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.NEW ADVENCISRMENTS.
Chancery --Benson Meyer. -
Pasturage to Let, -
Farm for Sale—Seneca Edwards.
Caution—Alex. McKibbin.
Card—A. M. Campbell, V. 8. Vaena.
Seed Potatoei--james-Landesisorough.
Beeples, -Slitop a Leetle—W. B. Porter
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Insolvency Notice—Adam Hope;
Bracelets—M. R Cm:Inter.
"Speak N*ow"—Wilson. & Young.
Marble Works—Messet & Son.
- Lecture in Brussels.
HaetCourt of Revision.
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tun txpo5tior.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1873.
The Close of the Session. „
The Ontario Legislature after be-
ing' in session something Over twelve
weeks was formally, prorogued on
Saturday last. A censiderable
amount of beneficial legislation has
been enacted. Some one Thisdred
and three Piivate bills, besides a
number of important public
measures, received- the assent -
of the Lieutenant Governor.
The measure for the settle-
ment of the Municipal Loan Fund
Indebtedness wes finally passed
without amendment, The Orange
Iecorporation bills were not assented
to by His Excellency, but were left
over for the consideration and ap-
proval of iler Majesty's representa-
tive, the governor General. The
Government measure for the con-
solidation and slight amendment of
the Public and High School law was
withdrawu, and will be beought for-
ward again next session.
, What the Figures Say.-
,
Itis amusing to notice the Fan-
ner in which figures are made to
do duty by the "leading-" journals,
to buiIi up the reputation of politi-
cal frier'ts,i or damage the charecter
,
of politi al opponenth. The Toron-
ta G/obe publishes long lists of
figures to prove that the affairs of
Ontario have been managed prudent-
ly and economically by the present
• Government, and to show, that; af-
ter providing for all demands, a
verylarge surplus will still remam.
to the credit of the Province. On
the other aide, the Mail produces
figures and calculations which look
equally plausable, proving the Gov-
ernment to have needlessly Squan-
dered the money of the people, and
showing that; at the end of the
present year, the surplus will have
been exhausted, and the country on
$650,000 on Militia ie
quent upon the absence
raid&and other causes t
largely 'enhanced exp
previous. years. The e,
the ensuing year exceec
expenditure of the first
Confederation, by $7,50
tdow share of 1 this th
eXpenditure, and we fan
ings accruing to Ontar
from Confederation are
parent. if the expend'
Dominion continue': to
the -same rate for the ne
as it has done or the p
inas of the Provincial
will be considerably mot
lowed up by Domini°
So that, although we m
to retain a surplus in
treasery, and thus mai
pearance of prosperity,
will, in reality, e rat
than they were under th
,of Provinces.
•
Vice'Wine-
d Fenian
at led to a
nditure in
tiraatee for
the actual
year after
,00p. Add
Provincial
y the bless -
0, at least,
ot very ap-
ture of the
increase at
t ten yeais
t, the say-
overnment
than swal-
11
taXation.
ay centinue
the Ontario
tam an ap-.
ur burdens
heavier
old Union
A Difference of 0 • iniorr.
-It is. not surprising that those
who confine their reacing. to one
party organ, ° and take its senti-
ments as the basis of th ir political
faith, should in time- be ome polit-
ical 'bigots. Not is it le won-
• dered at that. those who ead "both
sides," as aet forth in th organs of
each party, often beco e political
skeptics. The Course ursued by
journals of the present d y in cen-
suring every act and ondemning
every measure of pol tical oppo-
nents, and excusing and levering up
the sins of political frien s makes it
exceedingly difficult for a searcher
after truth to . arrive at a correct
conclusion.. In fact, this can only
be done bi a close and personal
scrutiny of the actionaand measures
of our public men. But, in making
this scrutiny, if we do not wish to
be led astray, the arguments and
diatribes of party organs should be
disregarded, and the expressrtnes, ac-
tionand measures only of public
men taken into.consideration. _°If, af-
ter such inyestigation,evecan consci-
entiously arrive at the conclusion
that the actions of a political party
are worthy of our approval, and such
'as to entitle," -them to our confi-
dence, then these • men should re-
ceive our support, no matter what
may loe said of them by opposing
political organs. If, on the other
hand, their professions and actions
*will not bear the test of investiga-
tion and enquiry, . We should eop-
clemn and discountenance them, no
matter how highly they Fir( lauded
3r friendly partizan writer& It is
<the verge of direct taxation. The
imptejudiged observer, however, af_ too frequently thecasewith ma y
ter Carefully perusing the figures that the actual performances and
and exhibits Produced by aach, will record of public men are lost eight
have littte difficulty in coming to
the conclusion that the arithmetic
of the Gtobe is the more correct.
Although the estimat d expenditure --
On publie works 42(d Otter improve-
ments for the marrertt year is large-
ly in advance of past years, it ha
• been clearly shown that, even sup
- posing every cent which has been
placed at the, disposal of the Gov
eminent by Parliament, will be
used, there will still be rene4ing
at the end of the year. a surplus 9
$1,000,000 or over. This is DO
:takinginto conaideration the
crease to the ret enue, caused by the
expendituie of the public money
• asked for in the Ontarjo estimates.
It is but fair to suppose that when
so levee n amounts is devoted to
stiniuratina and establishing public
db
works animproveraelits, Se result
will be a very considerable increase
to the revenue. Money expended
• in this way will produce to the
country et very much 'larger • _return
• than' weee it allowed merely to ac-
• cumulate bank interest. Taking,
therefore, inte account the surplus
of $1,040,,°000, together with the in-
creased revenue, caused by prudent
expenditure of public money, plac-
ed at the ,disposal of the Govern-
. nient, there is not much to fear
from direct tEixattion. If the Gov-
• ernm en t continues in the future to
• administer the affairs of the Prov-
ince as advantwously as their re-
• cent financial statement proves they
have (Ione in the .past, instead of the
country becamulg bankrupt, it will
continue. to ince ease in wealth ad
• prosperity, the assertions and figures
of interested polieicians and 'croakers
to• the contrary, natswitbstanding.
• Should th at v.eaita assume the
shape of substantial and profitable
public improvements and institu-
tions, instead of uninvested cash,,
lying to the credit of the Province
in the hands of its bankers, se much
• thd hater.
of, and their judgments are founded
entirely on • the opinions expressed
by th e party organs they are in ti
habit of reading. In order to sho
the elanger of forming conclusioes
upon such a basih, we produee below
extracts from each of the j two le cl-
ing political journals of 0 tario, 4n
the conduct of the Ontari Gover
ment during the late se ion aiid
the,legislation of the sesei :
From the Toronto Gl be.
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The Second Session of he Second
Legislative Assembly of 0 tario w s
brought to a -close on Saturdi.y, and h s
been productive of ankarnoun ,of legisl -
tine labor greater than any o1 its prede-
ceesers. First and foremost, theelfs-
tory of the sesaion stari1 the gre
measure to adjust the on stanclit
Municipal Loan Fund [ndebt clness.
sucli effort has_taxed the enerkies of any
etatesman in this country for Inanyyears
past. * * * * The scheme does not,
it is true, attain in every case to an a -
justment upon principles of an exact an
perfect justice. But by a
rules a sound -basis was foun
to elaborate the whole meas
strict adherence to theSe rules
of partiality or enfair discrirnination'h
been avoided. The fat that even e
bitterest opponents of the Governmeit
have been unable to deteet• a trace of
favorism, and that some of theta
represent,the constituencies most largely
benefited, is a striking tribute to the
wisdom and conscientiousness that have
presided ever the-preparatiou of the Bil .
But the development of this all-iinpo
taut measure has not prevented man
others being also carried through by the
A.dminis•tration. The Bill for providin
anew system of G-overnment for Totent
• University was one. requiring Bowl I
judgment and a thorough knowledge
the subject in haud.. The act consolida
ing the whole municipal law of the Pr
vince was a work of prodigious labor
but one that will prove of the highes
value to all persons interested in th
Workings of our admirable system of lo
dal self-government. - The. two aets fo
• -promoting drainage works; the furthe
amendment -of the Eleetion law in th
direction of. electoral purity. and, inde
penclence a. stringent licensing act
several valuable legal reforms ; measure
facilitatieg arrangements between reas
tars and workmen; a bill to give secinit
to mechanics and the coustructors o
buildings and machinery; bills to tegu
late existing arid to establish new publi
institutions; ene to facilitate t e fotrna
tion Immigration Aid Soci ties, !mac
many others, are about to be ome law
and will largely conduce to th progres
and social well-being of the country.
of eleal-
ither .as
lem.ent,
e singu
deliver
-
hen act-
ner, and
.nanwdbidisch-
ion by
owledge
0
ew simp_de
on win h
re. By a
he char
THi ESTIMATES of the public -ex-
penditure of the Dominion for the
year 184 3- r -I, have been issued.
They anaemia to the en.ormous sum i
Of $3 , 0 08,423 92;That is, it is
tine, $417747 68 less than in 1872-
73. But, by- . deducting the it •In
of public works, ehargeable tecapit-
al account, we find that there is an
increase on ordinary expenditure,
chargeable against revenue, cf
$408,572 32. That is, notwith-
Standing a decrease of =ore than
*• * * Hitherto the niod
ing .with the Crown Lands,
respects' the timber or their se
h.ad been little understood. T
leen involved and unattraetiv
maces of Mr..Stephen Richerils
ing as Crown ILancls Commissi
the narrow and illiberal sPirit
he handled the pubject, repelled
couraged its intelli,gent discu
the House, The tharoukh
anti the broad. views of the pres
_._
missionier enabled him to put the whole
question before the the House in a new
and Meet interesting light—to popular-.
ize fact what had been rendered dry
and repulsive by his predecessors. * *
* * For the first time in the history of
the Province; the Government presented
to the House a systentatie imrnigration
policy. * * * * The Treasurer hi
Jus financial statement was able toeilioin •
a clear- surplus in invested funds of
$2,600,000, after setting aside the whole
of the sums voted in Aid of railways.
• The large. revenue from Crown Lands
and .other seams had given on the past
:year an excess of receipts over expendi-
ture of some $1,400,000, which included
• only, a moiety of the amount received
from the sale of timber berths in Novem-
ber last, the balance standing to the ac-
count of the current year. * * *
The bill of fare spread before Parliament
at the opening of the Session presented a
striking contrast to the meagre dietary
with wlaioh the Government in power at
the opening of the previous .session fed
their anxiety to serve their ceantry, and
which found its Counterpart in the more
recent beggarly exhibition displayed be-
fore their brotherlegislatorsof the Do-
minion Parliament. The contrast points
its own moral. A weak Gnvernment
prone to play a non -committal game; it
tears to show its hand, it waits - on the
chances of fortune.- A strong one grap-
ples boldly with the public dem-ands and
necessities, and gather ef fresh strength
with every fresh effort. The work de-
vised three months ago could not have
been accomplished had not the present
Government of Ontario hem? a thorough-
ly strong and popular one.
-From the Toronto
Its Honor, at the- opening of the ses-
sion, was made to promise -an elaborate
bill of fare i but the Ministry were un-
able to grapple with many of their pie -
wised measures. The first month of the
session was spent chiefly in " rising to
explain." 'Linen which had become de-
filed during the recess; was publicly
washed and rinsed; and. if it belonged
to inGOvernmerit supporter, a jury of the
Meuse was always ready to attest to its
cleanliness. Attempts to explain mats
ters which were inexplicable, and to
amend ancient laws which embody the
wisdom of cycles kept the. House in
countenance while the Premier slowly
hatched the measures of State. And
when the serious business of the sesaion
:tees entered on the Government 'display-
ed a mixture of incapacity and corrup-
tion, which shocked even their own fol-
lowers. The only measure of importance
whieh has been made law is the Muni-
cipal Loan And -scheme, and the partial-
ity and favor which influenced the -Gov-
ernment' in adjusting -the accounts of
certain municipalities have created a
wide -spread feeling of distrust. Mr.
Mowat has meant well all along, but good
intentions count for nothing when their
owner is too weak to enforee them.
There was no extravagance of his col-
leagues, no matter how .unblushingly
corrupt, which he was net prepared to
• justify and. defend; DO grab of a sup-
porter so enormous that he had the heart
omnerve t� cite, "Hold, enough ;" no
knock at the Treasury door, no matter
how villainous in its designs, that he did
.not reepoud to. The session, we ven-
ture to say, will forever be memorable in
the. annals of Ontario. The blackest
acts of McKellar were whitewashed by a
subservient majority.; the disgraceful
timber sale of .Mr. Scott Jeceived sub-
stantial backing from men, directly inter-
ested in lumbering; grants were made to
railways largely in excess of the „appro-
• priations for the purpose; the Municipal
Loan Fund. was settled in a way to satis-
fy needy wafterS upon Providence and
the Grits. The log -rolling of the Uham-',
• ber has no true prototype in leg,islative
history. -except the Albany Lobby. And
the grand result is to be seen alike in the
demoralizhtion of me,mbers and the
Treasurer's figures.
The Dominion Election Law
Below will be found a summary
of Sir John's Election law which
was intro aced last week and
passed to he second reading. It
will -be see that on the • whole the
law is considerably in advance of ,
the former one, although there is
yet much room for improvement.
y t e progress' its author is mak-
ing, however, there is cause to hope
that by the time he comes to frame
the 'newt -election law his ideas will
be sufficiently modernized to allow'
him to rnakeit still more liberal,
and more in accordance with the
times. will also be observed
that Sit John has not yet become
sufficiently ;Reform in his views of
election purity to prevent 'Anil offer-
ing threugh his bill a bait for cor-
ruption:, of the worst kind. The
clause empowering an elector to
vote in another constituency than
that in which he resides, by proxy,
is one which should not disgrace
the Statute -book of any country.
As the bill will yet have to be dis-
cussed in committee of the whole,
and in all probability be much al-
tered and amended before it becomes
law, it is not necessary to refer to it
further, at the •present time. The
following are the principal provie-
ions of interest to our.readers :
1. Any owner of a farm worth $200.
2. Every tenant on a lease of at, least
five years, and paying a rent of at least
$20 a year, and being in possession at
least a year before the election.
• 3. Any holder of a farm in virtue of a
homestead permit, or 'a presnise of a sale
from the Crown, previcied he has held it
a year before the election.
4. Any resident in_ an electoral dis-
-niet, and having an annual income of at
12ast $400. •
IN TOwNs AND INCORPORATED viLiACES.:
1. Any owner of real estate in the
electoral district, of the value of $300.
2. Any tenant, ley the year, of a house
• for which he pays an annual. rent of at
least $20.
• 3: Any holder of real estate in the'
electoral district, of the value of $300, in
virtue of e permit of occupation of or a '
promise of' sale from the Crown.
4. Any person resident in the electoral
district and residentfor a year imme-
f
diately terecedme the day of election in.
nt Coin- ea,ch year, who r.has a bona fide annual
inoome of $460,, and has really had it for
a yuerimmediatiely preceding the (4sy of
election. i
• ELECTORAt LISTS. ,
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Anofficercalled revising officer ellen
be charged with preparing the electoral
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lists. So soon as his work is finished,
he shall deposit these lists in an office
where all the electors may examine
'them, protest against omissions and
make whatever objections they wish.
The revising -officer shall appoint several
days during which those who have ob-
jections may sustein them, and those
who are attacked may defend themselves.
When once the lists are revised, every
elector may obtain a copy, and the of-
ficer shall forward another to the Clerk
of the Crown in Chancery. After the
list of electors shall have been revised,
and until other lists shall have been pre-
pared and submitted to correction, in,
appeal by'a Superior COurt, the persons
whose names are on those lists hall
have the right to vote. Any person
making a complaint to the officer, and
who shall consider himself wronged by
his decision, may appeal from that judg-
ment to a Superior Court. The nomina-
tions shall be made on the same day in
all the counties. • Voting shall take
place on one and the same day in all the
counties. The qualification of each can-
didate is set at $2,000, and on nomina-
tion day he shall be obliged to hand the
Returning officer an affidavit to that
effect. Th law contains a new clause,
in virtue o -which an absent elector may
vote, by means of It sworn declaration,
bearing his name his address, and al-
leging his right. 'This' declaration may
be handed to the I -lamming officer by a
third party. The declaration must be
signed and sworn . to after the nomina-
tion. The bill enacts the same penalty
as preceding laws against persona guilty
of fraudulent practices, and also against
the candidates who, fin purposes of cor-
ruption, give directly for themselves, or
indirectly through others,' food or drink
to electors, with the view of furthering
their elections. The fine shall be $200
and costs. Before, during and after the
electien, candidates must pay no ex-
penses relating to thsir- elections, except'
through one, or several agents, whose
names must be stated to the Returning
officer • by the candidates. • 4 violation
of this clause must constitute a misde-
meanor. The candidate himself may
pay only his personal expenses caused by
the election. The agents shall be bound
to band in to the Returning officer a
statement in detail of the candidate's ex-
penses, failing in which, they will be li-
able to a fine of $20 for each day of,
delay. t• '
menessamsissamisseinme ,
• THE GOkERNAIENT allowance of
$2,000 per mile to the Loddon, Hu'.
ron and Bruce railway from . Lon-
don to Winghara has been. sauce
tioned by the Legislature. The
money is to be paid to the company
on the certificate of the aovernment
Engineer to the .effect that the
road has been completed and put in
proper working order.
ON SATURDAY afternoon last, im-
mediately after the prorogation of
the Legislature, Hon. Mr. Speaker
Currie placed his resignation in the
hands of the Attorney -General. It
is understood that this is owing to,
ill health, in great measure, and a
desire to render service to the Re-
form party.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
From -aar 02071. COrrespondent.
• OTTAwA, April 2, 1873.
A DIFFICULTY OVERCOmE.
In my last 1 noticed that th.e action of
the Speaker on the Centre Toronto Elec-
tion petition had plaeed the House in
rather an unpleasant dilemnia, and had
at the same time raised the hopes of and
'caused considerable rejoicings among
members whose seats had been petitioned
against. This difficulty has been over-
come. -There is no •doubt, howevert ,hacl
the statute been strictly followed, the
formatioue of an Election ComeUttee
would have been prevented, and the
whole burden of trying the numerous
petitions would have been thrown on
the' lloase. A resolution setting forth
the facts of the case and declaring that
the Committee on Elections was illegally
appointed was submitted to the House,
but the leaders on both sides thought it
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APRIL 4. 1870
e
'session made it convenient to be absent
from the House when the division was
taken. The liader of the Government,
who'so loudly condemned it, and lauded.
the principle of Dual Representation last
session, contented himself with simply
voting against it on this oedasien. The
. bill was carried on a vote of 96 to 57.
It does not affect the present Parliament,
not coming into force until after its ex-
ps jt ex-
piration.
'.41:ND HIS ONTARIO 'SUPPORTERS.
After the vote on the Dual Represen-
tation bill Sir John seems to have been
stricken with alarm at the independent
attitude assumed by many of his Ontario
supporters. • He accordingly callea it
caucus and told them. plainly that they
meet 'become more obedient. He ex-
plained to them the difficulty the Gov-
ernment experienced in controlling their
Lower Province supporters, and stated
that if his Ontario friends did not stick
to him more closely, the .Govenunent
would be unable to pull through the
session, This seems to have consider-
ably tamed down the more refractory,
for the time being at least. as an observ-
able Change has taken place in the de-
meanor ot smile of the Ontario repretsen-
tatives who occupy seats on the Govern-
ment side of the fieuse.
THE CONTESTED EtiECTIONS.
With hitt four exceptions, objections
have been raised to the recognizance of
all the election • petitions before the
House, and until these objections have
been heard and decisians given, the cases
cannot go before the Committee. Ob-
jections to f etitions are being daily
heard, but it will take some considerable
time before all are diSposed of. The ex-
ceptions referred to are the, petitions
against the representatives of East To-
ronto, West Peterborough and North
Huran. Consequently these cases will
come before the _Election Committeefirste
and. will. no doubt, be disposed of this
session, so that Mr. Farrow will not have
so long to wait to learn his fate. 1 am
told by those who profess to know, that
if a fair_ trial is had, and justice given to
both parties, there is scarcely a doubt
but he wt11 be unseated.
ANOTHF,F4 REFORM.
Mr. Mills has commenced the 'agita-
tion of another Reform, in the advocacy
of which it is to be hoped he may be as
successful as he has been in the matter
of abolishing Dual Representation.- This
time he proposes a change in the mode of
filling vacancies lathe Senate. He has
given notice that during the present les-
sion he will move the House in Commit-
tee to consider the following resolution:
"That the present mode of convening
• the Senate is inconsistent with the Fed-
eral principle of our system of • Govern-
ment, and is in other mateiial respects
defective, • and that our constitution
ought to be so amended as to confer upon
each Province the power of appointing
its Senators, and to define the mode of
the appointment." There is no doubt but
the position taken by Mr, Mills in his
motion is the collect one. As the Sen-
ate is now constitnted, it is little better
thanian asylum for decrepid- and- ' 'played
out" Government hacks, and the sooner
it is either abolished. or regenerated by
being put under the direct control of
the people the better.
' A BITTER nLL.
Mr. Blake has given notice of a series
of resolutions, to the effect that Canada
should have been consulted before the
free naivgation of the St. Lawrence was
granted to the United States ; that the
free use of the Ciolum.bia River should be
granted to Canada, and that an address
be presented. .to Her Majesty praying
that Canada may be consulted before any I
cession of her rights -takes place in fu-
ture. This will be a bitter pill for the I
leader of the Government to swallow.
He will hardly .are, oppose the resolu-
tions for fear of a defeat, kid. if he accepts
them, his acceptance will be tantamount
to an ack.nowledgement that his conduct
while at Washington, m allowing the
interests of Canada to be sacrificed with-
out her consent, is censurable. The
course which the "wily statesman will
pursue in this matter forms a subject of
considerable conjecture here.
THE MANITOBA INDIANS.
Dr. Shultz, ofManitoba, in moving for
returns of all correspondence between
the Governrnent and the Indian Chiefs
of Manitoba, on the subject of their dis-
satisfaction with the terms of the treaty
made with them in 1871, alluded to the
great importance of keeping on peaceful
terms with the Indians, and vividly
painted the manner in which, on the
United States side of the line, immigra-
tion had been div rt d fr M.
e e om nmesota
by the massacre the Indians bad corn -
prudent not to recognize the objection, mated 013 the whites. To avoid a simi-
and the resolution was accordingly voted. lar occurrence. in the North west Terri
down, and the trial of petitions proceed- tory, he contended. that better terms
niust be granted the Indians than under
the treaties of 1871. Mr. Cunningham,
ed with by the Committee.
AIEFORE THE BAR.
In compliance with instruetions, Mr. of the same Province, also complained of
Bell, the Muskoka Returning Officer,.
appeared before,the Bar of the HouSe to
answer for his refusal to return the prd-
perly Sleeted member. In order to give
your readers some idea of how these ex-
aminations are cenducted, I shall briefly
cite the modu; operandi pursued in this
instance First, a question had to be
written by the member who, wished it
put, then handed to the. Speaker who
teed it and submitted to the House
whether it should be put to the person
at the bat. A clerk then wrote down
the question and the answer given and
read both to the House. All ,this ton -
awned a great deal of time, and. was -the
most tedious and patience -trying ordeal*
I ever 'witnessed, and was rendered es-
pecially so on this oecasion, as neither
Mr. Speaker nor the Clerk are noted for
rapid penmanship. Fortunately, how-
ever, there were -not a great many
ques-
tions asked, or if there had been the
examination might still be in progi'ss.
DUAL REPREsENTITION.
Mr. iVlills, the indefatiga,ble' member
for Bothwell, has had a great victory.
It will be reniembered with what Korn
and contempt his bill for the abolition of
Dual Itepresentation was voted down
and thrown aside when he brought it up
last session. Nothing daunted, Mr,
Mills a.gain brought forward his -bill this
session, and has succeeded in procuring
its adoption by the House by a large
majority. In this instance, also, the
Government displa,yed their entire in-
ability to control the -Honse. At the
last session the bill was opposed at every
stage by the Government. A marked
change has, however, taken place in the
composition and sentiments of the House
since then. The Government were not
slow to notice this ,change, and when
Mr. Mills introduced his measure, they
declared their intention to make it an
open question. Some of their number
voted for it and some against, and two
or three who voted against it at the last
•
the insufficiency of theper capita allow-
ance of $3 per head made under the
treaty, aud advised the amending of the
treaty by increasing the sum. Sir John
-Macdonald replied that the plan of the
Government with respect to both Mani-
toba and British Columbia was to ap-
point aCommissi an composed. of the Lieu:.
tenant -Governor, the officer at the head. of
the Land Department, and an Indian Com -
misnomer, subject to instruction from the
Government here, evhich would. consider
all matter of importance connected with
Indian affairs. They would. form a cpun-
cil of advice, andetheir Indian agent pro-
per would be their executive officer, car:
rying out the - principles laid down to
him by the Board and the Govefnment
of the country. Mr. Mackenzie ap-
proved of the proposition of the
Government It does not occur every
day that the leaders of the Govern-
ment and of the Opposition agree in sen-
timent on any question, but strange as it
may seene they did. on this instance.
We may, therefore, safely conchule that
Ithe plan of the Government is a good
one.
' -
THE CONTROVERTED ELECTIoN BILL.
Sir John has. introduced his Contro-
verted Elections bill, Should the act
•pass the House, it will come into force
on the rirst of January next. The bill
provides for the establishment of an
Election Court, in each Province, com-
posed of three judges, each of whom may
try election petitions, and may refer any
point of - doubt to the Eleation Court
An appeal lies from the decision of the
judge, to the Election Court. 'When a
Pominion Court of Appeal is establish-
ed, the judges of that _Court shall ex-
clusively try election petitions. In the
meannine, the Lieutenant Governor of
each Province, may issue an order. ap-
pointing three judges to form the Fdec-
tion Court. If he fails to issue this or-
der, then the Governor General may ap-
•
vent barristers to perfo the
the tlectiTounEC:uurnta.ET smelt
Mt. Tifeasurer Tilleyr yeste
liouIrdedoubhillt, bgAigi masterlyespeebff. o:. wiiitelifi
orable Treasurer, as every one lie is an orator of no mean pretentioncr
his speech was made as interesting fait
was possible to make a speech on se
a subject. It was announced. that 'ea
Government did not intend makinga"
changes in the tariff this session. if
showed that the increase intim rev
of the country,: during the past '
year, had been very great. This increale,
is attributed, in great part, to the large
ly increased importations. The Tette%
for imports and exports, -during theft
rtrheelittfOitsaclairYeenaire'rushatebeeti
r
yearshiqh eaelfatare gfrint8eht6dhey,an°a:n
roved the increasing alto
d '68 put together.
perity and growing wealth of the wan.
try, and that the country could bear ea
increase of $30,000,000 to the debt, with.
out burthening the people too heavily,
In opposition to this view it was very
correctly argued that the present refs
enue could not be relied car, as it lad
been based upon excessive inverts ; *
the great railway expenditures going a
throughout the country, together vim
the municipal debts Which had been fie
curred within recent years, had. be
improperly left out of sight;'but they.
would have to be met, and would ele
materially to2the magnitude of the crisis
which Was inevitable. The expectation
that this abundant revenue *would en,
tinue, was clearly a fallacy, and, if pea
sisted in, would land the country hide.
ficits, as in former years: •
THE BALLOT.
Mr. Witton, of Hamilton, and lie.
Young, of Waterloo,. have each &ell
notice of the introduction of Ballot MAL
It is not likely that Mr. Witten's la
-
will amount to mueh. He is acknoel-
edged to be a pliant tool of the Govern.
ment, and if likely to prove troublesome
to them, will, no doubt, be induced to
withdraw his bill. Mr. Young, how-
ever, will not be so easily got out of the
way. He will push his bill to a deci.
sion, so that before the close of the ses.
don. we will have an opportunity it _
learning the feelings of the liontie en
this importalet reform,
. , eatetnexliotee SUPPORTERS.
The supporters of the Government ,,
from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
are giving it iin end of trouble. The
New Brunswickers have made an impera-
tive demand. for " better terms." ea
this demand they are not easily satis-
fied ; they must have something hand-
some, or nothing at all. If the Gov-
ernment refuse to cobeede to their de-
mands,. they will vote against them and
defeat them, T Government is hper-
fectly willing to give the New Bruns-
wickers 'anything they ask, for -their sup-
port, but they cannot do so without suh-
ruitting it to the House, and the de-
mand is so exorbitant that the Govern.
ment know it they do submit it Wale
House it will be defeated. - What the
New Branstvickers want is an addition- ,
al subsidy, the same as that granted
Nova Scolia, some time ago, The Nova,
Seotians say that if the demands of New
Brunswick are iionceded, they must also
have another slice. All this is e
source of great tribulation to the Gov-
ernment, and it will tax the ingenuity
of the chief adviser to the utmost, to re-
concile all these dtscordant elements.
As his future fate depends upon sue=
cess, there as no doubt but he will make
a bold effort. and I should not won-
der, if before the whole trouble is amic-
ably settled. between the Government
and their Lower Province supporters
Ontario's interest will ,Ite once more
sacrificed, , and the taxpayers of this .
Province required to bleed once more for
the benefit of. their neeghbora in the sis-
ter Provinces. DEXTER.
smommiimmem.mma
. ELGIN . ASSOCIATION FRAUDS. *
. .
Mfr. NieliCellar's Illefenee.
J
In the Legishture on. Thursday even-
ing of last week, Hon. Mre M-oKellae
gave a ,statenaent in reply to the ch.arees
which have for sonie titne been in circu-
lation against him, with respect to his
connection with the Elgin., .Association
and Buxton Mission; He commenced by
describing the origin of the Elgin settle-
ment and the philanth:opic efforts made
by v. Mr. King, OD behalf of the col-
ored race. He then noticed the charges
made against him in order.
First, with „regard to the Elgin Asso-
eintion, it had 'been alleged dint he had
been instrumental in selling 6,600 acres
- of land ats$6 an acre, tlius realizing $3-
600, of which he was charged with em-
bezzling some $27,000. He produced the
statement of the Ccaitpany's affairs,
sworn to le, the Treasurer (Rev. W.
Reid) and the Secretary (Mr. liming),
which showed. that the total receipts ofs
the *Association for 24 years had. been
$24,365, of which, it was proved by a
vouched declaration from the Crown
Lands Department, $17,641 had been
paid for lands patented lm the Elgin set-
tlers, and for drainage works In improve-
ment of those lands.
Mr. McKellar has been a -director of
the _Elgin Association from its com-
mencement, and the books allowed that
the only ntoney he ever -received was $60,
the expenses of nis journey to Quebec on
business with the .Goverrunent on behalf
of the Association. -
In the next place, it -had been alleged
that at a meeting he, Mr. McKellar, and
Rev. Mr. King attended " Gia,leoue."
the latter had stated that he had.receiv-
ed 3,000 pounds aid of ,the Buxton
Mission and expected to obtain more.
On the other hand it was alleged that
only some 4,000 rioners has been account-
ed for to the Mission. Mr. McKellar
produced evidence to show : First, that
the meeting referred. to was held, not in
Glasgow,. but in Edinburgh. Second,
that he (�r. McKellar) was not at any
other meeting than the one in Edinburgh.
Thirdly, that no such statement* as was
put into Mr. leing's mouth was made by
him or in Mr. Al cKellae's presence at all.
A committee had been formed at that
meeting, of which the LordProvost, Rey.
,Drs. Guthrie and Candlieh, ana other
lea,ding gentlemen were members. A
tanker of the city was Treasurer, and
the bank aceplints show that the total
collection in Edinburgh was X234, of
which eight pounds thirteen shillings and
ten pence remained in the hands of the
Treasurer until recently. The meeting
at Glasgow was helcl six in.ontlis later.
At at m.eetine Mr, King made 601310
statements as to the- sum raised in sup-
port of his benevolent objects, but it was
evident he was referring to the Elgin
Association,Thot to the Buxton Aission,
for which he was then soliciting aid.
•,,41
ItIL 4, 1873.
•••••••••••••••••••••••**.*.....-•`•••••
.And et -this time, Mr. MeKellar, as the
journals of Parliament show, laaving re-
teene,d to Canada, was quietly discharg-
in his Pairliasnentary duties at Quebec.
money collected was sent to Rev,
liwreesnt tat, fhe oar sc: e.ntswt,read,mE0Scott,,sstly utilag.iaib°11101 IfilYgtedij j( thati o: rt t, hrhae' e'lr 1 finehl bece{ )yKhndirectionintletI l.siI I st i; a 1. 1 eel °I neh: ,11-11 Irlioaboci;nreawee:b3:1_ : isestAt tais:_ibbrdi ea:ei r:11 C:i sh aT411.1'71:3iKlolini)lbisATert Beb:: peN:Itin01:1'''''D- 4,
3fT. A'IcKeliar had. DO Ifleall8 what-
' °Tevp 0: let g i I lrh ded:t1 aolii1.8aiol 1PaePePr ''o°r1- P';e18: is andsbIYt°in ' gut e r ifinaa hadi Ian I 13TbUy , that the
' vssahaatFuirsat::aeditibywiPa,rttehhsbeit,ryb:emrilenoaanenx:eneCeruirtiaxurirnic.tehhwainhiliaviecasrh.tftfchuitonllhsgyee; D JohnjEcj:rn.1.: sit:0:0ahtznitn:gt: h si_ertddee,. w:Titi alit
Misappropriated or embezzled. eome $68, -
In 1859 Mr. ilifeKhuellsianres, lieinintgredinuetilioenns- m(cANN;_i
lied zollected a large sum of moeey from. ,
benevolent persons in England arid
644. .e. day, Mare
4
gentleman had been. urged to visit Eng- I)eceaned ee
benevolent gentleman who ked 'visited from Ireland
a -merchant in that city. onMtharec.flhu-nron,.
Mr. King. That - vearse e 4
wealthy Huron. He ,
the Elgin settlement and desired to _assist
utia by MT. Henry
Mr. King in raising funds te purchlike a; . Tuckersmith.1
ultimately, a sum a little over .E2,000 in 1 nyer.hs 2 le
that it should. be treated as a loan, and, I danentee 3
amount was contributed in Z25 shares, , E
sagawrdmeildlaa.snad tgo, iftp,robmutotemrlum. Kinberigi. iginisilids:Sa ii in 3:s?a5,,..kfriewofrvins,
tryintthhee mseetntelymiaesuetts.eriheaMr. teChhreisrtei! i, ,scildittrs...; :
Most of the contiibutots were members i
of the Society of Friends, but with them 1 .,...„1)r -,- a',
were associated Mr. Miller above men- ,'. •' -1ames1
timed, who took one share himself and l';"'ArLs33:,:,-te`i—t74 '
some for his friends and Earl Spencer,tlie ', ' " -march
present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who i
took ten shares. For these subscrip- 1 "1°14)18 231
, ti0138 MT. 'McKellar joined. Mr. King in 1 PRICB.—In
giving a receipt He never touched a 3 2k, Mrse
dollar of the money, seidwas only actuat- '.. dailghter
ed as he has been throughout, by a de- ityp.:147_y,iel/te
,
" to assist Mr. King's efforts.
r. King received half the money, 1 .. seed Mr.
and applied it to meeting the Claim.; of 1 3 months
the undertaking it was obtained for, and. 1
in which he had already sunk a large 1
amount of ' OW11 means. The balance i
was forwarde six months later, to Mr.
MapepKlieedilairt; b urleIhrasK'ingflg;a8 direction,targeoatovesbe, ' Since th
iril*P.' a`lrineKb:rilleagr being a1
. `The5ttabeelong
since been dissolved, but Mr. McKellar
was able to produce a very circumstan-
• ei'al statement from. its former cashier,
which showed the manner in which the
le . stopitmi.e_II.::::).,:t.i,
money had been applied. and the result rtn- \v41(''tee
Barley.....„
'No. '2.
No. $.
bolds Inid been administered.
Inns. —
March 27,
keeper, age
the time engaged there has
count trans
is not
The follomi
correct:
of the transactions it was *invested an,
- which resulted in a small profit to the
persons interested,
Mr- King's further speculations, how-
ever, werenotsuscessful. Mn MeKel-
lar as he had lent his influence to the
milleetio.neef the money, chose to assume
the responsibility -of paying the interest Hetes. . . .
through Mr. Miller—who actedas agent sheet) fades.
-
some e)airs' 1
when, as he told the House, ritelitlalFr7
for the shareholders—lor two
er
ness reverses'obliged him to discontinue natmenite
the payments. Last year Mr. King, to 1 APPles Per b
f -
wliose integrity Mr. McKellar paid -a=
high tribute—was able to remit $5.000, Corer Ser.d.
er half the original amount, to England; TitIttItt s"
and Mr, McKellar declared that he nev-
er had and never wotildsbirk the duty a
bearing the loss himself if Mr, Kinel,
were not able- to make the whole sum Weels..1"....7.
To show, _ however, the views held 4,7.1.Briartistee;!1::::::::
good. 1
the bulk of the contributors, Mr,
Me Eggs
Kellar mil letters from Bev, W. E. Huy, per tool
Foi stet, Mt P., Mr. Gurney Barclay, and *
others, who protested that they had I TORO
never looked for any return, but, from
T1131).titiEis377:
-demand,
We quot
'second -
$3 50.
SHEEP.:
erAin7tiB2.
,
at from
the first. regarded their subscriptione as
a donation to a. purpose excellent in it-
selfa nbciy.,uvery unlikely toprove a success
financially.
It will he seen by this narrative, there-
ftoioren. , that three different frauds are re-
ferred. to
First—The fund. of the Elgin Associa-
Secondly—The fund of the Buxton
Mission, administered under the control
of the Canada Presbyterian Chttrela and.
to the faithful application of -which Rev.
Mn Scott testifies, as well as to the faet
- that Mr. McKellar did not ancieouldnot
touch it. *3/4
aNcLais)ly,—aTnhdewfheniehd, ceaslidewrahavfoet siso shTiphnelefoo,
seen, Mr. McKellar haa nothing to do for the
with in his personal capacit' y, a1tbough Sunday ,
his sense of honor healed him to aecept
the responsibility of seeing it is paid to
all those of the original subscribers who I
Sunday
are willing to receive paymentMondz
, •
One incident referred to by Mt. Me- 1
Kellar we have. yet to mention, it is ,talyt_esu'ay
already known that the late Mr, Send- 1, "tutes
field Macdonald ltd. in his possession ail
the documents relating to these matters, i T.3-tal
and had been directly applied to by '32111e
ti
those who desired to make Mr. McKel- wee'
- lax responsible for what they chose to
represent as grave irregularitiesor Worse:
yet Mn McKellar Stated that he had, in
1871, a direct overture :from Mr. Mac- I -Niaaaa,
&meld to induce him to join the Minis- 1 4,e**;-s,G
try Of which Mr. Macdonald was Pre- 1 \\-7,ai.,
Mier., He might well ask whether it 1 - —
was possible be conld have -deserved the i Tota t
treatment he hail received, when from ; saa,ta•
one so well informed. as the late Premier
ltd come such all invitation. wee
I' CA
- 4.0 4te dee
AUCTION SALES. 1 but for
forsii
Alonday, pr
Ail 7, on Lot I, Con. 13.
uF a r m Steck; Implements and
_Household Furniture. Mrs. Mary Bun-
-
mid, proprietress, J. P. Brine, ane- tweru"of
o
ScKillop, Farm Stock and Implements.
lier aan it 01 : I led eaa Aa 1 ril 5proprietorelJLot 2.0, e
Bnolnlf.- r5d
anit i'
itI,
ja:Itcimondeaeyn, Meech 31, on Lot 18. Con. ft,
Ita,rm Stock and Implements. :14
C121:TahrivflueressKB;fpo,:::.ilpeolpor, ouLot 33, corid: I 1.11,1
Faand HouseholdlLnlStock,ientur: ThompsOtt
Morrison, proprietor ; 0 'Yee, auctioneer.
Wednesday, April 9, oit ' Lot 3, Con.
16, Grey, Farm Stock,. Implements And
Househol d. Furniture. Thomas Broad -
foot, proprietor, J. P, Brine, anetioneer. Ata_,
Hour
se, McKillop, Charles Davis, pro-
Ieapla,t Charles Davis' Balf-way „
Ffieinents, day, April 11, Stock and :i0.3't",,i
prietor ; J. P. Brine, auctioneer.
BIRTHS.
IdfacyKiinMnaornel::fla, dthaeuguictifteer.of Mr. John '
L-To0A7ms.----EnAnt
McKnexox.-4n Tuekersmith, on Fri -
wife of Mn David *Johns, of a son. ,
aExnetenera'r on
March 269 the
allejt
April 2, the wife of Hugh Love, Sr ., '
Esq., of a son. - Hill's Green'on i; liCeelte
I
Go
is qu