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nig, therefore, at the whole vairoios in riewsioary ' might bw •hot op, became.;
rise sea progress and
present sad , they meg le cold to ens •r TerlitIOU• IMO••I
regarding the just pretensione of a desereMO.
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. Street, Chetiot end ninnies of
eing, iniduesnows, and lord people, be, (nt West., orib defended the bill, id calcule
the imitates of our coordinator's' appeal; au tea ,g tails e
appeal fart the restoration uf our lust la""ar tete; but the first gentlemeu adoentmt the
ana atedniclied right to initiate and legis- . obyttioa le the clam... ii.tiisg •• bated .1
late effectually upon the Clergy Reserve'', the department en Officio Pierodeot oS all
mid all ve.,1 questions inseparable from their Agronittorat boo rehe
soppropriatios. Stich was the liberty , The debate was adjourned WI Firday
which, as a caambeahe ads b,44 10 anti without
soca *D3 dee liberty which, as an English- , Usury Law C. C.
man, he would be Froud to give. Audi. Mr. Beower't Usury Law hill liaa boos
a step, he bored a successful step towards debated mina die wood readiag. (Also -
two of r. Cauchoo it was offered to be
read Agee this day six smooths.
it, be supported the ardent and trutb-telliag
adders to their lauds.
(ace see, October 4. Qt-reec, Oct. 7, 1852.
Mr Memos laid on dm tab's a tram of An error wee transmitted in the bill for
the Ceneth ROOM Which *a. ordered to the modifieitio. 01th ...
Celery lews. The
be pointed hill was 4
The return (lithe e'ectien of the hon. bylosta, buiustjoorridezeotlf otoDelee: zeaddea-
Cbsbot of klediehaase was read by
hate 0_0 the yieatro' o laate-d the whole earn -
Mr. Spiniker, and 1dr. Chabot tie& his feat.
Mr• Patrick istroduced s bill to a
llot and ing— Yeas .11, Nays 30.
aneroid lb Act to lecorpersts the By town fo-day the Governorrieneral went down
sad PrelitAl Railroad Company. Also a ia State to tbe Legislative Council, and
bit for ilea granting cir eery* town lulu in after summoning the Menthera of the Le-
e,. ye" al.fliiem, to the Bytown see gislative Asseutbly, sanctioned the follow -
Protocol! Railroad Compeer ing Bala:—
An sildree• for dreiimests reIsIiye So the 51. Louis
deLothintere Parish Registry
Mertes Herietal, gorbeci was ruled on Bill, Notelet' I Profession Bit, Muraripal
motion of Mr. NTUART.
Mr Drummond atate.l. in &emir to se Corporation Itoad Powers Bill, Territorial
Inferregrition, that the Goveronient intend. Division Law Doubt, remove' Bid Rail-
ed lo introduce a general meaoure ID 1111•
memo) to fervors. Alio, tt is the totem -
Con of 'the Governn.erit to ietredure a
emend measure in relatten to the decieren aitance to oartain road.' in the District of
of Criminal 3...lice itt Lower Canada. by Gaspe, and he ,,paried the,
claim on aid in
f
whore Jurors be relieved from mum -
a speech of some length.
'teethe -et serf ln
e,* to shirt) they •PP
el Mr. 11INCKS replitli, and contended that
eammerf loader the preseent law.
A• tt e report left, the lesuoto was dismiss • the Government were not in a position to
int a B,,ulion to appoint entertain such an application. He is op -
two or more tamminionous to manage the • posing the motion wilco the reporter left.—
Beth iag Fund, now, er 10 10 established by .Vora, Awe, ican.
Act of Parliament.
QPRIRC, Tumley, 5th Oetebe'r, 1852. Queue. October, 8.
ltd t net t after the reporter left, Mr • !.ast eight, aft. r the report left, the
Merritt intro duced • bill rerpmeting from following bills were read • ascend time, and
,.eh runetv in Ureter Canadseto be laid referred to the standing, Committees on
before the legislature Is 1453, sail to be Railrotaile; Canals and Telegraph Lines: -
continued from yew to yesr hereafter, 'ger- B.II to incorporate the grandTrunti P.a.lway
ing a etatement of the assernimenti the vas Vmpeny of Canada; Bill to authorize the
lue rpr,,,7, and dlr. ct term rantford and Buffalo lent Stock Railway
Insolvent Drbtor's Act. U.- C. Company to construct a Railway from Fort
Mr. Smith, of Duitatn, introduced a bill Erie to Goderich; Bill to incorporate the
to extend the previsions of the ineuhreet Coburg and Poiterbrito,• Railway Compsey
Debtor's Aet of UMW Canada. Bill to authorize the formation of ta cum
Controrerted Elections. pany to conotruct a Railway on the north
Mr. Laurin introduced shill to remove shore of the River Si. Lawrence; Ma to
incorporate th• Toronto, Stereos •nd Huron
multi doubts as to the law for th• trial
a of controverted elections. Radroml Company, Bill to mem: the act in.
: Mon. Mr. Mona moved ler • call of the corporating theiTorento and Guelph Rail.
enad•Company, •0 as tn all3W an extethinn
flothe on Friday, the 22nJ day of Oituber
invent. After some conversation, the 1rd .of the said Road; Bill to incorporate the
day of Nerernher wee Axed. grand janction Railway Company; Boll to
Grand Trunk Braterty. amend the character of the Woodetnck and
Lake Erie Railroad and Ilarbour Company
The bill to repeat the frth and Mb clea-
ve of the G:neral Railway Act was pas-
sed (Inoug!, Its second sod third read.
alga.
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway
05 motion of Mr. Druinmend, tbe rules
OA. Moore being thepaused with,—
Tits 8t. Lawrence end 'Atlantic Railway
Bill wearead • third tune, with an amen-
. dulcet, io •Ilow, subscribers of stock, in
• tbe country 01 Stanstead, to have their
- &inscription refunded, with interest,
tit. No demotion was arrived at, but the
shield ibey give petite alibis the munth
after the passing of the
, committee obtained leave to sit &gun on
. Ace.
Monday next:
Toronto. Loan.
.oto. or Mr. Betaken, the bill to Mr. Drummond introduced a bill for the
elati101.110 1110 Colporation of Toronto to reforming of the Municipal system ef lower
Canada, and for establishing eounf4v, panels,
township ,and village municireiliiie.. 11.
explained that the ohject of the Blit is to
assiruilate Muracipal syitem of Lower
Canada, as nearly as circumetences woula
penile to that of Upper Canade.
Mr. DRUMMOND also introduced a BM to
consolidate the Road laws of Upper Canada
Mr. Richards introduced a hill for grate
equity jornicliction to County Courts.
The Montreal lied New York Ex:elision
• luta in Mrs Guy of Montreal. when build-.
Inge were destroyed by the Greet fire• 11.11 was read a second time.
Al
Mr. Bwigley in C'restmly. so, the Bm
ill to amend the Act rclaItre
to the qualificstion of the .14/111COS or the
The hon. M r • 0segiey was °Nett(' to be Peace.
liken into mistedv by the Sargant at-arine
for being absent when his moue was called Mr. Alcmene Also introduLaC
ed a _ansOit.bill to
to be thorn in, as member of mho com. ;-amend the tell'itrY l of
aw•ryer
milt,e to try 111,0 tvj L, 00 0, ,P A discussion erode on this molting,.
KitinOuratiki. which. going on as the reporters
Mr. Drummond introduced • Munieii•al
amendment bill fer Enwer Canada.
Grand 71,'a Railway.
Al the Railway bills new before the
Ilevume Wer, ordered to bo referred or th•
committee of the whole as the first order
01 11, day for Thur•day•
Mr, Cauehan Moved the second reading
of the Si,. trunk Ritlway bei, and the
tray Vauttess Repeal Bill, 'rorouto loan
Bill.
Air. Cement' of Csape. morsel for as -
It long dirocuesion took place on the re.
emitter' of the report of the commitee of
the whole on guaranteeing theloan of Et00,-
000 for the sufferers by the Montreal fire.
The motion for the reception of the report
was carried by • large rnajorty-Ments.
Brown, Mackenzie and Mattice only voting
in the usgative.
The both. again went into committee of
the whii`e on the St. Lewience and lake
Champlain Canal Resolutions of Mr. Mer.
Huse a lu.n, was read a seconJ uirne
Tao foilowiog bias were read a third
time :—To extend the time limited by
tie Montreal Regiatry Act ; to Repot,
the law of evidence in pper Canada.
Montreal Fare Lows.
The House west in committee of the
whole, sad otter • diseuation, adopted a
res deletion ef lir. Meeks, to tits mates
a loan of 100,0001. to 0•11/10141 of building
BI EL.
An Act to alitherisellie Brantford and
Buz/' Jtet S',ick Ruin ty Com-
pany to construct is Rail icay front
Fort Erie to Gulcrich.
Whereas certain persons havine, as‘oci-
ated thenrielve, together, for the purpose
debsi• ir commodcing as the Ripener
ofe conatructing op ata
roao from Fori Erie
QVH•EC, October 6, 1852. to intersect the Great Western •Railroad
Llai nizh Mr. I41101m in that the at or near the Town of Itrauto-ord, and
order of the day fur the second reading of having complied with all the requirement.;
the bill to incorporate the Grand Trunk of the Act paned in the twelfth year of
Railway Company, of Canada be oow Her Majeatty'a Iteign,and intituled," An
reed. Act to authorise the formation o/ Joint
Mr. 8peslrer Pirated as hie opinion (bit
tot:enrich aa the 31!, and Mb elections of tete Stock Companies /or the construction of
Roads and other icoe!..: ia Lipp r Gina
R -
/di w4,1 CI11.1PP• C011111UlldliliOO
n A, pro. • • •
511114 that no bill for a epeeist act lor the 4a, did as under the provisions ol the emit
es tabliehment of • railway shall be received Act passed in the eession held in the thir-
01 the I egolettire, I cense fervors'. teenth and fourteenth year ether Majesty's
n•ent• nreecribed by the aid clauses lthai Reign, and 'Mettle'', " An Act to amend
be first avowed and carried our sad mild extend the Itroresions of an Act poss-
um said clause. beteg jet unreel/sled eit in the twelfth year of- Iter Majesty s
and (hi. legislature if so d'ancwed baring st.as_
ei , intitriled,. An act to authorise the
tlie power to repeal them, the order of the • ,e,,rmiahoo of Join! Stork Companies fin-
ds!, for the vetoed reading cal toe said bill J.
cannot be proceeded with. the Construction (1' Roads and other
An appeal being male from Mr. Speak.' Works in Upper Canada,' become a
m's decision the Ii0Uft. divided, and lb* body corporate by the name and style of
•OCIS:0111.4 Mr. Sneaker woe confirmed,
Ldeetoen f !berm.
Tin motion of Mrl'ouietto it wile or.
aeree that tbe tb revisals of the tee
loos Petition Act of 11431, be now read
earl the lion •Weiram 11 ;'cy having bees
Ilrouglit into the Hirers within three
hours after 4 o lock. The 'metres of an moch gate Ad thirteenth, awl four-
th. 011111,1,11i119 to try Ind determine the "nth +wren(' !IMP% in
matter .f tive petition c.implaning of an relates 10 lhr r''regrvial" itaihrarri"
ado* elec ,on and return fdr the County mid were expresely exempla 1 from tae ef-
sof lleroe vas 4,1 iuraed to the sett meet. i feet of the repeal operated by the said
4,1 i.i. Floulbe: • Act; And whereas the said Brantferd and
Buffalo and Joint Sine.: !learned Company
hare etpended large gems of money nn their
Railway between Fort 'Erie andwitrantford,
so that the works on the said Railway are
in a very advanced state ; Au..1 wherea,
the said Company have by their petition,
representel that bean desirous nf extend-
ing their nal Railway from tbe Town of
firentford afrtrepaid to the Town of God. -
in the County ot Huron, and holding
themselves to be the:emote empowered by
the provisions of the Art paved in the sea-
sion lam aforeaual, sea intituled, An " Art
to amend the An spititaded,' An Ant to
authorue the formation q Joint Stock
Companierfiw the e.)natraretiors ,' Rends
avid other works to 1 Tyree Conderis," they
prepared to *steed thew sand Railway ac-
cordingly, aad ripened books for subernp-
keel Sleek
In Io1.ue,
olitinued au
that omen ot
the toy iQo( the United Coma
bee ofWarou, P4 Bruce, have re-
mitted to empower tat Warden Hutted to
subscribe for shares in the Stock 4 the
said Company to the amount of owe laam4rad.
and twvoty-Il,, thousand pomade, ead hoe.
adopted for publk stip", aad hems
and published the reignieno 13/-tesr :lbt
that the said Company have caused surveys
and plain to be *ade foe the eroposed ea --
tension: And whereas the Mod Company
hare further represented, thet although they
hoboes their power under the Acts afore-
said to be sufficient to enable them to fidget
such extensioa as eferesaid, yet (bat neuter-
oth advantages would accrue as well to
themselves as to the Public, if the provi-
sions of "llsr Roadway Clauses Consafi-
datnos Ace" pawed is the now last nation
were extended to them, and their rights
and duties were regulated by its emetmeatie
Aud whereas it is right and for the public
good to genet the prayer of the said Com-
pany; Be it therefore gnat
That the Incorporated Compasy Imre at
before 'rooms by time those of " The Buf-
falo and Brantford Joint Stock Railroad
Conrpany," and ay that name the present
members of the said Brantford and Buffalo
Joint Stock -Railroad Company, and all
such persons and parttes at, shall under the
provisions of this Act become Sharebolden
in the Railway hereby authorised to be
made, their several and respective heir
exeeutors, administrators, sucoessors and
aesigna, shell be and remain en Mcorporated
Cosupaay for counruetiog, rnaietainuig and
working the Railway licieinatter incetwo-
ed, tinder the p• °visions of tlas Act and the
said Company shall be and aro hereby au-
thorised and empowiared by thenieetves,
their deputies, *Keats, officers, workmrn
and servants to meth and complete a Rail-
way to be called " The. Buffalo, Brilat-
krill arid Goilerrch Railway," from Fort
Erie a erry on Lake Erie iu the County of
Welland opposite the City of Buffalo to
the 'low° of Brantford, in the County of
Bruit, and thence to tbe Tuwn of Goderica,
on Lake Iluron, in the' County cf liuron,
with power to make andconatruct a Branch
Railway to any tairint on the Niagara
River within a distance of two miles trona
the main terminus cn Lake Erie.
11. And be it enacted, That from and
after the passing of this Act, all and singu-
lar the property of tbe said Brantford and
Buffalo Joint Stock ellailroad- Company,.
whether Use same be real or personalestate,
or of what kind and nature soeter, shall
henceforth be and become the property of
the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Rail-
way Company, and ef their successors and
abs4as, and the Buffalo, Brantford and (4)-
derich Railway Company shall henceforth
be subject to be held reapousible for all
contracts and agreements and obligations
made and entered into by the said Brant-
ford and Buffalo Joist Stock Railroad Com-
pany, or which shall or may hereafter be
made or entered tato by the President of
the said Company under the authority of
any 11y-Larrs or Resolutions hf,:the said
Company; Provided always, and it be de-
clared and eitacted, That neither the change
made by this Act in the name of the said
Company, nor anything else herein contain.
ed, shalt be constructed in make the said
Company a new Company or anew Cnrpor-
alien, so as to cause any action suit or pro-
ceeiiing, to which the said Company may
be a party to abate or cease, but the same
may, upon suggestion of this Act, be con-
tinued by or against the said Company, by
the name hereby assigned to it; and every '
subscription to the Stock of the said Com-
pany by its present name shall be to all in-
tents and purposes as binding, veld and ef-
fectual, and shall vest in and impose upon
tbe &describer the saute rightsand liabilities
at if Made after the passim,- of this Act and
to the Stock of the said Company by the
sante hereby assigned to it.
III. And be it enacted, That the By -
Laws, Rules and Regulations of the said
Company made before the passing of this
Act, shall remain in force, and shall apply 1
to the whole Railway hereby authorized
o be constructed, in an far only as they
may be consistent info the provisions °Nth
Act, and until they shall be repealed al-
tered or amemled by others to be made
under this Act, and tbe provisions of the
Art herein first above mentioned and of the
Act amending the sa.me under which the
said Company was originally constituted
and has heretofore acted, shell after the
passing of this Act cease to apply to the
said Company or to their Railroad and
works, except in so far as relates ;to rights
acquired under the said Acts or either .of
them by the said Company or others, and
except in so far as relation to any action,
suit or proceediug commenced by oragainst
the said Comp:my before the passing, of
his Act, which shall be continued, govern-
ed and cotnpleted by and under the pro-
visions of the Acts last referred to.
....1;
.fe.,
dit t411141ths whale dat
1
comosay shalt setq fey fame varied lila
e ms eif elves leamieed Sad My downeed
primacy , mid the slid 4'.4111e1
k sll be &Aid ist o shares o($s
potting each : and such 'amain of Capit-
al Steak may be elected either by the ad-
mission' of oew Subscribers or Shareboid-
eire, or theoilditioaal .vg n may be raised by
eubscriptios among the preseut Sharehold-
er., or such 11PC(1611•11 may be effected to
both the said ways.
V'li. And be it seacted, That my party
or pattic• holding Stock in the Company .
hereby incorporated to the amount of one
hundred there., or may amount len than
one htiedreti *bares, Mien at the meetings
et tbe atharebulder• bale the Yon fur each
%bare ; and for any amount over the bus-
dred shares and not over sit 'method abates
the vote to two shares ; aad for any meow
over six hundred, and not over @teen hus-
deed dares, one vote to three &barn; and
for say amount exceeding fifteeo hundred
ahem, one vote to four shares.
.VIII.. And be Unmated, Tbat the pee-
earet-Directews of the said Couipauy eboll
coolnue in the office as such, untilthe first
Monday in June, in the year 1833, and
that ou the said day, and ou the first Mos -
day in June, in each year thereafter, or ou
such other day as shall be appoiote I by any
By -Law, an annual general meetiog of the
said shareholders shall be held at the office
of the Company, for tbe time being, to
, choose nine Directors in the room of those
whose period of office shall have 'spired
and generally to trammel the busuiess of
the company ; but if at any time it shall ap-
pear to any ten or more of such Share-
holders bolding together 1,000 shares at
least, that a special general meeting of
Shareholders is necessary to be held, it
shell be lawful fur each tea or more of them
to cause fifteen days notice, at least, to be
given thereof in three public newspapers
as aforenid, or in such manner as the Coin-
pany shall by any By -Law direct or ap-
point, specifying in such notice, the time
and place, and the reason and intention of
such meeting respectively ; and the Share-
! holden are hereby authorized to meet per-
: aunt trench notice, and proceed to the
execution of the powers by this Act given
them with respect to the mattersa.speci-
fied only, and all such acts of the Share-
holders or the majority of !bele at such
1 special meetings assembled, such majory
not having either as principals or proxies
len than one thousand shares, shall be as
I valid to all intents and purposes, as if the
' tame were done at annual meetings; and
after tbe first Alonday in June, 185:3, the
number of Directors or the said Company
shall always be Mae, and they sball bold
their office from the time of their election
until the next anoual meeting, or until
others shall be elected in Weir stead,but
any Director may be re-elected, aad at
any meeting of the said directors, five Di-
rectors shall be a quorum, and shall be
competent to use and exercise all and any
of the powers hereby invested in the said
Directors ; Provtded that no person shal
hereinafter be elected a Director who shat
bola at least shares to the Stock
of the. Company.
IX. And be it enacted, That the G aage
of the said Railway shall be 40 five feet
six inches and neither more nor less.
X. And be it enacted, That the Stock
now held and owned or hereafter to be
subscribed for or acquired in the Company
by Municipal Corporations shall be repres-
ented by tbe Mayor, Warden or Reeve
for the time being of such 'respective
aluoicipal 'Corporation,and that such May-
or, Warden or Reeve, respectively, 'ball
be entitled to vote upon all the stock sub-
scribed for by such respective Municipal
Corporation in propel -lion to the amount so
subscribed for, and shall be eligible u -Di-
rertors of the said Company in respect of
such stock, in addition to the privileges tg
which such Municipality 'or the Mayor,
Warden or Reeve thereof as shall be en-
titled an representing it as under the pro-
visions of this Act.
XI. Aod be it enacred, That for and
notwithstanding any thing in any Act or
Law to the contrary, 11 shall be lawful for
the said Company hereby incorporated to
bold to them and to their successors and
assigns, as lessees of the Crown, the Fer-
ry at Fort Erie Rapids,subject to tbc con-
ditions and restrictions and according 'to
the terms mentioned and contained in the
lease thereof to the said Brantford and
Buffalo Joint Stock Railroad Company
and to possess, exercise and enjoy all the
powers, rights and privileges which apper-
tain thereto, and also from time to time to
construct, purcbase, own and maintain one
or more steam vessels for le purpose o
transporting goods and passengers to and
from the Ceded States. and to subscribe
for, purchase and hold shares to the Stock
of any other Railroad or Steamboat Com-
pany, either in this Province or in tbe Coi-
led States. and to pay for the same out of
any money belonging to the Company.
X IL And be it enacted, That this /kit
shall be a Perak Aet.
IV. Anti be it enacted, That the several
clauses of " The Rad ivo y Clauses Con- i
solidation Art," passed during the now
ast Session of the Provincial Parliament,
with revect, to the first, second, third,
and fourth clauses thereof, and also the
several clauses of the said last mentioned
Act, with respect to olnterpretation,"
•Powera," "I'lans and Survey," "Lurid
and theirs valuation," aad
lireleea," "Iacocca," "Tolls," "General
„ Bram:ford andJ1,iJaI Jint Memates," olairectora, their election and
Railroad Company," and were by that ditties," I'Sbaree and their transfer,"
mem acknowledged by ibe Legislature in "Munietp•dily,".Shareholders," Actions
the Act passed in the session loch/ in tbc (9r Indemnity and Films and l'enalties, sad
fourtseath and lath year of liar Als;esty's their eroaecution," Working of the Rail -
Reign, and intitoled. " An Act to repeal waye except only in ao lam as it may be es-
esptesely otherwise pr -'ed by thia Act,
Or 11 they may be inconsistent with the
impress enactment (hereof; are/ the ex-
pression 'glue Act" when used herein shall
be understood to include the Pros mons of
"The R•tiluvry Clauses Conitlidotion
Art" which are incorporated with this Act
as *tonne!.
And be it enacted, That any Share-
holder in the said Company, wbetber a
Bo iiish subject or alien, or a emoodent in
Chetah or elsewhere, has and shall have
equal ngbt to hold stock in the said Co.,.
to vnte on the tame and to be eli-
gbh to office in the said (company.
VI. And be it enacted, That it shall
and may be lawful for the said "Thrfalo,
Branifort and Greferwli Railway CMPS.•
porn(' to increase the Capital Stock of this
said Company by each stuns as may be re-
quired to enable them to complete the said
ftailway from fort Ere to the 'rnwn of
Geriatric Frolorponiel. trees the Tows of Brant -
fort eforentd, and for the eneepletten nIOs.
works neeeesary for the etfiesent working
Bureau rf Agricidtrarr.
The hen- oho Cameron moved that the
t• pi•ivide tr the e etioldishm•nt of the
Beres'. of Aerwelture and to steed and
enneoluisie tee laws relating to agricul-
ture, be now read • second tone.
The emit n was opposed by 11r. 11
&MI6. TprCeligh Brown, Dionoulin, end
Conchae, whco iipiaiiirel that the bit was
"poet , bad in spirit since by
tasking the Presideet of the Board of mg-
riesitere the it-tMfieni President of all
other boards tbreligaaut the coontry, it
hiauid reeeetablioh a *poem of centrilitil.
Moo. elven ereeid he most injoriou• to
ill,., and meet pet en undue te•
6ewer mte the hones of the Gaverement•
They sisa.eireted to those other claiories
hot which allowed the Griverervient
tearoom* the Vice Poiseent, sad "Putti
g•te the Preetileut • right tu veto &epee -
T It El NORTHERN RAILROAD.
Tuesday last was the first day of* new
era in the hirtory of Upper Canticle, for en
that day the first locomotive made its first
jaurney on the first railroad built within
the pre. ince • Ti. pewee lid machine was
landed a few dere ego and has levee put
together on the track, which is laid down
upon the Queen's wharf. It is a very
strong piece of mechanism from the works
el a owieufeetweing Cenepsey in the eity
of P.•rtland Maine. The cost was about
aloe .honsands dotlara and the imam paid
to the Provincial Cuitome, over a (hothead
wee nacemary to import Ghia
locomotive, for it was remersi immediately
but we uoderstand that the contractors for
the road have mode every exertion to em-
ploy Canadian mechanics to execute, like
monk, and that s machin, .1 actually in the
enure* of con•truction for them, by Mr.
James Gond, of this eity, who, intends tee
dining largely into the manufacture. We
also Morn that the works of she Nue era
Dock Company, are to be need fear the risme
object.—There is a far greeter demand
for thee* articles in the United Stater. than
can be supplied by tbe work. already es,
tablished there, so that tb• manufacture
cannot fail to be pendoctive. Not 'anther
locomotive for our railroads should Se ens•
struced out of Canada.
A Considerable number of pentane heft
selinied dunag the day, emelt interested
is ebeervieg the landieg of the iron ler the
:'dread from s I vessels, and ite neat
rrangement nn the wharf. A greet mein
linishieg tenches were mowed le the ea g-
lee, but about half pest six e'cleek P. M.
was seneueeed Stet ell wise ready. Fire
was bot—ehe nue* helettiai firma the
vie ebieseep—abm
isseirst party WIG e
'moiler, Mr. Capri*, tie
soisepissema among
,.a, the mania
t.t it Ir.:
14
lir IVO
ly and palatally s1 neat. 11.11
r
...-1tr, with more seem sad solid ii•
cases' a the crowd, ship wove. areentice
he the wharf, the steam whirite waking
up the echoes of the bey. and proximate/
that a great fact the bees achieved ,18.
Iran Morse has faltly bees introduced to •
sew field of lathr. Mr. Beckett, an ea -
• shoals by both, wh• drove lb* first Es -
▪ ever th• able Raareata had clearse of
the mashies. AN eogicie-bous• bed been
built over the track Dear the wharf, and
there it wee housed for the time but,
yeekeelier, I 1 Wall &riga some miles epos
die read, The rail is 'irate, laid about
to meth out, sad with the iingin• to carry
out the ire°, the Work will proceed much
wore rapidly thee it baa hitherto done. A
stetted booesilses how built neer the whet!,
the track wid somailie laid Moog the heels
of the bay1010 the Insert of th• cue, tied la
very few weeks w shall hav• the good peo-
ple of the north Mistime to their produce
by mi. Th• mows of constructing the
road, oe far a. w• have seen, us very good
the track well laid, and the maaere welt
01 11. Bridges excellent. As the line cros-
ses Dundee street it has twee found neces-
sary to build a bridge over the railroad, and
the works are now going •a. Tim piers
•re of very .Mid stone, and the superstcuc-
ture of wood --compact and strong.-Clo6e•
HURON SIGNAL.
ti/WASDAY. OCT. 14, 11352.
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T114 TOWN COUNCIL.
Arm a lengthened absence from the
Coancil board, our 'Iowa Council have
upon two occasions lately assembled, and
although we cherished the food hope that at
least a portion of the arrears of public
business would bare been setUed, we were
doomed to be most wofully disappointed.—
Nluch valuable time has already been teat,
and the year is drawing rapidly to a close
without any material object having been
attained, or any improvement having been
effected calculated to advance the interests
of our Town. That the delay has arisen
exclusively, either from the ignorance. or
from the contemptible obstinacy of the
Tory Councillors, will not be denied, by
any sensible man ia Goderich. Yet, the
Loyalist in reporting the Ethan* of the
6th Maoist, states, 'That there cainot be
any person in tbe Town so blind an not to
discover et a glance, the great contrast be-
tween the actions of the two parties the
Radicals and Conservatives, through the
unfairness attempted by the cue, the pub-
lic business of the place has been impeded
for nine months, while the opposite party
bas done every thing that could be dose to
settle matters speedily, that the ioteresteof
the Town might not be sacrified for the
sake of party power." If the Loyalist
intends by the foregoing very equivocal sen-
tence to assert, that the Conservatives have
done every thing they could, to settle mat-
ters speedily for the benefit of the public,
and that they did notsacrifice the interests
and wisbes of their constituents to the love
of party power;—we emphatically deny
the truth of the assertion, and are surprised
that say person even though imbued with the
contemptible subserriesey of the Lomat& ,
would have had tbe hardihood to make such
barefaced statement,. We will ask what
have the Conservative Councillors done 1
The only answer is that they have render-
ed themselves odious and contemptible in
the eyes of every sensible man in the
Town. They refused from the very first
to meet with the members of the -Council,
who were as duly elected as themselves,
and although Ira Lewis, Esquire, had been
elected Mayor, and coolinuerlleplly to act
as such, until e. few days ago, when he -was
unseated because the returning officer bad
not acted upon a certified copy of tbe
Collector's Roll, they refused to aoknow-
ledge bim as such or to act with him, in-
stead of progessing with the public business
until, in the course of law, the isaue should
be made known. It is true the Council-
lors for St. Patrick's Ward hare, within
the last few days been ejected, and Ira
Lewis, Eaquire, who was a Councillor for
that Ward, is no longer Mayor, but be is
succeeded by a man who hanself would
have lost his seat from the same cause, had
tbe Reform party been equally vindietive,
and had they takenlegal steps her that per -
pose.
The Tory Councillors under the influ-
ence of a miserable infatuation refined to
meet thew bretheren whom they knew to
he in a majority, and acted quite a laugha-
ble farce by establishing a "little Pedliag-
toa"..el stoic owe, arid endesvosreil to
term* -Mid amuse their coestitnents by
issuing ploy bills, beaded .1, John
Straches, Mayor of Goderich;" and thus
left tbe men of geese, the real advocates of
order and adraseement, who fortnoately
had a majority, to labor alone for the tete-
real, of the 'rown, and had it not been for
these, the iutelligent Reform Conocalors,
the 'rown would bave been ie a much worse
condition than it is. At length after play-
ing a inayorthip for eine months, the said
J. Straethe 1)Pironsers 5110 uncertain reuse
of law,' rim/ Mayor, end althongh Gude-
rich ie " remote sad safnended," be evi-
dently co -mutters it no small honor to occupy
so htgh a position over his fellow-towas-
men, which he inhibits is certsis little egot-
ism. both of smith and behaviour. The
Lesimhst taint -me on that cm the sight of
his election' to the Maforship, Mr.
Strachan thanked the Chimed hie the
boom emiferreil co ham, lad etpromed a
0041 delete *et aU pin political pebbles dine, *mg a look WMe about VI miles
15* fust. (hot by -goo.. might
Pt-gts, and that MI ailed sow node
a.met aillimegti at the eleresth
lour, for the wallies of the 'fowe."—
These •spresuous, although we understood
they were repooveri fortt with no little
egotism, might bare favoured of repestattee
*ad of a desire to attain the good wishes
of the people. But subsequent mats have
proved that all concenteas taut, to satiety
this gentleman, he on the side of the Re-
formism. Oa tbeevening of Friday lost
the Council met agent wider its sew head;
ood as new Councillors have sot yet been
elected for St. Patrick's Ward, of course
tke Tories bad the majority. The minutes
01*10 preceediag meeting were read by
Mr. Kydd, tbe Town Clerk, who also in-
formed tbe Couned that upwards of £500,
together with of a penny ia the potted,
would be required to be raised thio year
ta tbe Town for Couuty and School pur-
pose s, iodependlintly of the large amount
which would be required for Tows improve-
ments and expenses.
The 'Fury Councillors appeared to have
a great itching to undo if possible what had
been already accomplished by the Rime *e-
lite members of the board, and the assess-
ment roll appeared to tsr particularly trou-
blesome to some of tbose gentlemen, who
some time ago, haughtily refused when
called upon by tbe legally elected Assess -
sots, to give in any statement of their pro-
perty. Then gentlemen now begin to
feel the evil effects of their follyand think
no doubt, that they would have acted More
sensibly had they permitted their names to
have been entered. But Mr. Town Reeve
Wallace declared in hi% usually energetic
manner, that as the Asseasment 'Roll had
been revised, and had already been before
the County Couoeil, no alteration could be
made in that. And we would inform the
roe Soaresthe liflefirebee11414, 111141r
it was cueloded to p Mhpite„ after r•apiag
back about 12 made, Re "Vend became
smile water lugged, and sapeiasui *1 18, du-
ttupr,t 01 idiom 4 miles from the shore.-
At tae time 01 18. accident there were
eleven persons ea board, four of whom were
drowned. The sena persons who were
saved succeeded to clinging lathe salaamed
hall fee about three Lours, whim they were
forteestely relieved trete tbeir perilous si-
tuation by the arrival of boats from Saogeea.
We are informed. that the boatmen wbo
came to the rescue exerted themselves
in the most praisewor thy manner. The
names of the drowned individuals are
Joseph Wright of the Township of
Goderich, Fenner, John Morrison from
Cooksville,SmitIler, Taulbee Lein, Black-
smith from Toronto, and • boy named John
McKenzie of Kincardine. Those sayed,
were J. Murray, Captain, J. Havener,
Sailor, Mr, Belcher, Rev. Mr.. 'Crawford
Free Church Alinister, George Swanson
of Coderich and Mrs. *Alorrisson who was
the .wife of Jobe Morrison above meotiooed
as drowned, she had ouly been merited
about ten days and was thus early calledato
mcuro in early widowhood her dire be-
reavement. We trust that di( addition to
the catalogue of Lake misfortunes will
sot be without its influence upon the top -
duct of our` hardy and adventurous boat-
man, who we tent willwatch with is -
creased prudence over the condition and
istsuagement of their frail craft.
THE BUFFALO, BRANTFORD &
GODEItIC1I RAIL WA Y
The Bill autbortaiag the construction of
the Railway from Fort Erie to Goderich,
via Brantford, piceed the second Leading
and was referreirto the standing. committee
no the 7th inst.
electors that as one or two of the most
wealthy of the Tory Come:aloes refused te AG the Bill ha. many lateads in the house
tbe i
give in thew assessments at the proper time, ing Jaw, and fthere can now be no doubt of its aecora-
the aggregate value tit Ile property or nformatioof our rea-
n
der., wbo will all be benefitted by, and con -
County Council ioon diaeevered this, and '
sequently a:e all more or len altercated in
ed was len this year than in 'Sal —the
admiaisteriog justice, they clapped, ten athiseoprey oaft uthedeak
tame.
per
we have appealed
per cent on the valintion. The.electors
By the terms of the Bill, Shareholders
will remember when they pay their taxes in theee Counties will are vent rights and
for whom they are compelled to bear
privileees with those who originated the
this - ten per cent additional expense.—
Road from Buffalo to Brantford, Lad, at -
It was then proposed by Mr, William
Wallace and seconded by Mr. Coun-
cillor 'lenity, that the \layor do issue tbe
Writ for a new election of Councillors in
St. Prtrick's Ward, immediately, tbia was
, opposed by Mr. Councillor Watson, mim-
ing in amendment that the Mayor do take
his own time to issue the Writ, this was
seconded by another Tory -Councillor and
carried by the casting vote of the Mayor,
who certainly felt somewhat irritated that
his power to act as he liked without coosult-
though coming to the labOr rather late, and
fernishieg only the pooreekend of the road,
they will he entitled to are. equally the
advantages of the whole Tonle.
'We are really glad that there is every
provert of this noble enternrize triumph-
ing, nor shall we be balked in our expecta-
tions, the "Iron Horse" will soon make our
quiet woods re-ecbo„ with his vigorous
panting, and will wake op the slumbering
energies of our Counties. increased profits
tog the Couocil, should be at all questinn-
pation,.will soon convinee our population,
and advantages to every branch of occu-
ed. Other Mayors might have acted differ -
that they have -lived to see glorious time.
ent, and other Gotha' might hare been
M Huron. Tbe fanner will suddenly find
conducted otherwiee, but ,tors a new course
of action was to be opened up, and it was
undoubte ly the duty of an; ductile Council
to ask defferently for, and to receive grate-
fully from, their infallible head, advi,:•e and
declaim) in the small matters affecting the
Town. What if )IE the great head did
only represent one third of a fourth part of
the 'rown, did not Patrician Blood course
las veins and as a consequence was be not
fitted for a dictatorship. What if one
fourth part of the Town was unrepresent-
ed, would it not he better than to rug the
risk Of letting those meetly Rads hare a
majority, who with their vulgar notions
would so much disturb the sagaciaus plans
of their self-posseteed leader. Neverthe-
less we think that the people would much
rather be fully represented, and that their
enable should have some slight attention
paid them, and that their representatives
should'nor be mere dummies to the great
Magician. After tbe manifestation of ebn-
siderable acrimony and reserve on the part
of the Tory Councillors, it was moved by
air. Councillor Heil,!, and seconded by
Mr. Councillor Melvin, that certain gentle-
men who were named, should ronetitirte a
Finance Committee, when Mr. Town
Reeve Wallace, whoa appeared to us had
become disgusted with the reserve of the
Mayor and bis party, who declined siring
any satisfaction about the issuing of the
Writ, and who evidently intended to waive
the gumshoe for a time at 'that, rose in his
%eat and declared that be could not sit there
while a conlidenble portion of the Town
remained unrepresented, aad he felt with
ourselves, that the Refoni Councillors had
eat quite long enough under insult. He was
highly applauded by tin spectators, much to
the annoyance of the Mayor,wbo made some
remarks about committal for contempt, aad
for want of a quorum tbe Comical adjourn-
ed. The people have already given their
verdict, and will have ample opportunity to
judge of the coulee penned by both parties
during the remainder of their term. At
tbe election in January neat the Reformers
will be found united, and their ranks will be
similes by many a Conservative, who is
now thoroughly disgusted with the paltry
shuffling of ha party.
LOSS OF LIFE ON LAKE HURON.
It ie ague our painful d.ty to reenrd one
of those distreming ralemities, which recur
nearly every fall with sorb fatal eertninty
epos the coast of our northers Townships.
Time Sloop Emma of Goderich awned we
believe by Mr..1 . Murray, the Captain and
Mr. Wdttaa Rasta Merchant of Kinear-
his isolated property within a few hours ride
of the seaboard at New York,aad that it
has risen in value to become nearly equal
to the best land in tbe first "tate .1 the
Union. We lase no room for further corn-
meal: and will allow the Bill to speak for
itself.
ea.,- We regret elm inability to give
place to Mr. Ka dors letter thi-s week, but
the 1,I; r:4,, extract from it appears SO im-
portant, that we hasten to lay it before our
readers. If the fact et as there stated, and
we entertain not a doubt of it, we are eke -
lain there is not a farmer within the Coun-
ties but will at once declare in favor of the
Railroad:—
Few persons "probably are aware that
there is a Bill now before the Legislature,
introduced by the Inspector General, which
has already, in all probability, passed ,the
third reading; and which will have the ef-
fect of reducing tbe assessed rate for the
liquidation of the Debentures, proposed to
be issued for the,iconstruetion of the Fort
Erie, Brantford and Crederieh Railroad,
through thyme Counties, about otie-third;
and this will make, under theasse%set! value
of property or kat years, the rate to be,
For interest at 6 per cend
t .
6
1 7-1Itlis in the.0
For sinking fund, -1Id
Total, 2 2-1 Id.
And as the assessed value of property in -
cremes, which it of coarse does mutually;
this rate will be diminnbed.
A farmer asaeseed at present for .C.104
would have now to pay 17a 7d, or about
$31, whilat under the late Act he would
hare had to pay 25s or $5. Thug making
a difierence in father of then United
Counties of X3584 per annus—ew 7s awl
pet annum to the farmer essethed at Z100.
TOR TRI;lellt P.AILSOAD.—The Jour -
nal* Express rays, the long agony is
over. We learn by telegraph that the
contract with Mr. Jackson haa beea closed.
'Ile road from Montreal to Kingston is to
be made for .C3000 per mile gorernment
guarantee.
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11`.1r The Rev. Mr. Sinclare will presob
in the United Presbyterian ;g,r&a Last
Street on Sabbath first at II A. M., and
6 in the Evening. And at McDougall's
Hills, Sabbath 24th at half -past ten A. M.
And et Goderich ;t 6 evening same day.
PAITI Ai he PaeTo.—Otiveolvii ao erne
of alom in a quart of warm warm; whim
cold. add as meeh Sower se 001 meth it
the eerionteeeety of crown: then etro* fain
it a• much powdered rosin se will stand be
a 'holing sad two or three elevore• emit
to a enestetertee, stirring •Il the time. ft
will keep for two Of three months and
whoa dry, may be softened with Itswf '
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