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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-01-29, Page 2' NirTICI. TO ADVERTISERS. , INiew Aclvlertisement must be 'given in- by WO eiday noon, 1 1 , Changes f Advertisements, which are spe- . oially arranged for weekly changes, by r, . Tuesday noon. I Chakiles of Advertisements', which are not • • s1)eC1a1l3r arranr, d for weekly changes, ' by S- turday nig t: "insertion unless the with, •" We ca.nn t guapnte abov,' be-coMplie BLJSIN s NOTICE. vertising and Jobbl tled Quarterly,. onth ' June, Septembeearkd 1 accounts for ad - mist positively be set, 15th days- of Mardi, Pecember. thr (txpootter. FBJD4Y, JANUARY- 29 1869. HI N Nst2slt.-8S8S8MENT. BITele AT the close of the session, when the. mem.berS were .on thequ.i vive to. get home, Ave are .favored with an assess - menta*. -A,- vhich assumes toliean inie prevemen On the old Act, whose -Mao- , nialies ha e been a freciiient, souyee of grievance to the people Of Ontario, The great object to be kept -lit ViCW in evety system of taxation is o. to proportion. the burclene -impOied. upon . . , the people, that one part of thecom- munity wi 1 not be more highly favored than another. To de this truly and , . impartielly requiees both judgment _ and -- honeSty---juclgrrent in the' -adjust- ment of rates, and loney in the im- position of those rates without . fear or f.-tvor. On the face of this Bill as it .. has passed he Hthise, there is a glaring . violation of this latter principle. - Why- . Government officers with salaries- tang- . ing as high i.. $4 000, and Government buildinge 'in favoredi locahties,- should be exempteE fromst Olen, while the poor mechanic's iiic me, or e the poor , . laborers acre should. be taxed, we fell 1 to *see. ' The " caeual advantages" ,c f' Governmentrofficiajs. are noiiaso many, and _their saltines so iliberal, that their ability to bear the leu dens of ,taxation ii even greater then the majority of thb3e who depend up. n their taleutsin other spheres, to gain' livelihood. And as these salaaies are 1iie1easmg with the progress of the count receiving them eujo public improvements - more than reasonable bear their share of the expenses of those improvements. TO C ieg ,classes to pay a It • duties kid tariffs o demands of legislatien y, and thus those •.the benefits of it is nothing hat they should nepell the -Fork- ge share of the *der tp, Meet the and also to tax their incomes, while the pampered offi- cials who drive a. quillor ply the scis- • sors and paste brush in ,a government' •office to the tune of $1,000 a Year, are . allowed to go l free, is ail 6utrage. upen the lights of Canadians; which they Should be neither slow to forget or to - resent • This species of etas* legisla- tiou, irrespeotive of the rights of the whole cenimenity, is something that should be scented as a grese violation of our rights: and !branded With the disapprObation. of evety intelligent man. Another._ feature of the Bill, scaedely less obnoxious', is the .exemption of the salaries of Clergymen ar d Church Pro- perty frona- taxation. The -question of Denoraination:il Grants was only a few Weeks ago settled negatively, now, however, the question is revived, ,andi • in a rncdl way affirmed and foisted upon the country. Why any denomination should he allowed to speculate in pub- lic improvements at the expense of other men's labor, we -fail to see: 'For =stance, suppose a denomination bought proti)erty he a .centierl part of a town when proeerty was cheap. In a few edrs w1 TIVE SEAFORTH KPOSITOR. i let° its real value, but. not tubjected to taxation if not exCeeding $400.. In the ease of deducting the tinieunt debtedness from personal propertysethe nes law provides that it it only the debt on the personal . property itseW that is to be deductedfrom-its attital vitluee' I Reglirding statute labor, some changes are also made, designed to lay the burden on the non resident equally with the. occupant. The minimum fOr two clay's stetute lebor is to be $300,.. and -.not $200, as before. .All conamu-i tation money must bespent in the Sec, tion to which it.helongs. This Bill now to.be the law Of the land will soon be tested by the people, anti we 'have no doubt but before • 'next `Seesiones-,..tif Parliament eve will 'find many reasons for •demanding amend- ments: .,The -whole subject of taxation ri difficuti- to legislate upon, being both intricate and perplexing. We trust when the: question . is again taken up that the obnoxiousclauses alluded to will be repealed, 'and:the interest of no Special class bolster:eel up at the expense of the rest of the community, who are in many cases more worthy of favors. ' riR. RYgRsObT. Di.. Ryerson intends making another tour_ of the Pro-vince (which -Will be his fifth) to explainthe provisions offthe new Coraracmi' and Gramailar School Bills whiehihave been. -adopted by the. Educational Oenniiittee. He expects to Meet with Local Superintendent, Teachers, Trustees; and others interest- ed in education. NO doubt much 'use- ful infoionation will be laid before the Pei;ple. An opportunity will also be affoided to those opposed to the School Bills to • state their objections,'• and listen to .such a reply as the extensive • experience of the Chief SUperintenclent of Education will •enable him to make. 113. visits this County on Friday, Feb. 12th, and will speak in the Town • Goderich, ait half-past.one O'clock; next day he isto visit Stratford. z - .WHELAN:', IN the matter of Whela,n, the origi- nal sentence and time of execution stand as it was given at his trial' in Ot- tawa last Fall..1 A new trial has been refused iby the Judges; but the proba- bilities" ',,a.re that his coimsel will make application to the Privy " Council of England, -with what result, we ' would hardly venture a conjecture. THE LEGI4LOLTURE of Quebec, tow in session, is determined to Maintain 'its own independence by restrictions some- what simil'ar to those of Ontario. Mr. Chativeati has .already introduced a Bill to this effect, by which all- persons are excluded from a seat in the House who are in the , employ of the Local Government, excepting members of the Federal and. Local Cabinets, President. of the Senate, Senators, officers of ,Mi- litia, below_ a certain grade, andpost- masters below a certain salary. Why not go a little farther and acknowledge the _injustice of Dual Representation?. MEE'TI1C4--OF PAALLAMENTe Thellalifax Reporter, which auppoets the Ottawa Government as heartily as erty paper in Nova, Scotia, complains of theprospect that the Dominion Paella- nient is likely to be called together at a, very inconvenientsetteme The .Reposter sitys:— • " A more inconvenient period of the year could not, we think, -w-ell be selec- ted for business tnen from the seaside Provinces. It is the merchant,s see I time. • The Supreme Coert commet cis . . . en y ien le town geese larger . and its sittings in.Halifaxin April, and the eide walks were built, Streets gravel led tisneiy season opens that month through- ' out the Deminion. With Ontario far - and besiness established, that propert ' wae hicreaeed in value five or six &id, of the year." \and. that too, without in' the least con- . Our cotemporary suggests that the con- . . t rib uting to the, ituprovements by which dition of affairs in Nova Scotia, natty be e ..eecuse of that kind may be made, • . but nation enjoying the lienefit of the pub- are very different., . Y iners, Aprilsis one ofthe busiest in.onths its value Was. so emaely enhanced. We _the cause of the delay. Very likely an ask-. is this j ust 1 Is not that denomi- eVery one knows that the real reasons • lic funds Without any compensation.? • L1esome other reseects the Bill is ment, at the •session• of the Ottawa, Jess objeonettne.. In regard to the the Dominion to the other, will have a The outcry which the past .Govern- . Parliament, has raised from one end of tztx on. incomes generally there is a de- good effect.• Ministers must give heeu cided hi/prevenient• By the old law, to so -general a, remonttrance. Their • • any income exeeeding ffeee wee :taxed policy, no dobe will beto frame, some in fell, by tat new iect it is only the excuses for the late meeting this year, and to promise to do' better next time. n • TIIE :SESSION. TAIE ljlession of the. Ontario Legisla.- ture, jusit-cloaed, will be long .remerai- leered. as important one in tbe liis- tory of eur Paovince. The legislation in many eases :was hasty- and crude, and doubt Share the fate of many enact outs of last Session, which Sir' John . (lecher- . • ed to be unienstitutional. Among the most important measures we woukl first notice the settlement of the Denominational Grants. e are glad to know that the churches of On- tario a.re henceforth to be sustained by their, own resources, withent looking like helpless,' children 'eto any other Source for aid. The true dignity. of man should nowhere syiee- Mere con- . spicuously than in religious matters, and there should Ile no • independence that -would be less questionable in its nature than that of religious bodies. Another importantl measure was an Act for maiiataieine-ttite_- Independence • e of Parliament, and pieventtng bribery ateelections: The great bane of popu- lar suffrage is corruption. •Many are the means , adopted by unscrupulous men to accomplish their purposes.. To curtail designs of thisla!,-ure, elections ell over the/Province are to be held the smile day, and only oee day required • for. polling. The property qualified - 'thins of members is also. abolished, thus affording the people a chanee to choose a man who is the representative of their views, though he may not possess broad aeres or heaps of gold. The Assessment Law, a resiiine of *which will be found elsewhere, was also manipulated, • and • was in some re- • speets amended, though veiy im- prOved. Aftei working on this mea- sure for two ;sessions, we bad reason to expect . a Bill- with less detects, and better adapted to the wants of the No: pie. , The Education Coramittee, after long examinations of witnesses and. an al- most endiess amount of • talking, brought forth nothing priacti*tal. Trne, a Bill or tWo iS framed, but_ laidt over until next Session e Donbtless when Dr. Ryerson:returns from his tour of the Pr;evince' and consults the *people, heiveill be prepared to tell the Govern,... ment what to do, 'duel as they have hitherto •submitted calmly to his dicta- tion, we have every reason to expect that in,this matter they • will not ' act differently. The Bilis are ne doubt good, and should be mit into operation without somuch eseless ceremony. Towards the close. of the Session' there was a good deal of skirmishing about money matters. An Opposition, • desirous to quard the rights of the people, could not and shoss/c/ not calm - lee submit to the unreasonable demands ra tcle upon th.em by :the ,ftovernmen.t. There is nothing in British law or us- age, to sanction the voting 'of large sams of money without any explana- tions as to how they are to be expend- ed.' Neither is there anything in the present condition of Canada to; warrant the shameful extravaganee with which the Governor General's reeidence is be- ing built• . The manifesto of the immortal "nine," which appeared in the Toronto papers, also excited a good deal of comment • Sonie thinned skitned traitors, to cover their defection front the Reform Party, assumed that they were badly a.bused by the Vlok and accordingly issued a document purporting to be a Declara- tion of their Independence; but which was heredity a declaration ca their sub- serviency to John Sandfield. They succeeded at least in bringing, down upon -themselves the condemnation of the country, and some of them. have already been 'brought to task by their Constituents The "Patent Corabinatior?" has mew received a "fair trial," and we believe the people of Ontario are fully ,prepar- ed on the earliest opportunity to render a verdict of absolute condemnation. asantmissmin Sir John having been applied to for his opinion as to the locale of the proeosedDeafand Limn]) Asylum, is said to have wittily replied, that as King - :excess of $400 that is taxed. Personal Ilie difienilt thine -will he to insure th th. f 1 Bills Passed. Tbe following Acts passed the Ais- labile of Ontario during the *tent I to, from tho Trusts certain incite, tare mentioned, tied to est the proper- .. rate the `Ottawa certain articles from Toll—To ineOpo- -.sUceliPPtteiireil:dA4,t':;irinC,e7issa°0,:tiitilleaadtwed—a A81.1116oateAlari°eitf- ree:nfIctaiLgE_Coje7tniFielud tiro(citiliiii fo,il.ss,ofiilisl.vte!'reieifFiiiiei:imied Benofit socidity_40unanlityendptiho teiertt, liYoninjohcf(en.Brlirtlarabtse;17;:titteri;asigeigeci etoiiieltislanDedi:aljtlic.liel—tst_e chapter- 40 of, 29theVictoria, intitled . TO amend the Law as to Costs inteitits for Alimony --To. amend the *et, to municipalitv_To mind. the At in die Estatcsof the later homes Bell well,. Rumplirey, Cheist e, 'illeclore, and Wood, in the Dietriet 0 Muekoltai in - Houghton P 11 To erect the Townghip )f Watt, Card- - Elnisley-:-To provide fur the Registra- " .An Act fol. the Collectien, by inOetns akiouirsooRnasioliwiderteCt.olyAie t-eis Troe'lateililigentiol. of 'Stamps, of Fees of olii e Deles i. Diitiese payable to. the 'croivir tielnoicil :_theT'ope;oufieiesielidoneoi!;iitle,rdi'-iii:fni;.fst'ell',.1:1":fgethriov. Law proeeediny,s .-and Itegistrat4." -clay of the City of Ottawa—TO'amend --.-..To incorporate- the St Andrews 4c)- iCnotizaoleiddiettil,,d,IAS:tnaticeit oi±:esiteTtf'irng04311:ei_e, _. " Tbe Free Giants and Homesteadej4et Fences and Water Coir. .'---F' the of 1868." -e -To, authorize the:Law S . e- Relief\ of the Toronto 8 reet :Railway Allenby as a 'Barrister -as -Law -a o ty of Ontario to a,dmit Frederick GeOtttee ,90fotuilise)ier haaiinudatyo, ean.uodvi;1 :I; fool;htelile... ;:):: Norfolk, }beltway Cempay—TO aniaid Elesictdalsins,-<1-01.nestPareicot_inigi,otlin B:uron Colleee s -e -To inecaporate ilse Sheep—Respeethig Tave ei and Sleep amend the Act 26th. Victeria, charter .1'- see—To emend the -Ac ) a fine:al:to:1; iontigili eoaaf... 31, €11itied " _ ' •'.Act to . incorporAte Tin On Dogs, and for the Protection of it. the Municipal Institutions Act of per Canada --To authorize the Law provision relating to tb , Tenitoriel - day of Upper Canada, to admit Wi, District of Aleskoli;ie--Pteletive to Mine am Darley _Pollard as a. Ban iSiteleat-L 'sty ingeL-Respecting land,s sol for arreare --To amend and confirm. the Char r tolfle tlialaisNeva----t;oec:taiinisgerttlie a.iiit,,, secsosain,ise,oillitda(t; of " The Ottawa and GloucesteleMPL41 Company." ---Respecting Election , * Property in the Province . f Ontario— Meinbers of the Legislative AssernblYsA To amend the Alt 31siT , Orize, chaia Respecting Titles to Union. Houses ' ter 40, " To, incorporate . ,he Toronto Religious 'Wership—Amending , t.* Grey and Bruce Railisity 4 inpany."— " Act to ineorpora e the Port Whit"' • To &need the Act 31st 1 •ctcria 'dep- end Tort Perry Raproad Company."' ter 41, intituled " An Act to isicorpo- To incorporate the Peterborough ari„I rate the Toronto end Nips ng Railivaei Ilaliburton Railroad Conipany—re Comptely."--sTo confer cet ain pewers amend chapter fifteen of the Consolidate Oh Truet•ees and Executor- -To emend i ed Statutes of 'Upper' Canada, intibule4 ' the Act intituled f`A-hfAct respecting. " An Act respecting County Courte-- the survey of lands in Up )er t.:antida Respecting, the Colonial' Securiti'ti. (eow Province of - Ont. rio).7.--For , Company (limiest]) to -facilitate proof , Grantine to „ITLir Me 'esty - r ain seine its. incorporation for -the execution eitl of moneeb, requited fo'ilr cl' efracic:ing: thkex- 1 instruments, and for other purposes 'senses of _Civil Governme it for sthe , To conetitute and enable the. trustees year 2.869- i for making g od certain the estate of Alexander Wrighteclecea sums expended for r the Pui lie, Service the Act respecting Division Courts ] To grant certain powers to the and education 'cf his farnily--Tooainyzido:kicly,:i'c:gEtfihlet: tutild to vest its pteceeds-for the snePor„ ed, to sell and dispose of his real e.stite iit1868, an foe other purp f a. clded i o the ExPOSITOB, sub ecnTi'ivitQilouniitlail:; aanend the Act of the late Provirce o ' 7e,i; 117es have b Farmers' Mntual Insurance Company :, Respecting the Court of Error and Ape peal in the Province.-- of Ontario—Td", session: SEAFORTH ':EXPoSjiron.— Vo -.are in receipt of this -well condtie ed weekly -I published at Seefoetle, by A.- ea --r. Ross Canada, twenty-fifth Victolia, chapter , s- end Luxton.The latter of these gen- seventy-two, ,by .deciaring the intentionti` of the same, and confirming con.veyaneesest tlemen is well knowit in ti is locality tees the original founder of ti e Age,. and made by the Trust aud Loan Conipanitas having. energetically rushed; - thereundere--To incorporate the King-.1,through fie darkest period of its ex- ' .dton and FrontenacR,ailway Company , i To vest certein . Real 'Estate in theilis'apet'' en 'given it a standin in piitlic,- Trustee's of the Adelade Street Wesley --,,(J a estimation. an Methodist Church,* Toronto, wainthd,,,Thee Mr. Ross is no less favoura ly known,,, 'only for his connection with the iower to sell and convey the same, - ge eit for his services in the interests-. o apply, the proceeds in the erection oft ; . sief Reform, TenaperaieCe and 'education. anew -church—To incorporate the 1 On -i tario Trust and and Investment Co. - The..Expositor bas already b en gmatly To realize the granting to, and hoildines Ti._ s improved, since teeming into t eir hands. - eighth Victoria, chapter twenty- ight, its it...p'4-auisheasr_of 40 columne, and resents te by the Municipal Corpora,tion o tbbe been changed to an e ght page- Townehip of Sts Vincent, in the C unty of Grey, in. the Piovince of Ontaio, of UN,•ery 'heat' and ereditable a pearance. , , he past experience_ of the ublishere, . certain lands—To amend the act p , sed id _undoubted energy, and the splen - in the twenty-seventh and etw iity- A 1 1 .i; 1 -1 1 ilia Eetct that is On to thei cannot ail to make the enterprise a great sue- , intituled- "An Act respectin sr the se Office of Sheriff," and to make fu iher - ,siess.—iSvtrathroy Age. . provision respecting the s saii o ce— the Council of. the Corpora,tion of Pert fl To incorporate the Preqsu Isle and Belmont Railway Company—To enable Aope to aid by way of bonus, the ex- tension and completion of the 1 Port Hope, Lindsay, and e Beaverton Rail- way to Beaverton, and for other Ipur- poSes—To.incorporate the Synod of the Diocese of /Toronto, and to unit, the . Church Segiety of the DioceS of T on- to tlaerewith----To repeal certain Acts a ed Enactments *herein mentio ed, and to abolish the Court of Impeach - 1110113 for the trial of County judg ___ To amend an act passed in the twenty- seventh and twenty-eighth - --yeare er •Majesty's --Reign, respecting granting of Charters of Incorpora to Manufacturing, Mitring, and o „Companies—To provi4e for the suc ion of Trustees of the Church and G property belonging to St- Andr of the ion her ess- ebe w's C urch, Peterborough, and to autlao ize the Trustees of the said propert to mortgage the said property, or art thereof—To repeal and araend certain Acts and enactments therein. naentio ed —Relative to certain streets in the city of London, in this Province—To er et the Township of Monck, in the District of Muskoka, into a Municipality To grant relief to Lady Smith, and to n - able her to manage the estate a er late husband; Sir Henry Smith -..T0 corporate.the Helmuth Lathe's College —To amend the Ace thirty-first Vic- toria, intituled "An Act for the n- touiagement of Agriculture, Hortic I- ture' Ansi and 3Ylanufacturee'— 9 make provision for the selection of Jur- ors for the County of York, for e year 1869, and. for other purposes—To incorporate the Caledonia Peat Manu- facture and Smelting Company—To 4 - corporate the Hamilton Mutual Fire Insurance Compan.y—Rrspecting • the Public Works of Ontario—Res ectin as all the -rouges, and Toronto all the Security .A' be given by Officers in ols, Hamilton is entitled to the Ontario—To relieve the Trustees of the nd dumb and blind. Honorable john LlmAley, late of Toron- I propertY is also to iae assessed. accord- keeping of their promise.—Glebe.• I deaf a, e e o -a Tlim selections of the EXPOSITO are maclie *ith a view to good family readin The (.77o0e kap that during the pat :ascii). 28,786 immigrants 'ha e ,passed ei trough Toronto, All a th ee 5,197 we remained in Canada, th rest past ein to the Western States. he mosti Of those through passengers ere Ger- _ ans and Norwegians, who h d :deteie* Mei on their course befor leaving ome. The number remaini g en this iountry was 1032 more than ast year, eind 3,002 Ovtl• what remai z. during866 * There is no reason wh a still ore favourable account shou d not be - t -even of 1869.. In eontrast with the do-nothi litherto`pureued in Canada in ter of emigration, let us nOtic izsny other things, the folio taince ta,ken from one of our e fern the other side :--- The United States Land ee re- port for 1867.will be printed fereigni Iiiingua.ges, for distribution on 1b con -6.4ent of Europe : 3,000 copi will be 'printed in German, 1,000 ire French, aid 1,000 in Swedish, all of w ich will sum be completed. The repo will be ase.companied with a map of the :United S-tiates and Territories." :g policy the met- , among. - Mg sen - changes - No labor cr expenseis, ain ong onr nOighbours, thought too great i order' Itesi attract capital and labor to t eir un- eifsitupieel lands.- It is more th n time' vi4 were waking up and profit sg some - at by their example. Eve as itis, -oser progress has peen very great. What Might it have been had a wiser a*E1 -more statesmanlike COU 0 home ,rsued. rumor is in circulation re* to the effect that th.e laegc ili*institution. of that city has], $00,000 te1$500,PDA 'left lending to New York sec ors,, who ceitne bankrupt, by the eons. Siaree. t st from, Money- ve nee • Erite 1. • Ti:; ExPosnoR is for • Book Store, • "LITTLU .147%;:sp:DI .the Wonder"' Friday from 9.a. re. . t lteId jaa iiight to Lodge in. Sezeitirtlis ON 'Monday fin&11, of Clinton, So saye's triet,V.,eefEsei lereetali ease- . our table a pair -1 Mr. -_kemmul V.' _ y gout( hie galleri PEnsoNaii.---We that our‘townsmaii, obtaieed his Dental examination; meats from this, essein :Fe-assiise v D. L. rions deivieg,• inan wilo so far fer gist tify Ins '41101sse goring tire paneshed rarely • Coteitiy. Ootee met a Gosleriel and eleeted ltobei Warden. NO bush anee, beyond reciAvi pointhigeoreinitti.es. • A full &pit lst Vice ron Agrieulture two manes as they issue of the' ltssee been, Jas. bone, heStead o . We 'regret the er will please notitis " OinS File ber tf the neW se tablished and. firs •Joernal, apte.are. reelly wakes a. feu It 'Whores the fa seniport the elaleie new in existence. 41 A_ wili nolt be publisl • your r al• name. tions to his rule. - for zany mean to • opinions t hii be We, however, wisi that we do not y our .argune en t. Ji E. lancet for Perth, died s•).[ at Stratford, 011 • The funerei took - The stores in twine ness \OS. entire flags were at ha Coencii met and iy, attending the inunense eOncourse sent _from .all throughout which meth esteemed.. Buk13 TUE RYME Seotia's immortal and vicinity cebebt on Monday, in go tional "pibroch" the table was greet now known as the din' race." Toast; speeches 'made, an sure and profit pas remembered by t] tish song and Scot, To' RETIAE.—it be found. L. R. Os of a great sclearir Stock. Vire untie bey intends reture a, short tin, .and determined toiclea at any sacrifice. the goods. former: 'Cole, H. NV. MeCat he is in a-. -position • ed bargains. adze MiCHANICS for several weeks i the advocacy of a -1 It now affords o know that by the of a deputation of - ...amount a money for the purpose. their intention,' aft place a thorough. - . the business to ti will complete the r With the reqUirene thereby esecure the a one hundred pe- subscribedi Alm nsents are made fo we trest that our < collector4ia tangibl particulars next ve