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St. Patrick's Day Concert.' (5)
Maxwell Low -Down -Binder- A.M. Campbelll. ao
Auction Sale of Farm Stock, &c. --A. Watt. (5)
Clearing Auction Sale -James NichoI.I (5)
Seaforth Restaurant -Mrs. Smith. (5) '
Central Grocery -Laidlaw &Fairle.Y. (5)
Tea Vt'arehouse-Claarlesworth & Brownell. (5)
UnreservedAuction Sale-T3erman Bros. (5)
Bull ForService-Thos."316Michael. (5)
Bull For Sale -James Broadfoot, jr. (5) -
Dr. wild Confronted -Wm. Moore, Secretary. (5)
For Sale eap-John- N. linechtel. (5)
Apprentice. Wanted -Miss Sleeth. (&) i
Invalids A ention-Ontarie San itaritim. (8) -
Auction Sal -Rev. T. G. Thomson. (5)
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SEAFOR 11,. FRIDAY, March 13, '85.
°peals Affairs.
There i 'nothing, of particular interest
to note fro,m. the *Wan this week. No
engageme -ts have taken place duAng
the past eek. The . most of General
• Wolseley' troops-. are now concentrated
at or nea Korti in the vicinity of which
place the will likely Veniain Until the
closetef t eieot aeason.1 Iteinfd,rcements
from all q eaters are continually arriv-
ing and ing before the time for hostili-
. ties to re ommenee England will have a
powerful orce in the fie1d Wolseley'e
forces ar now so, situated that they
hope to be able to -hold out against the
foreee of the Mahdi for an unlimited
period. The hot weather has ROW Set
inao that active operatiens on the Peat
of the lEuropeanS is utterly ithpracti-
cable. Thus far, if 'we can rely- upon the
, reports; the British Soldiees are stand-
ing the rigors of the .climate tolerably
well, and they are hi good condition.
There is as yet very little change in
the situation between England and
• Rusaia. England ha i made overtures
for a peaceful ettlement of the Afghan
dculty to Russia with the !ultimatum
that if thia proposition is not accepted.
• she must ahanclein her. position in Af4
ghanistan entirely or be driven out by
Engliesh tkoop's. Russia - has not yet
given her reply: Upon this 'reply, no
doubt, will rest the future. peace of
Europe. It is said, however, that al=
though Reeesia has not made any formai
- reply to 'England's proposition her
troops are grad_ ually- but stealthily ape- preaching upon forbidden ground, and
- that an engagen*ut between -the mit--
posts may take placeat any time. Let
the first Wow be stuck and no human
being can predict whrt the result will
' be. In the meantime, England seems
' to be making every preparation for the
we , t. The ship ya'rds and arsenals are
all xed to their utmost ctpacities 'in
preparing war vessels , and munitions,
and theexcitement a ong the'People is:
intense. . a
Th:e Glaciate- e Government still hold
cin to office an
that thq will
Treasa6, bend
ficulties are se
John Ball is ra
mal ta; swop
dangerous str
the prospects. now are
ontinne ;CO occupy the
es lentil the present dif-
tled in."stnne way, as
her to cautious an ani-
.
orses while fording a
-
Anothe
. It has been
opening of th
Domini'on. Pad
Pacific Railwa
the Governme
another, raid
ury. Althoug
denied: in the
was in contem
Toronto Mail
would seem to
are not since
several days,
prepaaing the
proposition.
frighten the
Haul. Wanted.
rumored eirer since the
present session of the
an -tent, that the Canada
Company, by theaicl of
t, were about to make
pon the Dominion Trease,
Sir John has frequently
arise that each a thing
lation, the course of the.
for the ' past few days -
indicate that his denials
e. That, paper. has, for
been busily • engaged in
public mind for
t has been atte
ople with the
such a-
pting to
limbo°
0 ,
that if the ennpapy are not again
assiated from he public purse, work on -
the road will s op and -that consequently
the couirti5, rill he ruined. TO this
absurd conteation the -Toronto News
very pointedly and correedy replies' as
fellows :
The Mail as. ures the comity that the
Canada Pacific Railway, in default of
rnment - , ssistance, will fail 'an(
1%-e the wl de cr
ountk in. ruine ,,,S
vere toil , yearop.°. So we will b
a year het ce. If we are to stain
-mind like this and expect a woken
beneath us to mrst loose every moment
we would prof r to end the suspense am
- have the•erap on over at once. Thei
the fragments an be collected and busi
nee$ atarted or a surer basis: There 1
net ing so ru. nous to' business aa tle
• constant expe,tation of a crisis. Let a.
it must come ; let th
tut away before the COM'
y peisoned by the viru
gov
inv
we
011
hasle it over 1
4
.rot enness be
try is hopeless
of corrupt legislation inspired by reek
less speculatm s. But we deny that th
ompany means the father
a commercial crisis. Li
-if the road is- as good a,.
tephen pretends that it it-,
the Governinent would
failure of the
- of the road or
the first place
thieg as Mr.
the' refusal o
nof stop the -s ork of construction. Mr
St-elphen has t really 'a dollar invested;
his Mvestmen as well as that of his
lleagues is °thing more than a loan
upon which s eh extortionate interest is
b mg paid th t the original sum is eos-
in to be wip d out and -a large profit
paid besides.
well, the synd'cate will invest in it and
h. If it is not a good
ill abandon. it any way
mpleted, and will then
e problem of working- it
t road, t',nd the crash of
If, then, the road promises
carry it throu
scheme they
When it is c
have to face t
Ili a governme
A
eeer-
;r41:
failure wil come when the 'company
throws up the work instead of co ing
:now.
That thiS 'is a correct : and ho est
statement of the cam none can d. ny.
It would be little sb rt of a crime for
our _Parliament to g1ant this reckk sly
extravagaat oornpai4r another farth ng,
and any representative who will vot in
favor of an:additionLI, grant is utt rlY
tinworthy ;'4't; She p' sition he-occu ies.
We believe'.the coin any have the ov-
,
erament o.inuelt 'nuclei, their con IA
1 that they dare net d iy them, no n
_ter how outrageous- their demand
,be, but it is te h ped that ther
still sufficient patialtism- and inde
dence,among the Members of the H
to prevent ,he ce4try being fur
•
at -
ay
is
en -
use
her
robbed for the beneIt of a few sh rks
)
and spee*tors wh will never c ase
there is
creaig--for more as long e a.s the
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most remote chance of their dema ds
being acceded to:
,
Sound tp G for Them.
The
a The Ontario IGov rnment are takipg
the correct gr und on the 'Liquor Li-
cense question. Tlu4y have issued a w-
elder to the var ous, Inspectors in w ich
is contained the following paragraph :
"After the e piration of the pres nt
Dominion lice es you will treat a a
nullity all licen es issued from this d te
by the Dominioa Beards, except wh • le -
sale and vessel -licenses, and prosee te
under the Ont l rio License Act all ar- -
ties selling liquo rs uider the autho EV
of such license f selling withou
lieense."'
°This heathe ighti ring about it If
the Governmen adh re to this *die it
will king Abu a finale and speedy et-
tlement of the liceese diffiteulty. •ihe
Dom -inion Gove nmeet,it isiundersto
have issued in tructions to, their- Crn-
m-issiouers to p oceed and issue licen es
the same as la t, year,-notwithstand.ng
the decision of he Supreme CourtX\' he
prompt action on the'' part of the n-
tario autheritie will probably restritan
them from ,su k a , ifoolish course. If
not some pen° Will be hurt 'before he
controversy is over. Although Hur n,
having passed the Seat Act, Will be, in
a measure, a disinteiested spectator of
the struggle, it will be none theless
terested. If Sir Joh4 heal had the go d
sense to acknowledge defeat, and rep al -
his mischievbus Ac a great -deal of
trouble, expense and .11 -feeling would be
saved to all interested.
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OUR TORONO LETTEil.
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(Front Our own Correspondent.) .
TORONTO, March 9511,188
Mr. Meredith avaled himself of t .o
1
-opportunities (in Tue day last to empha-
size the anti-Provine al attitude whi h
be
assumes on every possible' occasi in.
Apparently one of th duties attaching
to the position of leaer of the Opposi-
tion in the Local H use at the present
time is to hold a brie for the. boiniiiion
in all questions which may, in however
small a degree, invof e the interests of
the Confederation at: arge as well as t e
Province. Mr. :Mori dith was . able in
Tuesda,y to take gro4iidfor the Dorm
ion in connection 'r• th the. bill int 0-
10
dam by Mr. Fraser to re ulate it ie
pubUe fieheriesof the 'Provinc Ai e -
cent dase decided by' he Supre e Court
has deiiied thel right of the Doniinio
hithmto exercised li.y it, to the inla d•
fisheri s of the. Prov aces.- The. Loc 1
G'over ment '.Vere, th re ore, only doi
- their plain and evnb'iit duty in makh g
some - formal prbvisio .fier the proper
control of these fisheries; declared by
the highest. court hi the country toe
within their jurisdiction. It appears to
be a matter of some doubt as to whether
the decision of the Sepreftie Court car-
ries with it the great lake :fisheries, but.
Mr. Feasee's bill Only proposed to legis-
late in respect to such fisheries as were
within the power of the Province. Mt.
Mere-dith argued against i the bill, main-
ly on the ground that if it. passed, and
the Province set up a daim to deal with
the matter; the . Maritime • Provinces
would follow suit in respect to the deep
sea Ifisheries, and One- great 'source of
revenue to the Dominion • would be en-
dangered. Mr, ' Mow 't sought. to re -
mare the fear of . this contingency'by
stating that the deep sea fisheries -ad-
mittedly belonged to he Dominion, and
that the Maritime provinces had never
laid any claim to them. Mt. Meredith's
advocacy of the case Of the Dcnninion;
howeverecould not stop short of a diviS-
ion, which was granted him,' and which
showed the Hoe* to be in favor of the
stand :taken . bye the 'Geverament by a
majority., of 14:era1itit ' Mr.„ Meredith's
role as special advocat4 for the Domipe
imi did not end here, On the motion to
g'it- into stpply, he meted an amendment.
'condemning the Gove lament for, takieg
the gilound in favoi of a periodical i I-,
, id the Provin e
by rendering, it
vernnient of the
crease in the subsi ly t
by thaDombeion, the
more difficult for the G
latter to resist similar emands from the
ether Provinces. 'he 'argument which
;the leader of. the ()p1iosition Jested his
.caspfipon was the ver., proper one that
_ any merease in the site is paid other Pro-
vinces 'came to a terY large extent, from
Ontarib's pocket, and that it was th re -
fere te her interest to aBow the 'annual
subsidies to remain ' at - their present
figure.: Mr. Treasur r Rosa in reply
-
pointed out that the amendment was
based i upon an inaccuracy. Ontario
wcaddliequite co tent to let the subsi-
• dies stay as they are, u.iid as it matter of
fact the Government had never adwo-
cated :that they should be increased
all rotind. Bat,' as Mie Rose pro-
ceeded to show, the stand- taken by
the Government was that if -large
sums were to he granted - out of the
Dominion treasury , to the - other
Provinces in addition, to the subsidy
annually paid, it was their. .duty
to see that Ontario received an equiva-
lent._ Every one remembers the millions
which the Frenchembers forced from
Sir John last sessi n -as the price of ithe
n
M
support of. the Canadian Pacific an,
And -whichlhe cons ante 1 to hand over to
-Quebee rather tan submit to. an inevit
able defeat. For Shis suin, ostensibly to
..
1
recoup Que c. for her expenditure On a
line of rail- ay whichafterwards became
part i of t e Canada Pacifie Railway
route, Onto io has received nothing as
an. equivale it; and Mr. Meredith de-
nounces the Government and, says they
should be ti rhed out of power 'because
they dare pretest against such treat-
ment . Mr. ROSS expressed his prefer-
.
ence for a e
one which
greater de
of Prpvinci
as theexist
there: Ought
treatment
sense ' view
itself Ito the
Meredith's
ion Govern
OWII Provin
of 41 to 28. ,
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I THE EDISTRIBUTION BILL.
The chic interest of thisj week's
doings of th Legislature, hoWe -er, has
centred in t e redistribution hill intro-
duced by fr. Hardy On , Wednesday.
It was knoe n to a few that a scheme by
which the representation of the Province
would be placed afion a fairer •footing
kivas Oder contediplation btr t e • Gov-
?en:IMOLA, but very little as te ti e details
ent, and when Mr_ Ilat dy rise
,of the ' proposed' re-arrangem nt had
leake
to mote the first reading of thc ill, the
interest manifested by the -Ho se, and
especially by the Op eositione as very
great.. On She loft of the Speaker there
were I doubt ess ' dark fore odi tgs and
nervous fears, as the thoughts f mem-
bers there r vertect_to• a, malls ribution
'scheme intr duced and pass -(1 by a
certain righ 114:Movable- gentl man in
anoth Par iament about: thr e years
ago, and the Tories were evide tly very
much timid tliat a dose of th ir own
inedicme iva, about to be serve out to
theme Nat, rally they did n t relish
the prospect. But the -, tens on was
gradually relieved as the E ovificial
Secretary proceeded to, expl in • the
measure, and it was found that nothing
like the infamous "gerryinai der" of
Sir John. Was to be attempt d. The
aspect•of•glim which had en hrouded
the Opposition died away as it vas see&
that, the Government did notpr polie to,
take the revenge which on. Si • John's
own tactics it was quite open f r them:
to take and that the scheme ee en from
the point of view , of the , 0 position
benches, .was not the far reap ing and
overwhelming one -which the o cupants
there might have expected. The In
equalities which exist under the present
arrangement are . perhaps not always
present to t e mind of the ordinary
observer. There are some constituencies,
particularly in the eastern part of the
Proviece, wh'eh contain perhaps tee or
eleven i thousand. each, and yet e ch sends
a member to the Legislature, • ljust the
same as some 'Of the western onstitu-
eneies'whoee population is thr e times
as great. It is manifestly un air that
such testate of things 'should bel allowed
to continue, no matter what might be
the effect of a change, if ' repre-
sentation by population ' is to be
retained as the basis of our ins itations:
At thesame timc, it is evident hat the
power which he dominant part of the
day possesses to. change the b endaries
of the I eleeto al divisions at tri t, is one
which aught o be carefully an Sparing-
ly used. Th temptation to tu n it, to
political echr ritage is very s ong, in
fact almost irresistible. Th peaty
Which,' when •ngaged in readju ting the
sources of pol tical riewer, shou d fail to
take 1 the eaefit - ,of the ituation
would in the present stare o public
feeling be condemned.for iiheir, s upidity,
or laughed at as being altege her too
good for.this ' orid. At kny ate,: the
time for such party has not et come
in Canadian lidos. To guar 1 them-
selves from t e grosg misuse of t le power '
thus placed • their hands', the . Govern-
.
ment in deali g with the : ques uiOfl pro-
posed to then selves one eiry p oper a,nd
Wholesome rut e. This was t refrain
entirelyefroni interfering With • unty or
municipal lim ts. In this res ect the
bill forms the:greatest possible contrast
to the notori us . ,
eiEAson, ,
three years a
and counties
fashion; and
'for electoral p
three distinc Or
-the return Id a Conservative
might be mad -sure, or a 'nt
" hived." TI e re-arrang meat
under Mr. Ha ely's bill is don
within 'county limiis, and
_eminent ha,v deprived
the me t pew rful weapo
stem of- direct tax tion, as
mild probably cond ce to a
ee of economy_ on ie part
1 Governments, "[rut so long
ng plan remains I force,
to. be fair play and equal
11 round. This common -
the question 0o mended
House, and one mote of air.
ttempts to help the Domin-
era at the expens of his
ewes frustrated by a vote
•
•
S PASSED AT.OTTAWA
o which- m ngle ridings
in the m st shameless
rought toge aer ivnships
irpos4
me in s me c sesfrn
ro
counties-, er that
inember
ajority
of seats
'wholly
thus the Gov-
hemselves of
used by Sir
r" Scheme-
-14 lines ,to
to -t le Tory
John ir•!' his "gerrymand
mg of co
favorable
ect of the
the numbe
viz:, the brea
form a distric
party,. I The e
one member t
111 i
RON
House.' This is done by bolis
electorei divie on Of COTI1M 11 at
itto Stoamon , and by (Ming 8.4‘
one of the rid'ngs. of Lee s a
ed
to
ville. The se
one to he ei
-Weer •the c
hereaf rto b
and centre, in
as before. '
Algoma is to
being divided
this purpose.
representation
ronto,'he thr
hencef
(:1.
th be
city, instead
possible for in
posal te enum
'the bill but tl
them is the ni
of political p
latiora Thus,
which exists i i the case
a gigin is to, le removed.
now contains population
• West Elgin populatio
and added
the West 2
'Os said b
the coun y
'the East 'Min
ts thus-ga,
y of Toro
unty of Br
divided in
tead of nor
he immee
e given and
into east
The princi
is to ,be a
e 'members
returned f
by ditigi0
in the spa
Tate the ch
e end Bailie(
re equitabl
wer -accor
the Oath
•
ce,
• nor
hai
e di
her
nd
le of
Tile(
or
r 51
s.
• at
nges
at
dis
ing
f th
•
to add
'in the
ing the
d adding
ay with
d Gren-
e given,
and • the
hieh is
la south
d south
trict of
member,
est for
minority -
to To-
hich will
e whole'
t is ime
my dis-
made by
y all of
libation
popu-
equality
county
st Elgin
•
of 27 473, and
of 14,888.
The cityThomas is of St be • educted
from t e°East 0 t e West,
lation in th
when t e pop Eas will be
19,848, and in ,580 Curi-
ously e _ough, 5 •se who
profess kno
f cEh al gnigne,
that th politi el result o thi
will be Ito mak
now re irns a ons&vativ,Lb -,rawahaincidl
to-conv rt the West, now rresented
into a Conserta e city of Loadon
by a R forme ive con-
stituency. T and the
constittiency o East Middlesex are also
very unequal popu.ation; th former
containing onl 19,746, while 't e latter
. has 30,600. Tie towi of Lond 4fl East'
a steburb of t e citf which s about
to '-'1)e united with it for i Unicipal
purposes, is 1 addeU. Per , lectoral
purposes' also and the p pulation
will then eta d, ' Londoa 23,6 5, East
itMoid, dles,ex, 26J710. This eha ge will
i
alter the Meal comp exioe of the
, -
•
-
donstit iencies affected by it. The
change made in the other counties are
all in the direction of equalizing the
popula ton, as for instance, Victoria,.
former divided into North, 20,813 and
South 13,709, - is 'changed to North
17,473 and South 17,139. - Essex, for-
merly ivided into North with a popu-
lation cf 25,659, and South with 21,303,
is now ¶to comprise North, containing a
population of 23,657, and South with a
population of 23,305. The unit of popu-
lation is placed ,at 21,621, .as againet .
18,418 under the census of 1871. - There
will -doubtless be an outcry by the Con-
servative press •against the bill as a
" gerr mender," and even if it were so
there i enough human nature in Most
men to enjoy the .sight of the Tories
whimp ring ander their OWII lash, . lait a
candid(' -honsideratioa of the measure
e
will nyince. every fair-mindedman
Shat ozl the contrary, it is - a moderate
and reasonable one and one to which on
the whole little exception. can justly be
taken.
EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE.
,
• Ana er very important measure was
introdujced by Mr. Frazer on Thursday.
It will e remembered that at the - great -
Liberal eonvention, prior to the elec-
tiono 1883, and again -during the, ses-
.sion o the Legislature which imme-
diately followed it, resolutions were
t adopt& pledging the Liberal party to a
further extension of the franchise, and -
these pledges -were fulfilled in a most
satisfac ory manner by the bill brought
before he. House by the Commissioner
of Pub ic Works. Its provisions may
almost e summarized by saying that it
confers ipon the Province universal or
rather ijianhood-suffrage, and the num-
ber whd will be without a Vote after it -
comes ii to operation will be very small
indeed. It reduces' the pitheerty quali-
fication in cities and towns froin 8400.
and $300 respectivelyto $200
and hi incorporated- villages - and
townships from $200 to . $100:
The present . income qualification is
reduced from $400 to $200, and any per -
ion eat ing $300 a year will be entitled
to be el tered on the assessment rolleend
vote -as L ," Wage-earner." The "-house-
holder'" franchise, which -has exietted
for som4 time in England is made to
_ apply tio _this Province, and under it.
every person_ occupying a separate
dwellin'though of less than the - as:.
I sessed alue of $100 shall be entitled to
I vote. : he "farmers' Sons'" franchise
'is done away with under that name,' but
is 4r6tai ed: .and very much broadened
! under he designation "landholders'
sons" ranchise. This term will in-
clude the soils. of owners of 20 acres of
land or upwards in counties, or. of land
tothe value of $200 in 'towns and
villages and $400`in cities. The assess-
ment roll is to be the basis of the fran-
chise .anil the necessary alterations are
t� be Made in. the assessment law to
carry out the provisions of the Act. A
vital. feature of the bill is that it .pro-
vides that eveey person shall exercise
-the franchise in the district in Which be
lives. . This provieion„ while aliscrimin-
ating still more in favor of. a personal as
against a property franchise, will do
away with the corrupting practice now
indulged in at elections of paying money
to votert under the pretence of defray-
ing their travelling expenses. Taking it
all altogether, the bill it a most satis,-
factory one and proves that the Liberal
party of Ontario are abreast of the spirit
Of the times, and mindful of their ante -
election promises.
THE AGRICULTURAL -COLLEGE:
• On Friday Mr. Carnegie headed- an.
Oppositi n attack upon the. !Agricultural
College, bringing forward a 'motion for a
select c mmittee to .investigate 'its af-
fairs„ an(jI particularly its financial man -
eget -tient The membet for West Peter-
borough s not a succesiful debater, and
the thre hours' speech with which he
favored he Houee was- anything but in-
terestin . His arguments were princi-
pally dir cted towards proving that the
college vt as not a paying institution, and
.he conte ded that the Province was not
- getting fair return, for the annual ex-
penditure upon it .• The course of the
Opposition in the House has been marked
with hossility to the qollege ever since
its- establishment, and there • is &Sipe
reason to believe that their a tion springs
more from a desire to leprive the
Government of the credit tol which they
are justly entitled in conrlcction. with
the institution, than 'from purely pa-
triotic notives. Mr. Roles (Huron)
made a 4apital reply to th@ speech ' of
Mr. Ca4iegie. •He held it ' io be. emin-
ently.'unreasonable that A clifferent rule
should be .applied to the 4gricu1tural
, College and Faine from that which is
applied 'rattle otise-r edueati nal institu-
tions of the comitry. The gricultural
College was the only -distil etively far-
mers' institution maintain al by .the
Government, and it was -- meat unfair to
demand that it should yield a profit or
even proVe self-sustalning, *hen no one
expectec any other school or college in
the country to be. so. Mit Ross' defence of
the methods and work of the ciellege was
comple , and showed • how jthoroughly
he has n astered the Minutia of his, de-
partment since assuming ffice; .1 He
moved ii amendment that he matter
was one which came under tie province
of the pilIblic accounts email tee, which
had powier to make any inquiry it might
deeni ne essary. The debate was eon'-
. tinned by the agricultural members of
the Hou e, Mr. Dryden moving as a
corollary to 'Ma Ross' amendment -a
clause t • the qffect that, the House left
the inatterin ethe hands. ofthe pi blic
accounts committee. • Mr. Bishop . of
South n Iron; in a lively -and vie° •ous
speech condemned the tactics �f the
1.Opposition ill seeking to throw disci edit
jupen the college, arid pointedly a ked
Ithem why in their, . eagerness for re-
4renchment they did not turn t mir
attention to an institution , not - any
yards from the Parliament-buildi igs,
referringino doubt to the ieaten lit;
Governor's establishment, where a 1 ttle
S.S,defe eted'by a vote of 32 to 22..
of the pr ning knife might be applie 1 to
good etfe t. The motion kir- a cornani tee
W
T E VOLUNTEERS or '37.
;_e
. Monda was a day spent among the
ashes of past. Mr. iBroder's me ion
that the services of rthe volun era
of 1837-8 deserved -recognition and re-
ward. by he -House, extended. a c at;
lenge -to embers of a different mod of
thinking. hich they were it slow to
accept, he result wag that the 're -
:hellion Of Wm. Lyon MaCkenzie was
-fought over agaiii, and the walls' which
fifty years ago rang with the disputes of
that troubleous- time, re-echoed a dise ..
cussion ad to the rights and wrongs of the ,
famons rising, which might better have
been spar d,and which c.onld only serve to
excite bitter feelings in the sympathizers 1
of both parties. The result, however, '
.,— -
show d that While the majority in the
Hou ppreciated the &induct of the
volu te4n-of '37, who foeght in defence
of wha they believed. to be the right,
they hire e not at all prepared to stigma-
tize s t 1 aiteri the men w io were goaded
tore.tell en by the oppre stioQrtcy.T
atidty rahne-
iyo.hmost blo dGt°11viersrntymsepneteochf h.la
of the debate
was int made by Majomf Gray, of West
-York, ho thought. " 1t ould have
been a • etter thing fo- the -country. if
more of hose cencerned n the troubles
of 18:7 ' ad been hanged fts high as Ha-
man.' mendments mo redby;.this,eloAst-
torneh -General and Hoi .o.
reco s nieng.the service f the Reform-
ers of iat day in tl el • efforts to pro-
cure on. titutiona,r gev nment, and of
the v lin teers of )866 a well as those of
'37, er carried, and -w en Mr. Mere-
dith 01 ed another ante tdment, de hir-
ing ist wetly that the House di ap-
.
prov.d o' the ccmduct of those who took
up ar s gainst the Gov rnment in 1837,
-Mr. ra r moved the djournment of
the lob: te, which w carried. The
discussio i showed that, enerally speak-
ing, the lefor ners of t e present time
vsyiem:ene
th ze ith the e orts of -Win.
Lyon M kie to proc re greater free-
dom of rove nment in his day, while
the on ervati-ves tak the opposite
essrs. Phelps ands-Grahans,
howe er, both staunch Aberals, as men
who had shoUldered a musket for the
Gove nin nt in 1837, vbt d and spoke in
favor of Ir. Broder's in tion. G.
F IRS AT 1 TTAWA.
ro Oar Own Cor enpon;,ent.) -
OTTAWA, !arch 100, 1885.
Th de ate on the hu - get is in full
swin • o farthe sp eches • upon it
have el long and rat er wearisome.
In bo h t iese respects tl e budget speech
of th Fie ance Minister himself stands,
first. Si Lamar(' Ti ley - spoke for
almos ve hours. H
frien s b the vigor he
able ake such a I(
effort 0 f course he bac
rest n he recess *
takes eve •y day from si
evenii g u itil eight, but
it wa no ight task the
took 4nd arried out.
last lyea for Sir Le
surprised his
owed in being
ng and trying '
a two hours'
ich Parliament
o'clodk 111 the
• ven with this
finister under -
his is to he the
nerd Tilley as
Finan e Minister, the say. U ifor-
tunat ly .r him he hed an up -hill road
from- he Irst, and it Wee irnpossibit for
%him t m ke this speech a fitting climax
to his pu she Career. P ople looked to
this '`ov rnment to fi id good times.
The ood times cani p.nd those who
tried o sl ow that they -ame in spite of
and iot because of tie Government,'
were lau lied to sem . Sir Leonard
beard the laugh in thoe days and joined
in it. EN en up to t i last year his
budg sp eches were exuitaut in tone,
he ta, mg to himself a id colleagues all
the* dit for good ti es and surplus
revee 'es. But, this ar, be - had to
apolo ize, explain, sho e the best side
of un lea nt facts, and ' so on. ',There
was . othing in that to arouse the
enthu iasi 1 . of his foll• wers, and they
did et ' enthuse " ve ,y much. Had
Sir CI rl s Tupper had he job to. -do it
wout hal e been much eetter done, for
he iia, or had, the facu ty Of being Able
to ta e hi own stateme it as proof -post-_
tive - f fact which he theught it
pleas _nt o believe, a • d on this thin
found tio of feats 4 could raise a
super. trit tire' that w • uld 'delight the
imagi ati n of all his lis ners. Bat Sir
Leon rd s emed to be ir infully impress-
ed w th he fact that the facts were
again t, b m, and he %yi s always strug-
gling o d prove them , • Sher than seek-.
dug to aro se the enthu asm of his fol-
lower wi houtregard t the strict cor-
rect') ss o his facts. . , I was compelled
to ad iit hat he coal . not hope for a '
surph s 0 more, than 150,000 for the
mine] t .y ar instead of • early a- -million
as he dit last session --before the year
began he prospects -are. improving
now id- t ie revenue is, oing up as com-
pared witl last month) ut unless there
is it, ior rapid rise i han most good
judge ex ect, instead of a surplue of
$150,I00, here will be deficit of about
half a mill on: _For ilex year SirLeon-
ard .alcu ates to' la's a revenuof
$33,011,111, and to 1 ye a surplu,' of
1
$700,110. itis not eal to estima&t, so
far ah ad, but if Sir L t nerd's sueeeesor
is not com • elled to adz tnext year that
he 11 s a deficit on 1 s hands, he will
probe, ly t ihilt himself fortunate. The
Finan e 11.Iinisteri ef cp rse had a good
many important thin f 9 tell, and. pro-
bably the most imj. ant next to hs
calcul tioi s as to jEie probable opera-
tions f tir currea• Yea and next year,
Was t at t e exciae du on cigars and
cigare tes vas to be do bled. Sir Leon-
ard w s t very clear n this point -
be ha an unfortunate habit of leaving
his s nte ces unfinfshr and his ideas
half e - re sed -but as ell as he could
be - m erstood, this ropoeition will
make he icisetand cu toms duties the
same. In that case th home Manufac-
turer, ill iave to pay the Minister of
Inlan 'evenue • exa tly the same
amou, t sa the *deale . Will have to
pay o • he- Minilte of 'Customs
on ' i pm d cigars. The_ explana-
tion f t iis . step is 'that the Scott
Act -i li ely to int dere with the
excise rev ue by .,doin away with a
great. leal f lapis:ma drill. ing -which now.
pays fair proportion .f the country's
expen eel) eontributin tor the exeise
revem e. Ilie cigar m nufacturers ,are
natur Ily blamed atat e prospect awl;
a larg de utation fro . different parts
of the Don inion are no' daneing_attend-
ance ol th Finance M. lister, to induce
i
him to cho i ge his minc . It is hardly
probaide tl at he will m .ke- any serious
chang fro what he li- s proposed, see-
ing th tit has gone fort to the country
as par of he budget s eech:
THE FLOUR IUTY.
. Af rm re important question, how-
ever, han that of the diger tax was
conspi uou by its a sence from the
budge spe ch -the qiie tion of the duty
on floi r. Ile last time a deputation of
the rh llers was in Otte a it was • under-
stood ene ally that -a increase of 25
cents ba el should be made, in. which
case t 1 ed ty 'would be 5 cents a barrel
as at vise 5. It- see. ed hardly pos-
sible at he Ministry ould fly in the
face f Qu bee- and th , Maritime Pro-
vince in this - Way erely to belie&
Outer o.evertheless many ' firinly
d
believ that the chang Would be Made
and t at, t make the ose a little tless
unpa1ip.tab1 for the peo de of the east, it
woull be accompanied- ly a removal of
the duty on cornmeal. -But no referrce
. .
was Made to the matter by Sir Leonard.
Hon. Peter Mitchell, who Is coupleof
weeks ago spoke of the proposal to
increase the flour duty as an "impudent
proposal," interrupted the Finanee
Minister during his speech to ask " How
about the duty on cornmeal„and fiour
but fa the question was Merely inter-
jected Sir Leonaeld took no notice of it.
But when the ' -tariff changes had
al I been mentioned and. the
Finance Minister was about to
take up another' • subject, • Mr.
Mitchell rose and in the voice of a man
who would not be put off, said, I should
like to ask the Hon. Minister if he in-
tends to make any change in the duty on
cornmeal and flour. Sir Leopard's
reply was a characteristic -one: 71 am
not dealing with that subject to -night"
The probability is, as I said last week,
he will not deal with that subject at all.
It is unusual to propose any tariff
changes other than those brought for-
ward in the Budget speech. Not a few
millers changed from the Liberal to the
Conservative side during 'the campaign
of 1878, and because thay believed in
protection. Many of the most promi-
nent of them said then that they made
the change on patriotic grounds, and
everybody believed them. They say
now that protection ruins theiree',. 'It is
to be hoped thatin their case virtuewill be
its own reward,for it istbe only reward
they are likely to get -for all the sacri-
fices they are called itnen to make.
SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT'S SPEECH.
The duty of replying to the Finance
Minister of course fell upon Sir Richard
Cartwright, the man who had to find
a new .constituency because his p-Wn was
gerrymandered out of existence/To these
who know him it is unneccssaiy to say
that he handled his opponent without
gloves. He took up the promises of the
Government one by one and showed how
completely they had failed, showed how
good prices had given way to bad, how
, the labor market was overstocked, how
!even the pet manufacturers were unable
i to keep their places running, how hard
i
times prevailed where geed times only
had been promised, how the Northwest
remained bat thinly settled instead of
having a continuous stream of immigra-
tion, how the Provinces were not joined
by "inter -Provincial trade" as Con-
servatives boasted they would be
under their - policy, but were
led to dislike and suspect one another
because of -unjust taxes imposed, and
how in spite of all, the Finance Minister
'could only show for his high taxation, at
surplus on the year of $150,000, which
would probably yet turn out a deficit.;
It was a study to watch those on the,
Government benches during Sir Richard's
speech. It ' is well known that . his
efforts are not to conciliate or to com-
promise with his oponentbut to "strike
from the shoulder" and to lay him. low.
The Conservatives sat quiet as long as
they could, but when they felt the ridi-
cule tookeen they howled as if
determined to hear no more. At times
the uproar was deafening. Sir Richard
leas them at a disadvantage in such
demonstrations as this. He does not
lose his temper at being interrupted.
Earirom it He seems to enjoy their
discomfiture, never loses an opportunity
to rouse- them to a manifestation of
their rager The situation reminds an
onlooker -of the man in a menagerie,
poking up the jackals and hyenas to
give the public the satisfaction of hear-
ing them rage. It may • be mentioned
that perhaps the worst howler of the lot
o h occasions as this is Mr. Farrow,
W 0 0 miiiglrom an adjoining constitu-
ency to thattepresented by Sir Richard,
so far as woeful lack of ability is
concerned, an illustration of the old. say-
ing "extremes meet.'
THE DEBATE CONTINUES.
On , Friday. the subject was taken up
by Mr. Thos. White, the Montreal man,
who,represents Cardwell, Ontario. Mr.
White is to be the succeSsor,.so _it is
said, of Sir Leonard Tillexiivhen he re-
tires, as he is expected to do this year.
He will make'a better Fikance Minister
than Sir Leonard Tilley did. That is
not saying Much in; his favor, but it
might be put a good dial stttenger and
still not do Mr. White more than jus-
tice. It was Mr. White's duty to bol-
ster up the Finance Minister. It wa-s-
not a pleasant task, for it simply amounts
to playing first fiddle, whil&only receiv'e
ing the credit due to second .fiddler. No
man ip the Contervative party has been
worse used than Tom White, M. P. for
Cat -dwell. He has more than average
ability, and in the dull hopeless desert
of mediocrity on the Tory back bencheSe
he stands an oasis Which by contrast
seems wonderfully • prolific. te has
been a Tory henclnnan for about thirty'
years now, and -has never wavered: He
has swallowed everything, endorsecl.
everything, turned himself inside out
and upside down ever so many times to
suit "party exigencies," -of which -
phrase, by the way, he is the father -yet -
it was not until 1878 that his friends -
found him a seat, and silica then he has
beeitetanding waiting to be invited into
the Cabinet. Poor Tom White! It is
to be hoped that he will find the fruits
of office as pleasant to his, taste as they
must have been to his eyes to have in-
duced him to trudge this long, weatet
winding, thankless road to reach them.
In reply to Mr. White came Mr. Pater-
son, of Brant, with the best speech lie
ever • made in his life, and those who
have heard him will agree that that is
saying a good deal. Mr. Patterson suf-
fered from illness during the early part
of the session, but was well enough, on
Friday to speak with all his old time
Vigor. The mostimportant part of M.'S
speech was that in which he dwelt upon
the necessity of enlarging our foreign
trade. Thie- was a reiteration -of the
magnificent policy outlined by Hon Mr
Blake - in 1882, and inSisted on by
Liberals ever since, hut he put it with a
freshness and vigor which sheeted thai
he was not merely repeating what he
had heard but was advocating a policy
which he had thought out and tires able
to give good reason for:
. THE -EXCHANGE 31ANK LOAN..
Next to the budget debate the meet
important event in the Commons, has
been the debate on the Exch nge Bank
ct
lean of J883. Sir Richard artwriglet
on Thursday last brought f rward a
resolution setting forth that $300,000
had been deposited with the Exchange
bank when that concern was insolvent
and without proper inquiry into its
affairs and that the House regretted
that that advanee had been made. Sir
Richard set forth the inconipetence of
the _Finance Minister in lending $30,000
to bolster up a concern which was not
only bankrupt butunder frandulent ma.n-
aeement'The Finance Minister made
:feeble. attempt at replying, saying
that "per -haps the Government had
. ..
1_
MU an error in judgment," yet -defend -
4
i g 11:r course. Mr. White had to .
efen their idiotik transtsetiOn aka,
hat is he had to speak against the
i .otion, but his effort was simply to
• raw She attention of the. House from .
he point really at issue. Mr. Holton, .
f Mltreal, who knows all that has ,
oenennelearned of the rascally transactiOns '
d with the failure of tliis insti- .
, ,
tion bowed that even at the time the
an wiis made the concern was known
be in a bad way. " Why,": he said
.1
if tl e Finance Minister had made
) '
quir of , almost any boot , lack or
e-ivtvsh s by at the time of the Iciane be
u Id ave learned that the natriagement
f the Exchange bank was looked upon .L.
s icion." 'The effect of the loan _
as to make people think the bank was
ound iend to increase their *
,posits.
he m nagement squandered the loan
and deposits AS it had ,clorie with
revioi s deposits and the capital and
hen t e concern went down. , Had it
een alowed die a natural death
).
undre Is of thee sands of dollars would
ave b en saved not only 'to thc publics
chest,bh.t to hundreds of poor depositors.
Mr. .14ulock showed that the very
Statements in the Canada Gazette at the -
time oflthe loan showed that the insti-
tution was unsound- and- that it was
breaking ' the law in 'having the same -
--man president and Manager, a man set
to watkli himself. The last i loan of
$100,000 was made - on the 'personal:
security of Senator Ogilvie, but that
gentlen an has not been called iupon to
make the amount good, the GOI+ernMeTitl
Seeking tomakeitself a pref erent'al claim -
ant for the.svhole amount of the. loan,
thus , delaying the liquidation- of the
bank and testate and prejudicing the
claim of the creditors who May have to -
e content with ten cents ori the dollar,
n order that the Government may get a
itindred cents. Of course the resolu-
ion was voted down but the debate is .
ikely to arouse public attention to the
haracter of the Government's manage- -
ent`of public affairs and that,after all,
what is most needed. A. B. J. _
ews of the Week.
l‘ft:L7IPLYING. FORCES. -The British
rmy is to be increased by fifteen thouS!-
nd men. -
reside t Cleveland's inauguration foot
TIIE EXPENSES. ---The expenses of
p to 45,000.
NEW ABLE. -Capital is being raised
n Loud n for a new America7 'cable
ia the 4&zores Islands.
Rov4 INirEST3IENT.-The Queen 'has
ecently invested T1,000,000 sterling in
round t. ents in London.
IN FAVOR OF PEACE. -The , German
4mperor is said to be determined to
reservg peace between' England and.
"ussia. .
Ex -E !PRESS EUGENIE 'ILL. -Ex -Em -
,press E iigeme is seriously ill froM a
friervous shock,the result of beingthrown
from he cariiage on Monday.
DIED. Bilgadier-General Socket, sr.,
Inspec r-Gpaeral of the United States
Army, iectat Washington last Sunday
moron' .
FUNE AL OF DR. CAHILL. -The funeral
of the 1 te Dr. Cahill in Dublin was at-
tended by 10,000 _persons, and an ad-
ditional 20,000 filled the quays. . .
LORN "S OPINTON.'-The Marquis of
Lorne d dares his belief that there will
be a pe ceful and friendly settlement of
the pres iit misunderstandings between
Russia lad England. . ,
GENE 1AL • GRAT DYING. -General
Grant i suffering from eanceri 'of the '.
tongue. His physicians have pa hopes
Of his r covery and he sap hima:elf ' that
his day are nuMbered. 'He is quite
calm an I resigned,. i
Rossi 's RaysNas.-In a lecture at
Fall Ri er, Massachusetts, the other
night, '.Donovan Rosso saidhe believed
in three years Ireland would. have an in-
dependent Parliament or London. would
be in ashes. .. .
DYNAIITE EXPENSES. -The repairs th
,
the houi e of commons and Westminster
;hall, ca sed by the dynamite explosions,
cost £0,000, and the extra pollee detail-
ed oa special "dynamite" business the
past yeair have cbst.t190,000.
FEAR 'UM LOSS . OF LIFE. -One
dred an twenty-three of the One him-
dred an forty-seven men who were in
the col iery at Kerwin in - Austrian
Silesia, It the time of the exploSion on
Friday,. have been found dead from
burns A id suffocation. But five men.
thus far have been rescued alive.
GREA Loss -The famons Holstein
cow, It ho, owned by F. C. Stevens,
propriet r of the Maplewood Stock farmc,
which ve birth to male triplets March
4, died at Attica, N. Y, on Saiturday.
Her ow4er refused 525,000 for her, and ,
was offered $5,000 for a calf,. if male.
She had the largest milk. record in the
world. he calves aredoing welt
THE RESULT OF CABELESSNESS:--011
Thursdaiy night last week near Grenada,
Mississi pi, two trains collided. TO)
baggagej and one mail ear were knocked
into spli - ters. One sMoker WRS tarp. te,
pieces. B th firemen were instantly killed.
The en nem. of the north bound train
was injured. New agent Blake WS,S in-
jured, p obably fatally. Aman stealing
a ride oi the -madder was killed. Eight
or ten assengers in the smoker of the
north bound train were injured. The
accideai was caused by gross careless-
ness. ,
A NA ROW ESCAPE. -4.t the Cirque
DIEver Paris, last !Sunday night, as
William , the Celebrated . hon-.tairier!
was put ing his eight tions through their
leaping ricks in the cage, one of the
lions bet ded on him, and seized him
by the fl shy partfthe back and thighs.
f
A terrib e struggl followed. The 'pec
tatters sl rieked w th alarm,' and broke
into the Mg, and 'women and childreu
fainted. The lion relaxed his- hold,
when N't 'Mains, with extraordinary dex-
terity, luded a !second attael0 awl'
escaped rom the cage. He fell -alma-
scious, c vered with blood,
:
AF(rt. is ISTAS7 NEWS. ----Sir Peter 1,11111S-_
den, Bri ish commissioner on the Afghan
frontier question, ha e been ordered to
direct the Afghans to, evacuate Penjaleh
on the withcfrawal of the Russian force
'from -A 'roat • The Russi n ambassador
I has pron .sed that the Russian troops.
shall ret re. The Times urae'es England
to occu s and fortify Ileratat once and
check t e Russian advaneo towarrl. the
interior- 1 Afghanistan at any cos'. It
says if meth). wisheseto fight Engl ic
ad is.
not Oat ready but willii• i' g, and Vaissia,
has onl to say the word. Russ14 bat-
teries of horse artillery in Turkestan and
along th Afghan frontiek have been in-
creased. The Afghan, frontier question
is the ineipal topio of diseussioa in
India, All classes are satisfied with the
determ ed attitude of England:. There .
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