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rasa ?RAVE.
The preen as well im the **is of the
Mean Stet* are escoa,.g more sad trate
coalmen the usliceeate of a
fres teals with resins. The Row
exploit* epw of panties Niles
hale se grossly impolitic, septcNlly is
,,.ter whisk ratty • large sepia over
t►ei! emesonepaea Oest its g*eteate
ate re hard to oo.vt.ta of its absurdity thit
■o argument that can he mod fur that
purpose will hate any effect upon them. -
At pwat, ►.weir, their Aid bulwark
is tottariag, sad we bops before the close
of the prueest session of Cu.gresa it will
have t Iles to the ground.
Until very recently the cry of the pro-
tectietiste was that the United States *mild
neier r cipruce'e with Canada, but that
assertion can no loo``er bo matutatwd.-
Tbe first symptom.. of reciprocity appall
to the American Drawback Bill, and ole
It ass not then supposed that theme, its
war 14 be the procurers dd"' pnople that
working has cueviesitsim must he per-
pposisaol brie& sfti dee-MbMst• -S sisa4N/ y to the ftp Mew et tsaead► 1*..etwi•• wises them is sash es Naas) ea -
The icer b..M w.s. *Wand Rf wilheet seSU14ui s ausos sf ses.kied am new gent- Cada. it V gales pans that the pspil•lise
mash ddieul 7 at • "di" 14 la. t. L. par Nod w import neeresties, sod wall a ►..vee. mijlt imam ft slmese Ng moo wtth.et M d
gaartm1i d 2s• t, lla, pose gorNs Nab* try wend salt rasp she ttiese sneer* isereesas tha nun wadi of tb sssawy, et
of that day *e' a•
gas amt s•ssd l
ee•ee
bice Marta,, had 1 ..bolt N lSww whew. View these eeasi i ati.N it L ,Niece that • Osa u .aifttnre r W teas&! /owed Isla
eeadeeng es the a lelhele d n. 4m riesaaty. -
That sash r ave the ease is *N Dims, is ale
ready ob ises heal the latest' ssmpMtuw
view of seiner* W sus pemesel peperty is
11111 rad 1847.
trade to be pubhe'the boadieg system
fecdy frac ..i.J because d offered greater
Ira" bu81b for the importation of goods
fat llil`exportatioo of produce. This draw-
viek business, however,ia a mere bungling
affair, and founded upon pnnciples wholly
at variante with the enlightened com-
mtereial spirit of the age. Canada sad Use
United States are both exporters of produce.
Bath, generally speak ing,have a large annual
serples of wheat, which is ezpotted and sold
in the same markt'. it is therefore absurd
to suppose fur a moment that either can
derive any benefit from what is commonly
called protect.00. If Canada enjoys the pro-
tection of a few •h. (hogs un a barrel of flour
le the English market, she Ives twice the
amount in the operation of the narrgauun
I.ws ; and d the United States are cors
pelted to pay that duty in favor if Greeds,
they are doubly remuinera'ed by the cheap-
ness of their freight and the facilities which
they have of getting to tnarket. If, there-
fore, pretection is of any bet.efit at all, it la
not to Canada, but to our American neigh-
bors. '
Let a reciprocal free trade bo estabi..hed.
Let the St. Lawrence be opened to the .Sips
of all countries, and we do not fear the result.
The eommeres of the country will keep
pace with its natural prosperity. The
produce of the Western States will pais
through our waters to She British market,
to the great advantage of. our revenue ; and
Canada wheat will Botta ready market along
the frontier towns of New York, on account
of the proximity of this province to the
place of final exportation. The farmer
will then bate his choice, of • maket, and he
can select that which affords the highest
price. At present, he ie compelled to be
ati.Bed with that afforded in England, and
even then be cannot take advantage of a
rise to prices in consequence of the nav-
igation laws. It is no longer a matter .of
opinion that this country produces es good
wheat as the United States. The question
has been fully fasted.bl- competent judges,
a .d if a reciprocal (ree trade was establiebed,
the wheat -buyers is the State of New York,
instead of going to the " far west; would
undoubtedly come to Canada.
Hsi wlMtdeaeh
spX es Wednesday ee rhos merstag i
,h...Ms d the alien hats.(, hornet,
hese atiseed is the only part of tin wake
the matey was leap* in the esteem, sed
tura was sista in favour of tb. ester. Of
(weep wheat • few cargoes have again
carom to baud, sod barn had bet Gttl
nand from the eowtry, b.afaesa
particularly slow. Th. hen o
on Monday wire at ani ,_1e thasbeim
011 10
ys, par qr., cod Nt 'es al that decltee.-
puu:ble to tat• at arrivals from the Bala,
Amkrag lad a pared of two u( new Roo-
y.ikeat, wale bel.g of very fine quslrty
was bees held et OOe. per quarter, • price
our millers bare declined to pay. In quota
noes of tows manufactured nota, ao change
had occurred. American has, in soave cases
been offered at slightly reduced terms.
Though the receipts of barley have ben
rather Woad, this grain has not suffered
any farther reduction. The greater part of
that exhibited un Monday was placed at the
previous prices, and the retail bestow,* dose
since then has also been at about former
raise. Tb. operations in malt have sees
trifling, cad its value he remained aono-
•ally unaltered. Up to Monday last the
acnrals of oats were scanty in the ,sural,,
ai.d er dight advance was in pullet instances
realised on that day for fine corn. We
have ,ince bad ra bar better annals, which
have checked the upward tendency . Beane
and peat have been takes in resi quanti-
tim,.t previous rates. ludas euro and
meal have, in consequence of continued dull
reports from Ireland, given way in value.
the former 1e. to Is. per quarter and the
latter rid. to 1s. pct barye!.—Mercantile
Gazette, Jam, 21.
IRELAND,
1)nAalau u, TUN Pa.Ra'Tar.-In rarioua
directions Government agents are actively
engaged in disarming the peasantry. A
large body of police, whose movements are
kept secret, geoerally meet at a given place
et midgnight. spread themselves over a giv-
en district, and at early morn commence the
search for fire anus in the buts and dwelt
ings within -the district. Tipperary, ling•
county, parts of Clare and Limerick, the
Barony of Cloniek, Nenagh and other (arts
have tbus been pounced upoe, sometimes
- with success, wmetimee without. In
Nena,;h and its vicinity fifty stand of arms
were seized. It is sugge.ted in • London
paper that by•''subjecting some filth. par-
ties already in custody to the penalty of two
years' imprisonment by way of example, it
may be relied upon that the people will
w..n acquire a di.teete fur the secret pos-
session of firearms."
Carse of death from starvation of the
Routh and West continue to be reported.
Tipperary is said to be greatly distressed.
It is said, by a Cork paper,that no laments -
tion or expression of sorrow has bee, heard
in Court or elsewhere, from the relatives
and friends. the prisoners convicted and
condemned to death under the special com-
mf.xlon
TIIE GRAIN TRADE.
The cure trade has, since the commence-
ment of the year, shown evident sigma
weakness, and there appears but little pros-
pect of the advance in prices of breadstuff'
so geoerally)I calculated on in Due/tabu
last. The cbntisued arrivals from abroad
week to week are a somewhat unusual cir-
eum.tanstance at this season, and were cer-
tainly not anticipated ; the receipts have, i1
w trots, not been large, but they have been
more than has been required ; this alone
would, perhaps, nut have much effect, but,
eoopled with the extreme mildness of the
weather throughout the winter -which has,
no doubt, diminished the consumption of
food, and led to expectations of an early and
favourable sprang -may acetone' for the
change which has been wrought in public
opinion is regard to th• probable future
range Lf pnces.
Latterly the farmers have ehowu more
anxiety, and Bolden of foreign have also be
coos somewhat pre sing sellers, meanwhile
there has ben no corresponding income in
tie demand, and prices have gradually given
way. A farther cause fur the exiatiag dull-
ness may be hued to the wet of an active
fpulry for the coar.er kinds of food for ire -
land, the belief that we should have to ship
to the sister isle, having hips
ar e/ pneerpel points on which that
A to a ries grounded their caleu-
leusre.- latterly, bowover. the demand
from therm has fallen off, and we observe
by the latest reports fro,. Liverpool, that
rather eo.sidersble supplies of Irish what
anti lost had arrived there.
Hader these circumstances., we ars in•
Anon to tbiek that the either of wheat hat
/or the patent tricked the higher point,
Susi that if aethigg gbaed eseur to give
seta .s. Aeon respecting the arop in the
that the dowsward movement will
Th wheals of wheat confer me
M (modem by nsros.sd, and a larger
jrtsfy'Sbree bins brought forward
'of
HURON SIGNAL.
with the nesse twat sad est aee.m width Ohre
b.ar epee thiap of neherelnlothollt Then
i•,steely as ample ilia let nal ad noel -
loon( ,setts. is Casino A•d we are out
sets . db.., east brat sea possibly be person
op.+ es ealead•td to secure a peals swat
ef prosperity cad bappiaeea to the Pr.viaee,'has
the tial L_.. ,.seal d is ishabieaa. The
isepeeveasst d the mil is ea rue' ef Worm-
iest*, bat the im roveonest of the aiml is ta-
w ny won fmperr•at : s* is properties ea the
aati.ipel aid is "stainer& the oeWvatiea et the
mama mil will bone easier sad mese poi*
ltb , for a ipeent as eve near make as ea-
a.rpising base. Even beams baing should
be tasgbt to kasw the Mid is aha mat valuable
pert of hewn aarero. sed that its 'else rise or
fella aeouai.1 to to s.*ard of the entre sad
ewers es which it is seb ested. The knee -
ledge of them foes weed ,eresisly be as Ones -
rive to .elf -,dare, sad rid the weed d awe d
tae frivolities which have obtained a feabiesable
prerelease at east sot sally as derogetloea to
*he ipity of *fad, betas positive animus is
society. 1t is a old rsmatk sad tree, that
" Little made an read of little tinge." Aad
is norm, at history we do find that from the
gladiatorial and WI-figbtmg epoch of the anoint
Roman dews le au owe rinse, every age has
Wes dietiageiebed by • peplierity of &mese-
meat or pastime that panted legibly to the
gality of the public mind. W. are ret mews
d the platten of may sew amusements since
that period. The Rennes were is possession
of sredy rhe attire catalogue -they were a
people of aws•easeat. It wee iadelenes, sad
lieu uo.os"s., sad wine-drlekng that led ea the
deetractios of the Imperial Empire. Their
amaeetaests home dowawatds, and were
modified, reused or thaws aside seetrdisg to the
taste d the times, and the progress of civilisa-
tion. Sole d even the most barbarisms of thew
pastimes, however, have yet • partial existence
is Britain, and other enlightened co.rtriee.-
Bull-fighting or Bull -beating .0 practised in
Eoglad and to Ireland so late as the begiaieg
of the present, ury. The gladiators or priws-
figten are cull tofound in au y places of the
rime countries althoe4 proscribed by net of
parliament and the mail reprobation of intelli-
gent society. The drinking snitches or Bac-
candian battles were toma Scotland at the
clow of the last armory;a tames of which
bu been celebrated by Bea in his poem of the
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1048.
Q? We have been delayed in the present tare,
in orier to accommodate several of our friends
in Stratford and elsewhere, by heir favours fur
job printing, eke. By additional asoietace of
which we shall soon W in possessies, our
publication will appear on its regent by (Fri.
days.)
MENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
We cannot feel otherwise then sone wbea we
are made swan that a very large proportion of
oar fellow -creatures, even in Canada, at this ad-
avneed stage of sciecee and mental cultivation,
seem positively ignorant of the value and dignity
of the human nand. But however painful it
nay be, the fact is daily forced upon us, both
by conduct and conversances. And it is with
loan difficulty we can avoid the humiliating con-
clusioe that many have yet to leers that they
possess miuds or that then is such • thing as
tried in existen:e. A man who bu lived u
seclusion for some years, speeding his leisure
boon chiefly in reading, and who has perused the
newest and most approved treatises on modern
science, education and the general progress of
society, may be led •to suppose that the march
of intellect, is, in reality, fee, far on the advance,
and that the principal ebjecta being pursued
throughout society is the amcliereriou a the
condition of bemu ity, by the application ofscieo-
tiac discoveries and imitations, and the improve-
ment of man as a moral and an intellectual be-
ing. - But * hen he comes abroad into the world
-when he mixes largely and promiseaossly with
its inhabitants --when he reviews calmly the
mature and tendency d their settees and listens
attentively to their own exposition of their mo-
tives, opinions, and principles, he feels sadly dis-
appointed, and is ready to declare that the golden
age of Mind or intellectual amorality is lar away
i• the dim distance of futurity.
Man is, in truth, • noble creature, and though
he is rubbers to persuasion, his very stubborn-
.e.s to an evidence of his nobility. Whether he
knows it or eat, itis the result died and mast'
be appealed to-relisoned with, and convinced
before it will yield. And though he is slow is
learn, yet he has the elements within him, ha
possesses tie capabilities which if cultivated mod
broegbt tato tenon are quite suffec4St to make
him all he pretends to be -the image of Deity
sad the lord d earthly creation: his iguanas
does not arise from choice, bet atom .eeeait7.-
Tbe love of knowledge is overly as moth en in-
herent qualify of his Gators u the love of life.
And although knowledge is to be obtained from
every object which u deseereible by oer senses,
yet comparatively few d mekiad have the
power d gathering this knowledge for them-
selves, asd still fewer poe,,.s the ability to make
a proper application of it. It requires as exer-
tion oe the pan of these kw whom eaten mad
propitious ,:,teal circumstances have qualified
es the piouemn of social improvement We de
n ot pnttnd to Waw what stint is, bet a min-
ted. of facts drawn from ,:perste, and the inset
rigid observation have sefiieitetly established
the trot la of the propesitioa, that the waver
sad qualities of Gay particular mi* result is the
first place from the peculiar a 4aesiatioe of Weis
which the individual breath( fete the word, and
is the second place from the nature of the socie-
ty, education sod other agencies that have been
brought to aet ops that mganiat.oe. Slippage
fee example two superior braise, exaetl7 dike is
quality ted ceafgeratioe; sopping the en se be
ie0.es.ed from birth to mabood by the pnfoai-
ty. 'Maar, o* lewd..es which integre\ *fee
lowest haulm ef depravity is the Eaglisk Me-
tropolis; sed the ether to be *raised is the
principles Of the tlrietert meal resented" aided
by reamed •&d imtelleetaal society, -the amoral
argasiestia wad m.aestioably preserve see
pasts of res.mblaa.e, bet certainly the diastase'
is the g.eenl ehwatter world he post. Now
then are bet eomparitively few brats eapble ef
either diseoaery or isoclines, berm ongiality
et en.eeptia is enc d the ranee maid geeli-
sin Bot a very lenge properties of we is the
prime., age have bees broegrt up seder. the io-
dinate of propitiate ei *.'s.s see. -*bey have
received • unman" ide.eties. liteatas has
sbedaat, iseniied sad seeneible to all.
at by y etad-eenixge ample. freer 13 "cream. ,mess readies bee become barna-
bag
a►is•-
tb14woatsasmttem. Oa M.ad•y then was We, rad i.tsMi/ea.n a g.meeol iefmrsami.. h..
/ INJ genii .beats Nthe gam get (int lar ham* with o imposes" whish it el
pe/ /, with l eK properties Seta.IrSeta. not 6vtntry pastes ; brides. the I"eo.autive
7M i1eN lgsg sglymt a4bt than W esv1ee std the weenie ylmg)aph have hermit
"Whistle," and the spirt Of
brewed a peck o' Meat,'. is i
same practice. The my
cessions, masquradea sad p
halls, have all come Joms to
ere even mow to be fond
outskirts of civiliauoa. Ia
however, eves these hem
fined barbarism havegioss way
al species e( public $je7atea
Sofres, like the pmeseasews
numbers of Nies asd tatOaR
prohibiting the immaterial
stronger thus esus they "isP
ercla of reed widare is •
improvement ; while the es
in of Addams ea dift'erest 4.
e song, " Willes
°wnittn of the
lam, public pro -
was daocieg
owe times, asd
geeing about the
Iligent localities,
u relics a m-
a mon ration -
The modem
1, brings large
they ; bat b7
dl beverages
ligitimate ex -
sty for mutual
1, consist -
tug subjects,
iastrettaatnl ! •ee+d.gg4 Nati na.ual.
Segni, is calculated ret o.ly to please bet to
edify. This species of eejoytae.t is an nide*"
of an improved taste. It shows a desire to
kerne; it is a compliment paid to the higher
capacities of our nature, and it proves that al-
though the progress of society may be slew, we
ars still advancing • little. la ,bort we are per-
suaded that a very large share d real mental en-
joyment and educed useful keewiedze has best
degased Dilate tirregh meson of the soiree ; wad
it is to be regretted that those who ham tie
good ofsociety at heart and are capable of A7ter-
eiaing an influence over it, do not eemmeoar to
'operetta the mon costly sad less rational
•maamens of f.hfou by introducing this hind
ofcomparatively uallectal eatertaamsot. 8.
long as • large shared the community cas be
gratified with the flimsy gees-gwos, and traria(
valsatines d,ader ages, the award march of
many mat .seeaarily be slow sad vacillating.
It is retarded by a poadrow den -weight, which
at times almost bids defaces to its loaners ;
Won the fins great object of the wise sad vir-
tuous should be the adoption d means to coa-
vioce ales that they have minds which are to be
regarded as immediate canalitiw from God, sad
that their exeelle.ee sad importance it the
world do sot depend epos their wealth, weight,
trio, or physical agility, bet epos the parity,
cultivtioe, and esercia of thea mind..
Nember d Anew teles op
by stains. , • •
Ueda solitaire
Frame 1*..... emery
Fee. 8X11. a Mse
baa, two ream •
Or* Mille
8•w Mille
Mere Haws
Merchant's Shops. ....
Harms 3 years fid tai
u pwards
Oxen 4 years old sad op-
ining
Mitch Cowe
Horsed Cattle 2 to 4 yeas
old. ..,
;of
1840. 1147.
1114.tia It 384.1181*
20.365 33,341
74 1284
p 90
7 11
17 1b
1 10
14 43
4:9 1,123
1,702 3,596
2,519 5,09d
1,712 2,310
POL1T7C8 rOR THE PEOPLE -NO. 0.
Oa the istvedaeties els system of gen*
Diaaati- osto Carie sheat Ave yens apo, see
s•t►siaen goo slather the adva.ws. el .e:
jdstat.l. W .Ith.sgb we were aware that he
spina was eery for hose the esasia eeetm
stsaid .1 sot** sdssnw. mill we sone ed -
n *14at say epees wee prefenne ha pan
moo of i mens,. ad seimaiagl7 we weto
sad penisbed, Nd lectured, sod rearmed, sad
entesded is Lebalf d the nwssere, till oar
ears" became loon ..mer0.. that .ur friends:
sad tbiagh we still caterers the ma renew
dean w faci1fet. a the oast d or feeble
shillala, the stablf*mest sad peapspers of
the meas of popular isetrwotfes, yet we coeld
set, at poa.aet, eosecientiosely diked eke r&fN-
i.g
fie/M/01 Din with oar kennel ardour. Theft
r • wepeele.es ,omplioatfos of mecbisery weep*
mead it, which by sucking s absorbing its very
life -blood, sera to threat's the destruction of
Os popskuity sad Wits. We did neaten •
triad of far -away bps that, la the middle d. the
simmer!' oratory, "rhea the Indies minds of
the age lied thought, sed spoken, sod elate,
rad pebli.►ed so mach *pa the satire and On -
penance d education, as attempt would be mode
to break angle the tramatelug absurdities, sad
be:boon usages, which in easrn s schools, had
for ages existed as tie almost impenetrable a-
rias to the development of the mesial fecollfes
d mea *We did upset that the flood of light
whisk has has pared forth of late epos the
arae ad qualities of the human mid, and the
e utl... clear distinctions which tare been
thaws between woeful knowledge mad men super-
deon.egainmrau world •t least have led the
*vain of popelar educed.* to frame their
systems somewhat is harmony with the capaci-
tor apse which they ars a be exercised. Thu
however .s cot the me with the Cioadiao tas-
tes of edoatioa. W an sot aware of a single
dismiss bevies been made by the educational
authorities to the almost infinite variety of con-
stitutional differences which characterize the
horns mind ; nor of • single iastructioo gives
to teacben respecting the sgptoma which nature
pats teeth to indicate the dominant mental quali-
ties ef children, and the various kinds of treat-
ment accessary to modify or expand them re-
spective qualities. to fact, so far as we we ena-
bled to jedge from our own obeetvtions, the
sate enemata views regardiug the nature and
importance of education, the airs jumble of
so.deseript qualities in teachers ; the same phys-
ical imprisonment, the same ;.aal bondage,
drudgery, red tick week, and the same war -like
brutality of flogging which characterized the
comma schools of the eighteenth notary, are
still the promioeot features of the commoo-
schools of Canada. One axle mode of treat -
'nut or culture is indiscriminately edminatered
to all grades and antic' of disposition and
capabilities. Aod should it please the legisla-
ture to make siesta; a part of oar commit
school education the titsber-seed boy would
jest be tasked and whipped site:Gately by his
timber -mead teacher all be became (not • good
singer, but) • good epemimeo of savage stupidity.
It is sot, however, with theme errors •ad ab-
surdities el 'tenuity that we wish to deal, it is
the ase dsery of the School Bill we peel to
muses at present. U the ems** Be -heel Act
was acarid as • aaaare el public utility ; se •
Law by which the maple wen to be guided es
the most importer d all earthly subjects, -
we would ask, Is the English bugage so very
inexpressive as sot to &!ford the mm.a4etennd
the measure the power of giving intelligibility
to their intentions 1 . We hate all kinds dd.ss-
ming, sod more especially where it is perpetra-
ted by mistile•tion. Now- we do sol recollect
of having spokes oe the sebpet to any pease
win am* to indented the School Ase ; sod
we have bees ee.ibly is(orrned that thew robed -
ties of the Mosier Council of the Wearers
District were nadir the necemsity of employing
their Solicitor to mravel some of the knotty
poaats, and aces a few days of irksome delibea-
nre, the teamed lawyer reread the bowler'
eek, dairies that the people should apply to s
higher authority !
Now, we mature to alive that there would be
little dilfw-alty is selecting calf -a -doses formers
who, upon two sheets d foolscap, cold draw
or • school bill expressing every requisite ooe-
ditis d leech • maitre, in such plain language,
as would be ietelligble to their brother farmers.
Or seat objectia is to the office of District
Superintendent. We cannot see the necessity
or the justifiable policy of squeaderi.g the oda-
mtienal (made spa such office -holden ; and we
are just a ssabk lo perceive the slightest eden-
tate nwsntisg to the eau of .desatfoe from
their cervine.. We ds When that a active,
sergetie mu, whe wad sakes lively interest
is the moral improvemnt of the rising gena -
tis, who W y radisg •.i ehnervsefw, arriv-
ed .t are sunset e..e .sines revenues the
esseeptibilitfes sad props entireties of the
lean mind, the those 4edecibt. from the erode
senses d his ewe gis.dether, of Mies the
g ►sdmsahers d the p osent veseatia el Prue -
ass. A gees who did on rely undermaad the
,sine% bet peewee* • beitity d esmwasies-
tug his k..wldge, sad who weed, "Only.
visit .era township i. kis District, at lees few
tiers a yaw, deb v"rl.g a ppelm 1.edw reek
time, se the nmetess adom*ps derived Gam
pawn rinatas, erre the reins Nonb.ds
*spavins ma ea • pinion, meal sad nen-
latest erase" : we my, we de believe, dost
such •ma wend beelf serene es the .cessd
Edratfoe. Det to give away a age sow d
may to • gen fs dries seam bet writiog a
few Ages sassily, sad Inking a /.w hada
pomade smog the half -paid mocha n W Ifwiea,
..d perhaps mans • sen *hest! the Dishier
.ase, or se sot twin a yen, newly poppies
his head, like Pail Ley. is1s the ism d seen
w heel bees he penes, is rather 1s ash of
the sad44-feast he • peg pea awn like
Cassia There ws7 bease estive, awe toes
eons this eau sf Sgmua.miests, who wens
he hiss of their inn properly ionised, might
he beitb ebh ad *Ma te reader themselves
asset ; Weakly it mem ha set a wldsd that
missy d lbw han eppmaade bees Waded by
sane as Agaves tier ass lespssane brewery,
amd renis ssdi es*ity, asssinal with the
owns of persist dmlwis, weirs a amines of
ne they damn* Pwb.p resp ray* what
the ward fails! es%. " sebsas i." *has y
they have ben togas te speak Omsk red Lan.,
Yalek's artist sea ,.Rams, pont might have
benne ped anima mbar, d this grade. -
Amens of rates eon'd £ 1031 13 91 £2113 17 5
The present a.e•1 facers of the District may
be stated is roared numbers at 4200 ponds, aris-
ing from the following sourcse:-nen entered
bg the Collectors of towasbtpa 2,100 puede-
Wild Land to 2,100 paged. ; fines imposed by
Juices of the Pena 54 pounds eight shilling .
The wild lead tax is sot retard witi arose -
ant Lists bat is payable to the District Tres -
suet assaelly or trwaielly at the price d
Absentees ; failing which, the tax Wears daa-
tits at the expiration el sight years, sad is re-
coverable wire bean imparges by Sheriff '•
ale. At present, from lie wild leads is sneer
the tax due to the District is upwards of three
thousand ponds.
For the above rateable local ioformatioa we
aro indebted to as amply detailed Statistical
Accosts( of the District of baton, compiled
from the A,.e..ment Rolla of the various town-
ships, by Daniel Lisa's, Esq., Clerk of the
Peace. These statistics show that notwithstand-
ing the rapid and stosisbug iaereue d papala-
nos, the wealth, the sena of absisteee and
comfort and the anal reverse of the District
have increased in a proportional aha Now
when we consider the very remote situates of
the Heron District is relaties to the *artier set-
tlements throughout the Province -the experts
of transporting emigeants so far inland, ad the
fact that the price of farm produce mat, to •
certain degree, correspood with the dame, from
market ; itis evident that the country mast be
possessed oilman peculiar advasges es • coun-
terballance to these unfavourable cireamsancea
Aad at the head of these peculiar 'advantages
may be placed the healthiness of the District. -
For although it mut be aekaowkd with regret
sad shame 'hat few, few of =mined have studied
et beaus acquainted with the laws of health,
yet in Canada where there has bees so mach
alarm crated by fever sad age, like fever,
ate., the sentiment d kat sad the law of self-
preservatiou, ptbdoce a son of inactive wate-
ry, is the minds d even the moat igsoaet to
avoid, if po5ble, the sphere of gale iaOaeses.
Aid whether the hedthiae...f HUMS is ettri-
betebd te fa Oasapnal pains-te it/ im-
mediate proximity to the greet expanse e( nativist
water -to the !acidity dim tom"rees streams --
to the crystalise parity of its comedies never -
failing springs, to its superiority of soil, or to all
three combined it is • fact that it is becoming
almost proverbial for its balteuess, wad to this
may be ascribed mach of tb.iserwen elite pm -
parity. The quality of sada likewise • smug
inducement to farmers to come westward and a
very resp.ctable properties d the Agriealtarieu
of Heron are men who have reeved from the
Eastern, Bathurst, Dalbooeie and other Districts
of Upper Canada, simply is eeseegnesee of this
inducement. The District, so fat as settled, is
almost literally no vat block of hardwood lend.
For forty mike on the toad from Londa jo
G.derieh we do not recollect of having sees se
pita, hemlock, or cedar tree. There is is cer-
tain localities of the District a dight mix•on d
hemlock, bat pito is -,very nue and consequently
valeta. The soil consists generally of rich
clay loam. and ia for the Mae* part very even on
the armee. The ext peculiar ad,Nvstage
to the settler is the faeility of Utilising good
Isrd es the moderate tering afforded by the Leas-
ing system which the Canna Compey hue
adopted, the nature and eoaditiesm of which will
be sees by a referees to our Advertiaiag
columns. to our tut we will give a brief settee
Of Meek township, its itation, extent, gaetity
of noon patented cud esti pcesr.t popeluiaa
55
la eckeowledgi.g dee s.s iwoe. Madly sod -
en with which the Previa/tin Pees has weave-
* the " flares Sipe!." we mut refer parties -
hely to the " British Canadian." We do feel
complimented by kis remarks, especially tot pert
in which he ones the tensity of immediately
essabli.hug s Tory paper ie Goderich. At the
same time we mat set him right with regard to
" at feast teres tife7ta peat keel"( did tats
pts edtitsri.l tolwses." it is • mat 414454t task
se discover the either by the stjle ol the article;
amid we Wel like Jennie Hogg with the wntieg ef
the poetry. Our self-tetsesk persuades se that
so for as 7rdawtity r coecaaed, we e•. rat
3 writs or meek with any other emu d our w-
omanisers ; therefore w• elairs an credit or we-
an which may be do to ewe Editorial ,alum's.
The Berthee of the wog is the West is Chet
Malcolm Cameros, Esq., is to be appointed
Commissioner of Crowe Lends, ted without the
slightest i.t'suos d basting a blest one the
proverbial mean of the Hoseerab4 Msmter
Ise Rest. Wearied, trunk that ifse.rasatd
pensions, satirist minty, iadesitrl►le pats-
veresm amid.,.s sttendss t. btsisees, pre-
deni. ea.ewy. sad . taareugh homing" d
the art d akitdiag, ere regent. qualification
bete paps ansgetwt d the depwtaat,
the eppertmst mw be poplar end w
peal *Mk bench tial a Wlity.
Oa Sas•i4 every aha 124 at., by request
Mr, Themes Margin's Nsafvesei a Iaeetaw se
the Solid 1,115 of leumanose, is Mn. Se00 "
Sari hews, 1th C.sesri-a d Osie iib, the
tsedieace win age .5i moseisgy at'safe, ad
at the arm d the Lettere • *ear of saes
wen died to the lest of *oral stamm
STATISTICS OF THE DISTRICT OF
HURON.
If the rapid ioer,ase of popelatin trd wealth,
is taken es a indiciado* of the misb,ity of the
climate amid the fertility of the Dail, we aro
marled the follwieg initiation will thew that
this District possesses thea nvesages aye*
almost ay other Di.triet is Upper Cased". 1t
will be here sees that from 1842 to 1847, the
popelatia has bees doosidembly more the
doubled. The reepeetiv..•/mase. were takes
in the teeth of April.
Year. Tear.
1842.
Deaf and Dewe. • .. •..• ...... 4
Religions Determination.
Epiesepaliass
Presbyterian
'Cesare d Mme
Methodists various Ceees*fes
Baptiste of dilsist 3.4.4
Uuiteraso
C"sgregetioeslist.
I.depo.daara
%oak.,..
Mena*
Temksa.... .....iiia••
Umiveranit.
Liberators (1)- ......... ....
Mormon C ...
Lutheran- • ...
Christine
New Teraina Di••idte
Prefer*" ape S*elariaiam .
Teral ..*ecce ....
!terra..... ....
1847.
The *rat► is. that Ut.. t. fres ad ldMew
hew jar the same ,.1.u.. a 7.paler is nn.
ties tial they hewn the waltfes s/ a whet.
harrow. Ewy tan. sea host 557.0.5 afp rete
ideas fa hie owe laageage. 1t is sot • stltiple.
airy 1 diferlee4 oOt eestwi'tj are
.ipifieetin 1 bis sot peparrifill Ulan were
--itis ideas, It is the statatiateelf theoght ; it
M *wad p Alar ierd,
Nd t t rosier' a* easel
inermaties is ..as.siwld the ogle the ail.
am a Omsk et Golfe, provided it is amt is -
raisins te the people aware a pwesd es ■a
by it. Det re Nies its sonny iea15 i.ldr•
gene whin he Mss net passe, sad amen
we wend mach rather peaks a shrewd, .strut,
comma -.nen Grater tote eb.. of Dwrist
S_peristesd.*t of Crown Same, that a
", "arovr Tb kaowld0. as(
ea.
(arae, i. praetfsal i the spefsem'e. of "am,
" whiner" ie is a fury baehas.
In the neat place, the salary .f the Clod 8.-
pevi.tedaet is a startling iest.sa d errant -
piece. Fire hundred pounda per ease gives
to a as fur merely lookieg os, sad talking •
great den about the eduoatios of • goatee tai.I•
ria d Gal. boy• and girl., i. 05,1,4,17 what
Oliver Goldsmith would have celleda "great
bounce." We aro not who framed the Dill, or
who crested tea office, it is to all treats soil
purposes a bare -faced ans. if we mistake sot
there is a salary of esventy-ire porde allowed
for • clerk to the Chief Soperiatedast ; and
were the Bill w►ipt e( .ieetere-twtaueth. of *ha
amine veibup, a/d $ large sanest of the be-
wddering pa•phasanie with whish it is ear -
mended, this Nan clerk, with a additional
salary d .eve.ty-fire pomade, cad easily Ni.
compliali the educational duties of himself and
hie muter, sad thereby secure a earths to the
polio d foes he.dr.d and twe.ty-five posed, •
yeaz from this single department.
MR. MALLOCH, M. P. P.
We have pretty good authority for stating
that •Edward 'Malloch, Esq., member fur
Carleton, will vote with the Reform party
.t the coming se.sioe of Parliament ; and
more, that the greater part of his most
influential suppo , knowing this, seem
perfeetly-pat*afied that he should do .o. -
And if nae thing more *had another, short
of his doing so could convince us that such
is his intention, rt is the fact of the Ottawa
.advocate (hie reputed organ) plating his
name to its list of returns amongst those
whoa politics are doubtful, whale a few
weeks before it pronoanted Mr. Malloch •
Coerreuties to the " back bone ;'' and then
even went so far as to authorise the Mon-
treal Gazette to change Mr. Malloch', elms
from a similar position to that in which it
has now placed him to one more suited to
his feeling.. Aod surely no one can bre
silly enough to suppose for * moment that
the 4deocale would take- opus itself to
change Mr. Malloch's politico without that
gentleman'. perminsioa 1 Loyal men of
Carleton, what will become of you, now
that your representative has deserted yew,
and now that your once opr.fly loyrd organ
heralds the fact without ore note of con-
demnation T - both thus deserting your
colours, and betraying your " Kiag hod
Consututioor—Bytowa Packet.
s
2,787 6,190
1338 4,791
822 4,602
402' 1,441
1110 219
i 94
O 23
18 to
i 1
ISO IIB
11 1
1 84
110 00
0 0
Ms 857
1 84
O 7
38 35
TAO 11.643
9,360
We have bees both sorry .red surprised to en
the etas d Edward Malloch, Epi, onepyiag a
sate is the Tory enema of the sew Hone of
Assembly, and have, *heftier., takea the liberty
d uessiktiog it to its prspe e- Y,. as fr'lns eee
penmenperen knowledge d Mr. M.II.aa, late Sheriff
..d present Represeaative of the . cuuaty of
Gamin, to which we belesg, tea think we eta
safely asset that h• will always Nippon the
parry who will attempt to Legislate os the great
principle of " Jennies se all." We have alae
included the tams of Joh. Egos, E.q., Member
for Ottawa. C. E., is the Ii.* d .ukeaen.-
We ore aqt await* with the political creed
of Mr. Egan bot from the bet d hie beteg e.e
d the meet extensive Lumberton is the ?re-
viser, we slash 'oppose that the iMeeave.:mice
..d injery which b has reoeatly sustained from
the bogliag iaeseancies •sd miligeaee of the
Crows Laid Office, have brow sufficient to snake
him desirous d a cheep.
En. H. 8.
LrraaAroas.-W" have received the sixth
member of the Victoria Mapsiss. It is fall d
the be•etifel, sad arras we have much plea -
w e is reewomeadmg it to the beautiful of oar
race. The Ladies sheen really *tram this
nenirable effort te retrblies • periodical Litera-
ture in Canada. The prisripd maaagemest and
mach of the error mesate from Mrs. Movie,
a lady whoa peculiar pans for tale -writing amid
poetry, has for masy, may years yielded nab
pk.sete to the lie sity ;.Niemen as of Britain
and Amnia. This amber, besides many well
written amid ieterestfag •raises of finites, ere -
miss the esacl.sies of Mr. Moodies important
pndeetfos ea " Religion and Le -atty." The
Vietee'r Magazin is published monthly by Mr.
Jape Wiliam, Bookseller, D.B.ville, for ewe
WSW" per year ; and if say d aur riding
kinds is 0.deriab, me desires, d Maoist
sehearibers to it, we will cheerfully perform the
deity d Apt.
Ten A•aicvtiwaar aro Caliente), Joearat.
W. have remind the three het sabers of
akin .ami-msa*hly publication. It is well got
op ad met be predmetive d ash pre to the
practise! homer. At the mss as we meet,
rinses
157145551 p.lhfea I riesideip,e *gest the
75171fap of ming it a little seen agriedtaal.
We eek ewlsilipthe nape d the fiat sa-
ber d the Awn* "IdesR•s. tad Wet sorry
that we coast eitspisatienly seesawed it-
Oer triol 4 the *tease ef peals twin atfea,
has, for the fret est s twelve twos led an te
I.etem sd w.s. *Rem epee the tenet chem est
betide soommeosseee .odd priestly allow ;
and we weed eheshgy estrihre ear smite to
the setess.mest .f soy ethane whish wrdseaa-
d is hearty with ter and eeamiowrles d
*mea *tad the peOonshe essesidise assesa tee age.
Sot we ammo all s abet the istre eai.a of tes
samme ed pidimeodawlissat arse of Premia.
Mweva wart* is may ho Messed or dia-
pie*.
C.wffa'e IRswar—Aa tarps* wee
held N the Orn .t., by Illseyeatsairth lire.
is the Toweenp el Hem ea the hdyt of
William Powers. Ittidesse eta =items
akar that the Demised W bpm Ri
in intosleatin Make. V Mid ts
exegesis, driskia(of eras/ /pblts.-Pert
Hese 4deerlio.r.
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