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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-06-11, Page 2o 17 -2 NOTICE TO ADIERTISEEIS. New advertieeanents plait be given in by Wednesday noou. elhantes f Advertisements, which are spa, -•cially, arranged for weekly changes, by Taesdey noon. • - -Changes of Advertisements; :which are not epecially areanged for weekly flanges, by Saturday night. - We cannot guarantee insertion unless --the_ above he complied with. - • Besnemes Noerce.—All accounts for ad- et-ertising end Jobbing must positively be set - elect Quarterly, ou the 15th days of March, June, September and December. titt XPOOXtOr• ar,he °Metal Paper of the 'County. FBJDAY,TVNE11,,186k ,Tli.E 1RI$11 CHUnal BILL... Last week we ?said, "it was justpo8- aible that the Lords might- reject -this Ilia:" 'By the xeport of a careens of •-titis body, we .perceive that our surmise -e will probably turn out -More 'accurate , . . l than we had hoped. The firstrreading Was received with grumbling, but at the second it is .feared that it vill he • el feated ;by a majority of some sixty or eighty., And rhat will be the resillt if itliset It must give rise , to a profound _ . feeling of indignation against the House erf. Lords, producing. an agitation, the . . , - -like of Which , has not been felt in . 1 - -Great _Britain for ages, while it would ' intensify the discontent in Ireland, to such an exteut as might culminate iulopen rebellion. The present unpopu- la ity of this House would be increased, . • a d'a trioet bitter antagonism• created tween the people and it'ef Tjie strenger party would tt itimately pre vail, which is the people.; and the pro-. bility is -that the House of Lords would terne forth from the contest a nonentoy. It new. being a foregone' conclusion :that this is the treatnient which awaits' thel Irish Church Bill, in Ire Upper House, the question arises,',,,what will , JGladstone d�? Evidently one of three .. things : Create -new peerages, prorogee. Parliament, or resign.. To .which of = these- the Premier will heve recourse, < r, :we hardly dare attearipteto foreehe,dow ; 'Int we firmly belie -ye that whichever it , . • may be, it will be the one that will most certainly gain the people's behest, as manifested at the last election, viz : First—Disestablishment in Ireland, , and secOndly—Disestablishment in, ..Biitain. .1 NEWFOUNDLAND. THE terms for the admission of New-- loundland into the Confederation, have been ageeed upon by the Delegates and the Government, and nothing remaiEs ta be done, but .to get the concur+ce of the Local Legislatute and the Par- liament• of Canada. The basis aunion is similar to that on which the other Provinces were admitted, and does not involve any such sacrifice as . that made to the Nova Seotians, By the 4th clause it is designed to pay an annual subsidy of $35,000 besides the er • -usual grant of 80 cents per head. It is further agreed to pay $150,000 per • annum, half yearly in advano' e, for the valuab.ie mineral rancho, ewe -Which she brings into the Union. Alliother mat- ters coining under the• jurialiction of the general government by the Confed- eration Act will be assumed hy the Dominion. Should -these terms be ac- cepted by both parties, the -Union will be immediately consummated, and New- foundland will then be part of our "New Dominion." ,Ie is impossible at present to say • 'wille. any degree of eertainty, what are Mr. Motley's instructions on the Ala- bama question.- From the pacifie tone _of the more bellicose American papers, , , it;' Mild seem that he will endeeriiar to 17 ,C0 e to sorne amicable understanding in the matter. The effect of Mr. Sum - re's speech on American securities In foreign markets, has .already convinced Mr. Grant's Cabinet, that 'when Britain speaks hemeans what she says. It would be ell for Mr. Motley to re- \ inembeet at- buncombe is not so -popu- lar in. England as in the Unite1 States,, and that when tne British lioni is once arousece.he ereerace De settled 4y long- windeti aeanoeseri ind rapid, liogica1 erozTesirondence. 1 - RECIPROCITY THE SEAFORTH EXPOSITOR. The ronericans are beginnieg to feel seriously the 1 ssofReeipeocity *with. Canada. ., The act that they must have certam articles of Canadian produce at any price, male s it necessary for them- selves to pay the thity„which their own government imposed upon the impor- tation of such goods. Mr. Rose in his Bedget.speech showed very clearly that Canada has suffered but very little from the abrogation of tteciprocity, so far as the exports of -the United States were • concerned. . In the article of lumber the exports have inereased 44 per cent, and in everything else, except cattle, there has . also been a small increase. This duty the Americans know quite well falls upon themselves, and hence the eagerness with wh-ich they urge the. renewal of cOriarnercial intercourse. In the. New Ycrk Chambers of Commerce the followieg resulution was adopted and ordered to be sent te the Secretary of State :• Resolved,—That the Chamberof Com- merce of New York. city heartily en - (ibises the resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means, which unanimous- lypassed the House of Representatives of the United States on -the 23rd of March, 1869, recommending the Presi- dent of the United States to renew ne- gotiations with -the - Government of Great Britain, and 'Dress' them, if poe- sible, to a definite conalusion - tor ar- rangement of reciprocal trade with Ca- nada, and securing to our citizens free- dom of the River St.. Lawerence and. freedom of the inshore ,fieheries of the ,coast of British North AmeriCa. In moving this resolution Gen Wal- , bridge advocated a friendly intercourse with Canada in all Commercial mattera and strongly. deprecated any legislatiou of a nature hostile to the present politi- cal condition ,of the country. There were five commercial measures at -pre- sent necessary to the prosperity of ooth _ coUntries. First :—An interchange of national products of the soil, from such recipro- cal, terms as may be agreed upon. Se- cond -Assimilation of excise euties, and of patent copyrights laWS.r Third -Free navigation , of the River St. Lawrence, an d -eu largement of its can a*. Fo urth - Freedom • of inshore fisheries offthe coast of British America. Fifth -Re- gulation' of transit trade So far -as Canada is concerned, she need not be in the least haste to beg for Reciprocity. . It is not for a mo- ment to be denied, that a- renewal of the old Treaty, or the formation of one somewhat similar would be mutually beneficial. But as the Americans were in such a haste to punish Canadians for imagined political recreancy it would be only maintainig our natarnal digni- ty, to allow them to make the first ad- vances at least, towards a renewal of our former commercial relations, when they are prepared to tonsider dispassio- nately, tlie points at issue between the two countries, then we can readily ac- quiesce, and accept such terms only as will be conducive to Our commercial prosperity. Ma. HOLTON'S MOti011 in the Do- minion Parliament expressing sympa- thy with the Gladstone Government, was speedily stifled by Sir John A. Mc- Donald. does seem out of 1 lace in a Canadian Parliament to, arouse unnecessarily a sectarian spirit in the country. knowing the strong feeling that exists•on this question. The Irish Church isiinevitably doomed to over- throw. The Bill for that purpose has already passed the Commons, and Ca- nadians might just as well look on quietly and let those great events which are destined to add such dignity to the British. 'Empire, take their natural course undisturbed. IT was sonst6 time ago reputed that the exodus from the Valley of St. Lawrence to the 'United States would amount to 3,000 souk It is -now shown on the authority of C. J. Bridges, that not more than two or three hundred families have left with. -the design of staying away, the remain- der being the usual complement of laborers who work four months during the summer, and return to Canada in.i 1 CRIMIN.A.L JUSTICE, TRE Hon. -John &afield McDon- ald has, introduced a Bill hie the Do minion Parliament, the design of which is to !lay the pruning knife to the ex- Tenses.connected with the Administrae tion of Criminal Justice in Ontario. The mach nery-f of law is somewhat tedious in its operation, and from the Moment a, prisoner is cornmitted to gaol, until his ria.1, he is a source of considerable expense Besides it not unirequhntly happens that after he has laiu in jail for a few months, that he is discharged by a Grand. Jury. The number of such discharges during the .last five years was 45 per cert. of. the whole number of cemmittmehts, show- ing plainly- that magistrates do not ex- ercise, sufficient prudence in receiving evidence, when charges • are, first pre- ferred. The, cost to the country as reported by Mr. McDougall is by no means in- considerable. Out of a total ann4a1 expenditure of $13,000, $6,000 was on account of prisoners afterwards ac- quitted. During the last five years 'the money thus expended amounted to over $26,000. The remedy proposed by the Premier of Ontario is certainly averse eo all our views regarding ordinary criminal ju- risprudence. He proposes that within twenty-feiur hours after any person ie committed to geol, the sherriff shall notify the County Judge, before whom the prisoners shall be brought. The Judge will look at the deposition and give the party the option of being tried by him on the spot, or of a ealting his trial till the next Sessions or As- sizes., If he is -willing to be tried by the Judge, he can be arrigned imme- diately. If he says he is guilty, the sentence will commence irom that mo- ment. If he says he is not guilty, he Will be at liberty to Procure a council and bring h* witnesses ; ,and,- if found not guilty, he will go back to his fami- ly' and the country will not have to sustainhim.. THOS. GALT, brother of the ex - Finance Minister, seems likeliest to obtain the Puisne Judgeship rendered vacant by the death. of Mr. Justice John Wilson. - The attempt to buy off the M. P.'s, daily developing hostility to the Government by bestowing a good peeferment on his brother, is in John A.'s most characteristic vein. A de8tructivej fire took place on Sun- day at the Convent of the Sisters or Charity in Queuec, destroying the cha- pel and the greater • part of the east wing of the building. The loss is es- timated at $15,000. IT is believed that the Bon. Wm. McDougall- will accept the proffered LieuteGovernorship of the Nerth West Territory, though it is understood he stipulates for a reappointment after his first term of four years expires. ' Hon. Justice John Wilson died at London on Thursday the 3rd inst. Bus illness was tedious. His funeral took place on the Saturday following. THE Treasurer for the County of Ox- ford decamped last week. Deficiencies to the amount of between twenty and thirty' thousand dollars. T r A LARGE fire took place in "lama - ton. on Tuesday, destroying Magill's hardware store and adjoining bui14- ings. PATRICK BUCKLY, who was suspected 'of complicity in the McGee murder, .has been sent to Rockwood Lunatic Asy- lum. • Tim New Market Rac Wednesday, at London. people were pesent. es began on Some 3,0190 WILLIAM ELLIOTT? Esq. has been appointed to the vacancy oc- casioned by the death of Judge Small 1- 1 , of LondCre, THE Lords of England have inti- mated that they will defeat the Irish 'Church Bill by a majority of eighty upon a second reading -Another proof TRE election of members to the On- - that lords as well as church establish- tario Medical _Counc•il tock place raents fateuid be abolished.a-N. taroughout the Province on Tuesday. 1 Tribune. "IOEIABOD r - So may Goderich most righteously esclaim. The' recent meeting of the County Council, termierated,.of course, with a motion of adjournment, 'but not one of the usual. kind, for it contained:a clause, three the 'adjoureneent be to Clinton; whichcarried, on a division of seven- teen to eleven. Perhaps to laugh at Goderich in her iction, may not be magnanimous, still we cannot refrain from giving, at least, a feint smile. She possesses a number- of "limbs," would be Solons in the land, whose un- ceasing, mischieyous, and wanton pranks have been played upon the County Council for years past Tech's nical innovations have been taken ad- vantage -of, and aZtions for all manner of things ha,ve been threatened,- by those, same ' little fac simile of Ba- laam's "quadruped," (if ley the compari- sou we insult the ashes of the old fel- low, we beg pardon), and all for no other earthly purpose than to harrass that body in their deliberations. For a long time unroanifested contempt was the only reception 'with 'which this sort of thing met ; but the day of lung suffering* is not forever, hence the above action. We believe Godelich ma.y talk of separation from the County, and carry it into effect, without the least opposi- tion, and receive ,a blessing into the berg - }ler contiguity to Lake Huron sug- gests to us the advisebility of her unit- ing with that old, corporation. No doubt Mother Heron would receive her with a fond embrace, and sing her requiem in plaintive strains, as she has done with many a . better institution before. How aptly may the lone wanderer through the ancient capital sing: "1 feel like one who treads alone some les- tive ball deserted, Whose hopes are telt whose garlands dead, and all but I departed," etc., etc. Royal Canadian. There are some facts connected with the Royal Canadian Bank Whicl- 'go- to ehow that it was not as badly managed A some people are 'disposed to believe. Few Banks could have borne so steady and continued a draught upon their re- sources without exhaustion, Or clanger to their staeility as the Royal Canadian was compelled to erdure from the -first of March to tin 15th of May. Dur- ing that short period, the reduction was as follows $625,150Debts to to other Baines,. $3,702; 625,l50;- Debts on interest, $329,898, making a total of $1,215,627. Whence it is' seen that from the 1st of March to the time a suspension little less than a million and a quarter of gold was paid out. The cause of this ruinous drain was, be, yond doubt, want of public confidence in its management. This want of con- fidence arose chiefly from two causes. There were no doubt. some names in the Board of Directors not calculated to inspire faith in the general manage- ment ; and added to this was: the other important fact, that there was constant internal disputes and dissensions with- in the Board itself. It was thee latter or these two circumstances beyond ques- tion that induced the final crisis. -- Hamilton Te77188. • HORRIBLE STORY OF SUFFERINGA negro named James Wilsontwenty-five years of age, arrived at New York on Tuesday evening, the 25th inst., in the steamer Rising Star, from Aspinwall, who had existed during the entire pas- sage without eating. He was em- ployed at Aspinwall in receiving the cargo, and after supper on the 17th inst, fell asleep in a secluded part of the lower hold. At one o'clock on the ninr. ning of the 18th the vessel sailed. The Man, on awakening perceived that she was at sea, but the hatchways being closed he was unable to make himself heard from where he was situated. The cargl'q. in his proximity consisting of wool, India rubber, mother-of-peral .shells, and hides, offered no means of sustenance. The hold was by no means crowded with goods, and he enjoyed lo- comotien, but ve' eakness and the con- fined arir fivally overcame. him, - and he slept profoundly until the hatches were opened on Wednesday morning after at -rival. The fresh air revived hip, and, as the stevedores descended, he was discovered, but was unable • to stand. He had been nearly nine days without eating. Tea Was adreims. tered„ but he could not retain it. 'Sherry wine was tried with beth r success, and he grad- ually became able to digest food. He was taken to tne Colored Home, at thh foot of East Sixty -Fifth street, aud will, be returned to Aspinwall after re. covery by the Commissioners of Char- ities and Corrections in whose charge he remains. • DOMINION IlokItLIAMINT, THURSDA,Y. The.House of Con3ruons -went into Committee ef Supply, and agreea to several items. FRIDAY. • Sir John A. Macdonald intreduced Bill for the temporary goverment of the North-West. et nueseage eves beet down from • His. Excellency endosing resolutions on the subject of ei.e Union of Newfoundland with the Dornieion ; also_ one with resolutions on the turion of Prince Edward's Island. Tire terms for the rece,ption of Newfoundland into - the • Union demanded that Canada should assume the liability of tile deots of Newfoundland at the rime of the union, and that the interest on the debt should be placed on the -same mete , ing as that of the other Provinces in" the Dominion ; alit interest is ter he payable by the General Governmeeel half -yearly, at the rate iof 5 per cent. per aim um, onthe difference bete -eft the indebtednees of Newfoundland and that of Nova Scotia and New: Bruns- wick per heed of the populaeion—the populatien of Newfoundhind being as.. timated at 1;30,000. The power of taxation is to be transferred to the Do- minion, in return for•whieh NeAjfound= land shall receive yearly 635;000, and an annual grant of 80 cents pt i head of the population—provision being made for the increase of 'population—and-also an annual su bsidy of $150,000 in re- turn for the transfer of unoccupied lands, the Colony retaining erenrol otee roads and bridges, and the privi- lege of cutting ood free of elb.rge- This last- clause, however, remahse eah- ject to reservation: The resolutions also provide :for the protection of the, fisheries, of the Colony the maiute- pence by the General --overn men t of mail steam service_ between the Doe miniou, Newfoundland, and the United Kingdom,' a coast mail servce, and the defraying of . certain services of the Colony. Newfoundland is also to be exempt from exceptional export duties, and shall be represented in the Cern- mons by eight memlers, and by four members in the Senate The House then went into Committee_ on the Bill respecting. Criminal Procedure. Sir Geo. E. Cartier 11JOVed concurrence in the amendments' made in Committee ef the Whole to the Bill repeeting Pae tents 6f Invention. An amendment was moved by lion. Mr. :Galt and lost . upon a division, as was also an amend- ment ,of Hon. Mr. Tupper, allowing any British subject to take out a patent, in the Dominion. Mr. Chamberlin's amendment,Iproviding against° the eva- sion of the clause respecting mar die% turers, and an amendment of Ma Blake, stood over for consideraticntill the third reading. MONDAY. Mr. McKenzie moved the adoption of the eixth report of the joint Com- mittees on the Printing, recommending the acceptance of the tenders of Messrs. 'Hunter, nose, & Co., for paper printing and binding, Mr. Stephenson moved in amendment that the report be refer- red back to Cotemittee with instruc- tions to recommend the acceptance of the tender of ivir. J. B. Tapor for printing. On a +vision,. Mr. Steven - son's amendment was carried by 115 to 22. Mr. BeIlerose moved that it 1* recommended to the Cornmittee to ae- ceptt the money security offered by Mr. Taylor. Atter some discussion the motion was ruled out of-' order, and the original motion as amendeu was agreed to. A discussion then ensued on the subject of navigation, and the question. of Provincial jurisdiction on that point, \- Several private bills :were introduced, and others advanced a stage. TUESDAY. The Patents Bill was read a third time and passed. Hon. Mr. Rose thou moved the House into Committee on the resolutions in relation to the re- ception of Ne-wfoundland into the Union. After a lengthy debate, the House went into Committee—concur. rence in the resolutions being reserved until rhursday. WEDNESDAY. The House of Commons yestefant -went into Conimittee on the Insolvency Ace. On the first clause, Mr. Ross of Prince Edward moved that the wora nontrader" be struck' out Mr. Boas well's amendment to the ameradzett4 that the latter portion' of the clause prohibiting -voluntary assignments irt the case, of nontraders be struck out, was lost Mr. Ross's amendment w* carried. On the second dense, Mr. Blakemoved to strike out the portion of the clause requiring the consent of* certain portion of the crediaorS to a 'vol- untary assignment. The amendment was agreed to. A lengthy debate ea - sued on the 148th clause, excepting tht Province of Quebec as regards the Crist by jurv of cases under the ,..A.ct The Cetronittee reported the 13i11 as amina- ed; DiST Toz pro 'node te harbour • Itright ArN, . ch are n MIL A. 'STRONO has the . lishment of Mr. Cardin° in Ding order.i 3300E91 arriages and peramba of all kinds and all prices at T THE general_ Sessions for the C of Huron, began on Tiesday last. port ,next week. A communication has been re from which is too muc bu'Orss.i.aitter for us to insert. .00AB= IS agOin in personally., He has I purch Bank -rept 800k of Mrs. Ault, be is selling off by onetime. rsces tles Si -fp -in/ we learn le St Andrews congr egation of 0o gave an unanimous cell to Rev. 1 eight 01 re sea. THE , hails with diigh preSpect of a Sal'. DutYWeeIni who will be benefitted by this me., hesidee thel salt Mien Tent • Pev. Mr. Eastman preath in the 2 Methodist Epi. ehur.--11 hi Ois piece Cri S abbe th F lug' next at half past six o'clock. J. UattrnEar, has lot of most some erunke. They ere -complete. fore alerting on a terur take a lo them. "MISS DAISY;” will ieaaeceT thanks. We subject -1-1.31 such tions to the "test" Next wee tell wriether or not beiz ears_ On —The ser-t-Anu nal m .of South Heron -County Lodge w htld ia the Lodge Roe* Seafor the 22nd irst Williameon came elP from 1 forth on a velocipede, 'mounting a hilts except that on thieside of th Works in or e hour arid a q Distance 8? miles —an Sen Sew 4 • 1 THE Ashfieqd-- Gravel Rose completed. , From what we hear not before' it is absollately ne This completes the chain o roads in the Counties of Huro Bruce. M'S..NY parties have been talking us on the bad state of the M Greund for want of coropletreu lug_ on the gravel, We' unde the contract for the sane waa le time' ago, and hope to isee it shortly. YESTERDAY Catfil; BOirS VAII• Companz underwent be half- inspectioh by Bi ig-ade-Major $e who complimented both officers men on the effisiency- of the Com and very particularly onthe mariner ins which the arms were care of. DYSPEPSIA cured by usink Dr. Colby ti -Costive and Tonic Pills They re the Eoweis, Correct the Liver; clear the plexien, andr,ovate the 4yAtem ; tee compwied of aCtive ingredients in a concoilyated form, aliu strike at the ..diseaie, curing almost like magic. and testify to ,their extraordinary e properties.. Sold by all dealers. A MEETING of the of -freers an eches ef the South Huron Agricti Society. and the directors of the smith Braila Agricultural Society he held at the Tuckersmith- Ho the village of Bracefield; OR Frida 18th inst, at the hour 10 0' ID. to make arraegements*for ho Fall Show and other mattere. IT cu teoobS:tryVeoeidobti,thathepr gsf. ThaoFlactietoeirlbfier::8411nlYVVIebxi r abelealC-ddlihinntehthidtr5ilaatutpditnZiesceSeinta: tern her foil -Owing, then again in at Etster. This is a good ravv.61 bttedlkiie:louer:Nht:atiL'ines°tIliitilnuttiYonwjell able to a letter from.' a party w tion.of the country 4W arid settled in Redwood ak°8°Ptiol °dsraEverything37°'sfhay.i11vfraeer 711 sa°:11fit ndimonthsn°ef Ifet:37tqsai tJBS ace re He rn ll rarPeornlely. tOitgetrer sitare:ta."Figef'remPaIud Lumber $25 per M ; shingles, the follo-wiag articles One yok 8"e2811;/.'s4to2v°e°, ;$4w2a.ggPea ?s85$;.2 Pple° 'eofree, 45 ets. ; pork, 25 cts. ; bu cts. ; sugar, 4 lbs. for one do ets. per lb ; lour, $3..50 4e 0t1I#rthings;P°tatlinproportion..5° per bushel, 1' 'imagine that at such prices ;is thos Yien is justly entitled to pretty w s in order to make a living at