The Huron Expositor, 1871-12-22, Page 4-
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Merry Christmas ---:Thomas Kidd.
Hickson& Emporium.
The Golden Pad -lock --Johnson Bros.
Servant Wanted—Mrsi. Kendall.
Mares for sale. ---T. McMichael.
Stray steer.—Michael Tay.
Firm for sale in Stanley. --J. Andersoll.
Farm for sale. —D. Beatty. ,
Xmas (lift Books.—Armatrong & Price.
Children's Books.—R. Ltrmsde4.
Stray Sheep.—Wm. MeGeoch.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
our .reeders may TellY upon the .re-
ports given being -cofrreat and accu-
rate. We also congratulate our re-..
. ,
presentativue upon 'their successful
and creditable'debut,.and trust they
may long continue 1 to cherish and
advocate the noble .4.rid Manly send-
inents expressed in then': excellent.
and clever speeches:.
rHE LATEST A DV (..'ES respecting
the Prince of Waleare to the effect
It
iR4144 tAk1iVit t if?
t • •
eAPAPet
Plit • that he is recoverine His entire
restoration to health will take
FREDA__17.", DEC 22, 1871. _ considerable time, b it the danger of
------- . a fatal termination o bis illness is
now considered e tirely averted.
THE NEW CABINET COMPLETED. The Queen has left Windsor.
Just before going to press last
aliening we received the following
telegram from Toronto, which,
though not very explicit, is the best
'which could be got, on account of
no Toronto mail having arrived at
this i)lace yesterday. The telegrani
reads : Cabinet completed. Scott.
of Ottawa, edillmieeioner of Crowt
Lands. Gow, of Welliegton, Pro
vineial Secretary. Mackenzie take
the Leadership. The Ho -use me
this afternoon. Hon. J. G. Curr
was unanimously elected Speakera.fter whieh the 1101150 adjourned."
The Defeat of the Government
1
y
The Government of Mr. John
Sandfield ac una as at length
been defeated by such- a decided
majority as to leave them no
excuse for longer retaining of-
fice, an ---1 they have consequently
resigned. The chief sin chargeable
to: the late Government, was their
overween ing d es -i re to ob tai.n unlitn-
i:ted
conteol of the funds of the
Province,to use them bow, when
and where they pleased. triton this
point, more than any other, they
were opposed at the late electiens
by the: &form Party, and this
formed the rock upon which they
made shipwreck of tl:eir craft. The
country was appealed .to earnestly
on this point, and the result of the
past two weeks shows clearly and
distinctly that the jeeaple of Ontario
do not consider it safe or prudent
to place at the disposal of five men
tbe entire control of large sums of
public money.
Mr. Blake, the leader of the late
Oppositiore_has been charged with
the task of forming a new govern-
ment. So soon as the ',Government
is formed, the House will prollably
FROM TO ONTO.
DEFEAT AND BE
THE GOVE
From our own, et
WEDS
The debate on the
I proposed amendment
tinned to -day, and exe
livened with a good de
was dreary enough.
anxious to get to the v
amendment,- for that'
qnestion at issue. Tho
in the debate before Mr.
ment was put to the Ho
McCall, Gow, Wood,
Scott, (North Grey), (
Monteith, .Rykert,
Graham, Merrick, Mcl anns and tiode.
IGNATION OF
NMENT.
rrespondent.
:SHAY, Dec. 13.
Address "and the
hereto, was con -
pt 64 it was en-
-1 of personalities, N
EVeryboily was
te on Mr. Blake's
e bodied the real
e who took part
McCall's amend - a
Ise, were hlessrs,
South ViAoria,),
ibbons, Nacon, t
had resigned upon the condemnation of
any important point of their policy,
He was followed by the Attorney General,
who deal wed that no matter how thel
vote.went the Covernment-
WOC LP NOT RESIGN
1..
until def ated in a full House, at the
same time they wonld not bethe mean
.tine do anything niore than carry on
the ordinary routine of Government. I
Mr. Wood then irose, amid breathlesS
•silenec, for his object was 'suspected It
was well known that he felt hinuielf to
be in a very uneomfor table position, and
the fact that on this occasion he rose
from one of the back,benohes foreshadow -I
ed svhat he presently told the House.
He said he regarded the vote on Mr.'
Blake's al lendinent not merely as an at-
tack - upon one particular act of the
Government, but upon their whole policy.
Holding this view and having regard to
censtitutional practice he felt it his duty
to
IESIGN llii; POSITION
as Treasu er. This annooneeroent wrsI
received N ith loud cheers from the Oppo-!,
sition sid , but HI like a thunderboltI
upon th Govermitent benches Mr. -
Wood we it on to say that his relations
with the Government had always been
of the nu st cordial character, 1,1nid that
as a prim e member he would still sup -
tort them in all good measures. He Was
-cry guar led on this point, and by no
I means Prot Used an unqualified support to
the government.
The' del ate was continued by Mr.
Vardee
'ebb, Boultbee,
Mr. Gow spoke form ily and ar • 1
• logically. Indeed,,this
proved greatly since
Parliament in 1867,
quite an effeetive.debit
. _ fter him -Mr. II. S. McDon-
Id, of L yds, Moved an amendment
imilar to one formerly moved by
IcCall, w ich was ruled oet of order by
he Speak r onthe ground that the
House had already passed upon a similar
nuposi tio
After reless the debate was continued
Y Hon. Mr. Cameron and - Mr. Prince,
ho was followctl by
MR. CI MON, 0F NORTH HURON.
entleman has im- b
le first entered
nd has become
r•
2411. GIBBONS . POKE
,
,
for the first time since :A e Hotise opened,
and spoke clearly and fo %Ably and to the
. point. and commanded the close atten-
tion of the House. i [... report of Mr.
Gibbons' smclewill be f und elsewhere.]
• Mr. Gibbons remarks br ught Mr. Czar-
. ing t'o his feet, who sail, the Municipal
Councils of Hay and St
titioned the 'Government to Make the
snrveys. He was, hos ever, silent on
the matter of thespecial .train.
ic
Shortly after 1 0 o'cloe the :House di-
vided on Mr. McCal 's aniendment,
which, it will be remembered,; proposed
to, defer the consideration of M. Blake's
amendment till thete sys..4 a fidl House,
and which was written by the .Attorney
General and in -fact his ation. novas
lost en a division by.40 to 32.
mth sides of the House, 1 which we
verlooked by Mr. Speakei because,
e subsequently stated, many of t
members were-; :
i.
NEW TO urn nohsn
..
pd therefore might be eupposed not
be familiar with the rules hif the H.ouse.
ad..) ourn to afford an opportunity for
the members of the new Ministry to
appear before their 'constituents for
the approval of their course. After
their re-elecieon, the House will ,
again meet .when the policy of the
• new government will be propounded a
a.nd discussed.
Mi. Blake has ample material e
from %%filial to fo lin a government I
-whirl will not only be acceptable to
his own party, but also to a very h°
large majority of the people of this
Province. .We have no doubt but
his selection will be judiciously a
made, and that the country will be
largely the gainer by the elange.
A New Dodge.
'
lene peti-
Trunea tv, Dec. 14.
The- 'fourth. day of ti contest was
ned by an able speee from, 1 -fon. M.
C. Cameron. He did m ieh bettee than
on Monday, donfining ineself to the
merits of the question and showing
wherein, in his opinion the policy of
the Government in the matter of aid to
railways was superior to the coinse pur-
sued -by Mr. Blake. He contended that
under the Railway Aid Act the interests
of the country were batter protected
than if the grant to each rdud was to he
left to the Legislature, Ikcauee in the
former case a certain amountof work
Must be done on the road liefore it could
get any aid, while an • t e latter case
money might be granted to -a road before
ny work wee done, aud ii gilt never be
lone.
Nothing of partieulah interest .was
licited in the remainder h the debate.
'ersonalities were freely in raged in on
re
as
he
to
11
private meeting of /1. number of
the representative men of the Con-
servative party of this Cotinty was
held at Clinton, on Saturday last.
The object of the meeting was to lay
out a plan by which the Connuy
He finally informed the Horse that the
thing had gone far enoUgh and that
members must • confine !themselves to
questions before the House.
The House then disiided on Mr.
Blarke's amendment, and the Government
Were defeated by a maj(#ity of seven.'
The following ie the dieision
Could be divided. electorally, so .as
to give the present Government a (h.
Majority of the seats. The follow -
mg was the division agreed upon :
iVortit Riding — Remick, Turn- 'LT°
berry, Morris,East Wawano •1 W t
YsAs—Messrs. 13arber, Bente , Blake, Christie,
larke, (Wellington), Clarke,(orfolk), Cle.mens,
oak, Crooks, Crosby, Currie, D wson, Fuirbairn,
arwell, Finlayson," Galbraith, Ibbons, Gibson,
ow, Grange, Hodgins, McCal , (Norfolk), Mc-
enzie, 'McKellar, McKim, MeM tins, Oliver, Par.
=e, Patterson, Paxton, Perty, prince, Robinson.
xfon, Sinclair, Smith, Springer, Webb, Williams,
, ". u .
nil's—Messrs:Hot-liter, Boult ee, Calvin, Cam -
on, Carling, -Clarke, (Grenville), Code, Corby)
g, (Ilussell), Cum -
on, Fitzsimmons
-aham, Gnest, Harrington, Macdonald, (Corn -
11), Macdonald, (Leeds), McCallum, AlcRae, Mer -
k, Monteith, Ite!id,. Riehardij, Itykert, ,Scot
rev), Tooley, Williams (Durhai 1), Wood, (Lrant
Wawanosla ..4shneld.
yne, Craig, (Glengarry),' Grai
b, ), Ix land, Deacon, Deroehe, Fergm
(6,
0011 (Vietoria).-38.
C e ntre Piding—GoderI
iell Town TIC
Col born e. Hullett„ Grey, .4cKi1lop, l w
' Sea forth, Tuakersmith. . -i
,South. Ptdtng—Goderieb Town- ti°
ship, Stanley, Hay, Stephen, Us_ Th
borne Clinton. - -
vi
As T. set d you a full report of M
Gibson's speech. I need say nothin
about it here further than that it was e
ceedingly well received by the Hone
r..,Gibson madthi a very favorable in
preasion, and is already re-eirded by h
confreres as a man of practieal know
edge, who will be invaluable in ccimmi
tees as- well nu the floor of tho bons
1 n this respect, aside from party eon-
sideratiense North Huron has gainedim-
mensely by its change of members.
Shortly b fore mid -night the vote Was
the non -confidence motion
vote of yeas 37, nays 36.
was the same as on Mr.
eidnient, except that Me-
ans and Grange voted with
eut instead of against them
°ruler vote.. Mr. Wood; of
ria; while voting with the
, declared that in his opinion
Dm. 22, 1871.
Address in reply to His Excellency's
gracious speech involved the question of
the approval or, condemnation of the
policy of Ministers, and they themselves,
in the course of the debate, challenged
an expression of the feeling of the House
towards them.
' That Ministers have been defeated
in each of the four divisions which have
taken place, and have never had control
'
of the House.
"That the Ministerial poliey on a
most inportant question has been con-
demned and reversed by a dectsive vote
of this House, which has dedlared its
want of confidence in Ministers1
That the Provincial Treashrer has,
in consequence of the hoetile attitude of -
the House, resigned his office. I
" That the continuance in office of the
remaining :Ministers is under existing
circumstances:at variance with the spirit
of the onstitution.; ,
t the supPlies voted by this
House vill lapse on the 3 1st day of De-
cember instant, and this House would be
wanting to its duty if it shouldnot be-
fore that time (as was, done under like
circumstances last year) make provision
for the xpenditure, ender Ministers po-
sessing its eonfidence, of the moneys
necessa -3, to carry on the public service
Until ti e final estimates for the ensuing
year ea I be voted.
"iii t this House regrets that the re-
Imainin Ministers slihuld have advised
His Ex ellency to continue them in office,
held humbly prays that His Excellency
rraciously pleased to consider of
resentations contained in the
will be
the rel.
Addres
The
•Intions
the Ho
In the c
that MA
stood by
)7
ttorney General met these reso-
with :an amendment to adjourn
Ise till the 9th. of January next.
urse of the debate it leaked out
eral members- who had hitherto
the Government .
lAD BECOME DISGUSTED
with the r clinging to office in the face of
. . .
an advei se vote of the Rouse, and would
Mr. Blake's reselutions, which
in effect the sound constitution -
)11., that a Ministry ought to re -
y • ,
r• vote fo
declahed
puma
e' sign wh -a defeated in the House. It
would cern, however, the Attorney
is did -not , nticip• ate the defeat that Was in
1' store for
was tak
e.
taken and
carried by
The divisio
Blake's am
Call, Mag.
the Governi
as in the
South Viet
Governmen
THE OUGHT TO RESIGN,
and that he
upon hirn as
vote sm.' t
that the Om
eafter they need not reckon
their supporter. After the
ken, Mr. Blake intimated
osition would not further
oppose the passage of the Address, and
would leave it e'to- the O-oyernment to
bear the responsibility of taking it to His
-Exellency, as thus amended. The At-
torney General said he would bear that
responsibility, and
;itt;N THE RISK
of receiving such an answer from him, as
would justify the peeition of the Govern-
ment. The Address with the non -confi-
dence clauseatta,ched to it then passed.
On the second reading, Mr. Blake call-
ed for the yeas -and nays, and the Gov-
ernment in 'order to get their -Address
passed wereobliged to vote for it, al-
though ia doing en they ;•-,-6ted want af
confidence in thesthselves. This shows
the absurdity. of their position. In
answer to Mr McKenzie the Attorney
General stated that on. Monday he Would
be prepared to give the answer of His
Excellency. .
MON DA -Y, Dee. 18.-
,
When the:Rouse met t� -day every one
was on the tip -toe of expectation to learn
what reply I the. Lieutenant Governor
would give th the Addrese of the Howse,
in.which he was informed, that therLegis-
lature had no confidence in his present
'advisers. Immediately after routiae- the
Attorney General placed
TUE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
in the Speak r's hands,.. which was read
by, the Speak r, the members standingas
is nenal when a message is read from the
-Representati e of the Sovereign :
Mr. Speaker alut`'Omitleaten of the Legis -
lath?: Assembly,—
• I thank you for your dutiful and loyal
.Address and he assurance that the irna,
portant subj (its submitted to you will
receive your 1 est attention. With refer-
enay to that lortioii of the answer to the
e Speech Which, expresses h disapproval by
the Legislati e Assembly of the large
- powers given to the Execueive, unfer.
O the act -pass al by the Legislature. ap
e propriahing 01 nin Winn and a half of dol-
lars in aid. of railways, mid in which, I
-
ani informed hat the _Rouse has no eon -
d fidence in a inistry which has attempt-
ed. to carry'm t 111 reference to the con-
trol of the sail appropriation, an usurpe-
d' -
tion fraught ith (longer to public liberty
and constiteti mal Goverument. I have
to obserhe th' t no action has been token
by my minis .rs in •regard to the distri-
-
hon of an portion of the said fund,
eept in eac. ordence. with the powers
sted th •m by Virtue of the act he• •
ref' to, and that I will give every eoh-
tutionai con Wei:at:ion to 'Any bill that
y be presented ta me for hey sanction,
her repealing Or amending the said
RC t.
lt will be Seen that with the excel)
n of the eight vacant seats; all th
emberwere present. Mr. McKenzi
en rose, and M an hour's speech re
ewed the whole policy of the Govern
elit, and pointed out its tendency an
ect. This was
MR. MACKE'S iIE'S FIRST SPEECH
this House, and it was well receive
d made, a very favorable impression
e concluded by moving that the follow
g Words be added to the first Para
- We uncial stand that at th is meet- m
nig a deputation was appointed to eff
visit O'aawa and press upon Sir
John A. 'Macdonald the necessity i"
of making this division. We have 7,1°
but- little faith in the honesty of sa
John hot we have more con gri
donee in him than to believe he Ice
would knowingly be euiltoper- att
- yf . no
pal. a ting such an outrage uponany ee
cam te tin ty, even to .see tiro pol t ical 00
gain, as the above division proposes. to
Now that this little dodge of our go'
Censervstivu friends has leaked out
they will pet:haps abandon it. _For ch
their awn credit, we trust that 'if vot
they in e determined to make an at- sta
bu
sell of the Ad -dress as amendedh--"And
ex
inform your Excellency that we have
, vc
confidence in the Ministry, which
- for
emoting to carry out, in referemee to
s ti
ec t•I of th .."(1 •f ) • , • ma
0, an usurpation fraught With. :danger
public liberty and COnStitUtiOnal
eernment." Tha reason a. the motior
e evident. The Government sin the
it so a e debate had reneatedly
alleneed the Opposition to a direct
(Signed „W. P. HOweeen.
Tt will be se n that in this answer the
House was treeted with
CON TE NIPT U0 US SILENCE
in regard to tl e most important .part of
their. Address o His Excellency, monely
, that etcetera) non -confidence in the
Ministry. Bu the Opposition. were ful-
ly prepared fo this move, and Mr. -Blake
immediately p °posed the following reeo-
lationa ;--
-tempt to divide the County to suit
themselves, they will be able to hit
upon a more feaeiele and deeent di- len
vision than that we have e- m
fei red to. 'We shall refer to this got
subject again. the
• o? want of eonfidence, and had
ted that they would not consider the
vote on Ail raBlake's amendment a.s such.
s
SAN DFIELD'S DEFENCE... ,
Ion. J. 8. McDonald replied at great
gth to Me. McKenzie. He defended
self with a good deal of ability, and
off some goods hits at the expense of
gentlemen opposite to lam. He
und up NV1 t,11. the zistounding state-
nt that even if Mr. McKenzie's mo-
s carried he would not resign.:
SATURDAY, DoL 16.
'he debate on iMr. MeKenzie's non-
fidence motion was resew ed yes ;Lt the the opening of the Roil by on.
a. Currie. Be exposed the principle
er ying loeernment Policy, out
I nothing that had not been said maiey
es before.
e. was followed by Mr. Blake, whose
eet seemed to be to
hi. Imes wo
me
Our IVIembers.
tioi
We publish elsewhere in this is-
sue a full ieport of the maiden rt
speeches of Messrs. Gibson and Gib- con
bons. These speeches have been re- laY
ported specially for THE EXPOSITOR u•
(
ley our Parhamentry correspondent Bait
at Toronto, and will, we have no tun
sioubt, be carefully perused and read
with much interest by our readers. .1
We may here state that (a full re-
port of these speeches has net been He
published in any other paper, but and
SHAME 7.'11E GOVERNMENT,
or sense members of it, into resigning'.
rppealed to each one individually,
cited precedents where goveenriaents
L.-
, "That an ly mble address be present
ed. to His Eecellency the Lieutenant-
. GoVernor, repr senting—,
"That this House has teceived His
Excellency e • racious reply to the ad-
! dress. of this 1 ouse, , adopted on Friday
I last.
; "That this ouse was invited by His
Excellency's Ministers to consider the
! gracious s eec of His Excellency de-
,
' livered at the ( pening of the session, end
e to proceed witl the wUrk of the Assem-
bly, notwithst eding that some of the
constituenciea vere unrepresented.
"That this Hots° was thus declared
- .
1 to be, es it f et was and is, competent
ttdl '11 ques-
-
in its present s all
tions which might be brought before it.
i 'That the discussion of the proposed
ered ma
could we
•night th
ment, wl
to 43 ae,
him, for shortly before the vote
ri he declared that he had weath-
y a crisis and he • thought he
Alter this. A little before mid -
vote was taken on his amend-
ich was lost -by a vete of 26 for
nist Mr. Blake's resolutions
I were the t carried, by a _vote of 44 for to
-`2.5 again h—maionty AgainSt the Gov- 1
lernment .1 9. Mr: Barber- paired with
!Mr. Coyi e and Mr. Ferguson and 4r.
1.1eidwer ;Inca. These with the eight
•Lescant ..8 ati and the Speaker, make up
the whol Houee of 82 members.
• THE GOyERNMENT BOLTERS.
axe and cut down lk small tree whi
had heen planted for the purpose. TI
1
ch eloped and recovered. - And, far beyond
as this again, we find the rich and. vast
ended the proceedings, and the crowd
returned to the Hall of the Commer-
cial Hotel. where a meeting was or-
ganized and the following speeehes were
delivered:
The Chairman, Mr. D. D. Hay, -up
opening the meeting remarked that this
day commenced an era ot labor and
not one of talk. In all great_ public
enterprises it is necessary to do much
talking. In connection with the present
enterprise they had much of that d
hlaniteba, 'with, facilities for supporting
an immense population, which, with pro-
per avenues for communicating with
them, we shall supply with articles of
our evn manufacture, and thus tend
on greatly to build up this section of coun-
try, They were now negotiating with a
company with a view to secure a line of
steamers to run between Kincaadine,
Southempton, and Duluth. If, as true --
Canadians, we place confidence in each
0, align hai may yet build up d, great
ad nationality, for, within the limits of this
country. we have all the material -and all
the fuculties for the accomplishment of
so desirable an object. The awarding of
that contract had been done in an
e. honorable and straightforward. manner.
Tenders were called for and received, aud
d when opened it was found that Mr. fla,ys
was the lowest and he got the contract..
The men of Ainkyville, Illuevale, Wing -
too ham, Lucknow, and other places have
es been as true as steel to us, and without
them we -could not have succeeded. He
asked them still to C011 till 1.10 their
h confidence in the CoMpany, and.
a d them in encountering future
difficulties and they should have
d the road in the time specified. Mr. Mc -
it (ivern Concluded hiS Mt -narks by eaying:
We neu,st have the Government assist-
ance, or the amount must be ina,de up
le by your municipalities."
Mr. Al .t Meow:: was the next speak-
s,
e er. Ho felt proud to -day to co-operate
h in this great public work, destined to
h cenfer blessings on.the public, ont only
x in -our time, but advantages untold upon
e our descendents. He felt that having en-
l• isted -in the work of progress it was his
e duty to go on. He felt that in co-operat-
ing with his fellows for the good of the
d country, whether they failed or not, that
lie occupied a proud positiou. In assist-
. ing in this work, he felt gratified that
he.would, at least, be ale to hand down
his efforts to those who may come after
him. We have gone through the battle.,
Y We have been met by stroller awl un -
or scrupulous opponents. We each present-
ed our poeitions and prospects before the
eople. We have fought a fair fight,
p
face to face with our opponents, and we
I have defeated them. We are new
this position, that we haey kept every
pronnee and every pledge we ever made
on the main line, and. we aek you to
judge of our company M the future by
what they haee done in the past, Due•iug
the late campaign we have met men in
these counties who are Well fitted. and.
q 't adorn the most ex-
alted positions in their country, and we
have had the support and confidence of
these men. Wherever these railway en-
terprises penetrate, they develop the
•resources and manufacturing capabilities
of that country. One of the great
reasons why we desire to push our road.
to Kincardine is that salt has been dis-
covered there. This salt will be a source
of great revenue to the road, and will be
of untold benefit to the country. In
carrying Out our enterprise thus far, we
have had mighty struggles, but in all
these struggles we have succeeded, and -
having thus succeeded, we feel that it is
impossible now to' impede our progress.
but_in this the people of the west h
taken their share. As a repret3entative
man, he was here to say --the people
of this place had done their part. Their
platform was general progress, and upo
this they were united as one man. I-1
could say this was the beginning of th
end. He would eay the leadirfg nnen an
citizens of the western townships d
nobly work with us, and he was glad
Ftee 80 many of them present to day t
aid in commencing the work. All class
everre alike interested in prospering th
work, and he hoped. before many week
to see the whole work under contrac
They had arrived at the stature of man
hood 'with reference to facilities of al
kinds; and their interests were boun
together as with a band of iron. Bi
the present occasion, or rather the con
pletion of the work now commence(
would be the crowning of publie elite
Prise. First, we had the mud road
then we improvod upon them with th
turnpike road, find lastly we were buil(
ing railways, viduch far surpassed bot
of the others, aud he hoped before si
monthe that they would come from th
East, and from the West, from th
North and from the Soeth, to welcom
the swat of the iron horse as he make
his first appearance. He hoped an
believed that such. would be the result
The chaii man then introduced Col
McGivern, the President of the Com
pany.
Col. Malivern said that as a 'Maar
man it was his duty to fight, not t
speak. Well they had foright thei
battle and had won a glorious victory
and the proceedings of to -day showe(
that they were not only able to fight am
speak, but were also prepared to work.
The work in which they were now en-
gaged was important in a natioual point
of view, and he felt pleased to know that
they had the confidence and support of
the clergy, of whmn a representation
were, present on the platfor at. Such men
werausually on the side of Progress, and
n favqr of any good and important NI, wits
.111 thi4 railway scheme they had always
had tlie clergymen with , them, and he
count nance and support in the future.
lopelthey would continue to have thei
The present occasion was an important
one to the people of this section of coun-
ry. as well as to Hamiltonians.
Al-
houghneer e ver many, g
ircumstances had arisen, they led al-
v;Lys fought hard battles bravely, and
ie could claim that the result was in-
ariably successful. The people ail knew
he difficulties he and his co-workers
had to contend with. They knew of
the combinations and trickery of the op-
ponents of the scheme. London and
To -
onto had combined against them. Still,
n spi▪ te of all opposition. relying upon
ruthful statements and the justice of
heir cause, they had succeeded : and he
vould now promise them that they shall
aye the road known as the Southern
xtension. On Monday or Tuesday next
he work would be commenced in earn-
st. Already the first zection of the
oad was under contract, and he was
atistied that the work, commenced in
I The embers who ,had hitherto aup-
'ported. th Government, but who voted c
this time against them; were Hon, E. B. N
Wood ai d Messrs. Boultbee, Deacon,
Grange, IcCall, McManus,. Merrick,
and Woo I, of Victoria. After the vote t
Wars ta,ke the A ttoruey -Generral- asked
or an aij mrunient whia was granted.
TrENDAY, Dec. 19.
The contest which has waged ()tithe r
floer of tl e House for the last seven days
came- to a close to -day by the
nem uhatroh oe THE :MINISTRY.
When th -House met to -day Hon. J S. . h
hlacdonal 1 announced that after the de- E
eisive vo e of last night the Ministry t
had felt it to be their duty to place c
their
RESIGNATION 8
in the hands of His Excellency, that
their resinnations had been aceepted
they now only held office till
ssors were appointed. He dee
Borne legth the, course of the
uring the last four years. justi-
onduct in holding on to office
d, and concluded by tendering
to any hon. gentleman !whose
e might have unintentionally -
and that
their succ
fended at
Ministry
flea their
as they h
apolog
feelings --
wounded in the course of debate, 1.
The Ho se adjoueneal at 4 o'clock, and
shortly af erwards
. BLAKE WAS SENT FOR
good. faith, would be aided by the Gov-
ernment. it Was a matter of justice to
them, ami in 'accordance with the
promise of the Government. Whether
Sandfield Macdonald or Blake held the
reins of power. he felt that the law upon
the matter included assistance to this
road. In support of this view he quoted.
from the speech of Hon. Mr. Cameron in
the House. when the railway subsidy
was under consideration. Mr. Cameron
conteeded that under the Railway Act
a certain amount of work must be done
on the roaa before it could get any aid.
As the Act now stood, they would al-
ays be certain of aid wheuevee .they
Ifilled the conditioos prescribed by the
ct. Under the Act a reilway-company
uld always get aid the moment they
billed the conditions. Under the con -
tions of the Act, they had. gone on and
ranged and financed for the remaining
rtion of the Wellington. Grey and
nice line ; and so to -day, (swain°. on
at aid, and believing that no Govern-
ent can repudiate the laW -passed, they
minerice the construction of tile South-
ern Extension of the road. The failure
of
te
ra
A
ha
I)V His xcellency and entruste( with w
the task of forming- a new Minietrh. fu
Members f the Government .'au( their A
Zs:ere have already begun to select co
seats on he Opposition side qf the fu
on. J. S. Macdodald has se-
lected on on the frone row the furthest, AI'
down froi the• Speaker's chair. Evil no
does not • intend to lead the B
as that 1)94 will be chiefly th
•-es, it is not improbable. that m
0. , Cameron will be their Co
dently he
Opposition
Conservati
Hon. M.
leeder.
W. C. AN
TEIIN
- The cer
turning of
E 'tension -
B. SOUTHERN EXTENSION
NG TIRE FIRST SOD.
the Croyernmeut to carry out the in.-
rpretation of the Act would be an out-
ge upon the feelings of the people.
lthough the promoters of this scheme
ve had difficulties to contend :with in
e past, these difficultie.s have been
ally and successfully over -dome, and he
iod befm•e them to -day proud. of the r
et that every pledge . whieh had been
yen had been faithfully carried out,
d. that every station alonh the line, so
r as opened up, is lilted with geode and i
rchandise coining into their eection of 1 -
he and iepice 11(A, the farms
ing out of it. They 110W proposed to
rry the sonthein ex-rreetion to Kin-
-dine, aud. they intended to carry_ out
e proposition. Even our bitterest op- I
nents in the least- ;ease -code -4e that
ery promise which we made has beer'
Tied out to the letter. --They had the
ICk aed the determination, and they
uld carry this scheme te completion.
1 The object they had m openieg up the
present road was to afford an opportun-
ity- to the people of Hamiltnn to compete
for the trade of this fine section of coun-
try, of which it Might truly be said.110
liner existed in any part of Canada, ; end_
while doing this to grant to -the peeple
an avenue by which they would be ahle
reach not only the Hamilton markets
t also those of every other uortion of
Our Own Reporter.
!,hn
•mony connected wit11 the Fa(
the firet sod of the Soulthern fa
f the Wellington, - and gi
Bruce Rail . tookp aco a IS owel
c0h1isiSoanttRi Saturday. The
marred by thennfa.vor- me
The pleasure of the oes
condithin of the weather, a heavy ti)
snow-storn prevailing doling the, first go
pert ohthe day. Notwithstanding this, na
hOwever, he atteedence of The
and cal
spectators was very large,. Cho horth- th
cen tewnsl ips of thief County were \yell po.
rejel•eeentea e officers of the road ev
ari•ived by private conveyance from Pal- cal
merston Station, at the eillitee on the ph
previous evening. At about tavelve -wo
-
o elock a manamoth procession was
-formed, Wh eh, headed by two four horse
sleighs, one of which contained e band
and the P esident and others of the
road offiei Is, and. the other Was laden
with the f hest and inost beauti of
tlhe fair se. of the village. The Ieere-
inonh took place on the farm of Mr.
Beranua .a joining the village, which, by
the way, is ploted for being the farm up-
on which the first tree was chopped in
that neighl orhood. Proceedings were
isothmened 1 y the Rev. Mr. Cribbs mak-
- mg a few r quarks and offering prayer.
-After this, Ir. D. D. Hey, Reeve of the
village, pia
dent of the
which were to perform the mighty ser-
vice of turn ng the first sod of the Souh-
ern Exteush n of the Wellington, Grey
and Bruce Railway. Mr. McGivern
divested hi self of coat, vest and hat,
and procee( ed to work. He raised a
shovel full ofthe earth, placed. le in the
wheel-barroye by his side, wheeled it off
a short distance on the plank, and finally,
exlieusted. With his toil dumped it out.
helrI- Adam Brown was the next laborer,
arid. went through similar manteuvres,
to
bu
tI
and
the
Wa
tl
ed in the lianas fif the Pr.- car
road, the pick and shovel. wo
On
bee
larg
the
fer
ing
con
car(
age
pec
of
min
n Whatever they had done,
whatever they may do, one thing
y were determined uppn, and that
s to proceed in such a manner that
il ff shalle appreciated. In
rying out this plan he believed they
uld advance their common interests,
the main line very largelemuses had
n hrantei. Minto gave 865,000, the
est bonus of any township, and yet
people now believe that it would me -
i em one o the greatest Wage-
s ever conveyed to the township. The
struction of the line through to Kin -
line would be attended with. edema-
s which would far surpass their ex-
tations. Along the northern shores
Lake Huron there were vast mines. of
eral wealth. On the northern I d s
of Lake Superiorinillions. of wealth
and after nn the contractors and others. ers
lay strewn among thc. rocks, and would.
yet, at no distant day, be properly de -
After the earth removing process was
gotthreugh with, Mr. McGivern took an
•
sonus system introduced by the
Wellingtou, Grey and Bruce Company-,
is a farmers sc wine. It has extended.
all over Canada, and is being adopted by
he
st
it
a.
ts
on
us
manufacturing operations; which, prior
; to the construction of the road were
never thought of. For instance, in Fergus,
since the road was opened through .that
village, a large sewing machine marm-
. factory has been esta.blished which
manufactures over $200,000 worth of ma-
chines annually. If the railway had.
not been built through Fergus, this es-
tablishment never would have been
started there. Mr. Brown again assured
his audience that the object of the com-
pany -was to build the road to Kinear-
I dine, and concluded by saying : Let
as -cultivate neighborly feelings with our
every new company. So little does t
amount required to secure a road co
the people when spread over eh, that
is but the toss of a copper whether
treat in a bar -room or the oonui cos
the niosh a There is one singular faet
our main line, men are elgaged in vario
mends across the •Ime, but at the same
thne let us be loyal to our country.
(Cheers.) It behoves us to clear the.
way, to put out the fossile men who can
not see further than the end of their
nose. We should see to it that the pro-
gress is in the right direction, or in the
words of the poet we may say
Nor inpike i=ir sabre
Hbnil we shew the iron's might •
It shall shine in busy labor,
And not in cruel fight.
11, shall thunder o'er the nation
In. the rapid, steaming train,
-And carry to starvation
The loads of precious grain."'
1)r. Hamilton, of Flanaboro, Mr.
Frazer, of Elora, and Mr. Massey. of
Guelph, were each calkd upon, and made
appropriate speeches, after which the
chairman called upon Leckie, Reeve
of Grey, who was sorry that he had not
arrived time enough to witness the turn-
ing of the first sod. All were aware
of the difficulties amorer the )e,0 —41.0
was himself sceptical al' first. Another
road. had been. promised, and they want-
ed a railroad of some kind. He had
agreed with Mr. Hay. to meet the people
of Hamilton and listen to their state-
ments, and we coneidered it to our inter-
ests to stie.k to them. hoped that
after to -day all uncertainty would be
banished tie thought that p
pointment should be felt even though
there might be some little delay. With
reference to the Government subsidy he
had no doubt. Even though the Sand -
field Macdouald Administration should
be defeated, he felt assured they would.
still get the money, and. if they refuse,
we will come to the rescue. Nhould.
such a contingency arise we are willing
to come half way, and assist the (him -
pane: to push the work through. He felt
00 j ousy tea aids Listowel or any
other place. Listowel is now an incor-
porated village, and its advance is no
doubt due to the joint determination of
its business men, who voted as one man
in this matter. He hoped the villag,es
east and. west would copy after the en-
stieirrepiteoseporfosL jiectroweil, and when the road.
was completed to the lake felt they were
Mr. MESSER, Reeve of Turnberry, re-
ferred to the fact that this was the third
railway convene which had introduced
a scheme. There. was first, Toronto with
its scheme, then London, and lastly
Hamilton. Though this was the last to
propose a road, he believed it would be -
the first to build ODO. All the power of
Toronto and London combined. joined. to
defeat the Hamilton scheme. The ground,
the epeaker took with reference to the
c'neme was, that the broad gauge was
the one best adapted for the country.
He stated that his confidence was aa
strong as ever in the Hamilton inen'a
DEC. 22 1871,,.
ability to complete what th
He briefly 'referred to the h
had arisen in his own tirsen
still contianing. He eared no
the agitation if they -Only
a
oettine the road.
h -
Mi Fietina, of Wingha
that he had been hccused of
ponent of the scheme, iii
them that be was as trim
ever of the President. The
to say of those NO10 t11118 ma
was 'bad lueik to them,"
the scheme every &access,
that he would yet. see them a
on the occasion of opening
for traffic_
A vote of thanks was thee
the Chihinan by Col. MeGlen
ed by Mr. Frazer, which ei
unanimously..
The party then repaired. ta
mercial Hotel and partook of
repast got up by Mr. Zininic
proprietor, after whieh the g
escorted about half way to
leaving the village amid -cheer
Dering the. course of the M
-chairman stated that the rig
- for the road from Palenersteie
wel had been all purchased an,
bad already eommented, and t
-ten -days tenders would be -call
various articles 'neede& in the
MARRIAGES-
Wensos----Nonnes----At the ri
the bride, on Friday, the St
Rev. Henry Grates.; Mr. -Te
son, to Mies Alert:larch -ori
Hibbert.
Wonamas--- -Mona:hart:me
tienee of the bride's father, ,
on the 13th inst., by Ike
Maepherson, Mr. Frederick
naan, hardware merchant, -
to Effie, third. daughter
ModerwelI, Esq, 1ieriffoft
of Perth.
-G ARDINER—O-RRIE.— At the
of the bride's mother, on
inst., by Re"-. Henry Gee
Win. Gardiner, of I-r;elsorne,
Barbara, Cirrrit, of Ilibbert.
Boa -moms —11-ornirros,- -At
at the residence of the bride
on Tuesday, 1 9th inst.. by
Starr, Mr, James Bonthro,
SeafOrth, to 3N11SS Adie
third daughter of George
E8(1..
iiast., at the residenee of
father, by Rev. 'Mr. Mite;
Robert Gregh! machinist,
Foundry, to Miss gneS Wel
second daughter of James
shaw, Esq., all of Mitchell.
Mc EWEN—Me:Kea'. Tud
at the residence of the bride
by the Bey, Mr. Ross, of 13,
on Tue.sday, the 19th jest:,
MeEeven, of Seafortle
Christina
DBATHS.
Munene--Ie. Logan, on the -0]
,
the 19th inst., Gabriel Min 1
keeper, of congestion of the h
ITER..—At his reeielenee.,
-cession, Morris, on Satnrhe
16th, Thomas Ishister, son
Ishister, teacher, aged -2:7 year
TRIrENAIRTRY„ --011 11111ThaIty,
i13.8t,. Mr. Joseph Trufewo
Hullett, agea t15 years—of 4
th/11.
BEAV011e —On Seta y. morn
-
Robert Beacons, of 11ulltt,
years --of -consumption.
THE MARKET
SEAFORTE, Dec.
There is not ninth change in the 51arl
lions this 'week. Grains -of every dent'
firn at the quoted prices. During 1.1n)
days of the present vett, the Marliet
=quite a lively appearance, and produce
to come forward rapidly. The storm « W
however, put a stop to the finsy, and for
two days there lies been but 1it.1e 1oieg
fine weather prevail next Aveek dere
be lively ties. We quote:
ritillerheina.. 4 , . . . .... ... ,.. i.' ...- . .., ..841.1 51:5.
3333131:arritltenc):.1.\_:h.c.z.d..12'.',..:11*-: .. .. i: ':. .. ::: i(31. 1314.i/iI
.
Oats
li'l),egagss.'.. .. . — .. ,......).., :. r: .:--55 :
171our . . — . . - ... — — . . ... --, 4 , ... , , S )00 1
i-
' if)°tit;32.t.°., e.s... .. . .. . _ — . .. , ... i .. ,,...1,2
tIfides. - , . .
• Sheep Skinti.... — ,,,...;,.. .. .... , 1..,:oia
Lam)i.;
b Skins
Calf Skins, per 11/.,. • . - II 01 i
a
w_ood, per cora-- .. — ,,.... 00
-Salt .(retail) "per barrel,...., —, 1 20
.„ 0 OC
1Bfenutfion -
Pork, per b210 lbs. : 2)1
CLINTON, DCC,
Fall Id
Spring 'Wheat ... ..... 1 P2
.... 0 06
Peas..... ...... _ .. 0 .56'
50
Butter
: 1B
..... ... . .. , ... . 0 IS
Pork, per 300 ; „.; . . .... . 4 lin
Hay, per ton,. ......... 12 00
GOLD. —The price of 01(1 i
ork fluctuaten from 1119 to I 4)9!,
1.0.1.10NTO,
Wm: vr--Notwithstiinding the good
win'2h is reported :east and West, the s
grain is not la.rge. Tread's 22;
2:3 to 27; Spring.„ cd.
Fi.orn —Market quiet ain1 steady- N.)
xar lots ri ported on 'Change.
t and rather easier, little
On the strtet market 431: was paid.
B.ho.,i,y—Intietive. A few loa=ds t
brought Me to GrAc.
FEAs— Negleete-d, Stri,et Inice, Me. -
)1ox•rsio,:z1.,,-11
rx.orn— Quiet but steady, at namin
Very Mae business r4 -potted.
GnAis--Nominal in absence -14 off,
transactions.
Hogs—Market better supplied. ,Lighti
Heavy, 62?..
BrrrEat- -gothing butehoiee engages a
XMAS.
And Children's BO
.and Annuals,
.lruit Ileeeirea
AT LUMSDEWS,
INCLVDING
Little Folks, t 'hatter -11-ox
Children's Friend, =Child's Maga
Children's Annual, =claildren's P2
13and of Hope, I.Vriendlv
British Workman, -Child's Albin
AL -30,
el; ()L1 US
And his Children or Fblrfily
211-2LsrECorner