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The Huron Expositor, 1871-01-20, Page 1FANUAXY 13, 1871. NOTICE& 7CRERSMITE, Dec. :31, 1870. forbid any party giving credit ty relations, or any other per- tt my written order, from this -THOMAS MeBRIDE. *RAY CALVES. to the preraises of the sub - No. 25 14th. Concession, Me- e 246. December, 1870, two Lsill'CALVES „ The owner is ry prove property, pay ehargea ent away. .RICEIARD POLLARD< RAY HEIFER. the premises of the sub- : No. 7, 5th Concession, Me- et the middle of elugust.last, ad HEIFER. The owner is proYe preperty, pay charges r away. - JOHN MALONEY. ••-•••• STRAY PIG. 4 he premises of the sub- set Ne. 21, 1st Concession of th IA October, a WHITE t e owner ia requested to prove ky harges and take her away. t D. -A. CAMPBELL. WI FOR SALE. LE, the west half of ! Lot No. township of Hullett, good gravel road, contain. 40 of which are cleared and Thc..re are on the premises te house and barn, also a nev- ing of water, convenient to There are also 4 acres ot fall which wili be sold with the further particulars apply to ,or, on the premises, or if by TUGS, ,BOWYER, Constance, P. [ c. 14, 1870: 158-th— EAR PRESENTS AT UNISDEN'A Bibles, ret Testaments. alter Books,' Hymn Boois. au binding and suitable for it1-RESENT. Also, 1)ESKS, W.0211K-BOXES, ELt4tOrND •,st.ttl..A.N- WARE, . TWLET A IITICLE-S, &c.. ;LIN'S Drag awl Book Store. 160-tf FOR ALL. CHEAP AND GOOD • !OTHINQ. L ALL CLASSES, taste around we see, we may -press :ns gay, for work or play, oint of Dress ! S( costumes change, idles daily spring, ,ERSON'S DRESS maintains jt just the thing. ho hask in princely halls, the world of dress ; humble spheres of life •ions to express; all„_thase facts endorse. ug-li. all Canada ring, (lothing is for all. .ht.ery rt, Lilting trips and tourb, rail'i,tr road, e in: each part, 4, smart and good. it it tirst-class work, artists bring - KA knowledge, a c,�r it the thing, ,earers, ample care v daspla:, ed ; tst astoundiniz, too,- -t in the trade. -, to meet the times, v you'd bring, e,e, then,.. Anderson's dress : ry thing. oe.k. of Scarfs, Ties, Collar va vs on nand. VNDERSON 3f erehant TaI Seaforth, Ontario. N. WATSON HAS ON HAND THE BET G MACH I N ES :THE MARKI•nt • uSe,' or far I\ianufae- Buth sin1.41e-threaded :•ltreatled, and Itiek,stitch -be supplied. tistaction guaranteed,. an veil to purchasers gratis. - - . INTATS ON re ,roperty againt,-t Fire and t,ter, and. Life and Limb h and accident, with, the les, being Agent for • ,01 and London and Globe, al: of Canada, (Canada.1 -strict Mutual, (Village and • District Mutual, (Village s of Hartford, (Life and .all,Adjusted and )tly Settled, TO LEND ates of interest. No come •xpenses moderate. Ee't bought on. equitable 160 keKS.—A victim of early causing nervoua debil- e deca), etc, having tried advertised remedy,. has a self -cure, which he will is fellow -sufferers. Address ; 76 Nese= A, New 162-6m MACLEAN BROTHERS, Freedom in Trade—Liberty in Religion --Equality in Civil Rights". EDITORS & PUBLISHER& VOL. 4, NO 7. d SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1871. WHOLE NO. 163. BUSINESS CARDS. MEDICAL. 1-1 TRACY, M. D., Coroner for the _Do. County of Huron. Office and Re- -sidence—One doorEast of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868, 53-ly ID C. MOORE, M. C. M. (Graduate _Dee of MeGill Univ-ersity, Montreal,) Physician, Surgeon, &c.: Office and rest. dence Zurich, Ont. . Zurich, Sept. 7th, 1870. 144 T AMES STEWART, M. D., C. M., • Graduate of McGill University, Montreal, Physician, Surgeon; &c. Office And residence—Brucefield. Brucefielcle Jan. 13; 1871. TAR. W. R. SMITH, Physician, Sur - gen, etc, Officee—Opposite Scott Mobertson's Rest lence M ain- street, North. Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1863. 53-ly TT. ie VEROOE, M. D. C. Me, Physie eiene Surgeon, etc. Office, and Re- sidence, corner of Market and High Street, immediately in rear of Kicld's Store. Seaforth, Feb. 4th. 1870. 53-1y. TAR. CAMPBELL, Coroner for the -County. Office and. residence, over Corby's, corner store, Main street, Sea - [forth. Office day, Saturday. 159 LEGAL T) F. WALKER, • Attorney -at -Law . and Solicitor -in -Chancery, Con- veyancer, Notary Public, &c. Office of the Clerk of the Peace, Court House, Goderich, Ont. N.B.—Money to lend at 8 per cent on Farm Lands. I Goderich, Jan'y. 28. 1870. 112-1y, 70 AUGHEY & HOLMSTEAD, Barristers, Attorneys at Law, Sol- icitors in Chancery and insolvency, No- taries Public and Conveyancers. Solici- tors for the R C. Bank, Seaforth,4ents for the Canada Life Assurande Co. N. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, tllouses and Lots for sale. Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. 53-tf. 'DENSON & MEYER, Barristers and - Attorneyat Law, Solicitors in Chan- cery and Insolvency, ConveYancers, No- aries Public, etc. Oflices,--Seaforth and Wroxeter. Agents for the Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, and the Col- onial Securities Co. of -London, England. Money at 3 per cent; no commsision, charged. TAS. If. BENSON, U. W. C. MEYER. Seaforth, Dec. 10th 1868. 53-# DENTAL. G. W. HARRIS, L. D.S.- Arti-ficial Dentures inserted with all the latest improve- ment. The greatest care taken for the preservation of decayed and tender teeth. ' Teeth extracted Withoet pain. Rooms over McDougall's Store. Seaforth. Dec. 14, 1868. ly. HOTELS. COMMERO1AL HOTEL, Ainleyville, James- Laird, ipr• oprietor, affordse first-class accommodation for the travel- ling pubite The larder and bar are al- ways supplied with the best tIe rnarke ts afford. Excellent stabling i1 connec- tion. A inleyville, April 23, 1869: 70-•th KNOX'S HOTEL (LATE SHARP'S) The undersigned begs to thunk the public for the. liberal patronage awarded ! to him in times past in the'hotel business, and also to inform them that he has again resumed business in the above stancl, where he will be happy to have a call fromold friends, and many new ones. • [ ' 'THOIVIAS KNOX. Seaforth, May 5, 1870. 126-tf. B RITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, G od- erich, ONT. J. CALLAWAY, PROPRI- ETOR:. S.WILLIAMS, (late of Ameri- Can llotel, Warsaw, N. Y. Manager. This hotel has recently been newly fur- nished, and refitted throughout, and is nowene of the most comfortable and com- modious in the Province. --Good Sample Roomafor.Comni ercial Travellers. • Terries liberal Goderich, Aprit14, 1870. - 123-th MISCELLATEOUS. HAZLEHURST, LicensedAuction- 13„ eer for the County of Huron. God- erich, Ont- Particular attention paidro the sale of Bankrupt Stock. Farm :Stock Sales attended on Liberal Terms: Goods Appraised, Mortgages Foreclosed, Landlord's Warrants Executed: Also, Bailiff First Division Court for Huron. C-oderich, June 9th. 1869 76 -At & W. McPHILLIPS, ProvinelTal • Lwele"gurveyors, Civi1 Entine' eers, etc. Ali rummer of Conveyancing _done with neatness and dispatch. G. McPhil- lips, Commissioner in B. R. Office— Next door south of, Sharp's Hotel, See - forth . 1' Seaforth, Dec, la,. I868. 53-1y. SMAILL & teitOOKE, Architects, etc. [Plans and 'Specifications drawn cor- e*Carpnter s, Plasterer's, and Ma ^3011'8 work, Measured and valued. Office Over J. C. .Detlor Co.'s store, Court - Rouse Square; GOderich: : Goderich, Aprtl 23, 1869. 79-ly Dorr MORTGAGE FARM. We'll have to morteag4{ the farm ? Of thisthere is little do u t ; , d if we fail to redeelin it, - he sheriff will tun:Su out. And all because we are .n t content To earn one money be or it is pent;s Fe lawyers seldom allet d lay, Al; Ai pwriedhe ilesnuoret tthoerweitui eiwin itlihatmoe.pay ; ti All, we h e nobody els to blame.: You certainly ought to know, If matters continue iust so, We'll have to mort ag the farm. Chertis—The farm he 1 : old fa;:mil 't ell have to m Su peso w, mortgage t will last but a lit W cannot hone to su n keeping up city Th elay deyoted to fo Th night consumed i Fo -jeweled ringa and An trails sufficient An sine, and Satins, .Whout the wealth o Are mirely enoug If mafters eoqin ell have to Mort can we Mortgage h d with it that hol ere love delights t •e• he charms of each golden curls of a hr lustrous eyes and one who fell in th b ter Who sank in t11.e. where lillies bloo waves, is silent now You 'd. graves. Ah -! gloomy inde a Should we be cone We'll leave to mo Ho Th He An An Bu • je e farm, the dear rtiimge the farm. farm while, 1 calls' a tendhag balls; ported hair, Q sweep a square, and laces fine, 'e kelclen mine, ! to show, 8 !the farm. farm, lade call n.ngchild,tface features mild; itle's flame, _ race for fame ; tul the willow the houseltold he day, led to say, e the farm". iwnym,otts. ROUGHING IT Ill, LIFE IN C i3Y MRS. the CHAPTE OUJt FIRST SETTLEMENT ING SYS ur united efforts h 11ee. transformation dwI1ing. Sleeping -b titioned off for the been put lip for the books and !crockery; a Ito r, and the chairs a bro ght from con fort to the place, vie of it, I deemed hu band, Mr. Wilson, w a ked over to inspec It wa sitting at the tabl t ere ping upon the floo , a par og dinner. The s bri ht, and the open, 1 cl cur ent of fresh air, W c he, t of the fire. ` Well,,I guess yon the Yankee damsel, on more.leefore me. try folks are so stiff, eve y thing so nice, or the,_you [can easily sta ks efemoney ; and thig rig off with mon ` Pray take a seat," en. chair, e kind enough name. 1 suppose yoe m nei hborleecid., altholh cei HE BUSH;A. 11TAD, thE. z_ 1 THEBORROW- , 1 ffeeted a conc.- , our uncouth e had been p4-- i shelves had 'modation Of pet covered:the ables we had ave an air Of h; on the first possible. My d james, hed farm, and. I work, the baby d Hannah pre - hone warm. and or admitted a tempered. the o k smart," said smiting herself ` 'oil old couli- y' a, u must h4e y u fret. But, o ; you have o th; fix every • 4 • I offered. her a tell me your at live in t I !cannot pe e any dwelling ne r s. My name ! • So yOit want to km; my name. 1 I emit as 'tis Emily • _I a ter to the gentlenta ho se." ` What meet the fa I, if he resembles the da ghter ?" Im.agine a young lad ge petticoats, through rents peeped.forth, feoen her bare red knees, wi h locks, and a face and h as if they had been run* —who did not knew Ai f spised:those who did. !, flections, eciaibined wit dicrous images; were fli t raind,-my strange - vi' claimed, - ! " Have you donehvit med of my nam the eldest daug ho owns th's • ; be, "--thought • ung lady, hs dressed in rag - hese yawning time to time, uncombed elif- ds that' looked hed for a month •m B, -and de- lide these re - a thousand ha- ng through InY r suddenly ex-' hit 'ere decan- ter I brought across ye terday ?" !:` Oh, yes !, I have no ccasion for it." I rose, took it from the s telf, and plac- ed it in her. hand. 1` I guess you woa't re urn it empt ; that would be mean, fat ier says. ile waste it filled witirwhie ey." &The mystery as sel ed, the rid made clear. I could On ain my grayi no longer, but burst into a hearty fit laughter, in which I was joined byHa nail. The young lady fended ; she tossed the hand to hand, and glared tiger -like eyes. • . "You think yourselye de you laugh in that veh " Excuse me—but you odd way of borrowing th it. 'This bottle, it seem over for your Own centre mine; I ane sorry to dk I have no whisky." "I guess spirits will: dlo there is seneething in t smells it.'"' , I "It contains riiinlor t "Better still. I cereal been here a few mentis !knowing to ,giveruni t° 'old country folks are 41 the reasOu they gets() e andbe so scion wound tip bottle, and Opal: be Is country 'we all live bY I r as di at Y. mortally �f - canter from us, with her e• smart! Why have euch ire t I cannot help , elwas brought •i nce, net for pPoint y�u, lent as well; I knew at keg, for I [- • e Workmen." te when you' you'll 'be to our helps. Bit ools, andthat, ay SUPkedku,- Olin, fill the ingy. In this borrowing. If C T0 u want anying, why just send and borrow from us" ' Thinking tha this might be the Cus- tom of the country, I hastened to fill the ecanter, hoping that I might get a Itle new milk forthe 'poorweaningchild n return; but when I asked my liberal eitor if she kept cows, and would lend e a•little new milk for the baby, 'she vent out into high disdain. " Milk I nd milk? ; iguess milk in the fall is orth a York shilling a quart. I cannot ell you a drop under." ' This was a wicked piece of extortion, the the same article in the towns, here, of copes° it was in greater request, nly brought threepence the quart. ' "If you'll pay, me for it, I'll bring -you ome to -morrow. IBut mind—cash I own.•• 1 "And when do you mean to return the he rum ?" I said, with some asperity; "When father goes to the creek." his was the name given by my neigh - ors to the village of 1.-----, distant about our miles. Day after day day I was tormented by his importunate creature • she borrowed of me tea, sugar,, candles, starch, blueing irons, pots, bewhe—in short, every arti- Cie in comman domestic use,—while it Was with the utmost difficulty' we could I - get them returned. Articles of food, such as tea and sugar,' or of convenience, like candles, starch, and ! soap, she never dream&d of being required at her hands. This method of living upon their neigh. ors is a most convenient one to unp in! , ipled people, as it does not involve he penalty of stealing; and they can k en the goods without the eunpleasant ne es -s . s itbierof i gat iroent uorf ei nhe being grateful mo lrfel efor thetma1 heir rs e. iv -mg eight miles from , I fo nd hese constant encroachments a , heavy urden on our pdor purse ; and being ig- orant of the co intry, and residing in such a lonely, on -of-the-way place, sur- ounded by thes savages, I was really fraid of cleuyinl their requests. - The very day our new plough came ome, the father of this bright damsel, • ho went by th familiar and unen. ia-- . le title' of Old 8 tan came over to or - ow it (though we afterwards found out hat he had a good one of his own). ,_ The and had never been broken up, and was ull of rocks and stumps, and he was anx- ious to save his own from injury ; the consequence was that the borrowed im- plement came home unfit for use, just at the very time that we wanted to plough for fall wheat.The seine happened to a spade and trowel, bought in order to plaster the house. Satan asked the 1 an of them for one hour for the same purp se nd we never saw idhem again. ' The daughter !came one morning, as seal, on one of these Swindling exp di - ions, and demanded of me the loan of some fine slack, Not knowingwhat he Meant by fine sla4, and weary of her m-, fartunitiesj said I had none, She w nt iway in a rage. I'Shortly after she c me gain for some pepper. I was at w k, nd my work -box was open upon the ta- ble, well stored with threads and ap ols of all descriptions. .Miss Satan cast ier - hawk's eye into it, and burst out in ier Usual rude manner. 1 "1 guess you told me a tarnation big lie the other day." ... Unaccustomed to such language I roso 'frOm my seat, and pointing to the deer, told her to walk out, as I did not choose to be insulted in my own house. [ •" Your house ? I'm sure it's father's, returned the incorrigible wretch. "You told •me that you had no fine slack, and you have stacks of it." I "What is fine slack ?" said I, very pettishly. "The stuff that's wound upon these ,ere pieces of wood," pouncing as the Spoke upon one of my most serviceable spools.cannot givei you that; I want it inys‘e i, . "1 didn't ask you to give it. I only waits to borrow it till !father goes to the , ereek." ' "1 wish he would make haste, then, as I want a number of things which you have borrowed of Me, and which I can- not 1 Unger do wi thout. / She gave me a knowi▪ ng look and car- ried off nay spool in triumph. I happened to mention the manner! in Which Ito constantly annoyed by these !people, o a worthy Emglish farmer Who resided near us; and he fell ' a -laughing; and told me that I did not knoh, the PaJ. nadian Yankees as well as he did, or 1 should not be troubled with them long. "The best way," says he, " to - get rid of them, is to ask them sharply what theywo,ihwh.aanitte ; and if they give you no iat- isfactory answer,. order them to leave ,the house; but I believe I can put you in a better way still. Buys some small arti- ble of them, and pay them a trifle over the price, and tell them to bring the. change. I I will -lay my life upon it that itewill be long before they trouble you agIaiwn'a"s‘ , impatient to try the efficacy .-ef his scheme. That very afternoon Miss Satan beought me a plate of butter for sale. The price was three and ninepence twice the sum, by the by, that it rim no change," giving her a ,101. iar'; "but you can bring it me to -Mor- row." Oh, blessed experiment ! for the value of one quarter -dollar I got rid of this cis - honest girl for ever ' • rather than pay me, she never enteredthe house again About a Month after this, 1 Was busy making an fipple -pie in the kitchen'A cadaverous -looking woman, very long - faced and witch -like, popped her illlook ing visage into the door, and drawled through her nose, "Do you want to buy a rooster?" Now, the i sucking -pigs, with which w had been regaled every day for thre .weeks at the tavern, were called rocs ers ; and net understanding the . familia phrases of the country, I thought she had a sucking -pig to sell. -- -" Is it a good one ?" " I gues 'tis " "Whatjdo you ask for it ?" "-Two orkers." - "That i vary cheap, if it is any weight I don't hke them under ten or twelve pounds." 1 "Ten or twelve pounds! Why, wo- man, what do you mean ? Would you expect a rooster to be bigger nor it tur- key?" We stared at each other. There was evidently Some mis-conception on my part. • ` Bring he roaster up; and if I like it, I will buy it, though I must confess that I ara not ery fond of roast pig." "Do yQI call this a pig ?" said my she merchant, drawing a fine game cock from under her loak. I laugh: 8 heartily at my' mistake as I paid her down the money for the bonny bird. Thi little matter settled, I thought she would take her departure; but that rooster pr ved the deatest fowl to me that ever as bought. " Do yo keep backy and snuff here ?" says she, $ deling elope up to me. . "We m ke no use of those articles." "How I Not use beaky and snuff? _That's ono mmon." She pau ed, then added in amysterious, confidenti 1 tone, ! • "I wan to ask you how your tea-cad- dy stands, " ` It sta ds in the cupboard," said I, wondering what all this might mean. ` "iakIlre Orit that; . blit have you any tea to8p I now began to suspect what sort of a customer the stranger was. "Oh, you want to borrow some? I have none to spare." "You don't say so. ,Well, now, that's stingy. I never asked any thing of you before. I am poor, and you are rich; besides, I'm troubled so with the head- ache, and nothing does me any. good but a cup of st ong tea. "The nioneyl have -just given you will buy a uarter ef a pound of the best." "1 gues that isn't mine. The fowl belonged tb a neighbor. She's sick; and I promise to sell it for her to buy some physic.-- foney !" she added, in a coax-. ing ton.e, ' Where should I get money? Lord bless you! people in this country, 'soon lose i . But Emily S— told me that you a e nation rich, and draw your money fro the old country. So I guess you can w 11 afford to lend a neighbor a spoonful o tea." "Neigh. )or! Where do you live, and vvhat is yo r name t" ' "lVIe• n. II e is Betty Fye --old Betty Fye ; 1 li e in the log shanty over the :creek, at he back of your'n. The farm belongs to me eldest son. I'm a widow with twelve sons ; and tis r hard to scratch along." "Do yet_ swear ?" " Swear ?" What harm? It eases one's mine when one's vexed. Every body swea 8 in this country. My boys all swear 1 ke Sam Hill ; and -I used to sweae mig ty big oaths till about a month ago, when the Methody pargon told me that if I d d not leave it off! I should go to a tarna ion bad place, so [I dropped some of th worst of them." "You ould do wisely to drop the rest ; wom n never swear in my country." "Well, you don't say! I always heer'd they were very ignorant. Will you lend nie the tea ? - The woman was such an original that 1 gave her what she wanted. As she was pin off, he took up one of the apples I was peering. . " I guess yeu have a fine orchard ?" "They say the best in the district." "We have iio orchard. to hum, and I guess you 1 want same.' "Sarce1 What is sarce ?" " Not low what sarce is? You are Clever ! arce is apples cut up and dried to make trto pies in the winter. Now do you co prehend ?" I nodded. "Well, was going to say that I have no a pies, and that you have a terna.tion big few of thein, and if you'll give me twenty bapels of your best apples, and find me 'w h a half a pound of coarse t! thread' to trine them upon, I will make you a bart 1 of sarce on shares—that is give ,you +e, and keepnne for myself." To BE CONTINUED.) Canada. Sir Frai cis Hineks is reported serious- ly ill. . [ — They aave penny readings in Strath- roy ; also in Princeton. _ — A mOvement is on foot for the con- struction ef a railway between Wood- stock and Stratford. — A hqinestead is to be purchased for Rev. Dr. Fyfe, principal of the Canadian Literary Institute (Baptist,) Woodstock. — Two hotels, two churches, a large tannery, and a flax -mill, are to be built, this year, in Parkhill. — A yonng man named Richard Car- roll was killed in the township of West Oxford, en the 9th inst., while rolling saw -logs by a log rolling upon him. — Tenders are to be called for two steamers for service on the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake. -- The Ottawa and Prescott Railway Company will build a bridge over the Rideau [anal, to connect their new branch wi h the Chaudiere. —The ¥ontreal import trade for the eleven mouths ending November Shows an increase in value of nearly seven mil- lions over the same period of 1869. — The -people of Collingwood have had the rather unusual pleasure of -witnessing a regatta in Jemmy. The Georgian Bay is free from ice, and six boats entered for the race. —At a:Meeting of theParis Presbytery of the Caned/ Presbyterian. Church, last week, Rev. Mr. McRuer, pastor of Knox's Church, Ayr, tendered the resig- nation of his present charge, explaining that his reasons for doing so were "family reasons.," and .that thellvery best feeling still existed between himself and his congregation. He saidif he remained. in Ayr, he would soon have to be separ- ated from his family, while by going West, he could still haveethem with him for some years. For this reason he had determined to remove to Missouri. It was his intention, however, to remein in the work of the ministry. He Would be conn.ected with the Preebyterian Church of the United States, Presbytery of Platte. The reverend gentleman re- ferred with deep emotion to the regret which he felt at leaving the Presbytery, of which he is the oldest member, and this feeling was evidently shared in by all the members present. Mr. Matuer has been settled in Ayr about seventeen, years.- - It is reported in Montreal, that as the result of Mr. Brydges' visit to 'Eng- land, the Grand Trunk Railway is to be divided into four sections, each to be governed by a superintendent. — The contracts for the Ontario'Har- bors of Refuge have been awhrded es fol- lows: Ronelout, John Browne; der- ich, Harvey & Kirwan, Chanty Is and, Reed & Walker. — A Manitoba emigration aocity has been formed in the townships of East and West NVilliams`and Lobo. They in- tend leaving next spring. There wW be sixty wagon -loads of them. I -- It is unlawful to hurt or killwild turkey, grouse pheasant, partridge or hare, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1. The shooting of quail is prohibited between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1. — The report that George Stephenson, late agent of the Grand Trunk Rallway at Stratford, was a defaulter to the pora-. pany is untrue. Mr. Stephenson's sud- den departure was caused by a domestic "difficulty," and not by a deficit in his finances. — Joseph Dion beat John Dem* in a billiard match of five hUndred polls, in San Francisco, last week, by twent -two points. A day or two before, Cerille Dion defeated Ruclolphe. The Dior.s are again "at the head of the heap" in the billiard. world. ' George Bonall, of Whitby, brakeman on the Grand Trunk Railway, while at- tempting to put on a brake, at Stratford Station, on Friday morning last, fell be- tween the cars and. was crushed to a shapeless mass. - Jades had to be used under the trucks to get the body out. Death was instantaneous. He was un- married. Mr. Evans, of East Middlesex, has introduced a bill for the purpose of regu- lating the fees accruingto the Regis- trars. It proposes to give the Regis- trars all the fees and emoluments of their offices up to $2,000 each year. Of the fees, above $2,000 and not exceeding $3,000, the Registrar shall retain two- thirds; above $3,000 and not exceeding $4,000, one-half; above $4, 000, one-third. England. Iron shipbuilding is reviving on the Thames. -- The Duke of Newcastle's affairs have been arranged. He pays five shil- iings in the pound. --John Walter, eldest son of the pro- prietor of the London Times, was drown- ed, on Christmas day, while skating. —The Princess Louise has recovered from her recent illness. — The death is announced of Mr. Ste- phen Glover,the well-known song -writer. -- It is expected that by April next every British soldier in India will have a Snyder rifle. --The royal marriage will take place early in March. —John Bright resigned on account of poor health, not because of differences be- tween himself and his colleagues. — The revision of nearly one half of the authorized version of the Gospel of St. Matthew has now been concluded. — A large majority of the Cambridge Fellows have ! decided to petition Gov- ernment for the abolition of University tests. ---- Mr. Brewin Grant, the well-known Dissenting minister, having joined the Church of England, has been ordained a deacon by the Bishop of London. —Mr.d3rassey, the great railway con- tractor, was worth nine millions sterling at his death—the greatest fortune ever amassed by a single individual. , --The Baptist Magazine would not be surprised if the present generation should see Dr. Norman Macleod, or Newman Hall, or Spurgeon in the pulpit of St., Paul's and Westminster Abbey. [ —The Saturday Review says. " It any one should say that the flame of British loyalty is waxing faint, it would be a triumphant refutation to give the number of Lord Lorne's photographs that have lately appeared in shop windows." -- Lord Huntingfield (appropriate name) is the best shot in England. He has been known to bring down a brace of black cock, which rose together nnex- pectedly in a small cover, each with a single ball from a double-barrelled deer - stalking rifle, Scotland. The word " Toddy is derived from Todd's Well, Edinburgh. — Snow has been over two feet deep at Congarff, Morayshire, this season.' • —John Ritchie, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Scotsman, died lately, aged 93. — The annual turn -over in the Glas- gow Cattle Market is estimated at nearly 1,500,0001., sterling. ---- The total valuation of the County of Lanark for theyear1870-71 is 1,450,- 874/.—aw increase of 64,556/. on the re- turn of the previous year. — During the past month there were no fewer than six deaths in Greenock from delirium tremens. —The movement to erect a moniunent to Bruce, at bechmaben, is making good progress, and there is now every pros- pect that the object in view will be carried out. Mr. George Webster, Edin- burgh, has designed a statue on a raised pedestal, representing Bruce in chain mail and with a raised:sword, vowing to free Scotland from the English yoke. — The Kilmarnock Library- now eon - tains 3,903 wairks. There were 375 mem- bers on the roll as against 355 for the previous year. [ —Mr. Macbeth. painter, is engaged on a portrait of Principal Fairbairn, of Glasgow, subscribed, for by his old stu- dents of Aberdeen and Glatgow. — There are more meetings for cours- ing held in Dumfreisshire throughout the season, public and private, than in any other county of Scotland. — The annual reunion of the natives of Ross -shire resident in Glasgow took on the 18t1i December, in the Queen's Rooms. Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tul- loch, Occupied the chair. Among recent works is "The Proph- et's Mantle," being [scenes from the life of Elieiha, the son of Shaphat, by Rev. James Murray, Minister of .01d. Cum - neck. William a31a.ckwood & Sons are the publishers. — A handsome monument to the mem- ory of Flora Macdonald is,about to be erected in the churchyard of Kihnuir. Isle of Skye, the last resting -place of the renowned heroine and rescuer of Charles .Edward Stewart.- -As agratifyingevidence of the closer relationship springing up between the Free and U. P. Churches, the Dumfries Standard notes that Rev. Mr. Clark, U -P. Church, Hardgate, Urr, preachet in the Free Church, Dalbeattie, on the evening .of a recent Sunday. Our con- temporary also mentions that the U. P. Church, Dalbeattie, is now and again oc- ` cupied by, a Free Church Minister. Ireland. The Prince of Wales has accepted the Presidentship of the Royal Agricultural Society of, Ireland. for 1871. — The Dublin dab owners are organ- izing determined opposition to the intro- duction of tramways in that city. — It is stated in Dublin that the Wicklow peerage case is filially settled, the poceedings having fallen. through. — The registrar of Rathfriland sendi the following remarkable statement: "A woman died at the age of 103 ; she was ahnost blind from 90 to 95, but at 95 she got her second sight' which she re - tabled. along with her full mental fecal - ties to the day of her death, — The bog of Curris. situated between Ballinagar and Castelrea, near Ennis- killen, has been very active of late, show- , mg a tendency to change its site, which is not at all agreeable to people near it. — The Royal Academy has lost cne of its most eminent sculptors in Mr. Patrick McDowell. Mr. McDowell, who had en- tered his seventy-first year, was a native ef Belfast. . The Professorship of Political Econ- omy and Jurisprudence in the Queea's College'Galway, vacant by the reEigna- tion of Mr. Cairnes, has been conferred upon MieLupton, who for fifteen years has iiiled the office ofReogistrar. ,..e_ LECTUItE.—On Wednesday evening, .3 -an. 11, Rev. Mr. Brown, of Wroxeter, delivered a lecture in the Canada Pres- byterian Church, No. 2, on " The Reformation in Scotland. prior to John Knox." After a few introductory re- marks, in which he contrasted the pres- ent position of those nations Which have emerged from popery, with those which remained under its influence. the rever- end gentleman in his usual happy man- ner, sketched : First—the condition of Scotland at the beginning of the sixteenth century, -with the word of God a sealed. book The Archbishops and Bishops of the Romish Church. by Means of rents Collected from their ecclesiastical estates, and the offerings of a superstitious peo- ple were enabled to live like barons, and in some instances appeared in processions in a style approaching to royalty itself. The dignitaries and. priesthood plunged into worldly business, neglecting their spiritual charges. Some were chamber,- lains and secretaries for noblemen; some secretaries of State, some ambassadors to foreign countries, thus monopolizing for themselves the highest honors of the country. There were universities and monastic schools, but the mass of the people were in a state of ignorance. The priests, friars, and monkslived upon the honey of- the land which the laity had collected for them, ande like an army of beasts, preyed upon the !vitals of the country, renclerMg civil and religious reformation almost hopeless. Secondly —Ile gave a short account of the dawn of the reformation in,1625 by the intro- duction of the writings of Luther, and the Word of God from the Continent of Europe, by Scottish trader!, He sketched the life and history of Patrick Hanailtein Lindsay, Alexander Seton; and Other Scottish Reformers, and pointed out the effects of the teaching and martyidom of Hamilton and others. In concluSion, the reverend lecturer stated that a people, who had ever stood high among the -na- tions of the earth for their fortitude and defence of the truth, had not yet lost the . . spirit of their forefathers, as the outgoing -ministers rn the disruption movement Of 1843, had given up their alifor conscience 'sake. The people had subscribed will- ingly for the erection of churches, manses, - and. schools, rather than submit to the encroachments of the Stet e, and the trate- mels of an establishment. In applying the whole he pointed out our privileges and duties. "Sitting under our own. vines and fig trees none daring to make us afraid," we ought to show our grati- tude by giving freely and doing all in our power to emancipate those who are now in a position, similar to that in which the Scottish people were then. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Brown, for his trouble, and a few remarks from Rev. Mr. Fer- guson, of Ainleyville, the meeting broke up.- Commuelicerzh.