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HURON GAZETTE, RR, CANADA. WEST-, THURSDAY., AI
such the. jury must convict Lim. The senior
Judge, Jackson, proceeded to charge the Jury,
FORMATION OF HOT=BEDS. which he did at great length, and in a very fair
and liberal spirit. The jury afterwards retired to
i'hour
subject� hourat the,
on this consider their verdict, upto
Thinking there few directionsd
Th a
might be useful to sotne of our subscribers at his
season of the year, we copy the following practical
instructions from Mrs. Loudon's interesting work
on Gardening for Ladies.
Many kinds of manure may be used in making
hot -beds, but the .principal materials in use in
most gardens are cable manure, dead leaves and
tan :—
The first of these, which is by far the most ge-
neral, consists partly of horse -dung, and partl v of
what gardeners call long litter. that is, straw mois-
tened and discoloured, but not decayed. The ma-
pure,is geneally In this state when itis purchased,
or taken from the stable, for the purpose of making'
a hot -bed.
The necessary quantity of manure is procured,
at the rate of one cart load, or from twelve to fin
• teen large wheel-barrowfuls, to every light, (as
the gardeners call the sashes of the trains,) each
light being about three feet wide ; and this manure
is laid in a heap to ferment. In about a week the
manure should be turned over with a dung -fork,
and well shaken together ; this operation being re-
peated two or three, or more times, at intervals of
two or three days, till the whole mass is become
of one colour, and the straws are sufficiently de-
composed to be torn to pieces with the fork.
The size of the hot -bed must depend principally
On the size of the frame which is to cuver it; obser-
ving that the bed must be from six inches to a foot
wider than the frame every way. The manure
must then be spread in layers, each layer being
beaten down with the back of the fork, till the bed
`ti about three feet and a halt' high. The surface
of the ground on which The, hot -heti is built, is ge-
nerally raised about six inches abvve-tir
surface of the garden; and itis advisable to lay
some earth round the bottom of the bed, nearly a
foot wide, that it may receive thejuiccsofthe ma
nure that will drain from the bed. As soon as
the bed is made, the frameis puton, andthesashes
kept quite close, till a steam appears upon the
glass, when the bed is considered in a fit state to
be covered three or four inches deep with mould ;
observing, if the bed has settled unequally, to le-
-Tel the surface of the manure before covering it
with earth. The seeds to be raised may either' be
gown in this earth, or in pats to be plunged in
• it.
The proper average heat for a hot -bed intended
to raise flower seeds, or to grow cucumbers, is
60° but melons require a heat of 65° to grow in,
and i5° to ripen their fruit. The heat should be
taken in a morning, and does not include that. of
the sun in the middle of the day. When the heat
of the Led becomes so great as to be in danger of
injuring the plants, the obvious remedy is to give
air by raising the glasses ; and if' thin' be not suffi-
cient, the general heat of the bed must be lowered
by making excavations in the dung from the sides,
so as to reach nearly teethe middle of the bed, and
filling up these excavations with cold dung, which
has already undergone fermentation, or with lea-
ves, turf, or any other similar. -material whieh will
receive heat, but not increase it. When the heat
of the bed falls down to 48° or lower, it should be
raised, by applying on the the outside fresh coa-
tings of dung, grass, or leaves which are called
linings.
When hot -beds are made of spent tanner's bark
or decayed leaves, a kind of box or pit must be for-
med of bricks or boards. or even of layers of turf,
or clay, and the tan or leaves filled in so as to make
a bed. Where neatness is an object, this kind of
bed is preferable to any other; but a common h a-
bed'of stable manure may be made to look neat by
thatching the outside with straw, er covering it
with bass mats, pegged down to keep then close
to the bed."
The above mode of preparing hot -beds, recom-
mended by our fair authoress, will answer welt
for growing melons and cucumbers, but ifcabbage
plants, lettuce, or radishes are required the bed
need not have more than 13 inches of manure.
`The soil put on the hot -bed will require to be at
least one foot thick; on the surface ot'this sow the
seed, and give plenty ofair as the plants advance
in growth.
AGRICULTURE.
despatch was sent off: The strong probability is
that there will be no -verdict, and although up to
the latest moment, no official announcement was
made, it is confidently expected that the Attorney-,
General will, should the jury disagree, call ano-
ther jury, and proceed with trial the third, hoping
still to convict and banish from his native land
one of Ireland's warmest and most gifted pa-
triots.'
Rumors prevail in Dublin, that Lord Clarendon
will shortly resign his office of Viceroy. The fact
is that his Excelleney clearly sees that his em-
player, Lord John is not " strong enough for the
place," and must, ere Fong give place to an abler
and more trustworthy statesman as Premier.
The accounts received this morning from the
southern and western provinces, as to the spread
of destitution and disease, have become really
alarming. In Galway, cholera is said to have su-
pervened on dysentery.; and yet, says our reporter,
there is no medical aid ;-the people are left to per-
ish without food, without medicine—even a grave
is not to be had for money. Truly, this is lament-
able in a Chri.stinn land.
The rumour is daily gaining credence that lir.
Denvir, of Belfast, will be the. new Catholic Pri-
mate.
on the pound, thfraud on the government would I comment than to remark that hi
have been £1O;000 -
It will scarcely be credited that a person of res-
pectable exterior presented himself at the Court
of Quarter Sessions, held in neighbouring coun-
ty a few days ago, as one of the jury, with a.eer-
tificate from his medical attendant, statingthat
he was ill in bed, that he could not leave his house,
which certificate he presented himself, amidst the
laughter of the whole court.—Bath Chronicle.
pram the Lostdou•Tablet; March 2f:.
TIIE CANADIAN REBELS AND THE
- 'COLONIAL OFFICE.
•
Ma. Hawes.—I have no knowledge of such a
bill being tn-troduet tenni atiy o1Uial source
whatever—nor have 1, indeed, any knowledge of
the fact at all. [Hear, hear.]
It was natural that the public should, on Tues-
day, believe that no such project was entertained
in Canada. Mr. Hawes had no knowledge of it,_
eith r official or otherwise, no 1• knowledge of the
fact at all.' Tee Itl.rning Chronicle, however,
persists in reiterating the iutornlation, and is borne
out by the arrival of the Europa; and now all
doubt on the subject is at rest. Explanations,
however, may be given on the part of the Govern-
ment, which shall go a great way to efface the un-
pleasant impresion which the Canadian project
must necessarily make. It is no great encourage-
ment to loyalty to see treason and rebellion re-
warded with the' honors and dignites of the state ;
it is a possitive discouragement, if honest then are
to contribute out of their own hard-earned proper-
ty to compensate rebels for the losses which their
own acts have. occasioned. The country main-
tains, and has maintained, a large military force
in Canada ; we,pay the Queen's troops for preser-
vitae order in the colouy, and for preserving the
colony as our own possession. But such is the
progress now of public opinion that while we pay
the troops for defending the colony, the colony it-
self proposes to pay the rebels who re isted them.
Loyalty and treason have, it seems, an',equal
claim on the same treasury. There was an insur-
rection in Ireland, last year, and much damage
was done -to property. Will Mr.' Hawes sanction
any compensation to the convicted leaders of that
movement 1
We are informed that the Ministry are so alar -
teed at the awful state eenxrtttenea[..II-
try and in Montreal, that the Inspector General
went yesterday to the Telegraph office demanding
of the Company not to permit the wires to report
any intelligence of the riot of Wednesday, and
demanding to know what intelligence had already
been conveyed.
The Directors informed the honorable gentleman
that their wires were open [to the public to transm i t
any news that parties thought proper, and they
would continue to do so unless Government took
possession of the wires by an armed forcer -in which
case they would have proper recourse. As to the
second demand, the Directors informed him that
they communicated no man's afiitirs, except to the
party entitled to know thein..—Montreal Gazette.
ROMANCE OP REAL LIFE. -WC have been fa-
voured by a correspondent with the following par-
ticulars of a most extraordinary case of kidnap-
ping which happened to a poor man ou rite other
side of the Atlantic :-11. appears that on the arrival
of the barque Atila, from London, at New Orleans,
a few months since, such was the scarcity ofSai-
lors at that port, that every inducement was held
out to the men to desert the ship by designing
crimps, who in many instances were successful.
Under these circumstances the master .{V L15
compelled to - otter liberal terms, in order to ob-
tain hands for his homeward voyage to Liverpool.
His efforts were snecessful, and the last man was
brought on board in a state of seeming intoxica-
tion the eve of sailing. The mate, in dividing
his crew into watches after leaving port, was in-
formed by the last coiner—who expressed not
only surprise, but horror at the situation in which
he found himself—that he was no sailor and quite
unused to the task allotted him. Ile stated that
he had left Scotland nearly ten years ago, and he
had since that time held an appointment in an
office in the town they had just quitted. That the
preceeding evening he was returning home, and
having entered a public house for the purpose of
refreshment, he was accosted by two men whose
offer of a glass of grog he thoughtlessly -accepted
—from that time he remembered no more, his head
having become suddenly confused. He expressed
his unbounded astonishment at his attire.lhis own
coat, hat, and trousers having been exchanged
for those of a sailor. There being no alternative,
the poor man was brought to Liverpool, the ship
providing him with the necessaries of the voyage,
but of course [withholding wages, to which he
could lay no claim. Although treated with the
.greatest humanity by the roaster and mate he is
now in this town its a most distressing state of
mind, time not shaving obliterated trout his mind
former friends,.and without the means of returning
to the land of his adoption. His sufletingsare na-
turally increased by the uncertainty of his fate in
the minds of his relatives in the States, with whom
he cannot for some time communicate. It is to
he hoped that, ere long, he may be furnished with
the means of proceeding in another ship to that
home from which he has been so precipitately
and unfeelingly alienated.—Liverpool Chro-
nicle.
BY THE " CAMBRIA."
IRELAND.
LivzaPooL, Saturday April 14-1 P. at.
We are in possession of advices which left
Dublin at a very late hour last night. The only
topic of news related to the trial of Mr. Gavan
Duffy.
The evidence for the defence having been com-
pleted, the Solicitor -General proceeded to reply
on the whole case on the part of the Crown. He
nsed every effort to nullify the favourable effect
which Mr. Dudy's defence had apparently made
on the minds of the jury, and contended that no
matter how amiable and truly philanthropic his
conduct in private lite may have been—and he
admitted it was such—still the publication of the
articles contained in the indictment as surely pro-
ved hint a treasonable anddangerotts.man, and as
From the London Tirnes, March 21.
" They have every right to feel the greatest in-
dignetion,.t'or it isitnpo;sible to c,¢tcgive a more
&&termined and unpardonable insult to the loyal
pupulati .n'or a more suicidal act, than that a tax
should he levied dn.the whale pekrple to compensate
rebels fof their losses, and even for their legal pun-
ishment.
And agt i t :—
iiven tt we could hope they have somewhat
exaggerated the enormity of this measure still we
must regret a settled impression that rebellitd has
been rewarded and loyalty insulted by the Bri-
tish Crown. Such ilea is injurious anywhere,
particularly in a Colony which hangs by a
thread."
We were not a little astonished at hearing. on
Thursday, that ills Collector of Customs iii' To-
rontohad 1 esu di recteeLly telegraph, to enforce
the immediate ac1ioti t1 the new Twilit -11 W
_°ur3+u4.iwatii.�?'.i�eac.ai, n.. ��t,ttvvs t least interval
being aflowbd to our merchants to make arrange-
ments for their import or export bnisiness, the
tyranny of the Ilyena has pounched• upon what-
ever was in irausitu. The whole procenure is
(not more disgraceful, for that would be impos-
sible, but) as disgraceful as any ether act of our
olim Torynoiv (tadieal Inspector -General. The
Cohnizst, and the public in general, do_ not hesi-
tate to assert, that previous notice had beep given
to certain parties—Government partizans—so as
to enable them to regulate their. transactions ac-
cordingly !1 !—" A more disgraceful proceeding
has never been practised by any Government,'
says the British Colonist.
We look on this treasury order as not only
morally iniquitous, and highly disgraceful—but
also. as absent/en/ijlssghl. Can the Collector or
any officer, executing similar functions, proceed
to collect duties on a " telegraphic order" 1 " We
say, no -and assert that to proceed to suchcollec-
tion , is founded, exposes him to an action at law:
—Highly as we respect our officers here, we hope
some of our Mercnants'.will have spirit enough
to try the question. We have no doubt as to the
result. Patriot.
Rumour states that Sir AP :i2', Tran and the
Honurabte Gectt'ge Moffat lett on Wednesday last,
for England, by the Royal Steamship Europa. It
es also stated, that the ex -Inspector General, the
Honorable W. Cayley M. P. P., will leave for
the same place by the Steamship Cambria; on the
9th, for Boston.
EXTRA OF FRIDAY, MAY 4.
GAZETTE OFFICE,
Friday Morning, Five o'clock.
We hasten to lay before our readers the
News from Montreal brought by -the mail
of thi5s morning, as far as our limited space
will allow. Our advices are to Monday,
the 30th ultimo, at which time quiet was in
great measure restored by the release from
prison, on Saturday, of Messrs. Montgo-
mery, Mack, Heward Perry, and Ferrel.
The excitement, however, does not appear
to have abated in consequence of this res-
toration of quiet, and the honest indigna-
tion against a Ministry that could propose,
and a Governor that could sanction such
an unholy measure, will never abate until the
one is dismissed and the other recalled. We
have already. stated that Ma Excellency
had been es,pelled from the Thistle Club, rtii'sified by several small street fights at
of which he was Patron. tic filet of lanes and streets, and running
At a special general meeting of the froth Notre Dame Street to the River
Montreal Thistle Curling Club, held yes- side The people still expected iu vain
terday, it was unanimously resolved,
ORIGIN OF THE PRAIRIES.
(From the:Calendar.)
Respecting the origin ofthese. immense Melds
we have no satisfactory knowledge. It is conjec-
tured, and I believe with a good degree of proba-
bility, that their surface was once covered with
tate waters el the Iake, and that these having re-
ceded, they were left in their natural evenness of
surface,to be enriched by the deposits of ages and
thus fitted for the most luxuriant vegetation the
world ever sate. There is something imposingly
grand in the idea that the water of the lakes once
extended to the base of the Rocky Mountains, and
that, dammed back by these mighty barriers, they
were sent eastward, to be hurled over the preci-
pice of our Niagara, and thence, through the St.
Lawrence to find enlargement in the ocean.
What a world of waters rolled their tides ovet
this quarter of the globe then ! what cataract was
Niagara ! By what causes such a change has
been wrought, whether it was by the gradual
draining of the fountains, which now send their
diminished supplies through the beds of the wes-
tern rivers, or by s,.me mighty convulsion of na-
ture, it is utterly useless to conjecture. But that
the origin of the prairies is such as I have sugges-
ted, seems to be indicated by their -structure, their
soil, their productions, and the alluvial deposits
.which lie beneath their surface. Who can say
by what rnystesious process this garden of the
world has been preparing for the occupation and
enterprise of Anglo-American civilization. or enu-
merate the ages which have rotted away- since
they commenced 1 In vain does fancy grope
among the unilluminated labyrinths of the past,
for something which shall satisfy the ever -re-
curring inquiries of the curious, or the thoughtful
mind. He only who evolved order from the pri-
meval chaos can,auswer such'inquiries ;and in his
own time, if He so choose, He will make the re-
velation.
H.sRRts's LIGHTNING CONDCCTOa —The con-
trivance as introduced by Mr, Harris, is simply
a thin strip of copper, three or four inches iu
width (the breadth and thickness of course depen-
ding on the size of the vessel) set in, up and down
the after part of the.rnasts, from tuck to kelson—
with the addition of branches led alone the beams
below, abreast the masts, and down the sides to
the water, if preferred.
ATTEMPT TO DErRjUD.—An attempt was recen-
tly made to defraud the English Customs ty int-
porting from Holland, as oil -cake a cargo o. sixty
tons of snuff As the dutyon suuff is six shilling,
ship
appears to have more confidence in tlie
people than tliweople have in him...44.
The Montreal papers are filled with par-
tieulars which we find it nnpossibieto copy.
The carriage of the Governor Genera.' had
ir.uu smashed iu,'and we regret to hear
that' Col. Bruce was hurt by one of the
stones hurled at it.
is ' its to point out tite exigency of the
tiny; for you to consider the causes from
c g-'
'v -and to .0
hasrisen
hat exigency
wht
go. the remedies best calculated to obtain
relief. ' To anticipate public opinion upon
netters of such deep and general interest
would be presumptuous and xnwarrantable ;
to invite it, we hold to be no less our duty
than our right. many thoughtfularyl
honest minds have been, latterly, applied
to the consideration of the state /of this
Province.—They are the minds of men in-
terested in its welfare, to the extent of all
they possess in the world, or hope to trans-
mit to their children ; of men belonging to
the most widely distributed .race on the
face of the globe, and speaking the pre-
vailing Language of this continent and of
the Empire ; who desire the prosperity of
Canada and with it the prosperity of the
nation of which it forms a part ; children
of a monarchy, too magnanimous to pros-
cribe, too great to be unjust; inhabitants
of a Province ceded to England at the ter-
mination of a long and glorious struggle
aspiring to a career of virtuous emulation
with the other dependencies of the Crown
and determined to be unchecked by the
narrow jealousy of a peculiar enternal and
exclusive nationality, which, though enti-
tled to perfect equality with the race of the
Empire, is deserving,. of no predomin'ance
as a distinct source of political power.
At a meeting of gentlemen, impressed
with the importance of ascertaining public
opinion upon the general interests of the
momentous ou
Province. at this u e t s crisis in its
history, it has-been considered necessary
only to invite your attention to the general
reasons of the present movement , to as-
sume no right of suggesting remedial mea-
snres to arrogate rte power of binding you
by your opinions ; but leaving to yourselves
the discussion of cat'ses, and the adoption
of means of relief, to show merely the ne-
cessity of present action, and recommend
what appears to be the best means of pro-
moting regular enquiry, and obtaining ulti-
mate redress.
Besides the commercial and industrial
depression now weighing upon our commu-
nity, evils of a social and political charac-
ter exist among us to an extent unknown -
in any other portion of tate British doiuiui-
Ons. -
Without descending to enumerate sub-
jects which are confined to the narrow
arena of party strife. is it sufficiently evident
that our political system -requires ntodifiea•
tion and improvement.
The diversity of national origin; in itself
so potent an impediment to progress;. its
bearing and influence upon the general in-
terests of the Colony, by the mere expedi-
ent,of junction, apart from pr•ieciple;—the
system of representation ; the tenure of
lands in the Lower -Province; tlte,eomposi-
tion of the Legislative Council and many
other topics of far too groat importance to
be approached without caution, or touched
without dispassionate enquiry by the peo-
ple at large; all'point to the necessity of
concentrating and asserting Public Opinion
upon such matters. And if these, and
other weighty topics, partaking, as they do
The Montreal Herald Extra says:
" On the IIouse going to present the
Address voted on Saturday, to the Gover-
nor, showers of Stones were thrown at the
members over the heads of • the soldiers.
Cast. Wetteuhall, who was mounted on a
white charger, and Mr. le Blanc were the
Magistrates present. The latter proceeded
to rend the riot act which he drew from
his pocket, being a small piece of paper;
but, in our opinion, before he could read
more than two lines, the order was given
for the troops to charge, which they did,
the crowd falling back in .double quick
time. No damage was done, and the
crowd returned shortly after and gave the
soldiers three cheers. Tho members of
the Assembly returned to the House soon
at er, when his Excellency's reply was
sir d. The house soon aftex-adjourned.
Mg pause occurred itttest`reet while
it.e Governorwas within, which was di- 1
the egress of the Governor-General:
" That the members of the Thistle Curl- ` At length the troops were ordered to
ing Club, consider that their feelings Os
Scotehmen bast been outraged by the con-
duct of the Governor General of.this Pro-
vince, that they have no sympathy with his
actions a,nd regret that he should hail
from Scotland, and be a descendant of Otte
of the oldest families ; also that they consi-
der they would he disgraced in the opinion
of all true curlers, were they to allow
his name to remain any longer as their Pa-
tron."
It was further unanimously resolved that
the name of the Earls of Elgin be ex-
punged from the Records of the Mon
treal Thistle Club and that the Secre-
tary be instructed to intimate the same to
him.
The St. Andrew's Society of Montreal,
tghieh is composed of the wealthiest inhab-
itants of the city, have passed the following
resolutions unanimously;
Resolved, '1 st. That the Earl of Elgin
hayjpg sp, conducted himself in his Govern-
ment as to insult and outrage the feelings
of every British subject in Canada, and to
disgrace the Scottish name, the S,:ciety,
with the deepest regret, consider him un-
worthy to continue longer its patron, and
that therefore he is henceforth removed
from that office.
Resolved, 2nd. That the name of the
Earl of Elgin be erased from the List of
Honorary Members of the St. Andrews So -
right about face, and the men in the
street first learned by that signal that
the Governor General had left the Go-
vernmeut House; they were immediately
ou the alert, and with that instinctive deci-
sion with which street crowds discover their
objeet, learned in a moment that in-
stead of returning through Notre Dame
Street to the Place de Arius, the carriage
had proceeded in the other direction, and
was travelling at a most rapid pace towards
Sherbrooke street. Some of the persons
who had been standing- about Gosford
street were of course aware of what was
going on, and these following the esrriugc
as speedily as possible—others took cabs,
ealashes, and every thing that would
run. It was a chase. At length his
Lordsh'p was overtaken atMoison's corner.
At ti is point a furious attack was- made
with„stoues on the carriage, the back of
which was completely smashed in ; and its
course, which appeared at first to be direc-
ted by way of Sherbroke street, was changed
to the road which goes round the back of
the Mountain. In this sad manner did his
Lordship depart from -the capital of her
British Majesty's possessions in N. Ame-
rica. in addition to -the foregoing particu-
lars, we learn that the Governor General.
on coming to town, was pelted from the
end of great St. Janes St., and that on re-
turning to the Dove •titm nt House carried
in his hand a large stone, taken from the
bottom of the carriage. and that Col. Bruce
tack _Fart of
defy. " ceived iiOo ttt ion on tlto
rtage. JJ
The Toronto papers furitish'us with the
resolutions passed at the monster meeting
held in that city on Saturday at which
seventeen hundred people were present and
an excellent petition to the Queen unani-
mously carried. :-
The Patriot says` : -
Resolved.
Resolved. 3rd. That the Secretary be rtitn =eau s ire sutuwn
instructed to intimate the above Resolu-
ons to his Lordship.
The Curling Club at Quebec has fol-
lowed in the wake. -
Mr. Boulton moved . the address to bis
Excellency on Monday last to which seve-
ral amendments •were proposed amongst
these is one by Mr. Galt (brother to our
townsman) which we have pleasure in quot-
ing as indicative of his being on the right
side.—Mr. Galt's resolution says :
"That while this house are of opinion
that the restoration to peace is the first
object to be achieved, that they consider
they should be wanting in their duty to the
country, if they did not express their opin-
ion, that to the advice of the present Exe-
cutive Government in recommending his
Excellency to assent to the Rebellion Los-
ses Bill, and to the manner in which that
assent was given, was to be attributed the
disturbances which have resulted so disas-
trously for the honor and prosperity of
this Province, and that this house fully re-
cognizing the constitutional principle, that
the Administration are to be held respon-
sible for all acts of the Government, desires
to express to His Excellency their sincere
regret that his advisers should have taken
that course which has caused insults to be
offered to the representative of her most
gracious Majesty in this Province, as well
as to tbishouse, which are calculated to di-
minish the respect of the people for the
constitution under which we live.
His Excellency gave the following ans-
wer:
GENTLE)IEN.—I received, with gratitude,
your loyal and dutiful address. I lament
the outrages of which this city has been the
theatre during the few past days, and more
especially the destruction of the building
occupied by the Houses of Parliament,
with the valuable libraries, of which the
Province had so good reason to•be proud.
My confideuce in the good sense, modera-
tion, and loyalty of the body of the people
is, however, in no degree shaken try what
has occured.
It is satisfactory to receive the assurance
that the course of justice and impartiality
which I have followed in the discharge of
the functions dirty high office, meets your
approval. That course was proscribed to
the by my duty to my Sovereign and the
inhabitants of the Province. A free peo-
ple can hardly fail to discover in the faith
fol observance of all constitutional guar-
antees, the security of their rights and
Til c •ty. No efforts will be wanting on my
part to secure the preservation of the peace
of the city,and I sincerely trust that by the
exercise of the legislative and executive'
authorities, and the co-operation of all the
friends of order, this object may be accom-
plished.
On this reply we shall not now further
The excitement existing in this city for
the last few days, has shown itself in a
great demand for « ExIras" and frequent
gatherings in the streets.• Some appre
hensions of disturbance have been felt
but beyond the collecting together of a
few noisy boys and idle spectators, no
visible cause of alarm has occurred. The
magistrates and police have been con-
stantly on the alert to watch over the pub-
lic peace." - -
BRITISH AMERICAN LEAGUE.
ADDRESS TO TILE IN—HABITANTS OF CANADA.
FELLOW COUNTRYMEN ;—
It has been deemed by those who now
address you, that the present is a fitting
time to ascertain public opinion upon many
important subjects, intimately connected
with the social, commercial, and political
welfare of the inhabitants of this Pro-
vince. -
These subject§ are neither of transcient
interest nor of mere local importance.
They relate to the very existence of the
Colony itself ; they concern the character'
of the nation to which we belong; and, as
they are viewed and acted upon by the
sten of the present day. will affect the hap-
piness and- the fate of their prosperity. --
That contutercial distress and general
depression in every department of indus-
try, exist throughout the Province, to an
extent unparalleled•in the previous exist-
ence of the Colony, is admitted by all meat
of the greatest experience, and political
economists of every shade of opinion; who,
while they all bear concurrent testithony
to the truth of this statement, as a fact of
which all alike must feel the mournful
weight, differ nevertheless, to home extent
from each other, as to the immediate causes
from which this result has flowed and the
prospective measures most likely to afford
relief.
It is neither necessary nor proper for us
at this time to pronounce an opinion upon
causes, with respect to which many intelli-
gent and experienced minds are in conflict
with each other, or upon remidies requir-
ing more general concurrence and author
ty, than of necessity belong to the limited
sphere of duty now allotted to us. The
discussion of these subjects will properly
belong to the people of Canada. The du-
ty of the Association which now addresses
you, is of a rreliesinary nature merely. It
8 .% 1
decide upon
their opinions upon
lineal questions of th
the duty of such Socie
Assistant, to aid in ca.
of the Convention, by a..
lawful means.
Upon this genral basis, allow -leg _ .
for modification of detail, it is hoped
that something like unity of action may
be•attained by the inhabitants of this Pro-
vince, upon matters affecting not only their
most material and immediate interests,
but also the interests and the honor of the
great nation with which we are con-
nected.
To maintain that connection inviolate
has ever been, and still is, the ardent wish
of every member of the League. We do-
voutly hope„ that no measure of injustice
may ever be inflicted—no power may ever
be abused—to the extent of provoking
reflecting sten to the contemplation of an
alliance with a foreign power; and it
there are as some have said, a time when all
colonies must in tate course of human
events, throw off their dependance on tate
Parent'State, and if in our geueration that
time should be destined to arrivu, we pre -
.diet that, if true to oarselocs, it will not conte
until no British hands remain to hoist
the flag of England on the rock of Qae-
bee, and Db British voices survive able
to shout" GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 1"
G. MOFFATT, President.
W. GORDON MACK, Correspond-
ing Secretary.
JOHN IIELDER ISAACSON, Re-
cording Secretary.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
lVa communication willbe inserted .uutess we.heve
the real raa,ne of the author, and as ernr eol,,etns are
-open to all parties, we Flo not. ltnld ourselves respon-
sible for any opinions expressed b!, correspondents.
A Huron" has been received too late for .our
paper of to -day. As it is suited to the presentcri-
tical period we shall publish it in au Extra to-
tnorrow with any news the mail of this evening
may bring us. -
Rir.e_suizau, mot MEN.
THE HURON GAZETTE.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10; 1649:
TO- THE
111
• OF THE COUNTY OF
H V R. 0 N.
VuswtNc; the present critical state of
the Province, and the necessity for itnute-
j diate organization, its order that the griev-
anew• of the people may be -subjected to
regular discussion and ultimate redress ;
we the undersigned de most respectfully
call upon all good and Loyal Men in this
Town and District, to- assemble at the
13IIITIS U IIOTI:L, GOD ER 011 i4ATURAAY,
uni the- us an -forming an uu`sitary —
League in connection with the BRITLS'1T
AM E RIC A hAr LEAGUE in 11Iontreal,
a Society founded upon the best of prin-
ciples; " that of uniting all parties iu pro-
curing good government for our common -
country." -
James Watson, Morga n Hamilton John Strachan,
I. Rattenbury, Alfred W. Otter. J. K. Gooding, Ro-
bertrarke, John Sa1l.chl W. Bennet Rich, A. F.
Morgan, Dixie Watson,J. B..Giles, Joseph Wil-
liamson, George Morrie, John Stewart, W.
Robertson, E!ijah Moore, A. W. Straehate
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Go,_'crieh, May '3, 1819.
l ' Canada.
and waken the public voice of C
there still remains ono subject which is 1
not limited in its influence to the local
boundaries of the Province, which affects
the honor of the British Crown, and the
character of the British nation, and which
at this very hour, bows down tate steads
of the desponding, and cheers the varr-ew
hearts of the disaffected, by the possibility
of impending punishment for the duty of
allegiance.
It is evident, from the known character
of our rare, that patient submission to
any ascendancy founded on feelings of
nationality alone, and not actuated by any
generous or progressive principle, never
has been and never will be, for any length
of time endured by Britons. It equally
apparent that whatever may be the energy 1
or determination of the Anglo-Saxon
raceinhabiting this Colony, it has hither -
too been diluting and woakened by the
absence of all systematic . combination.
and by the wasteful expenditure, in una-
vailing individual eflbrts,of time and taleuts
whieli if concentrated and applied in a pro-
per manner, would be fitted to attain the
noblest ends.
These means, so vast in attainment, so
powerful in agency, and yet so simple in
contrivance, are expressible in a single
word: and that word is—ORGANIZATf0N.
Under tate strongsst conviction of the
necessity of such a step, an Association
has been formed in this City, of a provisi-
onal and preliminary character, tinder the
name of the Burristr AnanIC:_N Leanne.
Under the view which has been taken of
its duties. by those already en5•olled as
members of this Asstciation, we exhort the
inhabitants of this Province, in its different
localities to the formation of botieties for
-t Ire-Parpocci- of _promoting discussions of
the great questions nowagitatIng the PrO--
vince.
We recommend the election of Delegates
by each Society, to attend a Conveetiotr
at such time and place as shall be, by a
majority of such Societies determined
00.
That Societies numbering 100 members
and upwards shall be entitled to elect one
Delegate ; 300 and upwards two Delegates ;
600 and upwards, three Delegates and 1000
and upwards four Delegates.
That at such Convention a General As-
sociation shall be formed, and called by
such name as may then be determined
upon. .
That such General Associations shall
consist of the Societies -then formed,
and those which may be formed hereaf-
ter.
That' the Societies so united shall be
divided into a Central and Assistant
Societies, in Correspondence with it at
the various places where they may be
formed. •
That it shall be the duty of such Con-
vention. by a majority of, its members, lo
CAtITION.---The Loyal inhabitants of this
District are hereby cautioned against at-
'taching their name to an address in small
type, in approbation of the Governor Gen-
eral's conduct, and expressive of confidence
in him. We beg to inform them that this
neatly printed document was concocted
at a stole and corner conclave, and has been
hawked about from house to house,gcnerally
being introduced at the back door: We
would give a Jew's eye to have a glimpse
of the number and `quality of' the signatures
attached, and would recommend the radi-
cal party to call a public meeting and
obtain the feeling of the public mind upon
it. -
entes,e".!,!t- meat -'-sill* eien . . ne
The events of the past week were of a
character so interesting, that we believed
the merely putting the public iu posses-
sion of them as each post arrived, would
be .more acceptable than any comments of
ours upon thein, until excitement and agi-
tatinnitad given_ way to quiet and reflection.
In ransacking our memory for a word, by
which this outbreak at the seat of Govern-
ment will
overn-mentwill be notnenclated by the Historian,
we know of none half so appropriate as
that used in reference to a memorable oc-
casion. We look upon the burning of
the House of Parliament as "an untoward
event." Every thinking man must deeply
deplore the distraction of such a valuable
library as that possessed by the Houle, as
it is a loss that cannot by any possibility be
retrieved ; but every sensible man will at-
tribute it to rho proper cause—viz the
weakness of the Governor General and the
wickedness of his advisers. The flames of
Montreal will be recorded in History, and
the names of the authors of it, will blot its
page. The same volume in which ages to
come will read with thrilling and never
dying interest, c f the glories of Wolfe, they
will read also of the eternal disgrace and
shame of a Baldwin, a Lafontaine, -a Hind s,