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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-03-06, Page 4ti NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 'Stallion for Sale -0. R. Cooper. Notice -J. W. Brown. - Farm for Sale -e -Adam Berry. . The Farmers' Friend -Wm. Grassie. Settforth Plow Factory -Monroe & Hog For Sale -8. Young. Public Auction -A. Armitage, Assign Clearing Sale at Dente., , Kirby Machines. ---A. Harris, Son & Manchester House -Logan & Jamieso Mortgage Sale-Beuson & _Meyer. n. e. i peny left free to expend the money where tlfey choose. The certificate of the enemleer is to be modified . to meet tl 1 cireumitances, and the 'trustees are to beatliberty to .pa,y Over the money to the company to be expended where, and i in such mannetf as the company may see fit. The company will be empowered o. to compdi the nmnicipalities to hand ove their debenttires, and they can, if they choose; 4ink the :whole of the money ob tained from these debentures in con structing the first hall mile of the road More tiniest,. dangerous and iniquitou i legislatilii-ivas never sought for : by eny corporaieebody in this bountry. Not withstanding the laxness of the Loca Legislattire in its scrutiny of railwae bills, anil its, readinese to grant anything in the t1iap& of 'railway legislation, it is hard to Ibelieve that a 'measure such as the one under consideration will be al lowed to pass into law. Such an act f would , imply be legalizing . wholesale robberyr . We caution our County rep- ,. . resentatives to be on the alert for this bill, and urge upon them the necessity of their using every fair means to 'defeat a meastre which, if carried will enable an unterupelout railway ring to plunder many of their constituents. The third clause Of the bill provides for a further extension of time for the commencement and completion of the work. The time asked for is not given in the bill, which .is made out in blank, and. will we pre - Slime, bie filled out when before the coni - puttee. 1 he wee before be acce he did make P =liar cept the office cantle that, upon the office him, he shoe d be these sacrifice% every, willadmit. T e anti for five ye4 s hie r hill as ori sufficient: relieved froil burden of ma justice should should rec,eive for the time Ridings were the North a,b as we on a for this seen with of the ratepa relieved from new office bui -Since th learn by teleg opposition to drawn -that juron xpooitor. SRAFORTH, FRIDAY, MArch •6, 18 4. The London, .Huron 'heed Bru Raiiway. We noticed some time ago that he London, Huron and Bruce Rath ay 'Company intended applying to the Lo Legislature at its .preseut session or amendments to their charter, granting them increased powers. When we made this intimation we had no idea that the legislation which eves to be sought for wouldbe of an unit:* or ;dangerous na- ture. In this respect, however, we heve been disappointed. amen ng the charter has been placed. before P r- e • liament, and has received'ets first read- ing. It contains only three -clanses, these are of such a oature that, if same timed by the Legislature, the company will be empowered tO do many munici- palities from whom they have obtained bonuses a grievous wrong. The first clause empowers -the company to change the location of the road, and reads as follows "Notwithstanding the said -company have located. their said line of railway, and deposited maps or plans thereof; and. of the lands intended to be passed over and taken therefor, and also a batik of reference, in accordance with the provis- ions of `The Railway Act,' the seid company may and is hereby authorized, _if it deem it necessary or desirable, to deviate more than one mile from the line of the railway,or any pert thereof, or the places assigned thereto in the said _ map or -plan oi bodies. of reference, and upon such deviation. shall have the sane rights, exereiSe :the seine powers, and e subject to the Same condittons as thou h the line adopted by such deviation lid been the one originally selected and laid down." The above clause gives the compaay the power to entirely change the pres- ent location of their road. They have been gra,.nted bonutes on till assumption that the toad:Should run through cert, in localities.. The cats e above quot d gives them power tobreak faith wi h these memicipalitiee, by alto -wing them, if they see fit,- to entirely abandon the route adopted and seleet a tiew one. The company, however, not only ask for power to do this, but they desire legis- lation by 'whi'ch they can compel the mu- nicipalities with which they have broken faith, to deliver up their debentures,. as the following clause of the amendment biltwill show : : . " The thirteenth section of the act of the Legislature of the Province of On- tario, passed in the ' thirty-fourth year of the reign of Her -Majesty, Queen Vic- toria, and ehapterred forty-two, is hereby amended by adding After the - last -word. of the said. sectiori the following words: "Or ie any other municipality, or upon any particular portion of the line of rail- way or works of the company, and in any case of such agreements the certifi- cate of the Chief Engineer of, the said railway referred to :in the sixteenth sec- tion of this act, shall be modified to meet the ctreirrestances." The following ie. -the section the above na clause propeses JO aend, with the e , amended addition in italic: " 'Whenever any reemicipality ca por- tion of a municipality shall grant a bonus to aid the making, equipment' and com- pletion of the said -railway, it s iall be lawful for said company to enterj into a valid, agreement with such municipality, binding the said cempany to expend the whole or part of such beaus upon works of construction withia the limits of, the - municipality granting the sam t or in. any other municipality, Or upon any par- t) tieular portion of the line of rai ay or works of the company, and in a, ty case of sucit agreei.rents the certificate of the Chief Engiltecr of the said railwav refer- red to in the si-teenth section of this_ act, Mall be modi led to meet .the iircurn- stances." j .. It -will thus e seen thatthe c mpany ask for power not ,only to ch ge the location of the road, but also to compel municipalities which have granted bonuses to pa their money, even al- though, owing to the change of lobation, the road_ will b Of no benefit to them, For instance, if these proposed amend- ments become law the compariyi could Brussels, and dompel Clinton and Blyth to give the bonuses they have gr uted ; or, they could_ build, the road t4 Bay - applied on the work so done. Now 1 per mile for the length of the road to e tfiheisldiosrtoG, obdeeriedho,neaeda caoym certificate, and. that the sum certified should not exceed the pro rata amoent portion of the road upon Ie)evlhitihe°1111 the money so -paid out was to be expended, portion of road up to the date of the and that certificate. had to specify , the and. the total amount expended oe. each the municipalides could. only be paid ing to the origin.al charter, the mOney of out on the certificate ' of the enitineer, the worst feature Of the bill. Accord - rather be injur d by it, to pay th bonus they had. grant d towards the rad as originally locat d. But, even thi is not no benefit feoin such: a road, but would kullett and Merris, 1Ndliell would eceive e linTton, agreements of the company bindi g them to expend the money of eat& mu- nicipality within the municipality are t� be swept out of existence, and the co , The Huron RegistrY The bill for reuniting the North_ and South Ridings of Huron, for registratibn pterposes, and abolishing the North Rid- ing Registry office, was, as we stated last week, defeated M the Private Bills Committee by a_majority of 1. It seems -that Ns measure is treated. by the Op- positio4i party in the Legislature as a partizalt measure, and the members of - that._ prty areusingtheir utmost en- deavor 'to defeat it. . As.a result of this, when t e question came before the Com- mittee, the party referred to mustered their fch ces and succeeded in getting the bill thr Mei out by a majority of I. The represe tatives of Huron, however, were not to be choked off in this manner. They ee re determined to -have the mat- t- elit before the House, and there On Tuesday list, theiefore, ter bro discusse Mr. Gil) on moved that the bill, be re- ferred 114ackto the Committee with in- structitir to declare the preamble prov- ed, or, tit _other words, to report the bill ouse. - This motion, as will be ur Parliamentary report, creat- hy discussion, but was carried by a eontiderable majority. The action of the Committee, under the circum - 1 stances ivas most reprehensible, and had the _Ho lesanctioned their proceedings by decl *ring against Mr. Gibson's motion, a gross itrage woidd have been perpe- to the 1 seen leyi ed a len o - trated eition this COunty. The ratepay- ers of thl County are almost unanimous „ ly opposedto the division, as by it they are continually subjected to less and in- convenience'. The County COuncil, in , , compliartee - with the wish of their con- stituentselhaee again and again unanie 1 L ineusly petitioned the Legislature for the i abolition of the auisance, and., notwith- standi a a knowledge of these facts, v eery ember of the Opposition party z, in the Local Legislature voted. to smother per billi wed prevent us from getting the relief we -have a right to demand. But, ttfair hea Mg, and there is little t in of their fforts, we are to have, at least doubt init that justice will ultimately be done. , ' nly conceit/able reasoil why the 4 ion should have made a party this measine is that the Mourn- ' The' Opposi issue of bent of jthe North Riduig office is in pol- itical a cord withl them. Rather than depose roan a leer' tive office a political friend, they are 1llmg to subject the entire people oft 's County to loss and inconvenience for all time to come. This is dertainly ca Tying political feeling too far. I- The a,boli ion of the North Rid- ing Registry office is not .a political movement. All lasses, Conservative and Reformer ali e, desire it and have' clereanded it. e Countyl Council, which id largely e mposed of 'Conserva- tives, has Tepeated y petitioned to have the office abolishe , and not One single member of that b idy, either ponserva- tive or Reform, ha ever uttered a word in opposition to th se petitions. It re- mained for the -Ma contents in the Local Legislatuee who o cupy the seats to the left of the Speaker to make the attempt to give the move plexion. They ha, this instance, to d I tice, but fortunatel ent a political com- e clone their best, in feat the ends of jus - for Huron, and for- tunately for the cre lit, of the Lecal Legis- lature,. they have n t yet succeeded. It wilil be notice from the summary of the discission o Mr. Gibson's motion, which we give in ur Parliamentary re- port, a feeling exis the Re4istrar sho equitably compens ing we I cordially een-Pathize: As we have alteady frea ently stated, we do not desire, and the people of the County Mr, Hays shquld be hout compensation: ally dealt with, and e people will not be- ble compensation the It would be but a to Mr, Hays that he orse pecuniary Posit among members that ld. ,be liberally- and ted. With this feel - do not desire, that turned 'adrift wi He shrieki be libe we are confident t grudge Any- reason Legislature may fi simple apt of justic should. not be in al tion after being rei eyed from office than - I •-• • 0. united, and _.&1 700 as compeu flCNEXFOS1TORI ted- office. That sacrifices to ac- he denied, and eing taken from oompensed for reasonable person ial sum of $600, tioned in , the ally p oposed, is not County should be convenience and. theitwo offices, o Mr. Hays. He at least i$1,000 per annum ated he the bill. If the ile the the ii ntaiinti e done, eunited er oce. ut ince ers, the exp ling„ above Tau froi the bill' and the office in e County could, sloe showed, give asing the burden in addition, be nse of erecting a as in type, we Toronto that all has been with - ie are to be re - r. Hays s to receive $5,- ation. ;Making M untain The Opposi. on in. ti ithre are end avoring, worthy of a b tter cant the G-overnm the c gance.. To e ct their hesitate to ort feet trifling offe ces orinaes. Wer they m the use of the to find ,fault„ ing fault, the confidence in AV eap911 erely feel ountr,yi em, au out of Mole e Local Legisla- with an energy , to fasten upon arge' of exteava- bject, they never and exaggerate o unpardonable e scrupulous in. , and. leeeeready the sake of -find,7 ould. have mote influen e on Ihe men to in Ince them to vote, eilther One way or th other. But, pn the eontrary, several. o the foremen of the [Works" have swon that neither Mr. MeKellar or 'any ot er member of the Go4enmentever tool any steps, or endeavored M any way, t influence the votes olf the men employe 1 on the Cen- tral Prison Works. The only gratmds, therefere, for fault-finding, in connection with the affair is to be found in the fact of; Mr. McKellar allewing the em- ployes both Conservati e and Reform, a half holiday to attend a nomination, If no better material th n this can be found, out of which to anufacture an " outi ge," Messrs. Lau( er and Rykert and tLeir organs will cm mandentore re- spect 111 the country if ti ey would aban- don the outrage manufac tiring business entirely. ZTEWS OF THE WEEK. CREAN BRIT_ IN. TH4. AsHANTEE Were News from the Gold Coast is still inco plete and. un- satisfactory. It -wguld leem that nego- tiatio and ti failed that maesi peAce gotia ons seem to have of the rumors that pea,c dared, &c. iLltpon the f gotiations hostilities we when it passed .a second reading by a majority of 50 to 14. He referred to the adoption of tlie ballot ly several of the principal British Colonies, and ultimate- ly by theImperial Park ament: He did The Atter.' eteGeneral moved the sec- s between Sir Garnet Wolseley mad reading the Ballet bill. He al- e King had been n. progress, but ludee to thei favorable reception of a on account of Sir 'arnet msistina meatnie by the House last year, i.e must enter th and that .then should be agreedeu ,LrwomaimitialVi , 1874, have ito Confess that the Local Legislit- -. lature possessed of leas - ood smu4? than even jts most limited as miters give it credit for. The last clause of the mea- sure it absurd, and the first is simply abominable. . THE ONTARIO_ LEGISLATURE. with. an instruction to consider the pre - move e resolution to the effect that bill that on the followin. g. Monday be would No. 4 , to reunite the North and South back to the Committee en. Private bills, of thetithoiNii,e.oe ATLEELOANPOSND MONEY. itt rep y to a, question put by Mr. Chis- ing the Municipal Loan Fund act of last South Ridnigt of, Huren, be referred amble of the bill as proven, and proceed to the consideration of the severalclauses holm, Attor eY-Generat Mowat Atated. ernment to b tug down aJ,measure amend7 session so as to alio* of the money paid to memicipalities being applied. to or - dinar!, school pui-poses. that i was not the intention of the Gov - On Friday-, Mi. (+Litton gave notice In the liou e on Thursday of kast week, HURON REGISTAVI OFFICE. i BALLOT. capital,' Coo - the tetras of ore These ne- ormed the basis had been de - dere of the ne- not anticipate that the ballot would :se- e resumed and cure perfect freedom from improper in- fluences, but believed it wItuld conduce continued until the captuee of Coomassie. to a much larger measuire of freedom in . The fellowing is General Wolseley's of- theexercise of the franchise than existed ficial despatch announcing the result : at prepent. liecomb, ted some of the Co6massie, Feb. 5. ---Ale e rea,ched here objections raised to th ballot by its op - yesterday after five days' hard fighting. ponents. and .argued that the imperfec- The troops behaved admirably. Out castle1 ties are under 300 The Kim-, has thins e . . , . of the ballet; as it was practiced left the town, but is olos by. lie prom- ised o meet me to -day and sign a treaty W h t start - ot ce. e ope oon our re - when they did turn o the coast to-morr w. The wound - 011 oppo- ed ar tecoverine, and. t ie health of the rema nder of our army it good. -Signed, be given Woe, ELEV. rther advices fro the Gold Coast ent that up to the 29th of January it wa douhtful whethe the Ashantees mean peate or war. News having been recei ed that a large for& of the enemy was ollecting in, rear of the British force, a reconnoisance was made,, and this id to the series of battles previous- . really make a hist th nents, more would them. The c ment have so fabrications lost the con& the danger n 1, to bring forw ed. charge, it few days ago of the Opposi over the inc Crown Comes hig figures t merit, in this extravagance lessly 'squall ver -feeing ,hey had appointed as Ctrown Counsel : 870, Crown Counsel fees . 871, Crown gounsel fees . j1.872, Crown ounsel foes 1873, Crown Pounsel Ns These. figures, which . ate, no doubt, correct, ftknisii. a fair sa,mple of the charges whicl are constantly being ains the Government. There it, large increase in the ut we s4utd. like to see what' way the Govern- sible for this increase, as t.hey haven° ore c'entrel over the ex- penditure lin each case§ than, the Oppo- sition have. It is tlet ditty of the G-loV- ernment to a, point a barrister to con - el has to, eer orni,„and the amount he , 1 , uct the iCilevn busine S at each As- , 1 , i izes, but the amount of tvork the Coen- teceives for -the perfoinance of that ivork is, in no vatr contilollable by the Governine t. tor each criminal case before the Court the Counsel receives a fee ; that fee is now the tame as it was tinder thelGove mnent supported by the resent Opposition, censemently the in- -ea;se in he total is Alueinot to any new ettovernine et regulatiens)lbet.to the in - I lease of i crininal business before the Courts. Yet, although!, eognizant of these :acts, the Opetositien and their irgans briag ai charge of eitrevagance against the Government, .not because they have increased the fees, but be- cause the ' me ial blisiness before the e . i belts has in leased, arid they have onsegeen ly b me compelled„to pay out , larger a gem tc ainount in fees each year. A ,yth' g more ,absurd could scarcely be imagined, and it is astonish- i'ig that men rofessing to have com- mon sense should be guilty of attempt- ing to gal the ublic with so shallow an artifice. ! , point ag tention images against the Govern- enbeenieoven grown:Mess at the Y 'have in reality nee of -tthe country,land is that 'Were they even d just and well-grotinde ould not be credited. A e leading. Toronto otgen ion taieed a loud hurrah 'ease Me -the paymente to 1, and (tutted- the ' follow - prove that the Govern - sped; had been guilty of nd that they had -need, red the kublic money in artizan lati•risters whom • $ 9,810 9,720 17,609 12,379 brought a Is, we adi amounte paid, it explained 111 ent are espo A CIRCUMSTAiNCE thee transpired be- fore the ublic Accounts Committee which is c using, some little comment in the coun , and winch! the Opposition. press is en eavoriug to eXaggerate lap "another 4-atrage:" It teems ethat McK.ellar, I Commissioner of Public .Works, sent. a note tri theforeman of the Central Pr son liVorks in Toronto! telling him to alto the employee on those work4-it a half holi y te attend,- the West Tel- - ronto nonu atio,n, and. else to allow them their time for that half day. This iS the whole aterial out of , which an ene deavor is being Made to manufacture a " outtage.A Whether or not Mr. M Kellar acted properly MI thus allovvin his men a half holiday te attend a nomir nation and listen to a diseussion of the public affairs of. the cotuitty is a questiou on which I. more correct decision ca be given When Mr. McKellar's story ii told, and. NN1-,hen his statement in expla- nation is before the public. It cannot be shown, however, that: in thus givin the men a half holiday attempt Tira13 being made to influence their votes. The men who were Rowed the holiday b _longed to both litical Iparties, and a, the nomination hich they attended ad. - .dresses „dresses weie de iVered by friends of both candidates., There has been no evidence yet taken to show that Mr. MeKella.e, either directly or , indireatly, esed any et— • repre ly re mrted, which ended in the capture of Cooma,ssie. Poerricee, -It is said that the new Parliement, immediately after assem- bling' will adjourn fot a fortnight or three week . The Queen's Speech will prob- . ably ecommend a grant of money for the r lief of sufferers bY the famine in Beng i 1. TIOIEBORIN.TE SENTE.NCE-EL—The jury hi the Ticliborne case, after being out a sheet thee, brought in verdict of guilty of all! the charges, and t e Claimant was sentenced to 14 years' ienal servitude:, There was great excit inent over the verdict After the Tiihborne verdict was announced, the Cla mant expressed a desire to address the l Court, but the Lord Chid Justice left sed permission. B.e maintained his usual omposure when, the sentence was pronou iced. He shook hands with his counse , and was then taken from the courtaro m by a seldom used exit, placed in a private carriage and rapidly driven to N wgate, much to the disappointment o an immense, thou h orderly, crowd which gathered outsi le te see him pass. . OTHER TRIAL.—It is assorted that the ounsel for the Claimant, Dr, Ken fay, will move for a new trial, and . that, if refused, he will make an appeal to th Reuse of Lords n behalf of his ellen . . . FRANCE. BONAPARTIST MOVEA ENT.- A Paris -dispatch states uneasin ss prevails rela- tive to the anticipated level -ilea on the 16th March in favor o Napoleon IV., who On that day becom s of age to gov- ern.- It is said the Em ress le'ugenie is actually in Paris plotting a Bonapartist manifestation, and visiting cards have been freely distributed with the Prince linperial'S photograph, With the words underneath of "16 Mars, 1871. Appel an Peuple 1" SPAIN, SERRANO PRESIDENT.-Sehor Serrano is declared President of the Republic of Spam, aed Senor Zabala, Minister of War, is appointed President of the Council of Ministers. THE INSURRECTION. - The Carlists have achieved several important vic- tories and seem to be gaining ground. UNITED STATFS THE MPERANCE MOVEMENT. - A Cincinatt despatch says that in eleven towns of hio liquor selling is entirely stopped, . and in 40 towns from five to 26 places have been closed. The whiskey dealers say the trade begins to feel the effects of the movement. The temper- ance movement is spreadinig in Pennsyl- vania. -The Columbus, Ohio, Police Com- missioners adopted a resolution, asking the city Council to pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits, pledg- ing themselves to see that such an or- dinance is. enforced; this is considered the greatest blow struck there for tem- perance. , BRIGANDAGE IN CALIFORNIA. -Vasquez and his gang continue their freebooting operations, On Frida,e they robbed the Los Angelos stage, near Soledad, captur- ing $300 from the passengers but offer- ing no violence. At Soledad they. rob- bed. a store and stole six horses, and then. started for the mountains. ' ASIA., A dispatch from Central Asia says that the Yamud Turkomans recently made an attack on the Russian fortifica- tions. They were defeated, and. while crossing the frozen river during their re- treat, the ice broke, and a brae nutuber were drowned. Gen. Kauffan is to re- turn to Khiva in A.pril. Hon. Mr. Currie has introd.uced a bill into the Legislature which provides for female suffrage and. the representation of property according to its value. The main clauses are : 1. That in immicipal elections and votes on by-laws creating debts, real property shall be the basis of the franchise, and parties shAll have dual or plural votes according to the value of their property. 2. Women of full age, subjects of Her Majeety, with the proper property qualifications, shall have a right to vote at such elections. We thought Mr. Currie was a man of more sense and better judgment than to introduce such a measure, and if his measure receives one vote other than his own, we will e a le the United States, was not to be ac- cepted as proof against such a, plan as in his present hill he proposed to aelopt Mr. At C. C.ameron was entirely op - 1 t -t voting,butt pose( 0 Beateu should.no divide the House upon the bill. Many of his pelitical.frtends were much in fa- vor ef its passing, and he entertained the belief 1 that they would be largely the gainer e by such a ,Measure. Be hazard. - ed the assertion that the Reform -party were far more guilty,in respect to cor- rupt practice; than the Conseevatives. The ballot, he held; would not I prevent improper meant being used by the Gov- ernmeut to infleence generally the result of elections, ad went on to put hypo- thetical Oases in illustration t of his as- stationt. He suggested. that voting might be -made compulsory; that all voters might be sworn; that candidates also migItt be sworn both before and. af- ter the !eleetion, end believed these measures would de More to, prevent cor- rupt ptaelices,' than the ballot. After considefable further discussion, relating more to the corrupt pi practices indulged n by each. political party at election times than to the merits of the bill or the sys- tem of toting it prop sed to inaugurate, the bill was read a- s cond tune without a disseeting voice. WOiNIAN SU FRAGE. Mr. Currie introd iced a bill which provides : 1. -That n municipal elec- tions and votes on by aws creating debts teal property shall be he basis of the frans chese, and- parties sli 11 have dual and. plural Votes aecordi their property2.- subjects of 1ii Maje erty qualification, sh 11 hAye a riga to vote at each elections HOUSE 0E.00IVIIIINS ELECTIONS. On Monday, Mr, B ultbee moved the following resolution: "That in. the opinion of this, Hous and improper for me Government, the Spe or County Officiate. =as a matter of safety ---agreed in the the Hoes took the business away from 1 general i expediency of multiplying reg. - istry offi es. Ile thought, however, if the Regilstrar, the House should com- pensate him. Mr. Deaeon, although not friendly to dividing Counties for regis. tration purposes, thought the, meaeure,- , if introdeced at all, shordd. be promoted by the 111 cKella csalilfa actil lela was the tended N 3rovernment of the day. Mr, didnotthink any of the divi- e under the Sandfield Macdon- re fair ones, The most linjuet ne now under diecuesion. Be mite of the circumstances, at- th loss and inconvethence to the peop a, that attached to the. separa- tion of Huron, He agreed that the . present Registrar should have liberal compens tion if dismissed. The County would 1 e nothing, for the cest of a new office W id. have to be paid if the sepa- ration re continued. Mr_ Boulthee t opposed he motion, ettacked the pro, - moter o he bill with considerable bit- terness. Mr. Bethune thought this mat- ter ling' be discussed. without -bitter- polely with regard to the pub- lnieessint est. He eommented upon the - unallimi i.r of the County Council in the matter, and On the proofs afforded to the Co ittee that public convenience would e consulted- by the proposed - change. He agreed in thinking the present ‘egistrar should be libeially and equitably compensated. Mr, McCall, opposed the motion. Mr. M-errick main- tained. that the decision of the Commit- tee sho li_ be upheld, Mr. Bishop, in an animat d speech, showed cause for th.e Motion fi Mr. Gibson being carried, and in the c tirse of- Itie remerks exhibited a map of he County to show the Mem- verneue attending the present arrange- ment. A' r. Hardy did not wish to re- flect upon the conduct of the former - Government in dividing Huron, but they had. no* facts before them to „show it was a mittake. , It had been made a, party uestion in the Committee, and the Op oeition members lead rallied, not in the ublic interest, but on behalf of the pr ent . Registrar of North. Huron, who w s political friend. of those who , resiste the reunion. Mr. Cameron op- ' posed t ie motion at -considerable length, . princip lly because of -the injustice Which, he contended, it wouldl entail upon t le present occupant of the office of Registrar. Hon. Mr. Mowat held , that the Principle of dividing Counties . merely beeause the salaries of Registrars was to ci large was shallow, and contend- , ed that pitblic interests and. convenience should les e precedence of those of nidi - ' victuals: e admitted. that liberal com- pensation hould be awarded. to the Reg- istrar wh se office it was proposed to abolish, al d that unless a very strong case were made out the Goveenment would not be justified iu interfering with the present arrangement. Such a ease, however, he thought, was fully made out in the preeent instance, and the Govern- . ment were( of opinion that the motion. of the hon. Member for North Huron ought to pass. The House divided, when the motion wat carried by 40 to 29. - et TILARRIAGE LICENSES. in reply, to some remarks made :by Mr. Merriek, complaining that the pres- ent Marriage License system is unjust to about hvelsixths of the population of his Province, inasmuch as there is an- ucontributed by the Protestant pot- ion of the community only the sum of 40,000 to the general revenue, besides n addition al sum of $20, 000 to the ssuers of n arriage licenses, while owing o certain tights which our .Roman Oa- holic fellow -subjects claim -were secured o them by treaty, they have not in any way 'contributed to said fund ; and the said Marriage License Fund is paid into the general; revenue, and all classes of Her Majesty's subjects share alike in its enefits, the Attorney -General said that bill would this session be -introduced ,y the Go -Merriment,' for the purpose o epealing the obligation to pay $4 of the 6, thus getting rid. of the objection that Protestantswere taxed foe genmal pur- ioses. Mri Merrick thought that the ee of $2 to the issuer of the license was oo much. 1Mr .- Mowat replied that he id not think it was, and that if $2 was consideration to amen about to matey, hat that n4in was not in the pecuniary , position he should. be to make it prudent for him to Oarry. OFFICIAL -SALARIES "beiThe adjoerned debate on the subject of official salaries was resumed, and ter- minated by the passage of resolutions to the effect that the true principle of en- gaging officers for the public service was by procuring efficient persons by paying fair salarteii for services rendered, the Opsfoosition not venturing to go to a. di- vain. 11 g to the value of Vom.en of full age, t ty,ewith the prom t it is inexpedient 4) ebers of the Localea ker of this House, '-' appointed by this r Governinent, to inter, ere with the elec- tions for the House o Commons." The abolition of dual 1 harged the Govern- ft he principles upon t rty h -ad advocated ' vetted to the Pro- a "never alluded to th represeirtationt ande ment with violating which the ReforM p that measure. lie a ton affair, and other instances of, as he alleged, official mterf4irence in elections, - and was proceeding 4 refer to the charge connected with the C; ntral.PeisOn work- men's attendance at the West Toronto election when he Was called. to order, as the matter is still before a Committee of the House. The Attorney -General troduction of local n elections by the al Government had. ely necessary that efend. their policy pointed out that thei politics into Domini adversaries of the Lo rendered it imperait the Minsters should before the country.1 It would be too much to ;expect that ithey should remain silent, without- even the privilege of re- plying to the initrepresentatiees and charges i made against them. 'It had been the effort of the Reform party to confine the discussions at the late elec- tion to Pominion "aff irs, but they had. been disappointed. He defended the Speaker tram the atta4ks made upon him, and called to the r collection of the House the innumer lite instances in which, iider Mr. Ss, ddield Macdonald's administiationt oftei Is had been not 'only anted bu eilt required to exert them- sv,es in electiOns- to the Dominion Par- liathent: ; As to the entral Prison af- fair, • thy would ai . that at the proper time, bet wou d not be dragged prematurely into a ,d scussion. After a long disenssion, whicl occupied the af- terimon and. evening sittinge, during which var1ousamendnents -were moved to the original motion by Oppositionists, the resolutions and all mendments were , voted down by majori ies of 21 on each divieion. ! . THE HURON RE ISTRY BILL, On Tuesday, Mr. G.bson moved that the report of the committee on the bill It: to reunite the North nd. South Ridings of Huron for registr on purposes be referred beck to the C mtnittee, with in- structions to decla e - the preamble proved. He referred to the arbitrary separation of the Ccni ty by the former Government, and to the several steps taken to obtain a r vocation of that measure. It was not with him a person- al matter, and lie onty brought it for- ward in the discharge lof his duty as the member for the N rth Riding. Mr. Scott (North. Grey) 1 argued that the question had. been "well considered by the Private Bills; Committee, and that the proposal to reutht the County would be attended with mu h hardship. MT. Currie e-aIled attentionj teethe fact that al- though the separation took place in 1870, the County Coueeil ln$d, up to this time, refused tO build fa at the place indi- cated by the Govern ertt of John Sand - field Macdonald. Th County Council proposed to remunerate the new Regis- trar forthe loss of his pffice. Mr. Prince • The Ballot Bill. The Ballot bill, introduced by Attor- ney-GeneraliMowat, and now before the Legislatere'Of Ontario for its considera- tion and approval, consists of forty-one sections, with a large number of sub- sections, arid seem e to provide for every neeessary requirement for the full and effective wOrking' of the system, The following is ja synopsis of the more prom- inent clausee of the bill by which it is proposed to tntroduce in our elections for the Local Legislature the system of vot- Mg by BallOt : Ballot -boxes for every polling subdivision are to be provided of strong material,- and. supplied with a lock and key. The Returning Officer in each electoral district must see, (under a penalty of 400,) that these are provid- ed. Ballot!papers are to be pi -vexed in a certain prescribed fashion, with the names of the candidates printed in dtft ferent color, and a number on the baek corresponding with another on the face of the coenterfoil to which each paper is attached. These ballot -paper books are to be prepared by the Returning Officer, and dtstributed by hinito his deputies, o shall so that all necessary material oi ided. at the polling Places for elec- rking their papers, and that there shall also be proper eiriva,cy for their do- ing so by scteens being prepared, behind which no mere than one is to go at a time. When the deputy Returning Of- ficer receive S the certified list of vote's, he is to mark -against each name on that list a numbete defferent in every ease, and shall carefulter conceal froin a,11, except t1iePoll.Cletk, what the iouni.ber maybe. When an. individual conies to vote, of course, he hes to give all particulars about hiinself, and; if necessary, Must sWvar as at present. If he refuse to tztke the oath or make a,ffitenation his Vote is not taken at all. When every question has been satisfactorily anewered, and the proper entries made, the deputy initials a ballot paper and ceunterfoil, giving the former - to thevoter and marking on the latter, which rentaitis on the book, the number he has put against the name in the vo- ters' hst, 4t the same time marking against that person's name that he hts MARCH 5 .i.......02.gaing* : - _recoived. a votiee coutee, is to bete tain the numb. .lislheteeeilearetl IiS bind ectF -aswItoT)xithxei-)voesetes4,41 :to tni - als, return," tialt, and then 41c. Violet} o:tets. e, iill ,3 ic:: ioe. fi teji ail' Ta' , . T e ballot pip boo).s The fielo witi counterfoil 1 four' can:Aida -Styli s and Jot tetwhhelo,iinu1.ti:ilteeinrig.tfao' litio,t, il 0 et et—fe: .e o • tee 0 0 0 0' 0 .e.,- c•,-.. 0 7... ...-1- ;.:4 0 P - e .... , -...., ... ,. ... , The followin ballot paper after by the :deputy v-0 eounterf, oil aud will be observed for Roe • a ao . .. . . a •,• a 1. a. a 1 tee -I0' _ . . Prevision18 of ti ose who ari writebeing mar presence of the agl 1J %\T11011any one al per, after some on name lgiven, , the 'h Ministered, and -;vaiptherteh„-_lavht jell iCs- a ary ballot, nor c Officer, but retai mission to a, liigl thing -when titer certain nanae ongh -voters list; thorigl As eo n as the p retin ing officer,. agents of the (lift up into_ separate box, tee lammed 0) and the voters? 15 voters' list, sealiti seals and those 0 must deliver pe ing Officer, with . necessery particle " ballot paper the pr V1S1011 for teethe those vehitt invalid froin any . having been eo Returning 'Officer. Poetheofv_illi:ripj,ofth oeeee tot- It is alto t() 1)0 the verify the ballot I deputy, by '5ee11)4 with the ballot / verific4.tionn is also pthe aeCrsr°awnre toin bCeh- al ofiicial for at 1. The P turning oft, certaint3d who It nounee the sam has th e and. the cord hii own vote. Cert nn. offences penalty for each a Peet rning Of6 prison- lent with Other ease 6 neontit All Officers are saec;lesia andvat ieill-e ng liable tO six montl hard labor ; white pelted,' even in connected with th how he voted. Reasonable e paid DIA of the r -time, and no eke invalid fren an those who try s to have been eon with the spirit an • Br BuoAne nom -tn. the ifed -STOREY.-MeK wife of Mr. Wm CLU. -f4» WE: - wife of Mr. Jam ROLAN113.—I11 the wife of Mr, PEPPE STARKE. the ide's 1110 Rev. R. B. Pa per, to Miss Tuckersinith. MoGneeeou M • Manse, Kippe H. Cameron, of Toronto, to. ter of Robert Me ersmith. Seenecs.-Deti;tas 27, by Rev. M. Sparks, of Me &lighter of It Stanley. Bternsereu - MteP Charles' Church, by His Grace, sieted. by Rev. 13. Bemister, sem Beth -later, of St. second daughter Esq., P. L. 8.