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Huron Signal, 1849-12-20, Page 2t. the wtrssrdfsary mese pru.ad tttttk. Thee wets peebehly coplebr.W ages spa th.m s. tenons nghta of tb•Corybante. Woos they eget to aunt *unintended grans. 1 did sot mare et Web wiW cerem,raba bed ghee use 1 sautes of eshgNew.d ntsw clad mveteriee oh eh bad real •red the waste of Yebsdt en ab.anination rat the nut. Nn(wttbeI.adtog the uaeuatrnlahle verity 'nue which appears to prevail amotegd all presser, there were so indecent reveries or ✓ titoormly entrant ovine. When the raw -ver toe sad sisgur• wen exhausted, the none suddenly died await. The var,ous group, resumed their previous chaerf.lneas, and again wandered through the volley, or seat. .d themselves wader the trees. PMle•ATion or ar lite,' MIR. We soon found oureeives in the motet of wide jpreadinq flocks of sheep and cam- els. As In ss the eye could roach to the right, to the left, and is front, suss toe ▪ 5. moving, crowd. Long lines of asses and balhicko, laden with block tent.., huge caldrons, :.n! variegated cerpets: eyed wJ• men soul men, no longer able to walk, tied en the heaps ofdntneotte furniture : in(unls, crammed into saddle bvg•, their tiny heal. throat through the nerrow op, ting, balsn• ced on the antm,l'o bot kids oar limbo tied nn the rowan., ni.it : y,+une Qnls c!.ithed holy in the close fitting Anti shirt, wine!. displayed rather than emir, aird their grate- ful tome ; mothers with emir chi' Igen on their shoulders ; b y. dn. t o flock, of Ianrha ; horsemen armed with their long lofted speer•, scooting the pions ..n 'hen dt•et mares ; nJera "going t'r. it dra note h ies with their short hacked siiek., an.: iesdtnglheir high bred steeds by the bolter. coil. galloping amnngat the throng,: Isiah• born lathee er t•r.1 in tits centre '•f buy wings, whieh rotten led I k r t''o•e 011'bpt- ln/11y from earl' std., of the cannel's bu.bp. and aro not Ices eawly an.l ..negated such wait the In dely crowd Ihronyh which ss had to wend ow way for sit :al hours. ON TIIE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN,• From s Treatise 01Dsmrrlie Economy by Min Catharine E. Beecher. Children can be very easily taught that their beppinces, both new and hereafter, de- pends on the formation of /orbit! of subnnisr lion, self denial, and intro/nice. Acid all the discipline of the nursery can he conduc- led by the r'arents, not only with this gene rel nim in their own mind*, -hut .',o wah the mann object daily set before the minds of the children, 1Vbenever their %Ashen ere crossed, or their wills subdued, they can be taught, that all this is done, not merely to please the parent, or to encore some good to the,nelves nr to others ; big as a part of that merciful training,, which is designed to form such a character, and such habits, that they can hereafter find their chief hap - Pine's in giving up their will to Goa, and in living to do good to ethers, instead of lir- Ing merely to nle.se themtelve., 1t can be pointed ant to them, that they , must always submit th'-ir w' II to the will of God, or else be co ,tinual!y miserable. It can be shown how. in the nursery, and in else ectinnl, and throngh all future Jaye, a child mud practice the giving up of his will aad wishes, when they interfere with the rights and comfnrt of others : and how im- portant it ie. early to learn to do (hie, so that it will; t by habit, become easy and agreeable. It eatable shown, how children, whn are indulged in all their wishes, ,and who are never accustomed to any self deni- al, alwars find it hard to refrain from what Injures themselvice and others. it can be shown, also, haw important it in, for every person, to form Foch habits of benevolence. towards ooh -rd. It can he shown, also how important It 1a, ter every person, to form such habits of benevoleuce, towards others, that self denial, in doing good. will "become easy. Parents bare learned, by experience, that -children can be .constrained by authority' and penalties, to exercise self-denial, .for (heir Olen gond, till • habit is formed, which makes the duty comparatively easy. For example, Well trained children can be ac- cn"toured to deny themeelrps tempting - sr• ticks of food, which are injerioue, until the practise ceases to be painful end difficult. — Whereas, an indulged child w'tuld be thrown into its Mit of angst nr dircontent, when in wishes were crossed; by restraints of this kind. But it had been so readily discerned, that the tune method is needful, in order to loom • habit of self denial, in doing good to others. it has been supposed. Hint, while children most be furred, by authority, to be self-denying and prudent. In regard to their own happiness, i1 may properly be left In their nwn discretion, whether they will practice any Rolf denial in doing good to other.. But the more difficult a ditty is, the greater is the need of parental anthnrity, in fornriegahabit, which will maks that duty eaay. i• order to secure tit., snme parents tore their earliest cf,rts to this ohject.— IThey require the piping child elwaye to of- fer to others a pert of everything which it ssesbves ; always to comply with all reason- able requests of other. for "terrier* ; arid nf. ten to practice little acts of null -denial In order to revue some enjnvm.nt for oilier.. Trow child receives a prosent of some nisi ty he is require,' to share it with all hie brothers and arteria If one sells hie broth - sit to help him in smite ripen, and is met with a dents!, the •parent wrote -u the un. willing child to act bcneroleetly,••nd giro up some of his time to iper his hrot.►'s *ajny.neIt. Of course, in etch so !fort W O ibis, dl'ereuoe num be wed, an to the fulmar anti extent 'i1 the exercise of au - Amity. t" intoes a habit of h.ncyol,nee.— But, where parent• deliberately atm at such sli object, anti risely conduct their iastrue• time, and .rieeinItnt to secure 0 eery much will M aceompli.hed. - Ten (uivx•• 1,.o CaLr/nw\It,.—The Chinese have heard. If appear.. of the won- rlerfnl dLrovrry nl California : •n•1 ,nany of th• n havtnq •tt'ed for the El D-ira'!o, t the goverr"nent of Canton mooed a Arterial . edict. wti•r.. w•41 peeled four m intim ago. on the wt, 1. ,d th• great city. it reads a. followa Onto Mier. We hese recently Mand that the both' ►lana had •pros•! Islet rumour,. about the Auenvory of roost,' ',trotted It •rand the se•, where gold wt, stud to be Plea dui.— Them alm n rer,s,nir to penuade our coon tryouts to Imre their beloved country and go to That plmce to blunt gold duet. We hese thought that, nines the preeinus mina gal was so a►onda•it there, it war certain vial wispy barbarians rich or poor, by their abeam ought to be already 0 that country ; aad tbrefuge, we bare Waite 1103 the rea- twelor wbM they triad to inttep ear dti- Ns. u go sad web et IMNr edam. T1olr V cvidestdy a sooty la that 'prspssnie.-- It will be rewembered that the same barbs• rlasts bans teemed wttbse she lass kw yeses, MOW, et eat G,twmes M go with OMaq to cultivate nuttneg., ani Dose of lbws ever returned to their country ; we do .rat know -yen if they are dive or sot, which se s sod thine. The fact ie, that the barbarians are 'n • stat• co war with da stress cor..tries, •rad they take our raga with them to place ahem u, fr,tut of their •rrnv, 10 order to 111,00 them lolled and wounded. they have this tame, Intenred this shameful fable, in ardor t.. deceive are. They .nook of meld discoveries, while in traits their obj-rta to an take away 01If saes, and put them ID front of their army during their battles. All those who bay* nldtorw, wove•, children, w111 of course, not be de calved; int if there are smite who .r• not wise enough to belteye our advice, god who will be sruneed by these rumours we, fore• warn them that it will be too late when they repeat the steps they have taken. — Think of it, Cltixe011 —New York Herald. _ HURON SIGNAL. TH1URSDAY, DECEMBER Ip. lade, THINGS AIIE I.00YING BETTER Thins is both truth .d comfort in the philo- e ophy which teaches the ultimate sugrematy of Trothover error+ -which requires men to be- hove tint justice Mill )recoil; and that vice brings its own puoisbr4tent, and atria, its own reward. The scenes of unprincipled iniquity that agitated and disgraced Canada eight months ago were tin heinous—too lir out of the ordinary course of human conduct—too supperlatively barbarous and wicked to pass unpuni.h-d. To suppose 'fiat such grove atrocities should not be visited with punishment, would lea virtual denial not only of the doctrine of cause and effect. but also of the moral principle. upon which the world is governed. But if the iniquity allu ted to, was remarkable for its wickedness, the punishment has beeo no len surprising. It bas been sod- den, coespicuoue and severe, and as the outages were perm-mr.1rd by • few recklen ignorant men under the sanction and direction of a whole politiea! party, the punishment of the few perpe- tratiene is lost sight of in the signal discomfiture and total destruction of the whole party. Never, in the annals of political faction, have • few short months recorded each an utootahing desolation of a party, as the last eight months have record- ed of the ,nein of Canada—driven from every position-disgraeed, deferred, laughed at and covered with ignominy the '• gr est Censerra- tire party" has ceased to exist Valour scorns to trample on the vanquished foe, snd we will not perform Ih• uogroenes task of recapitulating the various disgraceful combats in which mutton has fought and laden : from the day she was driven from the seat of un- godly power, down to thelmoment that completed the depth of her present debaremrnt. In short the whole period hit been filled op with one un- broken teen of freaks and failures, fresh is the memory of the public, sod, therefore, requiring to ht recounted. In connection with them re- mark., howe•er, we cannot forbear to notice the conduct of jour WILSON, E=q., the Member for the Town of 1-tndttn. Dir. '' uso,s is one of the most independent, as well as nisi taieoted men that have acted with the Cooserntive par ty. Ile a • shrewd, reasonable, practical cam mon sense politician, and his whole public career in Parliament sod out of Parliament, has been marked with abundant evidence, that he is less of the real patina than almost any other member of the Le.tislature. to .bon, Mr. Witos is a credit, not only to bis constituency, but to his eeaatry, because he is a rational men. He hes resigned his mat for the Town of London.— Why ? Not because he hes abandoned his coo- • ervctive principles. Nor because he refuses to repreant the peopled London, but because his conte -nee compelled him to Jenneace.fearlessly, the conduct of the party anomiog the name ei Cnnu'rvnti -e. Because he abhors tate policy that reneirea mob -Ins and outrage to support it. The London Times of Pride, the 14th into . has conte forth with two columns of unmitigated monotone end atone, intended for Mr. Wui.sop: and if the article conveys any idea at all, it is the ridiculous idea that, if a man union himself to ■ party, professing cettain political principles, which he believes to be correct, he is found. henceforth and forever, 10 assist that party, even in house -burning and other daring tela of ctim- testity? This us u strange philosophy, and we hope the people of London have listened to too many lectures, in the Mechanics' institute, to be imposed upon by weds shallow sophistry.—Mr. W11.en.''s Address to lie eoneiitsenta, wh ,•h we have given is full. u one of the hest political Ad- dresses we hare read in Cana& it is evidently the production d a man determined in act upon his own ao0sei•ntioue eonvwuons, reg•rdlees alike of Gar or favor from oily party. The views im- pressed to refereace'tithe Wealthily 1311, are the same views whieh Mr. Wrtaoa expressed in the House of Assembly, and we venture to `elites are entertained by a very large ad respeetahk pnrtino of the Reformers of lipper Canada. The Tinges, is the greet dearth n( flea and ideas with which he hes bete aflbcred whe. he wrote his rticle on •' (.e'ea jt,Aam" has dreamed m pro. phssied that Wr, W tm.sn. was to be made Solicitor General es a reward for hie bold and evincible accusations of the /on tory potty !— But. anfnrtuestely for the prophetic reputation f tM TIuu, Joua &MILD McDosai.o had teen Gale/fed es Solicitor General before the Times' editorial wee written ' The prophecy, e we•rr, o woe tAa terse part of the article. — . think the Times end every other Conant - in joints! atoningin Canada, instead of atoning Mr. Vt't own n a •' tornenes," and • renegade, Amidio omm.nd hes marly edoet to the imitation of • whole Couaernnvo parr. . Would every oneerestin member is the Pomace, gems Idly forward and, like Mr Willem, neige hie at se • tumble deetaeoM M bi• enaatiteeeua, at be bed an 'empathy with the Gothism of ostre•1, it n powhie that the Ceeeen•tive•• a parry, troth 1 regain a fertile amount d peb- respect ; but . Holt nose sash anwal of r basins ce, puL,letopinion will continues . i\ ammo them .i wiled dmsskiist sad reline - Mum fp We engined lest weak to acksow• ledge Ike compltseats of ser Mood the WinWord ('.wrier. We certainly feel flat - tend by the eery favorable eatimalb which be has furred of oar literary abilities', and beg to decline forfeiting hie 'nod opinion by entering into a theological discriminate.— We Ws are persuaded that the Conner would not love us one whit more by being inform- ed that we are a Jew or a Mormon ; and yet we know of no moral argument why a Jew or a Mormon should be debarred from one civil pining,. or be laid under one sin- gle additional bond on account of the peen• lierity of his faith. "To In own Muter he stands or fele,"—and in the things of this life, at leant, he seems to participate, in common, the bountiful favors of [leaven. We regret that the Courier should charge us with nceasioully employing our talents and ineu.Dee, as a writer, to' the injury of amfellow men. This, however, is ileo a matter of opinion upon which it is cot I:ke • 1y that the Carrier and we should agree.— We are not aware that we have ever writ - :en one line calculated to injure morality or true religion. We have slu lied always, in our dealings with mankind, and particularly in our writings, to be guided by truth—to co as touch good and as little evil as possi- ble, and where we bave failed, the fault was not in the intention. The first edition of the work to which the Courier refers, and, of which, as a literary production,,- he en:er- tains a good opinion, was published ten years ago, and although it doss contain some strange opinions, y.1 it was review- ed at !lie time, by tees who are no mean critics in these matter., as era work embo- dying as great an amount of original think- ing, and as great r) number of great truths forcibly and fearlessly expressed, as we have read in the same number of pages, for a long mate." '.Vo beg to direct the attention of our readers to the Address of the Rev'd. William Graham, at a Meeting in Mr. Car- nnchan's School House, for the purpose•uf establishing a Subscription Library in the 'Township of Teckersmith. We. have nei- ther time nor space at present to exgitiate on Ole sentiments of Mr. Graham's address, and perhaps a more ebbetantial and saen- factory reason for our letting it done, is, that it requires neither comment nor eulo- git),m from aro. B it we feel a pleasure in complimenting the Farmers of Tucker - smith on this movement, the object 0! which seetne,•to us, as one u( the first im portance. We are frequently regarded as • keen and zealot's political partizan, and perhaps we hare honestly earned this repu- tation ; bat we speak the feelings (Jour own mind when we declare, that we feel more; real gratification in the establishment of ore Town or Township Library, r r one Mechanic's institute, than we do in the es- tablishment of fifty branches of the British American League, or fifty political clubs or associations. We have long held it as an axiom, Piet so long as a people are either ignorant or intemperate, they will be a wretched people. ander whatever form of government they exist -is faet,,tkeir polite teal existence will baa blank. Bat, produce a reading commur:ity—make men intelligent —and they sill soon find their way to po- litical freedom. Liberty ie Light matured, and despotismis just another word for Darkness, We wish the men of Tocker- smith tho greatest pnestble prosperity in their laudable undertaking, and sincerely hope thatlite result of this effort may be tranemtttod to blessings to the coming gen- eration, and that their example may be' fel lowed speedily by the label/ingots of the adjoining Townships. Communications. A Meeting was held at the School home" In netioe No. 2. Toekersmitb, on Monday the 10th December, for the purpose of taking measures for the establishment of • Circulating Library, Wm. Chalk, Esq., was mnenimoady called to the Chair. The chairman, in • short address, pointed oat to the meeting the importance of as institution of the 11iod being established. sod the oeceseity of exerting themselves to keep pace with the growing intelligence of the •ge in w hich they lived, and •Irhough urinated with but few advantages, still they had it in their power by • little exertion, and at a very small peenniery sarri1ee, 01% account of the low price good reading was to be purchased, no finish not only to themselves amusement, but also to ley be- fore the rising generation much awful and solid information which would occupy Inc time, too fregs•aly spent is idleness sr dissipation. The Rev. Wm Graham then roseand Me. Cpuwuo tan G►.TLrat•.--The ohjeet on account of whieh we have **ambled, it Is presemed, moat new be well knows in this piece and neighborhood. it is to attempt the estab- lishment of se • Poblar Library, as may be em by consulting the band hill which bar ru samouedkeine- lodgethe meeting That the soul be without keine- lodge et not good, is • dierste which tho.gb laid down in florets* term. by Reetl•tiee. has it* tom- firmarinn also from the dictate• of esltghtes•j memo. Mae being a compound ereetars steeds le end of ■ two fold knowledge He tegaires to know the things which •oncere the body, ad w thewhich have ■ rekresee to the mal ; sad ell inetiutims or sosecisuious which teed loth* hnhensee of either or beth objects, demand theattention .f every philenthopin u Meeha•' footnotes an now •itrectiag nisch 'nestle* both ie the old and eew world, .ele d ars e•ola- td to Aires, meek vduble ief«masse They en* foe • Seensbieg efor(nem*is Leedom. Goads Wer, aid it staysmeet eet for domote of Ms lihablanrs t0 view the pillared.di6ee W beaa'ifl ngaare whieh they WW1 ee eirectd fen disk retie* ilk glues smanple of the tar - pets of shush they Woes, they bed sawleoaeses se mask, se wester .sits, wed try ,s• sf the Le.d.e P'es . iia► god one - raised seat, reed by • rev.sdl gestln.ea, at ties tine • mat' deal is town, hot saw reading i. Stratford 1 rook eeeearee partially to elands* the inane- eeript es neigh more mem meembs age, and it wee delightful to do we ea two groaad•-1st. on 'tenni of the Infernietio■ which it coetais- ed...d 2nd as s8ordug as index of the research gad tektite a Ib...me.•r- I have so doubt, however, that there are striated books, mask seperiur to the essays referred to, but then we all know, that it is home and not foreign maon- (.cture that we .bald chiefly eacourge,— Wo could procure broad cloth from England mach superior in texture and vitality t. that which yea take front the Gederich mill, bet that would uot encourage home manufacture.. Be: - ler is that point of view the. rough Ceoadian bonnet than the finest Leghorn imported from the European continent. If, as Dr. /Anion said, agriculture be the wealth of • nation, and the qtly riches which .he can call her ow., surely it is equally true of meatal productions. The only menial wealth which a nation or province has uodtr God, is what her owe mental energies produce. The pages of the Colonist, Globe and other Canada. newspapers. fugitive publications though they be, will de more for the promotion of a provincial literature, than the importation of tate Edinburgh Witoese or the London Times. It a l.ibery be established in thin place, it may be lookedon as the germ ofa mechanics' institute, and sorely it will be a rational way for young and old is endeavor to improve their minds. Though the place be at preaeot not altogether destitute of books, yet these, in as far as we kcow, are chiefly religious publicatiooe, not that we would inansag that there is a sepenbuudaoce of these, but there is for more of them in proportion than of any other kind. Since the printing prem le so extensive in in operations. and since purch.ee of books may be made at such low prices in the Slane, there is much encouragement for expect- ing that a comparatively small sum may go far in this way. And let all kinds of good reading be encouraged. You may get Macaulay's his- tory of England, it the people's'ditioo be taken at half a dollar, of which far spread work, thou- sands of copies have been reprinted in America. if you purchase Memors let them be read and profited by, whether they be of the scientific. the literary or the religious cast. It you wish dircrurses on philosophy or poetry, let the best informed of your number be appointed to make a choice, and let neither divi. ion, wast of psbkc 0101 or want of liberality, which se hemmetly proves baneful to Canadian anterprise, hinder yon oo this occasion. If • deb•1(6g society come to be connected with the proepeetive library, let right sobjeeu be chases, let dtse.seioos be held felt rreth and not for victory, let • chairmes be appointed ad good order maintained Trona firs t tenet, bat my appeehes.is is, that though all these things were established, the main benefit must con own to be connected with the readieg of the library, mid with pondering ie the mind the iofnrmarion which it might contain. And perhaps it would be wiser for mere time to come to attempt nothing beyond that. For this pur- pose let a committee be .hoose, • secretary, • treasurer .ad librarian be appointed,nod after the bmka.re received let written catalogues of their mimeo be circulated till the inetitutioo become sufficiently strong to purchase printed catalogues. Let • yearly meeting be held for general 4osi- nenaand let there be a sabordinnte standing committee throughout the year to attend to bus--. ane, and to submit a yearly report to the 1 meeting. Perhaps It may be judged a wise pro- vision to exclude all political writidp, but if ant let some of the .'mdard European periodicals be imported as republished in the Stems, such as Blackwood's Magazine, the Westminster Re- view, sad the Edinburgh Review, that people of melees diodes et politics may see their respec- ve opinion• ', ray represented, sod to these might be added, • @apply of the best Provincial pobiieatioos, on the pound of encouraging home manufactures, and certainly with all the faults of the Praviheial newspapers it holds a high rank is 18.19, to what it did in 11343. All controversial pehllsbtions on religion shnold be excluded as this night tend to weaken and divide the iosti- tation, though this is by oo means ioteaded to exclude books on the evidence of Christianity.— Dr. Paley oo this subject has long held a eery distingeiabed place, and his work might be is - traduced with very good effect, while the intro- duction of bis "Horse Psntine, and Natiooal Theology woeld furbish rack intellectual repasts, for men of enquiring minds. Parents should be especially anxious to patronize this ,iostiiutios, anything whieh nods to keep youth from the sedsetiee snores of ewe, to prepare them for fo• tore serfelnen end honor, to make them bles- siegt to their connections and benefit" to their race, is to be accounted • matter of the net im- portance. Whether he reeds at the domestic besrih Denea's Cottage Fin -side, the Skew h Book. oo the Serap Desk whether he 'economy the Martyr of Erromangn'till he tee him clave his , on the shore of the Pacific, whether he journey with Moffatt In Southern Africa. or with Neff amid a primitive people and alpine scenery, reading with Sc:iptural views and with Reripturol aims,—he may Inn to prefer what is solid to what is showy, sod while • be investi- gates with • mon ieIelligess, a more delightful eye. the things Whish are tree aad temporal,— may poi at the same time witb•.sore "Memo view oo thaw titter w►ioh are unseen and eter- nal. By attending to book•, we may hays ohm- risg company ie the midst of the deepest stall - tide, bold iatereenrse with the write and good of various age. sed morons, and lean to think mon soberly of ourselves than we might be otherwiee 'apt to do. 1• books we will fled someibisg set - table to every rwees of the year, and by the way this reminds es eopeciallyt of the benefit whieh snail scene te every public library by the Der- ek's, of D.ates's S.etvd Philosophy of the sea - soot, the lamscsi author Ming bees justly due- tisgei•bed tor the raereat" which he took io re- ligion, Is seise.., end in besevwlesi iastitaowes. Tusk alas of Ebbs Seurat, the leered black- smith, hew many obstacles he bad to emoted with is early years, hew molly be sermeesud them all, and hew the old world sad the sew bad is him db *denote for fees' pray postage, the purse of literature. sod the fried of emitter - ell preee. Tea, Irak he was a r.ed.r whoa yet a boy, sed though the books to white% he had ac - ,,,so, aoen►er few, trot limited es were his wenn•, wjn►sbr-kw kiad esimmdaya.(afhaw me. of ktw ise lira TM./ of Paint, k srWegNsaeias. sest•sdtq with eery Muted sasses, end laving Mitred kis wets lima is pees% gad eapesiobly la pomp, whisk 'bowed haw mach be bed dose is a limited time: Thisk of George G11611ae, the author of the Lit- ersmMaalkry. he wag bona is se mesrsprbo, bent was the see oda Preabyteriaa laioloter, a village hie birth -place, which, for may a year, had ee public library, bet *hie' et l.ugth begat, te es- tablish • puaebialone, tblak oe him now, lec- turhg in the Mechanics' Isstitet., on Hebrew Poetry, and quoted by roe d the New York pub- lishers as • critic. Think that it was oily like yesterday, cisco be mi is the form ander Mr. lhsmmoad, of the Parochial School, pergolas the radioman of the Latin toagae, and that he is now known in the Galloway newspaper. to the Edinburgh Advertiser, and in Chamber's Ediebargh Journal. No doubt it coaly cue in • thousand who may reach the summit of the mouniata, but certaiuly one, who hes rely as• "ended ten feet, is these aro feet higher than the person who sued on the dead level below. It is very important that all elapses in Canada should be await.' 10 • sense of their privileges and res- ponsibility. It hes bad question of peat public importance beton., it, such a the Uoivenity question, and the question o(I'mtOffice Reform, and the more that the public mind is excited, in- structed, and led in the right direction, the more will the substantial interests of the Province flourish—and owing to the great prevalelice of certain impediments is the Lower Province. 0 u evidently from Western Canada, that Dost light and pewee may reasonably be expected, for those in any country who cannot procure the mean of information on goy subject, there may be excess. but far es who live io the 19th century. and with- in leu than fifty miles ofa flourishing Mechanics' lostitote, to remain folding ear hands while they are spreading their caovau to the breeze, name- ly Inexcusable. If we succeed this day, it will be, .. we humbly hope, the dawning of • new en for ourselves and for those aroend us, but If the concern fall to the ground without a full and fair trial, there may be those in the wrrld who will pity our ignorance, but few, if any, will ex- cuse our folly or our uawaywardneu. Those who speak on the subject this day, may be able to lay down something not touched on, or to amplify some of the particulars already adduced, —some io the homes take a lively iaseresr is the concern, and if it be •a easy thing to get • com- pany to join for • thrashing machine, it may say something for year husbandry, but little for moo mental cultivation, if a library cannot be started Eoowkdge n power, sod osio• is strength, and let hearts, purses, and bade join together for the power acid for the streogth this day. Mr. Chair - mag aad Gentlemen, I beg to conclude by ho- ping that your meetings will be begun and ended with prayer, and by proposing the following res olotioe —That ussnedi•te mese-Gres be now adopted for establiehreg a public Lrbnry for this and ad- joining Towashipa. Several other reooiatioos were then proposed by Meters. Ju. Dixon, Gerund, Alex. Bto•dtoot, Duff, die. &e. appointing a Treuurir, Librari- an, Secretary, sod • committee to draft rules, &c. A subscription list was immediately swear ed, and meetly forty have already given in their names for the carrying out the objects of the Meeting. mites that bite. tibial ser ark hays awes• to haw Ws dm oto -'--1,o kers mads se• strictly caret. We aro glad that tb aosoilerataadiag whish had glens bottom the Cirmmtsaioaor of the Canada Company and the Dia:riet Caused has bees exp'a:oed, sad so ainicable arrangement ar- rived at by the partici. Oar (lures rimes aro already aware that the mosey to be as• podded on these improvements is part el the improv went fuel still rem►ioing in the hands of the Cauda Compeev. And, ac- cording to au arraogeamot between the Council and Commissioo.r Jones, certain . peetfic sums were apportioned to oho emu - plcllo't of certain mepro.emeots—h•oce, the reason why some of these improve- nienu are delayed for the time being, to simply because the tenders which have been received for thorn hste been much higher than the sums prom ou.iv apprupnated to tl.sns.—Ed. I1. S. TO TIIE ELECTORS OF TIIE TOWN OF LONDON. Wbun you Jid iiia the honor to dioose me as your representative at the last elec- tion, y.ou rcquir d no pledge, and none was given, except that i should endeavor to carry out Responsible Government as ad- m'nistereJ in England. Although no posi- tive pledge wog given, it was, however, ge- nerally understood that I should act with tete Conservative party then in power. , As fur, therefore, as that party has acted con- aratcatly with its profeutuos, m matataia- ing constitutional principles, so far I have acted with it. But, ahen, instead of carry- ing out Responsible Goverameot, oldest tow were evinced of determination to rule or to subvert the very principles of good gov- ernment, then 1 felt' cosstramtd to state opinions which were at variants' with the sentiments of a considerable peetion of tau party with whom I acted. And now, as events have prog d, aod'the teeigse of the party have become more fully develop- ed, i em compelled to reiterate my eeati- rnents, and to dtselaim all participation in feeling and action will, that party. Wheu the Bill, which hey urs great meaaure been deceptively cf.attsetenud as the eau -e o1 subsequent outrages was passing, 1 took oeeaeioD to speak of It is "itch terms se iu my judgment it ',tented, sad 1 opposed It, while it could be honestly opp iced. But when it bad passed through both branches of the Legislature, 1 could we no course r left for the bead of -the executive got.ro- - meat but to assent to it. If he bad declin- ed, he would have been justly chargeable, not only with a breach of faith in pen -antes a measure to be introduced appropnating a part of the Consolidated Revalue, and then dissenting from it, but he would have found his blustery ready to resign on a pint con- sidered as a test and a first pr:octple of the Constitution. An appeal to the country would have been the cossegusnce, but the recent elections had shown what the country felt. No one, indeed, of either patty, ever doubted but that the result of a Dew enc. tient would have been substantially the same as that jus efee'teii. &aides, the reear,a lion of the Bill would have thrown opo. the Ministry of England a responsibility which in my opinion suss properly avoided. It, however, immediately became apparenl,t hat the indignation which, if well merited, should have been thrown upou the project- ors of the measure, and upon those wbo voted for it, was levelled es a personal mat- ter upon the head of the Government- Bo- - I.cving that thus was unjust, at the fame time thinking that the course suggested for • his adoption in reference to this measure, y would only distract and agitate the coun- try ; and feeling the enormity of the out • rage which had "tat bees perpetrated, 1 availed myself of the first opportunity to expiates sty views to the effect, •' That Her Majority's • dignity ahoold be - insulted in the person of her Representative, - —that the Legislative. Assembly in the - peaceful prosecution of its constitutional la- b hors should be outraged so grossly,—ghat t l the (louses of Parliament of the country .1 should he w;l;'uliy set fire to,—its records destroyed.—its noble sod unique libraries both consumed amidst the savage and exul- ting shouts of a mob, not of the lowest or • der.,—were circumstances well calculated to excite the saddest appreheuione aad the most painful feelings. There air, oeea- .Iona when silence was a crime, ani they were now the actors on ■doh an occasion. He said he would be brief, bet he would ' peek plainly, and be hoped, as beeatne a rational man. --!t might be that be bad mis- It understood the messing of terms, but he had esteemed loyalty to his Sovereign, a dr y g1, inseparable from respect to her laws, and therefore, he held (hose men, or those cies - soli of men who could trample upon law and order were essentially disloyal, their bois- terous protestations to the contrary Dot- wrthatanding. In this, there wt, no ques- tion as to whether the Act was wise or un- wise, expedient or inexpedient, which was said to bare given nee to this sad tumult. Whatever was its character, 11 was carried by the only means known to our law., and assented to, as it might properly be, by the Represeotative of the Sovereign, se a con- stitutional right. No hon. member of the House had felt more ,troegly, or spoken morn decidedly against the passing of that measure by the House than he bad done ;— yet, he said that however meek' be mild have wished that the bill had neither been introduced nor passed by the Hoose, he should have regretted the necessity that could ander fixture`` eircumstances, have compelled His lrscellewey to withhold kis assent from the Bill. While, therefore, a. • mere measure, apart from a commits limit q,iestton, he deeply regretted aad should al- ways regret, the pacing of the Bill, be said, e nd he said it boldly, that he was glad that, as the test and exercise ofa eooatft.Uo.aI right amidst threats, both whispered std avowed, it did receive the Royal assont.— it would not have been wise in the Rory- tontattooto have withheld his assent from this hill, if then had bass no other ra.oas than to .bow that the exercise of the fooe- imeos of the Sovereign were 001 to be inh- umed by eoerelon, gild that evmrytkttlg Pm far was ellen alike t• the Crowe std to ev- wything Rritnth." Tb . wag spoken 1s the MAK of area° asset, bat my sentiments an usekasg.d — For that esproe es' of opiates, and 15ea .wbs.quulfy om .a addrnaav mel tee tqp Dab- op.e.t drapprveesf of skim sono, mg Ce.- •ervauve fti.od. bur. est idepuems haus eborgmd s1,. w1/b osesdiq Aces phsCa.psr- va11v. ppty. if lbs bsVs of (iia M 51st 1:2101#!"/"":11.4 11��1� they NNMMIf ; X11 k 01 k h"gt ' 4 To TIIr. EDITOR OI THE 141.005 0100 1 The public ■re well aware that an advertise meat has been before them since the 5th Nov last, end that is tense of the same the Tender were to be opened on certain days. Asd the are also aware tbat on thew days certain of the Tenders were not opened, and that no de&nit action war takes os' any of them. These (acts have (and wetly so) crested tip excitmentoe the mind of the public which requires to be al Isyed, as such an occurrecce has a srroog ton deacy to Destroy the cugfidence chat ought toes in between the public and a corporate body gee as the Council. I feel rather shy at en attemp to explain to the public, no far of the facts of th cue as are known to me, but I am eoeouraged to do eo from the certaisty that my information truly be relied o1,, and without further preface, 1 shall state m far as I know them. At the last stoop of the Council, 1 heard read i, the Council room a fetter from Mr. Joan, ea - closing a eop,- of a letter by him to the Provincial Secretary for the approval of the Gn►ernot Js Couneii, alto a Copy of the Provincial Secretary's Inter in 'mower. emfrmiag the same, and before 1 left the Council room it was ordered that the ab.,. corres;,00dence bo remitted to a select commt:tee to report en, and 1 bave iscertaised from the District Clerk that the result rasa enr- diel approval thereof, and immediate action direc- ted to be taken on the same—i. e. to adver:isa for Tenders as i have stated above. Previous to the day of opnw..g no Tirade**, adigeresee of opinion had takes plows between e.rtaia hem• beano(the District Council and Mr. Jones on the position they ti. e. the Couocillon) would be placed to by following op the recommendation of the Council, and the fact of Mr. Jo*. not being present at the time aforesaid for opeeing the Tenders—many of them were sot opened—and oa none was then any definite action taken at the time, se hair hitherto been the practice fol- lowed by the Ceased. This u a matter of coven, emoted some days delay in briegi•o the tatter to seythieg like a setialumery termina- tion, at the same time the peWe were • faney- 'sg, and ceneectieg, sad givkg tent to all •rat of eoossm that could be practiced ie like sir• comma* etc H•wev,r, in the -13th •arrear, ■ peremal isteniew took plate in Godericb be- tween the Warden sad Mr Jones, whets they re - e eived(se i am isfonned) • Report from the District Surveyor epee the Teodoro whieh had bees received et the dSSer•st plaees eanuiosed is the dvertisemmut alluded to, and i kayo eve- ry nasus to believe that dyer the differesees d options between them two Geretlemed beeisg bees re eyed, the, strict plaice was dove is ev- ery ase vibe Tssdmnd. Se far, Mr. Mow, Si what bar bees told ms ea twee, sed as I am mere. that 'tegument obeli sees eared a - guess a pable body, is lards b. Avebad. if yes 'husk the about will hive okay send.e•y to keep alive t%e anginas halberts eaiettes M- twees the p.b& sad she pinna Cseeeil, r their seine syea may Wert is, w sabsrwise n1,•.• it gins.eis, Qlsu N. l.•—Tho f eqW g to from a