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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-08-20, Page 44 THE H RON XPOSITO T 2 _ . 'fyIlif* ADVERTISEMENT LachinelOanal Enlargement—F. Briun. A Rare Pianos—Andrew Cowan. Timothy Seed—Edward CaSh. House te Rent—Andrew Malcolm. Cheapese Spot in Town --4 Brownell.' Insolvent Act of 1869—Dixie tVatsone Wideman's Harness Shop, Zurich. ' Stock for Sale—Hugh Love, Sr. 'Central Exhibition—G. Murton. 'Sewers Lists—Township of Stanley. Teacher Wanted—Daniel Canipbell, Groceriee—Thomas Lee, Pee Harveeter Exhibition—G. McLer d, Tenders Wanted—Hiram Blaneharde. A Good Chance—Mia. Griffith. Insolvent Act of 1869—Thomas Mill le Pea HarVesters—Wm, Robertson & Machine ON—Johnson Brothers. Dreesmaking—Miss Stitherland and les French. sonsoraesereasesenoteessoesesialas non Ofxpooitor. • SEAFORII, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,-187& i eteeeidents in Wells. , When the boiler of a steatriboat , ex- plodes had humati lives are sacrificed, men acknowledge at once that the mei• . dent has occurred in obedience to the fixed leeks of natnre ; though ignorance or disregai d. of thew fixed lewsi on the part of thote in charge of the boiler, lias allowed the aceident to occur. Efforts , . g are malefic, understand those lass s, end to net inlaccordance with them, that the like aeeidents in the future may. be ! avoided, : So, when the whole e0mul fi- fty is startled and grieved at an accid ate - like that at a well in Tuckersmith this summer, by which two valuable hives weretuddenly lost, an enquiry into be cause of such accidents, and as to wheth- , i . er that ceuse is universal or only app ic- able to the wells in a Particular locali y, ft and how !such accidents may be prey nt- ed, seems to as a reasonable and pro 4e.r. enquiry. It was stated at the inqu st, and we fully believe the statement Wee correct, that the cause of the aceid iit , was the breathing a poisonous gas, cal ed carbonic'acid gate which had ac umu te- ed to a great extent in the we it ur first enquiry, then, must he into lie sources rind nature of thatgas. ' We nil that thesatmosphere whieh surrounds es, and whielr is regularly drawn into 3he cheat end expelled from- it, several times -e , he utters. his kilt " piling ril every minute by eaeh. in ividnal, from the tim ery" to the time of ; hie/death, is con posed of a mixture .of about 21 measures of a gas called okygen, and 79 Of one called nitrogen, hi every 100 meaSur s; there is, besides, abont one measure in every 2,000 of, the gas, called carbo ic acid gas; But in the air:Which is x - polled oabreathed out from the chest; a great change has taken place The o Y- .. gen gas is much lessened in quantie and the carbonic acid gas has increased, so as now to amouut to iron] 66 to V measures in the same 2,000, or about o hundred fold. Air, eo deficient in ox • gen, and so largely charged With carbo ie aeid gas es this expired air, iii now utt 'r- sy unfit to be again breathed, and * a man were restricted to air once breathe i without any admixture of fresh air, would die, poisoned, in a few minute. l 1 le . This eir once breathed will net even su port the flame of a candle, which at on e goes out in Bitch a mixtare. Indeed, a much smaller propoition of the carbonic 1 1 acid gas would cause headache, langu r and oppression, and be fatal if long co - tinned. An example of this may unfor- tunately soinetimea he seen in orowd al Public e meetings in badly ventilat d buildings, when the lights burn dim and every one feels his breathing oppressed and diffichlte The presence of carbonic acid gee ie our breath, or in the aire-may be made ;manifest ly taking some p+ featly clear lime water, and allowing it to stand a few hours in a clean tumblerl; a white SCUM forms over the surface, from, the carbonic acid gas in the air , uniting with the lime in the water, anl if a person gently blow throilgh 'A stra or quill into the dear 1i4uk below, t e water will at once becomec oudy, froii the carbonic aeid gas of the reath uni ing with the ,lithe as hefor4 In fae lime water, or rather the lime in t e lime water„ has a great teudency to uni with the gas,_ forming a'solid substance, identical' with ehalk. ' 11e f. Another source from whi h carbon c i acid gas ii derived is froni ombustemi. For examPle, he a burning candle the oxygen of i the atmosphere nites witi the materials of :the candli, and th s rapid union causes light and heat. II see the caridle disappear gradually, but a definite 4moant of the oxy en of th eurroundieg air also dieappe in, as ox 't - gen, and me of the principal roducts ct thie union, or combustion, is w rbonic ate 1, gas, A Si RI VIC experiment will ill ustrat . this, Let a saucer be filled ith wate a lighted candle placed upri ht in th , centre, HO sil4 to project an Inc i above th water, and, a tumbler pl ,ed upshi , down over the candle, and the light wil grow rapidly dim And die ca t, and th water will riee antic distanc into the! tumbler, The oxygen of the air in the') umed, and produced tumbler thed, evil tumbler ha e been largely OM carbonic acid gas has been The air new contairle(i in th like air !Tina has been bre neither support flame nor life. The emcees of vegetable de ay is pre- cisely similar to. coinbustion, though a :slower process, aud ne chief -product of et is this same carbo .ic acid g s. Now, this gas, in whntever way p oduced, is an invisible gase about one a d a half times heavier than commons ir, and as : e have Iready se re fatal to all 4im1 life whe breathed n any quirntity By a beaut ful provis onof Nature this poisonou gas thus eing constentl pro. duced b all bread hits. beings, by com- bustion inl by dee y, end which, f not gain de troyed, w uld soon- rend r this world vo d of all an mal life, istallen up nd used ati the ver life food of the veg- etable wide ; our ' fresh wild woods" end wav ng fields o an being 1 irgely nurtured and built up from_ this same arbonie acid gas. We ar now prep red to enquir as to liv this gas shoal< aceumulate in iwells. t is (air ent we ha e olio cause fr'r the ormatioa of carbo ic acid. gas M 4 well, in the br'eathing of he person digg ng it. Por, if t le man dig' ing a well, fiv feet in dianie a breath d a cubic footof air inthree ninutes, which would be fair i verage roportion for a man at 4wotk, e wouh in the nirse of six ho ire, if he air ere not re ewed, render he air of the well absolutaly destructive o life for six feet from 0 e bottom. A other . cause, largely op.isit.tvc, is the for 'talon and entrance-. into 1he well of ce banjo acid gas produced from vegetable c, nay. The aoiI near the s dace of the gr' ound is -hugely mixed -wi Ai egetable milterial in all stages of decay, from plants r cent- ly, ilea(1, to the binge vegetable ould which has been sloWly ,decaying fo cen- turies. A celebrated chemist has r cent- ' 1,y found, from actu 1 analysis, thalt the. air contained in sitface soil is likgelp ixed with carbo ic acid gas. Now; ater w'll absorb its own bulk of car- bonic a id gas. Hence' eurface rater 1 eking tido the upper part of th1vsell th) will carry into it quantities of gas from sueh decayinf vegetable paters. slowly, it will mere y clampen The Lids ri if the water from t ie surface conies in I ref the :upper part of the well, eV pore - on will go on, an the iyis lib rated from the water will sink to the b ttom of the-evell. If th surface is dr the gas would graduall leak into thel well 'tom thesurface or efegeteble-soil, oi the s me principle that water, soaks' in ttrom wet SOO. If on he other han4 the well has a good eiply of waterl, not charged with this gee, then whatev r gas entered the well wehld be likely be absorbed by the w ter. How tbet can any well be safely d g ? The .ans r ie that the raising and lowering the b cket and the natural temlency gases , ha ,e to 1141X, partly overcome the difficult4y in Wells not, Very deep, by mixing the p re air -of the well with the pure a ove, This safegtiard' evidently it value in proportien , to the dep ti e well, for then the bucket and trial are raised legal' . I a d the ipure air is I ay, in fact, in 4 air oses h of Mile nd less frequently, a greater distince gging the shaf s of nes, Which are m nly a deeper 4 and la ger species .Of w 11, artificial vei tila- th n has' to be constantly andunremit- ti gly reSorted to. To SUM up : lcerst, th re is 'a tendency f r carbonic acid gas, a 'as invisible and fatal :to life, to mu- m late ii' all wells 1 Secoed, this ten- cy ie 'greater in proportion to the rth of the well, 9124 probably, also, in portien to its d ryness ; Third all Ils are; therefore, dangerous to eife en descended into svithout proper pre- antions, As a prop r- precaution bcLfore ntering a well, a light should be 1over- cl I to the _bottom. If thei light, thus o'llvered, burno brightly in, the bottom, he well may be safely entered, as the sr ghter the flame the • purer the air. If lia lightoes out, life would also go out. , f the air is found to be inepure, ei her ile digging thelwell or at anyfu ure ,inle, it lean hd rapidly purified by eiing p(4, lime water into the we 1 or p inklind freely, as faun a garden iwa- n its sides, the proof of the renewed urity of _the air.being its ability to imp - o t flame, is we have already shown. f lime water is not at hand, ordi ary ter may be tried. C, -We ha,vis been induced to make t ese elearks br a desire t? prevent, As 111, eh. s possibl , the dangerous and fata re - tilts atte dant upon digging and w rk- ng in wel 8, as well as to give some in- ormation s to the ea see which 1c4 to h se results. If di se Who engagd itt h woek f digging r ret airing wel s of, kind, whether t ey I be consid red dangerous or not, wonld Observe the re - cautions ye recommend, their rk I ould be z uch less perilons. Failin to erve th ea, they pimeeed blindly, ud, hey are fortunate eziough to conti ue nape ipjury, they may aseribe t eir 'ees m re to good luck than to g od *pine t, • Maninfaotory for. 8eafortx. 4. few weeks ago we; urged upon ur olvjf Coueieil to make a movement to re additionalmainifacturing iritereets f Seefortii. We are' glad to note t recommendations have heeu fa or- e received, both by the Council i nd ople of elite town, Vie Council at Ottee t to worle to secure the desired obj et, b t as yet no definite arrangement las b en made r.l'he Coined' have fart ler d terminedl to submit a byelaw to the tepayere ifor their approval, granting a nes of $10,000 to any minirfactuter w o will eetablish a suitable and mei°. str etial manufactory in, the town. lVe ar farther!assured th t such a by -14w w ujd carr almost 11 animously. pe ,ple see t4ie necessity of securing 4d di ional ninufaeturin, ancl they ere ea aliy awe e of the "eapability of te :to u and s rrounding country to eoes- port industriei of the kind especially as large ag icultur 1 manufaCtory and machine s :now, as wel have frequently that ii, !letter opening for sue lishment than there is in S net exist in Canada. There lieliment- a the kind within reach, and a better, more enterprising and. more thrifty class of agricultm ists than those . surroending this town, cannot be foun As a proof df this we need order refer the immense number of agricultural im- plements annually shipped to Seaforth station from all parts of the country. The greatet portion of the thnber, from which these implements are made, is grown in this County, shipped from our station to different parts, manufactured and ellippe4 back again. That such a, state of thitis egs can 'wig continue Impos- sible. Thai in addition to the branch we have alreedY referree to, the work occa- sioned by the salt bliecks and large mills of' various kinds in this town and vicin- ity, would, in its0.9`, form a profitable trade for a large csteblishmeot, Aeiee, therefore, from the bonus ersiderateon, there is in Seaforth a temptiiilig opening for this .branch of business, and when we add to this the additional attiaction of a ten thousand dollar bonus, wili may safe. ly conclude that all that ii . required to . - have die opening filled is a general knowls edge that spell an ripening 'does exist: That the opening Will be led before long there le no doubt, and i would. be well for these who wish reupy eo profitable afield to come forvie d at once. . It is unneceissary for us to en rge furth- er on the Superior adyant tes of the place, as any person who w 1 take the trouble to COMO and view th situation, will see at 0 glance that a i -we BIWA said, and Mich more, can b borne out by actual facts. t esired,;andt implement p. We say laid before, an estab- forth does is no estab- Political, Events of t Mr. Duck, who was nomin Reformers of East Kent as lar's succeseor, has declined reasons, .to be a candisliste, Is shortly to be held to m choice, when it is li ely th Crancy, Of ipothwell, who w to Mr. Duckat the 1 st con be the fortu4 -ate man. The is largely Reform, nd an with even ordinary cl ims, o party unite, can easil be ele Mr. Baker the Con ervativ ative of the ounty'refi ltusse cal Legislat re, who was bribery by agents a short t been reelectpd by a niajority his opponent, Alderman La Ottawa. After receiving a vote, Mr. Biker should now o continue in his seat undist The Montreal 'West eked t length been decided. it embered tilat, at the late ion for the Dominio _ Parli rederiek McKenzie, Gore otter, was elected foe thie c s election was petitioned vas declared void, on accoun y agents. In the new elec • nsued, Mr. McKenzie was ag orm candidate, and was opp rhornas Wh4e, of the Moncr Ir. McKenzie was again dee d, by a, inajairity of 4, Mr. lied to the Government, de crutiny of tie ballots. Aft ble wrangling between the arties, the eason, deeli r his solicit ng the ballo hereupon ra ndignetion a ortunately fc ortunately f [II overnment, for ed to gent to s the privilege s. The; Consery sed a tremendo ainst the Gover r the country, al r the Conserve he Governm nt did net suce he shower of wrath hurled ag r. White ultiniathly did hould have Iorie in the first ealed to the4 courts. IA Ecru otes, as wel as the election ad before tie court and warding Mr.I McKenzie a ma 1 allots, instead of 4, but als he fact that his agents had • f corrupt actf3. The ellection uently voided, and Mr. Mc he second time unseate,d. Mr. nd Mr, White will likOy be t nts in the next battle and t romises to bi an intesting o ave proven themeelves strong mere It i to no hoPedthat Mr. Al cKenzie's 'ends will profit by past experience, ad !ill endeavor to get th ough the ext eleot; on *I thout resorting o bribery, Week. ed by the r. McKel- or private onvention 1 e another t Mr. Mc - the next option, will ohstituency .andidate, whom the d, represent. 1 hi the Lo- cated for ago, hai of 640 over Rocque, of be awed ecildloeda arbecs da. e has ill be re - e let al elec.. ent, Mr, n ent sup - n tituency. hist, and in bribery w which ti tFe Ree sed by Mr. al Gazette. tired elect - White ap- ending a ✓ consider- ontending opie legal Jr. White ecrutiniz. tive press s howl of ent, but h ugh un - he teeth mb under inst them- ite pwlahc:t, ap- My of the trial, was Suited in ority of 7 eednguilty i s c l Uo is le d AS MAC- enzie for e e n z ie combat.o e struggle e, as both, Oxf rd is eartainly favore e pecially in A politicel point The North R ding has for its t ye in the Lo Our° t t e Governme tjhc Sou ilI have as i 'tidy° is kin ial Legisl t, and repro° head, Of coilree, if tl satisfies and flattere Oxford, we have no ca ton, but we ao think that if 14 Toronto attempted to run. uron as theyare runn ag thi rd, we should feel ver much g up a row. But they don't, ently we have no can e for elsinplaint, uth Oxford la a thorooghly Reform con- ifeiency, and the vatioue br nehes of e party seemto have agreed to unite on Mr, Crooks, and. this beiri the caSe he Ref SO for county, of view, preeenta- h Riding he eccond Of honor rulers of isfiatisfacs he bosses things in ike kick- ni nd conse- c e head lof 1111111011alr t ce That the Toronto Nail is dreadfully e ercieed over the delay in issuing the t e writs for the election. Our restive ntemporary evidently forgets that the p esent is not a veil, co venient Beeson 1 r attending to election matters in a ru- r. 1 constituency. There are not many f rulers, even in patriotie South Oxford, Ito would be willing to eave their grain n glected in the fields a the mercy of tl e elements, to assist int unning an tion. There is considerable controversy g ing on in the papers regarding ti e eligibility of Mr. MCDougall to take h s seat in the Ontario Legislature. We b neve it is contrary to tie coystitution • f r a member of the Priv Council to ()e- el py a seatin the Local arliament, It is argued by some thaton a Privy Coun- ei or, always a Privy oimeilor. Mr. McDougall having at one time oecupied tliis distinguished positioh, he is, there- fore, ineligible to oceupy a seat in the P th it ovineia ere is seems point is ri In short, der, No el cted fo w ile en privileges se Wi Legislature. We do not think uch force in this argunienke,nd us that the discussion of the triply a waste of time and space. he game is not lvrorth the pow - that Mr. McDougall has been a constituency, it is not worth motoring to deprive him of the to which the position of repre- tative should entitle im. In fact, rathe like the idea o his occupying a eat in he Local Legislature. He will teri01 aid in making the discussions m re live y than they used to be, and as net sensib e person pays much heed to w 'at he oes say, he wont do any harm if c doe not do any good. News of tlxe Week. OMB LIGHTNING, —A thousand flashes lightning were counted in an hour du- g the great storm on the 17th inst„ at neva, 8witzerlarin. tUSSIAN RAILWA.Y8.—According to rul- es from fit. Petersburg, the Russian nistry are about to place private rail - y companies under the direct control Government directors. PRINCE KILLED By A FALL FROM A RSE.—Priace Charles Theodore, of Its , great uncle of the ICing of Bavaria, from his horse at Naples, while out g, and was instantly killed. E ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN RUSSIA, — T e Rumian World states that the Min- is r of Public Instruetionintendsto make the English language a subject of com- pulsory Study in the gymnasiums f_or yonng ladies. ' DISMISSAL OF CuL. BAICE11,—001, Val- eneine Baker, who was recently,tried at the Croyden Assizes and cons lathe of eseaulting a young lady in a railway car- rialge'and sentenced to fine and imprison- ment, has been dismissed from the Brit- . islt _army. Mown AND SO.IKEY. —Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the celebrated revivalists, arrived in New York from England on the 14th Met. No particular notice was taken of their arrival. Both state that they will not jsrea,ch for two months yet. HEAT IN JAPAN AND CHINA,.—The latest Japan and China advices state that great sufferingexists by reason of i the extreme heat n bdth countries. Thermometer ranging from one hundred to one hundred and ten degrees. • Emmen:Yee' LACE,—Sonie time between Saturday uight and Sunday morning the lace stere of Philip Nettie, on Grand sa, was robbed of Ginpore lace worth $6,000.. The stoor on the lower floor had Peen - plundered. previously, and at the time of the robbery the. building was being Watched by detectives. TH K EUROPEAN CORN TRADE, —The London Vi17248 in, Bea article on the corn trade, takes the view that too much stress has beeu laid on the floods that lately vis- ited parte of Europe and., America' and that the apprehensions- forimed in r!egard to the yield. have been extreme. DUNCAN, SHERMAN & po.—A state- ment of the affairs of the extensive bank- ing firm of Duncan, Shernian & Co., of New York, which went into insolvency a few weeks ago, has been made up, and shows the liabilities to e $4,87e,128, and assets $2, 1121740. his is rather a bad lookout for the creditors. Logi) DUFFER1N AT HOME..—When Lord Dufferin, the Governer -General of Canada, and his wife a ived at their Irish home in Clandeboy, .the other day, they were welcomed with much enthu- siasm by the people at the railway sta- tioo, and before reaching the family res- idence, which is about three miles dis- ant. the horses' were unyoked and the carriage drawn to the entrance of the mansion by the crowd, PROROGATION' OF THE IMPERIAL PAR- LiAmENT.,--The Imperial Parliament, after a long and tedious session, was prorogued yester(lay. The Queen's speech.contains little beyond the gratu- latione that the Empire is at peace; the colonies generally prosperous, and a large amount of Legislative work finish- ed. Her Majesty rejoices over the pas- sage of the Shipping Bill, FAN T1310, --At the Rochester races, on Saturday la,st, the fastest trotting time on record was made, . A marc l call- ed Lulu has won the title of " queen of the American Trotting Turf," she boat the celebrated Goldsmith Maid, do- ing the distance in 2,151, The four con- secutive heats are said to be the best eVer trotted, I POPULATION OF trim bangle EMFIRE, es -From a paper published by an Austri- an officer, it ,appears that the British Empire contain is a larger populationIthan the Empires of Russia, Italy, 1Praneeand Germany comb' ed. Tile to- te' population these is only 223,000,- 009, while that of Great Britain is 290,- 000,000, The alculation is made in ref- erence to the war power, ATTEMPT TO %VIM ACROBS THE CtIAN- NEL—Captain, Webb, who started Fri - lay afternoon to swim from 'England to Prance, without the aid of. any life-sav- ng apparatus, was picked! up at ,mid- ght, having occomplisbed Iittle in ore han half the distance. He was in good ondition, and feels confident he could eve finished but for the roughness of he sea, A FRENCH ifunities.Ne.-A despatch rom France reports a hurricane and hail- torm at Ponterz twenty miles nerths est of_Paris. daily houses were un- oofed, and windows and chimneys were verywhere demolished. In the surround - ng country, to a distance of several Miles every direction cattle were killed and rint trees and vines destroyed. A um - will surely he elected. His opponent, re r, Hopkins, may as well re ire from i e contest an4 save himself tI4e immili- in We no- f ion of overwhelming defeat. „ sea 'ger of people were badly injured by hail. stones, which were of enormous size, and it is feared that some will die f out thOir injeries The tempest lasted @nly half an hour, but the damage causedi in that time is estimated at $100,000. THE WITHDRAWAL -OF STATE PATRON- AGE,— he London Tinice says that the subscri dons raised throughOut Ger- many t indemnify Prussian & priests for s 'withwal of State grants am tint only to $350)000. This is less thaui half the amount' withdrawn, There 18, e° ouerftlyl, no hope of forminn g a eufe111,e' nt fund f� the disinherited priests. ' THE INSUERRECTION IN ;Timm* Srahhn No.-- The latest advices from Turkey announcethat the Bean an insur- rection spreading. The town bier, D bieza, and Kostainie flames, Many Turkieh nobles tsilaanusghht red. Large numbers is leave the cha actor of a religious wars A Cu IOUS SUIT AT LAW. -4 gentle- man wl o occupies a promineati position in the r al efe.:ate business in 1Chicago, and wh4 has been an ' aetive member in a Met4odist church in that eity, has sued tbp. pastor of that churcn in the sum of $50,000- for implied slander, in having refused him permissioni of -com- munion with the rest of the 1 church, The gro ndagiven for the refinial were that th gentleman was not a proper per - 8011 to partake of the sacrament. PRES ,NTATIONTo PRESIDENT GRANT. --- At a Sabbath oohed convention, recently held at Fairport, N. Y., at which were over 6, people, and among other dis- tinguis ed visitors, President Grant, the Chairm n of the Convention 'resented the Preliident with two copies 6 the Bog - der Edition of the Holy Bible, ne print- ed in England and the other in America. The ge tleman, in making the . presenta- tion, s id ; "May God bless you and yours. •o the latest generation" The Preside it rose, received the Bib es, bow- ed, ami ed, and sat down. I him neeeriore ine Tunkay.-4An up- rising gainst Turkish authority has broken out in Croatia, a Province ad- joining Herzegovina. The repo s state that t insurgents in the lat county - have ea tared a Turkish fort, and ,seized the tow of evletekia. The latest news from V'enna says that the peo e Of the Provin ie. of Bosnia have also rebelled. The th e Provinces of Croatia,Herze- govina rid Bosnia are all adjoining, and are the urthermost from Constantinople and the nearest to Austria of th States subject o the, Sultan in Europe. • Twat- ty thousand Turkish troops have. been des ipatched to put down the insurgents AIWA RS fn. SPAIN.—In cniclanee in Croatia. with • a notice given recently, decree was promulgate in the Official Gazette orderin4 a levy Of 100,000 aditio al men for military service. The levy neludes youths Who shall have attained he age of nineteen years before Decem ell 3Ist. Another decree is issued directingthe Ministet of Finance to redeem the float- ing debt and issue consolidated ;interior scrip for £60,000,000, in order totuaran- tee future loans and advances of the 'Bank of Spain. and the mortgage Bank, e Latest advices further state that a beetle has taken pace between the Carnets and Goverranent troops at Ardeina, in Which the Carlists were victorious ; driving the Alfonsists off the field with considerable slaughte . They *timed a munber of prisoner , besides artillery and animuni- tion stor ifs.' THE BOPS IN EUROPF,.—Th4 Nark Ve88, 111 its review of the crops st "week says: The unsettled has been very unfavorable for ork, which is everywhere de - d the high temperature as put some 'danger of sprouting,while ion .must be necessarily nsatiss The London Market, fromeon- vals of foreign grain,. has not cavity or a tendency upward. I market has felt some reaction, have given way Is. to Is. 6d. of Ber- are in ave been f Croa- ve joined the insurgente, and it that the outbreak will aniline' Lane for the weather lhstaayrevde,a wheat itt its condi factory. ri shown h , The Par and ratei per qua ter; It now seems confirmed there as Well as here that neither Samples nor quantity will come up to last year, while th condition is greatly jep rclized. where g therings are not completie. In Austria and Hungary the same itort of result is 1 looked upon as certain, and Northeri Europe has had much tlie same sort of w other, therefore samples must partially be affected. Russia reports a very unejival growth, being most affected. by very early drouth, the damage from which subsequent rains could not Impair, Belgium and Holland have been much interfered with in their harvests, and the spread of potato disease is zio longer doubtful. The ase of Colonel Baler. Our re ders will remember that time ago military officer in high in ngland, Col. Baker, wa nutted f r trial by a magistra having at mpted to commit an in assault u n a. young lady call "Dickens°. while riding with her same rail ay carriage, The trial ly took p ace at London, Englau isthrheiehfohllo turn both aa 41M Mr ytirwe still list, el three-fe indecent Miss Die on the ni er chars months and a fin s tsaont vide. wen cofrart- Le o e :nt ihst the mg ' particulars of the case, created considerable asinine - in the Old Country and in Can- e of interest ; rown Court at Croydon, before Brett, Colonel Baker appear - day to take his trial on the charge of attempt to ravish, sault, and common ass lt on enson, and has been conivieted prisonment without hard. labor, 1 r, but acquitted on th gray - and sentenced to welve °sef f.E543°N.E8' IN COURT, . Fr0111 a early as 8 o'elock in the morn- ing peopl , had begun to assenible around the door • f the court, and long before the One or Opeklill* tImirla dense crowd had ng egated Wore the cOurt house, and not •nly obstructed the enteances *but oirip tely blocked. up the roadway befo an I for some distance on each side f t 0 court house. No ea* has , ever bet tried within living memory whic ap ears to have caused sueh ex- cite ent. It is hardly necessary to say -that the •urt was densely crowded in *very pa The bench, and all the av- enues le Mg to it, were crowded with magistra is the seats of the bar were cro ded, and every evailab efoot of spec was oecupiett with an eager audience, some of whom were cf the female se It was with the utinoe dif- ficulty th t the counsel in the ea as they arri ed, could force their to their places, and the Court was row time to time disturbed by the c .i$ of the vast crowd outsides At 10.30 ()clock the learned. judge took his Beat cin the bench, and the officer of the court calling upon Colonel Baker to surrender', he came forward.- to the dock, where he` had previously been for some time standing. I (I - 1! 6 6 On voi ignilhty:,:ilonpe WPtihi: 1 pendentaWttsubstantialr°6Cede°riei n idan 3°iing ar rhaf tl 1 ehe the sa:einade finfn:rs e °Ili::: irteef14:tw- :en' 0 a e°11:H ADDRESS FOR TEM I" jury. - Mr. Sergeant Parry rose clue for the prosecution. It said, that some of you have the ease as it has appeared in but ',1 invite you to dismiss e minds any impressions you in bibed upon it, and decide t cording, to the evidence. It y fline;riletXpfeerriYelQieueltiejudit esealwhuatys endeavorrdl to do 86. I regret the position in the defendant stands. He la an edger e°8f,e40.4114'yticatierstieolif age, and jeanadnihear:itectandsulasta 4 bar charged w th a cowardly and twat ly *vault u n a young lady who* im met in a railway carriage on the nth of Junei last, e charge is ted in threefold way attempt at rap hideee Lea:hilliplatr 2a2 dayearswtwoPilosil°f i snteaSage,i.8 g44residinguIDttr0 ow f i d ,Y t It .c nines, IVIsfieibt luhthisesrt,father pointw her eittesehdne, oishaesofbeteun roue: in he street was such that the leassisa adjumgittirteterrP°jo. sedtice aanmdidEatidhis' dilVsteur'4841banea" tilt have the street cleared. The . de was given to dear the street. which, phioishe,,,vaenriditd took which ttihmeeprtheeeedingiaceens. weMezellaSePergnened t Parry then resumed journey alone; A married sister being -nip address, eat' the eibreuyaMssitastlepetesnundied able to accompany her. She Was meow paoied to the station which the young lady came to take hie hs servant, and rshe got 111t0 A first.elese carriage, which was vacant, At * $ 4 g hook,' Colone riagee and th state the circ Col. Baker eo Dickenson in pull dee Wind msBtialelteaenrseesseergotsoatintttehtetasjohion'a Dimmed talking With Al* polite mannela Offering to w down, and inviting Issr to change her seat, which she. dee Thi train pased and stopped,at sevensl stations befor Woking, from which went on to Claphatn without Stepp*, previlusly to rriving at Woking heel* verse with h r as a gentleman might do, but nothing occurred, except Matti changed his seat to one just opposite h.r,- he mentioned hat he WAS an officer, ae she. had A brother in the ariny tha naturally warred her with confidenos the train wet on to Woking, and * 111014 1116 MOM Ilt it 1104 lefty fOti A f of ha an bur without 'Steppe*, conduct changed, and he began to insulting questions to her, asking where she wa gomg, Etc.; she sea as she could, d was in some state - answered him • she repelled him lie alarm.; he suddenly stood up and clout the window; he continued to use instb ing language ; he put his arm roundIsse waist ; . he kis d her again and again; she tried to get to the communicaties with a guaide but there was 'MEM; Jw seized her forcibly, he forced her back upon her seat, he kissei her repeatedly; he tried to raise her clothes; there could be no doubt . what he WAS attemptisg. At this supreme moment, by a last effort she escaped; slie opened the- door, pit one foot up n the step of the and in that wa , from Walton she stood in a rtate of the utmost peril was altahrenin. aira ineecid.efendTisiient,y 110nsdolat, rather than loe her honor, had ittperilii her life, Of ' arse he WAS la emod-4 was to be hopeU for her as well as ltit himself. The driver of the train c&ugkt sight of her and stopped the train, took her down, and asked her *hat wattle matter. She said, "This Man e insults ing me and will not let me alone.'" Thi is an outline of the ease which will he fill d. Up by tli , evidence. Miss Dickensbn underwent a long ex- amination, but her evidence simply vole firmed the facts outlined itt the above statement. Her evidence was mit shakes one iota by the most searching cross,ffx- arnination. T °following testimony se to the charrter of the accui.sed. -wok taken: Sir Richard Airey was then calIed, and said he had Joni; known Col. Baker, Ana had watched liis career with the greateg interest, and k ew him to have attained a brilliant reputation as a cavalry office he had served i India, and had marched across India to serve .in the 'Crime*, where he hael s wed with the greatest fficieney, Sir Richard added, that is iis position of Adjutant.Geuerail it ate is business to know the -char er fficos, and he liad. never heard anyt ' th Col. Bake !s discredit, esSir4Thom ker tea, who * li commantl at Al ershott, Ise -gave str0n evidence in favor of Cok aker, both as an officer and a 1 Man onor. This co cludzd the case, when he jury retired, and in a quarter of .. our returned into court with a ver ' quittinith iifendaiit upon the nrm nd. graver --c a ge, but convicting him pon the mi or -charge of All 111ttegent 488atiTilItE ,TU' E AND THE IIEFENIANT. The learn Judge then addresing he defendan roceesled toipass,thentn- ence as fol ; When, he eaid, tbe tory of this case WAS riblifille,d $ of dishono went through the eonutr Vhen it was. he rd that a young walk ocent girl, veling by the Ordinary ,nveyanee, a been obliged to risk hm fe in order to save herself frentgnis utrage, eve tr part of society, *iv ousehold, fe if it had received* personal inju y j and when the eoustel card that h r assailant WAS A an, and - a 1 licr, and, an offi viTit:yboNdeyvme Shet lead:slum'. limarnatsehasliall't:eibit ri4 n officer in nd horror, ; I think I may 94 Alin and dis assionate trial ; ury have mo t honeetly,smost wet proper] ' absolved you eaviest part a the charge, WO have found eou -guilty of that 0, -11*a elle* ea-tuVithuhtregYLelu to eto yhoeur whon that you wer not only in the ran gentleman, b mend, it init thattrain, beentrainCX hx myoi ug hwt 0 ruaut 1e r do fenceless w ly, that even ducted hersel discretion, it cay,igdaeinr,stoh t her ve from the firilt which can slightest degr which you t an officer in hi lies that of all who a, it were the last who iected to assail her ; have been ex anything to Aden IL And. I say it if a girl so young with imprudence Was for you, as 1 protected ber, 11 If. But there is to the last in ner o *Mate or excuse that ave ted. es. , 5 land these are - yu b acie rceeived, arid that; etie4s was a sidde in you, You. - and a high re ,irgttthnt for your 13 r 1 country is =del?- ' have to treat U.* wicksad outrage, whie cowardly and oishono you. mut all your life f eo, but 8 a Midden outbr nese ese inan who has berme( a high character, laies vett try well. I wis the Om isal :degredation proleabler be to yin' a *ou1(.1. pr4weflt you her your ch *ter, in the ho distant. elay you may sue briliCitit service of Well capabie, to wipe out bave doue to yourself an - Y-011-havr dcine to your oust p988 A severe sent sea that eontenee is that 0-neal months he th 1 '-s re - thatly ay a fine of le*i ' n ntil you have le t you s Pay all the oosts- tionI and boo further inipri mon- lis until they art:pal (LoIweJ Baker was " tie custedae ;rsod the trial t vast laudihnce slowly di 1 e Berlin flh1flU g Societie 43t1 TuesdaYi cee, Then adevee treete from an 4 Vaet i4es plc, drawri to the Pesti of Canada, tia the U iters were aroused from - ei o'clockby the tiring 9-t0112 o'elock there was cont&ni in and bustle The mpthbers of the 13 . Gesengverein. were bus MarebVgto and from the _and in s corting to their . - ters th Various vieitersi inieby anis frombotheal Ting the forenoon dap from Chicago, Ifontroals Erie, in addition to the Societies' ot Detroit, Bu Lisbon, Freston, Virate I the English Orpheus. S and theetands of the To .MA10014-4011 and the Tfam At half -past - 3 o'clock was he a in the Festiva, the p se of formauiy visiting societies,who ul .sion to the hall, with b banners 'dying, The pr opened, by the male ehoi Concoodia singing a 'Gera come. Mr. Oelschlager, the Managing Committee ward_ ihid delivered AU 4 man. Mr, lingo Kranz, ti also weleomed the vis dress, ! Short ,r! speeches were Mesas, Jackson, of 13erli Boveniro4 M. P., aud'ap. -were Made by represent differeht eocietiet. The 'fitet concert took ing, and l was a most The festival hall was cro enthusiastic or less eriti often Hit with. Mada with a iriost cordial re excell n singing rereate pressicitil, Messrs. ea on the violincello aofr-vi divided the h_onms with tber. The festivities with great gusto ebni Thursday, and the aro very large on all three irssit *AO East Viittvanbsla, t Belgra wes ' 3to 4 at MY021 n 0c1,1. Wes 31117011, at DunKanon -Ball tti. at 'Mann, kW Sep' tis and Stephen, at r, Sout. Ruron, at Beafortb, East on, at Brussels, on Bibb IWSilltra, on Tale - rine Ow, at Xinandlr, 011- $ont Perth, at St, How city at ecerie, on wee Wall* and Eiraat.nt Li and Sept. -and • gay-B*140, at Zurich, on TumbProy, at Winglunn, Prov„-nlial Exhibition, at 21, 22, 281an1 24. Central Ellibition, at One TO and 17,.• *Bailey, at Bay/mkt VA - rair, London, -Sep BI 383. citorsie.W7;4_--InInw,. ,c0.rf4ove, -thilee 16w:ft:fel:oii e of Mr- John ; 0 Mi —lit 33hi Wife Mr; Jam T:iti.omem:ife oor,o_f 4tleseitgefibterfe o! Mr. L—Iii Mo f M Dor a son, fo MAUR ly (-;otzr ionM1f by ktre- u y 'basun, ba Fnaken—% Awe Fraser buth of Mitehe 1 1 -Ghteighsen, MeKi Whi. Gardiner, age v dere