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THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Amone the subjects which must oc- eupy the attention of our Levislature at the approaching Session, that of the Lanatic Asylum is not the least import- ant. The upon the Trustees last summer, by the presentment

changes forced of the Grand Jury, though satisfactory as tar as they have gone, are not sufficient. It now remains for the Goverument to take the matter up, and to obtain from the Legislature a sum sufficient to build an Asyium of a proper size, and suitably arranged.

could very suitab'y be built, i ‘ ae ’ easier for us to do our duty

'as then we should have

| atic Asylum.

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The faet that, in the Government | Farm, we have a place where an Asylum lt, renders it in this mat-

ter, than it would be if we had to pur-

: : s chase the land. A farm connected with an Asvlum is very desirable. There are lIwavs sure to be a considerable number

» work on tne farm

rst usefully be employed How ever, it would be better to sell these and build. a new Asylum, than to do nothing, at least one go rd present nty of

institution. —: we nave none

before for the Gov—

t There is ple time the meeting of the Legislature, ernment to procure suitable plans for an Asylum It would be well, before de- ciding to adopt any one, to consult the Superintendents of some of the larger

institutions. The plan onee decided |

upon, estimates could be formed, and the country would know beforehand the ex- to

We are

that there is no one, from one end of the

pense be ineurred. confident

Isl: nd to the other, who would object Lo

any reasonable outlay upon a good Lun

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| PROF. ANDERSON'S LECTURE

ON “MACBETH.”

Ir would be quite impossible for us, in the short space at our disp ysal, to do any- thing like justice to this very excellent | C. A. Hall, |

on Monday evening last. Prof. Anderson, |

lecture—delivered in Y. M.

having briefly sketched the general plan of | this great play, proceeded to analyze the |

| characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth,

to trace the connection of the parts, and | the developments of character, illustrat-

|ing his remarks by reading various well-

The present building is total: |

ly uofit for the purposes for which it is | used, and the institution can never be in |

a satisfactory condition, until a proper one has been provided.

In the first place, it is quite too small. At present there are 62 inmates in the Asylum, and this is the utmost extent of its present accommodation. The num- ber of insane in this Provinee, as given

-in the last census returns, is 188, being rather more than two out-of cvery 1000, This is a large number, so we cannot be surprised to learn that there are many more applicants than can be admitted. This is most unfortunate, for

ment, immediately upon the first appear- ance of insanity, there is very, very little hope of a cure being effected.

Let us reflect a moment upon the un- fortunate condition in which the friends of one who is afflicted with this sad visi- Impressed with the

tation find themselves.

S id tee the absolute necessity oi malady

being treated at once, they apply for| to the Asylum. |

their friend's admission They are told it is full; that already several other applicants have preecdence

of them, and that unless some vacancies |

oceur by death, it will probsbly be a goed while before their request is,grant— el. If they apply @ the neighboring

Provinces, they will find that it is as|

much as each of them can do, to provide for its own lunatics. The expense of sending a patient to a public or private

institution in the United Stites, is far | too great for any but a very few to pay, |

so there can be but one result—they must, as best they can, take care them- selves of their unhappy friend; they must pat up with seeing all hopes of a eure growing less «nd less, until at last, perhaps after a year or two, there goes into he Asylum, as a confirmed lunatic to re- main there for the rest of his life, one who, had he been admitted earlier, would, in all probability, have been cured. Pro- babiy very few years pass in which some one or other does not siak into helpless lunacy just because our Asylum was not large enough to take him in when the disease first showed itself. When we stand on some rock-bound coast, and see it strewo with the hulls of vessels wrecked there for want of a light, we condemn the niggardly spirit that refused to provide one. And there are around us, intellects hopelessly and shattered, which might have been sound and healthful to-day, had we been a little more generous in our public provision for the needs of the afilicted. There are who have too much

ruined

those now living reason to curse our false economy in the past. We hope in the future it shall not be so.

But the immediate admission of pa- tients, is not the ouly reason why we plead for inereased zecommodation. For the efficiency of such an institution, it is evident that a proper classification of its inmates is most important. ‘There will be those just admitted ; the coavalescent and confirmed lunatics; and of these, some violent, some quict. It must evi- dently be most injurious that all of them should be together. It must lessen the echanees of. a recovery, or dangers of a relapse to some, if they are brought into contact with the noisy rav- But let any one visit

increase the

ings of the violent. our Asylum, and he will at once see hew impossible it is to effect anything like a classification of its inmates. Here, again, from want of proper accommodation, the chances of a recovery are very materially lessened.

Further, the Medical Superintendent, asthe officer responsible for the whole justitation, ought certainly to live in it, Aman may be suitable enough to bea head keeper; but something more than this is required for the head of an Asy- lum. If there were no other reason, the Superintendent should be in residence so as to avoid the evils of divided responsi- bility. Give the Medical Superintendent a place in the Asylum, where he can live ; and then hold him most strictly respon- sible for every detail of its management. At present, he has no accommodation for living in the building, and however dili- gent he may be, (and we believe Dr, Blanchard is most attentive to his duties) yet he is necessarily absent from the Asy-

Jum for the greater portion of his time,

selected passages. We hardly eare to

specify, when all was well done; but we were particularly struck with the render.

ing of Act L., Seene VII., and with that |

part of the analysis which showed how

} uniess a} . a ef ; study and enjoyment of Shakespeare, it patient ean be put under proper treat-|

| the workings of remorse and disappoint-

| ment broke down at last ‘that bold bad 9?

| | woman, | }

who is one of Shakespeare’s most wonderful creations,

We hope that one effect of this lecture | will be to increase the number of those If one-half the time that is worse than wasted in reading

who read Shakespeare.

the sensational trash which now passes

current as literature. were given to the vould be better for both the intellect and In Shekes- peare the vicious are never made admir-

‘ ‘ morals of the community.

; td ‘ able by their vices; there is no danger of

our being by him allured into any false

.

characters.

often may feel pity—even a sort of sym- pathy; but it is pity for them because they have sinned, and that sympathy

which a sense of common weakness cives

us for those who have been overcome by | evil, but which in no way lessens our abhor- Professor Ander- son broucht this out well in the case of We

might pity them fur having ruined them-

rence of their crimes.

the two great criminals in the play.

selves.

That they had ruined themselves, | by their own crime, was most apparent.

still be, a most efficient means for the

people is, we think, an indisputable fact.

secing these masterpieces of the human

mind represented with all the power of the histrionie art, we are excused from 1

| discussing t fil the good it might accomplish. £ 8

them; and we hope that not only the young men of the before whom Professor Anderson lectured, but all who heard him, will be induced to give more attention to the works of our great English dramatist.

Association,

THE WINTER

WE recently gave currency to two re-

BOAT.

ports respecting the ‘‘ Winter Boat ”’— (1) That she had left Pictou for George- town but was obliged to put back owing to rouzh weather; (2) that she was no- thing more nor ‘ess than a second-hand ‘“ wood-boat, fitted up with a second- We did not vouch for of either. Indeed, we were

hand engine.” the truth careful to warn our readers that they might not be correct. With reference to those reports, the owner of the “ Win- ter Boat ’’ writes to the British Colonist as follows :—

The steamer Albert never. left the port of Pictou, or any other port since she went to Pictou in August last, that she did not go to her destination, and never put back Moreover, the steamer Albert was built by Captain John Calhoun in Albert County, New Brunswick, in the summer of 1872, and was built under the inspection of Mr. Tucker, Lioyd’s Survéyor, and classed by him, on the 16th day of October, 1872, A 1, 7 years Her engine was built by Burrill & Johnston, Yarmouth, N.S., in the same year, under the unlimited order of Wm. Smith, Government Steamboat Inspector, who had his instruc- liens from Captain Calboun to spare no ex- pense in giving a powerlul engine, of the best description, which he did, regardless of expense. She has a surface condenser, and there is not an iron pipe in her—all her pipes are copper, of doubie the thickness generally used for steamer’s pipes, and aitogether she isa substantial boat, suitable to the purs poses I have engaged her for.

It gives us pleasure to publish this statement. We trust the ‘* Winter Boat ’? may prove just as suitable for the service in which she is to be employed as her proprietor thinks she is. With the people of this Island generally, we are intensely interested in the experiment of maintaining steam communication be- tween this Island and the Mainland dur. ing winter. We trust the experiment will be a Lona fide one, made with a good substantial steamer, fitted up with power- ful machinery, and manned by experienc- ed and competent men. Should the pub- lie be imposed upon, we will not blame Mr. King ; we will lay the full burthen of censure upon the shoulders of the Dominion Government and the officials

who contracted with Mr. King.

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Srate Dinner.—Lord Dufferin gave a

“State Dinner’ to Major General Smith on the evening of the 24th inst.

That the Drama has been, und might |

As we can have no opportunity here ‘ : ; a : © no opportunity here of | could tell as little of it as possible and make |

| that little square with their own interest.’ | lt was wrung from one of the witnesses for |

he question as to how far | | the modern Theatre fulfils or fails to ful- | But |

though we cannot see plays, we may read | the fact that some money was spent by

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| 4 candidate, and that his opponent. will re- sympathy with the wrong doings of his|

For the worst of them we|

| Ostracize. if they can, a most able man from

| siderable extent, settled, his great power

rR secre | ae y - ’ ’ ’ ’ . Sse fo Fa MAT a ye ‘. 4 NOVA SCOTIA POLITICS. PHRRELPHEDRLCE, | —— | ween, | j r ce Tre Local Legislature of Nova Scotia | ath tor Uae a a i ‘ l mn we ; cule F ; fit } 0 } has been dissolved. Nomination will be | an iy, on the 10th December; election on the | mente “~ Mtr “nrror ..7f fancy hear some ol! 17th. \Ve notice that the Halifax Re- Mr. Eprror,--[ fancy I a ois P eta wee your readers at first sight of the text I porter places on the list. of principles to | - é : i ; , : es have chosen for my communication, ex- be tested, the question of Maritime Union. : Enel " es ‘ : , “4 i ¢| claim, What's this! a charity sermon? rye a s i ’ es gan c la ap 4 ' The SMeporter takes a sensivle vieW OF) wan not exactly friend, but a plain state- yey: t, Bt as mlnnbine er th gk i a ee Local polities, it advovates the erection | yrent of facts; which would furnish mas } | men » rep it the Pro- | terials for an elaborate discourse, on moral vince in the Legislature—irrespective of | and Christian duty. In a tenement houso, arty in the Dominion Parliam to |not many rods from one of the largest which they may ad!} [t wants the | churches in this city, lives (or rather exists, a ' wn that will. when. | for I cannot calit living in the right aps { 1 Mac i i ‘ il i ; 1; ve inst sword ) father and son, the ek oial richta or Provincial in+ | Pi nof the word,) father and son, t . 1e imbec » the othe I idliotic, tha sole | lu ri re th ‘ ied hy Momin \ ant a ' 7 = my : i } ls »| occupants of the tenement in, which they . oe reside. The father,in his day, has ren- } ' . (7 ‘ xt } y L. : ; ‘ i ? oe ; t , rae Ree ( ia dered, th the ¢ hureh and the a LC, hamper Improper FelatLo he- In the former, he has often

tween the Local Government and the

Government, and it 1s matter

of little coasequence which side

Dominion he be-

longs to. We want local matters attend-

ed to, looked at solely from a provincial

the counties sent up to the next Assem- | doubt, that

bly.” There ean be no could the principle of ‘ neutrality,’ and

be acted

the election of the ‘ best men,’ upon, the local affuirs of the Province | would be better administered than they |

have been for some time past. It is not,

however, likely that this will be done, THE KINGSTON ELECTION.

the ec

' yuntry willlearn with great satis~ faction that 1m the Controverted Election of Kingston, the Judge has givena decision

‘. MacDonald of per-

o g that acquits Sir John sonal bribery. The seat is declared void, but the respondent is not disqualified from

again offering asa candidate. Every man

| who knows any thing about the House’ of

Commons at Ottawa, knows Sir John A’s value Adebate is going on in which con stitutional points are raised. The most |

divergent views have been enunciated by speakers on both sides of the House. Con- fusion itself is in danger of becoming con, | His voice is not |

founded. Sir John rises.

stron It could easly be drowned by a

> ren

resort to practices frequently indulged in

to drown the the voices of much stronger lunged men than Sir John. But to the

credit of the House, every noise is stilled. Che |

His exposition is so

You can almost hei a pin drop. speaker proceeds. clear and convineing that the debate at once closes, by the unanimous adoption of Sir Evidently man to *‘see his way through a thicket ”’

John's views. he is the

To the country during the formative period | of its history, and when, necessarily, consti» tutional questions occupied a very promi-

nent place in the discussions of Parliament, Sir John’s services have-been of inculen!. | able value. Perhaps now, when the groove | has been formed, and principles, to a coa-

as a constitutional lawyer-statesman would

be less needed than during the first seven |

apprentice years of Confederation. But still all, except bitter patrizans, will admit that the presence of so sagacious a guide | is highly desirable. It is to be hoped, 43

therefore, that Sir John will again offer as

rain from offering him opposition. Wheth- er there is magnanimity enough in the Grit ranks to follow this wise and patriotic course remains to be seen. We fear they |

have not yet learned that to det:rmine to |

the service of the country,

course that will be

is to pursue a |

condemned by the |

| moderate men of the country everywhere. |

| Kingston election case, justly says that

Party virulence will make them oblivious | to every feeling of patriotism.—Huli/ar

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sbCporier,

The Montreal Gazette, in discussing the |

| “Sir John’s statement, frank candid, out-

: | others i aithoomsa als i heute moral and intellectual education of the | Merson the witness stand, who, having

epoken, will be read by many in contrast with tle halting, hesitating utterances of

sworn onthe Holy Evangelists to tell the truth, were evidently studying how they

| the petitioner that the canvessers for Mr.

Carruthers, the Reform candidate who op- | posed Sir John, paid $50 each for votes, and | yet many of the organs of the organized

Hypocrisy are trying to make capital out of |

gentlemen who earnestly favored the res | turn of Sir John, although it was not shown | that a dollar was used in bribery.”

HIGHWAY RUFFIANISM.

A MAN ATTACKED ON THE WESTERN ROAD AND ALMOST KILLED.

The Summerside Journal reports : “ We learn that a most daring and brutal assault | has been made on Patrick Avers, Esq., while travelling on the Western road between | Miscouche and Wellington, on the evening |

of Monday last. Mr. Ayers, who is, himself, | our authority, states that on his way home, on the evening mentioned above, he was met by two men who asked him for a ride along the road, acceeded.

To this request he readily But no sooner did these unmitis gated scoundrels get into the wagon than they pitched out the owner-—jumped out after him, and kicked and pounded him, without reason or mercy, Mr. Ayers’ head bears ample testimony to the cruelty of his assailants. It is very much swollen, and horribly bruised and disfigured. Instances of such barbarous ruffianism are now becom, ing disgracefully common on this Island. In our present issue we have to record no fewer than three such instances. Such out-~ rages cannot be tolerated much longer. Highway ruffianism is inconsistent with British civilization at any rate, and is obnox~ ious to the utmost rigor of our laws. Should our raves therefore persist in indulging their present mood, they will soon find this Island too hot tor them long before winter is over—cold as that season always is. The Government is able and willing to protect travellers against the attacks of the lawless. We hope, however, that Mr. Ayers’ assail~ ants will be speedily apprehended and dealt with, so as to deter others from coms mitting similar brutalities, The constables are now in search of them, and, as they are well known to Mr. Ayer’s, they can only escape detection by leaving the Island,

Smart Pox.— Small pox is prevalent at Caraquet, N. B. It was imported from Montreal. A special despatch from Cara- quet, (November 23), to the St. John 7ele- graph, reports :—Father Allard, who ad- ministered the last rites of the Church to Hache, of Pokemouche, who died of small pox, is laid up at Caraquet with small pox, After attending Hache, he visited Father Pelletier, at Caraquet, last week, and was suddenly taken ill, preventing his return home. He is in a very precarious state. Father Pelletier announced in church yes. terday that Father Allard was confined in his house with small pox and requested the people not to come to his residence until the house was disinfected.

Tue Deputy Minera ov MARINE AND FIs grigs, Mr. Smith, was last week, visited by a paralytic stroke.

: Ce : i : ; | journey comparatively dry-shod. standpoint, by the Representatives from |* ’ t

| lity precludes him from being of any more

| State taking no cognizance of the matier,

| know the injunction, “

| certainly should, when the penury and want |, } ; ; neh see | Cullen thanking him and the Irish Lishops

| left in his present condition, such, assured-

| twenty-four hours’ wonder,that such should

| worth much more than a pound of precept.

| brought to their notice, may we not trust

| Citizens a supply of px

manufactured and supplied to the

| nection with the process ; the use of which,

| thingsin a

| forms us that the reason why the gas has of | late been impure is, that the supply of puri-

| the quality of the gas is improving, and will

| informs us that it is much more difficult to

| yraph says ;—'* Several of our leading mer-

| at our office yesterday and offered to take | $20,000 stock in the project.

rea

s0me service

officiated as a teacher and expounder of

divine truths ; and the State has benefitted |

| toa large extent by the work performed |

by him, in casting up the highway, so that | the weary traveller might proceed on hi

Now in| the decline of life, when physical disabis |

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to wallow in filth and misery, ona daily allowance of food, doled out to him by the Trustees from the wreck of his property,

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and no further of the necessaries of life. |

Having served his day, he is left like an old horse, that is fit for no further labor, to

die if he so wills it on the highway, ihe

and the Church, imitating the Priest and Levite, looks on, and passes by on the other | 7] not

side. These things ought so to be. | have had his faults; for who | |

He may among men is there that has not; but we | rethren, if any of | you be overtaken in a fault, dc.’ I need | not give the whole text, the path of duty

is plain, a word to the wise ought to be | sufficient for them. A Church, which by one |

of her representatives publicly bousted,

al | that she has no poor within her borders,

ofa once bright and shining light in tabernacle, is brought to her notice, take part

necessities, and

her

some active towards relieving his | prevent the spectacle,

which otherwise in a short time must take place, of his

| lying in a state of misery, disgraceful to a Christian community. If |

ly, willbe the case, and then it will be a

have happened in our midst, and then tattle his bones over the stones, iie is only a pauper that nobody owns. The Church has a duty to perform apart from inculeating faith and morals, of re- lieving the wants of the poor ; and should remember, that an ounce of example is

Having had his case thus prominently

that they will not fail in acting towards him in some measure the part ot

A Goop SAMARITAN,

{Further particulars respecting the above

j can be obtained at the Examiner Orrice |

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE

EXAMINER,

Sir,—Will not Mr. Murphy, who is so en-

thusiastic on the subject of giving our re water, make an effort to give us, what is almost as great a desideratum, viz, a supply of pure gas? The vile odour from the gas, as at present citizens is simply unendurable,—not to say poisons ous, as many of those who are so unfortnu- nite as notto possess kerosene lamps, daily testify.

1 do not profess to know anything about the art of gas-making but think that ! have

heard of such a thing as a PURIFBR in con- é £

appears to be totally unknown to, or dis- pensed with by the Ch’town Gas Co,

I trust “rv. Murphy will enable us to view ‘ter light; if not, the subject, like the gas, badly needs ventilaling.

A Cirizen,

[The Manager of the Gas Company in-

fying material at the gas works had run out, owing to the exceedingly long passage of the Barque Aatie MeDona/d, on board which a fresh supply of the material had been shipped. Since it has been received, continue to improve. The Manager also purify gas in cold than it is in warm weather. —Epiro: Exaxinsx.] eee one eee ne eo

Tue West Ixpian Traps —The leading Merchaxts of St. John, are about purchas~ ing a steamer for the \\ est India Trade. Respecting the scheme the St. John 7ele-~

chants and ship-owners take a deep inter. est in this scheme. One gentleman called

We hear of others who would subscribe various good round sums. The idea is to buy a suitakle , steamer, to begin with making monthly trips from St. John to the West Indies, call. ing at Halifax and Bermuda, and going on to Havana, Matanzas and Kingston ; re- turning by way of Portland, \!e., or other United States port.

Bermuda is both a naval and military sta- tion. 1t requires large supplies of beef and sundries, and draws them largely from New York. The other points speak for themselves. The Uovernment plan will not answer, for no steamer leaving Mons treal or going toit will now callat St. John, We have outgoing freights and require the income cargoes. Lut let the Government give ontreal their steamer and St. John hers ; that iv, let the Government divide the subsidy. The St. John steamer by calling at Portland will also aid the trade at Montreal. It might be well for the Board of Trade to take up this most impor- tant matter and see our ‘“Jinisters on the subject.”

Mr. Borp anv nis Lecrurss.—‘‘ Those who godown into the sea,’’ on Tuesday night realized $140 for the Y. 2!.C. As- sociation ; and ‘ Who giveth this woman,” on Friday evening, realized $230 for the In- dustrial School. Mr. J. M. Walker, of this city, whose guest Mr. Boyd has been during his stay here, generously made a donation which increased the latter to $300 making handsome contributions to the funds of the institution. Mr. Boyd leaves for St. John in this evening’s train. During the week he spent in Halifax he has visited the principle objects of interest in company with Mr. Walker and other gentlemen, suchas the museum, the various benevolent and pkil- anthropic institutions and the citadel, having made an inspection of the fortificas tion this morning. Such visitors as Mr, Boyd are always heartily welcome anywhere. Hz. Recorder.

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One of the Darmouth ferrysboats was in collision witha P. E. Island schooner yes. terday morning. The schooner had her jib-boom carried away, and the steamer lost

cents a |} now. | service to Church and State he is allowed |

|months; all | movable mas

| combatants is said to have been severely

| ding the African town of Berbera, where a

| Written a letter concerning the Manning-

Desh } } Wiican sali

| New Zealand is beginning to show a sure

, ibis ee Ce rrerrey se agre ear s er art syooD awenie M ¥F MISORLLANEOUS. i sae

It is reported that the port of Morocco is to ba ceded to Germany. |

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Tho Mexican Congress has decreed that | a Senate be constituted, i

Jernsalem is connected with Europe by two lines of telegraph.

Russia has now a daily announcement of the weather probabilities

: acta eel The ore of some of the Georgia gold. per ton.

mines is declared to yield $10,001 4} ! i i

In the municipal elections in France, Re-

nublican eandidates were generally success:

fal

ernal “i States for the last fiscal y< the estimate

t Ver

10uses and cau

ti4i Over

An earthquake a » Cruz, last

hook down several ed great 1 } ro t but nobody wa

ies) consternation, D Kined, i

The amount of gold realized from the

Mint in Lundon, |

sweepings of the amounted last year to $11,476. | Virginia has sent 25,000 pounds of chest- nuts north this season in one consignment —the largest single exportation ever made. and uni

The benefactions to colleges

versities in the United States for 1873 |} amounted to $8,258,141, There ean be no starvation in Missouri

while wild pigeons can be bought for ten | dozen-—the market price there |

William Sharon, a San Francisco banker, whose daughter was married the other day, made her a wedding present of one mil- lion dollars.

Nota drop of rain in the Crimea for four

the surface of the earth a s of dust, and no winter wheat yet sown.

A duel between two Irish members of British Parliament is reported. One of the

wounded,

In Kansas 15,009 to 25,000 people are without food fuel or clothing, and must be sustained by charitable contributions until

another crop is grown.

Three Egyptian men of-war are blocka-

British gunboat has been despatched to in-

vestigate affiirs.

The French Government has decreed that army ofiicers must not marry unless the bride has a dowry &f 25,000 francs. Here- tofore the limit has been 10,000 frances.

The Pope has written a letter to Uardinal

for their condemnation of Prof. Tyndall’s address at Belfast.

Archbishop Bayley, of Baltimore, has |

Gladstone controversy. Hesaid Gladstone’s declaration is “a shameful calumny.”

Ihe November number of the Contempor- ary, contains an account of a new scientific discovery by Prof. Tyndall, respecting the atmosphere in relation to fog signalling.

The Icelanders employed by the Victoria | Railway, Canada, do not make very good railroad builders. Having been unused to steady work at home they need training.

3ut they are willing.

Advices from Cape Coast Castle say King Coffee has been deposed, and has been sue- ceeded by his nephew, which will place all the tribes on a friendly footing with each other

The ravages of the phylloxers in France are said to reduce the profits which the French people derive from the bee and the silk.wor r Yr 510. 00 Ley oe 3 0 204 eg ce 590,006,009 franes to 200,-

The Swiss population of the United States are raising a subscription to erect a monu. ment to their distinguished countryman, Agassiz. The sum required is $300,090, of

lf has been already subscribed.

About $6,000,000 worth of sugar was lost during the flood in Louisiana. Of the rice crop destroyed by the overflow it is caleu- lated that about 5,031,930 pounds have been lost which, valued at 6} cents, aggregates $311,996.

The Russian Government has completed negotations with a Russo-English company, for the construction of a canal from Cron- stadt to St. Petersburg. The work of con- struction will occupy six years and will cost $5,530,000.

Hon. Wm. Edward Forster and Sir T, Fowell Buxton, Members of the British Parliament, visited a number of the public schools in Baltimore last week, in company with the city officials, for the purpose of ex. amining the school system of Baltimore.

An unknown tramp was recently found hanging, head downwards, on the fence of a cemetry in Uxbridge, Mass. His foot had | caught between the pickets, and he had | been unable to extricate himself. The | horrors of such a death, at sucha time and | place, are unpleasant to contemplate.

A storm in Alabama, Sunday, was veny'| severe throughout the central portions, and |

extended into central Georgia. Half the

town of Montevello,Ala..is reported destroy-

ed; two persons killed, twenty injured. | Considerable damage to property is report- ed at other points.

Scandenavian mytology the heroes in Nors Paradise drank out of the skulls of their slain enemies; rather suggestive of like practices on earth. Later investigations prove the word taken for skull to mean horns of beasts slain in the hunt.

The Northern Colonization Railway has been graded for seventy-five mi'es, and all the bridges between Montreal and Grens ville except one are completed, while those between Grenville and Aylmer are rapidly being constructed. Two steamers are now on their way from England with steel rails.

Tue Catsoiic Bisnops’ Journey to Rome. —A cable telegram says: “The object of the English Bishops’ visit to Rome is to ob- tain permission to pursue an independent course in case the British Government should seek to restrict the liberty of action of the Catholic clergy. They will repre- sent tothe Pope that they wish tc respect the laws of England, and cannot accept such regulations as are issued by Continent- al Bishops.”

Commercial Progress of New Zealand,—

It was long a received opinion that in | | |

sign of growing importance by forming a ‘manifest destiny’ theory. Mr. Vogel, the Premier, has lately laid on the table of the House of Representatives a remarkable scheme for extending the influence of New Zealand over the whole of Polynesia. It is his belief that New Zealand must sooner or later - and the sooner the better - make herself the centre of a Polynesian dominion. having the same relation as Canada to the Mother Country, At pre- sent M. Vogel says, the Colonists cannot regard without alarm the disorders that prevail in some of the islands, and the pros- pect that some foreign power may obtain a footing in their own neighborhood. It has been proposed as a means to the great end that a trading company shall be formed in England, with a view of absorb= ing by its commercial power a large share of political control in the islands. Mr. Vogel approves of this scheme, but carries it further by suggesting that New Zealand shall have an important share in the scheme, New Zealand guaranteeing 5 per cent for 40 years on the share capital of £1,000 ,000, and appointing a managing director and secretary. The company is to have pers mission to carry on the business of mers chants and shipowners, planters, produe< ers, manufacturers. brokers, agents ins surers and bankers. a ~<- Fa eh

P. E. Ista» Pork.—The St. John TZele~ graph reports :—In connection with Provis~ ions there is little worthy of special men< tion beyond the fact that American and Prince Edward Island pork is bringing high

prices in our market, this fall, compared with "72 and ’73 -and the same is true, to a considerable extent, of homesfed pork. P. E. Island, which last year brought only #12 to $14 per bbl., is now value for $21 to $25, and scarce and in demand at these figures, it being greatly preferred to the American for household use, although the American, being fatter and heavier, enters very largely into lambermen’s supplies.

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Hauirax Marxets.—The Halifax Citizen reports—P. E. Island oats firm and scarce at 65 to 70 cts. Potatoes in good supply at 30 to40 cts. Other kinds quiet.

“Str Jony.’"—The Kingston News re- ports—“Sir John Macdonald will run again for Kingston, if he is the choice of