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row policy of economy which dictated the despatch of 25th January, 1873; which disregarded the charges of Grand Juries,

eyes to the desirability of building a new

loss what to do. derstand, been proposed.

remove them to Faleonwood.

will suddenly be besieged by between forty

ability by « paltry pittance of sixteen

THE EXAMINER —

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BY THE

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OFFICE:

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if paid ’ within the year—$1.82, postage paid; $2 it | Government possession of the section be-|

TE R.A. s—Per Annum, $1.62.

wot paid within the year.

CLUB RATES.

Tue ExaMiner will

ment strictly in advance

e copies one address, - ? 2 completed. This they had a perfect right 6 * “ “ 17.00 | to do; and neither the press nor the Gov- = ro 20.00} ernment had the power to interfere suc- |

Clubs may be made up at any time, but

not for a shorter period thau one year.

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Ch’town, August 31, S74. i

THE ALTERNATIVE

Tue Asylum for the Insane and the Poor House are two disgraceful monu-

ments to the meanness and negligence of

the Government rible condition of the Asylum previous to the visit of the Grand Jury in July last, may have been more directly chargeable to the Trustees, the Superintendent, and the Keeper. But the Government cannot shirk a heavy load of blame. After the repeated charges of the Grand Jury ; after the revelations in the Assembly last win- ter; after all the articles published in the EXAMINER setting forth its disgraceful condition and urging a reform of its man- agement, there could be no valid excuse for inactivity on the part of the Govern- ment. Had the Government, as we ad- vised, appointed 2 commission to examine the Asylum, the Grand Jury, of July, might not have been obliged to force reform by describing it in the plain lan- guage they did; and Prince Edward Is. jand might not have become the bye-word of the world. We might not have been pointed at as the one community in Amer- ica in which lunatics are treated in a man- asr unworthy the civilization and Chris. tianity of the age. We might not have had it said of us that we were sho med in- to treating those whom God has deprived of reason and committed to our care, with the attention aud respect due our fellow-creatures. But the Asylum apart, let us atiend for a little to the Poor House. The Govern-

The notoriously hor-

to

be forwarded to Clabs at the following rates per year—pay-

a —_ THE RAILWAY.

EaRy last spring the EXAMINER stir- red up the Dominion Government to a sense of its duty regarding our Railway; and the appointment of Mr. Swinyard and | several other skilled railway employes fol- |lowed. It was then generally under- stood that the contractors would

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give

tween Summerside and Charlottetown as soon as it it was finished. They, however, thought it expedient to hold on to the road till the whole line, including branches, is

cessfully on behalf of the people. We do not blame the contractors. They are anxious to finish their contract by the time specified; and the daily running of | passenger and freight trains would doubt- | less, have greatly delayed them. To their credit be it said, they have spared neither expense nor trouble in forwarding the

work. A large number of men have been employed; and they are retained only by very high wages. We are informed that our local authorities are seconding the efforts of the contractors in every possible way ; and that it is cer- tain, in the ordinary course of events, that the road will be finished and ready for use in time for the fall trade. If the Do-

have been carried on night and day.

possession and to run the trains at once— and thanks to the representations of the

try will enjoy the advantages of the rail- way, along the whole line, branches and all, in less than two months.

In the Patriot of the 27th, sharply criticized because we have, since the spring, been silent and inactive in the matter of the railway. Our swer is, indeed, ‘not far to seek,”

It is not the practice of the EXAMINER to agitate needlessly and uselessly. Neither does it merely exist for the purpose of in- juring the McKenzie or avy other Govern-

ment. The EXAMINER exerts its influ~

ence for the advancement of the country—

for the good of the people ; and it is only

when a Government opposes the advance-

ment of the country and the good of the | people that the EXAMINER opposes it. | Much as we regret the unnecessarily great

delay in opening to the public the section

of railway between Charlottetown and

Summerside, no amount of agitation on our

we are

ment have, we are informed, received |

Botice to deliver up to the Dominion |

Pp

authorities possession of the building now i used to shelter our paupers; and they are uoprepared for the exigency. They

are not possessed of the foresight of the Boar in the Fable. They did not think } of it. In this case, also, they are with- | outexcuse. The letter of the Rev. (eorge W. Hodgson, published in the Examin- BR; the protestations of Colonel ‘iray ; the representations of the over—worked Keeper—al] these were surely sufficient to have fixed the attention of Govern- ment on the Poor House, But they fail- ed. It is to be feared that the same nar-

the pretestations of Trustees, and the reasonable requeste of the Keeper, taused members of Government to shut their

Poor House and to the possibility of los- And now they are ata Two plans have, we un- The first is to “farm out’ the poor; the second is to Should the former plan be carried into effect the city

ing the old one.

and fifty subsidized beggars. For it can- not be expected that, uncontrolled, they will be induced to leave off their old habits. Many of them are vicious and | drunken; and it would be unreasonable to | hope that they can be bribed into re-pect-

cents a day. On the other hand, many are very old, infirm, and sick. we suppose that attended to by persons willing to sive them homes for Is it not likely that these poor unfortunate men and women, if “ farmed out,’ as proposed, Wilbbe neglected and ill-used? We think so, The ‘farming out plan” may be

a consideration ?

economica!; but it is not certainly the | good in more direct and indirect waysthan | é

one which true benevolence would sug- gest. Then there is the other alternative— that of removing the poor to Falconwood. This is, at least, worthy of consideration. The situation isgood. The house belongs to Government. It isuntenanted; and, as it is, itis fast falling into ruins. But it could, we believe, be enlarged and fitted ap to accommodate the paupers of the Pro- vince, at a comparatively trifling expense. Whether or not it would be advisable, under all the circumstances, to make Fal- eouwood a Poor House, we do not fee) cal- led upon to pronounee a decided opinion. At any rate something must be done— and that“quickly. A plan which has been tried and approved in the Uuited States, might, we think, be tried here. A farm is procured, and « house built. All the the paupers in the State are sent to it. Those who are infirm and sick are tended and cared for according to their need . but

Can | and advanced in every possible way. they will be cared for and | rapidity with which our farmers have |

part could hasten it; and, therefore, we have been silent and inactive. We cannot now, however, forbear again reminding the |

| public that to the Haythorne-Laird Go| Totalon

vernment they owe all the loss and damage resulting from the late opening of the railway. It is notorious that Haythorne

| Laird & Co., hampered and delayed the

contractors by every means in their power. Witness their conduct in the Beete pro- petty dispute ; in the matter of the site for , the station at Summerside; in the ceuse- less, useless, unneeessary agitation respect- ing the “beautiful curves ;’’ in the im- portation of engineers from New York to |

survey the line; io the irregular and

Pee : sty it vacillating anti-progress, and anti-railway | and William Welsh, Charlottetown, built at) inaction at her ruin.”

policy, which they sdopted and carried | out.

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COUNTY EXHIBITIONS.

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On the last page of this issue of the |

EXAMINER will be found a list of the; Uharlottetown, built at Portune Bridge, 199] England twice and was well received by

prizes to be given at the approaching Ex- hibition in Queen's County. Next week we will, if possible, publish the list for, King’s County. We trust our farmers | will attend these Exhibitions ev masse

and that they will bring their sens, and, if it please them, their daughters with them. True, the prizes offered are not large—not nearly as large as they should be. Our representatives in the Legisla- ture are too niggardly with their grants for the improvement of agriculture. This is an agricultural couatry. By agricul- ture, and by the goodness of Providence,

we live, and move, and have our being. |

Agriculture should, therefore, be fostered

The

walked in the path of prosperity since the commencement of these annual County Exhibitions, tends to show that their in- fluence is very beneficial. They promote a hearty spirit of emulation and a whole— some desire for improvement. They do

we can enumerate. We canuot help thinking that it would be good policy in the Government to grant for the mat least

the three Counties. too, might ljearn a lesson. The arrange. ment and distribution of the prizes (in Queen's County, ut least,) is not, in our opinion, just what it ought tobe. This year they offer prizes for flowers. Now, flowers are very nice; and, if they had plenty of money, the Commissioners would do well to foster their culture. But, as the money is scarce, we submit that it would be much more prudent to leave flowers out of the list, and to expend the money on something more useful—some- thing which people in the country culti- vate, and which it is more desirable te improve. list is offered for a pair of carriage horses. Ten chances to one but some wealthy

Again, the largest prize on the

the well and able are made work, to sup- port themselves, and to help defray the expenses of the institution. The insane are sometimes managed in the rame way. This plan. we have been informed, has been proved to be eminently successful. We see no reason why it should not suc- ceed here.

If Prince Edward Island is te support the diguity of a separate Province of the Domision, she must adopt more liberal, more comprehensive measures for the maintenance ef her Charitable [Institutions than ever heretofore. The poor and the insane we have always with us; and hu- manity dictates that they should be eared for and supported. We might as well face the difficulty at first as Jast. Asy- lums for the Poor and the Insane are wasted. It is, in our opinion, just as well—better indeed—-to provide them

provide them at last.

for the amelioration of our poor and ipsane,

once, as to dilly-dally and be forced to! The Government |" exhibited giving information or advice will dw well to originate and carry out with the least possible delay a liberal scheme | to those who may induce persons to apply to he condition of

town gentleman, who has little else to do | but see after his horses, and who hardly ‘cares a snap of his fingers for $20, Willgetthe prize. This is not as it should be. The exhibition is intended for the country, and the money granted should be concentrated so to reach the country in as large sums as poasibic. We trust, how ever that countrymen will not look alto- gether to the vaine of the prizes We trust that they will heartily compete for

provement of themselves and their famil- ies; for the sake of an interchange of agricultural information and agricultural ideas, rather than for the money.

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' “ 2 | The new English betting act passed during tte session just ended, which especially re-

lates to advertising, and which also extends |

its provisions to Scotland, came into opera- tion on July 3!. Persons are now Siable to penalties of £30, or to imprisonment for a

at | term not exceeding two montis, who cause

any advertisement to be published, or any letters, circulars, or telegrains, &c., to be sent

with respect to bets or wagers in the United Kingdom or Scotland, ‘This act also applies

any house or other place for information or advice, or who may invite people to make or take any share in such bets on wagers,

Latterly, operations |

miniou Government are prepared to take |

EXAMINER, we believe they are——the coun. |

an- |

double the sum they now do to each of | The Commissioners, |

the honor of the thing, and for the im-

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Loox out for trouble in the North-west. Mr. Laird is there. treaty with the Cree Indians. cupy the country between Fort Eliice and the elbow of the south branch of Saskat-

chewan,

southern boundary the northerly limit |

following the line of the Saskatchewan beyond Fort ala Corne. It is to obtain possession of the stretch country, through which the railway line to the Pacific must run, and to provide for the Crees a new reservation that the Minister of the Interior has taken the trip to the Northwest. The country included com- | prises the Touehwood Hills, the Cypress Hills, Moose Mountain, and all the vast | prairie country watered by the Qu’Ap- | pelle and Assiniboine rivers. The meet- ing takes place at Qu’Appelle post ‘about three hundred and twenty miles from Fort Garry, not far from the series

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| of small Jakes whose strange echoes gave the river its name. Presents, ete., to be cviven to the Indians have been purchased,

and according to the Winnipeg Free Press,

all the preliminary steps connected with the proposed treaty seem to have been taken in a business like manner. The | Toronto Globe adverting to Mr. Laird’s | mission are quite sure that many years will not pass by before [his names becomes household word | from Halifax to the Pacific.” We have no | doubt that the Glohe’s prediction be ful- filled. Mr. Laird only needs the oppor- | tunity to make his name tamous—for in-

says—‘ We

a

capacity.

meen OUR SHIPPING. | The St. John Telegraph publishes the | following abstract of the state of shipping ' registered at the port of Prince Edward

Island, for the year ending 31st Deceem- | ber, L873 —

MR. LAIRD IN THE NORTH-WEST.

HARVEST, t

Some farmers have already commenced

He is negotiating 4 | harvesting ; but the great work of gather- | They oc-! ing in the crops for 1874 will, by the ma-

| jority, be begun to-day, It gives us | great pleasure to report that they now

with the International line as its | have every prospect of reaping a rich re-

' . : : * . ward for their labors during the spring

The crops, generally, are ‘in splendid condition. The exceedingly fine weather of the past week has hastened | Karly wheat is a success ; | Of the late wheat,

apd summer.

their ripening. there is little weevil, it is, of course, impossible to speak with | Barley and oats beth promise

certainty. If there be no |

well; potatoes look finely. very heavy storm, and not much early frost, and if markets prove good—the year will | be a most prosperous one for the Island.

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CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY.

(From the St. John Telegraph.)

lhe return of this brilliant Irishman to | the land of his birth recalls a history at once erratic and successful. Mr. Duffy, or as we should call him, Sir Charles, is ‘“a Monaghan man,”’ of Monaghan town, nearly sixty years of age, a Roman Catholic, and an orator, and of late a valuable public servant. He was first known to the public as @reporter for the Dublin Morning Re- gister, for whose duties he displayed mark- ed ability. Subsequently he undertook the management of the Belfast Vindicator. In 1842 he visited Dublin and here met several gentlemen who afterwards were known as the leaders of the “ Young Ire- land’ Party, including John B, Dillon, Thomas Davis and others, and among them they agreed to start the Dublin Nationasa weekly organ of the Party, with Duffy as the editor. He advocated Repeal and Res volution so successfully that with Dr. tiray, of the Freeman's Journal, O' Connel, Barrett of the Pilo/, Ray and several priests, he was indicted and imprisoned for a short term. But while Duffy was writing patris otic articles and ‘national’ poetry, smit- ing the British Philistines hip and thigh through the medium of the Na/ion, the Re- peal Association was being rent in sunder, one class of enthusiasts marching out with Duffy, Mitchell, Meagher and ©’ Brienunder the banner of the “ Young Ireland”’ party the other holding with O'Connell and the @ld Ireland party. Duffy and his friends continued to publish seditious articles and

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_ | Bermuda, ‘ ” . * : .

' | paper “soul ”’ of the Nationalist party, ads

| vocating the most desperate remedies.

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| marcked to Newgate * the people surged

Vessels. Tons. Vessels Tons. | Total ameunt of last | year’s account 286 36,820

Struck off— \ essels lost, burnt at sea, Or miss- ec knnek eve 25 63,998 Broken Upr.es soars 10 392 Sold to foreigners.. ¥ 214 Registered anew at this Port.. % 745 Transferred to other ports (5 9754 91 15,103 1G 20,717 Added— eg’s tr’ New v's is 63 \4 bS Reg's Ur'd during Regist r'd the year anew... 9 1,469 1873 Transfer’d from othe: { ports 1 1,538 Difference in tonnage on re-measurements rt By 14,} sist Dec., 1873, 280 38,914 LIS F NEW VESSELS BUILT AT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND REGISTERED AT CHARLOTTETOWN SINCE THE IsT aprit, 1874. April 27, Naomi, owned by Peake Bros. & Co., Charlottetown, built at St. Peter's Bay 164 tons, classed 7 A

May 14, Ethel, owned by Peake Bros. &

Charlottetown, built at Mount Stewart, 24° tons, class 7 A May 4, Dove

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May 7, Mayllower, owned by Georg Wm. Cyrus Morris, New London, built New London, 72 tons, classed nil.

May 9, Bessie, owned by Gee. D. Long- worth,Charlottetown, built at Mount Stewart, 87 tons, class 4

May 18, Dillwyn, owned by L. C. Owen Cardigan River, 292 tons class 7 A

May 2!, Lettie, owned by Samuel Prowse, Murray Harbor, 114 towns, class 5 A.

May 21, Blonde, owned by L. C. Owen and William Welsh, Charlottetown, built at Mount Stewart, 160 tons, class 5 A.

June 3, Lula, owned by Jas. Duncan & Co.,

tons, class 7 A.

June 9, Aneroid, owned by John Lefu

Summerside, built at West Point, 229 ton 7A

June 13, Pioneer, owned by Johu aud Edy ward Haberlin, Murray Harbor, puilt at Murray Harbor, 31 tons, class nil

June 23, Jane McKay, owned by McDonald and John McKay, Rustico, built at Rustico, 6@ tons, class nil.

July 9, Alcedo, owned by A. A. McDonald, Charlotteiown, built at Cardigan Bridge, 211 tons, class 7 A

Jnly 9, Lapwiug, owned by J. Kh. Bourke, Jr.. Mount Stewart, built at Mount Stewart [74 tons, class 5 A.

July 9, Albert, owned by F & J. Herring,

‘o., | four own D’Arcy]“ dissuaded them.”

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owned by Donald McKay, | from prison, was twice tried, the jury diss | Rustica, built at New London, to tons class | agreeing each time, and after some months er detention, was released. Mr. Dutly's views at | Seemed to moderate from this time forward,

> A.

| has become Sir. Charles Gavan Duffy, her |

| State abolished, and the land tenure ques-

Murray Harbor, built at Murray Harbor, 41! tons, class nil,

July 9, Catherine, owned by Angus Mes} Millan Summerside, built at Summerside, 199 ton class 9 A.

| July 13, Ottawa, owned by John Gillan, Charlottetown, built at Mount Stewart, 244

tons, class 7 A.

July 15, Beagle, owned by L G. | William Welsh, Charlottetown built at Car- | digan River, 249 tons, class 7 A.

July 13, Lilian, owned by A. W

Charlottetown, built at Souris,

class 7 A. | July 18, Louise, built by Peake Bros. & Go.

Mount Stewart, built at Mount Stewart, 243

tons, class 7 A.

July 18, Duchess, owned by Jas. Duncan Co., Charlottetown, built at Pisquid, 249 tons, class 7 A.

July 18, Blanche, owned by L. C. Owen

and William Welsh, Charlottetown, built at | Grand River, 289 tons, class 7 A. |} July 29, Curlew, owned by Wm. Richards,

Bedford, Lot 12, built at Bedford, Lot 12, 297 tons class, 8 A.

Total—23 vessels of 4,247 tons Li®T OF VESSELS RE-REGISTERED AT CHARLO1 TOWN, SINCE THE IST warca, 1874 :-—

March 14, Alexander, owned by Jones Anderson, Charlottetown, 41 tons, registered anew

Owen, tons,

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April 27, Sunbeam, owned by Wm. Me~ } Laren, Charlottetown, 42 tons, registered new.

a | April 28, Hope owned by Thos. H. Robert- son, Uharlottetown, 26 tons registered anew

April 28, Plover, owned by , LY tons, transferred from St. John. N. B.

| May 7;Ariel, owned by F.S. Allen and

| das. R. Reid, Crapaud, 52 tons, transfer *d

| from Pugwash, N. S. May 9. Mary Lousie, owned by R. T. Ho)- man, Summerside, 134 tons, foreign built,ete., May 12, Mary Kate, owned by Wm, W. Lord, Charlottetown and D. Miller,Charlottes own Royalty, 42 tons, transferred from Pug- | twash, N, 8. } May 18, Mystery, owned by Benj. Rogers, Alberton, 33 tons,transterred from Pugwash, May 18, Foam, owned by P. W. Hyndman, Charlottetown 47 tons, transterrs | ed from Arichat, C. B. May 26, Foam, owned by R. Moran, Char- | lottetown 4! tons, transferred from Halifax,

Sea

N.S May 26, Confederate’ owned by John Orr, New London, 4% tons, registered de novo. June 2 Bonnie Jean, owned by Jas. T | McLeod, New London, 84 tons, transferred | from Liverpool, N. 8. June 15, Bishop McKinnon owned by W. W. Clarke and F W. Hyndman, Charlotte- | town, 156 tons, transferred from Arichat,

1C.B ; June 17th, J. E.Carr, owend by M A. | Ledwell, Cardigan, 19 tons, registered de novo.

| June 20, Lily, owned by Daniel McDonald, | Summerside and W. E. Brown, Bedeque, 81 tons, registered de novo.

June 80, Challenge, owued by P. Foley, Charlottetown, 92 tons, transferred from Halifax.

July 2, Hannah, owned by P Foley, Char- lottetown, 41 tons, transferred from Arichat.

July 31, Voltair, owned by R MecDonatd, Souris, 36 tons, foreign built.

Total 18 vessels of 955 tons.

Making a reasonable allowance for

losses, says the 7'elegraph, it will be seen ‘that the tonnage of the Island must have | inereased very considerably this year, though its tonnage, for population, bears

/no proportion to that of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. The building of the

Baie Verte Canal would increase the chipping of Prince Edward Island four-

/of the Isthmus, where the United States |

{tion somewhat advanced towards settle.

| ment. Owen and |

to urge the Irish to ‘action,’’ meaning re- bellion, and in 1549, the year of the division, he was again indicted and again got clear, But he was not ‘‘ fast ’’ enough for Mitchell, and in 1847 the two separated, Mitchell starting the Uniled Irishman and outsHerod ing Herod in his assaults on thas ixon and the Saxon’s institutions, for whic he was | arrested, tried for se dition and banished to Duffy had become the news,

Two months after Mitchell's trial, Dufty was arrested for “treason felony’ and} and swelled around him and would have rescued him, had not he and Mr. McGee,”’ He was allowed to contribute to his paper

although he edited the Nation and discussed Irish questions ; the party broke up in 1855 and Dufty quitted public life in Jreland, alleging that “he could not look in calm He went to Victoria (Australia), was greatly admired for his abilities, was elected to Parliament, and soon became Prince Minister of that great colony, a position which he twice held. During his Australian career, he visited

the Queen and English statesmen; en his | first visit, in #566, meeting in London the } Hon. Thomas D’ Arey McGee, once a Young lrelander like himself, but then a member of the Government of Canada! It is buta short time since the second Administration, of which he was the leader, was outvoted in the Assembly, but since its fall Mr. Daffy |

Majesty having conferred on him the rank ofa knight of the Order of S. S Michael and George, and he enjoys a pension from | his Parliament of $10,000 a year as an ex- Premier. To-day he finds Ireland pre- sperous, her people comparatively content- ed, the connexion between Church and

He is enabled also to recognize how quickly the Imperial Government forgives and forgets political offences, and how thoroughly real publicservice is recognized and rewarded under the British Constitus tion. His career ought to satisfy all loyal | men, ali men of parts and who feel a call to rule, that the highest positions in the coun- try may be attained without resort to dis. loyal practices, and that under the British flag, and within the compass of this great Empire, there are work enough and honors for every form of ability, without regard to class or creed,

simnibinpnnaailtinsity }

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THE WORLDS POPULATION.

A report from the United States’ Bureau of Statistics, as Washington, just issued, contains an interesting table of the populas tion of the earth, taken chiefly from the work on that subject issued this year, at Gotha, by Drs. Behm and Wagner, and founded on the most recent authorities. By this statement the aggregate population of | the earth is given at 1,391,032,000, Asia be | ing the most populous section, containing | 798 millions,whilst Europe has 3003 millions Africa 203 millions, America $$} millions, and Australia and Polynesia 44 millions, In Europe the leading nations are credited with the following numbers :— Russia 71 | millions. The German Empire 41 millions. France 36 millions. Austro-Hungary 36 millions. Great Britain and Ireland 32 millions. Italy nearly 27 millions. Spain | 164 millions, and Turkey nearly 16 millions, The other countries do not exceed 5 milli. | ons each. In Asia, China, which is by far | the most populous nations of the earth, is credited with 425 millions. Hindoostan with 240 millions, Japan 32 millions. The East India Islands 30} millions. Burmah, Siam and Farther India nearly 26 millions, Turkey 134 millions, and Russia nearly 11 wnillions. The Australian population is given at 1,674,500, and the Polynesian Is» lands at 2,703,500, New Guinea and New Zealand being included in the latter. In Airica the chief divisions are West Soudan and Central Africa region, with 89 millions. The Central Soudan region 39 millions. South Africa 20) millions. The Galla coun- ty and the region east of the White Nile 15 millions. Samauli 8 millions. Egypt 8}. millions and Morocco 6 millions. In Ames rica two-thieds of the population are north

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has nearly 39 millions, Mexico over 9 mils lions, and the British Provinces 4 millions. The total population of North America is given at nearly 52 millions, and of South America 25} millions, of which Brazil cons tains 10 millions. The West India Islands have.over 4 millions, and the Ceytral Ames rican States not quite 3 millions,

created a profound sensation in Charlottes town,and our people expressed their warm, heartfelt sympathy with his mourning res lations, The body was followed to the grave |

by an immense procession of citiz , of all

ranks and classes. Our Island Bard, John Le. |

Page, Esq., composed a timely and appro. priate elegy entitled “ Jn Memory-~Owen r

| Trainor, accidentally drowned on the Hillss borough— Wednedsday, 19th August, 1874.”" |

We quote the following stansas : “Yetshall remembrance own the claim, And cherish Owen Trainor’s name,

An Island yonth of geu’rous mind,

In office affable and kind,

Called early in his youthful prime To leave the “ Nuster Roll” of time !

“ Long shall his friends lament on earth The absence of departed worth,

| | rr ; Be ¢ be : Aud fragrant as the rose hall be the escape of Bazaine shall be vigorously The savour of his memory. ee : : The pensive Muse, in sorrow here prosecuted. Lets fall the sympathetic tear! Curiously enough, the United States were a ; the first to recognize the Spanish Republic, | 5: The ae pei on low, and Americans have been the most active in | Beneath this unexpected blow, Sieur dias ttmekinae duel a aa Commands, in this extremity, | lling the Carlists m " 1ons . a His townsmen'’s warmest sympathy, | ‘The report that Sir Edward Thornton, the Till time assuage his whelming grief, | British Minister, is to be recalled is not true. Ad Heaven in mercy send relief.” He has taken passage for the United States, _—-+ and is expected in Washington about the Ist | Roawaxce or A Hero,—A Halifax corre- | of October. |

spondent of the Baltimore Bulleiin says :

‘ Among the troops stationed here is a staft |

officer whose history possesses much of the glamour of romance. Of a good family in

England, his ambition from his boyhood | Though

was to serve the Queen as a soldier. His milhtary aspirations, however, met with no encouragement from his family, who abso-~ lutely declined to procure a commission for him. ran away from home,and under an assumed name, enlisted in a regiment under orders for the Crimea. At Inkerman and before tye Redan he so distinguished himself that at the close of the war he was pro-~ moted to the highest noncommissioned rank, Later services in India obtained for him the still greater honour of the Victoria Cross, the chief prize for gallant and meri- torious conduct. At this time his family discovered their strayed member in the nameless hero,and appreciating his conduct, | procured his discharge from the ranks and

purchased him a commission. He married | a lady of his own degree, and has for some | time been on the staffof the general coms

manding in North America. Buta few days | ago he received urgent letters from Sir Gar- net Wolseley, inviting him to join the late | ter in his new command and win further | laurels under the suns of the Orient.

to be resisted, and he will be heard of to good purpose should occasion serve to de- velop anew his chivalric prowess. How like this story is to that of Charies Naven- shoe, in Henry Kingsley’s sparkling novel. In person he has nothing of the dash and swagger of the veteran, but is perfectly

quiet and unpretending, and as he sits at) the hotel table, with a flagon of ale as the |

only garnish to his meal, and in his plain civilian’s dress of sober color, he indicates

rather the substantial manufacturer or mer- | 4

chant than the hero whose -achievements rang through the allied camps before Se- bastopol, and whose name is a terror to the native troops.’ ss ‘sl fue Leonard Scott Publishing Company’s reprint of the Edinburgh Review is now be-~

fore us, full of good reading as usual.

The first article *‘ Ocean Warfare,’’ gives | an explanation and description, free from | technicalities,, of the new conditions under | which naval warfare will be waged, and of | the various weapons with which modern | fleets are armed.

Hebrew students will be much interested in the article on * The Speaker's Bible,” now in course of construction in England. The general character and design of the work are briefly explained ; and much min- ute criticism is deyoted ta the manner in which the Hebrew text has been dealt with.

Art. ILI, “Nasmyth’s History of the Moon "’ gives a description of the appear~ ance of the surface of the moon and its pros | bable formation, founded on many careful | telescopic observations. A ball of molten | liquid is the basis of Mr. Nasmyth’s theory

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| of formation ; and he advances some new

ideas relative to the cooling process, to ex- | plain the irregularities on its surface. The | article also gives some account of the astro- | nomers of the Greenwich Observatory and the instruments that have been invented } from time to time for taking lunar observas tions.

Motley’s ‘‘ Life and Death of Barneveldt,”’ is welcomed with a long and favorable re« view, the writer remarking “we can hardly give too much appreciation to that subtle alchemy of the brain which has enabled him to produce out of dull, crabbed, and often illegible papers, the vivid, graphic, and sparkling narrative which he has given to the world.”’

The fifth article takes up Hall's “ Mlodern English,’ criticising the style and temper of Mr. Hall’s writings with much severity. |

The paper “Canon of Beauty in Greek | Art,” will be attractive to art«students, ats tempting, as it does, to detect and define the subtle laws of proportion which guard- ed the great sculptors of antiquity.

Other articles are a long and fovorable review of Guizot’s History of France, with numerous extracts , a very interesting acs count of the life of the philologer, Richard Cleasby, and his labors in icelandic literas ture ; and a review of the “ Journal of Henry Cockburn,” a continuation of the “Memo- rials of his time,’’ by the well-known Lord Cockburn.

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The N. Y. Herald, referring to the recent rifle shooting at Point St. Charles says the resulls of the match, in the opinion of the Americans attending it, may be summed up as follows

First—That the Canadians are the most hospitable people in the world.

Second—That Canada has a number of experienced first-class we have

Third—That our best shots are Uieirs, allhough fewer in number

Fourt(h—That the Snider is a good military

far greater shots than

as good as

rifle, and although it is surpassed by ours, yet that we have got to practise constantly at Creedmoor, particularly at 600 .ards, to beat the men who shoot.

Fifth—That

Sharpe breech-loaders are if no way inferior

our jong range Remington and | | to the muzzle-loading Metford and |

Sivih—That although it is not wise to bet upon defeating the Lrish team (a point which the enthusiastic should bear in mind), vet the prospest of doing so is not such uphill work as il seemed some time ago.

Icecanp Women.—In one regard the women of aceland have obtained completer equality than their sisters in Continental Kuoope. They receive exactly the same education as the men do. There are no schools in the islands, naturally, as families live a dozen miles apart, and instruction is therefore given by the father to his sons and daugh- ters alike and together, the priest—where there is a priest—sometimes adding a little Latin and Danish. The sthe girlflearns all her parents can teach her, and is as good an arithmetician and as familiar with the sagas as her brother. Accomplishments, of course, are pretty well out of theques- tion, painting, not only for the diffleultyof procuring material, but because there is really nothing to paint; dancing because you can seldom gather a sufficently large party, and have no rooms big enough; instru- menial music on account of the im-| possibility of transporting a piano over rocks and bogs oné¢he back ofa pony. Neuerthe- less, we found in a remote house (a good wood house by the way} upon the coast where we were hospitably entertained for a day anda night, not only a piano, but several | young ladies who could play excellently on it, and a guilar, accompanying themselves to songs in four or live languages—theSwed- ish, as we thought, the prettiest of all.

Symparay with THE Berravep.—The suds | den and sad death of Mr. Owen P. Trainor |

Being determined upon his career,he |

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The | temptation will prove, no doubt too strong

| the cage of a tame bear

weer | Yellow fever prevails at Havanna. Spain has contracted for 130,000 Reming- | ton rifles.

Sydney Daboll, writer is dead

the well-known

Russia has at last consented to recognise

the Spanish Republic.

Peru is purchasing large supplies of rail- way rolling stock in this country,

A man advertises ina New York paper for a bar-keeper, “who must be recommended by his pastor.’

The amount of capital employed in silk manufactures in the United States is said to be nearly $16,000,000,

rhe King of Denmark has returned to the capital after a visitto Iceland) He was ac- companied from England by the Princess of Wales.

The that the judicial proceedings in relation to

French Government have promised