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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-07-10, Page 44 gew Aattertigentento Mo. Vat Caution -Wm. Shier, - Revolvers -It. M. Rucey. Sea.Son-Able=-Devis DWelling to let -N. Robson. Henee Let -.--Miss. Mounteastle Girl wanted -Mrs. Time; 4soksere canaclian tweeds -L.- Thee. efti4t44--;, Money being scarcee4e.C. Property for sale -Win. Sinithilo'n-•' 4P' RE CLINTON NEW EIA: JULY 10-, 1879 Copies of Iciedsy'ei NEW tRA rati7 be had at the BOeir Store a Megan. Diegmhit Ifunatle, and W.11. . . Ilahefer4,AlbertStreet, Price 5 coats per 0011 OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. THURSDA.T, JULY 10, 1879. sai.LoT iniFltovEmENTete'„: The many spoilt ballots- that are Alma after every election, tbgether With ___i_0(ontimberriand-unnecesseey---letterhot- ' • on ballots, is giving PiSS to a...thsetuition in the papers for a form, of' ballott lees coniplicated or.liablis to lead the voter astra,y,, than the ono now in nee. That the present form of ballot is an unsa- tisfactory one, is apparent on the slight- est reflection, but the trouhle is, to get a foini that would not be subject to ertors similar to those that enstie in thense of • the present, form.. Instructions...to voters, no matter how ..clearly defined, do not seem 'to , accomplish their object, andonyone who has .acted ...at a scrutineer, will doubtless have witness- ed occasions when' voters supposed to be intelligent, belie displayed the most culpable ignorance in respect to nuirk • log their ballot. The -snoopiest 'form. ,of ballot that we have noticed, avuggested 41oririg„this, discussion, is.similar: to •-," the. American arid would be as follows • PEtteONAL••CANYAsainVta. The free and full dismission ..of all public !petitions is tho only way to ar- rive at a fir ir and just solution of them, and we are glad osee the friendly man- ner in which our neighbor of the Lon- don 444184iser takes exception to c,or article upon personal canvassing. We quite agree with it in its remarks upon the surrender of personal rights or vileges fer the publiegood, which every sensible person will. admit, and we did not intend to °Oliver the idea diet • we objected to an net against personal can - wiping on this rtecount.. ger ojeo- tion to legal interference in this matter is because it would be almost impossible to starry. it (int, and; also; begat* it mak• be accomplished in time, by public sentiment. It' candidates are permitted to address the electors at all, there can be 11Q Pestriotaif as to the• number' he sgalf address: This being. the 'case' '! he „ . I might visit every family and then can - vats them, bnt1y one of them . rei,ght have---cr-votio,---It might Iirslibarrdotre through friends, andlow oi1d that, be prevented t ' But is personelean vesting altogether an erimixecl eyir; is there not some good flowing from it ? Throughout the , • A. M. ROSS.. • -O., KELLY, I Now here is nothing but the two powers on a slinof paper, and. the voter. 'would ma' out the nae : does 'not, ..,_ vote for.. This,.agaie, is open to the objeetion. that many would mark out the name they intended. to 'Vote. for. . What we think Weida' be abetter feint than this; :seeing that:.,people have to some- extent 'teethe°. acceatomed marking their'balloe; wofild boto print the. ballet in. one • color, •siniply put "a: rule between.the.tWOmaniet; thu• arid count any_n)rr••X.; n .vote, s9 leeg, as put in either' compartment. People • will stick tothe idea that they have got to mark their' ballot in sotad shape, And if it was made necessary 'to strike. out • the name that they did not .irotelor, we are afraid that fully as many ballots • 'would be spoiled as at present. 'The " ballot could easily be made- a little larger, so As to lessen the possibilityof marking on lines, but on this shOuld not destroy tho vote. . IN4111.— SHOU101) NOT ao .Now that the construction of, a• ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Paisi- fie oceans is a forgone corialusion, it will be the height of madness for Canada to push forward the construction of the Pacific Railroad fastetithan is wanted for colonization parposes; ancl as there is already under. contract' S.' ufficie. a for that end; there. should be no. mere sur- Veying r borrowing of. inOney :in con- nection with it. This is a vety inner tent matter, and measures should, he taken to give the people an opportunity to give a :decision upon it, There .is new not the slightest prospect that any Asiatic business would be done over the road, and the auaount Of business to loo done for Canada elute Wottld not pay for the oil to grease the axles of the cars. A loud remonstrance should at once be raised ageinst it, community t here a great number who Are very ignorant and indifferent upon political subjects, and if they , were not approached personally weuldnevei.• take st thought abhut the matter. The minds of Such perSons, when cativaised by beth parties, ere, disturbed, and they are coni - palled to do a little thinking, and. that is a benefit, even if it is only in the di- rection of finding out hove Much ,they will he personally advantaged, either .pecuniarily or bye,favor. _Such. parties' will not road political articles, orattend meeting: for political purposes,' and ;VOW& tre-MOtarideotpabie 'thi intelligent vote if pmennal canvassing 7as.p0hiblitea,. thenif. perfect :freedom - , • of canvassing'was permitted,. Compulsory 'Veting ianother ques- tion altog,ether, and one Upon :which a good deal ean be said favorably; but we cannot say it would be advitable, at • pressnt,toputan at upon the statute book for that purpbse. That it is, eueabent upon ,eery one to perform every social dtity,is 0. truth chat no otie will contradict, but very' few would ad- vocate the enaetnient of laws to compel fulfilment 'of, these duties: • 'Even were a lAw 'enacted to Oompel the- Use :Of the fratiehise, how is it to be Carried ont The excuses for not voting are so numer- ous 'that' great difficulty - would le ix- Perieneed in convicting any oue of in- tentionally ,abitaining from 'voting, ex-: cape those, who publicly proclaim non- interference • in politick front :religious • views. •• ** •. The Objectt, of eourse, in advocating Compulsory :voting; is to Jet the vote out without the necessity : cif obtaining tombs by -.-the candidates 1, and--theie friends to ,bring i to the polls. -We think tho law Vreuld be a complete fail- ure, the only result .beiug the infliction of the penalty, disfrenchisemeot. It is trtie-saying, that "you may takett Iforse to :,,Vatei., but ,you .cannot make- -hint drink'! It is so in. -this case; the privi. lege of vetingis granted there,lint they will not use it,, The same principle is la cottple of day e last week bllt eente- whit better. •The members of the Manitoba Legis lt- (ityof$300.ietnttlinehaveab abolished the sessional in- iMr. Vanasse, the Conservative member, hats been elected in Yamaska county by 130 less than received The township of Townsend, in the comity of Norfolk, gave a, Reform, ma - jerky of 444 on the bth of June, which was the largest majority given by any i township n the Province, 0.7111tri.n. Sir John Macdonald was seriously ill • The United States Oonoress b i$ to 21; has repealed the tate on quinine.. Thit will probably make the market price from twenty-five to thirty per cent less than it has been. Straws tell which way he wind blows, and this vote showe that the eyes of the people of the United. States are getting ()Lintel, and so soon as they see the -effect of' the abolition of the duty they will repeat the vote upon other articles, Canada has now the enviable distinction of being Attest the only•couatity to grind exerbitant taxes out of fover-stficken patients. - evidenced in,. axially _ways. These . _ scarcely a village or town in. the Pro- • trannov Catiaclael Bustantss ILlaireeRlettIS'ise • • • — • Daring the Dominion elections the IVIontreal Wilnese had brit littlo o say regarding the N.P., not wishing t9 be Considered a partizan,. but, How the elec- . times; Are over and the N.P. in forefh it occasionally gives utterance to notes of warning, advice-andreproof, all clearly settnig_fortk_ the injury JJatis being. 'done the country "by the ill-advised pro- tective tariff. We clip. the following extract from its italic of the 4th inst., and we think it is no Wender' that it. • feels despondent- at the present time, when we are told that all 'property in Montreal has 'depreciated fully filky per cent, but .on Friday last property, ell: gibly situated, belonging to Wm. Brown, and known as the Marchniont, was sold by the Sheriff for $9,950. Five years ago the owner refused $50#00 for the same, which iotnore than 500..per cent. The spirit of enterprise mice so charac- teristic of Montreal ap,pears tolave left the • city.' When any people' begin to look to the Goverenient for that bueines success which depends. principally on indiv,idual effort it is :hard to believe there is much -enterpriseTteft., 'This policy, if policy -it 'may be called, closely resembles that of the ne'er-do-well who is convinced that all the world.iaagainst him, and sits •down ,vrait•ftir.soniething. to -turn -up, that„ clothe - thing •generally being. the' demise. IA a we Uncle et 'Other relative. .Thus who litreal--ind-Otber-TCanadian-ei ties - end towns, placed their hopes•of better days - in the "'National Police instead • of in themselves, they left a good battle et:4nd for one of which they, had no knowledge. In the old, days,of enteiprisu the books of • Mercantile estatilishaients used to have accounts with such headings aa!Ad venture to the Cape of Geed Hope,'or other places. • These adventures were generally Under the Charge of a son of one of the partners or.a promising pie& who was.ambitious enough to think of a partnership, and likely to tee every exertion to insure success and, oftentiMes. these hdventures- netted large financial profits and trained up* a -raco.of merchants of experienceand„enterptise- Now all seems changed.!. Canada appears t have but Itivci important customers,• . England and the United States, and these it his made commercial war upon. In the. opening .ofnewehannels.of trade the Gnv- cermet-it is looked. to, But the Govern- • ment while capable of gathering very gene- ral information and statistics,- cannot as - some the vac of a trader; this depends an individual efforts.. Canada has: money en- ough, materials enough, ships encmgh and Wen enough to double ite trade, and pay 'for everything it bunt in kind. It is to be hoped that .the present :feeling of disap- pointment at the results of the -National Policy will be:superseded by a determina- tion to do the best despite the incubus, and buildup a profitable 'outside trade. • TUE.. LEVELLIER. In the Quebec 'Legislature, on Friday, an amendment moved in censure Of the Minietry was*dEeated by a majority of 5, pod another !gotten was_ threwn taut. by a 'Majority of 7. Two benservatives votedwith -the Liberals.,- Thus does r. Joly's majority increase. • Moat/fee/ Star :--Great efforts are be- ing Made U.> induce the Dominion Gov - mamma to' change the spettifications of one of the recently h t eections of the Canada Pacific in. such a way as to de- grade the work and pet half a miltion deflate, into the contractors' pocket. • In the. Quebec. Legislature. the leader a the Opposition charged Mr. Joly with haviug secured his majority by corrupt means. - There is something ver.y.. sug- gestive in -the 'reply, of Mr. Joly. Ile said :----" The secret •of 'my success May perhaps have been due to the tact that I sought -to take people by the hand ra- ther than seize them by the throat," The Manitoba Government has asked for two thousand dollars front the Do- minion:Government for aid in defraying the expenses of exhibiting Manitoba products, at Canadian. fairs; the local grant not' being sufficient. It is urged 'that 'this is thbest.way to advertise the lands in the Provitice and the North- West belonging to the 'Dominion Gov- ernment. ,Tudge Sinclair, of Hamilton, formerly of this coutity,has publishetia book on the useful, if not exciting, subject of Division Court law. • .At Hamilton, on Sunday evening, Rev, W. W. Ross indicated the influ- ence ofthepress by referring to it as follows :--‘rBless us with a press that will always aid us in righteousness; blest; the press and all these connected • with it% May the' pulpit and press stand together for. the preMotion of • Chriatianity," The Ottawa efir.Thf the Hamilton Times says t -All is not lovely in the %Minion Cabinet, if report is'at all correct. • It seems thatSir John ita ty- ing t play a "lone hand," and bas sent Messrs Tupper and Tilley on a fool's errand. te England,. - Itits not. Atixiple that Sir John Will take a -trip:-.i,&Zia the seas at the present time,. as no guarantee 'has yet been given that he will .bo sworn in as a Privy Countillor. • The organs say that Mr. Fraser, act- ing. with the authority of the Bishops. Was-abiet secure the so7called, Otitholin •vote for Mr. Mowat, oein other words,. that the Catholic Bishop eepatrainpd_jtt members fellow lititrieler. -The lridb Canadian, however, says: The church had nothing. to do with the unity of the Claire:lie vote in either case .(Septemlier 17th, ot June -5th,) but in both cases the unity was a product of political in- telligence."' Here is a square issue which the learned Conservative pundits can settle 'as best they. may. . The Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Telmage, of Brooklyn, preaehed at the Agrictildtral Hall London, England, on Sunday after- noon; to 'two. congregations' of twenty thousand each.'Thousands thronged the, streets leading to the hall for miles, al- most blockading -the pessagOof velriolee and 'pedestrians. Many . people were crushed, and Mr. Wirings s carriage was almost demolished by the crush of the great trOwdosevery inclividnal in which, was anxioUs to see the: distieguished Am -Micah preacher: Hit • prese'nce it creating a furore through Greit'Britian.' The-press.bornmehts_cleal:withThitiedaily fron. various points of vtewas a preach- er ora lecturer, • 'Writing front Ottawa, a correspond- ent says :--o" The growing impopelarity • of Sir. Charles Tupper is the selajpetoof-- Alitetission.- -The bulk of the Con- •servative ,prese in the MaritiMe Pro- vinces assail his management of the In- teroolonial Railway; and Upper Canada: Centervitivell .15-oldly-atirte "that drily claims fOr appointinents,Of Nova *7.0tila • Coneervatives receive speedy considera- tion at ,his • It is understood that'. the ',15bminiott Grovernmentia nmeh. alarmed at the ill sticeeess of the National Policy, and is considering the best merino 'of supple., menting the protective tariff by offering additional inducements for the establish- ment of manufactures. : What shape thesoinducements wjll assume has not -yerbeen-doteettiined ; but whatever -the shape, it Will he 'an admission of the failure of the National Polley: . •Reports from 'Manitoba say there .are thousands of idle. men throughoirt the conntry who would gladly leave if they •had .:.money. enough 'to get away. . The Northwest fever whiCh • has ragad so fiercely in •Ontatio,o.this year has car- ried very manythither, in spite of re- peated warnings,. who were neither good farmers nor possessed of meant, tufa:. cient to keep them till they 'raised • a crop.''. Disappointment and distress eon - sequently are the results. In Welland, we liear that leading Con- servatives demand Mr. Bunting't resig- -.Atkin, an s e s,are on oo o secure a mast meeting of the party followers, to which Lincoln. and Atoll& will be,: re- quested to send„delegatee. So saith the St. Catharines Journal, (centervadve.,) It has been known for soialetime past that kr.. Bunting's seat was not a corn- fort:Able oho.is just postible that the row' inecipitated by Rkkert will prove the his strew, and that he will send in. his resignation. • The Globe, of the 41h inst., .centained . • . the 'following 'cable dispatch from its London correapotnieni- - - "After Sir LtiOnarcl Tilley's interview with the authorities at the Colonial Office, they resolved to undertake the decision of the Letelliet'affair without awaiting the arrival'of Sir John lVfandonald, • A des- patch to the•Marciuis of Lorne announcing I, Itiheeveciethctsidoeficiswillii sis in sant tro;oc strrdaiya.e tlerbine; • of my last cable message." 'rho pre*us cable despatch ahoy°re- • ferred to rens as fellows :•-• - . .. • , "The feeling ie the 'Colonial Office is against sanetioning the dismissal of Lieut. Governor Letellier ; but impressed With the idea that this is a constitutional (pies - doe, they hold that it is not proper for the Government here (in Euglencl) to deal with. the matter. It is assumed- ars pro- bable that both political parties in Canada might take utnbrago at such interference with Canadian ititernal affairs. Further, it is hohtthat the Oanadian,.Governmout has constitutional authority to deal with the matter: It is understood that inter- ference with tho question will be declined." I • U1 to the pretent nothing hat been niadeptiblie 41 t : 0 ,to=t), in reference 10 -• . the affair, but i'i is believed -that Satur. day's Ojeda/ Gacette will contain the despatch from the home Government to 'Lord Lorne. ' The terit. of the despatch is, of course, not positively known. The Ottawa Outten, referring to the Mattee; intimates that th'e-servicet of Leteirer will be.dispensed with, while the Free Press assumes the contrary. The pub- lic await with dfixioty the solution of this question. ' • vince but what has 4 Mechanics' Insti- tute therein, front which, for $1 per year, books open 'almost 011017 subject could he obtained and perused for a 'fortnight Or more ; but how many farm- ers aveil themselves 'of the privilege. There worth?, be rio loss of time in ex- changing; books, as it could be done when any member of the family visited the town, Our agricultural societies are acknowledged to ha,,yas done an int- niense amountof geed, but, compare; tively, how few otour farmers have any connection or take an interest in thorn ; if it were not for town or, village red - dents how many agricultural . societies would hove an, existence • As we said in our former article, the only and best ,remody for personal can- •vassing and getting out the vote, is, by stirring up and guiding public senti- ment, Morogood will he aedereplished by this means than by the enactment of 4a hi for the purpote. • • • • •• It is unclerstOod that Sir S. L. Tilley :Wilt :eedeavor tonegotiate another. loan •While in England --that tieing rt. diver - Sion laid with: unpleasant regularity 99,.: 'Canadian Finance Ministers. He cap hardly fail to do so in the'present state of the English money market. Ho Might • to get very favorable terms iecleed. Cense:It ate higher than they have been for thirty. years. if more and more inOney has to bo borrowed, it.' is 'trait, factory that the money is sought' at a time when the conditiont are' so favor- able that even Sir S. L.•Tilley cart scarce: ly fail to get g&ulAerms. .41/Ontrea2 Witness ." Staggered by the great suciiiss of .the tration, the Conservative journals aro so dazed that they are 'Coming to the con - elusion that it only portends the final coniplete disaster which will overtake it), in four years,if not teener. Thore is not any More ground Or this belief' than for their own eonfidont antieipa- tions before the election tbat they would have fifteen Or sixteen majority in thci new Route oe so much. A Govern - meet whiehtims weathered 'sloven years With Suolt is gOod yecord is not likely to comtnit any such folly as will result in its eomplete overthrow al it short.titne • . St..Catharkse Journal :-" $o great . „ • . ja ;the revulsM. n_•of...feeling egaiosst..gle Goyeinment; in consequence Of this Wel- land Cabal fiasco, that it is quettionable if a Coneervative-could. be -returned in either Lincoln, Mora; ,Niagara, or Welland,,were an election called thi now;," Strong as the revulsion of feeling may be with: regard to the canal, it is. as nothing compared to the dissatisfaction Which . exists 'fro& other cause.., We havo no •doubt the Reformer's in the constituencies named Would he gratified 'by an optiortnnity of testing the,popu- -hmity -of- their cause, and would gladl enter upon a minSpaign. •" • •Loectoo Well-knoWp fruit dealer in this city openly' denou aces the National Polley 'as an ..expensive 'freed. In addition to the annoyance of ;the• petty restrictions at the Custom House, it osts 'hire • at any rate of 0,000 a year? Altheuglin-good-Gon- servative be don't care how' sopn the " N. P." is shelved -he can't Mibrd 16 loose a large sum yearly just: for the glory orseehrg the Conservative Policy carried out..1 Of curse, we all know. tiht it was only -an election city,", with the sole object of bringing John A. and his followers 'into office. They've 'got the Offices all right'; but 'what is to re'. compense t e people, the voters, •who placed them there? Glory is all right, but whentaken tit the•eXpense or pro- fit its flavor fails to: please. A' *hole - gale, druggist, alto a Conservative, ex- presses his disgust with „the whole ar- rargement... ,Stratford Beacon :---="In„ft private let- ter we were shown from a gentleman ie the Northwest (a good. Conservative) own rs*the following passage f The us. gineers on section 15' of- the .0.P.R. are a regular set of. incapables. • It is the assistants who • do all the work, and when the. -engineers attempt to 'do auy- thing they always Make -a Mese of it Otto filling is being clone under the or- ders of Mr. 0-- Which is across. a lake 500 feet wide. They. ware all last sitna- raer,fillinet in 100 feet of it. The lake is 250 feet deep, and there -is no solid bot - tow. They will never fill it, but old 0- is ashamed to admit that he has made a mistake and so they.' are going on with the thig yet,' Thus it a had State of affairs, but is nothing more thrici might beexpected, . Competent -men Were dischar„ood because they were Grits, and incapables put in. their placet be- cause they werd Tories. What do the Government care? The peoplo. have to foot the . • Pireit 'New Wheat seta. • Parkhill, July 8. -The first load of new fall wheat was brought to Parkhill te-day, and deliveredat the mill of Jas. \Meinnea. It was raisied on lot 16, con. 16, MeGilli- vray, by .7. McVicar. This is the earliest load ever brought into this market. •Tho wheat was of the Clawson variet4 , and very plump and largoio the grant. Ihe suce cess of the fall wheat magi is weaned. • ••ltirrwiNto etaarott. • • The annual mowing-mate:1i under -the auspices c-irtlie Ifurou Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, came off an the farm of Mr. John Willis, near Exeter, an Tuesday. There was a large attend- ance of spectators, and machine men ' were well represented. As is likillally the case, the judges had a difficult job in making decisions. Their award. was as follows ;--let prize, " ronclad," made by L. 'D. Sawyer &Co., tfatniltela ; 2nd, "Kirby NO. '1," Harris, Son & Co., Sawyer Brantford; s&0 3i: . d, T:rOnclad Jr.," L. .D. Tee Aerieurterat Deere:wen In (Otto • In the House of Co---'ininons, London, Eag.. on Friday night, the Goverment agreed to the motion of •Mr. Henry Chaplin. - -- Conservative menber for Lincolnshire for the appointment of a Royal Comniission to inquire into the Canna of the agricultural depression, and how far theywere created by or are remediable by legislation, The , matter caused great debate. All sides agreed that agreat eausnoLthe depression -7 was the American competition. Mr. Chaplin, in bia .opening speech, said Int regarded free trade as &question definitely aettled, but he could not shut his °yea to • • the failure of many of the predictions of , the advocates of free trade. Ile did. not propose-a-ramedy- now,- bat -oaly-aaked-for- an ingoity. Bepoieted out that the ture fate of British agriculture win de- pendent upon the coat of prodded= in, America. If the cost of importation fell below the cost of produetion at home the ruin -of British agriculture wits not far dis- tant. Liberate, ituch as Brassiai, lifiteDuff • and Duff; blamed the British land system and ganAe law for the depression. The ar-' wt. -meats were summed, up in a speech by • • Bright, who warned the land oWners that the Competition orthe•United States would eo on increasing, and the only way to meet • it was to get rid of thestupid, .mischiev- • oils legislating. regulating the tenure and . transfer of the land. Maciver and Ben- tinck advocated.proteotive measures, but both the Manama of Hartington and the Government as represented by Viseount Sandon, the Coneeivative member for Liverpool, and Sir Stafford Itortiniote, the Chaneellor Exchequer; deolared that no° cense had beenahown f . suchmeasures; which certainly would never be sanctioned. The Margins of Hartington attributed 'the - depression print:ally to the bad season. . • ••• • " latiroperin erop•,.1ProSpectie 7 despatch :of the 3rd hist to the • York press quotes from the :Times' pity ar-, tido to that date aiifollOws :-Evidences of the preponderating,infinence of the fore-; ligleay.iteef supply eirTerthe—rturrieet7l4Miek7-7- Lane was afforded en Tuesday last. by the fact -that---tc Violent reCuirence • of bad " weather at this oritical period scarcely af- fectedprices.at all. Wit note that beyers mainly. rely on AnieriCan supplies, ..as the reports from the continent are far • from being uniformly favorable. Official reports .ef the Italian harvest eAy' that ramp and in.- undations have rendered the prospects in . • the north deplorable. Central. Italy pro:7 misesrat least a moderately good harveat,' • southwest ..iind Sicily tolerable, and the. , southeast and Sardinia excellent. On the' whole the anticipations atennder the. aver._ age. • AccorAing to 03essa newspapers the - • . i • . . sitqatton. of crepe n Sonthern :Russia and the Octueasus has been scarcely: ever so bad. as at present. • What was left by drought and hail is now, it is asserted,' •being an- nihilated by -frightful swerma of grasshop- pers and cern-beetles in the neighborhood' ' of Odessa, and in tbe • Governments d• . lieatiarabia, 'Ekaterinosial; ICheraon,Polta- via, Tiflis, Terek, Bake; Stavropol and • Hotels. • , , • • epietamie flintier Ole ernes in Franco, -- The following extract is frOtri:a • recent. • number of the.Fatia We are in. ,Tune,. and instead of 'the ininshine in the normal condition of thinge, ought to .be warming' the earth and ripening _the ., Crops, we are condemned to Continual rains and to a wiuterly atmosphere.. In fact, we ni ust go backthirtyyears to lied =oh anoth- er unfoetunete..serieon in France. In 1846 we had a year like this, Without a spring; ' but on thatnocaaion we were not face to • • face with the disastroua scourges which 'desolate the countrY to.day, which; side • by side with the bad weather, have render- ed the state of agriculture unparalleled. An itiamediatelspell of warmitveather might in some measure repair the miathief which 'has been. done. Grain, grasfe. vote .and potatoes would all benefit, and so would' hoot and grapes, which aro Muth behind. -From one mid ofFrance to the, other, it ii the unanimous opinion that harvest will be at least amonih late; and that the yield 'will he gready•below the Average ' • ' CANADA. RYE 11sT. AN:VSVERP.-Tho, Ship- inents oftiinada rye recently. Made freeit ' Mootreal te Antwerp. have been received in that dfia hive iiVeti treat hatisfse. -- • --- tion both as regards finality and value,. ' The importereof the rye 'are highly de- . •lighted with its quality, and in' their cor- responcienee with the shipper there, they .4 designate it as superb, end hold oukevery • encourageMent for the transaction of a• , largo b mimosa next year between Montreal and Antwerp. Last year'scrop, of • ryo hat boort nearly, nil marketed, .most of it - having gone to the,States early in the tea - son.. • . . • •• • • BORN: Verr,t,. ----At -Watford, on the lit inst., ,the wife of Mr, jas. a. Yuill of Clinton, of 4 • daughter. • 111cLuexas.-In Olintori, oil the 8th inst., the . wife of M.r, R, McLennan of a daughter. • DIEM Clinten, on the tred inst,, tho itt- jattt On of Mr. Harry Hunt, aged two . • months. " 0313011S11. -Til Clinton, Ou the 27t1i J'un'e, the infant child of Mr. C. Oaborne. Bennett-oln Clinton, on the 24th June, the infant daughter of Mr, A. A. Bennett. basaivev.--On the London Road, on the 2615 June, Goerge, son of Me. Wm. Stanbury, aged yeara and 4 menthe. .