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The Huron Expositor, 1870-09-30, Page 66. unimaimummerommoorMINIMIIIIIIMINIK THE HURON EXPOSITOR. SEPTEMBER 8'01 1870. How Queen Victoria was called to the Throne.. • On the 21st of June, three and thirty year ago, the reign of, the present Sover- eign of England began. Shortly after two • o'clock in the issorning of the 20th of June; 1837, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chamberlain left Windsor for • Kensington Palace, where the Princess Via - tori was residing with her mother, to in- form her Royal Highness of the King's death.. They reached Kensington Palace about five, and, with some difficulty, rOused the porter at ,the gate. This functionary, apparently ignorant of the rank of the dis- tinguished visitors, and knowingtnothing of the bualness upon which • they had come, kept them waiting for some time in the court yard, and then turned them into one of the lower rooms, where they. a emained until, ringing the bell, the Lord Chamber- lain desired the attention of the; Princess inform her royal highness that they request ed an audience on business of importance. - After another delay, and anothei. ringing- ing to enquire the cause, the attendant was summoned. who stated that the Princess • was in such a sweet sleep that -she could'no venture toi disturb her. The Arch bishop o Canterbury gravely replied :--" We • tkr 'come to the Queers on business of State,an even her sleep must give way to that 1" I did, and in a few minutes Her Majest came into the room in a loose white dress and shawl,her hair faJling over herashoul ders, her feet in slippers, team in her eyes but perfectly collected and dignified.: Lor Melbourne was immediately. sent for, and Privy Council was ordered to assemble a Kensington at eleven o'clock in the fore noon. At that hour the Queen, with th Duchess of Kent, entered the Council Chamber, and the Lord Chancellor admin istered to her majesty the usual oaths, bind ing her to govern the kingdom accordin to its laws and customs. 'She first receive the homage of her uncles, the Dukes o Cumberland and Sussex, the Queen, wit admirable grace, rising from her seat an preventing them from kneel:rig. Th la cabi net ministers and privy councilors then too the bath of allegiance anct supremacy-th former surrendering their seals of office Which her majesty returned, and the minis terg kigsed her hand on te-appointment. A • declaration was drawn up and signed. by al present, acknowledging faith and constan obedience to "our only lawful and rigntfu liege Lady Victori, by the Gtace of Goc Queen of the United Kingdom of Grea Britain and 'Ireland, Defender .of the Faith.' The Queen then spoke to the following ef feet :- . "The severe 'and afflicting loss which the nation has sustained by the death of my be loved uncle has devolved upon me the duty of administerir the government of this empire. This awful responsibility is im- posed upon me so euddenly, and at so. early -a period of my life, that 1 should feel my- self utterly oppressed hy the burden, -were net supported by the hope that Divine Providence, which has Cailed me to this work, will give me etrength for its perform- ance, and that, I shall find in the purity of intentions, and in my zeal for the public welfare, those resources which usuallay be- long to a more mature age and a longer ex- perierroe1 place my firm reliance upon the wisdom of Parliament, and upon the loyalty arrd affection of my people. I es- teem it, also, EL:peculiar advantage ifhat I suceed to a sovereign _whose constant re- gaard to the rights and liberties of his sub- jects, and whose desire to promote the ame- lioration of the laws and institn dons of the, country, have rendered his name the object of general attachment and veneration. Edu- cated in England, under the tender and enlightened case of au affectionate mother, I have learned from my infancy to respect and love the constitution. of my native country. It Will .be my unceasing study.to s maintain the reformed religion asby law established, securmg at the same time to, all the full enjoyment (if rel,ous liberty, and 1 shall steadily proteat the rights, and prornote, to the utmost of power, the hapni- T, ness andiwel fare of all.classes of my people's" A generation has paaseetactiy since de words were uttered, eight Parliaments have, been called to the counsels. or the So pi and'tweIve Ministries have ruled in Down- ing street. A broad, .the Continent al thrones, from the vast empire of B.usaia, to the smallest of the Gerald= grand duchies, have changed thir occuptints. Amid the stormy times of conflict and revolutioa in tEnropP, the Throne of the Queen of England h as re- mained unshaken, for the loyalty and ;life° tion of her subjects have been its basis. Amid the strife of contending parties at home, and throughout the thirty dye° years whicli separate the Premiership of Loi' Melbourne from that of Mr. Gladstone, QueenVietoria haS ever fulfilled the d tt lea ef a constitutional monarch, piaeing her " firm reliance upon the wisdom. of Pa rli'On en t," and never failing to givel effect to the ex- pressed wishes of her people. --0117ercJ6 *Her- ald. a** OW The Tombs of Canterbury. - It is hardly an abrupt transition from the bishops to the tondre in can ter bury, co)i- eel ning which I gather m uch inti es tin g matter from the venerable Canon. .A m cag them is that of Henry IV. (1413), and of his second wife Joan ofNavarre, who out- , lived him by twenty-four years. Here he was brought from France at his dying re- quest The told Yorkist story, that only the coffin was entombed hero -the kinds body laving, been thrown iiito the sea, as a kind ofJonale to produce a calm (which, of course, followed) -led to a curious scene here home thirty years ego. It NVIIR resa'v- ed to open the tomb. The result is given in the notes of one of the church dignitaries preeent 'on the occasion, which are so can i- ouS that I reproduce them here : "On removing a portion of . the, rriarbl Pavement at thewesternend of the mom' merit, it Was found to have been laid o rubbish, -composed oflime-dust, small pieces of Caen stone, and a few pieces of flints, among which were found two or three piec- es of decayed stuff, or silk (perhaps portions Of the cloth of gold which covered the coffin), and adso a piece of leather.. When the rub- bish was eieared away, we came to what ap - peared to be the lid of a, wooden case, o very yucle form and constructien, which the stirveyor at once pronounced- to be a coffin. It lay oast and west, projecting beyond the monument towards the west for about taie third of its length. Upon it, to the east, and; entirely within the =raiment, lay a leaden coffin without any wooden ease, of inueh smaller size and very singular shape, being formed by bending one sheet of lead over another.; and' soldering them at the junetions. This coffin was supposed to con tam the remaliiis of Queen Joan, and was not disturbed. Not being able to take off the lid Of the large coffin, as a great'portion of its length was under the tomb, and be- ing unwilling to move the alabaster monu- ment for: the purpose of getting at it, it was decided to saw through the.lid about three feet from. What was supposed to be the head of the coffin. And this being done, the piece of wood was carefully removed, and found- to be elm, very coarsely worked, about an inch and a half thick, and perfect- ly sound, Immediately ander this elm boaid wa a quantity of hay bands filling the coffin, and upon the surface of them lay a very rude small cross, formed by merely tying two twigs together. This fell to pieces on being.' removed. When the hay bands, whieh wore very sound and per- fect, were removed, we found a leaden caae or .coffin, moulded in some degi'ee to the shape of a human figure ; and it was at once evident that this had never been disturbed, but lay as it was originally deposited, though it may be difficult to conjecture -why it was placed in a case so rude and unsightly, and so much too large for it that the hay bands appeared to have been used to keep it steady. In •order to ascertain what was contained in this leaden case, it became neo cesSary to !saw through a portion of Isnd in tlsis manner au oval piece of le -Ada about seven inches long :Laid four inches over at the sii.dest part of it, ',vas carefully rearoved, under his we found wiappera which seem- ed to be of leather, end afterward proved to have been folded five tiines round the body. The [material was firm' in its texture, very moist, of a -deep lirOWn color, and earthy smell. -These wrappers were cut through and lifted off, when, to the astonishment of all prssent, the face of the desreasedling was seen in complete preservation -the nose elevated, the cartilage even remaining, though, onithe admission of ;lc air, it sunk .rapidly -1 way, au( had entiiely disappeAred k before -tkel eicamivation was finished. The skin of the chin was entire, of the eonsist- encey and thickness of the upper leather of a shoe, brown and moist ; the beard thick and matted, of a deep russet color. The jaws were perfeet, anal all the teeth in t,hem except one fore -tooth, which had probably been lost during the king's life. The open- ing of the lead was not large enough to ex pose the whole of the feature, aud we did not examine the eyes or forehead. But the surveyor slatted that, when he introduced his fingers under the wrappers to remove tIcen4 he distinctly felt the orbits of the eyes prominent in their' sockets. The flesh irpon the nae was moist, clammy, and Of the same brown cblor as every other part of the face. Having thus .-iscertained that .the bock-) of the king was Ictually deposited' in the tomb; '4.ad that it had never been dis• turbed, the wrappers were laid again upon the face, the lead drawn back over them, the lid of the coffin put on, the rubbish fill- ed in, a* the marble pavement replaced_ immediately. it should oe observe that ' about three feet from the head of the figure • Was a remarkable projection in the lead, as if to make 'room for the hands, that they might be'elevated as in prayer." „It is very remarkable -r.hat while -there has never been any hesitasion in England to open any distinguished tomb over which a mystery has hung -as those of Henry TY. here and Williath 11. at Wi chester- the curse of Shalispeare on any disturbeid his bones has prevailed to prevent the ex- ploration of the most mysteritras griAve of all:• A gentleinan of Stratford told me that the, superstition of that, neighbourhood about the doggerel lines is so great tiott he thought even that peaceful village could get up, a riot if any attempt were made to open the grave of Shakspeare.-- From " Smith Coast Sannterings in England," by Ai. D. CONWAY, in Harper's ilia,ozine for Septoz.ber. THOMSON ei2 WILLINMS. Are introducing the celebrated _ " CUMMING'S" STRAW CUTTER Which ha i already met with Unrivalled sue: sesnin other parts of Canada. • Warranted. to give perfect satisfaction when driven either by horse or hand power. ALSO MANUFACTURE A NEW 6 AND 8 HORSEPOWER, SUITABLE FOR DRIVING STRAW CUTTERS., SAWING1 f •MACIIINES, OPEN CYLINDERS, AND LITTLE GIANT TiI.LtESHERS. SEAFORTH LINING MILL • Sash, Door, and BLIND FACTOR/ !THE 8ubscribers beg leave to thank their nu- t inerotts enstomers for the very liberal patron- ttee extended to diem since comin.encing business in Seaford', and trust that -they will be favored' Invith a continuance of the same. a - Parties intending to build Would do Well to give thern a call, as they will continue to keep on hand a large Stock of all k$n4s of BP1' PINE Lump SAES, DOORS, • BLINDS MOULDINGS I SHINGLES, LATH, &C., Tliev feel confident of giving satisfaction to those who may favour them with their patronage; as none but first class workmen are ir Particillar a,ttention paid to Custom Planing! BROADFOOT GliA.Y. ' - Also, all kinds of Farming Implements includT ing-- Reapers, Fanning Mills, Mowers, Cultivators, Combined Machines, Horse,Hoes, Separators, Weeders, Pitts' Power, Plows, • Sawing Machines, Gang Plows, • Double Mouldboard Plows, &c. • MILLWRIQ-HTING & EN GIpTEERIN G DEPARTMENT. . Steam Engines of all Sizes Built. Grist Mills, Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Flal. '• by Water or Steam,. And all kinds of FACTORIES CONTRACTED FOR AND EX- ECUTED IN THE MOST APPROVED STYLE. TURBINE WATER- WHEELS, LATH MILLS, SHINGLE MILLS, BRAN DUSTERS And all kinds et machinery of the best con- struction, supplied on short notice. REPAIRING ENGINES AllE+ MACHINERY, Promptly attended to. Address, 'Seaford', THOMSON & WaLTAMS, Mitchell, P. 0. Sept. 6th, 1870. 144 -1y - THE CHEAPEST TEAS ARE THOSE SOLD BY -THE Toronto Tea Company 1 Or their Agents. A single trial and comparison with any other teas, at the same prices willprove this. Our 50e. Teas will be found equal to any at 60c. ; our 60c. equal to any at 70c. to 75c., our 80c. equal to any at $1. ; and our $1 green equal to any, however high the price charged. Qur Black Teas sell from 60c to 90c.; mixed game prices. Green Teas, from 50c. to $1. Japan (all unco lored) 55c. to 80c. All our Teao are sold for cash. at wholesale prices, in pound, pound, and 5 pound packages.' • .THE BEST PROOF That the Teas of the Toronto Tea Company give satisfaction is the immense trade we are now do- ing in them. Families who tried them once, now got them- regularly. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. In towns where we have agents, _parties are in- vited to buy a small quantity to see how theylike them. In districts where wo have no agents, persons can write to us for samples of Teas of any kind, at any price, and we will send them by mail, free. We send 15 lbs. or more to any Rail-, road Depot in Ontario, freight paid. and collect through the Express Agent. Put up in pound, pound, and 5 pound packages. Address all orders to the TORONTO TEA COCIANY, 168 Yonge Street, Toronto. Sold in Seaford' by ELLIOTT & ARM,STRONG. Soaforth, Sept. fith, 1870.- , 1444.m- , NI -I L S FOR SALE OR TO RENT! • rinHE SUBSCILIDER t-E'llS FOR SALE, I or to Rent, on. easy tAzins, THE VARNA MILLS, Consisting of ,a Flour, Oatmeal, and Saw Mill all of which are in good running order. The Flour Mill eonta,imi Four rim of- Stgnes, and the interor is well finished, and all theama- chinery in: first class condition. Therd is in- conneetion a good Dam, and. an abundar supply . of water to run all the mills the year rre nd. These mills are, situated in the'contre of a splendid Agricultural country, ;laid a,laireehance is offered to any person desirous of embarking hi the milling business. - There is also an excellent opportunity of BOR. INC FOR SA' Ton the premises, all the works for which could be driven by Water. The above property is situated Six miles from Clinton ; • Six from Bayfield, and Eleven from Seiforth, with good gravel roads leading to each plebe. For.further particulars apply to the proprietor, on the premises, or to Varna P. O.* _ WM. TURNER VautrA., August 11, 1870. {40 - SUGAR COATED. riAmi••••••eanas•••=cak-mmus A PERFECT OA -TAR -TC. eseapesr c, EXTRACTS PURELY VEGETABLE. %,...........•••••••...............••••••.•••.• HAVE NO EQUAL AS A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY MEDICINE. CURES SALT RHEUM, LIVER ' QOM - PLAINTS, SCROFULA, BILIOUSNESS, BAD BREATH, SICK HEAD -ACHE, COSTIVENESS, SKIN DISEASES, FITS, FEVER -AND- AGUE, &C., AND IS THE GREAT BLOOD St STOMACH PURIFIER. • • SOLD BY tt.....L.nDICINE DEALERS. ••••■•••••Vo `-1114,9DRUFF, BENTLEY &Co., PROPRIETORS, BROUCHAM, ONT. Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E. HICKSON CO., Seaford'. and medicine dealers generally J1URNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS WANTED. THREE Good hands wanted immediately, to I -whom constant employment and good wages will he given. Married men preferred. None but good workmen need apply. THOS. COVENTRY. Seafortli, Sept. 14th, 1870. 145 -3 -- LIVERY STABLE. JAMES -ROSS desiries to inform the public that he has opened a New Livery Stable in connection with his hotel, where parties can be aCcommodated with first class horses and vehicle, at reasonable Prices. Sea: orth, 21st, 1870. 97-tf. 1000 INDIAN BASKETS! FOR SALE BY COTT RiVERTSON. TRY SCOTT ROBERTSON'S 60 cent TEA, ! Superior liSfaAng Soap AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S BUY YOURt WHITE FISII AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S. FOR A BOTTLE OF 01-10IC 131---salia.sINTD= GO TO Scott Robertson's. Gissef1 Eno Eui OW -- am( P•15 • 1'1* P▪ m▪ ( • Fund Amt. *or', 01.11, "-\ • igerni PM"( 10•4 • Poi ;no oak slow GOLDEN PA BLOC • ck) •••:, r-4 t.1) ,••••, v. -7g CHEDDER 8c StgLTON CHEESE! AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S Z. PATTERSON'S FAVORITE SODA BISCUIT AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S. FINEST FLAITOURED BLACK TE TO 'BE HAD ONLY AT SCOTT illOBERTSON'S. 700 POUNDS. REND aliED LARD AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S. Carriage and Sleigh Factory, •MAIN STI SEAFORTH. - THE Subscribers, thankful for past favours, would intimate to the inhabitants of Seaforth and SUrrOunding country, that the.y hare on hand a Larue Assortment of CARRIAGES. BIT S, DEMOCRATS, &c., &c. lade up of tlie Best iltaiekal, and in the Latest Styles. In order to make room for WINTER WORK, they Will sell CHEAP FOR CASH. fre Intending purchasers woeld do well to give them a call before purchasing elsewhere, a iii_A..X1=t11\T a- , 'Promptly attended to. li.temembbr tha Stand, First. door South of the Foundry, Main St. McINTOSH & MORRISON. Seaforth September 1, 1870. INSUIRANC WM.- NB WATSON,:_i- SEAFORTH FRIE, MARINE, AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT, FOR The Provincial Insurance Company of Canada (Canadian). The Liverpool and. London and Globe insurance Company, (English). The Niagara District Mutual Insurance Company. The Gore District Mutual Insurance Go.„, and The Star Life Assurance Society of England, whicb divides nine tenths of the profits every five years amongst Policy Holders. Losses liberally adjusted and promptly settled. Farmers are specially. invited to consult the advantages offered in perfeet security and in the extreme lowness of rates for insurance on all de- scriptions of Farm Property. .o MONEY TO LEND At moderate rates of Interest, and to be re -paid by Instalments, which is the most suitable and. safest method for Farmers and others to pay off a mortgage.. No Commission Charges, and ex- penses small. MORTGAGES BOUGHTON EQUITABLE TERMS. SEWING MACHINES. • The best SewingMachines. for Family Use, as well as for Manulacturing purposesare kept al- ways on hand. Both Single Threaded and Dou- ble Threaded, or Lock Stitch Machines can be supplied. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, and instructions given to purchasers gratis, t REMEMBER Wm. N. WATSON'S Insurance Agency Office, and Sewing Machine Depot, N -Orth Main treet. SEAFORTIT, ,March 31, 1870. 121 - NOTICE OF _ I. r", -/* • ;•1"-. - • - • • • :1-.4- * RF-7MOVALIa • 0 - r-r1HE subscribers beg to notify their customers 1 and the public generally- that they have re - 'moved - To the Store lately occupied by A. Mitchell, &cowl Door Above TV. S - Robertson's Italian Ware house, Where they will keep constantly on hand a large stock of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and BROVIWNS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all kinds of Mill atit Cheap Feed. Conntry Produce taken in exch.ange for Groce- ries, Provisions, Flour and Feed. All goods purchased from us will be delivered free of charge in any part of Saafoith, Harpur hey, or Egniondville. Farmei-s maytschang' e wheat, &e.„ for Plour and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value. W. A. SHEARSON & CO Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y. STRAW CUTTER - The subscriber desires to intimate to the pub- lic that he is lsole agent in eaforth for the sale of MAXWELL A': \V It I TEL AW Cetubrated S TRA.'W . OUTT ERS: :HORSE AND HAND POWER. Also fOr Massey's improved GRAMSHER - • -T. •- • -•*1 A Stock kept constantly on hand. OLIVER C, WILSON°, Market Square- 1.92-tf Selaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. STRAYED HEIFERS. (IAMB into the premises of the subscriber, Lot . No No. 2, Con. 4, Tuckersinith, about the 1st of June last, • thee 1 year old Heifers. The owner is rcquestedtoproveproperty, pay charges, and take them away. - SAMUEL WALLACE. Tuckersmith, Sept. 6th, 1870. . INFORMATION WANTED. ri! THIS NOTICE should meet the eye of any 1 -person who knows of the whereabouts of one A.LEXANDER PARSONS, a lad aged about 15 years, they will confer a favour upon his Widow- ed Mother, by giving such inforreatii.n to the undersigned, or at the ExPOSITOR Office.. When last' heard of, he was in the Township of Tuck- ersmith. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,- - Lorideiltdro, P. 0, Hullett, Sept. 15, '1870. 1454-7- SEPTEMI3ER sommona , ThpPortificata The late PrOSS:a safety of Paris the deci war. Paris being the which France receives, ty, she naturally regal' invading army 2E her d centrates all her energi state of complete defenS of paris by the Allies S battle of Waterloo in I) cOnsequence of a defea paralize France and lea: of her enemies, but its most bloodless, accompi the unprptected state of The comlioat at Monsmas Moodytier it was evide anything m9re than which the French army its honor before the foe tory by the final consme Since the day of Well vast changes have been Metropolis, ad 'to sue fortified prior to the and wider the Ministry later, during the reigi that the loss of a dozen N' would still leave series of disasters in the • TEE ENVIRONS -4;) From aJisides of Pali roads laid down by the merit to every part of th cases these roads are mai guns of the fortifications, ered and eommanded by1 ed forts that crown the vieinity of Paris. -In like manner the-rok located as to be complete, fortifications. The main in de fer du Nor passes after leaving Paris, and by an enemy lanai it en.' try to the north, being pi side by the River Seine, side by the fortified cana town itself, witich latter formidoble works. The destined to play such an the present war, is ales) miles by redoubts which the neigbourirtg heights. and Western lines of r. being covered by the Seil tached forts, so that a sir seizuresof the railroads 13 the rapid esmeentratien near the city, would n. The readiness with whi massed in advanced positii lines by means of:thei butes very nauth to the and, would render regali iliffiul Thtejtunction. of the Se occurs about one mile fr south-eastern side, Th the Seine, is very tortu -small islands along its eh villages dot its banks. mediate neighbourhood mentioned. Neuilly-sur- Marne, Chanspigy-sur-a Marne, Creteil, and St. Immediately north of th two rivers extends the Vincennes, with its im fortified baraaeks, and To the north east of the great road from Paris ence, lies the Forest °LB in connection with ti French rapital. In lil west and south-west, are legne and the Pare& St on the left bank of th the most popular resort . Paris, as it is close to th ly ornamented, the latte and about two miles • cations, surrounds the Monmartre occupies ti ing position in the neigl - and was the scene of th tween the troops of Nat Prussians under Bincher the eastern. side of Paris ridge shelters the nortl the city, while the centr A. glance at the map sho the detached ferte, whiel mits of the high ground, east and south sloes. MAIN ROADS AND RAILRO: PARIS. -THE FOR Paris is completely su tioned enceinte, with a feet high. This enceinte main Forts, --traced to sui formation of the ground, of pentagA withl:'unequa main forts are traced ove varying in proportions, 'uniform shape through° the works is faced witk a • laid in regular courses, a ble masonary, The heig , 31 feet, the ditch is 77 conntersearp is 18 feet d' an angle of forty-five d, • glacls, with a berm se from the top of the cont forming a covered way, • ditch. The Perimeter' over 'eight French le,agu considerable space is lef poses between the works side the enceinte runs t road from which the bas of the for cation are or slopes. In some of t bastions, -cavaliers of ea strueted, by 'which 'a defi; joiningterrel)leines and: ts well as a searobing is obtained,. 33y Means , a aa