The Huron Expositor, 1870-10-21, Page 4t2'•
THE 'HuRoN txposITO
EUROPEAN WAR SUMMARY,
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Below will be found a daily digAst of tEi
telegraphic news, anent the France -Prussia
War.
THURSDA.Y.
,
Besides quietly and persistently carryin6e.
on the siege of Paris, ,the PruSsians ale
pushing -their forces to the north-west a d
south-east, with designs upon Tours as d
Lyons. Th French attempted to preve t
the advance Of the invaders at Artenay, a
few miles no th 'of Orleans, but were div
back to the f tter citywith considerable los
In this en agernent the regular Fren
troops ate r ported to, have behaved ifi a
Ls disgraceful. anner, running away -in di
n may. The olu teers evinced better figh
in qualities and though defeated, are ma
ing a stand ,ear Meung and Beaugenc
stations on te Paris; and ; Orleans railwas
to the south- est of the i laltter city. 7' e
_victorious ,Prussians have already advance
to those stations, and another engageme t
mayl shortly be expected. General Geri bal i
in c nsequence of the threatening- 'State Lf
affai s has, otwithstanding the unfavou
ablelstate of his health, gone to take active
service with he army now covering Tour,
The •French Governiment haYe. repeate 1
their deterrnis ation to exact bloody reprisal
for every F ne-tireur or municipal office
shot by the russians. The latter have d
clared they will execute,siimmary, vengeanc
.on all parties who carryon guerilla wader
and have even held, as in the case of th
village ''of .A blis, the municipal authoritie
respon-sible for soldiers shot in an irregula
manner, Th's is, no doubt, quite inacceni-
.
slice with th laws of wm, although tha
must be a ba barous custom which inflict
death as "a pe alty _even en civilians wh
veuturrto•fi ht irregularly though it nia
be, in fenc4 of theinhearths and homes.
"Prince Napoleon is said to be intriguin
in London with a view to the restoration o
the onaparte dynasty, but without reedy
ing he sanction of his Imperial cousin:
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FRIDAY, OCTOBE.I4?, 21, 1870.
THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
IT iS too frequently the'case, ti.ii'at mea of
doubtful reputation "rhea 'they find their
actions freely elide ed, and their...misdeeds'
condemned by the itsubliepress' ) I resort to
t
means not the mosttreditable, in order to
muzzle and silence that troublesoe Moni-
tor. The truth of this flee/11s to htve been
verifi.e.,c1, by the libel suit which was recent-
ly, commenced against the Toronto Globe, by
OA Gray, Dominion Arbitrator. The Globe, :
k in an article which it published in. May,
- last, told some unpleasant truths regarding
the doings of this mighty functionary, and
for this the manager of that journal was
cited before the court to answer to the
charge of having maliciously libelled this
same functionary. , Mr. Brown pleaded not
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sguiltysto the charge, and proved in a . man-
ner not very palatable to the prosecutor,'"
thatevery charge -w-14qh he had made' was
well . founded.' The Majority of the jury
also Look this view of the case, and the de-
fendant was virtually acquitted. The
charge was a most frivolous' one, and had
Col. Gray not been troubled with. -a guilty
'conscience, he ,would never have thought of
taking offence 'at what hactbeen said of iftin.
Judging, frowthe evidence taken in court,
the Globe, in its article, did not tell pearly
all the truth, or as much as it might have
told; however, what the Globe then lacked,
its Editor -in -Chief fully supplied in his'ad-
dress to the Jury. We. fancy .that \Col:
Gray would now as soon that he had let
the matter drop before it came to trial, as,
had he done so, his character would in tll
probability, stand much higher in the es,i-
'nation of the public than it now dees. But,
doubtless he has been taught -that,..-to at-
tempt to muzzle the press of this country;
• is an undertaking which is by, no means
popularl with the people, and one which he,
at least, its not the right man t.. carry out.
We sincerely trust the wellenerited-tictunc-
-mg he received from Mr. Brown, in court,
on Saturday last, will be of future benefit
to him, and be the means of making him a
more honest,. if not a wiser man.
CORRIIPTI N.
IT is not often that the outside public get
so goocl a view of what has transpired be-
hind the ;scenes, as was afforded by the ad-
dress of the Hon. Geo. Brown, to the Jury
.. on Saturday last, in the court at Toronto,
during the progress of the libel suit brought
against that Hon. -.Gentleman, - at. the lil-
t) '
StanCe. of Col. Gray, Dominion 'Arbitrator.
It seems that this Col Gray is one of the
favored pets of the Dominion GoYernthent,
and that he has been living upon the fat Of
,the landei at the Dominion Capital, for the
past three years. This, of course,. would be
all right,. if the money cwhich presided all
the "good things" for this gallant Colwas
his own, or had been honestly earned ; but;
when, it appears the money . has been
filched iit of the public treasury, it is a mat: -
ter whi hscleeply concerns the public. CoL
Gray; °Fcourse, hail's from New Brunswick.
Indeed..it would almost Seem that the only
benefit Ontario is to reap from this glorious
Veon of Confederation, is t� have fastened .
upon her a parcel of blood -suckers from the
Lower Provinces, to -relieve her of all the
e .. spare change which. ratty from time tq time
-
accumulate in her coffers. , Be tiIatt as it;
may, however, there is no dou lit,' bu that-
onr Dominion Arbitrator has had a retty
large share of what was...going, and the
trouble is, jeclging by hisieVilence in court,.
. . _
he is not yet half satisfied:
In order ,, to - properly secure the
independence ' off Parliani at, an . Act
- - a
has: been., passed, forbidiag any per-
son holding , au office of emolument -under
the Crowneand dist wing an annual salary,
to retain his seat its the House, ander a
penalty.- of $5,00'for each and' every day he
continues to occupy that position.. Now,
Col. Gray represeated the eonstituency. of
. St. John, ia the.Dolninion *)arliament ; but
• notwithstanding this. he accepted a situ-
ation from th e Dominion Government. .The
following .extract fa um Mr. Brown's speech
shows the aature. of that sitaation, and the
disreputable dodges which were resorted to,
.in orcler to shield him faoin punishment fir
so flagrant a violation ofthe law :—
" Mr. Stilton, on the 26th of April, Bp, cal-
.
.. led the attention of the House to the faet, and
asked for a return of the names of the Commis-
siones or others named or appointed for rendering
uniform the s: laws, the salaries to be paid.
'to each petson SO employed. and the amount al-:
ready paid. and to whom paid. Sir John. A., Mac-
. donthld rose and coolly informed. the House that
no Commissioners had yet been. appointed, but
they -would be appointed before long, and the
salaries to be paid would -thenbe fixed. Mr.
McKenzie followed Sir John, and insisted that
there must be some mistake in that person's
statement, for $2,000 hadlready been paid to
-somebody on account of t at commission. The
return akked for by Mr, St on was oxidered by
the ILoue, and on the fouifth. of 4 ane /following
it wa4 lay' before it. Well, gentlemen, I hold
that Ikettirnin my hand,and it discloses the fact
that qoi. Gray hid drawn from the pablic -chest,
lup to the 30th of April, 1809, the sum. of $2,200, .
Ito that the money was actualli paid to him by
Sir. John A. McDonald, in flat contradiction of '
hie statement to the House. , And to conceal the
1
transaction from the public gaze, the name Oft e.
person who got it was not entered in the publ
accounts, and the return to Parliament, whi h -
would hate given the inforination, Was not -per-
mitted to be printed ill the appendices to the
journal. Last ession, the subject was again
broughtbofore the Parliament, and on the 28th
February, 1870, Ib, motion was, made and -carried
for a retlLrn of full pattictilars. Qn the 23rd
March, 180, th return was brought down. DI
appeared that fiprn the 26th June, 1869, to the -
28th Febraary, 870, Col. Gray had drawn from
the public ches a further sum of not less than
$2;700 • that the nioney had been paid over to
Sir John A. Macdonald for his benefit; and that
he doled out .the cash to his employe at the hand
some rate of $30p a month! Col. Gray's defence
or this audacious defiance of a! special statute
nd the spirit of' our Constitution, 1 understand
obe that -110 ibppointrctent is only monthly, n t
annual."
We. do not ask that t
be. taken upor the auth
alone. They
by the journal
surprised that
to be a party.
Itransaction, as
dojubt, that he
political shark
himself to any
foolish enough
-his support.
that !class. of w
e above etatensen
rity of Mr. Bro
re facts,which are borne o
of the House. We are not
Col. Gray should be provea
o SD mean and diehonest a
it h s been shown beyond a
is one of _those. unprincipl
, who is ever ready to se
person orl party that may
to pay hiru. handsomely f
Ho undoubtedly belongs to
Om it was once said, 44 buy
them to -day, and you have .to buy the
again to -morrow." s. But, that a gentleman
cecupying the higlisiind honorable position
Macdonald ()couple
self laitakingadvantag
nibble, in order to nullify
a lawtwhich hehimself
e; or that the head of
ch has
helini
esort
pporte
oaveve
e, item
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"OCTOBER 21, 1870.
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which Sir. John
should demean hi
of so miserable a
and set at naught
had assisted to ifra
a Government tvh
to boast of it oiter
be compelled to
'mewls to gain a s
belief. SO- it is,
been in this instals
ands Of otherinst, nces which have not yet,
and may never co e to light. ;cow, is it
safe, we ask, to tat st the Management of the
affairs of 'this girea
would be guilty' Of
fanny not. IS it s
ens of the peopre a
ed wh en transactio
no doubt are, of da
Is it not too bar l t
morants, such as t
to become rieh up
9f the people of th
free that t is ch js
re put stoD
which this an
Sir John and all
and power, and est
est raen,—menwh
so mean and lo
we haid pointe
election, which is
people will iiiave
plishing this, elle'
they again allow s
Macdonalk Sir F
'Getif-go E. Oartier
reign of e tray g
fault will betheir
submit. tais bear th
grace consequent t
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I
ever been, prou
gstrength, shoul
o such despica.b1
is almost bevon
and as it -ha
y also be in thou
a
0t
Dom'
such a
won
e year
5:such
ion to men who
transaction I Cers
eIr that the bfirtli
after year increas
as this may be, en
ly occukrence at Ottawa
at a pack" of hungry cor
ia-CoL Gray, are allowe
n the hard-earned mone
• country ? It is hig
lling and extraVagane
, and I the only way ir
ce nirllisbed, is to driv
f ki
bl'
daed ilk from plac
h in their stead hon
•
uld scorn to stoop t
ransaction as that which
t. At t'lle) next general
ow not very far off, the
opportunity of aecom-
if they fail tok do so,..—if:
ch Meal as Sir John .A.
ncis Hineks, and 'Sir
- to inaugurate another
nce and corruption, th
wn, and they must jus
loss and suffer the dis
ereupr.
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'A " Wis. acre ' i
has been " ired "
Grand Tru k, disc
,
"A SeaforI1i paper
no right to fiitd faith
its affairs concern the
tuents alone; and not
is a sample Of what
(Tian journals to say o
fifteen millions of d'li
Canadian journalist is
a protest when mailg
on almost every train
,
What "al Seafor
80 long as the inter
not neglected, it
business whether r not the road
more tihan enough o pay the interes
first preference bon e s, and "a Seaf.
per" still s s so, as d challenges th
-
ling" of th Globe o -prove the cont
be correct. We s y that it is . n
that " nai1s and p .Sengers are dela
almost eve taain, ' aud the Globe,
has not -ev attenotecl to prolve tha
unless it is I leased to tertu the few
Mous lette s which it gave and,cora
upon, a da or`4vo ago, -proof. " If s
we fan, Y i vill ia e some difficulty; in con-
vincing th pub ic of tin truthful ess or
even genu ness o those productio s. We
don't World r th4t.t e Globe has gro n ill-
natured ov r this G and Trunk contr, versy.
It ie zenoug 1 to ou the -temper of e ' en the
best natuied, to ee one's friends all t rning ,
against thein'. \it1i but One excepti n; not
.a single journal he country, .eith r Con.
.
serve:titre or Reform, has sided with i . in its
ill-adVised tnd undeserved strietur upon
,
the manage ent of the Grand 'faun and
the so ner it tu us its attention toi some
other 1 bjeo —0 1. 2Trey,.for instane —the
better, will it be for its own good tnarne.
The .iOnger. 't co drams to. harp upon this
string, theweak- r and le as eflectiye does
the m '§ic becom
For the 0
according to
the Toronto Globe, who
o villifY and abuse the
urseaas follows a--
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says th t Ms 'd-LJBE has
. „
-th the Grand Trunk ; that
directo i and their leonsti-
he peo le of CanadaJ This
r. Bryd es can hire Cana-
• lig behalfCanada has
ars imthe road, and yet a
not to, be allowed to enter
nd passengers are detained
,
h paper" said was, 'that
sts of i the publie were
as none of the Globe' s
earned
on the
rth pa.
‘.' hire.
ary to
t true
ed on
oitis,
nony-
ented
does,
•eapes Boots and. Shoes in Seaforthl
uali , go to Coventry's.
Lat adv ces f sem So h America show
that a evolution: ry cri is impending at
Monte ide • TI e Gov r merit troops have
been d iveri into Re . an the town invest-
ed by ebe s.
entevi
by far ions. . Th' lci o was distracted
ex-
pected to resign e Red Goyernment was had de lare 'as the p'smultir sympathy
White par . 'elf Unmistakeably for. the
, 1
The •ele sed
at Au urn by a,
Tul brethren, anci
$l)eeches upon t
only, and not to
nistration, were
freedom, .Mad the
nilnshave beez serenaded
arge number of their joy -
gratefully inflicted long
e crowd. To the people
ny party or to any idrai-
they indebted for their
liberated law -breakers.
hat
lata
afte:
Fre)
thor
how
The
ties
wer
are:
in tl
posii
hear
men
loon
ing .
hope
shak
Tro
fron
ing
in t
mak
of b
ding
ville
FRIDAY.
ere appears to have been some ratheij
fighting from Artenay to Orleans, th
✓ place being stormed by the Prussian
a battle lasting nine hours. Th
ch were driven cmt with a -loss of te
sand prisoners, the victors wining theiij
urs withl comparatively- small loss.
e have b en a few skirmislhes and sor
the ne.ghbourhood of Paiis, but theyl
of little consequence. The Prussiansi
eported t have .isverconie all obstaclesj
e way of getting their siege guns. into;
ion, and thereforo we may expect to
at any moment of the actual comrne4Lce.1
of the bombardment of Paris. T3al-
continue to arrive from ,Paris, bring
ewa thet the people are as .ardent,1
ul ad self-reliant as 'ever, having un -
n confidence in the ability of General
u, and rnaintaining a bold, courageous
. The French in Metz are still-hold-
ute.,, though they suffered very heavily
e recent sorties. The rinderpest, is
• g great havoc atuoisg the .cattle both
siege& anl. besiegers. Heavy canona-
is also said to beigoin on at Thion.-
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&
saTtiabav.
TI e Prussians have 'occupied Orleans in
force their numbers there now amounting,
itis aid, to 60,000 men. king William
has 1 legraphe to Berlin t report of the
battl which gave 'his tioos possession of
thee ty, and represents it to have been quite
as ia portant and decisive as previouS ac-
coun d. At S. Quentin thle French claim
to h, ve repulsed the'invad rs. The French
vess s have taken 32 prize Since the cOm-
men ement of thecarnpaig4.. Menotti Ga-
ribal 11 has. followed.his father to France.
The ren.ch Government hs issued decrees
to st mulate and encou rag the people to
Join the arin. Old rule prejudicial to
.adva cement are abrogated, and all classes
are. i vited to 'avail of the epportunity thus
open d to thei ambition. t Gen. Baine is
repotted to have given in this adhesion to
tie 1epub1ic. M. ,Gambett, t has stated that
Pari is well supplied with mLat, but from
Metz conses a dismal story of the 'sufferings
of treops and people in that bileagueted city
from the ravages of disea.s s of the most
varying character. M. Oalnbetta has pub-
lithed a proclamation, reco n.ting in some-
. .
what extravagant terms th recent victories
claimed to have been gaine bY the French
in a general sortie from Pa is.
MONDAy.
The rumor q a sortie fron Paris oissa very
large scale -L-1 0,000 men eing it is said
engaged in it—is the princi al event of im-
portance, and a'S no results f this enterprise
are recorded it is quite pi bable that its
irnportance has been greatly exaggerated,
At the same tinse there have been indica-
tins that some bold step was in progress,
and a London telegram alludes specificially
to apparent -preparations in both camps for
a decisive blow. Fresh relays of German
troops are passing from the frontier west-
ward in large, number, and the bombard-
ment of Verdun has been formally opened.
Scissons has surrendered almost at the first
blow. The- Govern.nient have issued an
address to the country, in which they charge
the Priissians with first buying, then taking,
and finally pillaging. The requisitions now
made are.eVidently very severe, especially
where the trains have been molested or any
irregular warfare has been attempted. A
decree ordering the coinage:of the Imperial
silver plate, and another authorizing the
postponement of rent for threemonths, are
indications of the pressure of the war upon
the citizens of Pans The Orleans Piinces
are reported to have joined the national
forces at Rouen. The suppression without
a resort to force of the too impulsive "Reds,"
in the Belleville quarter,apeaks Well for th
influence ef the Provisional Gorernmie t
over the mere extreme party. The 'state-
ment that Bizaine•had escaped from. Metz
requires confirmation, ast it is from unreli-
able authority.
• TITESD.,kY.
A series of special telegrams to the Ame-
rican Pies give account § of French succes-
ses. Prussia, according to the World's nor -
respondent, is all but saeing for peace.—
Bismark has abated in hisr demands, and
desires England to act the mat of mediator.
Then, by the same authcfry, we hear of a
great victory _before Pa is, the Prussians
beaten 'back and large c. ptures effected, by
General Trochu. Adde4 to this success, the
World has to tell of several more or less de-
cisive advantages over th er invaders else-
where. A 7Tribune correspondent thinks
there is some clanger of the Government at
Paris relying too much on the more molder-
ate'or tiefiid party of the population, tend
asserts that it popularity is diminishing.
Probably -M. Farre and this friends know
the difficulties of the position better than,
their critics, and see a better chance of beat-
ing the Prussians by delay than bY too pre-
. • •
cipitate action. A Prussian cl4patth from
Versailles, representing Paris tta, be already
feeling the effects of scarcity or an unequal
divisionof food, and o her evil effects of
war, must be read with s me'reserve. The
capture of Soissons g ve the Prussians 4,60
prisoners and a q natty of stores. A
scheme for forming a 'ederation of the
southern provinces of F ance, • with Mar-
seillesfor its capital, ems to have been
mooted, but it can ha dly have had any
chance of suebess. There is a report that
Bazaine has made fresh o rs of capitulation.
WEDNESDAY.
The French in. Soissons offered the most
.determined resistance to tlhe Prussians be -
fere surrendering, the Nationa1 i Guards
fighting from house to hou e. The immensely
superior numbers of the P •ussians prevailed
at length, though not wi.out terrible Joss.
of life.. Garibaldi has ha an enthusiastic
reception at Besaneon fi ni the National
Gds an& free soldiers, o whom, he made
brief but spirited addres He considered'
the soldierpf republican ranee, were fight-
ing net merely to repel th invaders but to
secure the utter discomfit re of the " effete
monarchies" of Europe1 or this purpose
there had rallied to the French standard
not only lovers of libert froth European
countries, but from across the Atlantic, and
to, all these the General c lied out "On to
the Vosges.", In this me intainous region
he is to harass the inir, ders, conducting
hostile operations in the e ann.er for which
he is famous. Gen.'Troc u appears to have
gained a considerable, tholugh only tempo-
raty, advantage by the smitie Bagaieux ;
but he was compelled to retire withinhis
fortifications after Causing a 'loss of three
thousand men to the besiegers. • Opposing
armies are massing in the vicinity of Oie
leans where a great battle is expected. The
Prussians are,manifesting a disposition to
march upon Tours and ,di perie .the- Provi-
sional Government and it assistants.
The best selected stock of Boots and. Shoes in
Seaforth, at Coventry's.
'
The criminal at Wilhelmshohe.
By universal consent the present war in
Europe is the work of one inan, Louis Nas
poleon. Prussia, by every honora'sle means,
saaght to avoid it, but Louis Napoleon
pressed on. It is due to him that every
.dire suffering of war has fallen upon hun-
dreds of thousands of peaceful homes and
tender hearts, and that a devastation ,and
ruin which are incenceiisable overspread
France. The sOrrow which heshas occasion-
ed can only be surmAsedl now and then
from some tragical story of individual ruin
which is told in the papers. All the' crimi-
nals of France since he built `his empire
upon perjury has done nothing which can
conipaae in encrmity with the least of Ms
offences in this war. Bet this man, whose
mimes are unrelieved by aiay personal hero-
ism or dignity, and who betrays his country
to unspeakable anguish and shame, now
lives in a. romantic and spalcious palace with
the subdued state of majesty in misfortune.
It is one of the cruel contrasts of the war
that many a brave and noble and devoted
soldier,
who has left the delights of home
and sacrificed all that is most alluring in
life and hope to perish by the fault of this
wretched man, falls stricken in the field,
knowing that he leaves MS family to every
foi m. of calamity, while the author of the
tragedy pays no penalty, arid is safe from
harm. They who think that Napoleoa
Bonaparte was hardly treated when he was
exiled to St. Helena will perhaps re-coneider.
their judgment when they are reminded by,
the conduct of the nephew how vast th.e.
cries of the elder Napoleon were/
It is a false and perilous phi1ose6h'y which
forgeth the man in the emperor/ and which
does not see that the persoual,Moral respon-
sinilitv of Louis Napoleon cduld never be
set aside. He knew whatlwar was. It is
the last and, terrible appeal, only to be in-
voked when .every °they' resource fails. But
he made no effort to aavoid it. On the cen-
tral- he took care that it should not be
avoi ed. And when he did this he delibera
atel consciouelysintentionally decreed the
slau liter of thousands of innocent men.'
If a man who fires a musket froni a window
into a crowd/A held guilty of murder thould
any one be/killed, he* mueh guiltier should
this man be considered, -who refusedpeace,
and Made' the anguish of a country sure !—
Hcsrper's Weekly.
N . I homemade kip boots for $4 : cow hide
do,$3, 50, at Coventry's.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Que-
bec, who has been Oriously ill for some time,
died at 4.-1.e Palace at Quebec, at five ddlock
Thiire:•.• -taernoer
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NEWS OF THE WEER...
Toronto is to have a fir alarm telegra.phr
The niarria.ge of Princess Louisa and
iFsseTuberbdueanFrvyree. nferhaik
the Marquis of liorme will take place in
of mtlise.yrR. eLPaufibeloichie
Perc°oviinsir bra'iovernng the emblem- s
inent baste
Roman Catholic Bishop.
-
of Three Rivers, is spoken•of as most likely
to be the successor of the late Archbishop
of Quebec. •
The rinderpest is reported to be spread-
ing in Europe with alarming rapidityand
ptevails already, it is said,' from Poland to
ahe Atlantic.
General Robt. E. Lee ched at Lexixestoia
Vermont, on the 12th. frusta at thirty anis.
nutes past nine. His disease was conges-
tion of the brain". "He was aged 63 years";
8 months and 23 days.
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The Great Western Iailway. shareholders
at their half -yearly me ting at the London -
Tavern; London, 'England; on Wednesday,
re-elected the old Board of Directors and,
completed the agreement for the amalgansaa
tion With the Canada Air Line from Glencoe
to Buffalo.
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There is strong suspicion that the recent
fire at Orangeville was the work of some
incendiaries, and two men named Per diethn
and Lennox were arrested 'ead committed to
prison on the charge. The 'latter, however,
made his escape,- and a reward has been
offered for his' capture.
It appears the 'dream of :the Italians to -
have Rome. as their capital .wilI not . re-
alized as soon as -expeeted. The engineers
report' that it will take alt least two years -
to prepare the city to serye as the capital,,
and thei- seat of, Government will, therefore, .
remain at Florence in, definitely.
Lieutenant -Governor Archibald has been
presented with a petition, signed by More
than seven hundred persons, praying that
some efforts be made towards the discovery
of the remains of the murdered Scott The
impression is, that nothing of it will be
found in the reputed grave..
A fire took place in McLeocl's Tempers
epee House, Market Street, Brantford, , at
three o'clock on Friday morning, and con- •
sumed the building occupied by the _expositor
raper. Most of the type and the presavere
saved, but in a much dansaged. conditiost.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Lea,s
covered by insurance.
A new French coat -of -arms has amide its
appearance in Tours. ,It Consists of a figure
of Liberty, •with the legend 44In the namet
of the French people." On the reverse is a
garland of mixed oak and dive, with a
wheat ear ia the centre.. There is also the
-
inscription. " Republique FliLaineaise dernocra-
tique uns et, indivisible," Around the peri-
phery are the words "Librte, Egalite, fra-
termite." °
A grand Reform dernonstration anapic-
nic took place at Aylmer,, ounty of Elgin,.
on the 13th instant, 3100 persons , being
present. Mr. Bodwell, tlie late member,
took the chairatal introduced Mr. A. Mac-
kenzie, who made a powerful address. Be
reviewed the course of the Cloalition Governs
rnent, and denounced therr conduct, and
policy amid great Cheering. MT. BOd.Weit
M. P., for South Oxford, and Other speak.
1
iers, followed in a similar s rain.
On Friday night, a most
originating in -the stables of
Hotel, Orangeville, broke se
o'clock, and continued ragi
buildings were totally de
large amount of store goo
destructive fire -
'the Wellington
ut near eleven
e until eleven
troyed with a
•
s fixtures, Sze_
The loss is estimated at not leas' than
000. The hotels of Witters and Middleton,.
.Minary's smith shop, the stores of Messrs.
Parsons, (IVIcClaverty, Eas n, Lloyd, Tilt,
LongwaY" Bros., and Jacks re With a large -
quantity of the contents, w re entirely de-
`stroved. Four valuable ho ses were lost in
the confla.gration. Incendiarism is asserted.
to be the causei of this sad calamity.
t
The /Pope's Domains.
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The occupation of Rome lay the troops of
the King of Italy does not exclude the Pope
altogether from tenitorial _power. :His do-
main is diminished, but not wholly destroy-
ed. Instead of a part of Italy, he now
governs a part. of t ,e city of Rome., th
Leonine City,. as it i called, or the Vatican . . . .
and its .viunity When the capitulation
was signed the Geneital of the Papal troops..
stipulated for their withdrawal, assuring the -
Italian general Cadorna that a guard of
two hundred, which he should leave, woulds
be an ample protection for the Pope.
Caderna asked hire if he was sure, and he -
replied, "Entirely' But when the Italian
army entered the city the inhabitanth flock-
ed across theriver to the, NV ..*a, and hissed
and groaned so rneancingly that the 'Pope -
was alarmeds and he sought the protection
of Cadorna. The General replied at first
that his interference would. vitiate the capi-
tulation ; but upon ihe receipt of a pressing
note from the Pope, he asked, instructions .
from his Government, anfl be was told to
take care of the Pope, §o the Bishop of
Rome is now under the protection of the
king whom he wished to excomaimunicate.
For the sake of the Pope's reputation it js
to be hoped that the Leonine City will not
be abandoned to his temporal government,
which) being the worst in the world, does
not inspire respect.for the Pope in his cc-
clesiastical functions. It would be curious
if the old saying, that the Pope who reigns -
for twenty-five years will be the last Pope,..
should be fulfilled in the *A) of Pius who
-
will probably be the last Pope who combines
temporal with ecclesiastica4 power . -1444*
per's firtekly„
Chicago is to have a •bug perpetual motion
Chine on exhibition.
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STRICT
Mr. -Belfry -car
DiJ3iomi for his lie ne
at iii 13an and spice mil
J. C. - 'McIntosh, of
,
Signal, warning the
lands at the coming tax
the investment isn t at
pioLayelt_atIVI)eeka
rs: coieinitAL
fell off -a -load of salt, an
upon his leg, broke it. .
but the man is r(!eoverm
anuual meeting o4.,,Prida,
CHESS. —The Seaforth
was elected President, a
Treas., for ensuing year.
..P4112;3inr 7ite
el'3dr
pia. Membership 50 ce to join
EASE "43.11.11 MATCH
match too) plue bet
Picked nine, res.
coopers by -1Y) tit
side was ver y goo(
vailed. Mr, -Ran
Club, Philadelplii
.charged hi duty
SorH EltRON .PLOUGI
last issue of the E.rp'ogi
'modified the prize', list in
tha..3winner of the Reaper
Society $50, as Was then
$35% The match _will tak
Stanley. As will be seer
titori-must be on the gro.
at 9 o'clock arra,. precisel.-
.
EAST WAVIA.NOi01
was held On Tuesday, 11
crowd assembled. on ill
:department, was well fill.
;ladies showed handsome
a good assortment of mile
egetal*s -were: excelle
lighter grains showi-d f
fine show of horses and,
agricultur.al, and ats.o of
1.
PECEN9MENA.—Nik. Alb
ville, has a Siberian- -Cri
tbis year, in the proper
in bloom .ag.ain... 'MSis
the ordinary, but not, ho
lel, as we have noticed/
corded by a number of
-though, is,somethin,0 so
like,. --Mr. M MeDe
ered several handiult of
'ea raspberries, the secont
bushes growhig on his p
parentIy, possessed. all its
JUVENILE CON.I.:7E
see Knox's Hall crowded,%,
Mr. Ward's Arvenile Co'
that he has his class in t
and. from what -we sctnafl
manner of executing par!,
gramme, we have no hesi
one, that eau be at all in
sort, and does not put
evening, will regret it to -
Mr. Ward is nomere tyro
of the most hithly spokcil
sion. Take a look at the'
on the -rare treat in store;
GODERICII ITARROR.-1
Contieissioner of Public 11
ich on Saturday night -0
and duringhisstay rem
Esq.,M.P. 'As_preirionsly
tleman is at present on ail
Public Works 911 ili.10 LAI
oordingly inspected. !Goiiii
/,
infornied seve.rl o our cai
leant had definitel ,dieia
bor of . Refuge at this
work would be adirertise
they nlight be oi)ened.
November. . it was the, '
ment to seem* ail the '
winter, and the work Wo
immediately on the ope
shadow of doubt .aS to th
moat is now remoVed, AU
perfectly satisfied that
Signal.
MEcRitxrcs' INsrrrcr
Stich a, comparative, fem
section, *so far, this year
of the advantages that't
acquiring knowledge.
somathing in, tile neigh
of the Choicest reading,
attainable for the small
Surely this year is not t
intall :membership of .3f4
mittee have made =ran
.classes during -the winte
with the first of Novemli
the tuition of whieh, elaei
are, Reading, Grannnar'
'
metiv, The fees are solq
means of none; and as no
secitre.the serviceS of efoll
culate On an inmiCnee ben
fiumity, from this sourcl
may be obtained, upon
bet of the Oinninittee.
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The Giobe of Saturday
well at Clinton is at presq
rels per day, and. the NO
tors are going to basal am!
which means tb.ey inten
barrels. Sonie even
suck an excellent
good working order, tini
Salt Blocks in oration
cording to the slaMe
out .361) 'barrels pe 1- day. '
yielda clear profit of froi
rel, which brings the own
.; This is correct enoUgh,savi
viz: The New Era was rtl
Gouinlock's 'Works, of
Olinton works
The New ;Era might, hi'
the second Iblock Was bel
than half completed..
aidregardingthe Doctol
i
tdhiaatt aeicyal., drilling has -e
the Merchants' Salt Coin
t
of boiling blocks is to be
OUR STREWS.---7-WhAt
and heavily Lrarelled
standing the abundance :
streets onsSeafor. m ba
ing a synonymie for,knet
ough reconstruction, heir
andergoing. promises
_metropolitan roads, so fel
the width. Water tables,
most durable kind, are bi
of, end the roadway On
edThe sidewalks
in width— and fat teso stai
positories for salt bari.
practice of mammas *ex