Hoa. Mr. Wiom min said that the fees and) and becomes the leader of the Irish National erable anziety on the part of those about the fines arising from the operation of the Bul, |party there, be will lend to that party a ferce Queen. The announcement made a few days whee it became law, should be sufficient to and a subtlety whichit nowhadly wants, Set- siuce that a gathering had formed in Her Ma- weaiptain the inati'ution without going to the, peblic chest for money to support it. He wou'd support the amendment eubmitted by his boner the Leader of the Goverament, To make provision for the az penses of te Medi- ea! Board from the Treaeury would be con- trary to the rules of the House, for it in- vo wed a money yote. The mewbers of the Fieuss had been givea to ande rstapd thet po oe asking for a come defore the ous, anless it ori te? at the E ui Pe ¢ at the Ezeeutive Mon. Atry. Generay, snid that jf the Medi cal Board were pai’, from the Treasury, it would involve t#xr tion, and, therefore, the Bill, in order #0 aliow this would baye to come througt th g Government. _ Dr. Robortar 9 optained leave to withdraw bis amé@ugano’ its, ilon, tertepo-arit h the practice Of Midwiy-e If it! did, be ould not « ré at, Dr. Waderthos boveaved that the Bill did Bote cluile midwires, and that they would be leis at perfect liberty to practice as usual, The Speaker then took the Chair, and the Chairman reported the Lill agreed to with- Gut amendments. Mr. Perry asked if the Bill would in-| SS A es ting aside Gladstone and John Bright, of course, | know of no man among the Epglish Liberals. to be compared for eloquence and capicity with big, fervid Isaac Butt, If be really doeg set out in a new career, every cne | will wish him well. The man never, I think, had an enemy, even among the credjtors whom he neglected, and the cabmen whose fares he sometimes would not pay. After al!, he still has time to make a name, for althouch he was a distinguishd mau five aid tlarty years ago, |he is not sixty years old now, He heyan life 'soon, and lived many lives. Perhaps he will find his real career at last.” -~ 20 &-2—- ‘JOHN MARTAIN ON TRELAND’S REAL GRIEVANCE, | Mr, Johg Mertain, M. P. . has written to ithe London Zimes with reference to the Dubho rioters,in which he sharply criticises the | Eoglieh view of Irish questions, zenerally de- ,claring that the grievauce of the Irish peo- le is not the measures by which they are ept in subjection, but the subjectign itself, which they are bent on having removed, The | Times, replying to the letter, cpntends that | the policy which has arisen out of the union : Ordered, Thas-the Bili be engrossed. | @ emphaticaliy imperial as opposed to nation Me. Mapra pubmicted a Bill to amend the Act, providing for a Seamer for the George Sow o Ferry. Received and read a first time, an’ ordered to be read a seconed tima to morrow. Hoo. Leader of the Goverament presented several petitions for Pest Odlices, w nich were received, read, and laid on the toate A Vommitiee of five member”. was «ppointed to whom were referred the petitions for New Roads. The members of e4id Committee were Hons. Kelly, Sinclair, Callbeck, and Messra. Boberteon and How. Petitions for “ow Post Offices were refer- red to the sav.e Commitiee, Telegraphic Communication. The House then resolved itself into a Com- nitive of supply. Dr. Robertson in the Chair Hen. Mr. Owen, a member of Her Ma- jesty'e Government, moved 8 resolutios grant ing sams for various purposes; among othere the ecm of £100 for extension of ‘elegraph to Georgetown. lion. Mr. Wicmtmay said that ag there wae pow Telecraphic communication between Charlottetown and Georgetown, he hoped the Government would extend it to Montague , 2@ the expense would be triiling, and the people of that piace were willins to con- tribute something towards it. Montague is & thriving place, 8nd is just cs muc! entitled to the advantages of telegraphic communica- tion as Georzetown; he therefore hoped the Gogernwent would introduce @ ‘esolytion grenting 4 emell sum to provide it, Only three or four miles of wire were required to extend a branch to Montague, and by grant- jong ® eam to pgeiet the peop e in ob aining it. shey would be placed in direct communica-| sion with other parts of the world, Hoo. Mr. Psary thoughé this great for the Telegraph to Georgetown jooked rather sus- picious, When the telegraph Line was car- ried to Cascumpug, the people there liberally subseribed towards the enterpriz2; but the jal, that there exisis no sugh thing as Irish | subjection, and that on the whole, Ireland is } in & Detter position, g0 far as her position in |the state goes, than Rngland, Svotland, or | Wales. Nr, Maritain writes :— | «desire tnat the constitution of King. | Lor’s, and Commons should be restored in 'Treiaud by the removal of the English usurpa- tion of the act ot Union, I desire to see the Queen exercising ber constitutiona} function io Ireland, and governmimg my country through a free Irish Parliament. I try todo my duty | as au Irigh subject,and | desire that the Queen |should begiu to do hers as a Sovereign of \Ireland. ‘that is what I understand by my ‘loyalty to the Throne. But let no English ' commentator fluiter himself that by loyalty to jthe throne | mean allegiance and subjection tc bim aad his countrymen, And be assur- el that in my judgment the charge of disloy- laity, in this unhappy national qvarrel, lies /agaiust you ard your countrymen, who pre- ivent the rightful constitutional exercise of | the Queen'‘s authority in her kingdom of Ire |Jand, and not against Irish patriots ike me, | who strive to restore tbe constitutional rights | of our nation, jother topics. I thini, jt is simple logs of time | to lecture us Irish as to the wish of certain | parties in Kingland for a policy cf coercion lalone, aud the struggles of another English | party (to which you intimate that youreelt | belongs) for *betier things.” We have made | wp our minds ja Ireland that your policy to- jwards us is adopted and regulated entirely | from considerstion of your own selfish inter- jest and copyenience. Whether you take measures to strike terror or to soothe and | conciliate—whether you keep us *in obedience’ by brute foree, or coax us with ‘better things’ (by which you mean partial redress of some of the wrongs you have 1.flicted on us)—we be- | lieve that you consider exclusively your own | seearity, your own material prifit, your own | mational reputation in Kurope, your own tem Let me add a few words upou | | porary convenience It is your own gifuir how you shal} hold my country. I: is Bras | tion in my opinion, ofany great momen Ireland, The policy of brute torce may hang, imprision, and banisha few more of the Irish but the the re-| : i : | latter policy will corrupt and demoralize us , fobs alien or tones he tye ».. I worse than the fo-mer, The evil, the griev- , | gnce, that the Irish people iay to your charge ne oe bo a ncn ree | is—how long and bow often must we declure g°* op Z na Ht 18 it and you eff-ct not to hear?—not the meas a ene ee What they were ures, cruel as they generally are, by which mew ue (eres enid that the inhabiteote | 7°" keep us in subjection, byt the sybjection a Georgetown cee cieniied very liberally itself. You refyse to let us be your eaquels, ; in aid of their line of Telegraph, and had Georgetown people did not pay the amount whet they had subseribed. sae B. Daytss thought the Chancellor of the Exch ould bave to | hy | : . £100 eddithonal hed t aa ain a W®Y | than the policy of «better things, country as you are of yours, We shall never free as you are; owners and rulers of our own | gent ia the subscription list to the Govern- ment; dut the list could not now be found goywhere. The person who undertook to collec: tne subscriptions did all he could, but could not make up the amount which had been subscribed; the consequence was that the Government had to ask for £100 addi tional te complete the payment to \he gom- on. Leavge oF Tae Goverymex’r said it Was suppoeed that the subscription would pay the cost of pests and putting the @ down; but they cost more than was supposed, and even if the subscription were found :: would bot pey the amount due the Company, The telegragh Company undertook to eupply the wire if the poste were put down; bot the subseription list appears tu be lost. It 18 pot fa:r that the Company should remain unpaid; and, therefore, there is nothing lef: but for the ature to mate good the amount. Mr. McNeict said thee petition jad been gent to the Government from the oorthern part of bie district, seeking fore Lidge at Bicoup Peter's Ferry—across the Hunter Kiver, It was accompanied with & subseription list sf £300, and the people there wers willin $o subscribe eyes more towards it, 1f the work went on. Overa handred and fitty people crossed this Ferry chyroh every sablsath, and in bad weather it was very disagr:eable to erces in boats. He hoped the Government would not lose eight of this petition vad sub- scription list, for the people were quite will- ing to do their part, and felt the waat of a Bridge very much. ; Select Qows Summary. _—s —_— TukEs is now comimy to the front in Irish politics, a man, whose career has been a re- conten an rai ae ote : rof rty which as withost « leader Gines 0 Qosneil’ 8 time. saac Butt, an god cultared advo- cate, is by far the man, who hus within receut years, mingled in public affairt. and his recent election to the House of Cumoions for Limeric, ag the *- home rule candidat: ,” gives him a i position which he will probably turn to account to make bis name celebrated, Mr, Justan McOarthy, in bie last letter from London to the New Yo: « “Mail, thus describes Mr. Butt :-— # years when most of regu Gatinguched bimself as on Opppo- next of O'Conneti’s, Re wag @ proicesur of political economy and a lawyer. Theu he saddealy flashed into a yeuuine renown gs the detender of Thomas Francie Meazher, in the Insh State trials of three-and-twenjy years ago. Then, and since then, [ have beard bim oiien, aod [ think, allowing for all the defects arising from an wopalsiye and igregule, nature, sod an exuberant physique, ne was ove of the Most cioquent and persuas.ve speakers | have ever hecrd He hag a magnilicent voice, none the worse for its rjch ot sonorous Irish acoent, and be bue flashin that reminded you ci the description of rt Burws. He wae @uythiug but a handsome man: bis face looked like shat of @ nezro—-bignched; bus his eyes, hia voice, and his powerful trame leat him atgaity, god somathing like ¢ ~andeur. I think ia his beet days he must have sume whet resembled Mirabeau. He was at this time, although he defe ded the {rish p:isoners, @ Tory, avd @ protectionist. He was taken up by the English protectiontsta, apd became the pet orator of their great meetings. brough this isterest he entered the Houseuof C mmons, as the re tutive of ga Enzlch Tory- borough, Gradually he renounced [oryism and bevame a Liberal, Bet meanwhile he was failing fuet into roia. He lost his practice at the bar, because Ro one could trust bim to his engage Roe ite, eee 1) nen aga bier, # ependsorifi, a scapegrace of every ind, ! sbpink from saying to what epths of degradation sunk this richiyegi _eberous mau. As last he di from Pariia- meat aad from soviety. He wag past the prime of lifs, aod every one regurded bim as Kinaed ‘op opeiy seepngd the prctt. of bi practic. | a in Dublin, and: was said to have ps anide whotiy the srrove-rngt af his youth, the most preeems ae ~~ aes one uol.ke most yery «loquen vesders, Nats te & profogad and a wily lawyer, ne well ag ® persuasive, powertul pap ft, | be gontent to remain yvur subjects, Consid- 'er whether itis wise for you to persict in holding us subject to you against our will. Alas! you talk ofour batred to you. What have we done agaifat England? P{ow haye we shown hatred to the Engiwh? Can you specify any wrong we have done you? Have we pretended to rule you, to make laws for you, to tex you, to spend your taxes, to dis- /arm you, tu treat you as our subjects, and to ; ; the English, whose acts are acts of betred to the other?’’ THE FORTUNES OF SHIPPEGAN AND | &T. JOHN'S, N, F., LOOMING UP, | When Mr, Sandford Fleming introduced | Shippegan, one of the local.ties represented by the Honorable Member for Gloucester, in- to bis report on the Intercolonial Railroad, it was thought to be a political rush to catch the North, and as an offset against the many good things he bad said as to the prospects of 'Soutneru cities. Now the fancies of the en- giveer look as if th y might soon be convert- ped into realities. Our Aroostook contempor- ary, the Pioneer, gives a very good summary ofthe vituativn, more especi.liy when the | Canada Pasific sball have been completed, | But we do not believe that enterprising capita- | lists will wait long, betore taking hold of this | splendid project. It will yet muke the for | Sunes of steam-boat and :ailroad proprietors. | It is the predestined route forthe immigrants | of the furore to travel. Canad, ought to take | hold of it us once, Newfound and wor ]d sare ly be delighted tonid, Treatinz of * Avother ilway Project,” the Pioneer says; ‘(Phe Island of Newfouudiand has canghi the railroad fever, and has advanced an idea which, if capried out, will shorten still more the voyage between the contivents, It is pro- to consirgct a tine of railroad from &r. vhn’s across the island of St, George's Bay, adiwtance of 168 miles, Pasgengere from Europe, ingtend of landing at Halifax, would leave at St. John’s, N. F., cross the island by rail, acd take a steaw ferry for the west- ern port of Shippegan harbor, Bay of Chal- eur, where they would intersect the [ntercol- onal Railway, which, when gompleted, will connect with the great net-work of railroads throughout the United States and Dominion. This would constitute the shortest and safest route for passengers and mails between Eu- rope and Awrica. he distance between St. John sand Val- eneia to Irejand, is a litle qver 160Q miles. Swift steamers would make this ran in ¢ 1-2 or 5 days. The ocean passage prorer would thus become @ g.nall affair, involving vo more risk than crossing the [rvish Channel. The dang 6s arising irom fogs, currenta, and reefs slong the thousand miles of American coast, on which 50 many vessels meet their doom, would be avoided, After g run of four or five days, passengers would land at St. John’s— step into a railway carriage, agd enjoy the picagure cf being whisked across Newfound. jand in eight} bours amid scenery the most novel and beautiful apd in twentyefuyr hours, would find themselves ai Shippegan, where « branch of the Intercolovial ilway would forward them to @uy part of the States or Causda ina few hours. The distinguished engineer, Mr, Saudtord Fleming, has been the firat to suggest this route to stamp it with bis high approval, He is of qpinion that it would prove w femunerative updertaking, aud would attract tq it a large portion of the passenger traffic and mail matter naw passing between the twy continents, The near future he considera, will see it garried out; ana he be- lieves thata daily line of steamers agross the ocean would find ample employment, Mails aud ngers from Loudon would reach New York in seven days by this route; Cai- cago iv eight days; wod San Francisco (via Cineago) in twelve duys. When the Can- adian Pacific ling is popatructed, this link is its Outural completion, and would make St, John's, N. F , ie eqstern terminus, A line of steamere from a port in British Columbia ta Ching and Japan, and another line to Aus- tralia, would supply channels by which the commerce af Asia, and Australia would regeb Europe across Newfoundiand.” SERIOUS CHARACTER QF QUEEN VICTORIAS ILLNEsg [from the London Lancet | We are most glad to be able to state that Her Majesty is now rapidly recoyering from hey recent illness. The — are probably noi aware of the fact t this illness has heer of @ serious cheracier,se much 80, ine He repovered bis forfeited popalari:y. end bes, J hen eh ak regained bie vfaes. in Aseltiz: HM he goes tpto Pepunment sgein, revile you because you think proper to rule! yourselves? Which people is it, the Irish or | jesty’s arm aud had been opened, was, if not to the pyblic, at feast to medical miuds, not & Jittle digquietang, insqgmuch as it ian un- der the circumstances, that serious disturbance of the general health had occured, The a. illness began at Osborne, early in ugust, with entire logs of appetite, headache disturbed nights, general depression and slight ioflamation of the left tonsil, The inflama. | tion of the tonsil soon aubsided, but Her Ma-| jesty. without suffering from any notable local trouble, continued very +H]. The heat of Osborne and of Windsor was, moreover, | most trying to the Queen before she weut to | Balmoral, Her Majesty bore the journey north well, and on the road slept better than jshe had for several proceeding nights. On ithe 19th of August, however, and for some days subsequently, the Queeo suffered trom most severe soré throat, and there was consid- erable interference not only with the act of swallowing, but even with speech- As the throat improved the Queen began to suffer |pain a little below the right arm, at which |’ | part a swelling, that subsequently suppurated, |made its appearance. Her Majesty's general health was agaiu greatly disturbed at the time, in connection wth the formation of the abe- | cess, and for days Her Majesiy was unable to jtake any food, On the 4th of September | Mc. Lister opened an abseess which had forin- jed at the seat of the awelling beneath the arm. The abscess proved to be of consider- jable size; but after it was incised it made fa- | vorable progress toward cure and soon healed. | From this time the improvement in the Queen's | genera! health began to show itself, and dur- ing the past few days has been very decided. It will be gathered from these details that al- | though the Queen has never been in immedi- | ate danger, she bas really been very ill, and | that although now on the way to complete re- leovery, some time must elapse before tke | | Queen ean be so well as she was earlier in| jthe year. Her Majesty pow needs rest and quite more than ever, and there are none of | her subjects who will, while they rejo.ce at | her convalescence, begrudge her the retire |ment of Balmoral, the climate of which will, | no doubt, as it has often done betore, restore | Her Majesty to her usual bealth. As the | Queen desired for herself andthe royal bouse- hold generally, to have a medical map con- stantly in the palace to attend to cases of em- ergency, Her Majesty appointed Dr. Marshal! ot Crathie to be resident medical attendant to Her Majesty and the royal household wher ever the Court may be. Dr. Marshall eame into residence when the Queea reached Bal- moral on the 16th of August and was in at- tendgance on the Queen with Sir William Jen- ner and Mr. Lister during Her Majesty's late severe illness, ! THE HON. J, L. PAPINEAU, (From Montreal ** Star.’’) Tue Hon. J. L. Papineau, who died on Saturday, at Montibello, the Mansion of his Seignory on the Ottawa river, was one of the old iandmarks of Canadian history now pas- sing gradually from amongst us, Mr. Pa- pineau’s life has been one eventful and stirr- ing caree", and keeping in view the old and buman precept * De Moriuis nil nisi Lonum,” | we will at this moment abstain from those ictures which a considerable portion of his ic acts more prominently present to us }a3 obnoxious to comment. Mr. Pap‘neau| ‘entered Parliament about forty-five years ame where be was distinguished for his elo- quenee and strong attachment to the British | government and connection. He ofteu at that period talked of his father’s and grand- tather’s rememberances of the tyraynous con- duct of the old French Gevernors, under whom ithey had lived and endured many wrongs | Mr. Papineau did not find this conduct accord with the feelings of his colleagues, ard he | gradually veered round, and became what the |press and agitators of that pericd calied a j}patriot The party to which Mr, Papineau attached himself had no principles which would, in the present day, bear analysis, and may be summed up in the sentence—** hatred of everything British,’’ with the same aims as the ** Programmists’ of to-day, Mr, Pa- pineau was eloquent, a man of good pre- sence, old French family, rich, and had the ear of his countrymen ; but like all agitators who have much to lose, was driven beyoud prudeuce by thore who had nothing to lose, and all to gain by tre scrambling consequent upon a rebellion. M>. Papimeau was chosen speaker ot the House of Representatives, which office he held at the time of the breaking out ot the Rebellion of 1336-37, and was amonge the earliest of the *‘ patriots’? to take refuge in the United States from the penaliics o their misguided temerity in attempting an everthrow of the British Government io Canada, without money, arms, or disciplined troops—or even the discretion necessary to make the best of the sma]! means at their command, After many years of exile, Mr. Papineau was permitted to retura, and all his property was restored to him, Since ther, the blandishments of hie manners and hir social amenities have served to dissipate the prejudices of his former indiscretions, and Mr. J. L. Papineau has died in bis 85th year, with a more sincere regret from large numbers of personal friends of all shades of polities and Opinions than gsually fall to the lot of those who have exceeded by so many years the alloted term of man’s sojourn on earth, Mr. Papineau was one of those genial, kind. sympathising men whose cheering smile and cordial welcome made the advance of age un- noticed in him. Hate Celegraphic Hews, European London, Oct. 2. Princess Alexandra arrived at Aberdeen on Saturday, and received a yeuveral ovation from the gitizens. Ihe recent gales in the English channel caused many shipwrecks, ny hives are reported losi iv fall sight of the people on shore Evacuation of tue Department of Aise, France, still delayed, but will be began to-day, Peace Congress at Lausanne, Switzerland, ad- journed ov Friday. The National Banks of Belgium raised the rate of discount to 54 per cent. The latest report trom Caba is that insurgents ave no doubt surrendered. Despatch frow Coustautinople reports 70 deaths there on Saturday from cholera. By breaking of su_pension bridge cable on Satur day, ut Wheeling, Wes, Va, 3 men were killed and 3 dangerously wounded, London, Oct. 2. The scissors grinders, evtters and carpenters of Sheffield, aud spinners of Bolton and Dundee have *- struck.” The strikers ja Neweustle to-day pas sed a resolution to persevere in the strike. Fresh reinforcements for Caba embarked to-day at Cadiz, London, Oct. 3. Hon. Foster Bradford in an address in Londou on Mouday, advocated compulsory education for England, _ Thiers notified Zarl Granville that the commer- cinl treaty between France and Kagland termin- ates at the beginning of 1872. In consequence of the rejection by the lower Chamber of Sweden of the Government Bill for the defence of the Kingdom, Ministerg have re- signed, and the King is forming @ new Cabinet, During July, iu the City of Megchid, Persia 8, 000 persous died from fumine, gud 40.000 were made slaves of by the Afghans, who are taking advantage of their condition: Pestilence scill rages. and insuryectioy and inn, dation uid to their culamitjes. , The Mayor of Sault Lake City haa also been ar- rested for adultery; _Grigham Young is too gick to be remoyed fron: bis house, U Five thonsand U. 8, troops are before the city, but there is vo disturbance ree die United States, New York, Oct. 9 The Italian barque ** Loulle,” went ashore in the lute yale. Six of her crew were saved, four starved to death in the rigging, and fear were drowned. The gule extended from English and Irinh goasts to the Continent, and cunsed much damage to the crops. The attempt to settle the difficulty with the laborers of Newcustle by arbitration bag thus far proved uusuccessfal, Cholera js raging at Cogstantingple, with the Weather very hot aud water scarce. New Yark, Oct, 2. old 144. Exchange unsetiled. ‘be ikea Kae i dete decreased thirteen ania Milijous in > epte r- ‘ Great fires wre devastating the lamber regions in rates. of the yacht Livonia,arrived to-day in the steamer Java. cay in the late storm ed day. f Fear hundred women, employed in the Flax New York, Oct. 3. | been denounced as swindlers by slanderers, l trusted he would live to see the com pletion Gold 1144. Exchange in small demand at low | and though they were accused of being ex-| of the Railroad, which would be the bright- travagant, yet he could say for himself and) est day in our history. colleagues that what they had done was| Several volunteer toasts were given, and conscientiously performed, solely in the in | several eloquent speeches were made, terests of the country. \by R. Shaw, A. Mitchell, D. Fergueson, He said he onan v defy any one to prove that in their action | Esqrs. ; Honb's. Joseph Pope. T.H Havi-| and Dr. Jenkins. upon the letting of the Railway, or anything | land, F. Brecken, Ex-Secretary Seward and Mr Ashbury, owner Per eable, Consols 93 1-8, : Ship James Booth foundered in the Bay of Bis- Nineteen men were drown- Soutbern, the actor, sailed for New York to Mills at Bolton, have joined the strikers and quit | work, The alleged ill-treatment of German residents of France has eulled forth a stroug protest from the German Goverument, while the continued German occupation aggravates the judiyuation of Frenchmen, done anything that was derogatory to the |G. R. Longworth, Wm. Murphy, Esqs., and characters of honest men. Several of us have no salaries, and we do feel when we give a portion of our time in the public ser vice that it is unjust for our enemies to strive not only to injure our political char- acters, but to destroy us as business men and as-private individuals, If the Govern- ment can be justly blamed, it is that they dealt too considerately with Mr. O'Brien (Hear! hear! and cheers.) In regard to} So Mrs. Partingtor. has not been able eet the tender of the Messrs. Walker, the) mop out the Atlantic! Tell it notin Rassa_ Government could not legally do otherwise. and Rona, that the First Sod has been | . a | They wanted the Act altered, but he for | turned, and that the Railway is really) one would never consent to have all or a| going on! Sans ceremonie in presence of is | ; large portion of the debentu es issued be | Honor the Lieutenant Governor, the Rail-| ; the Assemblage for their efforts in making | the Railway Dinner pass off so p'easant'y | and successfu'ly The company separated about 2 o'clock, | with all voives singing heartily Auld Lang) New York, Oct. 3. Four miners were killed yesterday by an ex- plosion of sulphur in a Pottsville colliery. Fif y convicts made a vain attempt to escape from Sing Sing yesterday. : Three men were killed, sixteen injared—ten fatally—by the falling of « bridge building on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad An wronuut at Polis, Ind , became entangled in the ropes of a balloon and was carried up a mile and fell. Brignam Young was arrested vesterday, on the indictment of the Grand Jury, of aduitery with 16 women ft is reported that the indictmeut for murder will be prescuted to-day. New York, Oct. 4. Mayor Hill was arraigned in court to dy, charg Syne, —- —-¢ oe THE FIRST SOD. personaljties with very care. however, never tc be the first offender, There has been of late a much more than fsual display of vituperation and perso ality in the columns of the Chronicle an Citizen. gn When the devil came out of the child it ex. hibited its reluctance tu abandon its home, by more than usual fury and violence. The|the demon of personalities which bas pos. j a aial ! else that himself or his colleagues had ever | Committee,—W.R, Watson, A'ber* Hens'ey | sessed, for so Lieut. Co!. Rankin, received the thanks of| shaking. being loath to depart. |subdued—-when the demon is w | splendid repast, the * feast of reason ’* com- | | menced. ed with siguing fraudulent warrants on the city The case was continued Exchange firmer. (0 day bills 1083. Gold 13}. New York, Oct. 4. The cable reports consols 93}, : Five miners were killed yesterday by explosion of fire-damp in Wales. The Italian Government have determined that no Profe-sor of the University of Rome will be permitted to continue the exercise of his functious without taking the oath of alleigance to Italy. A court murtail at Versailles is investigating the condnet of the general officers who surrendered their forces to the enemy in the late war The Examiner ¢ Ch’town, October 9, 1871. THE RAILWAY DINNER, On Thursday evening, about seventy five gentlemen celebrated the turning of the First Sod of the Prince Edward Island Railway, by dining together at the St. Lawrence Hotel. His Wvrship the Mayor assisted by Lieut. Colonel Neil Rankin, pre | sided over the company, which included | many of the leading professional and busi-| ness men of the city, as well as several | prominent merchants from Summerside and other parts of the Island. The tables were abundantly supplied with the *‘ good things.’ and the dinner was all that the most critical in the art cuisine could desire. After “ample justice” had been done the The regular toasts were as follows: 1. Her Majesty the Queen and Royal Family. 2. The President of the United States. 3. The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. 4. The Army and Navy. 5. The Bench and Bar. 6. The Railroad. 7. Mrs. Robinson and the Fair Daughters of Prince Edward Island. 8. The Press. The American Consul thanked the ae} semblage for the cordial manner in which) health of the President of the United States, and hoped that the good feeling at present presented and Great Britain would never be disturbed. (Cheers ) Hon. T. H. Haviland, being called upon | to respond to the third toast, said he felt it | unnecessary to make any lengthy remarks | in reference to the gentleman who held the | same relative position towurds us, and who | deserved the same resvect as does our| gracious Queen in Engiand. Under Colo nial and Responsible Government he held and exercised the prerogatives on behalf of the Crown; and from the intercourse which he had -with His Honor Governor Robinson, he felt sure that these weuld be used for the public good. Every act would be carried out in accordance with the well understood wishes of the people as expres sed by their representatives in Parliament. (Cheers.) Capt. F. S. Longworth, in reply to the “Army and Navy,” made a very happy speech. He said he did not know why he should be called upon to respond to this toast when he saw before him Captain Lord and othe:s of his brothers in arms in al the glorious panoply of war. (Applause and laughter.) Though he felt incapacitat ed to do justice to the subject, he would say that it was an honor to wear the same uniform as the army of Great Britain whose soldiers on many a battle field had won imperishable renown. (Cheers.) And he believed the Volunteers would never dishonor ihe profession of arms —although up to the present time, we have done no- thing but play at soldiers. (Laughter and applause ) But as we are an integral part of the Empire. should any foreign foe in- vade our soil— which God forbid — the Volunteers here would be at the post of duty as were the Volunteers in Canada. The tide of war which called out the en- rolling of the Volunteers, came and filled us with a loyal spirit, and se he hoped we would be ever filled with the inspiration of loyalty towards our Queen and Country, (Cheers.) He concluded by thanking those present for the “ magnanimous manner ’ fore the work was done: good effect, taking We regard it as a very good sign, So ong a time the newspapers we have named. before taking final leave, is giving the two afflicted papers a terrible But he must go. Public opinion is becoming jstronger and stronger on this point: as witness the complete failures of lste made by the Chronicle and Citizen—largely due to the excessiveness of their personalities, When these two papers are completely holly eX~ ercised, there will be an end of the dig. figuring personalities. -* We should like our readers and friends in Prince Edward Island, to understan@ our position about personalities, and beg ta assure our fellow colonists thatas far as the Railway is concerned we are only desirous that the Cclony may have justice done it by its Government, without the introduc. tion of the *‘ Ring’ business from which this Province has suffered grievously for Banks might! road was commevced on Thursday, about the last four years. during which Respon- treasaiy. ot . Gen lock j as The liquor prohibition party in ne fail, individuals might fail, and a commer- five o clock iu the afternoon, and w : a i ‘ scallailin es ° a . of , 5 eden aiead \aaaieaie cial crisis might come, and then our posi | write the busy spades and bright shovels: relo Bs be : bet e sible Government has been kicked into the |gutter, and the rule of an irresponsible ‘clique substituted to the great gain of a tion as a Colony might be jeopardised. The | are turning up the green sward to make a| few specnlators, and the great lowering of question of calling the Legislature to put high road for the Iron Horse, | the tone of one party in the State. “ With st reaming nostrils wide, If the Chronicle or Citizen should think it In snorting fiery pride— worth while to reply to the above we shail Bwiit as the wild winds sweep give them equal-handed justice. The Re order requiring deposit of cash consols, or | O’er ocean's bristling deep.” porter takes comfort from the ‘‘shudders’* Bouds of Canada, Nova Svotia or New| The feelings of the people favorable to a | of a gentieman whose name he does not Brunswic’, to accommodate him, On his) Railroad would have justified the Govern: | give, The Reporter may be sincere in its representation of the value of his horse | ment to have given a celebration, as ae ewe regarding the Government, but ho railway. we offered to take it. with good | from the country, and a large crowd off may be mistaken. Keep cool, friend Re- personal security. We gave him time, he | citizens, gathered on the ovcasion, were | porter, and try on some of that “ soothing asked for more; we gave him that, and | annoyed that some organized demonstration syrup’ which no doubt you badiy require. then he came with a mortgage still on the ‘or celebration was not made to inagurate) Your opinions, or that of your contemipor- horse railroad. He offered an indemnity | the greatest public work ever undertaken in aries, who love to eall each omer * Jiars,’” for the $50,000 mortgage; but it was an | this colony. But a little disappointment ~ scoundrels,” and * ewindlers,” and who insult to business men to ask us to take | aside, what matters it, whether there wneiainet after each other *‘ stop thief, do not such security, The personal security. | an ostentatious parade or not, if the Rail amount to much; and only bring disc:edit more ver, was not such as we could be jus | way will really be of great advantage to) upon the newspaper men here that repro- tified in taking. ‘Though the names were | the country ? In other places, Railroads | duce your slanders against the characters respectable yet we knew that they were have been violently opposed, and the rails; of men who are infinitely their superiors in ourselves in this position is too ridiculous} to contemplate. (Cheers) Mr.O Brien’s| tender came next. We first rescinded the not in a position to be held responsible for | threatened to be torn up by the very peo | every walk of public and private life. We £40,000 above their means of carrying on| ple who now consider Railroads amongst have no desire to interfere with the doings business. Mr. O Brien had no mght to put the greatest of ** human institutions.’’ So, | or dealings of the outside barbarians with in a tender without good security. He was| many of those who may now be conscien | each other; but we believe that they and a shrewd, clever man, but he did not act | tiously opposed to the construction of a the Reporter, especially, would be better securities like a/ Railroad in this Island, will bave reason, employed in minding their own affairs than i 2 matter getting Peace "Whe "ed had failed to get| we hope, to admit that it will be of untold | in meddling with ours, of which they know sufficient security, Mr. Shreiber was tele-| benefit to our very best interests. When) littlé or nothing. graphed to, and offered the contract; and | they see the inanimate mass of wood and “ when he came here he would not have got| iron moving along “ like a thing of life” the contract unless he at once, as he did, | infusing new thought and vitality into our MR. SHREIBER, The gentleman who has the Contract for build- give m the s:curities that the law required. | If Mr Shreiber had asked a week to pro-| vide his securities, he would not have got being, they will sing with our most gifted | poet — “ Ho? thow proud iron boss, ho! Servant of high and of low. The sure friend of all classes— Spinal cord of the masses, O! for the hoss of the thundering pace, The friend of mankind, a beon to our race.” it, because we felt there was too much time lost already. (Cheers.) We knew that we had spent too much time waiting for Mr. OBrien. (Hear, hear. and cheers ) Mr Shreiber gave us good securities and we closed with him. From his reputation | Let us turn from the dark croakings of I have strong hope that he will build us a) Some of oar political ravens, and look at the good road. He has skil! himself, and has! bright prospects before us. which we trust = skilled labor with him, and no doubt can| 2nd believe that a Railroad through the) j build us a road that wili reflect credit up | green on himself. No men can be more desirous | Island has in store for us. It will infuse fields and flourishing hamlets oi this ing the Prince Edward Islond Railroad, is the son of an Episcopalian clergyman, aud has beea in British America during the Jest fifteen years, He 1s a practical Engineer, and bas the reputa- tion of being one of the best in this part of the world, Not Jike most of the eld schoul of Eog- ish Engineers, Mr. Shréiber is a belrever in the narrow gauge raitroads. It is fortunate fur us that he is; beeause he will take a just pride and interest in making the Island Raplroad a good substantial one, that will prove the success of narrow gauge Roads and that will vastly ine crease his own reputation. Mr, Sbreiber has, for some time past, beea engaged on the Inter- |eolonia! Rudroad, and there be bas overconie than the Government that the Coleny | »ew force into commercial undertakings | engineering difficulties which ethers considered should cet the fall value of what the Rai] | 2nd will stimulate mechanical and agricul-| insurmesntable, Contractors epeak of him asa i S | . . ; : . . and when it is built, we! tural industry. It will enable the farmer| considerate, honorable minded man, who ie of Nova Scotia | road will cost; our fellow colonists. (( heers.) Andrew Mitchell, Esq., said he would existing between the country which he re-| ..) yy. Pope if there was any truth in the | give the laborer fair ren-uneration for his statement made in a paper that he. Mr. Pupe, had admitted in Summerside that there was a Railway Ring. He assed the question. not that he believed the assertion, | but to givs Mr. Pope an oppertunity to ex- plain. Hon. J C. Pope in reply said that the st'tement in the paper alluded to, was un- true Ile did answer the false statement though he had not time and considered that the persons in certain papers which slandered and blackguarded better men than themselves, were beneath even contempt He could not have made a statement that there was a Government Railway Ring because he knew of none. (Cheers ) Robert Shaw Esq, was caled upon to reply to the seventh toast. He made an eloquent speech, in which he said he be lieved that the Railway Bill was one of the best ever introduced to serve the interests of the people, and he felt sure that the memories of those who passed it, would live long and be honored in the annals of Island history. Donald Cameron, Esq, M. P P., was also called upon ; and said that he believed 5 to 20 per cent more for his produce. It | will increase the va'ue of property ; it will | work, and the professional man surer pay for his services. It will bring touris s to | view the beanty of our “lovely Jand- | scapes,” and will make Islanders better | acquainted with each other. It will break | the bonds of ignorance, prejudice and |bigotry. It wil remove sectarian strife, jand promote christrian charity. It will enlarge the circle of friends and wi] make social, cordial feeling, more predominant ; it will banish the personal rancor, and un christian hate, which are uufortun itely too prevalent in political discussions. Ina word, it will spread the reign of * peace on earth to men of good will.” That these may be the results of constructing a Railroad throughout the Island, our readers will join with us in hoping. Then, ** ‘The Railway acceinplished, Will wonument stand Of the wisdom that gave The boon to our land, And the Government, yielding pubhe justice its due, In bright bonor and glory of the plummet course true. Patriotic, unselfish guide the noble work through; that the Island Railway would prove of the greatest benefit to the country, and would be appreciated by the ladies as weil as the gentlemen. Mr Bowers, on being called upon, made a few remarks in response to the eighth toast—**Th> Press.’ Mr. A. MeNiell, in his usually eloquent style, replied to the same toast He said that though the Is land Press was at times bad enough, yet it was not so scurmlous as the Nova Scotia press. The press of that Province was low indeed, und he thought the members of it would do well to imitate the New Brunswick press, which was far above that | ability and high moral | tone. Some of the utterances of the press were oftentimes contradictory and ill ad- vised. He had the fyles, and made selections from some newspapers, and he would say, without fear of contradiction, in which the toast had been received. (Applause ) The Attorney General and Solicitor Gen eral replied briefly and happily to the toast to the * Bench and Bar.” Tha sixth toast, “The Railroad,” was responded to with enthusiastic cheers. JamMES McDonaLp, Esquire, said that though the turning of the first sod did not appear as auspicious as it should, yet he believed that it inaugurated an era of pro gress, an era of good that would mate Prince Edward Islanders proud of their country. (Cheers ) Hon. J. C, Popg, on being called upon, said that it was gratifying to himself, and must be to the Government, to find-- not- withstanding ali the slanders to whizh they had been subjected—that they were sur rounded, on this oceasian. hy such a large and influential nynyber of their friends and supporters, It was a good index to the feelings of the right-thinking partion of the people. (Cheers.) He had a good deal to say. and a good deal te do, in regard to the Railread, and he could now say that he was actuated with the desire to advance the inteyests of this goyatry, and the desire to see it move on in the march ef progress, and to ke a high place in the gcale of that when some of the precious extracts were placed side by side, they vividly por- trayed tho depravity of fallen nature. (Laughter and app'ause.) A portion of the press in every colony, it seemed, pandered to the ignorance and prejudice which may prevail; but other portions bravely stemed the tide, and stood up for truth and justice. Tho negotiations about the contract had fur- nished material for detractors to malign men who io every station of hfe have shown themselves guod citizens and upright men. The Railroxd was now a living reality; (Che:rs) and the fair ‘ame of the party that were the means of makigg it such shall live, whilst the miserable slanders of their opponents shall perish, (Cheers.) _He held no office under the ‘present Govern- ment, and therefore, could say that he was free to oppose them ; but, so far, he could see no wrong that they had done, He could not hut respect the characters of men in the present Government, even when he was opposed to them, but now as they were carrying out the Railway policy —which he believed would prove a boon to our country -he could not listen to the base and groundless sianders that were utter: ed against them. /‘These slanders, however, wou d pass away, and the good would re- wed, as to have given rise at one time of cgnside Consols 925. Breadstuffs active; Corn Me, Provinces, Though the Government has] main long after they were forgotten. He ee a no Its memory will live on proud page of this jand, While the tide-ways of ocean may be traced on is strand ; And Pope's laurel-leaf, fresh now in high polish’d mien, Through mutations of time will remain ever green,.”* ——— > “THE OUTSIDE BARBARIANS.” THE Halifax Reporter seems tobe nettled at the extract which we gave from the Recorder, concerning 8 certain article which the Recorder designated as one of the “dirtiest things.’ The Reporter says, we should have given the causes which led it to “insinuate the vilest of vices against somebody in private life,” or, to use its own words:— “ The causes which led to our attacking the individual whom no paper in the Pro- vince, except the benighted Recorder, had the audacity to defend; or at least have pub they had responded to the toast to the) ) uct to have and deserve the approval of t enrich his lands and will give him from | ‘ther more willing te aid a poor man thar jerush him, We have heard both Contractors ‘and Railway Commissioners epeak of him as a thoroughly bonest and conscientious mian—not only in bis professional, but in bis private life, On coming over in the Princess of Wales laet Wednesday night, some persone were chaffing him on the supposed existence of a Railway Ring. Mr Shreiber said that be bad no collusion with any person on or off the Teland, until he had |signed the Contract, Then, knowirg that Mr. | Burpee had bis eontract of Western Extension about completed, and that he bad skilled labor, and a large quas.tity of Railway plant, be offered hum a sharecin the contract for building the Is land Railroad, Mr, Burpee very reluctantly complied, as there was mot much money in builds ing the road at sueb a low figure as £4267 10s,, cy., per mile No one else bad any interest in the Coutraect with him, nor could any one, except for such portions of the work as he thought well of sub-letting, and which would be given out by tender. Having heard that Mr. Shreiber made these statements, we enquired and found that he substantially corroborated them. So the bottom is again about to fall out ef Pandora's Box, and the oppesition papers will be in a ter. rible calamity if they can pot forge some new thunder. Mr Sbrieber's word we imagine, will go a trifle further than the assertions of those who base their opinions eo mere suspicion and circumstantial evidence, Mr. Shreiber, from his gentlemanly, unassuming manners, will make hosis of frieods in this Island, as will also the able staff of assistants who will help hun through in the construction of the great work, whieh they must take an honorable aubition in making such as will redound to their own honor, and the general good of this country Tae Patriot, and the person who “ has given in his adnesion,” having ceased advertising each other, have now turned their ‘‘ sweet ’’ attentions towards us, and in almost the same words, and in their pe- culiar style, have falsely represented what we have said. We let our readers see for themeelves. how very unfair—to use a very mild terei—our opponents can be. Says Herald, Oct. 4:— «The Examrer has the andacity to eall the opponents of the ring,* a small gz of Annexationists and a few desperate fellows who have the stampof desperadoes in some of their actions *’’ Says the Pectriot, Oct. 7:— lished an extract from our reply to the Ke- coder? We think so, and are sure others: enjoy the same opinion in common with us.’ We would have done so in our usual fair and impartial manner, only that we could not procure a fyle of the Reporter, though we tried ta get one, knowing that it would abundantly illustrate the honest ! and un- gentlemanly styl+ in which the outside bax barians scalp and skin each other. We now do justice ta the Reporter, and copy. its article in full: - **The Charlottetown Examiner refers | to the newspapers of Hal fax, as ** outside! barbarians ’—because of the general con _ demnation, by the Press here of the P. E Island Government, for its action xbout Mr. QO Brien’s Railway tender. further refers to the gross personalities whieh disfigure Halifax papers. Our P, | E. Island contemporary has reason for its. condemnation of personalities, as indulged | in by the newspapers of this city. But we may retort upon the * outside barbarian”’ | in its own words Let the particular ** outside barbarian, mind its own business, | we can mind ours ’ however, the cause of alities of tne Halifax one section of that Press eountry 7 blackguarding every one that opposed their views till the thing became simply undarable. Believing in the truth of _ ——— : stmilia similious curantur— s¢ © cures I:ke,’’— the Heporter, r one has administered a great, many me of the gro-s person Press For years sought to rule this We may explain, “The EXAMINER man, who says he ig opposed to persona:ities, calls the opponents of the railway ring * a small gang of An- nexutionists and a few desperate fellows who have the stamp of desperadoes in soma o: their actians.””’ What we did say, a fortnight ago, Sept. 25, is as follows :-— ** Most of the testimony brought beer the Government is only circumstantial, and the most of it hearsay, ‘The question now between the Government and—we wiil not say the Opposition, because we know many of them to be gentlemen and ¢hristians— but some of their enemies, is one of gharac- ter. We must remember that His Honor Governor Kobinson, and Honbls. J. C, Pope, I. H. Haviland, G. W, Uowlan, Lemuel Owen, F Brecken, A. A. Mse- Donald Wii iam Richards, James Du:can ithe EXAMmxER | and Emanuel McEachern, are sworn to: ro= tect the best interests of the people of this Isand. We must remember, too, that most of them are self made men who have obtained by hard work, a fair share of this worlds goods We must remember fur- ther, that t ey aremen whose werd would be taken anywhere in business transactions, must remember moreover that ten men never yet ep in » awind e and be d a | together. without some one of them divy ging it. If all is said were true. it wou d be a pub ic ca'amity for the whole Is and thatthe name of our yespected Gov ernor. and so many of our eading business men, shou d dawn to ds: 28 as per- jured crimnia! swind ers. ony per- sons wha wou @ rejoice are a sypall ga of _ADnexationists, and a few | We