S : FA ee Pn Sacaah se Doe oe yaw ‘ a ee ; = as Te aS ee em. zi sa latte linea > ge ae 2 -} ti ee A Fis ea aatiae te eneees ee eee pase te LSS et pee eee ta sae va tate Ge or ie “ _ cee omens CTC Ae Ae NSN DatLy HXAMINER, DECEMBER 29, ISS0, as THE A Gross Mis-statement. Mr. Davies made a gross mis-statement the other evening when he said that the Contract did not make the construction of the Eastern and Central sections ** inter- dependent on each other. Here is what the Contract says in reference to pis sub- ject. We uote from Section 4. — The work of construction shall menced at the eastern extremity of the Hast- ern Section, not later than the tirst day of July next, and the work upon the Central Section shall be commenced by the compauy at such pomt towards the eastern end thereot on the position of the end new uncer con struction a shail be found shail be approved by the CGoverument, at a date not later than the first of May next, and the work uoon the Eastern and Central por- be vigorously and ontinaously annual progress be com- tions shal carried on at such a rate of on each sec:ion as shall enable the company to complete and equip the same and each of them in running order oa or before the Ist day of May, 1891, by which date the company here- by agre + to complete and equip the tions, in evaformity with this contract, un- less prevented by the Act ot Government, the Queen's enemies, imtestine disturbance, ept- demics aud floods, or other causes bevond the control of tie company, and in case of the in- terruption or obstruction (f the work of con: struction from any of the said cruses the cime fixed fortiec napletion or tne railway shall be exteade:| for a corresponding period,” There is no excuse this matter. He staged with the an- nouncement that he had given ‘a great deal of time and study to this question,” and yet we find him making the grorsest mis-statements of facts, and then making these mis-statements the basis of declama- tion for two long, mis-spent hours. When Mr. Davies said the Company were free under the Contract to build the central or easy portion of the line and* leave the Eastern oc difficult section unbuilt, he convenient and as | sald sec: | for Mr. Davies in: ai et 0S ne eee ee ey SOS NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. aeenennnmnenes oe a ee IRELAND. Lonpon, Dec. 23. ' Ttis ramoered that Mr. Parnell has been ‘suddenly removed from the leadership of ithe Land League and replaced by Michael 'Davitt, whose outspoken Fenianism and ‘emphatic demands for separation from Eng ‘land, it is said, find the most favor now in \Ireland. The rumor lacks confirmation. | The Customs authorities yesterday seized in the. Clare i } | ' the Norwegian ship ** Juno” jriver, near the mouth of the Shannon. | Her cargo consisted of arms, of which three ‘wagon loads had already been landed. A 'foree of marines and artillery have charge lof the vessel. The ‘‘ Juno” is from Cork ifor Baltimore, with railroad iron and arins, ; mostly carbines and reyolvers. | Being disabled, she waa taken in tow by a i tug and brought to Limerick, where she is not Her cargo was Recessar- ' obsolete now under repalr. lily removed, and the arms and ammunition | were taken tu the Queens stores under a , military guard | A despatch from Dublin says the ship i.Juno is the same vessel from which arms iwere stolen some time ago in Cork harbour. }The ship has been knocking about for six hmonths on her way to the United States. 'The authorities will keep charge of her luntil the arms have been removed. Lonpon, Dee. 27. i} A despatch from Dublin to the Times ; Says it is generally said that so dull and lgad a Christmas has never been experienced ithere. Lt was solemn, despite the masks. | The spirit of the people, and the trade also, ihave for some time been feeling the effects lof the di8turbance of the country. They lare beginning to exhibit signs of great em- \barrassment, but the agitation, which is paralyzing trade, putting capital to flight, and poisoning commercial life, still extends its deadly influence, while the sufferers look wpon its progress in helpless dismay. Lonpon, Dec. 26. | ! . only chance, and that a very frail one, lay in being able to weather the ‘eastern simply misiead and humbugged his party ;| The information received within the last and it is due to them that he should now | few days by the Government has been of a — ——- ra points of the island, where a temporary breakwater might enable us to make a leap for our lives. Meantime we set to work to | repair, as well as we could, the damacve done ito our boat. i but a few nails replaced the broken plank and le few threads of vakum stopped the chinks. \ } The whole frame of the boat, however, was Our materials were very meagre, idisjointed and almost shaken asunder, For- jiunately we weathered the dreaded eastern point and swung right in against the butting {perpendicular cliff. Throwing two draw- j buckets into the boat, we threw her without , aid of fali or tackle over the side of the schoon- jer, and made a headlong scramble for life. We | all snececded in getting into her, but scarcely ‘had she dropped into the water before she 'was almost in 4 sinking condition. By rese- ‘lutely plying the two buckets we barely suc ‘ceeded in keeping the water trom rising to the cunwale, but at no time did we mabage to, the bout, | ‘reduce it less than half the full of ‘Lucky it was for us that Witless Bay lay di- | reetly under our lee, so that we had no eilort to make, but merely to steer the boat before _ the wind i were able to keep the boat from being actually swamyed, but as it was she was uncer water ‘from the time we rounded the south end of ‘Gull Island till we were dashed ashore in ! Witless Pay. We had not been well cleared of ithe Royal Arch when she went to pieces, jhammered against the cliff+, and disappeared ‘in less than three minutes from the time we | flung out the hoat, the shattered and only jplauk of safety we owned, in the water. | About an hour after leaving our schooner we iwere amone the breakers, and only a few hundred fathoms from the beach at Witless 'Bay. From that time till we found our- selves tossed high and dry ashore, our {boat in staves and ourselves flung here and ‘there along the rocky beach, none of us re- member anything. It seems lke a mere misty dream. Fortunately no cne of us was severely iejured, and we have great reason to thank Providence for our miraculous preser- vation. We have lost everything but our lives, and that we are saved is due to no eflort }on our part, for it seemed as if human energy in the circumstances in which we were placed amounted to nothing.” ae sis Dicsy HerrinG and CoprisH at the Family Groceoy.—-R. K. Brace, {de 29 a -_——— By taking turns at the bucket we | j i ! i 7 | call another meeting and plainly tel! themisoch a character 2 to leave no doubt but that he had mis-represented the facts, and|/that an organized and general rising in induced them to vote for his silly, an-| grammatical resolution under false pre- tences. -_— = Petitions. ~ | Artillery. itroops, a large portion of the i Brigade, and five batteries of the Ireland was arranged for to-day. tpatch to that Island of so many picked Household Royal [reland an There is now in Deewne Jhristmas. and previous and sub- larmy of 30,000 regulars, the flower of the ae : | sequent dxys, the Grits were, we learn, quietly cir ulating throughout the country, | tion would be impossible. petitions avains’ the ratification,by Parlia- ment of tract. Knowing the weakness some peopic suecessful insurrec- Nevertheless, it is feared that disturbances will occur there. British army, so that ine Canada Pacific Railway Con-| Simultaneous blows, according to the ori-| ivinal programme, were te be struck have for signing petitions, they tdke them {in London and other great cities of Eng- eround before they expecting that taxpayers will sign in haste avd repent at leisure. We learn that in many settlements their success has not | hold their meetings, |land, henee the police autherities every- where spent an anxious Christmas. Many [rish-Americans have arrived within the last few days at Queenstown, but any at- proved equal to their anticipations. Prince |tempts to land arms will be frustrated, for Edward Islanders are not to be so easily misled. Having experienced a joyfui fee!- ing of relief because the contract has been made, they are not going to allow them- selves to be scared into asking Parliament to withhol.! itsratification andto go on with the Railway as a Government work, involv- ing indefinite expense and ‘fa yawning abyss of joobery and corruption.” - a. Campbell's Cove Breakwater. Ws have great pleasure in seconding the efforts of those who are promoting the ac- complishment of this work-—-begun many years ago, and never finished. The break- water would be of use to the fishermen and traders, not only of the neighborhood, but | l 3runswick and Cape|details of action at Middleburg. of Nova Scotia, New Be Breton. ‘Cheshelter which, by it, would be ; afforded to smali craft engaged on the fine the coast is now carefully guarded. The Government is, ai least, fully determined to keep freland nominally under the rule of the Crown, although all law continues to be trampled upon by the great mass of the population. The Conservative papers, as might be expected, reproach the Gov- ernment bitterly, while several journals in the Provinces express their full approval of Mr. Gladstone’s policy, declaring that the time for coercion in [reland without remedying Irish grievances has passed by, never to return. THE BOERS. Lonpon, Dec. 27. 4 despatch from Cape Town gives some The soers attacked the 94th regiment while under a flag of truce, and while they were fishing gro inds of the Bast Point, would be |}endeavoring to extricate some wagons. @ very great advantage. time. but valuable property and invaluable | were niurdered lives, may be saved if the Breakwater be | Boers. finished. The proposed work is worthy the aerious consideration of the Government; |ceding for others. and we feel sure that Messrs. McDonald and | Mauttart will not fail, promptly: m1 forcibly, to press it upon the attention of the proper authorities. Not Yet. We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing any notice of a public meeting to be held for the purpose of enabling Mr. L. H. Davies to correct the most egregious of the mis statements with which, at the meeting in Market Hall, he deceived his supporters and followers? Are we, then, to infer that these gross mis-stements are to remain uncerrected ? Quire a number of important cases were decided before His Bonor Jadge Alley, in the County Coart yesterday. ‘Ve notice one in particular . that of Dr. McNeill vs. the Union Bank of Prince Edward ‘Island. This was au action brought to recover, as the plaintiff alleged, money improperly charged to him for exchange on two drafts payable «at the Union Bank. No de- tence beiny made, the plaintiff easily obtained judgment for amount claimed, with costs ainst the Rank. Is it not strange that a charge of this nature defended? The amogunt involved was small but the principle, nevertheless, would affect much larger transactions and the community at large would do well to take notice of it. — + -—— ome we - We cnierstand that none of the people rom New London responded to the invitation ofthe promoters of the big meeting excepting *two of tie Brown boys” from Stanley. —_— - —- -o <> o~----- — Weather Bulletin. Probabilities for the next 24 hours for the Maritime Prorinces. Toaonte, Dec. 29—10 a. m. Fees’: to brisk winds, fair to cloudy cold the boat smashing several planks. weather, with light snow. a Te Mr. Vewnox explains that his now over-|the boiling cliffs, should be made by a Bank, if wosnstainable and incapable of being Not only much |Several of the police and some civilians at a meeting of 3,000 They also murdered Mr. J. A. |Ereta, a Boer clergyman, who was inter Colonial people are very much exasperated at this last out- rage. Eke Perils of the Sea. ANOTHER ALB OF SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDL4AND—TOTAL LOss OF THE SCHR. ROYAL ARCH—THRILLING NALRATIVE OF THE CAPTAIN. (Special despateh to Halifax Chronicle.) Sr. Joun’s Neip., Dee. 27. The captain and crew of the schr. Royal Arch has arrived overland from Witless Bay, distant 18 miles from St. John’s, where they were dashed ashore amid break ing seas, in a small boat, almost stove to pieces and partially filled with water. Their escape is one of the must miraculous in the histor? of marine incidents, Capt Noel, of the Royal Arch, gives the following account of the loss of his vessel and the well nigh miraculous escape of himself and his crew : — **'The schooner Royal Arch, of about one hundred and fifty tons burden, laden with a general cargo of produce and bound from Georgetown, P. E. [., to St. John’s, N. F., was lost yesterday morning at ten o'clock on the eastern side of Gull Island, off Witless Bay. About nine o'clock a heavy sea struck us on the port bow, carrying away the bow- spritand jibboom. A few minutes after- jwards the foremost went by the board, carry- ling along with it the maiumast and leaving us |ahelpleas wreck, floundering about in the | trough of the sea. terrific gale from east north east anda heavy broken sea was rolling on from the eastward. (was breaking and piling up iu terrible fury. ! . . <$ . Our first impulse was to lower away our only This | ‘circumstance accounts for the hurried des- ‘The wind was blowing a! Under our lee, not§disantt more than a half i mile, lay Gell Island, against which the sea Have you had any sausages from the ‘Fish Market?” They are the best in towa, and are made fresh every morning. [de 29 61 to i i WILL sell at AUCTION, at my Room, Queen Square, on FR 7th January, at 12 o’cluck,— 15 shares in Bank of P. E. Island, 15 shares ‘in Union Bank P. E. [siand, 5, shares in Merchants Bank P. E. island. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. . IDAY, Dec. 29, '80— eed FOR SALE! i CAYCHOONER ** BONNIE LASS,” 107 tons fs Register, five years old, copper fastened, | very stronyly built, and a good sailer, as she ‘now lies frozen up in East Kiver, Charlotte- town, and reakly to proceed with freight as soon as navigation opens. For turther par- ticulars apply to J. & A. McMILLAN, Isaac’s Harbor, N. 8., Dee. 2", ’80—1m eod Diag Vi y ’ DI ‘7 r PELEGRAPHY ! 4 a ° ; CLASS will be formed about the last of January. 188], at the Charlottetown Business College. All persens wishing to join must file their applications (written) previous to that date. Terms, tuition, hours, &¢., on application to L. B. MILLER, Principal, Post Office Box 136. Ch’town, Dec. 29, '80. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN © Newspapers, Magazines, Reviews, &, i ase is the time to subseribe for 1881. aN Orders made up every mail. HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE, Dec. 29, 0 —tf Queen Street. DIARLES Fe 1881. CHOICE ASSORTMENT JUST RE. ae CEIVED AT HARVIE’S BOUKSTORE. Dec. 29, ’80--tf a ET SSE TH LAST GAME NOTHER. OPPORTUNITY will be LA offered to those wishing to secure good PICLURES at low prices. 1 will positively close out, without reserve, at the Queen Street Auction Reoins, ~— ON— Thursday Aftermoun, the d0h December, AT 2 o'CLOCK, 75 CHOortCH Chromes and Ulecgranhs, Also a few new Clocks and Silver Watches. A positive clearance will be made at any price. J W. BB. STEWART, | Dec. 28, ’80—2j Auctioneer. POSTPONED! ‘FYE OPENING OF THE CITIZEN’S SKATING RINK has been— owing to. :boat, bat while making preparati us to put/the weather—postponed until ther in the water, asea broke near us and stove Our fate ‘now appegred to be hopelessly sealed. In \a few minutes we must be thrust in against where a few minutes due .s00w storm would have been here on/would be sufficient to work the doem of time had it not been for the adverse wind, the vegsel and all on _ board. Onur Thursday Ey'ng, 30th inst., At 8 O'CLOCK. G. W. WAKEFORD, Dec, 27, 1889, Secretary, BANK STOCK. Apply at i woe CLHARANCH SALE OF GHNEHRAL DRY GOODS! TREMAINE & METCALF’S, a A eT QUEEN STREET. (harbottetownwn, Neventber 18, 158%, arnt Ae octet eee aay ec ay CONCERT IN ST. JAMES’ HALL ‘ Wednesday, oath December, | PART FIRB8Y, Gi ieee sete ee .... Quintette Club |; % Song (Scottish)...... Mr. A, McKinnon | 3. Duet (Piano)......Miss Morsjson and Prof. Earle 4. Song— ‘‘Scotland Yet”.......Mr. Caven L. RROMGIMG o ccisene es bcs Miss Barr 6. Song..................Mr. Montgomery 7s Duet (Piano and Violin) .....Miss Bo” Macleprnan and Mr. W. ©. Harris S, BOM. a. sive tee teceor eae. Miss Palmer Song—‘‘Come and meet me, Darling,” Mr. Williams .....Mr. Arthur Peters PART SECOND. | a "Ss svg oaoteeats ee Quintette Club 130. Reading....... 2. Song—‘‘ Man the Lite Boat,”...... Mr. A. Lord (Piano Solo)—-** Fantasie sur Faust,” Miss Bertha Gray ce TS ee Miss Bourke Sony—‘* Rocked in the Cradle of the Pees. ses 4 a9 2'e ete ol vagy See Reading......... fren Miss Lea Song—-‘‘Ballal from Brides of Venice,” Mr, Williams Duet (Piano). .Miss Dann and Prof. Karle 9: Beng. :. ... awe > <taseees Mr. Montgomery iQ. Song—‘* Huncred Pipers”....Mr. Caven God Save the Queen by Quintette Club, Doors open at 7.39. at 8 o'clock. Tickets to be had at the stores of W. R. Watsen, Dr. Dodd, C. D. Rankin, J. Mac- Eachern, W. I). Stewart, W. & A. Brown & Co,, and at Apethecaries’ Halli, Dec. 22, 1880—3i w tu w 2+ wwe . Ne te mM Concert to commence - ee nacelle SALE POSTPONED Y. M. ©. ASSOCIATION, | THE ANNUAL SALE ——(y fF - detain NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES WILL TAKE PLACE ON Thursday Evening, the 20th December AT HALF-PAST SKVE™ O'CLOCK. By order. F. SS. MOORE, President. Life Among the Hills | andl et Dec. 23, 1880-— COLORADO IN 1880. H. FLETCHER, Ese, will deliver the @). tirst of two Lectures en the above sub- ject, in the Hall of the Y. M. C. A., under the auspices of the | adies’ Social Committee ou New. Year's Eve (FRIDAY, the 3lat inst.) The second Leeture on the same subject will be given in the Market Hall on WEDNES- DAY, the 16th JANUARY, before the Ladies’ Temperance Benevolent Society. Funds to go to the relief of the poor, The first Lecture will give a description of the physical appearance of Celorado—peculiarities of the country— characteristics of the people—mineral in- dustry —moral status of society—lifein mining campa, &c, ; Parties wishing to hear all about Colorade should attend both Lectures. Admission 25 cents, {de 28 FLOUR! Kent Mills, Superior Extra. a SALE HERE, or on Cars at Gieorge- town. Apply to JAMES BROWN & 0G, Water Street, Ch’town, P. £, Island Railway. TENDERS FOR SLEEPERS, ae TENDERS, marked ‘ Tenders hJ for Sleepers,” will be received by the ulidersigned at the Railway Otiice, Charlotte- town, until 6 p.m., SATURDAY, the 8th January, i881, for the undermentioned Sleepers ;— Between Georgetown and Mt, Stewart, 13,000 Dec, 258, ’8 “ Mt. Stewart and Ch’town.... 13,000 ” Mt. Stewart and Souris...... 6,000 . Royalty Junction and S’Side.. 18.500 Summerside and Tignish..., 40,500 Forms of Specification and Tender can be had _0n application at any of the Railway Stations, or at the Railway Office, “harlotte- tewn, L. B. ARCHIBALD, be Superintendent. Railway Office, Charlottetown, Dec. 24, 1880 i, pat pres her ar ne sp sj kea pio till date A ET A ny emma 1 : er tne oe: Wants. Lost, Found, src TANTED—A pubabhiner fal o Peay three years old—dark grey —good road- ster, gentle in harness, and sound. Apply atthe Examiner Office. [de 28 5i T° LET, for Dancing Assemblies, Publi¢ Meetings, ete., Allin’s Hall. Apply t? W. Krennepy, at ‘* The Confectionery.’ : (de 16 6i eod rg\@® Lin F—Shop and Dwelling Hopse 0g Great George Street. For particnla apply to E. McDovea tt. {de 14t ANTED-—By a competent person, employment tor the winter to make up books and accounts. Apply at this —... {de } Ais Rieti, Nigh aD WPM as ok