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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1848-09-29, Page 2fa a 11 IWO a.,abwer, mei he has ruucb mow difficulty ii, p ,pets,! 11 ter •1.• pu..ltr rase. 110 sighs w fNtw.s lbw su.na.sr syp,oft.h. which ke ba. bill •rte fir ewael wnh plra.uro fur' he uuu.t Ivy by his cloak, whrcb has bees .uch a good friend to him during the win ter, su fisting bias lu every way to eurcuun- toot the prying eye of b,. foetid. from tint- coaerino that his Moshe. were warn more than th.. n.rrht'she, r•.r.idertee bet grade in rrn'irty, wbocb to, It he were not bates w.th the R.•n•rel manta, something, with three tunes hie income. The c.aeegoesess or all this Is. that he gets Into debt, and in his attempts to se- ven very resectable he, in real!'y,becunues not at all •a. Ilia quarter's salary, though h h,erca•ed more his marriage, Is bes- poke ter re uver. Thebakor turne morose, and 11:e botcher savage ; he gels nervou• and timid, and is afraid of his own knuckery, and lie 'Indere •e. an hourly torture, because he will keep up appearances. 11e will have s tagger house than he wants -ho will give wine to but friends when they dine with him, ■lthmigh he mentally calculates the value of each glass as his detr friends seal- • low It, with the full belief that the more they drink the mune he is,graufie.1, tar from app.•arancea, he ia well kble to atf..rd it. Ilia wife. although a good one, knocks her.elf up both mentally and bodily In pre- paring and cooking a more profuse dinner than is customary because people should think that they were not well off; and see• them to the door, nn their departure, with ;lie nmet reckless Haring of the cantles ;- when, it soy one of the party were to return for his umbrella, he would be greeted with the' eine?' of their rapid exttngutehtng, which she tot sure to perform before the echo of their fouttiteps has cease,' to sound dowu the street ; wbd,t her husband is ma - Mug She bottoms et wine Into one bottle to be carefully pat by. Ater a tedious put Ung away, and the selecting the borrowed from their own, they crawl off to bed, rela- yed in their fatigue by the hope that they haw a.tuouhed their friend* and kept up appearances. • • • • • Appearance is everything. A mai of ge- note in a brougham is very differently look- ed upon from the moo of genius in -a shabby hat and a split boot ; and IS paid :or his ge- nre, accordingly. A man that would he well with the world must appear to be well with himself. Eve- ry body Is eager to patronise one who can apparently patronise in his turn, and to give hens a I.ft who can ride In -his own caeri..ge. I'unaegisently the oecesaity of keeping up appearo0ces. NEN.AGIl PETTY SESSIONS, " Bern to good luck -or ea Iriehn'ai s Portree." - Mary Keely, a stubborn flippant ongued wont's, summoned Paddy Murphy of riseturtcal notoriety, in the classic re- gion. of Curraghbawn, both as petit mum, a bit of a poet, • *choler, and a lawyer. The neighbors spoke everywhere uf his deep • ming, end profound knowledge of 0 pas- sing events. Nolwrtbatading all his ca- pabilities, May Kealy brought hire before the bench. !She depose.' that he carne into her house use Jay last wok, tad that not being able to stand tits law and arguments, ✓ he desired hum to quit the house, where - open be laud hold of her by the throat, kuucked her dues, placed one of hie ►age upon iter chest, and yor honor., he threw out a scrap of poetry at the same time. Paddy Murphy (ascending the witness table w.tl. tiigney, and betaking in a luud twee) said -Yes ! tuts uruilsrgeol, 1 said while yeti lay pro btra)e— " Duro to the vile dust from whence 'eateries', Unwept, uubuouured, mud uusuug.' (laughter.) 1f your honors listen to me, -1 will tell you all about this prep oetherous sod vexatious prosecution. 1 am one of those unhickv Irishmen (laughter) -one of those unhappy eights that has gut, alas !an an -industrious wife, without a fortune - (sighing.) Ah, Paddy Murphy, It was a woeful day that you first stet Kitty Kealy. She paralysed my faculties, and blinded my underetanurn'. i ran headlong in love,whtch the poet must beautifully defines- KILRUSII PETTY SESSIONS. A MAN 0? L- ETrSRS. "1, -A -W, La- w 11•s many s chink' and flaw." " PaJdj°O'Leary, are you there r " Indeed that 1 am, Mtsthci Brow, au' well you know I am. Sure you're bta- ring me in the, face for the last half hour ; but, or worse, 1 suppose, you're bound to ax fur form's make ;"-and r0 replying to the crier's query, up came faddy, hes cats• kris in enc nand, and • whip more remarka- ble for its .nock=cm-down dimensiuns, as regarded the handle, than -its elegance of linter to the other. F,Somu the breast of tits cuat projected the end of a narrow strip uf wood, some fifteen ruches lung, u0 which were traced is white paint a medley u(cba- ractcrs,"isteiJed, doubtless, fur letters, bet as puzzling, at drat sight. as a Chaldee manueeript, ,• You are • car -utas, I believe T' said his worship. "1 disci be doing a trifle that way, 'returned Mr. 0 Leary, laconically; and lay- ing ddw•u his whip and tile, be rubbed leis hone; Land .tcro.a his mouth. .Uogiatrote-" Brew thargcs you with n ot baring your name •placed properly on your car." Paddy'-." Ile do, sir ? Dear me ! Well, well, then, you're a dhroll man, ar'ot you, Mettler Brew, for an officer u' the ccurt ?- Mesa 111e W l -.-Jud you ever tarn your readin'-tined-easy i Eli ? Did you again?' And faddy, drew forth the strep of timber, and holding it close to the lunctiooary'b nose-." Isn't that PADDY 0 Litany li•a- u oo m-tu, noiaULL r' he.,aid, in a bantering tune ; " Isn't id, now i Look at hum,now, gentlemen. Bed scene to bun, but he ap- pears as mated as, jf be was afther hero fired at like tbo Queen, eb 1 Doseu't bus though. (Grca• hughter.r On thruwueg our eye over the slip to quleetlun. we were by no means of opinion that 'lire whu ran Ingle read, the letters being of •amus duneusrone, the paint in- dttferent, capitals carefully excluded, and Mr. O'Leary's name and the unpronounce- ' able tuwnland, clowely jwed, defiance. of all the rules ur punctuation. " Well, avert hate you to say now i" ii- qu;red faddy, after a .hurt pause. "1 have to say your worships," returned the crier, t'tat It would puzzle the judge, su it wuuL4.--boeause fur fear twasn't hard enough to read it by lair [cane, he bad it nailed on ups:de down." (Great laughter.) 0' 1, ry-" Oh, tat, gentlemen, that was only accmd••nts. YJu see 'twos nated un at nightfall, an' indeed l'm no groat scholar- Iuuwsunlet•ei theme's the 0, an' the L., an' toe F:, an' the A, an' the Il, as' the Y, an' the -" Magistrate Dui you upset a poor wo- mao's herring -barrel uo the street, and Brew could nut get you to stop to find out y our name.' " Poor Paddy smiled deprecatingly. ''Ola, then we nettled about the herrings," he bard, "an' sure enough this man (tapping the armee shoulder) tollowcd Inc but (est, brwliti &liber me al If all belonging to lieu was deal, an' that i klit'enu. ' Stop the horee humeri man,' says he. 'For what would you mop as honest man's horde?' says 1 . '0a, 1 can't read your name, be- c;usse'tas upset, somehow,' says be. Stand vee your heed, then, say 51 and may be you'd peruw id."' (Roan* uf laughter.) .Ifugidrete-'• Well, go about your bas wows+ now, and beware regular is future." e• 01,, wv.bm' me tbo,wsod blessing' on you ear,' egciar.ued O'Leary : and ea he 'went out .nate tie street, the creek of hie whip sae heard at intervals. "Be [o be .n •olid 1uuwphantly, " O'Connell twee. ted uv drvuu' a cosh are four through an Act of Parltamen, but sure 1 bet him hol- low. Ion 1 •kuv an mild horns en' ear thro' td sot worth idly andhogs." tions of Rev. Mr. ('h'nquy, the Bishop o1 Llootteel, and others ul'their priests. 3rd. All the papers pnbl/shed in he French language, including the Aldangy. Riligices, are urging the eeuple to physi- cal and motel Improvement, and some sr them to mental culture. Several point ost faithfully, the vast in(etionty in enterprise, agriculture, kc., of Preach Canadraes, sod tyre to struggle uaward and upward, II they would nut see all their property pass out )( their hones Into those of atraagere. Ag► - cultural societies are also diflusiog know- ledge among them. 41b. The Missionary ell iris now making among them, are succeeding in antroduci the higher and better Tight of dhvtue truth bene pad then over the country ; sed the Ituratunary educational efforts are miser' many youths to a much higher level of is- telligence and rnfurmatwn than their netgt- boure. All of whom will, we treat. be centres of bemficial influence hereafter. We need nut add that we heartly eyntpt- thize web all the above named effurts ter the adtancement of the Fleuch Canadine people, and prey that they may be ruccese- ful in fairing them to •n equally with tum most favoured nations. Combined, the+ will, probably, produce results, and that a nu Mateo date, which will astonish eves those Me look must fatourably upon our ruial population. Ruu.iou vs Lraearr-M•aas or PRo. oeuss.-LVeu that hes watched the progress of the great principle of religious liberty, can doubt its final consummation) First it was developed in toleration, which was re- incur a larger outlay, and therefore • larger crewed as a boon; then it expanded, until tol- taxation, than we have borne fur many eratioo was regarded as a right; and now U years. It is there'ore, our buainoas to cur - has brought us to such a positron, that we despise toleration as an insult. See the ef- fects of the progress of this principle upon dune suteethmg in t; a way of saving. - our Parliament: -rat first it was a pathauuent £800,000 is a gond sum to knock ufl from of ckarcAmen; then iia basis was enlarged, the estimatss of one year. They should and it became a parliament of I'rotratuals; see what more can be dune palely and eirh- and now, they who will give to Mime rely- out delumcot to the public service. We grows designation, are compelled to use the are Gerry that an intelligence lake Mr. Cub - moat comprehenetee term, and call it a par- I den's should have Leen commuted to such 'lament of Christians. The' advocates of crutches as •those of disarmed ur reduced Church and State begin to fear, that it will i land end sea forces. Had it not been fur soon bo impossible to describe it at all.- this, se rhuuld have hailed hint as a taloa• Hierarchical pretensions, year by year, have ble laborer in the field of practical aiid pow - reluctantly receded before the advancing ticable ecunuwy. Unfortunately, his with - wave of liberty, and never has intolerance rictus aiuisrries on all guc.Uuns of rational been able to stay its progress. -J. H. Til- expenditure snake lout not only au inetheteut let. I but a sespe-cted and dangerous ally in such tstattcrs. We mnret therefore content ourielees now Tea mosrTaRAL TaatlwlrT. with ineisung on the curtailment -spall un- necessary expenses, and protesting against PHRENOLOGY. -No. ViII. the stinginess which would impair t(e rest strength of the country. It may be aquas - It is the opinion of certain writers on the esus whether or no the horse artillery are !' natural history of mankrud," that there is of any use, ur whether the blockade of the a genealogical relationship between all the African coast [night nut be given up, or members, families, species and genera of *Ocher the governmeotal cxpeuscs of such the annul kingdom -of which, man is the placer as the BAhawas and Ilung Kong are ultimate and noblest development. They not on a toile utterly disproputttonate to maintain, that, in the form of the skull,' the their uses .and purpo.es. Bet it can bo no colour of the skin, as well as in their mini question at •ny time whether England and intellectual condition, there is a greater ought or ought not to abandon Gibraltar, difference between the Bushmen of South- sacrifice the West Imh.s, and sell .1uotra- ern Africa, and the enlightened Caucasian, lea. As long as she has strength, coney, than there is between the former, and the and courage, she Is b,n”ud al;kc by every Chimpanzee or the Orang Otang. Other sentiment of honour and self interest to re• writers consider the above doctrine ae a daring invasion of orthodox philosophy, and impiously derogatory to the dignity of the bumsn character. In my humble opinion, those philosophers have done most to 501 - taro the superior excellence of their nature, who, by practically investigating Geology, Geography, Philology, Anatomy, and Phys- sologv, have supplied us with evidence tending to demonstrate the distinct origin, and specific' identity of the human race. - And the dignity of these men is 'predicated, not because they have proved that they have none of the blood of preadamute monkeys In there may not be ;'the cloud may pass over; their veins, but because their object was but depend upon it, the validity of our meth - Teeny, and they took the most legitimate tation in behalf of peace will depend upon means of arriving at It. '1'h•.,e who believe that the whsle human race has descended from one nobly created pair maintain, that climate, and other phys- ical circumstances, are sufficient to account for all the varieties of mankind, that are found on the face of the earth. This posi- tion it Would be difficult to support, howev- er, were it not for the striking differences discoverable between tune and wild animals that are known -to have descended from the same stock. Hugs and cattle were taken by Columbus to St. Domingo, in the year 1493, whence they wero afterwards carried to the main land. ilerds of their offrpnng are now running wild in the prairies of South America, rem•urkably different in ap- pearance from their European progenitors. The heads of both kinds of animals are very much altered in form, from there of the tame stock ; and they possess an uniformity of colour, which does not beton, to domes- ticated animals of the same race. 1Vhen dogs have been allowed to run wild for two or three generations, they lose those varieties in furm and colour which distinguish them when under the patronage of men : and they assume, to a great degree, the appearance of wolves. They altogether forget the " honest bark," which is the lan- guage of our canine companion, but they utter • sharp cry,or long melancholy howl, like the jackal or wolf. It is also a well known fact, that it does not take many generations to alter the characteristics of sheep, in iccrirdance with the peculiarities of the climate to wbicb they may be traneperted. These aaimats, tsken from Europe to the West indles,soon lose their covering of wool, anti receive, In its stead, • coat of fine hair ; so Oft, to many cases, it Is difficult to distinguish them from the goats of the same region. These, and many other facts of the earns nature, are addocsd to prove that clin *M and other circumstances aro sufficient to account for the dlfforeut tries' of manknsd, in opposition to the heretical notion of de- ferent origins amongst interior animals. I refer to them for the purpose of *bowleg that whatever our opinions of the origin 01 man may be, we cannot deny the fact, that man, physically and mentally, is under the same physiological laws as the lower ani- mals are ; although beteg endowed y hie Creator with higber capacities, hell abled to study these laws, and adapt hems If to their requirements -by which, his respnn• 'abilities are proportionably enhanced-- beeause the means of hie Improvement to are indefinite extent are placed in his own hands. G. R. " L • chase of idle hopes and fears, Began with folly, and closed with tears." I cats bear moteoful testimony to the unde- niable truth of these verses. Bench -Surely, .3hster Murphy, this has nothing to do with the present cane. Paddy Murphy (laying down bar hat, and folding his ares) -1 shall tell you the shole cause of this case, bad luck to it -1 got married, as you might conceive by the open- ing statement, to putty Kelly, and I was to get • bed -yes, (indignantly) a bed fur a fortune (lad laughter). 1 canis fur this necessary piece uf fortune - For Kitty Kealy's leather bed, Whereof 1 thought to lay toy head - (loud laughter,) when her sister, this ama- zon here to my left, your honours, stood up, and with the left hand shut, and the right hand brandtabtng a ',tool, and with • Eyes of fire, so' lips of dew, Cheeks tut shame the rosy hue, (renewed laughter,) she struck me, inflicted eine Injuries on ate, and that's the whole case. 1 cannot stand them -I am between them likes hare amongst a parcel uf hounds -their abuse of me You'd hear hear resoundio', Theo' hill and mountain. (more laughter.) Capt PLinkett-You treat] innocent poor fellow. Paddy -indeed I am, sir. Capt. Plunkett -But you are talking a great deal of stud end nonsense. Paddy-lt is all they want is to put me into gaol ; to starve me, to rob me, and to laugh at me ; and if I am put into gaul my days are ended, and 1 die " UebonoareJ and unknown." Mr. Going • (to complainant) -Do you want to put him to gaol 1 Mary Kealy -1 want l'addy Murphy -Only gaze, your wor- *hipe, at ler countenance, which is the in- dex to her mind. Mary Kealy -You preshuming leprecha- un why don't you leave me to speak. 1 will do whatever the law allows use, so I will, yer honor. Paddy Murphy -1 differ with the poet with rcepect to you, Marv, when he said - "Oh, woman, lovely woman, Nature made thee to temper man." - (loud laughter ) Bench -We adjourn the case until' we have some other• evidence besides yours.- .\ enagk Guardian. After recent examineti,,a ,d eerie in 'heehrre tor the rite 04 contirnsstiun, in en.wer is the gwtHlon " Whet is tee iu1 - ward and A..u,s men Brod form In haply. ,.• f be wryly woe" " IYte easy, stn labour. The loo.' of lour millions til he stag betegs u'gam doubted. Aisle Ire land will come frying to England fur food ; but if we relieve bur uece•suies *ga though we confess that we know ail sebeoce the uneasy i• to come, things eau nut be to bad as they were before. '!'here mum be an economy practised thus time et the dlopeesatron til charity of which expen- saee has taught both the Necessity and fa- cilities. There must be no more squsnder- tng the public money by irresponsible boards among sturdy and well to-do beg- gars. Neither will there be such a (corral lack of grain as was ceneplarthed of in 1816. The deficueoey of tl.o h arrest will be par- tial, not general. We shall bud in the grain markets 011ie world with little or no com- petition. Nur will the experience of the last famine have been In vain, since it uver• caws tee prep.:Imes of the poorest and rno.t suffer ng eLirs against the cheapest and most available tett of food. So far the prospects rs of a mixed kind. We are threatened with famine and with war. Al of • ld, it Is better to fall into the hands of (Jul.than man. The worst, so far as we can see, of the famine is better than anything we can yet conjecture of the war. For the former we aro better provided than we were two years ago ; but what extent of provision can take un all the enamelUee and consequences of general hostilities 1 - In the face of these cunt tngencie , our ex- penditure becomes a question of serious importance. We have no business to spend one farthing beyond *hat we require. We know not bow soon we may be called on to • A. Aaeustewr WDLL Pur. -A subscri- ber, who has taken a weekly paper for about fourteen years, onkel' the following eenst- hle remarks In a letter enclosing the remit- tance for another year's subscription : "My means are small -bub 1 abjured wine, alco- hol aril other strong drinks in June 1838, and have kept honourably to my pledge ; the saving under this head more than pays. for my newspapers, and the gratificanon which the persual of tbcm gives me, is be- yond calculation in dollars and °Cents. - When 1 look around any neighbors, and see many @mart, intoligeot men, who seem to tare an interest in the welfare of their beloved country, and yet from false econo- my deny themselves and their families the the advantage and pleasure of a newspaper ; 1 feel mortified and sorry on their account. I have been .a constant' reader of your paper since 1833, and the longer ' take it the moor? I like it :-to part with it would be Ilk missing the company • ad conversation of a much valued old friend." -doter. paper. tail our superfluities in order ;o meet our necessities. The .'Ministry seems to have the premium being higher or lower will ex tend or shorten the Uwe accordingly, while Ilia uncertain additions to the stock by fines, wit hate the saltie effect uo • small scale. In eight years -fur we shall reckon that period exactly -as the fraction of s year is nut worth notice (n the way of argument and illustration. To that period the holder ,,f • £mU share will hate mud one dollar par month for 9e tmsnths. £34 0 0 Entrance lee, 1 3 F,xpences ofmanagetent 96 months, 1 4 0 At the expiration ul that period he will receive £30, because the aeeunielstione in that time have amounted to as many sums of £50 ar there are shares held, and the Su- dety ends because the borruwcre have nothing more to pay -having paid rip all their instalments with interest on the .barer borrowed. The uiterert of their own money.the premium. peed by borrowers, and the ever ruling accumulations of each monthly amount luaue1, the stuck being swelled by tines and entrance fees, its pro- duce reabssa to each person £s0. The person taking a lean at • • premium uf 0;15 for a share of 450 is is a dffereut position. Should he take a loan the tiro( year he will have to pay, fiat los instal- ments as before stated. £'_S 5 3 Intercet on £50 fur 8 years, 14 0 0 This sum he will have paid exclusive of the charges for valuing, mortgage and re- gistry, which as he would pay these expen- ses for the usher made of borrowing un mort- gage security, ought nut to be reckoned as a peculiar cuarge attending the loan through a Bu(luling Suelety. Thus he well have the use of £36 for eight years, and receive back his mortgage -decd, and be to posacesiun of a lreebuld property without iucuutber- dace thereon. But there Is tie difference, setting aside the etiposaibtlitjeuf borrowing at so low a rate, there Is the uncertainty as to the recoveryoof the mogagr„,deed at all ; and the pri bubbly of paying law expensce in recovering ; while through the operation of the Building Society eterything is fixed and eertate. If there are 100 ebarehulders of 1 share each of £50, in eight years the fund, will be 1UOx50, £3000. Part of this will be in cash, and part in mortgage securely of the full value uf £50. The bur- rower will be paid his share by handing him his deed, the lender by handing him £50, and the society becomes extinct. There us auuther peculiarity ; this soci- ety has rejected the aboard system of has- i:ig a plurality tui votes -being fully convic- ted that the value of a vote cunsi,tcl in the judgment and. ability of the individual elect- ed to the of5ee of Director, not in the smarcs over one, that he mny hold. Interest will be allowed fur alt gonia peed three or mure months in advancu at the rote of 6 per cent per anuuu. JRU.r loom -Friday evening a very elaborate and massive silver salver was presented to MaJemoieellc Jenny Lind by the committee of the hospital fur Con- sumption, bearing the following inscription. -In the name of the sufferers relieved by bounty, thio humble memorial of one of her noble actions is presented to Jenny Lend by the committee of toanagoment of the Hospi- tal for Consumption at Brompiton, London, as t slight token of their esteem and grati- tude, and in commemoration of the concert given by her on the 31st day of July, 1848. On which occasion, through the exertion of her unrivalled talent., £1,766, was added to the foods of the charity, and • solid founda- tion paid for completing the fabric -the unfinished condition of whieh had excited her generous sympathy. From the Bible Christian. We have great hopes for the improve- ments of our neighbours of French origin, awed consequently for the advancement of Lower Canada, and theme hopes are bawd upon the following coeaderauotta : let. Education is becoming much more gene•el amen the reslog generation, and, .o far es we Tarn, ia highly prised by their parent.. Troops of boyt and girls on their way to aid from school, ore by no means an eneonemon eight now In the coma - try parishes :indeed, in a recent joerae, through some of them we were strongly reminded, In this respect. of Scotland or the New Englmnd Htatea, 2nd. The 'femperaeee refnrmatese et . ranking rare great progress amn•g them. owing. under trod, the most laedsble eaer- tais countries and continents wb:clm have been won by the blood uf bcr bravest, and may become the homes of her sliest enter- i prising sans. These rhe cannot part with. A cession of dominions like these would in- volve that sort of disgrace which precedes ruin. It would be a put'ab!c and a paltry economy: Let real superfluities be docked : let ne- cessary services bet performed. T.bis is the real economy of state. expenditure. A great nation can have neither a little weir, our a little army, nor little losses. War to tr Fry. the London Times. PROSPECTS -IMPENDING JUDG- YENTS. We have spoken of the past. Let us now turn to the future. Does hope or fear pre- dominate i0 our views I Alas : the first object that presents themselves to us aro the eympto.' of the same Infliction which hes already twice taxed our cba:uty and our the material strength we possess, at the moment of interveotiun. Jf we had all the wealth of the world, and ho army or navy, our interference would be only like a child's babblings. Tu insure peace we must. be prepared for war. The maxim is antiquated, but so is human nature. We have the best navy in the world. Don't 'let es throw away a great opportunity by crippling it on the eve of an Europan crisis. We have, fir its urea, blue vmallest army. , Let us not weaken ur maim :t. • HURON SIGNAL., FRIDAYt 4 EPTEMBER '1!, 384f1 FIRE, AND PROBABLE LOSS OFLiFE ON LAKE 1lUl3PN. ip of Jesus, sad I are persuaded that dtes o1 6011,000 dabatwtasts til Upper elude, we ceo11 Mad sue demised mea who ought *Motel, menta to carry out three principles, or to put them ,mw practice, these %buasaud Luta wueld produce the moral regenerauoa of to Prouace. Yrs, toe real, practical Cbtialaus would do more good ahaa esu theemaal, yea, than lei hundred thou - mad aowiael saes, vibe princes 10 believe ail these precepts sad principle's, sad yet regulate every aciiuo of their Lies by ezelsstre *elfish 0155, except them few selfish mimes which ars punished by the civil law, and for these they are enacted to no credit. But ark thew to tacit les some charitable purpose, lu wake sume,wurtdly sacrifice for the good of other*, ur for the ad- vancement of general knowledge, a request them to MINIM their appetites for the promotioe uf virtue le others, and in many, many caws you will be met with the loupes, of the first mutterer, ".1m 1 my brother's keeper " Nay, - sear will eve. nisei you with as a:ganwst about t'hru(.an liberty, and quote certain sentences from scripture to prove that they arc (roe to act just as they please. Where, then, is the beauty of Christian morality? Whets is the love and the charity, sad the self-denial, that constitute the superiority of Unlearn practice 1 My opin- ion is that Christianity, to welt +nen, is uotbing more than a beautiful( impracticable theory. 1 hale shams of every deecnpuuun, and in every department, but 1 hate them with a ten -fold hatred when they. dare to anew their unholy flims in connection with the solemnities of reli- gion. We may shim each other, we rosy @Tea ahem outer -leer, but our attempts to sham our Creator by cloaking oar selbah desires ander the sanction of his word will be the most fatal sham eystern that we have ever adopted. 11 • man were to tell me that he could not conscientiously enter hie. public protect easiest tie (Making customs of society le Mlle be really lurid drink: because a had become a habit, •od be lsckedl firmness to overcome at, or because oar total abstinence was not popular; if he would 1e11 me that w soon as we could 1 recall ea all the sober, and -retie v•stle,aud intelligent, and lash- - mnable portion of the con u00.ity to juin tbee he would emu become s tee -toiler. 1 could listen to any of all these excises with pity : and while 1 regretted his weaknese,1 coned believe in hie 'Semite. But when Ye -off -re to fortify his pos,uoa with scriptau ; when be tries to defend his practice by boasting of his Cbrisuae I.tiberty, 1 at once put Mut down as ow who eh •:.11 in the gall of bitterness, and iu the hoed of iniquity ; who either does not know or dues not want to know the real spirit of C'i,nerisnity.- lo short, I •t once conclude that his -profession of religion is a mere sham. .1' do not tetrad to tare1 1010 a sethpture view a( the matter a:mpiy because 1 Think we do not believe the scriptures me this, subject. Yon most not be started or alarmed at this tusertion. 1 have ever been and hops eye+ will be in the habit of speaking and venting my convictions, reprdlete alike of rear In favour from me0. And my eonection, in this iastatter, is founded on the jn,venal fact,. that our nature compels us to act in harmony with our belief is every instance where we have the power of seting, fad when the action involves our bappieese or misery. Now, cerlaislyever, MOD bas the power sot to get !drunk. i mean he bra the power at some period el life,-buodred,. Ihounsda, yes, 'Milieu of men and women have provea to the world that they have power, to abstain from intoxicating drinks entirely, that they can live .and enjoy health and pro•periy without toughing these liquor.. There is not • man in this meeting that wuuld not consider himself insulted were 1 to tell him that. he bad not power to abrtaia from liquor.. Nov 'lbs scriptures say " Woe veto him that giveth hie neighbour drink.", They say farrher'that no drunkard shall iaberit Iles kingdom of 'God." - Do we believe these deelaratins? 1 thick not: 1 think did we believe thew two statutes, we would neither have a grog dealer nae • grog dr niter in the community! We have the power to abandon both ; and if we semidry and firmly believed that by indulging 1111 them, we IMO even running a risk of being .bat out (root eter- nal life, we woold very speedily abeide, thew. Bet we believe Raalring of the kind. We. say,. or think, we believe them. And aha'. too mash of oar faith is of this description. Wbes a ems professing piety, •nd faith, and temperance, aad i•telligeace,'staade looking and laaghiog a the wild ravings sed buffonery of a man in a state of entezication, it would certainly be nnehari:able to 'appose that the sober man who was appar- ently deriving some merimrot and amusement (ram the sayings and .pings of the drunkard, could believe that the poor deraaged mortal was at the same time dancing on to eternal torment ' [say it would b; altogether uncharitable to sup- pose that the sober man believed this. end there- fore 1 conclude that he does not believe these scripture declarations. 1 hold a much higher opinion of human nature than to suppose other- wise.' Suppose the drunk men was about to throw himself over the Maitland Bridge and that we all believed firmly that • broken neck OT a fractured skull would be the certain conse- gaence. would we laugh at him? would we allow him to take the fatal leap 1 We would not. I think there are not biz men in Goderich who would not nee every exertion io their power to prevent such a catastrophe. And, if instead of leaping over the bridge, we really bdiered that he was lespisg lata everlasting perdition, what exertions, what sacrifices would we not make to eve him These conaalurstiaat have long since brought me to coselede that before we attempt to enforce the principle, of temper - perinea, epos scriptural gonads, it would be accessary to persuade men to beim'', the scrip- tures. There has been greet excitement during these few days past,'(rom Goderich Northward,' along 1 the coast, occasioned by the shore being strewed with the wreck of what must have been a vessel lot considerable size. At Pine Point on the tOth lost., the tipper works of what appeared to be • steamer, were washed neon the beach, anal which enema to have unstained much damage by fire. - Upwards of 9.00 burrito of Flour and Indian corn, a "orderable number of boxes ef medley and raisins, also en immense quantity of lucikr matches, a large quantity of dried apples; -ales considerably littered by the fire -and a rut num• bet of other articles which have literally strewed the shore st yahoos pr. alai have beta picked up. Mr. McGregor, ofAshfielJ, is now in possession of what appears to -have been the Yawl of the ill- fated vessel, which he fiiund at Pine Point. • It has 18 feet keel, is painted white, with r green stripe outside, abd of a lead color within, -but item •'sameit bas sestained no injury from PROSPECTUS or:r1lB LONDON DISTRIC'P BUILDING SOLI- . E'l' Y • SHARES £5O E.1CII. Monthly subscriptions 5s. c'y. per share ; 3d per month for expenses of management ; entrance fee Is. 3d. per share ; trarseter fee i jd. per share ; mortgage fee, Is. 3d. Tile principles on which Building Socie- lice have been eetablushed to thts province, is now sufficiently known to render any elaborate explanation entirely unnessary. The London District Bsildieg Society does not in its essential principles differ from those previously In operation ; it differs num the one previously established in ties town -the . /Aden Building Society -les having £50 Shares. 'Phis peculiarity had been previously adopted In other parte of the province ; it being generally admitted that It would accomodate a greater number of persons by allowing £50 shares ; while it prevented no ono (rem bolding as many as he meght think proper. Ilut it was from 5e opinion prevalent that tho object of Buil- dung Societies was that of Mutual Benefit and that the idea of Mutual Benefit implied a special regard to economical management, a subject ot great importance. This gave nee to the formation of thus society ; it was considered that all fees and remunera- tion fur services should be at the lowest for which It was possible to accomplish the objects of the society ; in particular it was desirable to Insure popul irity to Building Societies and the permanence of their prin- ciples, that those who sought the benefit of them by taking loan ,should have as little burden upon them as p>isnble In edition to the unavoidable expel' es to which the ope- rations subject their. The Schwlule of Fees herewith given will show that the greatest regard has been paid to economy. The following scheme will further'illue- trate the value and operations of the soci- ety, and the comperetwe advantage between the two modes of burrowing muney ; the vee, on ordinary mortgage security ; tine ther through the medium of Budding Soci- eties. it Is necessary to encumber this .uateuu,nt with a Wog series of figure. sheaving what the period of winding up will be muter a variety of changes of the amo,uct of premium ; sof lee 11 to say, that were the premiums to average £Ib on every £50 share, the nperetions of the Society would close in eight years as near as ; ,ssibe : w fire. From a bon eontaiaing 7 kegs of blasting powder, and many of the barrels marked "City Mills, D. Hovey," and other goats beiegdiree- ted to the Sash Ste. Mary, and the Midea Bey Alining Company, itis prrwtried that the wreck- ed vessel was on a voyage Nerds to the Mining Districts., None of the bodies of those on boded have been heard of, and cnneegoeotly the noodle left to itsworst fears igreference to their fate.- We (earn that the Magistrates have with praise- worthy zeal, sent constables along the beach in order to secure the property that has been saved, and we feel confident that the harmers along•ihe shore will glee all assistance in Ibis laudable un• dertsking. We are in hopes the before we go to peers spin, we shall receive some light upon this ■t pre.eat painful conjecture, and in tier nest be obliged to lav before our readers an accoagt of loss of property alone, and not of lite. HERESY OF MR. MACQUEEN'S TEM - PERANCE LECTURE. DRLITIRCD 1R TNR • PORWITTR5'Ae ClIVRCI, 00Dae1CL, Om a0*DAT &VENORM, 4m The opposition arising from these sources, however, would be easily overcome only for the sacred sanctity which religion is seppo.ed to fling around the drinking practices of society, -or at least aroand the opposition given to our princi- ple of total abstinence. Aod as i have no sym- pathy with shams, awl no intention of keeping back anything whieh 1 believe to be truth, aad which may have a tendency to promote 'the muse of virtue, 1 will here give my own,iews of the general tenor of Christianity as taught by its Great Author, and as contained in the Christian volume. (believe it 'to be • religion of univer- sal love, of forbeerasce, of mercy, of selidental, sod of charity,-regeiriag all its professore to love even their enemies, simply because they are the workmanship of the same (nod, sod to hate then would beta despise their Creator ; rever- ing us to (Orgies each °ther'e offence*; to sae- nfice our dearest desires and inrlinetiws, mad in exert ever! possible influence for the moral and palatal welfare of 001 nee: to live at peace with all rose ; to avoid the very appear - seer of evil : to avoid tenptatia, Or bring the "A LAYMAN." The (oresotag extract free ser Temperate* Lecture et the 4th lament, is gives fen the doa- ble purpose of gi•ing puldthear as asmtimeata whieh we cosaetentioesly believe to be entitled to onions eess.deratioe,-fad of pffordiag as opportunity to such of our misdate u may hays even " A Lay man 's"'arietsrr• upon trial Meter', of comparing the heresy of those sentiments with the hosiery of that g'atl.reaa's eriticiem. And as " A Twyman" steeds high is the aF'' manes of a ornate dose un fitsder,th,' it might reasonably be meted, Who i. "A Lemmas 1 "- means of tempting others : to Ing soberly, The man who tomes forward swear • fictiussm eirei,owly. and godly in the wnrbh, sed to do name to seers the moieties of cumber. hal geed mato s]1 men as ere have opportunity This been hooded by geed mos sea "onward," "• 1 believe io Ire the nbsteaes of the ,sent teach- stabber is the dark," " • eleajsd etma.ta,"