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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Loyalist, 1850-07-18, Page 1V0LUME I. w It J. J NNERET, (Prom London, England,) ATCH and Clock Maker, - r, J: «•eller Cz,c., Ridout Street, nears opposite the Court House, London, C. W. keeps an excellent assort- ment of the best English Watches, Clocks, Plate, and Jewelry. The rcpa i ring of Watches, Clocks, &c., will be personallyatter e tow June 1201, 1850. 1-a.y tc FEAR GOD, HONO L i 1 iiI K I Z G. GODERICH, COUNTY OF IITJRON, CAA j WEST, THURSDAY, JULY srii:u1tuu. suit can C' 18, 181,=0. that actual experience alone determine its value. nience frequently suggests, that _BOOK AND J 0 B PRINTING W y p 1 heaps should be raised on differ - of the farm, but unless in par - MANURES, THEIR NATURE, AND CON- STITUENT PRINCIPLES. coni ent tiL-t-1�1 ,_t: (Continued front No. 4.) EXECUTED WITH d d «.' . In the farm -yard all the urine NEATNESS A N D E S P A T C H, p S' cattle stalls may be employed with Al' .TF1E J. PHILLIPS , Co , o test economy, and be it remarked )urolla o aIisi ffirr. stances it is well to have them in All composts after they are made up, get f;.c into a general heat sooner or later, actor- the', large assortment of Garden ding to the weather and the condktion of tl<<.: ,crime from animals; in given violins IJr.DSi1•I�.�V. Ala �,e � � 1_ ill St1lnn_C_ _i ten da . C ,". 1d S�r-edish Turnip Seed. &c., &c. a_ the. durt.� , �. a. > f: 1 '- ''"' WE'r if the cold be severe. It always, However, ,make �'" '"'� r y , mer, to the most extensive and the has been found to cone on at last, and in most careful use of this liquid. It is some - summer it sometimes rises so high as to be times carted on the land, but that practice mischievous, consuming the materials by will not bear a comparison with making it fire fang'inb . At that season, a stick should into composts in the manner which has be kept in different parts, to pull out and been now recommended. Great waste is feel now and then, for if it approaches to often evade in putrescent manures, after blood -heat, it should either be watered or they are carted on the land ; instead of turned over ; on such an occasion, advan- being immediately covered or incorporated tage may be taken to mix it with a little with the soil, we not unfrequently see fresh moss. The heat subsides after a them exposed for days together in the hot time, and with great variety, according to rays of a scorching sun, or to the injurious the weather, the dung, and the making up influence of a dry wind. We have pre - of the compost, which then should be al- viously stated that compost heaps should lowed to remain untouched till within en mann considerations be raised in the three weeks of using, when it should be farm-yaid ; still circumstances are frequent - turned over, upside down, and outside -in, ly such that it is more proper to make and all lumps broken ; then it comes into them at Hosie distance in the fields.. a second heat, but soon cools and should be The sirength and value of all cattle - taken out for use. In this state, the whole, dung will of course depend upon. the na- except pieces of the old decayed wood, ap- turebof their food. In the arrangement pears a black free mass, and spreads like for making compost heaps from urine, we garden mould ; use it weight for weight as would recommend a receptacle to be made farm yard manure, and it will be found in ! at the bacl of the cattle stalls, just outside a course of cropping, fully equal to stand the building ; this should -hold about twen- the comparison. After a long and con- ty cart loads of mould, or any other mat- tinued observation and successful use of ters to be employed. If this situation - peat, it has been found that in common ; were a little lower than the cattle sheds, with most organic manures, it has a strong j all the urine would pass into it, and re - tendency to rise to the surface of all ' main there until the mass were completely is invited. . cu , saturated, «hi w , en � ►r i► ",. in , tip �, pe ha s 1oei y tI'yC�y lawortant then must it be to tele far - ,'.l' Ile T'.i '_�i; i �:T' = A LAW; N. B.—Merchants supplied in the usual way sir iii tstlancery,4Notary Public and by a traveller in due Season. Conveyancer, West Street, Goderich, C. W. June 12th, 1850. 1-a.y May 28, 1850. 1-tw J. STEWART, BARRISTER, ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR in CHANCERY, Conveyancer, &c., &c., West Street, Goderich. May 28, 1850. 1-tw WATSON a4T. WILLIAMS. WILLIAM ATKINSON 8s Co. (Successors to VENNOR BELLIIOtiSE & CO.) IMPORTERS of BRITISH and AMERICAN HARDWARE, Manufacturers of Cut Nails, &c. King Street, Hamilton, Canada West. - June 25, 1850. 1-t�v C. L. HELLIWELL 8s Co. DIXIE WATSON OF GODERICH, APERMAKERS, STATIONERS, BOOK- BARRISTER - AT - LAW, &c., &c., and P SELLERS, and BOOKBINDERS, King GEORGE WILLIAMs, of Stratford, late of the Street, Hamilton. firm of Hector, Weller and Williams, Barristers, June 25, 1850. 24w &c., Toronto, having this day entered into co- : _ partnership, in the Practice and Profession of ` KENNEDY, PARKER .� Co. LAW, CHANCERY and CONVEYANCING, will in 'IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE DEALERS, 2-tw future keep their Offices at Goderich and Strat- Hamilton. June 25, 1850. ford respectively, under the name, style and firm of WATSON and WILLIAMS. DIXIE WATSON, Goderich, GEORGE WILLIAMS, Stratford. Dec. 24, 1849. JOHN YOUNG, Junr. ROCER, and IMPORTER of TEAS, SPICES, 1-tw. ' G WINES, & SPIRITS, King Street, Ham- . ilton, Canada West. June 25, 1850. 2-tw I. LEWIS, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c. &c. GODERICH. May 28, 1850. 1-tw D. H. LIZARS, THOS. ILOYLE 8z SONS' GOODS. IfHE SUBSCRIBERS, AGENTS for the Sale of the above well-known Fabrics, will ATTORNEY AT LAW, &c., &c., near the have constantly on hand every variety of their Steam Saw Mill, Stratford, Couny of Perth. Prints, Regattas, De Laines, 11Iuslins, Madder June 12th, 1850. 1-tw Handkerchiefs, &c. in addition to an extensive , and well -selected assortment of Staple and Fancy A. W. OTTER, Dry Goods, to which the inspection of the trade 1OUNTY CLERK, CONVEYANCER, J AGENT, &c., County Office, Goderich. May 29, 1850. 1-tw DR. HAMILTON, WEST STREET, GODERICII. . May 29, 1850. sTOxIis, CIIEMIST AND DRUGGIST, STREET, GODERICIr. May 29, 1850. J. K. GOODING, j UCTIONEE R., WILL ATTEND SALES 1 in any .part 'of the County on reasonable terms. Apply at his residence, Light -house Street. Goderich, May 29, 1850. 1-tw DAVID SMITur, LATE DISTRICT SURVEYOR, II. D., Civil Engineer, is now prepared to draw plans of Bruges, lay out Roads. McAdamize, Gravel or Plank, and superintend the same. Also examine Mill Sites, and take the level of them, &c. &e., on moderate terms, All Letters post paid, addressed to Goderich, *ill be punctually attended to. ENGINEER'S OFF4IC;r , Goderich, May 30, 18.A. ltivated soils thus following a rule direct- : t " 'cls ill be sufficient • wh MACKENZIE, GATES, & Co. ly opposite to those of earthy fertilisers, the earthy matters are covered over, the Nearly opposite Mitchell's Hotel. which certainlydescend into the land. ; compost may then be thrown out, and the Hamilton, June 15, 1850. 2-tw Compost when made in summer is ready ! proceeding again renewed. In order to DANIEL MACNAB & Co. in eight or ten weeks, but much longer if show part of the benefits of this practice, 1-tw JMPORTERS of BRITISH and AMERICAN left to the autumn; and if there be any we beg here to observe, that the most foul HARDWARE, Hamilton, Canada West, anxiety to have it sooner prepared, the and weedy mould may be used ; the action have received a large and very general assort - WEST 'tient of Heavy and Shelf Goods, forming one of addition of ashes, or of a little lime rub- of the urine, if not reduced by water, is so the best assortments in Western Canada, and bich of old buildings, or of lime slackened powerful, that wirewornis, the black slug, 1 -tw which they offer at as low prices and on as good with foul water, applied to the dung used many other destructive insects, and all • terms as any other posse in the trade: in makino• up will quicken the progress vegetables, weeds, &e., when in contact DAVID ',TZARS, ANDAGF and GENERAL AGNT, VEYANCER, AUOTIONEER, Office, at the Registrar's Office, Li Street, Goderich. July 11, 1850. 1-t* CON &c ghthouse 5-tw THE OLD BAKERY. NEWMAN, BREAD, CAKE, CRACKER, and • PASTRY BAKER., first door east of the Ca- nada Company's Office, West Street, Goderich. June 25, 1850: 2-tw JAMES DONN, (Successor to HENRY HAND -S,) ANCY BREAD and BISCUIT BAKER, Patrick Street, Goderich. June '21, 1850. 2-tw S. LAI1IONTINE, AB1NET & CHAIRMAKER, one door east ) of the Huron Hotel, Goderich. July 1, 1850, 3-tw W. REED, TT OUSE DECORATOR AND PAINTER, Lighthouse Street, Goderich, Paper Hanging and Bell flanging. Buildings washed with Waterproof Lime Mixture. Cloths rendered Waterproof by Patent India Rubber Mixture. May 28, 1850. 1-tw THOS. G. READ, ENGINEER and MACHINIST, Lighthouse Street, Goderich. Clocks, Fire Arms, Cutlery, Tin, Copper, Iron -and Brass Ware, repaired on the shortest notice. July 11, 1850. 5-tw �:. WILLIAMS-& Co. HEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS AND General Dealers in Groceries. Liquors. rilis`lies, Dve Stuffs, Hardware, e., &C., STRAATFORD, C. W. • May 29, 1850. 1-tw J. G. KIRIC- 41°' PROVINCIAL LAND SURV.`EYOR, and Civil Engineer. Mill Sites-andWater Falls correctly levelled. Commissioner in the Court of Queen's Bench. Stratford, May 28, 1850. 'HOS. C. DIXON, ATTER AND FURRIER, Wholesale and Retail, London. The highest price paid ,for shipping furs, June 12th, 185 J. 1-tw 1-tw PLUMMER & 7'ACEY, GGON MAKERS, Ridout Street,London, (near the Post Office.) Begs to inform the Farmers and the Public generally, that they have Qu hand a large assortment of the best made and strongest Waggons in Canada West, which - they offer for sale upon the most advantageous terms. N. B.—An inspection of the above is respect- fully solicited. London, C.W., June 12th, 1850. • 1 -fm F. B. BEDDOME, BOOT: Seller, Stationer, and Account -Book Manufacturer, Tendon, Opposite the Robin- son Hall Hotel, And Woodstock, opposite Mat - son's kiotel, East Woodstock. Orders for Book -Binding, Ruling, Printing, and Engraving, attended to with Punctu- alityand Despatch, Highest Price paid for Cot- ton Rags. June 12th, 1850. 1-a.y Hamilton., June 25, 185't. 2-tw considerably. feat 1 prepared with lime with the urine, are killed. The situation Kincardine Arms. alone has not been found to answer as good for raising this compost should be protect - I N C A R D I N D A. R lei 8, dear the ti harf, manure • in some instances it is manifestly ed from t? o neat •'r by a covering similar 'ch b � H. hZ.�RLTON, The above ' 1 .�. .. �� Goderi ;._ iliiuene .,..�ttin sun and arid winds on •t 'e 1=1c,tl�e Vic• o�c, all putres:'int manures or compost, is so serious, teat according to common judg- rerilic,iou �n good bta1ling, da: , N.B. Packets start daily for the Kincardine settlement. May 29, 1850. 1-t :v British Exchtai.nge Hotel, RIDOUT STREET, LONDON, CANADA WEST. By JOHN SMYTH. Good stabling. June 12th, 1850, 1-a.y Union Hotel, Stratford. PETER WOODS, in returning thanks to the Public, for the favours he has received at their hands, during the past year, begs to in- timate that he has further improved the Union Hotel, and added to the STABLING ACCOMMODATION No attention on his part will be wanting, to en- title him to merit a cdntinunnce of the public fa- vour, and of travellers. An attentive Hostler al- ways on the spot. PETER W JODS: Stratford, May 28, 1850. 1-tw The Kis cntrdine House. ACAMERON in returning thanks to his friends and the travelling pubic generally, for the support he has received during the past year, begs to assure them that no endeavour shall be wanting on his part to promote the comfort of his guests. The above hotel is replete with every convenience and fitted in a superior style. Pennatangore, June 12th, 1850. 1 tw A. & S. NORDIIEIMER, EALERS in PIANO -FORTES, Publishers, and Importers of Music and Musical Instru- ments, King Street, Toronto. June 25, 1850. 2 -fin LONDON NURSERY. One Mile from London, on the Goderich Road. P• HYNES wishes to inform the public that he has got in his Nursery a large Stock of Fruit Trees, Apples, Pairs, Cherries, Plumbs, Peach, Quince, with a variety of small fruit bush; also, a collection of Ornamental Trees, both deciduous and evergreen; persons requiring such are invited to call and judge for themselves. June 12th, 1850: 1-a.y THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. — The building committee appointed by the com- missioners of the Exposition of 1851 have reported that they _are " penet-at,ed.... withadmiration " at having received 254 designs for the building in Hyde -Park, "a large proportion " of which aro remarkable for elaboration of thought and elegance of ex- ecution; 68 they consider worthy of special mention -38 English, 21 Erench, 2 Dutch, and 1 each from Belgium, Holland, Bruns- wick, Hanover, Vienna, Dublin, and Wales. Of these, again, 13 French, 2 En- glish, 1 Dutch, the Irish and Viennese arc considered worthy of " further Higher Hon- orary distinctions, on account of their de- signs of distinguished merit, showing very noble qualities of construction, disposition, and taste." - Yet after all, the committee arrived at the unanimous conclusion, that able and admirable as many of these ap- peared to bo, there was yet no single one so accordant with the peculiar objects in view, either in the principle or detail of its arrangement, as to warrant us in recom- mending it for adoption." They have ac- cordingly determined upon a design of their own, the chief feature of which is to be a dome of sheet iron 200 feet in dia- meter, lighted mainly from a circle of light in the centre. An ounce of Cobalt, put into a saucer, with a little water, will kill every fly in the house. Al eanust impress upon the mind of the farmer the indispensable necessity of his making himself acquainted with the nature and texture of the soil which he has to cultivate, and the consequent method of bringing it down or raising it to that stand- ard which he may consider congenial with the crop that is intended to be grown.— The following we will adduce as a speci- xnen of the alteration of a soil on a par- ticular farm, by the application of those substances which science and experience point out as the best and most approved alteratives. The farm to which We allude was a strong, retentive soil, On a substrat- um of ferruginous clay. The principal object was to improve its texture at the least possible cost. For this purpose, great quantities of fine saw -dust and peat earth, or bog were carted, but they had to go so far for the latter, that two horses would fetch little more than three tons in one day, whilst at the same time one horse would fetch three cart loads of saw dust. Great quantities of peat and saw -dust being brought into the farm yard, a space of considerable dimensions was laid out for the bottom of a compost heap, and about three feet in depth. Three fourths of this bottom was peat, the rest saw -dust ; on this was conveyed daily the dung from the cattle sheds ; the urine also was con• ducted through channels to wells for its re- ception, one on Each side of the compost, common water being prevented from mix- ing with it. Every second day the urine so collected was thrown over the whole mass with a scoop, and at the same time the accumulated dung. This being con- tinued for a week, another layer, nine inches or a foot thick of peat and saw -dust, or frequently peat without saw -dust, was wheeled on the accumulated heap. These scatters were continually added to each other during winter, and in addition. once in every week, never less than tr7enty-five 4hundred weight, More frequently fifty hun- dred weight of night soil and urine ; the latter were always laid next above the peat, or beg earth, as it was supposed they ac- celerated the decomposition. It may be here, perhaps, necessary to state that the peat was dug and exposed to the altera- tions- of the weather for several months, before it was brought to the heap for ad- mixture, for by this` it loses much of its moisture. Many years' . experience has confirmed the impropriety of using recent- ly dug peat, and when used in the manner now recommended, it is superior and more convenient on every account, being very much lighter to carry to the farm -yard, or any other situation, where it is wanted, and so convinced are we of its utility in .iompost of every description of soil, ex- cept that of its own character, that wherever it can be laid down on a farm at a trifling expence, we should recommend every agriculturist and horticulturist that can command it, to give it a fair trial.— So attractive and retentive of mixttire is peat, that, if liberally applied to an arid, sandy soil, that soil does not burn in a dry season, and it so much improves the tex- ture and increases the produce of an ob- durate clay soil if in other respects rightly went it_uld be' ;rvorth while to have pla- ces undr cover where these are usually laid, down. The ordinary method of con- veying matures on land admits of much imprvein. o t - ON THE CANKER IN TREES. (Continued from No. 4 ) The soil has a very considerable influ- ence in in luting the disease, if the sub- soil be a f rruginous gravel, or if it is not well drain ; if the soil be aldminous, and effective nt ans are not adopted to free it of superabundant moisture, the canker, Linder, any- one of these circumstances, is almost certtin. If an old worn-out orchard is replantel. with fruit trees, the canker is almost c. -tin to- appear among then, how- ever yotit and vigorous they were when first planted. A wet, retentive subsoil, if the roots penetrate it, is inducive of this disease.: _ - - Pruni has n powerful influence in preventin the occurrence of canker. - A very lar • standard apple tree, of not more that twenty years growth, with a re- dundancy of ill -arranged branches, was excessively attacked by this disease, it had two of its three main branches re- moved, and the laterals of that remaining thinned Carefully, all the infected parts at the same time being removed. The result was a total cure.. The ranches were an- nually regulated, and for six yoars the disease never reappeared. At the end of that time the tree had to be reinoved, as the ground it stood upon was required -for another purpose: The golden pippin, and many othdr va- rieties, -- raves: -pre_served fr-oth this dis- ease,. by'pruning away every year that part of each shoot which is not perfectly ripen- ed. By pursuing this method for six years, a dwarf golden pippin tree' was brought to be as vigorous and free from canker as any new variety. All thele facts unite in assuring Us that the canker arises from the tree's weakness, from a deficiency in its vital energy, and consequent inability to imbibe and elabo- rate the notes ishnzent necessary to sustain its frame in vigour, and much less to sup- ply the healthy development of new parts. It matters not whether its energy is broken down by an unnatural rapidity of growth, by a disproportioned excess of branches over the mass of roots, by old age, or by the disorganization of roots in an ungenial soil, they render the tree incapable of ex- tracting sufficient nourishment from the soil, consequently incapable of developing sufficient foliage, and therefore unable to digest and elaborate even the scanty sap' .that' -'is supplied to them. The reason of the sap becoming unnaturally saline ap- pears to be, that in proportion as the vigour of any vegetable declines, it loses the pow- er of selecting by its roots the nourishment congenial to its nature. The roots of plants greflising in saline solutions absor' to them, evidently because the declining plant loses the sensitiveness and energy ncecssary to select and reject. Thus, when plants of polygonum pcsicari W, and of bidens conorabiva are grown in a solution containing sulphate of sode,.(Glnuber's salt) acetate of lime and chloride of Scdiuni (common salt), they altogether reject the acetate of lime ; but wlieil grown in a so- lution 1and sulphate of copper acetate of Now sulphate of copper will be the most deleterious to the plants of all the salts. Suppose the portions originally in solution to be 100, the proportions of each absorb- ed are as fo llows :-- Chloride of sodium Sulphate of soda Acetate of lime Sulphate of copper Acetate of lime Parts 10 0G j4 31 M. Saussure found that if the extreini- ties of the roots were removed, the, plants absorbed all solutions indiscriminately°• (Saussure, Recherches Clteniques sur la Veget- ation) an ungenial soil would have a de- bilitating influence upon the roots in a proportionate though less violent degree than the sulphate of copper, and -these consequently would absorb soluble bodies More freely, and withoi t that discrimina- tion So absolutely necessary for a healthy vegetation ; so the other most essential organs of nutrition, the leaves of the weak- ened plant, would promote and accelerate the disease. These, reduced in number and size, do not properly elaborate the sap, and we have always found under such' cir- cumstances, these stinted organs exhale the acquaeous particles of the •-sap very abundantly, whilst their power of absorp- tion is greatly reduced. The sap thus de- ficient in quantity and increased in acridity seems to corrode and affect the vascular system of the tree in the manner already described: These facts afford us, most important guides in attaining the desired objects, the prevention and cure of the dis- ease. If superabundance threatens its introduction, the brut remedy is for the cultivator to remove one of the' main roots of the tree, and for him to be particularly careful, not to.add any fertile addition to the soil within their range. On the con- trary, it w ill...b.e Well if the: rrxuhe_rant necessity for the soli to be reduced in fertility by the admixture of one less fertile, or ,even of drift sand. If there be an excess of bra;nclio`s', the saw and the pruning knife must be gradually applied, It Must be only t ee`s of weak vital powers that will bear the general cutting of the annual shoots. A new vi- gorous variety will exhibit following year, in the production wood. itself in of the new DRIED CABBAGE LEAVES AS FOOD.—A considerable sensation has been excited in Paris by the discovery of Mr. Masson, by which different kinds of cabbage leaves can be so preserved as to be made appli- cable to human food in the winter and on ship -board. The method consisth simply in cutting different kinds of cabbage leaves into piece, about four inches broad, and placing them in a room under a variable temperature of 20 to 30 degr"ees', where they remain three or four days, during which they are turned two or three times, by which they lose 2-3 of their size and 7-8 of their weight. He makes use for this purpose of a room over the oven of a pastry cook ; after the lapse of three or four days the iea7es are placed in a box or chest, and deposited in a drylace. When they are intended to be used, they are put into' lu'ke. warm water for about an hour, until they have attained their original size ; they are then put into hot water, and boiled as usual, which takes about an hour. If they then are dressed in the customary manner of green vegetables not the slightest differ- ence will be found between the dried leaves and the freuh lea -es, neither in taste nor colour, and every sort can be distinguished as in their natural state. A BOTTLE of Egyptian perfume, 2000 years old, is preserved at the Alnwick M useutin, and stilt- I of ,iha its otdor. PUBLIC SERvAN•rs. — In an admonition addressed by the present Emperor of China to the officers of his government, is this remarkable passage — " He who sin- cerely serves his country, leave's the fra- grance of a good name to a hundred ages ; he wlio does not, loaves a name that sticks for tens of thousands of years." PLATO entertained some of his friends at dinner, and had in the chamber a couch neatly, and costly furnished. Diogenes came in, and got upon the couch, and train - pled it, saying, " 1 trample upon the pride of Plata" Plato mildly answered, "But with greater pride."—Lord Bacon: OF the gradual abatement of kindness between friends, the beginning is often scarcely discernable by them -selves; and the process is continued by petty provo- cations and incivilites, soinetiines contemp- tuously neglected, which would escape all attention but that of pride, and drop from any ineinory but that of resentnieut:—Dr. .101112,50 11, JOSEPH ADy.-011. Friday night, Joseph Ady vias captured by the police, and lodged in Giltslyur-street• Prison, on a charge of defrauding the Post Office, by sending 1,400 unpaid letters, which were the most of those Halts that are injurious' rctuui_d.—Jultrt b':t11 NUMBER V. /barn. VERSES .. Fort; TIIE " HURON LO'intLI r." The verdant wools on Huron's shore Are richly clad in sumwner glory, And birds from all the branches pour, In blithest notes, tlieir happy story. _ The felts are bright tt"th' waling snit. '.s'it'e r�1d ii j ea.tlE The bre Tri71 rosea, And over all sweet nature's reign A calm and holy peace reposes. The noble lake so calmly sleeps— A mirror blue reflecting heaven— That scarce, as oh the shore it creeps, A mariner or a sigh is given. And Oh, how sweet the valley green, Where swiftly flows the Maitland river,' With shady trees and 'lovers between, Here happy could I dwell for ever. But Winter conies; and wintry storms, From polar regions fiercely driven, Howl thro' the forests Teafless arm's, And darken aTT the face of heaven. The wild ftow'rs, erst so brightly sweet, Beneath th'e snows lie crush'd and blighted,, The icebound lake and river meet, Like friends in Death's chill clasp United. So charge the. seasons --arid, alas 1' So are man's fortunes hourly changing; Sorrows and j=oys thus swiftly pass, Alternately his pathway ranging. To=day bright smiles our faces wear, Our light hearts caiol in their throbbing; To' morrow looks on our despair, And echo only answers sobbing. Goderich. A: W. K. riIIE SEASONS. A blue-eyed child that sits amid the i odrr, O'erhtirig with a lahurn'um's drooping slitay', Singing het litde songs, while softly round Along the grass the chequered sunshine plays: All beauty that is ttiroiied in worna`I?hood, Pacing a summer garden's fountained walks, That stoops td smooth d jld'ssy spaniel down, To hide her dinshiIlg cheek fra'iu cine who talks: A happy mother with het fair -faced girls, III whose s i7eet spring again her youth she sees, - Nkti T a it, . a tees d ixl , nzriti,. i and sob , S`ti - pping an auti:M n diehard's laden trees. An aged woman iii a wintry roorri_; Frost on the pane-wtfo'ut, the whrl'iiib snows Reading old letters of 1her far-off' youth, Of pleasures past, 6:rid oys of long ago. LIBERALITY OF THE GOVEIt NOR GENERAL: ST. PETER'S CHURCH, B�ROcI StILLE—Wd are reqested , by " One of .the liildiri g' Committee of St. Peter's Church, B'ro'ck- ville,"to state that the paragraph which has lately appeared insevetaI of the newsp'a- pers in both ae tions of this I5rovince, gate ing «that His Ekeelleney tlieGovernotr Gen- eral has given twenty p'otxnds, towardf the enlargement of St. Peter's C unroll, I; rock- ville " is incorrect.--= Church. Our readers are familiar with the aory of the stable litter of Monklands ; an wa thought, on perusing the statenierg that his Excellency had given £20 to St. Pe'ter's Church of Brockville', that such was the fact, and that for once his purse -strings obeyed the ithpilse of a generous heart, and that an attempt was made to imitate the liberality of the lamented Lord Met- calfe, and to do the handsome in a similar manner. The leopard cannot change his spots ; and we publish the above td remove all erroneous ideas ofthe extent of Lord Elgin'•s liberality.--112ontreal Gazette. With sixty French meni'berS voting as only French members have ever been known to vote in any deliberative Assem- bly, we should like to know how Upper. Canada is ever to obtain any change in the Representation. If Upper Canada were to be double of Lower Canada, in population and wealth at the end of fifteen years, as -et „ill L new population and her new counties will have to remain unrepresented, or our French Canadian peasantry must be better educated than we fear is likely to be the case. But apart from any anticipations of the future, is it fair, is it generous, is it right, for members of Upper Canada, in sacrifi- cing them'selve's to sacrifice their Anglo- Saxon brethren in the Lower Province ? Is it fair, that over one third of the popula- tion should be permitted, by a cunningly framed scheme of representation, to re- turn only one fifth of the members? ? Is it fair to give them only fifteen out of seventy- five ? Are Morftreal •and Quebec to be divided into wards ? Or are the scenes of , former elections to be re enacted ?—Mon- treal Ga,sette. FEDERAL TtNION OF THESE COLONIES.— Mr. Roebuck has given notice, in the house of Commons, that on the. report being brought in upon the Australian Colonies Bill, he will move to extend the provisions of the Bill, so that the British North Ame- rican Colonies niay be permitted to con- stitute themselves into a general Federal Association. This is a matter which is now being gravely discussed by the lead- ing igen. in these Colonies, with many of whoni it obtainsscat favor