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•Kremer ewes, peter term of 1•1. dr(eareb*e.
a• 1 pNly Per- for the • ilt!rmr•nl rel in. .. r
dif•rtece• Whit reopo,n•ubiley is iberer
snr,.Ived a this Po weighty sail t•compre
hewere that th. pent le •huulJ m t be leek
.d rep a it inn. p...tt 10 t0e"r the rleh el
•eleciten 1 A uug,.tr.te le in nearly .very
1ae'ence settee 1r ..n the rsnh• of what to
'casually termed he middle clime. tied newt,
lheref.•.. b. rxp•e'ed I. h..1.1 all the
te:,oborte an 1 preddeette.*s .4 that middle
tee's-anu1J he potato, to re u( thew
.pthwno or peeled..es because eleged ley
h.a fellow, T B t. ap.,. from this. 1 hove
in my firer Mr. B.11..,'• new or 1. which
enah.r• Tuts n.. .r., Al ,e,,rren, 11 Arlin..
tint M . .r•, iu ail s• J.i.1,4i1 • 11he I'e.e.
-anal, m.rk, all t'.die • f.'rs• are elected
by th Muafe:pal •.ter..' 1 con•kl.r ,hi. •
(ton ning crewmen, send a deflect pledge
e o the part .f 1 e Mino.lry to mak • all
awgl-lr•tem sand,'. w bra the p.wu;ar voice
to .nee espnw..l n antermil of the p..n.-
N,ert nn n.v lir t are Sherif.. The dater•
f these .flee. aro peeshs•. hot throe ae.•
• ono 0 bleb mnre eene.11s of -et .11 mei,-v..
1 am, "'l aware n( •eetbr► •m0N,•.n so like-
ly to be •b•aee.l. nor iw Ihero one when re
dress ti mo difficult t• Its nhs.tr.eJ. By
throwing Wel. re T•••• Imitate the bar of
public uptown, rectitude, t'rnmptIrte•te and
snparteeity would kw ..c. r..I. It may be
• urged that the hostile"' is an n.leicate one,
and requiter* Ione tune for the inquiet
tro.of - the pr..per knovtledrr'. Thi. ren
►cicely be the case. wen w• are noprn-
'rssi"nal civilian's fib!, ig 1 o neat w th
rMabl, both hire, oe England. end to the
United Slane: and if ghetto'. to •. mvsrsfi
cd, it •bon at dere be rendered Nipple sad
easily to be oo.'w.lrpd. Igoe .eaveelr 1..
be expected, h.,wever:4h", the people world
withdraw their eenfi lends te..ln one win.
d. ha In• r1.., . • rd ruvely, nr rhawgr
annually for the mere 11a10 of es.antr. I
propose to sestet Comity Resew ea . This
s1 *n ..f o removing Irtenl' knowledge., else
.trterest recettele, and a tact tier beesse•e.
/:an an administration be as w.e!1 amount-
ed with the espatelusee of an a"plieant .r
they s.uvg'it whom he nude.1 and have
U ey ellen plated and the most constituent
men! The negative rust be Orris in
answer to bn:h of there Tierce. Metric,
Jndg.s night to he mid, .nbp•e1 toshe
public truce. Ths• will be lneked seem *.
the most objectiona'de pert of no wholel
plan. ")-ashes," soy the defendere of the
.IJ system, must be shove, interned 'a-
Ilneace.•-jodgen. merit be moo/tried from
the Away of puhlic feelin' " The appoint
meets t• -the Judiciarv.of Denimsts hoot.,
merely because of toei► raoteanvhip. or oro
b•lter guarantee for the integrity of the
bench than election by Ibe people, and the
tut that a `man once (here can w:th.difl
Belly be remoeed, ie not the merit certain
method for securing hiaitnparn*hte. Such
a man beeoiifee' nat,:.ally wedded to the
eyetem of whlrh he forme a part. anti legal
abuse* grafi tally ae.nno+ the i .n.arance of
legal bulwark•. If, under the elective plait,
any person become* mind:den for a j.dRe-
*bip with a desire In trap its emolu,i'eet•,
hu well act eng.rntentir for the make of .re-
taining thorn emoluments; if he is candidate
heeau.e he Necks the bon,.., he will act cent-
e nnially far the Puke of shit honer. We
have w such .ee.undy under lite present
•velem of appni••t meet by the ernwn.....
Clerks of the Peace are essentially can;
nested with the people, and should b,tha._
sea by then -.1111.1 wish as Miele j.mtie. ar
Warden*. T.•vn.hip .1asr•rere, and Town-
ship Collud•►m are now eeried. The
same argument. *poly to all the other rill
nes eeumera'e,l, .ml, when we come to the
militia. pecoltaily on. 1 cannot conceive
anything of more ,manrtanro than the
lighting men, -•.ch t. 140 mettle -'•
have the fullest cnnfi fence in their* Otter..
.Whet weal.) tend to gore them More cnnfi
deuce than theselerteon of them T In the
Stales the militia offices" are voted for, and
It is a well known fact, that there is not e
more efficient body of men in the world.-
As mater of security tn the crown, a.
romprMm.e ,night he made, LP . whleh all
eeperi•,r officers above the rank of captains.
plsonld be appninte1 by the military powers
ear *dmini.tration of the der, •1 have hur-
riedly Thrown these remarks together, but
I feel that the impwrtarre of the auhject
will eateries any want .f notable the execu•
ion of tett vou.pn.ittnn.
AN (11.D REFORMER.
Township of Brantford,;
/)clober 13. 1819. 1
The editor of the .1/►areal Witness. •
teligi•.ss newspaper, haring commenced the
advocacy of Ann•aatton to the (inited.
*slice, the Icon. Malan. Cameron address-
ed to dim a letter, wh,c't we now copy :-
To tet Edt:'ar of de Witness.
Sta.-1 perceive from ynnr proposition
fir 1830, that yen in'end to discoing the
(location .f An nes 1. inn tn the United States,
in yocr paper : en I Ova I conceive to be a
violation of the principle up in which the
Witness woe common ed: end a bra*rh of
contract toward" the .riginal .tib.cribere-
es it wig certainly distinctly u•iJer•too l
• that politics and .eeter•nnirn were to be
alike ami,le 1, sn.l, the W, I feels to he purely
w t.ldgi.ane (amity paper. Ndw, is i enngi,er
the question of Annexatino not only a polt-
t eel q lest ion, bel nnneihing like construe
t vo t,e•c.,II 'r s ennspiraey by • set of
•`'.haappnintell anti diet ryal. men to die,nem•
leer dee $..rimer -1 eann d Met raise my voice
1, coun'ersct any little in:ltnne., that mr
name maw htvn given to the Witness ; nod
at l me't 11 my d.•Ily to testify my opinion
in favor Lf the paper owl. its prin iplet the
first tear of IIA rxioione", so now 1 doa,h,
'au to do TO t .e j r -etre to p•ihlieh lhu
my p•nle.t nga•nsl Ibe when e•.•,,.e sines
the93th of Apr•I, and espeeitele we epee
*.lyneacy of Anecxattn", .1,u1 with me
anrey'*prayPC Ali y . may be led 1* the
w ty of troth ao•I fa.ako those ora . are gig
Mt to eh to ret,
1 female 'Mir ette•ti 111
ItItLL''I.w f'e Vl:a •�.
Ndwifhi'*adte! h,• real a •.I :n
e*aha, the editor hal reit ...vine the vee_
fame. bele* I, he thinks new 11t, the
1(5 teles might take pi t'•e '• ori b ton great
art and he mire r�
a U we got into the Unmet herdenee
Milk the •h•t•re which have grew■ up .n
the Colonial Sate. th ass of 'hey w1'cs m
vvive rights of pr"perey_,eeti as Feul.i
Tenor, s• I Iw:cle.lulscal C.nperusoo.-..
can never afterward', no *cermet of the
operation of the Federal IC emtentl•.n, be
rem'•died : and the rvet l,e of then b rdeu•
epee rep, bey.*d the h •pe n( remedy, remold,
we fear, more than enu*'erbol.ace all the
a (vantages to be derived fr.m A.now-
oIl .n, 'bengh the latter a. •either few
n -'r small." •
The editor propesea, there( .re, to pub -
I104 " • Mrtes of papers on things neem -
stay tribe arroap'isMJ moms* te Asses.
t.ro"-jeetly ob.er..g thee '• there te • .cb
II 'blot •0 mauve.' in haste wed r-•prauag
at It ,.etre."- Ptlol.
Prom the Glebe.
THE MONTREAL WITNE.Sol AND Ewa
HON. MALCOLM CAM1RIN.
le near late w* published • letter from th.
How. Ma!e.la, ('awron to the Editor of the
W,Msw, coademnrsg the course of that pa
per in regard to A lino. The Haase
La• in his last nuwber. commented as Mr.
Cameron's (titer. 'Fie fnl'.alng forms
the 11.! part ..f bet re,oarke :-
" We have, In Iwo or throe InNawefa,
hien not with the same aterrpent that blr.
Gamer, n makes, viz.:-th al Poll, le. w Ore to
he racledeJ Trow abs Wets.., and we are
steel..1 the ap;.ertoney .i .ktung o.,r.elv.i
atralehl a 111) the o'j•'clurs. The line I.-!
iwren goe.)n.ns That are peheral and those'
•.1 a rrh11..s. Sad morii Pallor', Le rotten N
.rnpercepubll, ear veto., they tun so cora
.deb Iy into each other at vu,u,.s pointe.
'hal t.' t• tip a paper fem. thee..meg an!
'l.seent:o that Inv.lves pol.l,c.. would be to.
snterd c' it in a great .m eas"ro from teeful-
'was. amt t. go farther than the'reLgtom+'
papers to the United `Jules, which, though
'Ise most purely teL.toen and non-political
,n the wield, have tet.l.rtrreir.•d such queer.
Inns as Slavery and the Mrxtran war, than
which none can he ut.rc gr.rs'y political in
.he opinions of the adcoearen of these evils'.
The very character of a religious Witness,
it it be -a faithful one, will bring a paper tan
..flim, VW are miry to say, Otte enlli.inn
with 1101 11- se For 'twin these'
•!.Mcultire. lbs proprietor of the Witness did
red, in 1 he nrg.n.I prosr.eet.ls, nor pincer,'
i.edge himself to edlais from d,•cueung
pelletal g•.rs•lone, bet side persy p•,Iillee
•.r party teeth .n., gad 111• pledge he has
rasa-cienitOlrely kept. He hint sot wr111 *
••r (utbll.hr.l a line, so far u he ln•ws,
wh eh wit calrudased t,. 'ojnen or amt ether
of Oro emerge part:.e of arae eelletry •t the
.aoeeee 01 . he other. N"bra he has beam
..boded 1. n.n,emn able. m.erure, he has
in c., urefJ t• .hew U.e' berth pante were
alike unpLra'e.I. or that she.. measures
were char leAble to the Legl.la•ore, without
went..nee 1" party. 11. h,, t••'eln,',l from
thee ,s -Ing questions such as ih-• U nvereity
.nra.urr and the di.po.dIon of toe Clgr_ y
Reserves,, whrh have a pnwerful hearing
ripen the religions and moral welfare of the
people, Jost [weans,' they happened In be
patty q -,ration• ; and in this respect, so far
est osclulne-.m concerned, perhaps he ha.
.bserv..1 lin. pledge Ino etre-Hy. l: is only.
theref.rr, beca'rse the q•recA"n of Annetta -
tion is not • party one at al!. hut repudiated
by both parties *eke, (though, we believe. •
favorably regarded by the great majority of,
Um Moen) that we bare felt some (nodose
in dtecua.ing if.!' r
We shall aha nnye -enter foto the merits of i
the mvao0 and wicked project of Annexa
non, but "hell do so in good time, when the
annexationist* have Bred off their great'
guns. if they -have any, fur renes the Meet
real Wit.ens to`nocam•'ng the number. We,
shill owly deal a little with Ib. reasoning
and morality of the ?Pitons. This pope.
u ..If-wleieribed as a 4' religions Wtlee.i."
O( coarse all ite wets must be cen•ettent
with religious principle. The absence, of
which he bout", from alt toterferi*ee wt th
party polities'. most be Amid le arise from
+loch puroui'o being ten groom and *ensiled
f.r the entenns orf a " relsgdnn• Witnary w
Let its put this to the test. Ile wnoW not
fur thaw w,rrld .ay rine word .N to whether
Mr. Baldwin or t?ir ellen MrNsb should be
entire %twister* 1..r 171 'r la 11._1, mer nhn.
r lir. I.:ere lino or 'Ir, Prie :an !''e
to pr. tide (iter the a 41'. ,A .*n
lie tray's, it, another part, of th!. article, that
the tt greaterlt-ghod, .pentnal and tempera',"
ref the Canedian politic is hie object, amt tet
he has abstained from digerYtg the Cler-
gy Renrce and Uniaevsily gnesti.na, al
thnngh he admits them to have a powe'f'tl
bearing .n the moral and religions welt .re
of the pn.p'e. (hsr vete meq ,Aarni0h Werner,
creed net detentestilet .rsbjecia, bncan-.i
they were taken upby'lerg partes in the
Stale, end a religious papermhnnWb'.t med-
dle with patty matter.. &it hew ie thin
ifnrne nut T The -Witness strains it &plat
but bas n • objections to swallow a coned,
or a who:c string of them, time mud carton-
. mento per riving. This friend tn the .pi
• ritual and temporal tn'ere•te of Canada. from
whom the. •question of e.lncatinn and- the
str,5ggle against reverie* dominating', can-
not dr*w a peering notice, from dread o
contaminating his enh'mne, can de+ecnte
there very columns with a di•eny.inw nfa
project lar the dispsemb'rment the Dei•
fish Kntpire ! Ile will no! he a follower of
Mr. LI -loin or Sir Allan Minfie', though
there would be nothing morally or Regally
wrong an belonging to either party ; bet he
will be a p*rtisanof a revolutionary party,
greet per pees M whish all goveremeate
race are riefal,d New orgaaatroas el
the ~sal fabrsc thee become nece.•ary.-
Bei she eels complaint. ria ahich .lel• An
101011.40 mntrnie•l turn. mils n t (trim the
5l.beraltl r -.1 our Kepubie an netgbbours.
Centea less the Nil and cheapest guveru
..eat to the world, and ('anal., if the An
neaatioauis are to Ise believed, wart• one
lar mon expensive, and less reicseut. Tht.
we shall prove. The conduc, ul the Ira•
N eel in Ihl• .S.tr has net "g0 redeeming
mature. W• ea• p1'y tIN .Pae who. lows
a isultaken *saes u( duty, take. the fi. Id t..
.rertmr. a good g...*tn sent ; we OM ad
mire the dauntless courage, the Jero'..!
!orally, and the gollaat hearing of the ad
herentm of the Striate, who sacrificed
their (retann and oft.. their Ives in a bad
came. ; bet we haws no wads 10 awes.
our e..nt.mpt fro. the •peril which animate.,
the Id -areal Witness, which would erten
the people out of their loyalty. oil the sneak
and anrrel principle, a kite all the time he
ilimerlf remains In perfect safety.
From ,•e Philadelphia Esquire., tet. 10.
DREADFItI. UIuT--II0USE4 BURNED
AND SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED
AND WOUNDED.
It ia with sincere regret that we record
the occurrence of one of the moil dre.dh.l
and .ang.utary rites that has taken place
he ..any year• in o.tt city. So far es we
have been able to miller., the partirrilarr,
it sepal.. that a gang of men and bey•,
arnnuoting 11 is said to several hundred'',
and mostly toned teeth guns. pistols 0r
knives, hovered them St. Mary street
w tech is c' lefty inhabited by col 'red people.
and three not of a decent and orderly class,
g enerale speaking. r At the game time.
there v. -ere several leo.,.1 or crowds of
comer.' men hanging about, and two or
three contemn,' ,:ccerred. t
Thus was the date of things shortly-a(kri
9 .;cluck. Before 10, an attain wee Stade
'epee a tavern at the c• Ener of Steth and 8t.
Mary eta. called the Cal.f'roia House. -
This plane was kept by a colored man, who
woo reported to"be'married, M ret nor rale
(wing witb a white woman. Whether
such was really the ease, or merely a rumor
etc:elated to excite p"pnler indignation, it
to not in mir power to elate. A' any rate.
the hou.' was neon in near, Il,e inmate..
driven nut and fired upon, with many ober
persnne-'nen, women and children -who
were seen Eying from t! eir houses in ex
Creme terror -chased gang., who pelted
them with brickbats and fired after them
with gan.'and pi.tnl.. Several were gain
'o be wounde,i, and it woe .tete) that mere
than one wage let led; but this report we
could net verey.
The et..adlants ore de.crih,d as being
composed of the t• K.l'ere" r•n•I o.eer and
rimila► aseocia'tnne rel dtsterhers of the
pnblic peace. Meanwhile t n fire made
rapid pregreos-hut several Engine anJ
Ho 0 Companies were soon non the
gratin& And he. * truly, frightful seen
occurred. The firemen who trent lo'Ib.
eon0egratton for the pmrpns* ((wring pro-
perty,• were fired Open --not in sidirary
nee*, lent setndly in ■ running dire and bo
volie of several pans sed pisIole at once
-the rioters being out in very strnng force.
They were else assailed with showers of
hnckhate, and their hose cut in every direc-
tion.
In a word, the fire companies that arrived
were compelle I. a• the only made of •mild-,
ing wounds or death, 1 r leave the neighhor-
hood. Still the firing continned. it is im=
possible tq tell the number killed and
wo•tnde'l-but we saw either five or six
.carried to the.droggist•' shops and to the
l•.tapita', nn Chairs or settee". We' heard
t',sr tor) :icor.. *lint -wham etanitne on an.
where ohjeele, except' in the most nr••enr
necessity, are a violation of the law+ of God
.n•1 man. No men alleges that thin con
.5,501 of Great Britain hes warranted the.
colony 10 take tap arms, and en Ione as that
is not the can, it is criminal to seek a sepa-
.bon.
Dat it ins " peorrrWe • separation," the
Witness adv .tate•. This is the language of
!erre folly t no such thing as a peaceful se-
p.aralion of such a enemies has ever e0
curved, or is ever likely to occur In the
world. Nome never break lip without
war. If there be oppres-ion .nfl1^,ent either
real or irnaginarv. 10 neva-r •0 a rebellion.
the pally in power never urea way lent
fr.im'c.mpels'on. The independence of the
.1•vrriean en!nnio. of Spam, the ol•I solo•
n,ra of England, and the more recent perm*
tl.n of il•lrinm and ilollaed, seer. not *4-
fee•'d 'Onto s...r4 atregele•. Bit d -'.s
'hi.ttnnnnn .f Camels bear any rev11-
h1.11,0 In thee, cases ! Ilas the M.o.. •r
cnuntry n'vt d"ria everything len leer that
the wanue't 1t1004.f eee.l.twtw.nsl liberty
can desire I And is it for this that a moo -
ration is *might T Is it beeline seine Ener
ronnle hen'('. are expected from pining
the 8 -ate., sell 11ses., we are peep -Med to
t',ne•, scoop not weigh a h»tber in the
die tle, oh*. placed in enmpt'lrtion with the
bene l's Of D• utled .n*neR'oa.
Bete for oenaretinn, if it ever •xiste 1,
has past. When B and Head gad Metcalfe
r loft ,o Caned.. there wag emelt peened fon
11 *Wen.. an I if the ponoiple• which thee
e Wiwi the ennnse s of the Prnri.eq bail
been persevered tri, their might have bee.
stuns canes In have Jere tied *operation in
the ease of the eivthufd world. 11.1 to
prnn.ot. a M..t,at.nes welder pretend etr••m
elanee.. r. •0 ail of nee.ralletedmgranlnde
an 1 folly, wh.0h if Centel* could eff•cl,
wo.ld *end dawn her *ams to pn.tertty
with a at imp of bele res" *rich at, TM twine
or province ever barn. W. admit that re
velusieoa are eon lira jnstifialle *hen 11101
gree reedy bet wee w•Yd et 'be side be .
same gdemMo }.,ping lase her. Steady one.
he ie.g bosi bank• bei famemae, said Meed J
l.001 Ib> .rear!. The C.pme• awl emend Mb
era, goer to, sod,.. no b.r,J M bee sed load -4
to gaiety steer the Gide noose. The Boreal
Mate, awn saes, andtw. Wye of the grew were
deo. Ahue.l.
a the Moo arrack the reek. she dreamed
awhile. bot muddy elms to poems, Write, to.
e mber see nate 15155 MI or 110 wluotes. Seven
moors aid Awe mar* some ..hew r • pitta or
she wreck. rhes, ht sones eery Much ,ahauat.d-
Two dead .Deli.. were aim mesa treat pieces er1
tN ..net.
Early la the foresee., the sews et the ..reek
Aeras m spread, ..d is. the alltnear rhe shore
esu lit -d with people, ..bo were &cirri. Is rot -
nog bodies hem illi. mar Mr. Helene.. tadroad
conductor, was Dory dunsg the rents. day Est
aiding the !wog, mad rawetog the deed buds►•
Inure the waves. O,.e man, where .em- we did
lean, dime near Iuwag his life is resc.t.g • body
Iron, tb,.utl.
Tnward. nightfsIl the bodies began 10 come
ashore, and quite a somber were taken lima the
ser(, -all, however, dead. Dead bodies would
be thrown upon the rock., bit We're they cowed
be rr.cned, the we "meld carry them trek •gat..
Quite a 'teethe, , f bur paueegers,
Ally women end chCdren, were helnw velem
-he .ir,.ek, and were probably drowned
there, as a hole wassltnn.t mstenlly thump.
'd in her bottom. The Zoog boat that
rr,ched the shore in safety contained, 'n
. ddi.on to the Captain anal crew, ,only
aerie pa..enger. Of seven fir.l class pap*etr
gore, aha were all Lott, were three girls,
mea. of the owner of 1h. vessel. Great
dtTtculty was experienced 1n saving those
who came ashore nn than pieces of the wreck.
..n account o1 the reef, which would throw
unm upon the rock and then carry them to
sea again. The poor crestnres world cling
with • dealt' grasp to the chitlins of throe
eth., cause 40 rescue them, and were with
•I,if••uiry made to rrlw.e their hold, even
after having reached a place of safely.
• Omen n eared was very badly b►ai.ed
.pew the recite, sod it was th••ughl lel
night that she would the, but she is ibis
annrning inure comfortable.
'Il ta .tared that nee p e'er, clinging
to a piece of wreck, fleeted to ther.ek, but
was ro f.r gone •a to be lineable to m0
clench his heed. Finally some rine jnrnped
on the fragment male fast ei rape to hien.
one he was got a.hore. Him face of a deep
purple, his mouth open. fixed teeth and
deathly rice, forming a sight Ing to be
re I1'lflhir id.
S„ far only twenty-five dead bodies have
been recovered ; but the s.'rf which yet
rani very high, is full of them. Befnre
nightfall many more will i'o.btle•s he U -
ken out. The shore is strewed with the
haggagc 01 the pd.seogers, all stove to
pieces.
LATER Acc:'u.is--Captain Oliver and
his Mortising mate reached this city at 12
o'clock. Ile teaks that he made Cape Cod
Lehr abnnt 5 o'clock 8el.rdav evening.
Scituate Light near 1 o'elnck Sunday mor
hong : then stood away to the northward,
to clear the land, fur ab•:mt three howl
!lien, it being about dayl,ght,taeked ship and
stood 8. 8 W.. weather ver thick, he
1 cause inside of limos'. Light 11oose ; on I
there saw a' big (ring el anchor jest invite
of breaker., ata place called Hockeet t Rock ;
Fried to wear up to the brig, but foiled he
could not fetch rep, and threw over both•
anch.ir., which dragged ; he then cot away
her 101st•, and she drifted an to Grampus
!.edge :-where she went to pieces.
Previous to breaking ,5p, the jolly boat
wae bangieg by the tackle, •lnnrstde, when
the stern ring -belt broke awl the h rat fell
Oita the water. The Captain, second mate
e nd two bops, jumped in to get her clear,
when shoot !3 passengere jnrnped in Anil
swamped her. The 23, together w;th the
.o•cond mate and two boys perial,ed.: the
captain caught a rope hanging over - the
' gni-der and was drawn on board by the tint
mate. When the long boat was clear a number
.f passengers jumped neer to swim to her.
but all perished. The captain, first -mate
(Mr. Crawford,) and .even of the crew
swam to and reached the boat.
Tho namee of the drowned are probably
unknown to the captaig. lie reports -1.13
souls on board, 84 of whom were saved,
leaving 99 lat.
Tbb brig:was in ballast.
rng:ne-and one was reported to Ile killed.
Tlse. mot moderate statements that were
made at 12 o el'uk, admitted that at legal
twenty were. wounded' apd about four killed.
Shortly; aflermijnight a body of Police
force.) (heir way to the none of action. fir.
e nd bloodshed: and while standing in Sixth
etrelt below Lombard. we heard at tenet'.
'1•4en shots B►ed'between 81. Mary's and
South rtreete, while bricks wtpre showered
by the rioters -but as the beady 'of .men,
which we were told were Police, was not
repiil•ed, .t was lair to pre.ume that the
rioters hall given way. Still, the dangerous'
mi..ilos flow in shower", and lit this elms,
one Of tan Engine and Ilona Companiem-
the Moyamensi•g arid Hope, as we were in-
formed, were exerting themselves to extsn•
'high the (learns.
The who'escene sat (inanity mourn-
ful and a source of real sorrow to every
'Phila,fe'phian. At the corners of all the
I .tree'., for many sena'°". were groups of
ci'izens as*cmbled, anions for the talent
intelligence, and mourning over the in.ece
►H'rof Itfc ■rel property in that ksortton of
near m.'rnprli,.
$fill/ Gigs-T'he I/flildfJ celled out !
Berney fitmmrIwright, a nsemher of the
Good -Will Ilo+e repnried to ,have been
shot through the heart. Torn other fire-
men dangerously wounded -one in the heghf
and nne in the pile. A th rd wounded in
the ler. The Military were coiled) out at
m:ealght, and several eompantn made their
. ppear.nce nn the ground at 1 o'clock this
morning. A. la's es 2 o'clock this morn-
ing, there was null an immense crowd of
people. The Military remained on the
•tjround.
'The Storm on Saturday' Xi,ht.
Awful Shipwreck at 3Iinnt'8
Ledge. --99 Lives List 1 I
The B.rtnn
imam, of ,M• mentor, tiring •.
'he particular. et nee of .he Ines, d•rve..,og
•Islpwreek• which ever recurred "n our trete -
l'he following account ie take. from the flower,
Travett.r of 11.1 .renins
Br. big Sr Jelin. Captain Oliver. from G,1-
' war, Ireland, :on Sept , anchored inert" of Mt•
so,'. Leder. n( Settees', night. A. ahem worn
o'elnek on Sunda, morning, she dragged her
snrh•.r. end unite the rocks.
The fdlnwing !rimesters of her Iwo. together
lith that of 91 nil her ptswneso sad ono, is
glen -d from vanots prones who witnessed the
denied :-
The vessel struck alms' 7 A. M , yesterday
The were was witnessed (rem the Glade tient",
and is r-p,rsen,nt to h... been 'treble. The
sem ren mountains hieh. aides conn es ohs trench-
ed, the 1.1.3•••••••111 dee mnf,rrenet. bongs aide
her rrnwded darks he d•*... into the eat. I The
.peet.tnes of ,hie tiered eight levatieed .hall they
seed hear floe Erie of der deviate as tele ,trete
swept awsv. hot •t no bast, vee" Ili• id. heat,
cooed have lived se the gale. it was towed tmpse-
. 5.1e to render sal.
The life brat 1"f. C.h.wtt early in the mtes
inf• end *rot la the aid o1 m ltoI,s4 Mie whrh
was is damemot /he meth of the bubas, •ed
tenial her to • place e( safety. They dad eat.
however, vet the ..reek. •.pp""ar eMl the
long beet. wh,eh they mei ge'ee rnwenls the
share, ouatar•.J all fhe, behygrd ie ►mer.
Where the 8t. PA. *,reek, her .mall beet wee
Tun EAST Riotxe.-in ennm.gn.nce of
the.leration of the Hoa. W. H., Blake, to
w JuJgeohip in the Coat of ehaocery, the
Eist Retitled York has become vacant. -
We understand that caad.dates are alien iy
In the Bell : brit them is • an able
Into certainty that she Riding will never
egato return a Lampe to topmast it In
oar Provincial Parliament. Tbecounsry at
large has become golfs tired of this claw of
reprenentativee ; for it is found that the
confidence of the.lectntw. nerves bet as lbs
stepping 0loae la prefmeelent, tn. a Pmviaee
,n which jndteial anti other appeiettneets
are meted nut as the rewards of political
semen. We aro In armed that Mr. T P.
White, of Puckering, son of Ira White,
of Markham. intends to offer himmelf as a
candidate, on lite Referm ticket. 1Ve un
derstand that Mr. 1Vhite'e rgirthfirations are
of much a charnc'or as to warrant hes friends
,n binning hen forward. We shall prnba-
lily holm more to say un this suhjeot abort..
I y. -Mirror.
" ExPRarR:CR TRACHRTII FOOL,." -W.
learn that, on Monday evening, the 8th
trod., the City Conprtl of Montreal resole -
ed to make a special A.ses"nun. on the
inhebetan's of the city, for the p.rpnse "f
paring the demand, made on the Corpora-
tion by parties whose properties were in
j•rcd or destroyed in the late riot, in that
city. Thi• will teach the names that,
when they indulge in such l,t'le reeks as
they have Seen at Istel,, they will have to
"pay for their whistle." -Freeholder.
FATAL ACCIDENT. -A peeing named
McKinnon, e( Q,derieh. took pewee an beard
I he 1,..d.. 01 Port Sarnia. When th. heat wee
shot three I. -meths from the whorls' Pert Dover
on Moeda evening last, he fell overboard aid
was drnwe.d, althnneh the ho.t was im.nerliere-
ly napped, het the body could 001 he found_ H•
Mel been reeliniag epi some barrels. end ora.
reeling amine' a perte orf e.n...., wh•eh he fan-
cied bed solid wend ead..es'h. lint elle doer
way, he rolled tete the suer.-Haatilsow Gas.
I..TR Arron ,.-Whsle, in cam
.ria with many entemp.rareet, we retro
to pay aur tribe'• of respect to the hf h le-
ge) euieren'e of Mr. Blake, and t .,h
*ember to the amens of Mo enter. fitness (men
the Bench, TM we moat pause ere we can
sed* is the kettle. ar policy of tran.lating
hint to the Cnnrt of ('haneevy under Pete
meg einmaeta.eet_ Thi event., had (erns
.d • high •pima of Mr. Blake. ameba
Mmes fav prhlmse'ay dame. Ie,reely
hag It hat em nppnrt..uly of jndgi*g how
far it• high az panel my were r.ehs•d,.v*
it sheen/ere that the 8►.t use to which Mr
B. apphee the opportunity .f logmlatt.g,
t. West is, nisi eweeesaleNp emery sbre.Igk
a e 11 eesersewrleg • ars Cower, Al the head
of which he ►4s elf sere armies, with a cal
.ry id L1.40e • year ! W• well net ser
she Mr. Bloke ailed* • "cat's paw" td th.
I'btrd Midis', for the pipe.. of Kettle,
wgly ..sce.eed on the Brach -bot w.
* 55 say, that the thug leek. •u'piew.u• -
Ifewe of sck••wledged ability -*elected •.i
secn.et of that adapt -gt, uate'Perbanymt
fee epeee0e prepss.. /wbt.b Mr. Bl.he std/
gad provide, 1. relative essei e.at, fm
. h.wtselese re ecceeteirklag the .byete
"f their eo*.'irweou (which Mr. Beake h.v
dose,) the. all ce.fidosee se studies beg mew
U4. repr.eenlatte• aid the repre.std.-
We are Sorry to thuk " there ss • screw
awe" some- ..boee.-Dawe(.• Wards,.
3.a
HURON SIGNAL
THURBDAT. OCTOBER 95, 11819.
•
CANADA AB SHE 18. •
A curiows and rather aft important document,
gelated " The Meatiest A eon Ideal fr.-
to "' has recently been brwght before the pub -
1:e, gad is exciting some diseeeaiee in the Pro-
vincial prints. Its import..c• is derived exclu-
sively from the fact that it a .reckoned by the
n ames of • fele Gentlemn. whose Intelligence
and reepectsbilisy •title their movements to
coniideva'ion ; mod for this reason alone we no-
tice it. The detente.) is rather a lengthy one,
and es we bees no desire to indict it upon near
readers, we shall endeavor to express the sub-
stance of it in as few words as possible. Th.
•' Annexationist*" assume that •' ite surveying
du ones! condition of cies country. robot but rein
e rapid dewy watts Ma rye !" The causes as-
signed kr this gaunt poverty and ruin which we
• apposed to be glomming over 051 100001 are
.he act .( the British Goveroment ie withdraw-
ing the prolective daces (rots nor Colonial pro- 1
duce -the weer of manefecturing eetabligbmenis,1
the ezpe,.e of our preseol form of Government,
and the bitter political uaisnoeities that divide
and distract the people. And the cure -the on-
ly possible Ears for thew evils is, commit to be
Briti-b .rd Annexing ourselves to the neighbor -
::.g Republic ! We do not pretend mecb know-
ledge of the actual sofditien,of the population of
Lower Canada, but ,n to fur as Upper Canada is
ceocereed, the resiee1 method of dealing oriel
leis mass of miser, set forth by the Montreal'
Aauexatiooist., is simply to deny On ezutenee.
We always Jove tn preach pence ase progress,I
and we ,eel perfectly confident is ti.e ■ccer*ey of '
our statement when we •suit, :bat to no come -
try in the world, at this memear, do the masa et 1
the item! ileum et.e.ty a greeter ab,ii l.noe of the
subsisntint necessaries and comforts of l!fe, than
are enjoyed by the people of Upper facade
The working claw are ,o every tensity in the
ll
world the vast msj'wity n( the popol•tion-they,
properly speaking. constitute the popnlsties, and
Cs proportion to their-eosuots or ptvatmes. the
condition o(• eonotry may be estimated. Ns-
clonal
a.clonal ennvulnon awl ruin are uniformly preceded
by the poverty. d.gr.Uatien arid physical deslitu-
tdeeef the laboring n.ollis.ds. But there i& •o
destitution, in Upset Cauada. There is peri.aps
no canary in the world. which, in ; roport,on, to
the number of it• -inhabitants, rarweaeequal
quantity of Purple* food, and •werediy there is
an eo•ntry in which the price of labor ie equally
high in relation to the pare of provisions. A .
wo'kiog man man readily find employment. nod
exclusively of • very superior diet, can obtain
wages at least thirty per cent. higher than he bad
been atcatomed to receive in Britain, while, at
the same time, he can -support hes family in ad-
ditional
ui-ditional comfort. for thirty per ceot. len than be
could tie in tithe' England or Scotland. Indeed,
if there is any room for complaint, on the ques-
tion of fond and labor, in 'hi. country, it is the
high relative valve of the labor 10 the prise of
ford. 1n short• to compare the eondetinn d -the
laborites man ...Canada with that of b,g brother
laborer io Briistn, France or Germany, in wirer
as good living is co•crr.ed, is only to insult emir
ews understandings, end hence we candidly as-
sert the, the p1..rty en! Ihreateoed rain of the
Montreal Annexatrnnests have not even the most
✓ emote reference to the Bond inn of this section
of th. Province. There may' prohsbly be some
iedheduls "rho hnve'lueiy arrived -in the country
who may be to • snore( comperafive poverty,. -
bet even this, in the majority dews, is then
eon holt. They hove perhaps been .tar,i•g for
years past, io Scotland or Ireland, npna the rel•
try pittance of sixteen pence sterling per day for
hard labor : and. although entirely uaegoaio,ed
with the labor of this country, they well starve o0
on beg unless they can obtain wages twine the
value of the work which ,hay are able to perform.
Poch chanciera, we say, may be in comparative
destitorion, and they deserve to be so ; but no
hnnnt, industrious man. who has been for any
length of time in the Colony, le either in want or
in the fear of it. Thus, it most be apparent to
every unbiased meed, that the insist cooditlon
Wave people is comparatively prorpernas, end al-
though nor ',regrew as • nation, or as • country,
is very fee from what it 'nigh' be, when compar-
ed with the essittessof est resource*, and the
progress e( oar Republica neighbors ; still, we
'husk that the R retires fee the present
year. compered with ,haw of whey yeses, will
satisfy ewe the mat sceptical, that we are not
decimeter -that we are not 0a the " verge of es -
tonna! beekrep,cy !"
We willingly admi „het the Inde, enterprise,
and tmprevere.,I of Cased', present themselves
in rather • wry light, .b• compered with the
spirit of preemie ethibi' ed by the Visited Settee
hat we deny emphatically that tees inferiority
ha res oiled Prem ear eenneerns with Britain, w
from nor siteeh•seat m for present form of Mse-
• rehiefl Onvernmrs,. 1'h. error does not lie a
the peculiar form of Gover.mes,, hat is the ins -
pollee sad taiesiu.ea menage ie which that GO -
• bee hem dneeisea,ed. Hod the lead -
tag Stateemee of the Repeldie, fee the let fifty
mews, pawed the meow marrow, selfish, svart-
e..e pollety to has free. peraesd 1n Candi-hid
they eapeodrd their time, ails.te ad toil
is deeeawy winner renames er Eaelisbtw•
one the but .Mies,.-wheebev this li o t
Omsk k it ilia 11trb Cleared .bwM be the demi-
gees Clients whether • smooth port el the whale
mobile lead Edell be twee away lonely se
rumen r.11e'ws hatred, gad se perpetual* set -
lama linefeed* sad pal keftag alno.g the pm-
par-wdtber every bell milbse ' ( the pspel.a.e
shall supper, flf1y-see.. Reveries- whether, If
•he people wire f«d,th eso•gh to,naasfsettrrs
them 'say seas tote Lawyrn, ,het. ettoeld sot be
law coats e.tablrh.J, et rib politic uptake, ",
sited Awes easy littler, sod whether loyalty did
et del set waist at lime Omelet fibbers*, lied
ihe 8 eiteme. of the U.tted States for rb, last
half instep sapnded tbeir mor ..d the abler
money is'bedewing these gad other paltry little
queunoss which have characterised, M rather.
c•wspfarsd, Caladium Legislate., ant probabdr
1-y is, the the condition of the a glories* Repute
lie" would )est hews Wee similar to tee present
sesame. of Canaria The wealthy and influen-
tial ors ea this aide of the river, have. in •'most
eiery instance, conduced themselves ezelusi,ely
GO men .elfish adrentorera-temporary torero -
.re is • *tracer land, who,. only interest consis-
ted is grasprog whaterer was within the reach
.(the ems being, and whose highest ambition
was personal emolument or ere aggrandisement
of wine bele osnow-souled party of relatives or
cempenioie is adventure. But the people, god
more especially the Legieta,on, of the United
States harm pureed s very dffereat policy. -
They have looked upon the country as their
own -the rest home and property of 'haywire'',
S ado( their children's chi'dree, and their Legis-
laioe has been substaoual and useful. Instead
of purchasing weenies support at the expense of
the whole people, they have obtained the fervent
prayers and cordial co eperetioo of the whole
Coach, by piously allowing all dernn,inntioos to
remain as equal eiAun., and each one to prove
ita m.riu and the sincerity n( iu profesrnn ny
provid,og for its owe o,eesut,es. leered of
throwing away the revenue in establishing Rec-
tories, and Low Count, for the nourshment of
indole,,ee sod 'tide, they have bees ba..ed in es-
tabli.h,og Seminaries of Edit, atioa-in eternise
Culleees-in extending iule:llgence and industry
among the people, in increasing their commerce
and manufactures, and in iaierwatiog theirencn-
try with railroad. and canals -and this policy
ha made there • great .ud preeperoos naioo.
We shall resume this subject in our meat.
THE CROWN I,AND'8 DE1'ARTMIEN T.
Ws are glad to perceive that the eo0tiloen'e
of the Ilonoreble James H. Pura have got op a
very respectable requisition to their valuable
Representative, with the intention of prevailing
u pon him to retain his seat u the Member for
the First Riding. of York ; ..d, likewise, to
connate. et the head of the Crown Land's De-
partment. This mo,eruent is not only credita-
ble to 51r. PRICE, but also creditable to his con-
stituents a an evidence of the proper, appreela-
tete of his honesty and ability. The Crown
Land's Office is certainly Doe of the most im-
portant, ['bonnet and respondible Offices con-
nected with the Provrotisl Government; and
the inefeieocy, neghg.m:e and bungling with
which that Department has been conducted in
limes pat, deprived the Province of one of 110
ehtef sooner. of wealth and prosperity. Mr.
Puce foond the Office ie a chaos of confusion
mid disorder, like a thing haring neither begio-
• ing, nor middle, nor end -.ad hae by .such
labor and assiduity reduced it into the shape of
a workable system. In fact, his management
1 rl it may almost be regarded as the first attempt
Ito urn the Public Lan.ls of Canada to any prase
.• .i odvantag•. It ,s tete, we disepprnve, eo-
'ire!y 0e the free:granf ryetem, bretu=c we ere
. terij doable to perceive the benefit resulting
(tern it. Nike -teethe of those who accept of
this gifted land are net new, needle settlers who
might he wj}rded as an ieetreoue el population
-.they we old reeidenteis who make • sort of
profitable speculating by moving to and fro i.
the Coley -a kind of wattage's pioneers who
have perhaps entered voluntarily upon the diffi-
culties of • bosh-lyi half a dotes times since
their arrival in Canada. They endure • prat
amount of toil and privatise in cleating bad sad
erecting dwelling,. and so soon as they have ap-
peosched soietbi.g like • cemfosr•ble elate of
P*iste*ee, they sell out to the first, er at least to
the highest bidder, and ■geio migrate to 10100
other locality of squatting or finee•gro.t enter-
prise. Thos, the public property is bestowed
merely in render life • Peenit of additional toil
and'diffaeolty to tompetiiively • few restless in-
dividuals, without facilitating the increase of tic
population, or conferring any real benefit o0 the
public revenue. or on the social, or commercial
condition of the coauury. in this dolour of the
free -Brest system, however, we do not include
the free -grant *enleme.t now going on in Kin-
cardine and the other tow.phips North of Gode-
rieh. We third' there is "tome sound Wier in
establishing this settlement. The navigation of
Lake Huron to as object of sufficient imponanee
to warrant or justify the Government in almost
any meteor for the .tabliahmeot of as "stea-
tite eetllemeat opo, e:s shores And although
the New County of Brace conraeoe a larger tract
of rateable land theo any other new in the pee-
lewrn of the Governmeat, yet it woold certain -
'y have been very difficult to bass induced a re-
P pect.ble.rulement is this remote erection dabs
Colony, by gay other means than the exciting
principle of "first -grants." The ob)eel. we
think is now gained, and the free -groats .hnuld
•rue A aomernue and re.peeihle settlement
is established in Kincardine on Lake Huron-.
the dams or the place -the superior quality of
the Pod ad the rapid inflez of population are
now known, and talked of from one end of the
Province to ohej
hen it from ell t
of ;he fifty acre;
other. Hundreds are flecking
ostlers, not exactly es secoent
rants, but bemire it has al -
testy obtained the renown of a " greet utile•
rent," and we feel enn6.'ent that if th , lends
were new surveyed .ad opened for ole, an •c-
url morgue pester than has ever been derived
from the pebtie lads of Canada would be the
immediate resile The Ed, however, most he
Pell no laden," term., )],',",' we do set eeppess
a r
that • high snistee t
t n b►i method to hee.it
•inti the public treasury or the parrs! midi -
ties of the cautery.
The Coity of Drees us evidently deaden to
become one et( the meet lmpertsat •...Ilei e<
Upper Cassda, sad its growth ted its dva.tago
le the eoe.try, depend ernes, ..tbely et the
indictees mawgevoet of the Crewe [wd's De-
pwtrest. Ad fee this mane we serteeeiy
hap. tb.t Mr. Pori soy be prevailed ea te ees-
ties* Commie Laid'e Cematimiseet. it is tenser.