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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-01-17, Page 5"tf.• 4 THE. HURON' EXPOSITOR. JANUARY 171 1879 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Stock -Taking Sale—Hoffman Brothers.. Notice of Removal—Charles Moore. Tenders Wanted—Henry Wietersen. Estray Sheep—William Cumming. To Farmers—Wm. F. Dotrence. Edney Steers—Hugh Dunn. ; Estray Calves—David Robertson. Buffalo Robe Lost—T. Livingstone. -Legal—McCaughey & Holmested. Monthly Sale—john Auction Sale—Duncan McMillan. Hotel for Sale—John McConnell. Cedar Posts for Sale—Robert Clearing Sale—George Dent! 1111111116 ete -•• er change slyl'hich could be made with . profit. - .The third and last we shall refer to, is the continuous changing of te-xt books. This is atrievance which is with jus- tice much complained of both by teach- ' ere Sind people. In this way also a very great saving could be effected to the ; people, with advantage to the system. Now, there is an entire change of text books every year Or two, and sometimes even more frequently. Thi a creates I great confusion in the schools, retards the progress of the pupils, and creates unnecessary expense a,nd annoyance to inton tx:.-oo• ttot 10' • e parents. Lot there be established SEAFORTH, JANUARY 17, 1879.-n - L • = The OntariO School Law. tVhile the Ontario School Law is, probably, as efficient and comprehen- sive as most of the laws onthe statute book, and while,. in the main, it gives general satisfaction, there are, some things in connection with it which ex- perience proves need amendment. To some of these we have referred before. A second. reference, however, will not be eat of place, as the grievances com- plained of have not yet been remedied. . The first we shall refer to .is the incoia venience caused by the cancelling of third-class teachers' certificates at the end of three years. While efficiency on the part of teachers ie a necessity, and while it is also advisable to offer every reasonable inducement to teachers to advance in their profession, the existing regulations referred to inflict a hard- ship upon the teachers and frequently -much inconvenience on the people, as well as detract. from the efacie,ncy of out schools. Third-class teachers are liOW, at the end of three years, no mat- ter how efficient they may be, forced either to retire from the profession, or to expend considerable time and money in undergoing a second training to en- able them to secure second-class certifi- cates. As a result of this, many ex- perienced teachers leave the profession, a-nd their places' have to be eupplied by others with comparatively little or no experience. As an instance in point, we may cite the Seaforth Public School. There are three or four teachers in that' institution, whose certificates expire in july next. They are all efficient teach- ers, and give ample satisfaction to both trustees and people, but. still, at the ex- piration of this year, their services must be dispensed with, because their certifi- cates expire, and the law will not allow them to continue longee in the profes- sion, unless they are prepared to take a higher gradeacertificate. This they are nottprepared to do without additional study; but even if they were, ithe posi- tion would not be improved, beCa.use,the additional qualification would' call for additional salary, but the additional qualification is not required, and the in- creased. salary ca,nnot be paid. As a result these tachersewho are amply qualified for the positions they fill, and who give perfect satisfaction to their employers, niust give up their situations and their places must be filled by others with less experience, so that the school suffers in two ways, first by a change of teachers, and second by being re- quired. to employ inferar talent. We say inferior talent, because we maintain I that experience combined with aptitude I are the first and Most, important quell- . ficatio,ns for success. It is true that all teachers have now to undergo a certain training in the practical work Of teach- iugebefore they aro permitted I ta„ take charge schOol ; but no Person will say that a few weeks' drilling at a Nore mal or Model school is equal to three years' or even one year's experience in actual work, to which responsibility attaches. It is well to secure efficiency • at the least possible cost. There are many schools where third-Clas/c teach- ers would answer just as well as second , or first-class, ands consequently, it is not right to compel people toi pay for what they do not need. If 'thie people with to continue employing third-clags teachers, so long as they are found to do the work as well as is required, there is no just reason why they should not be allowed to do so. And if a teacher is satisfied, or considers it to his or her advantage to remain, so far as grade is concerned, at the foot of the professibn, we eee no reason why they should bo forced either to advance or retire alto- gether. The people should be left some discretion in the matter. We feel con- vinced that the Minister of Education would do Much to popularize the exist- ing law, if he would make third-class certificates permanent. Mu* inCon- venience would be saved the people, and the cause of education would. be bene- fitted. The second change required is one which, although it would not be .popu- , lar with the profession, would Certainly be in the interests of the people. The summer vacation in rural sections should be shortened. Two -weeiks holi- - daye in summer would be ample. In towns no change is required, as even the smallest children can attend sChool all the year round, but in the country this is not the case. The smaller children can only attend school during the sum- mer months, except in rare instances, a,nd under existing arrangements the most favorable season of the Year for , them is lost. This, therefore, is anotla 'a certain list of text book, and let those books remain in use. There is no rea- son why one set should not suffice,, one generation al least. Any benefits that might accrue from a change, -are much more than counterbalanced by the e-vils and expense which the change entails. This is another point wherein Mr. Crooks wou4 do well to ma.ke a change. The principle. of the law is all tight enough. It is in connection with a few of the details, such as we have mention- ed, where the dissatisfaction arises. With these items of 'detail satisfactorily ! arranged, end by the Minister keeping a sharp eye upon his subordinates to ,prevent them, introducing a,buses,—such as we suspect the frequent changes in text books are in a measure dub,—and the present law will soon become one of the niost popular, as well as most efficient and useful, on the statute book of Ontario. • WE Are sorry to notice that the God- erich Star has adopted the very foolish and very unjournalistic praetice of abasing political opponents who see fit to withdraw their patronage from it. A few months ago, Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, discontinued his subscription to the Stan and he was, accordingly, made the subject of a very personal, if not abusive article. Last week, Mr.-M.O. Cameron, of Goderich, sent a note to • the publisher asking him to discon- tinue his business card. and his sub- scription. The note is published, a,nd the author of it is made the subject of a lengthy article, which abounds With the coarsest and most abusive ePithets. Such a practice is, to speak mildly, disgraceful, and does not add any to the dignity or standing of the journal that adopts it. We presume that Can- ada is a free country, and that people should be allowed to patr nize or to vtithold their patron,tge lroi4 such jour- nals as they think proper About be - leg made subjects of ridicule and abuse for doing what they have a per- fect ,right to do.' For reasons best known to itself, the Star has seen fit to treat MreCameron in anything but a respectful Manner, and it i not at all surprising that he should withdraw his support frora a journal which weekly assails hita without any evident pur, pose other than to aggravate and annoy him. ,The less the Star says about these withdrawals the more, it, will add to its own' dignity. Its sufferings in this inspect are by no means exception- al, and withdrawals such aa it com- plains of are not confined to one side of thepolitical fence. There are other journals which could, with much bet- ter grace than our Goderich 'contem- porary, complain of treatment of this kind from leading member2, of the Con- servative party, but whrdo not con- _ - sider that there is any just cause for complaint, but who look upon the transaction as a purely business one. A paper should base, its claims upon public support purely as a eommercial enterprise. Any patron who thinks lie does not get value for his money, or who is not suited with the article, has a perfect right to refrain from -buying it; and it shows very bad taste indeed on the part of the vendor to abuse his customer because he does not see fit to patronize him longer.' ESCAPE OF INDIANS PROM PRISON.—The hostile Cheyennes imprisoned at Fort Robinson, . Nebraska, since October having been informed they were to be taken to their agency in Indian Ter- ritory determined to die rather than• consent to such a movement. Fearing an attempt to escape, the Commander placed a strong guard over the prison room: On Thursday night of last week, the savages jumped through the win- dows of the prison and made for the - prairie, which is thickly coated with frozen snow, firing on the guard from revolters they had concealed, daeger- ously wounding four of the guard. - One is dead aud another not expected to survive. The main guard rushed out of guard house, . followed and shot and killed over forty savages. Over 160 cavalry, mounted and dismounted, are in pursuit. Thirty-seven, nearly all squaws and children, have surrendered. or been captured. Thirty-four are still out at latest accounts. Chiefs Wild Hog, Old • Crow, and Left Hand bave been recaptured. The dead Indians brought in number thirty warriors, eight squaws, and two children. Mae soldiers were wounded, and two died. The others are po t dangerously in j ured. Tirj LABOR Tnotamos.—Despatches from Englaud state : The Midland rail- way mployees have o ered to submit to arbitration. The gu rds at Sheffield have resumed work, and an average of six employees at each station have yielded. The Sem etary of the Kent and Sussex Laborers' Union writes that nine hundred laborers are still locked out, the farmers refusing to employ them unless they abandon the union. The miners at Rock collieries struck last Friday morning against a 10 per cent. reduction. 0 TARIO LEGISLATURE. OPE NG OF THE HOUSE—THE SPEECH ROM THE THRONE—THE OPPOSITION EADERSHIP—THE DEBATE ON THE DRESS—SPRINGING OF AN OPPOSI- 'ION MINE—MR. FRASER'S EXPOSURE 'HEREOF—AN ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) T e fourth and last session of the thir Parliament of Ofttario was duly opei ed on Thursday, the 9th inst., at thr e o'clock in the afternoot. All the Mtn -honored ceremonies essential to the ccasion were observed.. There was the customary guard of honor, which ma ched from the Government House to t e Parliament Buildings, drew up in •ne, saluted the Lieutenant -Gover- nor and marched back again. There was the usual state coach to convey his Ho or, and the usual booming of can- non Itt fact, there was a little too mus.h of the latter article, for the ar- tille y having arrived somewhat be - hint time, the noise of the great guns sadl interfered with the effect of the spee a.nt- lievi dull Cha Eat, ion the don 111611 fact of tl to b cup; fash was whi whi port will unn grea, Hon roefP pri pen cut electors of Ontario were at lib- erty nce more to restune their places. Wh n the Speaker had taken the chair six es f members were introduced to the ouse and took theirtseate. Three of t ese were Government supporters, and hree Oppositionists, in each case the ew member succeeding one of the sam political stripe. Mr. McLaws (Wet Elgin), Mr. Lyon (Algoma), and Mr. : arcourt (Monck), took their posi- tion on the Government side of the Hou. e, while-Mr.Vorris (East Toronto), Mr. arkhill (South Simcoe), and Mr. Whi e (North Essex), seated themselves on t e Opposition beaches. But while in n mbers the relative strength of the parti s remains unchanged, the Oppo- sitio in talent and debating strength are cinch weaker this session than they were last. Mr. Cameron, who, what- ever his successes as the' leader of a parte may have been, was au able and hone:t man, who had. the courage of hi opinions, has been elevated to the Benc a where his sterling qualities and his .1 gal learning will render him of great service to the country. His seat itt th House is occupied by Mr. Mor- ns, gentleman whose acquaintance with rovincial politics is of the very sligh est. It was generally supposed that r. Cameron would be succeeded in th leadership of the Opposition by Mr. orris, who was ucminated to that positon by the wire -pullers of the party, and who owed his return in:East Toro to in no small .degree to such ac- tion. But Mr. Morris' nomination was not 1 (led upon with favor by the re- presentatives of the party _in the Hotisb, and was not even cordially re- ceivel by the Conservative press throu leant the country. It was re- jecteo in the most marked manlier by the Oeposition 'members when they as- serab ed in a caucus before the opening of th House. It was found that Mr. Mere ' th, member for London, was the most lop:dila candidate for the positiou, and as strongly supported by the re- prese tatives from the Western part- of the P akince. Mr. Morris was conse- quent y passed over, . and Mr. Meredith tekes the position occupied by Mr. Came nn, with Mr. Morris as his lieu- tenan . The Opposition have chosen perb is as good a manfor leader as was a .their disposal, bet their choice show that their field of selection was a sinall one. Mr. Meredith possesses neith r the experience nor the ability requi ite for a successful party leader, but h is respectable, and beim:,. without the isa,dvantages connectedwith a, caree • in office, he is at least likely to be po Oular among his fellow. members. The Opposition this:session lack also the powe ful assistance of Mr. Macdougall. True o his wa,ndering.propensities, Mr. Macdougall has once m.ore changed his ase pf operations, in which, as yet his success has beenanything but si al.Though his record laid. him open to attack on every side, his ac- quain ance with Canadian politics, and his vi orous style of eloquence, rendered him ext to his leader the principal suppo t 'of the _Opposition. Without Mr. C meron and Mr. Macdougall the Oppo ition this sessioli will indeed be weak. After carrying the usual formal motio I s -the House adjourned. One of these rovides that no -person shall pre- sume o Print reports of the proceed- ings o the House unless authorized to do so oy the Speaker. Of course such a rulei- never enforced, and is,as it is in- tendeo to be, a dead letter, but it is diffici it to see what good end can be serve by the yearly repetition of what is rein rded on all sides as an absurdity. On riday the Address in reply to the Speec wag moved by Mr. Harcourt, the m mber elect for Monck. It is sel- dom t at a new member succeeds in maki g such a good impression itt his rnaide effort as Mr. Harcourt did. His ease of manner and his graceful style, took the house by surprise, and his suc- cess is more striking when it is consicie ered that he is probably the youngest _man in the House. The address was ably iieconded by Mr. McLaws, the newlylelected member for West Elgin. Mr. Meredith brought forwardthe stereotyPed charge of meagreness against the Speech from the Throne, and at- tacki the Government for having no defini e policy with regard to the sur- plus, and the question of exemption from taxation. He declared himself op- posed to. any movement looking to legis- lative union. Mr. Mowat pointed out that Mr. Meredith's "definite policy" with regard. to the surplus was a new departure on the part of the Opposition, as their attitude formerly had always h read' by the: punctual Lieuten- overnon Crowniug all, and re- g the rest of the ceremonies from essathere was in the Council nber an unusually large and bril- collection'of the beauty and fash- Tercet to. Ono unaequainted with way flit which these things are would. have imagined that wo- s rights hadbeco-me an established 'n Ontario, for. during the , reading e speech scarcely -a member was seen, while their seats were all oc- d by the aforesaid beauty and on. The Speech from. the Throne inustially brief, but the topics to h it referred, and the legislation h it promised, were of .great im- nce. As.thefell text of the speech e found in another columu, it is cessarY for 7 me to refer to it at er length. After its delivery his r left the chair, the graceful duties e ladies were at an elate and the • sentatives- of the freeltand hide- been that the Governthent w.as en- croaching too ;avidly upon it, The • Govermitentpf... :the Province had been carrried ton economically, and on the principle Mat wise expenditure was the truest ecoporety. He was also opposed to the abcaition of the Local Legisla- ture, and declared that the country could not be well governed without them. -2:The depreesion which existed over all the world had fallen more light- ly upon Ontario than upon anyother country, and that such was tha case. was owing chiefly to the policy of the Government. The surplus distribution andthe grants to railways, which had. brought large . sums of foreign money into the Province, were beneficial meas- ures, and had relieved to a large extent the commercial depression. Mr. Morris followed, and concluded his speech by a resolution in the, shape of an amend.- nient to the Address, charging the Gov- ernment with beieg responsible for part of the depression, and censuring its members for having taken part in the late general elections: Mr. Morris' first speech was a disappointingly weak one, and. conclusively sh.owed the wisdom of the Opposition members in not electing the ex -Lieutenant -Governor, of Manito- ba, their leader. The resolution, whicb was equivalent to a motion of want of confidence, brought no definite charge against the policy of the Government, and merely blamed its members for having in their private capacity opposed the adoption of the National Policy. It waadefeated. on a strict party divi- sion, bY a vote of 42 to 33. The small- ness of the Government majority is ac- counted for by the fact that 11 mem- bers of the House were absent, nine of whom Are Govern m ent supporters. In a full House, therefoee, the present ad- ministration can reckon upon a major- ity of 16, and upon a working majority sufficient to enable them to carry their • Measures with certainty. The debate upon the Address was continued by Mr. Deacon and Mr. Bethune, the latter of whom expressed himself in, favor- of to, reduction -in theerminber of members to 40 or 50, and in -the indemnity to mem- bers tof $450, the sum at which it orig- inally 'stood. He also thought that some changes could advantageously be made itt some parts of the procedure in the Coert of Chancery. He intimated that the judges of that court had. quite recently issued a number of new orders, by which the cost of litigation would be very much. reduced. The full text of these orders ba e subsequently appear- ed. Their effect is to bring about a most radioed and sweeping change in the practice of- the Court. It will no longer be possible for estates to be con- sumed or half consumed in fees and lawyers' 0_earges ; no matter how small the sum in contest may be, at least four-fifths will, after 'paying every kind otexpense. go into the possession, of the successful party. These changes, which will prove welcome news to suitors in the Court of Chancery, are believed to have been made chiefly at the instance of Mr. Mowat. Another grievance to which Mr. Bethune directed the atteu- tion of the Attorney -General, in connec- tion with the Court of Chancerytwas the extessive fees paid in the Masters' offices.' He suggested that Masters should be paid a fixed salary, and. thus suitorswould be relieved of another heavy burden. This matter, as well as any proposed changes in the jury sys- tem, which be wished to see cheapened and simplified, would he felt sure, re- ceive the seine careful attention at the hands Of the leader of the Government as had:been given to- those other law reforms with which he had been con- nected. Mr. Lauder took the floor on Friday afternoon, and spoke in a strain hostile to the Governnaent until 6 o'clock,: when the House rose. Resum- ing on Monday, he moved an amend- ment t� the address, affirming iu gorier - ed terms the necessity of keeping the annual expenditure within the annual revenue. This was harmless enough in itself,but it was evidently only the forerunner of something more serious. Mr. Parkhill, the successor of Mr. Mc- Dougall in the representation of South Simcoeeimmediately followed it by an amen.dment to the effect that the salar- ies of ministers ancl the indemnity to members should be reduced. Mr. Fres- er replied in a. speech of considerable length, and of great effectiveness. He pointed out that in former sessions the Opposition had been able to propose but. the meet trifling 'inductions in the ex- penditure. Taking into, view the fact that the whole . House liad assented to the increase, Oppositioe members and Opposition leaders included, he could not but regard their action as treacher- ous in petting forward the motion in the, shape of an amendment to the address, when it was m effect equal to a, motion of want of confidence in- the Govern- ment. Though he himself was in favor 1 of continuing the indemnity at the presentsum,r'he thought .it was placiue the members on the Government side of the House, who might wish to vote for a reduction, in a false position. By voting for the amendnient, they would be aesisting to =seta the Government, and- by voting against it, they would be voting against what under other cir- conastances they would support, and thus lay themselves open to the charge of inconsistency. The proper time to bring forward such a motion Was when the House was in Committee of supply, and he called upon mem.bers to steed by one another in A matter for which. they were equally responsible. When the hour of 6 o'clock had arrived; Mr. Fraser, not feeling well enough to con- tinue the debate, asked for an adjourn- ment, which was granted: On resuming the debate on Tuesday, Mr. Fraser combatted the two -fold ac- ousatiou that had been brought against the Government by Mr. Lander, that the increase in the salaries of ministers had. been given only upon the tinder - standing that the whole of their time would be devoted to their public duties, and that the pon-interference by mem- bers of the Ontario Government had always been a plank in the Government platforra. He showed conclusively that such was not the case, and that it would be unfair, if the ministers could over- take their duties in less than the whole of their time, to compel them to forego the privilege of pirsuiug their private business. Mr. Scott -followed with a review of the Speech from the Throne, and in an able and Vigorous speech en- deavored to deprive the Governraent of the credit which they had claimed as their due for setting at rest the bound- ary award questions, and criticised in a hostile manneathe policy and adminis- tration of the Government. He said that he had always been in favor of the increase in the indemnity, but when he had perceived the reversion of feelifig that had taken place throughout the country on the subject, he deemed it his duty to vote for a reduction. Mr. Hardy instituted a comparison between the number of representatives who transacted the public business of On- tario, and that of several etates in the American Union, howing that it was overwhelmingly in favor of Ontario. He referred to Mr. Meredith's elevation to the leadership, aud his support of the proposed amendment in a way that brought that gentleman to his feet, and led to the niost acrimonious and person- al debate that has for a, long time been witnessed in the Legislature. Mr. Meredith persisted in charging Mr. Hardy with having at a former period spoken in favor of the increase, which Mr. Hardy as persiste tly denied. The new leader of the Op dently wincing under parisons that had bee him and S01118 other leers of the Oppositi what was for him a m well sustained speech. his followers not to d support of the amen" ll000use adjourned, . a Tuesday evening, Mr. fir. It was generally b present session of the an unusually short on bate on the address is criterion of what is to is likely to prove an be, however, that al quence in the Hoose on the address, and need not be prolonged, be be done is not of a, acter. TORONTO, Januray 1.5th, 1 osition . was evi- he sarcastic corn - made between ironaineet mem- o, and delivered st energetic and He called upon sert him. in his ent.. 'When the 11 o'clock on etheme had the lieved that the House would be , but if the de - to be taken as a come, that idea llusion. It may the extra elo- ill be expended. 1 so, the session as the business ery heavy char - T. W. G. 9. The Lieutenan -Governor's, • Sleeec • The following is the speech delivered. by His Honor the Vie tenant -Governor of Ontario, at the open a of the Legis- lature: Mr. Speaker and Gentlenzea ef the Legis- . lative Assenzbly It is with much pie sure and satis- faction that I once ote ineet you as- eembled for the discha get of those very important functionS hich under our constitution devolve upon the members of a Provincial Asse bly. It would have been most gratifying to me had I been able to congratujlate you upon a complete return of fli4ancial and com- mercial prosperity to ur country, but while a partial renewt4 of trade and a moderately good harv st have afforded a meaeure of relief, va ious causes have checked our progress ilnd compelled a longer endurance of a eriod of depres- sion. While, howeve4 our agricultur- fa ists are suffering from he low prices of grain and other preduc , it is most sat- isfactory to notice the qJready extensive and growing trade betvreeu Ontario and Europe in live cattle, horses, sheep, meats .and dairy pro lice, in. which many of *our enterpri, nig. citizens are neve engagedwith most rofitable results to themselves, and cert. inly to the ben- efit of the country at 1 ee. You will, I know, hatve shared in the general feeling of plea me excited by the selection as succes or of Earl Duf- ferin of a -nobleman so Iistinguished. for his personal worth an4 his varied at- tainments as the new overitor-General of Canada. The spou aneoos welcome .accorded to His Exc llencyleas been rendered more than rdinarily warm_ and. enthusiastic by th fact that he is accompanied by his ill striousnonsort, Her Royal Highnes , the Princess Louise, whose presence is a fresh proof of the deep interest felt by our gracious Sovereign in the welfar of her Canadian subjects, and is a rene ed pledge of the close and loyal bond iich unites the people of the Dominion to the Empire and throne. Nor can I refrain from ex- pressing the syrnpathy we all must feel in the bereavement hich has cast a cloud over the earlier a.ys of the resi- dence of Her Royal Hi hness airtoeg us. It is a, subject for congratulation that the long pending con ri oversy between Ontario and. Quebec re pecting the di- vision of the public de t and assets of the Province of Carded has, since your last session, been close by the judg- ment of the Privy Con cil, to which a case was submitted. he contention of Ontario has been sustai ed and the ad- vice tendered by their ordships to Her Majesty affirmed the alidity of the award. It is also my pleasi g duty to call your attention to the s ttlement by ar- bitration of the northe n and western boundaries of Ontario since you. last assembled. The decision 61 the arbi- tration declares the boundaries of the Province to extend to 'the waters . of Hudson Bay on the n ath, and, to the north-wert end of the L ke of the Woods on the west; these limi s embracing an area of many thousand square miles beyond. the limits to vhich the claim of the Dominion since 871 would have confined us. You will ie invited to ap- prove of a measure ha ng for its object the preservation of or er and the ad- ministration of justice nil the encour- agement of settlement and enterprise in this territory. 1 ha e reason to .be- lieve that the outlay ne essary to secure these objects will be to ore than 60111- pensated by -the revem to be derived. from the country. ee The illustration of ou tem of education exhibi versal Exposition held the past year was one o estiug features of the meiat,. ancl produced provincial sys- ed at the Uni- at Paris during the most inter- anadian depart - very fano' able irapression upon all w o witnessed It is encouraging to kn w that not only are the efforts to pro n oto -the liberal and useful education our people at home increasingly apri ciated by them, but that the Province o Ontario has by this means gained no irnpll honor and. distinction in the eyes cjf the world at large. I am glad also to leajru that through the energetic efforts of our people to make the Canadian ej4ibibiott at Paris successful, a stimulus hs been given to - several branches of in nufacturin.g in- dustries in Ontario, anfj. that a consid- erable trade is likely tol develope itself as the result of the mor widely known value and excellence of j certain classes of our raanufactured go ds. desire to commend o your contin- ued attention the subje ts of municipal assessment, of exemp on from local taxation, and sanitary laws. The re- cent discoveries in th application of artificial light to domes ic purposes and the probability that the progress of scientific enquiry may lend to important changes in the method of heating and lighting our streets and buildings, have suggested. the adVisability of providing by -it general A.ct the powers necessary to enable companies to make such chatiges in their arrangements as may be necessary to meet the public de- inands. Theproceedings at election trials in , conjunction With the ,_rectification and adjustment of the voters' lists, have suggested the expediency of some sup- plementary provision Which will be embodied in a measure to be submitte& to you, A Bill will be submitted to you for the purpose of entrusting the right of voting for school trustees to those classes of parliamentary electors who have not heretofore enjoyed that privilege. You will also be invited to consider a Bill' to simplify the laws relating to juries, and thereby to render the jury system less costly without impairing . its effects. The new Reformatory for wotnen be completed during the present year. You will be asked to approve a measure required to legalize the application of this building Co penal and reformatory • purposes, and to provide for such other matters as may be necessary to carry out the objects for which the institu- tion is designed. - The advantage which in certain dis- tricts has attended a liberal expen- diture in drainage operations will, I trust, ir'duce you' to regard favorably a proposal to apply a further sum for the encouragement of works of this des- cription by the purchase of netnneipal debentures issued for the purpose, and whieh, while they supply the mmeici- pality with an easy and economical means of raisiog the money need.ed, affoed at the same time a safe invest- ment of a portion of our surplus funds. I have desired 'that the public ac- counts -of receipts and expenditures should be laid before you. The esti- mates for the current year will be -pre- sented. to you at an early day. They will exhibit, I do not doubt, a due re- gard for economy, while framed with the desire to m.eet demands upon the Treasury, tending to' the advancement of the public welfare. I shall rejoice to know that your deliberations during the session now opening have resulted in strengthening your claims upon the respect and confidence of your fellow- couotrymen. News of the Week. . THE WHIPPLNO POST.—A. resolution for the establishment of the whipping post has been offered in the. West Vir- ginia Legislature. THE COME CROP IN HAYTI. — Storms have swept around the coast of Hayti, and the coffee crop is said to be seriously injured. As YOU LIRE IT.—Bebert Bonner has nine horses with records under 2.30. His chief purpose in owning them is to prevent other people doing so. CotrunNISTS.---A Paris, France, cor- respondent telegraphs that of 2,500 Communists undergoing sentence, 2,- 000 will be pardoned within three davs. THE Hon a LAND.—A Cinoinnati con- tractor has made a eontract with French capitalists to build it railroad. from Jerusalem to Jaffa, in the Holy Land. SITTING BULL.—Sitting Bull is re- ported as being in United States terri- tory and as expressing himself willing to return and surrender horses and arme. , VAI.UABLE LIBRARY CONSTDIED.—The Library of Birmingham was burned on Saturday. It contained the most com- plete Shakespearean collection in the world. EXAGGERATED.—It is reported by the authorities at Moscow that the state- ments concerning the plague in As- trakan have been. of an exaggerated character. EYE SIGHT RESTORED.—A blind resi- dent of Bloomington, Ill., has had his eye -sight restored by the shock of pour- ing ice -water on his head. from a pitcher held soine feet above him. CROTON On...—At Barnesville, Ohio, the other day, 150 persons were taken 11 at &public entertainment, and on in- vestigation it was found that Croton oil had been mixed with their food. DE:AM.—James S. Rochwell, a Brook- lyn Millionaire, died on. Friday of scar- let fever and diphtheria, caused. by defec- tive drainage. He had given much study to the question of sewerage. MUTUAL ACTION.—Bismarek and the Emperor William are favourably con- sidering a project of inviting the Eur- opeap sovereigns to Berlin, to con- cert eommon action against the Socia- lists., THE THAMES Fetozna.—Ice is flowing down the Thames. England, in_ great quantities. Steamboat traffic between Chelsea and Woolwich is suspended., and Many 'barges along the river are frozen in. A GREAT SToror.—A heavy SHOW - storm visited. Southern Ohio on Thurs- day, extending as far south into Ken - tuck Y as Richmond. At Maysville the heaviest storm in twenty years. The farmers are apprehensive of loss of stock. HUSBANDS BEWARE. — A Dubuque weinan has sued. her husband for $5,000 damages for not cleaning off the side- walk in front of her own residence. She felI and broke one of her limbs. It is a warning to all dilatory hu - band. NEW CAVE.—A remarkable cavern has been discovered near Columbia, Toulumne county, California. It has been explored over a mile. Some of the chambers are of remarkable beauty and grandeur. Crowds go to see the cave.' RATLROAD TROUBLES. — The United States Government has brought a snit against the Central -Pacific railway to recover 11,10,000 for the refusal of the defendants to render a statement of their business to the auditor of rail- way accounts. NEW. BRITISH COLO:Y.—A large num- ber of Anglo -Australians are bent on colonizing New Guinea, and =sorne- of them' have addressed a letter to the governorof the Dutch East Trodies re- questing the loan of 150,000 acres for ninety-nine years, between Humboldt Bay and the harbor of Dory, in order to form „a, settlement. THE CRICK SHOT.—Captain, Bogar- dus, on Thursday night, at New York, concluded his attempt to break 6,000 glass balls out of 6,200. Bogard.us broke 2,680 balls without a At the end of 3,000 shots he tadssed 13 balls. He broke 6,000 balls in 6,013 shots, Kelinman inissed seven out of 400 shots. This, with six balls missed on Wednesday, made the match a tie between himself . and Bogardus. Bo- gardus says the feat of breaking 4,680 balls without a miss was never 'done before. Avonnxe Casiscineexase—A PallS de- spatch says sixty young men having quit- ted the district of The= in Alsace to avoid conscription have been sentenced. by default to pay a fine of 12;000 marks, or to 200 days imprisotairrent and seizure of theirproperty tathe amount of fine. TRICHIN.E.—The dreaded trichinot, or infinitesimal NVOITII, Whith is Said tO infest pork, is once more claiming the attention of the public. A couple of Chicago physicians report that eight per cent of the hogs ni the packing houses there are infeeted with the disease. CORNISH BANR.—The statement in the liquidation petition of the Cornish Bank that the liabilities are .t658,000, which is much less than supposed, has tended to allay the uneasiness in Corn- wall regarding the 'proepectsof the creditors. The drain upon other banks has considerably decreased. Nsws FROM BRAZIL,—The Gaiiern- ment of Brazil has deeided to abolish all monastic institutions and to apply their property to the redemption of the national. debt. The yellow fever has re -appeared; several deaths. A Minis- terial crisis has occurredand the Minis- ter of Marine has resigned. THE AFGHAN WAR.—The only new developments of naatters conneeted with the war in Afghanistan is to the effect that the Arneer of Afghanistan has entered Russian territory, not in- consequence of the success of the British, but in order to receive the me- diation of Russia, which it is Unlikely he will receive. Taz STonus.—Despatehes froniStot- land report great snow storms arla se- vere gales, Telegrams from Crook - haven, Ireland, state that a fearful. storm is raging there. Ice is flowing down the Thames in great quantities. Steamboat traffic between Chelsea and. Woolwich is suspended. Many barges alone. the river are frozen in. : AbM_Unals1.—Thomas Jones,- while afflicted wi& a species of rabiete. bit several people on Ninth Aveime,. New York city, Friday evening. He. was once suristruck in India, and had, been bitten by a dog. He became excited at a temperance meeting, which induced the rabies. Th.e police cared for hnn Beam- TONGUE,;—A -disease which some physicians call the " oldefaehion- ed black tongue,' ie racing _at Martins- burg, New York. Quito a. large num- ber of deaths have occurred. Other physicians call' the diease scarletina and diphtheria in A eoalignant form,ancl attributes its origin to bad drainage and insufficient ventilation. DESTRUCTIv.b. FIRE.—At sefiee at Cin- cinnati on Friday, Wilson. ,& SOBS' ex- tensive caariage trimmings, saddlery estabhehment was entirely burned, also Werk's =occupied broilding adjoining. The loss on the former is $140,000 on Werk's building $40,000. F. Wayne & Son's cutlery was badly damaged The thermometer was at zero and. the firemen had great diffieelty in handling the hose. No Bearieneoap „Tuneaa.—Stookmen m the Western States have resolVed. to purchase no poneys _stolen frODI Itedians They forwardthis resolution toi Red Clova. and Spotted Tait: Red Clondts response promises to assist inerestoxing stolen ponies, alad says he Itopee this will be considered an honest under- standing, and not it baldheaded treaty. LETTER PROM TEM POPE --The Pope has sent to the Bishops of the Catholic Church a very important encyclical letter, in which he speaks at length of th.e eondition of the Church, the Holy Seaand society, and explains what he has done and what remains to be done. It calls upon the bishops to combat socialism, communisra, and. interna- tionalism by preaching the printiples of the Church. OLD CLAIMS PRESENTED. -- Minister 13irney writes from the Hague to Ata.sh:- ingtott that many cilia -ens of the United States have presented ,claiens against Holland for immense estates, the claims generally being -very old, and of no value. A Brooklyn lady presented a claim for twelve naillien$ to the King m person. The Minister et Finance informed her it had been ale ready examined and decided. adversely several times. WHAT 1SITHE BZilt discussion has gone on in St. Peters- burg for some weeks respecting /the in- tention of the Russian Government re- garding the negotiation or seizure of a naval station in the Chinese seas, The subject is one that is hevolved in much mystery, but the movements of the Russian fleet in these wa,tera are slain& &ant, and it is believed that the steamers recently putchased by the Ruesian Government in the -United States =are to join this fleet. There are rumors that Russia has offered- to pur- obese the Island. of Yesso or to assume a protectorate. 1 A MOUNT ARARAT POR TIP 44 CEDES- T1ALS."--While all the world seems to howl "the Chinese must go." .Cuba -offers to take the slant -eyed heathen in. In the treaty Spain. has just ratified with China, the Chinese are to have in. Cuba all the rights, privileges and im- munities that other foreigners enjoy. Chinese consular officers are also to be appointed. on that island. Spain's liberality in this matter, however, savors somewhat of Artenaus Ward's magnanimity in sacrificing his -wife's relations on the altar of his country. It is remarkably easy for Spain to grant all sorts of liberties to the Chinareten in Cuba. Wetter LIBERTY IS IN GERMAN:I.—A Berlin despatch Bays, Bisraarcle 310, framed a bill providing penalties for members of the Reichstag Who exceed the bounds of propriety irt using =he - coming expression.s. Another illepatch states Bismarck' e proposed Lill practi- cally abolishes, all guarantees of free- dom of debate, and II -rider its provisions the majority can turn any offending member over to the Collets. Franz Dunker, an ex -member of the German Prussian Parliament, has been prose- cuted. by the Prussian Minister for writing articles in the Yolks Zeitung on the 15th. of August, criticising the Antie Socialist Bill, and fined 200 markt. eameeeteseatamona. —Great excitement has been eetdeed in Ailsa Craig by the arrest of Mr.,JOhn Livingstone, the well 3 -mown proprietor of the carriage works in that v The charge against hnn iS very serious,. being nt, less than forgery on an exten- sive scale. From the examinational- ready made two cases have been made out against the accused, ana eight oth- ers are pending against him. Farmers e.