The Huron Expositor, 1873-05-02, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Clothing .toOrder—Wear_.
Lumber---Govenlouk & Graham,
Court of Revision: Exeter.
Seed Potatoe —E. Cash. e
Cheap Farms- Q. • ! .,Davis..
Partnership 1 otieee--Boehler & We r:
To Pedley McIntosh & Morrison.
Strayed Colts—Wm. Laithwaite.
To Stock•bretsders—M, A. Bailey.
Garden Ianplemesits—W Robertson &. Co.
How to Saxe ]Money Hoffman 13 os -
Sale of Booths Thomas Bell..
Eggs for ]`latching—R. H. Starr.
ton Oxilooitor.
FR.ID-AY, M.AY 2, 1.873.
The Dominion Printing. ,
It is well known by those who
have been in the habit of perusing
the reports of the proceedings, in
the Dominion Parliament for the
past four or fiveryea'rs,'that constant
trouble has existed between the
Par'liaamen Wry printer and thePrint-
ing..*Committee. It will be remem
tiered that the present printer receiv-
ed his contract in preference to a firm
which had performed 'the work `sat
isfaztorily for years, because . bis ten-
der was lower. •But no sooner tad`
the contract been signd, and the
work commenced, thaan'the new con-
tractor ' attempted a little game.
His frost ettem=ptwas. to charge
double composition on certain work
which had to be done -for the house
and for the Departments.. That is,
certain printing had to be lone for
eaob,. ' bet - the name type printed
both, The contractor conceived the
idea, however, cf charging for set=
ting up the type twice, although he
had only to set it up once. During
the last Parliament, the Printing
Committee, before whom these ac-
counts came for examination and
recommendation;- Was composed of *
majority of. Refoi niers. The Com
mittee . resisted this double chirge.
The contractor, Mr.•Taylor, sued the
Government for the amount, and, of
course,lost the nut. This session
the Committee eontaains a majority
of = Government ' supporters. The
contractor, an ex -editor and propri-
etor of a Government paper in Ot-
tawa, being defeated in his endeavor
to obtain double price for his work,,
appealed to the Committeefor an
increase in rates. TheCoinmittee,
being composed as we have already
r1. stated, have agreed to make, the ad-
vance asked, whish is an increase of
about 60 per cent. on former rate's,
and ',have recommended the .in-
crease
n-
crease to the .House, and the rec-
ommendation will, of coarse, be
adopted. This increase is to be
given not only for the r@mainder of
the time which the contract has to
run, but is to extend back a pe-
riod of three years, to the date of
the contract. Surely. Mr. Taylor's
lines:. have fallen in pleasant
places. If the work, ,taken upon.:
the 'whole, was being pea formed at
rui:nbus prices, and the contractor
was anxious to be freed ,from the
contract in order 'to save himself,
and none other could be got to take
his place, thee theremight be some
excuse for violating the contract by
making such aa increase. But al-
though the work covered by the
contractor's tender was - takenat
the eontriactors an advance of` --.60
.per cent., snot only on the . work yet
to be performed, but on that which
has been performed, would it be
just to the ratepayers or fair to the
other printers of the Oountry bo
had tendered We venture to say
that there are not five ratepayers in
the County who could btfi foundto
say thatit would. Yet, this is pre-
ciselywhat the Printing Committee
of the Dominion Par=liament has
done, and the Dom inion Govet o-
mentt haus sanctioned and approved
of . their action., And we do not
ou.bt but there are 'hundreds in 'the
County who will, not admit; that
thy have acted wrongly. We can-
not- believe, however, that our, ex-
cellent Union and Progress contem-
porary, the Goderieh Star, can up-
hold its friends, in the' p :rpetratipn
of what it must admit to be a gross
wrong. If it cannot do so, ;:let it
coaneout boldly and condemn them.
If it does not do this, it will not t,
in a positron to censure the Ceunt ,
Council should they copy the '
ample of those over them ` int au-
thority, and increase by G0 per cent.
the contract rates of the present
County Printers, a precedent they
are very (un)likely to ;follow.
was bfng :Wide by the proper au-
thorities. If conduct such as that`
alluded to above be allowed to eon -
thine, the standing of_the profession
in, Ontario will speedily .bec nine. very
much lowered, and our ,medical int
st`tutions be brought intoe con-
tempt. It will .coon be here as it
now is in many of the American
Colleges ; any gosoon " who has
nioney enough to purchase his di-
'rloma., can do so, no matter :what
1.
his standing or qualifications may
be.- He receival his licence, and
trusts to 'learn by, experience in
practice what he should have learned
in -college. , How many unsuspect-
ing and innocent persons are mur-
dered by being thus experiment-
ed on is not taken into account.
The Difference.
." The unspotted organs affect to sneer
away the- Anglin affair, by reminding
Parliainent of the want of dignity exhib-
ited in noticing his -Outrage upon decency
and denounce itas an attempt to gag the
liberty of the -press. This would, how-
ever, have sounded! much better if the
Grits had let Mr. Tasse pursue his du-
ties in peace and quiet,. Their defense of
Anglin is absurdly.amnsing, when Ire set
Tasse beside - him, and survey both
through the same glass. "---London Free
Jt would be impossible to " sur-
Vey both through the - the same
glass," for the sirnpte reason that
there is - no similarity between the
two casts. Mr. Tiasse was an em-
ployee of the House, and responsi-
ble to the House for the manner in.
which .he conducted himself while
occupying such 'a position. But, .
notwithstanding that lie was the
servant of the House, he -abused and
slandered -hie masters. gr. Anglin
occupies no position of servitude in
the Rouse, and is therefore not res-
ponsible to the House for his actions
whiie outside of it. ' He is the ser-
vant Of/ his constituents, and not of
Parliament. Iad his constituents
censured his conduct, if it was blam-
able, which we are far from admit-
ting, no person shdnig find, fault
withthem for so doing. But4or
Parliament to inflict that censure,
was an insult to his constituents and
to intelligence. Suchjathing would
never have hemi thought of, had it
not laeen.tbaat a number of renegades
desired to hide their misdeeds,—
which
isdeeds,which Mrs Anglin so justly and so
ably exposed,—in a cloud of duet.
much too low a rate, he received a
vast amount of other work which
was not specified in his contract,
and for which he was -allowed • to
charge his own prices. Thais, in=,.
stead of the contract being in reap-
ty a losing speculation, he has 'ieen-
emabled to make money. out of it.
Yet, notwithstanding this fact, a
partizan Committee .agree to still
further increase his rates, wiihout in
any way .attempting to limit _ his
charges on work not tendered for.
The proceeiing is a most disgraceful
one, and sets a most dangerous- pre
cedent for future guidance. Bete -
after, - no person can tender -for the
Parliamentary printing with safety,
as there can. be no guarantee that
the form of taking tenders for it may
not prove a sham, as it bas done in
t1 the present instance.- , The other
printers who tendered for the work
with . Mr. Taylor, had they known
that they would not be held to the
tender prices, might have tendered
muchlower than he, and secured the
contract. They, however, tendered
in good fath, and at living prices,
and as a re ward 'for their .honesty,
their tenders were thrown' aside.
It is generally admitted, that with-
in the past year, an advance of. about
271- per cent. has taken place in
printing material. Had the Corn-
inittee allowed Mr: Taylor,an equal
advance on all work td be performed
during the - remainder of his con-
tract, there would not have been -so
much room for fault finding. But
to give an increase of 60 per cent.,
not only. in the work hereafter to be
performed, but on the work which
had been performed befoie the ad-
vance in material, is nothing short
of a disgia-eeful job.
The printing icontract for this
County has beeix;taken at a 'much
lower rate, proportionately, than
'that of the Dominion. 'If, thee-
fore, =the County Council, at their
June sitting, should resolve to give
THE Stratford Hleralcl this week
makes a gross personal attack on
Mr. D. - McDougall, Registrar of the
County of Waterloo. It seems that
the Berlin Telegraph, has been as y-
ing something .displeasing to .' the
Jerald, and that paper immediately
charges Mr. McDougall with having
written the offensive paragraph.
Mr. McDougall—may his tribe in-
crease—may- bis shadow never grow
less—bas .not been connected . with
the Telegraph, for a good many years,
and it is very stupid of the Herald;
and in very bad -taste, to :connect his
name s ith anything that aa1pears in
its colt -mina- It is perhaps lucky for'
the Herold, that the whilom fighting
editor, but now peace -].ovine Reg-
istrar. is no longer conneeteds with
the Press. Ifhe were once: mere in
the editorial harness, we can
imagine how he would shake him-
self and "-go for" the unfortunate
Herald man. But such things can-
not be. Th$. combative hut genial
McDougall must forever n, ore be -a
stranger - to the journalistic arena,
and it is unmanly, and unmannerly,
as well, to pursue. him, with abusive
epithets and baseless aspersions, in-
to his well-earned and 'dignified re
tiremen t.
THE LONG talked of South Brant
Election has at length taken place:
Mr. Hardy, the Refoi m candidate,
bas been elected by a majoi.•ity . of
180; which is quite as large as
was anticipated or is required. At
the last election Mr. Paterson's ma-
jority over Sir Francis Hincks was
2t It must be remembered, how-
ever, that both Messrs. Hawkins
and Hardy are local men, whereas,
in the other case, Mr. Paterson only-
had the prestige of a local man "
in his -favor. We notice. that some'
of the Ola osition prints claim Mr,
Hawkins' defeat a ovi7,tory for the
Ontario Opposition, on account of
the fact that Mr. Hardy's majority
is not quite equal to or larger than
Mi. Paterson's. . Well, they are
heartily welcome to the consolation
their victory affords there. And as
they are 80 easily 'satisfied, we trust
they may have to rejoice over many
such victories at the next general
election.
IiE •
LIEUTENANT .GOVERNOR .has
made the following appointment,
tiV ill lam Sloa u. Esc]:, of the village
of Blyth, to be the -third trustee un-
der 35 Vic., Clap. 42, Sec. 14 to re-
ceive from municipalities thebo-
nuses voted'in favor of therLondou,
Huron and Bruce Railway. - The
Board is composed of Mr. Crowell
Willson, of Middlesex, and Dr.
Sloan, of Blyth, and one yet to be
appointed by the Company. Fur-
ther comment at this time . is un-
necesea :y.
DOMINION _PARLIA1•
Front Ozer Own Correalpoaurent. .
OTTAWA, April 30, 1873.
A TAME $Esk ION.
The session thus tar has beers remark-
ably tame. There has- been occasional
skirmishing, but ,not a single engagement
worthy to be called a battle-. This is all -
the more surprising when we consider.
the amount of -fighting material on both
sides of the House. Many are almost
spoiling for et fight," but the Opportu-
nity has not yet offered. It is probable
things will remain in this condition till
the end of the session, unless the Pacific
Railway Scandal ' Oeunnittee get sof-
ficiently far advanced "with their labors to
allow ef their repotting this session.
Over this report a glorious oldbattle is
anticipated. But, I fear it will not take
place this session, as on account of the ob
stacles thrown in the way of the Committee
by the- Government. it is not Mall prob-
able the enquiry will be sufficiently' ad-
vanced to allow of a report being made
this session._
MORE PAY.
As I briefly mentioned iii my last, a,
measure has been introduced by the Gov-
ernment largely increasing the salaries
of Lieutenant -Governors, Superior and
County Court Jud ►es, Members, and the
Officers and Civil Servants of the House.
The salaries of the Lieutenant -Governors
are to be increased by $2,000 per au-
n um, and the sessional allowance . of
members is to be - raised to $1,000.
Whatever may `be thought in the House
of the increase to these , two ` classes, I
have no hesitation in saying that the
people of the country will consider it un-
necessary. --t A very large advance is also
to be naacle in the salary of the
Speaker. This ' is eqtvally es unneces.
sary as the last referred Co. It is the
gneral opinion of disinterested outsiders
here that -while . the Judges and the em-
ployees of the House should .have their
salaries increased, the salaries of Lieu-
tenant Governors and Speakers, as well
as the sessional allowance of members,.
was quite sufficient, and that this last
increase is a reckless waste' of public
money, and is, firrthera uncalled for and-
unnecE scary. But, probab ,y the worst
feature of the scheme is the proposition
of the Government to take an appropria-
tion of $75,000 additional in a bulk sum,
for the purpose, as they preteud, 'of ad-
justing the salaries of Civil Service ser-
vants. No information or details are to
be given as to how this grant is to be ex-
pended. It is, no doubt, intended as a
secret service fund for the corrupting of
constituencies, members and employees,
and. -would not be sanctioned by the
House, were it not coupled with the
measure proposing an increase in the acs-
sionaa°llowance of members.
NEWS OP THE WEEK
Information has been received
from a ,souice generally reported as
reliable, tothe effect that some
American traders` having poisoned
two Sioux, chiefs, Little Knife and
Sitting Bull, at a place 'called Cy-
press
nights age the questiOn was brought *p
lathe House by Me Bowl, who moved
for any communications made with any
persons in Manitobe or elsewhere rela-
tive te =meaty in favor of the murder-
ers &Thomas -Scott. referred to
'the incidents of the mardeP, and the
iutercourse of the -Government with
the delegates from the North-west
teeritory. Hiii motion would give
the Governmeut an opportunity Of
explaining the. position they held in the
matter. -To this motion Sir John merely
replied. that the papers would be brought.
AOWD. Several ro.embers stated that it
was the prevailing opinion with many
that an amnesty had. been promised to
the murderers of Scott by at least two
or three members of the Governmeat,
and strcingly insisted on Sir John saying
whether or not feu& was the case, The
gallant knight, however, considered dis-
cretion the better part of valor, and
maintained a dignitied silence. This
silence is accepted as a proof by many
that such aaaresty- Was promised. In-
deed, Mr. Clarke, Attorney -General for
Manitoba, during his visit to Ottawa,
made no secret of 'such being the case,
end -declared he could produce theproof
in writing if he was refused better terms
for his province.. As these better terms
heve been granted, Mr. Clerke's month
has been closed for the present. But
the truth must come out some time: The
Government by their doutle dealing in
this matter have placed theraselves
in a very unpleasapt predicament.
If certain. of their number have,
as is strongly alleged, promised an
amnesty, they will either have to grant
it, or break faith with certain parties
who have it in their power to maae very
damaging disclosures regarding Govern-
mental proceedings. If they do not
grant the amnesty, theretore, their
whole proceedings' will be laid bare to
public gaze and. the exposure will be
anything brit creditable to them. If, on
the other _ head, they do grant it, they
will offend mad alienate from them al-
most the entire mass of their Ontario
support, which will tmdoubtedly cause
their destruction. How they will work
out of the ugly dilemma, time alone will
unfoldi
AGE OF THE INTERCOLOgIAL.
fill be remenebered that durine the
last two or three sessions of the late Par-
liement, meet strenuot-s efforts were
made by. the Opposition to indece the
Gi•vernment to adopt the universal or
4 deet 8t inch guage on the Intercolonial
Railway. but all in: vain. Government
persisted m adhering to the eld guage,
and a large portion of the road has now
been built on that guage. One session
they opposed the proposition of the Op-
position, on the ground that the Majority
of the roads of the Lower Provinces, as
well as the Grand Trunk, were worked
on the broad guage system, and that It
was desirable to have the Intereolonial-
of a uniform guage with these. Last
session, when the question was again
brought forward by the Opposition-. the
Government urged that so large a portion
of the .rolel had already been contpleted
that. were a change -to be made, the cost
would be fabulous. This session, how-
ever, strange to say, thb Government
have comp down with .a proposition to
-cbauge the guage on the entire ritad.
Altholigh the work will be twice as hard
to accomplish this year ae it was last, for
the reeson that twice as Mud: of the road
has since been completed, the Govern-
ment D 0 W see no obstacle in 'the way of
Making the change. Last- year they
averred that it would cost more than a
than a -million, dollars . to .niake the
change. This year, with twice
much rhad to change, it is only to
cost $ 608,'000. The Government , were
very closely cornered by the Opposition
on this qnestion. When their state-
ments of last session aud this were
brought before them they could make no
reply, but relapsed into gloomy silence
and relied upon thtir majority in thirt
House te'carry them through. Had the
Government at first consented to the
course proposed by the Opposition, there
would not now be necessity for incurring
any expendituee for the change of
gnage. But, the fact el the= matter is,
the Government came to see that pub-
lic opinion was on the side of the Oppo-
sition, and that they would either have
to adopt their policy or resign their of-
fices. They preferred adopting the first
course, humilitiating though it be.
Your readers will thus observe, that in
this one instance the country will have to
sacrifice at least $608,000 'to enable Sir
John and his headstrong but incapable col-
leagues to retain the reins of Govern -
THE PACIFIC RAILWAY SCANDAL.
The Pacific Railway Scandal Investi-
gation Committee have had a second
sieting, at which all the members of the
Committee were present. A letter was
read from Mr.. Huntington, requesting
that the following witnesses should be
summoned to give eiiidence, namely --
Senators Chapais-. Foster, Campbell,
Macpherson: and. Cochrane, Sir Francis
Hinces and Mr. G. W. McMullen. The
when, if not obstructed for their own
objects by the Government, the bill em-
powering the Committee to take evidence
under oath will become la w, and the
Commietee wall be able to proceed with
the investigation. It is notoriously a
fact that the Govermnent have pieced
every possible obstacle in the way'of the
speedy passage of this bill both in the
Commons and Senate. The reason for
this' is obvious. 'The more the Commit-
tee can be delayed in their labors the
less likely. they will be to report to the
House this session. If, therefore, the
Government can procure the prorogation
of the House before the Committee re-
ports, the consideration of the report
will be stared off till next session*. 'The
Goverement will thus have gained. a
respite and the charges will by that
time to a very considerable extent, have
are going up. Snow and ice, -and
all traces of winter have entirely
The -United States troops are car -
with vigor, but with little success.
Owing to the position of the savages,
they can hill off large numbers of
their optiOnents without suffering
loss themselves. A skirmish on
Monday resuJted in 30 or 40 soldiers
being killed.
Between AO and GO Chinese were
set to work in the cooper shop of
Jacques & Co. in St. Louis,
on Tuesday last. - Considerable
indignation! was 'manifested by the
coopers, and a number of _them en-
tered the shop,. mid indulged in
rather threatening remarks, and in-
timated that a strike would occur,
but there beina a strong police force
on the ground. no demonstration
Was made. Now nearly 1,000 Chi-
nese. are engaged in various occupa-
tion -sin that city.
A motion by Mr. Hamilton, in
the English House of Commons,
instructing Parliament `to purchase
the Irish' Railways has been re.,
jected.
A large number of Chinese have
been set- to work-in the cooper shops
.in St. Lpuis. The regular coopets
don't like this, and threaten to
strike if John Chinamanibe not dis-
In everal American ports, ves-
sels with valuable carges on board
have been detained for over a week
on account of -the managers being
unable to obtain crews., Owing to
the scarcity of labor ship owners
both in the States and Canada will
find much difficulty in supplyiag
their vessels with the necessary la-
boi. assistance.
An analysis of emigration to the
A LARGE and influential meeting
of students of the Toronto School of
Medicine was held in that city a few
days ago, at tallich very strong' les -
&dims were passed condemnatory
of the course. pursued by the Coun-
cil of the College of Physicia,ns and
Surgeons of Ontario, in permitting
Mr. Biernan and others to pass their
fluid, examination. before they had
"completed. the course of study
required by the laws of the Coun-
cil, lawS which plainlv declare
that . DO student shall be
allowed to present himself tor
the final examinations unless heihas
period of four years from thesdzite of
his matriculation ; whereas, the gen-
tlemen referred,tb have not pursned
their required studies for a period of
even three years. Frora the fre-
quent cemplaints made by students
'of the condnct of t)he Council, it is
evident that there ia Something radi-
cally wrong in.the Manner in which
itg affairs are conducted, and it is
high time an enquiry into its doings
port of Now York for the past four
.years -shows that 13 per cent. mor
Germans arrived than Irish.
Six thousand emigrants' left Li
erpool last week for the United
States, and a large party , of London-
ers, composed of the better class of
of emigrants propose leaving for
Halifax on the 5th inst.
The NV ity the Monvir Goa,
ts
Officials, Judytz, and Officers in forth,
Benefits
On1Thursday of last week Sir Joke
tions proposing an increarie in the salaries
of Public Officers as follows : e‘ To kiee
to each of the IAeutenant Governors oa
the Provinces an additional salary of
#2,000 per annum ; to add 20 per cent.*
the present salaries of those thdges et
of the Superior Courts in the Provinces
of Ontario, Quebec, .tleva 'Scotia, aira
New Brunswick, Who now receive eel.
erica of $5,000 per annum, or -upward:
to add 25 per cent. to the present sat.
aries of those Judges of the Superior
Courts in the Provinces of Ontario,
,Nova Scotia, ZTew Brunswick, Man.
itoba aud British Colmnbia, echo 110W re.
ce.ive salaries under $5,000 per annum,
except the senior Puisne Judge of British
Columbia, ; to add $1,000 a year to the
salary ef the ,presiding Judge of the
Court of Error and Appeal of Ontario;
to make the salaries of tit* Quebe,e se„
perior Court Judges as follows : 10
ruisne Judges, each $4,000 per annum a
12 each, $:3;200 per annum 3 each,
$2,800 per annum, and to ;eld to the
same all increttee of 25 per cent. In Oil*
tario, except in the County of York, and
in New Brunswick, except in the Coun-
ty of St. John, all County Court fudges
to be hereafter appointed are to receive
82,00t) per Annura, with $200 for travel- -
ing expenses. In the County of York ,
and County of let. John aforesaid, the
salaries are to be $2,4d0 respectively,
and the allowance $200 per =mine to
Judges =hereafter appoiuted. The Sta
John Jtidge gets the advance immediate:
ly ; the salary of the present Judge of
the CorintY of York remaining unaltered:
The salary of each junior Judge of the
County Court will be $2,000, with $200
for traveling expenses. Any County
Court Judge, becoming after fifteen yeare
service disqualified by intrmity, may, hy
letters patent under the Great Seal, re.
ceive a reeking pension equal to two.
thirds of his salary. The sessional al- ,
lowance of senators and members of -the
House of_ Commons is to be $1,000, if
the session extends beyond thirty days,
and $10 a day it foe a less period. This
is to -apply to the present as well is to
future sessioniee The Speaker of the
Senate and House of COMM0118 are re-
spectively to receive $4,000 per annum,
instead of $3,200.; $2,500 are proposed
to be voted to readjusathe salaries of of-
ficers and servants of the Senate, and.
$5,000 to officers and servants of the
House of Commons. The Government
also propose to take a vote la a lump sum,
for $75,000 to enable the Governor in
Council to readjust the salaries of „the
civil service servants in. Canada _for the
current year.
FAILURE OF THE PACIFIC RAILWAY DELE-
GATION.
There is a rumor carrel:It which seems
to be well founded, that Sir Hugh Allan
and his colleagues, who compose the
delegation to England from the Canadi-
an Pacific Railway Company, to raise
the funds with which to construct the
Railway, are not meeting with success—
in fact that their- measure has thus far
proved a failure. The Company, head -
id by Sir Hugh A.11ari, it is said,' is look-
ed upon with extremesuspiaion by English
capitalists, who seem to have got an
inkling of the scandalous manner in
which it was formed, and refuse to have
anything to do with it. The conduct of
Sir John in the House a few hights ago,
when asked by Mr. Blake when tb.e Pa-
cific Railway Land Policy of the Govern-
ment would be submitttcd for the con-
sideration of the House, tends strongly
to convince members of the correctness
of this rumor.
NEW BRUNSWICK BETTER Teams.
The price to be paid for• the support to
the Government of the New Brunswick
representatives has it length become
known. The Premier has come down
with a proposition to grant New Bruns --
wick the sum of $150,000 annually, in-
consideration of -the lose of dues on tim-
ber comiag dawn the St. John River,
under the Washikton Treaty. The
timber dues in 1871 amounted to $66,-
327, so that the Province will gain by
this arrangement something,ovet $80,000
a year for all time. So that the New
Brunswickers leave sold. thenaselves for
$80,000 a year. Not so very caeap after
all. This is another installment of what
the taxpayers of the country will have
to pay for the luxury of a continuance of
the rule of St. John and ;his followers.
I hope they may be satisfied with it.
But it is now pretty well kn•awn that.
the rapacious Provinces of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick are not yet satisfied.
enother concession is to lbe made
them this session, the exact nature of
whith will be ma,de known in a day
op tWO.
BRITISH COLUMBIA. DISSATISFIED.
It is veell known that the British- Col-
umbiaus -were induced to eccept Sir
Francis Hincks as one of their represent
tatives oa the ground of his being mem-
ber of the Government, and the honor
that would be conferred upon that re-
mote Province by having one of its re-
presentatives occupyiag so exalted' and
v•orninent a position. Now, however,
air Francis it no longer a member of the
Government, and the British Columbiana
instead asking the ex -Finance Minister
to, resign his seat, bave demanded of ?the
Government a leat in the cabinet for one
The War in the, East.
Great as is the Russian power, it
would be idle to deny that the expedition
to larva is attended by , enormous aifff.
culties. Although Russia may have
eightermillions of souls to Khivats two, '
and although. the superiority of the for-
mer power in arms aud. resources inay
present as great a diepariti, the issue Is
not so absolutely certain as -all these
conditions would seem to indicate. Sup-
posing the Russian columns to penetrate
the desert substantially in good order ;
and suppose them to arrive at theJihoon,
or Oxus, ready to fight a pitched battle,1
it does notfollow, that they will be allow-
ed -to do so. The policy of the Khan
may wisely, it would seem, be that of
Fabius • nature fight; on Ids side, and
apparently all he needs, to win, is to
gain time His facilities for this are by
no means despicable. His standing •
army is said to include 35,000 horsemen,
and the- uses to be made of a body like
thise thoroughly knowing the country,
in harassing and exhausting an invader
are obvious. Still further, several of the
towns of the Khanate are _well fortified.
Khiva, the capital, is, entirely 8 -wound-
ed by a wall which includes au amp of
four square miles. W.e may be sure
that all the native engineers can du,
aided; perhaps, by "skilled talent" from
further South, willbe done to strengthen
the Khivan metropolis. If, then, the
war is a war of ihdefinite retreats, and
protracted sieges, the balance of chances
would seem as they usually do, to lie
with the defenders rather than with the
betted that the expedition- a.gainst Shiva
has not beeu resolved upon without ma-
ture deliberation, and without careful
estimates of the various prospects and
.obstacles. The resources at Russian
disposition are pya,ctically without limit,
and the officers intrusted with oommand
are, it is sale to believe, men of peculiar
fitness and experience for such an under-
taking. The failure of previous ex &lie
of their other members. Mr. DeCosmos tiont may else be assinned to hulas te-
is mentioned as the (me -likely to be some extent, an assurence of success for
selected should the Government be forced this ona For it is at least unlikely that
to accede to this strange demand. previous mistakes will be repeated, and,
LATER. SO far as these, rather than =avoidable
This evening 'Hort Mr. Tilley gave obstacles, militated against success, a
notice that on - Tuesday pext he will favorable elimination is to be reckoned
move that, on the following Friday. the on. .• It may be edded that the unfavor-
House go into a Committee of the whole, able effect of calamity on the prestige
to consider certain resolutions, having of the Ruspian arms is of itself afguaran-
tee that all possible means will be taken
to guard against end] a contingency.
That, owing to the various circumstances
we have described, the contest between , -
Russia and Khiva is likely to be less un-
equal than might at first be suppostaf
. add greatly to the interest -with
which it. is regarded.
for their objeet, -in short, the following
purpose : Upon Confederation taking
effect the Dominion a.ssumed the debt of
old Canada, to the amount of $62,500,-
000. For the balance of the debt of the
__old Province of Canada, the new Prov
inces of Ontario .and_ Quebec became
borind to pay to the; Dominion Govern-
ment, out of the annkral subsidies receiv-
ed frourthe Dominion. exchequer, inter-
est at the -rate of five per cent. per an-
num. Subsequent examination discov-
ered the excess of debt upon which inter-
est had thus to be paid. to amount in
round. figures to $10,000,000 ; and
that sum Ontario and Quebec now pay
interest. It is now proposed by the
Government at Ottawa that the 1)0,
minion shall assume this balance of ten
millions, which is, of -muse, equivalent
an immediate money payment to
the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec
'of that vast antenna And why ? Be-
cause New Brunswick has-been urgent-
ly pressing its elainas for better terms,"
and ehe Government could not resist ita
demands and continue in. office. The
grant of ten millions to Ontario and Que-
bec involves, of course, a proportionate
eerant to all the other Provinces ; so that
New Brunswick succeeds in getting her
" better terms," and Nova Scotia receives
a gratuity additional to the better
lost their force. - The conduct of the term.s" the some years ago obtained.
Government in the matter is sufficient This is robbing Peter to pay Paul -with
to convict them of guilt, even if there a vengeance. Although Ontario and
were no stronger evidence against them. Quebec get relieved of ao Bauch of their
erre SCOTT MURDER ONCE MORE. debt to the Dominion, they will beelm-
This Scott murder business is yet go- mediately taxed to pay the cash in-
demnities to the Provinces of Nova
ing to bee, troublesome thoin in the sale
Scotia and New Brunswick.
of the Goveenment. Like Banque's
DEXTER.
ghost, it will, not " doyeer.4 A few
Napoleon's
The following is said to be a true copy
of the last will and testament of the Em-
peror Napoleon. The estate is sworn
to be worth 'under one hundred and
twenty thousand pounds sterling, and
this sum is subjece to claims which will
reduce it one-half : " I leave to the Em-
press all my. private property: I wish
that at the majority of my SOO, she shall
live at Elysee and Biarritz. I trust
that my memory will be dear to her, and
that after my death she will forget what-
ever unhappiness I may ha..ve eaueed her.
With regard. to my 80D, let him keep as
a talisman the seal I wore attached to ray
watch, and which comes from my
mother ; let him caeefully preserve
•everything that conees to me „from the
Emperor, my uncle ; and let him be -con-
vinced. that my heart and soul remain
with him. I make no mention. of aly
faithful servants ; I am convinced that
the - Empress and_ my son will never
abandoil them. I shall die in. the Cath-
olic, Apostolic aud. :Roman religion,
which my son Will always honor by his
piety."
—Hon. George Brown had shipped
from his farm at Bow Park, near Brant;
ford, a few days ago, a number ot
thoroughbred cattle for Califoilia.
BIRTHS ,
."-virie 1;i31 -r. A•Vx.e1rite.r?V°entitAy,pef a 2-01.1,ugthhe-
ter.
IC. tetifeaVera.9—f ivAitr. Elixaelptebi,txofinpaAtriprilek,. 2,5
valfallAt Warren, North Can •
egogulattee—In Seaforth, en April 24,
the wife ef Mr.. -Tames M-eltfulkin, of a
Id ttEc4°wil:.4.;-"f ‘ItrB. rJuesgehnisAlic°Gureg-A0Prril, or a
14t -
eeri
MologeN—Mcixon.—At the residence n
of the bride's father, Stratford, On
April 21, by Rev. Thomas Meaphea-
' son, Alr, A. Matheson, of the Stratford.
Hunter, of Inflammation ie
the lungs.
Theeeroae—InSeaforth, on Apri129, Mary
Jane, wife of Mr. George Burton, aged
35 years and. 9 month.s.
ANDREW Seaferth, on Mey 1, Mare
gent, wife of *Jebel Andrew, aged 32
ANDERSON. --In Morris, en April 28,
Dumfries, aged 63 years.
ba
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SEATORT11, lay 1, 1878,
Ther -e iS scarcely any change in the
quotations this week., In the absenee Of
transaction& ,in grain it is almost impos-
sible to set a price, but the figures (pot -
ea will be formd 2,,B nearly eerrect as pos-
sible. Butter is becoming more plenti-
ful and 'prices have. slightly
Eggs remain firm at quoted prices. Hay
is still in good demand, and not easily
get. The figines quoted are the higliest
which. have been paid on our market
during the past week. Oats are, as usu. -
al, -very scarce, and. were it not for the
large shipments brought in from the ,
Western States there would be an oat
famine. les it ie, many farmers have
great difficulty in procuring enough suit-
able for seed. There seems to Ire no
'scarcity of potatoes of kindle-, We
0 50
0 51
alateatere May 3, INS.
White fall wheat per bushel, $1 %) 1
39c to 42e ; buiter trolls), 3.5c to
butter (keg) 1.1c to 14e ; eggs, Wet() It
' pinoutattotene,s;560ct:0$76..6e ; beef, per .1471\lb
Leveneo04- May 1:
•
Flour, 27s ad ; red wheat, lls tO
69c ; beef, iliud-quaeters, per frc to
T0ItOrre, May I, 1871,
Fall •wheat per bushel $1 25 to $1 1
73e to 75c • oats 41c to 42c ; peas -67
beef, fore,quarters, per lb." 4c to
mutton,. by careasst „ per lb, -7e
butter; lb. rollS 25c to 30 batter, I
rolls 11c to 15c ; butter; t)ub dairy- 1
20c ; eggs, fresh, per dozen 121.
TORONTO CATTLE MARICE
Tommie Mayi
BEEVES.- -The receipts dining the
-week have Mclutled- about 23Q he
gfro::dula- a3cvlecslagt,
to 4te. We quote lirst-clses,
-somewhat less active .tlign previ
and 'prices faxored buyers. Sales
4-e. Sales include three cars, av
1,300 lbs. at 5c ; four cars, sam
erage, at ; two cars, aver
head for -May delivery, at $5 121 pi
We 'note a sale by Mr. J. Britton
IThlbbsss aal ittv 4:1wcc gaohnutde. f9' 'ern r.q Wesr's Ia tv Brig:
SBEEP. —None coining in, mad
remain nominally the" same as last q
viz $8 for first-class, $6 for Becon
are as before : $4 for fitsteclass,
anslasd $s.3 to $4 for third class.
a par with the demand, and glee
econtl class, and $2 to $' 50 foi
LITTLE FALLS Dpyty
The countrNyl°r:filAsITI)eaAtIPinTgilt28,
ket continue to be in bail conditi
notwithstanding the unfavorable
the roads, there was a corer,
large delivery cf -cheese, alum).
the aggregate to about 1,700
• Farm aairy cheese was est- '
reach between 200 and e00 bo
though this -character of cheese
and tough, prices were better
week, as sales were made at fro
to 131 cents, and. one lot ea
brought 141 cents, Quite a n
well-known buyers were in the
anktransactions in factories we
The range of prices Nrs from LP,