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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-07-24, Page 5essesimeseenk gav Aaratigentento Otto 4rta etraye1-4 (hey. .Farm for sale -11. Hale. Newt Celelough. V.ii•tiato let -W. W: Ferree. stsdillionsiu it: -Joint tiodgins. Yana for sale -W. W. Farrell,. • " Heiman Liver Pad-Hickeoit l31easdell, • _ Capiefi of te-darse NEW Eu may be nad Boo14.' Store of Unsure. Dingman it Rumble, and W. B. Baneford, Albert Street. Prig° 0 canto per cony Chtton till tit. -•IQAL EP THE cipTNTY. • THURSDAY, JULY' 24, 1879: • DISPCBTION. Sir S. L. TaleyTiTaia-paiently endea- voring to deceive the people of England refelonte tb.11-1,e-, effectillie Canadian Tariffavill have on trade between Eit,g- -le a nit ,4111-44 11-417Wittit1 ii-CIZT: had Chnimunicatiori ssin-the newspapers, giving hia times of :The .operations Of the tariff.. He WS the people ,t3e Manthester that the. tariff proMote certain manufactures the Dominion, and will diminish cluo imports froni the tnitecl States with. Out deereasing the import. from Great •'Britain. The.. emptirts frern Britain have • already decreased, end althongh English manufacturers, may possibly' he blinded•for a time by his, representa- done „they will Very scion ,learn that, A, _ guilEY•sti- W.bat the -small boy wouldseall-44,-stuff eetireleee-- . es.,• ?mu, LETEE'LlElt 111.A.TtOER. •• - . . Up. to the time, of Favisiting hoth'ing dell- . • nit() was known publinlyas to what course • the Gevernot-GeneraI would pursue in re- terenCe-io Ihae the -Caleitieeehae;e: definitely .geleised tee disnaiesal. It •will, be. thus seen that 'the Onvernor is oit the berns sf •di:s lenamit-if he refuses to act upon the efi.ice; Which he has the . right to do if he se ealfriSee, lie takes eponeltneter the responsibility of the act,. -and may not be eupported by the people; if ' he :ace .cepts theadvicee-ealtheugh contrary: to his.feelinga and. bet*. judgment -lis iiciAgerS ;Ilene will be responsible. His • positiOn is a delicate •one; and whichever way he decides great bitterness of feeling • •will be the. result. ' • . What good' will result from his dis, inistfalave fail to see, as it will nofeltatige the' least the present Parliament: and Cabinet of Queleec; and, to all: inipars • Mace, is only done out . ef.spite, weich. will belittle our 'whole government..s. Oriv.ehtor. refteseeeo leinetien Lee- tellier's dismissal no one cannot laut.ads, mit that he will act more in accoidance with theapirit Of era goVerument. . The "..le.ttei* was oncc. tried by a former Pais Itiment, 'Cabinet and overnoi7, and -ac; quitted, and is it now'right that he shall be retried and punished, by a subsequent e Parliament; Cabieet arid .Covernoee ust beeauses the eted ' fortherehav a eindictiee. -feelings against . • , Thio -would lie.' baelcivard legislation •.witla.a.vingeance,•-and might be &leave of .Very Serious. results: I t . is not. biyond the beunds• of probability • . .. • • a eliange in the governMetit Might. take place, arid then, is this 'matter to be again 'taken. up and reversed ? • .The idea hase.been; mo.oted :that the. Quebec .Legislature should be :diSsolved and a direct appeel to the people made upon this question, thus leaving its dispois _ el, entirely to thew, can hardly see that this is neceesary, ite the dissolu- tion: of tbe house 'followed. imitiechately • after -the dismeesal of the: Deellouchere villa governiteet, and'the :electors Wert) evell aware of the situation and .the merits ef the eas4,: foul there has, also, been Several clactiOnS sinde, 'nearly all going in favor or 361y.: • A • The cettutey awaits, with tome dc.. ereeeie impaiienee, the settlernent or this Mattel', but hove it will be Settled 'without sit appeal to the people we fail to see, for no matter which Way the elevereor-cieueral decides there'will be a large liedy of non-ontente, who will charge hien with Partiality _or el lack Of firmness..•- (mu IMIAATIONS WIT/I ENGLANOr, At AVinthleabm, PA kOurday, it ieferteed the Cee Oadiaa COOteSta1118 that a. entein nue) ber of commissions in the tow would be at the disposal of Canadians who had passed through the Kingeton College. It will be seen let, this that tie people Of England „really desire to have a closer relationship to us than no. escs ists, as we shall then, hi :some degree, be an. integral part of the nation, and enjoee some of the Advantages of those who reside on English soil. As we now have all the commercial advantages of free iffiports into England, besides many ether exceptional favors, does not onr teaderestrictions against them ae- . pear to be of an.muijse, udjust and une greteful character If continued con- nection with England is desired, nothing should be done. to endanget: • ite which Wet teeenie has boa ey .one present trade, THE CLINTON NEW ERA. The Montreal sugar 'refinery has raised the price "of segare-just 4V a lime when people want to ese a good deal of the article. A. Monti oal paper says.:-" Business at tbe wbarves is very duii, exeept in •the shipping of •cattle. The exporta- tion of wheat and 'hoar has fallen. off greatly as compared with former eeit- sons." .Beneets of the P. On Sunday morning a Toronto clergy.. man said:---" :Western Canada Cantaina, in my opinion, in proportion to Re po- pulation, a larger number of religious: people than' any other part of the world; Vet I cannot say that el "freer from fraud in trade end politics then any other calvary." If this is true, is. it a •pleasaut tbought to refieet upon.? CONSOLLOATLO BANK. Mg:PRESS .TO TOE $BAsS/j0i.PEOS7-FINAN- Coenrenne OF TUE 13AWK. ' • 1 oNTASAL, JULY 19. Thefollots ing addFess to the shareholders of the Coesolidated Bank:luta been issued; • To the Coinaittee of ahareltelders : SOCIAL We take" the following, veiy sensible , • article from tbe Montreal Star. If that. paper would continue b write in this spirit, it woeld accomplish erinch 'mere good than by upholding such a delusive policy as the N. P., which, it, infer- entially ,adinits, has' "been weighed in the balance and found wanting :-- • Among.the various causes which have gradually brought about the pie -sent de- pression in trade, :the desire fot outward display hi aeoordance with self.imposea amenities' ot society, occupies a prominent plane. People not only live beyond their means, but they strenuously. endeavor to hide this, fact from thieeepe 1 W_h man who is accustomed to live in good style cete !roe Panora _yetees_eiiierfeereiele. Tag liiiiieercieedliraense with luxuhiie. What does he do? holds out as long 'tlalleAaa, by making other people carry ,his:Initdens. Soon, however, hialupports fail, and he is conapelled to Put up with the o N if t w ra ovv, that man were possessed ofsthearteral courege to act independently. of eociety, his fitiancial ruin, if it mighpnot sattagethersbe prevented, Would :be kept far %While at bey,. Ile would' th us be ittditai- • p , I yeeenerar.serviee-toetreefizirneial-corte • dition Of the nation, But the majority of • people will .net. do this. :They will retain' their theneand „and One initurita until these are,takert, aivay from. them by inetitebto• . tnii;natural causes. 'Somebody most bear the burdenof clebt, which; cast froni one :man to another, as each finds it.toe oppees-- siee, is eiltimately thrown upon the few who *sink under weight and thin) I' ring about a -financial crash. • The good buideess man seldom is peragnally extravagant. He feels.that he meat conform .to the hard times; but he pea it difficult to niake 'his • family dolikewise.'. Moreover, the necess- ary bocialefiange is so distasteful that he despairs in nine casessout of tee, of ever bringing it about. What would people saY if the hails, did not make ;Milliner trine to the.country.? Whet would people say If the.social entertain eights were given up, arid if the clothing "hills were • reduceci to meet the exigencies, of the times? Depen4 open it, the fear of loosing ground an fash- iambi° Society is a powerful cause Of the present depreasion in trade. Foetunately it .is pis very fear which will,: in the " end,: bring.society to take a reasonable vie* of linanaial affaira. A money panic might indeed prove ablessing in disguise, for it • alit bring peinie to their senses,' and compel them to live strictly 'within their. means. 'The cry of ' hard times has led. Many tO•the Proper retrenchment tif their expenses.. But meat People have waited. until the eleventh hour to deny themselves what has long been superfiepurs: Much good has been accomplished, but much remains to be -done. It is in the nature of things to believe that the present depres- . slat tnay not give place to better times un- til a great financial crash has -Jake PItiee. Meanwhile; it isahe duty of society in general -to ignore artificial rules and veto pretensions, es sonde measurea of atonement for its overtrained ityle of Hiring. • The snecess of the Liberal party in Qaebec in carrying the county of Yoe. cheress, in spite et the -moet'determined opposition, will be ikrned with. the greatest satisfaction °eery part of the Dominion,: „ The follotving remarks are :worthy of consideration;-" An impression has got abroad and has seized the minds. ef many Canadians, that Manitoba is a paradise for the unemployed of all class- es. , The 'Province itself is snfiering from The circulation Of this false idea, Winnipeg jouenals point out that grants,: 'ether than those of thengricul- tural class or capitalists, are not requir- • ed,. awl should be dissnaded from mi- grating to the brorth-rWest: There are, howevez, good openings for farmers with one theusend dollats, ante upwards. Many Onterie farmers .who aro about to spare" hundreds of dollars and endure the nucertainties of life it the nn'w Pro - vino of Menitoba, are not aware there' are 200,000 .acres of land within tie days' journey 'font Toronto open for SO ttleMen t. The Government has placed no less than 238,020 acres of land on Manitouliti, Barrie and Cock; burn islands en the market. The lana is offered to settlers for 11,11(1101nd price, otteedollar per acre being the highest. It is ropeesented to be Of excellent ceneliby 'for farming purpeses, heavy fields of -hay and promisieg grabe being reported 'from sections of 14.1"enitoulin Island BOW under cultivation. - ROVAL CIYIL LISTS. • 'r1114 AILOWANOES TO tarARCSW, 1UNC5 ANS RVLASS OF EETROFS, Civil liens come it, with constitittione end cabinets, and all the other paraphernalia of the nineteenth century geverninene, The Frenchman, the Pruseian and the Austrian, it the commencement of the present Centu- ry, were as little acqnainted as the Turk or Russiaii is now with any reetraint. on the ability of the sovereign te spend tut much as he likect. One of tlamiglats, which the Ceara of Russia have:alttayat meat tenacious- ly claimed, is never to be without a rouble. In the olden days the senaiseacredspooition they held in the eyes of their own Mince- vitee would have rendered it something. worse, then an impertinence to attempt to interfere with or crtpnle their spending cas pabilitiea, and even in this 'year of grace 1879, with the entire legislative,edminie- tratiye and execetive powers in their own hands, nothing hut Nihilism can say nay to any extravagence they may like to commit. The saline to the same' way, used to look npon the p4Int w ho gathered La the finances of the Ottoman Empire aa bound to provide for the gratification of their pleasures, how- ever expensive they might be. These times are changed now. The countiander of the •faitidels it is true, is not canfirunito a civil List , any More than ,Ins predecessors but, m daily waiit te a piestre, he caste a long.% jag eye on the allowances of many a little Getman Totelitiifer-aild" has. had te inelt, 'We have aceoleher ItY-.yotir reqtrast,"-iii"- tervieeed: ihe directors of the bank lilies morning, . We beg to inform you that we Were met With ripen friendliness and candor on the pareorthe directorate, and every informatiensgiven Ile that we 'cleared, • In vie sv of the multifarioua reports in circula- tion, vve cs,iiiiet but thirek thiteteany infoiente tion of a certain nature mustprove satisfac- tory, thounh it May, not be ai.enconrasting as 'you could degire. That inforinatton has assured us without doubt that' there have been no Retrial accrued bad debts made by the bank siects the annual Meeting on the 10th May last. • It is a fact, howeeer, that in the eeealo Hon of ,Fecurities since that time considerable •redactions. have been made by the two new directors then ap- pointed. These have gone over all the ac- counts of the bank, and net -only by their personal knowledge of buainess but by the aid -of the inepeciter and the new manager, have carefully scriainieed each wenn) t and prnne t erefrom everything that could, in any-waysbe-considetedsat-all-doulatfulroads thoughsby-thia-process-they-baverconsider- ably reduced the bank'a assets, yet,there is an tiequestionable oapital left. The two directors went over the 'OtiOilate..and "idually made separate niernoranda, and ea 'it both arrived atolmost the stone cohcl ai u on, Beth agree that there will bee probable loss in the' branches of $916,000, and in the city• of 01,104,000, making astotalsof.$1,42d,900,. to be deducted fromalm imeettisaalind fora.the.lisk'annual rneetinn.' There ie 'slight difference of opintoa between the di xectors end the general manager as to th amounts to be :allowed for contingeneies t Plaee the brink upon a perfectly ;found hash/ The directors nanie $103,000; the genera manager seri 0253,600. • If we take th Mean of these turns; say $175,000,.and add lien the estimated Idas,We then have a tota of 91,595,009, which taken from the capita and contingent fencls of:stile 10th of May •will leave an undoubted.eapital at tho,pre lent time of $1,428,000;.or the cOntingen fund -inclusive, i$1,603,000, equal to :fully 75 -per Cent On the present bastes and:With- out the conetneent fund, 68 per cent on the k'eslobed capital. For the above" Spires we held the statements of the directors -and -a certified letter, by the general Manager, Archibald Canipbell Esq (Signed), . , .L. no; hisplateinsur!der to pay hi a-doin eatics- Wallop; But, excepting the CM, who is above a civil list and the Suiten who would only -he-tonsglad-of one, if ins:e00.14..get it, the sovereigns of Euro_pe have for some 'ti trit; past had to centent fhenaselvee with fixed incomes. . In England the civil list has been subject to considerable vicissitudes. The first 80- yereign of the house of Brunswick got as melt as a inillion a year. George IV. faind no difficulty in getting the £900,000 ($4500,000) a year that perliament allowed • him, which: was still further reduced for the • sailor king. Queen Victoria s list is fixed by "the statute of 1837 at 4385,000 ($1,925,- 000 per annum. In impeounioua countries the soyereign has to cut his coat according to Ida cloth. ThuSrthc Itigsdag only allows the king of Denmark about £55,000 ($375,s, 000a year, and the king of the Netherlarids •gets about thasameatmount _Hine:Louis of Portugal has 282,000 ($400,000) a year secrattends-teitilesthesSpanialt Cortes., by an actsof-jurre, 1876;made-Alfonso-X-Ils-an- allowance of '7,000,000 pesetas 280,000 ($1,400,000) s'year-ea rather liettvy.drain on a country that has nearly run dry. The Emperor Williani, with his excessively sim- ple testes and bourgeoia habits, must find it impossible to get through the more than four million thalers of his civil list, especi- ally, aa he:enjoys-the become -ate well of a considerable la ded property vhil th ni e. e a R„015,904.,(03,080,000). a .year,....w.lueh the. a Italians pay: Kum Huilibeet a of possessing One king Over one kingdom is d' a good deal to tette from them .alien we . consider their present eircumitances, and 1 how their debt and creditaecount stands. a The new kingdome and principalities that have sprung intoexistence in very mcent. I • fillies have all adopted the Civil list system 1 as part and parcel of that constitutional , form Of government they. copied: And SoMetialea there' has betimes,* little diffi- t culty in scraping together the income which is necessary to keep up the state • and dig nity of it king"or even a liOspoder. This was the case in Greece. • Otlio, with all his faults -sand . they were hot few, or far be- tween -had something of hie own to spend but when the Hellenes• tiok .King Georae in 1.863, and a suitable civil list had to be voted by the Natieoal Assembiys it was • found that all they could settle on their new • sovereign was 1,250;000 drachmas, or a little over £40,000 a year. 'However,:the government!! of Great Britain, Prancesand Himeji came to the. reecho with £4,000 a year each, and in thieavay Xing George has been -able to Make- bath ends meet: And yet what is looked insert as almotit poverty in. Athens would be thought :au extravagant. allowance indeed at Oath)* All that the 'Black Mountaineers can find to put in the pocket of thetr Impeder •is"Sothiethingunt• der £3,000 a year, though :we believe Prince Nicholas enkiers a pension from his patron, the Czar of Russia, of 9,006 ducats, settled on Peter II, and his descendents in 1837, by the late czar. Thane* hospodar, Prince Alexander I. et Bulgaria, hais an allowance • settled by the onstituanitte „st 600,000f a year. •• Tlai Great Logic Land, 11./osernsms. ;July 20. -The following -cit- . Mar hail been issued.hyAhe acting general manager of the -Consolidated Bank: 'To, the President reel Directors:of the'. Con- solidated- Bank: , - - ,GESTLEMEN,-I beg to.arate the,result of the investigation into the ageennts of this bank : The.redueed capital aniountsles es,cauttee 00 Add balance present contingent aceouta 943,000 00 • . .. . .. ... „.. .. . 93,098,000 06: Front this has to be deducte'd for bad ain't' doubtful debts' 4,420,000 00 Balance to contingent account 263,000 00 Total. , - 31,078;000 00 Leaving tesurolus or capital 91,350,000 00 Trt addition to the conti,pgont accent of 263,000 00 • 4tis properl.i,o03,0o0 oo that I should remark that i I the foregoing -valuations are hued bit eati.-. mates of the swots of the bank made by three•purties acting indege dently, two of whom are the tnew.direetorts.Messrs. Ro- bertson andeStinndera, and in which I my- self concur, the result being that the actual surplintaasets.Of the bank are equal to nearly 65 per dent on the reduced capital. - Y.oure respectfully, . .(Signed)i Aricar. Ceetrimee, " Acting Generel Umpteen .1.1i781.117?4.).VEV , To tlieStlitor of itte (linton, „Ala Era, Dc.tit Sir .-At the aemi•annual mooting • • ...Ls__ , Of the directors of the Blattner) Mutual Fire Insurance 41),, a resolution was pasaed to the -following effects viz That property insereds• in this company, tied deetroyed through the use of steam threshilig ma- chines, will not be considered ifienred by the company, and the use of aueli machines by members of the company, will be at their own risk. Clause 10 of the amended. by- laws of 1870 of the company prohibits the use Of steam power in buildings insured by the company, end no. such ideam machine must be timed closer to buildings :insured than 100 yards, • We are glad to inform you that thia com- pany eontinues be gain in,populatity, as the Vapid increaseiininembership clearly prores. Ala an index o f°the businesa date wo may state that a committee -6f climatal moot monthly, for the parpoio of exaneeing and passing applications foe -insurance,' At the last monthly. meeting 50 applications repre- senting an matinee of $67,000, were ao- earned. This le a fait index of what ie done every month. The farmers are now begin - mug to iippreciate the benefita of tide Mod* of insurance. T. have the honor to he, your, &O., • W. 03. SBANNOli, Sec.-Treas. .1 .tMEII Knit it, President, „ Uvicittor, Nny DO, • The rrareattions. Prom ate Montreal Star. • The subject of the manner in which the • pthrisofteasistilionosugalire, b:silitro:tillteedron:oirsanryoweaitytot,ract ing attention. This Is caused by the fact pa- tients are dimitnehtng, the (lectors viho have to treat them are augmenting, and while the litigious feeling that used to be so in,. • tense and frequent is cooling eff, there are being made far more lawyers than ever be, fore; with a -prospect of still further addl. t• virinithils,reated otthteo stair° er tart! wayhfare all wit he . profession of the 'law is cougerned, Many 'members havebecome mere collectors of amounts, and all, it is to he supposed,.be- °mite they have little or nothing else to do. It is proposed, as a partial remedy of the eituatien, to increase the fees,and to de- mand much higher attainments than were over before sought for. The supply thee being greater time the: demand has, of coulee, to be in some way regulated; and if many men who would make excellent • farmers and mechanics but indifferent laws leis, 'would Only -recognize he wfoolistr itis feethem. to endeavor to raise thenteelves up b,y their "bot straps" as they are now do - tog they would be doing themselves. good serVice.• To the farmers' sone, who are am- • bitious for professional learning, we would "DOO't leave the farm I" and exchange a certainty for- what are but at best Ptege• • riOtle prospects, -O course, the idea of one distinguish:Mg himeelf. is a Ver711411,11.alga buiiince the Pieleasiona are 80 crowds ed, are we not in deity bound to suggest that in agricultural pursuits ' men are 'equally • open to -the attain inen.COVela of honors with inen who become doctors; lawyerii, Mann: taxies, 'while a Substantial, indeed liberal, livelihood, never fails the industrious far- mer, as it often does the struggling profes- sional, who for yearefbas tia struggle along. under e very heavy handicap? Moreover, the products of " the farmer's brain and handiwork nerer fail to be required s it wifl be djfficult for the supply to be greater than threfleinand, ft proposition that it is needless for us to undertake to prbve. It has beim remarked on the honors that the lawyer attains, which many appear to think are inacceasible to the farina., te the tradesman or the mechenic. It is true that so far as concerns political distinctione, professional men tient to have the best of it, in fact we have too many politicians of this class, and therefore other people svho are experienced "er-the at atts_lemf--everystittyltfti-ongitis-tos direct their attention into this channel. If .,tbe farmer requires that special attention should be paid to his intereeti by our legit!. tatomoiurely the min who are the beet able to give this are thrlhe who are taken from the farrningeoinniunity, and we might con- tinue further in this strain. • But the trolible is when an individ (lel becomes a -Termer lie is too apt tesubstdo into the land and for- get- that insomelay he owessomething merest°. hitnself. sand, _that. int_lashoond_to. render the state some -service, and that in :the pastthere have been brilliant examples. of how' in uch•benefit a patriatie.faimer eau be.. Indeed nianY, not of the farming class alone often • conclude that there is nothing for thinm to do in public life so long as others can'he got,: however incapable"; aniVer con- .eidering that if they will only find it, there - is a place for 'Omni. to fill, and a Work for. them to perform, however hernble they may be.. Therefore, we say 1113 not in profes- sionaLlife alopeahat political /more are to be foundsprevided the individual will only fit himself to Mcaive them and thus is re• moved one argumeub whielt has consider, able weight with our youngsaipirants. JULY 24, 1679 many years. Maize subetitutes a ton 4:7 of COMA for n ton of potatoes or of grass. It prodises to feed the world, Willett teed auimals, at 25 per cent. less cost than ever before ; and hence it is the mission of maize to probably have a permanent efeect on the.Alue of wheat, fiver, meal, oats, potatoes and millers' offel. The chemist givo maize, impor- tant nutritive qualities, and it is yearly finding'a larger number of European. customers. While wheat yielda ten-feld, maize yields twenty -fold, and if it deee net displace the household wheaten and rye loaf from the tables of Europe, it will relieve many other substances from the tmes to whieh they are new applied. A. ohort ported since the price of maize was generally about 30s ibr 480 lbs.; it is new 301- per cent, cheapor, and there is a corresponding decline in the price of wheat and wheat Roue. If maize should,advano to 24s.or 25s per quarter • there. should. be -about a corresponding - advance in the prices of wheat and wheat our, as well as in the price cif millers' offal, oats,meal and potatoes. It does rie6,nr1 al a wlct4anknesel-finthp ther:wireiciefmaize, any tnat e as there was en 1878 A large 'crop in the _ Danube, but little of which has_ _been.-- • • liceeadleeteheered::e.la.erelie.theeroepIts;_weiteittetatilleeea lagoaorde. prospect for anode* large crop:in 1870. • Tee chances in freights and insurance •MaY ereve. some` influence later in the season on .the Price ef Make brEuropeen markets. The price of may be,- should bear a ratio Of the price of wheat as aboub onto two. • iitt._TTEit.... Tins Bruce Ilerald cells aetention to the revolution which.has taken place in the manufacture Of butter. ..At the pre- sent time there is probably' norie but creamery butter Shippred to the ,Englieli • market. Paietners' butter, bought • by deaiere, is7seetto the goat:aeries and put through a .propese Which iinproves both ite appearance and taste, end • though it cannot be dassed with shutter • Made at the creameries, still it commands a high - or 'price :and readier. sale' than if put up- on The Toilet without being stibject to this procese. Thid should he a warning to the farmers stbet- the •day of home- made butter is drawing te a eleee. thechange in the better market doee not by any means • imply that butter making will not.hencefortli be e. profit-. • able btisinese. There will always. be a Iterge consumption : ef butter, -And that. eoesumption will increase in proportion to the increase of the dnaliti of the ar- startle a good many in ilia first • Placeto be suddenly reminded that' the , spoo1. area of the Hudson's Bay T'erritorti, now annexed to the Dominien of Canada,. is -greater than that of' the United States. In tho second place, it. will Surprise a good many More people to learn that in _north- western. Canada, the wheat yield more than doubleti that of Mint -testa; find triples that of Pennsylvania „and Ohio. - In the third place it will interest political °con - °Mists deeply to be told that within a few yours the Winnipegwatershed of north- weetern Canada' alone may be . reasonably expected to be thrown into commerce of the New World With the •Old, an annhal wheat yield equal to the.Whole preeent ex- paaation of• all Anierica to the United •Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland; and that it is within the limitq of possibility that thia eubrmees eoinpetition with our own Metall grain fields may be pushed eriatward &WO a great navigable stream to a port ou salt water which, though situat- ed in the 03rd degree of west longitude, is eightymiles nearer to Liverpool than Xew forkis. Therm are thingi, we repeat, to set men *eking. The great centre of agieculture, population •• and trasle ha.vo boon moved 'about too frequenty, and too far on this continent within the ciirrent contnry to make it safe for any man to pre - diet whore they may be fond twenty years or ten years hence. All thet we. can be quite Sere of is that the priee of prosperity as well as of liberty is an trial vigilance. 7 Neither 'slew York nor imago nor St. Lotus nor the United Statee theinselms can expect to hold any good thing now in their grasp by any other tenure or upon any other coodition.--.N.:" Y. Worts/. " _._.•..�•.i*- ------ At' Wimbledon, 'en 'Priclay, Lieut.,- OA €41bSon, 'a. 11, P., of Ifamilton, won the 'Prince of't 'ales' peke of ,t100.. • BORN. Clinton, on the 18th ins, the wifeof Mr. P. Robh, of a daughter. Lot. --In Morrie, on tho 141h init., wifo of Mr. James Logan s of a daughter. HESSIAN, -Is Clinton, on the 23rd inst,, the wife of Mr, Thomas Hessian, of a daughter. ,• Wurrh.-In Exeter, on the 10th inst., the . wife of Mr-WillWhitesof the Refleetor, of a daughter. • , MARRI-EIX-- ClresexYourio.-10n the 32th inst., et • Ter.onto, by Rev. Dr. potts, Thomas • Gibson • Esq III:P.P. • Wroxeter, . to . • ' Sarah, eldeat daughter lof Mr.Rielierd• ' Young,.Lakeleti - •• • • APPLEBY. -In ;Clinton, on the 1911), _ Mary Jane Appleby, -aged 1,9 yelt Montstii.. , SHEVIIERD.-,-Ia _Clinton, on _the 18th inst. , • the-daughterof Mr: James L. Shop-, • • herd, aged eight Months. " WALLACE.---Tn kullett, 00 the 7th con., en the 1.0thinat., Mr. Wnii Wallace, -• Aii3lasTgeacioN469.*-378.: .Saaforth, on tb-a. :16th. lust.; Mr..11.0bert Armstrong, aged 65 • liullett, on the 141h inst., Cam • ths•rine Rey, relict •of the late Wm. • Ray, aged 40 years and 11 months. c t,eaeratat MARKETS ' ' July 23, 1879. . Wileat, fall. red, f bush, $0 •98 A 1 00 Wheat, fall, white, . . 1 03 a .1 03 s• Spring, lledchaff, - • 0,90 a 0.92- - , Eife, ,- - • - 0 93 a 0.96 Oats, - - - 0 50 a 050• . ,Barley, • 0 50 -a 0, 60 Peass „ . a 0 50 a, 0 54 . Flour,. •- • 5 60 a 5 50 Potatoes, new, • 0 50. a 0 60 Butter,• 0.10 a 0 18. Eggs, 009 a 010 Rate 7 00 te 8 00 }fides, , 4 50 a 5 25 Porks •- - 5 50 a 6 00 - „Beef; s . • •'. A 50 • a S 25 Staapskine • s- 0 25 . a 060 • Clover , . 300 a Timothy • •,.. - '1' 5 2 2 .. .... _ t Jiily 23, 18.19, • Wheat -Fall ' ..$0 98 a J 00 • .,0 90 a 092 • 050 a 050 - • ". 050 e 050. • .0 50 , a 060 . • 050 a 060 - 7 00 a 800 010 a 018 • 09 s0 -l0 -450 a 525 • 2-50 a 250- -5. 00. a 550 Spring • Oats • • • • - • Peas - Barley - - Potatoes • • Hay . Btitter Mr(' - -facie. harmers null have to tedapt -wen tereinselves to. the altered and altering , . . miturnstances +Atli° butter market. As. creamery buttee has the commandof the LONDON MABUBTS. Mat ket, theyatilloither have to combine- . e ' Jule 28F. 1879, and work ore -tin -410d on the &a-operativewhite wheat, per 100 lbs.„ $1 75 a 81 60 Rod Pall, do 1 _1. Spring, 410, 1 75. it 1 80 ' B ale.: jet y , do 0 90 a 1 25 . . . • do * 0 .85 a'• 1 00 ao 1 15 a 1 20 Butter, rolls, do • 00 2101 aft r; 0°-21:21' Eggs, • do principle or offerindueements to parties' 75 a to put them up at suitable .places, The co-operativo principle would probably be the more satisfactory and' more profit- ably,at somesaving would, be effected in passing theough fewer hands: Mittel' :and 'cheese have not touched so low. a • price for many years as they have to -day. The best farmers' Letter is now only bringing 8c per pound., and the inferior .sortacatinet-be sold,to butter dealers at any price. Good creamery butter would bring .probable female 15c.•.a. pound.; and it has in addition a ready Merkel. wheat rkailltien.4, • Vie N. "St. Produce Paxliave Weekly fir,„Ties that the futnre price of 'wheat will be ruled by that of maize ; end seta forth its argument in •the .following • language , In judging 6f the future price of wheat in turopean marketsoy now point of departure has to be taken. The gov- erning, grain is maim Maize at 20s ha vi had undoubtedly an important in- fluence in establishing the price of wheat ; and bite for maize, oats wonla got hive been plentiful ab lSs pot quar- ter, not bewail and peas at 32s, not mil- lers' deal below ita, level of value for • TORONTO In.salt.nirl. Slily 23, 1879: Wheat, 'fall, per bush., 1 02 a $1 07 VA heat, spring, do 1 00 a • 1 05. Barley, . do 0 50 a 0 56 Cats, ' do 0 40 it 0 40 Peas, do 0 55 a 0 65 Rye, 054 a 0 54 Dressed hogs, per 100 lbs., 5'50 a 6 00 Beef, hind go; per 100 lbs., 0 00 it 0 00 liutter, tab, 11 a 0 12 Eggs, fresh, per doz., •• 0 12 a 0 14 ratan:me, per brl, 1 25 a 1 76 ass.- novritE4.1. c.,t,TTLE at.ottRAT. • / ltfoxratars Jolt, 22 -Aa a result of the logo sales at this market yetsterday, busi- ness is imivereally dull teeday. The total offerings of lofted cettle amounted to dose n pen .80 heed, good proportion being mil& covva. . Lambe arid sheep scarce,' And toms mended slightly better figures. Shippers are not purchasing heavily just at the mos matt, hilt expect to de to before tho end Of the week. Choice' beeves are at obtainable ptiees ; butchers' cattle,' 2o to 46 per 11).,.• live Weielit; 'Mitch Critra,.$18 to $30; ealt70155 $1 to $4; Sheep, $4 to %50; lamps, *2,25' to 99 ; store hogs, 94 to 94.50.