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- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ,
Estray Steer—liiram Clow. ",
Auction Sale of Seaforth Foundry.
Auction Sale of Village Lots in:Brusiels.
Seed Oats a.nd Corn—F. Seegniiller. -
Notice—H. Snell, .
Who Wants Menai T—A, Strong.
New Goods—Wm. KM
More Croekery—E. Hickson& Co.
Teacher Wanted—S. S. N. 10, McKillop
Court of Revision—Grey.
Court of Revision—Monis.
Tarnberry Auditors' Report.
Hypophosphitea—lt. Lumsden.
Insolvency—I. T. Toms.
Insolvency—Dixie Watson.
Insolvency—McCaughey & Holmsted.
Public Notice—M. L. Mesaett & Son.
MortgageSale--.McCaughey &Holmsted.
Millinery, &c.—Thomas Kidd.
Spring Stock --Hoffman Bros.
uron Oxpooitor.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1873.
The Pacific Railway Contract.
The raore this Pacific Railway
contract business is turned over and
enquired into, the mcae rotten do
the whole proceedings connected
with it appear. We. noticed some
time ago that the best pounds ex-
isted for suspecting that this' great
national ent,erpriie was to be thrown
into the hands find under the -con-
,
trol of American capitalists, who are
largely interested in a riaal scheme.
Since the opening of the Dotninion
Parliament several attempts have
been made, both in the Senate and
Commons, to - get at the bottom of
the aarituFemen a Of every demand
for information the Government
fight shy, and use their majorities
in, eaela chamber to Stifle enquiry.
• A Short time ago Mr. Huntington
preferred very grave charges against
the 66vernment in connection with
this matter, and moved that a 'Com-
mittee of - Enquiry be appointed.
The Government, however, drairnmed
up their supporters and negatived
the motion, refusing even to give a
word of explanation of their con-
duct. Findieg, however, that it
would be dangerOus thus tostifle
enquiry into their _official aotions,
they themselves asked Parliament
to grant the Committee movedfor
by Mr. Huntington.,
In the Senate, Mr. ID. L: Mc-
Pherson, a Conservative, and sup-
porter of the Government, preferred
charges against the Gcvernment,
which, if not as sweeping as Mr.
Huntington's, are, if tree, df a very
serious nature. On these charges
the Senator based a series of resolu-
tions, strongly condemnatory of the
course pursued by the Government
in cennection- with the- awarding of
the charter to construct the road to
a certain company. In moving his
r.esolutions Mr. McPherson plainly
. and distinctly showed that the ar-
bitrary oonduct of the Government
was such as to justify strongsus-
picions of sclishonest dealings. He
showed their whole Beau in deal-
ing with the Pacific . Rail way, sfrom
beginning 'to end, to be wrong and
dishonest. -He also showed that
two - Companies, at least equally
„able Ead reliable, had applied for
the charter to build the read, and
that the Government, instead of
awarding the work to the Company
which would aecept it, on the most
favorable and advantageous terms,
absolutely -refused to open negotia-
tions, with one company, and' de-
liberately -handed the contract over
to the other on their own . terms.
This and similar conduct Mr. Mc-
Pherson's resol u dons condemned.
Well, how were these resolutions
received by the Government? Were
they allowed to be thoroughly dis-
cussed ny' members, so that fair
decision might he come to, and their
conduct in the matter either honor-
ably sustained or condemned Not
a bit of it. The Government, know-
ing their position indefensible,
marshaled their supporters, and
voteci., them clown wAhout discus-
sion. So much for the independ-
ence of the Senate, land- the honesty
of the Government. When we see
men so determined to thwart all dis-
cussion of their, actions, we may
very fairly coincltide that these ac-
tions are anything but proper.
Although the Government have
- succeeded thus far in choking off
all discussion of this unpleasant
subject, returns have Ileen asked
for with, a view of obtaining at
least a glimpseat the true position.
The Govenament, frequently with
very bad _grace, have consented to
produce these returns. Some of
them have already been laid on
the table and_ distributed among
the members. By these returns,
rottenness of the Company to
which has been awarded the Chart-
er, and the culpability of the Gov-
ernment in awarding it to them is
made so evident that the most wil-
fully blind canaot fail to perceive it.
This Company was supposed to be
'composed of thirteen members,
with a subscribed capital _ of one
million one thousand dollars.
The returns referred to, how-
ever, show that only eight of
the thirteen memberi have •sub-
scribed cal-AO:at all. .Although the
mines of the others, with the nebes-
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sary capital placed opposite- them,
appear in the agreement between
the Company and the Government,
these names were placed there by
unauthorized persons. And, -worse
than this, it_ia showtk thitt.two of
the names, those otMessrs. Cumber-
land Wild McInnes, were signed,
and the amount of capital they ate
supposed, to represent placed in the
list by Sir John Macdonald him-
self, who has acknowledged that he
did not.even have a power-of-attor-
ney from these gentlemen author-
izing him to do so. ILwill thus be
seen that? not only is the Company
a sham, but that the agreement en-
tered into between the Government'
and the Company is also a pretense.
It will furtherl be observed that Sir
John acted in the double capacity of
negotiator for the Government and
a -
guardian of the -interests of tir
country and proxy for two of the
members of the Company with
which he was negotiatilig. A
more disgraceful swindle was
never accomplished, and still
the 'perpetrators will he sustained
in power, and their vyillaircous
transactions . sanctioned by the
representatives- of the people at
whose expense the swindle is being
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perprett ated:
Further than this, it is shown, by
these same ieturns, that the capital
of the aham eompany is a myth.
It is supposed to be represented by,
a capital_of -over' $1,000,000.This
capital is Made!, up by the subscrip-
tions of the various members:
These subscriptions have been de-
posited in diffeient hanks. For in-
atance, Sir. Hugh Allan's and a
iiiunher of others' aria deposited in
the Merchants Bank, of which Sir
Ilugh is president. The Govern-
ment have agread to allow these
subscriptions to remain in the sev-
eral banks where deposited, So
that, for aught we know, the mem-
bers have obtained their certificates
from the banks, lepresenting a cer-
tain deposit, when there is, in reali-
ty, no deposit at all. The banks
would Ites perfectly safe in doing
this; as they have the guarantee 'of
the Government that the money
will not be citlled for, -and. they will
be well paid for issuing the certi-
ficates, by receiving _interest for the
money which they represent. This
arrangement gives the banks in tet est
on Money which has not been loan-
ed, and enables thie members of the
Company to figure in it, whether
they are 6r ale not worth the money
they represent, so long as they are
able and willing to pay the bank
interest. We have now shoWn that
the Company is bogus, the members
bogus, the 'capital bogus, and the
agreement made with the -Govern-
ment also bogus. The .whole ar-
fingement, from beginning to end,
IS bogus, and the farce is not yet
ended, and what the end will be,
we fear to contetupla te. The swin-
dle is so gigantic, and the operators
so unscrupulous. that the people
may well tremble in contemplation
of the result.
The Municipal Act
Oar legislators seem to think
they would be sadly remiss in the
performanae of their duty if they
allowed a Parliamentary session to
pass without amending or altering
the Municipal law. The late_session
of the Ontario 'Legislature was no
exception in this respect. The un-
fortunate act was again overhauled
and amended.- The .principal arnend-
ments this time -are to the following
effect: -
Town Councils are composed as for-
merly, of a mayor and three councilors
for each ward where there. are less than
five wards, and two if there are. five or
more wards, anct if the town has not
withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the
County council a Reeve, and. one Dep-
uty Reeve for every 500 electors. The
Reeve of townships is to be elected by a
. general vote, and there is to be aa- Dep-
uty -Reeve for every 500 voters. The
property qualification of all members of
Council is as follow& : in villages, - free-
hold $600 or leasehold $1,200; in.towns,
freehold $800 or' leasehold 11,600; in
townshiPs, freehold. $400 or leasehold
$800. Deputy clerks of the crown,
county ceuri derks, clerks of the peace,
and inn -keepers, saloon keepers and
shop -keepers licenced to sell spirituous
liquors by retail are disqualified from be-
ing .councilors. The qualification of
electors is ,as follows; in townships,
$100; villages, 4200 ; ,towns. $300 as-
sessment. Cities, towns, villages and
townships may pass by-laws requiring
electors, in order to sivalify, to pay all
muncipal taxes due by them on vs before
the 16th December next, .preceding the
election. In town.s every elector is lim-
ited to one vote for mayor, reeve or
deputy -reeve, but he may vote for coun-
cilors in each ward in which he is assess-
ed. In case of a majority of the quali-
fied electors of a township petition the
township council to divide the township
into wards, the council shall within one
month thereafter pass a by-law to give
effect to such petition, and shall divide
the township into four *ards, having
regard to the number of electors in each
ward, being as nearly equal .as possible.
Where such division into -wards has tak-
en place the reeve shall be elected by
general' vote as before, but the deputy -
reeves shall be elected by the coancilors
from among themselves at their first
meeting. The aomination shall last only
one hour from the time fixed for holding
the meeting, not from the time at which
the meeting may happezato have begun.
Any person nominated for More than one
office must at the nomination declare
which office hie will -run for; and in de-
fault of flohi
ig tso he s to be taken as
nominated to the office for which he
was first proposed. The first meet-
ing of every council (except county
councils) shall be held at 11. As M. on
the third. Monday of January. In mu-
nicipalitiss that have passed oplaws
gulling taxes to be paid by the 14th of
1)ecember, the cellector must on the
December make a return of all per-
sSns who have not paid their taxes. The
erection of houses of industry is still
left optional with County Councils,
Every Council may pass by-laws for pro-
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
and theissue of licences therefor, accord-
iag to the terms of the Dunkin act.
The County COuncil shall build and
maintain all bridges on. any river over
200 feet in width; within the limits of
any incorporated village in the county,
necessary to connect any public highway
leading through the county; and which
is in continuation of a county road. It
shall be the duty of the County Council
to erect aud maintain bridges Over rivers
forming or crossing boundary lines be-
tween two municipalities within the
county. In. all other important.respects
the law remains as before.
leaseseemsesaameseamesee
THE NOMINATION in South Brant
took place on Monday last. Twen-
ty-two nominations were made, and
most of the nominees made speeches.
Whatla dreadful dose of it the good
people of South Brant must have
had. To' peaceably submit' to such
an infliction is sufficient to entitle
'them to the, distinction of being
known as' the' best natured and most
long-suffering community in the ).
world. Aiming those whospoke, in
addition to the regular candidates,
Messrs. Hardy and Ha.wkine, were
Messrs. Currie, late Speaker of the
Local Legislature ; Clark; of Nor-
folk; Rykert, of St. Catherinet ;
Lauder and M. C, Cameron, of To -
ionto; and Boultbee, of North
York. That Mr. Hardy will ;be,
elected by even a larger majority
than that obtained by Mr. Patterson
over Sir Francis Hiacks, in the
same constituency, there is no
doubt.
FOR THE INFORMATION.Of our Clin-
ton contemporary,—Who we have
so frequently to put right- on ques-
tions of .this kind,—we woula say
that it was not the letters lately
puolished in THE EXPOSITOR on
London, Huron. and Bruce Railway
affairs whith "have produced in
"some minds the suspicion that the
"Directors were not honest in their
"professions of their ability) and in-
" tentions to construct the road at
"the figures meationed, or to push
"it forward to completion at the
" earliest period." It was the cora
duct of the Directors and officials of;
the Company in stating at one time
that the Great Western Railway
Company would build the road, and
when cloaely cornered on this state-
ment denying, that they bad made
it, which led to the result set forth
by our, contemporary. in the above
quotation.
- NEWS OF THE WEEK
A new horse disease has made its
appeara.noe in Buffalo. Veterinary
surgeons pronounce it the result of
the.epizootic of last fall. It attacks
the aninial's hoof. The flesh swells
and bursts, leaving large holes and
running sores. In extreme cases
the animal loses the 'hoof entirely
and has kit) be killed... A number of
street iirtiltiay and express com-
panies' horses are Suffering from it.
The first colored graduate of the
law school of Washington *Dist) ict
was a few days!ago admitted to prac-
tice in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia.
A fearful snow storm recently
prevailed on'the line of the Bur-
lington and Missouri River Rail-
road. Men were frozen to death
within two rods of . their hoses,
while trying- to get to their stock to
feed them. Families were .compel-
led '53 take refuge inl cellars or keep
their beds for three' days. Houses
were blown down and filled with
snow. The destruction of cattle and
horses was great. Some, farmers lost
all they had. One party lost a whole
herd of seventy-five head. The gul-
lies on the railway are filled with
8now as hard as ice, and snow plows
were useless.
The street car travel in the city
of San Francisco is seriously irnped-
ed by the horse disease increasing,
though at present in mild form.
A riot took place in the city of
Frankfort, Germany, on Monday
last, the cause uf which Yves a risr in
the priae of beer. The disorderly
dem onstratiolin lasted until midniglit,
;Ind the troops were pelted with
stones severall times during the eve-
ning. Sixteen breweries were
wrecked by rioters, and there was
much plundering. During the con-
flicts which -took place, twelve per-
sons were killed and 40 wounded.
120 of the rioters were arrested.
It is probable that the _reduction
in the Atlantic cable tariffs annou nc-
e� some time ago for the 1st of
May, will not take place, but that
an advance will be made instead.
No cause is assigned for this change
of decision.
.
A dreadful accident occurred -on
the Stonington. and Providence Rail-
way on Saturday morning. A
bridge was carried away by the re -
cent freshet, and the train wab pre-
ctpitated down the hanks of the
river, where the cars took fire,
homing the engineer, fireman, and
NMI others), besid9s severely in-
juring several others.
The Pope, whose death was re-
ported some days ago, is still living
and hopes are entertained of his re-
covery, although this is doubtful,
owing to the nature of his disease
and his advanced years.
Roving bands of Carlista in the
Northern provinces Gf Spain con-
tinue to stoe railway trains and rob
passengers.
The ship Alardus, 9f and from
Hamburg, With a number of emi-
grants, arrived at Melbourne, A us-
tralia, on the 19th inst. During
the voyage 32 of the passengers
died, and the captain committed
suicide.
Great excitement pievailed in
Malaga, Spain, on Friday, owing to
the mutiny of the volunteers, who
refused to obey their officer's orders.
The leadet of the revolt was finally
captured and order restored.
A plot in Belgrade, a province of
Turkey -in -Asia, on the part of the
Mohommedans, to massacre the
Christans:durieg Easter observan-
ces, was discovered by the authori-
ties and happily frustrated.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
From Our OIVA Correspomient.
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OTTAWA, April 24, 1873.
QUESTIONS OF PRIVirLEGE.
If the first session of the second Par-
liament of the Dominion of Canada be
famous for nothing else, .it can truly
claim notoriety for having a greater num-
ber of personil grievances ventilated,
explained and settled, than an of its
predecessors. One of these questions of
privilege, which came up on Thursday
last, created considerable axciteinent and
no little cross -firing of a rather personal
and bitter kind. It seems that Mr. T.
W. Anglin, member for Gloucester, N.
B., is editor and proprietor of a paper in
St. John, called the Morning Freeman.
It also appears that Mr. Anglin has been
in the habit of -acting as editorial corres-
pondent at Ottawa for his paper. In
this editorial correspondence, Mr. Ang-
lin took it upon himself to severely chas-
tise certain representatives who had sud-
denly been. transformed from " Inde-
pendents " to servile supporters of the
Government. These the correspondence
characterized as - having sacrificed
"honor, character, honesty, reputation,
and all that men should prize most high-
ly, and covered themselves with infamy
unspeakable for a consideration." ' The
article contained. sev ral passages such
;
as this, which, thong plain, are consid-
ered by many who are in positions to
know, to be but too true, Some of those
whom Mr. Anglin's cap fitted very neatly
got their backs up at this plain language,
Mr. James McDonald, of Pictou, one of
the most unscrupulous of the Lower Pro-
vince representatives, and one who has
undoubtedly been bought by the Gov-
ernment for a consideration, was made
spokesnaan and. put forward to move
• the following resolution : "That the pa-
per published in the, ;newspaper called
the _Morning Freeman, of date the 12th
of April, 1813, under tbe head of editor-
ial correspondence, is a scandalous, false
and malieious libel upon the integrity of
the Iloutle ankl certain members thereof,
and that the sai4 publication is a high
contempt Of the privileges and constitu-
tional authority of this House." This
"don, after wasting a whole day in dis-
cussing it, was,, of course, carried. It
May suit; ihe parposes of the Govern-
ment to allow their purchased support-
ers to carry resolutions such as the
above, condemnatory of those who dare
publish the truth, and the whole truth,
' regardless of consequences, but such
resolutions will not hide from public
gaze their misdeeds, nor the disreputable
means by which they succeed in retain-
ing their positions. I may mention here,
that Mr. Anglin is one of the few reprei
sentatives from the Lower Provinces
who has thus far withstood the tempting
baits thrown out by the Government.
By exposing the sordid conduct of his
fellows he may incur the displeasure of
those who have sacrificed their indepen-
dence for a consideration, but he will cer-
tainly raise himself immensely in the
estimation of respectable and honest peo-
ple.,
THE SENATE AND THE riessIc RAILWAY.
Senator McPherson has at length
submitted his long talked of resolutions
condemnatory of the polity of the Gov--
ernment in connection.with the Canadian
Pacific Railway. By so doing he. no
doubt, relieved his mind, but that is
about the sum total of the good accom-
plished, by his resolutions. Senator
Campbell, the representative of the Gov-
ernment, moved an amendment, as fol-
lows : "That, under the -powers pledged
by Parliament at its last session, the
Governor-General in Council having
granted a charter eontract to a Company
to constructthe Pacific Railway, which
charter -contract is in full force, it is inex-
pedient, with a view to the early com-
mencement of the railway and keeping
faith with British Columbia as regards
the terms under which that 'Province
bound itself with the Dominion, to con-
sider any of the resolutiOns naw on the
table, and that the House therefore pro-
ceed to the Orders of the Day next after
the said resolutions." his amendment,
course, choked off all discussion; and
was carried by a large majority. The Sen-
ate seem equally anxious with the Gov-
ernment, to shield the disreputable con-
duct of the latter from criticism. Of course
these old. fogies know on which side
their bread is buttered, and act accord-
ingly. The Opposition in the Senate,
however, if weak, is plucky, and seem
determined not to allow the matter to be
thus lightly slurred over. Senator
Christie will bring in i motion to -morrow
asking for a Committee tt, enquire into
all matters connected with the Pacific
Railway, and the -granting a the charter
for its construdtion. Hon. Mr. Reesor
'has. also moved for. copies of all powers of
attorney used in the signing of the Pa-
cific Railway -articles of agreement. It
seems that, among others, the names .of
D. McInnes and. F. Cumberland were
signed per John A. Macdonald. On the
motion being made, the Postmaster -Gen-
eral, for the Government, admitted there
were no Rowers of attorney ' to bring
down ; that ihe John A. acdonald in
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APRIL 25, 1871
question was the Minligter of Justice,
and that no powers of attorney had been
used by any of those who si5ned the
names of other contracting parties. This
is held to be strong evidence of the bogus
nature of the Company and itteengage-
meas. A sum of near $400,000 in stock
was subscribed in this *ay by unauthoie
ized persons and in the case of one of
those for whom Sir John A. Macdonald
constituted himself attorney, he was at
the same time the principal party acting
in the contrary interest.
IION. E. B. WO0D1.
Hon. E. B. Wood, M. P. for West
Durham, was introduced by, Messrs. Me-
Kenzie- and Ferres'on Friday last, and*
took his seat amid loud cheering.
THE PACIFIC RAILWAY SCANDAL.
At the first sitting of the Committee
appointed to enquire into Mr. Hunting-
ton's charges the Comrctittee reported.
their desire to have such legislation pass-
ed. as would enable them to take evi-
deuce under oath. The Government and
their supporters did not like this way of
going about the business, and placed
.every possible objection and Obstacle in
the way of the House passing such a
measure. The, measure Wats, however,
passed in spite of them, so that the
Committee will now have full power to
swear witnesses.
THE NORTH HURON ELECTION COMMITTEE.
The following have been sworn. as
members of the Committee to try the
North Huron contested. election: Messrs.
Chisholm, Findlay, Flesher, Metcalfe
and joly. From the complexion of the
Committee, I should say that if Mr.
Farrow loses his seat he will not be able
to complain of injustice baring been
clone him.
THE ELECTION .AND CONTROVERTED ELEC-
TION BILLS.
These important Government measures,
which were introduced in the early part
of the Session with a great flourish of
trumpets, seem to be hanging lire. Al-
most daily enquiries are made by mem-
bers of the Opposttion as to when they
will come up for final discussion. Sir
John's replies have been short, evasive
ancl uncertain. Sir John has intimated
that with regard to the incorporation .of
the Ballot in the .Election bill; he had
concluded to submit a series of resolu-
tions, based upon the New- Brunswick
system. With regard to the Election
bill, it was promised for Tuesday. But
with Tuesday came the old stereotyped
excuse, " the printer was behind with
his work, and the bill h* not yet been
printed." That unfortunate individual,
the Government printer, is made the
scape-goat upon whom to heap the
blame for all the delays. If he be the
real cause, which I much doubt, it is
high time another more efficient and
prompt be bad in his place. It is now
pretty generally believed that the Gov-
ernment desire to stave off the further
Consideration of these measures for an-
other session.
INCREASE OF SALARIES. •
Sir John Macdonald last night gave
notice of motion to increase members al-
lowances to $1,000, to add. $2,000 to the
salaries of Superior Court Judges to in-
crease the salaries of Lieutenant Judges,
iaors by $2,000. and to appropriate $75,-
000 for increasing civil service salaries.
1 JOE HOWE.
Hon. Joseph Howe has at length turn -
his back upon( the capital. lie took his
departure on 'Saturday. He goes bear
to his native Province, Nova Scotia,
where he is to be sworn in as Lieuten-
ant Governor. The poor old man is
very frail and evidently has but a few
more years to live. No person, there-
fore, begrudges him the opportunity of
spending his remaining days in peace
• and comfort. His life has been a rather
stormy one, and no doubt the prespect
of quietness will be heartily welcomed
by him. To his faults, which were
many, let us be hereafter blind, and. re-
nietnber only his virtues, which were
not few. DEXTER.
Great Earthquake. •
Destruction of San Salvador—Great LQSS
of Life.
The steamship Honduras arrived at
Panama, on April 5. She brings details
of the terrible earthquake at San Salva-
dor. [San Salvador, a State in central
America capital city also San Salva-
dor.] The first shocks of the earthquake
were felt on the 4th of March, which de-
stroyed some houses and alarmed the in-
habitants, the greater part of, whom -took
to living in the squares and open places.
The -shocks continued with more or less
frequency until the 19th, when a shock
came whiqh laid the whole city in ruins.
Bvery town and village within a radius
of twenty miles- suffered more or less.
Fortunately, owing to the previous
shocks having frightened the greater
part of the population from living in
their homes, the loss of life has not been
so large as it would Otherwise . have
been.
.0a population of 40,000 inhabitants,
which the city is said to eontain, the
number reported killed and wounded
varies from 50 to 500. The only build-
ings left standing, though somewhat
damaged, are the Hotel del Parq- ue and
the Government Palace. In the midst
of the dust and consternation a fire broke
out, but it was soon got Under control.
The Government functionaries did their
several duties in a very creditable man-.
ner. The President sent his family to
Santa Tecla, and established himself in
the principal square of the capital, in a
tent. He repressed all attempts at dis-
order and robbery, and rendered. assis-
tance wherever needed. Any one found
carrying away any property- not his own
was inunediately shot. The authorities
still persist in rebuilding the city on the
same site, although this is the eighth
time within 150 yrs that the city has
been destroyed.
The only building that stood the
shocks with the least injury was a build-
ing erected of timber. The impulse at
present is to import timber from Cali-
fornia, for the construction of such earth-
quake proof houses. Aid and money
have beenesent from all parts of the Re-
public. Everything has risen to exhor-
bitant pricee.
Great fearg are entertained. that the
stoppage of sewers, exposure and. fright,
the dead bodies unrecovered from be-
neath the ruins, and othei- mortific con-
ditions may bring on epidemic.
A fine bridge lately built across the
river, on the road_ to Sopopanga, was
thrown. down. Other roads are rendered
impassable by the numerous blocks of
stone thrown down from the heights,
some one hundred tons in weight. Owing .
to a continuance of shocks more than
forty bodies were displaced from out the
niches in. the cemetery.
The earthquake is supposed to have
y a suppressed. volcano of
been caused b
_
St. Thomas, one of seven volcanoes with-
in a radius of thirty miles. In some
places the ground is cracked a foot iyi
and very deep. Visitore consider it a -
temptation of Providence to rebuild the
city again on the same spot. The esnet
. below it is evidently a mere shell.
ear placed to the ground hears a noise
like running water, and the fall of a
heavy stone 'produces a 110110W SOMA
Indians would never build on this site.
goo's. •
The Atlantic rnquest.
The investf,gation into the catteei
which Ied to the loss of the Ailantie has
been closed, and the decision given.
Nothing in the course of the inveatiga.
tion has come out which was not meni,,
fest from the very first. The short 811
i
p.
ply of coal has been testified to, with its nferior quality, necessitating the se
n,
aIf
uto alstax, and lnanging on the disaa
ter so much to be deplored. Then again-
there was the ignorance or recklessness
of those in Charge, which left them eta
tirely out of their reckoning, and kept
the vessel with a full head ot steam on,
in a dark night, and notoriously near aa,
iron -bound and -dangerous coast.: Far-.
h e r, the failuremutsot hmalee been
tt.1 ihee I rge hs ut
tsdeclared,
of gross negligence, as these lights were
in perfect order and there -was no reason
fc r their being in ; while the cap.
tai,u's retiring at mid night to his berth
m ,
in the circumstances, wail scandalously •
unseamanlike. Mr.. Williams may have
shown energy and. decision after the ter-
rible crisis came, but he can never -be re-
lieved from the grave responsibility of
having, by his negligence or want of
Elkin and forethought, sacrificed the
lives of hundreds; committed to his care.
The suspension for two years of his pro-
fessional eertificate will not be thoughta
severe punishment fel, what has hasd all -
the consequences of a grievous clime;
But whin: Captain Williams is to be con-
demned, the company_whose servant he
was will more and more, we believe. ap-
pear to have been the great offender,
In order to have more- space for cargo, ,•
the vessel was despatched with an .m.
sufficient supply of coal, and that, too,
of an inferior quality.—Globe.
London, Hurcn anti Bruce Rail -
'way.
The annual meeting of the sta;c1rhold-
era of the London, -Huron and Bruce
Railway took place at London, on Tues-
day of last week, the 15th inst. There
were present, Mr.- John Birrell; Presi-
dent, in the chair, Mr. T. Churcher, Sec-
retary, and Messrs. Edward. W. liartis,
J. II. Flock, G. D. Sutherland, Geo.
Phillips, John Plummer, Sr., James
Wright, Thos. Green, E. W. Hyman,
R. Reid, Alex. -Johnston, W. H. Rooks,.
C. P. Smith, I. Carling, J. B. Laing,
John Ashton, Wm. McEndless, and C.
Southcott.
At the request of the -chairman, the
secretary read the annual report as fol-
lows, :
IRECTORS' REPORT.
Since your Directors were appointed
they have been. ea,rnestly engaged in pro-
curing aid from municipalities necessary
to carry out successfully the project of -
building tbe rail -way on the uniform
guage of the coumtry as approved at your
last annual meeting, and have great .
pleasure in announcing as the result of
their labors 'that the following municipal
bonuses have been granted in addition to
to 'those secured. up to that time, viz.
Lucan . $7,000 .
Goderich . 15,000
Hullett • - - '10,000
E. Wawanosh .. 7,000
.. 10,000
Turnberry , 5,000 ,
A *grant of $2,000 per mile frinn Lon-
don to Wingliain from the the Provincial
Railway Fund has also been made, which -
has been approved of by the Parliament
of Canada.
In addition to the _above the Direct-
ors have every confidence that further
municipal bonuses will be granted with-
in the next two m_onths which, with the
additional power granted.te the Com-
pany. for the issue of bonds will enable
them to prosecute the undertaking to
empletion. without delay.
After mature consideration. the details
of an agreement between your Company
and the Great Western Railway Com-
pany were settled, and' your direetors
have reason to believe that it was an -
proved of by the Stockholders of the ter Company at their- half yearly meet-
ing, which was held in Engla.nd, on the
9th.inst., but sufficient time has not ex-
pired to receive an official report of it
The agreement will immediately be
submitted for your approval at a special
general meeting of the shareb.olders to
be called for that purpose, as the law
provides.
Moved by Mr. Lang, seconded by Mr.
G. D. Sutherland, that the report be
adopted—Carried.
The President Announced that the
next business -would be the appointment
of two scrutineers, and the balloting for
a new board of directors.
On motion, Messrs. Sntlierland. and
Lang were chosen scrutineers.
The ballot resulted as follows :
Messrs. John Birrell. 1,210 • Hon. John
Carling, 1,436; Major Walker, 999 ; R.
Reid, 1,009 ; • C. P. Smith, 1,007; Alex -
Johnston, 1,009; E. W. Harris, 997; 1.
Carling, 1,007; E. W. Hyman, 1,009;
and upon the report of the scrutineers
the old board was decla-red electecla
The thanks of the shareholders' were -
tendered. tothe scrutineers, and they .
were diticha:rged. Thanks were also,
teadered to the chairman and. the retir-
ing directors, and the meeting then ad-
journed. s
At a subsequent meeting of the Direc-
tors, the Board was organized by Te -
electing Mr. John Birrell President and
Major John Walker Vice -President.
BIRTHS.
MONTGOMERY.—In McKillop, on Ann.],
7, the wife of Mr_ James MontgomerY,
of son.
McGREGOn.--in McKillop, on April 20,
the wife of Mi. Donald. 1VIcGregor, of a
daugh ter.
GRIG.G.—At Exeter, on April 20, the
wife of Mr. Wm. Grigg, Sr., of a, son.
MARTIN.—..At Wroxeter, on April 15,
the -wife of Mr. Thomas Martin, of Qi
Son.
CASII.—In Seaforth, April 24, the
wife of Mr.. Edward Nale. of a daugh-
ter.
WARR/AGES*.
KAY—BERNARD.- —On, April• 19, at St.
Thomas' Church, Hanailtori, by Rev. J.
.P. Dumpulin, Mr. 5. Roonae Kay, of
Birmingham, England, to Barbara,
third daughter of Ifirara G. Bernard.
Esq Toronto
S
pa 0
Apfal,2. 1 i)s •
_BATHS,
a.,,,anattie—mIriegaTylebekersiovsneidth,wife
enoii
fJogigbp.14.6r1.—agiedit 2:107/1Ok8•
, 011 144.1
weathyeaserin.e, WmieufchofivWxrineitoaSnthbye
X•110W her,
.. :
CaoRctat.---In Elam, on April '7,s i
disease, Christina, Gordon, y
.
&Tighter of Donald. Gordeaf, ]
aged 13 years. . 1
,
Exeter,
-331,axwat,r,,—At . 011 A
Mr. Riohavra-13alkwill, aged 81
Wroxcte
.13aSseaserrsD. —At r,, C
1S, the infant sou of Mr. Thed
lantyne.
,Srrriaaaaaaan.—Irt West Zorra. 4
11, James Sutherland, pension
87 years.
Deeeased was a British soldie
years, and served in the 79th'ear
highlander regiment. lie foug
Wellington at Waterloo in I
which service h.e received a save
-hearing au insignia' of the tin'
,also received a silver medal for g
duet—never baring been ortee
uard house.Besides. the aboaa
e sneld one pr. esented by Qaeen
in 1848, for services rendered in
seign battles, viz., "Toulouse,"
,Nivelle," " Pyrenees,"
.and "Fuentes D'Onora.." Tha
are now in the hands of his
Deceased was aanong the oldes
—having been located_ in -We
- for upwards 01 37 years.
—aaesase".1
THE "MARKET
'SEAFORTH, April
For several -days there has
'business of any account alone
Itet. Dealers and. Clerk have
-to enjoy tltenaselvee round to
cuperate. It is not expected
will be um& doing again until
ing and till the :wool. season
ees. The priees for grains A
slightly lower this week, but ii
swum rof transactions it is diffiCI
a definite. figure, Butter is
somewhat more plentifid, am
mand is easier than it has beer
time. Eggs are coshing in. la
and are being bought -up r
is scarce and dear. Some havl
high :as $20 per ton for it, but 1
ed. prices are probably as near j
We -quote-:
Spring Wheat.. 1
Barley, – .. .
Oats.... . — . .. .. ... .
Peso- ... – ..
Batter,3, Rolls.
No. S.. ..
No. .
3.Hides.
Sheep Skins, – – .. . 0 :A
- Calf Sliins, (yeal) per .
lannain, Hides, . ... _
Salt iretail) per barrel, —
Potatoes, per bushel. — –
- Oatmeal
Apples per bushel. —......... – .
Woo& .. ..
CLLNTON, ap
Fan wheat.% — —
Spring Wheat... — – 1
..–. V
. ..
Butter .... . ..
Eggs.-- ,
: nay, per
LONDON., April
Fall wheat 'per bushel, $1 I,
red fall wheat, $1 18 to $1
wheat, $1 21' to $1 25; Isar
e65e - peas, 58e to 10e ; oats,
butter '(rolls)., 20e to 25c; b'
12:let° 15e; potatoes, 40esto1
10c to 12c; beef, peaS100 lb:
TORONTO CATTLE M
To ROOT°,
BEEVEK:—Th6 receipU dai
week by rail and on foot
„about 200 head. The deina
brisk, and prices elose at so
for first-class tattle. We
.class $5 to $5 50, second -de
third-class $3 50 to $4.•
two cars mixed_ steers, are
at $4 50 ; three cars, avera
at $5 ; two cars, average 1,:
15; and two ears, average
$58 each. We also note a
head of stall -fed cattle for
by Mr. Bratton, &t$5 25.
SHEEP.—The receipts ha
large. One drove sold at $8
apote first-class $8, second -e
third-class $4.
Laatas.--There have been
aaffering, but with a -
prices have not changed, an
for first-elass, $3 for second
;to $2 50 for third-class.
LITTLE FALLS DAIRY
Ap,
The country roads le
dret are fined with snow, re
- difficult, and, in _some plsee
The delivery Planew ebese.
much lighter, both from fa
factories, than it wou1d 13
the condition of :the roads b
'Farm -dairy dieese comiug
badly skimmed, einee the
butter for the past six wee
-.farmers to get all the cr
Avenienay emu from th
da
a eci roiredsi nt og- dt oayq uwarittyl.o wT—hfer
- Factory eheese is also
-may at a'utnausbnouatily80.
March preventing the. fre
of milk, and hence muds e
ed. back in. farmers.' hai.
noav are drawing the line
on their patrons, and the
made la- of better quality.
ntmheaTweleelletiel,°Navoilsilgaeofnarler'le'
Oppenheim Centre, 14e.;
vilie, 14O. Nlanheim
some sour, 9c, to 11e.; A.
were well satisfies' with. pr
f9etroecillfreo. naliNfraeclitoeraittaite
Cold. Brook, 13e.; Top No
awirlitihdbrAossuglialt117
There was a large deli
alocil
stof hepackagespieetsranir131
tubs, 50 lbs. to the pae
We learn from. our Ene
ence that the stocks of
m London were nearly e.
of April, the best is sellin
. Per cwt. This looks fay