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'BR LINSBOWn
The Homo Ruler's Terrible Arraignment of
the Governor.
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'WILY HE COMES TO OAN.A.D,A.;
last (Weanesday) night's Montreal
dIsi tell sari: Mr. O'Brien lectured to-
t in Albert Hell before a very large
• an woe."' -BePrerentatittett from Ottawa
Andllingstonwere present. At the outset
, the lecturer 'laid he had ' come to address
' tire people of Canada on the subject of
• Irish evictions. It wee because the humble
homes of the poor tenantry of Liuggacurran.,
were at •that moment desolate, and itlf?
• Because, the man who is responsible fOr
•• these desolate homes, these evicted
• • and (=why suffering people, to -day
• held the highest position in Canada.
wee lerry to 4-.,ava to come to this
land with the ortiel-StOry—Of-the Wionedifaid• -
refferingsof the afflicted tenantry of--Lug-
acurran.:__He_Wasbut a humble citizen;
ord Lansdowne was a rich and. Powerful
Lord. Where 'else, were they to turn for
help and sympathy if not to the people of
• • this fair 'land? , The Irish tenantry were
--, an unarmed people, while Lord Lansdowne
•
had .thousands of armed soldi'erfiand armed
policemen to fulfil the cruel 'work of eiio:
tion in the fair valley of ETiggsourran, and
thus to drive the aged and infirm and help-
' less babes to the ditch, the 'wayside or
, starvation, Even at that moment -the
Government were endeavoring, to 'pass a
to prevent thein having a peaceable
organization for mritualhelp, or for even
making public to the world the storr. of
Ireland's wrongs. To whom 'then. should
the people of Ireland turn, if not to their
fellow -countrymen in Canada, who can
. 'alone save them -• by the -might of their
.
opinion from a fate equal, to that of slavery-
= its worsfand most degrading form. :He
had nOt come to appeal to the passions, but
"—tothe reason and humanity of the free and
liberty -loving -peepleof-Canada._It was the
Canadian -Parliament that in 1879voted
tr.42%000 to buy bread ' for the starving
:.•
otablegidiltildreueestemingiu4gumieliat
of that ,beautiful and fertile land.. This
mutt 'never • happen again: Charles
Stewart Parnell said, ,that never . again
• would he go legging. alms • for the victims
of landlordism. • This tlMe they did
not- ask for £20,000, but desired Canadians
. to knew the use which Lord Lansdowne
makes of the 120,000 he receives , from
them sll.1if "a Were &rind he had been
Making' it. bad use RAO afik theinto pima
their oondenination on their acts, ThoCana-
dian
.
Parliament streak at the 'root • of the
•
evil in Ireland when -they passed•the reso-
lution 'inlayer of Irish -Home Rule.; Even
,rearintly:the Parliament Of Canada had
•endeavored to stela between the Irish
• People and coercion, as they did ' between
them And starvation long ago: Personally,
.
Mr. O'Brien had noill-feeling.against Lord.
'•:lansdawne,but the Itieh peonle could • net
• be content to lie down like whipped hounds
. At his feet without tolhing to the world the
litory of their wrongs.. The day that the
condemnation of the Canadian people is
• reeled On the:acts of Lord Lanai:10mo that
day will have nerved the ''arnf. Of William
Ewalt Glffdetime, in his great battle for the
right of suffering Ireland. It was not his
intentionto theke, any personal attack 'en
• Lard Lansdowne, He would tette:rat lap
' the ghostly - memories, but he would tell
how Lord Lansdowne was 'laying waste
• that • fine estate and carrying out the: work
....L.-Lof _depopulation as if • the Angol of Death
bad knocked tiniati humble
;cabin, and still the prOceased were, not•.
• half served. If Lard Lansdowne or . his
, agent; . Werelet"' alone, there was not a
.. man; wonian or child on 'the estate of
'Luggecurran brit. Would be banished from
. the houses of their fathers and either com-
pelled to starve on the roadside or seek
bailee beyond the Sea. Mr. O'Brien.
., then fead extracts from the Frgernan's
Journal, which described terrible:fel/lotion.
' Oconee, In thefout days the Work of evia-
• tiOnlasted'on the, -Lansdowne estates '120
persons had been turned from their homes
into the roidside. • men and *Moen of
• 80 and 'helpless babes only a few -Weeks old
• suffered alike, and this too in the severe
weather of March, and in the face of a
• pitiless hail and ram storm. These scenes
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were vidinessedbjethe epeeker, andle had.
•,:eeeraa Catholic priest, Father F. Meagher,
and MiMcBride take Off their beats and
give them to cover the shivering babes at
their mothers' breasts. • It was. because Of
: •!such scenes that he looked to the people of
' Canada for : their condemnation* of Lord
IanidlOwne. It was Canadian money:that
• ;paid the officers who -Parried out these cruel
evictione.. •Lord -Lansdo*iie, had tried
. to: •.' explain . by, : interviews in '-'the
press - that these people' owed a year's
•.rent. They. ,only owed hell a genre
• rent, and the le* said that a "whole year:
-meet be owedbefore a tete* could be
• ••• evicted. The other half year's; rent . waif
called the hangieg gale. This was simply
a lawyer's fiction, and had been ineti-
tittea year's and years ago) in the early days:
• Of the Century,' to enable the • other lend -
lords to OW their tenants: Wheneverthey.
would he half e year behiod,in• their • pey-
• ments: The tenants of the Lansdowne
' estate were the most punctual and peace-
ful in the whale of Ireland,: Nota murder
:had beeo • committed in theVicinity of.
• Leggeoeiran for years. ' .The only crime
, of Which the. People . were •ftecused Was
wishing for , some reduction in .the rack
'rent. This was a reduction of 80 per cent:,
which was even lees than Lord,Cowper and
• the Land Conareissien had offered on ether
tetee, aua, these very reductione had b :on
approved --of- by -Lord Lansdowne. The
' tensaiti on the Lansdowne estates Were of
• two classes. Tho:fitst :Were leaseholders,
vili6were not as yet entitled to go into the
courte,•and the 'other class were, the judicial
tenantS, who have Already he'd their rents
• fixed 14 law. The leaseholders asked for a
reduction of 30 per dent. . If these tenants
were free:to go into the Land COOrts as
• . the' GoVernnient ,prepose: to allow
• thern„ they Wordd, according to the 'decision
Of the Leila 'efoitinliesioe, get reduction
of ao, 50 or 76 per cent.The epeaker
then referred to theestate at Lard Castle -
down, :Where two tenttets had boon given
„ 'reduction of 43 per Cent, and it should be
.-'s-xereeniliered-thie had not been inede by
• the, .4volt of .C6tripitign " but by the
Lend•COtoraission,.• The••speeker deplerod
that ho had ood shown out of the:menthe 1
of the Government and the Lend
Commission that the .objeot Of Lord Lans-
downe and his.' agents was to Mid& the
tenants and drive them fromtheir farms
audnot to .give them, any Piet reduction,
The speaker said that he would say a /ow
evOrde about indicts' rents, but be fOtted it
hard without Passion JP characterise the
arrogents that Lord Lansdowne had
shown towards thee° unfortunate
people.. In spite of the Commission,
he ed refused to reduce the rents a single
farthing, and he is fast transforming
Lltepourran into 'a Wilderness. Since the,
Land Commission had fixed the rents the
earningnewer of Ithe _ tenaotir.had been
reduced fully 40 per cent. The speaker
quoted a niimber, of the landlords who had
reduced their route, and, continuing,
he said that • the only one who
had not opnipliea • With these just
Aerea4de Was Lord 'Ioansd,owne,, and he,
too, • Most be compeller, 1 t� . reduce
the rents. Mr. O'Brien then' quoted
from the statement Made • in the Imperial
Holum of COmMone: He also referred tothe
acts of Mf. ToWnsendTeench, who was the
agent ofMrs. Adair as Welles of Lord Lane
On the very day that be had col-
lected the rentafromthe_teoants_ot Jong-.
gammon wi,thotit permitting any reduction,
he had given the tenants on the adjoining
-
estate a reduction of 15per cent, What
was the Pion of Canipaign ? It was an
organization of the oppressed, who would
stand side by side like soldiers in 'battle
imtil the ,victory Was won. The time
would come when there Would be no more
fear Of the oroW-bar 'brigade to 'turn the
fertile valleysof loiggacurran into desolate
Waste.' Intonolusion, Mr. O'Brien asked
their sympathy with a suffering people: He
promised them•thet When the great work
begun ' by; Charles. Stewart Parnell • and
Gladetone was accomplished and the happy
hour came when Once more a free and ',un-
trammelled 'Irish •dllarliantent ' could
assemble in College Green, they would
have the prayers. and heartfelt gratitude of
the Irish people. . • -
:A resolution was. passed condemning
Lord Linsdowne's actions.
' • The meeting was most orderly and no
.hostile demonstrations were offered at Any
time through the dayoreivening.
Bitrt AJESIEk'S 10,4PEFTION.
Scenes at tbo Queen'e Third iTithilinr prase?
lug Down in Lon
- _memo Worn
by Ladles Presente-Reentiful creations
of Dressinahlng Talent Ruined by the
Crowd. ' •
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London .cabletcrain says : The Queen's
third jubilee drawing -room to -day did not
in general differ from, the two preceding
ones recently minutely described in Your
columns. The Lord Chamberlain's booh
showed that cards had been issued for 514
new presentations. The additional minv
ber of chaperones, privileged guests and
gentlemenescortft swelled thetotal so se to
make it a receptifin larger than any other
during the present reign, as veterans
;assure me. Several of those held
in pest years have been unmanageable
from ' overcrowding; but the unprece-
dented crush ' to -day, with its ine-
vitable accompaniment of -weary waiting,
'disarranged attire, unmannerly" elbowing,
loss Of temper and final disappointreente,
was all that the most cynical could wish.
The .presentations werft through at the
rateof100 in an hour, allowing thirty -di
seconds for eeoh. It must not be supposed
that the Qoeon,herseLeusteined the bur-
den; after an hour the -Princess Of Wales
took her place. Tho- great majority were
disappointed of even a single glance of the
queenly approval or a single hurried' touch
of the royal hand. The trials and tortures
the poor victims of : this ceremony go
through before arriving at the ecstatic, halt
minute is known only to themselves; 'but
as they voluntarily undergo it all for the
Sake of: the reward, in their case, as in that
of the fakirs, there it -no 'room forergu-
ment. , '
Mrs. Phelps; wife of the Araerican Minis-
ter, wore e petticoat and bodice of white
and bleak striped velvet and a • train of
black velvet. She presented Mrs. Horton,
wife of the well-known New York banker,
Henry L. Horton, ho was elso present in
the ante -room in velvet Court, dress and
sword. Mrs. Horton seemed to attract the
attention of many of the English dowagers
for the sumptuousness of her aoetrinie. The
Material of her drew was white satinsilver
brocade;' the front of the skirt was trimmed
with pearl in the pattern of, Antique silver
point lam; the oorsage,, Which was cut V
'sht,pidqfitholtomAeherrli turgemtreidere&
in the same Way; the train, of •silver bro.
eade on Poult de soie, Was Wrenn:id With,
White ostrich tips at bottom ;•the,train had
a blue satin lining and •,itivas fastened at • the
right shoulder .with a plume of feathers;
in the hairwere thetrealitional catirt
feathers, tippedwith diamond aigrettes.
Mrs. Horton' ti• ornaments were dial:14°4de
in necklace mod eareings,
The DpIte of Connaught Cots Leave of
Absence Atter a Grumble. .
A torsion cable says: In the House of
Commons yesterday Sir John Gorst,
Parlia-
inentary Secretary,to the. India Office,
inoied tho;seeondisilkling of•the Bill grante
ing leave of absence to the Duke of Con-
naught, commander of the forces in- India,
in order that hAraight attend the jubilee
festivities: ! ,
Mr. Lewis Diliwyn, &ember. for Swansea,
the uncompromising doyen of the 'old
soiled of Radicals,, moved to reject the Mo-
tion. He said there was a strong feeling in
the .country against the . appointment of
exalted personages to 'peahens of com-
mand over the heads of., others. If appoint-
ments were to be given on account of re-
lationship to the Throne; the persons BQ
appointed ought to be under these/no con-
ditions that applied to others. '
Sir' John Swinburne,.- member for Lich-
field, a retired captain of the Royal Navy,
and a Liberal, whose late election was left
entirely in,the hands of a•boria fide working-
man, seconded the motion. , He condemned
the system under Which royalties had the
choice of the bestplacesin the army and
navy without:having Passed through • the
different grades. 'There was the Duke of
Cambridge, now Field Marshal, Who had
never served,either as ensign, lieutenant,
captain, major . or lieutenant -colonel.
' The SPeeker, hatiiieriptinandid the mem-
ber was travelling beyond the question. The'
Bill only cone,ehied the return of the Dare
Of Connaught. • . '
Sir John Swinburne, continuing, said it
woad be a graceful net on the part • of,jhe
Duke of Connaught to retire in order that
'semi distinguished °officer Might take his
Place. There Was an enormous amount of
ineffective service and waste of Money- in
consequence eflexalted'pereons holding high
rank. , •
The Speaker here ruled Sir John Swin-
burne out of order.
- Mr. Labouchere denounced the ' Bill as
obsequious and servile. •
• A division was taken, resulting in A Vote
of 318 for and 45ageinst the
•gt
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.AITAIRS MULE.
The "Times" and Parnell Once-More—
(Parnell a Vet's' Bich Man --The Eighty
Chile and chamberlain.
last (Friday) ' night's TRUAOU Cable
says: The Times haa'resnmect pUlAiPatiO
of regular setiplee intended to phoW a °po-
i:motion between Parnellisin, and crime:
The esent sales of 'Articles he entitled
"Behind the Oconee in America."' The
*Atter is theireaolt of an inquiry which
the Ti*s, oar; it instituted last simmer
into the, relations between the American
Fenians and the Parnellites, and purports
to Othitain a number of the ineaget records
of' the 'Clan -Na -Gael Society, obtained
through A ,Bohleni In the society and
quarrels among its leaders. Among 'the
documents published are what are alleged
to be copies of the ,constitution of the
society; lists of its officers at various epochs,
lettere from ite past and present leaders,.,
secret circulars and reports of the society's
conventions. The -Vines says its inquiries
are net yet complete, for the reason that
the society has been reorganized -so -that -its
system of working has become a seemingly
impenetrablee mystery. Editorially com-
menting on its revelations the' Matt nays -
it is impossible to doubt that .'the policy of
the Parnellites, And, therefore of Mr. Glad-
stone, is ultimately directed by the heads
of the society and by Mr. Patrick Ford.
Mr, l'ariaell'e health has beeome worse
sine°. his journey yesterday from • Irelsnd
to London. ' By his physician's advice Mr.
Parnell proceeds at ono() to Bournemouth,
Where he . will remain until Tuesday, at
which date he expects to be able to attend
Parliament. •
Mr.••Edward Seined Kerrie, ProgreseiVe
Conservative member for Limehouse divi
sion :of the 'Tower I:Hamlets, -fteked the,
Government in the House of Commons to-
day Whether in the event of the • passage
Of the Coercion Bill they would consider.
the question ofrecOrmliending to the Queen
As one of the featured of heranbilee'belebra-
tion the granting of a7.general (amnesty to
all prisoners •-in Ireland under detention of
agrarian Orimes, but not guilty. of personal,
violence. Mr. Smith, . answering for • the
Government, said they were notin aposi-
hen to make any ench engagement., . •
i-eiThelErentittvet.Oeeifailvvelpxoti
Club has negatived a -proposal tiiinviteMr.
Chamberlain'heattend the club's monthly
'dinner, In 'consetfrience of this 'fiction the
Unionist members of the, club 'have called
a general meeting.; at which they ;Will •pre-
pese to Observe nentrality,ontheleisli ques-
tion..- If the meeting rejects, the •proposal
the Unionists will resign froth:the club.,
,
A London cable•seys :. Mr. John Bright
writes as follows about the Farnell -Dillon -
Times All the 7,'2:70e. charges con -
snit of 'evidencecootrilinted by the rebel
Conspiraters••themselves and statementsdrawn from United Ireland, the Irish World
and other' papers edited by or the . property.
of active conspirators. The. feats atn their
own facts. . The lintel; did not inventthein,
—it only arranged them Ao'thatthe Ohne
Could .understand the case. Parliament
should hive nothing to do with the matter.
These conspirators and their papers charged -
Earl Spencer and Mr. Forster with Murder
in knowingly hanging innocent men. Par-
liament did not 'interfere ithen to • protect
Lord Spencer aufi Mr. •Fereter. Why
should it interfere now to defend. Irish
writers and epeakers and assume the duties
and labors of courts of justice?" . , •
.
When Mr., Gladstone made; his proposal
'the'lleV. Dr, Parker's luncheon for get-,
tingthe Crimes Act through, ' •few people
-slippage& .he meant hiidineee. The sugges-
tion to omit the previsions against :bcalcot-
tingend. : the. Plan'. of . Campaign was
regardedby ilie-Gaiieiniaiont as a ."sug-
gestion to. emasculate tho Bill. Mr.
Glatlitone'S friends now • Say hedid not
expect this to be -accepted, but it was really
meant •as the, first bid., He feels • that
present tactics are likely; if peolonged,• to
Makeeta bad impression on the eountry.
The average Minds fails to perceive .a dis-
tinction between opposition afenow'earried
on and Obstruction.. Closurehasi (filly varied
the form, instead of everlesting'speethes on
OHO SITteHaMent, short.' speeches on in-
nruneittble. amendments are the -.game.
Time in wasted lost as 'effectively now: Mi.
Gladstone neither • likes to see P'arlianient,
-paralyzed nor believes the country will like
it. His supporters in the Pro -anoint press
are . already hinting that compromiseis
possible.'' The .Government are asked . to
iinsert a . clause ensuring that the Bill shall
net be used to prevent legitimate ,conabitia-
hon. • The permanency of the measure to
Which •Mr. Gladstone referred will not be
sacrificed by the Government, but thid is
not really very inaportant. When -e Liberal
Government comes in they can practically
annul if unable iminediately to repeal the
Act. ' Other alterations will • be suggeeted;
but the probability that the Gladstoniens
and the. -Government will thine to terms is
exceedingly remote:. . •
Thereis another reason for Mr. Glad-
stone'esaiicietY; to come to Some arrange:.
ment , He foresees a fierious • conflict in
the' House' 'of Conn:Moe • if • these nightly
Wrangles and eollieiOns ate allowed to eqn-
tinue, to be ,followed prebablY, by suspen-
sion of the Irish members: A large con-
tingent Of Radicals also will in that case
get. thee:ascii/es Suspended, and no man cen
say Where the disturbance Will stop.
• The Mayor Of Cork; replying to an invi-
tation fioni thilerd .Cheenberlain to assist
in the Jubilee 'festivities; said that in view,
of the Crimes Bill the' invitation is little
short of an ontragcrip,on theself=reePect Of
the /ash people.
The Now Erma:wick Floods
A St. John, N. B., despatch says: . A
heaty galelast night intensified the effects
of the (tootle along the St. ffohn river. The
se/ellen tide Swept away hundreds of bares
and houses through Sunbury, Queen's and
King's Counties. Nerepiebridge,thelongest
in the province, was carried lima& this
morning, one piece four hundred feet long
floating doere almost to St. Jam. Five
thousand cords of fireweed have been swept
away in ,Queen's County akine. Fredericton
is in darkness to -night, and special police-
men ate patrolling her streets to guard
againstfire,- The flood to -day submerged
the Intercolonial • track neer Bothesal and
all freight trains are oaneelled..T110 Quebec
express left to -night and crossed in safety,
but with the present wind ,a big washout is
feared. Communication, by rail With the
United States is still suspended. The floods
are -the Most destructive ever known, and
the lots will reach over one million dollars
in the St. 'John valley alone. •
A Business Homily.
'1 James," said the, milkman to his :noW
boy, " d'ye see what I'm a dein' of 7" •
" Yes, tur,'replied James;;4' you're a,
pourin' water in the milk." ' , •
No; I'm not, .Tames; a-poitrin' milk
in the water. , Scoff anybody szsks you: if
Pot water in my milk, you e'nu no.
Aflern stick to the truth, ,Tames ; cheatin'
is bad 'nough, but lyin' is wuse."--Hateer's
Bazar.' • ' .
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(main BIC1I oo&remei.
'Following is one of the dresses that. at,
treated attention Petticoat of rich reside
satin, the fropt'And,siclee draped with em-
broidered Hese e0barpe in' oriental. colors;
the edge of the, petticoat arranged with
reside tulle and satin rosettes • corsage to
match the petticoat, , trimmed with , erne
broidered lise and •tulle, with plumes of
shaded green ostrich feathers; train of
bronze velvet lined With poult de' soie and
iimped with a' flounce of point d'alencon;
'caught upwith shaded., green ostrich
feathers; ornaments, rubies.
Another dress was a 'golden brown velvet
trimmed with old Brussels lace. • There
Was also a brocaded- train of buttercup,
trimmed with Cairickneicross lace • over a
white satin and tulle , petticoat. Also a
dress of Vieux-rose,vitli, panels of velvet
and old duchesse lace, with a train and
bodice of gray brocade to correspond. Also
a dresiof pink crepe: mogul, draped with
Brussels lace, with brocaded bodice, and
train lined with green and pink shot silk
and tulle ruching. ' •1
WORKS OF ART.
• A W0711a=1T8 DEFOTIGNT,
EroW 8441 Stook to, HO Peaviet, Lever for
Nan"; Fears, sad NoW Applies For 100,
Pardon.
. A Nashville, - Tenn„, despatch says ::
interimeting the seriptui'e4.
'ci'Matame," said Floesie;::Whe had been
to church for the firet.time, where she had
listened with More Or leas attention tO the
game,' "1 I know What the minister meant
childrefile ahildree) "
" Yes 7" said materna,
"Yes ; he triealit 'done," •
Reasoning from' Analogy.
• As scientist eXplairuf.tliat tight, hats Collie
baldness, There it Malaya young rean,how-
eVer, who no•ter *bars his hat ,on. his tippet
iip, and who ypt know e thatirialip terminal+
Pre heelitlY.
• • • ".
Also a goldenbrown brocaded velvet,
train lined with blue main mem, with bide
ruthings and plumes, of feathers; petticoat
of blue satin merie draped with lime; tab-
lier embroidered in gold and blue.
' THE (WEEK'S MOBS. '
The Queen's sOnibredress in the throne -
room fully set offsall the toilettes -this after-
noon. The Queen wore a train with bodice
of bleak Satin hroche, trimmed with jet and
tine, ovef a skirt Of black ;Merv, covered
with tullti embroidered in jet; a White tulle
veil; surmounted by h. bertha' of diamonds
necklace, brooch and earrings, amethysts
and diamonds. She also carried a dozen
ribbons, stars and orders in superb array.
wriit THE PRINCESS WORE. ,
When future Queen took the royal
place she wore reside Lyons velvet, !reside
and gold brocade, draped with volant Irish
lacer looped with bunches of Shaded
anon:miles and leaves; &image and train to
correspond; headdress; a tiara Of diamoinls.
and feathers; veil; ornaments,'- diamonds.
and .pearls.,
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Eighteen years ago the doors of the State
prison closed upon' Frank Riddle, of Maury
county, who had . 'been sentenced to life
imprisonment for murdering a German;
peddIer There were doubt& as to the guilt
of Riddle,. who, refusing he acknowledge.
the °Hine and accept n term of fifteen.
years, insisted upon "a plea of not guilty.
The, trial resulted in his conviction,
the defendant appealed to .the Supreme'?
Court,- which granted a new hearing.
second verdict against Riddle was rend.ereil
and he was Sent to the penitentiary.-- Year
after You passed. Ono -after another of
the life convicts died, • ad Riddle almost
abandoned hope of obtaining his freedom..
While Governor Taylor was seated inhis,
effiee yesterday a Woman walked into \thei
apartment, and presented to the ,Goveynor
a petitionfor execnitive :clemency, ' signed
by the lessees and every officer of the -
griffon, who stated that Riddle's long in-
carceration had served the ends' of -justice.7
Accompanying the petition top a letter:
written.by the woman who bore: it After
the Governor had read, thedocument. the
lady rose and seic11. " Governor Taylor,
when that man was accused of murder I
was`engaged to him. I did not believe him.
guilty, and did not break the engagement.
During the two or three yeers that the
trial was pending I still believed in him.
During the eighteen years . of hie confine-
ment I stock to him. Hisparents. have
died. His brothers and sisters are all dead,
except a sister who lives out west. Tho.
people who were interested in the case thin.
have forgotten him. . I am the enly hien*
he has in the World. My life has been
wrapped up in him. I believe in him, andi
have loved him through all these , long,'
*eery years, and I wantyouto pardon.
him. I do not ask you to think him an
innocent man, but for the sake of two lives
that may, yet be happy I implore you to set
him free. ' ' • •
Without waiting to hear -the Governors
-
decision she arose and left the office and
the Capitol. When the Governor had
cleared his eyes -of • tears he said to Bishop
Granberrye -----eeSuele-,edevption- and ;cone
atineyeePlavoenceerezeeneemed,ewhetever
Riddle may have deserved -it elees look As If
that woman ought to have a chance at
happiness."
The prisoner will be pardoned. •
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Sir'Hooald Eitnith's Gift'
.4 Montreal despatch says: Another
meeting of the ;trustees of the Trafalgar
Institute Was held , last evening; when Sir
Donald Smith atipplementecl his previous
gift of $23,090 by a further donation of
85;000, making a total of 080,000, on condi-
tion that the institute affiliate with McGill.
The offer was accepted, and the .institute
will be opened ,aiekt autumn on the fine
property purchased from Mr. Alexander
Mitchell at • the heed of Simpson street.
The institute properties left by the founder,
the late Donald Ross, are estimated at
present vane at over a quarter, of a million
dollars. The origieal donation was made
several years ago towards the °cause of the,
higher education of *erten, . but until new
the'matter has taken no definite shape.). Sir
Donald Smith's gift will place it on a work-
ing basis. The executive trustees ere Rev.
J. Edgar Hill; of St. Andrew's Church, Alex.
Maapherson and Mr. A: Drueiniond. •
Solid wIti, the; Old Lad
Suacessfulsuitor--..Yon have not iota me
yet. hew your parents 'feel about our engage -
meet; • ,
" Well; pe says hewill see inc in my grave
before he ',will ailoy me to beeonle Your
Morella heavens ,
" Oh, don't bother about him. Ma says
I can merry
• A committee eomposeil Of several Public
corkers in Nebtaelta report, after investiga-
tion, that the Time' Parnell letter was
-written hy-one-Itiebard Piggett, a itt4tr who
tried to blackmail the National League,
THE FISHERY CEIJASERS.
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The E-ew ,Conimander of the irlagshiii,7
otAmerieun Fishermen.
. A Halifax despatch flaYa: Lieutenant
Gordon, Of the Royal Navy, eon:meander of
• .
the recent GoVerninent,eipeditions to the
Hudson's Bay, arrived -to-night to ''..take
comniand of tile fishery' protection flagship
Acadia.. 'Captain Scott, -her late . com-
mander, will hereafter 'devote his time to
superintending the movements and 'doings
of the whole fishery fleet. '
The cruiSeey,ijumphhas arrived at Shot;
brirniefrore Whine days' (Wilkie. She visited
all the resorts of American fisher ,nien from
Liverpool westward to pubnico. ,Captain
Lorway reports that the American fisher-
men conduct themselves to the utire satis-
faction of the eustomdeutheritiee along
this coast. On arriving, at Shag harbor
Captain Lorwity found thatthe Anierican
schooner : Legal- Tender, which attained
celebrity last fall for alleged ' treaty yiblie
lion, had left port in a hurry an hour be-
fore the cruiser's arrival. ' Ceptein•Deiiiie,
of the Legal Tender, who is a Nova Scotian
shipped, two Men , at Shag harbor lasi
Ariguet,--',-and :when the customs • officer
boardedfier for the purpose of taking e
fornial seizure' for the 'offence, Skipper- •De
vine: coolly proceeded to Bea with at(
Canadian officers on hefted, and 'theywort
forced to jump into their boat or be carried
as prizes to Uncle Sara's. territory.
0
Mirni-Eektding and Poeket-Doehs.
, Here you 1 Thieved 1 Murder
Tiarpockets 1 raker.,
"Mind Reader*" Beg pardon, muni : had
a bet with a friend that I could discover
the whereabouts Of a hidden pocket-boek,
And my mind placed it in this locality,
Expose me : I thought I, had strocka meal
bag in a feed ;store."--//arpSra Bazar.
Hight Yon Are, Ivry Dear.
He (at dinfier)—Mayl:assiet •yOu' to the
cheese, 1Vlisir Vassar.
Miss Vassar(jest geeduated)—Thalaks, no!
I ern very comfortable where I ate 1 Bet
you may assist the cheese to me, if, you
Will 1.—Pitek. : '
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A Dresden journal devoted to household
matters and philosophy says children should
never be Pet into a cradle, as the rocking
of -the ..yolleg brain •. has- . stuefy it, '
FOR.MIS,ClittD11 SAE.
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;A Father Haiined ,toict..ite in . Saving Hit
.• ClAild From a. Cruel Death: .
' A:Chicago despatch says: The heroisn
of John „ Vorhanck in saving his .infare
child from 'certain death iesarly- toot' hilt
his own life on Saturday afternoon. Hi
eighteen months .old • babe - had toddle
down to the .. railroad track neer\his hone
and sat down between the mile to play
The whistle from an approaching lswitcl
engine attracted tin" attention of \tle
father; who was at Work in the yard, an.
glancing up he was horrified to pee ' thi
child _sitting on the :treat, watching th,
swift 'approach :of tho locomotive.' A4fte
an instant of Mite terror the father riishe
toward the track; and • throwing himsel
in front of tthe engine, seked the chit
with both hands and threw it safel ' on
side. He had no time to save hims f, bu
was caught by one of thewheels an
thrown' across the rail. His bit legwa
horribly mangled,. and . it was afterward
necessary to amputate it. Ile, alSo receive
injuries' abet the hips and head. Vox
baiack is a young, hardworking men, an
his been married about three years.
,..r ' Geo. Middleton at Itilastoo. • •
7 . .
' A Kingston despatch says: The ann
versary of the hattloof Batothe' ., was cat
breted on Theisday., eight at Tete du Pm
barraeks, and in it.the, comma:rider ' of tb
forces, Lieut -Col. illontizainhertrof 14 B
Battery, and others particiiated. '''S?
,Fred. Middleton, in his speech said, anion
other things, that the suppression of 'th
rebellion in thi3 - Neethwest was ti*nl
event of the kind in the history . e) ti
British Enipire which had been pet don
unaided by'Imporial foram The • Service
of the Canadian volunteers had' .been em
nently appreciated by tho .oresentation r
medithe e They 'were at first refine
becauter there was no ' Iinperiel troops i
any Of,the,eegagements, but the euthoritt
decidedthat this was a good rotund 'wlo
they should begiven, entitlecy were grant(
accordingly. ' • • •'
1.Orit Ms hoots In Church.
, John Ilthinsta; of Oreat Ceictiai, Warr(
County, • last ' Sunday 'arrived . et, cher(
rather .late wearing a pair of new • boo
WhichtL
squeakefrightfellye,,Xet.Wisliii
to'disturb the congregation, ' lie 4 left ti
boots in the Vestibtile and entered in hi
stocking feet Vpbri lookieg fot the boal
after-fun:vide he found they had been stole
He heard the eetnere, but lost his•beette.
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