ons croyetne a a ea es I

“a@verag? of the preceding eight, we shall

—— Nt OO CC ALLE ALL OT

> Ccoenniie peat pecpencaees = r J. one es oe ee

DAILY

NOTES OF TUE MONTH.

CANADA Wer shall begin at home this month, as ms ® Ss ~**

mave been

more important

thea 2 VEN

eo Finance Mia- ‘ihe B iget Speech ot INARCE Dati i ister, and the debate upon it, have beep the mest prominent Parliamentary events r . ‘ . 5

. aM or

at Ottawa. Immediately upon the Speecn ; : ve a? stan being reported, there went up tne usual

hewspapers ; and one ‘from the name of fird that Sir achieved a ‘* brilliant success,” or wade ‘a miser ible failure.” ApTressions left ae

ery from the party

could be pretty sure, } ’ . ’ the paper, whether he would Leonard Tilley had : » Ay Just as duferent are tue ht ondition ef the country, as shown

to the co by the working of the By some toe

tet ag ae admirable results of the ov. P.

taritf. are to be

. } a wee « mi har oe noth. seon from all the returns ; Ctuers see, ioe

> ' ; . . ee. ing but the fulfilment of thetr worst pre- would an impartial ob-

A Vinanee Minister

dictions. Wiiat verver make of it! in wakin: his annual statement has to deal

with the .balances of three years. The

financial year closes in Canada on the 30¢h

Sune. ‘Vhe Speeclfis generally made three

months before this. Consequently, i879, Sir L. Tilley had to state} th: balance at the 30th |

would be

or four in March, what was actually

June. 1879; what he for the current year 1880 + and what he estimated it for the year {t is the fact of their being these

thought it

ending sth June,

i8s3v-S81.

three balances to deal with that gives room

for a good deal of manipulation of figures,

so thet each side can maks them appear

tnot far enough. At ; will inits te ab- ‘and this is intelligible ; but it is quite 4

) £ surd to repeal the law in the caso ot

not improbable that this fact may have

something to do with the sudden springing

we tie Billat this time, and with the un animity of the Government in its favour, But itis rather too munch that there should

be haste about the matter, and we hope

the Senate will reject the Bill. [t seems

to us that it either goes teo far or

present, degrees of

»and consanguinity are treated alike,

iw o de-

; ; sre etal. grees of affinity, and leave the others stand ine. Uf the Bill becomes law there should

o* ‘ : .

be about fifteen other permissions grantea,

: : : eo me ‘eS an beginning with a grandfather's wite. lf

reinember rightly, it was Sir Heary Drum.

mond who, in the British Parliament, , e ° ¢ } ‘ the favorers of the

marrying their

repeal to ‘‘ slop ped. dling about sisters, anil come out like men and marry their grand- The Canadian

aight profit’by this advice.

mothers friends of the

mewure

Jo change from politics to a more

gonial subject. [na new country like thie, celebrates ita 215th an- niversary may fairly be called The “ Hotel Diew” in Montreal has kept its 215th anniversary. neuve landed at the present site of Mor-

Hotel

much to say

an tasolivation tuat ancien}.

treal sone twenty vears before the was esiablishad, if 1s not too that

convent ; for

the city owes its existence to the

the renl originators of the Colony were

scheme of establishing the

Olier and Dauaversiere. ‘Their

find a place * in the very fangs of the Iro-

plan waa to

quois,” where the exposure to danger wis

vreatest, aud there found three religions

communities ; one of secular priests tu dt- reet the colonisis, ene of Nuns to nurse

tha sick, one of Naus to teach the faith to

favora er wnfayorible to suit its own} the children, white and red. “Yor are,” said vie the ministering priest, whan the firs! litt 9

We c yl state the fac $ LaDat> )compans landed on tho then salilary shores tially as wecan, giving tho actual figu for the St. Lawrenc2, ‘you ara a grain of and throwing out the consid n of what} mustard seed that Bhailrise and grow ti migh un? % have been, if duties had |i! inches ove ry i th; yr heen pa at eter times than when the are few bir your werk is t work of ‘Gol. were paid. It is fair to say that both par-| His :ison you and your children shall fies mut share the responsibility of thels ae und ln 15655 Danurversiere ex>- year 1873-79, and that that vear had onlyjeuted his plan, and his Nans began their three anda lialf meuths ef the new tari [work of merey. Through all the perils of

The receipts for the year ending 30th

June, 1379, were $22,517,380 ; expendi-

ture, $21,456,931. Deficit, 81,933,001.

‘ “4 ¢ NS RT A eR RO nn oe

.

OF co: Sic L. Tilley says that if his! , ? ; . uf party hiv Lnot come inte power the ceficit : Cc: "> % would hive been far greater. sir hh. Cart-

wright is equally coniident that bod neé an

ungrateiul country turned him and his

friends iz. if Wo ict isve been f iY lege, But whoever the bill

Now lt >

1

is to blams we have to foot

gar ending the 50ch June next is reall: is responsibie for it,

the critical one, as only one party] new tariff} has bee: in operation throughout it. ft is tosay how it will end, and the that it is hardly

risking anes r

anil the

too soon en i is so hear worth while iphet in appen. Let us see what how far

eputation as a pire saying «vrhat will h

have been the results so far, and they have answered the expectations of the | Finance Minister, who last year calculated that the new tariff would give him an in- creased 100,000. 1

The revenue from Ist July, 1879, to Ist; March, 1880, (new tariff) has been $14,- 081,524. Forthe Corresponding period of the previous year (eld tariff) it was $15,-

048,071. So that so far the new

revenue of about 82,

tariff, in-

stead of increasing the revenue, has, im eight iaonths, decreased it by $1,900,000.

The revenue for the early part of 1879 was greatly affected by the expected change of tariff, but on Ist Mareb, 1878, the revert was S15, 003,330, nearly one mill Lion | more than fur this year up to Ist March. li is auite clear that if the income for the

remaining four months is at the rate of the

have, on bOth June next, a tremendous deficit. But Sir L. Tilley finds that for

January aud February, 1880 the revenue is far larger than ferthe first two m: mnths | vf 1879. He considers that the effects of the rush to clear goods before the new

prevented any member o!

the early history of Canada, their wok

French and English lost and won the country again and again, and the city changedfits masters; but thair work changed not, and to-day ong of the noblest hospitals

'

onthe continent of Amsarica carriss on the work that these pious adventurers began. GREAT BRIT

there.

ihe throes of a veneial

There is but one exciting tepic ihe econniry is in elections are not

election, li Ene alate d t}

,

all one day as with us; bint are spread over several weeks. Probably by the end of April the result will be apparent. Tie greatest interest at present gathers round Mid-Lothian. = Bit Lainchebiire will be watched ‘the Derby -n will be able to make the that

do so, 1%

closely to see if thuence Liberals triumphant over Consera- tive stronghold. Should it will

be a remarkable proof of the influence of a

great family, and show that, more than in Liberalism or Couservatism, Laneashire be- lieves in Derbyism.

{t is pleasing to have to write that the trade revival still grows rapidly in Eng- land—-that there commercial depression is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. 15 is also good news to hear ‘‘ that all danger of ’ though we Hitution still

famine in Ireland is now past, regret to add that ‘*‘ much des prevails.” FRANCE. In France the Senate has rejected, that the Fery Educ Law which

an unauthorized |

clause of cation

a private M. DeFreycinet has,

religious order teaching in cither

or public school. force the |

therefore, threatened to put in

numerous unrepealed laws against the desuits. Some cof these date back to

.the time of Louis XV. Seme of them are fierce enactments of the time of the Revo- lution. The Jesuits have been so olten

duties come in were felt up to the end of | 1879, and that the heavy spring importa-

tions vet to come, added te the inere A386 | alin, i since 1889 sect in, will bring the; ; reveniie up to the oiditnakh: We sincerely | hope he may be correct. [t is a ma tter |

which a few weeks will decide. So it is nvt' worth while arguing the probabilities of: what we shall soon know for a certainty. An attempt has been made to run hastily | throuvh the Parliament a bili legalizing marriige with a deceased wife's sister, or, deceased brother's wife. A change i: law which will in so many ways affect ce domestic and social relations of the people should not he bastiy made. An unsuccessful agitation

has deen kept up in England for some!

yearé past, prompted chieily by a few very weal! iy and influential persons who have form theese connections and wish them legal zed. As the now Canadian Commis- sioner to London is in this position, it is

es

iand there is no reason pone will sink it.

tie victors, much more so to the conqnored. The |

expelled from, not 'rance enly, but many

'countries, that we imagine they knew gq tite

| well what to # in that contingency, and

should M. Def reycinet carry out his threat | lit will, in all probability, hurt him much imore than it will hurt the Jesuits. How-

ever, the French Republic has in its siort

’ life bravely weathered some serious storms,

to think that this sut it would have greater stability if it could learn a little of that} toleration for the opinions of others, from which modern Li! eralism is 80 averse.

War is an expensive game even to the

317

French have beev making up what their! last war cest them, and the figures ar> in- structive. War expenses, £52,000,(00 ; tribute to Germany, £212,600, 000 ; Sus- tenance of German troops, £13,60,000 : ; indemnity to Departments, £58,048,1)00 ;. ‘loss of reventie, £80,969; war material, £35,760,090 ; other expenses, £52,514.000, —reugh total £557 030,000, or $2,785,000, - G30, abont three-fourths of the National debt of England—-all for a war of a few | months,

J UST RECEIVED, «

UTTER!

——— as

1722 D) Eee

Very thoise Bedeque Butter,

For sale by the ‘Pub and by the pound,

SE | BEeeR & GOFF. March 31, a. eS A 4 ae i io a recent meetin of the Baptist Church, 4 tre following resolution was proposed

told

Although Maisor.-.

and dak unaninrously : “That the hearty thanks of this Church are due, and are now tendered to an unknown friend for the valuable gift of a very superior

ae ee |

ea en pie emanate egy ere,

QUEEN STREET,

Church Organ.’ Mar, 3}, ’a0. J. METCALF,

LECTURE | Tnaier the fuspices of St. Vincent (ia rat sooieby,

? - Cierk,

“N coniplianee with a Requisition from a

aaa of prominent Gentlemen,

PROFESSOR CAVEN

Has consented to deliver his Lecture os

“SARDINAL WISEMAN,”

IN THE--

Vi ARKET HALL, Wednesday, Tih

*.

LOCK.

April,

The scocbili to be devoted to the relief of the Poor. Admission 10 cents; Keserved Seats °0 cents. By order,

HUGH Ww AL. KIER, 2y of Com. ne ar pres pat

March 30, '80—tu s tu, h

ee ——eewe ~ -

PENENDERS tor a secoud ICO miles ecction Red River will be received by the undersigned uptil noon on MONDAY, the 29th of March next

The section will extend from the end of the Sth Contract—near the western boundary of Manito ba--to a point on the west side of the valley of Hird-Tail Creek.

Tenders must be on the printed which, with all other inferimation, had at the Pacific Railway Engineer's

West of

iorm, imay be Offices,

Bell Tower,

The Best place to Buy

DRESS GOODS. Printed, White and Grey OT | ONS,

MILLINRY

¥ A f. z,

Beddings,

&C,, “ TWEEDS, ~~ READY MADE

(inpasite

KINDS.

lablings,

&C.,

.,

in Ottawa, and Winnipey, on and aiter the Is t chs av © f March next,

+> on 3 ȴ Order .

RAMWAYS & CANALS, ) fith February ISSO. 4

Dert. oF

. Ottawa, The reception of the above Tenders is post- poned nntil noon on FRIDAY, 9th April nest.

“KF. BRAUN.

Secretary. Derr. of Ratpways & CaNnats, } m30, 2aw tl Ottawa, 22nd Mareb, eet } oth April

BILLS OF LA ADING

YOR

AT THE EXAMINER OFFICE,

Wanted, Wanted,

{ * LD IRON (wrought scraps preferred), OLD BRASS, OLD COPPER, OLD LEAD, OLD ZING, OLD ROPE, OLD CANVAS, HORSE HAIR, PEWTER. For which highest Cash Price will be paid. H. COOMBS. March 29, ‘80 -3i

SALE—

Ch'town,

eens eee So ne ees ee

POTATOES.

I WILL buy a limited quantity of well picked Potatoes, must be delivered at gaia opposite Merchants’ Bank, Water street.

H. COOMBS, March 4, si 0—6i

DAIRY SALT. |

7 T the o; the

“Dairsmen's Convention.”

PRIRD ANNUAL MEETING

LENS, CLOTHING,

EE AL ..,ceu-

CARPETS

A GOOD ASSORTMENT,

BSS Ae.

Room Papers,

A GREAT VARTSTY.

—IDELICIOUS TEAS. :

wheeled

ALL KINGS OF

‘held at Londen, Ontario, February, 1880, the ‘Committee of Judges awarded the

FIRST PRIZE

—To-—-

(oe: ROE eS et

FINE DAIRY,

over all othe: | hibited, W holes: ale Agent

> Canadian and English Salt

f ur Pe i. Islami, 30! iN H. CATHRAE. ae naciethainar a, March 11, ’8O—Ilm

oi

GOAL. COAL.

le JR SALE a large quantity of Cow Bay

SLACK COAL. A. first rate article ,for house use at $2 per ton, cash.

WM. KOUGHAN, 1580.—3i ced.

DAILY EXAMINER

t and most Newsy Paper e Provinces.

March 23,

AUBSCRIBE for the the Chea ‘published in

Ch'towa,

DRY GooDS

Coleman & noe AT VERY LOW PRIGES, AT

REWIAINE & METGALFS,

$3 QUEEN STREET,

Ch'town, March 39, 1560.

cern ae come ee er san ne

i 7

GLEARING-OUT SALE.

W WIND UP THE BUSINESS OF T LATK FIRM, I will sell by ae

AUCTION,

At rerooms, on Thursday, Ist of April, i med fine at I} « lock. a, m., The Balance vy the ’ af C4 . ' : ‘St He Sane & RAK z UL Vv apie LOCEries, COMPRISING ; | Prime CONGOW ° TEA, erior bk ‘Lot R, Kiln Dried U ‘UMN ME ‘AT tae aud ye tow), Barbudecs and Trimidad MOLASSES (ig puns,, tierces and bbls, ' mae ATE ae ' | GRANULA e me CON PECTION!

s : L SUGAR, -AESINS CUR. LANTS, CHEESE, sendin ¥ and Chew. iag TUVACCO (an assorted variety j in

‘xes, butts and caddies), PROOMS, Xi A\TCHES, STARCH, .- MANS LA KOPF, Crates EART HEN WARE, Uasks MILK fi ANS, REP ARED CORN, Co}.

mau's STARD, CREAM TARTAR,

BUPLE R. SALT, BLACKING, CAR. DLEs, WAX CANDL ES, TOILET SOAP, WASHING, SODA, W ASHING

RYSTAL, W ASHBOARDS CLOT

{

INS, PAIS, D. PLPES, WRap. ING PAPER, » AP ER BAGS (in great rariety}, ete,

—~ ALSO--

\ Ship’s Iron Winch, Iron Wheel and Steer ing Gear’ Blocks, aut other materials, Terns liberal, and made known at Sale. Shonld the day be stormy, the sale will tulbe place on the Maturday following. FENTON 7. NEWBERY,

t by te Wa, Nj eh +4, ai)

— « nr emt gee as aay

&

til] seh le

New veeds, New Sead,

omer ee ee

! j UST RECEIVED AT t

3 = ®

BAUS S i ORE, AU Varieties of Well-known Fiower

and Garden Seeds, inclading some very new and Choice kinds, Having been imported jrom ene of the most reliable houses in the trade, the enbscriber warrants ihem to give satisfaction,

c. BD. RANKIN. Ch’town, March 20, S0--12i

OPEN FOR

REISE E E. ki tt £ Er gps Tews

ETL AU CET Ft ee8 (TEAS tas -

J wis bedtue ah 4 dai it

£ hheay+ tha $37 nr? Mav Kowr

BVVYUY iil wi sito) GbAte and will carry Us tatees, Cats, Varky, Putter, and other Prodnce vi ihe Island, on freight.

The upper deck roem of this steamer is also open for charter for cither Horses, Cattle or She *p.

Parties wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity, will please apply early, in order to secure room,

Should the room for 6,000 barrels be en ed within ten days, the ** Prince Edward” will be laid on the berth and sail for Liverpool, G. B. direct, about the i0th May.

For particulars apply to

Peake Bros. & Co., MANAGERS

Charlottetown, March 11, 1880.

————

Wants. Lest, Found, Lt. \TANTED- a Scan to take the y mavagement of an infant and two

children under nine years of age. Must have references as to character an eet’ APP ly at EXAMINER office. fm 90, t

£ OPSEM ip WANTED. —A uit with good recommendations. Apply at

EXAMINER Office. [fm 29

One contaim-

Apply oaw ti

ype LET—T Wo HOUSES— ing 5 rooms, the other 6 rooms. | to JouN STEN TIFORD. [ma 2,

OST. —On “Sunday aera an E y GLASS with black ribbon attached. ‘The im 25 will please leave it at this effice. {mi

raw EE T—One- half a a Wa u ible te vement Dwelling House on Sydney Stree joining the residence of H. J. © alibeck, Esq.

|

Possession given ist of April. Apply 4 | FRANCIS P, “MeCarrey. is 22, Ai pd

‘g.O LET —0n or dion the first April, i, the

House now occupied by Mr. enjemin | Davies, junr , fronting on Water eee For \ information apply ¢ o W, W. CLARKE

rqnod i ET—The any under’: Hy all, Great George Street. This Sho has lately undergone a ‘thp@gugh repair, ao

Apply on the aw] (6, 2aw

eee

‘the watclinaking business. ; > | premises.

'TEX® LET-—To let, the first of May next | i that new House now occupied by Bailey, nearly opposite the residence of at Hodgson, Esq, Wey mouth Street, near see borough Square. Apply at the office of ot LivaN & Morson. 2 re

the raX® Li? F—On the ninth of “April, 1 HOUSE now occupied by R. Young

W. J. Boswa.. oe

fEXENEWENT on Hillsborough street, oP

eoutaining hall, seven rooms, pantry,

and back stairs, to Let, with ionectiane

ession, Enquire of JoHN STUMBLES... « Jan. 3, 1830. diweod tf.

[aaa 18 tf

T erpaic “hore .

‘is now ia good condition, and well suited for”

posite residence of Thos. DesBrisay, Es4-; t

a. _— ‘.

Wat saree ee ae