that the | that he, the Honorable George Beer, has yet! itself. architeets have completed their plan, it is) not determined on the precise or exact con- all but independence of an insignificant © for you and for your representatives in Par-| ditions upon whieh Prince Edward Island)” Tore pane. AP Ses. cme liament—for my friend Mr. Pope nal the | would formally ge into the Union. The | nity of ouene eighty thousand souls, try to pmoging | other Towaship members,—for the pr ple oi | ultimatum final, then, is yet on an undevelo- | the state of the civilized world — if indeed there | the Maritime Provinces and their reprusenta- ped page of the volume of the Honorable would be a eivilized world~in the year of grace | tives bed say whether this great work is to be | Gentleman's \arge mind, and doubtless will) 1865, if every petty community on the face of the | carried, with all due diligence, to its ¢ umple-| be revealed when the proper time slall| slobe had for the last thousand years pura tion. if the design should seem to you as/demand the revelation. In doing me the|* $3 - a - ta Bhs years pursued i wise and fit as it seems to us, then Bing all| honor of noticing my complimentary letter, | jealous exclusive policy which they prouulgate | maisgivings far behind you, and go abead 2) I observe that the characteristic bane of the| With such untiring industry, and with so great Let no local prejudice impede—iet no perso-| Honorable George Beer— modesty—forbade | an expenditure of sound and fury. But if this bej - : ata o ay sferone i r | . . ie . . nal ambition impede the great Work. Why, any reference whatever to the gist of my! toy high a flight fer their jmagination—and I can | the very aborigines of the land might have communication, which eagerly sought special | easily believe that it is — let them endeavour to| instructed the sceptics among ourselyes that! information on the important point, inyolying | ; b ee a ’ Te ri union was strength. What was it gave at| the future of Prince Rdward Island, namely, | patare tot eer ree nepens ul the world i one time the balance of power on thie sol ty| upon what consideration or conditions he, | day if mutual jealousies and antipathies had kept) the *‘six nations,’’ so that England, France| the Honorable George Beer would bimsellf | the various peoples uf the British Islands estranged | a ee = Sr = oe ee oe oleae. in the Executive Guvergment | and apart. IHad not the necessities of their situ-| eu-skinitied statesmen vu nondago 7 gat) Of th viunhy. was it made the name of Brant and Puntiae, Yours respectfully, and Tecumseh so formidable im their day ? PRO BONO PUBLICO. Because they, too, had conceived the idea— ——_—_—_~<~e—___—. ao immense stride for the suvage inte! lect to| For tHe Examiner. waake-—that Union was strength. (C beers) | | that empire would, in all probability, have long Let the personalities and partizansi:p of our | ** Pro Bono Publico ’’ presents his high | fatien a prey to their more powertul because times stand abushed in the presence of these! consideration to ** Serutatur,’? und regrets | : ted neighbours and rivals. Str forest-burn Federalists, who rose superior to| his, P. B. P.’s, seeming neglect to notice| were - od veigh pours au rivale. Strike the all tribal prejudices in endeavouring tu save| ** Serutatur’s ” nice letter published in the | British Ewpire trom off the roll of watinns, and a whole pevple. (Loud cheers) lam,Ido| Monifor. + P. B. P.’’ assures * Scrutatur ’’| What a blank would be created! Eliminate from assure you, persuaded in my inmost mind) that neither slight nor slur was present, but | the problem of modern civilization the effects of , : . ‘ a | ‘ " ‘ hat these are the days of destiny for Lritist, the truth is bhat we B P.’s*’ silence Up to) British euterprise aud the influence of British in- Amejica ; that our opportunity to determine) this period, which might be construed into. tellect, and what would be the result ? our owe future, yonder the favour of Divine ungentlemany reticence, was the result of ey : : ae as Providence, is ypoo us; that there is a tide| entire ignorance of the existence of his, | 2? 20ou, tongue or people whose condition would mice? Make your system of * These anti-Unionist writers and | } That Union 1s strength, has been admitted by | ation and the wisdom of their sages drawn toge- | ther the divided and reluctant population of these | Islands, the greatest of all moderna ewpires would wever lave existed. The parts which compose | There ts 1 the affairs of nations, as well as o! men, | and that we are now at the flood of that} tide. (Loud cheers). Whether the men | who have this great duty in charge may he) found equal to the task, rewains to be proved | hy their votes; but for wy part. | am hope- | the satisfaction to link his own Opinion with | does not already perceive, the importance of na- ** Scrutator's ’’ conviction, to the effect, that, ienal union. England, Scotland aud Ireland, toned status—the great influence | separate, and uufriendly, were and would always in this colony, and the general statesnjunly | coutinue to be e ful for the early and muiually advantageous | union of all the Provinces — for the early | and firm establishment of our monarchical | Confederativn on this continent. _— oe _— THE AMERICAN WAR—THE CAMPAIGN. (Prom the New York Trivane ) | | ‘There is a momentary lull, not in military operations, but ig those brijliant displays of | genius aod courage resulting in grand suc-| eosses whieh all last month rivetted public’ attention. The single effort against Wilming- ton, which did not result in a grand success, | searcely rufiled the eusy temper of a people | grown used tu good fortune and able tu cudure_ an o¢gasional failure. As it fades from view | interest is renewed in the operations which | Gien Sherwan is expected to undertake from | Savannah, and Gen Thomas from Tennessee. From the former we aye nothing later than the return of Kilpatrick already referred to but it now appears that that enter; rising eaveiry leader was not sent hunging yfter! wrisoners, but had a specific work tw do jn! he destruction of the Savannah and Gulf) Railroad, which runs south-westerly from! Pavarnah to tle border @ Florida, and which has been one main source of supplies for) Lee's army in Virginia. Sixty miles of this’ road Kilpatrick angiilyted, and his cavalr a4 wigeady tar to the nopth Feconnoitering oa | the road ty Charleston [tg activity indigutes | un early movement by the main body of | Shersian's army. The eseape of the remnante of Hood's ar. | my across the Tennessee has ceaed tw he rs matter of controversy. Llood passed th: river) ep the 23rd by ponivuns at Bainbridge, eight) miles above Florence. A Nashville COrres- | pondent, apparently well-informed, says that the Rebel Army, when it left Tennessee, numbered not mure than 18 000 mep al! wuld; | fas ths pumber of deserters was enormous, and that im 4!) the army there remain not moore than |.G00 Mepiyckians and four thou-| sand Tonnesseeans. (1 the 2,000 men whom Hood kidnapped while in Tenpessee not 100! grossed the river with him. Lhe tojlowing indication of future polewmes js, tu gey fhe jeast, plausible. i: Pennegsce is now perfeetly safe : no fu- ye q will be made by the rebels w, oveupy hold it. Puereigre, » pew buge vf supplies will be found. The line of rai}- road trom Ngghyille, south, is vepy Jung. and. hence requirey the detachment of x great number of trugpe to guard it, and from thin. point perth the Louipviile Kasdroad js often cut, ard the Cugberlund Kiver ig uniy bayi- le ia winter. fuse gijem } believe, though, that ville will soon gease to be of 2 iua- portapee 4¢ © mel.tery ventze, A strong: | Uunorable George Beer, would appear tu ** Serutator’s’’ amiable communication. ** Pro Runo Publicy,”” noy, however, has | The itelligent reader, when he reflects on the | the honor of bowing sespesttully tu his friend | ‘* Serutetor,’’ aod thanks him for his excel- | lent note and notice; and “ P. B. P.”’ bas | the high ability, attended by extraordinary singleness | of mind and unselfish purpose of the Honora- | ble (L give, as due, the prefix in full), George Beer, dewand for that patriotic and talented gentleman the first position under Lis Ex- cellency Lieutenant Governur Dundas, ip the Government of this Colony. ** Pro Bono Publico ”’ feels, with ** Seruta- tor.”’ assured that in consideration of the publio and private claims of the Lonurabie Geogge bver, a mere wink of a desire ov the pert of that modest gentleman to wield the destinies of this Isiand, would be eagerly caught, and prove sufficient to msure the ap- pulotment of the Llonorable gentleman to the Presidency gf the Executive Council and Leadersip of the Government. But in view of the material and moral interes of the evlony, it is matter of pru- found regret, that the modesty, even ty a fault (as observed in most great men), of the preelude the possibility of the objective wink; aad yet Lope —persuasive Hope the gentle latteser, eee that the persistent bash- | \ fulness ui the [ouurable yenticiman might be | Uvnorable gentleman, and determine the destiny of this cvlony. ** Pro Bono Publico,”’ continuing his high regard for his friend ** Serutatur,’’ that whea he, * P. B. P.,”’ shail be put up) at ** Gidey’s Brick Hotel,’ rugh act of ** Serutatur’’ to visit ** B. B. Po? | suysrests | 10 that lodging, inasmuch as ** Serutator,”’| of Union this day ¢ walls and bolts and bars of | much the being withm Gidley’s house, be might, in the language of the cuged atarling, ery: ** I can’t yet wut.” 24th January, Pao5- " itt ete A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNO?P STAND. Mr. Epiror.— Wonders never cease. Iaying, on the 20th instant, atteaded a meeting at New Perth, consisting mostly of ultra Tories, a rt of which will no doubt be transyitted w the respective periodicals of the day for jnsertion, | was quite amused to see all the Tories change places with the Liberals pre- sent—the toryer in & resolution passed a) yote of thanks ty 3fr. Palmer for the inde-. adent and patrivug wanner in which he opposed the Union, bush in Canada and. (Charlottetown, which, in my opinion, amounted in substance tu a yote yf nu confi- dence in the Goyernment uf which they pre- net be very materially modified by the process. influential. | g¥eat measure untried and unknown. | intervening two hundred years to assist our judg- overcome, and the important wink be miveh,| in admitting the priveiple of union, but exceed: | Y) which would dsewe the elevation vt the | '!y fovlish in allowing what appears ta us to be , dureasonable prejudices, groundless fears, and an great and manifold advantages that would most certainly acerue to the native land of each of end fo be the strenuvus supportery. But, stupendous influence exercised Ly the British na- tion over human affuirs, will begin to see, if he ouparatively powerless and un- The material resources of these countries would have ever remained but imper- tectly developed, and the energies and capabilities of their inhabitants would always have been in a It will not, we think. be yery difficult for the reader to go back in thought some two hundred years, and imagiye au Englishiwan, a Scotchman and au Irishinan discyssing the desirability of a Union of their several coyntries inty one great empire. ‘They readily adunt that the abstract idea of union reg ommends itself to their minds, byt their ujutual distrysts and dislikes induce them unanimously to decide that, however beau- tilul Union may appear in theory, it is practically an impossibility. They see not only lions in the path of Union, but dragons and “chimeras dire,” and every lowling and yelpiug creature known or thought of. We, having the experience of the ment, see clearly that the disputants were wise unenlightened seli-interest to blind them to the It strikes us very furcibly thgt the opponents | ou this Islaod are iu pretty same situation as that in which we have placed our imaginary discussjguists. ‘Their oppo- sition to Union is, in our opinjen, caused by fears equally groundless, aud by pyejudices equally un- reasonable. It may be that hereafter some writer, perhaps the coutemporayy of Macaulay's New Zealander, will cite their objections to Union a8 an example of the nayrow-mindedness and short-sighteduess of Prince Edward Islanders in the nineteenth century. The rise and pregress of the Unjted States of America should convinee our opponents that the preject of Union is based upou yo feautiful but untried theory, and should induce the reasonable aud disinterested amoug them ag carefully to weigh the arguments for, as the argumeuts against, a Union of the Colonies, ‘The condition of those Colonies, which have singe expauded into the American Republic, was ju many respects | siuilar to ours. They were, as we are, separated ‘Sir, what amuse? me most was to see a into isolated communities, without any general | will 7 nT white headed fo resent who, appeared to bond of union. Tbeir enormous material re- pabulum, ’ oh i : hh mg iain were undevaloped.+ The people that ine) Mr. McCully’s forced retirement from his late great question of Confederation, Nothing could Carey's, St. Andrew’s, on the same ey hal it d them, though possessed of many and; editorial chair is a very small transaction that| be more epportune than Dr. Connolly’s letter | Friday, the 20th. jadbite , F . sh their new literary| at the progress of Fenianism, from the clear and unequivocal testimony it gives in support of the | MEETING AT 8T. ANDREWS. Mr. Whelan held bis fifth and Jast Meeting af -~ vebing, William Sw abey, Esq, J. Pp ” | . a great virtues, were unenergetic and unenterpms-| reflects no credit on the proprietor of the Chroni-| after Mr. Cardwell’s despatch. He argues the was appointed Chairman. After a lengthy ex. ing. In the world their influence was unfelt, but no sooner was the breath of national existence breathed into the sluggish masses of the popula- tion than they spratg into national importance with almost miraculous rapidity, A nation was, indeed, born ina day. This hitherto unknown and there are also several smail gunboats to) move as an amendwent to the vote of thanks) people soon caused ts influence to be felt in the | with the dictates of his own contracted judgment. councils of nations. ‘The United States increased in wealth, in population, and in extent of terri- tery in a manner wiparalleled. Who will have the temerity to say that had those communities, which now form the United States, each main- tained a separate existence, their prosperity and importance would have been this day anything like what it now is? Would they, in that case, have possessed a tithe of the wealth with which the Republic abounds? Would their aggregate population in 1865 have exceeded that of the Mother Country? Would they have possessed | ‘cities in population and riehes at all to be com-| change—(we suppose either form of expression | pared with those of which the United States can | will do)— is the bringing of round Connolly The steamship Ci/y of Petersburg, at Mali-| in a hurry did not subscribe his name to it | now boast? Would these disunited Colonies, | into the front ranks of the € onfederetes. If the fax, has late dates. ‘I'he Bahama /lera/d| Myself thought it made no odds, as he had! with their limited sphere of action, and their| Chronicle had remained unchanged, it is more | petty aims, have predyced such men as adorn the) than probable that His Grace would have kept | pages of the history of the United Nation? What} his thoughts within his Archiepiscopal Palace. | would now be their status in the family of nations ? | Yet, the internal resources and external advan-| in the field, where there is such au immense army tages would have been the same in both states of | of Catholics to be led and encouraged, than a pa- | existence. The soil would have been as tertile, | per ten times more influential than the Chronicle the earth as rich in taineral treasures, their rivers | - j} us broad and deep, and the saine seas would have washed their shores. But wanting union aud {national Jife, the riches of nature would have beeu spread before them in vain. They possessed ueither the euergy ner the means to benefit: by her generosity. And why cau not the British American Colonies, to the extent of their natural advantages, prosper as the United States have prospered? We have no wasting war to wage before we can reap the fruits of Union. This exhausting trial, this severe discipline is spared us by the parent country. We can begin life under much mere favorable auspices than they did ; and why, we ask again, will not their suc- cess be proportionately great?) Who doubts it? | Statesmen in Britain do not—those in the United States do not—the leading minds in the Colonies predict a most briliant future for British Ame- rica. Who, then, are the prophets of ill?) A number of very small people in a very smal! Co- They fear that a Upiep, which will enrich the principal countries that compose the Conte- This is like granting the body to be in excellent condition, yet dreading that the little finger may perish for lack of nourishment. Is this reasenable ? << »- ’ROGRESS OF CONFEDERATION. lony. deration, will impoverish them. Tug St. John Colonial Presbyterian, of the 19th instant, alluding to the state of public opinion in regard te the question of Cunfe- deration, truthfully shows, in the following lines, how that question stands in four of the Provinces :— ‘*We assume that the confederation of the Provinces wili be effected. Prince Edward Island will probably not enter the confede- ration at present; there will be an influential and compact minority in Nova Scotia against it; some of the monied classes in St. John, and politicians in opposition throughout the Province, will oppose it, but i¢ will be carried wn Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by large majorities, and the sqme will prove true in Canada,”’ As for this [sland she will, no doubt, do her little possible to keep aloof from the general arrangement; but it would be absurd to Suppose that her contumacy would, for p 2 lg » ine > | let bi ss fur the present. The Moutreal Gaz Let those who advocate the isolation, and | iny length of time, be countenanced by the let him pass for the presen The Moutreal Ga lmperial Government, when we know that that Government are exceedingly anxious to see all the Celonies consvlidated, and be thereby better prepared to protect them- selves. Ic is not at all likely that Prince Ed- ward Island would be allowed to form an exception to a general plan of Confederation, and continue to be a burthen and annoyance to the Lritish Government. Think, and talk, and write as we please about it, this conviction must force itself on every well in- formed mind, that if the other Provinces in British America be united, Prince Edward Island must speedily cast in her lot with them. This cannot be tortured into the form of atbreat. very sensible man knows right-well that if four millions of British subjects in our neighbourhood adupt a uni- form plan of government, 80,000 people here cannot, if they wished, be suffered to have a little sovereignty of their own, requiring the special protection of Great Britain; or, without that protection, be ullowed to drift into the condition of a wretched appendage of a foreign country, and be thereby a source of weakness to the loyal Provinces on the mainland, who cheerfully embrace the Jm- perial policy in regard to Confederation. Our trust, then, centres in seeing the battle uf Confederation manfully and successfully fought oa the main land. Ifvictorious there, the furtune of war will extort an acquies- cence — whether it be reluctant or peevish, we will not say—from this now discontented Island. Our contemporary, the Colonial Presby- ferian, sus made no allusion to Newfuund- land. We are happy to be able to state, on information of the must trustworthy charac- ter, that the Colony mentioned is earnestly desirous of eutering the proposed Union. The opposition to it in the capital city of St. John’s ia scarcely perceptible; whilst all creeds and classes-Catholics and Protestants, merchants, professional men, mechanics and laborers-—seem to be holding up both hands for & measure that will help to develope their gregt resoprees to an incalculable ex- tent, and open up extensive fields foz their lubouy and enterpriso. — ~~ ———_—_—_— THE NOVA SCOTIA PRESS FOR AND AGAINST CONFEDERATION. SOME of the anti-Uuion papers appeay to be mightily pleased at the change whi¢h has recent- ly taken place in the character of the Halifax Morning Chronicle. ‘That paper has been, for | about two months, a very able advocate of Con- federation, the Hon. J. McCully, one of the Nova ‘it might prove al them from carryivg that principle into practice. } Scotia Delegates, being the editor. it appears, however, that Wim. Atnaud, Esq , was the real owney of the paper, and not the sou of that gen- tleman, in Whose name it was published, and who was the only party with whom Mr. McCully held business relations. Mr. Wim. Aunand informs Mr. McCully that be must quit the edityyial chair, because he (Mr. Anuand) does not believe in the Union project. Mr. McCully retires with- out hesitation, and immediately finds a field for the exereise of his great abilities jn another jour- nal. The opponents of Confederation really gain nothing by the occurrence. They get, to be sure, the Moruing Chronicle qn their side, but they get the Morning Journal dead against them. The Journal occupied, heretufyre, in regard to the question of Confederation something uke a veptral positivn. It will not shock its readers by declar- lng in faver of Confederation ; while the rpaders of the Chronicle, why were apparently pleased with the toue of Mr. MeQylly's editorials on the Uuiou question, will now have to beat time to different music, or bid theiy Chronicle good bye. Time ‘cle. We will not pity the honorable and learned |geutleman. Perhaps he ought to be congratulat- ped on being relieved from a servitude wherein a | master, moiling in the dark — not wishing to be | known as master — expected that the brains of the labourer should be so worked as to accord Daily life presents pictures of drudgery in many forms, in view of which most of us shudder; but we think we could not possibly find it more repul- sive than in that aspect wherein a man of brains is, on pain of dismissal from service, required to think and write down to the level of an inferior, and to give up every healthy andmanly opinion he thought fit to cherish and propagate. May the Lord nuble hearted men from drudgery so debasing ! One good thing effected by the “ change of base’? on the part of the Chronicle —or the base preserve all | But we would rather see a Richmond of his stamp is now likely to be. - +r - ANOTHER CANADIAN OPINION OF MR PALMER — THE SO-CALLED * MASTER OF TILE SITUATION.” e We copy from the Moutreal Gazette of the 11th inst., the tollowing telling article in reference to Col. Gray’s resignation of bis place in the Coun- cil on account of Mr. Attorney General Palmer's duplicity. What will our contemporaries in the other Provinces say when they learn that Mr. Palmer has the ineffable meanness to cling to the office of Attorney General after being quietly wedged out of the Exeeutive Council? He may prate as long as he pleases, through the columns of the Monitor, about bis retirement from the Council being a “ voluntary act.” Nobody be- lieves him. He has destroved any little reputa- tion he ever had fur veracity by his wretched ex- cuse for his Toronto deceitful speech. If there were a necessity for lim to resign his place in the Council, what necessity existed for bin to retain his office as Attorney General? Could no other competent person be found to fill that office? If he were a man of commanding influenve—if he were the boasted “ master of the situation” —he would have resigned his place at the Council, his office as Attorney General, and have induced all his colleagues in the Couneil to do likewise, as svon as Col. Gray’s resignation was received ; and then, if he had any influence, he might, with some propriety, be called upon to reconstruct or re-form the Government. But it was evident he question in the most persuasive style, and in the scholarship and eminent ability could supply. No one can suspect dis motives—no one can al- lege that he is actuated by ambitious aims—no ove can assert that he has been deluded by Cana- dian sophistry, or dazzled by Canadian gold—or ihat the Confederacy can offer anything more alluring to dia than the high position which he holds as a Prince of the Catholie Church. En- dowed with such a character, moral, religious and intellectual, and holding such a position, his clear and forcible arguments cannot fail to have immense weight with all classes in the communi- ty. No one can believe that he would recom- mend a project, such as that under consideration, unless he knew, in his inmost soul, that it weuld be eminently advantageous to our now scattered colonial communities. His open declarations on behalf of Union are opportune, too, as they will relieve the doubt which has, fur some time, been casting its dark shadow en the minds of the Insh Catholic people of this Colony, which has made them fear that the Union now proposed would be somewhat similar to the Union ef Englaud and Ireland. ‘The Colonial Union dues not bear the faintest resemblance to the Irish Union. His Grace of Halifax well Knows this, aud reassures his Catholic fellow countrymen from Freland, by urging them to support the plan of Confederation. At one of the public meetings lately held in one of the country districts, the question was put : “Are the Clergy of the Island in tavor of Con- federation 7” A Catholic member of Parliament, who was present, undertook to answer, in the most positive manner, by saying that the Clergy of his Church were pot in favor of it. We know the very reverse to be the fact. The Outholic Hierarchy and Clergy of Lower and Upper Cana- da, with whow we had mauy opportunities of planation of the priuciples of Confeds ration from | calinest temper, with all the aids which profound | Mr. Whelan, and the usual Opposition from Mr Clark—(who was singularly unfortunate in wot being able to get any person to assist him at an of the meetings )—the following reselution w adopted unanimously, in spite y as of the most earuest efforts made by Mr. Clarke to defeat it -— Moved by Mr. James Bambrick ; seconded b Mr. MeGilvray:— ’ Resolved, That this meeting, havi plained to them the principles of Catone oe by their Representative, have no reason to be- lieve that that measure would prove disadvanta- geous to the interests of the country, whey advo. cated by a person so entitled to their confidence» but they believe that sufficient time omght to be given to the inhabitants of this Island te wy themselves acquainted as far as possible with the subject in all its relations; and that no final de. cision should be taken upon it uutil aa appeal be made to the country. The usual cheers and vote of thauks to the Chairman closed the proceedings of the Meeting. ies nlonomsaariias ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH Magp, Tue Letter Bags and a portion of the newspapers by the English Mail, which ap. rived at Halifax at the beginning of the ‘week, reached here at a late hour on Wed- | nesday night last. So far as we have been | able to learn, the European news is not of great importance. We are indebted to the Islander for the following extract from ‘Wilmer & Smith’s European Times” of the 7th inst. The year opens with a record of some seri- ous calamities, One has occurred m Scotland in the town of Dundee, where nineteen have been killed and numbers seriously. jin- jured, from an indisevetion which the slight. est reflection ought to bave prevented, and tbe slightest preeaution rendered impossible. A exception, strongly in faver of Confederation, — in New Brunswick are favorable to it; and the , Letter of the Archbishop of Halifax may be taken as a safe indication ef the minds of the Catholic Clergy of Nova Scotia. Wath regard to this Is- laud, we believe—indeed, we know—the Priest- hood generally are in favur of the measure; and we trust we are not indiscreet in saying that his Lordship the Bishop of Charlottetown looks upon it in sueh a light as the most ardent advecate of Confederacy could wish bim te do. Se much for the Catholic Clergy in connection with the ques- tion of Confederation. ‘The viewg of the Protes- tant Clergy may be easily gathered from the fact, that all the religious papers in the Lower l’ro- vinees, with the exception ef the Pretestant in this City, supporting denominational interests and opinions—Wesleyar, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Episcopalian—are all earnestly advocating Confederation. Sv that be who says the Clergy had no influence—be had to succumb to such brilliant men as the Hons. MeLaren, | James Yeo, Dr. Kaye, &c¢., and he is now THEIR | James servant, fur the sale of a miserable s@tary, without enjoying the small honour of taking part it their Wise deliberations! was never known in this Colony, and we hope, for the character uf our people, will never be re- peated. We do not envy Mr. Palmer the paltry salary of the Attorney office—nE POCKETED TUE SAME SALARY—(and we defy him te contradict this fact)—whiist Mr. Brecker nominally held the office; but we advise lim, that Such political degradation General’s when we are in possession of these and other facts, which we shall djscluse at some future day, ; he makes a sad mistake in charging his politica; | opponents with mercenary motives. We shall | ette, which is free from our local influences and feelings, treats him with much more severity than we suvuld be disposed to do ;— { “ We republish elsewhere some correspondance | between Colovel Gray of P. 1. Island aud Lieut, Governor Dundas. The gallant Colonel was, at the time of the recent Intercolonial Conferences, First Minister of the Crown in that Island Colony, aud as such was a delegate at the Conferences. With him came six others, his Colony having by iar the largest representation of any in the Cou- erence according to population. Auionug those dviegates, also, were Mr. Coles, leader of the op- posiuon aud Mr Palmer, the Attorney General. Air. Coles was kuown to have grumbled some- What about the arrangements made, but Mr. Palmer, it be grumbled, did so very privately in- | deed. Ile came to Montreal, and went to Otta- | wa aud Terente, accepting tetes aud hospitality jas one Of the framers of a scheme of Laterevlo- lial Union. At Montreal he affixed his name to | the protocol of coulerence. At Toronto he made }a speech in favour of Union. What was his evl- leagues’ surpsise then to find, on their return, | that be had been writing letters to the Colony in- /inical tu the very cause which be had pretended ‘here to support! On seaching the Islaud, it was found that the fears of the people—nmore especial- ly of the petty politicians, who air their wisdom in the little local Legislature—ot absorption and diminished importance in a greater state was pro- ducing a good deal of opposition to the scheme. Forthwith he set to work to fan that flame, to curry faver with the people. Colonel Gray felt he could no longer act with a colleague su faith- less—and, strange to say, Lyeut. Governor Dun- das accepted his Premier's resignation, aud kept the Atturuey General in office, favoring the op- paneuts of the scheme, god giving no moral aid to his friends, such as the Jinperial authorities have given aud evidently desire should be given. Mr. Palmer js not a great mau; he would proba- bly be extinguished iv a Confederate Parliament. ilis chances of office would be very small. Hence he clings to the little importance and emoluments he now possesses, and takes sweet council with the iitle great wen who are foremost in purely parish polities. Lut one might pardon that, it lie had bebaved like a gentleman, aud not like a sneak. We ure not surprised that an old soldier should indignantly retuse to sit at the same Council Board with such a scurvy fellow; we do wouder that an officer of the Imperial Goyern- ment, like Mr. Dundas, should throw the reins of office into such a man’s hands. Can it be por- sible that he is also actuated by fear of Juss of employment should Federation come? = Mr. Pope, the Provincial Secretary,a man of learning, iufurmation aud character, follows his chief out ot the goverument, we believe. We should have expected as much trom him. Assuredly, atter this affair, Mr. Palmer will not be esteemed vice company tor any geutleman. “ For this petty island, with a population less than this one city, We cau easily dispeuse with it. It really is wot necessary to our union; but when it finds itself shut vut from the neighbouring co- lonial markets by hostile tariffs, aud placed ina coudition of pertect isulation — when it finds in the future, as in the past, individual influence too strung four its statesmen to overcome, in the mat ter of the obnoxious land tenure, and its people fleeing to other colonies to enjoy their progress and prosperity—jt will, perhaps, find that the contemptible Littheness of view which bas made such a man as Mr. Palmer its champion aud Pre- wier, aud so prevented it from uniting its tortunes | With the other Cylumes, was a thing bitterly to be regretted.” —_-——~4 ARCHBISHOP CONNOLLY’S LETTER. Our readers will be pleased to find gp pyr first page a letter from His Grace the Archbishop of Halifax oy the great question of Confederation. The letter refers, in the first place, to the mis- chievous Fenian movement, which sume reckless vagabouds in the United States have set on fout, alleging, as their object, the uyeriLrew of Britis) supremacy in Ireland; but no one doubts that their real aim is to indulge in plunder and rapine in the Brith American Colonies. The Arch- bishop, as the head of the Cuthglie Church in Nova Scotia, very preperly condemns the designs of the Fenians, and in duing sv he hag aply tol- lowed the example of wavy other distinguished prelates of the same church on both sides of the Atigatic. Orange bigots who say the Catholic Chureh is disloyal to the British Crown, are well answered when we point to the noble attitude treason. Liuit the letter of his Grace is especially im- portant Lo us, whe have no reason to be alarmed taken by the heads of that Church in support af British sovereiguty, aud ig condemnation of of any denomination are opposed to the contem- plated Union asserts that which is not the fact. Dil ieebta bie CONFEDERATION IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF KING’S COUNTY. (Continued and coneluded from last week.) THE PUBLIC MEETING AT MORELL. The fourth meeting held by Mr. Whelan | amongst his constituents, that at Morell, was the Notwithstanding that the weather was extremely cold, and the one most numerously atteaded. travelling very rough, Mr. Join Phelan’s coumno- dious house, which was selected as the place otf meeting, was crowded in all parts to its utmost capacity. Mr. Whelan arrived at the meeting about mid-day, on Friday, the 20th inst., and was heartily welcomed by all his constituents there assembled. Amongst those present was the Rev. | BP. McPhee, the govd and popular missionary priest of the parishes of St. Andrew's and St. Peter's, and the Rev. Henry Crawford, the much esteemed Presbyterian Minister of St. Peter’s West; and we hope we may be permitted to say that buth those clergymen are earnest advocates of Confederation. Our iudefatigable friend Ste- phen Swabey, Esqr., was alse there, having come with his brother-in-law, William Swabey, Esgr., of Mount Stewart, sylely for the pyrpose of at- tending the meeting. Ile was, whenever an op- | pool, eight meu were buried. concert Was about te be given under a chureh, and speaking onthe subject, are, without seareely an i the rvom which was to have been the scene of — rthe music is some ten or twelve feet below the tlevel of the street, the eptranee to which wag the Hierarchy and Clergy of the Catholic Church }tjrough an iven gate, half of which was ‘Through this aperture the erowd rusbed with wild — jimpetueosity, each persvu anxious to secure the © best position. The other half of the gate was then thrown back, which increased 7 ane and a mass of people were remorselessly precipi- tated to the Seanad cellar, the bodies vied : up several feet high. ‘The scene, im the musery : which it produced, is indeseribable. Nothing — can be imagived wore Unreasonable and thought. less than a hurrying crowd. ‘The work of death proceeded with feartul haste, as may be imagined, as the cries and groans of the dying — and wounded were horrible to hear. The disaster vegurred ip a remote part of the world the Chipege seas—and perhaps no foresight have prevented it. Her Majecty’s ship’ Racehorse” was wrecked on the night of tue 4ta November, about five leagues svuiheast of Chefoo Cape, aud about two miles from White Rock. When the ship strack, the sea was comparatively suoeth, but the wind soen increased to a gale, swamped ~ the boats ty which the crew had fled for safety, and though seme of the mariners betook themselves ty the ngging in the hope of relief, the weather was so cold during the night that many of theuy dropped off inte the water, aud when the worning — dawned, it was found that oniy bine persons bad been saved—tbree officers aud six men. Of course, this shipwreck will undergo investigation; — but more than a hundred persons—ofticers, sea. — wen, marives, engineers, stokers, and beys—who perished, will be beyond its reach. ‘hey fell victims to the tragic visitation.—Ou the 410 inst, dunng the process of blasting a coultuine hear Wigan, belonging to Mr. J. G. Morris, of Liver Assistance, was procured with as litte delay as possible; but belure the requisite aid came, five of the men © had ceased te exist. Lhree were rescued from — the jaws of death by the foresight and istrepidity ot those above ground, whe descended at consider. able yeril to themselves to promote the good work. The loss of lite in these mining explorations sevimg to increase With every succeewmg year. pissin acca lial adieaeoaie DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER BANNERMAN. THE last English Mail brought intelligence of the death of the above named distinguiched: gen. tleman, which at the close of the last month, after a few days — ilness of Bronchilis. We have before us a letter — trom his sorrowing widow, im which ber Lady- ship writes, with an aching Leart, referring tothe — gentle and tranquil spirit with which herhusband | closed his earthly career. “ Ue was very thank- ful,’ she says, ‘to be relieved from public work, and only wished for quiet in the evening of his ~ days.” Indeed, Sir Alexander had more than — his fair siare of public work, and no one could aie PR IRE SE SPE Sates eceurred in London portunity offered, always ready as the champion of Union. It was such a meeting — embracing | as it did every shade of religions belief, and in- cluding every man of note or influence in that section of the district, and all expressing them- selves in favour af Confederation—as might well make Mr. Whelan proud of his position. Mr. W. having organized the meeting by re- questing that J. E. W. Alleyne, Esqr., J.P. of Lot 38, should be ealled to the Chair, that gentleman promptly acceded te the request, and in a short but well conceived speech, declared the object of the meeting — that of affording Mr. Whelan an opportunity of expressing his epinions on Confe- deration, and he (the Chairman) gave in bis own unqualified adbesion to the measure. Mr. Whe- Jan then addressed bis constituents for about two hours, (being frequently cheered in the course of bis speech), op nearly all the prominent tepies embraced in the plan of Confederation, viz: tax- ation, revenue, free trade. intercolonial railway, defence, and contrasted all the privileges which might be enjoyed by a free British American na- | tio under the protection of Great Britain, with | the djsadvantages which would inevitably acerue from connection with the United States, which | anti-Unionista were advocating as an alternative. He auswered the objections respecting our bay- ing to come under the same tariff as that which | nuw obtains in Canada; if we did, we would not be worse off than the other Provinces; but prac- tically the Canadian tariff, he showed, was scarce- ly higher than that to which any one of the Mari- time Provinces js subject, when specific duties are taken into account and contrasted, and arti- cles exempt from all duties likewise considered and contrasted. He dwelt at considerable length on the question of representation in the central Parliament, and showed that Prince Ed- ward Island would have fully iteshare of represen- tation, according to the principle agreed tu befure the Qnebec Conference had taken place. There was no report of the speeches taken at any of the meetings, and therefore we will not allempt to give even an outline, When Mr, Whelan closed his address, which he did with | every manifestation of applause on the part of the meeting, Mr. Clark again spoke in opposition to the proposed Confederation, contining bis re- marks almost exclusively tv the financial part of the project. J. B. Cox, Esq., followed Mr. Clark, in opposition to him, and as a strong advocate of Union. His speech was well received, and it was evideut to him that the general feeling of the meeting inclined in the same direction,— Stephea Swabey, Esq., by request of the meeting, also made a very excellent speech in favour of Confederation; after which the following resulu- tiun Was unanimously agreed to:— Moved by Mr. Dennis Hogan; seconded by Mr. Edward Alleyne ;— Resolved, That the Electors of this portion of the Secoud District ef Kirg’s County, having heard with satisfaction the explanations offered by their trustworthy Representative, the Hun. Edward Whelan, touching the great question of the Federation of the British American Provinces, confidently hope that if the measure be accom- plished it will prove advantageous tu the interests of the several Provinces interested therein; but this meeting are, at the same time, of opinion that there should be uo final legisiation thereon until the well ynderst opinie of the people cau be made known at a Gepeyal Election, A vote of thanks having been given to Mr. Alleyne, as Chairman, and auitably ac}-nowledged grudgingly object to his enjoyment of an honours able and tranquil leisure, at a period of life — when his years would have entitled him toe those f privileges, eyes if bis public services had not. He was the faithfy! servant of the people, and the advocate of progress and reform in Parliament for many years. He was no less faithtul as the servant and representative of his Sovereign in three anportant dependencies of the Crown; and — in this Colony, where he governed with unwaver- ing integrity and impartiality, his name will be. long affectionately remembered. That name is inseparably connected with our free institutions. We will yet say we owe te Sir Alexander Ban- herman Responsiljle Government and all its sub- sequent benefits, because he was the first Go- vernor here to put the system in practice,—-the merit of acquiring it is due to our own people for their energy and perseverance in demanding it; but if Sir Alexander had not been influenced by liberal principles—if be had been ap obstinate, perverse old Tory like his predecessor, the intro- duction of Responsible Government might have been delayed so as seriously to affect the peace and prosperity of the country. Ile bad the honour to introduce the system, and tevk care to see that it was fairly adwinistered during his oc- cupancy‘of the gubernatorial chair in this Island. His encouragement of local charities, and his patronage of educational and other cognate insti- tutions, without reference to sect or creed, give to Sir Alexander Bannerman’s memory a very strong claim on the grateful recullections of the people of this Island. He was the first truly Liberal Governor we ever bad in the Colony, Sir Dominick Daly bravely followed in his foot- steps in all public and private relations. Sir Dowiuick’s successor is yet with us, and perhaps it would be premature to speak of him at thia moment; but we feel that we are dving no in- justice to the living when we breathe from our hearts a benison on the memory of the departed who was the first amongst us to set a good ex- ample in the art of governing—to shew that the ties which bind us to the Crown are not of that rude and irritating kind which only leave pain and disconient by their attrition,—but are merely silken bonds, such as unite the sisterhuod and brotherhood of a great family circle. Sir Alexander Bannerman had attained to a good vojd age — about eighty-two years— aud in the ordinary course of nature, he could not have expected to live much longer. We Lope his Royal Mistress will live long enough to have many more eervants like him, who, by judgment, talent and good taste, will induce free and intelligent communities to believe that the much abused phrase of “ loyalty te the Crown” involves no dry abstract considerations of duty, but that loyalty is a sentiment which appeals directly to the heart of every right thinking man in British America. meen cecil <r DEATH OF ABBE’ FERLAND, A great light has failen from the litovary fir- mament by the desth of the most illustrious French Scholar and Author which British Ame- aica possessed in the persun of the Abbe Ferlaud. About three months ago we had the pleasure ot making his acyuaiutance at Laval University, Quebec, and found him to be one of the mivst ap- parently light-hearted ard joyous of all the dis- tinguished Dignitaries of the Catholie Church by him, the Meeting broke up. ‘who gave, at their University, in all thejy got- a