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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-09-06, Page 4• Ify H NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.' Brick Cottage for Sale—T. Ferguson. House and Lot for Sale—john Reedy. Tarm for Sale—Charles Lawrie. Sale of Boothe—H. M. Chesney. Card—C. Yeo, Auctioneer. The Western Fair—W. McBride. y Wanted--Mantosh & Morrison. utter Tubs—Samuel Trott. No More Credit—T. K. Anderson. Montreal House ----Duncan & Duncan. New Premises—McIntyre & Willis. Fall Goods—Logan & Jamieson. Clover and Timothy—Strong & Fairley. Strayed Horse—Thomas Shiels. Chancery Sale. Insolvency Notice. t - present system, xpects to get and vote; a d the briber, .under the knows h will r ceive that for which he has p id his rice. But make it impossib e for e bribing party to know w ether he purchased vote will be cast for o against him, and the object of cor •uption is removed. The B llot s stem is no experi- ment. t has been thoroughly tested a d app oved of in other countries In t e United States it has been in ope ation for nearly a - hundred nears, nd the people of that Rep 'blic w uld as soon think of settin up a autocracy as of' changing their mode of voting. In several o the Et ropean States and, we believ, also, n the Australian Oolonies, he Bal ot system is work- ing succe sfully. By an act passed in the la t hessi n of Parliament, Englandherself, enerally so slow to acceptinnovation:on old -established customs, adopted the Ballot system of voting. The fi -st election in Eng- land, und r the- n w law, took place last wont . The vacancy was caus- ed by Mr. hilder , M. P., for Ponte- fract, accepting position in the Cabinet, and havi, g to appeal to his • constituents for r electiom Ponte- fractis a borou.h in Yorkshire, which had hithert, borne a very bad repuitation for pi litical integrity. The electio was closely contested, Childe s' opp nent, being a man of local position nd wealth, so a better test of the ew system could herdly be T e_ result was such as to satisfy' the b st friends of the Ballot. - r. Ch ders was elected - by a small majori v, and although thqe was polite d lay in counting the votes, owing t the inexperience of the officials, ot erwise the new system worked ad irably. The usu- ally corrupt borou h witnessed an election, net only at which there was no bribery, bu where there was order and q ietne as well. In the words of a c rrespo dent "Nothing could be nore q let and orderly than the tosyn the whole time; no bands, no b 11-ringi g, no flags and processions, o reel ng drunkards." We do no, kno what the feel- ing in the other Pi vinces may be, but we belieVe that in Ontario the introduction of. the ballot would be hailed with,satisfact on by all classes. Conservatives and Reformers are alike disgusted and alarmed at the corruption of the ranchise which has become so COM on, and would stiflingly' accept nything which •would promi -e purr electoral con- tests. We ope a agitation for the ballot ill beebn, and that it may not teas till th new system is adopted in b th Ont rio and the Do- minion. not texpeoitor. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6; 1872. A Reneedy for Electoral Cor- ruption. It is generally admitted by both Liberals and Conservatives that the elections which have just closed were the most corrupt which have ever been held in Canada. We are. quite safe in saying that there has not been a closely contested election in Ontario, dming, the late contest, where the most uniblushing bribery was not used to procure votes. If one half of the Members elected do not have their returns protested, on will ample t be - know ad as that D. 011 • else g by tain- is a eful, 'all. steri- The very tion • the ater more A bing ties, atry wroi. with vot- but fatal the oice city who the rty rior the er, est ne- nd his ess ec- to ns ay his it, is the meeting of the House, it not be because there is not grounds ler such protests, bu cause the defeated candidates that they themselves are, as b their successful opponents, and as much corruption can be show their side as on the other,—oi they are deterred from protestin the expenseeand difficulty of ob ing justice' attending it. This state of things truly disgrac and its existence is patent to We hear it- lamented by Mini alist and Oppositionist alike. longest purse," we hear it said e ta--- day, is what' tells in an elec now -a -days." The worst of matter is, the evil is growing gre and greater. Evieey election is corrupt than the preceding one. few years ago the practice of bri electors was coeifined to the ci now it is ea common in the coo constituencies as in the ,large to If the buying of votes stopped corrupting and demoralizing the ers, it_ would be bad enough, this is but the beginning of its f consequences. The character of • candidates is lowered. The ch • of the electors in a county- or is limited to a few rich men may be able or willing to spend requisite thousands to secure a pa triumph. Often a very supe man, who would be of sex vice to country as a legislator,is passed ov because be is too poor or too' hon to supply the "einews of war!' cessary for an electoral contest, a a man chosen who has only wealth and his unscrupulousn to recommend. him. Then, the el tions being over, who so likely sell his principles or his convictio as the man who purchased his w into Parliament? He bought Nposition-why should he not sell or use it, to make the most of h bargain ? In view of this condition of affairs, the question, whether something can- not be done to remedy it, must force itself upon every patriotic citizen. Certainly, the Dominion election law is an extremely bad one, and the expense of a controverted elec- tion and the diffi culty of obtainingim- e partial judgment are the greatest possible encouragenient to the prac- ` tice of bribery and eorruption. But even with a good election law, and •with the dfficulties attending con- troverted elections removed, we believe the country would still be very far from having purity of elec- tions. The Ontario election law is .as stringent and effective as any law - that could be devised, yet at the elections last year for the Local Legislature, it -is well known that in many constituencies, the most un- blushing bribery pre, ailed, and in several cases we know of the only reason that the successful candidate"s election was not protested, was that the same meanslshad been employed by both sides in the contest. Something more radical than a stringent election lave is called for, in order to secure purity of elections. Nothing less than an entire change of the system of voting will effect the desired result. The system of open voting has been tried and found wanting, let the system of secret voting be now adopted, and the practice of bribery and intimidation at elections will be at an end. We believe that in the adoption of the Ballot lies the only remedy for the corr-uption which has overspread the -country, and which has become so prevalent that a fair election can hardly be obtained in any' constitu- ency. The Ballot will not make candidates too honorable to offer a bribe, nor will it make electors too honest to accept one, but it will re- move from candidates the object of bribery, and thus secure the elector from the danger of temptation. The object of a bribe is to secure a, '1 111 111 The Finance Mi • ister Saved. After diliglent sea ch, sundry re- buffs and nany eapipointtnents, Sir Francis Hincks has at length succeeded in getting a constituency to elect hitter -and ti at, too, by ac- clamation. And wh re,_ think you, gentle reader, is tha constituency ? In the remote clime of Vancouver Island, a bleseed s ot, which the Finance Minister h s never seen, and in all probability never will see, for if he were to mak a pilgrimage thither, his thread of life would be worn through ere h could return again. It seems th t this district of Vancouver Island containing as it does about 6,000 white people, men, women lnd chi dren, all told, is divided into three districts, and each district is entitled to send a representative o the (minion Pat- liainent. Sit 1Franci , then, has been elected for the most remote and least populous df these. The district which Our. Finance Minister hae now the prdud distinction to rep- resent contains aboutli six hundred souls, fivehundred of whom are na- tives, and in .an uncivilized state the remaining hundr d only being • whites. Of thiS hund ed, some six- teen are elector ; so t at, Sir Fran- cis flincks, Finalice Wnister of the Dominion of Canada, asiseen elect- ed by acclamation by division con- taining but • sxteen constituent, none of whom have e er seen him, and in all probability ever will see him. This is cettainly n honorable position for a inance Minister cf Sir Francis' pr tension to occupy. Just fancy, on faurt -part of one of the meanest, poor t and least populous school ection the Pro- vince of Ontari havi g a live Fi- nance Minister or a P rliamentary representative a 1 to i self. What j would the people thin of it '? Is it not disgraceful/ that a person who is put to so disteputab e a shift to Parliament should tinue, for one day, iinent !and respon- he Gos[-ernment of e has been repudi- ated by the people of the Dominion, and has only -succeeded in securing seat in Parliament by bribing a few savages and sixteen • responsible civilized electors. Itnow remains to be seen whether the rept•esentatives of the people will sanction , a trans- action of this kind when Parliament meets, by refusing to' volte him and his colleagues out of offi e. If this obtain a seat in be allowed to cia to occupy a pro Bible position in the country ? HTiRON EXPOSITOR. is the use w ich i to be made of these semi-civlized 1oroughs in Brit- ish Columbi an4 Manitoba,—if they are to b kept ts an asylum for politicians w o have became so no- toriously eorl upt that the civilized electors of t le Doi inion deem it unsafe to lo ger t •ust them •with power, the s oner hey are swept out of exists ce th better for the peace and safety of t e country. We are sure that there ate few in On- tario, be they Cons ,rvative or Re- form, who can -app ove of conduct such as this, and w -trust that the representatives will take such steps as will prevent a r currence of the disgraceful affair. An kW In speakin South Perth Advocate, the 0)3ser that aonstituet cy, ca to the base ianner Kidd was sol, by statements of he A doubtedly tru, and tonished that i shoul plainly and blazen be the miserable • uplici towards one w lone b they induced t repos them. Thus s ieaks est of th Maio ary : " In Mitchell there tended Mr. Kidd's com and spoke and ac ed in the morning of e eCtion selves to the ene ly for lars, and -voted a ainst claims they had all al We understand that i same kind occurr d in in throughout the R ding. votive Township . of B1 was always good ifor o fifty of a nia.jori Y; bigo preme. Mr. K dd. be Catholic, the Or pge C the Township, wi h. a fe ceptions, were so awfull they refrained fr and the conseque polled a majority Township!' • 11 nfession. result of the the Mitchell atiye organ in didly owns up in which Mr. s party. The vocate are un - e are only as - come out so ore the world y of its party fair promises, confidence in ur contempor- re men- who at- ittee. meetings, is behalf, yet on hey sold th QM - few paltry dol - he man whose .ng advocated.. seances of the ny other places In the Conser- nshard, which e-hundrecl-and- ry reigned -su- ng a Roman nservatives of honorable ex - sensitive that m vot•ng altogether, ce was that Mr. Trow f twen .y -three in the Crops I. We are freq u ers : What are ing the prices of As our markets entirely by the s in Europe, we c. • En ntly he pro grain re reg uPPIY n jud rectly as to whether prices will prev il, by grain in the toot er cot farmers may hav an o exercising, to s me e own judgment, n th publish below a ew ex letter written to by a Mr. James truth of the state be vouched for. the letter referre '1n my report 1 23, 1 alluded to th yards and well -n granaries, but sto wheat, whether hel lers, are cousiderabl ers, indeed,. were, fr straw for thatchin thresh early in the priceszealized. as c of recent years, mad Millers, too,—partl of prices, and partly prospects of the cro and gathered:—holi stocks. As with • home w foreign—stocks are end of last month t wheat at the princi 700,000 qrs. short o same time last yea write the quantity 1,000,000 qrs. short ponding period in 18 Up till the beginni vest threatened to be in this as in recent more rapid progress maturity, than they deep cultivation wa perfect system of dra Cutting commence Berks, Essex, Surrey, the 'last week of J Devon—usually the England—have been season, and, before c there, harvest wasge Counties. To treat the differe wheat first claims att heavy rainfall in the o and November, auto ol an indifferent seed -be During winter there cimate the infant blanched". and seare the wheat on hem ed that it suffered moisture. In spring sown, but, as with wheat, so also did the get an adverse seed -b during the ear-formin very unfavorable, an heads emerged from t 4 land. ked by farm - Teets regard - this season ? lated almost and demand e pretty cor- igh or low the yield of ntry. That portunity of tent, their s point, we racts from • he London Times,, on, and the herein may °flowing is ander nents The to : t yea , dated Aug., then empty barnc4 gh' de leted home ks of home-grown by fa mers or mil- Iighte now. Farm - m the otal want of puroo es, forced. to eason, and the high mpare with those them free sellers. from t e high range from he doubtful that is being reaped unu nally _ light leat, s. also with very 1 w.. At the e stoc s of foreign al,port were about the s ocks at the and hen I now ill ap • roximate to f that a the corres- 1. g of Ji unusu years s they id in se pa nageavr ier tne he est ett ly. C ingula tting eral in ne the har- Ily late, but crops made approached sons before -ed, and a ected. counties of nd Herts in rnwall and counties in ly late this ommenced he Eastern t crops separately, ntion. From the onths •f October, n -sown wheat got and a small area. ere no f osts to de - plants, but the appe ranee of y soil indicat• from excess of a larg: area was he au utnn-sown pring-s own wheat d. T1 e weather stag: was also so 80n as the e hoe the short ren spike - ds afford - eat yield ndeed, at he wheat uring the he wheat stonfetTlyroups the Fen nd twist - red that are few tirely es- sses have been ear husks widely apart, and ba lets at the lower part o the he ed ample evidence that the w of 1872 could not be 1 rge. none of its earlier stag s was crop forward or pronii ing. month of June the pros ects of crops improved, but t e sto caused great damage, e peciall on soft soil. Enormou areas districts were so beaten down ed before the grain as mat they are of little value Ther districts, indeed, which have e caped, and individual 1 great. The most serious da seen to a limited area w er. About 100 acres o Nvh.ea farm was so destroyed July by hail, or rather i. of it looked as if it had heads having been cut o part, the stems above t 111 11 age th4t I have near loolnch eosnte- on th llth of e b al 1 s , thatd,h partte , en nre pe he other he fourth joint, ia wasbeaten info- attenuated shreas, the ears drooping on the ground. • During the last fortnight of July the wheat crops app ared to ripen almost at- once, •that straw blight was the cause of the once, but it was d ident from their sombre hue rapid change of color. The parasitical fungus, fostered by rains and fixing on the stems, prevents the circulation of the sap, and hence the grain deadens, not ripens, and the kernel is only half ex- panded. White I wheats have suffered most from the bl‘ht. Like last yeard the best wheat crops are on light or Walley soils, and the worst crops on heavy soils. On the former the yield will be nearly average, and ethe samples of moderate quality; but the area of wheat on such soils is very limit- ed. Of the latter the yield will be variable, but generally very short. In what I have seen threshed out, the yield in every case has fallen short ef the field estimate. Taking the wheat crop generally, I consider that the breadth is greatly under average, and. estimate the yield at 24 bushels per acre, or six bushels below average ; the quality inferior, condition good, weight three pounds per bushel be- low average," SEPT. 6, 1872. THE SOUTH RIDING of Bruce Re- form Convention met at Riversdale, on Tuesday last, for the 'purpose of 11 0 13 w M c e h a of el th sa er a do it. it cu th qu wi sh sel th ac in ly tiv is t req Th avo wh hea The fess esp We rese ics hay to r be f tetra in gent Cou judi econ busi CC favei °Initiating a candidate for th al Assembly. A. full represent f delegates from, each munici n the Comity was present. resident of- the Convention rota Hon. Edward Blake a let hich he stated his determined etire from the Local Govern r. R. M. Wells, of Toronto, hen unanimously nominated a andidate. Mr. Wells is a pro nt Chancery lawyer of Toronto as for some considerable time t n active part in the political a the -country. He will probabl ected without opposition. Ta e view cf an outsider, we sh y that it is a pity that the Ref s of South Bruce did not unit more local man. Whatever ells' abilities may be. there ar ubt, many in the Riding equ mpetent to fill the position, out past 8ervices bettez entitle For the Dominion Parham may be necessary at times to re an outbids candidate, but e Local Legislature, where 1 estioiis entirely have to be d th, We certainly think elec euld endeavor to confine th ves to local men. It is imposs at a professional, gentleman fr ity cen represent a constitue the Local Legislature as faith or as profitably as a represen e who, from pereonal observati horoughly acquainted with uirements of his constitue is the former Sannot be, cation and his interests are e ere, and where these are, rt will most assuredly be al re is no doubt but the legal p ion s too, largely represent eeiallv in the LOcal Legislatu wai4 there, a Much larger r n tetien of agrictil t urists, mecha and business men titian -we n e. The sooner he people co ealize this fact the better it w or themselves. 'How_ few of t 1 municipalities are -represent our County Councils by leg lentem yet, notwithstandi the business f our Coun ncils is conducted equally ciously and a great deal mo omically, accortlingly, than is t ness of our Local Legislature. e Lo- ation pality The read ter in on to ment. was s the min - and aken frairs y be king ould *orm- e on Mr. e, no ttlly and d to ent, se - foe ocal ealt tors etn• ible om ncy ful- ta- on, the nts. His Ise - his 80. ro- ed, re. elP" OW Inc 111 hea ed al ng 418 . re he sammuniammiumenin COUNTING Nos," seems to be ite pastitne with journal both Ministerial and Oppositio) just now, and, strange to sy, scarce- ly two count alikeSo, to be in the fashon„ we, too, have ttied our hand at the "nose cetinting" busi- ness, and the- result will be found in the classified list Of members in another column. It is impossible at the present time, to determine definitely, what the exact -complex- ion of the new Parliament will be, but we think thelistwhich we pub- lish as correct an approximation of the • standing of . meinbers as can possibly be made. compiling it, we have taken as our guide the -an- tecedents, as well as the expresaed opiniorp of repreeenatives• before their caned tuen ts. By this list, it will be seen that, taking the four Provinces in which the elections have terminated, the Opposition have a maj rity of three, with twen- s -ty-one Inde iendents. ; There are yet two Provi ces to heir from, vii., Manitoba arid British Columbia. The former of these returns four rep- resentative and the letter six. _ It is generally conceded that the entire representation from these Provinces, will support the Goveimment. If this be the case, the Government will have -a majority of seven, with twenty-one ' Independents. It is fair to assume that as many of these latter will support the Opposition as will supper( the Government, The real niajority, thn, as nearly as can be estimated, which the Gov- ernment will have when the House meets will !se seven. In the last Parliament ! they usually had a majority of fifty, and even then, at times, had clifBculty in staving off an adverse vote. ' What their fate will be when Parliatuept assembles, with a majority of sevn, we leave the future to' determin: SECOND DOMINION PARLIAMENT. ONTARIO, Bergin O. /. 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 00 ..100 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 I 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 I 0 0 Dundas, Gibson 1 0 0 Durham, Blake 1 0 0 Durham, Ross.., I 0 0 Elgin East, Harvey 1 0 0 Elgin West, Casey_ 1 0 0 Essex, Connor 0 1 0 Frontenac, Kirkpatrick .. 0 1 0 Glengarry, Macdonald 1 0 0 Grenville, S. R., Brouse. 1 0 0 Grey, S. IL, Lanclerkin ,. 1 0 0 Grey, N. R., Snider 1 0 0 0 1 0 I • 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Hamilton, Witton 0 1 0 Hastings, N. R, Bowen 0 1 0 Hastings, W. R., Brown 0 1 0 Hastings, E. R., White. 0 1 0 Huron, S. IL, Cameron• 1 0 0 Huron Centre, Horton.. .. 1 0 0 Huron, N. R, Farrow.. ...... 0 1 0 Kent, Stephenson - 0 1 0 Kingston, Sir J. A. Macdonald0 1 0 Lambton, Mackenzie1 0 0 Lanark, S. R., Ilaggart. 0 1 0 Lanark, N. R,., Galbraith. 1 0 0 Leeds, S. R., Richards 1 0- 0 Leeds and Grenville, N. R., Jones Lennox, Cartwright Lincoln, Merritt Addington, Shibley Algonia. Robinson. Bohwell, Mills Brant, N. R., Fleming Brant, S. R., Patterson Brockville, Buell. Bruce, N. R., Gillies Bruce, S. R., Blake Cardwell, Cameron Carleton, Rochester. Cornwall' Grey, E, R., Flesher Baldimand, Thompson Halton, White. Hamilton, Chisholm 0 01 1 0 0 0 1 0 London, Carling . 0 1 0 Middlesex, E. R., Glass........ 0 1. 0 Middlesex, N. R.. Scatcherd... 1 0 0 Middlesex, W. R., Ross 1 0 0 Monck, Edgar Muskoka, Cockburn Niagara, Morrison Norfolk, S. R, Wallace 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Norfolk, N. R., Cha,r1ten. .... I O. 0 Northumberland, W. R.I., Copk- • burn 0 1 0 Northumberland East, Keeler... 0 1 0 Ottawa, Currier 0 1 0 Ottawa, Lewis 0 1 0 Ontario, 8. R., Gibbs............ 0 1 0 Ontario, N. R., Gibbs • 0 1 0 Oxford, N. R.'Oliver....... ..... 1 0 0 Oxford, S. R., Bodwell ' 1 0 0 Peel, Smith 1 0 0 Perth, N. R., Daly ........0 1 0 Perth, S. R., Trow 1 0 0 Peterboro', E. R., Grover.... 0 1 0 Peteiboro', W. R., Cluxton0 1 0 Prescott, Hagar ...... 0 0 1 Prince Edward, Ross 1 0 0 Renfrew, N. R., Findlay 1 0 0 Renfrew, S. R, O'Rielly....... 0 0 Rusell, Grant. 0 1 0 Simcoe, S. R., Little • Simcoe. N. It, Cook Stormont, Archibald Toronto, C., Wilkes. 1 oronto, E., Beaty. Toronto, W., Crawford. Waterloo, N. R., Bowman... ... 1 0 0 Waterloo, S. R., Young... .. , 1 0 0 Welland, Street 0 1 0 Wellington, N. R.,Hi,ginbotham 1 0 0 Wellington,C. R, Ross 1 0 0 Wellington, S. R., Sartori- 1 0 0 Wentworth, S. R, Rymal 1 0 0 Wentworth, N. R., Bain 1 - 0 0 York, N. R., Dodge 0 0 1 York, E. R., Metcalfe 1 0 0 York, W. R., Blain 1 0 0 Victoria, N. R., I-3 les._ 0 1 0 Victoria, S. .R., Do en 0 1 0 • — — Teta' 47 36 5 QUEB2 . Argenteuil, Abbott. 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 O. 0 1 0 L Assomption, Archambault0 1 0 Bagot, Gendron ..... . . 0 1 0 Beauce, Pozer 1 0 0 Beauharnois Robilla.rd... ..... 0 0 1 Bellechasse,•Fournier. Berthier, Paquet. Bonaventure, Robitaille Brome, Carter. Chateauguay, Hoton. Chamtley, Benoit. . 0 1 0 Champlin, Ross. - 0 1 0 Charlevoix, Tremblay 1 0 0 Compton, Pope. 0 1 0 Dorchester, Langevin 0 1 0 Gaspe, Fortin 0 1 0 Hochelaga, Beaubien.. 0 1 0 Huntingdon, Scriver 1 0 0 Iberville, Bechard 1 0 0 Jacques Cartier, Laflamme:. - 1 0 0 Joliette, Baby — .... . ........ 0 1 0 Kamouraska, Pelletier .... ... 1 0 0 Laprairie, Pinsonneault..-..,... 0 0 - 1 aval, Bellerose. • 0 1 0 Levis, Blanchet .. 0 1 0 L'Islet, Casgrain 1 0 0 Lotbinier, joly 1 0 0 Maskinonge, Boyer 1 0 0 Megantic, Richard. ...... .... 1 0 0 Montcalm Dugas 0 1 0 Montreal, E., Jette 1 0 0 Montreal, W.; Young 1 0 0 Montreal, C., Ryan. 0 1 0 Montmagny, Taschereau1 0 0 Montmorency, Langlois.... 0 1 0 Missisquoi, Baker. 0 1 0 Naperville, Dorion.• Nicolet, Gaudet 1 0 0 ' 0 1 0 Ottawa County, Wright__ • 0 1 0 Pontiac, Wright 0 1 0 Portneuf, St. Georges'. 1 0 0 Richelieu, Mathieu. 0 1 0 Rimouski'Fiset 1 0 0 Rouville'Mercier 1 0 0 Quebec, E., Tourangeau .... • . 0 I 0 Quebec County, Chauveau0 .1 0 Quebec, C., Cauchon Quebec, W., McGreevy. 0 1 0 0 1 0 St. Hyacinthe, Delorme. 1 0 0 St. John, Bourassa St. Mauaice, Lacarte 1 Q 0 0 •1 0 Stanstead, Colby Sherbrooke, Brooks 0 1 0 0 .1 0 Soulanges, Lantier 0 0 1 Shefford, Huntington. Temiscouata, Mailloux 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 Terrebone, Masson.... . 0 1 0 Two Mountains, Prevoit 1 0 0 Three Rivers, Macdougll. •0 1 0 Vaudreuil, Harwood 0 I 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 1 0 010 1 0 0 Yamaska, Duguay Total NEW BRUNSWICK. 0 I 0 25 33 3 0. M. L Albert, Wallace Carleton, Connell 1 0 0 1 0 0 Charlotte, 'McAdam . • • I 0 0 Gloucester, Anglin Kent, Cutler 1 0 0 • 1 0 0 King's Uounty, Domville 0 0 1 orthumberland, Mitchell— • • 0 1 0 Queen's, Perms. .• - • 0 0 1 Restigouche, Mofft. - • • • 1 0 0 St. John, City, Tilley... ...... 0 1 0 St. John, City and Burpee.. • 0 0 1 County, Palwer.... 0 0 1 Sunbury, Burpee............... 1 0 0 Victoria, Costae= Westmoreland,' Smith York, Pickard. Total. . . NOVA. SCOTIA. 0 0 1 I 0 0 . 0 0 1 • 8 2 6 O. II. I. Pietou, McDonald. .. — • • .• • . 0 1 0 Pictou, Doull 0 0 1 •Antigonish, McDonald 0 1 0 Colchester, Pearson. 0 0 1 Cumberland, Tupper. 0 1 0 Digby, Savary.. 0 I 0 Guysb,orough, Campbell 0 1 0 Hants, Howe 0 1 0 Lunenburg, Church 1 0 0 Yarmouth, Killam -....... 1 0 0 Queens, Forbes. 0 0 1 Shelburne, Coffl n......... • ...... 0 0 Victoria, ROS. 0 0 1 Cape Breton, McKay.' ... 0 0 1 Cape Breton, McDonnell I 0 0 Annapolis, Ray... - 0 0 1 Inverness, McDonald.. ... .. — 0 1 0 Kings, Chipman . 0 1 0 Halifax, Almon 0 1 0 Halifax, Tobin. 0 I 0 Richmond, Levisconte 1 0 Id Total . 4107 RECAPITULATION. Ontrio. Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia.. .. ..... • •....... 4 10 7 0. 47 36 5 25 33 3 8 26 Total......... — — 84 81 21 O, Opposition; M., Ministerial; L, Independent. THE CONTRAST between the recep- tion accorded to the leaders of the Opposition in the late election, and that of the Cabinet Ministers, must be rather discouraging to the latter. Mr. Mackenzie was returned by over six. hundred, but Sir John Macdonald found his majority whittled down to little more than one hundred. Mr. Blake is elected by acclamation for , two constituen- cies, while Hincks, defeated in On tario, is forced to fly to British Columbia. Mr. • Dorion elected, though absent &rn the country, while poor Cartier stands beaten by mere than a thousand. THE ELECTION for State officers in Maine takes place on Monday next, Sept. 5. That State has for several weeks been the scene of a vigorous canvass, and the result is looked to with great expectancy. The pros- pects of Mr. Greeley seem to be- come less bright as the time goes on. A split -off from the Democratic ranks has taken place, and a Con vention in is interest held in Louis ville, which, by this time, has doubt- less nominated a candidate. This will undoubtedly, detract from Mr. Greeley's Democratic following. IT seems that Monsieur Louis Riel has emerged from his obscur- ity, and has once more entered pub- lic life. We now find him aspiring to Parliamentary honors. He has become a candidate for the constitu- ency of Provenchere a French Rid- ing in Manitoba, in opposition'to ex - Attorney -General Claeka - it is also said that he is almost certain of elec tion, as the half-breeds look on him with much more favor than his op- ponent. " How is this for high ?" Won't it be nice to see some of the loyal supporters of the Govern- ment sitting side by side in Parlia- ment with Louis Riel, M. P., the "murderer of Thomas Scott," and addressing- him as " my • honorable friend ?" NEWS OF THE WEE. Lord Granville has/by command of the Queen, sent aletter to Mr. Stanley, expressing Her Majesty's "appreciation of the prudence and zeal which he displayed" in opening up communication with Dr. Living- stone.. Accompanying the letter was a magnificent snuff-box set with - brilliants, from Her Majesty to Mr. Stanley. New York, until a week or so ago, rejoiced in a policeman who was wont to employ his spare mo- ments in committing burglarie. He got through seventeen of them before he was suspected, watched and caught. Of course the New York- ers were in a sort of panic when the facts of the case were made known, as to have burglars for their mid- night guardians has a most unpleas- ant lookout. An Egyptian army is advancing into .A byssinia, and a battle is im- minent, as an Abyssinian army has been summoned to resist the invad- ers. A despatch from Yokohama an- nounces the total destruction by fire of the steamship America, of the Pa- cific Mail Company's line, valued at one naillionlollars. The fire °mired in. the harbor of Yokohama on the night of the steamer's arrival. A horrible murder bas just been perpetrated at Rheims. A butcher's man, named Garel, was walking with a young woman, Sydonie Cauchy, in the neighborhood of the town, when a quarrel between -them arose, and Garel stunned her with a blow with a stone, and then cut off her head. He afterwards gave himself into custody. A prize fight took place on Satur- day opposite Eastport, Maine, be - ween Kelly and Tiniony. The 41. SPT, 6, 114 fi tt bani giesiewasememessze=ht lasted abou ko on ck isgraonsrityingbeztes which ten rounds we ma Kelly being adj tid bew ee eeede, qn tmu i at ea"ghe e large in 'H fealedfi'.4) tf-eebrolee out oe C:tet grbitothedffi ryeatheidr:il in the eastern end of Water jt was at one tit the venerable pile wieS . e wier re subdoed in tine able damage has beee :esel:wroaayscledtalusterTdoilbheye,tfibtaletuolt -mace, that 7 as being • men repairing the roof. old, but didn't Get The Se. Marys Arysea • following amusing file political campaign in S "An elector—a. certai er shoemaker—held hi price and declared he wo • esot „ a ll Fiiinudleinsgs iltheatwansoP'bil cooling, he finally prop • for ten dollars. A leer once dosed and the mo the formofa.T . ralhleofvot lipinpaper and the nelighted son of pcketed his bribe and s .Aidcrornnvet , hitsh etrree as nh,..ee tiom..:1 • was not ' cheated.' He wrapper, and 1-ol he h • but circular pieces of' -with a silver coin at ead • finding that he west csS turned to the poll and de hemently to be allowed Mr. Trow, declaring tI not to be bought with 4-* The demand, of coure, 7 whereupon be grew ve and de,claied he would whole election. , • -••_ap. • South Renfrel Telegraphic desatches' Riding announce the clef( J. L. McDougall by a ti 232 in favor of Mr. O'Re information to hand, ha believe that MrisleDou have been 1 elected by a t over one hundred. In townships we understand were allowed to be polle Dougall, end notwithstat • there is no properasse • sl forthosetownships, they ed las giving a majorit votes for Mr. O'eilly.• deduct this from the total ed, and allcese Mr. 01. • majority for these towiss0 lisegacellrytanpoiIllyedm, Zie.ewothualdn a majority of 164 for Dougall. We believe the IS of personation was largely to by Mr. O'Reilly's hie every improper influence te feat Mr, McDougal F9 expressed before, we •eel Mr. O'Reilly should have turned under any elm He is nota fie person to tie interests of the Ottaw in Parliament, and we beli expression of the feeling Renfrew will endorse this is! It is probable that Mr. Al will appeal to the propee', for redress, and that Mr, will be unseated on petitio, sesa _Free Press. Coannaercei of Newl The Journal of Conurul up a column article on thil with the very significant that " The imports at l'i for seven months have gai! ty-eight millions on the v' total for the same period of and eighty-seven in the similar statement of 1 the exports are five mill than for the same time 1 paper ixtoney and its accoe falsities make this the - hes to sell in and the dearest n buy in to be found among natios" AednesdayU, CSTie;7 W 11, on Lae 4, To-wnshp of Hay, 112,1111 asII1nePloenaents Thomas Fair prietor, A. Bishop, e Saturday, Sept 1, at saw e°nessn,Ray'60L0feet0CeIarPosts, Farmtoeka1 NtT'°aick'PrrEthOP:atioleef MitcZSPt16'onIt enncssiGrey, valtah17 Fa .mein:proprietor ;:IlesdaySept18°ul1,itxuiopiFarla8t7k ne.Thnaa73nrra;pr"P. rne, auctoeer Thursday, Sept. 19, on. Lot 6, Grey, Farm Stock and flu' William Alcock, proprietor. Friday, Sept. 20, on Lot ThamesImlements. James Miller, p A.Bishop,Ro Road, ttriosnb:rn. e ' F a I'm latTenjuesedxaayn,dSeerpeta2m4e,rooVt eotf. Huron Road, McKillop, Farm ., Implements. J. P Brine, aue APPRENTICE WAN A PPRZNTICk WANTED to the bag business. 248 mcmrosEt mo 11