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The Of4c1a1 Paper of the County.
PRIDA.Y, SEPTEMBER'zit. 869,1
,.BRITISH LEGISLATION,
Important ast was the business of the
las session of the British Parliament,
th prospects fire; that that .of the next
wil be still more so. -Of Course the
par mount measure Was the Disestab-
ment and Disendowment of the Ir-
ish Chuch,
There are assoCiated. with Britain,
zreat and 11 as She may be,. instituti:.
-miss' and a. Fttate of things, which no
reason. can justify, and that depend
solely for. support epee.a prejudiced
c:Ancervatism. Her church is one of
those at least So- far as it has been
_
connected -with the State, hence ' the
importaeico which atta‘hes itself to the
recent legislation on the matter of the
Irish Church. Bat progressive as is
the action in itself, the fact ds laden
with- a .significance transcending its
-.abstract value, inasmuch as it is an
index of what can yet •be done and
'what teii./ yet be done. -The same
principle that ,removid, the berden of
the sdpport of the _Irish Episcopal
Churelf from the shoulders of the
R man klathei.lice, will remove the
braalea of the support of the -Episco--
•.pal Chlirch from the shoulders of Bri-
, tish Dissenters universally. In short
we mean to say that Disestablishment
aiid Disendowment throughout -Britain:
will be the seenel to the Irish move-
ment. The greater. desparity 'between
the doctrines and dogmas of &man
• Catholics and. Protestants, generally, as
compared with., that between_ teoee ot
different 'Protestant clenomirations, is
not snifident argument to stistain the
maition, " that though ilennen Cathol-
los should not be constrained- to support
Protestantism, yet Protestants of all
denominations may properly be called
upon to support one pa,rticular Protest-
aTit church." In fact we do not con-
sider &an- argumen t at all, though of-
ten -employed_ as such. In principle,
they are. equal • in injustice! nit-
N4thstanding this we can easily under-
stand the good tactics'inanifested in 'be-
ginning to root out the evil where it
• was externally _most apparent, as was
the case withethe Episcated pliurch iu
Ireland, thus, without running connter
of prejlidice- at its g 4atest strongholds,
educating public opinionto wharis ab-
steaetly right and wrong, and fitting it
to receive that whicl7 • is inevitable.
Therefore we do not anticipate the po-
• pular opposition that we otherwise -
would to the Measure for Disestabliel-
ment and Disendowment in Wales,
has been-promis( d et the next ses-
stn. Wales is as riatieh Protestant a,s,Eug-
land, so that i ie not there, as in Ire-
• land, ostensibly between Catholic and
Protestant, but ie.based on the eternal
• principle of right and justice ; which
being the case with Wales, we are pre-
pared to hear of theintention of the in-
ti odUction Of measure for Disestal lish-
inent in England any day.,
The Irish land question Will be also
an int portarrone at the next session of
the House of Parliament. • Mr. Glad-
stone's,government will introduce their
scheme for • its settlement. What the
precise nature sof this scheme Will be is
not as yet very' generallY understood.
It is perhaps the most diffieult to ae-
just of any that --cold& engage the go-
• verninent. -Many who were willing to
• aid Disestablishment, will More than
likely resist the concession of any of
their vested or territorial rights. They
will contend that the rights of proper
ty are sacred, and the only way of dis-
arming this hostility will be by show-
ing that while doing justice to the peas-
antry it will involve the surrender of
no rights they hold so_ dear. It is
• mueh to be desired that some satisfact—
ory means of settling this vexed questi-
on' could be arrived at. It appears to
us almost impossible to suggest any,
plau that will command the consent of
the land proprietots and prove accept-
able to the tenants. What might be
considered as only doing justice to the
_ latter, would in all probability be pro-
nounced an outrage on the former, .
In view of these matters, then it is,
that we expect *to see the next session
of the limpet -ha! Parlianlent, one of the
warmest discussion, and ..awakening
the must intense interest, not alone in j
#ritish Territory, biit iri. all the civiliz-
*THE SEAFORTH EXTOSITOR.
POLITICAL INTEGRITY.
Canadians have.felt in all its bitter-.
terness the effect ofpoht cal coritiption
and veniality. Men have songb t office
-who were animated of the one desire of
gratifying their ambition, regardless of
the rneansteken to secure that end. In
this way they assailed the integrity of
'electors, they have pantleied to this love
of gain, and all those baser sentiments
-which aniniete the lowest minds, and
by means of influences whim good men
wouM morn to use, they have elevated
themselves on the pedestal of office, and
perhaps wondered at the magnitudes
which they so quickly attained to.
The Bnffalo Herald seeing a aimilar
state of things in. the American Slates
aPpeals to the people in the following
terms, with this view to their action aft
the coming elections :
" Let every • individual voter, high
or low rich or poor, care less for inctivi-
dual gain, and more for the public weal ;
let him in caucus and at the polls cast
his ballot into the box, as responeible;
God and his country for honestly • aed
incorruptly- giving his vote to the best
and best qualified man, not being led
,by party as a primary consideration ;
and thea we shall soon cease, to see our
Council Chambers and Halls of Legis-
lation, the scenes Of profligacy and base
cerrn ptinn tb ey have so long, presented
to the eyes of a scoffing- world 'and to
the disgust of all mor.1 and respectable
Citizens. •We hear a great d6m1 about
"Party leaderi,'—what needs an Ameri-
can citizen with a "leader" can he not
give his vote without the Opinion of a.
"leader." Up men ; and be independ-
.
ent elm" -
amisonsiciessimmose
For the theapest Both in Sea
-
forth according to quality gotto Coven-
try's. 87-tf.
omrmwom•nhorawsmkWmmoownm
WHO • NEXT ? •
• It is nowcorrectly reported that the
H6n, Wm. McDougall will not .be
Li4-utertant G-overnor of Red tiver.1
This post of honour being Lid out for/
Mr.. Howe:
The reason for midi a sudden change
itt political tactics is, to remove
Howe from the Cabinet -s -A position in
which he is somewhat troublesome and
to retain the more ingeaions and "prace
ticai" politician frotu Ontario. It also
_appears, that Mr. McDougall • is some-
what indisposed to immure himself in
the Nor them wilderness.. The Oar a-
dian cliniaie is more congenia: to his
personal couiforts, and the opportuni-
ti for.exhibiting his profound skill in
managing affairs of stat`Ls more varied,
Anotherrumour rife in political cir-
cles for some tinie is the promotion of
Sir. Francis Hincks. To the seat left
vacant by the resignation of Mr. Rose.
If this prove true it will oe a striking
instance of the.difficalties surrounding
Sir. John A's Government, for it must.
certainly, be exceedingly- unpopular,
when no man in this Dominion be
found •-willing to inctir the risk of a.
new election or • assmne the responsi-
bility of office in connection with its
failure or success.
• FALLING TO PIEUES •
It is quite unmistakable froin the evi-
dence coming to us from every side,
.1.
'that the present administration' of the
Dominion is crumbling to pieces.A few
weeks ago we noticed how the so called
Coakition complexion, was changing to
one of a pare ar cl simple Tory charac-
tes. Now itwould appear that even Tory-
ism' is becoMing ashamed -ofl'its mis-
deeds, and is begining to back out of the
iniquitous combination entered into two
years ago.
Cv If you want good value for your.
money in Boots and Shoes go to T.
Coventry's., •87-tf:
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APOLOGY.
-
• Last week, the absence of the Editor,
,the former part, in the country, and the
latter, at the Assizes, accounts for the
numberless errors, both othrographi-
'cal and syntactical, in that issue, as the
proofs werepractically, unsead. The
pressure of job work was, also, so gTea,t,
that the setting devolved wholly upon
the junior hands, and they not having
had 'much practice with manu ipt, in
many cases, substituted words. SO our;
readers will please understand that the
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DETECTIVES. The Dominion G • ove.rnment and would bring hut little strength, eee
• Tbe action taken by Detectives in the
Mellady murder , case, ha,s been the
base -of many Comments, and mostiy„ we
may •add, of a disparaging nati:re,
Why this shoald be, we know not,
unless it is the expression of jealousy.
The leaders of the report of the trial of
Nicholas Mellady will observe that the
Judge in his charge to the Jury, toek
occasion to remark, that were it no for
the testimony of Donovan on the mat•
ter the evidence must break down. They
it follows, that, 1,vhateN er lead to 'hie
turning Queen's evidence was the cause
of leading to the prisoner's eon -victim ;
and maybe added if the conviction be a
•
righteous one, which this one is uni-
versally believed to be, to that cause is
))
the grati ude of society due for bring-
ing about justice. What then, probab-
ly, lead onovan to turn Queen's evi-
dence in tliis matter 7 Was he not
told, after Nicholas Mellady had made
the confession to the Female Detective,
Mrs. Cooke, whirl.' he did, of what
had been done? We trow he was.
And is it not more than probable, that
this was what lead him, to "out," with
what lead to the conviction of Mellady?
Such being a fact, which theie is, at
least good gratmds for believing, •
we
maintain that, whatever is the measure
of justice thus rendered; the credit is
due solely to Detective Smith and Mrs.
Cooke, for the part they took in the
proceedings. -
.a.
• The. Bell evil le Intelligeneer, a paper
whose editor holds a seat in the Dom-
iaion Parliament speaks in the follow-
ing terms of the extravagance snd-reck-
lessness of Sir John l.'s administra-
tion :-'It is but two years since we fondly
hoed the Confederation of the Provin
• ces into the Dominion of Canada had so
cemented the whore lute one ssructure
that our future course was tolerably
• clear. We thought the bond that Uni-
tel _ 113 was •so strong, clear and well
• defined, that it could not be broken,
stretched or tampered witb. • We
thought that the united wisdom which
begot - it • had with it •enunciated the
principle that it should be held sacred
by all. We thought that every indivi-
dual, bad eagerly accepted itas the one
thing which was to be. left untouched
and untouchable, as the sacred cord
which alone qouldg,ive peace. harmony,
security and contentment to all. . But
the masters of the situation have so
played the cards that this grateful con-
fidence is disturbed, and •the" public
mind is again feeling anxious. They
have committed several cardinal blen-
ders in this short time; each one el, -
turbing more and more. Amongst
them are extravagance, subsidy to
Nova Scotia. wiping off theGreat Wes-
tern Railway debt, sthe policy to the
Fenians, and departmental carelessness
as illustrated by the Reiffenstein busi-
ness. On each one of these questions,
8,s et public journet supporting the gov-
nment, we have spoken freely ,in the
accents of friendly public dissent from
the policy 'pursued, and we now deem
it our duty to warn the Government
that they have raised • this feeling of
unPasir es mainly) by their policy on
the questions indicated."
The long pending arliitration bc-
tweeu Ontario- and Quebec will soon
be brought to a close. It is likely to
terminate more &vorably to the Pro
vince (.4 Ontario than was formerly an-
ated. It appears that the liabilities
e Previnces are only ten millions,
and the assets 18 millions. We trust
that the whole affitir will be fully and
satisfactorily arranged before the next
meeting of the House.
mum, Nomaimmausomm
The Next Governor-Generat
It is well known that the present
Governos-General of Canada came out
to this litrintry to fierve but a short
time as therepresentative of the Queen
not longer than two years at most. • It
has-been also pretty generally under-
stood, says the Hamilton Times, that,
Sir John A. McDonald expected to
succeed him. This intimation 'Came
from Sir. John himself. • But, if infor-
mation we have just received prove to
•be correct, Sir John is NOT the coming
than. Who, then, can be the fortun-
ate Iman? • Why, no less a personage
than. Su Francis Hincks. We learn
that a • distinguished • ,gentleman con-
nected with her Majesty's service has
stated. that he is aware the Imperial
Government have already determined
on Sir Francis Hinck's appointment as
Sir. John YOtvag's successor; awl we
have no reason to doubt the authenti-
-eity and correctness of our information.
" h 1" ExchaVe
ed world. I mistakes were general1
y mec an ca •
the Finance 2.VIinister. lie intende to keel) up the
• tone
With every possible edvantege, th
Dominion. Government seem to ba,v
— • •
made the worst possible nse of thei
• position. They had emong them met
of ability and experience ; huge an
pliant majority supported them ; con
federation had given Canada, a nem.
•status elevating it in the eyes of th
world to the dignity of anew Dominien
but dt spite these advantages what have
they done They have already E n c-
ceeded in very censiderably increasing
the public •debt. • They have created
thirteen cabinet officers, and then left
the machine nearly all the time to run
itself with one or two at the helm.—
They have launched out ivto a ruinous-
ly exlienswe system of useless fortifi-
,
nesewn of his Cal,inet iuuet have
e two or three men frinn Ontario, 310-
ei fessing to be 1.1.cfofi1elee If no better
r man •can Le induced to accept, this
Vaetint, 110St, 1N-1- have little doubt that
" Sir Francig will eiv( the appoint-
nien,day
t. l.isit1;1 us,et„-la:
afew
Hilivks' iS 1finzn e
; fir elesraph
cations, They have made an •attempt
tconciliate Nov -a Scotia by -violating
the constitution, and defrauding thitario
of her just -rights. They _have selected
the longest and most expensive route
for the Intercolonial thus involving RD
enormous turn ecessary • ex pendite re.
They have raised a heavy loan in Eng-
land, and then applied it to other pur-
poses, narrowly escaping a snubbing
feom the British Parliement. • They
have, for years, conducted the financial
a,ffairs of the country in a manrer • so
loose and extravagant, ancl. so utterly
at variance with. he wants of. the
country, and the • dictates of true
economy, as to render the post' ot
i nan ce minister troublesome, vey a nous
and short and uncertain -;n: its tenure.
The present Finance minister Mr.
Rose, evidently harrasSed by the diffi-
culty of rasing fundi to meet expen-
diture, and smarting under the contem-
ptuous rejection of his eherished Bank -
ins; Scheme has resigned, and Will
shortly, it is said, go to Engbuid. Who
will be his successor? Various names
are mentioned, • only to be dropped
again. There are few nen in .Canada
who are- fit for the. position, and fewer
still who are eligible, -while the chances
of success become vastly less, when it
is remembered that McDonald and
Cartier are at the head of affaias. The
last information_ on this pointis from
the Toronto .Telegroph, which says that
the position has been offered tb Sir
Francis Hincksand that he is now
considering it. Who would have thought
it? A (Jolonial Governor descending
to be •a Finance Minister? Such is
life. It is altogether likely that the story
is true, and if so, we have little doubt
that Sir Francis will accept the position
The Ottawa Cabinet are so bard pressed_
for a man that they will be glad to
have him as the best available alter-
native. Of the recommendation which
his past career in Canada gives him we
may have something to Say on a future
occasion. It will be enough to say
now that Lis unpopularity . is manifest
from the fact that even Ministerial
journals have noth;ng to say in his
favor.—Stratleroy Age.
Rumoured Sinash-up of the Do-
minion Qabinet.
It is rumoured among those who
ought to know, that the HOD. Mr.
McDougall wishes to back out of. his
acceptance of the Lieutenant Governor-
ship of the Korth \Vest, and that Mr.
Howe is likely to be the man for Gal-
way. We should not be mucia sure
prised if this runkur-turned out correct
and in that event another shuffle of the
political cards would take place aston-
ishing somewhat our vet dant politicians.
We are all the more inclined to believe
that there is some tinth in the report,
from the fact that Mr. Howe does not
feel at all comfortable in playing second
fiddle to Sir John ; besides that, he
views the position which he holds as
Presialentsof the Council as an exeeed-
inglyi'paltry one. It is also well know
that this irrepressible gentleman was a
great source of annoyance to his col-
leagues during the last session, by his
want of prudence, wh.ip.h often placed
them in a false position before the
House and the country, so that it is no
secret filet Sir John would be delighted
to get rid
fhimItisrinootconcelled by. the friends of
the Ministry that there is a great want
of cordiality between Sir Sohn and Sir
George and this being the case, it
would not astonish us much if the fill-
ing up of the vacancies in the Cabinet
would lead to a general break.up of the
rottei commas, wanting, as it is, of tbe
elements of cordiality and adhesiveness.
in this event, the, servicesof so prac-
tical a politician" as Mr. McDougall
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might be held in high estimation, can -
sequently it is not to be wondered at
that this gentleman seems unwilling
that -be should be immured amid the
lonely wilds of the North West, when
political prizes are likely to be distri-
_btited. At present the Ministry is
hard pushed for a Finance Minister
and Sir Francis Hincksenothwithstand!
ing, his rather equivocal denial as to his
again entering public life, was lately
feeling the political pulse of some of his
old friends, with the view no doubt of
accepting that posts Sir John A. feels
it is true, that Hincks is, to use a terse
Yankeeism, 44 played out," and that he 1
ConineunicaL oe.
00000.• A.**.
The Signal., instead of discnssieg th
to the propriety of adopting the reform-
ed system of spelling„, based on the pho-
);tirei(t1 a -t ‘
lt
lieett (.3x
°1ell.1)eleito;
tsiof1;4D
eC1res t to tho
p1;iDg Out 03'60 -
graphic e.rrors in our .commuiricatioe.
As these ell -ors were the mist Oces of
the printet's de vil in setting nt, ileum
the maims( ript, we do riot lirthtoareel
ves responsible for them. Nor did• we
exult over the typogrepliied errors of
his Ixrticle ; but merely peinted it out aa
faet that le had fallen into the trep
of his own orthography for a'violation
of which we were so bcyatcd. • But the
truth is we do not posse:tsilefinoytispueid:elit
vtiLl'effoertill°: abftsiu7;:tditilleisil of 011r ortho-
dox mode of spelling, Lacked up though
they ar.e by sueh atithurides as Lindly
Murray, and Dr. Johnston, and Wf.,
have.yet to leani the i-ce,Soll Ly the
mode authorized by them is adopted by
the most illiterate, clown. Cen theg-
naZ explain to us why, if s -nu -f -f is a
better way of spelling mil' than s -n -o -
u -g b„ is e -n -o -n -g -b a better way than
e-n-n--f-f to spell enough? Can he give
es a reason why, if sum, is mere correct-
ly represented by the word dumb
would not be more correctly represents
cd by d -u -m 7 And_ why if der
correctly spelt with one D1 itSbould re-
quire two In's to spell commani ? andso
on with almost every word in the
guage. When the &gm/ can solve
these pi oblems we are willing to .write
ourselves Ignoramus. .
But with respect to onr allusion to
Old Mortality and his pony, we think
that our opinion as to. the ewe-
ning and stnpidity nee been amply jus-
tified by the distorted vereion he gave
of our comparison. • We did .not honor
hirer so much as to place him on a level
with that old 'worthy; but if he had
conectly read the coniparison end was
able to apprehend its evident meaning
he would have known that the Dositiona
of the tfigures • us re exactly reversed.
No I no, Mr. Sic,no.1 that dodge of trans-
formimg in the comparison so as
to admit yourself into the position cf
Old Mortality and to degrade his Revel.-
etice to the position of the pony is not
gracious to your dignified modal,
• School - Age
,From the SZratford Beacon.
• A writer in an American parer,
called the Methodist, speaks of,the evils.,
chiefly in a eanitaiy point of view, as
affecting the health of the pupils, of
•sending children to school at too early
an age, and in this respect, though
perhaps unconsciously, following in the
wake of the discussion of the subject at
the late teachers' eonvetion • in
Toronto. We believe that there is little _
gained, but a good flea1 sacrificed bY •
making the ,minimum school ,age in
Ontario five years. •The 4sociation
of teachers consider ,that it shoulhi be
six years, and we consider th4 period -
quite • soon enough, The Ibrain in
early childbOod should be keOt fallow;
not like a hoc -bed be constandly forced.
"The mischief," says the Writir alluded
to, '-'perpetiated by a e9D.trury course,
in the shape of bad health'_ peevish
temper, and developed -Vani y, is in-
curable. Some infant prodi„iy, -which
is a standard Of mischief throughoat its
neighborhood, misleads them. : But paa
rents •may be •assured that Otis early
work is not, by any Means, allain,evene
n ,
If
in the way of work. We sus ect it is a
loss; and that children who be 111 their
educatiolate. as it wonIde called
will rapidly overtake those ho have
been in harness long before ahem.
And what advantage can it lie that's,
child knows more at six years !old than
.1
its compeet.s, especially if _this is to be
gained il. a sacrifice of health, whieh
may never be regainedr It may be a
arents te
le their
teachte g ,
do the,
good enough thing for so -me
have the school ass, place wh
children are taken care of, bu
are engaged to educate, not
duty of nurses.
• ilincumansat and all other aches and pains
leave the body on application if jaeoba'
Rheumatic qui d. We will warrant it to
cure Burns, Frost Bites, Chilblains, Sore
Throat, Lame Back or Side, Sprains, &o.
Some of the cures it has effected are almost
too -wonderful. for belief. Many have been'
saved by it from impending deafht and re-
stored to life and health. No faitily is safe
a day without it ; hundred's of valnabla
live 3 andthousands of doliars may be saved:
mutually by its use- As a preventive of
eontageous diseases, nothing ever before in-
vented can compare with it. We iauthorize
all dealers to refund the money, f it doa
not give entire satisfaction-
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the Provina4
the prize• { lis4
say,. for the 10
1869 is +nsi4
•-aey previous
THE. Orillia
tha,sed by Me
to be hereafae
of the Norther
ber is received
•but that the n
with great sne
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quarterly Cc
Teachers As.so
__}3eaforth, onS
ber next, at th
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sehoohi be. fre
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CLIN-Tol
Issue of this v.
]most futirel
INIattlieson has
,zraw Era- hasl
• (improve." •
• haye not the
llouneing it on
papers in the r
WE have int
attention of th
stock of Boo
Cap.snow open
of 3. Duncan
have purchaS
favourable tern
such goods iI
interest by giva
IerAns.--On
re took pLie
-Vidal's grocely-„
'Young's Dry G
Goods store -
in London,
.Canada Chemic
were destroye
bout $60,00..
Thirand's carp
Loss about $6,0
THE Waterfo
f a new 10 for
village the -_na
countv ofNorf
the Express inc
paper well woes
whose interests
mote. The fnibl
man & Murphy
finaila.r to US, 4S
dual. who is a
ACCIDnxT,.—
farmer, of Tu..;
• Thernsen
ay -loft, at
fe
iiiseoller bone
levere shock,.
mediately (Idled
injuries, ;ilia the
ITnforturiatelv li
led injuries.
nder the pati
vere than it w
Lain?. man is be
%sre possible ma,
fezei/v, where h