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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-03-28, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. t That Te Wilhiam Allen. Groceries -j-. 0. -Laidlaw. Spring Goods -A. G. McDougall. Boots and Shoes-MaIntyre & Willis. Seeds -Strong & Fairley. Books -R. Lumsden. „ Marble AVOrks-Calder Bros. McKillop 'Court of Revision. Caution -Thompson Morrisou. Insolyency Notice -Dixie Weson. Farm for Sale -Thomas Grieve. '1‘ Man Wantal-Apply at .Expositor Office. • Aittoit txpoitor., FRIDAY, MARCH 28.1873. Become Law. . We regret to leara that the bill amending the charter of the Lon- don, Huron and Beuce Railway, and extending the powers of that Com- pany, has passed the Uric(' i•eading, and will, as soon as it receives the sanction of the Lientenant Gover- nor become hew. It is qnite evident that the Ontario Legislethre will sanction anythibg in the shape of rail way legislation, uo matter :how absurd or dangerous. This being the case, it behooves the people to be exceedingly, cautious how they re- ceive railway projectors and spec- ulators, and in granting them aid, to retain their debentures in their own Treasury, until the -work for the payment of which they have been , issued is satisfactorily. completed. We give this -warning, with all due earnestreees, and the ratepayers who aistegart it, if allowed their own way, will not live Jong till they have cause to regret their folly. The Municipal Loan Fund Scheme The Government haviug had their. Municipal Loan Fund and Surplus Distribution scheme under consid- eration for- a week, have again brought it before the Legislate& But little change has beea made in th° genetal scheme. In setae •ine stiences it has been so -mew -hat Modi- fied, and those municipalities et hiah have 'mere considered to be unjustly dealt with by the former eeheme, have had relief affordeg them in the amended one. Other municipalities whieh, by the former seheme receiv- ed an unjust redaction, have been raised to their proper level. Al- though in the: discussion of the scheme in the Legislature, it is severely condemned by some Mein- - bete, it is evident that this condem- nation is inspired wholly by load and sectional considerations. None of its opponents have advaeced a .-singleeangible or substantial _argu- ment against -the scheme as a whole, or the justness of its provisions.. There is no doubt but the- Govern- ment will be supported ov a large majority of the Heuse, and that' the scheme will pass with buf. slight, if any, fuFther amendments, oil`cl this embarrassing and difficult question will be seeded to the satisfaction of the country. - We are pleased to notice, tbat in the amended scheme, there one very i Do rta.ti t im pro vemen t. By the former scheme the debentures of the ipdebted municipalities were to be given to those receiving refunds at par. Now, however, they are to be given at their cash wane. It- is farther propdsed, if deemed -ex- pedient, to give the Goveinment,the power le) sell these debentures, and. hand the money" over to the municie palities. This renioves the objection 'which we took to the seheme two weeks ago, and residers ie to our vitsv at least, in every respect just and equitable. The amended scheme places ,the County of ,Huron in a much better position than the original. BY the firet schenae, -the allowance of this County was $191,110, exclusive of the population allowance of Stanley, Howick and Gocterich •town, but in- clusive of the railway allowance of these municipalities. By the amend- ed sebeine our County will receive -$249,112, eitelusive of ,both ellow- ances to the townships of Stanley and Howick, and the town of God- erieb, In addition .to *this, the township of Stanley will receive $15,082.89, and Howick $2,542.- 73. The total amount, therefore, -which the whole County will receive is, $292,738, and odd cents. The gain by the -amended scheme is, therefore, $76, 806. 96. Under the first scheme the towns of Brantford and Stratford were allowed on the full amoant of their loans to .the Buffalo arid Lake Huron Railway the same as other . municipalities ev'hich leaned money to that enter prize. These two municipalities - however, received the bonds of the comFany in return for the money loaned. They have since sold these bonds, and have realized-- a consider- able sum on them, as repayment for their loan. It would not, therefore, be just to allow these raunicipalities -as large an 'amount of the railway allowance ire other. municipalities which held no security, and which Jost their entire loans. The amend- ed scheme remedies this injustice, by deducting from the allowanees due Brantford and Stratford, he amounts they realiz sale of Y the bonds. increased the alloserance municipalities interest° falo ad Lake Huron increase to Huron, ti.8 ready shown, amounts The following table sl tive position of these ver ties imerested in ehe d the railway allowance mile for the Buffalo a eon railway, under ti first introduced bs'y the and under the present by the is reduction of the other - in the BO- ilway. This We have al- to $76,806. OWS the relit I municipali- stribution of f $2,000 per cl -Lake Hte e scheme air Government, scheme : rt. 3 • 4 tere''sete' ce't es P P tP.e3.? eketilLigtrs4- Ca go, CO " t53 :221 P u9 OA 01.--.1 03 01 03=-1 e0 07 ••••1 03 00 (X) 03;T .•-• ts.) .1r• AIM 4ta oo to to 1-.1 /0_ tC .--' .011.. 4z.. tC riz.• 01 OP, ... f.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0, 0.§ tgr§"1 to t•O -1-4 so es e, es• se 0,0) 0)0)0; • 0 • 414 1,0 _o 0) .90S-0 m0 ofi.. CC 03 ••••1 OD •-4 03 03 --I 03 0 • C.0 CO The following sta &trent sh ws the telative position 0 the County of Huron under the o schemes: Under New Sc terne. Amount payable to Com ty, excluding Howick. S an - ley and Goderich Tow ...$249,112 73 Balance to Stanley ... .. 15,082 89 Balance to Efowick .. . ... 28,542 73 Total .$292,738 35 Under Old Sel eme. Amount payable to Cou ty, excluding only the pop la - tion allowarices to Ho ek, Stanley and Gode ich ToWn, but including the' railway allotment to t ese laces $197,11a 66 rt Balance to Stanley Balance to Howick 4 Total.. Gain under new sched • le.. $76,806 96 It will thus be s n that the county of Huron has no cause for complaint. We haee lorne our har- den manfully -we' b: ve hOndralsty discharged our habil-ties, and, we will now. reap our •eward.- We trust the large arnot nt of money •Isortly to be distribue ,d among the menicipalities will e prudently and ecouomically expe ded, and that its expenditure will se productive of satisfactory results For the substan ial increase which Huron rece yes- by the amended scheme, we a -e indebted to the shevwchiess of our 00enty Treas- urer, aid the attentio ty representatives. schedules were issued, mediateiy detected which was being dc paired to Toronto', and, with the a& j • sistance of the County, members_and- others interested;suc eeded in con b- vincine the •Governmeht of their er- ror, and persuading dem to peke the:change above referred to, with the 'result -shown. 4,849 73 13,971 00 :$215,931 39 �f our Coen - hen the firs& Mr; Ross lin- the injustice me :He . Mn. .deeenstOree his Government in and it is now Consider er than it has been His opponents, seeing unable to form a gov selves, will probably have his own vay, least. • as again got orking order d to be strongl or some time. f that they are rnment them- allowe hier or a time at -On Friday evening llst a most bru- tal assault was commit ed. on a Voiing lady named Meagher, li ng in:the coun- ty of Hastings, which -me nearly re- sulting in .her death. 'he was going home in the dusk of th evening, and Was met by a young In jam. aged. 18 or 20, from the Mohawi track, perfectly sober. who .demanded er money. On refusal he knocked her iowu, choked; kicked ancl robbed her o $11 in money, her ring, brooch, ear -r ugs and Other articles, when he left he insensible f. and made away. She lay o the road side two or three hours, when Le was dis- covered by a neighbor lei was passing by. She was immediat 13i conveyed to her hoine, and although's rionsly itijeired, hopes are entertained e her recovery. The perpetrator of the c wardly assault was tracked to his wigwam, about four miles distant, where he was found with the stolen property in his possession. He was committed, to Bellevalle jail to await his trial, and will, no doubt, re- ceive his jest deserts in the course of tirne. • -Mr. George Kester, one Of the earli- est settlers of the township of Pickering, and now eighty-eight years old, has the, largest family of any man in Canada. It consists of one 'hundred and. ten living great -gra el -children and eighty-seven grancl-ehilldren, all of whom are living Within the Province of Ontario. The old gentleman is still hale and hearty. DOINGS IN THE 'LEGISLATURE., Prom Our Own, Correspondent. Penmen), March 26, 1873. Though theiGovernment fully ex- peted that busineas would so far be advanced that the Lieutenant Gov- ernor would be enabled to proregue the Reuse to:dity or • to -morrow, the evidence at present ..pointe to this time next week as being the prob- able close of the Session. 1-Thotesh the delay in part is due to the At . General"; desire to fully consider the Lean Fried scheme be, fore its secoed reading, still, uhe chief cause of . the lengthening out of the Session is the consump- tion of much valuable timeoyRyk- nd other obstructionists who eve continually exhibiting a pet- ty carping dispOsition, no matter how important the matter under ,consideration. There are • several Oppesition members who are pre- pared to strain at gnats, yet when on the right of Mr. Siimaker, -swallowed camels with ease. This is panic- „ infirly the ease in 'the usatter of esti- mates and expenditures in certain quarters. In the punlic accounts for 1869 an-itern appears showing that Hon. Mr. Wine, then .dom- missioner of Public -dolls, received the sum of $4,172.84: to pay ex- penses incurred in connection with colonization roads, when, as a mat- ter of fa,ct, that amount of money was pahl to Milloy & Co. for charter of steamer Cl/icons, board, refresh- ments, &c., of excursion party of M. P. P.s and their friends to For including these self -same men who riaise their eyes in holy horror at the socalled extravagance I the present Ministry in increas- ing the salaries of worthy employ- ee,.oe in increasing expenditures for Immigration purposes. - 'When. Thomas 1White., Jr., of Mon• treal, went to England as the Inirnigratioa agent of the Dominion Government he receiv- ed soine $3,000' for three months' work (1) or $12,000 per annum, while the Ontario Government have engaged .Rev. Horrocks Cocks for one year and voted $4,000 to cover all the expenses of himself and die other agents be -employed in Eng- -land. To thiiiit wouldle sepposed thc :Opposition would take no ex- cePtion ; but while they wereiblind to whatever ex trevagancos have been committed by others, they see noth- ing -good in the acts of the prisent Goverment and must- necesiarily be factious.for the sake of it. - To this persistene course adopted by Cameron, Rykere Lauder and Mac donald must be attributed, in it great measure, the lengthening out of the ssion. j't Oa Wednetelay of last week Hon. Mr. Crooks' Bill to -amend the Act respecting tavern and shop. licences received its -second reading. It is much more ..stringent than the old act, and facilitates conviction. 8o stringent, in fact, is it, that the oc- cupant of a house Where liquor is sold, will be held responsible if liquor is kept on the premises, even though he may not engage in selling it. The charee for licence has also been increased. - The consideration of the estimates in Committee of the House has occupied a. portion of each day for the past week, and though a few items were opposed when the House were asked to -concar in them, no changes e ere effected, and the Gov- ernment sustained by large 'majori- ties when divisions were taken.. -, After having been a long time be- fore the House and Committee, with ever so much .handling, the Muni- cipal Institutions Bill has become. law: Before it passed its third read- ing, an effort was made to seciire a committal of the bill for the purpose of adding a clause making it com- pulsory upon the County Councils tile bnic1 Houses of Refuge, (similar to that in the Cognty of Waterloo) in order thee the supportsof paupers would be equalized and not 'thrown upon willing counties. This effort was, however, defeated on a vote of yeas 15, nays 54. The Opposition organs. have v-aunted long and loud about "Mc- Kellar and Elgin Frauds," but Mr. Bethume changed he text; on Friday !last by moving rfor certain returns, which the mover claimed would show that Mr. Rufus Stephen- son, M. P., for Kent, was connect- ed • with 'certain lots in a way that would not at all reflect upon him or upon the late Govermaient credit- ably. The secret of this move is, evideifily this. Hon, Mr. McKel- lar had made certain discoveries which were, to say the least, not creditable to Mr. Stepliehson, and these it was supposed would; in course of time, I3e made public, as is the intent of Mr. Bethune in mov- ing for the returns. Mr. Rufus Stephenson, Iyho besides being M. P. for Kent; is the peoprietor of a news -paper, to lighten. the -darkness of hisown transaltion, sought before- hand to injure the character of his anticipated accuser, the Commis - goner of Public Works, hence the " Elgin Frauds" slander. Hon. Mr:, McKellar, however, took the pre- caution to fortify -his position, which was o prove a negtifivp, wbiohl was, wrnaps, not anticipated by his rue Meet% at the time the " Fraud" was circulated, and now when- the Hon- orable aotniaiseioner desires to in- thodtme the subject, the Opposition evince ark uneasineee, and strive to put off th0. question all next session, by -which ruse they could charge Ron. Mr. McKellar with being afraid of an investigation, .tind thus continue to injure him. Froni this it will be understood why members of -the Opposition in the. House ought to avoid having their names associated with this slander now that the truth was becoming known. -Much time was consumed in a wandering discussion and pereonal attacks which are becoming so com- mon as scarcely to receive notice, though most unparliamentary. The greater portion of Friday last was consumed by the House in con- sidering the motion for concurrence in votes of supply. 'Anong the few amendments proposed was one by Mr. McCall reducing the salary of Attorney-Ganerars Deputy by $800, which was defeated by yeas 18, nays 48. Mr. Merrick moved a reduction of $600 'in the proposed salary of the Inspector of Prisms, which was lost by yeas 21, nays 44. Mr. Cameron, disapproving of the office of Secretary of Immigration, moved to strike out the allowance for that .office, in which he failed, however, the vote standing yeas 29, nays 41. Mr. McCall also moved to strike out the item for gratuities to Retiring °ewers. This was lost by yeas 10; nays 47. lu no case were any of the iterns-.changecl. On Saturday but little , bifsiness was transacted of interest. The Premier` presented a ,message from . His Excellency, aecoinpanying- the supplementary estiniates. The amount included in these was $398,- 985 52, divided between civil gov- ernment, legislation, adminietration of justice, public buildings, public works: education, immigration and miscellaneous. Or these, public buildinks are down for $321,000. On Monday of this week final disposition. was made of. the Orange Incormation bills, but not' until Mr. Frazer had taken strong exception to' their. passage. He spoke at great length, reviewing his previous remarks, an quoting at length from British precedent, con- iolaut dh nago d by vrienagditnhge_ tItihreee'f' naCtoratintrise' hoist, which was lost hy yeas, 21 ; nays, 32. Both bills passe al their third readings, on a vote of y.eas, 31; nays, 22. - The further consideration of the Municipal Loin Fund scheme came up on Tuesday last, and will, doubt- less, occupy several days befoee be- ing finally disnose41 of, as ..every member will desire, to be heard iu its favor, or on behalf of unsuited municipalities. A -large number of inaccuracies have been corrected, though the Premier himself ac- knowledges that others may:still ex- ist. Taken in the . whole, the .cheme_meets with the approval of he House, -which is ,,very desirous of hkving the fi matter nally settled, evielhe. though not entirely eatiefac- toeY, in every respect. As the schedule's are now in the hands of Members, and the iGovernment policy is fully unfolded, there can he little difficulty in understanding its application to each •municipality. We are, notwithstanding, promised opposition from itykert and others, who feel that they have a mission. to perform, and that missiota is to taik.- on. M. HMi'. has introduced his new school bill, whittle though it has rotted its trecond reading, has met with .no opplisition. It meets the. popular wittli:3n several re- '- • eie and Villeelleilitless become without any important change. One of its provisions is, that it in- creases; the Council of Public In- strustion by three members, which r•are selected :one f •om eack,':20:ttihse three - depakmeets, . of. Iito • • tees of Schools time High Seheet masters and h enas- -of election, mode of electiou t eenof office and persons to comp() coun- cil are clearly defined. One advan- tage likely to result that -meet- ings of Gonne* will be public, -it wilt be representative, more effi- cient, and will receive the confidence ot the public. The bill! embraces important provieions, relating to High Schools and Collegiate Insti- tutes, and . to Public_ Schools and teachere. • From Minnesota Tothe -Editor of the Iliti•on Expositor. DEAR, : In your issue of February 7th, I noticed an Account of the great snow storm, which swept over this part of the country, on the 7th, 8th and 9th of January, and. as it is SQ greatly ex- aggerated, r deem it not improper, out of respect for the truth, to communicate what I know to be tree, and what I know to be false. On January 7th, the forenoon was very fifie, about iaoon there were. indications tf a storm, which an hour' afterwards broke on us with great fury. The thermometer fell to eighteen -degrees below zero, where it ' remained till night, and during the whole of the storm. sank no lower than 22 below. There were two men who perished near Wilmer, and one man died from the ef- fects of the cold a few days after. • These ,mert, after having lost their way, and 'nigh coming on, emptied a sleigh hoe, turned it bottom upwards, atui a fourth &man laid it over them. In this place the three men were foundand the fourth Man. Who did not go under the sleigh box, but Wandered around all night, es• °aped with no further injury than have ing his nose endears frozen -There Was a child two years old. frozen near Mar- shall; and two men have since died from the effects of freezing:, and another has had his foot amputated. One man near New Ulm was dead when found. This fs all that there has been any_certainty about* perishing. There were no school children frozen at Fort Ridgly, nor men at Sleepy Eye Lake as reported, nor teams d ri v in g over railway trams at New Ulm, for I know -all these places well. It is true the winterihas been a very severe one. 'hie old settlers of the East- ern part of the State say that there -has not, been such a hard winter since 1846, but everything cemes to an end, and so has this winter. Farmers are now mak- ingready to sow their wheat, and every - .. 0 'thine look; like Soionce more . . A great deal has been said for and ,a,gainst the Minnesota climate, as to its 'being favorable to invalids. I -e10 give it as my candid. opinion that consumptives will be very much benefited by coming here. It is true a great many come here in (meet of health, and remain in the large towns and cities and do not find it,*but very few of those pho come out and live on the open prathe will fail to receive the benefit so much desired. Yours truly, JolIN McINT0SH, late of Huron, Out RED'WOOD FALLS, MINN., March 13, 1873. - t DommoN PARLIASIENT. Front Oar Own, Gorre8pOltdellt. Orreeve, Nareb 26, 1873. Althotigh Parliament has now been in seesion some three weeks, the genuine battle of the session has not yet fairly commenced. There has been consider- able skirmishing, however, and the re- sult has been 1,yno means satisfactory or pleasant to the Government. Perhapg, by careful and skillful engineering on the part of their leader, the Government may retain their place e daring the first session, but it has now become quite evi- dent they will be prevented from carry- ing things with such a high hand as they were in the habit of doing in the last Parliament. Although much geed is not expected 1 from the Government, it must be gratifying to the people to feel -that the Opposition have now sufficier,tt vitality, strength and courage to be en- abled to held, at least, a very tight rein on the occupants of the Treasury benches. As a general thing, when closely pushed, Sir John and his colleagues will even consent to do right lather than forfeitt. their positions. At considerable breezei was raiseel over the reception of a peti- tion against the return of the eitting member of Centre Torok°, and. Govern- ment have, virtually, suffered ANOTHE,a DEFEAT. It is a standing order that election pe- titions must be presented within four- teen days after the meeting of Parlia- ment. The petition against Mr. Wilkes was not presented until the filteenth day. The reception of this petition was strong- ly -opposed by the Opposition, ou the ground of illegality. The Government and their friends held that the receiving of the petition would be perfectly in or- der, as the fourteen days should run fiom the day on which the Speaker was presented to the 'Governor General, paid the organization of the House for busi- ness, not from. the day upon which it had assembled. In' support of this view it was argued that petitioes could not be received until the Speaker was elected; that the election of the Speaker might occupy fourteen days, and that, in such an event, petitions could not be received at all. On the other side, it was held by the Opposition that no precedent could be shown where petitions haxtbeen received on the liftefith day, but, on the contrary, instances were cited where members who now took the view that the petition could be received on the fif- teenth day had asked as a special favor, on the night of the fourteenth day, that discussion be suspended, in order to af- ford an opportunity for receiving a -pe- tition before 12 o'clock, so it would not be too late. After considerable discus- sion of a similar nature. as above indi- cated, the Speaker was appealed to and. decided that the ;Petition could be re- ceived, and, of couese, in favor of the Government view, The lOpposition ap- pealed from the ruling of the Speaker to the House, which declared, by a vote of 76 to 72, that the petition could not be received, and in opposition to the Gov - eminent and the Speaker. PETITIONS. The total number of election petitions is Z3, of which 31 have been presented agabest Opposition members and 22 against Government supporters: As toa anembers against whom petitions have been entered can serve on committees, the members available for this purpose Awe been considerable lessened, and members not petitioned against will have their hands full. The lobbies of the House and hotels swarth. with Toron- to and Montreal lawyers, who have been retained in the several controverted elec- tion cases. • THE OPPOSITION.; Not for years has a Canadian Parlia- mentary Opposition been so thoroughly organized is the 'present Opposition at Ottewa. Menibers of the party from all sections have come to a thorough under- standing, and have determined to work shouldee to shoulder ender the able leadership of Mr. Mackenzie. That good will result from this cordiality of feeling and action cannot be doubted. At a caucus held a few evenings ago, s the English system of "whips" was adopted for the purpose of securing a full attend- ance ofinembers at divisions., ilE mcDOCGALL'S APPOINTmENT. The papers moved for asking for in- formation as to the nature of Mr. Mc- Dougall's appointment, referrai to in my lest letter, have since been laid on the table. Mr. McDougall has been in- structed to go to the Scandinavian li-inge dem and the Baltic Provinces, to organize emigration matters and employ agents. His engagement -is for four months from the date of his leaving Canada at a ref reuneration of $200 a month and ex- penses, which are not to exceect in the aggregate $4 a day. A second retern shows that between the 1st of June, 1872, the 1st March, 1873, the *Gov- ernment had paid Mr. M, cDougall $1,400, $1,000 of which are on account, and $400 are- tor plans. The arrange- ment 'between the honorable gentleman. MARat 28, 18 the papers disclose, seem to be of a feebly legitimate- character., but it is e likely these paper) tell thewhole story, Mr. 110Alltivieli °oFf OlixAfiolirwd7hYasTmm;oLvse.dleee return for the last tariff of tolls sanction, ea by the Government, with respeee 4 - gel.% transportation thsie)oratarteiaotn of freight and pat. Trunk Railways. in making his raetioa Mr. Oliver called attention to two -pies, ances that were especially complained of in connection with thew reilways. Thi, first was that they imposed differential rates upon different parties in the same town -some parties got lower rates thee others. Then the raifltroerws $ e5wr:racearealnor;emfr.rhofoimire freight from one pla4 than from another , nearer the poiet of destination ; for he • 8$ wItit5nilicdwcleo-ta'nsigst°crial3ailiV101.11g.°aelmnIdtidil:feeollas:1aeascatr of oLineSntdlogintf°. rdi: bushel of 'grain ceuld he cal -lied from London to Montreal for 17 cents, wiee from Stratford it cost 26 cents. lie he lieved that these differential. charges were contrary to the spirit if not the let. ter of the Railway act, and as large sums of public money • has been ,given to'eael of these roads, the people hada steeng claim on them. He also eefeared to tie prattice of the companiee allowing low freight to remain waitina their convent. ence, while they devoted the whole re. sources of their roads to carrying Ameri- can through- freight. Mr. Oliver las _ also given notice of a, bill which he he tends to introduce on the subject. There` is no doubt but legislation is required' in the directioliEnd:LcEautveido.N law. Sir John bas introduced his Electioe law. The only redeeming feature which it contains is that providing for sim: ultaneous.elections, 'ilis is a, principle which has long been contended. for by Reformers, and it is gtatifying that eves Sir John bite become a *convert. to it. This bill provides that any elector having the franchise in more than one eonstine ency, DIUSt vote personally in the con- etituency in whibli he reticles and te could by a properly authenticatak voting paper give his vote wherever the lawde- ' dared he had one. This prevision is well calculated to furnish an opportunity for, and will encourage eorruption of the worst kind. The power is also retained, by the Government to appoint the Re- turning Officers. The unadyisability of this has been fully exemplified by the course taken by the West Peterboro, Muskoka aen1Renfeew Returning -Officers- at the last election. These, with others, form the most prominent featuresof the bill which will be strenuously opposed by the Opposition. The -nomination of candidates; and the open voting system, are still obeerved by the bill. A LEGAL. DIFFICULTY. A question has arisen among the le members of the House, asto the appli- cation of the Grenville act to the prea- ent circumstances of Canada. It is be- ,. lieved by some that petitionsagainstthe return of members to the present Par. liaMent will be practicallynull and yoid. Prior to the passing et the Grenville act, election pepitions were subject to inves- tigation at the liar of the House only. It iii now thought the juriscliction estab- lished by the Grenville act has not been continued by the British North A.merica, act, and consequently that the machineey . et Select Committees has not been pro- vided. , If this view be correct, the pe- titions which have been presented will either have to be abandoned., or the in- vestigatien will have to be conducted at the bar �f the House. which, under the circumetances would be impractica.ble, if '. not impossible, ail to ii0estigate all, the 53 petitions now filed. pi such a way would take much longer than the dura- tion of the present Parliament. It is further- stated the decision of the House in the Centre Tei -onto Eleetioe case ra.ises the question of the validity of the Speak- er's warrant for striking • the Election Committees, which instrunient should be issuedeon 'the first day after the expira- tion of the fourteen days dieting which petitions cen be received, but, according to the vote in the above case, this was not done until the second day after the fourteen had. expired, and the Ceitunit- tees are consequently held not to have a legal existence. -These objections and probable obstructions to the trial of the. petitions serve for the time being- to - raise the hopes andagladden the hearte of the -members petitioned against. Whether or not they have any substan- tial foundation will doubtless be def.; initely determined in a day or.two. ! pet LOWER PROVINCE REPREsENTATrirES. The representatives from The 13rov'- inees of Nova 4Scotia and New Bruns- • wick, who, at the opening of the session shewed symptoms of independence or op- position, have been constantly feted and feasted by niembers of the Government, aid by the promise of " better terms " fat contracts and Government berth's, have nearly allbeen won over to the ate las)ibusliteoaufice and support of Sir Sohn. It is but few from these Provinces are .proof now becoming lamentably evident that against the "casual advantages" deriv- soC,nlovbeetinngmettinlivers of an inisera. THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. Here, as in Ontario, the friends of Prohibition are making their- influence felt. A lsrge number of petitions on the subject have been received, and several eloquent temperance speeches delivered. by members. A committee has been struck to receive and consider the peti- tions received. Prominent among the advocates,. of a Prohibitory Liquor law is Mr. %dwell, of Oxford, and Mr. Ross, of Middlesex. Pr. Giant, of Ottawa,- is . also favorable to the passing of such a law, so soon as the -trablic mind becomes pettstieotnist.o receive at, and carry out its THE SENATE. . That well -nigh. effete body, the Sen- ate, seem to have become inspired -with new vitality. A rather spicy discussion to?le place a few days ago, on the Cana- dian Pacific Railway business. . Senator Christie moved for an address to the , Governor General, praying- His Excel- lency to cause to be laid before the House copies of all correspondence' be- tween the Government, or any member therecf, and. Sir Hugh. Allan or any per- son on his behalf or any of his associates, or any correspondence with any person or persons, respecting orpraposin a to con- struct, equip and work the Canadia.e Pacific Railway and stating their ability to form a. Company, copies ,2f any -agteement entered into with Sir Hugh Allan and his associates and the Government for the construction, equip- ment and working of the said. railway, - under the charter granted by the Gover- nor-General in Council on the 5th day of an the Governmenteat lead so far as February last; also, a copy of the secret • Amu 28, 1873. nuchahmtbbeer,iiirfelta;i7,,seko sil.........."1"......"............."Titivi of the Governmamneidlitsater:ertwhbaises ii ; net submitteeleto him or his associates 1 . previous to entering into suela agreement, other particulars. After a lively Alisoussion Senator Campbell, the repre- 'e: oeflitethae tHouse,ftir-1 fa 1 la 1 ed. This ton- Taatfloanvl ye rtthye se tueplagrl tie: tff eamt the to vote and carried against ham an his part, the motion would be put di and ascertained that in case efDp:TIll.sal i 8Ne) ve ti A.UCTIOIT SALES. Monda., March 31, on Lot 4; Con. 1, Stanley, Farm Stock and Implements. ee Thomas McKay, peoprietor ; J. P. Brine, eactioneer. Wednesday, April 2, on Lot 31, Con. Malkillop, Farm Stock and Imple- ments. Michael Hogan, proprietor ; J. P. Brine. anetioneet Thursd.ay, April 3, on Lot 26, Con. Morris, Farm Stock, Implements and 100 acres of land. Jonathan Moore, proprietor ; 3, P. Brine, auctioneer. Thursday, April. 3, on Lot 4, Con. -6, 11 'Usborne, Farrn Stock and Implements, Themes Wilson, proprietor, ; A. Bishop, auctioneer, Friday, April 4, on Lot 34, Con. 13, Meliillop, Cows and young Cattle .1 sl Wm. NieholsoneProprietor ; J. P Brine • fi auctioneer. - S Monday, April 7, on Lot 1, Con. 13, Hallett, Farm Stock, Implements and : rliouseholci Furniture. Mrs:. Mary Dim.: Lr, ond, proprietress, eT. P. 'Stine, aue-- *tioneer. Saturday, April 5, on Lot 20, Con. 5, MoKiliop,; Farm Stock and Implements Hiram Haemah, proprietor Bullard. auctioneer. Monday, March 31, on Lot 19. Con. 9, Faeni Stock and Implements. Charles Bamforth, proprietor ; Bathe& auctioneer. pl BIRTHS. BomeenD. -In McKillop, on Mara 20, the wife of Mr. Aryiniam Bollard, of a daughter. •CAMPBELL. -In Seaforth, on March 22, the wife of Mr. John Campbell, of the Commercial Hotel, -of a son. lelooen. -In Tuckersmith, on March 12 the wife of Mr. William' Moore, of daughter. LATIMER.-In Seeforth, on March the wife of Mr. Themes Latimer, of - daughter. * LreeNesemene- 1 Tackersaiiith, on March 26, the wife of Mr. Alexander Livingstone, of aeleughter, the wife of Mr. RobertMcnteith, of a BOR. RACICNEY.-In Usbonae, on March 12, zthe wife ef 41r. Alexander liaelrney, of -a daughter, MARRIAGES. Reerssoe -Oen- 'Mareh 18, at • residence of the bride's father, -.Barat, Wawanosh, by Rev. G. H. Kenny, Winghana, Mt. Eelward. Robinson . Stanley, to Miss Annie Orr, of *est, Wawanosh.. - Sestesren 11-reeneeseia-In. Howick, on March 21, at the residence of the bride's another, by Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. Alexander Sangster, to MissJanet Henderson, lepth of trowick. Eene-McLebeee-On March 18, by J. Logia, at the residence of the le father, Mr. William Earl, of Hay, Mies CarOjirte McLeod, of Thsborne, _MATTICE.-CRAWFORDa-By BAY. Ti Palmer, at the M, E. Parsonage. Sea forth, on March 27, Mi. Robert Mat tice, to Miss Margaret Crawford, bet of Brussels. liONTEITH.--- In liShOrRe' on March 12, - • DEATHS. -Goveeteomea---In AleKillop, on Sunday March 23, of ceeebro-spinal meningif Maragret, secona daughter of Robe Goaenlock, agediI5 years, 8 mord ,and 11 days. MILLEN.-In Wroxeter, on. Saturda. March 22,., Robert, only son of Mi Robert Millen, aged 2 years and months. Thursda March 20, after a lingering Mum Robert Gibson., aged 56 years. -G-ILLIES.-At Exeter, on March Joanna, the beloved 'Wife of Mr. Jain Gillies, wed 27 years. The funeral took place on March -2 andwas well atteeded. The Rev. M iea Logic(Td.asreteeent and gave a very • BAIRD.-In Mtn 'WI:a, on Meta15, su - denly of appoplex.y, George B. aged 48 yews. FINDLATER.D. North Dumfries, March 14. Mr. George Finellatere'ae 69 years, a -resident of Dumfries for t past 35 years. Mnitri-iy.-At Loretto Convent, Niel; Falls, on Sunday, mar -eh 23, An youngest daughter -Of James Mnet, Esq ,--Seaforth, eget" 20 years. THE MARKETS. SEAVOUTH, llavh 27, Deliveries of all kinds have been 11 for the past week, During the la part of last weei. a considerable alio of grain was brought in, but ainee t there has been but little itt the mar Fall wheat is slightly' a-0WD, and -s wheat hes taken an advance. hltho 20 cents has been paid ,for the 1 several instances both yesterday an day, sucb a, quotation can herdic b lied upon. Coarse grains of all kinds scarce, and very littlealover t seed has been -offered on the markeb. good. deal of these latter hese been ported for sale to farmers. The sto weather has bad the effect of mate advancing the price of hay and ma the demand more lively, We quot Fan wheat.- . . -.IOto Spring Wheat, - . . 1'17 to Earley. 0. 00 to Oats . 0 48 to Peas 0 58 to Butter,No. 1, Rofls.No,• - • - • • No,9, S Eggs. .. .. - to Flour 0 00 t Bay. 3.100 t Rides. Sheep Skins 0 50 to Calf Skins, (yeal) per I) 00 te Salt (retail.) per barrel.,.,. 0 00 to Potatoes, perbushel 0 40 to Oatmeal 11' brl. 00 t Apples per bushel_ - • ..... Beet, per quarter, # Wood44 - Clover Seed, • •• Tbnothy Seed. - _ 51 4 25 to 00 to 00 t