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Show II IS 1,1 ITC 11.11 IIIIITISII AMI.IIIt'A. Till, illuitlon In llrlllali Amerkn ii ma touiewlmt critical. The trouble It not confluvil to luel.ee, but Newfoundland New-foundland hat again commenced to ex-I ex-I real her dliiatlafactlon with Iho n-Utlog n-Utlog condition of oflalrt. A ra ct nt dlipatch from Idndon rtatet ttmt Henry Libouchero In hi r 7Vnl ) 1'iat lilt the malilfiit dit-tlny dit-tlny of tho Doinlnlou to Ucoino a new United riuu, or to become attained at-tained to the great llepubllc. Ho alio ft) that inch n ohange would be binutlrlil both to (Irrnt llrltaln aud CauaJa, at It w ould relieve the former from engaging In ti,tnt-atlaullo ti,tnt-atlaullo niuabblet au I glvo to Iho latter lat-ter an cuirgy and cnterprlao whkh mtro coloulsla ujii not ioaea The preai-nt condition of lltlca lu Canada It chiotlc. rim aIUment ot thoprovlccoof Quebeu wat Ulatolvl n fuur da)t ago. Ihu Prruiler who tucceidod Menlirwit IllllMo to f. rm a mini-try. MkiiiwIiIo feiilng run high ngaluit tho I.leuteiitnt-G Pernor nnl ei'aluit the iil-ule t'lnnr ittl inlinatry nt Ottawi In nuny iowu-aud iowu-aud cltle ruMde nf (J n c n lair of aunexluj to the I ullid -t ale hMbe-nenu hallcally xtencdwllliln Iheiaat few week, rio far very little huleeuaaidlnfavorof etbllhlug IVilirolloii uf Blah Indeiciident of llugland nnd America, but aa Mr. l.abouchere hint, mcli a ilevelope-nient ilevelope-nient I not ling roballe. A dlapalcb from ljuebeo a few day ago tilled that Newfoundland wa eliwly and aurely drifting toward annexation an-nexation to the United titatef, and that the llrltlili and Cantdlanonlclal were tleadllydilvlngher In that illrectlon. The Canadian nro Jllplraaed with Hie favor aliown to American and Krench flihernwn by tho lalaml-en lalaml-en while every obitrurtlou la placed III their way. The truth lt,Canada and Newfoundland never did like etrh other. The latter Itland Ii no part ot the Dominion, and never nianlftitnl any deiireto Ucomotuch. II It a Crown colony, and though governed by actJ of the parliament, It ho recently beiugtveu large there In tho ftlmlulitrillon of IU local aitalr. The Newfoundlandera are becoming becom-ing quite I ronouu e.l In Ihelr ilttlre lo be apuexed to the United SUttt. They have many grlevanoet agalmt loth tho Dominion of Canada aud England. Eng-land. They have a debt of over $ll(MO,U(KI, but tho UnlU-d Htatit would robably iietconldt r that much of an obstacle to annexail in. |