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—Earl Granviele, in the Euglish
Lords announced that a Special
committee had been appointed arnd.
inetructed to inquire thoreughly
into and report to the Government
upon the question of theadvisabil-
ity of establiehing a Briti8b. mail
line betWeen Vancouver
; British Columbia, and Japan eald
Albert. Street, Clinton, Ont. Ron70 Kong.'
ILO in. oucloanee; Me 80 patisl.
the propefetors of Wu GonnitionNEws,
hrwiug purebased'the business and plant
of Tits HunoN Ritcono, will in future
tublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton,
, Under the title or "Tu4 Newe-
l:No:me."
• Clinton is the most ,prosperous town in
Western Ontario, is tlze seat of considerable'
mantifacturing, and theraentre of the finest
logricultural section hi Ontario..
The combined circulation of TIIENEws-
Hzeolui exceeds that of any paper phb-
iished in the County of Rtirolt„ It i81
'therefore, unsurpassed as an advertising
tnedium.
fIgRates of advartising, liberal and
Tuiplished on application.
Stirl'arties making contracts for a sped..
fled time, who'discontinue'thoir adver1ise-
1,niqits.betbre the expiry of the same, will
be charged full rates.
°Advertiseinents, without instructiens as
spamand thne, will be left to the judg-
°Ment of tbet ompositor in the display, in -
'sorted, until Torbiddon,„ measured by a
soak of send nonpareil (12 lines to the
Well), and charged I0 cents a line for first
insertion and 3 cents aline for each sub-
sequent insertion. ° Orders to discontinue -
,advertisements must belli writina.
tar.Notice set as READING MATTEll,
.(ineatured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12
lines to the inch) char.ged at 'the rate of,
° 110 cents a line for each 'insertion.
• jOB WORK.
'We have one of the best appointed bb
'bffices west of Toronto. Our facilities in
. this d&partment enable us to .do all kirids
'of werli—froaa, calling card to a mammoth
'poster, in the bat styio known. to the
• araft,, 'and at the lowest possible rates.
'Orders by mail promptly attended to, •
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The News -Record,
Clinton. Out
December, 1822.:
° The Huron News -Record
Wednesday, March, 11111
THE WEEK'S DOINGS..
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CANADIAN.
COst Montreal ; $142,835 tO
•'fight the small -pox last , year.:
• . ,
--I-Ottawa Freemasots tare taking
steps to organize an. excorsion to the
' `Colonial and Indent Exhibiticin..
• —In the County of Elgin within
•a period. of six 'months three ladies
' Lave presented .their lords with trip-
• lets.
—Inspector . Diekens, the
• Mounted -Police, has resigned: • He
is a son -•of the great Charles
Dickens,anctwae leader of the gal..
lant force that': held' Fort Pitt'. clur-'
nig the recent rebellion. ,
J.' W. Punnet, '0" -Mayor
• . B,elleville, is. bringing criminal'
preeeedinge • •against Rev.- E. W.
..:Sibbad, rector of ,Clirist: •Chnrch,
• .Belleville, and,. the 'vestry of that
•. 'A11111.011, on tieceurit -of ;statements.
•againet-hiin contained iaAeiieular
issued by the vtal,y. ,
Caren of Min-
• treat refused to sigh. •:‘ blank :forin
for his priest,-thai_forni to be after,:
• . yard Oiled up'embodYing.schne Sort
;of petition. • The pries% publicly
• -scolded Mi. Caren fpr his Wrafft of
' 'eonficlence in him. Carou sued, the
,prieSt.for dantacree and 4tidge Pap.-
• ineau awaigedeltim $25 and costs;
—Hugh Sutherle,nd president of
• 0. ,
• the proposed Hudson Bay railway,
. • is en route for Europe. Ile: stye'
tho rood, whioh isto ho".2,4Q.-miles
• long, connecting Lako Winnipeg
and• Hudson. Efty *ill lie built at
one, and will -remain open the.
:Year:round. Thuile* rein° will be
400 iniles abbr.* to Liverpool, than
; from New York or Montreal:
--Ash Wednesday the usual
special aervices were held in the R.
C. Cathedral jn LondOn. His -Lord-
ship Bishop Walsh, , before .the
commencement of Mass, explained
the meaning of the festival and the
reason why ashes are sprinkled up-
on the heads of the faithful, "Re-
member, man, thou att but dest,
and, that unto dust thou shalt re-
turn." His • Lordship's roinarks
wore very impressive.
—A man who has been residing
near 'Kingston, Ont., started afew
dap ago for Kansas. Re:takes his
wife and family in a canvasi onvernd
wagon and intends to make the trip,
nineteen hundred miles, io that con-
veYance. Mr, Bleke is , under a
great responsibility in having indue„
ed -this unfortunate man and family
to undergo such a trial in order to
reach n land where, if wit grasshop-
pored out of existence', the chances
are they will be eycloneil off the face
of the earth. #
• —Advices •received at Chatham
• from British Colinubia state that G.
FL Miller, and. his two • sons •have
•Inen arrested for the murder of Mr.
Colman • and Mr. Wilbur Patten,
near Seattle, u Washington Terri-
tory. Colman had accused Miller,
who is known as the "Pirate," of
having murdered a settler. •This,
arge; was abotit being investigated,
and Colman and Patton were on
their way to Seattle in answer to the
summons to give. evidence, When:
they were murderedin their boat. '
•
the river that waters -wash its eastern
foundation wall,
4--A Rome eableinatn announces
that the Pepe has &son the most
Rev. E. A, Taschereau; Arobbiellop
of Quebec, Canada, for elevation to
the cardinalate.
—A letter from Labrador says
that below Esquimaux Point to
.131anc Lablon people are starving.
They have killed in January ' 50
dogs, and. are eating dog's 'neat
every, day to save their lives, :and
several are already eterving,. Last
fall, tato in November, Newfound-
land sent a ship with a load of
provisions for the people, and ln a
great storm she was lost and never
heard of
• AtERIOAN.
. —Rev. Sant Joins • says; -,These
mean little $5 lawyers 1 They do
some mean . things and then ' say:
• "I did. that :Re a lawyer not: 'as a
map" When they drop down in.
hell, I suppose they'll go about say-
ing: ain here as a lawyer."
Bev. Sam was Lawyer before be
turnedpreacher. Is his opinion•ou
legal matters Worth much nowl; ,
. —Upon hearing the verdict .of
jury in.. a ctief.: where 'tlie.Aecused
was Charged with tho lion.
judge Bonsai, ef Montreal., declared
that he 'did not so.(010* they. id
reeenciler such .0, .verdict
conseiencee. He them told .the
prisoner that he discharged, not
beCanse he Was not guilty, fur it
plainly appeared • that he • was, but
for some reason which no intelli-
gent , man 'could. 'possibly compre
hand :Addreesing then the -CO Wn
Proseenter,, o e hier, the' II On.
Judge told him that this was the '
Secciad time, daring- this tenni that
a verdtct contrary .to the* evidence
had been ;rendered, and that; if ii,
OcciiriCd • again lin would have tO'
dikharge the ;hole panel of' jurors;
and sadjourn tho -Coat until ho
could hope to lialie:•.-a;.•••jiiry . able to
render 'verdicts accOldilig,•,.
evidence. Perjury muk:hit*.n.,hean.
carried 1)n to a great extent, '11P, .
the judge, :bad fc-rtainly a word tO still .1 in rr with' her third husband
say itt th.eina44er. ' *" , •,'
—Over 25 years. age: .a • Scotch
couple named Garrick. were .separat-.
• Ad, the' hinbancl'1-±,,oing to ' Australia
.tp-putih •hiS.fortunes, .theo tho • advido of the htwyer,
Who deelared her union with LeWis
• learnii4 on what. she deemecl. good
ntill,iindvoid because •of.his prey::
'Authority that her husband • )1aa ,. iotai „:_niarriage, she had. wedded
died at the ant4ocles, and, silo cain
, again, and now. 110 longer desires to
withher little Son'to EltinittOre Ont , push the prosecution.,
.and 'married a inan Ill 1 ed Nle. 0 1S011.
Nichols:en died a out six Years -ag o • •
—Mies Lisette Barbie?, a • teacher
in an Ohio High School, last week
:iccureplislied the unparalleled feat
of whipping 35, boys,.from :nine to
fourteenyears. old, . in .35.- donse,Cu--
aim • minittes. Tite. lads formed. .in
a' single, file and marehed arqund..
the schoolhouse to show disp,pprob-.
ation of .beingkept in recess " for
two weeks. for; .starting a -1%114 be-
tween • two .• Of -their . cimipaeihns.
.The, teacher's ready rulerq•aelled the
rebellion, • •
•dred UtUe ineidents, which others
would pi188 unheeded, are for
thew fraught with the solemn mean
-
lug. The coelc. 'which. crows at mid-
night conyeys the intelligence of a
death in the neighborhood. Itching
of the nose or ringing in the ears
'bears the snow message. if the
Highlander's cattle die, the evil -eye
has gazed upon them. The boat
that dritts_empty out to Rea has been
pushed from its lamorings by the
fairies.
•
A: UNITED EXPIRE.
• A mob Of one hundred and ,fifty
Men 'went to the house • of R. 13.•
;SWinakins; a wife beater of. North
atanoliater, TiiTh, and bade, him-
pack'np and leave town. Ho, ' was,
beaten and kicked through theniain
streets, escorted - half. h pile .• dealt
tho railwaystrack,where two muscular
poi gave him a terrible • whipping
with black snake whipe until. the
Wood trickled down .Iiie.atinS and
fingere.•
Lewis.of 'Pottsville, Pen-
osylVanivwho • bought -the Wife •oi
another man two .yeare ag;ofin
itud after -living with her for u white
;disposed of ' her at half' price
married another woman,' thereby;
getting himself iuto jail one, charge
of 'bigamy, was released lately by
order . of ; the. cburt. . Lewis : is a
.Ill1C1 resides in .Slienan-
•tlatili. He ana. II. friend --Whil-Con•a.
spree,_ struck a b trghin by whichthe
• friend relinquished all claini to" his;
wife for the ,price stated.. • The •wo-.
inan cheerfully :,censented to the
, change and four montbslater .Was as
wi ding to make' a skond exchange.
She was never-- Proseeeted, and ii
her last. purehaser. • Lewis' second
"wife d taco vered : h is, peen' r • rel
, •
tons with her predecessori and -in-
Stigated: the•prosecution. :Sinai:
,
LlyntaY MEATItto IN TOXIONTO LAST
Seldom has such an °xi:sited crowd
been gathered together in a public
hall inToronto as the one last week
in the Temperenee HalCon the oc-
casion of the public Meeting called.
• to express sympathy with the Loyal-
ists in Ireland It was rumored in
the morning that the Irish National
League had made arrangements' to
Peck the meeting, and the Protest-
ants, hearing this,,,eent out a rally-
ing cry. Long. before the doers of
the Temperance Hall wore opened
• for the meeting,. Temperance 'street
was crowded with thousands of peo-
• ple, and when the doors were open-
ed. the large hall was packed .in
few minutes, hundreds, if not thous -
elide, being unable to gain ad,mit-
.
Once. Those left outside8-fOrined
themselves inte groups and warmly
discuseed, the object of the iActinrr.
4PM° of police were'on hand all%
• -:-Peter Muittey,: proprietor 'attire •
Orillia Tintes:,has witered tin nation
• tlpillSt .010 (Rube, olaimiug $10,000
• damivr°es for libel, itt stating in Oc-
• tebor1aet 'in their noon and local
,celtien ns that Peter Murray, of 0 ril-
••lia ,had been arroited for att(Tiopting
•• to Dins a raised bilt,. whereas it should
have paid Peter Murray; of Sarnia.
• : Ge0.•Biehop, postmaster at
'Colon°, • Grey county, • informs us
that duriog the heavy snow -storm
whieli boomed abont the latter end
.0.4 February two sheep were oevered
by a- drift beside a fence. 8ome
seven lays aktoia dug sueceeded in
• -scratchinga hole into the driftlarge
•enough to • allow the exit- of the,
sheep, oo.o.or the sheep took ail -
:ventage of the opportunity offered
and made its way home, ' The
• -other, throtigh weakness , or some
;other cause, remained in the drift'
until the following day; or eight.
•%lays after being 8nowoct • 'under,
viten Mr. Bishop followed the dog
liberated the radinid. The
• ,,orp she* little signs of having
•.A.„tx.so lengthy a feat,
a,nd since then the wonnin who „bore
his name has been supported by bet
ion, who is a Moulder. • While the
Tell Al' the late Mr. Nicholson was
qtur,to
litany . primitive superstitions of
great interest to the arithropoio;fist
Mou nin•g'the death her second. still linger tinning the:Celtic paptpda,,
1m0hand, her fitst hug:blind had re- tions thri; British islands. "Tian.
;turned ,to Scotland from A.u.. stralia,
Celt," :says 'writer who has made
where ' he had made 4:1; snug little
. fortene.. ;Ho spent years' in search- .meolt study of his charaeter,..."has
ingfor htis wife' and eland, and it. •turned everything' to suPernatutal
was only,reeently 81116 113 discovered 11.806 a' psi every obtodb. 'of .soatera,
thet was Mr, • ' •• . • ••
'even the uureasontnodream ot sleep
-Garrick ,went there- ••aiiid; Without • , • • • b.. • •
making himself. known, learned his15 a.mirror which:flashes back death
%%(f�i$ history •ouce /their separationupon hint.. .Yet these •pOople have
'LltSt week. , Mr. and Mrs. . Garrick nearly.46-st-the.fCat'ef. death, and it
.met for thc first time in 25 years, and is 81 common salutation to .Nv.. 4.1.1 one.
•Iwere ague. united In matrimony, a deo:woo:1 and pea eful departure,
atm ThPnla,8 Sonular Poilnrnu4g • The itnoient .Gain and 'Cynni be -
'the ceremony •
hoved itt mtere rse With fairies,
.-:-AniOngst the old landmarks who're they called by any ;other
Which aro fast being "improved".out none but their own; bunco the dos
of existence in Amorica• is the' his- icsnation cif the men of peace, the
• tole Q1dJ811l off Court street, heehes-• hunters in ,green, the giant 'people,
ter,.N. Orlitch sViIIiain Lyon' .etc. Their liversiOn toil:Lining those
Mackenaio was cinifined, and which beings was greater on Friday. than
is known as the Blue it igle. It at any Other 'thin,' for on that day
.bettri this name- by 'favor- Of D.1.11 powers wore greatly increased
Rice; the showman, who christened To WOMI their favorite color, green,
• The Rooliester• Union gives an was an 'unpardonable 'lilts&
interesting aCeoUnt 01' Mackelizie's . of uooninlot nature. were • gone
'lifo. in the old huilding, Ho as through to protect the unhaptized
tried . and sentenCed ill 1839 bv • infant and its Another frem their
Judge Alfred Conkling, 'father a cltitellee. • St:nice were often purrent
Roscoe Conklin, at Canandaigua, of persons who had been detained
"for setting on loot and pi os by fairies fur, many yeers::' Th .-
111.01i118 in theUnit d States -for carry- uriake wore a sort Of bajilaiiii
ing on a Warlike expedition against . race 'between spirits and mortals ; if
Canada." * His's/intone) was that he kindly treated they might render
should he confined in the county service' to the family to which they
jail at Monroe for eighteen months' had, joined themselves. , . Wachtel
aapay P. hoe of $10. Ho NVIIS -conwere consulted, and believed in
ducted. to the Blue Eagle and "dined ;Welt% 80 lately as 1826: The Cynni
under close eonfinement. Sheriff also had their giant, and 'good
Darius Perrin, 'itt 'hoe , eustody Foulkes, Ty Du, but, Nihon evil waS
•ISfackenzie was placed, is Still Jiving about to overtake them, the Tyhiatie
ntt iSitt hie 82nd year, The jail is or presentiment; furboded it. The,
standing, or rather stood, in the
southern part uf the city, su elm to
prevented any warlike deinonstra-
Lion. ' •• .
• Inside the . ball; however, the
scene was one never to hefergutten.
Almost every member of the -League
was there,'
and the remainder;••
Would almost be safe to say, were
Orangemen. •
The .chair ivas •occupied by Mr.
Warring.. Kennedy.' , The meeting
wasiii1Ofted by • the • singin'g, of "Gust
SaVe tho Queen. •, •
•
eivilization, Fun this attack—by
the American fenians leaet—was
direeted against British civilization.
Great Britilin had given free tem-
etitutions to all the nations of the
earth : she bad given •to Ireland,
herself; perliamentary government,
the halo; a ani all the great
safegoards i'or personal libetty. If
the heart and centro of our civili
• tion were wrecked, depend upon it
we should feel it, hard, and over3'
man of British bleed throughout
the world would feel his position
. lowered and -weakened. He •had
made a careful study of Irish history.
He had; oonviuced blinself more•
than '20 years ago, that 19.t •
REFORMS wnnn 141E0E%
There was needed religious equality,
which had since • been grantee
There nets needed reform of the
land law, and that also Md been
• granted in 'ample measure. There
was needed. something. to dissociate
the Irish estates from those held in
England.in order tei limit absentee-
ism, and he thought that this also
would be granted. He thought.also
that the Crown should show more
respect for Ireland by residing at
Pliceuix Park once every year or
two years. Ile WAS•also in ftiv.or of
A MEASURE OF ROME RULE.
• The chairman said that it nye
him , great pleasure to pre&dbe jit
this --meeting, because it gavethe
loyal' citizens:of Toronto -nn
.•
tunity of showing their attachment
to die lbw which protected thine,—
(Clieuire)--und to an Em Ore which
was the greatest oti the earth to day,
The .questiOn- before them; Wa$ one
engaging:the , attention .,of the 'great,
est 'statesmen, but it 'was , not a
question on. : which the :different,
politleal parties as; such, took .sides.
It was aide from political parties..
_Neither was it a questiou for one:
denomination of Christians, (Cheers.)
It was a question far above pelitical•
controversy. ' There were Roman
Catholics in favor of Horne Rule,'
and; Remelt Ci8tlutIics who' were
'opposed to its; ';Protestants . who..
favored Henn) Ride.; and Protestants'
oppoeed to it, Nearly all :the
men Nebo . had adVoeatied Home
Rule were ." Prate -stone. On: the
other hand, a distinguished professor
.of Trinity College,Thiblin, a Rohm
,Catholie hitd published a strong
article. against. Hume Role, Cap.
adieus had a right to spot* on this
-;question, becauso they were 81Tart:
Of this great empire. When our
bravo volunteers went to the North-
west,. .• . ' • •
..-..,:.w110s11 MUSIUITS ikIn T4EY .BEAR.
••
Rule emanating iron anti-Braieh
party the communitY, .Vanadian
eentiment has been groatly hoopla:-
senied, and that in our opinion the
Canadian people generally are heart-
ily loyal to the Mother Country,
and would 'regard anything leading
to dismemberment with the deepest
sorrow and shame. •
• Dt Wild referred to those of the .
other side who held their meetings
unmolested, and opposed the Itp,
perial authorities ' while they wore
at the. same time,' enjoying , ?race -
Mon under the Britieli Flag. They
• all owed their liberties to
wira4an Pitmen oF oliANOE.
He had 'given them what, was
known as Responsible Government.
He referred to the epeeehmade by ;
Mr..Staten when organizing 6 branch
League at 'Ottawa, when he said. '
they woold wait till England
was engaged deep in war, and
would "then plunge the dagger
in her heart. No- Loyalist Would
utter such words as these ;towards •
those .on the other side, • Such ut- •
terauces these -.went to England •
and had the effect of-,Misrepresen. .
ting Cenadians. generally. A lady
had come to bine weeping and im-
plored him not to •go to this Meet-
. in.- • On account of the danger or
vjolenco behiek done to him, Be
was not, afraid. Ho wa0 ;only 52
and expected to live' till he was 7.0.
If he should go now he would eel.-
tainl:v go for, a good cause. :He re-
ferred to the.action of the.Pope .•re -
(main.. the meetines Orangeman
•
0. • 0 . 0 --
and other secret„. secieties, He
wouldagree With, the Pope -if;
condonned the speret meetings ON.
which: agrarian crimes Was plotted
ISlajor Bennet seconded the resol-
taiou, whielt was pot and oarried
aniid loud cheering. .'• • •
He was in favor' of giving a: local
Nandi to each province ot Ireland.
He would also give ''Irishmen the
privilege of electing. repteeentatives
te• the House Of .Lords, instead 'cif
the preeent represent:Wye • •peorage
of Ireland (Cheers.) • He would
-assign:to the. loottl couneils fun -
measure_ of power to deal with local
sebjeets ; he would not except ed
ecation. Sone one in the auction",
av ing exclaimed "Cpercieso,,' Mr.
Sinith said he hated the name 'and
Act of coercion, Init. whet were the
Acre 45T-ceereiTori.--ffiff To proveut
Irishmen - froth murdering ono *an- ,
other. (Hisses, cries et' "Take that'
ick." Counter erica Of "TalAback'
uproaO'i,
nothing."' Cheering and .i'f,,d111)
,
Mr. Smith „ resuming,' said tIiit
Io)itiotdof t,ihe hundred murderi.whiCK
cuercion,• Only. on was
ou the person •of an Eng:
Speaking. of. the Irish
Loyalists he- said, "Let us- send to
them any aid, in our power, 'and try
4 we: can :strongthen..their hearts,,
and if: it comes* .to that • extremity
then arms." ,(Loud mid prolonged
• cheering). 'He mewed, the following,
resolution :— • •
• • , • • ..
IteSolved—That :le citizens. ef the:
liLkhi
Empire We feel .deep
itt-
toiest in its unity and greatoeSs; and
hereby enter our earnesi protest'
:leeriest, any, tneasuro whigh' would;
dissolve or *oaken the 'union' be-
tween, Great Britain ant Ireland.
(A voce, •"0.aniula's," and loud cries
of', '"The Queen's," • grea„t cheering
and a yoieo;'"Ore'll do it nerain.")
:They went to fight the lbattles of
Great Britain, (a voice, "No, gaii•
ada'S1 and.' Great Britain. .would
have ',sent her'fforceeike put :doWn:
that...10)311RM. (CMOs) ITo had.
nnobjection. to a aysteia of • Home
; • •
IWO ;that iv P.I.d take, itt'. all thc.
different parts' of the Empire ; but
'Hone Ride' that .WoOld separate,
Ireland' front Grelit Britain, as an
lrishniart who loved Irelainb.he
objected- to that, beeanoe ib Wotild
• be against 'her. .highest interests.
He.then introduced Prof, • GolOwin
Smith. . • ; • •
' Prof. Goldwin Smith said that as
this was a questiOn obey() narty, 00
_it Was • : , , • •
• , • ,4 'tIlinSTION ,a110,VnlinuM
:They -bad all dome to the medium
With ' the kindest foolingtowares
the , Irishpeople; with the most
sincere &Fate that that their prosper-
ity should be promoted, that their
sufferings, ifthey suffer should he
relieved.- There were here to -night
scores or •Teislimen favorable to the
union, and in Ireland there were
Inindreds of thousands 'favorable to
the union, therefore to speak f'or the
union was not to speak against
Ireland. it was tint° that the voice
of 'Canada shouldhe heard. Other
voiens had been heard, the voice ofan
anti-British interest, epokenthrough
subservient politielane and tlie
organs of a patty press. They had
Ifighlaudere put great faith in mote ape', not ugly itt the Catnie of 'the
sages front' the unseen; and a, liou-j union, but in the„ empia 'offlritishi
%Pref..' Clarke, 'of Trinity, College;
• iecended: ' the resolution. There
were differences of' opinion in that
assembly., but they -wire innutimoup
itt the. impOrtanee.. or thoquestion
before' them.. It is 81 questiou to
Whichit is necessary to; give ..the
mostearliest mid: thoughtful eon:.
.041e -ration. :This not ,a.'.,questiUn
'for Efiglistneten,;a8tehiinin
. oilrish-
10011. (A.voice-;-" What 'have Con-
• itdiatis .gut to do with the question 1"
'They have agioatd�al to de:with it.
Are' they net of lititglish, 'Irish and
Scotch -bleed?' (Lona cheers). They.
had all -their share-. in British -pi -ea -
.:perk, lawti,''constitntionand
Would itlienefit them, he asked,„ to
dismember. that,. great ana:::. noble
Einpiie and • he iva6 'sure- that
.when tho Irish race spit their.
headOlevel.witin.they would not for
one mom erl t think Of •:votii
favor.of dionoinherniont. -:,;TE-e war
o1tho union in the •United States:
wes.acase which should Ousethem
to pause; before 'they' proceeded no,
lop ..oir the limbs of the. empire..
Yet e4ery ono admitted 114 it was'.
fir better that the Southern States.
Should: return to the eonfecloration.
'Calking' of .‘the question of repre-
sentation, he showed that up te the
peas:tee Of the, last reforin „bill the
hr
Irisbad amuch larger represeuta-
tion in proportion in the commune
than poor litije Scotland,' yet Scot-
land did not ask for disunion, and
threaten dissolution He had ono.
thiug to say About thojrish moo,
aid that was tha• the natural:kind-
ness andamiability of the Irish-
men's. heart 'made him too ready' and
too much disposed to follow
misleaders rather than • leaders,
!and he wieliectin, this respect, they
had a little° f their Scotch brethren's
eaution, . •
; As itho chairman rose to pia the
question • '
Phillips Thompson, who had heen
occupying a front seat inthe body
of the hall, .said : "Mr. Chairman,
I have an ameudinent to mayo.".
He was not:allowed to speak, but
persisted, and iu a it intite everybody
was on hie feet, and there were loud
aloe of "put him out," and ami(1.
cheers and hisses the resolution was
carried, . ,• . ,
Rev. Dr: *ild:moved the follow-
ng,..reso lu tion at by. the eltru'ell.,
%on of opinion in favour -of Ito:no
Adettei- wss read from,'Rev. T.
W. Jeffrey, who was to have second-
ed the resolution explaining Oat
absenee was ine te iUness.'
Rev. Dr. Potts 'moved:—That we
Cgard with the etmoet pride and,.
sympathy the :brave .and patriotic.
,•etaini. Made by- the loyalists of Ire-'
land against heiti'ty olds and aMidAt
mad) discouragement in .
the onion and:will Cordially afford
thOnany rtidinour pewer nt a•crisis
• fraught with 'greatest -danger not
Only to the integrity of the • United
• E.ingdom hut to _Mash civilization
throughoet. the .world. • •
. He said that tholate general elece
tibi-iSilk,Ireland: bad not fairly
‘pv1,:te:Oli.re-
friai.opinioo,iid tb:tjt
at&ertrmtsolnni;peie, •
-
had the courage against such hetiyy
odds to recind their votes 'in favour
-of:the:integrity pf the Enipire. ; He •
was going to read SolziespstractS•frian
a:plunphlet by Dr: MeGiiire; an em-
• iuent Renton Catholic.'• ; He was. .
•going to touch ;the ear of *
,
. •
. VIE • RAls.T15.111.11, OV -14.. EN/ANS
iliaf, had: :found their. way 'into. :tlie . .
hall:, (Loud , 'and diro lunged , cheer-
ing) , . Thok• who cried- down • this
ineetingaiwouid/44n,Turonto what • '•
the feu tans didin Phoenix Perk a, few
• years ago.,, (Cheering and aeprear).
He proceeded to road , extracts from
;Dr..McGiiire's pamplitet in which lie , •
said that I-Ipjne Riile ineinit. boy- ,
coothie. and massacre for the Irish --
loyalists: • Tho police were to. be in
..tte.eplothlilic?;%.vDefret'inieo-it tr blie6.-Clitaltdonil •
• except at the bidding.of the Nation- .
Alia inaoistrates. This was the
0 .. ..
statement of a Ronan Catholic. •
The speaker made' seine 'further .
llitileiett.atioiniosfrom Or. NleGuiree Pant -
said .that lit' Dr, Wild -
Would •ex.) to 'Ireland ad Colonel; he ' •
, would. sho„p,repared tq follow him.
as captain. lie, thoUglit he was,tall
.enough and strong enough for : the
Enhiakillen Dragoons. • • (Cheers.)
_•,M,r, J. L. Hughes; in' seconding
the resolution, said that this wasone
of the Most " important aneetinge .
that had taken place in -Canada for -• .
years. It was time that:1431 men
shentd.ce Inc to the 'trent; It was .
time theSin Canada,peolde should.
kip*that no one could got, any . .
privileges by reason. of roc°, religion, '
OL .creed ' that he i &mid not other- .
wise get • They would send Money • '
to etrengthen the hands of those .
who weratighting the battles of the.
Empire throughout the world. One •
gentlerilair (Uoldwin' .. Smith) had • .
given 31500 for this perpoee: ••
A; vb ,ceo•-‘‘ Maria) cheers for G. eld.24`: '
win Se ith." This was followed by
elreere. • .., ' , ,
A LOYAWSV DEFEN011 KIND FORMED',
.
Mr .John Hewitt: said he held in ''. •
his hand a reeolution which would
bring the meetingto a fitting con-
clusion. The resolution was ' that
Prof, Smith, Chairman; E. F. Clarke '• -
'beastlier; 'Warring Kennedy, Major '
James Bennett, Rev. Joseph Wild,
Rev: John Potts, James L. Iltighea,
,and •Marcellus Crumble be a com-
mittee, With . power .to add to their 4,
1111111b0r, to • toeoiVo and forward
futuls in aid of the Union Defence
Fund of the Loyaliets .of Ireland, . 4a,.
. The resolution was carried,
•• •