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Huron Signal, 1849-08-23, Page 2f4 i T this chartiet.,tatie gives the hey to the de.ou.ee the ether, would he to condone s. machinery'' of the play. tad as Charlie the *dust while yon ••eeerege the cause. Katght remarks, " hoops the whole drama We are also `rarely told that the potato trains the hmlal which separate tragedy was the fo..datwe of our @octal trona the' Newgate Calender.'" Through- It would be omtwog, were the *object sot out Matronly hat ibis peculiarity in view,' eo melancholy, to be Weenies to ouch cru- sted rem', with him. year imagination ib. I diose, which however foolish, pass for sage 1110, it is sot difficult to realise the horrors aphorisms whet uttered by officials in bigh el the Chamber of Duca., and the " sleep .1atios. It wool) have boon more in ac- e mor*,' which seeks within Lisp the i curda•ce with the truth of history, though esuwseience that seo0I4 sl ebbe+ se mow.- psehsp , teat en atate•mawlik• an bJputbemer list • hatred of Peony sed Protestant It bee ulten been g new reading tbat•Maerady aso•.dane formed the f.si.4atlu• of ow 1 chary of aJuWeg •ow tetor eta b. 1 a times. With respect Is ►Y• stat be "octal .yt•rs i6 lrridaad. The potato wN a errs parleys so the safe aide ; hot where, Jeep foeederien, .o dee, hot a deeper the action of the piece is leis to the mane- eats still In at the bottom -a hatred of ger, it is purposes' that the ghost of Bus- Popery, on which the poor potatoes raptr- erro in propria personis should still be ears- ed. On none but professors of that Fume - tied I. the Inagua usu. The palpable bed creed would the statesman of the day dare inflict alt the miseries endured by the Catholics of Ireland. Th. London colo- nists who settled in Ulster would an, if it were attempted to .object them to the tri- al, aibmit to the saute pr.atlue., which were deemed but the sataral inheritance of those who professed Popery. • Heoce whole series of penal law., which drove the help- less population to the potato exclusively, and hence the encouraging franchises and securities of tenure that lifted the favoured few to higher enjoyments. A little more reflation, then, may serve to free this -harm- less esculent from the effects of the mile- deeds itedeed. of Protestant ascendancy. If, then. this Protestant ascendancy be still left to flourish, as appears to be the policy is long as the monstrous church establishment Is left untouched, in vajl will you ■ttewpt to refurm our social system." Kneed of the air -draws dagger wool a gross aboodity. but tat more so titan the post-martew appearance of amain°. We admit teat with soma performer., of Macbeti the utmost attention to whstsnever will tell the story is requisite. Not •o with Macready ; on the contrary, you feel that the actual presence of the murdered man epode the unity and completeness of the character ; it raatertahses tM eoaceptioo : reduces the ideality of t'•ese rimes of s distempered fumy to plats pray, disegree- ahlm touch, taste, and handle, matters of fact. Tbe text of the part was magnifi- cently declaimed, the bye play was highly expressive, graceful, and subdue.l, and Mao - ready looked and dreeed the part with that nobleness ami good taste which make him a model upon which so many try to term themselves. Every pout he made was loudly applauded, at the fall of the curtain he appeared torreceiee a torrent of cheers, scarcely las noisy and pro:onged than that which greeted his entrance. Mrs. Warner'* Lady .Macbeth is almost as well known as that of which we have been .peaking. In the murder scene and in the sleeping scene, she is perfect, but to «,h• early part of the play we tbink that her conception of the character -at all sweets. her delivery of the text -is eeosuou• sad her manner of dragging the time, dwelling on come of tho more repulsive features of the character, aids this peculiarity. in the migoificent apostrophe, tbr.aghsut Upper Canada ie 11147'awab ' meths, it wee 0 1848 pot tem thee months. 1l thus appear*, that a• respect leY time average time o1 keeping epee the ele by legally toddled Teachers the average atteedaac• of Pupils 1• both ..water sad winter, the aggregate •tteadeace of Pupils and the amount of awegs�gsu sedlly.80 tar? local teeniest lee the OWN of T est' the year 1848 1w meuifbdy is ad, of an procseJt•g per. The mom splj fh may he made is le the wumbee cheesier o` the eel•hstasee Met the year 1848, ateliers bythe ocean piq• ing Statistical Table mared E ; and ale the tucreasing use of the School Boole re- comaned.d by the Bard of Y.lucuwe-'- thee books being already used is a tDajnre top of the Common Schools of Upper Cana- da, and also le meet of the Private Schools. -Annual Report. Coate you spites, That lead ea mortal thought, mon me hen, Mrs. \Varner scarcely succeeds in realising that imsgtnative grandeur which divests the ideas of their,7epulnveome. This lower-. ' I ing of the character is visible throughout:. Mach of the poetry was .agetficently spo- kes, and as a whole the part was splendidly played - " 1 "r Richelieu" eras second eend ploy oe ttt- .J for the appearance of Mr. Macready.- The prominence given to the Cardinal, and the dramatic eonatrectiva of the plot, make the play an especial favnurite of many who scarcely.pprpeute the more subtle action and refined poetry of Shakespeare. The Cardinal is also one of the most striking impersonates' of the great actor, combin- ing • portion of the Anise of ('ordinal Innen* ewe IL.usote.-Mrd has wry materially faded, •prieg crepe, sow pro- eaieug. Le -rural RFD Mammal- -Wheat very lyb,t hemp and flax are expected to give a huge yield . $seTsan •105 MwRW ST*MIS. -The wheat crop a good, ted prospect of curs sic:West. Vua.,r, Yaeuisewe7lu ego New llawrsw$0. bee mete=Nay severely from huogbt, sed every epees el ctup sad fed dei alit be very light. Vie sou a. -W bent, Mete erep burset•d, corn and tuberose promise welt. NORTH •'so SOUTH C.aoun..-Wl.eat crop good, appearances of rice, cotton, and esteem*, fsvewe►le. Gwaei• -The yield of cotton will be short, Tate rains have improved the appear- ance of tiering crops. Menem+, •.D Mrmovrrrt--Prospects of the cattle" crop are per, much damage having been sustained by the overftowine of the riven. Lut isr•.A AND TREAS.- Prospects of the sugar crop aro bad ; in Tees rather more fa.ourable, but deficient. FLoaroe.-••OProspecta of sugar crop urs good. Micnio.*?, tows •.D Wscoenn.-W►epi although in 00040 sections good, ►a been much destroyed to many localities by rust, potatoes, Coro and other sprite: crops pros- pect fair. CANADIAN FINANCES -CHEERING NEW8. Wo have muck pleasure in annenseiteq the complete euccwe of the Hoo. Presets Mocks on his memos to Engtaad. A dale has been made of a large @moult of Ds tutee, at 6 per cent.. payable in F.5 years, to a Linden capitalists. at part sod a loan of half a million potted' has been negotiated to finish our public works. All the Tree of the'Toriem about out finances -their rut= .eaauona that the country was rut that Caned& was bankrupt, in order tole - mage the administration, e una,ailfe time their desperate outrages against 1a� 'and order have not had the effect of hurtist ov credit • they have been properly looked upon as the movements of a disappointed faction. Mr• Hiocks' clear sad comprehen- sive statement of the prosperow condltiu• of our financial affairs has been ,ulbeiest te secure us the (nein of finishing our public works. which are necesesry to render what has been done efficient, and which will ben: efit, the country greatly in the expenditure. The difference between the pate tocapoblee and the present odminiatration was never more strongly marked than in this transao- tiop. Mr. Cayley went home, when mo- ney was more needed than now, and the colony in perfect quiet, and he could not obtain one m ony from the capitalist of Lon- don ; while Mr. Snicks, 0t this time of tur- moil and agitation, has succeeded beyond the moat .angutee expectations. It is not to be wondered at that the London bankers shout) make a distinction between the blun- dering. stupid and shallow Mr. Cay ley , and our present clear-sighted, able and expert-, enced inspector General, and hut col. leaatg ares. The salt of the debentures at par is very satisfactory, when itis recollected that those of many bf the states of the neighbouring eoafederatioe, are selling at a largo die cute t. What becomes of thsecry, that • colony can never gel capital -that nobody will trust them kc., ice-fi/uLe. C•e1T•L COIOVICTION3. At the %Vestmeath amine two men. me coed Martin Curly and Michael 1'ushly, were found guilty of the murder of James Curly on the 99th of March last. • The Loan Cruse Juenco addressed the prisoners in an impressive manner. and concluded by passing sentence of death on them in the usual way. Directly after his Lordship had concluded the old. man, Martin Curley, raised his hand in a menmtngamanner, and Denounced both the jnJge iced Jury. He said the jell might look out for their coffins, for that dead or aline he would be wel! revenged of them;' and that Lord Calttematne would -now be sat.ged, se be bad brought them to their deaths. The prisoners were removed, niter ng imprecations agaiest the jury and the wit - near.. Some time tater a desperate -looking character was observed by one of the jury dogging him round the enurt, Th- gen- tleman directed the attention of the police tolhe man, who was recegaazed as one of Ilse gang to which the prisoners belonged. He said. when interrogated, that " he was only taking the measure of hie man." IIe Was brought before the Chief Justice, and, the facts having been sworn .o, he was in - "tautly committed to prison. t.. amt aasr n i at e toll man , On theg day sea, John Rogers ted PatrickQuietbv were Wolsey, with the impae•io0ed granJcur of convicted of the murder of Patrick Connor old Ler. There I*, however,, a taint of on the 26th of March last. The Chief Jur mete -drama In the character, which takes lice pronounced sentence of death upon both the prisoners. -Load's Times. . it out of the category of Macready o great toneonceetioom. His reception See even - tog was almost as noisy •and quite as Jlal• tertag as on 'remise. Throughout the play the applause was enthusiastic., and a call before the curette wound up the o,a• tion. We never saw him play the chane- the organ of the Wesleyan A Cuo,rri A� Au .-The political Convention of the Tories, which recently sat at Kingstown was designated by one of its o»mber an " august a.embly' but g Conference ter with more spirit, or declaim with Goer terms It a " Christian assembly." The following is its language ; " Heartily glad we were to learn that the Convention was opened, as all Christian rare were well filled. The play was ex- asemblles ought to be opened, cin : with { prayer. An example is thus. furnished, and cellently mounted. one w*grit we trn.t trill ere long be fol - On Thursday r' llagi!et" 1wr.S14. performed, lowed by our Legislative Aeeembly-a Muready of comas Iha house, the royal Dane• branch of the Proviccul I,egielxture which There was a brilliant house, sed agate had but too justly is often designated Ole pray - he to ran the gauntlet or. vntiferoos re(ep- erkas House of Assembly. We trust the Rev. gentleman felt a much•In his appro- priate place a hale conducting the religious service as a Minister, as he did' when atten- ding to his political deities as a delegate.". Christian Guardian. The convention embraced a heterogenous combination of men of every shade of char-, philosophyof the character is scarcely sari- atter, the leading actors in the riots and, ted to tbo dramatic *amt of the actor's erred house bcreing in Montreal of April last - the contemptuous despise*, of constituted or the picturesqueness of his style. TM end lawful anthnrft -the dtrieg inatrltefs Mrs.▪ with the Que.* was gloriously acted of the Chief MaR�trate of the Province Mrs. Wancr greatly contributing to make -with others who had openly declared tt unapproachable, and throughout the act- modulation and _propriety. llis elocution was a study throughout, his action expres- sive and intelligent. Mrs. Warner hauled sed played Jobe Admirably, and the other pursed to them! 'the•dase it w a tram et we ee•..4l whether we oar it teener er emig- re it by same miler .es,mstimeal tore. It is tb• wilful. waste d.mrestien d Maes 111"a - sod the eom dew est she the mare d the seti.s. Aad se lees wit lee Ile Welted that se *meet .1 property sae be ashen a is tip Ws - lest for Ws, sad me Imes es web! em that in teem 1 *Med is tajtiik.s.Ire owe, we Wiwi eelseatiW hew Mblgi- m.11m d the floe f let tetlrl.bied the flet tion, which had abated neither in rigour nor duration. Wo are not td opinion that his Hamlet ranks amongst his most perfect embodiments. His conception of the char- acter is just, but his .tyle furtlds 815 true development. Peculiarities of physique sod ego have some infl.tence in marring the am retsina : but the subtle and dreamy in: of both was imperb. The repetition o the applause which Macready bas so lavish- ly had showered upon hue, followed the fall of the curtain, and his appearance in obedience to the cell of the audience. I.Ast night Macredy gained another tri- umph in Cardinal 1f'ofsee, which 1!e per- formed to a crowded bnase, again lavieb of . pplanse. The performances, which tenni- nth this year's portion of bis final cmgage• lest in Birmingham, coecludsd wills the " Jealous Husband," an which he and Mrs. their readiness to commit almost any crime to crush their political oponents. Yet the Guereiee=the Christian Guardian! terms this a " CAristian Assembly" ! and tells its readers That it was becomingly opened synth prayer ! !-Psaminer. FROM MONTREAL. M '4T*EAI„ 11 } o'clock, 16th Aug. Last night about 9 o'clock a number of persons, men and boys, proceeded to the residence of the lion. Mr. Lafontaine and obtained access to his yard. While there they were fired upon by a number of met HUR©N•8IGNA-L. - THtf*IDAT. AUGUST.la.188lfi! Mat the ere wee slim M WA. Although Is stere admitted that the p' Slee of properly or power s e proper and Justifiable cause of fighting, still it mast b• eb.wu that the pest mint et masked haw no insole, 1. 1141. preperty a power -May will have so pm- t.eseim of it. lodger', toil is their portlos.- The po.smeios of se i.laod, or a eosnt'y, or a .o.tisest is et so value ralese it ca be culti- vated, mad rendered prodective-asd with the some entities it will raise tweedy the same quantity of Sane-abe sem• amso0*1 d mute - settee for teakisd, before the battle that it mans do after it, or Jura tho.aoed battles have bees gash' he it. Tbe, bottle wits have se effect spatbegasatity er gedity of tits wheat -that mat be 16 result d labor and sot of fsgbusg• We take the present cosiest at Rome u • fur specimen in the wars of the world, that le In w far -ss the principle is coneemed. The mdsetau.g of Ilse Pope will cost Frew a seat somber el her able-bodied men tad the preheat of • tam * nouns of labor, and we tamest pere.l.e how the labor of the woibisg multitude of Fra*, is to be dimisis►ed by the *seems .l her 0157 e the walls of the eteruel city ! The peeps et Preussen the people of Italy will jest liars le toil for their bread -just have to cultivate aka soil ie the same meaner and to the ruse extoll whether the Pope be reie.raied ,r sot. It any be tree that somebody is Prase*. en ease edy is Rahe hare a rest interim is 184 001ter.- gee mottme•te ase we a rlihos behe se• -lima are Lgisk t Aad be u leesep4wed, that the 1 • the erase Caimans whirl a few west ego bee - teed mad sashed. ie •matey, ever a enema ted hese beast-sf-henhee dathttae-atiam Se farmer .r a Mesumn maoM•t ! The my m.s Cole- man w►hh &7 • meth ye dead eve ah e petty lase. seas% end msie .f she the bWarfe- ESSAT8 OA'wAL--1NO. In. Tea ii.., greet fdleey npos which war is founded and perpetrated is the rode end irratioeal Theo, those s,sealod.as should just lot allowed to idea, that toil, territory, power, eves goods settle the point themselves, either by fighting or by whatever other means they might deem profit- able r redactors. - - ei dliegb .f law -sed yet this mat Colones all bat .da.- ess The ipotesi .ed deprived se impose with • movie cop eenempes w sheer New order Repreee.t.tie doer belted Qualm S We have alwaya haws apposed te piddle pea ce..So...d dem.usaradeea M /meek es that *p a this beer we have peer Amid be t;w- as1 1011 a Marais pn.•esiw, tad ems have hese • Paee Mtwa len mere gime • germ of tr ouat.ry. Bet we ad..eate a d•mmeintioa sew. 1a tie city d Towefw-la Bwekvill•- Cingot.-H.ttwll.ara short, i. every Iowa tad village where Lm.d Fiero shall arrive. Lot the kefirm.m -the. levers .( eivU bb.ny-t e . istrlliget of all slams sad pertise tun set ie .h...sds sed oedema Hi. Eteelhsey with dea.mrr,iN1..f joy. A peat pewee is at make. and '0. eta who will ream r walk or ride meaty */ thirty sodas t• .01i. i. them de- aseemmdae., hes er a jest appanage ef the 'else .f liberty. l.et des Muds ef 6..dw w - the (nude ef Saw asd Order mute, ie gassed. mad wee et therm. 14. 114.. carairlly *,.id gives pergola' imam se ie41ties01 ofresee to sol non em a7 party, sed than, J vt.kme..e sedeolt le agree te their dsee.metrati.e, it will be speedily dMee,emd .a Ohms heed wig rem vbe responsible, 1 ?bank Oen w. live lain the laws of a ealip+sesed ei,iliaed country. W. ars so lour of tlea..nr.tiee., bet if the ..ivileg sedume of the Britt CLle- ra*t. ■sd the bleed-tkiwty ferocity d Oen R. Gown's B1.tesuies, are allowed a exercise a wooed w *bile erosion' sad p.ifis aerie, thee, the eerier Came u ►I.tled from the tut of engird metes the bean. Ne .w act set.•ted by Ley plaited or party (,rang when we say; *bot every ped ate @band exert his whole i.8sesee i. I•esesi.g the circulation of ..ch jer.als is the eewseity-ahoy are a time, ratio emus is the Preece. obese say 1. oely to destroy the moral pen:retie" oft • reader, sad ►vitalise the best fetg.ge of map's uteri" . HOW WE ARE GETTING ON. pelt■ s and chitties," .ay be placed to co.prist's§ with humeri life! Almost all the wan of the world have been about property or peer -abort who shall be called King of 'hie inland or, Empe- ror of that nation -who 4IR11 levy the tares et Mi. country, or who shall hues on the sweet and toil of that commasiy ! We m not aware THE SYMPATHISERS. " No doubt many parties in Montreal have suffered great provocation of late, but of any one war Is the whole dark catalogued they will beat consult their owe inter* 10, and those of society-, by controling their communities that h nue hom.'n combats, in which the a passions, and awaiting patiently the i poi i for it had any direct or remora interest. The who,. expense end carnage have been under- taken, e ambi- gratify h taken soli endured, morel to t r lar Gen or ;he searice,of rise. or at most, of • very of the "extraordinary course which those in authority are now penning. The excite• moot is not confined to Montreal. It ex- tends over all parts of the Province, and the retailing reports, each day, if founded on few iodi.id. Is. Arid had these who stemmed p that they were really interested in the matter, truth, are of such a character as to lead to the conviction, that ones' mutual forbear and oho at Inst noted the war, been compelled once be exercised by the contending parties, like URI AU ta place themselves in the front of serious coeeequenees mast ensu.•^ the battle, we may arty affirm that the tem of S� 111111, sympathy of the British Celosisl mankind would have bees few io oamb.r and for the **fortunate creatures arrested is Montreal .eeeea - their esm kw ie ease' f ' 'veal harm our anent H enmpartu 7 w •charge of burning the Parliament But the ridiculous notion that ewe are " serving T. der poor,pe.enble, permeated pet lembe their country," by killiot the men of some other I have ".06 red great preeeeatioe "' Lovely is- eountry, hos enabled fools and tyrant., to hire „wow, They es000t be permitted 10 .10044 men for the paltry sem of ere .81111.1 per dye them.elvveby homing the Pevhament House ad who under the influence of the awed drluie abe Provineiml Libraries with impunity : What that to kill • man at the bidding of soother mea . Star -Chamber " despotism, thus to drug the e who bad garrisoned the house in expect*- e. 1101 metier, eslemnly ewer that dint' erre .141. dear, ware.. house-barnera to junto! W. tion of a visit. Tho fire from the windows ook effect upon • 1,4 named Mason, son of a livery stable keeper, dangerously sound - ng him in the thigh. He expired at six o'clock this morning. About the same time a disturbance took place in Notre Dame Street. A number of men had assembled and beseiond the shop of Mr Stafford, tailor cha{il•s." how -ver trreat my be the gnannty. 410110. jutify ae attempt to "'rue aha inee.die- ,Niru displayed nod the sentiments breathed in H'hich Mr. Tully was supposed W have Th•"'sh ring .'liar" IS not ■ccepteJls tronip.n nes, andebereby frusnate the intention of Jr- throughout the speeches delivered, it is evident that re.possible Goverment, is the fdl..' meas of the term, is heseeforth abe all GstNeaeet of the Cdwiea. Os the sue day w the Hese el Commas, Lad Jose Rometa ie reply to • eiyemmb ef Mr, Caesa declared that self -peers - most, that is, pvnetest by the myaity of the people's tepnmaatfyse. would in (stars be filly eeteeeid to the bilin Colonies Mae! dm for Ib byes end peepee is of irreepoan bis Tory rm ! au thdespmd, the de.dbeyt blow which the poor victims of tory 4.1esion have yet min with, is the oeeeeo of aha Mos. Facts Humes - Ws did thigh that the ferocious seethe. of the Mistral Prer-.n8. who went 1eisedsad en- couraged de to deeds d vielesee cod haeme -burn - big -to acts of treason .Unimak' epos tie per- ms of the Bovereiga's Rsprsemutive, ad were defended is these brutal atroeium by the mm. p.gigats Pres wheal sedition publications bed mused them -we did thi.k that them e.penl. kited eehibiuea of wmignem weld haw had this effect of .aking us be regarded by ether countries as a urian bf ..eivili•ed Gotha, god that the welt of Caeeda had received a shock from whit\ it weld seemly stover. Bach mut usg5estionably be the epi.ioo of fereigaen is refines* to aha Promos*, sod such, ie all likelihood weld haw bees the .plahw a the i people d &ilei., W s net bee for the fermate hos a todupotable right to+•kerns Lord Etats airesmstasee dist our p10 let Go,,,ser ()teem! ATTRN0*Wee Of ?MIA aT•Tea scar 04)1.0. According to the Reports of local Super' intendapts, the whole School population of tipper Canada in 1848 (that is of the pope• lation between the ages of five and sixteen Warner appeared. -At the close of the year.)127 as 241,10r that lheein a edit an incyrease of rformance in compliance with the enthu- The whole number of preceding upils repeated in attendance at the Schools to 1847 was 194.829 ; the whole number in attendance in 1818, was 170 738 -increase of pupils in fawnt. of 1848, 6,910. But there is a much greater difference is the average. than in the aggregate Attendance of the Pupils at the Schools during these two years. The groes oversee attendance of Pupils in the summer of 1847 was 83 537 ; in the mm mer of 1848, it was 111,000. In the win- ter of 1837, the gross average attendance of Pupil's was 89,9111 ; in the winter of 1348 it was 114,500. Them result.' furnish a gra. tifytng illustration of thegrein! ted rap'd ' ly adyaneing progress of Schnol Manatees amongst the ynuthful populating of Upper Canada • although it is lamentable to ob- serve, that nearly one-half of oar School population ere cot is attendees et School at all. Mastic call of the audience, Mr. Macreody came to -the front of the stage, sad said : - " Ladies and gentlemen, it is not my Ile teetloe to trespass long npon your patience but 1 wally cannot resist toe impulse that prompts me to thank you for lbe fervent, moy 1 not ay enthusiastic, reception with which you have honoured mo -a reception which I assure jou more than compe•atee for all the annoy0mrs i may have been call- ed on !o enennnter elsewhere. [Applause.] \Vitt the early spring, ladies and gentle- men, i shall. with your leave return to complete my unfinished engagemedt, ■ad then 1 .hall be able more fully to express to yon the pride end gratification 1 feel that thee patr�iss who looked with mach iadel- genes on the opening of my p-ofeesio0al career, have contioued my undeviating asd constant friends to it. prevent clese:'- Mr. Maerady thea retired amid the wars tet demoestratioss of approbation. The • antte with which he delivered this short addreM was eery apparent. but especially dunng the latter porno° of it.-Uirmia;- Law Jolyaol. :OCT A4CR.DA4C► AS/1111R COTATO. 1e aoksowlmlgtry Lk. receipt oda good puts towards the alleviation of distress an Mayo, Joh• of Teais laeeehee forth he usual tirade deouoe0Dg the Mter.rr and them importal Legislature fair their sliorieom- iap as regards inland earl the lnelt.- Nut the least amusing swum of " hi. G ace'*' evrlsal.ag good et 'bee te the following 4- " They may teff et laying. agitation 1 8v water weld it bare been to adept cies•e155 rf justiee, especially se regards freedom el po.eeiace. , that wee1d rower it Memel cmprecitrehIe1or agitates t• ►e evoked.- jejustiae is tho Mate prolific and vtgelea6 permit d g5115t14• 1 to fester the o• , *d std willing to tight at all rune*, 17 all pitees and have all 'Meg, bee• disposed to e■o•.5ate the se all ocasaions ohes hid by their esperiors.- Ter pant. w a party, from the Metrvel atre- Now, in the first p!aee, we deny that .67 cities, bet the Colorist will sot suffer them to be Ws are rejoiced to perceive that the majority of the fin-seddary Ebel OM. d C..ada. m he- eemiog ,.seethed to their tato. sod •re begin - ilia( s •abibi: symptoms.6 ret.roiag raaty.- Tbey have nerved. sense bumiliati.g le....., and it moat be gratifying is every right-thukiog era to keow that these haste MOO e.4 baa loot -they have hod a salutary elect. Thea votes of Upper Canada etteved loudly •.d repbaiely is behalf of Lord Etats tied bio O.veremen- the diatisct sed hearty approval el His Policy by oar beloved Bovereige-the firm decide..( the Rrituh Legblatme-the repeal of the Naviptim Larne, sed the Lsirmm seairssi Peach-ad-judy- isns d the League Commodes, have eevi.eed the th;nkieg ponies of the lactim that Toryism is behind the ape ! Oa tie 18th .1 het math amount of property ro power is an egeiealeot for ,xeorated-b• will apolog'xe for the conduct of a lsrge Meeting a the whjeet d Colodal Ro- the life n( even one man. No man will voles-' thea. flan..., H. will etspwhin with +heir f wal "HW ie the ei17 d Lech. sir t.nly bane+ his owe life for mail or " gnrd• arid', „wfferi.p,"ad will at levet, by timid i.slmue- WILLIAM! Met.ewroarir presided, sad hem the secreted himself. After some hallooing, be troops were sent for, and a pith- y of the 23rd, and part of Cap'ain Sweeney'* troop of Montreal cavalry were.rho preerioat hope that beet ill escape. Were speedily no the spot. Mehra. Erma- • man ■heoletely certain thot he wo.ld lose his linger and M'Cord were in attendance. - The troops marched and Coe0termsrched, life is the battle, the " shilling • day" weo14 be. and,tbecrowd accompanied them with cheers j spurned with indiigney. He would at once per - for the -Queen and the 23d, and equally live- mire the justice led the propriety of reltiag the ly t itefor those who had the misfortune to war -makers to fight their owe butt? bet b. be uapppular with the mob. Nothing pen- teepee to escape. And, is the seeosd plaice, we sus tatcuA pi the crowd 314 Regiment, about mid e.y the right of any man, epee leech • time night. A part of the 23rd Regiment, ac - Ito or, .n het, ander soy ima ioable ei.eam- companied by .nmo of the Montreal Caval- pe, g rt', went rap to Mr. Lafontaine's hogse about stance., to make 'lottery of his 050 existence. His life i• the gift of God -it is the property of the 'Being "the rive it -.ad if man by the strongest low which his Creator has implanted ie 8isn ,ore.aod by the revealed will of h - is prohibited from destroying his owe life, he is atm bored to employ the most probable meas. of preserving it, and willfully throwing it into • lottery is certainly not the moat likely metes of preserm•tioe. It i. true that men adopt all - imp and enter into 'peculation@ in which moth life is loot, and their conduct is oeverthelrm legitimate and justifiable, b•caose most of these a,oatim., Birth, for lnstsser, as miring .ed w aren ties are not only co.dociv in the wel- heimg •f society, but are eerntially neeemery a0 the physics! h.ppieeveofmankind. The destree- tio. d hie is such ars is aecide.tal. Bat is war the destruction of life is not • contingency - not a thing that may et may mot happen -it tell h.ppes-it is absolutely cermet. it is the de- sign, the real object of the engagement, and al- though it is eat certain that this mon or tb.t ase will be slain, nor whether the killed sad w.s.ded will amount to thoownd•, or mly to he rinds; yet, -upon the pri.eiple of modern war. fare, the committeemen of • battle impost • vie - teal ogree teat that the mowers r parties ea veriest about the little Masud, d, r the banes reek. r the mouth of the river, r the bsuedry lies, or e few pan miles o a wilderseal, will Amide **dinette at the express of a great "sin. her d lop,' and arms, • id heeds to be hewed re Howe from the bodies el u5ompt usietereetd mea ! Ie the third piece, we tiny the Oohs d say ens to him *ember either to oletrifl.s Me tern life, r to deAw7 the life of a fellow en- ter. The i.dividsal who brainier pays weber to commit a erime whleb either ►i e his eowerd6e. weld set allow se COM - 01111. is reeegeised ie the hw,rthe esiai.1. New .oppeeie g it we ..wll7 tied kgely right (whish it ont.1.17 is witch, two nodi to milk their dispose with arms, seder *6..0o u key diet ase the ether win be tiM•d, ret Gehl betimes t o mates is els very thermal Thera is se Jigare, as reality, eve 1l egnisaleee betters aha two parties. They N.I. aM totem sad wren two hems atNee- metere, hied sed paid ler the impress puree, et killing ew@l Bahr sheet s*wteddeg, et w\ieb, is ell p..bebibty. misty Oise is the heedrel m ,mmplstny ipnraat, sod which the mejenty ef them meld arse 'tede etaad Hoeg\ it were ex - ration for being Land .' lint as ■ reward for see ! The troth w. Mat .ltboegb teach emp- isg others. Each one overlooks the fact that • top may 0r torte wishes aha finial d peeper pre - great number will be kille.l, and 1.11s himwrlf is I testis, yet, ie the mild.f„en ea, whose neral Ipehsp are set-deedeeed by vice r igmer- sect, the author of sats sedume.ts esa oely be reprded as at learn a very " se.piciom charac- ter." This disowns' to r•pr1.001 the Provisos a being in • mar et pditaoal '• eaitees.a " at a time she. pee est e saeeely get a 110 to speak • word on polite et all, mime, we think, from a sort of dastardly desire for Molten. but mem eertai.ly render the ied,vid.al contemptible as the disseminator of rum* which every tare koows to bej los. is the maw mi.rklevees ar- ticle, the Coleuses. wheal .peak's, .f the terrible onslaught that he prophecy's will characterise the entry of the Governor General tato Toronto, says: "Io these circuiwtancee, what is best to be done, or what can be done to preserve order ? The responsibility rests on lard Elgin'and his advisers and supporters. - They have it in their power, if they choo.e, to prevent any breach of the peace, by ab- slanting from any demonstration, which may he calculated to provoke strife and col- lision." New, se hent man Isstead.ef duel vies the igaorant with a las that the " reepeasibilt t7 Teets es Lord Etats sad bis *dvirrs," would at epee ioform the public that every mat is this eeitry or 1Cwnnt 50(11mee, sreneL., kc. ID my last Annual Report 1 meeteened the rose.• which had beee employed to pre- vent the fr.attou .f earl and iseRktest School Section., ad to redeem 184 number of thou elresde (Grieved. it Ohne rine pleasure to he able to remark, that `Ade Dos number of School 8eetrone reported for 1847 was 3,066, the enrol* ef Scheel Hea- then* reported for 184* less 1963-4 vedue- te is sornbee 1 102. Om the othe Mad the mistime of l eho1e to operatie• reported is 1847 wse 2.7(7, while the member of Reboots in operation ima 1845 was 9,800 - Increase of Schools in operation to favour of 1846, 7e. Ilrhaal•e atietactery to re- mark, that average Windage* et Pepils st eel, el we to the gamer of 1647, 31. the. winter 118 ; it was le eh• stsaaor of 1648.40, brad is the winter 44. lee, ferther.ore. platoon in •1a- Iiad, the/ 56.15 the av••egw time of keep i.g apse lb* Sebo.l, by q.drg.d Tawehere Eleven o'clock. All was quiet to-day.- Cu/oaist. LAST NIGHT'S REPORT. MONTREAL, Ang., 16th, 71 P. M. We have but liftte in addition to our re- port of this morning. The Board of Health report 21 inter- snots for the 24 hours. ending at noon to- day : of the aggregate 8 were children. Fuarwea Aa1R5T.-Henry Jameson Ho- cbelaga was arrested to day on a charge of anon. None others. -Colonist. LOSS OF THE STEAMER EMPIRE STATE ON LAKE MICHIGAN. The Empire Agate left Chicago at her usual time touching at Milwtokie and She- boygan. She had en board 100 pawenges. On Wednesday night the wind commenced blowing from the North West, and before midoigbt increased to a gate -the wove, beat with great fare &garnet her larboard quarter, and at 44 o'clock she was discover- ed to have ening a Teak. Tho pumps were est at work, lint the water gradually gained, until the larboard fire was pot out end abe firemen stood to their knees in we ter. At this time, when twenty•ive miles from land, it was determined to abandon the attempt to reach Manitou Wanda, and she was heeded for the shore, u the only eller- mane to prevent her sinking. Both fire, w ere a Nearly extingniehed that the en- gine made bet six revolutions per minute. Wben a quarter of lemul. distant from land the aegis* .topped, the jib was raised sed at 'beet 11 o'clock ohs Week the sbore- about thew miles below the Sleeping Bear -end Nearly filled with water. After re - Raising about twesty•four hours on the wreck the paseeegera were tahen off by the propeller Delaware, end reached Chicago this slug. The Empire Stere Ices Is . ins feet .f water. Her ponds are badly broke and heir emery works materially da- maged. T0* bolts which seers her arch- es to h.r hull s much twisted. Her mate If@ of the memos that .he tamest be got off. Belwl. Comas nisi Advertiser. CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES. Ome. -Wi s et, in co.segantee of drought it', arae. irorm, rani, ke.. s "Inmost • total faders. The Armen will hereafter tore their etteiuoa 0615 to tobacco, ems, tad wool. • with every mark .f honor and eetheiwa whSeh s a eau whew veracity. letlpre..t, sad mei- ie proper and becoming the high dignity .f the Q.ren'. Repre.reutive! We would tell the publie that th, friends sod admirers ed Limed Et - or. and British freedom, were at liberty u e.ul, ad bma, laud wave beerier'. and blew trampu. sed err triumphal arches, and fire emus ad exhibit every other symptom of rejoieieg-asd ie se deieg tley were meting is meet eeeerda.ee with the prieelple. of eiviliatioa, nod went so- dded to the preteens' of the kw ef the lead. - We would tell the whin* shot say forcible later - ramie .f three rejeicul e, to day .odes sw,gr- rsee4 with th..., .end et' rwolt from lawkse nosier•, Igo as a prem awl M•ekpard viola- tion atlas laws el hboty and order, would me - redly Wog deers dwtreeties es the heeds et die lawlem ! Seely we may, weld M the eedeet el a ewe Journalist es this whim. Bet thin ill sot the polity .f the ]shish Cdmaiet. He eye. lied. d twee, wishes the, ig.ereet esti the vi- ctims td believe, tl.t Lewd ,tear' will be reply d• breech ef the leo. should he allow the lR.- krewra ef Tweets tit nada him .1111 the weal homes sed rvptei.ga s8I.l Mm• metal the ar- rival of .6 other Gene, G.eowle ! Ter, the Colette virtually tens hie pm, dehede4 gapes that edeaetwrair.e se the arrival etLerdl4ese will Jo•tlf7 thee ie teakisg a ..i.4 ertt.s•k .pre ►n IIk u.y'e s.kjew who me. balord sad civilised wog\ w ohm rape a wehelgehletes whom 11er Merely W rammed with aha Ger. 11.504151 AP'vb. MAN* ! ami feriae elide thee hie Eseellseey wig be regeneible ler the dee` of thew bunt violaters d the kw, of moiety !- tided primitiple gime hie a high pslties is the esti0Wa ef the i.segisai mad iubwtiel mot of all parties is Brasil- The hie% M5•diag of the East of Eton, and the well hews ability tad .tatesmaetiip ef hi• meow i i•i.ser*, bare saved Canada free the wit eeesepent es I re- petaties of as 1e.srr,ttl eery end reelheu@ esestr7 r sad the sgs-soney std hetes-bertesee. eteepy exactly the untie" is the 4111tla0ela d aha .'-1.1111010 ad •spieeM.rr d Bri.i. "MIA they so* s..e.aapy-tier fa. the psel1ise ef a disspeemed, iseperdte, fiaishilg fatties whose loyalty e1d 1.,e of enemy ars mewed ed by the 1.40.1 d pelt wide\ they win 71.14. And hoses their bowies, ad blustering. ad Isla Leg, ad ensl gy. hacked by the .aggrratiag, 17isg. sepriecipl•d, threal•nag, ..dit.es Pwe have bed no mere weight is ejerfeg the malt .f the Previa, than soled be 4.1.1.1 by the bellying bleeper lie. d. Peke ash? Mr. Hewers hoe stsse.•ded Iii It moon. , al- thea.' we 1.15 gen lb. Iles Tett et the ilk Leant, tis ear worthy Metaekes far Hem ad /lea ALLAN gullies, woe a•ggtilg *Mir *,holt imle.se is ilkaglaed r possess W sews'. Jf t. Cert.* We teed t swift Me s r►. arta, thea 184 Ca wee tttlil4eg at the thrombi et the .ping ° - sao wash weld he etltliM'ad hllbwa bit .vie .wsete sdele. lit�Qeaggl. sot dot of do Hes. noses a lebasamlit Itis "ell" it wow emilibisrla Yet Chare mess se Issls•d toe doel Thais. an was dim teal) i tlliltilf) fq1 wave IUIR'i