Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1871-01-20, Page 4"7. THE kil.TRON EXPOSITOR. J'ANUARY 20, 1871. NEW ADVERT'S TS. Auditor's Report—Tuck Agricultural Society. Harness, etc. W. H. Oliver. For Sale—George McPhillips. Notice—J. Duncan. Carriages, Wagons, etc.—W. Graesie. Farm for Sale by Auction—Mrs. Chit Estray Steer—James Towers. Scottish American Journal. "th Branch RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Trains leave the Seaforth stationets fellows :-- GOING EAST.' 10.50" 't 1.35 le tr. 5.45 us" eonea WEST. 2.25 P. 8.50 1` r` 1.35 11 8.05 won txpooitor, Official Paper of the County. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 1871- Otir Member's. 'If there is one thing more than unother which has become an abso- lute necessity in this country, it is the entire independence of the peo- ple's representatives in Parliament. It is useless for the people to look for or expect sound, healthy legis- lation, so long as their representa- tives are in a position to be openly bribed by the powers that be to give them their support in return for a pecuniary consideration. This being the case, it would naturally be sup- posed that a representative Who wished to do what was right and act honestly would cheerfully give Ms support. to any measure which might have a tendency Ito, place temptation out of the way, so that there might not be eiten, the 'slight - esti ground for suspicion. Bet the representatives for North and South Huron view this matter in a dif- ferent light. When a division was taken on Mr. Blake's Independence of Parliament bill, in the Legisla- ture, a few days ago, the representa- tives of both North and South Hu- ron helped to defeat it, by recording their votes against it. - That there is greet need for such a measure ii clearly Shown by the manner in which Messrs. Greely, of Prince Ed- wards, and Smith, of Grenville, to say nothing of others who could be named; have been bought up by promises of official emolument,— the former by the Shrievalty of the County he represented, and the lat- ter by a trifling Trusteeship. This .tdrows how urgent the need is of placing the representatives of the people in such a potitiori that there will be_no temptation for them to betray their constituents and vote against their honest convictions, mereiy for the promise of.pecuniary reward. This Mr. Blake's measure proposed to do, and yet • our mem- bers voted against it. We are not at all astonished that Mr. 1 Carling should vp te according to instructions from his •." big brother," as it is well known that duriner"his short Parlia- men•tary career, he has been a mere voting machine' , I standing up when he was bid, and'iturning right about face promptly and to time whenever the order frein his com- manding officer required him: But we do feel some surprise that Mr. Hays, who has at rare intervals shown slight syroptonis of indepen- dence, should oppose so just and necessary a measure.. at the one against which he voted on Thursday night. Surely, he does not want any share in the casual adyan- Aages" the Attorney -General ,haS at his disposal. The New Scpo-of Bill. We propose to advert briefly to one or two very bad feetures of the new school bill now before the Leg- islature. One change contemplated in the bill is, to. do away with the present system of superintendence and inspection. We certainly do not wander at this. The present system of inspeck on is admitted gen erally to be very tiefetive.. In many instances it is ittle more than a mere pretence—a sham. But it is better than. none ; and infinitely bettei than that proposed in the bill. If the Local Superintendent does not do much good, he has not the power to do very, much harm. The Inspector should have in ddition to high literary and methematical at- taininents a thorough knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of the organization of schools. -He should be able to organize, conduct, and teach a school better than the 'best teacher over whom he has jurisdic- tion. He should be able, when he enters'a school, to take hold of any class and, while managing the school, teach that class at least as well as the teacher. If he can not do this, what is he good for? How is he to examine, criticise, point out excel- lencies, or discover defects in what the teacher has been doing? Of what value is his inspection? What reliance can be placed on his re- ports Now, that there are men in 11 . the co ntry who ample quail fications for the irnoet responsibl poition of Ins' tor of Publi Schools we fully, believe, and a free to admit. I But senile can net be had for the miserabl itittance of five hii dred dollars pe aneenie If they: can, we ghoul like to know where they are to found 1 Who are the men? Jr 1 'what pursuits are ti ey now engaged Very Confident arewe that they ar not teachers who have gained ex perience and at 90 success ir their profession- Again, the plan proposed in th bill for the classification and exam illation of teachers' is Most objection able. If the bill in its present forrr become law the ast body of cora mon sehool teachers throughout th Province who do not hold their cer tificatee from the Normal Schoo will bo disqualified. These teachers , taken as la whole are, to say th least of it, quite as efficient; as th ormal graduates; taken ae, a whole Very many Of them frowning ex perience have attained to great silo cess in their .profession. On then s a body the passage Of this bill wil ict a gross injusfee, and a penile eat`injtiry. Net interests of eduCO The s4hoelswill i - filled • , y youngan1 inexperience only this but th tion will suffer. nigreat part - I 4, 'keepers" of sehoell whose only prac ice in 'the art of 'teaching has been cquired during al few hours' drill; g in ' the Model' Sehool during a on at twentyfrtwO weeks; and hose ionly ideas art "the theory of, edagogics are derived from the eagre; lectures, of the headenaster in that 'institution. , We have not a ord to say 'against thoroughly rained' _Not mal School graduates, ut veryImuch in flick favor. On 1 e whole they are doing good work, t ough some of them have failed st like, ' some others.' There .are i ver four thousand non -Normal t eche in the country, while thote f the Normal School are a mere f ction of this number; and we Can s e no reason why the latter should aye such an unfair preference giv- e them as this bill proposes; We s e no eeason-why the Jaw should be e pressly framed for their special 'ad- antage. , Neither i can we see any ason 1 why non -Normal teachers euld suffer from ir, law expressly need to disqualify and humiliate i em. - . • , The bill is milt deserves to be, ost decidedly unopular in the couliny.1 The G-' miner "School 'leachers'' Association has unani- mously ,Il pronounced against it. Boards of Grammar School Trustees are generally 'opposd to it. The vast majority of ommon Salmi Teacher' e for very Obvious reason, condemnand denonnce it. Common School Trustees are opposed to it. Local Superintenclents ate opposed to it. We are firmly convinced the people do not want •i . If the 'Pre- -mier and his colle bues persist in forcing' it through the Legislatu're we hope they will be defeated. The only redeeming features in it are the clauses rendering ce pulsory the at- tendance of childre Ander fourteen, and making the schrls free. Other- wise the bill is a theroughlIbad one. Wheat Growing Tim , Tt must now be to the farming a wheat-gt-owing in t country it • extrem and hazardous. Y • , same doleful _cora and Hard s. pretty evideni, immunity Oat is section of the unprofi table rafter year, he laint is rais d, and thai too with g od cause, that the wheat erop has .roven a failure. ,In the oldei settledections of the country where, at was the most pro as the most safe croj raised, its cultdiratie most abandoned. ed failures, farrnere pelled to turn their e . other branch of hu was attended with more prit 't. As it has been with otheis, Ski it must ul mately be with us. 'Until within a few years, !theunty, was ilthe the only crop er, could rely. ne time, wheat. able, as well that could be has been 41 -- wing to repeat - aye been com- tendon to some bandry, which less risk and wheat cto main stay upon In But tba has serve ers will b necessit in this and almo h. the fat ay has g its time, co.mpelle ,o turn -th r ne by,—wheat ad now farin- through sheer r attention to somethieg elte. Fe. the past thre , ot four ie;rs it has been almost a. entire, failure. • ,Whole fiekis have been cleVaetated and uined by pes- aie fallen, a The whole of the fanner and the crop nded, and to ard with sei which, world ve him from probably ad - the sphere of as disappoint - his prospects m at the end an, and in a hen he was at e natural re - en in trade, tilential insects, or I pLC y to ruinous blig . year's labor and toil has gone for nought, upon whi h he de which he ooked fo much: an ety as the furnish in a,ns to re] his embe assments,`o Nance hie osition i worldly p osperitte ed his he s, biighte for a time and left of the yeat a poorea 'much worse positiOn its commencement. suit of tbij, is step ,t • hard times, i.nd a diseontente pop- ulation. We do not think th t we have in the least overdrawn the pic- ture. We 40 not believe thatithere ,is a farmer 'tor tradesman in .the County of Huron, :who will: not agree with us, when we say,4 that the extrayagant system of wheat Owing; which has for years been indulged in, if not speedily termina- ted, will reshlt in ruin and disaster to the fume and tradesman alike. For the pas three years, in. this County, thee is not cne ; farmer in one hunclre who depended mainly upon -wheat, but rerland Worse off to -day th n he was at ; the com- mencement f that time. This be- ing the case, then, it is surely high time that th y abandon so unprofit- able a biandh of industry, and turn - their attention to something which will prove more remunerative. In doing this, the best course t pursue, is to, be iuided by th ex perience Of etherii who have jbee tried in a sknilar manner to wba we have been. 1Take, for inst nce the now flourishing and weilth State of ,N w York. In fojrme times this w s the most exte siv wheat growi g State in the TJrtion but now the e is scarcely en ugl grown for h me consumption. In stead of w eat-, stock- raising and dairying hav been substituted,. and the result h been racist satisfa tory and favorable. The samfitrna b said of many counties in our own Province; ;anion& which, ma be mentioned tie counties of 0 tord and Brant; but, tore especiall the former. A f wye rs ago, there 'were : few counties in Ontario where bet- ter wheat, r larger yields w, ere raised than in Oxford. But there, as it is now here, the eultivatioln of the crop became overdone. The land beatne to a certain extent im- poverished from repeated ver - cropping, and the result was u cer- tain and scanty crops. . To re edy this evil, and to secure a more cer- tain source of revenue, the far ers were cOmpelled to turn their i ten- don to something else. They, too, went into stock raising and dair ing. instead of wheat growing, and the result is, these Counties are the ost flourishing and prosperous in - nta- rio. This, we state not from ear - say, but from persona( knowle ge. Now, since others have done so ell by making this chenge, why sh uld not we try the ex, riment 1 Ansi soil is infinitely -better V adapted for pasturage than that of.either of I the - D counties we heve mentioned. True, a commencement I has been made. There have been extensive cheese manufacturie established in several parts Of the c unty,, and the promo - tors of these are deserving of i the highest prais for the active interest they have tak n in, the good ve rk. But what h yet been done le mere- ly a commencement. There is nitfah yet to.do before this branch of in- , inanyfarmers in the County' of Hu- ron who are better versed, and more comps ent to write upon such sub- jects titan we are, and we shall be glad te place our columns at their disposal for the discussion of these subject, or any others, the discus- sion of which, will tend to advance the ge eral prosperiity of the commu- nity. For to Thos I A G� d Word for the Narrow Guage. rThe - umfries (Scotland) Courier con- t4 ins ins a report of a meeting of landed p oprie rs, lumbers of Parliament and e gmee 8, to inauguratu a new railway movein nt. The opinion of Captain Ty- ler, th head Engineer of the British Board of Trade, was given that a two feet anta-half guage was the best adapt- ed for ranch lines; that such a road could bi run for thirty per cent. of the O cost of running a broad-guage road, and, - - of cow*, it is the piniung expenses that n mostly determines li the rates of freight. t The greatest unanimity of sentiment prevaile Captain Tyler '(the l same , gentlem who was sent to Canada to Y report n the condition of the Grand ✓ Trunk) accepted am an authority on e such qu stions. The cost of the railway . is put t £4,000 per mile, and while ' other railway lines entail heavy annual 1 losses, the estimated profits from the - narrow- uage system is eight to ten per cent.— linton New Era. ', A f Vi weeks ago, the New .Era strongl condemned the idea of e buildin 1 a narrow-guage railway throug a *Huron. We trust, how- ever, a ter reading and publishing the ab ve, our contemporary may have sen that he was on the wrong side of the fence, and may eveu yet repent nd become an advocate of the nay ow guage. ft is not yet too late to back up and turn round. Many a manebefore to -clay, nas been led lio estly to confess the commie- sion of an error, and there is no doubt r.at, in the course of Unit, many another will do the same thing. ' So, then, what good men have dope before, and will undoubt- edly do again, the Netv .Era need not be licate about doing now. . For th r Cheapest Boots and. Shoes in - Seaforth [according to quality, go to Co - 1 4 o. 1 home made Shoepacks, go Coventry's. drafty will have assumed the pairs in our'midst to which entitled. We hope, therefore, the benefit of themselves, and the general good of the country, farmers will put their shoulder. re • is for for our to the wheel, and vigorously help ;on the undertaking, and their retilard will be better filled purses, and few- er unpaid billthan too many unfor- tunatelyenow have. That dairY fanning peys, and pays well, has now been proven beyond peradventure.- We have it from those who are posted on the subject, and who have tried the experiment, that dairy farming is much more 'prcifitaole than wheat farniing, even lin the -days of good crops, and high. prices. This can easily be seen by I any person who will take the -trou- ble to look into the matter. But in order to make it more clear, we will give a few facts and .figures in Aup- port of this position. On a firth of one hundred acres, at least thirty cows can be well kept. besides leav- ing sufficient' space, for the cultiva- tion of enough grain to support the farmer and his family, and feed those thirty cows. At the average -price of milk. each coWeevill yield a cleat profit of $30 per ennurn. So that the -net profits front thirty cowin one year would be 900 per annum. Nom, we would ask, how many far- mers there are in the County. of _Hu- ron; who have realized $900 per an- num, clear profit, from grain grow- ing, to say nothing of the large amount of additional labor, anxiety and disappointment experienced? There is another branch of agri- cultural industry 'which has recently sprung up, and which has been tried in many parts of the country with marked success, and is looked upon with much favor by farmers. We refer to the culture of flax. In many parts where this has been tried, it is allowed th be much safer and more remunerative than wheat. The farmers in this section, will shortly have) an opportunity of test- ing this, and vte have not the slight- est doiebt but they will be able, af- ter due trial, to report the most fa- vorable results. These subjects are of the most vi- tal importance to farmers generajlly and indeed to the entire cornmunijty, and should receive earnett consi er- tion and discussion. There re ventry's.: Gene undoub captain, successf talent, i has - no sense. ii•eseeseseisemstente :ant the Politician. al Grant, in the late war, edly proved himself a brave a hard ;fighter, and a most I general. He has some quite a shrewd man, and., small degree of common But when we have said this, we have said all. He has a very lit ited amount of political knowled e. Reis not a statesman. His mil tary prestige procured for him the nomination for the Ptesi- dency, d that same prestige car- ried hi triumphantly into the, Pieside tial chair. How he has lmprovei his opportunity for the aggrandi ement of himself and his family, t e merest tyre in American politics ell knows. The fattest of all fat offices have been shared ambng is relatives. And withal he is, no satisfied. The fact that he seeks re-election is now pretty genetall understood. And Iik politiciais generally, and American polittcra s especially, lib is not very scrupulous as to the means he uses to accomplish his ends. This state- ment is zunply corroborated' in the open, undisguised, and unblushing bid made, in the late message to Congress, for the votes and influ- ence of the lowei.• order of Ameri- can. votei.s. This - talk about the Fishery question and the navigation of the $t. Lawyer -1w may be, and doubtlesS is, mere sound and fury signifying nothing—designed simply as an electioneering trick; but we protest that it is in the last degree mischievous and unsafe, pay, it is eyen positively dangerous, and may precipitate a war between the Unite ed'Stats and Great Britain. The United States would be a grievous sufferer by a war with England. They are not prepared for -such a war. They have not mor.ey to carry on a long or even a short contest. In the war with the South, they bor- rowed .money in Europebut where could they borrow now, if the Brit- ith markets were closed to their loans 1_ Sensible men in the States know tbie. The great mass of the .Anierican people, exclUAive of the foreign element, -wish to live at !peace with England. They know and care very little about the Ala- bama ,cleims and other vexed ques- tions: It is the wirenullers and politiciane who make all the trouble. President Grant will find, when he comes up for renomination, that however his bombast may have tickled the ears of the groundlings, his party and the country at large will have none of him or his foreign war pol;cy. However they may have admired and trusted Grant the General, Grant the Politician will get none of their support. THE HRISTIAN UN10N. —The best religious newspaper we know ofis the ehristian Union, published by J. B. 'Ford (St Co., 39-i Park Row New York. It is edited by Henry • Ward Beecher, and that alone is suf- ficient assurance that it is liberal progressive,- geniat, and thoroughly Christian in its tone, Mr. Beecher is assisted by an able corps of writers and contributors, and the paper though only in the second year of its existence, takes a high rank in religious journalism. standing see,ond only to one newspaper ot its class in America in circulation. The ad- vertisement of the Christia;i Union will be fiaund on the seventh page of this issue. SURVEY SUSPENDED.—Mr. Dyes' surveying party for the London, Hu- ron and , Bruce _Railway, have re- turned to London, being compelled to stop work on account of the depth of snow. The survey has been mode to six miles north of Clinton. Mr. Dyas will continue exploring towards the north and holding meet- ing. , No. I homemade kip boots for $4, cow hide for $3 50, at Coventry's. NEWp.arTglE WEEK. All is iiriiet ' No fur- ther trouble 'apprehended. A Constantinople telegram says it is known that the Sultan and the Khedive are now on friendly terms. Gen. Von Moltke has had a nar- row escape; a, shell t having burst near his carriage, which was cover- ed with dust by the explosion. The Water Lily seized, on Satur- day, , the American fishing vessel Perseverence, for lishing within three miles of the shore. It is expected that -50,00'0 Bel- gian troops will be concentreted upon the French border in cate Faidherbe 18 forced back to the frontier. The repeal of the Dunkin Act in the township of Ernestown.was-yes- terday prevented by , the tsting vote of the Reeve, the new Council having voted a tie on the sullect. Mr. Simard has been elected Mayor of Toronto ; Mr. Chisholm of Hamilton; Mr. Livingston of King- ston; James Cousins of London; and John Rochester of Ottawa. An assimilation of the administra- tion of the British army and navy is proposed. The plan is to commit the management of the former to a board similar to that of the ad- miralty. The New York _Evening P08t af- firms positively that the murderer of Nathan has been discovered, and there is a chain of evidence that is unquestionable. The arrest will shortly take place. An agreement for the final bil liard match between- Dion' and Deery has been signed at San Fran; cisco. It is said that Deery has lost heavily in the late matches. Dion has challenged Parker. A great sailing match .s,ver the Tyne for £200, between T. ' Ren - forth and IL Kelley, representing the Tyne, and J. Taylor and E. -Winship, was won easily by the former two. In London, e game of billiards was played on Saturday, Jan. 15, between. Bennett, the present cham- pion, and Cook, junior, the former champion, and was won by the after. Prince Joinville has left France. He went to Chausey and requested a command. Chausey welcomed him, but Gambetta ordered him to leave the country immediately, The Duke of Chartres is now in France under an assumed name. Messrs. Laidlaw and Gardiner, in behalf of the Toronto and Nipissing, Railway, had an informal meeting with the Reeves tlf Somerville and the Council of Laxton, at Coboconk, on the lfith inst., with a view of getting the bonuses already voted. The people now feeling sure of the railway, are backward in delivering up the debentures. The first sod of the Brantford and Harrisburg Railw ;Ay etas turned Mohday afternoon, the 14th inst., on the farm of Mr.. Champ, adjoin- ing the town. The Mayor, William Mathews, Esq., performed the cere- mony, and in doieg so, made a neat speech,- portreYing - the advantages the branch 'road would .be to the' town and country. About three hundred persons were present, in- cluding the members of the Council. The impression in Ottawa is gen- eral that Messrs. Sproat and FIur don, M. P.'s for North end* South Bruce, have largely influenced .Sir John, and the latter has, it is said, manipelated the Hon. Commissioner of Public Works, in the metter of awarding the contracts for the im- provement of the herbals in Lake Huron. The contractors are said to be inexperienced and unenterprising men, who will find it difficult to carry on the work. A bill has been introduced in the United States House of Representa- tives, and .vill probably pass, au- thorizing tho Government to pay the claims of those who sustained losses from the depredations of the Alabama. The bill provides for a , commission which will adjudicate the claims, and before which counsel, representing th. Government of Great Britain, may be heard. Bonds to the amount of twenty million dollars are to be issued to meet the payment of these claims. While the American Congress has so far yielded to President Grant's bobby of annexing half the island of St. Domingo to the United States, as to assent to the appointment of a Comntission to visit the Island with a view to report upon its present condition, yet the House of Repre- sentatives effectually killed the ul- terior project by adopting a resolu- tion declaring that the appointment of the Commission is nor, to be un- derstood its committing the House to the project of annexation. A treaty between Prussia, Rus- sia and the French Empire, is talked of, based upon the follcwing terrne first, a modification of the commerce - treaty of 1860 ; second, the oriental question to be henceforth regarded as a secondary matter by France; third, that the portion of Belgium known as French Flanders, to Ix; annexed to France in lieu of Alsace and Luxemburg to be annexed to Germany. It is supposed the latter proposition will Patisfy the amour- propre of Prance and reconcile the people to the restoration. Jules Favre has addressed to the Powers concerned, a circular dated Paris, 12th int., replying to Earl Granville's in-vitation to the French Government to send a representa- tive to the Confeience. He points out that any settlenient of the ques- tion to be considered by a Confer— ence with France unrepresented would be void, and adds that he has been instructed by M. Gambetta, proceed in person to London to at- tend he Conference, but it unable to do so, because the Prussians fire on flags of truce sent out from Paris. It is. true Mr. Washburne, the., American Minister, is now author- iied to promise him a pass and safe conduct through the tGerman If it is received, and the condition of Paris permits, he will proceed to ; but while the bombard- ment continues, his departure is im- posible. In the meanwhile the de- fenae of the city goes on with undi- minished vigor. THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE NEW FRENCH ARMY._ 'Jen. Von Moltke must attach, considerable importance to the new French army that has arisen 111 the - department of Daubs, in the eastern part of France, -when such an ex- perienced commander as Gen. Man- teuffel has been recalled from the north and sent with three army corps to the assistance of Von Wer - der, who, the Prussian reports state, was defeating his opponents in bat- tles and skirmishes, theugh the other side assert an exacdy opposite state of affairs. Gen. VOil Gceber, :who achieved an. excellent reputa- tion in the 1 great battles at the be- ginning of die war, assumes com- mand of the army that to keep Faidherbe in cheek. A GREAT BATTLE. • A greet and bloody _battle has been fought under the walls of Le Mans, in which there is reason to believe the Preissiatis were success- ful,though,perhaps,not to the extent claimed. The French under Gen. Chaney made a gallant and obstinate defence, but the army under Prince Frederick Charles appears to have massed superior forces; and thus se- cured another victory. The bombardment_ of Paris con- tinues withowt intermission, and the besiegers ale reported to be gradual- ly extending, their batteries and siege -works closer to the fortifica- tions. The fire of the Prussian ar- tillery has had a very deetructive effect upon the city, the suburbs in - several quarters are in ruins, and many buildings in the vicinity of the Luxemburg have been destroyed. DEFEAT OF THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. - The army of the Loire—the hope of France --has saffered a signal de- feat. On the 13th a battle took place within teven miles of Lemans, -between this army, nunibering about 60,000 men under General Chausey, and an equal number of Prussians. The lighting was sustained from an early hour in the morning till even- ing, when in a hand to hand fight, the Mobiles wavered, and, shcrtly after, the entiee French line was in full retreat. The lcsses suffered by each side were enormous. Lemans has been taken by the Prussians, af- ter a stout resistance. It a,ppears that the French office at London has protested against the bombardment of Taris, on the ground that the no - flee required by the usages of civil- ized warfaie was not given. There are reports of fierce.sorties from Pa- ris, under Trochu, for the purpose of silencing the Prussian batteries, without success. THE HARDEST FIGHT YET. Still further accounts of the heavi- est fight of the war, between Chan- tey and Prince Frederick Charles, have come to hand. With stubborn „- bravery the French in tion after position ag mans, who behaved si Mobiles, in e close en the first to show sign.. and their retreat w lowed by the entire F' still in such good orti the Germans but lit and the latest iutellige that Chausey has re army, anck, •deterritines ard once Snore, know depends upon hie sacci News from 'Paris r bombardment to be in French have Made se sortiet, brit after sev compelled, in each 4.! The German fire ns destruction of, life and j in the city. 1 4rERRIBLE EFFECT OF 1 MENT,. The Paris newepap taying that .a rain. ( some weighing 96 kilo pa,ralelled ' in; the hisi was pouring' into the Paris; lying between . Invalides a Odeon. bardLnent eontinue.s O raption day and night' -violent, on the night e tween the Chtirch of Si, the museum, Ithat .he two minutes.1 liospi public libraries, the. Vol de Grace and houses have been sere were killediit'ioth in th in their ,beds, and ini mothers' arms. (inc prt fell in Rue Van Girait ehildren and Iwounded The -unrivalled works Luxembourg IDUSeUM , ed. The Hospital - VI suffered greatly''and zoldiers were there ki! beds. Paris is tranef0 battle field, in which tire therneel yes as .bray -e $,..9 TUE PIXOTE5, The protest of the I ment to the Foreign P, the bombardnient of Pe as follows :—"The 'bon proceeded with wanton pitals, ambulances and 1 is killing many innoce) children. All author and military usage : warning -to remove ii shall precede the openi attack upon a' city. ment, continues the p a preliminary to milt is an act celdly calcoIa tate the city, and strik. citizens by murderand The Government prow : - the face of the civilize( useless barba.rism, and manifesto' by the siiate inhabitants of Paris a THE ONTARIO LEW Thursday, Jan, 12 introduced a. Bill to e confirm the sale of made by the West it eultural Society. Mr. duced a. Bill to amend specting Couiteof Erre Mr. Lount moved for taken before the Come House last seseion appi port on the Huron and nel—Mr. Grahame the motion, and refer l'erewieg favor tvitlf whi the description; of the I were being regarded b Messrs. itoydt and against the motion, wh ported by Mrs Fergus° ally the matter was re Printing Committee, ei Mr...McKellar. Mr. Bla address for it return of pal Loan 'Fund indebte complained that the heel made no return on the same subject me sion. He said that t Brantford owed $500,0i and $400,000 interest, t $400,000 out a trarteac nicipal funds. London by the Commissioner Works and the -District represented by the Con Crown Lands, also owe sums. The funds had bitted in a very partial he thought that the should. eompel - townshi behind to pay up fot it - townships that were would also fall behind. Wood said that he had of clerks in his departnt nish the returns in the mended. There were municipalities and therA to be a. hundred eale_ every one of them, said the House ought te the subject. Mr. Sinch ali defaulting munieipal be made to pay up. I to move a resolution on in a few days. Mr. tacked the Treasurer fe , personal attack on Mr. E Mr. Wood denied that intention of making an Mr. Blake, Mr. Me