Huron Gazette, 1849-05-17, Page 2AGIIICULTUltE.
From the Journal of Agriculture & Science.
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED.
No one who has attentively examined a grow-
ing crop, can have failed to notice the difference
in the vigor of different plants on the square foot
ofserface. Some will start with a full broad
leaf of a dark green colour; others with a narrow
one of a pale green, or yellow and sickly hue.
During the early period in the growth of these
fTants, the difference will increase,. and a large
ull head will crown the one, while a Short shriv-
elled one will be all that be yielded by the other.
For this difference there may be many causes.
I think it better to confine the examigatton to the
early period in the growth of the plant. After it
is a few inches high, causes, obvious, yet entirely
beyond our control, will continue andincreasethe
difference. The powers of life in one, being in
greater activity, and more fully devoloped, its
vessels are sent out on longer excursions, and
nourishment gathered from a greater distance,
even from the very threshold of its neighbour's
dwelling, Like the stronger animals, it not only
takes the first and the last piece, but the best of all
the pieces. Not satisfied with the robbery below
the surface of the ground, it extends its broad
leaves to the sun,_ and makes the first use of the
light and heat, transmitting to its weak neighbour
hat remains ; and from the dews and rains its
own watercasks must first filled, however thirsty
its feeble companion may be. Of the early causes
imperfect tillage undoubtely has much effect.
One kernel may be half coveted upon a bunch of
grass sods; another buried under the same turf,
below the full influence of light and heat, while a
third is placed al a suitable depth in mellow earth.
This is often more strikingly exhibited in buck-
wheat, a crop for which mellow ground in ordinary
cases, is indispensable. If the ground is ploughed
in large furrows, and sown witleout previous har-
rowing, as many are in the habit of doing, no ire
considerable part of the seed will fall so low, and
be buried by the harrow so amply, that a late
and sickly dwarf at the feet or its more fortunate
neighbour, will be all ihar
But the cause to which I must more particn-
Iarly call attentton at this time, is a difference in
the seed sown. In my neighbourhood great pains
ere taken by farmers and gardeners to secure
good seed. I speak not now of clean seed; not of
sowing a mixture of rye, chess, cockle, charlock.
red root, tares, dock, southern plantain, and Canada
thistles, and calling it wheat, but of seed the indi-
vidual grains of which shall be full and sound,
ripe and fat. An excellentfarmertaught me, while
yet in early boyhood, that seed -corn should be •se-
lected in the field, and only the long, full, ripe
ears be saved ; and other things being equal; they
should be selected where two ears grow upon one
stalk. This, I suppose, is in accordance with the
practice of all careful farmers. If this selection
is made before the husk is changed by frost, the
earliest ears are easily distinguished. They should
be braided by the husk in branches of convenient,
size, and hung up where the passibility of heating
or moulding is out of the question. By this pro-
cess 1 am satisfied that not only vegetation, and a
fuller and More thrifty blade is insured, but the
best kinds may be made better, and foreign varie-
ties be acclimated; and perhaps some of them made
valuable.
Let those who raise seed for sale answer for
themselves, but sure I am, that no sensible man
would thing of saving, for kis own ase. the seeds
of asmall insipid melon, or of a thin fleshed.
watery, coarse grained pumpkin or sqush, al-
though he might be confident they were.tully ripe,
and would, in all probability, vegetate.
The short, yet massive,. cabbage turnip." which
produces a -large, compact head, is selected to
-furnish seed for another year. Such b. els, and
carrots, and turnips as you would wish your
future crop to be, are to he put out for seed, and
the product of the largest branches and fullest
umbels only should he saved. For early use, the
. short cucumber, growing near the root, should be
- saved for seed. In the latter variety for pickling
if one gives any indicattens of unpeua, tlt;aleher
becomes -forbidden fruit.
A gentleman of my acgnaintance, a merchant
in the country, once mentioned to me a circum-
stance in point. Having just received a box of
seeds from a family, celebrated the world over for
their garden seeds, he asked the individual who
brought them to furnish him, as a personal favor
some cucumber seeds for his own garden. He
was reminded that the box just opened contains
an abundance of the article. The merchant re-
plied, " Friend, I want a few of those seeds you
have saved for your own garden." A few days
after,.a little package ofeeeds was received which
the merchant assured me was of more worth, five
times, the nominal value of ordinary Seeds; each
seed proluced a e vigorous broad-leaved plant,
leaving nothing to be desired either in the rapidity
of its growth, or in the quantity or quality of its
productions.
In crops cultivated during their growth, all
feetie eneks should usually be removed, at least
when the number of vigorous ones will admit of
that disposition. When pumpkins are ci divated
with corn, trona one -thirds to twcethirds of the
vines may be pulled up at the last hoeing, or soon
after, and consigned to the ht g pen with decided
advantage. They will show by that time, that a
green pumpkin, too small for a football, is all that
to he expected. But although the subject
• is so important in regard to the seeds which have
been mentioned, I know not why it is not equally
so in reference to the kinds of grain, etc., which
in this country are almost universally soon broard-
cast, and yet, so far as I know, but little has been
written or said on that part of thelsubject. };have
even heard farmers object to sowing wheat with a
large, full berry, because it would take more in
measure for the some quantity of ground, than of
a sample of the small -berried,. shrivelled kind.
They said that shrunk wheat would " come up,"
and if the berry was shrunk to half the full size,
half the expense of seed would be saved. If there
are few who would attempt to epeeulate by ex-
changing full, well -fed -seed, for a poor, half-
starved specimen, then am I fearful there are
multitudes who would not take the trouble of ex-
changing the poor for that which wa- better, paying
a little difference. But in the best specimens there
will be many small, imperfect grains. The cause
mentioned in the early part of this artiele will ac-
count for some of them. In oats, every iudividnal
stock will produce grain, differing widely in their
size and weight. Some of the branehlets of the
panicle will put out later, and produce inferior
kernels. The same is emphatically true with
buckwheat. The small kernels of any of the
grains, with those broken by any cause, would he
of value as food for animals, but if sown in con-
nection with the full kernels, they would do little
• more than shade the ground, and take some
nourishment which would otherwise go to perfect
more fully the fruit 01 the other stalks. But here
some one may ask, how is the separation of the
1 arge from the small, the fat form the lean kernels
to be effected ? - Very readily by a good set of
sieves or screens. In addition to those belonging
to your fanning mill, let others be prepared of the
same size and form, from wire cloth of the din
'ferent textures you desire. The cost will not be
great. They will be extra sizes for your boli. and -
will be worth twice their cost for this purpose.
Then make of firm light boards, the sides and
ends of a box, which will just admit one of these
sieves. Attach .to the inside of your box soine
little support near the lower edge fur the screen to
rest upon, and you will have at command as
many screens as you have sieves, both proper and
extra to Your fanning mill. One of them. of sui-
table fineness, will take from you oats all small or
broken grains, and all cockle, dock, and thistles.
est., whieh you can consign to your cauldronand
atter being boiled thorughly, they will hurt neither
your hogs nor your land, and a richer harvest of
better grain will richly reward you for all your
care and expense.
DEAD,—The London Times noes the death of
Louts Christopher,Iton of the Emperor of Hayti
commonly called the Black Prince. He died in the
workhouse having been..several times committed
as a rogue sad vagabond,
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IIUG(N GAZETTE, GODERICII, 11, 1D., CANADA IIEST, TII[1RSDA ,AtAY 17, 1319.
PRO PARLIAMENT.
M'ONTar:AL. May 9 1849—'7 P. M.
The U. C. Mill Darn Apron Bill; the Niagara
Suspension Bridge Bill the Markham and Elgin
Road.Comnpanj' Bill, and the St. John Baptiste
Society of Quebec Bill, were read a third time and
passed.
Sume other bills were read a second time and
committed.
Hon. Mr. LESLIE stated that the Queen:<tien Sns-
pension Bridge Bill would be reserved for Fier
Majesty's pleasure, the Board of Ordinance ha-
ving reported that the measure waslikely to in-
terfere with the defences of the Province, on the
Niagara frontier.
[Here the Telegraphic communication was
stopped, by some cause or other, not explained.)
May 10.
Surcwwr —A young man named Provost, for-
merly engaged as Collector of the City Gas Com-
pany, committed Suicide yesterday evening by
cutting his throat. An inquest was held,—Ver-
dict temporary derangement. -
MORE DISTURBANCES IN Mt0-NTREAL.
Our city last evening about tour o'clock, was
the scene of anoherdistnrbance. A crowd having
assembled in front of Tetu's Hotel: Great Si. Ger-
man -street: -where, we understand, a uepuiation.
arrived frcmToronto with an address ofconle e -ice
in the Governor-General had teen dining, come
of the windows were snraehtdby a volley of stuner.
Some shots were fired, and a man named Milleris
reported to have been Shot in the neck, and ano-
ther slightly injured. An attempt was made to
break open the doors ol'the Hotel, but the arrival
of the military restored order and tranquility, and
at midnight all was quiet. -
in the House of Assembly yesterday, the re-
maining sections of the Municipal Curpoi aliens
(U. C.) Bill, were agreed to, and the bill ordered
to be engrossed.
The Savings Bank 13111 was read a second time
and referred.
Some Ministerial measures were advanced a
stage, without any debate.
ARMING AND DISARMING THE
FRENCH.
`de learn that Lord Elgin sent for Mr. John
Young a two year old convert tollJinisteiialopin-
ions, a partner of Mr. R. Holmes, that very tint
but very sups—elicit,' think iig,strpporterofLI e Min-
istry in the House, and dubeed him Chiel Magi: -
trate of the City.
The Ministry in fact have ben so completely
paralysed by the aspect of things around them,
hat they' have lett events to take their chance.
The mob deserves great praise for the moderation
of its proceedings. coneidering the provocation the
Anglo-Saxon populaiiou has received anti ills
complete power it has swayed in the City sencc
Wednesday last. Very few people have be tr
hurt, and not so much propelty destroyed as might
have been. Iled the people telt ineleted to heex-
ec Jingly tni:,ctlieveu , they were wisely afiord,(1
every oppouniint,yre:hewing their inclivatumr,
the Sang Government which rules in the Assem-
bly with such vigour being perfectly powerless.
In fact, they have acted as i1' they de ired the
lawless multitudes in the streets to go to every
excess; but the Multitudes were too considerate
to proceed to extemiiy with a prostrate opponent.
The Anglo-Saxon has bad his swing triumphan-
tly, and to the eternal di: grace ufthe Government,
permitted to keep up a system of terror in Mote
treat withuut check, although there were pleory 0,
troops at command.
Un Friday evening, Lord Elgin, ashamed of
he aearch"cal proceedings then enacting, so far
forgot himself, hutnanty and civilization, as 1s,
issue an order on the Ordnance for G00 emlasses
and pistols to be served out to the French Cana-
dians, so as to tonsure himself the satisfaction o:
seeing the mnuier ofse:ne of his countrymen by
their natural enemie•, before he haves Canada—
a country which has been ton heavily cursed by
his presence. •
The knowledge of this ern, 1 -minded act reined
the fierce energy of the Anglo-Saxon race elmo t
to fury, and it was only the assuranceof the Mins
Of the oilier) thaCilie French Canadians shout:: b. -
instantly disarmed,
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instantlydisarmed, that provented than lecnn rush-
ingto arms.
The country. however, has been as vet saves'
from the evil effects of the step taken by HisLord-
ship. The Adrnini,t-atiun hound themselves to
see to the disarming of the French again, and re.
ihatscotdition ire English refrained from vt:ngencc.
—151,mtreal Gazelle.
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FURTIJER DISTURBANCES ANTICI-
FATED IN MONTREAL.
THE: MILI'T'ARY CALLED MIT.
The following is from the Montreal Herald o!
this morning:
"Some little excitement was created last i'gbt
in consequence of the military being turned tui,
and paraded through a portion of the city. Cap-
tain Wetherell accompanied them. At last a
party was stati•rned et the top o1'the street leading
to Craig street, arum the Place d'Atnun. anode]
party beim stationed at the top of the hill in a
line with Little St. Jaynes Street, opposite the
Main Street, St. Lawrence suburts.. A hoop of
Capt. Jones'Cay. 1 y eves also paraded through
several of the :streets.
On irrauiry we learned that fears were- enter-
tained, that the house otholiciror-General Drarn-
rnond would be attacked l.y a mob, and the
military were called out for the purpose ol'protec-
ting it and at the same time showing that the
Government are determined to put a stop to out
rages. After remaining at the advanced posts an
hour or so, the soldiers• were marched home amidst
the cheers of a few persons who had gathered
round them.
The Quebec papers of yesterday announce four
additional arrivals from sea, amongst therm the
barque E,liaton, from London, with a general
cargo for Montreal.
The House ofAssembly to -day has been engages
in discussing the University Bill, which has been
read a second time.
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The Canuida Gazette of Saturday contains a
Proclamation offering a reward of.elOotor the ap-
prehension of " each offender actually engaged w
hrwg" the Parliament Building in Montreal.
An extra of the Official Canada Gazette contains
addresses of confidence in the Governor-General
from the Citizens of Montreal, the Corporation o
Montreal, the Canada Baptist Union. the inhabi-
tants of the Cities of Toronto and King -ton, the
towns o1' Cobourg and Brockville. the country of
Leinster, and the ludimisof the Western Districts
together with his Ecelleney's replies to the same.
SINGULAR FACT. The following tact has beer
communicated to us:—" As C.O. Wumbell,
was walking near the pond-ce Lydiard -park. neap
Swindon, Wilts, his attenrien was attracted lo a
dead moor -hen, lying at sone di twice from the
bank. On taking it up he h and that about a quar-
ter of an inch of The lower mandible was firmly
fixed bet ween the shells of a kin 1 of shell fish ca i -
led the crow-mussel,gwith which the pond abounds.
The bird had evidently inserted its bill either t•o"r
curiosity or hunger, between the fish's shell
which must have been (gen. and closingsuddenty
held tbe unlucky intruder fast: The bird muni
have struggled violently. but vainly, to detach
itself from fts strange but tenacious companion --
for it was discovered at twenty yards 1 rom the side
otahe pond,—until it had become exhausted, and
ultimately, starved to death.—Smatulay Temaes.
THE GOLDEN Ass.—The American pa-
pers, which are richer than ever, since the
discovery of California, give an account of
a donkey escaping laden with gold. This
donkey, it would seem. is not the only one
by thousands who has gone wild, and al-
lowed himself to be carried away in this
uew pursuit.. We wo: der how urany don-
keys are at prese1rt running alter time first'
one? If he gets safe out of it with all
the gold on his back, he is decidedly the
cleverest donkey there is in California—.
Punch,
HOUSE 01? ASSE1IRLY.
AFTER THE FIlt.E.
Thursday, April 26 1849.
Sir A. MCNnn expressed his extreme
surprise that the Ilou. Attorney General
[West] should not have felt it his his duty
o make some eonitnuiicatien to the house
of the intentions of the Government, after
the disastrous occurrences of the pre=
ceding evening. The twenty-ninth day
of April would be a day long rernem
bored, in the history of this unfortu-
nate country. Be said, that having heard
a rumour in the morning that His Eicel-
lecy was coming down to assent to the Cus-
toms Bill, on entering the House he had
put the question to the Speaker, whether
he had recived any information nn the -sub-
ject ? The Hen. the Speaker's answer
was—" That he had not received anyoffi-
cial communication." He then asked:himm
whether be had received the inform4tion
in any other way? Itis answer wps—
'• That he had a private intimation to that
effect front Mr. Hincks." And here, Mr.
Speaker said the gallant member. it is tight
that -I should remark that all such eolvmu-
ticatiorls are and ought only to be nide
to you as Speaker of this House, and that
it is your duty immediately to put us
in possession of such information„ , and
there are many good reasons now that
make the regret that you dill not follow the
practice that has ever been pursued in this
legislature. Sir Allan said it would also be
fresh in the memory of those who heard
Trim speak. that he at once turned to the
Government M embers and asked them w -kg
ther it was the intention of Elie Governor
General to assent to any other than tl.e
Customs 13i11 ? The Inspector General
replied—. That he did nal know.' All this
was said in the presence and bearing of
Hon. Members. therefore. lie should offer
no -remarks upon that reply and what fol
lowed Ile saw the repremsentative of the
Queen actually insulted in the Legislative
Council and when he left the house was
pelted with stones and unsavory mis-les
tiirroughthe sheets. Every British sub-
ject must have felt himself littrriblcd indeed
to have seen the represet tative of their
Sovereign placed in such a po-ition by the
acts of the Ministry. It was perhaps
the too well founded fear of all this that
induced the ,Ministers to come down to
give his assent to the Indemnity 13i11 in the
manner in which lie had done. Hal his
Lordship's intention Leen made public iu
the usual way. and announced through the
Speaker of this Hnuse that that Royai
assent would be given to such hills as u1'gImt
he ready. nothing in his opinion Would
have occurred. Sir Allan proceeded to
remark that while he deeply deplore, the
proceedings of the day, he deeply lamented
the occurrences of the night. He believed
that every man, wnman and child in Mon-
treal, must. have been aware of the dread-
ful excitement that pervaded this city.
ile [Said the gallant member.] with the
EIon. the President of the Executive Coun'
and in returing about half -past eight
o'clock, he found the streets filled with
people ; the bells ringing. and every thing
denoting the probability of a row He
mentioned wheat he had seen to several
supporters of the Government. and recom-
mended that the tronps shnuld be spit
for, and the only auswer he received #'rani
a leading member of the Government was
Oh ! yo:rr party call out the troops we
never do." In less than half arm hour af-
ter this, the dreadful scene commenced ;
our windows were broken in. the House
surrounded by many thousand people and
in the corner stood .Ministers aid Mem-
bers shivering in their shoes, and pelted to
their heart's content. and now. Sir. can it
he believed that not a Minister of the
-Crown had the wisdom or courage to go or -
Send for the troops; a Sergeant's guard
would have saved the Province £ 100.000 at
least—A few minutes previous to the at.
tack, the head of the Police was seated be-
hind the Speaker's Chair within the body
of the Elouse. It would have seemed to a
stranger that the people were atonally in-
vited to perpetrate this outrage, that no
one could understand or venture to name
It was by rewarding rebellion ; by this
House- consecrating time highest crimes
known to our laws, treason and rebellion -
backed by the recommendatiou of the
Queen's Represettrttive, that has caused
an excitement in this country, arid conse-
quences which no man can fortel. Ile
(Sir Allan did not rise with a view of ob-
jecting to the motion. but availed himself
of the opportunity it afforded of making
the remarks he bad done.
Mr. Merreirr said that Sir Allan had
unfairly charged the 'Executive with
being unprepared to meet these ri iters,
but he believed nn member in that House
anticipated the calamity that had taken
plane.
Mr HeseRs followed on the same side.
Sir A. i1CNan said it had been stated
by the Inspector General that he e'pected.
as early as half -past seven. that there would
be a riot. It was then his duty to have
put himself immediately in comnlutica
tion with General Gore, and not have
waited until the rioting began, in order
that the troops night be in readiness to
move at a nlouleut's warning.
Mr WILsoN deplored the events that
head taken place, the City of Montreal had
disgraced itself and was unworthy to re-
main the seat of government. .
MT.. ROBINSON and Mr. SHERWOOD of
Toronto having addressed the House,
Mr. BOULTON, of Toronto, made an able
speech in defence of the opposition, and -
in condemnation of the want of precau
tion in ministers. lu less than an hour
after the hili had passed the other branch
of the legislature. this House was informed
that is Lad passed, and that Ills Excelleuey
awaited them in an adjoining room to
assent to it. Thus It was that a measure
so obnoxious to, the British population of
Canada had been sanctioned by Her Ma-
jesty's representative, and hence a degree
of indignation manifested itsolf that would
not otherwise have taken place. HOPur-
ther remarked that he had been informed
amid believed, that his Excellency had been
advised to, and did intentionally adopt that
course. from his apprehension that per-
sonal violence would be offered to himself'
if he openly assented to the Bill.
Mr. CAYLUY remarked that hon mem-
bers on the opposite side of the House ap-
peared to have altogether forgotten what
really had beeu said by his hon. friend the
member for Hamilton, at the early part
of. the debate, and to be desirous to fix tile
urge of justifying the act of violence
which had been committed upon the con-
servative members; but be it remembered it
was the hon. President of the Council who
had given that turn to the debate, which
had been depreciated, by asserting that the
hon. member for Hamilton had justified
the firing of the Parliament building
What had the hon. member for Iiamiltoi
really said ? He had expressed his aston-
ishment that, at a moment when the great-
est excitement appeared to prevail through-
out the city, and serious aprehensions en-
tertained for its safety, the bon. Attorney
General [west] had made no allusion to
the occurrences of the past evening. or to
any precautions taken to secure tranquility,
called for no aid from the House, but sins
ply proposed to restore the "orders of the
day." The hon. member for Hamilton
had also reft.rred to the total want of any
precautionary measures on the previous
cveuiug. which might have prevented the
lamentable occurrence .which had taken
plane- Wlitit had the lion. Inspector Go
cral told the House ? why that at halt=
past seven o'clock. then for the first time.
apprehei dingserious danger, he had called
upon the Inspector of Police. 1 o1, Ei'uie-
tiuger. and had proposed that the military
should be called out. arid that. on being
told that it wnaid reluire a re luisition.
and that Gen. Gore must be called upna.
and that the proceedings would take some
time, be had.gone away satisfied with the
assurance that Col. Ermatinger would
himself go down to the House. and not go
to bed before 12 o'clock at night—now it
was evident that if time was required to
secure the aid of the Military. it showed
only the more clearly the necessity of pre-
cautionary measures, and trot to wait till
the mischief had been committed to attempt
to arrest its progress. The Hon. Gentle
Wren on his, [Mr. Cayley's] side of the
House had expressed their desire to give
airy assisamce to the Government in carry-
ing out such measures as might be neces-
sary to ensure public tranquility, and did
of merit the charge which had been
':ronght, against them in the usual way by
the Government, of assisting and abetting
acre of violence.
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grievance and oppression under which the
loyalists of Canada are suffering, at the
foot of the throne. IIeaven grant Mr.
C a'l ey a halcyon voyage and a successful
mission.
The never ceasing demonstrations of loy-
alty which the Iluron exhibits on all oc-
casions, and the steady determination how-
ever, and whenever provoked, that our in-
telligent population manifests to keep
strictly within thelirnits of the constitution,
has rendered her obnoxious to a rebel -pay-
ing ministry, and so she is to have heaped
upon her all the contumely that is possible,
all the insult that can•be invented.
We have spoken of school trustees on a
former occasion, and we now speak advisedly
in saying, that nothing but a deliberate in-
tention to insult the loyal gentry of this dis-
trict, could have conceived and brought
forth the batch of Magistrates that hate
just been' placed before us. There never
was a more piebald batch of J. P's. than
this. It is a party dodge, meant to work
out a party purpose; many of those nomi•
mated are intelligent gentlemen, of educa-
tion, respectability and standing, that are
an honor to the magisterial bench—the
great bulk of the new magistrates are, of
course, radicals; we do not charge the no-
mination of sueh ns an offence against the
Governor General or his council—we ob-
ject to any political. bias in ripper,tments
to the magisterial bench, but tee sec some
extreme radical.; in our neighbourhood
(very few, alas! ) that are equally entitled
t r time honour of beim, trade a J. P. with.
individuals, whose polities are much more
to our taste. It is our most earnest desire
to avoid personality in alluding to these
appointments, but it is the duty of a
journalist to lay these matters bare he
fore the public Without fear or favor; and
we do not scruple to say, that souse of these
appointments, for all of which Mr. John
Galt the collector of Customs for Goderich
holds himself responsible, can have been
made with .no other earthly intention but
that of insulting a party, with whom he
once acted in concert, but from whom, for
reasons he best can unravel, he has lately
differed.
We lately had to remark upon the assn;
ciate Judges appointed to assist Mr- Jus-
tice Sullivan at the forth-camiug assizes, as
entirely and ridiculously unfit for the ap-
pointment; and now we assert without any
fear of being contradicted ; that though
many of the individuals now nominated on
s he cnmmishnt ere in ererv-mav _dnalrfi d.
yet there are upon it men who cannot even
sign their names and others who from their
drunken. habits ara entirely unfit to ad minis-
ter justice between man and man—Indeed
the election of these men to the situation
of Justices is such a burlesque, that save
ral-of the old Magistrates have refused to
qualify, aud there seems considerable doubt
if there will not be some difficulty in form-
ing a quorum at Quarter sessions in conse-
quence.
If then we object to the appointment of
men as Magistrates who have neither
standing or stake or character to recom-
niend them, but" whose commissson is of-
fered them as the price of their political
support—if we condemn in strong language
the elevation of men to the Bench who are
ignorant of the very elements of criminal
jurisprudence, who never heard of Burt's
Justice—some of whom are ignoramuses
and some drunkards, but whose past poli-
tical support it is needful to reward, or
whose future countenance it is well to
purchase : we still further deprecate the
dismissal without reason, of Gentlemen,
who ever since the Huron District has
been it existence and indeed long before,
have acted in the Magisterial capacity with
credit to themselves and with entire satis-
faction to the public. We aright mention
the names of W. Bennett Rich, Ross'Ro-
bertson, Esgs.. and several others; but not
to be too prolix we will coufime ourselves
to the first of these names. In mentioning
the name of Mr. Bich as being left out of
the new Commission, we assure that worthy
and highly respected gentleman, that we
do not in the least co,ulo'e with him in Itis
services being dispensed with ; for it ought
tobe,and we have no doubt is,his persuasion,
that " the post of honor. is the private sta-
tion," when such men as the present are in
power.
The first commission of Justices oldie
Peace for the Loudon District, which in-
cluded the Huron tract. was issued we be-
lieve about the year 1830 and contained
but four names, Dr. Dunlop, Capt. Dunlop,
Messrs Pryor and Brewster.
The next commission containing the
name of Mr. Rich was issued at the end of
1834, and that gentlemen has unwearedly
performed the duty of a magistrate and with
entire satisfaction ever since; the best proof
of which is, that there has been but one ap-
peal against his decisions during the fifteen
years he has been on the Bench, and
that appeal was unsuccessful. Mr. Rich
was in every way qualified for the onerous
post that he filled, and such confidence have
the public bad in his decision that other
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MEASURES, NOT MEN.
THE HURON GAZETTE.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1849.
II!tving since our last issue, had the
opportunity of looking over the list of
the new batch of Justices of the Peace
for the. District of Huron, we shall pro-
ceed to make a few comments upon the
dismissals and appointments -that have
taken place in the Magistracy.
It is a thankless task to edit an op-
position paper, when such a ministry is
in power as that which constitutes the ve-
nal and rickety Cabinet at Montreal.
Already have we pointed out the objec-
tionable manner in which they have in-
terfered with the military appointments
and with the nomination of School Trus-
tees. Rebellion and cowardice being
a passport for the former — ignorance
and insufficiency the best qualification for
the latter.
The District of Iluroa—peopled as it
is with a thoroughly British race, is pro-
verbially Loyal—Loyal, as our rulers
consider to a fault. In the hour of dan-
ger she "grasped the ready rifle " and
marched her steady yeomen to the fron-
tier to orush rebellion and repel inva-
sion.
No sooner does she learn with sorrow
that the compact between the Queen's
representative and Her Majesty's loving
subjects is broken, by the Governor Gene-
ral in Council, having in an evil hour
inflicteda heavy blow, and great dis-
couragement on the brave fellows that
took up arms in defence of Her Ma-
jesty, by rewarding the disaffected t; a T
she takes the van in constitutionally pe-
titioning against the obnoxious measure
It becomes Law as far as the Governor
General can make it so—but still deter-
mined to follow up every constitutional
means of opposition to.a bill which never
can be carried into execution, her loyal
inhabitants again congregate—form a holy
league for regenerating and saving if possi-
ble this unhappy country from the fangs of
those that would swallow her up; and her
Honorable representative, without return-
ing to his family to say, God bless you,
takes the earliest opportunity that leave of
absence admitted of, to cross the boister-
ous deep to England, in order to prevent
misrepresentation in high places,an i lay the
magistrates ;rave been passel by, wumist
this gentleman, without attf reward, but
that of conscientiously doin;th s dutyshas
fagged harder than most stttpendiafy ma •
-
gistrates. Mr. Rich was peculiarly fitted`:
for the situation, a gentleman by birth.
education and property, he has had more,
Leasure to devote to the duties of the office
than any other gentlemen ; there was none
on the commission more efficient and none
more conversant with the responsibilities
and duties of his position. So indefatigable
has Mr. Rich been as a visiting Justice
at the Gaol ever since the Huron District
has been set apart, that we believe for the
last six years the books of the gaol will
shew that ten days have seldom elapsed
without his having inspected it ; and during
the years 1847-8 he was one of the associ-
ate Judges.
That his Excellency has dispensed with
the services of Mr. Rich by the advice of
his Council we do not doubt• and if we are
to believe Mr. Galt's written assertion, he is
responsible for the change that has taken
place—We have authority for asserting
that Mr. Galt said " he looked upon Mr.
Rich as a loose magistrate, he had recom-
mended his dismissal and he was prepared
to justsfy it." . .... • .
We have come to a -pretty pass truly,
when a vi"lout political partisan of Minis-
ters. imlrling a public situation wlticlt
ought to prohibit hitt interfering in suck
tort+ r<. is to recttltllnettd.the dismissal of
;rc; th weir in every way qualified for the
rinp n•taat trust. to make way for.:' tinkers,
and. tailors. and candlestick makers." some
of whom cannot write their names. 13ut
we beg to ask, is thisin accordance with
British practice." witieh we so often find
ministers quoting as a precedent, that a
gentleman, against whom rio charge Itas
been made, is thus summarily dismissed
from a post he has filled with- honor and
benefit for nearly fifteen years. We sup-
pose, even the pt-essut Government, will
consider the opinion of Lord Broughams
worth sotitetbin,;, and we -beg thurefttse t.o
call our reader's attention to an extract
from the "'Morning Chronicle." with which-
we
hichwe shall close this article. 'The country"
way well be •sick and weary of such rulers -
as those that now sway her destiny—bus
the hand -writing on time wall hasgote forth:
against them—their days are numbered ---
they will quickly be driven from a positioit.
that'they have unworthily held,' and their
—occupet extrema at se^• bt. -s. -
Iu a debate in the IIouse of Lords on
was-
,
as--
tration of .Nova Scotia," Lord 13rliugltain
in reply to Earl G rey said :—
" With respect to 'the dismissal of tbe
100 magistrates, he thought that was a
still More important breach of duty. No
plea of its being the will of the majority
of the Assembly could be offered in that
case, for there it was simply tric act of the
Governor himself, -who took upon himself
to dismiss upon the advice of a factious
Council, for -it was.: factious measure alto-
gether, to dismiss 100 magistrates who
had not only the ordinary. jurisdiction of
Magistrates, but hal four fifths. as the pe-
tition states, of the whole civil business if
the country under their jurisdiction. This
dismissal appeared to hire (Lord Ilroug.
haat) to be one of the most viole'tt mea-
sures ever adopted in this Colony-. The
hundred Magistrates were turned into
political traders and political agitators."
" It had always been admitted in this
country that a VI;nv GRAVE cast shoul.l
b • made oat to justify the suspi-nszoa or dis-
(kissal of a Jusrtcr•, of THE.. h SACC.''
Such things being done in ,the Colo-
nies called for a more rigorous control
by the Government in this Country over
the local authorities."
MASS MEETING.
The largest, and by far the most im-
portant Meeting that ever congregrated in
the [Iuron District, niet at the British
Hotel. on Saturday last, to form itself into
a branch of the British American League.
As the Resolutions passed at the Meeting
will be found elsewhere in our paper, it is
needless to refer to them further than to
remark; that they were all carried unani-
nroxs'y, the little knot of radicals infesting
the town. thinking it prudent to hide their
diminished heads on the occasion, rather
than exhibit the miserable minority in
which they would have been placed.
We are informed by the oldest settlers,
that since this settlement• was an unbroken
wilderness, no meeting of such weight and
respectability ever was known—the sturdy
and indignant yeoman . of the country
poured in for many miles round, at a
season of the year when such a fine day
as Saturday was worth a King's ransom
to those,who from the unfavourable weather
had been unable to put in their spring
crops. All honor to you men of Huron 1
you were bricks, every one of you.
Want of room, that annoyance to most
editors, compels us to leave till another
occasion what we could have wished to
have said upon this -suffice it to add, that
hundreds of signatures were subscribed to