Huron Signal, 1848-11-17, Page 21
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LAW OF LIBEL.
Tke Queen vs. Thomson & Rice, for
Libel.=This prosecution, as our readers
are already aware, was instituted by Dr.
Holmes, a Coroner of this District, for
charge, hire with pocking. the Jury Au ileo
rear of P'rwer vs. l)sckaus. W e were not
. hole surprised at geeing the matter urged
to trial in the absence of the pru.ecutor,
who thou hi it betk;r nut to risk a Hail t0
('er a talky titianCumints- t '1'111
(t 0' theta U. OW pretty
.l (y .g raft
et us, and ed wltelessee to
prove publication. Mr. Radenhurst was
"or Cuursel, and addressed the Jut), in our
Wait. thetas Ktcb.lr tie, waa called in
the defence, to prove hove the leen of our
charge against the immaculate Coroner,
and that the article was not conceived in
melicr but (r would mot be heord—the law
lorbrr. )U.IIS awUrm, or proof of leo malicious
inlenli .0 ! Wheat a miserable relic of a
learberuth age is this ! The Judge's charge
to the Jung was in layout of the law, and
the case alto telt to them to decide by
their veNrct, upon the issue of which de-
pended whether the Prow should be gorged
or free. Their verdict was, that the Press
rill::;uD tie 1'1:LT.! We have no fear,
10 such eases as thee, when we have an en-
hbhtepe.l Jury to deal with—and it affords
u. pleasure to say that the B,.nurst Dis-
trict tat nut vyaeteig in rnany such. Sup -
purist, for instance, that the Jury le ribs
caw had been one ignorant and unenlighten-
ed, blinded by prejudice and ppaauroo, their
verdict right hive been a different one. —
We right have,pe.n found guilty—and for
what ! fur trio ming the people (a -duty
which w• owe to them) of the corruption
of one o'. their public servants. le effect
this would be saying, " it is true that we,
the people, through our representatives,
have the appointment of our own public
cements—o0 have I're:s to watch the da
togs u; ties. men, and regularly to inform
ns of their conduct if th• y act corruptly 0r
dishenrs.'ly; but we want nu ouch guardian.
01 our MU -reale any lunger --oar serruete
mvyI1st do as they please, and the Pleas
'that *rale against then[ when tncy 'atoll
vlr, ere .hall punish.'" 'Phe mon, upon L.
ISL told that his )rocket was picked, and
din:ced to wbero he would find the ruffian
'whom dill an, who world turn round and
tr'eet'Afr-kind-intormtnt with Motes instead
of Masks, could not act less grateful'y than
tl,e people who would gag t(tcit Praia fur
b illie/ng re duly to there. Such- condlect,
howl1'cr, we are glad to be enabled to try,
there is little tear of the people of the tli-i
thuret'Dtatriet ever evincing. We know
there are a few malicious spirits amore; or,
who would butte guy and bwrk eaii it were
In their ppuurer; but we are beron,l their
react. %Vtrcn we unjustly and maliciously
assail private character sol slander it, then
we n uuld feel that 'Cur position was a
wrung one, and desert -mg 01 the ic8:etioo
of the libel law—but not till then. The
very intelligence that now, on public
(Mints, acquits us of crime, would in such 1
i Case condemn us.—Buthsrs! Couri, r. t
in realty guiltless. This is perhaps one oI
the strongest of the many catechisms argu-
ments it favour of the •boliuo. of • punish-
ment which le irrevocable, tad wb.a at as.
frequently happens that the innocence of
supposed crumpets et conclusively es-
tablished after their conviction, it is well
that even so short a period la one yeti
ebould be pereaiatad to ey= before
case where the satteme pes0lty is Ie be I eobjeciioe, and the Laos Quell was beppl•
indicted --a morass which once piil ante I relievi t kiwi a farther tietielisi to
011
1x0 0 cam roar . riser.. ls ear ra per(tsasatiM•-ivellik j -Troaach
If we •re not mistaken the partienter
cue alluded to by the Currier is that of •
Dr. Cuuledge, recently convicted el an
et:orlate order at AegeMw aid reterneead
—not to be hanged—but to imprisonment
fur life in the Suite Prison. We have no
Doubt that the d,wruione of his c,U have
been somewhat exaggerated, or rather
diminished, until they reached our contem-
porary in their present contreeted form.—
Every one remembers the stay of the !tow
black crows. As the prisoner Cas in .o ex- Matta'. 'Ilse Amer ace armed at or -
6611th
rlellc010 state ;; pealth at the time York tau Wednesday at iodated. 'tfhe
'cul .ser of tae law ie put 1xetu thesis
units to crouch at leer feet. stood the laiom
Queen, Miss Addle". The young lady
states that the two leopards and the tiger
made a imuultaoeuus .prmg for her a1
the meweot the use blows
down, and were repulsed by the nob!e gal-
iootry et the lina, gibe bounded between
theist end pruter(eled bee te LYS nranee0 dr•
earthed. Phe //►►.eteseen• of the kroner, Mr.
Pierce, shun tedeted the savage group to
ONE WEEK LATER NEWS.
From Levwpselt fir. dot. -
Toautvre. Norembmt 9, 41 V. NI.
This afternoon, the arrival of :rn steem-
dim Americo, at New -York, was uneapec•
telly anuouue!.... by telegraph bating scaled
Mea 1•:verpool ou eaturday, 98th ultimo,
making the passage across to twelve day.
and a tow hours nietoding the stoppage at
of his trial, w; do not see anything very report which we have received, at the Wise
cv'rwrdtnary 11 his bot being "expected to of u .r writ. , is confined to the .1.1 of
caroms the Winter." Altogether we rust g
og the Markets, tad conveys information of •
try we think the Courier has faded to pose
the Abolitionists of Capital Puoishm.tt
this time, for even granting the whole truth
of his story; euppwin` that the prisoner in
Maine is lodged in rather an inconveniently
neither er of prices, mind an advance in the rate
of duties un foreign produce. Cotton has
fallen id.; and coin is reported firm •t last
week'• quotations. Flour—Western Ca -
small cell, and deprived of those two niche.nal, 300 ; `Sur, J7. fel. Wheat, 7s 3e1 to
Is tid on tour,
penuble., light and air, and alio wing tbat and 34 on betegissteslTbine e armee, have been
a u more inhume(' to subject • man to such lar`e, and the market depressed.
a confinement than to eboke him to death Co/1134.a 36' 64 ; Meal 176. The duty
in the presence of hundreds of hie fallow -
men, a question which we will not stop to
discuss now, what then/ We have yet to
learn that inhumanity towards the criminal
is the only or chief argument to be urged
in favour of the repeal of the hanging law,
there are other and higher considerations
which have been so often repeated that we
need nyi gu river them now; but whack will, IRELAD.
ae are convinced, triumph in the end, and W'here intelli once that O'Brian and
iu spate of the opposition .,6eicJ by a cel- (t
rain clans to every reform, in the end his associates have had their sentence cam -
achieve the final overthrow of the gibbet in muted to tranaportauon for life.
ileie and in every Chra.trao country—Pilot. The tried of C- J- Dully, at the Commia-
saon before Justice '1'orrew, had r-scIude4,
but the Jury, we learn, had nut rolursa
AsuTrra MELANCUOLT OCCC&Ii.'rCR MOM their verdict at the last account.. 'Phis
/al?91 h, LJADL'D Fint-Aa1•a )OTO A HOCdb. speCIdl cOilianission, which is perhaps the
—Om the evening of Tuesday rho 34th oft, most protracted ever held in Ireland, has at
a person w hu had becu huntiug, arrived et- length been adjourned to the 5th December,
the roues of Mr. Jobe Cli ord, ,• the 8t► atter occupying no lees a period of time
Mian twenty three days. In answer to the
Lord Chief Juitice'e usual funnel que.t:oss,
" what they had to try in objection to the
senteuce. "
A1e6,r.. M'Manes and Meagher replied
in a drain of eluquence that would coin -
pare well with that of Emmett.
At the commrasiOn on the 951b. Michael
name of WJliam Sheaham, wbo bad been Morgan one of the three clubbiata, who, in
working with Clifford during the day, July last, stabbed the constable Byrne, in
remaining aloe in the house in consequooce George street, was convicted of wounding
u( the run and darkness of the day, and with intent to de grievous bodily hunt.
who uttered to chop sonic wood which had The sentence will be transportation for
beta brought into the out
shop, where the gun baerd roombeer, or work- isle. The Lord Lieutenant and family
;ranting
against the parutwL near the door leading
auto the inner room, with the muzzle down.
After e!,.rppIog a couple u( sticks it as sup-
' puled the ehakiog of the dour caused the
gun to tall, and the lock striking the floor
produced au explosion of the barrel, the
whole contests of which(prgeon shut) en-
tered poor Sheehan,' s thigh near the grout,
lacerating the Femoral artery .o that he
bled to death before assistance could be pro-
cured. Neither the deceaeo. nor Clifford
1 knew of the gun having been brought into
1 this house —Prescott 7'elegrnph.
'line LATH Execu•nori or NIUL.aA.—
• The Halifax .Yorastotiae, in- noticing the
1 horrible circumstances attending the execu-
tion of ISrennan in the town of Nlagers a
kluaona aur Aisor.—About 4
on the morning of Fit•1'i last, we were
aroused from our sluribers Ly the'riaging
of the ttrebell. On arriving at the scene of
the cunflagratiun, we perceived ■ small
huuse, ur whitely, occupied by. Mr. David
1•`rew and lapily, completely enveloped to
tlau,er, which were commLolcated to as
adjacent dwelling, the property of Air. Duo -
Can Mc Keeior, which was also cump!etely
c„nau."ed. .1% hen the shaii'y. Was burnt to
the groaud the bsirnttrng spectacie. ut the
mutiletif en 1 catetoed reutellla us a human
thong were d..tincuy sopa by rhe epecta=
sere. tan enquiry, at began to be strongly
rus;:eetcd.hat the relics til another indivi-
dual rust be ruanuwhcre auwngst the ruins,
wbmcb uof,rtunately, proved but too true.—
Upot exoneration, the corpse u( Jane Nor-
man 101 Hatted) Frew were Sound, the lat-
ter bs;ag the wife til the said David Frew,
the whole affair being the :e.ult of lntem•
perancc--ceitarnly a loud waren] r to 1114
who indulge in tke u -o of Intoxicating
thews.
Front the circumstance of the drunken
and natous proceedings which -had b -en
wrtncsed there during the night, dud from
the tact that I''rew had raven blithest and
iw•..fuldren (ruin the tire, leaving hie wife
behind, simpleton began to potut towar&
Mill as a murderer and incendiary.
Oo the iugoeat which was held un the
bodies by John R. Benson, Erg., Coroner,
wdit:lent evidence F as produced to induce
the Jury td return a Verdict of Ifilful,
Murder and arson against David Frew, Im'
the cave til Jane Norman. With icepect'
to the death of hid wow, though it was
strongly suspected that she had been depri
reed ut life to cover the murder of Nurwam,
stall no evidence was poJ to prone
ouch a dhabuhcel act, and the Jury could do
no Moro than to .tate that her death was
trre rerult of we riotous conduct and drunk-
enness. He l' as c„uumutted to take his
toil •t the present Arises.—PeferkO-
?ewes Gazelle.
on tV beat has advanced to hs per quarter,
and on Flour to 3s per barrel. The Lon-
don Money Market is firm ; Consols b.5j.
The following editions' particulars have
just been received by Telegraph from Bur
talo, 11,e other line by Troy being out of
order, and the present is therefore a special
report
Conce.81On of Augusta. who is by trade a
cooper, and wilt was then reining very hes.
vy, and the night dark, Clifford invited the
stanger to come to and have his cloths dei•
ed awl take sumo retrc:huaept,, which invi-
tation he accepted, leas ing bus fooling pineal
in the outer room, which was used as a
cork -:hop. Tbero was a person of the
" A Po•ila roe TUB ABOLITION or CAri
Tat. Outgoing/17.-1n the State o1 Male
the laws do not permit a man to be hanged
until one year alter the sentence hu been
pronouoe.d• At this preeent moment
there is an unhappy wretch cooped up in a
cell, eigbt feet by four, In the prison el
Augusto, waiting to be hanged! In hit
milt there in no window—tie only hoot egd
vertilaton beta, afforded by a 'meal bole
user the dew,. W. ere coolly told that he
is sot impacted to punt: a the anter ! We
should thtak sot. Now wt should (ke to
know whether at 11 ant better 10 hang •
Inc. at ,no. Liao Was deliberately torture
tum to death 1 We like nut this 'quality
of mercy,' and thiek at rallied ever sdrr.ile-
d .,
W5 an enable re perceive the "p01r''
for the Abobueaweu of Cepul Pesuha••4
custaasW In she above paeagraph, wife!'
w• copy true the Afornesg C.'svfer of
p+ Saturday. By what rule of logre ,wee at fol-
low that because ,. the State of dame they
utwe shut up • primmer re a rather snout*
de•geon for the splice of twelve caiae alar
motelhe, and ►aagsd hint at the end d art
period, that th.efore it would sot be odd-
ities'''. on growths til policy and morality, w
ILway with Imaging altogether 1 or whss
the Abohhoin.l• of Capital Psnmb-
mneet sad anything le ("veer of moping ep
unhappy wretehes in retie eight feet by
' fear 1 With regard to the Ise delaying the
exteuthme of primmer" her. year, or longer,
*tech obtains Is the Stan of Marne sad ss
fussy otber wart" of leo Heise, we aro set
' at all sons lhat N re not a very wise aid
kwmene ens. So lest .e Meas Wogs
• ase tellable, *ere will onw.eumaes err to
their ewrrrote, and hew -eat sees mod there-
, soap often suffer crimes of which they are
few weeks back, says:—,
' Who can describe. the effects of wit -
tiering such an awful scene as the ode
thus bridle described 1 Could it hare had
a salutary effect ? Or ra 11 not rather a
label upon mercy, humanity, and even jus-
tice, to take life for lite, and blond fur
1 blood ? then were it a just principle, how
diegnceaul suck an execution. Oh, that
men could see with our eyes, and feel the
injustice and criminality of a law which de-
mands ••a tooth for a tooth, and an eye for
an etc.” Thank (leaven ! this law was
centuries since superadded by one of gra-
cious forbearance—of God -like mercy !—
Why then should man persist In enactments
which are contrary to the requirements of
j.rstice 1 iVhy should he not attempt to
remove the evil by !leaven's plan ? by acting
on the economy of the Gwpel, instead of
rho economy of Moses t"
•
TU•ILLI`s0 I.Crnx'T AT THKINN Aea1R—
NOBLE? GAAAA NTaT Or TUK Lloa,—On
ThureJay o( last week, during the heavy
!storm of wind and rain, while the extensive
1 coll•-ction of wild beasts in the menagerie
of Messrs. Rayneoed lit Waring was in the
village of Norwalk, • feature was introduced
I in the exhibition not previously announced
I in the bills. Ahuut 4 o'clock io Iho after-
' neon a violent gust of wind blew dowel
' the canvas which forms the large peviilius,
completely enveloping °the spectators fed
cages of animals in one common miss of
confusion.
The accident happened at the time when
Mies Adelina, the Lion Queen as she Ig
styled, was performing in the den of wild
beasts, and u the fright of ileo anis ren-
dered thein seemingly uocontrolabt ,reat
fears were entertained for the safety of that
iatereauag young lady•
At this moment a scene of indescribable
terror and coofusion presented itself. The
roaring of the terrified beasts, the screams
of women and children, and the '• pelting,
of the pitulea /terra" without, rendered the
sore truly appalling. Tho panic, how-
ever, was but momentary, as the prompt
a.'id esergelic measures taken by the mana-
gers goon cleared the wreck, no patron har-
ing rec.eired the slightest anlory. Rut the
,ut.nael) i.7tore.ti•g Incident remains to be
solo. The u•iroar among the lions, tigers
sed leopard• an !ho performasg cage, gore
rile to a r,'por( tb.1 they wore devouring
Mw Addles, in the Peet instant the
Vltava, was drool from the cage, when
a tableaux pres0etee itself soch/ as would
defy either pest, perste. or aNulptor to
portray with accurst in the Windt» d
the don a young and beauufu: Uoe, the
Sema recently pr.Pgated to Gee. Come by
the Emperor of Mo►eeco,) is a rampant pa-
ddle, formed the .tree? feature of the
pietism; b.sgath oar tit his hued fat lay
stretched 11. deed body of • leopard, ted
struggling wiibia the invincible grasp of
the fore pews were the tiger arvrvis,
oppositeleopard. In the oppositeend a•;
(modeled ma • statute et w
dinettes' ewe lied majestic a -t to , tie
same as white she commends the wild
t
have returned to £ogland on a visit. Mr.
biteride's retaining fen an the case et
O'Brien was £600. Posiuro information
ba. beau received, with great pleasure by
the 'needs of Dillon, of his escape to Agnew-
Ka.
menIca. He ..caped to the disguise of a fisher-
man. The law being consider -al vindica-
ted by the conviction of the leaders of the
lath insurrection, Lord Clarendon admitted
to hail 11 persons arrested under the Habe-
as Corpus Suapeocion Act. The trial •
Dotty, icc., was to take place the week
alter sailing of the steamer. The Irish
papers gt.e a deplorable picture of the state
0r the cuuoiry, thruagh the state of the
potatoe crop, the want of employment, and
• the disposition of the people to make off
wt,h the product of the land without regard_
tothe payment (deny rests or taxes. The
spirit of emigration was rite. Multitudes
were flocking to the seaports to escape the
couatty.
FRAFCE.
The discussion of the conetitntion was
termivatcd by the Assembly on the 43rd.—
Before it to finally proclaimed it will have
to undergo a division. Oo the 27 the
French Assembly 4ivided-687 to 1.32—
fixed upon the 10th Decr., as the day 013
which the Prerideutaal election shouftl take
place. Nothing further of interest in the
Assembly.
TAVERN LICENSES IN TORONTO.
liVe published to our last the presentmcn
of the Graud Jury at the late Arises, in
which the following paragraph occurs :—
he rand ury have noticed with deep
{ concert that the greater part of offence;
which engaged the attequua of tho Cuu0
t 1
during the present daises,
hly Me. Sherwood did sot wish to be too
rigid with so large a body of bre respects
ills cemetuleesta as the beer sellers. it Is
oddest that the law requires •meodmest,
tad we would most earnestly recommend
that the beer -.hope as a class be dune away
with altogether- We caa.ot see why beer
t'aMd be veld a m diiaoat teolted1 fro
ether tetasi4attttr Kosten. It is offte Cer-
tain, that ofou Wearer a house fur the
sale of beer, Ct any other liquor may be
said is tt, with very little cbauee of detec-
tie►. It he editor that if all Weems • ere
placed on the 40115 (OMNI the number
.cold be greatly reduced i the number of
regularly licensed imus .t prevent being
alothl 156, while the beer .hops bave Alien
esttiurtt'd es high ea sOV. 4 i
have "cured
when the panicmi were in a state of intoxi-
cation. tether* cl'ery cru of marrfe,,
♦rrgdury, larceny, and .ssardt kilo ken tra-
ced to, stall fueled connected with seem one
orf Mc nrwerum smali taper., and grog -
Mops swift which Me city of Toronto is
isJcafed,J a 'towbar of which are knows not
to power the qualify -aurae required by the
law. Aod ad the Mayer and Co/MEN
(:honest tat the City may be considered as
tie principle cause of arch nuisances, the
Grund Jury feel themselves called emir to
bring the subject wider the consideration of
the public, mu the bops that the city author -
Oath will See the imeeesity of curtailing the
N umber 01 eweh places for lie future ; or
ekuuld lie •7slm of indiscriminately grant-
ing licensor withle the Manta of the eiy
stun preyed, that 10e ulerferesee of the
Legielatrre may be'evoked to remedy as
ern so .ubvernve to morality • and geed
order.'
We balm often drawn •tl.stos to the
evils •ndgllf fruit the •umber of moan
driskuag- Louses ie Toronto, mrd the public
are tweeted to the Greed Jury far bnegieg
them proetladdly forward(. the sheer.
Wet we ossa er that loo oseb blame is
Mad by skew os the .beuderi of the Corpo-
rat100. Ties troth a,, abet a defect in our
hoose law renders it senposeible to pre.
rout thtwhours home u,,eend. TM act
was plumed is 1837 ; by it two cheer of
tavern went t0 be hemmer, ions wuti a large
rlrcenso leo, slid .hop' for wiling beer 'with
• small tee. But en penalty was imposed
for thelefrecture of the latter arrangement,
Su that beer the boon sold throngheut the
ruvinee wrth,,ut any hennas whatever...—
It in s very exs.aordInasy esreewn.1.5 e,
fast elle Ida Moody". 'Whoosh thee wore
well &Placa ed en the matt se, d.d sot attempt
to rtteay thee defect when they Introdooed
Derr slssod.d 'smooth Law is 1646. W.
thew they were well s.fe,sed en the wet-
ter between the black Beerwtop 1.ssseea
mow sad et4B orreview(' matt tip fres
Mesteeel, eithesgh Wm WOO wooer tetrad,
Red the toyer aims, labs hr lfwrd y Lis
,e.peelore that eeeh was the ow. Pruia-
FaT.t ACCallasii--Aswiitttti3d J0mes
Carrell, employed to Lesvittie sail rafter,'
Dundas, was instantaniously killed on Tuei-
dey tut, by the bursting u( a grindstone,
impelled by water power. The unfortunate
man wu crushed in a dreadful manner, and
the stone, in dying from its place, was
forced throogb the walls of the building a
cueIMuable dulanee..—KamilJr Spooks -
toe.
Tee wrATiW.—Withi■ the last few
alayr we haws had all aorta of weather—
wind, ram, sunshine, frost, and snow. The
roads are now pretty well frozen, and a
little more snow would make tolerable
sleagbwg. However desirable [bas may be
for travellers, we dare try the farmers
would prole? a little more soft weather to
enable them to complete their Fall plough
-
rmg. If the winter acts in sow, fodder will
be very scarce before Seri ng. —Batherat
Currier.
HURON SIGNAL.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1M0•.
A LIFE-LIKENE§S OF 1'ORYISM.
'rhe short discussion which took place at the
meeting of School Teachers and Sehsel Trus-
tees on Saturday last, suggested a few thoughts
which may be useful to the public in the future
management of their District affairs. And as
we believe that the chief duty of a public Jour-
nalist is to write for the benefit of the public,
and (or the protection of the public interests,
irrespective of fear or favour from particular iodi-
' deals, we will My these thoughts honestly be-
fore our readers. The Trochee. of Comma
Schools are the wont paid sod the poorest,
while at the same time, they are the most useful
class in society ; and when b7 either fraud or
negligence they are deprived of the wretched
pittance which law and the conventional arraog-
/sent of the people have awarded them, the man
mast be hearties. indeed who cannot feel for
them;—bot as sympathy alone will not supply
the necessities of themselves and families, it is
aeeeesary that semetkaag more tangible than
pity sloeld be esiended towards them. '
Sohn Stewart, Esq., Banister, informed the
meeting that the W•rdrn proposed to make up
see much of the deficiency occasioned through
Bigaal!'s ecoundrelisun, by appropriating to that
/Airport a certvo considerable sum that is ex-
pected to be paid over by the Loodon District to
the authorities of Hiroo. New although the
Warden and Council have no more right to ap-
propriate thin adm 1• the ligaidatiw of Bigsall'•
debts, than they have to appropriate any equal
sum of the Meat taxes for such a parpd.e ; let
we believe that most men hob* District would
submit to such an appropriation raiber ihao
allow the School Teachers to suffer. But this
sem from the Lades District is sot available at
present. It is oars only prospectively. and
before we could lay oar hands tangibly upon it,
the Schoolmasters might be deed for want of the
accessories of life ; therefore this generous pro-
posal of the Warden ie entitled to • place among
those ioourtwrable impncticebls propositions
which come ender the head of "good inten-
tions."
We think a more generous and certainly a
more common sense method of relieving the
inasediate necessities of the School Teachers,
would be for the Wadco of the District and
Bigiall's steatitic' to obtain from the flank, on
their joist mote, a sero egoink.t to the *mood
el Bissell's fraud. The note meld be drawn •t
Ma naesehs, •od before that period elapsed, the
matter would lee so investigated as to spew the
legal mesas of meetiag the exigesey ; and at
the very wont, the District. if no other redress
w be *Whiled, well tolerate a special ax to do
assent of £454 13 4 rather than have the
poor Towhees instjt.d aid robbed by • theism
mess of sottish ladder. like Jobe Biped. 1a
We meeatim., it is necessary that the people
Would eodeavea is understated the stem of the
whole transaction, sod ascertain if possible, who
are the really repouiblii pattie is this gross
freed and hepatitis!" that hes been practised epee
alvei
It was segge.tsd tet the monist se Someday,
that the Ihamiet Co..eil sewed be held respon-
sible for Bag1.11's vinaay. Morally we thiel
they are respirsible, bat terally we believe they
an not. Tiers we members of the Council
with did ret vete far the appoa.ta.st of Bigoall,
and who sod mot veto fate the accepters**. the
sham seerhy wsdand fee hiss :.d hareem
Md we bees et liberty w proper se F isease e
to Mt. Diets Watsss'e series far a vow d re. -
sere es dr Distnet Csecll, winch we believe
was carried a..imeatdy,—we woad have pre-
ened • " vote .f choses fee those Twp Cosa-
ni(ses who, se reckless d.6esu of ensu
deems, eel she pusher immerses...41 oder the
Whore of theunpile' spirit ei teethe, op-
pw.ned 1ena Big Nes Seperiered.st of C..-
aim 8111011111, • ss.s .ed .r, olid emended,
and wished at his vi!nano.s embtaleme•t sf
the "sheet W.sies till they cabled him to de.
game with a largo cos fMs which the penal.
bald $ a1Mn aaeisd sewmy." TMs weed
lal.%Ai(g"leg pure* se dream Doe.w Neurwbe
vaI'MLM. the Ws et lawhieg the teb.k.
illifir ef the Dutret, or 0( pte71.s fist sal
Moir *kit the pehiie Dods ; besides it weed
Moir pried the truer la he Yee Yep►i,--ahs
Ilightt 0 shssdes Twp Jsf, to waw se Maw
to them that ere eve within sag.i(ying. not
maerep•ssraag the tatter, I.t as esquire i( the
Warne el the Districts we ary other of its
isaastiai fried& of kelt* Berets*, wend have
eatruisd rim with Iweive or bmtees ►waved
pesade' war4 of their petro bedaese,upse the
Buse eeearity that waa wrested for his faithful
felbameot of kis duties to Dwane'? It w
oe
asetbt tics ea **wry OperensOlf
ttely.diier weir ity wkirb had hemsaYrepted
for ha was rel .alae Nor hie pier of pew apse
whit. ti this vainest This tsar •r they est
be the etre, het )udslag *cin apporewwsw tad
petwtivas we Would think it is sot the caw.
But suppueiag the bonds to be all good and
pailable, woad lay of ifs ponies. sr airy
other par17, or sal banker Lae gives John
Bigoall the sum of twelve—of sere,—of sin
husdrrd posed. apes • eeearity of three sehril
beds of tae budred naiads each 1 Weald the
A Beat of the Beak to Godeneh, who was intr.
wary amp;otated with Ili the POWs Ott.
advaaced five buadreu ;meads, w7, even hew
bandied panda, open the .s ;L''d. beetle?
He would sets Ws .odentand that the of ler:
bet (rived. sad oat who was isstrume•tal is
'bursting hie into tis good graces of the
Council, actually refe.ed to become • part7 to •
bond of seventy draws oat justly sad •a termly
for the amount o1 two handed /reeds: •ted tier
it was wiab the •[mei th icalty that two solves'
bulsmca, eves to the undid of see hm•dred
goesdn each, raid be obtains/ mese leu whole
friends ! Why au IL, then, Are: John Bigesll's
honesty was scarcely worth one hawked pounds
in the deimat,on til has owe farads; and that
yet thew same frauds con/Ordered this some
John B.gnall • 'hitt wed proper Corlett" :o super-
Toted the moral trwiaiag and education of the
Deuot, and to b. entreated with twelve or
(uotteen bu•/red poodle of the people's motley?
The answer to this gmestwm is she moble as sso-
tight, sad no •hutfimg nor sophistry cso obrcere
11 from the perception of thinking men. John
Bigoall was a Tory of the int water, and all
hie friends in the Cr. -seed and out of the Conn-
ed wen Tories of the same cut. The int
article in the creed of every 'Dory is, " Man
mind thyself,"—" take good care of number
one." Hence no Tory would run the rink of
John Bigoall in the tofu of two huadred pounds.
The second article in the creed of Toryism, u
to- gaup that uncultivated animal called the
"people." John Bissell was iherelore the very
" tit and proper person" to be pushed ,ate an
office of pibl,c train, because Toryism he so
sympathy with a•ything belssgimg to the people
except their pare, tad fur than it entertains a
thirst u stress u any of the chemical a?talt:es !
This, then, was the reason are great arcre).of
John Bignell'■ eppo,ntmeat to a p.buc oSee,
for which his moral aad eeteUectual deficiencies
disqualified him a trach as biophysical dioceses
disqualified bum from perlormiog the coercion of
the butterfly. And we must tearlessly tell the
inhabianta of Heron that so lag as they are
pleased to elect a Tory Council, }eat se fosg will
the freaks of John Bigoall he played spun 'hem
whenever • fitting opprur.iy occurs. We
with them to beer this w.r.tag fatly u miad at
the coming eleeuas foe Cwncil(ors. We assure
them that at this nomemt then is as much Tory
jobbing and Top corvettes ie the m•aageme•t
of our District •Bain, u would hare disgraced
• parliament of the " Family Compact." The
people possess the power of m.kisg the
District-Councd and the District Officers what
they ought to be: and if either thram4b fear or
favour of Squire Sometbi•g, or Squint No:hiog,
or any other Squire, they are deterred from the
honest exercise of this power, then few good
mem will is future sympathise with each calam-
ities as have resulted from the willingly of John
Bignall and his Tory supporter:.
Now, let n mak, Was a plaia statement of
Bigesll's fnndalent embezzlement of certain
portion of the school monies laid before the
Council in February last when John Bignall was
proposed fur re-election f Were the whole mem-
bers of Covineil made aware of this feet before
he was re-elected 7 Did the Warden, or the
Clerk, or the " teamed Solicitor" ever eaggest
to the Council the propriety of cancelling or
renewi05 the bonds of eeariry on his re-elec•
ito0 1 Verily we are • docile kind of animals.
ILP We seldom notice these little things celled
floating rumours; but we are bound to date that
when speaking of Bigoall's " essociaks " on a
(outlet occasion,we did not mean George Brown,
Esq. We meant those who poshed him upon
the attention of the Council. and who have
coolly urged his re-elcctioe repeatedly without
even hiouog ■t the iawfficieaey of his security,
or alluding to the nece.sty of renewing the
beads. We nook Mr. Browa was sot an. of
this party. Eves when speaking of the fraudu•
lent conveyance of llagnsll's property to Mr.
Browo, we hew oat the uhghteat desire to im•
plicate Mr. Brows in the freed. Oat epitome of
Mr. Brown's share is the Bataan .tlair is simply
this : we think be bee been doped ;—.w. think
he sight not to have offered ►amd.n a Btgnall'a
security, sod we abiok air (;eoscti should not
bare sawpsed him when, he did elisr. kle bolds
• very =pottiest office of treat is the Deiced ;
sad we mamma ibat se District offteer, howe-
ver honest or wesltir, ahssld be taken u ad.••
rim for another District officer. Such conduct
exhibit. far toe leech et the principle of "der
aye end 1•Il dale pew-" Ws egret she reni-
tence of the near whaeh suggested these re-
marks, fee two reams► Pine, it ehargee a
with gad' which we Dauer dreamed of eemstt-
nag ; and sewed, it charges Mr. Brows with
saying that if the Signal wee mot so lar threads
his sour, les wield come aid talk to as. We
bops Mr. Brews did .ed say se. bemire we
cannot reciprocate the esoplarsent . (er we leave
always spoken e/ him no the of the very few
Tory otic, -holders who doad feltbiully to the
dams of their office.. Bee(nin wows awry that
Mr. Brows should eatertate sue. *contemptible
'Warne of se. hem some eireuemuaee sight
.oris, 0111 we would esesij.r le . dote te se. -
vi... him that the N.r.., "OW *Mold 'oxen
sees :retie in(Id.sd., oM a the a.eef M-
utest Treasurer.
(Cj0. On write/461y, es to set wee bold
before George Foam. X044 Lereser,4 •!e
reek na the bdy ed Mr. Ite►•rt OYI(es,
who deed nuldpwl]] oa the preceding evmag.
Vprate t, " freed BMW the ole[. of .a ever
doe. of Laedawwst Ohm ed strdie(wr-"--
TM dorms* vee a MNen o/ Bedibin in
Forfar.hlret fleas and. Ail Me 1111 tt wife
and family to Loeet Ms death.
A LAYMAN."
A. dam m. • foie• ti politest plisse all
times', sad as our ua hear hairy •a ser
hands, we will take as beerr earenrst it se -
viewing Ibis shrines, canoes, loareed and begth-
eeed pr(rothese .. el sur Reverted Meted " A
• Vette rAilic:k..j.ry raw ...Wed
either hip rg.ossith m*, bed M dna wase
I1 soo,+r11t earkrysror 10 ra,xo ! {eel fat hs
rtrd alill/#uatd. .IM, safer
io the keepaag et the Polar Sear time s rise
eelums• of kis freed the Grows. We hems it
•mwamep ee ear ..me into noloarot. time art
for our oven mks (iet ,t meat be sisLted that a
maws chancier eau serer he t.7arod is the Ind -
motion of honed men by the cowardly tinsi•e.-
non of the "clouded assesis," "hes fee the milks
of the inhabitants o: Gudench eke kers rinsot
t. fes from " A Lsyame." _ erre
lairtimenuca . briagiag him he1..e the p►Iic,
and in ssi.tentYtaUy 'ivies nate nepenthes
to his asa7mat oribbliegif .we are, as oma
raw'Wre, boat& 1101111111106. plid.te N the
fry. wmew A'l1c$ O N • (.wise ««miee,
we b.ppesed to say ubMM he " belomp to es °Wet
of aoddied," somewhat iliRereel from that of the
tem wi14 w)&ieaJle ern q *mi•tea to eliahl./om'
ma cease. Now we always supposed a eta
might easedg•1
that ea n wee set a Zesedby-
1 ear a pempkte a tsrsip; without being platy
panegyrising the needed of the a• oe she ergs-
sinlioe of the other. Bei the r.aity of " A
Laymen" seems to have takes firs at 1W oomph -
anent, and hes lucubration' have .se. bees
mitre bold sod vd.mamus, evidently resoling
lino the latae idea that we bad .ekeowkdged
him as as intellectual writer. We never libel
any titan's character, sad we shall kiedy Wow
that this would be • libel of the groa.e.i desrrip-
tion. As " A Laymas" has not.•deavoer.d s
moved the feet that his intention in untie( wu
mot to enabled may great practical pnacipl• to
morality, nor Le capeto and combat esy e( lie
prevailing vices of society, nor to instruct and
edify mankind; but to traduce the character of
bin Mscgaren without importing himself to the
odium whish lwtly alutcbes to traduces; in
other words, headapts the cowardly expedite' of
werdering i. • wort. Hem, therefore, net es -
titled to ae i.ce. .tad fad We no other object
is view than the rindne•tion of ver own charac-
ter, we cerlaiely would not notice halo. la one
*ibis comm0aicatiaa he is pleased to iuinsato
that u is • nastier of iadidemee to the public
whedur he writes over len own name, at her
an unwed or ietiuous one—we ihiok difreresl-
17. When a ser venue a novel, or tale, or any
puce of mi,ellcaoeous eompositios it is • mere
r antler of choice whether he accompanies it with
name or tic:. But sone other time a Amartkas
deliardly ralllan will anonymously enact and
tinily the repautio• of a fallow -mass And
wbatever may be the criminality of such conduct
in enLesry circumstances, it it fearfolty aggrava-
ted when done under the garb of religions 311,glcti-
111 the individual is thea guilty of the most dar-
ing saerslige in wide religion u an instrument
of wieloolors. When "A Layman" piously
coax
forward to expose the heresy, Infidelity and
socialism of the Temperance Lecture which we
Idelivered is the United Presbyterian Church, on
4th September, !ie ought; as a good fait►rel
Christ:an, to have thrown ride his cowardice,
and - given the fall weight and 'xoefit of his
name to bis evangelteet etpware, in order than
those who did not hear the Lecture twilit have
i het men ieliable 0athmit7 for dreading the pee-
!
er1 Weiner tendeeey t>< oar writings red lemmings.
But •' A Iajman" was conreions that be was
about to give publicity not only to 'Mild and
malicious misrepresentation' and perrersioae.of
our sentiments, bat also to tome of the meet
bar and unqualified falsehoods, whicl, would be
recognised and demeuncld as falsehoods by aloe -
teethe of arose who attended the meeting, and
hence, to escape the reprobation of those who
did &:tend, and to impose upon those who did
not (trend, he wrapped himself in the cloud of
the aaonymons culumnialor.
10 his communication to his friend the Gazette
of the 15th September, " A Layman" says he
attended the Lecture " with the most charitable
feelings toward hire (Mr. blacqueeo), and with
• dear. to ohiaia beth pleasere sad isimm atirm."
Now what are the public to septic' from as
snonymeas writer rhe ander a friend regard
for religious truth, commeneea • series of seed -
low, insinuating calumnies, with* barefaced fie? •
He has proven that he did no: attend the Lee.
tare with may teach motored imtentisa4, 1t is
asserted that kr did sot retread LAI lecture ill all.
That he was not withim the walls of the Church
that evening. That his strictures—or tither
hisyervenioas of our sentiments, were framed
from note• taken lel • gentleman who was em-
ployed or re ,..ted to do me, •.d who afterward,
ek,owledgad that the amen weld bear me role
eosstraelia a had bees pat upon them Ad
is order to avoid deiced.* rhe ah.rseript, ws
are informed, came to the Comport for in the Mr
handwriting of a Lady; but certainly Os MI5
who hes ever knows anything of fie benignity
of woman, could, for one moment, sopped., that
even the said ahaad.oed of the reit' while bee
guilty of gosh perfidy and ia•ideeneterteriags of
teethes have dagsseed the peadaetiaes .t •1A
Layman 1," la fat we would this moment,
rather submit to the greatest peered lydignity
that could be offered to es, thea lie compelled to
believe that Gdderich earained on woes, a-
mble of di.pi•yieg .soh se 011ee won hisee .s
ad wat.f pn.oepde. We a., hew.nri„
foutjS
le't
d the t the 'keeper wa pa0derd *fees tl i,
Int the real mother .ho.W be eapspsd NIAe '
.can .f the public, and the pemitieh timelit he
oetapir ,s neiety is, le lay ttTi. 1 .1-
rogolberfece.epanbletitiWNRpiril iii..
of itch prod/whose. in 'int nth ►e bees the
anxiety le Meed the veal name of " A Lay-
man," that nary arise and .led* e ' mbar eter,lJ
i• the party. itemih ''Prize E ayi.t" (we
(aenet ex dews, i) sew to las -re•as
a b•(ta. i. as the •tthsr !
is a►s$iMy h.f«mrd eklh w a' eimiad hoot
d ee tht,Ar sp.sdalrjeg 4sP•dltiabi4,•• whoa
swagger's( Weak tiniest' 4 mete&
in Iowa, seta•p7.g1"11fibed hit l,gp .weir
t.4 lsertl f slnhl he i.. s / ," and
.shied )tie dselthet ea I ____ qr *So
S•edisramest apnea the hew l 1 - flesh is dr
[host w 9s.I', Mr 1 ANL w ash— 4M
give . f4w gedfaemeer Nitallr+ea.'s" pel m-
f1iu. in oder te seneweie how fclf s-
vidle n the stinistre d the Tomes. sad ea-