HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1850-05-16, Page 2thou darts to the contrary. lift was also CLERGY RZBERYER k RECTORIEB, that the Truism may he Iset,s-le wbic► ease
aoatoua, to accepting the sttoatton of Chief -GRRAT PUBLIC MEETING IN TO- all chalices for preferment and a seat se
Parliament, will be •acrfaced. Mr- Gowan
has, however, been an admirer and prate..+
of eapafwcy all hie days, and we mint
admit that be success heretn(ore ha• bees
quite cgoal to hie deserts.-N.saaat.. 3p•r -
tolur.
tirKrt whomision
Cummtsswser, to fu,wsrd • plan fur term- *ONTO
mg a sialgier heed from the tulle, which
should M .printed to the dreamers N Oe Wednesday night, the gab instant, •
the Public NM. H. had mea this dose groat public meeuse o1 these fa►orsb'o to
u New York State, and theirs wee • good devoting the Clergy Reserve property to the
f&aweial .velem. Then the received so genial moveless of the Promote, end the
revenue bat from the tolls, ted small direct abolttloo of Ib. Rectories, took place to
lax, which hese ■ mere bagatelle, lied ant Knox'. Church a this city. The Hon.
more than 10e. lo miry man. They bad Adam Ferguson ID ibe chair. The atm.
expsod.d $.30,100,000 In Public Works, dame was large end respectable. An
.enc' Id17, without a single cent of cue amending -tit was offered by the Hon. Mr.
toms' duties, and had set an ezarnpl. wor Cameron, seconded by Dr. Burma, to one
thy 10 be followed. In 1666, by the eek- of the resolutions, but wasmveatually witb-
ing fund, the whole of that debt would be drawn, os the supporters of the original
paid, and the. people bo scarcely Iced at all. resolution, yielding, is 'Oratorio., all that
It win the they of government to provide was cont.lit.d fur by the gentlemen who
for ohs future, sal with aoeh a rival as supported the amendment.
New York, the ('anaJt,u oug'.t to be aro At • meeting nI the Committee of the
ih. apart. 11. wou'd propose to alis Gov- assoetauun on Monday it was resolved
ernment to set apart • eerlarn •am where- unantmouely that the Ikon. Malcolm
ti ub to ply for repairs, and then devote roe .h• old move • resolution, ezpreeaiog
the remainder of the prucn.Je to the pay- the openpin that the Mteistry ought to
ment of the principal. fie would borrow make the Clergy Resery gnestiun • ('sat
tnoucy tai finish the ca .ala, and pay it from net measures and give it all the weight of
their surplus proceed.. This might see their influence and position.
rolled a •theme, but he had a plan, by whteh Although this determination was un•nt-
Iha whole debt coulJ be •n pai t by 1866. enoudy come to by the Committee, it is
the Immo period as that filed for ibe pay- proper to alato that two members of ass
ment of the Now York State debt. Ile committee were npp .sad to this course. but
hal another measure r'specti.•g the depnIm! they went •way bsiore the voW wesish's.
of the public (antis, by which the capital On Wednesday, however, Mr. G. Brown
derived from them could be profitably in- of the Globe, and nee or two others who
vee:ed. Ile would dispose • 1 the whole of have signalized themselves by personal hea-
ths public lands, and the funds derived tilily to Mr, Cameron. eat to work to pre.
Irons these sales should be loaned to Rail• vent has taking any part in the, meetieg.-
roed Compaics, sod the'ini.reet pail for We believe the Trustee. of knee's church
*8. um of the capful could be deioled In were .pied w assist in the exclusiiso, by
erhnel purposes. Ifs was nil favorable to • threat to shut the door against the m•'et
t .ling these roads under envernmenl ng ti Mr. Cemoron should move the moo -
monovalent, but wield have a guarantee Iviion and like part in it. The trustees re-
in the ',Ads themselves for the re payment fused to respond to ihis extraordinary •ppli
of the l-,on•'d minor. This plan was talion ; but it was, finally determined that
e. opleJ in New York State. and found t' Mr. Cameron should not move the resolu•
answer we•l. He hal .nmettong to try on tine. It was well understood however that
Customs. Ile thought that Canada could he would mop the substance of the resolu
capense with them altogether. There 11'° as an amendment.
were here no army anJ navy to maintain, Owing to the exclusion of Mr. Cameron,
but only the government d .ttea performed Dr. Borne, Mr. Leealis, of the Ezananer,
in the single States of the .American Union. and Mr. Brett, who were to have severally
There the Ci.itome went to pay for 11ez,- spoken to resolutions, refused to go on the
ran wars, arid sin oo, but hero England kind pl.ifoiin, a thereby they might appear to
ly .mourned all such •x:tenses, and there have rendered thlam.elves parties to the un -
was no necessity to levy heavy tales to ;onerous end Vindictive exclusion. Profes-
I'ani.h trade from the co-.niry. Ile would, mor Ifurlburt, whose views were also in
however, retain some eustorne' doom, fora faeor of the amendment, differed from the
short time. to pay the interest upon the other gentlemen ae to the proper course to
Provincial Debt. As annexation was some- take, and went on the platform to..ond a
what mixed up with this question of Cul resolution, in doing which he •xpr d
toms he would make • few remarks re- himself strongly in favour of the view. of
. pecttng it. Ile regarded Annexquon me a Mr: Cameron, Dr. Euros, and ilio other
o question to be gravely conetlered-not to supporters of ibe amendment, conteodtog
be treated with ridicule as mine newspapers that the ministry were bound to use their
had done. Men would-dewok round, rind influence as a ministry, by endeavoring to
thuik for themselves. and they had • right settle this great question by making it a
to fairly and fully argue the question. Ile cabinet measure.
• did not thick that if Canada was annexed to Mr. Cameron moved his amendment
the Veiled Stales, it would receive soy amidst the most unanimous applause of the
benefit whatever. it would have to a- we.tiog, Dr. Burns followed in a most
sums a heavy federal tax, and to levy duties powerful speech. Mr. Lamella showed
on all goods but American. Free trade from a speech delivered by Mr. Baldwin
would certainly be secured on this cools- that thnl bon. gentlemen had expressed
neat, but it would be lost with ell the rest himself strongly in favour of making this
of the world. Ile was convtncrd, however, very question • cabinet measure. Ttie ex -
that the only thing to stop annexation, Wes etusionists were fairly non -plumed. Mr.
to remove the high Customs duties which Lillie attempted a reply, in the course of
teed to drive men into seeking and desiring which, to show that the amendment was
it. Ile had pointed this out in 1836, before superfluous, he referred to the fact the con -
the question of aunetat:on was mooted by stitut on gave the committee of amoctation
the people. It was not the interest of the power to make precisely such repreaen-
t'anada to be •nnexod. By remaining at. cations to the executive government as the
taehed to Great Britain she would not have ameudment contewplat•i . Mr. Cauieroo
to lire under Protection, but bo enabled to toot thisquasi-overtureio a most generous
(tet e'verytbing at the cheapest rate, and epirh, declaring that is the Commitee would
sell everything for the highest. All that give an assurance that they would repre-
the country wanted was patience, so as to sent to the executive government as the
n et with jolgment, and discrimination, not opinion of thi■ meeting, that the Clergy
expecting •Il %hinge at once, but under- Reserves and Itectory questions ought to
standing the means by which they were to be wade cabinet measure., he would with -
he brought about. All would then be natio- draw hie resolution. After .onus little du-
lled, sed the peoble would have mon in the
government fitted for the situation (a voice
" N^ t •wyers.") Ile was ob,liged for the
suggestion. Ile could not ay that all the
law measures passed last Session had his
complete approval, but if he had resigned
on that point, he would not hare received
the thanks of his constituents, end of the
country, for neglecatng mare important in-
termits. If be had disagreed on the goes -
'lion of retrenchment he should have felt
' called upon to resign. He was himself in
favor of increasing the jurisdiction of the
Division and County Courts, and the Min-
istry had a measure in preparation for that
t-urpose. He could not give the details,
but thought that it world meet with appro-
val of the country. lie concluded by re•
rimming patience, and assuring hon comtttu-
aots that ail the reforms demanded would
he carried into effect io • year or two. -
They mnee recollect that legislation re-
quired time, but the time when all their
wishes would be realized was not far dis-
tant. Ile thanked them for their •tlen-
ean"e, and at down 'midst loud applause.
The assemblage then quietly dispersed.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
THIRTY-FIVE LIVE- S LOST -Banking
of the Steamer Commerce, with a De-
tachment of the 231,1 Regiment oo board.
ivy a telegraph report which has reached
title place, addre.•ed to Mr. Stanton of the
Commissariat department. we learn the
painful intelligence that the steamer ('om
o mere*, which left Montreal on Monday,
with • detsebment of the 23rd Regiment
f.r London -was run into by theetamer
Despatch. McSwaine. roaster, from fort
Stanley and hound for Hearne. The collo
aeon took place •mn time daring the night
of the 6th root., at the month of the Grand
River, Port Maitland. The Commerce wee
Iden with the mon and begg•t!e n( the 23rd
Regiment, and it apnrare sunk tnnnedtatele
slur the e.•llrerr.n. A• sear as con be a.
,-ertetned, the loss of Itis nomhera 38. and
tontine.' to the soldiers who Aad not tone to
save Ih.'mesIsas n•, •ernunl n( ata rapid,'v
with which the I sunk after the coil'.
ston. The Despatch end those on board,
es.apeJ free of Jeetags.
The prepell..r Earl Ca'heert was in Com
Petty wnh the ill-fated team' at the 'free of
rhe disaster, with another d•otor,'ment of the
same Regiment on board, which she ha*
sines landed at Port Staley, and returewd
le hiring up lbs sur,ivore.
ft a stated that the Cemmerer had np
War la of £8000 in more'. on board for the
l omm.eene'. She had hkew eft a fen ca
gee of mitre -hand as fur Hope, Barrell k Co.
at able Town.
We have not hoard whether the vermeils
showed keit• nr not, end eon form no nein
inn where blame may reel. The memo.
will .o doubt be thoroughly invweugat.d-
A detachment of the 90 h Reformat left
hose thus mo,mnp for Port NteI.y, ea carts
Mr Montreal, to repdeee the Mrd.-1,eaden
Pier Peru.
t e.AtRRIYre°'
HURON SIGNAL.
THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1850.
Tut Ageism for the UaitedC.esnesof Iloroe,
Perth and Bruce, wet, melted 00 Moodsy the
13th int. The H•,uorable Judge M'L'a pre-
siding,nnd Seeker Neagh, Esq , action as Crows
Counsel. We regret to elate 'het the criminal
Colander promoted a more @crime utslogee
Mao the quiet, .bar people of these Cooties are
accustomed to •vknnwledge. The mamma
charges. we believe, •mounted is alp to sit is
somber, oft four of which the Greed Jary hued
Tree Bills. The most strips case was that e(
George Cary, a Blacksmith, from the Toweship
of Williams, in the County of Middlesex, charg-
ed
haped with the crime of Rape ■p.m the body et
Elizabeth Hodgins. of the Township of Biddulph,
in ih. Comity of flown, a child of eigb: years
of age. Althosghtibe child herself was the oa.
eussion, this ; :opoal was accep'od by the
committee, and the amendment was with-
drawn.
The object of the amendment wee thus
fully secured. The only difference between
the amendment itself and the substantial
egivolent Mr Cameron received in ozcbange
for it, es just this : the Executive Com-
mittee o( the A.vociation will now do what
a deputation appointed by the meeting would
otherwise have done. -Examiner Ertra.
reennensemmo
hreealfy le psame of weak g. 4d of ell to great benefit he bu.00forred se the pre- their tessn feta leads diapeedrod i• Los.
-wade titss pear yaw she soma ed wage nice, by he valuable services se the cameo low, meet &lama the ps,
behead se tans of tasednieses-estEr' se sees•. N sdwcattoo"--and Lord Bathurst is refer- MN. Their f lhesses w lgrymW
e mss ani din Ysed, p b.., • bas imps- red to him specially for Isforesauun se ; 107 world Wen Idt# the mak.
Jen N drat pcssegw ohm sod n imbeetti.s the ee►j.ct of the Clergy Reeerea. The Hee a lose sed M4y nestled /eg(ymyd
I* he ped, bax b•wate now /V•ht. amply e- scheme which . Bleaches wept to foe.. waeniwg by dgre lbs d s& N
nese they bed w w. Ammo M shaft, thea, ward at Head -quarters, will be gathered uu which the sl hoses lisp stn ,
Pr from the following doeuweal enclosed io poseosseds ibe tarn lit feels g {jw4
ora-lset um r Mfbwd sat kin e7« the Lint. Governor's despatch :- end opieioss o! the
youth, t&w.
.bond -ase them Mere ere "erten, .bjrets, eves• • • • • British.
s .hie wee teem. tet • e weiky toy mom. '• When the order for setting aside on- " That ilia Very short title. sales Mires
i' Meow that mpectab,ltly, h.M. fame- seventh of the land for the maintenance of would be men /request thea lose.. Ne
-1P1"..1"."1 seed amoral l'gai• a Prutwetant clergy was
sent to Canada, are, will woe be deputed y pJ ttt o ea•_
some difficulty win experienced in comply- elder the maser mrd fuddle of the people 4
n. ata toter wwrrhl .(bete( *wood -that ibey Ing with as spirit. The whole District of this comity ; they dislike all Ygtls.a.asep,
err 111.11.5e 0 .a111crash emo
s awe, cad moot'. Niagara, a large portion of the Wooten the lesa
-mple. tie Ib.,d re sot'stnva-
.,it all the 'treated' cad keno •f thy mel, that Dstrict, and many townships aloeg( the Se gaol to eapwl to ..0 6.000 lots to the nal
they shall he •wired by tea. All these lie with- Genesee bad been granted. The local 91 years, aysrsgiag 16s per acre; far though
ie ilia I.m.ts e( •us•s. crime, ad may be government was therefore obliged to rearve some .ig►t at Bret well for 1M, yet aa.
blocks of land 1. the new towubi that soots would fetch 10e. and all, eyespot d
pos.rwd hl veer{y cad perwvenoc. who pro- were oeareet. :Since that period, the Re- lou, would gradually nes M ice the
party dueeted. 'Tie tree, to wield smiles w p t►*
aortas bare keep chequered in every town- country improved and became fall ofpeopie,
folly and ft...l"ie., sod bed •plase 1s atoll ship a nerveyd, according to • fixed prises- Now 6,000 lots, averages lee
g per •ere,
IatieheJ w foot sad ksa•ea; best, hes mwnd pies £750,000 which, at five per cant, would
that goal men aro pleased *sly with geed ere- " The number of townships actually sur yield • reweave of £3.,0o0 and this add to
wend, appears to be 270. avenging, with a the anneal renta secretor from the knot
very few exceptions, 86,000 scree of food, would amount to mon than £40,000, a
nee -seventh of which, 9,428 acres, equal 47 revenue sufficient to pay nearly 200 clergy.
refereed lots of 200 acres each ; consegnent- men.
by' to 270 townships, their number of such " The Clingy Reserves haying serer bees
lou exceed 13,000 and contain more than broken ie spots, are mon common thee
two and a half millions of acres. those of the Crews, aed tb.nfore the. result
"But as these lands partake of IM quell- of the sales will be seers favorable, amid as
ly of those around them, malty lots will many of the beet Crews Reserves have
from various causes, be found unfit for sal- been greeted, the everago price of the
tivauon, so that the number of lou cannot Clergy may be takes higher.
b* mately taken at present at more thee, " To secure the Reserves or their pro.
11,000, containing about 2,000,100 acres of ' teeda for the purposes most toned, it appears
land. ncceuay that t►. 41.1 ssetum of the 31st of
" These number. are only to be consider- of Goo. 3, c. 31, be repealed, by which
ed ae the measure of the actual .ppropria- alterations may be mads by the Proviseial
tion now made, but it goes on increasing Legislature, in then deposition amid extent
as new townships are laid out and surveyed under certain restrictions and limitations.
iso that the number of lots ■ed quantity tK " Should any such alteration to the man•
land may bet doubled b the time that the .gamest and disposition of the Clergy Re-
serves, as is here contemplated, be deemed,
after mature measlier, exp.Jtent, this ap-
pears a very proper time to propose it for
the consideration of lits M.jesty,• Govern-
ment. when lbs claim of f1. Presbyterians
to partietpate is their advantage• is under
deliberation, and and will, as Dr. Stewart'-
staterman who advised the appropriation. writee,be deposed of in thisop..ieg sermon
" These causes are : of the Imperial Puliatn.nt,
" 1. The great encouragement given to B C• a Ni.
millers of good character in bestowing 1r Let the corporation be empowered to
upon them great portions of land at a very sell as well as lease Clergy Reeeree..
irifl:ng expense. " Let all the present Ieeaee• be warmed
" 2 Th. gratuitou. grants given to such that they may have theif lou in bewei.Ple
persons as retained their loyolty during the at a reasonable price.
American Revolutionary war, and to sailors " Let an office moue for each district, af•
and soldiers %rho have served to the late ter due pulite, restoring the lots of all gush
war in Europe and America, as well as to as have segloetd to pay their rents.
the provincial militia. " Let the rest, osrgraouo`` or renewing
" So long as applicants can get !and+ for lenses to townships, when Rugines bans
nothing, or • mere trifle, of the beet quality bees sold, be one or two per cent. more
and in the most convenient situations, it than the interest of the moo.y paid for such
cannot be expected that many leases will R .
be taken up, and accordingly 1,000 1 " !wt • portion of the Clergy' Reserves
only have issued in a period of 21 not under lesee, in populous tows/Mips, he
"That they will now begin to be taken put up to public sale from tins) to tint,•th.
up more rapidly is probable. up -est price ineresneg each lithe ; this will
1. Because the best lands are pearly all commend purchasers.
conceded. " Let sales be limited or ezteeded is
" 2. The hods remaining are so far back number, at the discretion of lh• corpora -
that a lease near ate market a becoming lion, and let special Reserves be valued by
more de•trs-le than a free grant. a surveyor, to prevent impoeitioe."
" 3. Emigrants •re anximio to remain in It does not appear that Dr. Strachan •/-
good settl.meots : an 1 as there are no fected his object at this resit, bet be after•
grantable lands in such, they will take lin- wards said, ,o a speech to the Leguslatve
seta. Council : " On my arrival in London, in
" 4. Parent• are commonly des:roue of April, 1824, 1 laid this propoeal before His
settling their children near them, and a. Maje.ty's Principal Secretary of State for
purchasing is not always in their power the Colonies, Lord Bathurst, and found that
they will apply for leases. his Lordship as well is the Under Secrete-
" But though I will issue much faster cr. the Hon. R. W. Horton, were disposed
doting the nest 21 years than they hays to adopt it, if on consideration, thee should
do•edurtng the last, the difficulty ezperien- find it practicable, and not detrimental to
ced ln.collecting the rents, and the small- the Church."
nese of their amount, if strictly collected, In the session of 1824-5, revers! petition.
prevent us from indulging the hope that the were protected to the Provincial Pula-
e.tablish•nentwill, under the present system ment, on the subject of the the Reserves, in
of management, be able to keep peace with which a step further io advance was takes
the wants of the people ; for the whole -namely, demanding an equal distribution
revenue due at preset from the leased Re- of the laode among all Protestant chorales.
serves amounts only to about £1,000 per A select committee were appointed, to
annum, hardly suffcieot, ,f all recited, to whom the said petitioos were referred, and
.upport six clergymen : but scarcely £400 their report was as follow. ;-
can be collected, without having recourse " The Select Committee to wheat were
to legal process ; so that as yet no clergy- referred the petitions of Sundry inhabitants
mos have been borne on their proceeds. of this Promote our the subject of the Clea-
" That some attention to their manage- gy Reserves. are of opieion that the lands
mint is neeee.ury to make the Remmers set apart in this Proviaee for the ' inmate -
moaner available for the purposes intended, name and support of a Protestant Clergy,'
is therefore very manifest, and well further ought sot to be salny.d by any ems d.ao-
appesr from the fact that there are in the minetion of Protestase, to the exelusioe of
province bout 150 township', containing their Clnetian brethren of other dummies -
from 400 to 500 faradic', in most of which a tines equally eon.ciestious in their fappse-
clergyman might be ueefolly employed, sad eve modes of worshiping God, a..1 equally
nearly double this number will he r gnired entitled, as dutiful subJJeeeeie to the orotec-
before the expiration of 21 years, "Hsieh, moo of His Majesty's Gov.,am.nt.
at the very moderate stipend of £200 star- " Eet.rtaiat.g 1►is vises of th• smbject,
ling each, would require immediately £30,- and Ismaeg tlaa •perl*
tee of he mid Re -
000 per annum, and, lin the course of 31 serves is to be solid, f
oor Committee beg
year., £60,000. But let us suppose poly leave to suggest to year Honorable House,
50 clergymen immediately required, and the propriety of addressee Ha
,
200 by the end of 21 years ; this would re- humbly praying that His e.t7will N
g
quire a present revenue of £10,000 per pleased to eases n application of tlo pro_
annum, and £40,000 towards the end of the coeds of swell .ele to be made towards the
period. Now, to (1 years, only 1,000 lea- support of the Proteeuet Clergy N .very
es hero been taken up, yielding a we denoaonatioe throtfig►out this Previewer.
of abAut £1.200 ; suppose that, in the next (Biped) H. C. THOMPSON,
petted of 21 years, four times a many leas- Cyyw`
es are issued, sled that therenin vis rigidly "Committee Room, Hones of Aeseaatbly,
exacted arid collected, the revenue would 1811% March, 1613."
hardly amount to £10,000 per annum ; that In December, 11114, the imperial Genes-
is, scarcely so much af is already required, mint concluded as arrangement with the
on the lowest e,.tim•ie. Um
Company for the sale teams' of all
The modtfcatton which appears most . Crow. Reserv.s sadpart of the Clergy
likely to secure the purposes of the •ppro• Reserves in Upper Canada. An impenal
priation is, Act was passed entberfzieg the tnnsaetion
let. To take out the clause m renewal, and a .tapes hem added tegol,sl.g the alas -
and allow, is lieu thereof, a compensation atloe of so much of the Clergy R.ervse es
for the buildings when the reserve Is sold should be included is the purchase, sal
or leased to soother. authorizing the Ezecutive to appropriate
waste2nd. To give the corporation power to. other waste lands ie lin of such orgy
ell as well as lease, at their discretion reser- Reserves. The Provincial Hese of Ai-
ring ie each township inch a portion of leads tembly at mace took alarm at this Int elutes
as may be sufficient to endow three or four fearing it threatened lsereagd eccleeWiieel
parsonages, in ca.e so many ahotild be re- endowront., mid at the netting ..osioo of
quired. 1698-6, they adopted the followieg ad --
3rd. To place the money arising from drew :-
the sales to the British Funds, the interest "To TWO anwi. Meer eztsLeuwrtsaxamlif 1
only to be made applicable to the support "J11„ ,Majeetl,
011he clergy. " n Wyif opt MY•j..ty's se0e1 dutiful and
Many important advantages would result loyal she►}sets, the Commons of Upper Ca -
from .eek modifieatioo :- nods, is Provincial par •seeeuse..e essi.Ned,
1. The Rsee would no longer be moot humbly reg loop to eppseed
made a temptation to rebellion, by an ia- Majesty, to express oar eeote else
ia
wading enemy offering them to the lessee.. subject If deep retarget to opt faithful
2. One-seventh part of the country now .object. of Upp.r Coned*. We pereaha
locked up in mortmain, which in some os- by the dOnvienves of se ..t panel
use impedes improvement, would be made the last ..elln of the Imperial Parliament.
free. that Yoer Majesty is empowered to mast
" 3. Means would soon be afforded to theft aporepriatine e1 • further allotseeat lit(
multiply clergymen to any sum that land within this Nevin*, for the gapped
might be required. snd meintennee N • Pretension O**gy, I&
" 4. A new link of attachment w Id be lieu N that perces et the lade eys&dl Pee
formed with the mother eeontry. apart for the eM (.ailed the s1V
" 5. The les.,s would be more iii to l Re.hvaes) t e` a sIsi. 1.1 lig
is paying their rends, for fear of Ionia an short to he C Iec4
claim to renewal or advantageous per- pay.
We would Blatta relsstes&Iy appear N
„Two hundred or 900 elergymes, living Re year
Majeely se selMisdly ser the eessed
in Upper Canada is the midst of 18.tr rem- igloo, 1st atm wedepee
yet alar
ggrroeggpUeee, presented to them 'triage, by the email N ell gin
beg, ad receiving the reeler pe .. 0f thee Moldy le sig.. lllp't.
ly direct wooer's, then were a somber of twit-
aemsea whose evidence wee merely el. etreaa-
etantial nature, sod the trial lasted nearly thew
whole or yesterday. We still .0.1,... to ester -
min strong doubts as to the propriety er utility of
laying the details of each atrocities before the
poblie, and as the present ease was one of those
revolting sets of hamar depravity et which roes
do not Wash but shudder, we theta the morals
of the comvosiy would not be improved by
a recital of the partieu!are. The defence woe
conducted by Mr. Beecher from London. and
Mr. flinches of Goderieh, oho eert.ioly left
nothing nodose or ansaiJ that cold honestly
be either mid or done for the benefit of the
prieooer. Mr. Beecher addressed Doth the feel-
ings and the judgments of the Jury in a very
earnest and emphatic manner. Mr. Wilms of
London ',spoke oo behalf of the pro.eotioa, and
certainly placed every point of the case. both for
ad against ibe prisoner, in such a clear, (e,ei►le
light, that left the Jury no pies of ig.erame in
the matter.
His Lordship then read over the evidence with
mme comments and expounded elfectieely the
nature of the crime-tbe law as it studs is re -
remote to this crime. and the defy wbieb the
Jary in each ■ cue owed to themselves, te the
country and to the prisoner. TheJory retired and
in • short time returned a verdict et !' Gaiety-"
Henry Walton was tried for stabbing with
intent to kill, &e., but was convicted of merely
an assault. There are two er three less crimi-
nal cases yet to be tried, and the civil Docket
conta!os a number of heavy and some ugly cue..
We expect the remainder of ibis week will be
occupied in got Ong through the, besieges.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.
New York, May 8-10 A. M.
The Niagara hu arrived rt Halifax.
Cotton • libels firmer. Sales, 57,000 bales..
Floor dull.
Coro hes advanced Is.; yellow 28e a 28. 6d.;
white and mined 28s.
Corn meal 12, 6d.
Coffee very doll.
Barr steady and firm.
Good brands beef, advance Is ad 2e.
New western pork, la a le 8d.
Bacon end Hams in good request, at previous
now.
Lark and cheese dull. sod lower.
ENGLAND.
The prospects of the crops throughout the
kio"dom are mad lobe promising.
Wm. Wordeworlh, the most dietiegoiehed of
Ili• modern Eaglth Poeta, and Poet Learnt,
died at hie residence. He w.. born in 1770.
A correspondent of the London Chronicle says
the only object of interest to aha people of Fiance
at the present moment. is the election. A. fu
a the opinion of the electors eaa be calculated
uprof, they are decidedly ie favor of Eugene Bae.
The coy appears to M fire-t..ibs io favor of
the Democratic esodidnr
GREECE.
The miwioo of Baron Gree, from the French
Government. has, it is sold, proved • failure.
Admiral Parker still retia palmettos of the
Greek ,nolle.
The difficulty with Eoglted was as far se ever
from settlement.
1t 1. said that Prussia is seeking an alliance
with Denmark, and that the ha en object In
view to avail herself of en oppnrtueaty to with•
drew from the Schleswig depute.
The i etehiee item entered epos to tedepe.d-
eat negetiennn for peace.
Promo t ee left them to 'bo own resoeren.
- TURKEY AND A TR1A.
The difficulty betimes Asad the Porte
ha been settled. Th. Port. en,egrsph
letters to the Queen of Eagle the President
of Feline., is aekeowledgemeet W their friendly
aid a the extraditiee remise.
RUSSIA.
The troops .n said to hove eornmeaeed a it-
em -mate the Da..baa Promisees.
Cne.Ty or L.uao..-1'u . perceive that
O. R. Gowen, Esq., has been e.leeted as
:hut " Coneereattv." Candidate for Leeds
at the next election. The worthy gentle-
man is tolerably certain of success, if the
Radice!' have any confidence in bus profes-
sions, hod If the resp Conservatives of Leeds
temente a men who hoe gorse far Wyoed
M' Kenais in hie demand" for republican
institutions. Mr. Gowan is playing a fam-
iliar game. 11• eek• to captivate old
npponeala, sal fancier that fanner ties will
hes sulRcieol to retain old friends. He
.hoold, however. rowelled 'be faille ni the
man .d hie an. 1t is pn.s,ble that the
Radicals cannot be caught, sod prn►a►le
FRAGMENTS OF THOUGHT.
Tim world is not wim aerordisg to its age. -
Years roll on to Beet end silent toceeeeiss hely
to chronicle, time after time, the some pad follies
of our frau humanity. and tell us what imperfect Irir Received-mooey Lettere from Ilope,
thipg■ we ale. Amid that •ave and mo:. -!y Bare!: & Co. Iaadou : from James Whyte.
throng that Joule onward all along 1:(c's path, Grimsby : Jolla Mclatyre, Esq. FaGaren, sad
few, few can boost of Leiog what they ought to Sterid D.cksoo, Perth.
be. Few, few bave lived • Iib of reel useful. -. - --
•ess, or marked their way with sets e( commas 37 Ws dine' particular attestors to tae Cir•
good. Pride, (.kion. pleasure, sel6eheees m4 eels, of the Chief Boomtown/am of Comma
spleen devour their anneal Iho.moda. and each Scheele, which we ham, espied from the Jewrwal
year still finds soeres.ors to the thousands goose. of ft . cation. And ■Ithoogb we are usable to
Thnt generations chase each other, and, to 16.11 eller •ey epistle° as to the (*.emblem beneficial
heedless haste, strew the great ibortogbfare of result. of the co. empl•:ed Teacher,' IwttartrLs,
sed leave strong obpectioes to Me present mathi•
eery for managing the ed.eattoeal affairs of dm
Pr.i.ee. w• feel wti.6ed that • mobilede of
attempts cad ezp.rim..ts +ill bo required to de-
velops ler toee mod efficient method of condaet-
isg omelet isetr°etios. And as we regrd secs-,
deet, ad 'w better far to wi. the •ppr.Mtwi
of oar virtuous toss the to be applauded by a
crowd of fuels. Remember that thou int • re•
spoesible ere.tsre-that thy powers to do geed
were gives (nr a purpose, ad that thou wilt be
called upon to mecums( for the application of
them. Life e • state of program. sod thee,
with every other mos who voters it, art
Mand to Punish thy now to the general pee
greeto.-art booed to lnve the world better,
that is. farther is advaaee tit.. where Otos
lugedes' it. Ptrive then to be wee Lean
wisdom ped iatellir.ae, for these alone can
...b'e :be0to discharge properly the obbgatiose
soder which, u • rstioeal beteg, thou now
reetet e. AeJ, knew, assuredly, for thy cooss-
latiee and ngeaeet, ilial is folly dime/tag-
mg thew ob!iruon t. shy God tad thy fellow- whole province a uod.I grant.
treaterea, tate wilt be moot oecesufully prompt- " This provision, •mplo as it appears to
lag thy ewe h.ppiaesa, eyes is this lilt. be, and as it must be in time, should noth-
ing tuterfefe to prevent to natural opera -
lulu= -As iegseet w be1J a the 10th two, has been inefficient, from causes now
sett , u the Towsehip of B.ddntpb. before Geo. very obvious, though not perhaps anuupated
Mcleod, Esq.. wee of the Coroners for the in their full extent by the di.Unguished
Uatted Cowers of Heron, Perth and Braes, es
vow e( the body of iiumphries Hays, of the
Towasbip of Rlmishard. It appeared that the
deceased esme to Bidda!pb oo the 'mooing orae
9th to teatime' some ►seise...( kis owe-whee
he died la a few hcors-wit►eat the k.owtedge
of ay pesos. Deseassd was a native of !reload,
street 30 years of age, sod reported to bam bees
a civil. seem man. though he draak tome liquor.
that day, bet net a teems Verdict-" Died
by the Geddes visitatise of God."
Osr Stretford reader will be a.xie.o to learn
to result of their cam of "mightiest imp.rt-
imee," viz : the case of the Smut !.ciao -for
their inkrnetios ties, we erste that thi Greed
Jary eeslJ find " No Bill "'against P. R. Josie,
Esq. for rrmovieg his .w■ Smut Maehi°e from
tit; Griot Mil of W. F. bleCallocl, Esq.
gTThe Nevi Aear.csolin iia8ed es -ii
Ma goodly sited sheet and well fired... It starts
epee the rogolar go -•-head priosiple, is likely to
be eoedaet.d will ¢u► ability. sad, if we mis-
take not, w:Il be N mach service to the calm
o! Reform.
IT Dor readers may safely take it for granted
that the Pro.oeil Parlisaset hee mot -that the
Governor General has delivered • •cry seo.,Me
speech. sad that the whole world -that is, Ca.
10144 1/111 be 6.bd with politics her the nest three
or fou moatbs
'mistime. with aha seta' rice., mei,.. and
crimes. Yet sorely, men do mot resalse ea he -
'tag fools, nor study willrally to waste thea Inca!
Ttry study not .t all -but ihoaghtlesely plod on
the ..If same path that all their wren, for nem
past, have trod, mod stop sot to esquire wares
it leads 1 envy pot the man who thinks or be-
lieves that homes errors are ioteatioaal-test
mos are evil from dolga, and strive sad aeeloas-
ly desire to do no good ! Then may be koessro
in such a erred, but It ie harsh, narrow. stingy,
sad displays a lack of charity sod fervent leve
which reader it Ins aimiabte than tbosghtkeo
vice.
Meakiad, with few excepties....pares' elite -
mire, happisees-enmethieg which. is early
life, they leans to 'aloe, something which they
think will please the world. Appleton is, wits
moot men, the first and chief dean. -A thine
for praise or approbarioa is thee prolific amree of
Haman oetioas ler ibis men struggle with
incessant zeal, and brave and sager Mal and
hardship. drear-for this the warnor fight. -
the orator declaims -the prodigal waste* a!1 -
the debaucher' gets drank -the proline Wee.
phemes-the prude sighs piety -the top wean
rings sad stays -yes, for applvo•e, ems Om
devotee makes feu herd prayers, and the wild.
atodly familia in furies. foaming., beleltm
lath strings ruing pro(anatiooeof God's Weed.
and calls it preaching ! Perhaps 'us not se veil
bit a geed that men thus aizioo.ly strive le
please their fellows and pin their approbati...
It would certsioly be • ad world did every sons
set .eery other men's opinion at &fiane.. sed
lire and set ae th+ugh he Ivied .len.. It is aN
the wuh to please, bet the mean, to gratify that
web, that ie at felt. P.She opining i. • owl
of earsi•oeoas monar,r that devours ev,rythieg,
god though it is changeful se the moos, it Iambly
char. from its error.. The same extra's•
rotes. gew-Raws snit frivolities that pleased
ths palette minima of en hundred years .go 'so
fathomable now. The kw who duet may otter
sad improve oar Isere ad laapage, may cheer
oar form. of Inane, and nm .kill where eirsegdt
was formerly employed -may lamedsew ares
and glee • (herrn,' aspect to the affairs s( lik.-
Bet the little follies or the greet crow cheer
mo1, became, tie crowd i.a•, now tensa w
thipaL
Of all the meatless thrummed., that oro harrying
along the mast pathway of ensesee,t►enare few
w►... me ,Iseeis are dareetsd to the aual.aeet
.f distiset sod 1md.N, ebjree Thy hove w
daisies mea. They as jetted end berm ateng
er the pressen of the meow germs, amd..re
par.Joeaaa, for to whole people, m the first
object of iaportaaee, we feel disposed to look
favorably se every missal attempt that is made
with a view to peomote that object, and we,
tberefore, treat that the ishabitaais of these
Cooed Counties georrally, and the School
Teaebe° and Testees see p'rtienhir, will take a
lively i.ums' is the kleetisr which am to be
Wil i. Ged.ricb es the 11 ib cad 12-b of next
e lout►.
A REAR KILLED -Os Friday tut, the
sees of Robert Bra, Esq , of Teek.ramith, kill-
ed a tomb Bieck Bear is the adteillingTowe.bip
of Hay. TM missal epees' one of Meir steel
wolf Imps, water might him by a 'ma one et
hie hen feet, sed r.. d am, therefore. well begot
red'(byhim without the 1oe of that member.
The Genii/moo followed th• track for several
mites, niece i• hopes of :seg the top than
ofeaptan.g the Bear, and wan OS aha point of
sbe.daing the chase. when their dor plainly
told they bed fogad bow. A that mese of •z-
eitemoost towed, far Breis did set give is till kis
bad neared 6.a bells, two N *hie% hem ie lb*
head, and tws is the wipes of the heart. Thio
asamal measures 5 kat 10, imhm from the tip
of ttH moss to the lawmen of the tai1-2( het
euesmfrneesof the seek, elms a the bead -his
fen leg. iaaed,tsly above the tom, is 9 feet
1 mew"baasdieg bin leas
teed -lbws bsetdeetal to all e( his speeise at this
oommes .4 the year. be were 36R Ito It is sel-
dom tet these aims,* ars foetid to exceed, .e
eves arrive at 'he size, and hod ibis embers
..$.rid hem estates, then eas be se dssbe ►u
weight weird have glees o •say ,lgaest remelt.
-Cop
Feels the Globe.
HISTORY
Or THE CLERGY RESERVE QUES-
TION iN UPPER CANADA.
.
Dr. esee.hes ea mod heat► him to Loados
a •.w prspat'se for the (Moro mileage -
Meet N the Reeorve., hacked by a dapetrb
from the IAN*. Governor, to wbael the
Doctor wee wonky Ito the
Colossal Secretary Mr bee " firm olid seal
-
eue etta hmeet 1. the geteremeet, and the