The Express.
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NOVa Scotia expires next epriag. It is asked that TUE ABORIGINES PROTECTIOI4 entertained against them. One of the Indians
oral elections m both provinces may take orris ---..._-. ---.___. - the New Ragland Company had graduated as !
-ular peripda Axed by law. These elections HZR MAJESTY'S TRUTHS. DEPUTATION TO THE lAEL OF CARNARTOI. -tiewsity_of Toronto.
.., said that, from his knowledge of the
eurnonthequestionof Confederation. This house was opened by Mr. Mapleson last A. deputation from. the Aborigines' Pro -4 the result would be that if there
rlonfederation, and the condi- ~_ Satiety had an interview on Tuesday with the Earl at ' -1, interference there would be an
'--.. acceptable, if thought Bethrdei week fel' a miss of °Piratic Perfermenese "". Adder) at the Colonial-G(ll°e. The Right Hoe. C. .
the Italian), which will terminate on Saturday next. Thegement of the natives. The
ey, M.P.M.P., was also present. The deputation con. -•to that the missionaries
4ithuele,,,lng : amusements are similar to those of the regular season, . silted of the folloaring gentlemen :-Nr. W. WOullsgh , 'Wiry, so that their pro-
- pure Male. Titles', Ndlle. Sinico, Signor Comer, and Mr. , Secrets, MP., Vice President ; the Rev.. Ewe iesociegallanlbst m
Secretary of the French Protestant Missionary , max -. they felt that the
• SanNey being the most important among the principal' - effect of their
Mr. J Haywood F.R.S. • the Rev. T. Mil,lot ,of emcee, atives would
'eeeliate* °6 the opening 'light G'und's Faust "A Frencrel4testant dhurch, 'St. Martin's-le-Grand ; Rev. be ixt„,
ors would,
when Signor Morini (the original representative of James Davis, Secretary of the Evangelical Athena@ ; Yr. invite the, '-tavu in
'''.ust in Puri') made his first appeazanoe here, A. K. Isbister M.A., formerly of li.he. Red River Settle- their fine ta 'ape I 1;
nut of success to warrant hopes of his meat ; Kr. South ( inn), Mr. John Hap Colony a grew,
field, Mr. L. A. Chemerovzow, Mr. F. W. Charon, Mr. J. vernment and us 1
`,,ded in the engagements of
R. Ford, and Hr. Herrington, of the Cape Colony. . your to secure from I,
• -.. has not great power or ;
1 The deputation having been introduced by Mr. Torrens, Delagos am •a good a.
"olly effective in 1 111 r. CRESSON said the deputation would not occupy hie their_ territory with pa.
''''. Powwows lordship's time in reeding the memorial already forwarded andym_
wail would be , i
-4 by to Ida by the eooiety. Their principal object was to intro- aloWlinlion dbe a severe . i
duce to his lordship a deputation from. the French Pro- uol? Lo s
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'Ant Missionary Society, who were anxious to state some mr. T. , El.r., hoped 11,.
'',+ regard to the treatment their miasionsries in deputation as much entiouragemen, i
%ad received from the Dutch Boers. He all events he would take the facts .
Mr. Camille, who might be said to have his serioate oousidsration.
"*.sutoland and was the first to The Earl of CATINARVON said, of coura
4rt that country, to explain oould here, expect him to enter very full)
'.vanes of which those of the different points brought before him,
-i a (litatten am exceedingly interesting, and thoroughly deserve, 1
raisonong to consideiabon. With regard to the ease of th. 1 I
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missionaries, he was quite
_free to ma y that it cope..
' - him, from ail be had hmrd. a very horn Cale 16". a. I ~
quite aware that a dams of expulsion had beanpole. i
• . gentlemen ; but be was not aware it was pare, , $ ,
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•litious described to him. From all he had t t
-wd these French miesionaries had been
ttind the promoters of agricultural
. -alfare of the natives. He i
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Nova Scotia expires next spring. It is asked that
general election* in both provinces may take place
at the regular peripcls fixed by law. These elections
will necessarily turn onthe questiouof Confederation.
The desirableness of Confederation, and the condi-
tions on which it would be acceptable, if thought
to be desirable, would be fully discussed, and the
result would be the election of parliameate repre-
senting the settled oonvictions and- the matured
purposes of the people. The decisions of parlia-
ment elected under these circutastanCes;. if favour-
able th Confederation, would go far towards ensur-
ing the success of a system, which at'beet can only
' be regarded as an experiment, which, if tried at all,
\ought only to be tried under the most favourable
conditions ; while if they were adverse to Confede-
ration, that fact alone would demonstrate the
wisdom of ably.

tunately entertained spinet them. One of the Indians
educated by the New Zeeland Company had geminated as •
M.D. of the University of Toccata.
Mr. Menmecrrow said that, from his knowledge of the
Ceps Boers, be believed the result would be that if there
was not some substantial interfemetee there would be an
utter extermination or milkman& of the natives. The
Boers *ere exeeedingly desirous that the missionaries
should withdraw from their territory, so that their pro-
ceedings might not be checked, beams* they felt that the
missionaries stood ep for the natives. The effect of their
Frocordiplie, he believed., would be that the natives would
be exterminated or enslaved; next, that the Boers would
invite their infinite. in
eternal* Gahm: to nettle down in
their fine territorry, y as there was in the Cape
Colony a great deal of -feeling against the English V.
yernment and. nation ; and that Away they would ender
your to secure from the Portuguese government the bay of
Delagoa as a good shipping port. They would colonise
their territory with people from Germany and Holland;
and the result would be that the government they would
establish 'would be a severe thorn in the side of the Cape ,
Colony.
Mr. TO11111:56, M.P., hoped his lordship would give the
deputation as much encouragement as ponsible, and that at
all events he would take the facts submitted to him into
hie sericite musideration.
' The Earl of CARNARVON said, of course the deputation
could hardly expect him to enter very fully into the details
of the different points brought before him. They were
' exceedingly interesting, and thoroughly deserved his fullest
coheideintion. With regard to the case of the French
missionaries, he was gaits free to lay that it &premed to
biro, from an he had a very herd case ind. Hs ,
wee quite aware that • dames of expulsion had been paved
upon these gentlemen ; bat be was not aware it was
under the conditions described to him. From all hea
ever heard, he believed these French missionaries bad been
the centre of civilization and the promoters of agricultural
teaching, land of the general welfare of the natives. He
thought it would be a matter of the deepest regret if the mis-
sionaries should be swept away, and the influence they
hitherto exercised disappear in that country. He believed
that -his predecessor, Mr. Cardwell, did, on account
of a representation of M. Guisot, communicate with the
Governor of the Cape on this subject, but he was sorry to
find that that oomenunication was productive of no offset.
Having heard the details, be would bear them in mind ;
and he was perfectly ready to express his opinion on the
subject to the reposseatative of the government in the
colony, and leaveit to him to bring that opinion to bear in
the best way be could upon the Dutch government. As
to the Hudson's Bay question, this would not be the oar
(=ions to enterupon any discussion as to the negotiations
referred to. It was sufficient to say that be thought
these was • prospect of new negotiations being enta4
upon with the Canadian government, and he could not
help hoping that they would offer the possibility of •
settlement of the question being arrived at. It was im-
possible for him to emcee any distinct opinion upon that
new ; but he did think that the question as to the
dis9nalification of the Indiana, and the other difficulties
which Mr. Isbistcr had pointed out, were deserving
of consideration, ought to be kept steadily in view, and
frankly discussed with the Canadian government, when
the opportunity for doing so arose. Ile was afraid, from
despatches be saw the other day, that in some parts of
that continent the sale of ardent spirits to the Indians was
a very great evil. In many instances, he was quite aware
' that the liudson's;llay Company had exercised its Wile-
' enm in restraining the unrestricted sale of ardent spirits,
and engaged their officers and enploq ts to put • check upon
it. lie had seen papers recently from Vancouver's Island
which showed that there was a most unlimited sale of
spirits there ; that the spirits were manufactured on the
spot of the most deleterious materials—of pure alcohol
compounded with sulphuric acid ; and that the result
wee, that the unhappy people were absolutely debauched
by them, and that their use was attended with the very
worst effeeta, lie did not know there was any other point
on which he need touch ; but he assured the deputation
he would would give the facts submitted to him a moot
careful consideration.
The deputation, having thanked Lord Carnarron for
the °courtesy with which he had received and listened to
withdrew.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
This house was opened by lix. Maples= last 1 DEPIITATIoN TO THIS LEL or CAINARVON.
A deputation from the Aborigines' Protection
Warder week fora series of operetta perfermanete (in • Society lila tiriein,eoreirr 11.0neiTece.'"dg.—Abigthhte Teri ofecyt:
Italian), which will terminate on Saturday neut. The Adderley, M.P. was also present. The deputation con-
arrangements are similar to than of the regular season, ' misted of the following gentlemen :—Mr. W. DrOullagit
Mdlle. Titian, Mdlle. Sink.), Signor Gamier, and Mr. I Tones', M.P., Vice President • the Rev. &melee .Csaahs,
Bentley being the most important among the principal Secretary
j of the French Protestant Missili=f3ocietal,;,
vocalists. On the opening night Gonnod's Faust was Fi.,;;whampeLewHayeeee Church,woodl ;Stbejillifti,T;4,43,mii !fete,.
Siren, when Signor Morini (the original representative of James Davis, Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance ; Mr.
the part of Faust in Paris) made hie first appearance here, A. K. Isbister M.A., formerly of the Bed River Settle-
with a sufficient amount of succors to warrant hopes of Ms Settle-
ment ; Mr. Riciard Smith (Linooln`s-inn), Mr. John Mat
preying serviceable if included in the engagements of field, Mr. L. A. Cbamerovsow, Mr. F. W. Cheeson, Mr. J.
R. Ford, and Mr. Herrington, of the Cape Colony.
' next °OMR. Signor MorinPs voice has net gnat power or
•i The deputation having been introduced by Mr. Torrens,
brilliancy, nor is he likely to prove equally effective in i
music of all styles ; but in the French school he Mr. enamor+ said the deputation would not his
P°"••••• lordship's time in reading the memorial already forwardedy
p ooneidecable merit, his reading being characterised by to bins by the society. Their principal object was to intro-
that assent and rhythm on which so much of the duce to his lordshi a deputation from the French Pro-
effest of French music depends. Signor Me/Jai has also tenant itillimari Society, who were anxious to state.'"
fasts with regard to the treatment their missionaries in
essayel the principal tenor part in Der Prceeettirr, hut South Africa had received from the Dutch Boers. He
although in all that he does the experienced and cultivated would therefore ask Mr. Casalis, who might be said to have
establish a protestant =legion in that country, to explain
artist is mere or less apparent, his true province, as already been the discoverer of Basutoland and was the first to
said, appears to be in the one style of French musical arc •
to
The
own important
event mon,
short fortnight% memo_ his lordship the nature of the grievances of which those
' who were interested in the spread of civilization among
et Her 3141lety's Theatre was the performance, yesterday the native tribes of South Africa had such good reason to
moraine, of Dow Giovanni, with Mr. Bentley for the first complain.
timesaLeporellit4 and Mr. Ho
wes as Dos Ottavio, also The nlemodal. which WWI signed on behalf of the society
for the fret Woe. Mr. Bentley was alernyerfrom his lasi .•._ by Mx. B. GwwroM-P• (Draidant)t Lewd Sib" Brower
uunrobill, and_ Mr. W. T. M. Tomes M.P.eke-
Public aPloaranoe here, a fine linger ; and it DAY thereit" . presidents), Mr. R. N. Fowler (treasizier), 'mid Mr.
the more freely be said that, in his early dramatic efforts, . F. W. Charon (secretary), dealt largely with • native
he was a very indifferent actor. Great, however, ham queetions in New Zealand, South Airiest, and the
been his progress in the latter eapainty—an art only to be . Hudson's
be the
territory, and contended that " what-
acquired by long and frequent practice on a public stage. ' '
ever
eratZloys tinedeasMiasivitTatchehinverLylely-diff
which government-
stances of the social condition of the natives, the abject of
A singer or an instrumental player may per- ,
feat themselves in the quietude of their own our rule (and, indeed, the only moral justification of the
tion to the same position in the civilised seals as we our-
chamber, but an actor can only learn his calling bp authority we exercise over them) is their ultimate elevs-
its actual exercise in the faced spaying andienoe—tie
selves occupy, and their gradual prewation for the en-
.
applause at amateur theatrielis, with &champagne supper joyment of ell the rights of British citizens. These aims
in prospect, being the most delusive of all tests. Hence it may appear to be difficult . co , but experience has proved
bainhdhegetonerothues
weneonuLhintog
o every subordinate
claiimerceaunaryde.dcomiodnera-
is that so few Engtish dramatic singers have any his- that they are not unattainable by a power which is just
trionie capacity ; acting not being invariably taught (as in
Paris) as a necessary adjunct of stage singing. The pro- those over whom it wields the sceptre of dominion.Onlyd
green made by Mr. Santley as an actor is little less than one other general proposition would we wish to lay down.
extraordinary, considering that it is the result merely of It is, that instead of framing an administrative syetem on
the few seasons that he has devoted himself earnestly to one stereotyped model, and working that system ten
the opera stage. Mr. Santley's Leporello is less demon- European agent alo native institutions as they
etrative than we have been accustomed to see it rendered— exist, should be, as far ea possible Animilited to
loyal' and civilising ends, and intelligent ' and ' trust-
he does not attempt the rich buffoonery which Lablaohe worthy natives empleyed, to a much larger and more re-
threw into the part, or the farcical humour of Ronooni ; sponsible extent than has yet been done, in the service
w.?ittl:in.k that the Kilietrynnentthofe
ilitesor
absolute
ejetsty or get rid
neither the sardonic craftiness which Formes gave it in . of the imperial and the colonial go on
e, Nor do
accordance with the usual German reading, a much truer
version, to our thinking, than the conventional practice the colonies of the right t<3; control the varimeginsellnycee dr-
,of making Leporello a kind of jack-pudding, such as a partments. By the original occupation of these countries,
ipaniard, even of humble degree, scarcely ever is—dignity, whether by virtue of discovery, conquest, or treaty, Great
real or sham, being a general concomitant of the Spanish Britain has assumed atives, t
oblis the hus
dispossessed or subjugated, gations of sotoward serious n a
character'
character. Mr. Bentley adopts a modified view of it, and that they cannot be said to be fulfilled until the people
gives a sensible, if not very prominent. interpretation of of this class, who are made amenable to English law and
the part ;tie mimic of which, however, he sings as it has to the action of colonial llat are invested, in a
able degree, with th constitutional rights of self-
" siedacibie,., . protection."
scarcely ever been sung by anyone since Lableche. In the Irma
introduction, "Norte e giorno," in the air
I The Rev. E. CASALIS said he had the happiness of being
and in the concerted music—thegreat finale tothe first act,
the first French missionary who, in 1833, visited the
and the sestet, " Sole, sola"—Mr. Santley's •, lendid voice country of which he had come tospeak. At that period
and finished style were beyond all criticism. If he would the natives were quite independent in their own
to the mis-
country,
throw a little more force into his acting (he already pos- and Providence granted great encouragement ,
eo much so, that the total number of stations
Besse& that stage ease which he formerly somuch wanted) sion
—above all, somewhat more of real terror at the approach madrocenetly antioiltedancesto tnhoitrteonli, iiinndrenen ofbutteimm
civi-
ofliril
the statue in the last scene—Mr. Sartley's Leporello lization. They bail Churches,ychapels, religion,
and
ether, as it already is mueically, the school-buildings. At nearly all the stations they had
would be altog some three handfed to four hundred communicants,
best that we are acquainted with now on the
daily schools attended by 300 scholars, and Sunday schools
stage. Mr. Holler, although he has gained somewhat
having as many as 800 pupils. The success in the civili-
in self-possession since his appearance last reason, has zation of the natives had been most remarkable, and bar-
yet much to learn before he can appear as belonging to ley, oats, English vegetables, and fruit trees had been cut-
the wens in which he takes part. There is a constant riveted
breaking[thelie
on osheah the
Itoers, which had ended so disastrously to the former, and
which powerfully contends against any embodiment of
by the government of the Boers thinking that the best
dramatic characterisation. This is of comparatively small means of bringing about the cessation of the war was to
importance in the part of Don Ottavio, which, in thea- exile the missionaries. Accordingly, the president issued
Waal psilance, is simply that of a " walking gentleman ;" , an edict, and soon after the missionaries saw hundreds of
but in other more demonstrative characters the defect is armed men before their doors, who ordered them to leave
a great one. Mr. Relater's voice, as we have said on former toted State.
settled—whereThThey were-
tan
taken
ttoo the.
I frontier,ivr 1
occasions, is of pure and beautiful quality, more especially . As soon as peace was pryoclaimed, the missionaries thought
in the upper notes ; and in passages of simple melody they might refrn to
to the
so State,but and
were for
re that purpose
The go-
ap-
his style is expressive—but he has yet to learn lied for pennisaion do I
v pernment of the I}',oarswouldnot allow the missionaries to
the art of phrasing and of declamatory ringing.. rjiteu.rn.,mairii.: torinniu.nii.lienarrti.eaf slt..iotse,tllitt.isttlemmlisbteindgwtaswetne:
His best effort was the charming air, " Della sera
pace," which was given with good sestennto. In the However, after an interview with the governor of the Cape,
duet with Donna Anna," Fuggi," Mr. Mohler was wanting and sonie remonstrance by the French consul at the Cape,
in the passion demanded by the dramatic situation and the it was announced that the missionaries would be permitted
sentiment of the music. In the air "II mio tesoro," the tstirlt
stations
rns
sito.utihdeijes.t,amtizse,reb,ilVirenly
,on.caolni,ir.itpeionrttholt the
defective phrasing of Mr. Mohler was very apparent ; the missionary ; that each missionary should remain property
as a
dragging of the first few notes had an effect of exaggera- colonist, and make no use of the station for preaching the
tion quite at variance with the equable calm of the com- . gospel • and that they should pay 80. for each station
mencing melody. Following the example first set, we before:t,linty could consider themselves proprietors of them.
believe, by Rubini, Mr. Holler alters the voice part of one rh.e sl iestlpt.) w.o.umhiplyunwdietrhstrl hcoowndiiiitli.ionsele it, was
.foire
passage as left by Mozart, and instead of holding on the the missionaries did not go to South Africa as merchants
Fas written, sings the high A and B flat as given to the ' or agriculturists ; for, although they instructed the na-
violins in the accompaniments. The practice is objection- tives in the arts of civilized life,. the only position they
able in principle, and was chiefly excusable on account of zoeucalilmieocsiptc whasolvheast
..of
wCltirhics.t.iiaanectie•a:htecie ;
ortifeecor, secondly,
the brilliant shake which Rubini used to make on the two would feel they were betrayed ; and thiedly, because somey
aforesaid high notes. Mr. Hohler,however, contents himself of the missionaries were already old, and were unfit for
with a passing surn, but may also claim indulgence for the the work of establishing new stations. He therefore
licence, as these extreme notes of his voice are exceptional hoped that his lordship might be instrumental, in the
in quality of tone. This gentleman, we believe, is best hands
ibis
ef
thG(Ntliiinnkoltithamitninogretalivriit:ioxie. rewlioe.f.ld It
suffervas the
e-
fitted for the lighter kind of modern Italian opera—for r
toers to become it barrier between these native tribes and
music of the heroic or romantic school he does not yet the blessinge of the gospel and civilisation. Tbis was One
possess sufficient intensity of style, either dramatic or of those great awes in which be felt sure Great Britain
vocal. Of Mdlle. Titiens' Donna Anna it is scarcely would show the world she was what she was thought to
Christianityutation suim7tnwd iiifollietrt.
tat It
requisite to speak, it being well known as one of the most I: be—thethat lope champion
e clef
powerful performances of the greatest tragic singer of the lordship. P
day. Signor Gassier's Don Giovanni, too, is familiar to I Mr. A. K. ISHISTER wished to refer to the Hudson Bay
the opera public as one which, although not perfect, it question, although he knew it was a delicate matter to
would be difficult now to replace with advantage. Mdlle. allude to
betas it was understood
play
be the subject o
Canada
f Dego-
Sinico was an effective Donna Elvira • part so flueween eu Company
thankless that it is seldom so well filled as it with
hree reference tilintlge,trae nnsefgeortc;afttihone rightsshereofwtashe afogiretrl
should be, considering the importance of the music party to be considered—he meant the natives,
assigned to it. Zerlina found an agreeable representative whom it would be most impolitic to overlook at so impor-
in Madlle. Wiziak, who was by turns lively and pathetic, taut a crisis of their history. The natives had hitherto.
sioging and acting with much alternate grace and expres- under the sway of the Hudson's Bay Company, n.tained
sion. 'Signor Fuli was an impressive Commendatore, his their hunting grounds intact,
as it was equally the inte-
ponderous voice being most valuable in such a part. His rest of the company as it was their own to preserve them
entry as the statue in the last scene, however, was a little for the multiplication of fur-hearing animals. But it was
too like the gait of a worldly pedeatrian to be in keeping otherwise with those who would succeed the company,
1 with the supposed ghostly visitation. Signor Casabota whose policy must be necessarily one of colonization ; in
was a painstaking Masetto, but more devoid of humour other words, the appropriation of the land on which the
than any other Masetto we have yet seen. i natives now subsist. At no time had the Hudson's Bay
As already said the present opera performances will Company extinguished-the Indian title to the land they
terminate on Saturday next, the theatre being announced . claimed to hold under the charter of King Charles 11.,
to open for dramatic performances on the Monday i and of which they are now desirous of disposing ; and it
would be their policy to leave Canada to deal hereafter
following.
...—..—.--.—.----"". I with the difficulties of a defective title as best they
could. Now it would be extremely desirable that this
TRADES REFORM MEETING AT LIMEHOUSE.—
Last evening a densely crowded meeting of the engineers, I ( uestion should be considered, and some means adopted to
permanentlyl settle it, without allowing it to grow into a
shipwrights, boiler makers, ship riggers, and coopers of the source of perpetual conflict between future settlers and the
east end of 'London, was held at the Burdett-hall, Lime- Indians. If that were done, it would save a multit
whichude o
st
f
heuse, for the purpose of considering the propriety of difficulties hereafter, and it was a question mu
taking part in the Trades Reform Demonstration on the sooner or later be settled. He also wished to refer to the
3rd of December. Mr. Rathmell, joiner, occupied the
position of the mixed or half-caste race. His lordship was
chair. Upwards of 3,000 men ware present. The meeting aware that throughout the United states and Canada the
was addressed by Meson. l'otter, Up!ihall, Taylor, Strong, condition of the Indians in comparison with that of the
Henriette, and Hughes, a deputation from the central white population among whom they are placed was alto-
committee of the trades delegates, and also by the general gether peculiar and anomalous. They were living, it was
secretary of the demonstration, who detailed the progress true, in civilised communities. but they hail little or no
which the movement was making, and the large number
of trades who intended taking part in the demonstration. . they could held no property in land except in common
The meeting was then addressed by Messrs. Briston, i advantages arising from that circumstance. For example,
1 with their tribe ; they could not transmit it to their
mason, Sneeting, boilermaker, Callaghan, cooper, Bolt, ' children ' • they could not vote at elections, or plead, or be
shipwright, Holt, engineer, Middleton, rigger, and Hughes, 'sued in courts of law. If an Indian woman married a
the secretary of the Seamen's Welfare Society, who said . white man, the law considered the children as belonging
that several thousand sailors intended taking part in the
'
1 to the nationality of the mother, and not that of the
demonstration, an announcement which was received with father. In Canada and the United States these mar-
loud cheering. Resolutions were unanimously adopted
! riages were the exception, but in the Hudson's Bay tern-
approving of the demonstration, and pledging the meeting .
tory they were the rule, and universal. Many of these
to support it, and a committee was appointed, selected half-castes were persons of considerable
from each of the trades present, to co-operate with the I ligence. Many of them were graduatesw lthofanead iunintel-
ver-
central committee. .A. vote of thanks to the chairman and armee in England, Canada, and the United
deputation concluded the proceedings of an enthusiastic
clergymen, medical men, editors of
States, and followed with success the professions of
meeting. barristers,
THE PIGEONS Or VENICE.—A letter from Venice newspapers, exhibiting in these the most intellectual walks
says :—" An immense flock of pigeons of the Place St. I of life, all the qualifications denoting a high capacity for
Mark had been From time immemorial, as is generally civilisation, To apply to this class the rule existing in
known, fed at the expense of the republic. They still , Canada and the United States would be simply monstrous.
assemble from all directions at two in the afternoon, and, ' Let there be extended when a new government was estab-
alighting on the pavement of the square, take the food , fished the rights of citizenship to all, without distinction ;
thrown to them. No one ever disturbs them, and they do I let the Indians have some indemnity for the land of which
not fear even the children. They know that they are I they may be deprived for the purposes of colonisation ; let
sacred. Who feeds them now I osnnot say, but their pit- ', all classes enjoy the rights and privileges extended to the
tance is always there at the usual time. At two o'clock I white population ; and then there would be no fear for the
on the day King Victor Emmanuel entered Venice a hun- / future of tbe Hudson's Bay territory.
Pled thousand persons were packed close together on the 1 The Rev. JAMES DAVIS. as secretary of lice Evangelical
Place St. Mark, and when the clock struck, the pigeons I Alliance, and a member of the Aborigines' Protection So-
Place
as usual. They flew backwards and forwards. I ciety. have his most earnest sanction and support to the
but not a space was left vacant on the ground where they i object of the deputation and to the statements which had
could set their feet ; nothing but human heads were to be I been made.
seen. The lady tourists—Freneb, German, and English— Mr. JAMES HETWOOD, as a member of the New England
who take a groat interest in the pigeons, were much • Company, and as one who had been for some time resident
amused at this incident, bat the poor pigeons remained in Canada, bore testimony to the capseity of the Indians
without their dinner that day." for improvement, end to the prejudices which were uefee-

THE "METEORIC SHOWER."

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AT BRISTOL.

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The anniversary of the birthday of Edward Col-
ston was celebrated on Tuesday in Bristol with the usual
demonstrations. During the day the bells of several of
the churches were rung, and in the evening the supporters
of the several societies dined together. The Anchorites
(liberal), underthe presidency of Wm. Henry Wills, dined
at the new St. James's-hall, Greyhound Hotel, Brisulmesid,
and the two members for the city, the Hon. F. H. F.
Berkeley and Sir Morton Pete, were present. The friends
of the Dolphin Society (conservative) dined at the Victoria
rooms, under the presidency of Major Bush.
At the Dolphin Society's dinner the toast of " Her
Majesty's Ministem " was replied to by
Sir dons Rovr, who, on rising, was received with loud
applause. After sonic preliminary remarks, he said the
toast told him that they not only permitted but encou-
raged the introduction of political topics—(hear, hear)—
especially those having reference to those great conserva-
tive and liberal principles with which they were all iden-
tified. (Hear, hear.) Now, he did not think he should
be wrong in pronouncing the political era in which they
lived one of the most important long known is this laud.
He was aware it was the tendency of human nature
i always to magnify the importance of the present moment
—to forget the difficulties of the past, while their poli-
tical vision was not strong enough to see into the
future ; and therefore they were often too disposed to
think there was something special and peculiar in the
present moment, and that they had trials to which they
hail not been subjected before. But, waking allowance for
all this, he would venture to think--and could not too
i much impress it on those present—thatthey were living in aa
era of the greatest importance and danger to their consti-
tution. (Hear, hear.) And he would tell them why he
thought so. (Hear.) Tho wisdom, firmness, and mode-
ration of their ancestors had given them a constitu-
tion consisting of a mixed monarchy, under which they
had obteined an intellectual, civil, and religious freedom,
in a degree and manner which certainly never before existed
in the known world. Coupled with this there had been
from time immemorial, es the foundation of all civil
society, a recognition of the right of property, the supre-
macy of law and order amidst all our freedom. (Hear.)
Their freedom had never degenerated into licentiousness.
That being so, lie would say that the present was an era of
importance, because democracy was making a desperate
effort to take the stronghold of our constitution, and, not-
withstanding the large measure and intluenceof democracy
in their couneils,it would not be utilised unless it got the
absolute ascendancy. (Hear, hear.) The learned gentle-
mui then drew a comparison between the theory of the
, present political agitators and the practical results that
would follow the adoption of their views, and contended
that the trades unions were beginning to merge into one
the questions of the rights of labour and the rights of pro-
perty. Political economists isnil theorists led those whom
they addressed to believe that if they carried universal
suffrage, and extended their number in the House of Com-
mons, all they needed would be obtained, and the rights
of labour being triumphant, they could attack the rights
of capital and property. (Hear, hear.) It was this
partisanship between the theoretical politician and
the trade unionist that he so much dreaded, and
which he believed was making steady advances. But
lie believed also that all classes of the community, and of
all polities except extreme politicians, seeing the hanger in
which they were placed, were endeavouring to oppose the
movement. (Hear, hear.) Should this movement succeed,
he supposed they would begin by abolishing the law of
primogeniture. The next step would be to stop settling
property on the next generation (all that could be done at
present); then they would be deprived of the power of
disposing of property after death, and then thsey would
limit the extent of property each individualshould be
allowed to enjoy. Under these circumstances it behoved
all classes to consider what course should he taken to
avert the evil. It was impossible for him to enter into
details, but it was their duty to maintain the con-
stitution with firmness and moderation. With those
who advocated handing over the whole power of the
House of Commons to a mere numerical majority they
must hold no parley—they must keep them at arm's
length. (Cheers.) There must be no surrender. (('heers.)
If this course be pursued, he ventured to think that, as in
the 17th century the wisdom, firmness, and moderation of
their ancestors caved them from an absolute monarchy, and
in the ]rich century from a narrow oligarchy, so in the
19th century their constitution would stand as it had
hitherto stood, and would resist democracy as in earlier
centuries. (Cheers.) Moderation was desirable, but mode-
ration was not inaction. (Cheers.)

FUNERAL or LORD JUSTICE K NIG T-BRUCE.
Yerterday afternoon the mortal remains of the Right
Hon. Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce were interred in
family vault, constructed about 13 ye.rs ago by order of
the late Lady Knight. Bruce, in Clieriton•churcbyard, near
Sandgete, Kent, in which her ladyship was buried this
year. The funeral was strictly private, Mr. Lewis Knight-
Bruce, the son, was chief mourner, and among the other
mourners were the Right Hon. Henry Auatin Bruce, H.P.,
nephew of the deceased. The late Lord Justice owned a
small property near Cheriton, and his son-in-law, Mr.
Tyssen, is owner of the village. The Lords Justices were
not present, as bad bee::rated. The bell of Linooln's-
inn tolled from 2 to 3 o'l
PARLIAMENTARY Ritroitir.—The reformers of
Stirling and its vicinity assembled on Tuesday night in the
Union Hall in that town to help on the agitation by
pledging themselves to support the Scottish National
Reform League in its efforts to obtain " registered manhood
suffrage" and the " protection of the ballot."

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