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Feb. 1 0 1882.
Opening of the Dominion Parliament
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Foreehadowing the Legis1ation or
" the Session.
•(Special Despatch from the Trams Correspon-
dent)
OrTawa, Feb. 9. -The fourth session of
the fourth Parliament of the Dominion of
Canada was to -day opened with all the
usual attendant ceremonies. Last night
and this morning large numbers of mem-
bers and Senatorzrived in this city frona
the east and west, , and the em-
ployees of the varioue hotels were
kept as busy; as bees • in providing
- for the acooanmodation of. their guests.
There are still,. however, a great many
members 'fri. arrive, and it isnot likely that
there will be a full tionse before next
week. To -day, flags: were flying from; the
Parliament buildingPdst-office end 'other
palidia,buildings, and the city would have
presented gar, • appearance but for the.
dense fog. which hung over it and shut the
sun fromview. • • .
At 3O'clock His Exoelleneithe Governor-
General drove froth 'Ilideau Hell to the
Parliament Buildings. The Vice.Regal '
-
party consisted of • His Exceilency the
Governor-General, Mr. and' Lady. Florence
Balfour, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, ptephens;
DeWinton, Col. Dyde, A. D. •C.
-• to the Queen ;Col. GrxoWski, A.D. C. to the
Queen ; . Capt. the Hon. W..-Bitgot,•
Major • Stewart . and ' Capt: 'Prevost,-
. A. D. C.'s. ; Col„ -Irvine and Capt.
, Cotton. TheY were acconipaided from
Rideau Hall to "„the - Parliament Build-.
inga lay an • eSeort et, men from the
Princetis Louise Dragoons. , The customary
alute .Wit's 'fired at Nepeari Point by the
Ottawa-Field•Battery; His Excellency, was
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received ;at the Parliament Buildingshy a
gintrd,of honor of .100 ,nien from the Coy-
ernor4eneral's F9ot Guards, withQueen'e.
• colors and'reed and.heigle bands.
The Senate chamber was -brilliant
lighted up, and, filled as,it was with richly -
dressed ladies, presented a very handsome
appearance. There Was a tremendous
crush in the galleries and 'in': the various
Approaches to them ; and it .was only. with
the greatest.difficulty • that edinittence
could be gained. As early:, as 2O'cleck all
the best seats were taken up, and tliosewho
. came late were unable to get in atall. ShortlY
• after 3 o'clook His Excellency arrived and
• proceeded to the Senate' chamber. The
Commons' having been summoned to the;
' bar (Atha chamber -he then read the fol
lowing
isPEECII FRO.da•leniE'ecutiatioNE. „
Honorable GentieMen of the Senate, Gentlemen
of the -House of Common:.
The hope. I expressed • at the close of the last
OeSsion that on the reassembling of Parliament
we should be able to Congratulate onrselVeS on a
season of peace and .proa,..,erity has been. fully
realized. Canada: has been favored.with a year
•' of great prosperity. Fierier -niers hate enjoyed a
plentiful harvest and remunerative prices: , Her-
xnanufacturiiig and Other industries ha...its-been
and continue to be developed , under' favorable
auspices. Her trade and eornmerce have ,been
steadilY.increasingand peace and • order prevail
within her borders: For:these-various blessings
we cannot be sufficiently thankful to the Giver of
all good things. . • '
, ' GARFIELD'S AsSASSINATIolL. %. -
The Chief Magistrate. of , the United States has
. been cut off by the bawl of an assassin, and it is
- fitting that the sorrow of .our peoplefora loss ,
which was not:that of out friends: and neighbors
alone should be here adverted . to as ,another
inatance of -the sympathy Whichunitesili brothet
hood the British Empire and the. American
September the new portion Of the canal between
Allanlitucg and Port :Dalhousie was opened fox
traffic.' '
aniinn viressi
lino of pleased
elresasai2 klalia°sWiLittn. asunbtigiziZI
under the authority of Parlianient is now plying
between the Dominion and Brazil with good
hopes a a mutually profitable trade.
Vac/TORS LAnon. CoMItHesioN.
The report of the Royal Commission issued to
inquire into the question of factory labor and
into the best means of promoting the comfort
and 'well-being a the workingman and his
family without undue interference with the
development of our manufacturing induatales,
will be laid before you and I invite your earnest
consideration of this report. ' •
Gentlemen of the House of Commons
The accounts Of the last year Will be laid be-
fore you. It will be satisfactory to you to find
that the expenditure has been less and the
revenue considerably more than the estimates of
last year, leaving a surplus of over $4,000,000. A
portion -of this sum has been used in the reduc-•
'ben of the, public debt by the redemption of
matured debentures -bearing six per cent.
interest, and the ' -remainder. applied 'to
the -payment for ' public works chargeable
to capital account. The necessity of issuing
the debenture loan authorized by Parliament
tor those purposes has therefore been obviated.
The estimates of the ensuing year will also be
submitted, and will, I trust, be found to have
been framed with due regard to economy and
the efficiency of the public serVice.
Honoralde, Gentlemen of tif,e Senate, Gentlemen
of the House of Commons •
I now invite your attention 'co the segeral
subjects mentioned, and to the general business
which will come before you, with full confidence
in your ability and patriotic desire to forward
the best interestii of the country. •
+P"
Opening of the Imperial Parliament
-•on Tuesday.
FULL TEXT OF TUE QUEEN'S SPEECtl,
Extensive Programme of Reform Measures
Foreshadowed.
STATE . OF IRELAND' CONSIDERED.
LONDON, . Feb. 7. --,-The. lpaperial , Parlia-
ment .reassembled- tb-day: There was .a'
brilliant assemblage in both Houses. , The
Queen's Speech is as follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen: , . ,
It is with much Satisfaction I again invite your
advice and assistance in the conduct of public
'affairs. • , .
THE domarto ROYAL 3LARRIA0E..
-between Prince Piincess ,
of 'Waldeck. I hiveLeopold every reasen-th believe this
ll
wibe a happy ubion.
FOREIGN RELATIOB,113.
I continue grelations ofcordial liarmony'vvith.
all foreign powers. The -treaty for the cession of
Thessaly to,Greepe has now been executed. In
the main provisiOns the transfer. of -sovereignty
and occupation was effected in a manner honor-.
-able toall -concerned.. '
. . In concert with the President Of the FrenchRepnblic, I ha,ye given careful attention to the
affairs of Egypt, where existing arrangements
have imposed an mo special obligations,/ f3hall
Use my influence to maintain.the rightralrea;dy
established, whether by the Firnians . of ..the
Sultan Or by various international engagements
in. a spirittV
:favorable to the „googogernment
•of the country and the prudent development of
.
its institutions.' .. . . ' ' • '
' ' . _ .. INDIA'S FIEDSERITY." , •.
' " I have -;pleasure in informing You , that the
, restoration �f peace beyond the „Northwestern
frontier; together with continued internal tral:F
quility,..plentiful seasons, -and an increase of
. xe.venue has enabled ray -Government in; India
to resume' works ' of-, public : utility - -which
were suspended, .and" 'devote ', its .. attention.
tomeasuresfor the ' further improvement
'esfithe condition Of the people. ••" .
. ..1 , - eql#11 AFB/PAs AlfPAIRPt •. ' . • . ,
he conventionWith the Transvaal has been
• ra "fiedby the 'Representative: Assembly,. and I•
ha e seen no reason:t6 qualify my .anticsipatiOn
of ta advantageous working. I.'have,', however,
to egret that although hostilities have not been
re ewedin the Basutoland county, it still re -
mins., . aunsettled. . ' • • . .
...
• Gentlenien of the House of Commons : . '•
' .. The estirnatee.fot theservicerof the year arein
an advanced stage of preparation and will be
'promptly submitted to you. . - ' . •, .
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My I,ordsend Gentlemen . . ,
-My communicatiens With heace, on . the' sub-
ject of the 0,. . , - •
• New* C01141LERCIAL TREATY-
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hive .not been closed. Theywill be presented -
by me,'as I have aireacii. acquainted , you wit14
the clesii•e to concluder-ehtreaty_ favorable 'to-
. extended intercourse between the two nations,
to whose close amity I attach So.great value. ' .
, -
, : mann itiiiioVitio. -. , '
;The ttade.of the country,. both .doraestio and
foreign, for scone time bas been hinpreofing an -d.
--the=mildnesset the-winter-lia-offiben eminently -
suited to 'farming operations, Better prospects -
are, I trnst;thas 'opened . for the -ffiassetx imme‘i
diately" coneerbed in -agriculture; The publics'
-revenue, which is' greatly, though not always at
once, affeeted by the,state of industry and coin:,
naetee, has not yet 'exhibited', an ,uPwarffitioye--
nient in Prciportion te their" increased activity.
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' ..: TIIE.CONDITION OF D
IRELAN. -, •
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. This time, compared with the beginning Of
last Year, shows Signs, of. improvement „end,
encourages the 'hope that "perseverance iia the
course ,You ..pursned :will be rewarded by the
happy results so much to be desired. Justice
has been affininistered With 'greater efficacy, and
.intimidation which . had' been ' employed
fo . deter occupiers , of , land . from .. ,ful-
filling obligations anffiftonievailing themselvesof the Act .of the hist seSsion,-. shoWs.' 'upon' :th:o,
whole diminished: ree - My effcirta through• tile,
bounty cif Providence has been-favered bit an.
abundant harvest in that portian of the king-
dom: Iii. addition' to the vigorous .exe,cution of the
provisions of the ordinary law Thave not hesitated '
under the painfiil iieeessity of the case to employ.
largely the exceptional powers 'entrusted to me
• for thaprotection .of . life and pronertyby..the-
two Acts of the last session.. . • •..
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ENSION OF. SELF-GOVERNMENT. ,
Yon will, be invited to deal with proposals for
the establishmentin English -and Welsh counties
- of local self-government; which: has to long hech.
enjoyed , by -towns, . -with °tiled ged ' powers of
administration andffiutincial changes", whichtwill
gi:v.f/../1111,'IPTPPPqr.til,M.tY,. 9f" considering, hothitlr
te:tow,kLatiffi _coinitYA, What , may be . the .pitipet
• ext,entankinest egnitable ',and provident "fornic
of eentriltation fienilhd:IMPOrial taxes in, ftlie'il
. relief of lifcal. charges: ;These:preposals, as', .ffir
as theyareffinancial, vvill apply to the whole of)
Great Bffitain. , It Will ,be peoessitry ' to . reserve
,the caseet 'Ireland for separate consideration. V.!
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,• .In d,orineeticin With' 'tho"..generar subject of
CaIdeal , -nn tile:isogon,' I have. directed ii. reea,Sure
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,belfrepared and submitted t.o.you.for the refoffinS
, .
'of
/.the:JP:X.40n CandYclis fingulabed . corporation!df
..104.4,04':Xtlindli'folk..11-ie "`eXtreiniion .Of municip4
gbierinlierif tellieffietreponff at large , . ,".-,-•"
' • .' fOrtma itH-Oipx iii-EASHRES: ...,,• •
. ng. Biwill . again. be laid before; YouWith• which
'during lest Betaken,' notwithstanding the ;length'
'.6f itsduration and, yourunwearied labors, it was
10005inipossible to proceed. I•refer particularly
to, thoseeoncerning, ban.krriptcy, repression 61
Lecirrupt practices at electionand conservaney'
' of rivers and'prevention of iloOds. .. . • .
, Measures. will also. be'. pronoged to" .you. with
respect to the criminal c0,d0 alai consolidation
and amendment of thelaws affecting,patents.
. The interests Otsoriae portions of the Kb:tido/Xi
have suffereffinicculiarly of late years from the.
extreme-, preasure .of public business ' on your
'Mine and strength;.but I trust during the session
you may be able -to consider EinsMaieh':Will be,
presented to you in relatien•to thelaw of entail
arid edueationaleridownientain Scotland and to
. improve the means -of education inWalefi. • . ..
I do.naniencl these and other sUbjects.with. eon.
, fldencp to. your care, a,nd it is my earnest prayer
. , . . ,
that your, wisdOm and , energy may, under, the
.blessing ofGed, 'prove equal to the varied and
increasing needs a t4.extended empire: . •
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Nubs of 'News.
A. M. Sullivan has definitely resigned his
seat in the House'of Commons fop Meath.
A boy who died, last week, at Millera-
burg, 0., had been tormented e; great deal
by his schoolmates, and some time ago was
bedly scared_ by them. After going home
he thok sick,became delirious and remained.
in that condition until death. At times he
imagined that the school -boys were trying
to kill hirn, and his condition was a pitiable
The port of Falmouth which is the first
aPPreaelled by Australian and Cape vessel
nearing England, is rernarlsalale for vessels
built for speed and owned by Falmouth
clothiers. They Hometinaes are net 100
miles west of the Scillies cruising about,
and when a ship is sighted they board her
and Make Bales. The sailors do not pay
cash. The purthases ire deducted from
their pay by the captains. A penny paper
often fetches 60 cents. . '
The " cat" was administered in Newgate
I have given my approval to the marriage recently to two men, Thomas Dwyer and
and the Helena
" • Mr. Rynaal, on his appearance in the
House to -day, was Warmly congratulated:
on Ins recovery by a large number Of
friends who were agreeably surprised to see
him look so well.
• Hon. Mr. Caron will .-entertain the mem-,
,bers 4 the press to a dinner during the
session.
• Mr. and Miss Kilvert are,at the Russell.
Mr. Lyn:adds at the Windsor. -
The annualimeeting of the press:gallery
will be held on •Saturday week. '
• All the Ministers were preaenrat the
-opening with the exception of Hen. J. C.
Ormkive, Feb. 9. -The Speaker took the
chair at 4 o'clock. --
Mr. Speaker informed the House that
the Clerk had received from the Clerk of
the Crown in Chander -y. ,certificatps of elec-
tion and return of the following Men:then
Messrs. James -Reid, for electoral district
• of Caribou; Darius Crouter, for -electoral
district of East Riding of Northumberland ;
David Irvine, for electoral district of Carle.'
ton, N. B. ; Simon Xavier Chinn,. for
electoral district' Charlevoix ; Guillaume
Amyot, for electoral district Bellechasse ;
Hon. A. W: MoLelan, for Colchester, N. S.;
John McDougal& fur Pictou ; J. S. 0„
Abbott, for Argenteuil; Geo. Guillett, for.
WestRiding of 'Northumberland!'
. The new members were then introduced.
—Sir-Johia-Macdoneldr-seetifeletrby-Sir
Leonard Tilley, inoved for leave to intro-
duce the usual formal Bill relating.to oaths
of office, which was read a first time.
Sir John Macdonald, seconded by Sir
• Leonard Tilley, moved, That His Excel-
lency's Speech be taken into consideration
• to -morrow -Carried. •_
. On motion a Sir_john Macdonald the
House adjourned' at 4.50.
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HIS EXCELLENCY'SNORTHWEST TRIF., •
• Miring the repass Shad the pleasure of visiting
• the Province of Manitoba..add "cif .traversing the
extensive Provincesof the Northwest; and from
personal. examination. ,can sincerely congratu-
late. .Canada;,. On they, il.essessicia. Of; ,50' magnifi-
cent. .and-fertj.1(3.- a ',.--region3t-tO,Ae--inhabited,,,
Ltrest, in ..the „c ourse, Of .Yearefb"imillion's :of
thriVing mid aontenteffignbjeettiof Her Majesity.-.
The. immigrants havenot confined'. themselves
tofanitoba1oi itsi:(yieinity; but are 'Scattered'
over the country:westward to: the_base_'ofl.the-
Itocky Mountaiiiiar,l,aif-d:-froin the internatitnial -
boundary tO the batiks of the northern Saskatch-
ewan. :It is; therefore,1,11Might .thatIthe tinie. has ,.
come for thedivisiOn of the-Territeries into :four
or ino,rel.Parffiaio n al diet -Kt yffithini.apprOpriatesu.
bmitted. ,
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teryckirecaisideratien.,,,,,•,1;'-. • . •
• • , TE INDIAN:DIFFICULTY. •••
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During -my journey I was met by immerout4
Indian tribes, all .expressing confidence in the
continuance of the traditional policy of
kind-
noas and justice which has . hitherto' gov-
• erned theaborigines.L.--.1.agret however,
__ to say- that the . necestsity of
menting the food Supplyof theIndians still
exists, and is likely to continue for same years.
Every exertion has been .rnade to settle'the
Indian bands on reserves and to induee them to
betake themselves to the:raising fif., cattle 'and
cultivating the soil. Theseeffortshavemet with
a. fair measure.' of suCcess; 'but we cf3al only
expect -by it long. • continuance of ,patient
firmness to.induce these children of. the prairie
and the.forest to abandon their nomadic .nabit
become self-supporting :and ultimatelyadd to
the industrial wealth of the country. • The inthix
of a white population.has greatly increased.the-
danger of collision between the pettier -and red
.• man, and, in my opinicim- rendarsran augmenta-
tion Of the Mounted „Polielia, matter of urgency.
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• szan vioCOMmISM,ON. •
The report of the Cenimission' appointed to
investigate the existing system -Of the Civil Ser.
vice will be laid before you abd i Measure on the
subject sdbmitted for your .donsideration.
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• THE DECENNIAL CENSUS ' •
• having been . taken last year the dtit3r of recon-
- aidering_ancl readjusting .the representation in
the House of Commons is iropOSed.upon you. A
niesisure for the purpose will be liiidliefore you
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TDASTIRES TO I3E• INTRODUCED. .
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Several' other measures of importance will be
submitted to you.-Ablong them will be Bills for
the winding up f insffivent .banks; insurance
companies . and trading corporations; for ' the
consolidation and amendment efthe lama
respecting the Dominion lands; for the amend-
• ment of the Acts'relatingto the Sixprenie Court
of Canada, and Bills .relating to :thathnure 'Of
- office of the Judges • of ,County .Courts and to
fugitive offenders within the Empire"; and your
attention will be called to the presentanontalous
position, of the vice-.adiniralty jurisdiction.. '
Patrick Roach, who were convicte_di ef
robbery with violence. The prisoners, who
were sentenced to five years' penal serVi-
,tude; were, in addition, each ordered to
receive twenty strokes with the cat. Roacla
was first led to the whipping -post, He
knew nothing as•to what was to take place_
-nntil stripped. Bothnaen auffered consider-
ithly,And howled loudly at eachstroke.
The cat was administered by one of the
jailres, a powerful mail, who had one duty
• in that capaCity before.
.A young stranger sauntered into a revival
meeting at Carlisle; Ind., and listened to a
stirring exhortation to repentance._ He
went forward when repentant sinners Were
invited, and wept while the 'brethren
prayed for him. When questiimed, he'said"
he was Arthur Thomas, a hdr.glar ; thathe
had cense to the Village to open safes, and
had' entered'the church to kill time; that
he was truly penitent,' and .wiabed.to done:
fess robberies which he had lately com-
mitted in neighboring -towns. --A 'fiberilf-
Who happened to be present arrested him;
and "found the tools of his callingin his
-pockets. He je to be tried for the crimes
of which he aecused
A somewhat singular affair is reported
from Great Yarmouth, England. Some
eight and twenty years ago a man named
Vince left his wife and three youngehildren
and wont to Australia,. Nothing was after-
ward heard of him and he was supposed to be
dead. About three years ago he returned to
. Yarmouth and opened a boot and shoe shop
under the,name of Barnard, and "remained
unrecognized until a day or twosince, when
his, wife went:into' the shep .to make a
purchase: Hig faee`seemed familiar to her,
and .on making inquiries she discovered
that Mr. Barnard was her long -lost
husband. The family, however, declined
to have anything to do :
/11/'-01/41/10N1111 ISCCENTICICITT.66.
Why flehes.es 1Iope with 'Grooms
Married ,nad Tett , 11 e t:ffirttried.
' Miss Braddon 'knew whet, she -was :about
When.,she made lierliereilie elope, with the
groom:. PoSsibly for. the:fees:en that affine
man. on a 'fine horse IS- adknoWledged to -be
one..of the handsomest sights in the,'World
grooms-seenr:trroffer-w-peculearT attraction
to their ' employ er's'vvives and de:Lighters::
Two months ago the wife- of. an effluent
English gentlernan-she . herself being
-ladyof.fortune-7---C1onedwith a•gocidlOoking
"groom when her husband Was out shboting-
;witli,...lier, brother,,,,,and •they„.are-,aiew• in
was apending Phriplipati 84,:l.).-00PpOrt met
at Plymouth railwa.y ststtou by :appoint:,
.'inen'ther father s cottehmaja,.andthey Went.;
-Off 'together.; .'Tbeir dfsentiearenee waknot
,iirtowit., till the, 1,.iext-daY, and'hY, that gine':
they were on their wity:.t9,:tlie Cape in the;
thailSthatiair Pretoria.' What '.•:reakthe,
Paatt4i wrse i that)h nWl:194,4140,10
• li4j-10',Pi'wife ad famiy '1h 1e8upg
-some, well-equipped stable'•:servants. the
TEE PACIFIC RAILWAY. •
• Thowork of construction on that portionof the
Canadian Pacific Railway 'between Prince
Arthur's Landing andWinnipegis being pressed
to completion, and it is confidently expected that
in July next railway commtinication will be
' established between' these places. The section
between Rat Portage and Winnipeg, one. hun-
dred and thirty-five DIIiIeS in length, has'
been completed -and transferred under ' the
terms of the contract to the' Canadian
Pacific Railway Company,.by Whomif is now
operated. Considerable progress hoe been made
on the eastern section, commeucing at Callander
station, and the vigorous. Prosecution of the
work on that portion of tho line
during the present year provided for.
In British Columbia the work upon the section
between Savona's Perry and Eniory's Bar is
being carriedon with every prospect. of its
completion within the time specified in the -con=
tract, 'and the _line from the latter
place • to , Port Moody, . which has
been carefully located , • during the
past season, is now being placed under cox:area
with a view to.its completion at the,sanat -date as
, the section from Savona's FerryrteErciory'e Bar.
Upon the sections to beontitructeci by tho rail-
.
way company_theorlcJias heen mo,stenergeth,
cally carried forward. During the past sumMer
the road hat been graded for the distance of-
• twohniffired and eighteen miles, and of thione
.....-htinclred and sixty-one miles are coMpleted and
open for traffic. The eempany, have in addition
graded eight -nine miles of branch liraie. • -
THE INTERCOLONIAD RAILWAY.
, Attention is drawn in English ,papers
to the non -recognition of the English mar-
riage law' in France, which lead a to the
desertion of many English women and
ehilaren on their arrival in that -country.
-A Frenchman natty marry an English 'girl
in England according to English laws, and
as long as they remain inEngland they are
lawfully wedded; but let a trip to Parisor
to French soil be taken, and the no
hinger a wife, and_ the -Children become
sliert time ago a French -
_ream dame to Paris, and finding that the
English woman he had espoused eighteen
years ago was not legally his wife, honor-
ably remarried her aecording to the French
law. But unfortunately Frenchmen do
'not always act thus, and instances may be
noted where the 'police have been called in
to expel the -English wife -and her babes as
intruders at the house of the husband and
INTERNATIONAL.P.OSTAL pOUMTIONS.
Contentplated (Change -with liaard tp
Printed Matter.
A despatch from Washington says: Many
complaints have been made of the evasion
of the postaloregulations between this coma.'
try and Canada by publishers. 13-ncler the
treaties matter printed in Canada comes to
this country for about 1 cent per pound,
while the same class of •matter mailed in
the United States pays.postage of a cent on
every' two ounces. Taking advantage of
this circumstance, • many Publications
intended for circulation in the United
States are printed in Canada -by agents a
publishers, who thus secure a much lower
rate of postage than they are entitled to.
The evil has grown to large proportions,
a,nd the Canadian authorities have con-
sented to adopt regulations for its preven,
tion. It is probable that second-class
matter mailed in Catiada,and purporting to
be printed in the 'United States 91 circa -
Med in behalf of persons or firms in the
United States, will be compelled to pay 1011
United States postage. • '
Pigmy) attempts to dim:dint
_therPraise of MN. Langtry's " so-called
,acting," _and hopes that the announcement
is true- that .she bag accepted a regular
engagement at the Haymarket theatre.
p.he went up like a rocket on- account -of
the audience being made up of her friends,
but Figaro more -than insinuates that her
professional acting will not stand the test
of time. ,
" - A despatch from Cheboygan says the
Detroit, Maekinaw & Marquette Railroad
i am pleased to be able to state that the traffiq Company's steamer Algonah, whichwas
on the Intereolonial Railway has largely
that increased, and at this line was -during the iast built with the idea of being able DA all
fiscal year, for the first time in its history, times to force its way aerOSS the StraitS,
worked 'without expense to the country, '.- • has failed to cross since Saturday, and is
• WRLLAND CANAL IMPROVEMICTITS. ', now fast in the ice two mike from Macki-
The works on the Welland Canal were sb far naw'City. A crossing is effected on the lee
advanced that the watera of Lake Erie were
introduced for its supply in Juno last, and -in 00 foot' '
•• 1117M: de Lietlrepti new paper .an itt erest-
iiag, artiele"appeam- giving. . the deecription,
,of tlae„Savanneh,.'•the•j:firat :steanatihip that.
ever crosged the. Atlantic: It is -just sixty-
:tbreeveers since -the 'Savitianali;:a.vesaelpf,
380.ionsi sailed frora,theAmit afterWinch.
sheWas nattie&tor Liverpool. • The vessel
,Was-binit by Francis,Fickett at New York, .
Whireehe'was- Iminched in 1818, 'and after- ,
Ward engines • ,made. at
Morristown; N. J. The credit- of croseing:
the Ocean is due to John Scarborough, who
boUght the -i3teanier.Thist. after'she left the
atecke, • It nOstated that When the .noVel
-Ship with:a ,funnel arriyecloff--:CapeClear,
,slieW,as;siappiserito be en lire, and a totter
-Wag.; sent , frain ' the 'naval statibil at "cork;
.•:00.!.her relief.' A rumor having , gained'
credence that. she, wa's deisigned.' to resChe
1,Tapo1eina from St Helena, a sharp Watch'
'was kepton• her.: '* The real objeet was to
•,Seillaer at e profit, and she wasoffered to.:
the Swedish end Russian,Governments,
but as neither Would buy her, she ionce
rdere..nuide.thieoceenpessage to NeW, york,-'
'traded between New 'York. .and Savannah,'
end was finallyyereckdon•LrinIslend.
).Mactirkni is'.ifthkfi'30,tia-./014S11',""i1,0141,11:iy,
13 knoityii;to few of .:-,those-even 10 Sicily,
its birtliplace-n4io hold it iii..the higheat,.
esteerni k.'Once ,urifin a inie;',.'a .7g810k
Palermitan :noble taWneef:'a cebk With an:
inventive,denies. One dy sna rup`thref•
sculi4tymptitiopti,044.
of rich,eanceand grated parmesen;famills
te these who have partaken Of. "Mecermit
el: Southern Italy. . Having filled
'a -mighty china bowl. With this -deliCioue,
corepound, he set it 'before his :1,OrdH-a,.
gourmet of :the first •Waterand steed by,
'in deferential attitude .to-Viatteh the effect
of. his ,experinient: The firstniotithfUl'
lel:jolted the 'ejadulatiorr,",Cariil"..
idiomati-
ealjy 'equivalent
from the Illastrieus.. epicure. 'After
ewalloWing, second rtiodicomi;., he
exclaimed, ,.,.)Je.ta, earl'!" • br "Excellent,
' indeed :Pregently, as the flexor: ,ot: the
toothsotoe. Mess' grew . Upon' him,' :his-
enthusiegm . •,Oried,
eat."' in a 'voice :trenaillous with "joy--
fut. enatition,'1'. Ma; cart:mil" In-,
deed,. Most SuPremelY, sublamely And
Superlatively excellent!". In paying this
verbal tribute td the, Merits ,of,'his„cook's
diFseoVery he 'unwittingly .bestowed a name'
,upon that: adthirahle preparation which
has ettekleit,ever. Since.
' It • appears that Crstaoshave a, very
effective reale, of. -preventing themarriage
of their female ,relati-yea, with foreignere.
A. famouS-African eiploret, viiiithig.Crete
.§pme,-yearg ago; ;fell' desperately in love
with a lovely girloind Partly through' the
good Offices of the American Consul, suc-
ceeded so.wellitihis'oirertures that a day
was fixed for• the nuPtials.'• hour before
, . ,
they .weretri take place there arrived- three
Greeks,. 'with an interpreter, who, intro -
Aube& them as. the big. brothers of the
bride. • The..interpreter slab brought a
parchment, which he explained Was merely
, a ci!ada of ` settlement by which the bride-
groom Undertook to ,pensiemliis, 'nether -in.,"
law and the triad of brothers-ia-law, and .
to pay the flet instalment down: • The
unhappy bridegroom . explained.' that ,he
hadn't the money. The brothers frowned
and growled; and matters looked, squally,
when, to the inexpreasiblerelief of, , the
bridegroom, the Consul arrived, and; with
great -difficulty, enabled his friend to escape
further -dealings 'With this , businesslike
feral y..
Latest Spolltispi
As late ea the '28tli of 1:)eeeraber people
we're cutting oats at Lintratlien.
Tho' maa Ferguson, who was senteneet4
to
. • va
'deeth at Glasgow • recently,. has Sep
'reprieved. ' ,
Lady Fergusson, wife of Sir „Jamesir,Fer,e
gusson, of Xilkerran, Governer of .13oixtbay,,
has' died in India of cholera.
Mr. j. M., 'Roes, teacher oftBiiglish
literature in the Bigh Schoolpf
is engaged on a Work eh iiiilYt'Scottish
.history' and literature. -f•-. '
. The Establiehed Clinr,c. 1120,f Scotland, in
, the shape of teinds, exchequer grants, arid
the estinaated value of Manees and glebes,
receives £320,000 a yar '
Sir Thomas Giadatorte;...,.Aart.Of Fesque,
elder brother offP.ronaiq,',044itope, and 80
years of age, sang asting4;itligt#atc,ki"
a ferment'. Ineet1I34
At aemeeting f•;019,„Vetii,,:,of,-,009t1
held.. in EfolYreod.alece,.. 'Bdinb
' recently, , Lord' POI.Wait11,• Was '"L010,3tOd a
Representative Peer;drif recniv,;,6f,sthk' late
Eerlet '
Lord ,Winaliorne • "Of-f01•8;rtO advance,..his
tenants in Ross-iiIiire-Mon'ey,free of inter -
,est to enable them to build -cottages; and'
• now it is Osked, To whom will the cottages
belong,' to the landlord or to the -tenant, .at
the end of the leases? • • • - • • - • ,.
. 'The Crown 04urt congregation; London,
ofThorn the, late Dr. 'Otimming was ao
long, paator,.have decided 'to. remove - from
theiepresent quarters. • A 'new • church; to
seat 700 worshippers, is to be erected' in
Knightsbridge. and nearly the whole . of
the, neeesterylinada, have been :subsdribed.
:The inventbry Of the Personal.' estate Of .
thelateMr. Andrew Jrazdine, of Lanrielt,
Castle,Terthshire, and Corrie,- Dumfries-
shire,•hap, been sworn to, the amount being
stated 'kg not 'exceeding £1,371,000.Ster1ing.
Mr: -Jardine Wag: a 'partner Of Jardine;
Matheson & Co:, merchants', 'London and
Shanghai. ". •
' • •‘
Scotch- agricultural journal' has pub-
lished.an interestinglist of farms. in East
Lothian.,(the cradle of highlarniing) which
have reCently been re -let. -In one case the.
rent has 'fallen frOm £1,00, to.£1,000; in
another from £50., to g290,,,,and in a third
from £1,500. -to Altogether'the•rentel
,
of' nine -farms has been reduced from -
£1O,535„ .
te.g7,631. .'• , •
The death is announced:of Admiral Rils-
sell -Elliot,: at his 'residence, 'Appleby
Castle,'.'Westmorelanti. •The deceased, "a
son of the -late --Sir WilliaM Elliot; 'Sixth
.Baronet,,et •Stobs, Ftoxburgheire, -Was born
on'the' 26th Of -March,, 1802, . and 'entered'
the naVy in November, 1814, as a volunteer.
A.dMiral Elliet7' who was- , the Commis-
sion -of the ,Peace for, the County of West-
moreland, was, twice married. '
-4-A-singular7case-of-suicide-is-repdrted.
from . Skipness, Kintyre. 4.. fisherman
named,Archibald Wilson', 33 years of age
and linnaarried,:wasasiiiiting the farmer -at,
°Canfield; itt the 'height of the recent gale,
to secure..some stacks which were in.danger
of being..throwtOown; when his bonnet was
lalovni,MYcand•be followed it across a. field.
As he did' not -return, search was made, and
,he was found ia a half'sitting position with
his tlithat cut.-
• . Anaccident occurred to Mecommo, the
lion tamer at ,Edmond's Menagerie, at
present exhibiting at the • Grassmarket,
Edinburgh. -Holad .just finished one of .
his perforrnanceginthe den,, and. wae
.retiring, when he stumbled, and one of the -
lions pounced on laini and inserted RS teeth
in the fleshy iiart of his arra. The . injury
:Was fortunately slight, :bat, as might be ,
expected, he incident produced some little
excitement • anapne the spectators. ,• , At It
subsequent part of the day;however, he
, made' performances. , .
' It ,is 'reporthl; that an epidemic .has.
broken„ Out amongst horses .in Glasgow,
siniilar to that which recently prevailed in
London and oth,er large towns in England.
liorsesibega if, to, 13e7effeetedWith tlie,Corn-
plaint, -and inthe course 'of a 'day or two a
number of animals had to he withdrawn
.
from Work suffering froni the disease. The
, disease has. • been designated a ” 111.1Mb
Cold," ,tlie..•symptems betokening an riffec
tion of the lungs. 'It is said that the ,out.
. . .
breek . has ,caused uneasiness among, the:
owners of large: studs, and. that, the Veterit
'nary surgepris are' largely employed.'dealing
LYvith the dpidemic. ',Several horses 'have,
already. died: .. • ..• • '•
Sheriff Lees, Glasgow, has leaned judg-.
ment in the action- at the inetaime of a
_girl named Park,- an . in mate , of the- Lodi,'
burn industrialSchool, ,,and her father,
;against Miss Wallace, the matron
of that establishment, claiming damages
fel' assault. The Sheriff finds that the
pUnishments inflicted on ,the girl were
grossly in excess of the rules, and Were of
a;•severe, brutal and degrading •charac-
ter ;" an& that, , itt thee eiroutiastances,.
the' amounted to assault, Miss: Wallace
it found liable for £2,0;:es solatium to the
• girl, atid aleo-fer the eXpenseg.. ••••
ateaf. for fifteen Cents:
Here is it bill -of -fare for fifteen- cents, as
served in one restaurant in:Philadelphia :
Roast beef, and mutton,- boiled . mutton,.
Meat pie, potatoes, 'corn, peas, ,tomatoes,
pies, bread- and rice pudding, and several
other articles which vary from day to day,
though the 'above .are stapleproclucts pf
the establishment to be had.' at every
dinner. .The reperter indulged in the hal-
lowing naeal ' • • '
, Cents.
One-fourth pound..roast rib of beef at a cost
to the establitibmi3nt for the raw material of 3
Twe boiled potatoes:. .... . ... . . . ...
no dish driesipeas.
One dish tomatoes • 1
One cup Coffee '
One pat butter
Two slices bread
One Place Pie
a
•
This leaves a profit to the proprietor of
two cents 011 each individual's dinner, but
it must be taken into consideration that be
has yet to defray the important items of
rent, help, gas, fuel, etc. Thus he has to
serve out 200 separate dinners before he
realizes an aggregate profit .of 84 Off the
cost of- materiel alone, dila to which he
must look to defray his other • incidental
expenses. -
A. J. Gordon, D.D.,bears important_
testimony to the results of XriyMoody's
efforts in Boston for the conveNien-, of
intemperate men. He says: " We took
into our own, church 26 , converted drunk-
ards. After I five years, a careftil weighing
of their names ahows that 18 Fiut of the 26
have been entirely without reproach, living
exemplary and devoted lives; three stum-
bled once or twice, but were now maintain-
ing an orderly walk ; three have been
excluded; one died _ a most triumphant
death, after having witnesseda good con-
fession ; and one, having moved away, has
been lostsight of."
- An organization, simular to the Salvatioi_
Army, called, the Christian Army," has
been formed • in Chicago for evangelistic
pint:poses. It has a commander-in-chief and
other officers down to corpora.- Bishop
Fellowes is said to be encouragin0humove.
ment, which•is unsectariAn. - •
rotegoionat aud other (5av
liroozy TO LEND IN LARGE OR SMALL
.i,v,Leams an good mortgage securityonederate rates
atAitereat. H. HA VP, Clintenf '
- • -
1,1,0T OF LAb;DS IN 1117nON FOR SALE BY
,t,J*Canada Company, nuiy be seen at the office of
Vandg'ragned. ist. HALE, ,
D.H4)DowsLEy,M, 0., 1,5.14. a. p. ENGLAND,- .
Stugeoia, oc., Ordeo rand resiaanee
neitMeleen's Bank, market ea= e Clinton
• _ PPLETo_.oppicE_A rp.
ohuzigien .°Et'taattlno opp-e-citeTh8e/Dnn'glii-Ys-Eli
TAMES -SCOTT BARRISTER SOLICITOR OFTHE
Suprenle'kEprt of Ontario, Conveyancer, he. ---
Office, in BfAvEttatt:opit, ALBERT Sr., chiffon.•
YOU/siG;''Ist .,H., (GRADUATE
OF TORONTO
•Universitg1lliysician, Surgeon, &c.,,residenco at
Mr. Mannirirgthreli doors east of the Temperance
Londerklmrof'Ont. •
REEVE.-- OFFICE, ALBERT STREET-
iinmediately north of Dickson's book stor. '
Mince'opposite the Temperance Hall, Huron Street
Olin ton. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 6.m. .
mARRIAGE LICENSES AND, CERTIFICATES
1/1Apply at the Smith litleck,or the residence of the °
enbseriberi near the London, Huron di .Bruee,Railway,
JAMES SCOTT, Issuer of Marriage.LiCenses. Clinton
-kr RS. 'WHITT, TEACHER OF MUSIC. PUPILS .
.01 attended at their 01.1). reeidenee, if necessary. Re-
aidence-at Mni. WattersOn's, Ittittenbury St, Clinton.
Rice's new method taught if desired.
IARR
. STANBEY,-OsiiDuATE OF THE MED/
-Veer, Department of Vic Vila University, Toroneo,for
minty of the Hospitals and Dispensaries''New York
Coroner.for the County of Huron, Bayfteld,Ont.
.1 -tie Toronto University; ember oithe College of Play-
ne W. WILLIAMS, \IELfa. A., B. GRADUATE OF
nicianit and Surgeond, Ont. FFICE si RESIDENCE the
holm fermerly occupied by Dr. Reeve, Albert street
11. MANNING, 'ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
-13-g ffiros.,nc-CHANcnnv, Conveyancer, dte., Beaver
Block, Clinton, Ont. All business promptly attended
fn Office' beers. Paan. to 6 pan. • '
'WORTIIINGTON, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
11Acecittehenr,Licentiate of the College ofPhysician-
and Surgeons of Leiwer Canada, an d Provincial Lieen,
liate and'Coronorfor Hie Conntyof Huron. Oftdecand
„residence, -The bffilding forrncnly occupied by Mr.
Thwaites, Huron street.
Cl'inton,iTan. 10, 1871- !
Mr. Spurgeon had a bazaar at the Taber-
-made, in the first week of the year, to raise
money for one of his orphanages. In
noticing' it, the Belfast * Witness Bays:
--"-Sonae peopip, object to such methods of
raising mon' for-religioutspurposes, but
the strong common sialge or the great'
preacher keeps him from Making auch a
Mistake. He recognizes the giving 0 work
as well as the -giving of money for God's
A new colonization coinpany, with a
capital of 42,500,000, has been formed in
Montreal, With Sir Hugh Allan as Presi-
dent. It is intended to purchase a million
acres of land in the Northwest and intro-
-duce,settlers from Great Britain.
Mine. Christine Nilsson s favorite amuse-
ment is shooting. She has been staying at
a country house belonging to Queen
',Isabella, where she shot a quantity of
pheasants in the royal preserves.
The New Railway Craze.
What we of the peninsula want is not
more railway tracks on which to waltz
across our own floors at 'home, but tracks
that will give us new outlets east, towards
the Atlantic seaboard. The Peninsular
House, as we may, call it, lase already more
than enough of inside door e and of crooked
passages crossing each other in various
confused and unnecessary direotions ; the
great want now is a new outer d6or to the
oat Where our big market lies. We might
make a railway gridiron of the peninsula,
and 1.180 up millions of money in doing so,
without benefit to anybody but promoters
and lawyers and contractors. Are not our
railway follies of the peat qiiite Stagient,
• without adding more and more of thane to
the record of -costly blunders?. The Pro-
vintial Legislature does not truly represent
the people of Optario if it does not call a
halt and put an extinguisher on the pro.
moters' railway "boom." -Toronto World.
E :CAETWRIGIIT,Subei B DRIITIBT
Graduate of the Royal College of Dental
Strgeons of Ontario, has openedroonos in
the Victoria Block, Albert Street, Clinton, where
wiloonstiantiy be in attendance, and prepared toper,fOrL111 eVery operation comic° ted with Dentistry. Teeth
extracted, 00 filled with gold, amalgam' or other Smug
nititerial. Artificial teeth inserted from one to a.
. I
MONEY TO LEND
sottering ot a eu. John Crew.
ST. JOHN, N.B. Feb. 4. -The crew of the
St. John barque Sarah L. Smith, which
put into Queenstown a short time ago on
her voyage from Liverpool to New York,
had a frightful experience. Letters
received in St. John from Mr. Jones, the
first mate, state that the whole crew, nine
h. number, had '6 go to the hospital. Out
of this number six had their lirabs broken
in one or, more- places. The remainder
were eompletely disabled. -.Captain Locke
was fearfully injured.
All persons entering the public houses -
hotels, restaurants, and liquor saloons -of
Bristol, England, betWi'en -the hours of 7
• and 11 o'clock on the itVeping of Saturday,
Jail. 7th, were counted,with the following
-
result. Of a population of 206,000, 105,000,
or more than one half, entered the public
houses in fotir hours,- Of this number
54rld4rewri!" myen) 36'803 wom", and- 13'415
tih
'During a figtt in a saloon on St. .Paul
street, St. Catharines, on Monday night
betweeri-twO men named Atkieson and
Watts, Atkinson drew a revolver and fired
at Watts, the ball taking effect in the wrist.
Atkireion eecaped, And has not yet been
arrested.
PRIVATE AND -COMPANY FUNDS; at lowest
-rates af1;1 en•terrns.tosidt borrowers. Fees low.
Solicitor and Conveyancer
EDW." hTKEET.-ERF--Ir.----11. S.,
D1NPISS T
rom the office of Trotter & Caesar, leading' den
Toronto. Second Honor Grath:late Royal Coll
Dental Surgeona
OFFICE, BEAVER BLOCK; CLINTON, OVER FOWLER
SON'S JEWELLERY STORE.
Manitoba ana Northwest Land Oka
— .
/111HE undersigned has" made arrangements with seve_
ral leading 'Real Estate 'Agents in Manitoba to
open an office here for the ,sale and purchase of real
estate in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.,
.Maps and all iriformation.will .be received about lst
January., Land sold and bought with littleexpense,
and an information given. . -
A. H. MANNING, Solicitor; &c, Clinton.
31()NEY TO LEND.
MONEY TO LEND, ON REAL ESTATE
--AT LOWEST RATES. •
Apply to C. RIDOUT Clinton.
Huron and Ene Loan and!avis Go,
.-NTONEY TO LO AN On the Straigiff is Ls RYs- .
_attem;-..-. Loans-- of• -largo" stints' negaitited-iitpecial --- -
•
..
,rates. • Interest at low
. ., . „ ,
. JAMES SCOTT, Barrister,
. , , ' ' • • Valuator: at Clinton.
'PRIVATE FUNDS to lend -at tow rates of interest, On.,
easy rerms.• • Conveyancing,charges moderate.. .Qx-ripu
MONET TO oN.
,
MORTGAGES NOTES
• AND • '
• Good Securities Purchased.
CONVEYAN`CI,NG.
W. W. FARRAN .
Jiinton,Nov. 9,1881.
47
_
Incerporated by .Aet 'Of Parnament,1855.'
, .
CAPITAT_,, -. $2,000,00.0.
Head , Offi.ce, Montreal.
THOMAS' WORKMAN, President.
:J. If. R. MOLS . . Vice-Pres.-
F:WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager.
, Notes .• discounted, C4lectionS.' made,Draft• s,
issued, Sterlinb, 'and' Ame'rkan ,exchange•
• . 'bou'ght and sod at loWest • •
.current ;rates.
I INTEREST, ALLOVED -ON DEPOSITS. '
• II. LOUGH, Mai:Inger. •
Feb. 17, 1881. • • "Clinton.
INSURANCE
On alt Descriptions of Property,
AT LOWEST' RATES,,..
0.--RIDO'UT Clinton
IF 1YOU ARE
TRAVELLING
EAST WEST
au! YOUR TICKETS'
Jas. Thompson', 'Town Agent .G.T,R.
BIDI)LECOMBE,
Watch and Clock 2Maker,
JEWET.ALER,
• .
-W-onld-respectfally minoun co to his customers and tho
public generally, that , he ham removed, into,his former
ALBEBY STREET, 0I'P0SITE .T11E' MARR'ET
Where he will keep on hand a,aeleet-assortnaent o'f
Clocks, Wakhes, Jewellery, and Silfierwar
of all kinds, '
Which lie Will yell at reasonable rates. Repairing
every deseription promptly attended to.
•, J. nionLECoHBE, ALBERT STREN ,
ClinieR,Des.s1.878,