Huron Signal, 1850-04-25, Page 2easie.ed by it was meet horrible sod sear.- t. the Caesar plias that lar his is*.
fel. The Prince"' Pasha vee $abw.rt- ties to prsast the sea e( ow braked
amber', the mother d eight children .ed par*.lsSMsg (se mei* dikes mho) as
.but to (tee birth is • .lath, was »s'ee'r- a prise es be 1b.. bitoe .r uwhib l-
ed among the ruin! of the prostrate hall --a ere of the Met *Wise sr .psslmeus et
wombed mutilated teepee, scarcely to be Comedian praise* or leen wry wh sh shill be
recognised, and verified only by a Deckles* exhibited N tbe resod ladestriel
oo which the names of her children were Hee Eac.11ency reeee►ees to Alma f the
engraved. The Peewee* von Leyeo had ale power of determivag at • future period
Mer clothes consumed on her back, and whether the gum hereby offend sball form
died of her burns. The Princess Bebe/art- ° ow or more pram', hod It is his intention w
Lemberg war drsadfulle injured: so also the - request the Judges of the Exhibition to
Rural mbaseador, Prince Thurston.-- sward It or to same competent persons to
Ti. w e o: lbs Austrian •mbareabor haJ do s".
fallen down and been trodden under foot. I 1 hove the honor to be, Sir,
but still lived. Over twenty persons Your roost ubdt. humble servant,
either died at the time or suoo afterwards, R. BRUCE, Gov. Secy.
•oder agonising sufferings from their buena, 11te Worship the Mayor of Montreal.
and a muco larger number was more or
Iwo Injured. Dimwitted", precious stones,
geld ■ted pearls, ecettsred like useless rub-
bish, were either lost or secretly fell into
•greets hands. 7'he damage sawuu:e4 to
several mifhosa of francs.
That cont] Igration was worth of mom•
Nelson with the hand -writing on the wall,
at tee feat of Ikl•hazar; its warning
,(den( flashed prophetically upon the ere of
the great p de"tate, though he wanted no
Daniela for its Inteiproation. L. O.
RAILROAD Aw.a -run Sour.' Susan or
Lar FAIR—The construction of a rail-
road from Maio to Toledo is now occupy -
log on tug
of the
le •I
• the attention p 4
t gPe
line, and bids fair to be completed at an
early day.
The length of line from Buffalo to Toledo
Ie 188 miles, sod is divided into Femmes,
and le under various stages of pregrese, as
follows:
From Dttff.lo to the Pennsylvania Zine,
7e meets, an efficient company Is organised
a consilerable portion of the stock sub-
scribed, the survey' made, th• line located,
and soon to be pit under contrast.
From the Pennsylvania hoe to Cleveland,
78 mile., • company a organised, and sub-
scriptions are bete, taken up on the road.
Front Cleveland to Sandusky, be miles,
and from Sandusky to Titled.), 50 miles, the
roads are under the control of the Mad
River and Lake Erie railroad company, and
will beec.mol.ted as soon as the rest of the
road is ready, a it will be for their Interest
to do so, and thus communication with the
reads of' the East on the one hand and the
Western railroad oo the other, wail be
opened to them.
"The emirs Lake shore road is therefore
certain of construction within a reasonable
time.
Thence, further on, from Toledo and
Monroe to Hillsdale, 68 miles, the road is
already in operation, and from Hillsdale to
Coldwater, 22 nnles, the road is under coo -
tract to he finished by September 181.
Between Laporte and Miehigan City Om
engineers are in thefield. From Michigan
to the illtoois line the road will be located
by April 1st.
From this point to Chicago the road will
be constructed under the general law of
Illinois. -Railroad Journol.
It
HURON SiGNAL.
THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1850.
posy. I'h. ++a. ++.r1r at the tssssae-
tiss. hew.w, ass Ilbew(ss boss wistestr as
semi es the reprobation deb tkosilaa 'ebbe ;
sad, her the gasstsl »alias sew aws►ewad
Ihessgbaet lka tsyth sad bread.► d the cafe-
9741 may he weideatly wowed that them
Reamer« sad Reverie. will, a we dimwit part-
ed, be mond a the palette, to be be applied to the laws sad ceage. of Canada ,Mould be
WW+6 pNeem. ..,barn» as the rule of demeans. A Court
At paren the settlement of the Reserves and of Kms a Beath. and a Court of Cbancer]
Rectories sanies Is beset with Wens very witwere at.blrnb.d the am. year.
Printing was Introduced into Ca nada in
oar difftosdnse, in se far •1 Meer u ahe'actiee d 1764, fur tee Brat time, by Wm. Brown and
alto Colonel Government is ..seemed. And Thornes Gilmore, who establ.bed the
bad we no other proof of the es.tsia.ce of Cheat Quebec Gazette, a journal still in existence,
dif cultic, the very (act that • respectsbie per- end which has been conducted with respoc
lion of lit. Tory Prase is Uniting to force the t•bility throughout.
immediate settlement of the qui -mem, upon the No Koman Catbolie Bishop had been is
Goveremese, would of halt retrainee as that the Nome" since 1760, but In 1766, BtsA•
then are some formidable obstacles is lbs way.
As a question of principle trainee muck of the
future peace sad prosperity of the country -a
queetios of comment jumbo., ( the ranote sus agi-
tation of which distracts and impedes all awful
and wholesome legisaliou,) the Reserves and
Rectories, a a ioatelmeot of a dominant sec-
tarianism, merit so immediate .—
In amt, as s goesuon of principle, affecting the
t .150,515 of posterity, we are willies to reprd
i e the i importance.
sectarian struggle as h fist s Im or a
:his c saga D
But, r ■ q, .suioo of practical advantage to the
present condition of abs country, or even to the
present generation. we cannot reprd it as the
question of the first to erest; we cannot regard it
is the second, nor the third, not the fourth ques-
tion of interest to the prettiest coodition of the
country. We ore aware that this opinion is at
,ansae. with the uptaioss of • large portion of
the Reform Presse, but we cannot help it. W.
have been in the hab.t of allowing others
to think for us, -we thick for ourself, sod the
opioioa which we new esprese may possibly be
wrong, but it is at least Ws ere
no lover of sectana0 Dor of see•
tarian dominion, we loath them u the bane of
society -the pestilence of common life. We
make no prophetic apology for the prevent Mitt -
'soy on the ,•ppositioa that they intend to ne-
glect or past over the question of the Reserves
and Rectories. The Mieiatry eau wither be
mut b benefitted nor injured by saything we can
write et thick, sod we have no iodination to
excess their shortcomings. •
We think it is the duty of the people to pie
the principles end sincerity of the Government
to the test, but we regret that the Reserve quem
tion should be adopted as the testWe may
perhaps be wrong, but we are thele•.m-
0ere in believing that the great mese of the peo-
ple of Upper Canada hams Seen led to expect,
from the equitable settlement of the Reserves
question, results to the immediate premerity of
Amh t at.bilghed YNttttry O'rssts sed
Jamb.. Is 8spsrthsr. 116, Oes.te.s
Mousy atehliehsd, by esdso•se.'dCew- Obrie
al, English law is the premie'. ; b.t mrtb mixture
d.costest having bees thereby excited, is aid le diatrabla se far as limy
me y agree, s
November if the seem year, pawed an whe ought to be Nft"to fled • sipper.ts pre-
ordiasses that is all &.feta relative to the vieiea for the cs.defetee in the .asstry of
tenure of lenk and rights of inheritance, their respective churches.
"6. That it is essential to the origin sad
succor of ouch se 'milieuos, that a
society be Incorporated for the purpose ;
and that the charter wtNly provide agaise1
•
MIA Mbrhl1ltlie�4lr .1111.0
Iced
.'i...sio fr'e'ely Is�tfi. /Mvillb of
1•arwlae N.t.eteltlN :�w d pw vim fimr Ma alma es..sMsi sl cgs seas
lode. expected, e. enema the ie •Il Ile N tree, be ittemotdb, t,
of two Corrontosw, wipes *at
authority aforesaid, That it tall said may
be lawful for ►m Majesty, hie bete» or son
a'm'ore, to unhorses the g.eersor or
oath of the seid provisoes reepeetively, or
the memos administering tee government
thereto, to intake from sad out of the leads
of tee crows wit• such protegees, ouch
telalmsst sad appropriation of lands, for
the support god maintenance of • prole, -
the pe ion of tbe tesetutme, to any tut clergy within tbe game, a may bear a
sectarian pecularitie. ; leaving free scope, duo proportion to the account of suck lands
for cultivatteg the geeernl circle of the witIin ibs same, as have at any time been
sciences." granted by or under the •gthority of his
11e euurse of the lest' Majesty ; and test whet say grout of
which grew out of the eJucsuonal inquiry, lands within either of the said provinces
the following statement was made by the •ball hereafter be made, by a ceder the
Bishop of Quebec ;- wthonty of hu Majesty, Gia been or ••c-
op Brood had verbal permission to return. "Tithes are not (in Canada) so vigorous- cosmos, s, then shall at the same time be
fie held • Mull from the Pope u- Bishop or ly exacted, nor in the same prop mien a made, to respect of the same, • proportion.
Quebec, but took the oaths of •Ilegance. to Europe. Here they are only the 26th able allotment and appropriation of Ind.
la 1768, the Counce sent a recommendation ' part of wheat, oats, and pease ; 'tis true for the above mentioned purpose within the
to England that thorn should be a coadjutor' they m:est bo brought to the Parsonage township or parish to which .use lands so
to the Bishop, (styled the Superintendent House. To this are 'educed in Canada to be granted shall appertain or be sooexed,
of the Roman Catholic Church) and wined what are called in England predict tithes.- or as pearly adjacent thereto as cireuaatan-
M. U'Eglis a • suitable person. Re.pecting the nixed tithes collected upon ' cee will admit ; and tbat no such grant
In l774, an imperial statuto was passed hogs milk, wool, kc., and the personal shall be valid or effectual mules. the same
"to make more effectual provision (of the tithe, collected upon manual labour, or real! contain a.peet6eation of the lands so
government of the Province a( Quebec."- works procoediug from iudustry, such as alloted and approputd, in respect of the
In this Act it is slated that the proelama- the mechanic arts, fisheries, litc., they are lands, to be tl..reby granted ; and
such land', so I
t at allotted sad • -
t t • h
h Province altogether raw a i »,suss» in this ,
to am the P I et r oak o J
f r referred 1 It h n
heretofore f d •
tem
h., rP
I
1
" have been foiled by experience to be soap- country." propriaied, shall be as oeul) as the cir-
plic: bin to the state and circumstances of The agitation for a Constitution and cumstances and nature of the era will .4 -
the said Province, the inhabitants whereof Government oo fixed and liberal principles, mit, of the like quality as the lands in re.
amounted, et the compeer. to above sixty- gradually acquired atrengtb, and was spect of which the same are so allotted and
live th,waand person., professing the reltgi crowned with success in 1790. The draft appropriated, and shall be, es nearly es the
onpf We Church of Rome, and enjoying n of a Bill was prepared by Mr. Secretary sate can be estimated at the time of making
established form of constitution and 'yarn William Wyndham Grenville, and pent to - such grant, equal in' value to the seventh
of lawn," Etc, ; and the said proclamation, the Governor General fur his remarks.- part of the Iambi so granted.
and all the ordinances and ether proceedings The draft was reterned with additions ant' XXXVII. And be it furtber enacted by
of the Council are therefore "revoked, an-
nulled, and made void." The French Ca-
nadine Civil Law was recognized under
ibu Act, an, the English Criminal and
Commercial Law. The fo wing clauses
bear on the matter before us •-
V. Ard, for the more perfect security god
ease of the minds of the eobabutants of the
said province, it te hereby declared. That
Ms Majoety'a subjects, professing the reli-
gioa of the chu•e9 of Rome of and en the
said prnrmco o; (-limber, may hare, bold and
coy,y, the free exercise o the religion of
the church of Rum., subject to the King's
supremacy, declared and established by an
get made a ilia bra year of the reign of
Queen E'.taabctbe over all the dominions
and couatr�es which then did or thereafter
should belong t:ee imperial crown of this
realm ; and teat the clergy of the said
church may hold, reee,ve, and enjoy, their
accustomed due, sed right., with respect to
such parson• oaly a shall profess the said
rr tgion,
VI. Pr welted nevertheless, That it shall
lie lawful for 1 . Majesty, hie heirs or sue-
eessore, to make emeu provision out of the
rest of the mid acatstomed dues and nghts,
the country, which -cannot pose bly be realized- for the es. t of the ,protatsst
and our candid conviction is, that a equitable rehgioo, sad for the maintenance and sup -
Assessment Bill -an honest, equal Represeota- Port of a potatut eiergy within the said
tion Bill -the immediate sale of the Public lsods
protiace, as he or they shall, from time to
arms, think sece.»ry sod expedient.
on reasocable terms -a sweeping reduction in. VI 11. And be it further enacted be the
the extravagant furinelities and come of Law -a authority aforesaid. That his Majesty'.
thorough .yuem of retrenchment is the public Canadian-subj^eta, within the Province of
expenditure -the Reciprocal exchange of produce Quebec, th• retigione orders and communi-
with the United Sates, or soy other snouts ties only excepted. may only held and enjoy
calculated to encourage industry sod extend the their property and poaeaaions, together
commerce of the country, will be of more imme-
THE SECTARIANSTRUGGLE
TRUGGLE
Tea Darkest page in Tiernan history is that
which frame the aces and outrage" of Striae -
anism, and the benevolent mind is shocked with
the fact, that the most virulent buteroess aso-
cial life, the greatest Corp of political warfare,
sod the most revolting atroetties of the battlefield
are, ;e some way or other, associated with what
mea are pleased to call earwax ! It u certainly
serene, but i• nevertheless true; that, altho' re-
ligion, properly unde,.iood, should be a pure em-
bodiment of maim lorbearaoce, patience, sympa-
thy, and uni•ereal love, yet, it is, of all others,
the subject upon which men virtually go mad,
and bescame angry, uncharitable, cruel, jealous,
and positively wicked. Had the truths of reli-
gion been demonsrrabli to the external "eases,
like the truths of physical science, or had all hu-
man beings received the same mental constitu-
tion, then, we might hare expected that the opi-
nions of mankind is reference to religion, would
have been as unanimous as they are in regard to
the principles of geometry. But while the minds,
like the faces of men, naar•Ily differ from each
other, and while the doctrines of religion are sup-
ported and defended by the flexible and accom-
modating nonsense til metaphysics, rather than
by plain. plausible truths, or the simple declara-
tion. of Scripture, the religious notions of man-
kind will just centime° to differ in the same de-
gree, and to the same extent ss they differ in
their mental constitutions, Whether this differ-
ence of opinion which Nature has established a-
mong mankind in reference to abstractions Ind
speculative doctrines, was iateoded to produce or
mast necese.rily produce jealousies and bitter
feeling, lied malice, and murder, is very doubt-
ful -that it has produced these results, is a pain-
ful fact that toostitutes the essence or the balk of
human history. And es we have always been
&mons that number who menet afraid to " win -
'tette the ways of God to man," and who are
ever willing to discover in human conduct, the
cause of human .offering -the " origin devil,"
-.we unequivocally declare that this religious
jealousy which may safely be placed in the van
of all the social corse, that have afflicted man -
:Lind, is sisaata.ral-it is not is harmony with the
oommos known feelings of humanity ; because,
is all ether speculations men differ in opinion,
and are perfectly good friend. -in buaiaess or
commerce, the farther a man differs from as in his
opisioa and pursuits, we are the more:eased
with him ; but when • man differs from us in re-
ligious epecutauoos, this at once means that we
should not only hate him, bot dance him. We
therefore conclude that this jealoary-this with-
ering poise, ofeseteriaaiem, which we declare to
be unnatural, is created, in the first place, by
the intolerant dogmatism with whic4 the priest-
hood. of the various sects have been accustomed
to denounce each other's creeds, as heretical or
beteados, a pre.tied which we gladly acknow.
ledge, is becoming every day ler common and
lase respeeable-and, in the second place, by
the urethane and unjust civil policy of establish-
ing some one seems tA. CAurree.f she Stets. It
would perhaps be uncharitable to assert that the
object of all civil Governments in establishing
Sate religions is political power-aeither are we
prepared to affirm that all the various seers
would be equally willies to be made Sate reli-
gions, and equally tetolersat if placed is that
position. Bat is is sot now a gametes indispose
that several of the amebae. at different periods
and in different countries, been favored with the
proud appellant. of the " National Church," and
the result of the experiment has shown that they
all equally sued as political msebioes,ulaad dis-
played the same offensive, intolerset, overbear-
ing towards the other ler favored sects.
It is wholly unnecessary in the present day to
enter into a detail of the evils that have resulted,
and will conuned"to result from State religions.
These evils have been detailed sod dismissed da-
ring the last twenty yeas, with • zeal and a can-
dour that have brought all intelligent meo to the
eonrlusioo'bat the civil establishment of any pe-
culiar Brotarianism, is the ■efortun•te blunderer
Legubation-the (realest positive evil which
eivtl Government eon inflict on Society. Not
because it is an unjust and extravagant waste of
the public funds, nor because it enfeebles the is-
dirtdeal rattiest' sad ramie. of Christian sal,
bet become of the bitter jesloawes rad ammosi-
ties which the injustice naturally engenders in
dm minds of thew who are compelled to pay for
the propagation of what they momentously be-
lieve to be e-rnr. Cauda has trot bees. and is
sot Itkely to be earned with a State religion, het
the attempts to bring her sudor this headers
have bees se sumerous, se hidden, treacheries,
dahe...t sod firmidsbk, that nearly the whole
time, •leas sad exertion. of Mor ablest Memo -
men have hese eee.piad in straggling to premise
ahs unhallowed monster from aiming into azis-
tace. The Clergy Reserves eosdstisg of oee-
seveete part of • whole lands of Upper Canada.-
'skis\
at loam, bold and dans, attempt to 'k a demi t (Marra ; but the p.n.miag
erntwee el ibs friends of freedom eeeeuded la
seaelesiag the rymsey of the jemmies; sad
the Reams, as 'key *ow stead. may be viewed
TIIE BOSTON TRAGEDY-SiNGU-
LAR STATEMENT.
At s late hour last night we received the
id very curious despatch. We give
1t just as it wall received and, for the 'pretreat
let it go for what it is worth ;
Banton April 1, 1850.
The rumor that Dr. Webster was disco-
vered over the dead body of Dr. Parkmao
by a medical student, proves true. The
student was returning to the teeters room
for his over -shoes, and found the door lock-
ed. He then went down through the base-
ment into the lower laboratory, and passed
op stairs to "Met the lecture room by Dr.
Webster's private door.
A. he got into the upper laboratory, he
saw Dr. Webster standing over the corpse
of Parkmao. Either by entreaty or threats
the student was induced to take • solemn
oath not to divulge what he ,bad seen, and
the next day he left home for down eaat.-
A short time since he was taken with the
brew fever, and in his delirium, raved about
the mysterious murder. -fie called for •
clergyman, and asked him if be was booed
to keep such an oath as he described.
The result was that he divulged all to
the minister, who came to Boston and ins
'formed the government, but it wee to late
to use the evidence. Vtngrrs.
Sacra DsargTcn.-The name of time
medical student is Hodges. 11e belongs to
Bridgewater, and is the son of a minister. -
During the excitement and trial he hu been
In Maine, but is now in Boston. This re-
port is oo good authority,
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. -REPORT OF
HIS SAFETY.
We are indebted to Mr. John Rasdall,
fur mercb•nt in Water street, for the fol-
lowing information forwarded by tits sleet
er correspondent at St. Paul, Minnesota
'tory.
"BT. PaoL, MIn]xsOTA, March 12.
"A dog train arrived here yesterday,
from some distance Metre Lake Superior,
bringing news that an American vend had
boon seen by some of the Indians, and, bad
ant lettere saying that Sir John Franklin
wag found. The particulars 1 cannot learn.
However, they say bo is safe."
The wnter of the letter is the brother of
Mr. Randall, and we have seen the letter
containing the intelligence. Both are gen-
Usenet' of high respectability. -Ile writes
by every mail, so that we baro through hie
letters the must recent new.. Our former
advice@ from St. l'aul were to the 6th of
Mardi. The dog -train mentioned some
tea »syn ago as having arrive) at St. Pail,
wee from Selknrk settlement, which lees
quite in soother direction from Lake Supe-
rior.
It will be perceived thea the iof•trmetiun
to given as a report which reached the
writer at the moment of closing bis letter,
and he had not tune to inquire into Its truth.
A. such we give it. not feeling at liberty
to withhold any thing communicated in
good faith on so intereeneg a subject. -N•
Y, Speealor.
I.00eral*a, ttsrnttolt.- We hove been
favored with a c.py of C.I. Bruce's letter
to the Mayor of Mnntreal, to which w. ad-
verted to our lest. Itis as follows :-Pilul.
( House,
Toronto, April 2, 190.
Sie-The doverno, G I ba observed
with pleasure the .xeriIO.s which are being
made at Montreal and elsewhere to Mase
Cued• fittingly 1 at the Grand
kahiletion of the industry of all Neons,
diate importance and of much greater pram:cal
advantage to lhs present people of Canada, than
the settlement of the Reserves and Rectories
question. Still, we my, tbat as • queetioa of
principle -a minima of comment jueiice-s ques-
tion that 'tads in the way .fall melee, practical
1 . . •tion, and 611s the country with bitter, un-
hallowed contecdioga, the p t Government
are bound to settle it if it isiu th.:porter.
whrh w to he held next year i. the Gly of ' so ea *beetles is the rose of Chereb s.d.w-
gema. The fifty -roma Rectories may ales he
Leedom.
With the view of oeeoding the.' lauda-
ble sal patriotic efforts, Ha F.xc.11soey tempt to subi.pts, eel the rabbi mid, bet the
begs to tsumats, thrasg\ Your Worship, peeks melte to ye meresu.wfert d trine-
seam
rine-
asa .derbu.d, het a pretweesessf l at.
with all customs and usages relativemhere-
to, and ao l all other their civil right", in as
large, ample, and beneficial manner, a if
the said ?roclam►hoo, , • ordi-
nances, and other acts and instruments had
not been male, and se may consist with
their allegiance to his Majesty, and subjec-
tion to the crown sod parliament of Greet
Brame ; and that in all matters of contro-
versy, relative to property and civil 'rights,
resort shall be ked to the laws of Canaille
a the role for the d.e;aon of the same ;
and all causes that shall hereafter be tati-
To Aan:va.--The Steamboat Fan
rk- toted in any of the courts of justice to be
lin Moore is advertised to be in Godcrich appointed w.: die and for the said pomace,
on Saturday morning next, and wiil Inc.,aie M(sjesiy, hie Wire and successors,
on Sunday morning for Detroit, touching ,hall, with respect to such property and
at intermediate ports. rights be determined agreeable to the said
laws and customs of Canada, until they
shall to raved or altered by any ordtoarcee
that sbail, from tone to time, be peeled in
the said province by the governor, Lieuten-
ant govere01, or , io chief, for
the time being, by and with the advice and
congeal of lbs legislative couscd of the
saute, to be appointed to manner hereinafter
mentioned.
Under the same Act, the supreme power
in the Province woe veiled to the Governor
and a Commie sot exceeding twenty-three
in number, nor tinder aerenleen, to be ap-
pointed by the crown.
In 1773, en agitation wag commenced
for repre.entative institutions.
in 1775, the Innatnn of Canada by the
.Americans occurred, in which the Canadi-
ans giitted themselves most gallantly.
The first Council under the act of 1774,
(known as the Quebec Act) was held at
Quebec, early in 1777.
In 1784, the census was raked, and
mho population found to be 113,000.
The year 1795 was distinguished by the
introduction of the law of Habeas Corpus
in the Province.
in 1766, Sir Goy Carleton, elevated to
the peerage under the title of Lord Dorches-
ter redwood the to Province as Governor-
General of all the British American colo-
nies. He immediately proposed to the
Council an inquiry into the state of the
laws, commerce, education, and the police
of the Province. The Council thus early
perceived that the only practicable means
of elevating the educational intereete of
the Province was, by a union 'safe to the
Catholic as well as Protestant persuasions,
and encouraged by all enlightened and
patriotic characters, whatever the diversity
of their religious tenets." Lettere were
sent to various parties asking their views
en the subject ; but sectarian prejudices
were too strong yet for this wise measure.
To show, however, the eelTd views of •
Candies Government tl ors
century ago, we copy the ecMme which
was adopted by the Couse,l
" 1. Tbat it is .zptdlent without delay,
to erect parish or village free-sehools, in
CM] district of the province, at the deter-
mination of the Magistrates of the district,
in their Qoarter Semmes of the Pae•.
'r 5. That it is also expedient that each
district have a free school, io tee central or
county town of the district.
"8. That the merlon of the village
schools, be limited to realist, writing, ad
cypher's/.
" 4. That the ,.'laude, in the district
or mestry scbeole, extend to all the new of
Airtime,* the la.geagee, Grammar,
IlleekAgemleg. O.•giag, Navipitos, 8er-
• a end the practical breeches of lite
Msthemati.e.
"4. Than itis tweediest to erect a Mlles, -
°e tts tsstieetis., fee'skint l.g the liberal
LINCOLN ELECTION.
Notwithstanding the efforts of s few To-
ry papers to raise some sort of opposition to
Mr. Merritt's election, there will be no op-
position. The appointment of Mr. Merritt
to the department of public works was,
from the formation of lbs present govnre-
meet, always urged by Mr. Cameros. The
„arrangement is entirely satisfactory to the
"clear grits." if any onpoailion should be
got up, the "clear grits" by throwing their
weight into the scale to femme of Mr. Mer-
ritt,. would at once put an end to the con-
test. We look upon it that Mr. Merritt is
• ruing mac, and may hereafter render
good service to his couotsy. Ills address
is not just what it might have been.; but he
is well qualified for the office, and his pam-
phlet shows him to be on the right track
with respect to retrenchment. Ws have
booked Mr. Merritt for future use(ulnew in
the lite of politics, provided be
keep the track upon the question of religi-
ous equality. The freemen of Lincoln
would do well to require an explicit avows)
of his sentiments upon this subject at the
n orm nation.-Eratlti.er.
r - -- From the Globe
HISTORY
OF THE CLERGY RESERVE QUES-
TION iN UPPER CANADA.
No. If.
By the treaty of Paris of loth February
1763, Canada having permanently attached
to Great Britain, King George 111. issued
a Proclamation dated 7th Oct. 1763, estab-
lishing a settled government in the country,
under tbe title of the Province of Quebec,
and assuring the inhabitants that : " we
have given express power and direction to
our Governors of our said Colonies res-
pectively, that so soon as the state and
of the sad Colonies shell ad-
mit thereof, they shall, with tho advice and
consent of the members of our Council,
summon, and call general assemblies with-
in the send , respectively, is
epoch fra'm'er and form as is used and diree•
ted in those Colonies and provinces in
America, which are under our immediate
t ; and we have also given pow-
er to the did Governors, with the consent
of oar said Cosoetls, and the representa-
tives of 1M people, .o to be summoned as
aforesaid, to make, eoasUtute, and ordain
laws, statute' sad ordinances for the pub•
lie pease, welfare and geed of
our said Celestes," IIx.
Major-Oewnl Murray was proclaimed
Captor'-Omeral sod Goe*r.or-ia-(;hof, ie
Asgust, 1764. By his hetroetsoas he was
empowered to .o. sate a Cosset! of eight
members to maks laws or ordtesse s.
lisssediatoly after tj. oessesse, Gesersl
amendments, and having been lied before
Parliament by His Mejosty's Mini
passed through the several stages and
received the Royal Sanction. Tee Act
came into force in Canada on the 4Gth Dec.
1791.
By this Act, the province was divided in-
to two portions -Upper and Lower Cana-
da -with separate Goternments, modelled
upon the British eyatem, and a Governor in
each. The members of the Upper House
were to be appointed by the Crown, for life,
and to be not fewer than seven in Upper
Canada, nor less than fifteen in Lower Ca-
n ada, The Lower House was to consist
of no fewer than sixteen members is Upper
Canada, nor of fewer than fitly in Lower
Canada ; and to be chose° by pertly hold-
ing freeholds of the yearly value of forty
e h:lltnga sterling per annum, or renting a
dwelling -hoose at or over £I0 sterling per
annum.
Out of this Act arose the Clergy Re-
serve question, which has so long and so
severely agitated the Pruvace : and we
therefore crave particular attention to. the
follnwirii! tiaras :
XXXV. And whereas., by the above
mentioned act, passed in the fourteenth
year of the reign of this prevent Majeely, it
was declared, That the Clergy of the church
of Rome, in the province of Quebec, migbt
hold, receive, and enj .y, their accustomed
dues and rights, with reelect to such per-
sons only as should profess the said religi•
on ; provided nevertheless, that it should
be lawful for his -Majesty, his heirs or sue -
centers, to make such provision out of the
rest of the said accustoinsd dues and right.,
for the encouragement of the protestant
religion, and for the maintesanesand sip -
port of a protestant clergy withie the sad
proviocs as he or they should front time to
time think necsaary one expedieet ; and
whereas by hie Majesty's Royal. inflame -
eons. grape under his Majesty's .roy-
al alga manual on the third day of January
to the year of our Lord 1700 and seven-
ty-five, to Guy Carleton, Esquire, now
Lord Dorchester, at that time his Majesty's
captaio general and governor in chief,n and
over his Majesty's province of Qoebee, bis
Majesty was pleased, amongst other things,
to direct "That no incumbent professing
the religion of tho church of Rome, appoint-
ed to any parish io the said province should
be entitled to receive any tythes for lands
er occupied by a protestant,
but that such triton should be received by
trach persoos as the said Guy Carieton,
Esquire, his Majesty's captain general abd
governor no chief in and over his Majesty's
province of Quebec, should appoint, and
should be r ed in the hands•of bis Ma- moot of ay sseh parseasp er reetsry, and of
jeaty'• receiver general of the said province the righu, profits, ad cogs Mc:7' there.!, by
Meths support of a protestant clergy in his any seek iocsmbeot or minister, shall he "u►jet. t
Majesty's said province, to be actually reel- and liable to all rights of wtitntine, sad all
the authority aforesaid, That all and every
the rents, profits, or emolumeste, whisk
may at any time sties from such lands so
allotted and appropriated as aforesaid, *ball
be applicable solely to the maintenance and
support of • protestant clergy within the
province in which the same shaft be situated
and to 0o other use or purpose whatever.
XXXVIII. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That it shell sad
may be lawful for his Majesty, bis heirs or
successors, to authorize the goeeraar or
lieutenant governor of each of the said pro-
vinces respectively, or the person admiale-
tering the gnvernmest therein, from time
to time, grub the adores of such executive
council as shall berm been appointed 8] his
Majesty, hie heirs or sueoersors, witbis such
province, fur the affairs thereof, to consti-
tute and erect, within every townsbip ..r
parish which now is or hereafter may be
formed, one or nacre parsonage or rectory,
Of parsonages or reenters, secordieg to the
establishment of the church of England: anJ
from time to time, by a• instrument under
the great seal of such province, to eschew
every ouch pereonage or rectory with so
much of such part of the lands .o altolted
and appropriated as aforesaid, is respect of
any lauds Oahe" such township or parish,
which stall bate bees grassed subsequent
to the commencement tel this act, or of such
lead' as may have been allotted and appro-
priated for Ne same purpose, by or to vir-
tue of any instruction wb;ch may he given
by bis Majesty, in respect of goy lands
greeted by bis Majesty before the com-
(nencs of this act, as such governor, lieu-
tenant governor, or person aumtnesterieg
the grammes', 'ball with the advice of
the said executive souneil, judge to be ex-
pedient wider the then existing eueumatao-
ces of retch township or perish.
)(XXIX. Asd be it father sawed by Ilse
authority aforr.eed, That it shall bad ratty be
fawfal for his Majesty, bus Nin or weteoeun, is
authorize the goweroor, lieat now -roof, of m-
an administering the government *leash el the
said provtoces resp.ti.ely, 10 merest le every
such parsonage or rectory es toeu.best or res-
ister of the church of Elegised. who ,half he.e
been dol, erdail ed aceodiag so the rights of the
said cbareb, and to supply from time to time
such vacancies as may happen Mervin; ad that
every perste se presented to ay sash personate
or rectory "ball hold ad eojoy the nese; red all
rights, profits. and emoluments Macrae, be -
loosing or grated, as fully and amply. and u
the same manner. sad oa the sane terms sad
.00ditions. sod liable to the performance of the
came Melee, as the tneumbeat of a pareosags or
rectory to England.
XL. Provided always, and be it farther ewet-
ed by the authority •loreseid, Thai every web
presentation of as iuesmbe.t or mina.. to any
such parsonage or rectory, sod ales the espy -
dent within the same, and not otherwise,
according to such directions as the said
Goy Carleton, Esquire, his Majealy's cap-
tain general end governor in chief in and
over his Majesty's said province, should re-
ceive from his Majesty in that behalf ; and
that in like manner all growing rents and
profits of a vacant benefice should, during
such vacancy, bo reserved for and applied
to the like uses ," and whereas his Majes-
ty's pleasure has likewise been signified to
the mime effect in hie Majesty's royal in-
structions. given in like manner to Sir
Fredrick Ilsldimand, knight of the most
honorable order of the Bath, late his Mcjes-
ty's captain general and governor in chief
iia and over his Majesty's said province of
Quebec ; and also in his Majesty's royal
instructions, given in like manner to the
said right honorable Guy, lord Dorchester,
now 6i■ Majesty'' captain general and
governor in chief in and over his Majesty's
said province of Quebec, be it enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the said above
mentioned act and also the maid proiwion
so made by his Majesty in .. .
thereof, by his instructions above recited,
shall remain and continuo to be of full force
and effect to each of the said two province
of tipper and Lower Canada respectively,
or any part thereof .ball be expressly vari•
ed or repealed by any set or acts which may
be pissed by the legislative counsel and
assembly of the said provinces respectively
and assented to by hie Majesty, his heirs or
successors, under the restriction hereinafter
provided.
XXXVi. And soh bin Majesty has
beesraciously pleased, by menage to
both hoo.es of parliament, to express his
royal detiro to be enabled to make a perms
n.st;hppropriation of lands in the said pro
vieabeo for the support and maintenanse .f
a p4Qte.tant clergy within the same, in pro
portrait to such lands as have bene already
grimed wale, the sago, by his Majesty ;
and 1benss his M.j..ty has been greeious-
ly pl sed, by hie said message, further to
stgmfy hie royal detain that .ech provioto.s
may be made, with respect to all /•tore
grants of land withie the mid prottle.t,
rsepeetivel se ay beet modem' to w
d.. ad soMefeet reppert and ta(.teeeem
of a proteet•at clergy with» the Mid pe-
ewees, in properties to sash lames, as
may beep» in the moieties sed 'skive -
ties thereof ; then! r. fee the purpose Of
MOM .6bei.ally gd6UiS( hie Maj sty''
other spiritual and ecclesiastical jarisdictioa and
authority. which have been lawfully seated by
his Majesty's royal letters patent to the biebep of
Nova Scotia, or which may hereafter. by hie
Majesty's royal authority be lawfully greeted or
appointed to be admiaiotered and exacted with-
in the said proviaees. or either of then teepee-
tively, by the said bishop of Nova Seel,., er by
any other permit er peruses, seconding is ,be
laws and canons of the church of Elegised, which
are lawfully made and received in E.tlaed.
XLi. Provided always, and be it !'ether en-
acted by the authority aforeaid, Tbct the seve-
ral provisions beretnbe(ore contained. reeprueg
the allotment and sppropriatiee of leads for the
support of • protestant elergy within the said pre -
moors, sad also reepeetung the tesetit.tiag,
erecuag, and endowing persseagov of reeionee
within the said provinces, a.d also respeettsg
the presentation of iaeambente or sid.iere to
the same, sod also respecung the maser ie
which such iotembests or ministers atoll hold
and enjoy the same, shall 4..ahjerx 1a M varied
or rgesfid hpexpress prol min's jet IAM
purpose, is any a e or sae whack may
be paged hp 11. (.,,.ilio. eswsril .ad esns.Alp
of tAa said reviser reepesee 1p..net .reefed
re lry Au Msje tp, kis Acre or .ssenrrs, seder
the read—Scrims Awsiryfl.r provided.
XLII. Provided , and be it further
enacted by the authority aforesad. net whom-
ever ay wt or au shell be passed by she Mgle-
iative eoao.tl sad availably el •ithr d the said
reviseee, cosaisleg any preteen' to ery or
repeal the above melted 4.41 mesa sad amyl -
aloes eeaaiaed i. We mid set pegged is the
foarteesth year of the reign of het pe.seat Ma-
jesty; or to vary or repeal the above riveted pre-
vision eeoaieed Is his Majesty's royal iaerrse-
times, given o■ the •bird day!( Joinery, is the
yew of our Lord 055 thoumedasv.. hsodsed wed
every -five, to the seed G Carkies, Eng ,
sew Lord Dorchester; er to Very .r repeal t►e
provision. herein( 1 fee seet..os`
the force end effect .f the said ».'lest,'' and
provisies.t ort. vary r repeal ay d the estaral
provide.s herei.bsfore eseaiw.d r.sp,st the
stlotweet end appesprruss d,Mwiiii fr the w►
port of a Prasruat elorp wit►• Me said p'F
vi.ere; of r.Wsetieg the essodtstisg. emeetrmpp
or endewi.g pare.eages or rectories 'thin tis
said provlaeer et rsepectiag the ladesMisewabs.a r mieirers to the ems: rtage.t-
ise the meow i. *Web .eek Iseosbeela or
rmelee» dell held sed osja, die NNW sed aloe
that *Sewn, any stn or sets shill be os
ieeteldsg soy ,rviahwe whish shag is tM
maw relate s w semi the abl.yeeeet er ew-
e* of ear e.Ygisees Amts e amide of w'''hip, et
.hell impose to —es step pekoe, beithess.
dtuabilloss, w wg..ibatiees. t• lemma
same;
same;pee
e; in alien is say tsm.ser mime t �ec•"e fv
abr. memetty, er
the st arms» deem gi.Yts ens-