HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-01-17, Page 7JANuAlty 17, 187S'.
Y.ROSS' SVUEICII, •
. - The followinfis the full report or ths speech
of Mr. A. M. ROSS, .tneMber for Weet Herini„
•
made in movitig the Addrese to. the Threne,
e
at the opening' of the Ontario Legislature,
last Week :es'
" •
MR. ROSS, ori risettg to move tbe Addrese
M answer tie the Speech fretn. the Throne,
was received with Iced cheere. He said. he
mest-not ail 4 mere metter Of fel* usualon
snob oceetsinns-but as. the reenit oto nervous
contibiolleucee of his inability M1)7 to perfoim
.the -duty, ash -the indelgenee of he House,
and particelarly of those older Membere, who
have 'MeV se long ago overeome that mere"
ousnese that affects the inexperienced speatier,
conscione of bits shoracumiees, that they have,
fotgetteir theetitherreesnientit °acre -Mire. He.
regretted-thet the tlety•had met devolved . lips '
on one more eble to elteellarge it efficient-
ly, but having beerequested to de tie, he
felt it would'be emgracious to rails% He
was, however, glad•Of the oepot tunity it itl.
forded lain of publicly saymg, that having
'. eouthleude three yeers ego ht the•abilityi Wu-
°eters. and. statesmanship ef the Hoe, also Ats•
eeeefayeueeoret at the head oft he Gevdriiterent,
lied his eolleitgpee aisocieled e it)) him, Mt
was elected as te'spppertiaM the Adininitdia,
tion, and now, after three SieferS' eeperimme of
their adteinistratieti•of iheeill".dre of the 'omens
try, of the mettsures they had piemesetP, .3110;
the laws they had placed opeethe htittli i 0
bOt/k , he tiall unabated coofitleoce jit' them
still. (Hear, heats) ' if onssome' oeCeeionsite
had differed' with teen) 9D Mat tees. of deteile
he had never failedeevee eti etude ;ice:484)w,
te feel fully assured of the houesty I& thtlir
views and the iutegrity of their perpos"es., eA...
.ry He abandieitueet Of hies owhejedgments'its'
toitettasures submitted, he wonld net ae .opl. td
'any a ministretion, but while thelerefient men
continue to (sondes:it the.affitiei of theeettatey
with the Fame honesty[ma ability as had
s
characterized* them tereiefore„ he would. cie-
tonal., them a eerdiel .1111port. No Mouse in
• the address tvoilid,-,he. was, -surri:•;"serilte te tru-
er chord both in the -House and in the eenitittie
than that cougretelating thern.upon the• late-
. abundant harvest. Without attetepting a
aisetwsion- of the causes•Of -the "ate • business'
depression, under' which Canada, iti cotinthin
with almost every tither country in, the pied-
. ized welld had enifered, it &add. net beetle-
nied that one of the most importatit eau *beef-.
fveting our rxxii Province- inost. Materially*,
was the comparative fatlare; ot the, crop -of
1870, Neither conk]: . it. be tinestioned • that
since the leteves Ong in 1877, ef• *One ,•ef •-t.ne
. most abundatit crops that- "ti- beneficent IW.-.'
'‘ vileuce for many years. Infs.-6h s ed. ug• With,'
the bodiless pt ospect:-litive been 6( ighteging.
iley ley • ilet a . - ela it ll feeteries :of vai ion a kinde
which, under a so ingeid money markei'•-and
. reduccd eousumf(tion, had pradeely; to our;
tail their tpetatiOner., awl, in, some. few , oases
a case ait'ogttiter, tire iur a' • • res Mu i n g-. work
A pou largo and •daily:. incivii:Ing.....0'i1titi..6
lferebants ale, eltheugh* wbuie *Prefiting•
by the t x(erience of the past,and, 3V0i,ili lig l'as)1
: utitl ,pteinative vanity es,.itto•all'ea.ti,-, Aiteling, •
Au tho'onla ,ied•vettlatit )-f tii4r iirt.,ineSs; the
increased Lanais/I.:lug pewee, the abuttristit
crops and ,..ati -factory. priens has placed in
the hands. of the fainters, the gi at dailitut
produciug lialte•try of :our •Proviite(.i.• "All
thinking" nem meet admit that in this Dti'ule,
fertile, Provinee if Ontario) the•true,basie M. •
, cur eit esent wealth and *Cetera: • prosperity
- Teete uthinly upen the preseerity of •eua'great ,
, agrietilt to ei 1 ittere-ts. ' Ei:oiisti.or .....1,01iti.
. cians. may tiriogate to then:mit Veit the pewee,.
by the' etractment 1,1 thiss-laWor• , hot- tariff, .
• to create prosperity oitteef :1eter-044M but
how puny, 'Miele, 'andlasigniticant !nen all
their politieal neetru Me AS 'omnpity(deeeith
the wide ii, els of Waving grain and the well.
tilled barit.4 af the farreeres • (011i'ere.) Tliel'e.
fore, I inn sui•e t he Heinle will grutefutly end
devoutty join with his Excellent:1Y in aecord-
ing to Him a ho estietts the.'spfing rain' to'
' fructify, web the harvest situ to . ripett; the.
full ineasnree ot a people's thanks. (Hear,.
hear, end chee,s.) eietiend, enter in hellfire.)
\
then the c in this importeut article of our
nee to our agrieulturel iirterestee ..eitlree tit'
ference to the money and meitue. employed
ti the num I er. of eur poptiletion that are 'in-
ter sted in and derive their suppert 'then •it,
or t the direct returns in the stele° of for.
eign ipital which it brings ento • the coif:thy,
is ear lumbering' inatietees, The Shiginiticin
that lin exfeted for somt. yedts in the fir-.
e x ports, lfas affected clisestromily.soine of the
eastern and northern portions *of .our. I'm.
virtue, which Ai u more itirgely, depeedent steel)
this industry than even agricteleute, and it
is indeed matter. 'fee ' congeShilation . •to
know . that" a inatetiel .inapeoveintints is
taking •place in Odes tndtistiy, owingelti a
larger cletuentl at homes and an, inarease in
tire -fol eignetheareettnesteseerVIItiVO
to be found inthe satisfactoryreceipts front
wombs aud forests, which they -were deemed
had, notwithstanding the : depresiiiin, hen
fully equal tO expeettitions, and, the belie
fulness of nu early and greater impreeeteent
is shown by those best capable of estititating
the faun° conrse of this trade, beiog willing
• to embark stilt -further eapitel itesiees-eliiiwri
by the receint mucilages of limber !heats at
eze satisfactory.•prices. It Is .plertsittg to le AP
sued that, notwithstanding the „dente:es-ion
in bueineee that - has exieted for the 'past,
few years, end Wiiiell might•have been ex.
pected to have affected the revenue n M • the
Province, they have been fully- critter to the
estimate fornied. ' It would:not have • beim
• • ism•prieine had 'the- receipt e :, leant ettroWri
Lands, in consequence of the: shalt* crop of
1876, fallen considerably below "Prater yeatee;
" and .t he feat tliet they have•not deem Ao tdtitle
. • • to allow that, though the aountatativesfailnen.
of the crime of that year, and else •d,eitionsioe•
It ocuasionel, hail no doellt leornpellea -thee
new settler to reater minority* iti .1the pee.
Holed expenditure, it hail hot proveuted him
from making_ his usuel pitynteets ere hie
laud, and becominge-weat every. industriotts
Hottler it) tllie emintry tan .beameee-the in;
dependent owner of Ins farm. (Hear, h(3ar.)
It. was matter of regeet.•,eae eXpresseri in the
e specch-ethat thd eecommotletiote heretofore
provided tor the inseam, the 'deride. and .the
• - ,blind, leas not been Adequate to the demand, '
.. ittid it might be well if sonie.of our coinfree .
tent medical men. seefe teflon there* atteu-
tion to the enquiry , whetlitt the number 'of ••
these unforturiatee itre reelly en the increes,a,
as 5o100 suppose, of Whether •the :trercesitil' .
demand for accommodation for this afflicted
class of our fellow-beingee4eqping, as it
(fowl, folly abreast ef the yeatly enlarge..
. ments we are tnakhrgin oar nsylume-is lett
the result of greatetefaith in the proper moil.
cal treatment awl riere -of elle unfortuttato
classes, widish cattees teeny of theee so Millet.
ed --who have heretonwe been kept by their
frietnis et home --to be pow sent to these in-
stitutions fqr peeper treatmenb anti eatt., The
Government lima, howevers beim felt 'feithin
the 8yliniath3t and huntaniteeof the House, to
cheerfnlly acquiesce in any necessary Appro.
priattens -that the proper cate.Of these tracers
tunetes iney require. lIc eottlt. not but con-
gratulate the ftettee on tho abienee- from the
_Speech of any proposed wafture -Of aid to mil-
e:aye. Of late yeare, in censequetice -of to
" many new railway projects being started, arid
' their claims for tint beiog urged Upon. the
Government -and Mane' of these no:di:MIA
"eitawalsaFarsestrawaa'it..FiFeFiCs.
reelle deserving of "'Ishii° etsistance at neeful
eelonization rotele by the enceutageniStit they
gave to the settlement of the. newer parts Ed
the Provinee- elite prerniee of it meatier() cff
further railwity aid, has been looked for as a
emseesary part of every aneuttl Speech front
the Throne. Bat to him *was gratifying
te know that, for 0110 seesion at all ,events,
members would be relieved from tile inleor-
trinities and laittou.holinge of 3 80010 or so,
.of railwa3. promoters, or at tenet their ener-
gies would not he directed with Governtlie t
sale:nine to induce the House still further le
deplete our Proviuoial surPlea by granting
were areistancee He must Pet be understood
as'„1,)Ing oPlieeed tit...liberal Mil to ueuessitey
anti itupertitot 1106, He 1411Y eullearred,
for the uwitapert, with the wise and liberal
poliey thet bad guided the aneseet owl-for-
inet• .Administration in their Solielaos of as-
sistance to lieceesary lines ; awl since- he
had hada seat in the 'House had,. cordially
eepported most of the grants" thee had been
•propeeed, But such liberty ?Quid not go
ode Toe -ever. Oar seeplue was not like the
Widow is meter) of vil-in(xhaustible. The
faeiliey with .e filch munteinelities tiled Nell
incleced, umen sometimes 'the WOW F1)003:318
preteucee) to vote large bon esee to lines of
doillethile utility, and the held' tiese whieh
this-lionee hew elloWn to iitinplein'ent theto,
&nu1y gr
m drafits. from the Provihe
elcial cet,
..
lids no doubt festereti the Preutatere eon -
street' te of hues, before there was besiness
for elitam
n to do. In soe eases rivet _linos
have been encouraged met aided, running
through the same .erritery, lied depeudeut
•upon the traffic supplied by the saute section
of country, and that barely suilleielit to slip -
poet one: The eonsequeozo lint heen in many
caeits fineneial ombari assiuent. aua ruin, lie
thought, therefore, that the. preeept was it
,good,time;to it urtitil theee expenditures, and
tee eaution in. tile '.Sp0S01,1 WAS PAttiettitit*ly
opportune, ,in view of the exhibit inede 01
bankrupt ittilways on the . other- side ot 1,11.0
line. In
(leftist th
tal; •He
retit, he witeebegeonnh0
egteously
pt•opeiety of: haying e steeple§ tit
n the eitilwaY spaceeitor it aeted like
the gem. etothe moth. eSei lees milt Wee there
it 'was a &met- indueement; to encouratse
nneon d and•pretuatore railway'projecte,•and
it es 13COt1tittg .tb 0 ,epiniert •Cf. welly, . the t Li,
-: mile! ba,perhaps bett er„ to wake a 'fate ii er dis;
tab Hon of a pait of the stirpluti unfoligst the
.peo &from whinn it iscalleCted; iiP"Iith!3}- a'i e
1.3 is AS. iii187.3, tlpiii to Allow .it; t.610. eaters. up
10 aseieting wild -eat sclunues, 'whieh would
ultunaeely 'neve; hitancial tenures as bilsiness
• it edertakinge: ' 'Ho believed at ell.eVenVi- Po;-
titions would he. presented ' to. the • 1 le use- in
favor of .that View. There( Was. a feeling dii-
istingflt_at railWay .41--; waS soinething like
private. • charity to ,streiii- befigrits lt wss
not always .Sgivete to .those . who,. Were.. 01051.
desel Sing, WA' •-ta Ilf-iee Who' ivere.--:-mest
, • ',cheeky". acid' int:porton:tee, " • (Hear,hear.)
efle'thonglit the. thanks of the liense and of
the people wene dee- to the' eitiiene of
mite for having, been the• ineanS"..ef giv..iiiit
the eue (as- to one TAB wet, in eji•cf., to . w Filch
. other who* the Leesialatute Might .have beets
.s.•Ite.4 to/grata, aid, and pe, haps also to'aist
,a nunibar ,11 sfoaller . oscines dependent iipo11
their chnnection 'with .tho Toronto and • OS:
taW a lin.q.- -.It We'sse,ratifyin4 to•kliew teat
the immigretion to the Peormee had. been
is greet -during the past pier as: in. Miele arid
Mlle Ai lerge as ' had been atteleitiatell, theme
-reel. . end= ceoui se; oa.. f a al's) mows, thee it •
wete 1:settee-le regerdto the quality, of one lies
•iingrants.' Tee 'deo Who had come into the •
doeutree: weft cbielly eeeentlartnere met teen
of capital.There was. no dettht , that •there.
'would be tvoni for untiltyears to cqnte tori
large itifini of 'these' mid fat 111 labiners-ethee
•mateeiale tom . \sadeli liad been fprmed -
large proportitin Of Cur mOst indtfairiinia and'
•Preeperosie 'settlers* it wesenot tIIi, :Ow fru.
itecustotne „et) the bardellipsiof
migrants. eo In ing from the Old Connery, en=
Whir "would assist tneeteeteelreir developeeent
bet the • sons • tif our finite:re; who ate ac
(painted with. the priveliens and dinieulties •
of the 'country ; . end there wee doitht
that :the lettee • class would, he ultunately
successful; and teak,: 'that part. of the Pro,
einee as preisperons•ae wetly older sectiotts.
With regard ttionr eilueettionel system, one I
()Lite ain't Min -Meant features was the pre -
per trainiiie of teachers Which wenhl -hive
great inflneece _the prosecution ,of (Attest, •
eitimal work, lo Which 'Ontario Ingle tirkee
se ghat a pride. Alia symmetry end per. .
fee:Mon of the bedding will depend itete greet •
meaeure on •(he Capacity and skill of the
workmen engeeted upoo it, The.l.e.gielaitnre
teed the. Edneational Diereettnent • titer, act
as the erchiteeLeted theeretioallY bay dee;eli
ono. devise an apparently peffeet'plan; tint
if we depeotl upon unskilled weektnen to
carry out the deeign, the et snit will be mei
doultcdly feiltire and disappointment. Tie
supply this want of teachers -snot (My littying
eeeseerreminteatterealeartnetil • ,
haviug 1een thi rotiehly trained in the equally
intportatittmalieeatioudeprecticallinowledge
of lite most approved theory and practice of
teaching -we had hitherto ereeted and mains
tallied large antl, costly:Normal Schools, one
'at Ottawa end the other at Toronto, whicht•
although ("aligned to be thoroughly Provin-
cial in .01one-character, fire lotted to be prate
titially 13031 to far ma the attendance Air
Students is concerned.. The feeling that this
Was so has Caused. demand to he ,metle by
leeelitiessomewhitt rentote from those schools
Lox the &action of additinnal tines. This
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THE CLINTON NEW
I tide decisi in, which was to the effect that
tisece hail 11V011 110 teal-nandhistration tor the
pert of tine e cherged with so 103V0 an of
tepee, The Hoese and the countre will, 1
fun Sere, welepine with pleaeure the exoneete•
thin of Wee gentle:alai how the grave (Merg-
es Preferred, 'end ant auto well ilisootinten
anee,end frowu flown any attempt -if ettell
be made -to review andscevil from tnotivee
of mirsonal malevolence or' political rencour,
the 'tgdgineet now rentleeed. As to the other
eeaull7,-1)0 doubt ti e some Olt tent pehlic caufi-
(fence had been Aitken in the tnethode devieed
for the proper aeerrey end cestody ex-
am:04n papers,0but he ltd no doubt the
Minister of Education wil'uld be able to in.
treur
tiee SQl110 lour° • stringent reguletious
whien eritould render teeth offences impossible
in the future ; and if by a further appre-
filiation or greater expenditere the ecceeettry
secrecy could bo scoured, he waa eure the
11011110 WOli 110.1.0(1331 to greet the money.
When the /lead of the Dbpartinetit of Educe.
• lion was taken into the Government, an ob.
jeetion was rnised arid A f031 enterteined that
rolitioal fettling might be introduced into the
administi atioil of the Defertment ; but he
°mild With pleasure hear teetimon3 that every-
ethhee undertaken by the atiniziter of 'Educe-
• Lien had been faithwl fully aimpartielly care
lied out. fie was hype to sey Rise that, tiie
intention So properly expreestel by theleader
the Oppeeition ena seller gentlemen on
tint s'do of 'the .Ifoose iiiFpoio•ing.41
iQuoatipool quettii•ma apart from Party dont-itt,
1. rat ions, had., been ee ,fitr, fairly , Carried. Opt:.
X0WSpaper OCWOrii; LOW0Var;bnve not all been.
reetre wed by ths Sala 0 settee of respell: delity,
and beeves Berry to see.abet ••few of them
htive•iu their remarks upon ethe late ve• s
wahine and chargee, exhibited the 01)01413'
their, delight at hitaleg 11, ding at a depert-
' melt of the Governineut awl its managements
diesettlite-th Cleveruetent wee in the hands. of
politited tipponents, and hue° appatentiyebeen
more desirous 'o1 creating ,a prejudice egainst
a,Mitiistry to wheel they are opposed, then
lenpartial'Yoduca timid' questions
and promoting a unity of all vartiee ie
endea-
votini td =the one ethmetionel ;laws aud
gUlations life.perfect poisible. Ele „trusted,
tiowever, that pehlia • ectithirent, and the ins
fi fleece of party leadeee,,, would reset ain in the
fotrire'lley efforts to mix up educational gees-
tione with ,party political warfare, (Hear,
'llear•) :They were enegiatulared iteehe ad-
_ dross epee-. the sucCese meastires passed'
on the,sehject of intenspeeance. • He believe 1
'
ti, Crooks Act. was nn iireportaet coneeteion
to the temperance sentiment of 'elle country;
end it was certainly pleasieg to* the Pronioters
of thief measere,*ite welt as te the /Teases thee
notwithstanding the strong op.posetion
wire given to this 'measurer he wetly et. ite
inset important sleben:3,mA wily in thisttous•
but hi:the Omintry, we ere now witueeeing ts
meet bittee opponepte heldieg it sop, as the
teme of perfection, and emelt:001113Y 'ileolar-
ine that, it Wei "lest-, the iteuntry .1 -tumid -be
.thoroughly satiefli'd witb. • This 1,0;14: \:('11,14
301. 00 !y foe -tf•e•ni enetn i No! f; bet also fel'
the -Mapper iti lett it" lied been ittiteinistered
• t Itranginot t non it t•y ; teok this. oti •
porta trite „ tea, eMis pl Meer tin g t lie loco! 41 4
gaols might become more efficietit, than they
woe et pivot -tit, AS it seonld meet the oese of
that large class of idlers who regarded gaols
IS deairable placee of free board, and winter
reeideticee rether then as places of pueishmonte
On the law regarding the relatione between
dl
lanoids Rad tenants the logal menibem of
f•he Ilouse would be more eotnpetont to form
an opinion then himself. He presumed that
it bed some reterence to the hardships that
often occurred by the distress of the property
of poor people. for rent, a Matter Wbial WAS
well worthy of careful coueidexation • at the
bands of the House. A Civit Service Mt was
also promised; in the preparation of which the
g mat elitecautswetenecessary, ne sit idle cella
of the present eystemevas the appolutment of
officials in consequence of recommendationa
troin politicel motives, end this evil would
have to be inet, so thatthe Government might
be relieved from the diflieultioe cotineeted
with it. Tho ellioials theineelves welds' ale°,
ile eaneosed, be benefitted, the mosl. wet thy be-
ing givett the preference. Some eon)! ise wee
no doubt felt that there was no mention et
Abe queetion. of tax exemptions inthe Speech.
He steppes( d, bowever, that the Gevernment
coeskieredthiS question to be one which would
be•inore'llreIrerlY d' lilt with il3* tile • liell9e
e privet° weasel e, He did aotilleitik• poleic
eePinle.n. W11S X11 110P014,011 11.1iit question. Al
• that* there appeared to be unatilmity
%the Tress of this 'city:with' regard to it, tboy
lid not rdpreeent the, feeline in t•he
pertiene. of the ..Prey in ce. Forsirisemserepo et,'
antl I Met. see the just lea. of et xe eipti
incoinee frent eexation, *..wlitet her • Pomba*
or Poeitiotel. 'Piero 'waft, too; a large pro.
pottlen reel.estate. 'which Sheol& beey its
share of •terinicipal taxatien„--These ?elm ad;
vocated the total eboTitioe of ' all exemptions'.
, %mined leeeieellys he • believed,. elevate. meets
reblogretiod: . But even truth onyit
sotnetinies leeks) *Concessions. to . expeclieticy,
tre eeetiment, and to ' peblio opmeon. Piiblic
.teuttiinent was be believed aversete. taxing the
lioaSe• of. (-1q(1,.. and poblie alsoe-ip
whiCh.there bee 'strong .elenieet et ..enstiees-
Objects' .01 ciliee and toweee,taxing,` spublic
hitildinge,*etither Geverriment er munteipal,.
•thelocatten of wino ivithert 044 ,beends'is•
eit.se-greataebettelit tostirein • lie should:like'
to eee es.tneatirtre hearing on this • qeestions
tretinced by ,Sinne indopeRdent• 'Welcher, -atid
be sliiittld he prepared te.' give ape'. measure
V.roeiding 'fp! theethOlitioe Matey existing:
exerriptionehis hearty •suppert . Thin! was
one clansli in the AsseSiiment Aet-that feint-
ing to the. reductimi of-eseesSnient oneiersOnitl
property • in consequence' of. • d elit -wild. le he.
thought .sliojela. be eepeoleils*- Thee provisisin •
is the meet meanie source of froutl lie connect -
tion whir ..eflebeeinteit 'elle; debts
'ar'e alwayi fled-n(04.d freni the asi,csenient of
tItrse by- wheat] they are due, hurtle donlited
.11 11 0000980 in a they .aro. evet!-
• given in litepersionil peoperteehy theesite vehem
are ..fucite there -.seemed, to-. be.
Freund •for it;thereugh •resisal cif elie basis of
-ninelleitiartaktition.e. , The • lest - enrage:gilt he
le'".taill reeS ceeterned ..eir tirtinh ion •whieh-
siwtiltt nOt be overleoked. .1t was patent to
•that-frOlitical in this anurirr-v was
'..1)ecoming day bY:i14eitere reeemoue mid. pees
soit4!Tide Wee tench to."'De • .regrettetle,,etzd
wee et,gre'leit, he:thought, bY the areal- ottilf
of our people.. •-•In 'the •theeneeiens thiti, toek..
place outside of the , /Parse .thiring 'the: ;met
etenteer there bad not. been -eo pereon-
•reirees indulged in with ,reepece to . the Locei,
lee:retest:Me ent ae with respect -to Cut Poinin60
..fleVernitients tit Raehrg.this paitl. com
•filittunittsrthe *leaders of • both ..eides tho
floMer, Who lied lett endeavored* to eltain . Or*
reel priSee I' - .sksteei.• .of viliti eat ein of
their Oppeinett's.. eTteire -aseir' an tip pees:doh
•tiniti the -Diet siteljon of this"Theteceettil ofelle
ilin;tc at i) ,; 1
p • • .•
pitetisin
WO 111 it hi 0) pi: +(ince oits thee pre:
000q, tunnel stielt wotildnet be the
Plov3nce. h(Avever, the lead.
in.• g4ntis Moser Confederatien,"-fleiC itreint•ellie•
.genee, mid progress, ant Wealth, Set an
ample of ,motleretien. ad .patriot ism - 'the
dieenteeimis,in its Isegislittnee, Andrei& lei:Owed
that the • party; that acts•moet closely to ,this-•
'spirit Will °pinto:end itself meet to the suppoile
of the electore Of the country. etorttl elmerte)
e'ettninissionees respeeterssuften the3 pelt-,
emu e ne) ner ih tlivy eretfernitel e
r1411.ttl.teltd tlai et 11;;If.r1;11;valilik4t1.(Ill' Vat" li'lli(sisii!411'4.a.r 1'1(1
bon t tta'y, for the,' had discharged their dui4v.
Airithout enmponstition awl in an etiii-ely (lli•
aietirirtinier,- • fp-justice to • ttliS craide
titil lione3t hateldie pet). ha 'Must srt,)
'hied flask kernel, iimfeeitton• inose ein eati
enetir" elieePPrelectielei, .1 w) wa4 b.p tip
• ..ffecta of the tneestiee. .Piteiy. 'were lett to be-
lieve•e-liy these :Who merely' ilesiree hi Inuke •
petit ieeleitseittil on t of the' 149verninclit
'Sure-lit:at it was re (Teni`frritrol- it,thele ttlitli
tire whole body of lestel•Iseeeeht,„ tfeseetedefor
•thete ruin by tempt:rimer ,fetetrite, lint the
-----------------reselt hen elersenthat• while it, has there a
great dentin tihecanse tempisenefect. it has
really been a ureesure (deo benefieial to the
honest end Nes/act:dare betel keeper. One
.4ote1.kt4tiell hail 'told heel thet the nrilicipal.
•objeetion wee tire pp -sed iliflieDitT to lteeP
the houses clear at night inapcordrinee wt1,11
the provisions of the Act ; but, title . diteett ty
"dieeppearest :se 8000 are it •catne into overatione
everyone leaving the ialoons when the eiesing
sii),im Itleilleisel 41srvri .141 to,:ists tiorleirpti ehrioteekettOt•Hitleili,
tended to vain the charactfir ant" 'standing of.
tiotPlAteePora anilthern,was no atitibt Hint its
:provisions and the method in wiecli tliey 1en1
been carried ent ha 1 .given generiil sarishie.
thin. --no,htad.was alto congratulatea upon
having tionsolideted the etatuteit Of Ontario.
There Wee no doubt that this- consolidation
wife/dile thoronghly welenine to Plc legal pro-
feesion ; it wee et atty. 130 'Vol)? welcome to
the.general j1tlhtitt, (Apillanse,) The might.
• tretee of the Provieee, sho 113t1 I:silt/1111Pd
their onerous end "diettariatable luf lus with
' . • „
titiittaw1 a 10,0 t and lir hoped that
every .trielitied* magistrate itt the Province
wtiala be eupplied with a cOpy. Any papoose
ineurredin this direction, he thought, would
he cheerfoily homelier the piddle, end heartily
ceticurred 111 byethe House, These etatutes
evotild also be of great 'benefit to municipal
officerand, sehool authorities. While ie
etiald"net be"dipepted 1iM all �fthcao elieultl
"ha provided '• with eopies, ilt Might lto
advisable to have the Acte relating to the
school laweninted ire eeparate fortp, and. that
o revised : awl consolidated edition, of the
'School Regulations, which :formed lin-
portant n pat of the schnel Law AN . t1Q ea-,
tutes, elterithl be bound With iL lie tv'as sure
the heed: of the Eltmationel Departilieut
Would illwaYs.be..11a1MY M.. neeise escheat an-
thorifiee iti the perfortnairee'of• their duties,
and that' the lionse would, cement is eV mt..
',meditate which -might Im necessaftv to pro -
vista them with coniee of those Att. It tres.
fortnuate for the eountty-thet weeesel at the
head of the Governor°, 1 a getitlemett eo well
fitted by his legal Mid judietratraining edit
expirieneu tO stiperviee anil direct the revisiOn
ral cettsolidetion of the levee 81) touch fier
iISIL0)ngrlttllIttt(ry ttja„sipeerb,-
The huge enace occupied by nougrefttlatione,
itifiteall of being a fit"sebject of atleek, spoke
well, he theoght, for the , care inlet jetlionetie
,dlepleyed m the preparation of the meaeures
stelitnitted to OM flue doting pest SeSeions, .
anfl fee.the eoneideration and ability brought
to beer upon them by tho Renee; there Pet
beim; one paragraph in the, Speech draw..
ing attention to any popular (lenient” for -a re.
f'r ainenclinent of recent legislation. No
more emphatic testimony could bo given to the
success ef out system of having only •one Chatn.
bee, Mel lie hoped Wet infilet respect and in
the interestaf econetnyesour sister Provintei
.wonld be in)eced, by, tze auceessee of this
Provinee to folloW its example. 'With }leveed
of the measnree proposed Ur bade:hob 18Very
intimate tiequeintalteti. He trupPoeed the
peueity of theee vvould form. a • subseet *Of at,
tack by the 01)1)03100ns I t Was not to be pits
peeted* that it -WAS the ditty 0118 i1iuis1ry
devifie legislatien"siMply to give the Hone -6
something to- do, hut rather to meee the de -
Mande of the emmtry,when theeountry made
those dernands known.. And if our hive -were
SO complete and effective that thete Wee to
demand for legislation, the,y were. Ito Certain-
ly *thought, to be eengratuleted,• Ile' was
very glad to 'see thee it measere Wad prothised
Lor the employment of peison labor Odra° of
'gaol 'Walla. 'With this provision, many of oar
'
demand resulted in the •ereetiott of St • Nor.
Mal School at Ottawa mid an agitation for
ititilat. one in the Weet. The 'estelaish.
moot, howev r, of the lystern of ealetdel
Schools sanatiolied•hy-life Legislature dui lug
last; emotion bade he Was •eatielled, been the
meat imporlant Step. Oa hall leen taken to
eeitply. to snilicientematitititie a comparatively
well trebled stiff of tertehera fee-rair rut al. •
sehools, mill to iiidueo the wieldy of the it,
MIMI to be furnielted, by 'every patt of. our
Provinceand he thought that the expendi-
ture the 'Province tsna made iti that direction
had proved mach more fruitful abd, beneficial
thitathe• thestiorruf-tivosserethree more large
Nermal Seheole eould havebeen, When the
sinegestion for the erectionof the Model Schools
was tirSt OntettainO, it was feared that they
might only .supply -metered from tho towns
and villages in their immediate neighborhood;
exPeriPaOqf however, had shown thet the at:
tetiiimeettesete Much larger than WaS
vated, and embraced, etudente from alit the
to,weships"surrouuding the places wheie they
WPreestablished, Hes Wes sties that. they,.
were much indebted to the present head of
the Eltteetiou Departmenb. for this great step
he education matters, and he. was also cond.-
dent thet the faeitities which Hutt gentleman
enjoyed tit the hen& of the Government and
the inembere of the House tvoitld enable him
to devise other . reform which woula• 'meet
With a like meature of 'sitcom. While •
this subject, it Might 00( 1)0 oub of Place te
refer to the immirer urhtfli had reifently taken
place with regerdeto the surreptitious hteue
of examination mere, and to the charge of
collusion bettvcen exammees and some. of
those eng"ageti in the, preparatiou. of oandie
datee for the teachers examination:I,. 11. woe
hatisfaetery,to knew that the • most actions
charge preferred itt Chits eonneetion, when
tried before one of our judgee, had been sada-
faetotily Cleared. up. The House had full
tonildefice in the ability and integrity; of our
judgeti, and Would reeeive with .geeat respbet
•
Scraps and Gleanings.
'8. (toed heavy farm horse in SCOtiand
is worth $550. in gold,e•
• The first female lawyer las been. 11.
ceased to :pro ctiCoiu 'North. Carolina.
In Jammu 14w -requires fish to be Sold
They.a1.6 peddled in Eau ks.
The people of 131 t, haw aban-
4M11111-intntrants--eonopttnies.,0114411SIII,
theiv property iiritistirance fornr-
.ed hy_ themselves. .
'IM. 11110, in his travelS,in Trirtary,
Thibe; • and- (Mitre, whilo,. traversiog it
mountain region in the Isaiden lotIgol
count' y, witnessed the strange spectacle
of a herd otyalett frozen .7.to the' atreqm
which they ,liad attempted to cross..
The ice was so transparent that they
looked °as- if still swijanning; but. the
eagles andravens loollduked out their
• es. • •
The (oiIrsojI of the .41:1•1a
thee /11:81/61t1on.' at • its meeting-. in, To.
tont°, .on Thursday, adopted resolutions
urgthen ing upon e notnittion Board of
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his Sincere thnuid
to his numerous
fritntle aria custo-
Mere, for thelibete
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p
othat hehrm re-
ceiverlwhik carry,
fug ontaisinesela
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llen 10 bueinere,
endtoiler every
eitort te nisei the
seams of hie merry
triads, to align.-
1100 retails their
• batronage.
Ira woul,l also- take this opportunits of stating that he,
hes W03'1110 epeouei perteership, eta that the bbsi-
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powfmt a sox. rii Mita Wittlieep oneeent
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the Mini issioneof Canadian cattle 50 the
ports of the United kingdom on tlie
same terms as ettqle sent from' other
British ports..
With tlis olaitin.icy and endurance
characti,ristic of tileir rnee, tile Chinese
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bits of their nattve eountry. The Eng-
lish papers tiring the news that Lipton
is Shocked by the behavior of the Chinese
Ambasseder, whose wife, the "Totter-
ing Lily," is about to be confined. While
the whole household is busily en I
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in preprtring for the baby, tts .fixtber is
about te tako another wife. Ha tried to
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get 11 • 410 la y, u buW no 6, -
thin Otto. Then he made. up his mind
selet one from his own household...
The jianceels a girl of fifteen, and the
neighbor buid ef Portland. Place, where
tho tmliassy is, is shaoked by unearthly
shrieks proceeding from the Anihrissto.
dor's residince. Thegirlyit seems fel
being prepared fOr the high honor in
:Stott for her; Iter feet are daily
fied," and then tightly bound wikli Iinon
bandages,
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