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TEN SHILLINGS
IJl ADV♦Rea.
VOLUME I.
TILE GREATEST, S $L NUMBER."
" TH4i• 4J1Y.A1't4eT P(1stil1dLC GOOD TO
(A0DERICH, HURON DISTRICT, (C. W) FRIDAt,VECEMBER V, ISIS.
1,600A00 ACRES OF LAND
P02 SALE IN
CANADA WEST.
THE CANADA COMPANY have f•w
disposal, about 1,5430,000 ACRES OF
LAND dispersed throughout most of the
Townehtpe in Upper Canada—nearly .00.-
'00 Acres are situated m the Huron 7'ruet,
well known as one of the mo -t ferule pasts
of the Province—it has treb'ed n. pepola-
tioi in five years, and now contains up-
ward. of 20,000 tnhabitaat,.
The LANDS are offered by way of
L Li' .4 S E , for Ten Years,. or for
Sale, c .4 S 11 D 0 fl' V—the plan if
one-fifth Cash, and the balance ie lnafal
mrMto being done away with.
The Renu payable 1st February each
year, are about the- Interest at Six Per
Cent.upon the price of the Land. Upon most
et the, Lots, when Ll.'.45ED. NO MONEY
iS REQUIRED DOWN—wL;lit orae the
others, atcuriing to locality, one, Iwo, or
three years Rent, most be. Avid in advance,
—but these payments will tree the Settler
from for er call+ uatil 2nd, 3rd or 4th yea
of his to f Lease.
The rig t to PURCHASE the FREe-
IIOLD during the term, is secured to the
Leasee at a Used sew named In Lease, and
•n allowance it made according to antici-
pated payment.
Lists of 1.ands, and any further informs,
Con eft be obtained, (be application, tf by
letter post-paid) at the C 'sObesees, of Ikr Majesty's t accutive Combed for the
Toronto sad Gude,ich ; of R. Blabs* IA, affsue tbereut, !a diride-the old sew Du -
Esq., Asphodel, Culburoe District; Dr. triol into 1 u couuucs, under such name
ALLOW. Guelph, or J. C. W, D.O.r, Esq., and with such [Unite art may be expedient."
IStiatfsrd, Huron Detect. . Sy the above clause, theoalrcrputed diri-
Godench, March I1.7,1848. 7 aiem of the Huron District was cuntempla-
_ _. — --{{4 led ; and as the lbwaehips of Mornington
M A R 11 L E F A C T O R Y,and Wellesley are in the range reserved,—
SOC'T11 x.IT:ER BT., mit?.
and though whirler in the Welhogton
l
11 1i. McCULLOCH continues to maw-
-11-5• ufacture IIE.%DSTONIt.D, MONU-
MENTS. OBELISKS. TOMO Ttil'.S.
bat., 4n Marble awl Freestone, as cheap as l Dunlop, and besules,,ts only in the sd.kedu(e
MORNL'GTON AND WELLESLEY.
T11ESF. Townships are at present 'secluded is
the Wellington Dietnct, and held by a very
doubtful claim. By neglect or_weraiaht, the
mistake—es it ev,drotly in one—has occurred_
Nor has it been tried to be remett,ed a nee, tho'
We esteot of the Iluron territory was brought
before P.Aiameot in !tate. Nor have the %w-
i►netes w Quarter ftessionsat G"Jer.eh, in their
application to the Assembly, claimed the full
eatent of the right. The following Memoran-
dums boe seg a relereuce to the.utject, was drawn
up Io July, 1047, to revive the claim, and is now
.ebSitted to the public
JULY 13, 1817.
jptea•rnulr tp abew that the Towo-
Alpe of Mornington and Wellesley were
reserved to form part of the Iluren District.
Oa the Gth of March, lead, the Act war
passed, erecting the Huron District, (1st
Vic. chap. 20). By the 23rd clause, two
rights were established, as reserved for
thio l,tetrict, viz: strange of townships to
the earth 0t the Huron Diet°ttct, and the
divistuu of the D:rtrict of lluru t (ul 0 fu-
sers pair) into two couutiee. That clause
is as toliuwe :—'And be it enacted, ke.,
That,.oe any future survey of the territory
lying te the northward of Me said County
of Heron, one range of townships lying
iitwaedtuttly COMtiguris to the northerly
bonadary of the said county, shall be at-
tached to aiul bocuwo part of the said ut-
tendcd new Dt.trict and that at any con-
venient tine .ubeegpent to the survey of
the said range of township', as aforesaid, it
eba:1 and may bo lawful to and for the
Gevsroor, Lbeutenaat Governor, df person
'admtoistermg the goverment of (hu Pro-
vince, by ae4 soh the advice and con.ent
Da$trict.by the Act 8, %ie. chap. 7, (which
net describe the limits of all counties and
districts), it wasdone by a mistake, or
through the inadvertence or- aegkot of the
thee member for the County of Huron, Dr.
any is the Prot.neey alt work warranted to to Mat act, aro. oo.ctweut being mado to
repeal the right. - -
Thc 7 1\ AI. 4. chap..116, (assented to
in• 11538), established the Wellington Dis-
order, ur iu charge will be made. Prices
of Marble Headstones from 10 to50Jolters;
of Eremitism from 0 to Se dollars ; Mono•
weal' fine., fre.0 b0 dollars .upwarde.—
trier—and, ia Ms. preamble a triangular
Written conuitinteat1CUs addressed to the piece of land is referred (0, 10 the north of
undersigned cootalaieg [bo Inucdpgons, the Heron District, which a casual reader
. odd afowbat price. in Merblel . FrSSRose, of the act might rink referred to the land
will be punctually ata oiled to. m the Borth range behind North Eesthope,
11. iI. McLIJLL 1( It. (Huron Dut:set) but it does not,—fur treat
GaJt,•Nov. nth. 1`13• •- 4=Mii1 _ heat tit -angular piece art laud 10, is rued by
the ii. \Vet chap..„ s'•c : 2. [lilt:,) and 1e
r.ferihebotoly to the Township of Arthur, '
—which the Bill for the Diptnct of Peel,,
driee'not aflfet or tomb, To prevent far-
ther encrsirebmeels est (ke worth, Act 9.
Viet : chap. 47. [1846) was passed, which
RI: MOV AL.
A HOPE,
RESPECTFULLY begs leave to return
his sincere thanks to numerous (needs
sod the public generally, for the liberal pat-
ronage heretofore received,—and inform' declares that the territory to las worm,
them that he tt ARLIS REMOVED hie TAF- (nutthen_heretofore included is' the Wel-
' G EYT t3Ltt4NYB\T frons
LORI
poetry.
ONE GLASS MORE.
Stay, mortal, stay ! nor heedless thee
Thy sure destruction seal ;
Within that cop there's such a casae,
Which 611 that drink, shall feel ;
Disesteem! death for ever nigh,
Stand ready at the door,
Aad eager wait to hear the cry
Of give me " One Glass mors."
Go, view that prison's gloomy cells,
les palled tenants scan ;
Gaze, gaze upon those earthly hell',
And a.k when tbey began.
Had kitty a too gue—Oman, tbyAsa ;
The tale would crimson o'er;
Had diem a tongue, they'd to thee speak,
Attd answer, " One Glans mors."
Behold the Wretched fcmele form,
An oorea,t lion her home,
Bleaclt'd iu affliction's blighting storm,
And doomed in want to roan) :
Behold her !—ask that prattlerdesr,
Why mother is so poor,
lle'll whipper in thy startled ear, ,
'Two father's " One Glass more."
Stay mortal, stay ! repent, return,
Reflect:upon thy fate ;
The pois'oous draught indignant !pure,
Spuro, spurn it, ere too late,
O fly the ale -house, horrid den
Not linger st the door;
Lest thou, perchance, ebould'st sip again
The treach'rous" (hu Gimp neon."
Wigton er Nimroe District,) should belong
Lightbnuse street to Ehet'trees, next door to the Huron District. (N this terrttu
to James Bissett, Car,,enter, and a few' :
doors west of the Goderich Foundry. where the Bleck °I. Land to the north of the Logan
all order* will be promptly executed ; and (in the BM
fit the District of Peel) forms
customers may depend on hating their gar- part,—and this Bleck to the extent of two
meats made up 1n the most improved and Poe -milers ie asked, and it is placed to the
fashionable 'tyle. west of Mornington and Mrayboruugh, and
Cfr A 6.11 variety of the erwr't Fall _to the south of Minto—(This last township
sod Winter FASHIONS fur 1843-9 just Ir in the Wellington District, as well fur
received• the present, as Mc):r,ington and Marybo-
Goderich, Oct 27, 1848. - 39 rough, and \Velleeley.)
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber wishes to inform his
- Cnrtonrere, and -the inhabitants of
Stratford end vicinity, that be intends car-
rying on haleness oe .
"A READY PAY SYSTEM."
And that after the 6ret day of January, 1819
he will give an credit. Ile w111 pay the
highest price for produce of all kinds, Blai k
Salla ke. He begs to return tits sincere
thanks to his Customcta for their liberal
Patronage, and hopes still to receive a
Share. a
THOMAS M. D.\LV.
Stratford NOV. 49th, l't-11 44t(
DR. GEOR(I: H:1RVLY ,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh.
HhVING practiced his profession tet.
several years in the Province of Ne.a-
.gncdj JU11N L E..LINTON.
Nov.wara 27th, 1848.
STLI.TFORD POST•OFFICE.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Strat-
ford Pott•OILee 4th December, 1818 :—
Arasld, Lorena Hunter. Freacts
Anvil, Thomas Harris, John B.
Brows, demes Jacobs. Nelson
Braden, Robert Jones, Solomon
Parton, Mills. Jackson, John
Beers, Michael Kennedy, Robert
Black, 'Dermas Kyte, William
Bull, Witham Khrn, John
Bur. Witiam Lynch, Mrs.,
Bremner, Dnhnld Milne, Robert
Ganey, William M den, Mrs. Chas.
Dl'Thomas
Cesium Jobe
Carey, Jame;
Carroll, David
Ctostrie, Robert
Drble, Arthur
Dockelow,''John
•Doutzer, Peter
Dillon. Anne 2
Scotia, takee leave respectfully to offer his se'
professional service. to the inhabitants of }all
Ms' ale°us*
Goderteh and its vicinity.
Residence in the cottage lately occupied
by Mrs. Montgomery.
Goderich, Nov. 16th, 1814. 48
VALUABLE L.UT OF LAND (.only, R.
WalterWalter111'1°r Mrs. A. 9.
FOR SALE. Hem theft J)irnea
IlsiuJtoa, Bergh
1.0T 8, Lake Shore, township of Ash-
field, containing
Edwards', James MaryErwin, wry
Frasier, Robert
Frebern, Aralrew
ltabl
Gett, George
ONE iltJNDRRD AND BEVENTY-
TWO ACRES,
Within two mile. of the thriving Whirr)Whirr)n(
Pett Albert, in which there is a Grist Mill,
a Saw hill, and an Oat Mill. The loot is
boandedoe the west by the bake, and on the
east by a cut road, --nail u well watered.
0:;?"' For particulars; apply—if by tetter
poet paid—to
DAViD CLARK, Esq.
Cz.aereo,rr, 14th Dee. 1848. 45tf
ALE1LANli,R W1LKLNSON,
PrOtinCial Land Surtteynr,
OFFICE AT Gonvo,CIt,
HURON DISTRTICT.
INN! Ntie. •
05,•
11cFar!aoe, Alex.
McFarlane, James
hicMillao, Mrs.
Pearson, Robert
l'uker, William
Powell, James
I'engte, George
Paring, Michael
Russell, Man
Roherteoa, (lagb
Riley, William
S,reint, 'ihnmas
taimp.nn. William
Siaelaed, W iUiam
Dar,;:ut, Mrs
TI -•mpson. Wilfred
Will.nn, Maltase
Wade, Janes
Wiliam), William
ilamtltoo, Alex. 2
A. F. M1Ct LE. P., M.
NNOTIOE.
THE Undersigned beteg abate to clow
hew prevent bunion.., alt Mom IN-
DEBTED TI) HIM, are requested to call
and settle their Accounts en or before the
30th Dccemcer, inst., otherwise they will
be put is suit for collection, without fail.
JAMES GORDON.
Hay, Dee. 8, 1848. 46
APPLES ! Al'PLRS I I
THE WIDOWED MOTHER.
She sat beside the Af.bey gate,—
The sen was setting fast ;
1te light played in her baby's face !
Her own was overcast !
"Oh smile not here, my baby dear !
Smile not whilst 1 deplore :
And seek relief in tears ol'grief
For him who is no more !''
The clouds lay turning to the west
Their gold ■ud crimson rim :
Aad still—as if the babe they blest-
- Threw golden smiles on him
"0 charge that brow, my baby now,
Or tart thy gaze from me ;
i'cannot bear, 'midst all my care.
Thy little smile to see. .
Shoe' pity take for his dear rake
•Who loved thre while' he'd breath;
And told thee thee with his iset kw,
And clog tothee ie death;
But still that ray is golden play
Arosud that baby crept :
Aid sttilt'twould ensile, though all the while
be widowed mother wept !
^^NE HUNDRED BARRELS choice
1" Grafted APPLES, for sale by the sub-
scribers. THOMAS GILMOUR 1 CO.
Gala Ai, Dec. 8, 1848. 48x1
•
'bald Stewart, by petition to the D.strict
Cowie'', a01usly ti Mose title road, but to
grant huu a beence#f ace t.ua, un the
round*, we un 4a that the Bruck
Riad running thr 64farm, from it.
northern to its et -N bound., and, such
bale eetw ce he 'Mould
he cuu,puusated by • giant of an equal pur-
Frew the Montreal Pilot.
MIL ROLLO CAMPBELL,
Ti'ss'ues of the Tra,lsc,ipt Libtl rind.
Dnu,-1 have the honor to enclose here-
with the sum of too pounds' len 'toilil.g',
1. cnpliar to the fund fur 1u-
1 the Transcript fur the verdict
to the case art rr. arnue .
TWELVE AND t31X Yli;VCII
•r TWO /ND 01 TRY Tana.
NUMBER 46.
vers ut all parties and doctors of all parties
cumbiorng together to advance.thetr cum-
ulous interests, but with the Press it u
d,tfureut. 1,et an insult be offered to one
Ed,tur by the party to wh6-h he to opposed,
and the elrong probability 11, that his
brt-ther. EJrturs a ill rejoice ever it, and
road being for P° eo.so be ng ti, eat s ar•uredly ihev a ill palliate, if not justify it.
demo's) u)g The cunduc et it the !atter .coin the only
now m thous'. M 1' n \1 hall the tudivi loafs in the, country es s are unable
Don i the old gseuarida del.
To thin Mr. Ilagans demurred, on Council,
a! eat zed twit• suer lint ret ui fuut, 1 wider- to distinguish between "Ill "anti pemonal
griiundv ; flnallr, lie District Coasr.1, et .turd tuft a war ghttiocd to the }public aninioettyt 1 meat make an application of
u• fret r Ming, del gtaN u• Archibrlii
journals, and 1 thought that in this parte' the (foregoing remarks. Mr. Gugy is a
(3towarta heessa r.ltt#aw'- color care nu better mode of dclr•)1ng the public min. As such the Press has it is
sty ptraset
openers attexdug a must vexatious law- its power to annihilate him: and such, is-
-.wt could have been adopted. lleture 1 deed, as the rale wh'eh flirt Drummond Mss
tweeter aware that eubecnpttuns would be predicted fur tum. '1lrt Gloryhasenunu-
titan fed from the public generally, an it- ated the doctrine that the Press has no
1400 fur libel had been commenced a,atnrt right to discuss the conduct of a public}man
myself, sol 1 telt that a sulu.enptiuu oilfired Y
that he is answerable only to the Courts
et such a time might subject me to ungeue- of Justice. Now, 1 take it that tt a entire
Press, without dlitinctton of party, -will
declare such a doctrine to be an outrage
upon its rights and privileges. Surely,
then, to be consistent, the Press should de-
termine that so long as Mr. Gugy maintains
art, tbarcupou,
ere Mill a !ince
gars tt.tcw dow
before J,hn Pater
ed trespass, and w
all the partibutars.
ed the levee, 4 a
apd again was fie (}
et don and; we bele", Mr. Holt, and fined
more leve:elv thasMlove. lieges, refus-
ed to pay the tion 'Mteeletah but tendered
bail, 10 order to teat jibe legality of the
decieiva in the PotterQ narter Sessions.
Mr. Paterson peremptorily (as we are in-
lera.ed) refused trill, seen, as such, some of
.1,61 bent t.ed most seeolPtistble we* is the
tows and townohipu Using .the short time
allowed biro to thc'gestidvaatage, llagans
applied to Mr. Freeman of Hamilton, 1.,
farther advice. Mr.! Freeman's opinion
wesathat 11,. Pa tersesoliad no jurtsdictioD
whatever f0 the waiter- Air. F. addreaaod,t
troch a letter to Mr.' tereun as caused the point. It has been broadly.
that gentleman toilette before he made by the man who haat undertaken to malt
MB llaga°e, committal—in fact, it caused, the Press, that no matter what he may say
10 tevgnre lila eselv(el, and not seed or do as s public man, he is amenable only
Hagans to Gaol Hagans, did appeal to
Quarter Sessions, an a O'Reily deliv-
ered the opinion °title ours In writing, to
the effect that Mr. Paterrson's decision was
illegal ; that Craig Hagans had a right to
the -use of the Government allowances ; individual are hoellous, and making no
and, that there did put exist any authority unction between private individuals and
t'o of wen engaged in public life. Such is the
us srua, by
•ilee toed, 4.c. 11.-
te nee—was brongl,t
Esq., for the assum-
SOW, after B bearing of
Aga. Stewart erect-
a ani threw it down,
tht before Mr. Pat -
TIME 7'O ME THIS TRUTH 41.t.3
TAUGHT.
Time to me this truth l,as :aught, •
('Tis a truth that's worth revealing,)
More offend for want of thought,
Than from want or feeling -
11 advice we would convey,
There's a time we should convey it ;
if we're but a word to say,
There's a time in which to say it.
Oft unknowing{), the tongue
Touches on a chord w aol.f ug,
That a word or accent wrung,
I'atss the heart almost to breaktng—
Many a tear of wounded pride,
Many, a fault of human biiatiness,
Has been soothed or turned rale
By • quiet voice of kindness.
Many a beauteous flowerdecsys, .
Through we tend n e'er so much—
Somethings secreeie it preys,
Which no human aid can touch ;
80, in many a lovely breast
Lies some canker gtief coneeated,
That if torched, is more oppressed—
Left onto iteelf, is healed !
•
roes remarks. The carte referred to bowleg
o uw been decided in cry fivour,' 1 lose no
time in sending you this my first subscrip-
tion to the 'l'rfurerpt Fund, and 1 beg to
assure you that 1 shall be ready to go on
automating m proportion to wy moans to it, his name should never be printed an the
the yahoos funds which wail I trust, be olumns of a newspaper. The offence le
established 10 Indemafly the proprietors of not against the particular newspapers—
the public journals, without distinction of the Herald, Transcript and Pilot, which
party, fur the have
b nes incurred is the ac• are now the objects of Mr. Uugy'r perseee-
uunr which have been, ur may be, brought tion,—it is agstset the enure Press, and
iut*e• dt thew. The have
question has now to be the entire Presa .hould make common cause
.uhed— re we to have a Frca Press in with the inured parties. if other public .
Lower Canada 1 It remain., pat first with rho men adopt Ir. Gugy's views, tel them also
Juries; secondly with the public, to decide
down be annihilated. So long as the Press We
in concert, and in accordance with en-
lightened public opinion, it can coitruul not
Mr. Gugy alone, but the entire Levitate',
the Press
mine not to prthe int tbetname or speelhesete a
to the Courts uf Justice and not tot c
Press. Mr. Jurucu Day has, by #lir charge
single member of Parhament, so long a. it
to the Jury, .uppurted the doctrine of
e- is kept in fetters, and it will very soon be
Colonel Gugy, informing ibem that any re-
set really (roe.
marks calculated to court uneasiness to an I have to apologize for the length of tbese
obvelvations, which, very probably, will
bring upon nee the censure of at least •
portien of that Press whose ioteresta I have
an 11)15 District wn&eey the n r upa i n
any public allowed., for road could be law io oer Canada. 1 presume not to I much at heart. IlastoC been for many
granted to any miltsilual for hue own use or dispute that it has been correctly laid down ;years connected with the Press,—believing,
benefit. , by the learned Judge, but 1 hesitate not to I as I do, the occupation of Editor of a public
\Ve have now, is $w words as peel- say that if such be the case, there, n0 journal to be one of themost honorable and
tile, given the pa.Mars of the cane ; we Free Yrcer in Lower CaiadP, and that it I useful in the community, -1 might claim to
b far that a censorship
desire to treat it nese sot merely affecting woule be Letter y
two individuals. bet as a arreermo •r)P& PUB- bhould be at once established. The result
LIC AT LAaea. Sf. wart has evidently of the late male must convince every one
been the dupe of bag ad e, and it is strange 1 that Montreal Juries have little sympathy
indeed that the Cuun ahonld have- been wall the l'rers. The treedum of the Preto)
led so far astray eV nt DIr. Stewart in England it owing, nut to the firtttnerr
a license of sicca during their plea- and determination ot the English Junes, and myadvice, but they may rely upon
sure, of a portion of sed originally grant- who refused to find verdicts against the i ghat until the Press of all parties combine
ed
by the Crows for pw Ic uses. It ap- I Press. to Upper Ceei4e the Jurors hate . together for selff-protltetienp its conductors
are still stranger that Oe Colwell should evinced - a "titular dctermtnattuo and the!will never occupy the pesiuon, nor enjoy
oda Mass •' de
be excused for having a stroog feeling on
the subject of the present attempt to crush
the Montreal Prete, even if I had not been
personalty concerned as a Defendant in rise
of the accost. Political prejudice may, alai
probably will induce my opponents to dines -
have done so, w J, -'he absence of the pow- consequence to that pper .Can
ba the -feet that, I Free Press. After the late
among the many notices of application to
Parliament for acts, is omit() empower the
Gore District Council to do. the very' thing
complaipcd of ! '
We think that their should be through-
out the country a determined resistance to' pubic with apathy on the subjdVt of the
any and every attempt to close up roads treedum of the Press. The iottreet taken
IT seems to verdict against
the Transcript, the second within a few
wustbs, it appears to 1110 that the tune ha.
arrived when, unless the public interfere,
the Picas %tea he crushed. It would not
perhaps hu 1,0 to charge the Alontreal
granted by the crown. There commit be
the slightest excuse for such a proceeding.
-These roads by their continuance may ma-.
teriaily serve some, they caw 1, jure nolu.—
Bestdee, when a man pucchaoes a farm or
lot, be it large or small, he does so in refer-
ence to the. then .existing .highways --any
subsequent derivation of a then existing
" right of way^ le a manitcst infraction of
that mass's sigh's.
The question involved in this decision or
apt.** P t decree, a one
DISTRICT COUNCILS CANNOT
LEASE ()it VELI. GOVER-N1MENT
ALLOWANCE FOR ROADS.
In accordance with our last week's pro-
mise, we now proceed to state, brinfly, the
particulars of this case, chiefly because w•e
conceive the principle involved In the docie-
inn lately had, to he one affecting the rights
of ever♦ man in Canada, in whose neigh-
borhood it may be attempted, under any
pretext whatever, to shut up a goveracueet
alhrwaoce. !LLessrs.Ilagane and Stewart
are owners of property on tho Brock. Road
—the first being on the westerly, the latter
oe the easterly, side of the road in qucati-
net. in 1127, tar thereabouts, f: became
neceseery to lay out a new hoe of road,
from what is called Ftusaboro' West to
Guelph a this road a well knows as " the
Brock road ; " it was survbyed by Mr. Mart-
lettt% under the directions of tho thin.
Jaren, Crooks. it is only neeeatary to
mention this to order to phew that it. c:es-
tene. war tong before either Hagan! Or
Beewsrt Mai stir immolate in Ibe property
adjniwiag. Hal vein this Brock Road and
the term of Magnan, a the govern men tside
road allowanes, looming. in fret, the eastern
boundary of Davis property. Thu .4J.
toad a has been attempted in close, and this
attempt has produced a state of feelingg not
very .gretehle tie p17111. aloe the Brock
W
Read. Aptien wlebeby MY. Arek-
-. ,
ro the late trials, and which was evince y
the number of spectators evidently sympa-
thlaaog with the persecuted, aid hardly able
to restrain an expression of their detestation
01 the persecutor, who availed himself of the
privilege of his stuff -gown to utter the
foulest libels in the coarsest language
name,. the defendants, should inspire the
Press with confidence. An opportunity,
however, ie about being presented of evinc-
ing sympathy in a morn 4substantial way.—
Mr. Fleet, to whom (stn• Press and the
the influence to which they are Jua
titled.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,-
F. IIINCKS•.
CORRESP,ONDEi'FCE•
iso TYL summa or Tin GIRO§ menu..,
FVLLLaron, Dec. 2d, 1848.
(CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.)
Now, Sir, either of the two first meth -
ode would make a good road, but, if I am
any thing near the mark with regard to
their first cost; they are too expensive for
the resources of this District. For Plank,
revision o justidPaterson'el e , thought the cheapest at first, might be the '
we say, AFFF.C•r1.0 Mt SILT MAN. 1t is rte.- ubl,e are deeply indebted fur the stand dearest at last; for, if I am correctly inform -
roads and concessions to be permanent, or titer, has announced that he will deliver a ten care. And Gravel entirely
some ti:roui;h the forrnet:on of n,2w• roads, shall , lecture at Donegana s llotel on the evening ter yeare.foundation than being lath on the road bet -
even Dietrict Councils have the power to of the 6th of December, the proceeds to be
in
close up, and grant for privet,' use, made, applied to the payment of the exp" the extstence of which Invade - no mens curred to the lata action against the Tra4-
r,ghts , but which were laid not by former script. Surely that lecture will be well st-
overnments fur the public use Ton eves. tended, atid 11 it Le, I am led to believe that
We say, lot the people stand by their "old Mr. Fleet will fol:uw it up. By thu.,lec-
bighwaye,' and jealously guard them, they tore twolobjects will be gained, tat. A ow
have surely had innovations enough to of Brun will be raised to defray the ea•
contend against, without giving up the [sense.; and• 2ndly. The conduct of those
Crown road allowances ! A. an attempt who wuuld silence and cruah the Press will
ie being made to confer on District Coen- bo held up to deserved reprobation. Mr.
cats the power to which we have alluded, we
shall, ungeestionably have to return to the
subject again. la the ineatttrmo we rejoice
01 the decision of the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions, and regret much that the 'coon of
the District Council should have boon the
means of leading Mr. Stewart into an erro-
n cow course.—Dundas Warder.
in to present condition, would only be a good
road in very. dry weather, or during the
conttnuauce of frost, and wduld be particu-
larly in wet weather, slender proof against
the pressure, sod keen cutting propensities
of heavy loaded waggon wheels. A founds -
11011 and a plan for the beet, and most suita-
ble one, for the use and resources of the
District, for the road above mentioned is
wubering .arca.w are such 1111 of all wanted; and any man, whether in the C01111 -
other men m the country he is the beet cel or out of it, who 'would have the good
fitted fur the task which be bas undertaken.
But more has to be done. The subscrip-
fortune to bit on that plan, would certainly
Lions to these lectures will be insudictent deserve the thanks of the inhabitants of liu-
fur the purpose 1, Juno. ate detcri"ned 10 son; than which, no part of Canada that I
give datuagoe to Coluout Gugy and all
have eoan, requires good roads more, not
others who, witne.a;ng his success, may holds out greater encouragement for being before the Court to tell Mr. Justice
Day that they have suffered seine uneasiness at costa and trouble to make tbem. Cunvinc-
tn,m articles in the public prints. A sub' ed of the truth of what 1 have just etated,and
acrrpuuo het mutt be opened and presented. believing it to,be the duty of every man to
to toe pubhe. Can it be duubted that utlt
citizen), generally will -Subscribe to such a do what he can fur the improvement of the
(WW1 above ell, ',there • member of Portia- tend he lives in, 1 haw resohed to give my
meat, of ally patty,. -•is then a own (al opinion of a method for making the Huron
ways '*'.punt t:uluoel Gugy) wile has Road what .was originally intended, a great.
ever brew, or who ever hopes to bc, engaged thomoghfare, fit to be Traveled with loads,
in public Life who wit! refuge to contribute
to such a trend ! Under our Free Bntieh all days, and nights too if you will, sprint
lortltuuene moth tem owe every thing to and fall, winter and summer, and at a cost
the Frena. Not owl 01 them prgbably 1 should think nut exceeding £400 per mite,
would occupy Inn high po.dwn but fur 11,1 exclusive of such Bridges as might be re-
powerful engine. l believe that men of all
pirtle' would subscribe to ruck a fund, and gutted on any rivers sir large creeks it may
t believe that if the Press would only pub- cross. By the plan that 1 am going to
huh the names et all who .buuld recuse,
pulmo: upts:us .wuuld boon teach drew that
they had cuutu.ttted a grave etrot •
1 cannot conclude • this letter without
staking an obeereatton often tnedd when 1
was .ny.eli cosaectsd with the Press, that
Trip Mrtcs.ttre*' Iiewnrtrte,--Frac!
l,eeTVR111....It is gratifying to know that
the Pert$Mechaeice. In.tttite, to to bo re.
vtvod, and that during *he winter rwontba
a lecture an ctwnecuun with the tnitiluUun
w ill be delivered week.y• Our Shetill'1
Andr(ew Dickson, Esq., :ed oft 'by deliver-
irg Ile introductory lecture on Tuesday
evening feet, before • targe audience. The
lecture in nosy reepeetr war very appro-
priate to the *cession. iII roe's tgaora000
e nd hie improvement -the [superwnty of
females ores the other sex, in the watier of
Intel shoal ability and the importance of
materia) instruction, were some of the fire(
topics that embraced the lecturer's attend-
on. He instanced the adven*57 4 end Plea•
Fore tone derived from rho study of sstonee
over that of the dead languages, and gave
some leters.ung tliustratwnaof the benefits
of scientific knowledge in tho ordinary
affairs of life. Ile remarked that the pre-
judice spinet Geology and Phrlltollegy
w
wen het disappearing. gTheiliustratio6i to
natural Philos:1.1,y and Cheoistty Were
very apt. 'I'he UAW. W. Bell, we u•dentaed,
lec-
turer,Wt Tuesday evening, on " the evils
of ogemoncs. lju4kvrat Currier.
Ota Man ---Their shadows are long, and
their evening sen Ines coldly upon the earth;
MITI their *stows Mired towardo mons-
ter
Fleet's known ability, and his powers of
suggest the whole 60 Miles, except the
Bndg:a as before stated, would be made
fur £CJ4,008. If 1 am correct in my esti•
mate, which I believe to be the case, per-
haps rather over than under, then use of
rho io•uiuug treatment which the cundec• the obleets is gained, the sum being in tie
lure of tt o ul CaruJun Picea have loo often ower of the Dutnst to mise, though, per-
uttproperlf received at the hands of the D
public, arises entirely Isocal the want of a haps, not all in one year, but should :t take
good understanding memoir themselves. In two, or three, or even four years, better
all other ouuntnoa the c•,oducturs of nettle-
, even that late, then By this time
papers have sense enough u, t to alow 1 think you are im aueet b neo the /4"••,
their political differences to prevent themD
from co-operatntg eordtally to ddeeee of paneled' Mn !t i omediately. It is like all
tbete rights sod privileges. We see law` ether uee(Ul tblegs, simple la its coestrwc•