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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Signal, 1848-12-15, Page 2HURON SI NAt EXT, EN1TI '». *S LAST STRUGGLE. of rli*alifrae4 L'e't etepposing that she rliatteird fnpieeta ihoo!d .iii.s uog•iler, auJ themed caa.rauare i'; idem craning t of esters.. at, use .emraeri millet av • Leudet, n .,iyht Le a matter ui interest ur of eunuaty r: Ie,et, to euj ere whet I. to be the objet edible uoiuu .ail of the, Istiei. %What de they intend to oppose or what io they ex- pect to pini ie it !hely that mew who bare hero encrusted with the affairs of the 1 rovince, by the fall canfiJeoce total lent three-fourths of she whole population, will introduce soy in.a. sere that will be injurious to the tut f the .,telt, .l that pepalnties f This is sat the least likely. Aod se Tong as the majority of the people are phased, there a aot the slightest pra- pect of Toryism gaining anything except deri- sion. Indeed we casein compere 'downs reed', tafateeted conduct than that of ,nee, whose total destitution of moral priuciple has already coo - signed them 'u infamy, rushiug reeklealy into deeper igtomi.y by •tempuog ria inveterate oppoeitiea to the welfare of the people, whose sense of j•iice bit already trampled ea their op- pressive policy, end searteied the accumulated corruptions of their uegodline.s. The rlatteted nod emaciated remains of whet was once the " Great Costervtive Parry" in Cowed., see mihmg a hied el teembling 4.,rt to come together is order to put forth one great. last straggle is behalf of Ili. time -hallowed cor- rapuons of tottering Turyitin. The i.te•tion may be laudable au tar es an todocimable spirit of opposition to coecereed. [i ohms a determi- nation to die ban(, but the .acesso(even "utak • tag a musler" is very doubtful. Pure unenpliis- uicateJ 'eliminates in the moving priuciple 01 Toryism ; the. is its prominent characteristic u. all ages, and in all eouolrica Whether in the Detect Council, in a Bench of Magiotrates, or in a national Legislature, Terjiem eau be easily di►usgui.ned by the supreme attebnte of selfishness ; this is, in fact, the erseatiel thing itself. And so long as there is aufficieut some, tbat ie, se long as the satin interests and reve- nue of • nation or a community are within the grup of the (action, she ..Ifishoe.s acts in • combined and simultaneous manlier. The watchword then, seems to be " There is enough for wail." The people—the roan--tbe mob, is a huge, an •Imost ioexheustiLle subject for com- mon dissection •oil common plunder. But when ihe•prurpect of distinction darkens—ehea the 'coerce of emolument or aggrandisement be- come" narrowed, as in Canada at preeeut,. then selfishness or Toryism gets narrowed in propor- tion, and misses* a variety of inditiJualitie•; the worderos and we are aro longer Sound in its vocabulary-; the pronemcs all became singular, ad the watch -word :hen is " Take good cue of 'mutter One. It appears that the first step preparatory to the " great struggle" is the choice of • " Leader," and here the tndiridea/tries o .elfehoeu are exhibited in conflicting atoms o MAGISTRATES WANTED ! Among the numerous sore evils under which the neglected county of Huron ie I.bering. there Is perhaps none more palpable nor more preusiog thou the want of number of active and efficient Magistrates torn who would endeavor to attend to the buatoess of tete District, and diecbarge the important duties belonging to the magisterial olfi:e with promptitude anis fidelity. to a late number of the Signal we recorded the fact that the sixteen J. P.'s, who assembled on the 21st ult to hold the Court of Quarter Ses.ions, had, with one or two exceptions, gone home, and eft the District to take are of itself ! We farther inti- mated thar•the Clerk of the Peace had been at some trouble and espense, in calling an adjourn - cd meeting of Quarter Sessions for the purpose of haring the District Accounts audited. Aod ( we now inform our readers that the said ad- d'permed meeting took place on the first instant, different forma and ander various appellations.— There is no uosotmily, no sympathy alerting as would have been manifested ander more prospe- rous circumstuoces. They have no faith in each others honesty ; they are aware that hones- iy formed no part of their common creed, and they can mach less expect it in their iodi•id•ali• tin. Hence, each fraction of the shattered cor- poration bawls loudly for the Leader whose proximity of residence, or frieodablp, or intermits is Iikliee to benefit itself. Bir Allan McNab— Ogle R. Gowan—Tom Thumb—Col. Gugy ad Henry Sherwood, bare each their able "deo eating admirer", all equally clamorous and fer- vent in advancing the claim', and emoting the merits of their respective favorites, end al equally determined not to be led by any eaodt date but their own. They will not agree ; and therefore,'it to doubtful if the " great struggle" est ever take place. If Ogle R. Gowan is to . had, the Hamilton Spectator will tarn Radical; and if Sir Allan is to lead, the Brockville States- man taterswan will come out for "'mention." Tom Thumb has been through the United States sad and although the Clerk of the Peace had warned or notified seveuteeu Magiattate•, the said meet - ting was composed of W. B. Rich, Jus. Wai- mea and David Clark, E.quires ! And ns seven is required to constitute a quorum,cooaequendy the District Accounts must just audit themselves or otherwise remain as they are ! So much for the punctuality and efficiency of the Huron " Model Magistracy." Now this is exactly what any reasonable man acquainted with the circumstances would expect There are to the whole of Huron twety-eight Magistrates two of these are liberal men, and twlwry-sez are good staunch bona Jule Torus !! Thii startling disparity in numbers, we suppose, l was the effect of niers chance ! It would be _ cruel and uncharitable to think it resulted from any " political feeling !" The Tor,.e are sweated by political feeling io makitg appoint meed'. These twenty-eight men are scattered over a District containing, perhaps, about two thousand square miles, that is one Magie. ante. to every seventy-two equ►re miles. Now, in the avenge state of our District reds, jt hp almost unreuoable to expect that seven of these savors of republicanism, and if he is electe Leader, it is absolutely certain that Colette Gagy will neither stay in Moutteal nor any tithe place. Heavy Sherwood is a chive, cunning .or of gentleman, but he is what the cerhfightrr call a '• 11 -heeler,' he might take the jut an run home and betray the party by bl.bbing th wotck-word. Thus, of the five "Eminent'," who have bee ■ omioated for the -.Leadership, Colonel Gug asems destined for the honor ! It is true he ha • few ugly foibles, such as, an iatisctiresono for popularity ! Ile is very frequently found straddling and gahlipiag furiously some illabapsn bobby: and an old lady friend of ours declare that if he leads, he will lead them into th Coon of Queen's Bench ! ! Still, we *drover the claim of Colonel Cagy—he has claim which no other dare pretend to. He was born a Loyalist—the detestation of democracy is in helot is hie very assure; and an aristocratic coaempt for the liberty of the Press in proteet- i.g the "tight" of the people," was bequeathed to him with his first break. In fact, he is an embodiment of die divioe right of Clanauperiori- ty, and is, therefore, the very mace to lead the frtguentu of the Family Compact to the " last ateggle," and the glorious defeat. Besides, it is mists that if all other means of annoying the Admiaitrat.on sheen fail, he can bring an ac- tion for Libel .pis•t the Kadin' House of Assembly. men will assemble at one place, even though they were considerably inclined to do so, except It is on some extraordinary occasion,- such as the ▪ removal of the Ditrict offaces, where party soli- d nealfeel lig 13 deeply concerned. e From these ctrcumstarcee it must be apparent to every unprejudiced men, that a large increase n of Magistrates is eeeeotialty necessary to the y proper management of our local affairs; and we a trust that the present Radical Government will r extend • small share of their vigilant care, and patronage to the "Loyal and Conservative coun- ty of Huron," by giving us a new and en en- • larged Commission of the Peace. We would e even accept of a few of Mr. Cayley'e recon, e mending, rather than want : but we certainly do not expect that the Radicals will depart from the venerable precedent that the Tories of all - ages have set them, namely, the policy of ap- pointing men of their own creed in politics.. We are not prone to flatter any body of men. We love to give them credit for what they are worth, end no more. And we must give the Tory offi- cials of uron full credit for acting consistently with their own principles, in every single Instance where "political feeling" can be in- volved. Our talented and truth -loving neighbor the Gazette sticks the soap very lavishly on the Magistrates for their unbiased integrity and'ef- eteat discharge of tkeirduties ! He has a right todo so. Ile has done thirty-five pounds worth of printing for the District, and es soon as his work was finished, or perhaps sooner, he was ac- commodated with • check oo the Beak for his money, as there happened to be no funds in the Treasury at the time. But ales, for the poor Radicals ! We printed several little Jobs for the District before the Tories had any Press, and n obody offered to accommodate us with a check oat the Bank. Nobody eared .bout paying as We have never yet received sixpence from the food. of the Dtstrici of Huron. As the Irishman says, we dig rteA the strong foot! Th. Court home, sed to roads, and the Sergmo to the District Goal, will be looted in our next. e But is all this confusion and commotion about a Leader. w• have often wondered why the " leading spirit" a tie late Admistratioe has wryer elses bees nweti.sed ! 11.. the Hoe. Witham Cayky no friends nor admirers la the Program' 1 Have all his.pleodel tattle., as a statesman. evaporated with his la.pecter Geae- ralehip T W. *Mak this meglect of the Member for H.res, has very much the appearance of as lawlt. AM se imbed, terms disposed to tune - sate him to the bo.orable office of Leader, we have some Mile interni to the matter Si he i. mwr Represestau'e, sad we shall .mole oar - wolves to a vete of Tory llamas, by remolding the fragmeste of the " (levet Conservative" party, that the Hee. William Cayky is jot the Wane Csnservati.o that he ..ed to be— that he is jest prepared to Yam for the ead.wineot d 6sewio.wtst. aid for every ether seseeere haw - hag • t..deoey to eatable, chows supremacy .std Family Compmet,.m, the same as formerly. It is tree, the Hososable Fraser Hucks made rather se euphemises ezhititries .tf Mr. Celts, t.) es • Seeneer, be(1be d. not aspect .kale. per- fecters (tem sq Ilea, ..d we fed iachlaed to give army tan hle'tl1se. A.d while w. think .het the hive.( e..e.t r,g Mr. Cmyky, is refer- eein to who slaeld be the Magiitntea.4 Hems, is Piet u aboard es to take hi• opinion on the tgtTalifeatleas of the Shoemakers and Bleek- enitk..1 the lh.tnet Is fact, he knows little seesseheet thedipselligeoce or mesal principle of the g•4• of Ares, than he does chest the polagieal eireeure of the t...., tied, th.eebre, w mem* him es cry seen sebjeci, wn.ld be in forenele shoo. Tet M sit. willi.g to files him h. rise ; eav! M be is a Tory, ad a the twin Ina • Leiner, w► aey that to threw aide the H.swaii. Wiif,M Cayky, sod appelst Ogle 1R Gewsa, sr Tem Thumb, e, CN. Gap, i. a MORE FALSEHOOD ! Itis with the ufmoet relactanee that we intro - dace the Mame of Mr, Giles into our paper, end we only do w when we consider that the morali- ty and well-being of the COMMA/Mt/ demand it ; sad whatever may be our own opinion of him as • member of society, tie cannot allow hint to be the seep. -gear for the iniquities of others.. We regret exceedingly the occas` s which has milled forth oar notice of him at pruent, beestsaa It tn.olvee the .emeltof persons who, we ehisk, ought not to come before the public la ascii mat• ten. He has been going .bout clonal/ hit week iaarn•.ung that John Galt, Esq., tied the Reverted Mr. Fletcher eelled e• the Rn. Alezuder Mai id, end requested to know if he, Mr. Me1W, was the author of thew mreerabe prodactieee rived " A Layman." This infor- mation Mr. Giles rays he rretev.d from the R.,. Me. Mail !! Wherever sr however he re- ceived w s»aeMted it, ilk ave tree; and al• the.gh the reepeitable retire of she murm.M- ty are wllliegfacet . abs by remark- • i.g indite f eat ly, t " di tit one tf ser Olde rivet!" Yet we deny deist et say sitar, er owever wurthkes, to dreg fwth the azure et teepectau4 mea, sad more especially the rtauwa efChinamen. and asaooleat each suan with els wilful promalgatioa ot•dedl and ; and we farther qursuaa ;he wooed principles cel flat cows nutty which will tolerate much euuaucs— le .birdI mob ptoceeesriga au not cuccird promptly std rftctee ily, they will go ((r to me lunge society in this oeighbourbood. The (acted[ the. ems from *hick this tater- hood has resulted, are simply these:—The Rev. Mr. Fetcher sad Me SW did cell epee the Rev. Mr. McKid, un nems private boa.ess, u whieh we had ce interest, trod during the lotto: - view Mr. McKid wu.bed these two geatliawa, as friends to bin aril to us, /to tonna uq tint lie, Mr. McKid, h.d feather lot nor part, etaxeree Ma uatsac i y, is the atsttorM.p o f N latent signed "A Layman." Mr. McKid Was neither asked nor whetted for this declar.tiou; he gave it of his own free will and accord. And Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Galt, at his meant, cattle to w and deltveied it u tbey received it. Now, Mr. McKid is perfectly aware that such are the facts Mille case, and withtlat presuming to dic- tete to the Rive Geotlea.e, with regard to the manner in which he should contradict the f.iIse- hood which hes bees promulgated in his same, we must at least presume that it is wrong to allow it to remain amsssbwdictsd. We serer employed any person to enquire or'discover who wrote these nefarious productions—we do not care the value of half' farthing who wrote them. We were aware from the first that they were writteu by some unfortunate being, whose blunted moral perceptions and reckless disregard of truth, would, in due time, expose him to the scorn or pity of the community which he had so wantonly insulted. We promised to unmask him In a public lecture, and he demurred and said we chose this " hole-and-corner" manner of expoeiog him, merely because we were afraid to oppose hint is print. We have now written and published • part of our review of his produce tions, and he demurs again and asks, where is our promise of the public lecture. We delayed our review till it suited our own convenience to publish it ; end as we have rarely made • public promise withoqt fulfilling it, we assure inns that the legttee Is u reserve for him,, but he must just wait till it suits our own convenience or oar own inelioatioa ; and he may depend that. come when it will, it will come soon enough for kin'. The very fact of the Rev. Alexander blcKid feeling the necessity of disclaiming all know- ledge of these productions of " A Layman," is a convincing evidence of the criminality of allow• nig anonymous slanderers to propagate their poisoned eelomaies through the printing prem. Had " A Layman" been as courageous as he is wicked, and given his real name with his pro• duction., then public reprobation would have attatched itself to the guilty individual. But in ■ nooymous writing, the innocent is frequently ✓ espected of the worthless conduct; and when once public opinion has tome to • decision ee such ,natters, it is scarcely possible to alter it.— A painful illustration of this fact hu been ex- hibited in the case of the two scandalous produc- tions which recently appeared here, on the colored .erap)ririg paper, over the respective sig- natures of " Observer" and " Fiat Justitia." Such was the outrageoar character of these productioue, that as iutinetive shudder of hor- ror seems to have passed through the community on reading them. A nd we may safely assort that almost ( ery man who is liable to be sue- pccte,l, from the Rev. Pastor down to the most LS.rasoole +,.retch who Escapable of writing Eogli-:,, bas voluntarily made a solemn declare tion that he had no heed in these productions ! In short, such ba been the earcest anxiety of every one to escape suspicion of the authorship, that one would be almost forced t0 the concha - sloe that the wrapping paper and its printed con- tents had fallen from the noon ! Bnt, alas ! alas ! these solemn declarations go fur nothing. Public opinion has decided that these preelection* were written on the earth ; that they were writ- ten in Goderich, and that they were written where, of all places under heaven they ought not to have bees written ! Aad without presuming to say whether public opinion is right or wrong in its decision, we will presume to declare that if the author is a professing Christian, he is no longer entitled to the right hand of fellowship in .Christian communion. in fact, his connection With religion, in any .bspe, is e seee evil, and must be productive of much harm.• The following may be taken as a kind of syl- logism io moral philosophy, namely :—The man who wilfully and deliberately perverts or mis- represents truth, for the purpose of injuring you in the estimation of his private frit di, will write ad publish these perversion. if IS ha abilities and oppertunity to do et anonymously ; and hav- ing done so, will solemnly deny his own action, even with an oath ! The perpetration of malig- nant falsehood is a much greater crime than a denial of that perpetration. The calumniator sets truth at defiance kr the gratification of his own malignity, then, consequently, his word aid kis oath are exactly of the same value. APPOINTMENT. We have n.oeh picture iq intimating to our. readers that His Excellency the Governor Gene- ral has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Charles Fletcher, of the United Presbyterian Church, Goderich, to the Office of Superintendent of Common Schools to the District of Heron. Aod dtbough we are *ware that the character of Mr. Fletcher requires no eslogiam from a, still we claim the privilege of expressi.g our opinion, that if energy of character—earnest zeal (or the pnmetion of piety and chine—bonne advocacy of civil and religious liberty—rational views to edeeatioa, aid as inflexible loved troth and morel r,etitede, see requisite gafi6seaoes for da sem, thea the appnotnieat mess be este- feetory to eery ueprejudteed moo to the Dis- trict. We nater Setter way eve, a.d far kse a Cterpmen, bet from the limited ksowledme *Isiah we have of • Mr. Flasher, wo believe atm . be m sirsightfteward geed Moa; sad this. to the, it a mach higher r. -.aa meeda,len rho the sacredness of his proforma. W. hen sever em- ended the fact that we have se objection to cry Clergymae eserwaieg • eeat»I .ver wester *decalitre ; bat this ohtecttoa is perhaps sot es- t.rtara.d by Mx mea in the cosily of Hero..— We tall r.Ar to it is a furies utiee whes we hall gin ewe reeaa., Ow wai•leg it in the ease of Mr. Fletcher -"A LAYMAN." Atter gram/ Total ♦hatiseuce credit for re- cl.Imtog mut Guru the "paths of vice to thus of ria/.e," let bestowisg happy aid Avenel hurue. oar " amity as indwn.oa and virtaoes I OMNI ," and deer saves to the members that the Maesteg shill be thews which M gaesaised l. I those that " tete • soul hum death and hide a multitude of eros." Our Reverend frtenJ adds "oat the graved of eapedtesey 1 sestet .peso teetotalism." (What ! annul oppose ihe-trianph of infidelity'.) My «ly position ie tact Scriptures do not eajeea q." De the Scepters." enjoin us to build jails sad court holism? Do they enjoin ea to.etabli•h Sunday Schools, gt.ble Societies or Madauary Societies 1 De the Scriptures enjoin us to print •od distribute the iswptarss) 1a what passage of Scripture ass we enjoined to educate and ordain tun to preach 1be gosple fur a sp=erhed sum of mosey 1 la short, there is not one-twenueth part art out to- stiretteas and efforts, fur the promotion of morali- ty and religion, which is explicitly enjoined in Seupture, or which is eveu half so much couo- tenanted by the Scriptures as the principle on which total abstinence is founded It is the principle of self-deoid fur the production of good ; and it is to be found on *Inman every pap of the Chrtstiai volume. And " A Layman," even after he has entreated the " eoaetateot Christian" to reject Temperance Societies, u umscriplural t»uapAs of infidelity !—feels con- ieience-smitten, and admits thee they have done good, nay, that they have dont great good and that their promoters will inherit • blessing !— But he refuses to have either " pot or part" in the production of this great good ; he has no desire to share in this blessing merely because the Scriptures do not enjoin him to do so ! Had the Scriptures addressed him particularly by time, thus, " 1 cry unto thee, Jeremy Jonable- brains, that thou shalt drink no Aol-staff nor cold-stutf, nor any other stuff that is called in- toxicating !ignore," then it is probable that " A Layman" might have become a coldrik, inac- tive member of a Temperance Society. Bet to him at is a matter of no consequence if the Serip- tures enjoin every man to shun the very "epee- rauce;olevil. To be fervent and dilligent in sea- son eneon and out of season for the promotion of God's glory—to avoid temptation, or being tit: means of temptation to others --to mortify the flesh, with the passions and lusts thereof. To beware of casting • stumbling block in the way of others, to thrgw aside every weight sod his easily be- setting sin. - To him it is a matter of no conse- quence though, the Apostle o. the Gentiles him said, It is good neither to eat flesh nor drink wine nor anything whereby thy. brother stunt- bleth, or is offended, or .rade weak." Itis a matter of indifference to him though Saint Paul vowed (was it in dishonor of his solemn baptis- mal engage's:et )) that if meat made his brother to offend, he would eat no flesh while the world stood ! Io short, though the injuoction• to self- denial for the promotion of religion and viri/d' abound on almost every page of the Christian volume ; yet so long as his individual name is not explicitly mentioned in connection with these i.juoeuooa they carry no precept of duty to the mind of " A Layman." Whatever virtue you may ask him to perform, if it is a con.eant to his neutral inclinations, he will tarn round like Shylock, and eek "Ie it so nominated to the Bond 1" " Do the Scripture. enjoin me to do this thing?" We .du not set much value on this Shylock religion ; this kind of mathematical, righteouenese that requires to be limited and pointed out by the expreas declarations of the Sacred record, as precisely as you would draw eat a geometrical dttgram. This is what -we call the great shim of religion; it has been the corse of society, the obstruction to practical mor- ality, the prolific source of dissension and secle- sioniem, and • positive isn't to the true spirit of the Christie's Miniea. ' [a regard to morality and the practice or winter, the Scriptures lay down • kw great general principles from which may be easily deduced simple rules for the re- gulation of human conduct in every particular circumstance, and in every relation of life ; but the man who either expects or desires from � Scripture, an express rale for every patticslar action or relation of his moral agency, is just as unreasonable ss though be should demand the Scripture rule for experimental ehemystry or steam navigation. In short, he has to learn the ! intention and value of the Scriptures. 1%e are terry to find that such • zealous defender of Christian truth as " A Layman" pretends to Ie, should, in every one of his productions, give ir- refrapble etidenctethat he is one of the Shylock Christians. T h• Doty passage of Scripture which " A Lay- man" brings forward in opposition to Total Abstinence is from the second chapter of John's Gosple, where tete miracle of converting water into wine is recorded. Now we do not intend any inererenc ,'when we cry that unless " A Lay - meta" alpha us to understand that this miracle was wrought for the purpose of " keeping up the spree," and enabling men to get drunk, there is no analogy between the occasion ofjhe miracle, and the evil which tool abstinence endeavors to remove. " A Layman" is at liberty, so far at least as we are concerned, to believe anything he chooses either on this or any other subject; bot we recuse to believe that this miracle was wrought for the promotion of drunken hilarity ; we believe that the Power which wit capable of converting water into wine was equally capable of preventug dreokene'sa And whenever " A Layrwa" sad his little .imiatde friend of the Crown Lands, who insulted the meeting in the Chsreh on the 4th of September, shall bring forward a hogshead of cleat cold spring water and eoaver' it into wine without the aid of any chemical proems or any other earthly ingredient, thin they will •t least have e.abli.►.d a paral- lel between our Saviour's miracle and their owe peoiiw; and we .hall have so objection that the twin"Jolly ootnpaatoo." shall lye down betide the hogshead se eosverted, and sock it oat, even to the very dregs ; for if they ■ever get drank till they get kook oat their own wsireeadoerely manufactured wise, it is a mater of no eoow- q...ee whether they ever join the Temperance Society oe 001 ; their sobriety will he quite M- eer.. We have new done with that pmt of this Reverend Laynsa`. prndsetioae *hush relates to teal •hnt.uee, ad which w. •.wider se sterol? aseawtnry to his real shyster W• thisk we ave presented a faithful repre.eatatisu of hie knowledge of Tempen.e• fieeleoe•, hr logiesl abilities, sad, above all, lits consistent Berm mGecol et,l ewegt. wnoseM, wit qt fafa,M tej.d.M tad in. dtgnrtloa atairdt as,, reiiKiea geoosde ; and the landmass maauetie warns he bee se4earursd to accomplish hie wicked Istestio,, shell lens the soGje'ci tl( our future review. We hove ceeired a copy of Andrew 16arrel'a Aluteoac tar which we return our best rheas. It is vee of these prodeetions which esosld be Rad by every body, and more especial• ly by el who would wish to see the Christie' rebg,w Messed nom the degredicg and sinful position .f • common political machine. Cbrio- ti•olty has too loog been used as • stepping - mut to the chair of political deepote m, and worldly voloptao.aea, end it ooly requires, in this age e'en/Weed enquiry, the racial are culation of a few prodactiooa, sate as Andrew Marvel's, to attract public attention to the magaitedm of the iniquity I to dispel the hoary and ..godly detain, tad to sweep, for ever, from the records of religion the aacraligious aioa of Church sod Star. The People's Aluaaac by Andrew Marvel, is published at the Easnslaer Office, Toronto.— It contains the usual calender, and as much im- portant interment's, besides, oo the corruptions and perrersioos of Christianity, es is worth far more than its coet. If We direct attentiossto the card of Mr. Alexander Wilkinson, Provincial Land Surveyor, which will be found in our Advertinsg columns. Mr. %Vilkin.o• is not altogether uakeown in Goderich, being employed by the Government: lint spring to survey the new townnbip oI Mor- rie in this Dietriet, but it may not he gm/sally known that he has taken up his residence berg and, therefore, we with to intimate to such as may remora his services ice seneyi•g, dialing, letelisg or plan-drawiug, that lee may be found at the Colborne ion, Godench. CORRESPONDENCE. Te IHx EDITOR tv Tisa HURON 113.L. Guneaten, Laic. 19, 194e. DcaR Smm,—i regret to be constrained to solicit space in your columns far mere personal matter, but as a statement made by me in your paper of the 24th Irevetuber, ha. received sum the Editor of the Gazette • most unqualified de- nial, and as that defile! could only proceed upon the authority of one person, that is the Gentle- , man with whom 1 had the conversation, 1 feel -it Jfees$ary to produce such'eisetic" of the trans- action as I think, will to all unprejudiced minds, prove most conclusively, the truth of what 1 have advanced. The e•ideace can only be of a secondary nature, as co third person win present when the Reverend Alex•oder .11cKtd rt ud myself had the conversation alludeJ to, but such asitis1give tt:— Gionescu, Dec. 10th, 18x9, Mr Dara Sae,—Io reply to your note asking ins if 1 recollect the particulars of the coutersa• tion,, decided by you as haeiog passed between you and :he Rev. A. McKid, on the evening of the 10th November, being the evening that Miss McKid left in the Amherstburg. 1 beg to state that, to the beet of my knowledge it was as follows:—That you feared that you had been guilty of • great rudeness in a remark you had 'made to Mr. Meleid, reline' to Mr. Kydd'. security. as from the tenor of Mr. McKiJ's re- marks, you would net be surpree4 if he was one of the new eure:ies, and if so, yeti had applied to him the lip; ellstiu,t of madman ; haeiog men- tioned to him that you considered any party. be- coming Mr. Kydd'a security to the Government, •iter the manner in which he had treated Mr. Liars, would be sone than a madmen. Theme remarks were made by you immedietely after Mr. McKid'• leaving your house, where he had remained but • ft + momenta after his return with you from the harbour, during which walk the conversation, 1 supper, must have occured, that led to these rematha: I remain, my Desefgr, Your most obed't eerv't, G. F. LYSTER. The public and yourself will r:mark from Mr. G. Lyster'■ letter, that immediately alter hevtog parted with the Reverend Gentles. I detailed what passed, and, of Nurse, all that had peened was fresh in my resollectioe. On the Saturday after the pcblieatioe of the Gazette, •ix; the 2d December, I called on Mr. McKid in company with the Ret. Mr. Fletcher, for the purpose of obtaining from him the publiestioo of ouch an explanation, as would be a virtu! denial to the statement contained in the editorial of the Gazette. la presence of Mr. Fletcher, Mr. McKid led me, and also Mr. Fletcher. to be- lieve that he would publish each • statement u I lonsidered necessary, and which statement was to be as follow,, as embodied in a note fu the terms of which Mr. McKid agreed on the Mon- day following. After setting forth that part of the editorial which I considered objectionable, it nn, " I beg to state that Mr. Galt and myself hada conversation relative to Mr. Kydd's offers with the Post Office. The exact particulars of which I cannot now charge my memory with, but I am by no means prepared to give tr.e uo- qualified denial to his statement, which you have been pleased to mutt in your paper of December let, nor did Iia cry way aethense it." fa ac- cordance with a part of the sgreemeet come to on the Saturday, (and for the coarse I then adopted the Reverend Gentleman was pleased to express himself gratified,) Mr. McKd accom- panied me to Mr. Giles' Office, Mr. Giles was out, but Mr. McKid assured me that be wseld see Mr. Giles. There we paned. 1 folly im- p:eased with the ton•ietioo that it was the ia- tatioe of his Revereoce to fulfil his agreeaneat, sod obuia the publication of the note : bat it ap- pears such was by no means his intention, for as according to tal•rmatioa I reeetved from Mr. Giles seat morning, mod which Mr. McKid con- firmed is the preeeace of Mr. Fletcher. The Reverend Gentleman had in reply to a very n atural question of Mr. Giles' as to whether he desired the note to be published 1 Said that seek was act his desire, bet that he had merely brought it for he. Mr. (biles', setidsetiea, (Inky, 1 was seder the impressise that it wit n ot for Mr. Giles' setisf etten, but raise—his Revun.ee, it world appear, thumb, diErn.tiy. ) As was satanl, 1 felt not a little settled at aces eeedeet, and heti.g met Mr. McKid on Tses- d.y, as above alluded to, we had in peewee* of Mr. retches a farther eaa•ars.ties es the sub. jeer, and es puttee Mr. Me red, atsted that he wait; obraiu the pabheases of each a dean; es would he isitielsoten, 1 ■gr..veg to *sit until filer thepsbltcattoe of the Oez.ee, before midst a! M, M w7lhlf Melt t ordinary • reef tW a..ts,i Milia to` *oL'uce ¶Venesduy 6tenrea I hale beet pre•eat afire doing what I presuieed 1.701 sad kir. Fletahrr, and ice order that you ate, he jai: liberty to du u jou Mink bsay 1 hereby Maid than 1 tasau .fate rerbelim, what paisej cos oat F"day e.wieg, the IOtb Monwber, het sm rrwrallr eettatu that yea sever mad. ase aI tbe term •' madman ;"seethe, did Mr. Ottee mole tire denial oar my authority, ave did met meet me io ah. Part t.ffrcempkOi.g, earl tree bear cry euurerwtl'bitas between yin and1 u,. Kydd on the .object. 1 feel very much agrelved MT -WC MT—WCaleard have dragged my same tato • matter i• *CM 1 hare au concern ; 1t can Is my minim be fee no other purpose than to do me hum, and thereby coofirming the report I got frum Montreal -se j( 1 were to .lbw what you wegt are 'ode, it wand only be to streagtbec the teWha ageism yes, that you wish to do harm to Mr. Kydd. 1 oust you will be careful in futon 1. ISM - %toning my name. for the whole matter ;este between yea and Mr. Giles. Tou mad, a Mate• meat—be denies it. 1 bare nothing 10 do with It and will have nothing (tether tido with it. 1 •tn, Deu,C1r, Your.lraly, ALEX. MV Ac. ID. J01. GhLT' Esq. 1, appeal to the public and yourself, if is would not have been as easy (w the Revered Geotleman,aud as much in keeping with hasgie.i- tion as •Clergyman, to have written Mr. Gies requesting the insertion of the deainl he ad promised 10 get published, as writing the alums note to uw. 1 think it required aomerhiog more than ordinary iedispo,itioa to Meetly the break- ing of a promisedelibentely given. 1 appeal to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher for • mate - runt eoefiratery of such parts cel the traane- tioo as are within his koowledge, and 1 leave the public end yourself to ivy whom yes beliefs 1 declare upon my honor, that 10 the beat of my knowledge and belief, 1 did, iu cuoveteatioa with the Reverend Alexander Mcleid, use the ward "madman" inc.nuectise with Mr. Kydd's secu- rity. Yoe have the Reverend Geadessaa', "morally censor" that 1 never made use of the term" madman." My assertion is supported by the colateral evidence of Mr. Lyster-..M,. McKid'e, 1 aro wiry to lay, is supported by the indecision that his marked his whole course throsghout the traosae tion. JOHN GALT. TO MB EDITOR Of TIM swans wa.A1_ GoosarcH, Dec. 12, 1(144. Sia, -1 beef jest received the following letter from His Eze.11eacy the Governor General through the Provincial Secretary, which you hill have the g.od.maa to insert in your paper, for toe malefaction of all those cooceried, sad by so.doing you *ill mach oblige you .bd'; sent, WILLIAM WALLACE. SUCRE:alT & ()encs, -Meteraeet, 9d Dec., 11(48. Sta,—i ham the honor, by command of the Govera,N'Oeheral, to inform yuu tbat • Hie lenceltilmy he' ild'uoder has cooad.- ration, to Cobacit,, a Petition signed by you, on behalf of the Sehoul Teachers and School Trustees ul the iluron District, in aordawild Helutwn (list a lib dd at Goderich no the 11th ultimo, praying that relief might be afforded to them, in consideration of the luu simiaiued by them, in conscqueueo of Joint Signal!, Supeno- i lendont of Corinna' Scboole in. that DI inti, hating absconded with the School - moneys placed in his hands. - 11.Exceheocy directs me to convey to the Petitioners, through yeti, the ez'eta- tion of his regret and sympathy for the loss they have sustained. But (lie Excel- lency cannot see how lie can afford tbem relief under the circumstances. His Ex- cellency learns from the- statements made in the Petition, that the security required from Mr. Agri -all by the District Council, • was insufficient and informal, and that conse'iuently but a small portion of the amount of the neural can be recovered; and His Excellency is advised that if there has been any negligence in regniriag sufficient and proper security in the present cue, the lose occasioned thereby should be borne by those whore duty It may hare been to ex- amine and approve of the security offered. Under these Lprcumstances Hie Excel- lency could nut recommend that any relief ,should be afforded in the present 'astatine, even if he were pot precluded from grant - inp such relief, by their nut being any (Linde at his disposal applicable to that pur- pose. 1 have the honor to be, Sir, Your meet obd't serv't, 1. LESLIE, Secy. Ws.. VT*Loawi Esq., °odorieh, DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT. To Tim aliases or rte' ase 4/00 Sraarroto, 9�M 1848• Stat,—Whew a question which isnrspowd to afect exi.tieg public interests Is 'nought publicly forward, It is frequently f000d thst there is for a time some opposition. Such may be clamed as arising; first, from mlf- uh motives, where the subject in particular affects the pocket, though tT a monies is to be made, it be for the panic good— 'mond, from party feeling, "our party" will not acknowledge it—gird, from a de- sire of no change—no • progre..--thoegh evidently for the welfare of the e.remeniby. as a body of people wishing the change M" their advantage,—and lastly, by the opposi- tion of those—too many indeed—who are not disposed le thiwk of the subject, wise an not condescend to weigh it N tint mi.dlle or (tie the sante chane* . tla'+111, si the thoughtful consideration Blend to the buy- Mg uyreg or selling of any particular article et produce. Oppositioe has orison to Ow esfemplib.r led Diemen of the lbtriet of Horan, by a party in the west There has not bells 1 dare nv, • Distract eetaMtehed amen Mil,