... fisheries dispute !between Canada and the United States? If Canada were an independent State the dispute would soon be settled, for she would yield to the arguments of her powerful neighbour, and if there were no ' Dominion ' of Canada the dispute would be ...

... AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BANQUET. SPEECH OF HR. BRIGHT. On Saturday evening a dinner was given by Cyrus W. Field, at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, to the Hon. Edwin J. Phelps, United States Minister. The Chairman proposed, Prosperity to the United States ...

... SIR JOHN M.ACDONALD ON CANADA Sir John Macdonald, the Prime Minister of Canada, was entertained at dinner on Monday evening, at St. George's tub, Hanover square. He gave an account of the !tomes, in which he took leading port, by which b..ur British Colonies ...

... their legislative independence is achieved.—A resolution, adopted on the motion of Mr. T. Healy, expressed satisfaction that at the late elections a majority of the representatives of Ulster, pledged to the cause of legislative independence had been returned ...

... eli, except Brisbane, satisfactory observations were obtained. In addition ot the above the colonies equipped stations in Canada, Victoria., New Sued: Wales, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Mauritius, Natal, and the Cape. The object of the ...

... Empire. It is far easier, says the Spectator, to bring a great than a small Colony to reason. For example, if the Dominion of Canada at the Dresent moment, or in the future the Commonwealth of Australasia, were to insist on acting in such a way as to embroil ...

... themselves to entirely new conditions of life, can save enough money to rent a farm, and in a few years' time can become independ..ut. Farmers with a little capital should seek employment at first, and not invest their money until, after some practical ...

... interfering in the internal affairs of New South Wales. I maintain that practically we have given complete legislative independence to all our 11-governing colonies, and now, for the first time, Mr. Gladstone proposes that we should act in the case of ...

... concession whatever. Canada had made many concessions, but the United States could not expect to have all the concessions to be made on Canada's side. He respected the dignity of the United States, and he was sure that they all did so; but Canada had its honour ...

... same spirit as it is made, and I am convinced if the Irish people are given the control of their local affairs and laws, like Canada and Australia, Ireland will become in spirit, purpose, and intesiest an integral part of the Empire, and discord and bitterness ...

... thein'away from school. —Miss Vivienne Dallas, the plaintiff, said she was the daughter of the Deputy Finance Minister of Canada, and had been engaged for five years in England in the theatrical profeiisir n. She had with her to take care of the children ...

... continental countries. For the government of the institute the committee recommend that a new body be created entirely independent of any existing organisation. Various possible sites have been under consideration, but the committee have been forced to ...