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Preeidel;Il.1
orb tire ptibl`c •
molten to the
ort., fav"ealo.
or judgm.el,
3 fur serious
elemeate Gf
Patton. 'to the
lar,- meets a
',•from which
live, wi3out
1 to moue ca-
d .to, w'illieg=
petty, and to
indust, even If
r hand, Clnen-
et:cc, would
neation wbicb
relent l0 pro -
emetics ut the
proposes that
t rued through
twentieth of
eing set tree
legato sum of
limns of dot -
compensation
wanly annual
a each. For
and for some
r the practice -
to the crucle
to subject for -
1101211; tint, .
rablo-.eco d, •
t it /sooty die-
t question uI
r conetdered,at
'rtes, t0 which
Important:-
ed,
mportant-ed, bteau.o wo
nota possibility
lustorase should
toe as applieso
to as pertain ais
the foto elates
,rm the opioel-
'tattooed• Lewis-
od what cone-
cranial venial'
a wrongie pre -
he frtu state.-
uber of those irk '
s -will resist to
ire of oati,i*al
he °Elect uf ea-
tery now free,
er i r'.uug to the
ow-, for be has
, to tell us, that
applied by Cu. -
L will be vetoed
D
theorise care
in President; In
deo Ont err the
I to follow Cu.-
ject at the con -
o should hope to
:liberation, .Ate
action by the
have every re4-
be exempt from
a Presidential
Congressional
t is nut at all
an bo di4pusod
Haunt ccrtst.ly
xtcnsiun is dis-
t' from that of
eOntlnued exist -
there may be
nett excited era
i
uf Who latter.
hands, shat, ti
,enc., the vulriD-
;.banJon.ient of
expected, before
the 'new slava
tntucky aluluut
• It uray be -
(be .le.e tomato,
ul South Caru-
lia;A 0140441 Of.
u Instllut.un Ir
✓ great step has
on, more ur Icon
at, that prooperi•
tcted with *Ism
list lhle per-
iod the Other err
on, whicheer:
, b
1gs, rather than
le their fume.--
ander
urce.-'ander all the co -
including pohli-
and cuuiincrcial
not forever con-
n owner* on the
contiguay with
endency 1+ alone
.le decay upon It
, while, as a pru-
hold its greyed
re industry. Eo
love to new toll
o Industry dues
The plantytauu
h •e0gi.borhuus1
lop. Slavery if
edam before the
the duration of
ikely to lit very
zt.lence or ncn-
w'hich it may C. -
'lo the regions it
'eh before :many
rat coeeenl. The
re up -metaphor•
mu and Calitorma
A
rth41iw'-
arc opened to at, it will live probably f ,r .fl 'sided increased facilities fur the procn-
a rent•,ry or more, not only there bot afro ring of dank. Now be betgr•d to gore se
in the old .rater, the drain be rmigrmton .Irreont of the inquests betel in theborcngh
r"l eying the latter of a destructive over• during the past year. 11e had no other
plus, limed,. tiresome pr.ditable demand 1..1 opportunity of glving sD aeCo0at of lila ale. -
the detestable business of slaoe•Iircedeng, ardetup, and should be 'err happy it •••11 -
which now (orate so dark a state oo the ,ng himself of the oppertuntty now afforded,
character of Virginia. of d.,tug so. There had bees' 69 lnq•Ie•t.
Thu c0neelera'lon enhance. tit' Imp••r 'n the year erdtng Augusl. Of the persons
.Ince, a. undoubtedly It die's elan the dafl o■ *hem thew wen' held, 11 were lobate,
ropy, of eetabliebmg the nrd:D•ner of 1787 or under 41 years of age; sod it therefore
over the new territory. But nn the el her wild sot be expected .bat they wouldbe
hand itl thwhence. also theexpedtency ot'du- inti reseed by drtakID ,I though, iacad.'t*al-
oatmeae ahnlitlnn q•tothey etion, soil perhaps, h, might have 4.d from the mlKOn•
elf things cu•t.tder.o. may 1.011 to relieve Just of thou per01t• In that respect. That
rhos glee on of some of it■ d fern lty. The noontime deduct foot, the wbele, 47 remain
people of the •lave holding eutee may be I ed. the end ,of twenty-three ,1 ,•; hich he
endured to look inure favorably upon a plao would give them. He then went through
which gives them compensation fur their the 43 cases, leaving 0111 names, but brief-
ehnr, when contra+red w oh the risk of ly stating the following, circumstances 01
failing to Fernee an opening for their 'dive death :-
remelt, in the new ternlury-.Yeto York , 1. Detwiler : fell drunk ; died from coo
Non/oler. ; cession of the h: atn,
4 Y. Vend,c', "l:xcosive drinking."
_- - - i.
3. Drowned Memel( ; Retentive driok-
LIIFN^ING SYSTEM. frig."
4. A dr'nkard for 20 years and upwards ;
The following speech of 111►. Tailor, ear Idled )n w orkhoue0.
ener fur the borough of Bolton, England,- 1 b. (female) llrlaking at an ale-honse
will be reed with interest by our meals - maid 14 o'clock at night : found in the mer-
it
orIt nor, delivered before the anneal laeen- !meg suduea ed.
6. lnkeeper : hong htm.elf ; had drink
supplied In the night time.
7. Honking at an ale -house until 1t r.
Sabbath night ; found drowned the fellow -
lag morning.
e. (female ) J A drunkard fur twenty
7541 ; (Lund drowsed.
9. ((creole) Seperated from ber husband ;
malntn,ned a1 a brothel and beer -house
drinking ale wathin;an hour of death ;
reee t" a,ldn..s the bench in oppnelto° toil.. Exce..I,. *risking."
the granting of new ).iceneos. Ile (Mr. 10. Boy of 12 ; son of drunken parents •
sent to work young from• mtacooduct of
parent. ; caught by machinery. °
11. (female) 22 years ; drinking at a
beer -house on Sabbath morning ; died from
sting Meeting for ilolton. on the 94tb of
Angu.t last, in imposition to the granting
of s.'dltinnal hc.neea applied for by nume-
Iona parties. Mr. 'Taylor hes nodi nut a
strong case, mid we are happy to think his
eratrmenu had the effect of deckling the
magistrate.. to Resor no new licenses.
Alter the name• .d the penins who
made application lir Ircensers had bee°
read, Mr. Taylor. coroner for the borough,
i aelor) had a 'unmoor to present -one
ohrch, bo thought, would have its due
weight with Who magistrates when they
booked at the e(gnaltiree. Tbere commen-
ced with the name of 0111 worthy Vicar, t.kn.g mercury to cure herself o: a loath -
end included, he believed, the names of nil eome dtaea.e.
the clergymen of the established church, 12. A beerseller ; Verdict, 11 Excessive
and, with one or two execution., those of drinking."
the clergyman of every other denomination
in the borough ; also the names of a num-
lier of profeseiooal men, tradesmen, gentle-
men, and others, who. ho believed, had at
.mart the interest and welfare of the popu-
lation at large. Before presenting that
19. (female) Drunkard 25 years ; hung
hereelt ;verdict, 1• Excessive dnnking."
14. (male) Dr(nktog ata club held at an
ale -house until 11 at night ; Skull fractured
by a fall.
13. (male) Self -hafting from „excessive
petition, however, he would refer the Court drin1.
king ;" 1/011 tet hu throat a year penis
to ata'uties respecting crime and other 011. ; drunkard, a°d kept company soh
mai tere, form which the.magistrateS might prottlL,ile,.
be able tojudge whether more licenses ought 16. (male) Run over by a cart -wheel ;
to be granted. ,lo the first place, there had been drinking late.
were 96 IUDS to great Bolton, and in little! 17• feeraetler ; self -hanging ; "Faces -
Bolton 40 : also beer -houses in Great Bel. sive drinking."
ton, 115 ; Latin Bolton,66 ; in addition to
there, there were In the two townships 11
house. at which beer was sold off the pre-
mtteee : total of licenced hoose* at which ale
and ipirit• were sold, 318. Now, he bad thought the movement was just 11 sbonrb as
20. (female) Self-bru (ng ; sot drum- would be an attempt, to compel Mr. Lizars to
no hesitation in saying, that these ale end leer* ; husband k(llod drunk._ D' p•
beer houses would ; bold every man, son- 21. (male)Self-poisoning ; drinking 3 , p>0rchw his botcher -meat from some partial•
WO-
MAN and child in the borough of Bolton ; Jape (Sabbath one) p u!chrr. He rid the Clerk of the: Price was 5e
and that, therefore, we had space enough •22 (male) Found dead in a (-eller-boa, officer of she Crown, aed that, in th.. respecr
for drinking, whatever else we wore rbort skull *nctured• drunkard man
of. There was .,drinking -place for even Y )cars ;rs he wit altogrtl.rr independent of the Magi.
when body lifted up, drink oozed out at ' trio... control. Mr. Lizemade some vet
25 hirers, or one for every 4C0 souls, Inclu inouth • puaseeeed of property ; verdict, Ex -
ding men, women. mud children, total cessive.drtbking', caustic remarks on the " Memorial" and the.
.Detainer., and those who would not, could Nleutor(alnt, which @hewed that he felt keenly
23.
not, or durst nut, drink : and if (t was said Verdict, " Excessive drinking" tnar:y the roeene's of the insult that had been offered
%het persona carne to the market who got 1 There, it appeared, there were 28, 0r half to him. Ile concluded by assuring the Cost
Moak, at might, on the other hand, be said of thegrown uppersons on whom to cents that if there war n0 other printing
Volt those who did not drink ■hould be
De q D r press is the
taken ►s • set off against them. Hoch had teen held, whose deaths were directly District than that of the Me flatlet, he would
were the resent o8' s -g ee for selling drink I attributable to, or connected with the "use" in future, send all the prilitiag betogieg ta his
p g or 'abuse; he people might think fit to
or poison -sumo call it by one n -*me, atone 1 c D g off ee to Toronto or some other place. 3o moth
by the other. Of tib of the inns of which he I call it of drink. This wag h(e experience ,I f r the .1rr.y.Z .i/' u,......,y ,0m,1 ■ud it. ►:,i. -
Aad spoken, hoc occupiers had this year I aft coroner for one year. \Vhat, therefore man the'• Memunal !"
been heed or reprtatanded fur otlencoa corn- eto ncs they consider, had been the ripen
tented on the Sabbath; eight were notori- encs of all the coroner. in England fur the We never notice the common business trans-
mitted
.d places at witch gaming was per 013- last twenty years 1 1t must be shocking -actions °teriy.ta individuals that may happen to
; a twelve (not to speak of the vaults) to think of disease, suffering, cruelty, mad- came before the Court, bot wbena ease involves
nese murder, and suicides', that must deice anything of p g' g g y grams
u.ututoe•w-ere ,permitted to assemble. n g low eui(o to principles
or so
..ken place from drink. We had been
ban, there were live 14011 houeeeat which direleet(on from the manly principles of Justice,
permitted, and eight beer- alarmed at the approach of cholera ; and 31
sung. was
D arae certainly well to look about w and try we *rem it .dry to expose it, in order to pre-
en mike am'tgemeDU to meet it ; but the
vent the spread of meanness •nd disboae.cy by
pestilence of cholera war nothing compar- bringiog them under tho condemnation ¢poblie
od to the pestilence of drinking. opinion.
The 4iagiatrates retired, and after an
ab.ence of half an hour, returned into Court,
and intimated that no Dew Iicenies would
18. (male) Verdict, "Excessive drinking
of rum."
19. (lung himself ; drunkard 90 year.
and beggared his family.
think, eau ant for, tea entail' Clerk e( the
frees to apes the Court 1 So much fur the
diligent efficiency of oar Magistrates, the renit
01 which is, that the Clerk of the Piaci, sisome
trouble sod. ro doubt. at toots cwt to the Ire
'rico Aube.. under the necessity of cslhsg se
adjourned mer•,ng ol Quarter Serious, for the
purpose of gr tags the MIMIC( accounts eidited.
Tbere is a sort *as (was/ way of bestowing
erose flattery, namely, whys it is dose w rowdy
Of •xtr.vagaatly that it eanset Le misunder-
stood ; for hetaace, when O'Cwrl told the
messes o(Irelaad that they were the •• finest sad
meat ley5L pnmatry in the world,•' l.• left no
room (or doubt nr criticism. And when we saw•
the table, a the/Court boor, cowered, lux p'
day, with piloted rnpiee of a most fulsome may -
eerie on the uprightness, and dodl'oghlsessn
and impartiality, and efftcieoce e( the Huron
Magistracy, we *nosey anepooed that we had
stumbled es a specimen dO'Con.rl•s 14474414.
But we discovered ear mistake when, a short
time afterwards, the Clerk of the Poses reed,
to the Conn, a coveter pert to the flattery. is
the shape d a "aasaorsel to the Magistrates of
the county Iters, to Qautrr Sessions w
temLled The affair then lost reminded es of
adi.,f a man to endorse • note after you had
shaded him to tie cosmos* it by hittiag him.
as the Trollies would soy, " right slap' ie the
face with a shovelful er mod." The,.bpasee
of the " Memorial" was ■s follows. via ,-That
some mouths ago the Memorialist• es entire
stranger in Goderich, had succeeded la nakiag
• somber of the respectable iah.b:teelfs believe
tb.: he anderstnod e(sm-rhi0g Omni %pristine
Pre,., and wa. capable of eondeeting • newspa-
per
newspa-per : That in r•msegnreee of this belief. a eon-
e iderable sunt of money was nbseribed to ewer,
h'm to lissome possessed of a Printing Press. -
That before he (the Memorialist) could get hi
" •rraneemente" enmpineJ, another Press bad
arrived in Gnderieh without costing the iob.bi
tams •oythinr, and a District newspaper 14J
been ronsid.rably established ; that aotwithm
standing this Inenrouteble noetaeie, he had
with unparallel rd courage or impr*deare, cam.
merited, in the faith 'of ae011nee that he was to
do the entire printing of the District of Huron.-
The prof the e pudding u the prating o't, and a
very OleoOleoperiod. of mortifying experience, offs
fled the people of Goderich, that they had been
rtisf.rlorily boated. The result wasnatural
and need not be mentioned. Tit. prayer of the
Memorial" woe to the •(f --et, 'het the Magis
true, would compel the Clerk of the Peace to
g ine all the printing coining through his hande,in
his official capacity, to the Memorialist ! Judge
Arland, u Chairman of the Quarter Sessions
where prostitutes were permitted to
aBtemble, some of them being no better
than brothels. The total number of priso-
ner.' apprchcuded fur tho last year (ending
August) was 2,541. 11. had arrived at tine
aggregate by taking from the police ac-
eumiits the number apprehended during the Manted
first eleven Months, and adding the average g
fur another month. 2,541 had been appre- i --- .- - - - ----- --
beaded fur all ethane's, civil and ermine! ; t
141.1 he would analyze them. 867 of they ai
number were males, who were found by the I f4
polies drunk and tncspable of taking carte of ' - 1 zo..;,
themselves :62 tamales were found under
similar arcumetanres; for being drunk and
disorderly, 347 males mild 60 females ; and HURON S 1 G N A L•
the disorderly characters, resorting to low ........-._
ale-huueeo and beer-houoee, who were FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1048.
taken into custody, amounted to 244. The -
Nanrderly rood 'to tee apprehended were -
11'7 : making a total of 1,167. Now, let TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.,
Some time in the coat re of the past newer, •
ear was tried eat at Mr. David Monroe's Tac-
ern before John Longworth, Esq., J. P., and as
the trial was reported, by those present, to have
been rather • curiosity in its way, we were very
anxious to have obtained the circumstances from
some reliable source, but we failed ie doi0g so
at the time. The Defendant however, a yams
simple country lad from Colborne, had appealed
from Mr. Longworth's decision, and the ease
was broeght'before the Court of Quarter Soo
* ieee. The Respondent was John Clark, F.sq.,
Crown Land Agent for the County of Iluron,
who alleged that belted hired the young -ma fo
. - two'months; and that after commencing work the
them, vee bow many Were •reheuded for
I D We isteed Removing oar Orrto the op- lad left his employment witho0t lease ud re
being disorderly whilst ember, for by that turned not. The prosecution bad therefore been
mean• the cease of disorder, crime and pros -
for
ids a(the Markt 8gn:e i.e.'. w*ei,-
Mutton, ,night be asseriatned. 93 men ••d oe that access' we think we will be an.hle for hre.eh of contract, and was said to have ben
and 28 women -In all, 121 -were the num- to lotto* our next Nemher before Friday the 1Sth tried in trims of the New' Aefifor r•pMthr dif
ber thus taken anti custody • or, in other het, frrenceri between Master sod Servant. when Mr
words, one-tenth of the number that were The HURON SiGNALOflice will, in future, Longworth had fined the young man in the nam
apprehended for bring drunk, or under the he tri that house formerly occupied by the late of fifty sad4ags. In the Court. Mr. Dixie
influence of driok : so that this, at all roomy, Du100. Saddler, beside the Store of Messrs.Neto^^• Bsrreeter, on behalf of the appelleet
rvc, butte out the impression of judges
nugutratee keepers of prisons, and ethers, dilrnear aCo. proved eti•bctonly that the lad had never made
that aine•l0.the of ibe come of the coon- - - -" - any contract with Mr. Clark -diet he hod hired
try was cbarge•ble upon the drinking use.THE• QUARTER. SESSIONS ANI) THE with Mr. Clark's son from whom he had alsoob
" MODEL leave to go away. Mr. Watson rid the
(ors and centime. Ile had not taken into
$cc0uet the felonies that were committed ; - former trial had been outrageous sod character!
rid he would leave the mo u11410. who . Aa • proof of the parity of our magisterial zed the whole affair as a kind of tragical farce
• Headed that court mad tbequarter-nsnons principle is the county of Huron -ss a proof which had been acted in the name of Justice. -
to nay whether the same ratio did nut slimes that ear magistrate, nn•nt, by •ry prousbdiy, Mr Clerk is his venal sweet -tempered, Boor
Recti, is reepcct of :hose offences. 11e I be biased by political feeling, nor influenced by -
*toes manner, was like d;oep•• Cock -"Y said
as some fir eisue((as is cork could soy.•' Bs
in defames of ell hes reotteness of 'perch, and
persuasive eloquence, the Court decided that the
Crown Lands was to receive five shillings ie -
readers that so hover the• /WOWS J. P.'• made sued 041.. dollars.
their lawful, owe 64. seimomne• a1 th. npeni0e W. have • few remarks on Road -Making and
of Ib. Qs4n.r bleui0ne last week ! Then was Court -House Building and 8ergeos to the Die-
b•sieer .f imp,nanre 10 be dirassed-m°114" 'net Gael, and esteem otter items hearing en
1115146..11e ere *way Pora-1 0f imp.rant b• Economy end Local Expenduure, to which we
memo,, misfired the(r troves from Gag rind sei.h Iodine: the attention of oar Magistrate.
Merit ; eyes Dr. Chalk and his ineiurii se, gad Municipal Ce0.ee11011 at their first meetings.
whe .re*le make their m.gf
istrn•I app•ar••e0 T we will reserve for s Noire oee •ten.
.s (i oekrieh eye • nor. graded freer, Iwenlm seI
arses of mod to Itrssrf7 emir im6esibleadheresee p LAYMAN."
ow -
wished, however, to offer some evidence to any casual change of Governments or admina-
prove Who Influence which increased *atilt• mown., sod as a proof of the punctual, faithful
..oa fur drinking had upon the conduct ut the I .ed
people. lo order to do this, he would Impairs! muneer to which they mend to
draw a pisnwn of Who offences of this
IIII the glutin a( their office. we most inform o.r
• nd the taut three ycare, and aleu of the
number ovale -houses In those periode.-
ln 1846, thew were 317 ale and beer bou-
e es, and 1169 person* of the cltunct.r pre-
vtuu.ly described, being uodcr the cull truce
of death, were 'perk:ended. lir 1847, the
number ut alit .nil beer hooters a AS 941, or
an increase ul' 25 beer Amore ui.00 1446 ;
tied that lacteaw produced an 11.c►e4w of
pv..o...rs, apprehended under the 1,4ue.ce
of drink, of 1113 ; which .how..11 beyond ale
doubt, ria relation that existed be. MOMS ibe
drinking system •tml 01m„e. la the prseuIrl
year, then w ere 318 ale and beer houses ;
■ rad ee he before staled, 1167 per.ona of the
character spoken rat had been apprehended ;
• .bat the increase ol 191 in *847, had tal-
low down again to within 9 oI Who number
of 1846,whue the ale and beer houses had
alae diminished till they era merely one
tear what They were sin at year. Now
tle.ee.tatenwe.n could be roved lobe true,
no tegntry beteg made at tee source whams
they were derived. And, after heanag
triton, ha would wk, could .nor disinterest•
.d wed bol to pee the relation to which he
bee alluded 1 1f not, he preowned( the
wagietret.e weteli consider, before they
or the fret reuse. Tbe "minim was intro- • '
dosed and rhe racemes of '•political feel's.•• We hove been iafnn.ed - that ear Reverend
mom dmsplor•d (e ul1 Ira vent prig, bat safer- (tired hu printed statelier article last week, I.
towel, it was discerned that, by some pro- dei.g even his .earl sole, n(.11(01 mtarepn,.n-
'rem pneeed,egs in which ,ber defuse tes*n• '•Irom sod prr•enrew of our sest'mesu and Ian.
swots relied pro, me cad moor had tree em- room, mod at 'he were time displaying an evl-
ploms'd. the humour had already been put be• drat eow,.dl desire to0irisk from the respew-
yewd the ,ale of d oemeion : top ,atr0den 0( the Witty .hieh he has already isesrr,d. We
mower wee will mad rood sod, whet *exit- motive this r.hori rw•vely for the peepsr of in•
Why the meprfy of the m•g,r11,es went brine t3satiog. i• • pin1 .f the de•pl.t 514eerity, that
On
left the heal..,n rd the !Simonet to • • take " A Lemma" need set waste hu tits, is ray
fwd ears of Ilrl(! 1" Areal the 1061 1,144 we mw ./61110.51 articles refer'•. to es ; for as .rare
the" Bnrh of Mgietntes, .s Qoari•r 8eriws him that se misrepaeeantin. 5.r pervervit,n,
.a..mbi.4," tt woe eo.wp.rd of Jodie Aelead
.sd James Weiss.. Eq , the latter of whom,
nor ga►Mieg, .sir guibM..g ese fee see messiest
divert es feet5 ear P0'p ie reforest.* t. his. c
He nth -red the Iter of star swymses cowardly
slcaderen offbeat peeeeestfn, sed *oboist
reuse, except his own modems tp5Ugwty , e•
* lowed him a proceed "wheel aterreposs, sod
e lmoet *,thou. sate He wrote sod p 143•.1
flee ..r •11 lengthy artuiee, whish eves h.. oro
ewse.eoce most fell kite are olte/rber ia.em•
eatable wuh • peakss..e of l 'er.-ef troth, et
e ves of aashowt ; aid, pditiv.N dagneefsl 1.
• peofe..ioa of (bsletisaity. They az* tut the
productions d passim, set ••itee4,1.4 sed em-
eolsoo H •rue optro of opposition h diatomim.
Ilepb.ne as ergo .ta ageios1 Tea>tp.ra%
8ucieties But his esa•cience (or s/' b r
•eeeiment which eupplyr the pj.o 01 that at•
tribute for the time song.) told him diet is bis
applesauce' of enrae sent ue51►. h. bad libeled
nisch better Cbri.tiaus than either himself or
Bishop Hnpklos. This conviction joined to aha
het, that we ba4 threateasd to •133055 bun to
am Idiom of Fadi• a.ern, prodsced an inelise-
*we to retract tie inslig.fiy of his c0tdect, tied
emeed(s41, la his molted prodnuoa of t1.. 13th
October, he says .-
Theelanai be regarded a the calms, delbetate " 1 am not an estrum even to total abotinetlee.
eagiuuons of as evil mud, determined to de 1 believe, ea the contrary, that the Total Absti-
s►eew Society hes been the mimes of reclaiming
mien iseeepente roes from top paths of vies to
those of virtue --that many •n industrious aid
vineries wemas will thank them for her now l.p-
py and cheerful home and 6re-s:de, and the bit -e-
rase will be tbeir's that is promised to thnee
who some • soul from death sod hide a multi-
tude of sins.' "
seal. We shall deal faithfully acid fearlessly won
the sentiments trbich he bee thee voluntarily
and deliberately given to the public ; we shall
enter into no discussion with him -we stroll take
so notice of soy thing which he may now write;
bet from what lie has already written, we will
exhib;t his true character. And he must be
aware that try fur:ber quibbling or perverting o(I L.t Ike readtrr ean(Ylly compare ttrer seritS-
truth en hie put, mut ouly huten and deepest meets with the sentiments quoted from Bishop
the infamy that awaits him. W. beg our resident Hopkins, ■ed haring deo* so he may piously
tee.lantly to bear in misd that be assumed the earlalm, b Was there ever mon daring pro(a.(-
poeition o(. defender of Christian tratli : ad toty offered b? a huuao being 7" 1t i. here e '
remember that i(tmrc io eon species of nrie.Atn rete* that mal shall be reclaimed from the
w1icn is doubly dein:able, it is that rascality " paths of rico to flume of rirtee," Ihroegh the
which is perpetrated in the Dana of retiree.- iewrumentelity of Total Abstinence Societies. -
Aad sow, for aotber pecimes of ,. A ley. That irdestrie.. and virtuous women shall be -
Dan's" religious re$aosine arrest Tempensee i cisme cheerful and happy through the exertions
Septets 1e his primed article of the 99d o(Total Abeti.eon Societies. That the mem-
Septepnber, he says ben *Tots! Ab011o,oee Societies shall swami
- rhe Memos, promised to those •• who save. soul
"The consistent ebristiaa who .eeks from doth sad hide a multitude of sios," and,
stn'ngtb (rum above, I• enabled by grace to that, oo:wilhstanding all this the eatens of
rout templaljon, without the neetashy
ori Total Abstioenee *odd, in the lansaege of
any vows ouch as the Temperance Society
recommends -1.•t him when •,Gelled to " the 33(ous ad thertjan temperate Bishop
unite hims.lf to this human sect, reject the Hpkins," be "• tnomph of f06d,141) 1 !"
invitation, and say in the words ofthe pious t A Lanny" comes before the pnblicdis a
and lieeefore temperate Bishop Hopkins, . DLFC)DER or cafeterias -morn 1 And we trust
that he canoed join it-
world'
t- J the reader 4. Dow prepared to form • just esti-
" Because it I. not bared nn religion, bot mate of hi. rcligio,. Drineiplei -bir religious
worlJle prireioIo..
' • Because it nppores vice, and attempts knowledge awl his logical ability -sed to nku-
lo establish virtue, in a manner which a not late the fearful 'consequences of permitting such
in accordance with the word of God. mea t0 interfere with matters of religion. Coo.
"Bccau.e, (fit could succeed, it would ►e tinned is oar reap
a triumph of infidelity.
"Because it given m false prominence to SHOUT I.SSATS FOR LITTLE BOYS.
one rice, contrary to the doctrines of the
Bible. erraxR IX.
"Ilrcause calling it an introduction or n:a xzcecuc or stuns.
pre principles
forreligion,rat war with the ilaving told non (n my frrmer Essay. s few
principles of the Gospel.
,t Because it cannot be relied on ask *hints which arc iodudeJ (e what (s commonly
remedy against vice for whisk the religion nll.J Education, and which 1 drink you enuld
of Chris( is the oily cure; and because the- he touch better satin lotto ; they form the
good effected by it whatever it may be, can- shear of education. I than now proceed to
not Justify the Christian in trying experi- point out a few things which you should 1•ars-
copiements to reformwhitmankind re sop other r"- torn are the poetical realities --they *ill con -
We
than those which are act forth in the duce to your usefulness racticl(. the world -Io coorn-
Scriptures.
own comfort and happiness, and will elevate you
We ht.e no doubt, there bare been some in the cede of rational, mon), and immortal be-
pionsand even some been are Bishops -some iogs.
of them, (0 lost, have been active and zealous The fine thing you should petro is to exercise,
pot',numir of Temperance Societies, Bishop Phil- your reasoning 110041(h, for opo the •zereiee o
pore, for (mance ; but generally 'peaking, we these poor (^tare conduct and noir eharaetet in
woof) mach other quote them a authorities on all Its various mimeo. depend. 11 you look
fix-bat(og, horn-rtic*s , or ay other species .abroad upon the diferent tribes of ■olmel., you
of secular amusement and extravagance, than o0 w(ll bad that there ism each dutinet species a
abjee ourself
to about.t religion. %%e Dever general un(Grmity bi character and di,prition :
11014*, ourself much shout them. simply been., for in.tane,, all sheep are nuonily timid -nil
their office is not recognized by' the Christianity lion. 510 05301111! bold, sod all tigers are nate-
which we learned. We know nothing at all of erDel and kroeiou, There may be
Bishop llopkima-we know nothing of the oc- vtd0al eseeptiom eious.g from Some peculiar
chino, nor the subject on which he delivered %assn. bat geierally epe4kietp d.• Mb.;t•, 1"
these 1nlene0ts, but it he delivered them in tn(ta .rad common ogosdoet oT all the diflerrnt
reference to Trmperaoce Societies ss '• A Lay- membenotanlgi,enfamilyoranimds,nre abke.
man" here applies them, then, in defiance of all
the piety and temperance for which "A Lay-
man" gives him credit, we do t.o,e that Bishop
Hopkins must have lien either a very ignorant
1 or a very w tcknl ma
Ifs most have be, n very fgnr,ran:, if rue L.J no:
know that there was an institution in the
Metropolis of Englaod, called the "British and
This uniformity of character reply from what
is commonly called instinct, which is apposed
to be infallible or. in other wools, is apposed to
act invariably: • `Bet when von honk apno kvmon
society, yon will find mankind existing, not 50
one eemrnoa fernily or species, haring the rme
common-notioes aed habits, and pureeing the
same objects and interests, bet you will bad them
Foreign Tempenoce Society," et the head of i rejoins as the only temerity in the weeks of the
which stood the Bishop of London, supported by F Creator. You will ijd tbem split up into a vast
many of the most pions noblemen sod Divine, f number of little sections, factions, parties or
is Ewgland. He must have been very ignorant I.
communities, separated from each other by rome
if he supposed that these good men iotended or paltry dogma in 'polities or religion, or it may
proposed to snpereede Christianity, by ensued- be by some imaginary artificial privilege or some
i0g men not to drink intoxicating liquors : Ile romantic mysticism. Still they are bound by
most have been very eg.on01 if he did not know the ume natural law■ that regulate the other
that these *000 never even hinted at taking men tribes of living creaturen,and in so far as the con -
to heron by inducing them not to get drunk :.tinuance and p tion of their 'Apricot na-
(f he did not know that Temperance Societies tare are concerned, they exhibit the same mai-
never were regarded nor offered as ■ higher in- fortuity in their instinctive tendeneies,that is ex-
dueemeat to virtue, than jun • moral institution hibited by any other sped.' of animal.. For
to present society from being injured by the instance, all the members of all these different
crimes sad pauperism of drunkenness, in the little communities resemble es -h other in their
war .•miser a bolts mid ban are physically love of pleasure and aversion to pain. The soar -
u sed by Christians to protect them erinn the yes of their pleasure, and pain, and joy. end
annoyance of thieves. If he did not koow that melancholy arc essenmally the same ; they all
the preaching of the GoepI. for eighteen hundred sheer the same incapability of living without food.
yean leu oat banished the crime of drunkenness and drink, end deep. Nose of them expo,. or
1 from .he earth. 1f he did not know that the experiences pleasure from pushing hie hand tato
Go eple is just as able to prevent theft as it ia to the fire nor from holding hie head under water.-
' prevent druskeanese, and that, theler, in In short the possession of physical happiness is
addition to the expense of having the Go.ple equally the inherent predomineot propensity of
preached, society is •t • vast expense for bolts, every human being, and of every individual mem-
• nd ban, and syr, and Jails, and Bridewell., ber of every family and tribe of the lower animals.
and law -officers, and handeaffs to protect pro- `But while the un -form conduct of any given tribe
perry against the wickedness of the thief. If he of the lower animals, is in harmony with the na-
did net know that the Christian Church has tare of the animals, and in harmony with that
always been surrounded, and will yet be sur- propensity, the conduct of manh(od is not o0i-
roesded by l large number of men who are not form nor consistent with itself, is not In harmony
guided nor influenced by the doctrines and pre- with their nature, and hence, is frequently in
rept. of Christianity, end if he supposed that it direct contradiction to their propeeaty for pbysi-
would be ■ " triumph of infidelity" to make cal happiness.
these unbelievers either. If he believed that ■ Why Caen dees man present this anomaly to
community of drunken infidels is better than a the uniformity which characterises the other
eommunity of solve infidels. }f he .opposed that animate portins of b(. Creator•■ work.. Is it
because we ea•ot prevent the degrading rimy -.because he isiefsrier is hes wises 7 No. His
tenor of all vice, therefore, it is .iafel to p anonmlous eoeduct arises either from the 04130.1
the prevale.ee of aim particular vice ! If he or perversia of powers which were conferred. for
believed that the Anti-Slasary Societies, and the purpose of rookie( him the lord over all
e ther similar instituting. were erimiul, is ger- other earthy exi,e4ee.; it arises from an .bar
ins a "false prominence to one vice eoulrary to of his superiority, or in ocher word., it arise
the doctrim.e of the Bible." ie abort. if Bebop from an improper exercise of hls reasoning faeal-
Ilepk(os did sot knew that they seat(r0eets, as toe. The .m or object of hie pursuit is mai-
mimed sod applied by " A Layman„ • are not form and praiseworthy -it is heppines.-.rad .o
only a libel n Temper.nee 8oeietie, bet dao, long as hen guided by the dicutes of mere ami-
n e outrage es every principle* common sense. mal isstieet, his physical enjoyment is at least
GM • &nog insult offered to the spirit sad u complete a the enjoyment of any ether ai-
geniee of tree religion -then, ere meet ern mal. Ret he is net s men animal. His Cent -
that Bishop Hnpkise has been a eery ignorant Ise has made him • moral and es intelleenal be-
moan. 1f he dad know this, and, is de6ase el fag, and except his whole condert is is harmouy
the eesemtiol erosive from this knowledge, rota hte whale nature, he utmost etperiwc• the
publish thew eatesgoeoa se*umrnts for • bar same amount of sa6shetien, sad happlsest that
peeps... as " A Lever." has goofed them, then is ecperinced by the inferior tribes of living cres-
t/. most assert that Boehm, Hnpn. has been a tuns. 1a order to make you eompreheed this
eery snicked man. Avid ia thst case we do not deetr(ee it may be oeeessary to give rime aim -
MAW him the title a Buksp, hot we dispute pl. illustration. For inatasee, • hgaery wolf is
hie elates to ay relation with the Church d mhsppy because he i. @offering poi*, avid 1.
Christi New the reader mem bear in wiled hsr ono .,th th. irep.I.e. d his mire, tie.M
the " A L.ym.." he@e.rh.. ilia " een..etnt rix. tm deh...s..., Ius.e.at
bi4..U." to employ 313... a.wt(m.5*. d 41.1.31 foe tha envi.4 et benign from her gear
..=",• 11/1.•.-
•
the pain which he experienced N immediately
relieved sod he (eelabapp-them ie se remorse,
regret, nor shame -se misgivisr 5r oumpse-
hoes of cooscleoa for by eoradio*, sail hr
cruelly. He has no moral seatimnu nor per-
erpuras of right sod wrng, t. be Woofed by the
inp,sece rel his couduc,, sad there(om, leis bap -
pima. is folly eenueemorew with Ms aaespBM.
hey of .ejym..t. Nodi if Ora were beegry,
his suderuge would to all probability be me as
lateens ea the n8rnogs of the weir, sad amid
M b. guided by the same aslmat irstktrt, see
seise sod murder, or 06n rib a poor weak 4*...
1101 human berg, fee the p.rp0o. of "'braising
wherewithal towd.47 the erarisg a(beams sad
relieve him of palm. the booty whisk ha might
fluo obtain world aoswer his pprpee, would
supply his physical necessities ovally as well
as though he had cotta by it baestly ; bat be ie
• moral being -he Is capable of rearetios-his
Creator bar given him certain .10use.ta of
jute. or maseieetiouseer ..d boneelesee.
e nd though his physical pale is removed, be feels
that it bar been removed by a outrage epees the
higher principle. of his alta►,, and so for fi
eaperieociog the happiness of the wolf, he bar
i5 reality eternised his misery. Tb. mental
horror arising from his refecting fatality, sod
the remoast.0ce of his moral (..line. is posi-
tively 30013 painful than the physical nffenegs
of hanger. And thew accort(o.e of e•ariene
are 4rec(0asly 1.1,44ed by his Cr.stsr t• OM -
wince him of his superiority over the 11111111111111111
• aimol, end to temrb him the seprommey of hie
mnnl sod intellectual capabilities.
Now the m•jeny of x11 the internee wbieh
mankind endure result from as ;vermeil of those
fact., namely, that man is a physical, men/.
and intellectual twist, that to gratify his physi-
cal appetites at the ecpenee *Lora oral (flier,
or to cultivate his moral feedings at the expe•se
of his physical health, or to exercise his trite!.
Intuit!faculties at the expense of one sr both of
the other gealil(:•s el has nature, is to violate the
laws of his constitution. rod that, therefore, in
order to secure the full measure of happiness
which his Creator intended for bim, his whole
conduct most agree with his whsle natant. -
These facts arediseorenble by thefexereise of
reason. •nd the proper applierinee of them is
deducible from experience and oSserration.-
And the almost incalculable dieers(ty of condor.*
•nd character, the infinite variety of portraits.,
and conflicting interests ; the innumerable dis-
t inetion* anddtruion,, and the boat of je.loasies,
heart.fuming=, Otter, withering aoimouttn,
and baneful prejudices, and p•uitive mutual
hatreds, that present man as the striking
anomaly to the other portions of his Creator's
works, arise from fair 0011000 or ignorance of
his own nature and duties, or, in other •word.,
they arise either from as improper exercise et a
neglect of hie reasoning powers. You are *-
wens to Iran in mind that I interfere not with
the spiritual condition of man -1 make se allu-
sion to it. 1 speak of him merely ran istelli-
gent re.900sible being, the mine u be is re-
cognized by the civil iwtitutioes of society. -
1 will return to this 'object is stir seat.
(1 ' Our worthi friend Ira Lewis Esq.,
Barrister, has been making a tour of the
Province, and be now returned full of life,
and love, and law,aod poetry,and w61 hence-
forth be found plying his prnfeesion in God.
er(ch, upon those strict principles ofinteg-
rity fur which a respectablepractice in law
is provetb(al.
LIST OF I0RiZES
./Ju•arded 0t (lee • Sermons Snow of As
Stratfprd Agricultural Society,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13re, f848.
Beat Stallion, awarded in -April, £ a. n.
-C. Cbrieiner, 7 10 0
First Brood Mare and Foal.
-A. Riddle, Jr. i 10 0
2nd do James Rankin, 1 0 0
3rd do William Dunn, 0 10 0
Foot 3 year old Filly -A. Kettle?, 0 14 0
2nd do Peter Crerar, 0 10 0
3rd do Jobe C o. 8 0
Fire : yr old F(11v-Van.Ruffridge, 0 11 6
end do George Gibb, 0 7 6
3rd - do [00 prize] 0 0 0
}',rt 1 yr old Colt -George Gibb, 0 10 0
2nd do George Wood, Kim 0 7 6
First 2 yr old Gelding -Geo. Gibb, 0 15 0
2nd do V. Reffridfe, 0 10 0
Beit 2 yr old entire Colt-Jas.Boyd, 0 15 0
First span of Farm Horses,
-Janie• Patterson, 1 0 0
2nd do John Crerar, 0 15 0
First 3 year old Bull £2 ; additional
premium £2 -Geo. Gibb, 4 0 0
2nd do A. Riddle, Sen. 1 10 0
3r1 do Peter Kutner, Esq. 1 0 0
First 2 yr old Bull- i 10 0
2nd do" Wm. Bradley, 1 0 0
First 1 yr old Bull -D. Anderson, 0 10 0
2nd do James Patterson, 0 7 •
First Milch Cow and eaI(-Wilma., 1 0 0
end do George Hyde, 0 15 0
3rd do George Gibb, 0 10 0
F(rtt Milch Cow -W, Simpson, Jr. 0 35 0
end do D. Anderson, 0 10 0
3rd do W. Dunn, 0 7 •
First 2 yr old Helfer -J. Sherman, 0 10 0
9nd do W. Simpson, 0 7 6
3rd do Wm. Conley, 0 5 0
First yr old Heifer -Alex. Gourlay, 0 7 6
2nd do James Rankin, 0 6 0
First spring Calf -W. Simpson, 0 1 .6
2nd do George Gibb, 0 6 0
First yoko of Working Oxen,
- Wm. Montgomery, 0 15 0
2nd do V. Ruffridge, 0 10 0
Srd do William Smith, 0 7 6
First yoke of 4 yr old Steers,
- James Rankle, 0 lit 6
Ind do A. Gourley, 0 7 •
First yoke of 3 yr do -M. Kutner, 0 t0 0
2nd do Andrew Eason, 0 7 6
Fist yoke of 2 yr do-R.Ballantise, 0 7 6
end do Peter ?Cattier, Esq. 0 5 0
First Fat Ox -John Kelly, 0 16 0
2nd do W. Dunn, 0 10 0
Foot Fat Cow -Wm. F.emisy, 0 10 0
2nd do Jobe Creme, 0 7 6
Fir.t Ram over
:lel.;
Badley, 0 IS 0
2nd do Henr Beartb, 0 10 0
Fvat yr old Rays -6 Emile), 0 10 0
2°d de P. McTav(ah, 3r. 0 7 6
First pair Ewe.--O.o. Wood, Esq. 0 15 0
gad do W. Ewal.y, 0 10 0
First nngl. Ew.-(4. Wood. Fig. 0 7 •
fled 10 A. Gourley,
0 0 •
Find pair Fat Sheep-G.Wrood,Fiq 0 7 •
fed do Mensa. Kipp**, 0 6 0
First Boer -T, W. R.hir,., 1 IS 0