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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,

NITED STATES. FENIAN MATTE 4s A rumor ia curceat in Torctete Canada, that Facies Stephens bad oftvred ta gave vip tle books and cecords of the trytherkeed ip the English

Mevernment, peeweded he ahold te allowed rae just been made public :—

return heme witheut heing areeated. The story is Very eulihely , ws Mewtens woukd have po sate- ty at heme under any eircdiatance mith which

Brien Geerrument furieney might have concern. tie Fenian convicts, aud reterrin A New York paper anya the itnpression gains etound there the: Stephens wus sent to this cuua-

try bv the British Government for the express purports of sowing discord in the Fenian ranks and plendering the treasury te the extent of bis ability, i tent ag cut oe oo beey selected, tor in both particulars be has been esine Cees. aa wibeRtly si ful. lk “Ot all the Trish reyulutionists wie have come te this country to wteal tye earnings of their Werking countrymen aad wemen, Mr. Stephens hae bee Lie must bragen aid Persistent. row the very Gret Le retysed to be accountable to uuy- bendy tue funds he peswived, declined tie services wt a Cressurer aud imasted that all moneys should be paid te him permamaliv. How ara 1y thousands of dedlare be wbtgiwed 16 is impossible te xay, out the probability i¢ that his pockets are sufficiently well lined te cwgéde him te “seek « rune neques- tered opt.” gad there end his days in luxury. terwat j + ie Wanilested among the rank

hard-

Ut such was his Hssiog, & ere coupes |

OR ST) A RN SOS

THE OFFICIAL BESPATCH COMMUTING REVISION OF NEUTRALITY LAWS, THE SENTRSCES OF LYNCH AND oni MeMAHON, Ke. Withiu a few days ago, intelligence came Nonreear, C W.,dan. 10, 1867. The fallow iag despateb, received by the Gover- nor Geweral of Cauada trom the Cudonial Office With releeence te Lhe date of the Mean prisovers,

across the Ailaytic of the appointment, by the Britieh Goveramens, of a commission to suggest a revisal of these points of international law wlich affect the rights of neutrals aud belliger-

jents. The London Herald recently suggested

Dow Ning STREET, Nov. 24, 1806. My Lard,—I have received your telegram, stating that you have reserved the sentemees of | be desirable to make in this part of the iiterna- K me te Mr.) ional code. )Seward's cetmmmuicatiion to Sir kL Brace upon | the sulyeet. L have also received your despatch | ‘ : of November 3, and the reports of Fenian trials. | which would do much towaid localizing a war Mr. Seward, L observe, applies tora record of the | aud diminishing its horrors. It should be laid ; judietal proceedings, and | juter from the papers | down as the duty of a neutral nation that its before me that the request has been granted. 1} government should do all in its power to pre- japprevd of your having done so, at the same time, | vent its subjects trom giving aid or sustenance |having regard te aj] Ube circumstances, I au] of any kind to either belliggrent in w foreign )aoxiets tu guard myseli frou asseating to the! war.” What is now the forelgn Enlistment Act proposition that this request could have assumed | 04 Enyland and America shouid be establisted the tormw of a demand, tounded upou strict inter-| bye : tut as the ¢ law of the | mational right An application ly the prisvuer’s | . colon consent as the common law o ae

counsel through the Uaited States Consul jn]! It should also be made usive qua non | Canada, whe bas had all facilites granted bina,| 2" the character of uw bellizere ut vessel that she | might bave secured for Mr. Seward ail that he de-| Should receive her commission in some port of sires, and would have been mere mw accordanee| the government whose flag she carries. It

with ordinary usage; but while thus ready wud | might even be ruled that she should be built

‘the nature of the amendments which it would

world.

;

janxiens to adford the convicts ln question every} and armed in that port as well as sail from it. | chanee of interpesing any plea for delay or er-| Kither rule would prevent the w aging of war by |

or. which eae be open to them, | fictitious govermument. If the proposed changes | through the prover authorities of thei country, in the code of international law were tu be re- }t am Sound te pretest the administration on

* Two rules we think might be agreed upon |

commended for universal adoption by commis- sions in which all nations should be authorita- result would be a gain

und Glu towards the deserting leader, and thee |astice dv Canada tram auy elaine wt supervision | tratter, ewwaerd and thief are as freely applied tent whieb might, on first perusal of Mr. Sew ard’s | he iieildtiaihadll whi him as be #e fecently bestowed thew, upon ashees, | worde, be thought to attach to them, Such! Uvely represented, the i : Lgerts are being made ta tuld the org anigation lanuwage miglit possibly be construed tute a eluing | to the government and & Culise of congratula- tagether, byt confidence iu Srigh Wwedieve enema °" the part of the United States Goverument, to[ tion to the people of this country. It woutd

altogether fed, and nought but denunciations inj investigate inte and to sit as a court of appeal! also be an advantaze to the Americans as well

Canada, and with ail the sateguards and sunctions| Paris which abolished privateering could net tiver District, represented by the Hons. Messrs.

upon the judicial proceedings as carried on im as to ourselves if the rule of the Convention of

mund. Indigaation tweetings are aiuuuced to be beld junmediately, and ay preouragiig address ‘al : : “ ter be put turth at ay warily day. An attewpt is et English jurisprudence, l aw satisfied that no} made te be made te anite what is left of tbe Stephene! such claim could be intended. It weuld be in-| ible

Feujane to the Roberts wing, but tie doubttul, deed Gonneniine that the United States Goveru-| 4 Proow is Cork.— In Cork, Ireland, on the it & auceeed. Oy the whole, Feutatisus im this went would probably be thes frst w regret, not Sth inst. atler a spell ob severe frost,a very lieavy cugetry af the preeend ane is, ac. it always hes ~~ becauer a pallon se jealous ofils own mesnnene § fall uf rain: wae expericneed, and the river be- bees hece wed ig Uretaud aise, im a ui ost deli littul | would serupuluasly abstain trom any request, a] caine greatly ewollen, wet only trom the ameunt muddle." | compliance with which would be inconsistent with lofruin that fell, bue uwing to the snow thawing

Auten New York paper ange tha eeding men | et anand of4 Hidcvetut Sate the hgh grid, "The Be Wan ih a : ’ . ei ‘ ’ , “y le» “OVere . ile > yn aneae 0

yp ape a eee th a aot two GOuntries on such a questivn is, 1 believe, al-| eat Miah it lap yates aS. eae an tunda of “the Mrathechand wbice Aad ee mast if nut quile identignl. of the level of the quays at each side. When the serived under Mr. Stepleue’ coute!, they were | After a careful perusal of the trials in Toronto, | tide rose, all the streets in the flat of the city were al) aute, as they were Laken charge ot Ye Colonel | Lam convineed that not the taintest: shadow wf) more or lene flooded. In some houses business Kelly sad other prowiaent officers some tine | 2 Meputation can, in the opinion of any reason-| was, for a time, suspended, the flood rushing into since, Whew those geatlemen thought that it bable person, rest upon the pertect fairies ot the | the shops and making the persons iuside seek re- wee time ter the chief organizer to leave for she | proceedings or the justice of the verdict. Not! fuge on the counters or upstairs, The custome seat of war, they fownd him Wet inclined to move ouly was there ne curtailment of that full mea | louse quiay could not have been distinguished fren owed they at ence atwumed the virtual eoutrol a sure of liberty and meas ol detence which ts su | the river, the tide, driven by the strong easterly afsive. Ate meoting of Feuiaus held un Tucs- | essential an element: in the erioial — juris- wind, flowing clear over it, The gale was tear- day wight, a report says ; prudeuce beth of the United States aud of Great tuily violent at Queeustown, preventing vessels trom leaving the port, and compelling those that

had sailed the day previous to put back. The

q “ ” i _ | Britain, but every privilege that could be con- * Captain O'Shea stoutly denied ths imputation leeded tu the prisouers appears to have been

speed of the R. M. steamship Cuba for the twen- ty-lour hours preceding her arrival at Queens-

that Stephens is a British spy or in the pay ot or! allowed. The case of the Crown was tem-

conniving with that government, and stated that | perately stated, the whole court concurred in

by force of circumstances at least be is compelled | the delays which were asked and granted, and) town, was retarded by the storm to but eighty-

te remain in this city, aud that on the occasion of! [ observe that even the prisouer Lynch bore! seven miles in twenty-four hours, though in the early partot her voyage her speed reached three

hundred wiles in the same time.

a part of this universal code.”

the departure of the last steawer trom thie port! wituess to the fairness and impartiality with for France, Stephens was without the funds te} which his case was tried. Her Majesty's govern- pay bis pessage, and went by appoi twent tu the | went are requested ty grant an amnesty to per for the purpesg of teceling # friend, Who | these prisoners. They have carefully cousidered wes to fuguish the tuoney. His friendffailed to} the question. They cannot slut their eyes to put i au appearance, aud Stephen Was compel-) the very hetinous character of their offences led to return to his lodgings, whers he now ie.” | [t was ueither snore ner less than a wanton and

In Stephens’ letter te the weeting above g)-| lawless attack, with the avowed object uf carrying beded to, declaring that he will wot be depused,| Ste aud eword ivto aa inoffensive province. It ond that he was fully resulved to earry out his bas, indeed, providentially proved to b+ as fruitless | premises te the brotherhood, he also suid that any action of the Fevians in this eountiy would uot. be valid aulews sanctioned by the |. R. B.A committee wus appointed te wait on Mr. Ste- poena, aud found biw reclining oy» lounge in a state of great debility. He atated be was tue ill fe attend the meeting, but weald appear on “Thursday eveving ut any place the Brotherhood might name, aod wake such explanations as were hecessary. members of the Brotherhood re- | fused ty eouguiil themselves to any Jefinite policy et eouree of proceedings uutil lis ex plauation Las been beard.

- shen > omen -

Tue Fests or Fenianism.—Tho New York Times of @ late date thus comments ou the ex- tinetion of the Fenian imposture :—

me

Sickness is an affliction that waits on us all.

becomes our benefactor.

that Dr. Ayer dves it. Disorders of the blood

in its results as it was wicked in its design, which | vet ouly coutemplated turder aud rapine in Ca- nada, but the possibility of eubroiling two friendly vations iv au wuvatural war. Her Majesty's go- vernment ave net insenetbie lo the reseutment whieh the people of Canada iwust teel. “They bave submitted, aud submitted cheerfully, to a great sacrifice of their time and professional avecations. Property has beeu destroyed, trade interrupted, and I grieve to think valuable lives have been lost. Nor again has the course which the associates and) sympathizers with these usbappy criminals adopt- ed, the language which they are reported to have held, and the idle threats of retaliation that bave been used by them, rendered it-easier either for | the Cayadian people or Her Majesty's government tv overlook the grave character of the offence : 7 : but taking into account that pearly six months Our neighbors in Canada are enjoying a quiet | have now elapsed and that nothing has occurred at preseot, and an immunity from the dread of a) in the interval to detract from the complete sue- Yeviat invasion, which they have vot bad tor a) ceas which crowed the efforts of Her Majesty's year pest, The braneb of the Fenjan organiza: | troops and the Canadian veluufeers in supp Feaning | tm, Whede patriotic duty it was ty) despuil and) the Feuian invasion, and readily accepting the) ELECTION slasebter them a6 8 mean of overthrowing the | opinion of yourself and your advisers in favor of Lritiah Goverument, has been ao qiet for the last | clewency, Her Majesty's Govergwent are disposed | three mouths that everybody supposes it to be | to hope that the euds of justice and wise policy | : "oe qt dead. Roberta fulesinates wa more san!) may be seeured wiluout recourse tu the extreme | si a t of several meetings in that guieury ious; we hear of no warlike | penalty of the law. contains the report of severa meeungs in a at bis headquarters; aod he has no! wew plane of iuvagion publiehed in the news. | Even the contributions, we underatand. | fore ceased to flow inte his cotfers, and such an | apathy bas come over hix followers as might be | supposed te follow the teartul exeitenent in whiel | he has so long kept them. ‘The shewwetyl treat went he bas meted oul to the voor prisoner Ly vel sud others, incarcerated in Canada, and the out-|

tions of the lunge by his Cherry Pectoral, too fre-

of medicine.

Charleston Courier.

Che Gxraminer.

Charlottetown, February 4, 1867.

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

MATTERS IN PRINCE COUNTY.

1 have, therefore, thought it my duty te recom- inewd to Her Majesty to extend ber prerogative of candidates. ‘The Liberal candidates seem to merey ta the prisoners, Lynch and MeMahon,| 1. 6 the most encouragins prospects. new lymy Guder sentence ot death, and comuiile | oe the sentence to tweuty years’ peyal servitude or | aot Hoprisonment ax the jaw of Canada may warrant) than five Liberal candidates out for the first, }you in assigning. It is only to be hoped that this act of clemency ou the part of Her Majesty may | (bette rageous way iW whieh the unhappy wretches are | vot be mixuuderstood, and thas this punisinent! be a great mistake if more than two of them

; ap te which the capital sentences have been cow-|

. }

ore eas te... re Seer jmuted, way be of sufficient severity to warn)

them on, eet ener:

ou Lrish mew and women, and turved a strong | tide of feeling against Koberts and tis gang. We

; : repetiti { such 1 2 3 a ab proceed-| : _ i

Judge the peuple of Canada’ have beard the last a but dann hes oe ae | no doubt, we think, that the Liberal cause will

asain | Ps ys ‘ oe , me < , 1

na ee boo a our long harassed | yy yointed, ail such peraons must be prepated to} gain largely iu the county. The

ay ~ gran | be visited with the extreme penalty of the low.

i Ce _—s I have, &e..

Pie ** General” Gleason who succeeds to the | CARNARVON. serptre of Stephens. and “the very awall sum in) ; improving every day. In the first distriet the hand” towards making war on Great Britain, we | The same rule will be applied to the other MI ' ae leat tat i sete’ Adal “ill are well juformed, weser was & “Geyeral” iw any | Fenian convicts as to these reierred to in Lad | ‘We Bs sian - h rf = oo stata 2 a xerview bat that of the I. K He tus. however | Carnarvou's circular. It waa ve eusy matter fer! be returne with urge majorities, In the se- = fens & und xubsequently * iiptates, i an | British Government to estimate the assurance | € nit district there is a good prospect of elect- of the Trish American reguucits raised during the | of Mr. Seward at its true value, to treat the in-! ing at Jeast one Liberal or Opposition man. Tn eavil war, aud was cashiered (row the service for | tereesston of the United States with proper respect | the third district the chances are good that all

’ . "i : ‘ - . . cowardice. The reeord of the trial, if it be worth | and ty satisfy the Canadians whose friends have | local jealousies will be healed up, and the two while, may be easily preeured, by any one interest. fallen or been wounded in the deteuce of their) tate members returned. In the fourth distriet ed, trom the War Department at Washington leouutry, and the public spirit of the country. Tew years age this hero was arrested and Sias Time and reflection will probably lead to a more priseued ia Ireland, and got off ou the double plea | general appreval of the action ot the [british Gro-

, ye . ’ il be couneeded tu it in the first | t lye rican citiz-u, aud of being con. | YoTmment than will in | his colkeague elec ay 2 ; vinged hes ‘ae tectes saidoenk Was : ins} instance, We tind the tollowihg Torouto his colkeague elected to stay at home. lu the

i ated Jan 9,1 a New York paper:— | Fifth (ti is) district, the two Liberal members, humbug.” Such wre tie camps anil the scound- |S, dat , satel ae ae old ae a hie Tela wie, in succession, eudeavor to use and abuse | Messrs. A _— - nan oe ee —te degrade and disieoner—to trade snand betray i Ut this we feel pertect y satane y notwithstar i the beat feelings and iuteres’« of Lrishien, abroad ‘ing the prsteuded confidence of the Govern-

From ; her source we learn that there are no less

r known as the Tignish District ;) it wil!

yo to the hustings. We are too far away from

*yogress

| Says :—

a

ibe retarned triumpbantly—and the Leader and lele- * Great indignation is manifested over the news

of the commutation. A meeting of the Queen's Own is called to-night, in order that a petition

and at home Ae our Yankee neiyibors suy— may be circulated asking the government to) Ment men. t bese latter gentlemen, (Messrs. * Pass rowud * General’ Gleason!" j either hang or pardon the prisoners.” McLennar. and Green), both worthy men, are

toe ---— er too much wedaed to the darling ‘ scheme”

relief from itsattacks. Whoever can furnish this | a A conviction prevails |

| have been healed by his Sarsapacrilla, and affee- | quently and towdistinetly to be disputed. His Ague | Cure is said, by those who use %, to vever fail. Reader, if you must have medical aid, take the best Poor remedies are dear, as youd are

cheap at any price you have to pay fer them.—

= ciples set forth in the resolutions, viz: that as

-| Beer could have made the extraordinary and

Tue Summerside Progress of the 28th Jan’y. |

j . > . . . + County, having for their object the choice of |

lothers of the etill graver consequenges to which | the scenes of coutest in Prince County to form | they wall inevitably render thetseaives liable by a| an accurate judgment of the result. There is |

* The political situation in Prince County is |

the prospects are brightening every day, and, | Mr. Daniei Davies's claims to re-election. The as we predicted, Messrs. Howat and Luicd wilk) extreme anti-Confederates, and the Conserva

| From the third district, our information is

inaccurate. It is certain, however, that the

who is an enthusiast on the question. But the /this desire shall be manifested at the hust- This will be in perfect conformity;

ex Colonial Secretary cannot do much harm by | ings.

-

IMPO RTANT GOVERNMENT CHANGES,

Tue Hon. J. C. Pope, the Leader of the

lon. Mr. Wightman and Mr. Thoinas Clay, | himself If, however, hecoutrols the Executive | with the spirit of the resolution which I moved | - veramest, has intimated that it is not his both Liberals, have been yeat forward at public Council, as some people think hedves, why the | in the House of Assembly, last Session, In the intention te olfer sgain for the Honse of

ncetings as the candidates nfost worthy of the

clectora! suffrage. Tbe Hon. Mr. Theraton is

|

bet thing to do & to break up that Council at! course of the debate on this question.

vuee, if it is too weak to resist the coutrol of There ave other important matters which I

Asseuit)ly—-the demands upon his time for his rivate basiness prey enting hun from doing au,

oceasioually spoken of as a candidate; butwhe- theex Secretary, Uhe Patriot, we know, calls might refer to in this Address, affecting the iu Mr. Pope will, we presune, resign the leader. ther this ventleman will agnin offer or not, we itself a Conservative paper, anc the Govern- | terests of the Distriet and the cause of Libera ship of the Government almost immediately,

cannot say. L. C. Owen, Eaqr., it is rutnored, j will be proposed as a candidate in ¢le Conser- | Vative interest,

lu the fourth district, the names of the can- | didates given are: Messrs. J. .H. Fletcher and | Manoah Rowe, on the Liberal ticket ; Hon. K. Henderson and 8. Prowse, Esqr., on the Con-

jservative ticket. Every one we have met,

‘ucquainted with the district, speaks with great | confidence of the success of Mr. Fletcher most especially.

We cannot say 4 word about Georgetown, oaly that Messrs. Haviland and MeAulay are Whether

any Liberal will start in opposition will pro-

again out under their old banners,

bably uot be known until the nomination day.

QUEEN'S COUNTY.

We forbear to speak about the stir for the elections in this County, there is so much un- certainty as to the gentlemen who will be pat in nomination for the several districts, and The East

there is so much idle rumour afloat.

| Coles and Kelly, will again unquestionably be placed in their hands; and in the other three districts the Liberals appear to be pretty cer- tain of vetting at least one member in for each. On the whole, the prospects of the Liberal cause are highly favourable, and they are growing brighter and brighter every day.

‘ alti CONSERVATIVE MEETINGS IN CHAR.

LOTTETOWN.

There was a meeting of the Conservative

party at the Temperance Hall on Monday

candidates for the represeutation of Charlotte-

town—the Hon. Mr. Beer in the chair. There

appeared to be no serious objection to the

nomination of Mr. Frederick Brecken azain ; ' . . (but when Mr. Daniel Davies was proposed,

| : i : | there was a violent storm raised against that | yentleman’s name on account of his Confedera-

{tion views. He had many friends, however,

jin the meeting, and they were not disposed to | Noue are exempt, aud there are none but need atlow eaware

autable liberties to be taken with ame in his absence. The Chairman was,

+

}we understand, very demonstrative, declaring, of the seven members of the House of Assem- bly, who voted last Session for Mr. Wheian’s | resulutions, to bring this Colony into Confede- Mr.

Haviland, the Colonial Secretary, who was one

ration azainst the will of the people.

of the seven, promptly and energetically denied this statement. He pointed to the main prin- the people of the Colony were opposed to Cou- federation, if should not be urged against their wishes, and especially not, until it was ap- proved of by then at the hustings. How Mr. must erroneous statement attributed to him, passes our comprehension. He aims at being a statesman, aud profoundly learned in all matters relating to the Confederation question, but the least iuformed people in town might have shown him that he was in error on the | abov e occasion, if his error were not prompted by unworthy motives, which we must charitably hope it was nut.—The meeting was adjourned

in a state of confusion.

There was another Cunservative Meeting at

ithe Temperance Hall on Thursday evenius— |

| Frederick Brecken, Esqr., in the chair. The principal speakers, we are informed, were | Messrs. J. C. and W. H. Pope and the Attorney General, Hon. E. Palmer. Some sharp, in- | deed, angry words passed between the Leader | of the Government and the Attorney General. | The latter was accused of being animated by a most improper spirit in setting himself up as

| | which he is supposed to be the chief law adviser.

an opponent of the Crown in this Colony, of

This squabble was a rare and not edifying

| ineident in the little drama of oir Island poli- | tics. —The principal part of the discussion

i oe ; . | turned, as it did on the former occasion, upon

|

‘tive ones especially, cannot forgive him for his vote last Session on thé Confederation question. | The vote which he gave, however, was the |most harmless one that could be given. It

was for a resolution which expressed the belief

ithat equitable terms for entering the proposed {union would, if offered, he entitled to consi-

|his sins on the Confederation question; and he!

evening last, the object beins the selection of |

in not the gentlest style, that it was the object |

uwut is supposed to be Conservative tu its local | principles generally 5 but as I hope to be able | general principlas ; but theu it is allezed that) to attend a’General Meeting of the Electors at ithe Government is strongly inclived to Comfe-| the Head of St. Peter's Bay, on the sixth day | deration. Now, if the utriet is sane and of February, aud other Meetings, of which I sincere in its utterances, it should pitch directly | will give special and timely notice, I will re- into the whole Government with a view to its | serve further remarks for those occasions. In speedy overthrow, fis Conservatisin should| the meanwhile, I beg to subscribe myself, not save it, as it did Mr. Haviland, when, after! Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, EDWARD WHELAN.

Charlottetown, January 26, 1867.

use his own frequently quoted words, from the <>

time of the Quebec Conference tu the present) FIRST DISTRICT OF PRINCE COUNTY.

taking the office of Solicitor General, he had | tu go back to his constituents. Mr. Haviland |

is, and has beea, a ‘red-hot unionist,’ to

hour; and when he was running his election for | : ‘ » . 2 yery . ‘eure “s ere 1s Georgetown he was most affectionately patted We very much regret to learn that th : Ms . levery ;: oar + F see ly o ention on the back by the editor of the #utriof, who|°¥*'Y Sppearance uf an enesemy cons .< % oo . : . i between Liberal candidates fi + representa- suid, in effect, that the fact of Mr. Haviland between Liberal « undidates vite the re or tion of the above district. There are five in

Messrs. N. Conroy and G, W. How-

jlan, the late members, opposed by Messrs.

being such a good Conservative atoned for all | : | the field:

was allowed to run his election without the | fe ; least opposition from the Patriot. Mr. Havil- Herbert Bell, om F. Perry and De: O'Leary. and is till in: the Government — he will go ty | Se fur as intelligence and education go, they his election again in a few days. Has the J’a-| #T® Nene oF Rl nleryer he eng Srey Ser jtriot moral courage enough to oppose him g| Cidates: thas could be brought out: but we a alin te. jthink that Messrs.

on » i C j rls re The Leader of the Government, | ouioy and Howlan are who is now said to be as fully imbued with!

) possessed of far more ability than their oppo- i . Ps “ *Voe ] . . * spa sy * ro Confederation views as any mau in the Island, punates they are excellent debaters; they have

s : ; : en hard-working und persevering 23 cog will also go before his constituents iv a few } been hard-working and persevering ia the duties

assicnped . } aay perl bs > _ - days—has the editor of the Patriot moral cour- | **!5ved to them in their parliamentary posi

ie; oe laeow wwe nee senaePpeenc a # enough to show him a direct and steady | "On 5 and they bave been unflinching, at all

We doubt that too? Here is the} times, in their devotion to Liberal principles

laze opposition ?

and measures. They have claims for long

Head of the Cabinet a Confederate—it is only

fuir to assume that all who sit with him mo for zeal and consistency in the per-

“~triot dare not, it|ermance of duty, which we hope aud believe are : }

| will not be forgotten by the electors of the

District.

Confederates ; and yet the

seems, make adirect attack upon the Govern-

If there be any merit in being anti-

ment. It keeps slashing away blindly and tu-

’ e ; in a , ; . eae riously in all directious, to the amusement and Confederates, you have euly to neution Confe

. . “ ° srati » } ¢ -orineir Nase . amazement of the public, instead of pitching deration to put them in a towering passion, re

plainly and direetly into the Government, which garding it as a thing only fit to be rammed,

is so open to the attacks of a zealous anti-Con jammed into the bottomless pit; (they would

federate journal. not give us such a certificate of character as eet iMRI ee |

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SECOND

DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

GENTLEMEN ;

giaad this.) Now, then, why should their return be endangered or bothered by the opposition of three others who profess to be on the same

side of politics, and who can have no other

The trust with which von have lionoured me w hject in view than the gratification of a little s f d me

[on many occasions, extending over a period of |* lish ambition? We sincerely hope to hear

| ‘ : 2 Ww MWe F * we veutleme ‘~-

Lmore than twenty years, is again returned to of the withdrawal of the three gveutlemen re

jyou by the dissolution of the House of Assem- ferred to before Nomination Day; otherwise,

The fidelity

with which I have served you and represented

bly, which has just taken place. vefore the closing of the Shenff's Court on

that day, two Couservatives may come forward

your interests during that period, to the best of tu take advantage of the split in the Liberal ai ; : ‘amp.

ny ability, warrants me in hyping that I may, — cl

with confidence, ask for a renewal of that trust. * The total revenue for the financial vear ending today, will, we understand, amount to nbout £90,000. Of this sum probably £15,000 will be received from Public Lands, leavins the Income from ordinary sources £75,000, or £7000 in excess of last year’s total revenue.”

— Patriot, Jany 31.

I think Iam not indulging in unseemly lauda- tion when I say—what you yourselves must know—that I have taken a promwiuent part in the advocacy of all Liberal questions during

the whole time of my occupancy of a seat in the House of Assembly as one of your Repre-| Wry does not the Putriot give us the amount sentatives. I was one of the first—when there | of the public debt, which wag#well known on were few public inen in the Island to join me | the Slst Jan’y as well as the amount of the —to struggle for the attaimment of Responsible | year’s mcome? Is it not a fact that the debt Government ; and that system of Administra-|exeeeds one hundred and sixty thousand tion, after long and arduous contests, having | pounds; and that the anti-Confederate journal been established--now apparently to the satis-| js ashamed of this, as a proof of extravagance, faction of persons of all shades of politics—I thoush a Confederate Government is all to was ready and zealous in supporting all reform! blame for it?

measures to which I knew it would necessarily | itis .. lead. Amongst these I may briefly notice; payRIOT “SOFT SAWDER” AND MIS. REPRESENTATION.

questions affecting the rights and interests of

the Tenantry of the whole Island; the One- |

Ninth Bill, which was made the law of the| ~~. ‘ : 5 i j article in praise of Mr. Edwaid Reilly, asa can- didate for the representation of the Seeoud This

It places Mr. Reiliy ini his true

Tue Patriot, of Sat urday, publishes another

land; the ‘Tenant Compensation Bill, whic

unhappily miscarried throush the influence of} Distri -y , We oe istrict of King’s Cy t. is exactly the great Proprietors, but the principle of which) ~~ ner ere a eae e : : ‘ : , . , | What we want. is nevertheless sound ; a Free Franchise, which | Si ; i : 3 | position as the inee Pa “ faction ’’ the Conservatives in power could not destroy, | ] f o an an the nommanen. oF tah ate + Seaton ee ot Conservatives in Charlottetow ; e although they have attempted to restrict it ; a| od ' : i aeegrns Se saa : ; t ; to be mightily concerned al Jonfederati system of Free Education, the best in the Co-| but all ey _ crema shout Confederntion, ; i ; : ut all they wantis to kee mselves i ice lonies, which the Conservatives have also fese| . ’ tes nT oe the meelves in office, | The Patriot is their especial organ. We can }tell the whole Conservative i But the} hei hed : ; 7" ' ae : ; } their wretched t : Ss pr $8 er measure from which the greater namber of the | pal, that his propasal to offee

for membership is regarded as an excellent joke throughout the Second District of King’s,

paired by imposing on the people a portion of the burthen of the Teachers’ salaries. ew

people of the Second District of King’s County | have derived the greatest and most direct ad-)*, y ? } Nien seainlie ea al acid County, onl he and his backers will find that |

, | out to theiz cust ou the evening of the 26th We suppose the Herald

will pay for this bit of praise of the Conservative

the right to purchase their farms at, in many | _, , i 3 ‘ ; ae * | Febreary instant, cases, & nominal price, with a full remission of | : their arrears of rent. I am happy to know | Peiriot 's : : ‘ : : atrioi by azain reeo -ndi . ra Con- that this measure has been the means of making | ; "os ; mmending the ultra Con : : ~ | 8ervative aird to be electe 3 PP

contented and prosperous treeholders of the) : 1 . h 1 f I - d & meinke - 3 - : ‘ I only Pyht aud proper > electors |

great majority of my laie constituents; and 1 7 fe ane Proner ap, Ge onten should see both these schemers in their true

‘when the remains of the feeble thing will ag

once tumble to the ground. We hope Mr, Pope will not wait for the result of the elections ‘before resigning. When retiring from the Legislature, as he now does, he practically arg constitutionally eeases to be a member of the Government.

Letters received from the Hon. D. Davies hy the English Maid to-day are of such import, we- understand, that bis friends will not put him in nomination. ‘Thaesaother member is removed from the Cabinet

When will the sew Government be formed ? and by whom ? ave interesting questions, bug ones not easily avewered. It is very eertain. that the Corservative party has run its race, and Liberalism, once more vigorous and ener- getic, will be the predominating clement in the evuncils of the eoantry.

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A MODEST REQUEST.

Tue Patriot, in ite despair at the divisions im ithe ranks of the Conservative party, calls upon the Liberals iw this Town and Royalty, who wre: vpposed to Confederation, to throw aside their political principles, and join the + faction” te put down tie Pope Government, and, no deubr,. to establish a Palmer one bvits place. The Liberals will do nothing so preposterous. The request only shows the miserably weak condi,

| tion of the “ faction.” | POLITICAL MEETING IN GEORGETOWN.

A Public Meeting of the electors of the Town and Royalty of Georzetown was held on Friday evening, the first instant, when the following persons were proposed as candidates to repre sent the Town:

Capt. John MacDonald, Esqr. Hon. T. Heath Haviland. Hon. R. MacAuley.

Mr. George Moar.

The two first named gentlemen have declared themselves supporters of the present Conserva- tive party, also advocates of Confederation, which they say they will not vote for uatil their constituents allow them to do so.

Hon. R. Macauley declares himself opposed! to Confederation on any terms, but did not say” whether he intended to support the present Government.

Mr. George Mear says that he is oppo-ed to- Confederation ou any terins, and is also opposed. to the present Conservative Administration,

As your reporter did not take notes of the speeches of the candidates and the different other persons who addressed the electors, he is. unable te send a more full account of the meet- Suffice it to say that it dis-- persed quietly at a late hour, determined to

ing at present.

settle the question of who should represent the- Town and Royalty at the polls on the 26th, instant.

Georgetown, Feb, Ist, 1467.

- -=_-- —_ — THE LATE HON. JOHN MONTGOMERY..

Died suddenly at Durham, on the evening of the 9th inst., the Hon. John Montgomery, of” Dalhouse, in the County of Restigwuche, in the 67th year of his age.

The deceased, for a long term of yenrs, re-. presented Restizouche in the Provincial Par- liament, aud always warmly advocated and endeavored to promote the interests of his. adopted County, as well as the eause of progress generally, Although not of remarkably bril- liant attainments, his talents as # levislator were far beyond mediverity, and the well known, honesty ahd consistency of bis character se-- cured for the opinions he from time to. time- enuneiated, the respect gad attention of! the:

| House.

On more than one occasion ke was honored! with a seat in the Executive Cowngil; on the-_ last he filled the office of Sarveyor General, aud administered the affairs ot that:department: most satisfactorily, and was eae of the few who, by special heense of Her Mbegesty. the Queen,, were entitled to the prefix of Ebnorable.