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Huron Signal, 1850-05-02, Page 1t • la 611111•61111111• P ottto. THE OLD 'MAN THINKING. Of what is As old man Misting, A.be leaps ea his ;takes staff? From the haay•day pastime shrinking, H. shares sot tae merry laugh ; iet lib wars .1 the old moo sow. Asa leeks at the young and gay— Aad his gray hoed movingelow, Keeps time to the air they ploy , The elders around him are drinking. Bet sot one sup will he quaff— Oh, of what is the old man thinking, As hs leas on his Dake• .taff 1 'Ti.aet with a vele repining That the old map sheds a test, T. set for his.treogtb dreliaing— He sighs sot to lister here, There's a spell to the air they play, And the old mase eyes aro elm, For it calls op a past May -day, Aod the deo friends leu to him. From libe seeds before him shrinking, From ib. daaee sad the merry loath Of their calm tepees h• i. thiehieg, Aa he Ints on his oaken .tag. AGRICULTURE. CULTURE OF BEANS. Menu. Eorcoas,—Will you plena. to answer me the following gieatt ,n ? s The beet kind of bans for field culture on ao Px- tuesfv. scale ? The meaner of cutlets, commencing with the time of planting 1— Tbe best manner of harvesting, drying and marketing 1 The place of warketiag a crop, of one, two, or three burelrod bush- els ? I would also wish to know the probable number of bushels per acre—the ordinary price—also, the earliest time they may be taken from the ground: reference being had, throughout, to the fall sowing of the bean ground to wheat. Are they best planted, in hills or rows 1 W. S. C deign., N. Y., Feb., 186t1. The best field beam to plant, if reference be bad to a market, is the small white, as it sells the most *eddy, and Image the high- est price. The general mode of planting is in drills or hills; usually the latter. When planted in hills, there should be about six planta io a hill, and the hills about two feet apart. ledge Beet states that the largest crop he ever raised (48 bushels to the acre,) was in rows. The bean is pvrtial to a quick, dry sal. It ie • very tender plant and will not bear the slightest frost. It is therefore unsafe to plant them until frost is no longer to be apprehended. Thirty bush- el. to the acre would be a good crop, thosgh nm'eh larger crops hes. been raised, and much smaller might be very easily. When the beans are fully formed. and! there is danger of frost, pull and throw them into heaps, in which condition the frost ecarccly affects them. if the ground is not wanted for other uses., they may stood till the latest pods assume a yellow colour. They are Pulled with ease when the plant is mature, as the fibres of the root are by that tine dead. This is more gniek- ly accomplished with an iron hookrake, or if the •talks are partially green. they can be mown, or cut with a sickle.' if the vines are not dry, let then remain for a while in small heaps, and afterwards collect' is lirgs piles, around stakes set at conve nieot distances, with the roots in the cen- tre sad secured at the top by a wisp of straw. V. ben well dried. thrash, clean and spread them, till they are quite free from dampness. The pore of beans ranges from erg to twelve shilling a babel. Kw) shillings is sow the price in Over market. They goo eraNy fiat) a great ale. The time a crop eoold be got off must -depend much on the season. The long garden white bean, and theCbi.a bean with a red eye, ripen earlier One most others, and aro very piodoetiv.. —Genesee Fernier. FLORAL EiaiLLIMMRNT, rOR FARM Homo.—i would have the window of our farm houses adorned with flower., not In rusty tin pleasures, and old black, glazed, tootles teapot., and glass bottles with (5.1, natio' broke off, but in whole and handsome dower pots or neatly painted wooden bora, for they rally cost little or .Ih+4• i would have the door yard filled With dew.rt and shrubbery, and the road- side hoed wit% tree.; here *clump and there a sisdts its., mingling, the varieties as na- ture mingles duet. Onto WBRAT CROP.—Farmers from upbeat growing e000tl.. ars in great ilea at t1N proupbet of an old-fashioned crop of *beat. it never looked better, ray ty. Fee twit years the crop iam ken s fail 0, and the farmers were getting discouraged — TMy IMI quit. Ore of a treat yield — (Tsh. lnfaladealet. Utieee Disarm .—A 1 of the Near Ihiglarrtl P•noir Mays that I. waiking *Ne (ltd tl'oubdd sy the Duke of Portland, is the wart .f $e.tlatl, is war 1sd le Mme tie anemone of a heves drum, _111 •— 1.. .. " THC GREATEST POSSIBLE 0000 TO ii aagoirei T P()tdlgULB II�l1�R. GODERICH, COUNTY OF HURON;- '(C. W.) IIIMISDAY, MAY Q, 1850. constructed 31 years previously. Tbe wood of the brush was found to' he is ar undecayed conditiote and the drain acted as efficiently as newly-oonatrue tad tile dramas around it. This appear• the more probable, when it is remembered that the brush is almost perfectly excluded from the external atr, and must so on clayey ground. CORK FOR Gitano•—Mr. W. Bradelev of Spriogfeld, to this country, isfurme us that 'tolerates bound upon those troubleeotne 'visitors for a few weeks, with occasional changes, will effectually cure them. Ile has given it • fur trial, •nd wmild recon- . mend it as an infallible remedy to those • f1 ctrl.—.Madison .1rg. " When we understand bettor the unpnr. tanco of contaminating Libor instead of scattering It ; when we shall come to esti- titnate duly the superior profit of 'a little farm well tilled,' over a great farm ball eule tivatod and half maimed, overrun with weedi and scourged with exhausting crepe, shall then fill our barna, and double the winter food for our cattle and cheep by tho products ofoor waste lands." Tar Law us. TDB ROAD.—For the last two or three days, Justice Colburn has Lees engaged so to trial of a number of suits brought by the Utica and Whitestown Plank Road Company 'Taipei. certain per- sonas, who durst tie winter had left the road end driven on the canal, then shunning the toll -gates. In cne of the suite two tri- als were had before a jury, the last of which resulted in a verdant in favor of the compa- ay, there showing that juries are net always death un corporations.—Vtico Oiserrer. THE LION H1�I.e(1'ED—STRANGE. Tbe Lieu of Alrita, u they ream ■1 large, and rove fee their prey amongst their native (carat., w ereerb in the deep glens .1 noon -day, are karts? to eat -tinter. " Thou hinnies! me like • fierce lion," said Jacob, ages gone by: hot that passage, finds a striking illustration in the fullowiog (earful story, which is related la " Muf.t's Screen in Southern Africa" A moa belonging to Mr. Sehmelea's cave - ration at Bethany. reurning homeward from • visit to his (vends, took s cirenitona eouree io order to peso • pond, where he hoped to kill as antelope to carry h6me to his family. The an ha I risco to cern. height by the time he ruched the spot, and, seeing no game, laid hie gun down eo a shelving low tock—the back of which wee covered by a species of dwarf thorn babes. He wont to drink the water, took a hearty draught, and, being • little tired, fell asleep: lo • abort time, the heat reflected from th t rock, awoke him, •nd opening his ever, he saw a large lion croocbing before trim, with his eyes theist is hie face, and within • little more than • yard of his feet. He wt mnntiontees some mioates until he reeoveree his presence of iniad; then eyeing his gun, moved his hand 'lowly to- ward is the lion peeing hint• raised his head and gave • tremendous roar. He made •mother at- tempt, bot' the gun being far beyond his reach, he gave it up. as the lion seemed well aware u( his object, and was enraged whenever be at- tempted to move hie hand. Ills situation now beeome painful in the extreme; the rock on wh:cb he at became so hot, that he could scarcely bear his naked feet to touch it, and kept moving them alternately one above the other. The day passed. aid the night also, but the lien never moved (ram lib. spot. Tbe son repo agtr'in,not its intense hest woo rendered his fret past feeling. At noon, the lion rose and walked to the water only •Jew yardsdetanl, sod looking behind hint .a he went, lest the man should move, sad, seeing him stretch out bighead to take the gem, tarred to a rage, and was oe the point of springing upon him. The animal went to the wa• ter. drank, and returning, lay down again at the edge of the rock. Another nigh: passed. The men,in describing it, aid he knew not whether he slept, but if he did, It mu.t have been with big eyes open, for he always saw the lino •t his ...rt. Next day in the foresees. the anima! wont scale to water, end whilst there be listened to name noise, appnreetly from so orpoaire quarter, and disappeared in the bushes. The man merle • eotber effo a -.od seized his gena but 00 Intempt• tag to rise he fell, his settles being without power. With hu gun in his haul he crept to- wards the water and drank. but Inokisg at his feet, he sow, se he erprrwed it, his " tees roost. ed." and the skin tore off with the grim. Thera be sat for *few moments, expeetinp the lion's return, when be wa resolved to send the contents of the gas thio' hie bead; bat es he did sot appear, the poor man tyisg hu sons to his hack, made the best of his way, on Ma heeds • ed knees to the nearest path. hoping corns solitary individual migRi pais. Ile coeld go no farther, when happily a person came up, who took him to s place of safety, from whence he obtained help. thought'. lost his toes, a•d was' • enppls foe Iib." FALSE P1ti DI1, A BANE OP SOCIETY. A young lady of high accomplishments (and no pride, in lie absence of the aeriset stepped to the door on the ringing which anneueced a visit from one of her admirers. Oe out.,isg, the Mau, glanetwg at the harp and piano which stood In the apertmwnt, exclaimed. ^ irth.wglt f heard meek ! oe which instrument were yen peaiormtag, Miss 1 " (he thus grM,rne, ser, *Mb an aeeompenum.ot of the f(ytng pant r replied shit ; " oty mother is without help and abs says that 1 most leers to finger theu • unetrulu.ate trooper ori later, and I hasp this Jay commenced taking a course of 1111111'. a0011. The present system of domestic educa- tion has las of coma's setae In it than any other arrasgemeot In stave' life. The false ilea that it a ueg.etesl to lobos especially fur a lady—snore especially for R city lady—but more especially for a steal- thy wrung city lady --prevents thousands from taking that kind and amount of bodily exercise on which sound health and firm constitution so much depend. Those olio are brought up td work to the country, and go t o the city and snake a fortune, indulge the false prile of training their children to despise tuber, which was the birthright of their parents, and make it a point to decry bonnet toil, to wh:cb they were themselves reared, and to which all their relatives ate 'still devoted. This is mushroom aristocra- cy, and the most contemptible of alyr Young men will willingly become clergy, and roll and lift boxes, and .o long as they are clerks and in a mercantile house, and can wear a standing dicky, they despise an apprentice to a but -loess perhapa for less laborious and far less humdsating and sub• servient—all because they iso menuaataor intend to be. The successful merchant is a laborious man but .0 lung as his efforts are not re- garded as labor, it does not wound his pride. .Ile toils for thirty years as vlgo- rou.ly..ills le Mechanic, but not exactly understanding that his work is really labor, be feels that he has j int as good a right to despise it ss does tbe man who is burn too foetus° ; and he teacbabes wife arid daugb- ter to despise every useful occupation and goes to his store duly. to sweat and toil for gold, not dcubting the respectability of -his efforts,, bowe*er onerous, so long as the world does not braid it with the disgraceful name of labor. For such moo—for any man to despise the ennobling and God one dined institution of honest toil and hon- est sweat for an honest subsistence, is making war OR the natural institutions and best interests -of society, and treading. u criligilously and contemptuously on the ashes of hie father or his grandfather who tilled the soil. Young men ! you are fog• tering'. (alae pride which will ultimately rankle at the core of your happiness and make you slaves indeed. Off with your costs, and in tbe name of reason and l.berty rush with manly strength into architecture, aericulttire, or the manufacture of works of utility, and leave the measuring of tape to those whose souls are as "abort as tho yardstick and narrow as the tape." Be men !crams to. crowd in to clerkship, and starve yo it was through life in the vain bope of being the fortunate one who shall become rt,"h out of the five thousand who P t.all remain poor. Lattice, if you would be Worthy of your age of the genius of a noble country, and of an exalted civilization, set us an example of wisdom by employing your time on something useful to the world. Are you rich 7 thank God, then, that you may have your time at your coma mad to bless and benefit your less forte• nate sisters of want, and their helpless off- spring. You can thus become angels of mercy, a:mooere of good, and merit the benedictions of God's poor *tele you live, e nd their tears w ben you due. It ii a ahs - grace to cit zens ora country to foster ideas of caste, op; cr circles, lower cleaver, etc., as constituted merely by wealth. it is a distinction dictated by perverted Acquisi- tiveness and Approbativeaeee. Intollertuol and moral aristocracy is less intolerable than that based on wealth and its adjuncts, •nd is the only admissible feature of the I very questionable feeling in a land of free- . dom. We m ght as well cares, a jeweled swine, as to honor and embrace a hasruilr.- fled and vicious millionaire, et wealth makes vice and ignorance respected by those whose god ie gold. Thio is an age of Acquisitivene.., an age in vehicle the golden idea is paramount : God great that its reign may be short, and that another, and higher, and holier faculty may "take its of ce."—Fouler• Phrenological Jour- nal. • 'ambled to serer the rope below his ankle, and aseeaded to the se.fsoe totally exhaus- ted. The depth to whreh he descended mum lire been from fifteen to twenty t■thmou. frnm the time he took to bring hvns.•!(to the ander. again. 11e found hie ankle rut to the horse and oth.Tomo revere 'y in aided. Probably an accident like we 1 rMp bete minced has never occurred before in wbic'r the ;sufferer bis ever Cecaped with life, and, had not Captain .1ndrema heppil), retaliated his hold of the hoofs, he m et car tamely would bore perotwii.—l'eylun :puna. MIRAct1LOU. Eacarr.—It has been said that reality frequently exceeds romance, and nothing can better exemplyty the aaiom than a notice of the prorudential and almost . miraculous escape which Captain G. W. Andrews, of the Caroline, whaler, which ship touched hare on Saturday, has lately experienced. Captain Andrews, in this in• stance, whilst in pursuit of a whale. A tew days since, took the place of the harpooner at ghe bows of the boat. On closing with tbd whale he struck home, and the monster new immediately downwards like lightning, but by some means the bight of the rope caught the ankle of Capsein Andrews, and whirled him overboard. IN sensations at this moment mey be imagined, but cannot he described. D..eeading rapidly into the depths below, he had yet sufficient pre- sence of mind to retain his bold of e kai(. ; but the pressure of the water .1.s so great that both his arms were drawn over his bead, and he found it impoaible to got there down, to release himself. Hap- pily the whale, Gent some cause or other cussed te rug and Captain Andrews was OTTAWA TRAVEL. The arrangements elk the OI t sees for the doming season, are ebont completed, and the public will have the pleasure of travel ling wrhgreat increased speed and comfort on this route. A law and eplundiJ veeael, " Ludy Simpson' will run between La• chine aniCarrillon. She will he command by Capra n Shephard, who ha been lune amt favourably known Ile Captain of lila Oldfirld, and winch name is a atU civet emirautee that the '• I-'rdp Niwpse.' will be kept in "crack" aol'•r. Frowi to Grenville the road 1- much rtupruveJ.— The new Boat, the '• Plsrair." cumniandc•! by Capt. Pattrrsot, sill be plered betwerr Grenville and By -tows, and on that vessel, as well as on the" Lindy SMsp.oa," travel- lers will find everything to be dr.trcd ■4 re specke elegance, comfort, and goad order. and • most obliging commander. The pas sage from Montreal to Bytuwn, tied a ice versa, will occupy leas time than was requi- site heretofore. It is contemplated to make arrangements . with the St. Lawrenee Boats that wall al- Inw Quebec passengers to embark Inc that place on their a►nval io Jlloatroal, tied time enable them is reach ,Quebec io twen- ty-four hours after leaving Bytow.. Above Bytuwn, the facilities for safe, speedy rod comfortable travelling, are very favourable. A good Macadamised Road from Byrawn to Aylmer is now in peogress - of cnnw ,coon, and will 0.00 a enenple- - led. b',„een Aylmer and the Chat ts. the - Irun :..►3e.,cr Finernld will ply as mut .— Thie vase! has only been in use during the past three seasons, and this year is fitted up to superb style. The Emerald will be eommanded by Captain Comings, who is well known and dererodly popular. 'The' Railroad at the Chaste, bethnte 1lte lower - and upper landings, it in good order, and will render the transit of goods and pas- sengers arsengers eafe and speedy. Tbe Steamer Oregon will ply between the Chatty and Ports;.e du Fert. Tho Oregon is an iron vessel, only three ecasone in use, and a pret- tier v_eesel, or a mors perfect model does not sail on American waters. She is com- manded by Capt. Looney, who, for urbanity and attention to his paasengore, and keep- ing his vessel in first rate order, is eurpasa- r,J by Alone. The Ottawa River is now furnished with a elaws of vessels—and facilities otherwise —foratTordinn excetlent mccoumodation to travellers. There is, perhaps, oar rivet on this conteneot possessing so great variety of scenery, and so many attractions 10 the traveller whose object is either pleasure or science. Tire scenery is strikingly peculi- ar in many respects,. tVith its own roman- tic wildness, it combines beauty equal to that of the Hodson, and a majestic gran- deur equalled only by the St. Lawrence.— It rites among granite ridges, and to course panes over several very intere.tiog geolo- gical formations. Perhaps the most inter - eating section re that in the vicinity of By- tne-n, where the members of the Silurian systems—unnsuslly rich in fossil.—approach their northern outcrop. For a summer excureion the Ottawa oboes many induce - meets. • We would add to the above, that it qs expected that passengers will bo conveyed thrnngh beticcen Itytown and Montreal in twelve hours, and it is contemplated to re- duce tae faros. Rates, kc., to be given neat week.—Packet. THE ASSESSMENT BILL. The Patriot announces that it is" well known in commercial circles" that Mr. Hincks is oe- mimed with the Ae.rsament bill. We believe i1 has been tolerably well known in all circles throeghout the Province, that the measure refer- red to would he eabreitted to Parliament daring the apprnechir`g session. But we leers from the Patriot that ni bitter elperieare" has io4seed Mr. Malts to consult some infloeotial oppo- anta of the bill of last revision. We should Ae glad to lean from oar eotemporary when Mr. Harks or any other member of the present Gov - element has refused to listen to the repre.est•- tioas of ay parties, either among their friends or oppoaeeta, whose pinions were entitled 10 consideration. it is usual is England for p•rtin who feel asp interval io meaner.. known to he ander the con.,d.ratioo of the Government, to seek impairment,' of nuking known their views, —and if they hive hitherto 'neglected to do so hire, the fsolt reefs with Ihemselveoaadsot with any member of the Government. We are glad to kern that some persona of in- fluence ie the city, acl.diog the .Mayor, the President and Vice President of the Board of Trade, and ethers, have had interviews with the Inspector General, on the subject of the Bull• -be• cause metal expleoatwae au cake sled In re- move obse.tinos which may have existed with both parties. We are glad to frad that the la- epeelor General intends to adopt the priariple e( rental u the baste of the asrrsamtou 10 °nine am/ ueerporated tow.,. There will, however. be mem imputes( •Ileroiioas to the old system of •meosmeet, which ere likely to meet general appeeb•twa. Wi h mord to pereeaal ogee fs, lib. laapeetnr G.aI adheres, we believe, in the pnseipte of a.s..w abet dower wee .(poverty. •liboegh bt mops... • digereet med. of Ieryag the i.•, *Met of taw ahnteih.r aeeps5N te th• .,,.asap of in. pi.e.pie. ie. at all ave. est eo•eldessd the loom anstiaae suede s( b►•Irbat whit► bas yet bore estpessi. At to "Ms us., we bear rase the •' stub" se maeb ebpat- .d le by to Pena.t well farm port sl the sabemr. +�Yw.-.,...rYeJlNte...JIYYrtY^.�.K .yr: • Deairiog as we do, fair diecoruoo a this Unite, - tut measure, la which the whole public are deeply interested, we wo.ld fain tetra from the /atria what other m>de of checking had he would propose. The Patriot at•yrofs strongly to anything in the nature of an "isgsied/Arial 'weeding." We hire oa many oeeseton. point • ed nut that the Aseeament Bif1 ,nrruloced by the reserver Genera contemplated nothing of th:e kin I. tt is one of the blunder. into which die nfpnnenfs of the .A.arssmeut Rill have always (silen, to antuine that it was of an inquisitorial diameter. 1„•t the Pc'riot meet the question 'bitty. Is he in favor of plveiug the entire taxa- tion on r•al property ! If en, we;•tlo iaae with him, and weir., writ ee•i-'mrd that public npint.'n is decidedly in favor 401,v -rising pereonal proper- ty. And if all pr••perti, incladiog personal pro- perty, be a lmirted, it mat -t, we think, be obvi• nus that the oath, so much objected to by the Patriot, ie the least vexatious mode of senting diapotee. 11 the Aases'oes over-estimate real property, there is an appeal to the Corporation, or • Committee thereof, ageism' their deei.iee, wh•n e•iae•,ee ower be produced, •nd the 'else iocoi.,t ore to ms., its. How would this operate regerlrnc penonel property ! In care of appeal from the decision of the A•arsser, the Corper•- tiM would have le iortitute that by •' Inquisi- to,:al pr.eeedine." .o morn objected to by the Pat•id Thi. It le prupoeed to avoid, by allow- ing the party complaining to make oath to the amount at which be ought to be.asesse,l. The object of allowing the party to make oath, is to avoid the necessity of instituting •o enquiry which would he iogmaieurial; and we nowt con - less wtcon- less that we do not DR ;low it is porerbie to din pease with libs oath,snd at the same tune with all enquiry mats the state of a man's affair,, while the pelsoual property tax is retaieeJ.— Perhaps the Patriot can enlighten as: Sure we are, that the Iospeetor-Groenl would be only too happy to receive any kms from our Cooler!). perste, either now or when the bill is under dis- cussion; but, like other opponents of the mea- sure, the Patriot contents himself with finding fault with every proposition that is made, with- out nggesting anything better. —Gine. - From the Pilot, MORE. SECTARIANISM. The Trustees of QueenrCollege,Einge- ton, have published t statement, eiplana.- tory of their view's arid intentions in regard to that Institution. They design to carp it on as • separate University, instead of reptoviug to Toronto, where the students might pursue their classical and scientific studies in the Uoiveraity of that city, the Theological Department beiog •rill con - trotted by their own Professors, and accord- ing to their own arrsogement.. Neither we nor the public at large have any right to interfere in this matter. The Legislature hat cetablished a University at Toronto, fur the benefit of Canada West. It would do well, we think, if it were to establish another at Mootreal, for the bene- fit of Canada East. M'GIII College, re- formed and revived, might be the nucleus of such ao Instetuuon. These two Uniceret- ties would suffice for Canada, for many yearn to come. 1f. however, in addition, certain of the Episcopalians, the Presbyte- rians, or any other rebgeode communities, disapproving of the liberal principles embo- died in the late Uoiresity Act, prefer to provide the means of Collegiate educatiorr for themselves, on dcnominatiooal grounds, and al their own costs and charges, the de- terminstiori may be regretted, but the par- ties may do as they please with their money, and it would be worse than useless to load them with censure. But if these persona, in justifying their proceed:ngs, Tenon •to min -representation and calumny, they must be exposed. it to nut a pleasant task, yet lit must be under- taken, whenever ncccaary, without fear or favour. Bishops and presbyters should be particularly careful to " keep their tongues from evil -speaking," and their pens should alwace indite truth. in the elaborate document published by the Trustees of Queen's College. we find the following aeertion:—" Not only is the teaching of Theology prohibited in the Uni- versity of Toronto, but all forme of Divine %%hirable, all' public prayer, everything that can remind either prufeasore or student. of God and the duties we owe him,—of our re- sponsibility and obtigatons,—is rigidly and peremptorily excluded." And Agaln:—" Every vestige of religion i, pro-crihed, and is studiously and purpose. ly rejected." We wish to treat with due respect the gentlemen who have issued this .,manifesto; but we cannel refrain from ex pressing our astonishment at their temerity --and we roust tell them plainly, that the allegations they have seen fit to promulgate are rtterly ww-forndrd. We dare them to tine proof. Let them point out, if they can. any clause a the Act which "procnbes" religion and erclodes "everything that can remind either profer.ors a students of God, and the dnties we owe to him." 1f they enbstanliate their charge, the 17niversity will be condemned before the world. if they fail to do Po, the world will regard them se false account. The Trustees add:—"And le no test whatever le required of the profepsnra, not eves a belief in the existseee of God. there is oohing so the act tie prevent infidels, ¢ ,.,,,,,.-.,T..r-•a e.. u�;,}w� •` O -,.:r .tee... -..,a_......._: , .,eimehthhh TWELVE AND 81X PENCE AT Tmp SRO of Teti Tian. NUMBER XIII. Climate, air parsons bolding the must dan- gerous and pernicious principles, from be- teg intrusted with the instruction of youth at the time of IUs when evil impressions are most likely to be stale os War nmaJs."— What " test," we ask, will provost such persona from gaining alinetanc. to a public institution? Do not these Trustees know that tests aro traps for tender conseieoces T Do they nut know, that a man mayewalluw tho thirty nine articles., the Assembly's Catechism, and all the decrees, canons, ,nl , creeds of the Councils to bout, and yet held moat dangerous and pernicious princi- ples !" is it to be supposed that the Gov- ernors of a Provincial University will ap- point any man to office whose character will not bear inspection T' I. 001 a good reputation far preferable to aaemed cor- rectness of theological sentiments! May sot a test exclude a man of good principles and let in a man of no principlee at all t "Tbe Church of Scotland." say. the Trustees, '• has always held that education, Irons its lowest to its bigbest stage, ought to be founded on religion." By religion, in this connection, is meant Presbyterian- tem—and' a, Presbyterian population will naturally ask for a Presbyterian University. For en Episcopalian popelauon, an Epieeo- palien University is proper—and so of the rest. But, our population is neither Epi.- eel/alien nor Presbyterian; it i. • mixture of all sects; and, therefore, the University of Toronto is founded os the same ptanci- plea as the Queen's Colleges in Ireland, where a similar state of population: exists• We might interest to some of the objectors in this Colony that they give sorry proof of their boasted loyalty when they vilify ao institution, the peculiar features of which, as embodied in the Irish establishments, base already received the royal approbation. It is pleasing to observe the growing zeal for education manifested in every inn of this Colony, and by all cl . Let us hope that no narrow, bigoted views, or paltry jealousies, will check its progress.— Conecientious scruples are doueitless to be rtllapeeted; but sorely it is not unreasonable to ask of thou who decline to avail them- e selves of the public provision, that :hey will abstain from misrepresentation and abuse. if they will not receive the proffered bene- fit, let there' at least refrain from prevent, tog its enjoyment by others. Eta C. NAPIER Atvo Tare INDIAN ARMY.-.. The Bombay papers publish the following order of Sir C. Napier " Head -Quarters, Camp, Lahore, Dec. 19, 1849. S " At the late review of the troops on the plain of Meese Meer, the (Wowing egregi- ous deficiencies were evident to all :— " 1. That some commanders of regiments were unable to bring their regiments pro- perly into the general line. "1. One commanding -officer of a regi- ment attempted to wheel his whole regi- ment as he would a company ! " 3. Several officers commanding compa- nies were seen.disordering their companies by attempting to dress them from the wrong flank. " 4. When the line was ordered to be formed on the left column, some comman- ders deployed too soon and ordered their Gee (thus improperly formed) to 'double quick; is order to regain their position ! This was all bad ; but it was worse to see the regiment'', on receiving the word to 'double quick,' at once charge with loud shoots— no such order to charge having been given by any one nor the word ' prepare to charge ; nor did anything occur to give a pretext for rich a disgraceful scene, exhibi- ting both want of drill and want of disci- pline ! " 5. Bad as (his was it was not the worst. When these regiments chose to • charge,' the Commander -in -Chief, to his astonishment, beheld the men discharging their tirelocks straight up in the air, and he saw Pomo men of the rear rank actually firing Off their muskets to Use rear over their shoulder, es their bearers (he will not call them solder.) were running to the front I He feels rsured that no such scene could have occured in any other regiments in the army : if ever ouch again happens, be will expose the commanding -officer of any regi- ment that so•dfsgraces itself, in public or - dere, to the whole Indian army. In the Conroe of his service he never before wit. nosed such • scene. Nn enrnander eeeld qn into action weth a regiment eatable of ouch conduct, without reeling certain that rt would hehace ill ! Tho Commader-ia- Chief vi 11, therelure, hoed commanding-odi- rern responsible (for they elms are to blame) that any soldier who sbnut.crchar- ges, or fires, without orders, b. inat.etly Peened, tried at once by a drum -head (atria martial, and the Pretence executed on the spot. Courts-martial which try such dee. g.rous offenders will, t►. Commander -is - Chief has no doubt, uphold military disci- pline and military honour against outra- geous and criminal disorder. This ening may lie deemed seven--tbe Commasdsm.