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The Huron Expositor, 1872-05-17, Page 4,••• • _ . . _ a 4. THE HURON EXPO8ITOIL NEW ADVER-TISEUENTS. Reapers and Mowers—Patterson & Bro. Pipes and Fans—M. R. Counter. Girl Wanted—Mrs. Glover. Farm for Sale—Alex. McGee. Farm for Sale in Grey—M. McDermid. House and. Lot for Sale—Mrs. Gerrond. To Rent—C. R. Cooper, ,Ainleyville. Bull for Sale—R. H. Carnochan. Strayed Colts—Riehard Hothara. - Contradiction—S. J. Etherington. Stethoscope Loet—Dr. Graham. New Store at Walton—Thomas Wilson. teiresyville Planing Mill—Jas. Bennett. Insolvency Notice—Thomas Kidd, .4s • 'signee. Britannia House ---William Hill. MIIIM01!1111Ma nron txpooitax. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1872. - The Sours Movement. It is a matter of public regret that the differences existing at pres- ent in Camada lietween employers and those employed, are becoming daily greater and more -wide -spread. In Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal large numbers of men tore out on •strike, and this week an extensive iron -manufacturing firm in Galt dis- charged their hands and dosed their eitablislunent, because the riken re- • fused to sign a certain agreement to the effect that they -would not de- mand shorter hours of labor or assist those who should in other *places. The action of the Galt firm is understood t� be in accordance • with an arrengement betwben the • most extensive foundry -men in the • Province, to compel those in their enaplorto undergo certain repressive measnres which are to be adopted for the prevention of strikes. In taking these compulsory measures of repression; the employera are acting very unwisely. If they cannot per- suade their workmen that it tis for • their interest and the general inter- • est that ten hours should constitute a day's work, it is too late in the day to compel them to act as if they. • believed the contrary. A 'great many years ago; and in a less favor- ed country, they might have succeed- ed in this, but in the present age, • and in the Province of Ontario,, never. We are not in faVcr of the • short hours movement. We believe • it would be better for the workman • himself and for the country at large t� continue the piesent hours of labor, and in an article on this sub- ject a few weeks ago we argued the question at considerable length, and showed the grounds upon which we based this conclusion. But we now • distinctly say that if the working- men of Canada, or the gteat majori- • ty of them, are determined to work but nine hours a day,—if they de- liberately take. upon themselves the responsibility of bearing the burden • of inereased prices for the necessaries of life, which -will fall mot heavily on them, there is nothing that cau . resist their resolution. The em- ployersrmay maintain. a Wriggle for a whilet-but twi1i be a losing game.. It is the natural right of the intelli- gent laborer tO set the bounds of his daily toil, and_ any attempt to de- prive hini of it will be futile. An Unfounded Ru.mor. An unfounded rumor is being cir- culated by parties resident in Clin- ton, that Messrs. Blake and Mac- kenzie have stated that the London, Huron and Bruce Railway will only receive aid on condition that the Central route be the route chosen. The absurdity of such a rumor must • be apparent to any sensible person, upon a moment's consideration. Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie, nor the Ontario Government, dare net make any such promise. The money whith they have to grant \for the aid of railways is the money of the people, and as such it is for the peo- ple to say where and how it shall be • spent. It is not within the put- vince of the Government to dictate tO any Railway Company upon • what route they shall build their road, so long as they comply with • the conditions of the'Act empower-, ing the Legislature to grant the aid. It is for the company interested to decide where they shall build, their road, and for the people to ratify and uphold that decision by grant- ing the required bonuses.- This done, the Government and • the Legislature are bound to gkant the aid where it is required. If the Great Western Railway Company, who are ,now about to carry out the London scheme, cent eider the Central route the best and most profitable for their road, • and the people along the route grant the requited bonuses, then it will be per- fectly right for the Government to promise the subsidy for that route. But if, on the other hand, the East- ern route be adopted by the Com- pany, the Government dare not, and, we feel convinced, will not at-, tempt to coerce them into taking another and a less profitable one. The circulation by our Clinton friends of such nonsensical rumors as that referred to, and the threats put forth by them, of legal proceed- ings against the Company if their route be not adopted, only go to show the hopelessness of their cause, and set forth the lack of confidence which they themselves have in the advantages of their route. This blustering, blowing find prevaricat- ing will avail them nothing. The advantagets are decidedly in favor of the Eastern route. They know and feel this, and they may as well resign themselves quietly to the fate which pa.ture has decreed for them Erst as last. Neitheiethe Government of Ontario nor the people of Clinton can alter the superior -natural ad- vantages which the Eastern route has over the Central. Upon these advantages we rely for success, and not upon circulating falee rumors, 'and indulging in useless threats. That these advantages will be &Tn and duly appreciated by the Com- pany who have taken up the scheme and intend _carrying it out to a_suc- cessful completion, we have not, nor never had; the slightest doubt. The Debate on. the Treaty. For nearly a week the Bill pro- posed by Sir John A. Macdonald, ratifying the provisions of the Wash° ington Treaty concerning Canada, Ms been under discussion in the Do- minion Parliament, and, at last ac- counts, no immediate probability of coming to a division. The question has been thoroughly discussed and ventilated in all its bearings, and the more it is cliscuesed, and the more familiar we, become with the conditions upon which the interests of this country have been sacrificed, the more abominable does the whole transaction. seem. But, no matter howfunjustl the requirements of this bill are, tho Government have pledg- ed themselves to it, and every one of their followers will vote .blindly for them, and we will have the Treaty ratified by a vtay consider- able majetity of the Canadian Par- liament. • FROM OTTAWA. • Fr0,71 Our Own Correspondent. THE GIST OF THE 'TREATY , DERATE —MR. BLAKE'S MASTERLY ORA- TION—THE EXCUSES OF THE GOV- ERNMENT. OTTAWA., May 11, 1872. • The House has already devoted three. different sittings to the dis- cussion of the treaty and the pro- habilities are more time will be taken 4 before Mr. Blake's amendment ' ' disposed of. . The main points on- oth sides .have, 'however, been rOught out, and I -will no doubt best serve your readers by givingthe spirit of -the discussions rather than a summary of what has been said. Of course there has been a great deal of repetition, and some points have been covered up with verbiageovhich it Will be my object to remove, and to present the leading arguments pro and con in something like in- telligible form and order. Mr. Blake opened the contest on Wed- nesday, and in his masterly and comprehensive speech, left very little to be said on hiss side of the ques- tion. . He began with, an historical review of the fishery question, and showed that the policy of the Gov:- • mu:emit and the country, ever since the abrogation of - the Reciprocity Treaty, had been to maintain our absolute right to the fisherieseand to protect them against the encroach- ments of foreigners, not merely on account of their monetary value, but upon considerations of national im- portance --considerations affecting our position • as an independent country by the side of a poweiful and aggressive neighbor. The re- ports of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, from time to time showed very forcibly the advantage of that policy to the country, and especially to out • fishermen: The license system having been tried during 1866, '67 and ',0, and proved to be a failure, the policy of entirely ex- cluding; foreigners frotn ear fisheries was adopted. At the end of 1869 the Minister of Marine and Fish- eries reported that that policy , had been very successful. At the end -of the next year he was. still more outspoken in the same direction. He saeLs "the produce of the fish- eries has nearly 'doubled that of last season t" he attributes "the pros- perity of the fishing population and theonseqient revival of our fish tradte" to the protective policy adopt- ed ; he says "there is a general con- rence of opinion that the entire ex usion of foreign fishermen from the Vaters of Canada. has enabled Can dian. fishermen to pursue their calling to much greater advantage than formerly." Now for purposes of their ,own the Ministry declare that a complete reversal of thie pollee, will not be detrimental to - out fisherman. At this stage, Mr. Blake pointed out it was quite clear that the protection of our fisheries was the true policy, and the only question in dispute with the Am- ericans was that known as the head- land question. It was to settle this question that Mr.. Campbet1 was in f ' 1870 sent to England and instruct- ed to urge on the Iinperial Govern- ment the ppointment of"a mixed Commission to be named by the British an American Goyernments, and to be omposed of one Impdial, one Unite. States and one Canadian Commissioner." Clearly it was con- templated that on such a Commis- sion Cana I a was to have an equal voice wit' the other two. 'countries. The Colo o ial Secretary accepted tiais propositio4i, and in despatch to the • Governor- eneral states that Her Majesty's Government had agreed "to give ffect to the wishes of your Governmelut by appointing a joint Co missi n on which Great Britain, the Unit1 States and, Canada are to e represented." •This evidently wa the kind of Commission asked for. The United States Govern - met agre d to the appointment of the Com ission, provided it was mil- rged s as, to 'include the con- sid ration of all questions in dispute bet een •e two countries. This wa agree -upon. Now the ques- tie is,di the enlargement of the Co missi n change it character? We atall , see. On the 15th Feb- rua y, shottiv after the Commission thus' enlarged Was appointed, in our Parlament, in the Speech from the Throne' the Governor- General declarede that Canada would be epresented on the Corn - mission. rhen Sir. A. T. Galt's re- solution c me up 'which declared that the cessien of• our fisheries for anything! less than Reciprocal Trade would lp • most repugnant to our pedirle. 'The sentiments expressed in the res lution were undoubtedly the. senti o ents of the House and the countre . Well, the resolutions were with o ravvn after a debate at the urgen request of the Premier, and he we t to Washington know- ipg full w ;11 the sentiments of the Hotise. Pp to this point be it re- membered the House understood that the 1 omruission was to settle the headl nd question, and that Sir John as to sit upon it as a Cana- dian Corn. *ssioner. He declared R in the cou se of the debate that the eni rgeme • t of the ' Commission wo ld not in any way affect the ,in. sts of anada, neither by reason of he sub ects submitted to it, nor by he co so position ef the Commis- sio . We ere to stand in the same pos tion a if no enlargement had tak n placr. ,Here Mr. Blake call- ed ttention toa very importatit point. Among the papers submitted to the 'lease was a despatch from thl Colortial Secretary dated 16th Fe ruary, in which lie announces an Lnticip ted change in the whole character •f the negotiations. He intimated hat Her Majesty's Gov- ernment ould be pleased to see the whole diffi ulty settled by Canada giving up he fisheries for a money payment. Now it is quite true that Sir John • id net receive this des- pateh till a ter he had reached Wash- ington, leu it is equally true that Earl Kimoerly states therein tht be had alrea • y telegraphed the sub- stance of ie.' So that while the House was prote ting against giving up the , fishe es for any money pay- ment and Sir John was assenting thet'eto'h actually knew at that tim0 that hen he went to Waeh- ing on He 'Majesty's Commissioners wot ld pre s ehat mode of settlement ! A.n 1 so it tallied out "How this tre4iendo s. change, this complete revelation in the state of the negoe, tiat on as ar as Canada was con- cer ed, to k place was," said Mr. Bla e, " matter of the greatest wo der. t took place without one WO d, as far as we could learn, ut- ter d by &r John Macdonald in the • wa of protest or objection." Mr. Bae having brought down the histo I al view of the question. to the time the Treaty was ratified, proceeded to discuss it upon its merits, taking pretty much the same ground th t he took in his speeches last sumer. He then took up the subject of the Fenian claims. He held that what Canada wanted and had a rig It to expect was not so much mon y compensation for out- rages in the past as some guarantee for security in the future, such /as wouid be urnished by an acknow- ledgement on the part of the United States that they had done wrong in permattinglraids from their territory. In t eh d spatch of July last Min- iste s had rcttested strongly agdinst the reaty ; but in January, with- out ny Iinperia1 considerations in- terv ning, they write to the Jin - peri 1 Gov mraent that while still hol mg thp same views, while still rega ding s most repugnant to the people of tlliis country a money pay- ment for jerritoria1 rights, while still be1ievng that great dissatisfac- tion prey ed with the Treaty, while still maintaining that the principal _ ause Of difficulty had not been settled but remained a subject Tor anxiety while, in short, holding Ian the vie es -they had expressed in July, they believe they could -come to Parham nt and propose the adop- tion 1 of th Treaty with success, if they could only say "you heve got som thing -ith which ,you can con- sole our • jured feelings; you have got 4 gua ntee to your bill; we placed a value upon your feelings and your national pride; we went to tit good market; we sold to good adfl antage ; let us be thankful." Ha -ing protested so vehemently in • July, they say in January that they 4 think they can propose the Treaty to Parliament with success if they can only come with the Treaty in one bend and money in the other. Mr. • Blake's peroration was eloquent and impressive, and his whole speech was one of the most masterly -efforts of argument and eloquence combin- • ed that were ever beard in that chamber. Mr. MaDougall followed with an able speech in defence of the Treaty, bat he brought out no new points while a bitter personal attack on Mr. Blake and his friends somewhat weakened the effect of his arguments. Mr. McDeTugall having trod upon the toes of Honest Joe" Rymal, that gentleman enlivened the procedings, which by this time had become somewhat dull, by one *of his Characteristic speeches, in which he completely turned the laughter of the House upon Mr. McDougall With tolling effect. • Mr. Jaraes Young, in the course of an able speech,- discuesed the value of a free United States market for our fish. He adduced figures to show that our fisheries wen not de- pendent upon the Americam market, • Last year our exports pf fish amount- ed to fabout four millions, of which only about $800,000 went to the "United States. In 1863, when the American market was open, of $406,010 of mackerel shipped from Halifax, only $168,000 went to the United States; and of $1,268,000 cod fish the Arilericans only took $69,833. So much for the value of the only valuaLle concession we get from the United States. • The debate was resumed on Fri- • day, (Thursday being a holiday) by Mr. Mills, w he spoke for two hours. His speech was a fine specimen of • close, crittcal argument, and he man- • aged to bring out some new points against the Treaty with good force. He regaided the acceptance of the Treaty as a step towards ennexation. If we give up now undoubted ter- ritorial rights simply because the Americans blustered about it, as we, or mother. England had clone in every negotiation with the United States affectinglthis country, why, it was not difficult to forsee that they would contiuue to make dentands upon us and, enforce them in a simi- lar manner, until they had possession of the whole country. Sir A. T. Galt took the floor after recess. There was a good deal of anxiety to learn what course he would take, considering his peculiar views on the relations of Canada to the mother country. He did not enter into a discussion of the merits of the Treaty. It was very objec- tionable to him ; but the question with him was what had produced the change in the views of the Kin- istry, In July they had protested strongly against the Treaty; in January they were willing to accept it. He would not think so bad of them as to believe that the change was owing at the promise of the guarantee. Neither could it be on account of England becoming bi- valved in European complications, because England's position was bet- ter in that respect, if anything, since July. He was forced to the con- clusion that the Imperial Govern- ment had in a confidential despatch to our Government declared that Canada must accept the Treaty ors cut our connection with the mother country; and our Government/had shrunk from the latter altepi/ative. For himself he would vote) for the Treaty, as the Imperial GoVernment had promised to give the requisite notice for the abrogation of the Treaty at the end of ten years at the request of Canada, and he did not consider ,Canada now ripe for independence, but believed she would be by that time. Galt' speech eausedquite a sensation, and before/the House rose, Sir John was • called on to say whether his conjec- ture was true or not. He denied in the most positive language that there was a Word of truth in it, and de- clared that England held out no threat either of separation or even • of coolnese in her relations, if Ca- nada did not accept the Treaty. Canada was perfectly free to accapt or reject it as she pleased. Poiene.o. The International DifElcult3r--A • Prospect of Settlement. A few days since it was rumored that negotiations fdr the settlement of the difficulty arising out of the demand by the American G-overn- ment for oonsequential damages, in the case of the Alabama and her consorts, had been suddenly broken off. That rumor, however, was without foundation. in fact. The difficulty has, been arranged, or it has been so nearly settled that there is little room left to doubt that the negotiations now pending will speedily result in an amicable arrangeraent, mutually satisfactory to both the high contracting parties. Instead of negotiations having been suspended by the * withdrawal of England from the Genetta Confer- ence, the high contracting parties have agreed to frame a new supple- mentary treaty in London, the principles of which have been al- ready assented to by both Govern- ments. This supplementary trekty is based upon the condition that in any future ease of demands aris- ing out of a state of belligerency on the part of either nation, neither hall make any claim for conseqeun- tial damages for injuries which may be inflicted either by the one or the other, or whether the duties of a striat neutrality be observed or not. The announcement made Ott this subject by Lord Granville in the House of Lords, and by Mr. Glad- stone in the Commons on Monday, were received with the most pro- found satisfaction throughont Eng- land, the United States and Canada, and probably throughout Europe, if we except Russia, whose Minister at Washington did his utmost to de- feat the Treaty. Washington,, Tuegday.—A Wash- ington despateh says: Conversation with many Senators of different poli- tics this evening proves " that this-. new basis of settlement will not meet with unanimous favor. Mr. Sumner is, it is reported, prepared to 'make a long_ speech lasting through one or two sessions. He is strongly opposed to it, and others will take the ground that to adopt at this late date the rule which shall govern the arbitrators, substantially directing thena to throw out the par- ticular claims about which the con- troversy has occurred, is just as bad as withdrawing these claims, as Great Britain detnanded that we should. . Mr. M. C. Cameron's Speech on the Treaty. In the House, on Tuesday, 14th inst., Mr. M. C. Cameron made a speech on the question of the Ratifi- cation of the 'Treaty. Below will be found'the most extended report • we can at present procure. We • have said some hard things of Mr. Catneron in the past, and we do not take back one of them new but we do say that in this speech Mr. Cameron does himself and his con- stitnency honor, and represents truthfully the almost unanimous • feeling in his Riding and County. The following is Mr. Cameron's speech: Mr. M. C. CAMERON (South Huron) said the important subject • before the House had already been well dis- cussed. He remarked that the speech of Harrison was a strong con- demnation of the Treaty. HZ had backed up the arguments of the member for West Durham, and had used expres- sions respecting the mother country whioh, if members on the Opposition side had. 'used they would have been branded as disloyal and. armexationists. The Premier did not appear to have pressed his views before tbe Joint High Commis- sion, with his usual vigor. Reciprocal coastmg regulations were proposed by the British commissioners; the Ameri- can commissioners declined the proposi- tion and that was the end. of it. The British commissioners proposed reciproc- al registration of- vessels; a most im- portant interest and mein which Canada was deeply interested; but the Ameri- cans respectfully declined it and that was the end of it. The British commis- sioners proposed. the settlement ofFenian claims; but, in the language of the pro- tocols, these claims did. not commend themselves to the favor of the American commissioners, and they were rejected. The renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty was proposed and the American commis- sioners • again respectfully declined. Then the British commissioners proposed teemodification of the Reciprocity Treaty, /and. that the Araerican commissioners re- spectfully declined. • The British com- missioners proposed a modification of the tariff, with oar canals and the St. Lawrence thrown. in; and that was de- clined. The British commissioners pro- posed that the north-west boundary should be dealt with under the arrange- ment of 1869; that the American com- missioners declined. When he • read. these protocols and saw how easily the Britisli commiszioners yielded he could not but feel that the Premier had not pressed his views with the energy and • pertinacity he sometimes displayed. in Parliament • On this occasion, however, while British commissioners were nego- tiating away our rights there seemed to be no protest from our representative. Even on the floor of this House the hon- orable member seetned to have loet his wonted energy in advocating our rights. The honorable member for West Toronto 8eined to have endecl his magniloquent speech just where the member for Peel had. begun—in a eulogy of the Preinier. He (Mr. Cameron of Huron) might have commenced or ended his remarks with an eulogy of Mr. Mackenzie, but he could not see what connection it could have with the Treaty, and he therefore would not do so. Ile would discuss the matter before the House. He would. not go over the arguments already advanced to prove the value of the fisheries to Canada. We all know their importance to the Do- minion. He was struck with the re- mark of the Premier, that all the howl • against the fisheries clauses came frora Ontario. While he (Mr. Cameron) claim - edit& right to consider the question as one affecting the whole Dominion., he deified the representatives of the mari- time provinces were a unit in favor of the -Treaty. The honorable member for Vic- toria, B. C., who above all others was capable of passing judgment on the sub- ject, considered that the Treaty was not in the interests of the fishermen. That honorable gentleman had taken a comprehensive view of the subject as it affected. the Dominion, and that was the proper light which to regard it. According to the Premier. the people of Nova Scotia re- ceived the principal benefit from the Treaty. Why then con6ne it to there alone? why not extend all these advan. tagee to the people residing on the shores on the great inland. lakes? If were good for tbe fishermen of Neve Scotia why not confer upon the fishermen a Ontario a similar blessing? fie was sur- rised to hear the Premier warn the ouse against raising a doubt as to whether the Treaty provided for the ad- mission into the United States of fish caught by Canadians outside of Canadian waters. Why, if there was -any doubt about the meaning of that article, i• f there was likely to be any difficulty mist - ed about it in the future, now Mas the time it should be known and provided. • against. A great deal had been said. • about the statesmanlike way in which the Treaty had beeu discussed in Eng. land; but there they did not hesitate to discuss the different interpretations of the Treaty and point out tbe inaportance of- removing all points of doubt. He wanted to understand from the Premier why the commissioners refused the pro- position to admit salt, coal and lumber free into the United States, The Premier said. that these articles were refused free .admiesion because •of the vete of this 'House ; but did the Premier forget that 'on the 22nd .March, 1871, the Finance Minister read a dispatch from the Premier stating that coal and salt would be ad- mitted free into the United States from the lst December, 1871' What was the meaning of this ? He (Mr. Cameron) be- lieved that the American commissioners were humbugging the English commie; sioners. He had sustained the national policy and would sustain it again if ever it should. be brought up. But did. the Minister of Justice forget that the hon. member for Chateauguay, when that policy was defeated here, asked. the Fi- nance Minister if the question Was before the High Joint Commission, and offerecl, if it were, to withdraw his amendment; and .the reply was that it WaS 310t? Did the Premier remember the Opposition had taken this precaution ? If be did he -would. not accuse them, as he had done of having defeatedthe offer of reciprociti in coal and salt by their action. He be- lieved that if we gave up the fisheries now we gave them up for ever, because it was a mistake to suppose, as had been • stated, that the Imperial Government had promised to give notice of a termina- tion of the -Treaty at the end of ten. years, They had promised to consider the matter, and if in the interests of the Empire they thought it rieht and just to give the notice, they would. do so, but they gave nothing more. The hongentle- men who took the ground that the Treaty would come to an end in ten years were • deluding themselves into a belief that the BritishGovernment had promised to give the notice. He did not believe that this Treaty would bring about peace in perpetuity. Wb.y, the ink on it was hardly dry when its terms were disputed. The fact was that the slip -shod manner in which the Treaty was drawn up was unworthy of the first Minister of the Crown and of the English Commissioners; the result was that the claims for conse- quential damages- were brought up. •A great difficulty we would have to encoun- • ter would be the question of headlands; when assessors were appointed to assess our datnages. It was a great oversight that this question was not settled, for it would give rise to numberless difficulties'. There would be another difficulty as to the 'locality , in which Canadian fish sent to Atamican markets were caught. The Treaty wasdefective in eo many points that he agreed with the hon. member for West Toronto that it would. be better to wipe it out altogether and begin de VOW. He admitted that England had done muci for us, but she had also done for the 'United States much that was against our- interests. For instance, we could. not get the Intercolonial Railway guar- antee until we promised to take a line which cost us some eight millions raore thin a better line would have. Then. we hacl to pay a large sum for the Hudson Bay Territory, and were involved. in many difficulties before we obtained pas- elession of it. He did not tiiink mu& could be said on that subject as to what England: had. done for us. Indeed we have every reason to be cautious in trust- ing them in dealing with American af- fairs. He quoted from the London Standaae/ to show that his opinion was sharecl by that journal, for it warned us ta beware in. trusting to the Imperil Government inedealing with our affairs. We knew well enough that when the Treaty was first published it was de- nounced by the entire Dominion press, while on the other .hand it was lauded to the skies by the Ameritan press, with the exception of a few journals on the sea coast, of Bttler proclivities. The New York Tribune at the same time de- clared that Canada had surrendered her .fisheries to the Americans, and that these fisheries were more valuable to them than the whole ot the test of Cana- da. W hat was 'true of the Am- ericans for fifty years was true -of them to day, namely, that con- cessions only whetted their appetite for more. He reaci from the New York Herald to show that the Treaty was a step towards annexation. • He read from the Springfield. Republica -n the following ' passage :—" It would have been fortu- nate for this contieent if the Treaty had gone a step further, and have taken the initial step for the removal of the British flag from this continent." The Boston Adperti8er had taken the same views and so had the New York Democrat; and. a great many other American newspaper. All the American papers look on the Treaty as a step towards annexation. As if to show that their early victories in the field over Britain were palling to re- cent diplomatic victories, they had fixed the reacling of the Treaty on the 17th of June, the anniversary of the Battle of Banker Bell, and the ratification for the 4th of July, Independence day. He obterved with satisfaetion the Pre- mier's denial of Sir A. T. Galt'; supposition that there was secret correspondence pressing our Govern - meet to force the ratification of the Treaty; but there were suspicious cir- cumstances -attending the matter. At the very moment when the honorable member for Sherbrooke was -uttering these sentiments, the Toronto organ of the ,Government, directly inspired by the Government, was printing preciseler the same sentiments in its editorial col- umns. Now, he thought it very peculiar that the sentiments uttered by the hon- orable member for Sherbrooke Bhould be uttered by the Government organ in To- ronto at the very same moment He ad - milted the ability and loyalty of the Premier, hut he was sometimes disgust-. ed with the arguments of that honorable •gentleman. He would not be surprisea to hear them froin the honorable member for North Lanark, but he was to hear them from the lies of the Premier. ge (the Premier) :had declared that any member who opposed the Treaty was an annexationist, or at any rate a man who. desired to sever the connection with the 17, einflocioetiTeelitrehoiaereiwtrebeeoontireutta.pn.ovirtryrveaeraNtn.:‘,:e.rthort:,, indePendence views tAlleey2usPirtrtainingththe theheyey twhilloutithbaet beynj proo,cleiTrahetyheirview surporl sad the Treaty bed !a:a:nee:tea atolotwnogaiinendtrast4T 4Mr. Howe) advocae fore the youth of this House patting rascally eutethroats. inthea Phiengliillrthat eaon% not -earry the Trei there was a chance festralla71117uHnTenerne :tient athht people and it notb:vasen pi that the Goverinn the intention of ear effect. lt would. be' the elections were he wee satisfied ti Ontario was against own county Marko', a Liberal vote in. th 'the Treaty. So wel men. He would ment of Mr. Bodwe feated he would Blake, or for any a defeat the Treaty TIODGENS. tia. day, the Sth in Thomas Bodgens Aerenews.---In Se inst; the wife a of a daughter. 111.413. CAarEBELL—LATRD. at the residence „by Rev. Wm. - Campbell, M, Jane Laird, of 11 Ts.—In Sealort Alexander Ttvise- -CAMERON. —On .;T: - Alexander Came Killop, aged 78 - Deceased was a shire, Scotland, a :pioneers ot Hur-o ago. He was par as a 'hind; truth THE Al SE There is not market. Wheat During the past w have been brought up readily at the grains are in go readily bring the q mand for potatee been very brisk, t ever3 is not, so have already purch butter market spring. Even no paying more for it get in IsIontreal af season has not yet though dealers are to buy extensivel been soil The very high this seas however, that it. ee it is now at an Farmers, therefo at ,§tnee, and 'se. price rather than sadden fall. We Fall'Wheat... — Spring 'Wheat— Barley,— • • • • - —* Onts........ . . Peas...—. • • Butter. Eggs-- —.... Potatoes . „ Ray. Sheep Skin;............ Lamb Skins, ,Calf Skins; per Salt (retail) per bum Mutton., Wool, per lb.- -Dried. Pork—Bacon... Dried. Fan:Wheal— f3Pralg Wheat.. *** Ray, per ton, Clover Seed, per 3.b. Tox Theieeling wit to -day was less eo There was an a anent and activity off at the prices would not give ev of any kind wee asking prices for Bar No. 1 ; $6 75 f •-67 20 for extra. No. 1 zuperfine t 45 at Rockwoo eere. There was more but bnyers were Were repoeted. the 'mine. They for spring, and $1 street ma.rket Sou $.1 58,- Spring $1 46. Barley continu eskieg 680 Lo.. zeported ; 65e to Street• . Oats remain fi .ers at 424c on t 44tc o, b. cars. street market Peae—Nothing market 72e to 78t .t.Potatoes uneba at 80e. Seeds quiet and .J.13tlee—AtarilinN"e