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The Huron Expositor, 1874-12-11, Page 4- 4 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Christmas Presents—El. Hickson & Co Speeial Bargains —Wright & Foster. Dry Goods—Logan & Jamieson Agricultural Emporium -0. C. Willson, Owen Sound. Academy—A. D. Campbell. Estray Cow --Robert Coleman. FarmersStore-ate R. Corbey. Estray Heifer—Robert Smith, Jr. Eztray Ran.—David Walker. Battey Sheep—Roderick McLeod. Strayed Heifet—James Ryan.. Strayed 001V—Joba. Daly. Seaforth Mills—A. W. Ogilvie & Co. Saffolk Boar—Litchfield Rands. Brumfield Cheese Factory Meeting. Notice—Wre.. G. Fargo. Estray Cattle --Wm. Morrison. Estray Coive-Wm. McConnell. Tenders, 8, S. No. 10 Stanley. The Black Ihince—Dtttfid Dolman. West End Cheese Factory Meeting. Notice to Farmers—J. J. Booth. Notice—John Kidd. Adieu ined Sale—A. M. Ross. Estray Steer ---Geo. Stephenson. *um txpoottor: SEAFORTH, FRIDANt Dec. 11, 1874. The Modell Farm Embroglio. Several ef our Conservative contem- poraries are endeavoring to make capital against the Ontario Government out of the letter written by Professor Mc- Candless and read in the House by Mr. M. C. Cameron, and published in the Toreeto Mail. If the statements con- tained in. this ' letter are correct, , the Government are deserving of censure for their management of this important ie- stitatioe, as well as for their treatment of Professor McCandless.. But the Gov-. enunent, and other reliable authorities who are in a position to know, deny that there is a word of truth in the letter re- ferred to, and, besides, it mist be re- membered thatthis letter is the produc- tion of a discharged official. Before building up accusations against the Gov - eminent, on the strength of the state- mente contained in this letter, it would be more henest for those opposed to the Government to wait until they have the full facts before them. A Committee of the House has been appointed to enquire into the truth or falsity of these accusa- tions, and tato other matters connected with this institution. If the evidence taken before this Committee is corrobor- ative of the statements of Professor Mc- Candless, then and not till then should the Government be blamed. But if, on the other hand, the evidence goes to show that the letter of Professor Mc- Candless is a tissue of falsehoods and the Professor himself an incompetent and " immoral man, then those who are now founding charges against the Govern- ment on the strength of this letter, are not- only doing the Government an in- justice, but are grossly misleading the public. We have every confidence that when a proper investigation is made, the Government will be shown to have act ed, throughout the whole proceeding, in. the best interests of the institution and of the Province: We would, therefore, recommend all parties to suspend judg- ment until this investigation has been made, and. if, contrary to our expecta- tions, the Government be shown to have erred, then let them- be censured, and not till then-. The Readjustment of Constitu- encies. The aecessity of a measure for the re- adj-ustment of constituencies in Ontario, so that a more fair mid equitable rupee- sentatiou might be had in the Legisla- ture, has long been felt. We have fre- quently pointed_ out the injustice of a large and populous coustituency such as Huron., having but two representatives, while small boroughs like Niagara and Corawall, were allo-Wed one. This in- justice was more keenly felt in the Local Legislature theta in the Dominion Par- liament, as in the former questions af- fecting local interests espeeially are dealt with, whereas in the lattet the legisla- tion is more of a general nature. The Ontario Government have this session in- troduced a measure to lessen, although not altogether to remedy this inequality. The loll submitted by Mr. Mowat, on Tuesday lest, for the consideration and approval of the Legislature, proposes a readjustment of various constituencies, and an addition to the representation of six members. The additional members are to he distributed among the rural constituencies as follows : • Parry Sound and Muskoka... . I :sew County of Duffertn .... .. „.. , . Grey Kent. . . 1 Lambton „ 1 6 It would., certainly, have been prefer- able if a complete remedy, for the in- equalities complained of, coulcl have been devised without an increased mem- bership of the House. But we cannot see how this could have been satisfactorily done. If the forty thousand in the Counties of Huron, Laanbton. and Kent, who are pow practically unrepresented, , and to whom it is proposed. to give two i representatives, receive those two with- ! out increasing the total number of mem-' bees, then some other cOnstituencies must be extinouishecl in order to ellow this to b? done. So that, the five new constituencies would require to he con- structed at the expense of others now existing. This would he a step which no Ministry could. be expected to take. The only other course open was, there- fore, the one adopted. To the new con - .stitueniisr of Parry Sound and Muskoka, no one will object. Defferin will cons sist of the several townships shortly to be formed into the new cotinty of that IMMO. Grey is to have an additional constituency fennel out. of . it. Both- well, being an artificial constituency formed out of the municipal coniponents of Kent and _Lambton, is to Je dime away with, and: each of those counties is to have an additional Member. Huron is to have an .additional member, as also is Siracoe. Brockville is to be enlarged by additions drawn from South Leeds. Niagara is to have added: to it three municipalities from Welland. Huron has been divided into three ridings, the South, East and. West. The following tables will ShOW the construc- tion of the constituencies, and the population of each as shown by the lest -census : WEST HURON. Ashfield.. 3,893 West Wawanosh 2,718 East Wawanosh .... 2,651 9 499 Goderich Town. .... . . ::........ 3,954 Goderieh Township, north of Hu-. ron Road, and cut line half of . -Township , 1,808 Clinton .. ... , . 2,016 Wingham and Tuenberry, west ef Gravel Road.. ' 1,200 Hullett, west of same rode 735 Popoulatien of West Huron .. 1. .. 21,434 EAST HURON. McKiiop Hullett, east of Morris Grey .......... Turnberrya east 3,808 Gra,vel Road-- . 2.943 3,952 .. ........... 3,855 . 5,417 of Gravel Road... 2,001 Population of Huron .. ..21,976 SOUTH HURON. Tuckersmith . . ... . 3,699 Seaforth.., .. . ... . . s ......... .., 1,368 -Osborne. ..... ..... .. 3;831 Stephen.-- . .. . . 4,349 Stanley 3,804 Goderich, south of cut line and - . Huron Roa.d ......... .. .. 1,807, 3,897 Population of South Huron 22,755 So far as Huron is concerned, it will be seen by the above that a very equal division has been made, and each of the ridings are Compact and uniform. We should have- preferred that the recon- struction had been made without divid- ing municipalities; as such division may be the means of causing confusion. But, it must be remembered, that , Hter011, shaped as it is, is a very difficult -County to divide into three so as to have all things perfect.- Had the municipalities not been divided, the constituencies. could not have been so evenly proper- timied geographically and as tO popula- tion. Still, even after considering all this, we must confess that *awould haye preferrect a slight d:sproportion either in population,oe geographical con- struction, rather than a division of muni- cipalities. With this one exception, we do not think that, upon the whole, a. bet- ter or more equitable redistribution could have .been made. The Ontario Election Law. Attorney General Mowat has intro- duced a measure amending the present law relating to the election of members of the Local Legislature, and the trial of such electione. - The principal clauses of this amendment Act provide, first : In case a petition is presented against the return of. any member, the respond- ent or any other person now authorized by law to present an election petition, may, within fifteen days after the ser- vice of the petition against the retain, file a petition Complaining of any unlaw- ful and. corrupt act by any candidate at the same election who was not returned, and who is not a petitioner, and in whose 'behalf the seat is not claimed. This is a very important amendment, and one which should be -incorporated into the Dprainion Act. Under the ex- iting laws unless the petitioner claires the seat for the unsuccessful candidate, tliere is no seintiny into the conduct of the unsuccessful candidate allowed. Evidence is taken and. published on the one side to prove corrupt acts, but Ito evidence is taken on the other for the same purpose. Consetinently theun- seated candidate has to face the eleictors again with all his electioneering tacties ex- posed, whereas his opponent, who may have beeu ten times more guilty than he, has not had his misdeeds inquired into or exposed. at all, and he again comes forward, with a clean sheet. This injus- tice in, the Ontario Act will now be iamended., so that the conduct of both 1 the successful and unsuccessful condi- . date can be enquired into mid exposed, and both be put, in this respect, on an equal footing. Second, the trial of con- troverted elections is removed from the Court of Queen's Bench to the Court of Error and Appeal. Third,: each candi- date before he takes his seat has to make an affidavit before the Clerk of the Leg- ' ealative Assembly to the effect that, ex- .! ,cept for personal expenses, - he has not I made before, or during, or after the :election, and. will not make, any pay- - ment, advance, loan, or deposit for the purposes of the election, otherwise than through his agent or agents duly ap- poiuted by hind -tinder the Election Act of 1873; and that he has not been guilty of any other corrupt conduct respecting his election. As the Act of 1873 compels the agents of-- candidates, to publish a certified statement of the money paid out by them, this amendment will - effectually pret ent candidates from. giv- ing either directly -or indirectly-, for. cor- rupt practical_ unless they ehosie to. per-- rya. jure them.selves. It will also protect candidates from being importuned and dunned for expenses incurred and pro- mises made by over -zealous friends, in the supposed interest of the candidate. Fourth, that all v-oters' lista which have been revised and certified to by the County Judge, before the Returning Officer has received the Writ of Election, • shall 1)5 valid for use at the next general election, whether these lists have been lodged with the Clerk of the Iteace or not, or though there was any irregu- larity in the previous proceeding under the Voters' List Act. In the event of the lists of any municipality not having been filed with the Clerk of the Peace, the Returning Officer can procure them from the County Judge, or the Clerks of such Mtmicipalities. Fifth, that portion of the old Act requiring that nomin- ations be held in the open an, also that polling places in cities, towns, and incor- porated villages be more than one hun- dred yards from each other, is repealed. This amendment, at least, will be hailed with joy by all. who are in the habit of attending nominations. Under the old Act, no matter how cold, wet, or dis- agreeable the weather might bo r the ncanination proceedings had to be lield in the open air, but by the amendment Act it is left optional with the Returning Officer to hold it where he pleases. This is a very sensible change, as it is the height of folly to submit hundredsof people to the discomforts of inclement Weather out of doors, when they might as well be under cover and in comfort- able" quarters. Had the Government followed the course of the Dominion Government and abolished. the system of public nominations entirely, the change would be even more appreciated by the public. DOINGS IN TORONTO. FrOM 0 Ur Ount Giwrespoiident,. TartoNTO, Dee. 9, -1874. ,As the last session of the present Par- , . 'lament wears 'its death 'agony, the con- viction that the places which now ktovii many honorable members on both sides of the House, might, without serious less , to -the conntiy, know -them no more for- ever, presses itself upon the mind with considerable force We Canna expect to find every M. P. B. a Cicero, and I fancy that bad as things now are, the exchange of 40 or 50 'dummies for in equal number of windy &pouters, would be a poor bargain for the country. But, what we surely have a right to expeet front Ontario is, that at least one-half her representatives should be men capa- ble of speaking intelligently. as well as intelligibly on most matters that came before the Provincial Legislature It is simply astonishing what e very large proportion of the members of that body sit from one end of the session to the other not only without letting their voices.be heard, but without doing any- thing apparent to an 'observer except to consume fragrant fine cut in the smoking -mom and frank letters and sessional papers to favored constituents. There are; hewever, a few members on both sides of the gpeaker's chair who, though they do not often figure in the morning paper's at the head of long speeches, are among the most valuable members ofthe Reese. On the Govern- ment sides , -MR. A. 8,. HARDY, .of 8onth. Brant, deserves a high. place. For a young member, he evinces; an inti- mate knowledge of the intricacies of legislation, which renders him especial- ly valuable as a committee man. He is • rather a pleasing speaker, possessing a fine voice aed a graceful delivery, though his manner is someWhat too suggestive of aeounsel addressing a- jury. As he has been a barrister for nine years, and a member only a little more than one, the fault is pardonable; and is likely soon to disappear. He Occasionally takes the blatant Lan der inhand with sult 'success that the latter is getti og - over careful not to provoke the good- natured. but rather pugnacious member for Brant. Mr. Hardy hit rather a hap- py comparison the other night when he described Mr. Lauder's pedagogic style of leaturing the Government, as re- minding hith of . Mr. Squeers'-eDickens' —Yorkshire school master. No one can fully appreciate the nicety of the com- parison but those Who- are familiar with the figure Of the member for South Grey • as he leaus over his desk at an angle of 4513 -and with extended. digits, admonishes lion. -members opposite in language meant to be at once the very climax of sapience, and the very essence of con- ciliation ! MR. S. c. WOOD, member for South Victoria, is one of the best men in the House. In fact to my mind he is a Model M. P.. and 1 canuot describe him better than by saying he is the very antithesis of Mr. Abraham W. Lauder. The latter speaks on every subject that comes before the House, the former °illy on those matters he freely understands, and they are not few. 'Mr, Lauder is diffuse and circumlocutory he takes half an hour to say what might he better said in five minutes, or better still, left unsaid. Mr. Wood's style of speaking is concise and. to the i t' 1 never uses a, word. too much, and conse- quently never exhausts the patience of ; the House. His speeches have a manly dignity about them extremely refreshing after one has endured a voleme of puer- ilities from smaller men. Mr. Wood is - one of the hest members of the Public Accounts Committee. a position for which his long experience as Clerk and Treasurer of Victoria. Count; admirably adapts 'him. South Victoria has good -reason to be proud of its representative. Mee such as he is are valuable acquisi- tions to any Legislature, and his con: etitueecy will. make a mistake if it chanes its representative at the ap- proaching elections. - e1R. THOS. GIBSON, member for North Huron, probably does not speak so often as either Mr. Wood or Mr. Hardy, but there_ are few men whose uttered opinions command motc. respect than his. He possesses Cadyle's two essentials for a man in his position; something worth saying and the ability to say it—and these are qualifications too rare to be lightly esteemed. There is no source from which a stranger can draw a truer • DEC. 11 1874: estimate !of an M. P. P.'s weight in the.. Hone° than in the Reporters' Gallery. The profession of a reporter necessarily adapts him to the task of " taking a man's measure" un. erringly, and his estimate of a member may ordinarily be taken as: pretty cor- rect. His work is, generally speaking, a sifting ptodess, for there are few mem- bete of even more pretentious bodies' than the Ontario Legislature whose utterances will bear a verbvtim tran- script. An old gallery man said to me tine other day: Yes,Gibson is above the average. He is not only an astute, hard-working representative and a sens- ible speaker, but his speeches show him to be possessed of a larger fund of genu- ine hunter than is generally allowed to you Scotchmen." Ali% Gibson's special forte in the House is in opposing sham, humbug and pretention on the part of those opposite him and he generally does it well. In a him, letter I shall probably notice some members on the other side of the House—not the verbose Rykerts end the Landers of the. Legisla- ture, but men who talk and are talked of, less than these worthies, but who, in my humble opinion, deserVe a much higher place in public estimation' than they do. THE MODEL -FARM 4 SCANDAL " The Committee, appointed to investi- gate affairs connected with the Agricul,. cultural "College, organized last Friday, and will hold their first meeting for the despatch of business to -morrow (Thurs- day.) It takes a good deal to bring the blush of shame to the face of the avers at°m Tory, but the action of the iminacu- late M. C. Cameron in asking the ex- humation of offal long since buried, hae shamed all decent members a his party. Several leading Conservatives in the House do not hesitate to aver their be- lief that Mr. Cameron's motion was an egregious blunder on the part of an Op- position leader, to say nothing of the metal indecency. of the thing. They say if he had made .the motion for an in- quiry, Pure and simple without inflict- ing upon the Houseand the country the effluvia that exhales from the McCand- less letter, the 'mistake would not have been so great. The -idea of giving. e "fat office" for a " snug little constita! ency" to a man like .McCandless,- whose letter has ticketed his character for all time to come, could only exist in the minds of a Pacific Scancb.1 Party. But it strikes me that the writer of such a letter would make a very proper right- hand man to the ,party leader who would dare act in concert with him or read his filthy effusions in the legislative halls of the Province. The "Party of Gentle- men" must be sorely pressed inded. THE RYKERT INVESTIQA.TION. A new phase has been developed in the. Ry kert Investigation COMMittee. It will be remembered that Mr. Price, of the Great Western. Railway testified that a certain $2,430 of the funds of his Company had been disbursed in what he termed journalistic expenses "—that is in feeing certain newspapers- for " writ- ing -up " the Great 'Western interests. Mr. Price thought that most of . this money had gone to the now defunct Tele- graph. On Wednesday, Honest John Carling was placed on the witness stand to tell what he knew about " journalistie expenses." He apparently knew a good deal "about the matter, but though he had swetat to tell the whole truth, John's delicate sense of honor would not allow hint to divulge the names of the bonussed. editors. He stated, however, that the money was divided between writers connected with two papers in this city. Mr. Charles: Belford, now of the Mai/ and formerly of the Leader, was put. on oath, but his fine sense of honor kept Ms mouth closed. He de- clined to say" whether he had. received -$1,000 from Mr. - Carling or not. The sequel to the little story was . published in Tuesday morning's Leader, in which the proprietor regretfully tells the public that he got none of the good things if any such found - their :way to the Leader office. . The Committee has reported to the Itouse Carling's- refusal to tell where the money went, and it remains to be seen whether that body possesses lever- age enough to pry openHonestJohn's mouth. The investigations of the coms mittee have revealed a state of things which, however much it is to'be regrett- ed, will be best remedied by lieing expos- ed. The 'practice of feeing gentlemen of the long robe for their Parliamentary in - faience seems to have been no unusual occurrence, and it will strengthen the pretty common impression that there are. just a few too many lawyers in the On- tario Legislature. But that the strong- est safeguard against tbe contimia,nce of this species of corruption—a fete, un purchasable press-- is being weakened ; that journalists of undoubted abilitY and -Mel din g an in fl u en ce co rrespiiiid- ingI powerful- should be bought like common.politicians is something much more to be regretted. It is to be heped thA the Canadian press, irrespective of party leaninge, will unite in stamping out the evil at its very commencement. If it does imt, the future history of Ca- nadian politics will, it is to be feared, be a succession of blotted pages. THE ELECTIONS. - I have good authority for stating that the elections will come off about the •mide (Ile of January. TH E R EP RE:4EN TATios RILL. The general opinion me. Mr. Mowat's measure for the redistribution of seats is, second reading, I cannot say much as to the manner in which it will be reg that it is the fairest a,nd most practicable m arrangeent that could have been edoptt ed. tut, as it has not yet passed, its by the House. E. • • Political. Rev. W. F. Clarke, late Rector of the Model Farm; has written a letter denet. ing Professor _McCandless' allegations and offering the following challenge 1: "If Professor McC.landlees is foolhard± enough to run for a constituency in the appr(fachino Provincial Election, I be to say that I atn ready to enter the Este as his opponent "- This would be ell very well for the Professor and t14 Rector, but would be pretty rough 01,1' the constituency unfortuuate enough to be the scene of the conflict. A hundred year.. ago or so the Rector Would per haps have challenged the Professor tn mortal combat, now he challenges him to run with him for a seat in the Local Legislature. Another illustration of the progress of the age! -e-It is now admitted by those who first charged Mr. Fournier, Miuister of Justice, with having pa.rticipatecl in a row in a saloon in Ottawa, that the hon - arable gentleman was only an involun- tary onlooker; The disturbance having arisen 'while Mr. Fournier was in the saloon with a number of friends h 1 ft as BOOR as the disturbance commenced. Thus, another outrage" has been sqUelsCh ed. —Still another victim.. Mr. Chis- holm, member for Halton, has admitted bribery by agents, at his last election, and the seat °has been declared vacant, and a new election' ordered. Mr. Chis- holm was not charged with personal bribery. —The Conservatives of North Perth seem to be in somewhat the ,same posi- tion as the Reformers _ in the South Riding. There seems to exist a jealousy between the Conservatives of the North- ern and Southern portions of the riding. The northern wing of the party has nominated a Mr. Towner, as candidate for the Local Legislature at the next election, while the southern wing still adheres to Mr. T. M. Daly, the present representative. The Conservatives of Nerth Perth should stick to Mr. Daly, as he is about the only sensible oppo- sitionist in the House. He refuses to support Messrs. M. C. Cameron, Rykert, and Lawler, in their outrage -hunting and buneomb resolutions, and during the present session has frequently voted against them. Mr. Daly is an old par- liamentarian and knows what is what: NEWS -OF THE WEE E. enre.e.w CONGRESS. ----The fall session of the American Congress opened on Monday last. The President's message, which is a lengthy and able document, has been published, and seems togive gen- eral satisfaction to both political parties in the States, a circumstance very unusual. SEIZURE Or ARMS.—Twenty rifles and. bayonets, with anummition, have been seized. in. Cork, and one man has been arrested. LIVINGSTONE'S JOURNALS SArn.*--Ad- vices from Aden, to Nov. 28, state that Dr. Livingstone's journals have reached Zanzibar in. safe hands. GOLD IN SIDERIA.—Cr-Old has been ob- tained in large qnantities during the present year from the region of the up- per Amoor, in Eastern Siberia. EDITOR MURDERED. —1 New York, last Saturday evening, George Hunter, one of the editors of the Scolsartan, was murdered by an unknown person, in Thirteenth street, near Fourth avenue. AMERICAN NATIONAL CAMP -MEETING. —It is decided to hold the next National Temperance camp -meeting, as this year, at Old Orchard Beach, Mame, beginning Aug. 8, ancl continuing ten days. INTERNATIONAL LA.W CONFERENCE.— The London Times states that England, in reply to Russia's invitation to attend the international law conference to be re- opened at St. Petersburg, has declared her willingness to do so, but regrets that she it unable to anticipate any practical result of its deliberations. HEROISM OF A PnresT.--At the recent explosion in St. Denis, near Paris, a pnestshowed great heroism geing into the fire to help wounded. persansout. He was badly burned, and when the surgeons were attending to his hurts a reporter a,sked for his name. He said: " Write only—a priesie" AMERICAN GIRLS CAPTURED BY IN- DIANS.—The frequent recovery from the Indians of captive white girls illustrates the most grevious experience of the Am- erican fronteir settlers. Nearly every girl thus rescued has a dreadful story to tell of the murder of her family, and of subsequent suffering by herself. It .is believeti that hundreds of females are thus held by the Indians. . 'Canada. - James • Wyllie, the "Herd Laddie," champion checker ; player, has perma- metitlytekee upthis residence in Detroit. —James Fitzgerald, a London black- smith, last week .put two shoes On a horse inside of four minutes. This beats tbe Downie boy we told oflast week by two minutes. —Brantford Town Council has passed. an edict, forbidding verandas OU buisuess streets. Colborne and Market streets are now entirely free from these maim- brances, greatly to the improvement Of ' their appearauce and to the increase of ' their business -like aspect. Other towns would do well to disefled the chetnsy and - uncouth veranda • for i. the graceful and city looking awning. I 1 —A very unpleasant discussion took . phtee at a Public School investigation in • LoAdon. One of the members of the Committee made charges against the In- spector, Mr. Boyle, invoh-ing the repu- tation of several of the lady teachers, • which brought forth a storm of (Heap - prove". A. resolution was passed_ cen- suring the member who- made the : charges, and much ill feeling has been excited by the incident. , 1 —The old Albion Hotel, Stratford; 1 has:leen turned into stores. The Wan - 7 less Hotel isto be rechristened. the Al - Mori, with D. L. Cavan for host. --Reg. Mr. McPherson, of 'Stratford, ' ode M i•a • tin e . of the Canada Presbyterian ; Assembtte has been in New York for the , last ttvoi weeks, attending a committee ' meeting) composed of representatives of ! the various Presbyterian bodies . in Am- ' erica, with a view to forming a Pan- Preebyt4rian Church, which would (on- . . brace all in the world. of that persua- !.'li,;:9“1. 4. Six years ago its site was a i -Pal mrston has now a population of 1 wheat fi hi. e • At he late ince-tine of the Perth ('minty ( `ouncil a by -Paw doing away with -th( present high school dietricts and COIL tituting the towns of ..-3tiatford, Mitchell ana Listowel int O districts, leaving mt the township municipalities, was can ied by a majority of 7. The ef- fect of •t tis by-law will be practically to close up the high schools of Mitchell and. Listowe , as they cannot be carried nit without the aid of the towuships. We underst nd that the legality of the ac- tion of t ie Council will shortly be tested. in a .eau t of law. . --" T ie Bread and Butter Club" is the nan e, style and title of a club_ of young p ople that has lately been form- ed in 0' tawa. It is composed. of about 1.5 famili -se who agree to give dancing parties it rotation, at which the tefresh- meetpe vided by the host and hostess is tottiet lothieg but htead and butter. --A qeer wasshot last week, near Harristoh, which weighed when dre.ssed 250 pou4ds. —T. :v. Davis, B. A., graduate of Trinity lCollege, Toronto, and Huron 'College, il.,andon, son of Rev. Mr. Davis, Wing -limp, has been ordained a deacon by the Med Bishop of Huron. —Building lots in the City of Wimii- peg., Manitoba, were sold at auction to the number of nearly 200, in Montreal the other day, 160 .lots were sold_ at an _ 1 average f'W. Othert were told at pri- vate salj to intending, settlers. • Some buyers p rchased groups of -lots probably for porp ses of speOulatIon. COUNTY. COUNCIL. Continued from First Page. Bay give a fair valuation for work done on Brussels bridge, and that the con- tractor be paid according to -such valu- ation; that the Engineer have the ap- proaches to Turner's bridge graded, that the following boundary line bridges be built at once : 1stbetween the town- ships of HOwick and Wallace;. 2d. be- tween the toweships of Grey and Elma, and 3d; on the boundary between the toWnships of McKillop and. Logan, near Carronbrook, and that the 'Werk be in- structed to prepare a by-law to this effect, and serve the Clerk of the County of Perth with a copy. THOS. SIMPSON, Chairman. In amendment to the report, Mr. StraChan moved, seconded by Mr. Slemmon, that No. 3 of the Report of the Road and Bridge Committee be not adopted; that a Committee of live be appointed to meet in Seaford', to give an opportunity to those who have com- plained of the action of the County En- gineer in lettieg the contract and build- ing of the Brussels, Exeter and Clinton bridges being heard, before- the Council exonerate Mr. Bay from all blame in the matter •' such Committee to be appoint- ed by ballot, and to have power to send forApire.rs Smistraacuhdanpasla3eidrs.that although he moved this amendment, he did not, per- sonally, know anything of the charges which had been preferred against Mr. Bay, but he did know that throughout the municipality- he represented, as well as it the adjoining municipality, there was a great dealof dissatisfaction felt about the manner in which the contract for the Brussels, Clinton and. Exeter bridges had been let, as well as about the manner in which the work had. -been performed by the contractor, In view of this dissatisfaction and the large and respectably signed petition presented, he thought it would only be a matter of justice for the Council to allow those complaining an opportunity of being heard before they exonerated. Mr. Bay from all blame in the matter. From the evidence which the Council now haxl before them, they could not conscien- tiously say whetherMr. Bay was guilty or not He thought that it was also in Mr. Bay's interest that an investigation such as his motion proposed should be grant- ed. If Mr. Bay had acted properly the investigation would definitely clear him from all blame. He hoped ;in the in- terests of justice and of the County that the Council would: allow this invesi- on g4 r°i1 Weir, of HoWick, as a member' of the Road and Bridge Committee, would 'gave his reasons why he voted on the ommittee to exonerate Mr. Bay. The whole of the tenders for these bridges, including that from Mr. Gregory, by telegraph, had been submitted to the Committee, and the Committee found that the tenier by telegraph was the lowest, and they authorized Mr. Bay to accept that tender. And With regard -to the work not being properly done, Mr. Aly in his report to the Council admit- ted that the work on the Bruesets bridge had not been properly done, and had re- fuse4 to take the work off the contract- or's hand, and asked. the Council for in- struction He, Mr. Weir, failed, there- fore to4e e wherein Mr. Bay had been atfault. ta :s.rt. en way, of Stephen, intended to support the report of the "Road and Bridge Committee, and he wished to give his reasons for so doing. At the January session of the Council, Mr. Bay had stated to the Committee that he had yeeeived tenders for the construc- tion of these bridges, but that he could not accept any of the tenders, as he con- sidered them all too high. Mr. Bay had also telegraphed to Mr. Gregory asking him why he had not tendered for Exeter bridge, and 'tin 'Gregory replied by tele- graph that he would. take Exeter bridge, if he got all the three bridges at a certain SUM. All these telegrams and tenders Mr. Bay had. laid. before the Committee in January last, and the Catueil, 011 the recommendation of the Committee, in- structed Mr. Bay to accept the offer of Mr. Gregory, for the three bridges that had been sent by telegraph, so that in accepting the tender of Mr. Gregory, Mr. Bay was just carrying out the express in- structions of the Council. And with reference to, the second charge against Mr. Bay, he would say that it was equally as frivolous as the firstit now seems that Mr. Bay has not taken the work Off Mr. Gregory's hands, for the very reason that he considers that it has not been done according to specifica- tions, and it still remains 1 with the Council to instruct Mr. Bay as to what course he shall take in this respect. Mr. Bishop, lleborne, couldnot see that ony blame- coehl be attached to the con- dectof the Engineer. He had acted under the instructions of the Council through- out, and instead of his endeavoring to cheat the County as had been alleged, his whole conduct was entirely in the interests of the County. Mr. Vstillis, Exeter, said that white Exeter bridge was in course of construc- tion he had watched. the work closely, and he could certify that a first-class job bad been made, aud that the work had. been done according to specifications. A vote was taken on Mr. Straohan's amendment to the report, when the report was sustained by a majority of 25. Moved. further, in amendment to the report, by Mr. Vessel-, seconded by Mr. Weir, that that portion of the report re- fei ring to Graham's bridge, at Winghaan, be amended. to recommeud. that this l'ouncil pass a by-law abolishing Graham's bridge and assuming in its stead Fieher's bridge, at Wingham. Mr. Messer explained that Graham's bridge was now in a very misaft con- dition. and the County would. have to re- build it at 01101:. But this bridge was; very little traveled, whereas Fisher's 'bridge was largely used, and there was a prospect that very soon the road on which Graham's bridge was would be abolihed, and the other road used as the -regular boundary road. Tui this event the ( ouneil would also have to keep up this latter bridge. What he asked now was to have the one bridge exchanged for the other, Mr. Weir and Mr. Young spoke in favor of the motion, when it was carried, on a division by a vote 25 to 8. The re- port was accordingly n.mended and pa.ssed without further amendment. The En- gineer was also instructed to close tip Graham's bridge. GRAVEL -ROADS. T1e following report of the special Committee appointed. to report upon the best method of keeping the County roads in repair, was read and passed : This Committee beg to report that after a long and very exhaustive discus- sion on the subject of the best method. of keeping the County Gravel Roads in re - Dm 11 1874. pair, hare anived at the eorteht the best and fairest method is Municipality -to maintain the ro in its borders at its men cost out essistance from the Coml. t G. E. CRESWELL, Cha The Coemeil then adjourn Saturday morning, etecensee Det The Council only met for a sites, and the only business t was the coneideration of from the County Engineer for a of his salary for the past year, of his ditties being largely uue legislation of the Council at session, It VMS resolved that ginecr receive $200 feradditional A resolution was also passed ing the Engineer to allow the e for Brussels bridge the full sin°, contract, less a deduction of 10 on the whole amount on insufficient perfermance niwo The Council was then wort% BIRTHS'. STANLEY. —At Milburn, Iltdlet 10, the wife of Mr. Thomas of a son, _still -bora, 00VENTRY.—In Seaforth, on D wife of Mr. Thomas Coven. danghter. -CARDNO.--Ill Seaforth, ciaDs wife of Mr. A. Camino, of a COM/WELL—In Merli§, on D wife of John Coldwell, of a • MARRIAGES, Borsooss---MaCeammosse—At -dence of the bride's father, by Rem, R. J. Tyler, Mr. Os ton, to Abigail, second crla Mit J. C. MeCuteheon, allof YERGusiox—MommeN.—At denee of the bride's father, 25, by Rev. Mr. Coopea Bra Robert H. Ferguson, of Me Elizabeth, -eldest daughter of Morrison, Esq., of Grey. • DEATHS. tGonnoAt Cranbrook, ton Robt Gordon, aged 74 years. Turnberry, James Wade, son of Geo. W 1 year and3 months. lincttorae—At the residenee o Mr. John. Mitchell, Turisbe Catharine Campbell Mitchell the late David Miteheil, aged. Monnasoss.—In Hullett, en De thew Merrison, aged 82 yea s- .-Gnison—At Lake -View Oo field, on Dec. 8, Margaret Rev. Hamilton Gibson, aged. sCeao-o.—Itt Brussels, on Dee. Clegg, relict of the late Jo of Goderich Township, an of Ma Wm, Clegg, tows:Ai Morris. TuKsmai.—ka Grey, at tiler her son, oti. Dec. 5, Mary, rel late John Turnbull. of 00 shire, Scotland, aged 68 yea/ SMtTn —In Seaforth, n Dec. Smith, formerly of AleKillo -years, illE MARKLE SEOOBT31, 30 Wheat Spring 'Wheat, per bushel.... `Oats (new) per Teas (new) per .. Barley (new) per bushel.-- ..... 13titter, -No. 1, Loose.. .. Butter in tubs., – Eggs...... 3.3..P.33,333.33433.3,31 - Mout- Bay, new Hides. , .P3PPPPbb Tea:leaf, per --Sheep skins_ Sat (retail) per barrel...—. Salt 011iolesaie)per Pdtatoes, per bushel, new. . 40.atinealr . . . . Pork.. , .... . . . . .... IrsTex, 'Fall \Vilest, per bushel. . Spring Wheat, perbushel.–.. - Oats, per bushel. ......... Barley, -per bushel Teas, per "mallet. „ „... Potatoes- ..., ... .... Fork, ..... P 3 • Lossnost, Dee, -White wheat Deihl per 100 to$1 70; Treadwell, .$1 55 red-, SI 50 to SI 60 ; oats', $1 12 to ft'. 1:3; to $1 26 ; eggs, st lots, 200 to 21c; eggs, famers, butter, erock, 25c 30e ; firkin, 25e to $8 25. ToitONTO, Dec. Therc. were in to -day about of wheat at $1 for Nvhit, 94c Well, and 93c for S pr g ; - barley at $1 I0 tote' 12 ; of peas at 75e to t/90 ; au .oats at 44a. Bay S, old al Dressed hogs were a reat13. $8 25. 'Mittel- eold at 28 pound mita 'WPM 6 to 2tic for new laid. TOIZO,NTO LIVE; STOCK TORONTO, BEEVES. ----The receipts 11 during the week. Closing p first class t15 to $5 25 ; fOr $4 to $1 :A, andfor third cla f-•'.3 75. SHEEP. --There was ra during the, past week, and p ly so firm, rangino from $4 ear, dressing 90.1bs., sold ear, dretsing 72 lb7 s. at ears. dressirig 46 lbs., at, $1 we,s but there es aS ready sale f at from $2 50 tn 3. . BUFFALO LIVE STOCK BCFF.1.1.0, Dee. CATTLE.- -Receipts to-(ka) snaking the total supply thus far, 6,970 head, or 410 414 cars for the Same tun 'The market was moderately some sissies of weakening. fair attemlance of buyers. prised zbout 1,800 head. 8 - from $3 to5- Sneer _A LAMBS 3,400 head, making the tot the week, thus far, 11,600 8,-600 head for the same tin The market was dull for 'Nt at $4 to $5 25. So Can ing. Canada lambs held a Canada sheep, $5 to st5 O. to -day,, making +he total supply f thus far, 16,600 head, - for the same tirao.last we Ilet was active for York 180 to 200 lbs., $. 6 75 to FP avertging 250 1b. and to $7 40. Atwilt %ON hands'. c P"