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The Huron Expositor, 1878-02-22, Page 5itlaW ADVERTISEMENTS. Seed Wheat --,Tame$ Landsborough. Residence for Sale -A. G. Ault. Seeds, Seeds --J. Brownell. Money Wanted -James H. Benson. Money to Loan -James H. Benson. Card of Thanks -D. Johnson. Pay Up -Graham Williamson. Teacher Wanted -John Shaw. Seed Potatoes -George Riddle.. Farm for Sale -Alex. Mitchell. Spring Goods ---Duncan & Duncan. Yankee Doodle -Harry Mitchell. Corning -Sheppard Jubilee Singers.. Caution -Daniel Geary. DrIe making Miss Quinlan. tins have done the same thing, and con- sequently the law does not apply to them specially more than to other members. But even if it did. It is so much more to the credit of the Government if, for the sake of the purity of the Legislature, they are willing .to sacrifice the hater - 4 ests of their own friends. There is no man living can cite a single instance wherein a Conservative Government has ever put forth legislation which would • remove patronage from their political friends. On the Oontrary their main • object, when in office, seemed to be to I make laws which weulcl bring: grist to ilIV:111 c, 0,,..r.„,.,.„,. i their OWIr mill, and profit to their own ti # il, 7•1 itel V' °14. .1 friends and supporters, no matter how ; much suoh legislatien might be, opposed : to the interesta of the pountry. The SEAFORIH, FEBRUARY 22, 1878. i , less our_ Opposition ;friendP say on this Canadian Salt for Dairy 'Pur- 1 i ill becomes them to • sneer at the Gov - poses. In other columns will be found a tol- 1 ernment when, they bring forward a erably full resume of the proceeding and disoussions at the Ontario Dairy men's AELSOCiati011 held last week at In Igersoll. It will be soen that the com parative merits of Liverpool and Gene dian salt for 11S6 ill the dairy were telly discussed. It was the universal opin- ion of praetical dairymen who had ex- perimented with both varieties of salt, that the English article is far prof- erable,-in f4ct that Canadian salt is not suitable either for the curing of better or cheese. That this should be the case is. certainly much to be regret7 te-d. The fault cannot be in the unman- 14feet-urea artide, as the fact has been frequently established that the salt brine procured in Canada is stronger and purer than either that of England or the United States. It must, therefore, be due to some deficiency in the mode of manufa,cture. It is complained that the Canadian article is impregnated with lime, or rather that in the process of manufacture the limey substance is not sufficiently :separated. from the salt, and. it has, ccinsequently, an Sajerious effect upon the•clairYproduct. Itis also complained that for some reason or other the Canadian article attracts raoisture -more readily than that of Eng- lish .production. It would be well worth while for Cartadian salt manufac- 'tutors to clirect their attention towards encleevoring to improve their mode of ma,raifacture so as to ctverconae, if pos- sible, the objeotions raised against our salt. The dairying interest of Canada is becoming a very iraportant interest, and is yearlY rapidly increasing. It would, therefore, be wisdora on the part of Canadian salt manufacturers to make an earnest effort te produce an article which would meet the growing require- ments ef the Canadian dairying inter- est. It will be toe bad if, with the al- most unlimited supply of salt whichwe possessin Canada, we will be uneble to supply the wants of our atm trade, but mast force our own people to import from England, and export it beck again in our cheese fain -atter. There should be teaffieient enterprise among our salt manufacturers to overcome Ude defect if it is passible to do so, and considering the purity and excellence of the raw material,- we should think the obstacle would not be ansurmountable. s measure that is in the interests of the country, and press it upon Parliainent, • _ even if it does bear; heavily upon some _ of their own friends. The 'country will a course, and will not be slow to con- trast it tvith, the selfish and gratping policy of the friends of those -who 1now aft a reward of their selfishness, languish in the cold shades of IOpposition, -wheee they are likely to continue for a consid- erable tinae to come. I Praiseworthy Legislation and a Carping Critics The Dominion Government have in- - troduced a measure providing for the further Independence of Parliament. If the present Government had not done anything more, the measures they have pla.ced on the statute boOk for this pur- pose should entitle them to the thanks and support of the people. This addi- tional measure will still further raise them in the estimation of the elector- ate. If the affairs of our country are to be honestly and. economically managed, the legislatora, who' are the guardians of our interests, must be both directly and indirectlyindependent of the admin- istrative power that has those affairs under its charge. The present Govern- ment seems determined to leave nothing undone to secure the accomplishment of this much to be desired end. The present mea,sere extends the disqualifii- of the Commons accepting office, or emolument, or both, from any of the Local Governments. It also prevents Senators from taking contracts from Government. Although it may be next to impossible that the faet of a merabee of the- Commonsreceiving office or eraol- nment from any of the Local Govern- ments- should, in any way, interfere with his independent action in the legislative body where he serves, yet it is well to require members' to abstain even from the very appearance of evil, and. to be like Ctester'9' wife, above suspi- Tr, referring to this measure, a _carp- ing Opposition critic says : " It Virtu "Ally condemrts the conduct 9f which "Mr. Mills,a member of the Government e and Mr. Gs, W. Ross, one of its support- " ers, have been g-ailty." Such an objec- tion shows plainly how herd the Oppo- sition are pressed for material out of which to- manufa.cture something that may perchance tell against the Govern- ment. We cannot see that the proposed legislation is in [any way a condenana- tion of the conduct -specially of the gen- tlemen named. True these gentlemen have accepted office under the Local Govermnent, but many other members of the Commons on both sides of poll- Ditchietg Water Courses. In the Act' providing for the' settle- ment of disputes respecting, ditehing water courses, while ample provision is made for the settlement of all disputes between the owners of different prop- erties within particular meniciPalities, there is no provision matte for the' S'e419- ment of Such disputes, between the own- ers of adjoining lands in separate -tau;- nicipalities. For instance, if the otener of a farm in Tuckersmith, on the boundary • line, wished to drain his lands and the natural water course etas through the farm of his neighbor ie Usborne bn the other side of the boundary line, the ex- isting law does not contain any pFovit can compel his Usborne neighbor to give him an outlet for his qrainage, and. vice versa. This serioes defect in the law _baying come uncler the observation of Mr. Bishop, he has introduced a, bill into the Legislature, providing that! in such cases two fence viewers shall:be selected from the municipalityin which the obstructor resides, and one frem the municipality in which the party de- siring the outlet resides, and these:fence viewers ellen proceed in the same man- ner as if the lauds were situated iet the same munieipalityt for which the law makes a,mple provisions In. case these fence viewers, so selected, disagree; power is given the County Judge to ee- led fence viewers indiscriminatelyfrom either or both of the municipalities in- terested. This bill also defines more explicitly certain_ sections of the existing Act by providing that the CountyJudge, the clerk of the municipality, theT clerk of the division court, and the registry office referred to in said act shall be, re- spectively : Judge of the county, co of the comity, the registry office ;of the county, the clerk of the divisien court of the divisioneand the cleek of the municipality wherein the lands of the owner to be notified lie. ''14-r. Bish- op has also introdeeed a bill making some amendments to the Fence View- ers' Aa. Mr. Bishop's long experienee in cennection with municipal affairs has given him a thorough knowledge 'of the wants of the country in matters of This kind. If there were more practical men such as the Huron representatives, and fewer s tortguey " lawyers in the Local Legislature, the Province would. be fully better served. Notwithstending the announcement recently made that, in consequence Of the refusal of England to withdraw her fleet to Besika Bay, the Russians again contemplate an entry into Constantieo- ple, the indications are all tie favor of an early settlement of the existing European difficulty. According to the policy latd. down by; Priece Bismarck, , of G-ermany may be considered as elimin. ju ated from any caleulation as to the th probabilities of immediate events, the rig issue resting with Austria,' England CO and Russia. At Vienna the belief in it satisfactory arrangement is eo strong, that the abandonment of the impend- ing Anglo -Austrian alliance is ' an- nounced, the Government devoting. its energies to the assenabling of the, Con- fecence, which is to prove the paalacea for existing ills. It is expected that this meeting -will take place at the latest within three weeks, and in view of its early ;meeting the Austro-Hungarian delegates, to whom is committed the sureeillance of foreign affairs, have been convened, so as to- allow the Ministry to go to the Conference with the full sup- port of the cotuatry. Earl De by, Prince Bismarck, and Prince Gorts ha--- koff have announcedthat they will not represent their respective countriea at the Conference, aed Bismarck only stipulates that if the meeting takes place on German soil, it ehould be pre- sided over by a German. i course pureued by Ru4ia---the latter of • the two Principalities with regard to the occupation of Nisch, and the former with what the Roumanian Minister of Foreign Affairs termed the present disgraoeful state of affairs, i. e., the holding by the Russians of the Rou- manian railwaye, and the negotiation by them of matters purely affeeting Roumania. TORONTO TOPICS. .4 BREWING STORM -OPPOSITION GRIEV- ANCES -THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE BILL -THE ATTEMpT TO CURTAIL THE LUNAITICS' DRINKS -A. FELLOW FEEL- ING 'MARES- US WONDROUS HIND- ROSEVEAR'S RHETORIC -,-EDUCATION, (From Our Special Correspondent.) Since- my last letter, nothing of parse ntount inimortance has transpired with- in the walls of the Legislatiive chamber. That is, no great questions have been brought forward, nol momentous laws placed on the statute book, no bold line of policy attacked or defended. The business of the country has been trans- acted quietly, and with, upon the whole, but a moderate degree okobstruction from members of the Opposition. No one, unacquainted with the ways that are dark, and the tricks that are vain, for which the Opposition are peculiar, would imagine that all the materials for a raging storm lie bidden behind that calm and azure sky. Yet so it is. In all probability, before my readers will see this, the storm cloud will have burst, and the storm will have descend- ed with devastating violence upon the unprotected heads of the Merabers of the Cabinet. I refer, of' oourse, to the impending debate on the Orange Bill. This is almost the ouly question about which ebe Opposition agree, and around which. they rally with anything like unanimity, In fact, it is almost the only thing in the' way of a grievance which they have left -and if this were swept away, they would behold them- selves in an anomalous position, even for them -an Qpposition without a grievance. It would be premature for me to hazard any prediction about the debate, but it is to be hoped that the inquisitiveness of the 200,000 Orange- men, who were once flung M. the faces of the Government, will be amply satis- fied. .A,mong the minor grievances which are fast slipping away from the Opposition, is the Model Fenn. Time was when a Tory orator could dilate by the hour upon the mismanagement, the oorraption, the unpopularity of that in- stitution. But year by year it has steadily grown in usefulness and favor, and the attack made last Tuesday will probably be one of the last of the eeries. This being the case, the Qpposition feel t incumbent upon them to make the' most of it, and, accordingly, they re- urned to the attack with the usual amount of misrepresentation and de- raction. One of the speakees carried Ids hostility so far as to advbcate the ale of the Farm, and the distribution f the proceeds among the aOicultmel ocieties throughout the ProviUce. The est answer to the attacks ;male by hese gentlemen, is found in the fact hat every year the number sof pupils s increasing, and that -what is even ore significant -a very large propor- ion, when they leave the Farm, take p _agriculture. If the Farm were so orthless and SO mismanaged, as the pposition would like the country to be - eve, the &mere would have, ere this, ound it out for themselves, and, con- rary to what is the ease, the attend- nce would be _Tepidly diminishing On the same day, Mr. Bethune naov- d the second reading of his cumulative oting bill, providing foe the establish- ent, in municipal affairs, of a system y which the voter should have a num- er of votes proportionate to the pro- erty he possesses. There can be no doubt at Mr. Bethune is perfectly sincere bringing forward this measure. It is ne which he has, for a number of ears, been endeavoring to have made w, and it is, besides, one too hazard- s to be advocated -with a view merely popularity. The system of cumula- ve voting, as is well known, obtains in int -stock oompanies and. others of a ke nature. The honorable gentleman nceives that a parallel' sufficiently act exists between a community with mpany with but one, to warrant the troduction of this principle into mu- cipal affairs. He forgets that he is acing a I dangerous weapon in the nds of lerge property holders, and it but too likely to be abused. But, wever objectionable Mr. lethune's ill may be, there is no doubt that the ate of affairs at which it is aimed is ch as requires a remedy. It is a fact at municipal affairs are in general ore raismanaged-to put it mildly - cities and large toWns, than in rural stricts. One of the main reasons of is is to ba) found in. the large number small householders in cities who hold se- property enough to entitle them to e franchise, and whose' stake in the ht administration of civic affairs is nsequently reduced to the lowest int. It is in the interest of this class at public money should be spent free - and, accordingly, we find them, as a rule, electing to office men who, to sus - n their popularity, advocate the ex- nditure of large sums of money, hi order to provide employnaent for their teens. This evil is seen in its direst ects among our neighbers across the eebut it is one of which We can find ainplee without travelling newly so . Mr, Bethtuie's bill would probably d to remedy this evil only by pro- cing a greater. It would throw the ulk of power into the hands of those eady powerful, and who would be too ely to shape Matters with a view en- ely to their own interests, and not to SO of the ' community at large. In sequence of a large majority of the use declaring themselves opposed to bill, Mr. Bethune suffered it to be hdrawn, though not without ex- ssing his disappointment at, the re- t. somewhat curious discussion arose Thursday last, when the Houseowas ommittee of supply. The item, for maintenance of lunatic assylums under consideration, and among- the ous sums which made up the re-! ed total W&B one for alcoholic liquors. as elicited that while in Toronto and don assylums the medical superitt- ants prescribed liquors for patients ertain stages of the disease ; at King- 0 a th in la ou to ti jo co ex it CO in ni pl ha is ho st SU th in di th ly, tai pe pa eff lin ex far ten du alr tir tho con Ho the wit A change has taken place in the pre Turkish Cabinet, Server Pasha ,havirtg been compelled to resign in consequence A of his unfotmded accusations against on Lord Perby and Mr. Layard, of hold- in C ing out empty hopes to the Turks, ivith the the object of prolonging their resistan:ce. was Safret Pasha takes his ; place. It; is van also announced from Constantinople' quir that the Porte is sending a special eine It w bassy to St. Petersburg, with what ob- Lon ject is net clear. tend • Rouxuania and Serviae are still loud in c in their expressions of disgust with the iton none at all was reqtured. A ma - A.QN E jority of the doctors in the House, who number some fourte'en or fifteen favored the rest of the members with their opin- ions, and it was found that they differ- ed quite as widely as their - brethren .in charge of the assylums. A motion, was made by Mr. Wilson, Member for East 'Elgin -himself a nazdieo-seconded by .Mr. Hay, of North Perth, that the item "for the supply of intoxicating liquors be , struck out. The treatment of the in- sane is a question that has of late years been receiving a great deal of attention, and is one which is still a matter almost entirely of experiment and not of experi- ence. Varieus medical men have their various theories, and when they are placed in positions where they pain. do so it is only natural that they should attempt to carry them into practice,and as was remarked by Mr. Ross, of West Huron, we shall arrive at a better knowl- edge of the merits of the two systems by having in bur smidst institutions in which. each! is allowed. fair play. Hon.1 Mr. I Crooks thought that the gentlemen making the motion were assuming .a grave responsibility in question with' which medical men. have been dealing for years, and the House decisively con.ourred in his opinion by defeating the otion by a vote of 52 to ci 9. puring t is discussion Mr. Retie- year,Imernber for East Durham, made One of those speeches for which he is famous. Mr. Rosevear is a gentleman over -flowing with good humor. It eticks out of his portly, contented fig- ure, playa in' his broad and fragrant smile, and is peen in his very walk. His speechea are hot in. general fathomless in their profundity, but when he rises to his feet, everybody in the House, re- porters and all, put on a prospective grin, which he soon turns into a hearty laugh. A speech from Mr. Rosevear never fails to put the House in better trim, and the wonder .is that he him- self can be so discontented. with any- thing as to remain on the 0ppositioe benches. An unusually large proportion of the time has this session been taken up in discussing school and educational mat - tors. Whatever may be the defects in the Educational policy of the Govern- ment, it haa had the effect Of bringing the system moreprominently before the public and of lead.ing members to take a more active interest in everything connected with education. No member of the House, on whatever7side he may sit, oan hope to have a Bill, however re- motely connected with education,passed hrough without a full and searching xamination being made of its provisions nd probable effects. Accordiegly the ill introduced by Mr.Ross,providingthat nunicipal and school trustee elections hould be held at the same tim.e and in he same manner was a. subject which fforded. material for discussion during whole afternoon session. The change reposed was undoubtedly a good one, nd it is a pity that the Government ould not see their way clear to giVing t their suppoet. In consequence of the lared lost without a division. An ed.u- ational measure of greater importance ame up on the 18th inst., in Mr. Mer- dith's motion for the incorporation of he Western University of London. As result of incorporation this institution 11 have the pewee of granting degrees, onainally with the same curriculum as hat in Toronto University. ' It needs o prophetical inspiration to see that if he poorer University at London is to ompete with her older and richer sister t Toronto, she.will have to do so by ro- tting the stringency of her examine - ons. The necessary result of such a ate of things will be that the repute - on of University degrees will be much ' epreciated, and consequently a blow ill be stkuck at the value of a Univer- ty education. Could a scheme be car- ed out whereby the exaaninations in ese minor colleges would be conduct - by the examining bo y of the Toronto liate them to the la ter body, good. cl. niversity, and thus practically af- rvice would be rendered to the cause higher education throughout the nd. Mr. Meredith's motion iwas car- , ed, the house seeming unable to sur- ount the precedents that e]dst in the ay of granting University; powers to inor colleges. TORONTO, February 20, 1878. IP. W. G. a a ec wi la la ti st ti si ri th ed fi se of la ri Doings at Ottawa. FTOM our own Correspondent. The deliate on the address was con- tinued until half -past 5 o'clock on Sat- urday morning. During this debate some of the most disgraceful scenes ever wit- nessed. in the Canadian House of Com- mons were enacted. In fact, the whole debate from beginning to end was disgraceful both in tone and temper. Dr. Tupper, the deputy leader of the Oppo- sition, opened the ball by making a per- sonal attack on Mr. Jones, the new Min- ister of Militia, accusing him of disloy- alty, &c. This Was the spark which fired up the smouldering embers. Mr. Jones, of course, retorted upon the not invulnerable character of the Doctor in kind. Then came Mr. Bowen, who vented his spleen upon Mr. Huntington by accusing him of havingbeen connect- ed in a disreputable manner with some copper mining transactions in Quebec. Mr. Huntington replied,completely vin- dicating Ids character from the foul as- persions cast upon it by the menaber for West Hastings, who is, by the way, one of the meanest, most insinuating, and, when cornered, most cowardly de- baters in the House. He never dares to make an open charge against an oppon- ent, but ha a sneaking, snarling manner, gives vent to insinnuations ageinst the private characters of members which an honorable man would disdain to utter unless he were prepared to back up his insinuations by a bold charge and plain proof, a thing Mr. Bowen never thinks of. The debate on this memorable oc- casion Was mainly participated in by the members from the lower Provinces, and the bulk of the vituperation indulg- ed in emanated from them. The few Ontario members who did speak, with one or two exceptions, eschewed. per- sonalities and confined themselves main- ly to questions of principle. The de- bate was closed by Sir John who made, a violent attack on the Government, specially singling out the new Minister of Militia, who is net, by any means a favorite with the Opposition. Mr. Kenzie replied to Sir John and the de- bate closed at half -past 5 o'clock in the morning, the members, especially those on the Ministerial side of the House, having stuck to their posts manfully -during the entire debate. What reason the Opposition could have for keeping up this acrimonious and disgraceful de- bate as they did, it wotdd puzzle anY person outside of their own ranks toeson- jecture. The polioy of the Ministry, as laid down in the Speech did. not pre- sent any ground of party contention., whatever may be developed in the course of the Session, when the details of pro- posed legislation will have been submit- ted. Neither in what it proposed nor in what it failed. to propose was the char- acter of the Speech such as to justify the debate that followed epee the motion for the Address. In the former respect the Speech showed for itself ; in the latter the case was equally clear, for the Opposition, fro the leadee downward, throughout th the whole of their acrimonious ta have 9aot taken ground of complaint th scene, one or More, of those great mea urea that they have been pressing upo the ecceptance of ,Parliament and. th comitry and that are the groundwor and the bond, of their existence as party, are eot to be taken up and dea with. The Opposition had no eomplai to make of vicious legislation, po pr posal to give effect to their views in th the form of measures gaught with gre -good to the country. 'There does no appear to lie any reason for the existenc of the present opposition. Not that th Governme0 are any too good. to =13 watched ; eot that they may not be le into doing thee to the injury of the coun try which they might by a watchful and conscientilous opposition be restrain ed from doing; but that the opposition as they are, do not give any reason for their existence. They do not arraign the Government on their policy, and' show with eome manner of reason that they could frame a policy better suited to the circumetancee of the people con- cerned. ,It is true, there is the minor and naerely incidental business of a con- stitutional Opposition -that of watch- ing the performance of executive and ministerial acts, and that the present Opposition may be said to do, but at the same time overdo. They are so viru- lent in temper ; they are so iinpetuous through their desire to get office. They have intensified to an extreme degree the inherent dislike of the Tory to the' privations of Oppoeition life and the self-denial and patriotic devotion to duty for its own sake which the position calls for, that they cannot restrain them- selves to the choice of proper means. They, therefore, forfeit all claim upon the respect of their opponients, and upon the confidence of the country. It is nothing less than outrageous that the dregs of the mud that was thrown so plentifully and with so much partizan vim in Drummond and Arthabaska, Quebec East, Digby and Halifax should be carted up to Ottawa and flung across the floor of Parliament. Yet it is the proper description to give of the debate on the address, to say that it was a con- tinuation of the diereputable partizan warfare which the other day was broken off at Halifax by the election of the Minister of Militia. It is not unlikely that the debate on the Address is prop- erly indicative of what the debate of the Session will be; that is, vastly prolong- ed beyond all reasonable neceseity, the mere throwing of political mud, and all 4 FEBRUARY 22, 1878, The Opposition had no objections to oft fer. Sir John aeceptedMr.Mackenzie'a etatements quietly, With the exception of a slight kick at Cauchon, and. joined in the regrets at Mr. Blake's withdrawt al from office. Mr 'Mackenzie spoke feelingly of the loss Sustained by Mr. Blake. 's resignation. Mr. Blake was present, prepared to reassert -the state- ment of the Premier that there were no disagreements er differfeatee of opinion on public policy between himself and the Ministry. and that continued ill - health was the •sole cause of his resigna- tion. But as the Oppos tion accepted e was no necessity for him to speak. lk, In answering ,some questions about at reciprocity; the/Premier, while empha- s- sizing the statement that the Govern - n meat would I favorably consider any e overtures from! the United States, did k not categorioallti state they would make lt The estimates of receipts and ex- nt penditures for the year ending 30th o- june; 1878, wete submitted to the e House on Tuesday, and Mr. Cartwright, at Finance Minister, annotmced that he t would. be prepared to make his budget e speech on Friday., The estimates show e that for the redemption of the debt the sum required in11878-9 will be $7,588,- d. 431, against $5,382,739 in the current -- year. On public works chargeable to , capitel it is proposed to expend $8,305,- - 900, against S5,738,600, the estimate for 1877-8, the a.,dditioeal canal works ab- sorbing $2,000,000 in the increase. The trifling increase lin the charges to Con- solidated Fend 'account is represented banydascihnargeg trottac.ount of Public Debt The bill amending' the 'Independence of Parliament Act introduced by the Minister of Justee to -day I will disqual- ify from holding a seat in Parliament all persons in receipt of emoluments from the Previnciel Governments. It will extend the principle of excluding the holders ef cdntracts to the Senale, will render the recipients of retiring al- lowances ineligible for election, and bet- ter define the law at preseet existing. The Domieion Temperance •Alliance meet here on Wednesday. On Tuesday a large minaber of members of Parlia- ment favourable • to blgislation on the teinperance question met in the lower room, House of Commons. A long dis- cussion took place relative to what form legislation should assume, considering the present state of public opinions. The meeting adjeurned without coming to a conclusion, in order to ascertain all the legal bearieg 'of the question before taking a decisive attitude. Xt will be remembered thee the - Temperance Convention held at Montreal favoured a plebiscite in order to test the feeling of the country on the temPerance quest tion, and a member of the House of Commons proposes that at the next general election the words "prohibition" "anti -prohibition" beprieted on the bale lots in eech constituency', and that the electors vote for -whichever they like, as in the case of candidates for Parlia- ment. This Would certainly afford a fair test of the feeling of the electors all parts of the', country, but of course done with a spirit of acnmoniousness the quest2on of feasibility has to -be con - tial reasons given why the Liberal par- ty should not be permitted longer to rule the country would be refreshing. If these cannot be given then all right- thinking people will agree that the Op - Position sho-uld respect the good name of the country by holding their peace and letting the business of the House go on without interrup- tion. As soon as the debate was closed and the address passed, a number of depart- mental reports were placed, on the ta- ble. This shows that the heads of the departments are well forward with their work, and that if the business of the session be unduly delayed., it will not be due to lack of energy and promp- titude on the part of the Government, but rather to the elrstructiveneps of the Opposition. Among these reports was that of the Ministee of Public Works, which -shows in detail the transactions and general exP' enditure, with the cost end.maintenance of the various public works of the Dominion during the fiscal year ending June 3Q, 1877. The _amounts expended oil construction were, $8,633,928 13 • repairs, $373,298- 55 ; etaff and maintenance, S2,279,458 - this sem there were expended on con- struction of the Pacific Railroad, $936,- 525 40 ; Intercolonial, 61,318,352 19 ; Prince Edward Island Railroad, $200;- 000. Expenditure on staff and main- tenance was-Intereolonial, $1,661,67 55 ; Prince Edward Island Rail'. d, 6228,595 25 ; telegraph lines in British Columbia, $27,108 54 ; eubsidy to do., $4,000 ; telegraph lines' in Prince Ed- ward Island, $1,946 66, On repairs at London -post office, $671 61; repairs to the drill shed, $600 ; repairs Custom House, $1,007. On construction Guelph Custom. House, $13,111 74 ; Pacific Railway survey, construction account, .S754,624 57 ; -construction harbors and piers at Beyfield, $2,120 ; Chanty Is - 'land break -water, $36,095 12 ; Goderich harbor, $86,175 10 ; Kincardine, $10,- 1514 56 ; Port Burwell, $5,173 75 ; Port Stanley, $3,394 31 ; Lachine Canal con- struction, $1,439,375 ; repairs,,S19,- 824 33 ; staff and maintenance, $33,- 148 86 ; Welland Canal construction, S2,183,147 61 ; repairs, S50,048 93; staff and. maintenance, $59,698 47. - In the report on\ harbors and piers, the Minister states that the harbor att Bayfield was completed in May laid.' The harbor has been dredged, a depth of ten feet. Additional protection has been ordered for the south pier. A northern breakway at, Goderich has been designed to relieve the harbor from the influence of freshets in the River Maitland. A spit of land to the north of the harbor proper has been cut through to admit of the passage of a de- scending stream. This work has been When the H'ouse met on Monday morning members on both sides seemed much more peaceably inclined and ami- cable towards each other than at pre- vious sessions. , Having got pretty well rid of the :bile which had accumulated on their political stomachs during the recess, it is to be hoped that during the remainder of the Session there will be less vituperation and abuse. Sir John Maconald was very conciliatory in his tone towards Mr. Jones, and it is under- stood that he regrets having- been so coaxsely violent and aggressive against hini on Saturday morning. So may it be. Contrartx to expectation, the Minis- terial explanations in regard to recent cebinet chenges, provoked no debate. News of the Week., Sone Motter.-The Pope's , wealth is said to reach 120,000,000 scudi, most- ly in the hands of the Rothschilds, of i 11 is becomin 'g fashionable among the Cath- olic priests of Germany, the civil law CHICAGO SALAIIIES.-In .Chicago 130 teachers are paid more than $650 each per annum, While 650 receive salaries of zu'l'AN AGED TEACHER.-MiSS Catherine Draper, who died in Hartford, Connec- ticut, last Saturday, at the age of 75, had been a teacher in that city for more than half a century. INTERNATION,AL CONVENTION. -The in- ternational Butter, -Egg, and Cheese Convention of the United States and Canada meet at Chicago from the 6th to the 8th of March. MORRISSEY'S COMPLAINT. - Advices from Jacksonville,,Flonda, state' that Hon. John Morrissey is troubled with organic disease of the heart and kid- neys, which is incurable., 1 TALK OF I DISBANDING THE Antra -Mr Bragg, of Wisconsin, has introduced a Bill in the House providitligforidisba,nd- meet of the Army upon the failure of Congress to provide appropriation for its support. DIPLOMATIC , APPOINTMENTS. - The President has nommated he following : III Bayard Taylor, Minister o Germany ; zuela: ; and Mr. Go dloe, Miniser Resi- dent to Belgium. ° No GRATUITIES. -The Secretary of the United Statek Treasury Depart- ment has issued orders, forbidding Cus- tom House employees to accept any gratuities or perquisites ha coniaection wi t en • official duties. NOT HEARD FRO\M.-Newl York ship- pers feel a little tmea,sinese concerning the steamer Mercedita, which was sent out previous to the Metropolis to Brazil. A schooner left Para -011 the 30th ult., and the Mercedita had not then athved. . CONVENIENT. -Prof. John A. Pittsford, ' of Ohio, has been mulcted in $3,300 for breach of promise of marriage, at the snit of Miss Lena K. Howard, a scho;o1 teacher. Bet it is said he deeded all.his property to his wife before mar- rying her. APPLICATIOIsiS FOR A. PRE SIDENCY.-TWO white ministers and a Mississippi negro, graduates of Oberlin College, are candi- dates for the Presidency of Bryan Col- lege, in Texas, and Jefferson' Davis and Senator -Lamar approve of selecting the negro for the position. of the leading millionaire of Chtli, DWI Augustin- Edwardii, occurred at Le- mache, on January 2nd. He was a self-made man, and left a fortune of twenty-five million dolleral Ed- wards was the son of an eminent Eng-. lish physician. TERRI:BILE CURE OFA TERRIBLE DISEASE f -A successful cure of hydrophobia by the use of the terri le\ drug curare is re- ported from Germa y. The drug para- lyzes the motor nerves, though without affecting the sensitive nerves, and so stops muscular convu, lsion. COMPROMISE. -It is stated that Thos. Lord, Sr.', who married Mre. Hicks,has effected a comprothise with, his sons. He places ids entire estate in the hands of• trustees, who are! to pay 61000 year- ly to each of his children. Mrs. Hicks - Lord surrenders a.11 right of dow* in the estate, and agrees 1 to reoeive nothing from it aft th should she survive him. The estate amounts to over 62,000,000. FIRE IN NEW YORK. -A fire OCCUiTed in New York on Sunday morning last in which the 23rd-st. Presbyterian Church and the Scotch Covenanters' Presbyter- ian Church were entirely d.estroyed. The total loss is variously estimated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000, STORM IN CALIFORNIA.. -A heavy storm and flood is reported in California. At Jackson, iimedor County, by the rise of the Jackson Creek, half the Chinese quarters. were swept away- Eight Chinamen and two women were drowned. Considerable minor destruc- tion of property is reportedfrora various quarters of the Upper Sacrainento River. A very high flood is feared. MARRIAGE OF QUEENVICTORIA'S -GRAND DAUGHTER. - The marriage of the Princess Charlotte ot Prussia, grand- daughter of Queen Victoria, to the Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, to'the Grand Duke ef Oldenburg, was celebrated. at Berlin on Monday night with great splendour. The Prince of Wales and. the Duke of Connaught were present. CREMATION.--Tb.e remains of Mrs. Ben. Pittman, of Cincinnati, were afew days ago conveyed by the friends, to Le Moyne's Crenaatory, in Washington and there burned. according to the es- tablished custom. The operation lasted nearly -two hours. All parties except those immediately concerned were ex - eluded, Dr. Le Moyne excluding even reporters of the press. The retort in which the body was plaeed will require thirty hours to cool, after which the cal- cined fragments will be removed. RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN SWEDEN. - An extraordinary religious ro.ovement is reported in Sweden, where a petition signed by nearly 25,000 persons, has been presented to the king, praying that " the use of the holek communion may be free, like the use of God's Word;" or, in other words, that the celebration IA the communion may take place also out of the churches, and that the celebrants may be other than. persons in holy or- ders. The Eec/esiastical Court at the Cathedral Chapter at Upsala, to whom the petition has been referred, has re- ported against such an hmovation,which in their opinion, would eventually de- stroy the Church. The Government will probably refuse the pray& of the petitioners, and the consequence will be a serious split in the Swedish Church. Until very lately, there was no religious liberty in Sweden. Vital Statistics. From a report recently issued from the office of the Registrar -General of the Province of Ontario for the year ending 31st of December,- 1876, we glean the following information: Duringthat year there were registered. in Ontario 38,479 births. Of these -19,733 were inales and 18,746 females. There were 349 pairs of twins, one pair of triplets, 392 illigiti- mate and 114 still -born. In -Huron. there were 1,619 births of which 800 were females and 849 naales; therewere 116 pairs of Awing, 7 illigitimates and 3 'still born. The greatest number of births in any one month occurred in -March and. the least number in Novem- ber ; 1,921 males and 1,820 females were born in the former,and1,502 males and 1,403 females in the latter month. During the sarae-period there were 12,- t550 marriages in Ontario. Of the 12,- 550 men who weremarried. in 1876-L.149 were minors, therefore one in. every 84 who married was a minor ; 4,846 mar- ried between 20 and 25 ; 4,293 between 26 and 30 ; 2,166 between 30 and 40; 623 between 40 and 50; 242 between , '50 and 60 ; and 135 were married. over the age of 60. Of the females, 2,869 or 22.8 per cent were married under 20; 6,126 or nearly 49 per cent. between 20 and 25; 2,056 or 16 per cent. between 25 and 30 ; 980 or nearly 8 per cent. be- tween 30 and 40 ; 381 or 3 per cent. were over 40. The greatest ntunber of mar- riages of minors amongthe litany one place was returned. for the county of Hastings, Carlton next. The county of York shows the highest number of fe- naales married under the age of 20, be- ing 186 ; the next in order is Northum- berland and Durham, 129; Wellington records 127 ; and Hastings, 126. The marriages of minors appears to be stead- ily on the increase in other countries as well as in Ontario. The oldest man, aged 56, married. the oldest lady, 76. They were the most pateiarchal couple joined by Hymen, their trnited ages be- ing 162, or an average of' 81 years each. Five boys of the age of 17- joined their fortunes to girls of the respective ages of 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20. Seven *girls aged 14 married. men from 20 to 26 years,and 22 girle were merried at the age of 15. In the oounty of Huron there were 477 marriages ; of these there were 1 male and 97 females under 20 years - 180 males and 258 females over 20 an'd der 25 ; 188 males and 80 females be- tween 25 and 30 ; 54 males and 21 fe- naales between 30 and 35 ; 2lenales and 5 females between 35 and 40 ; 11 males and 6 females between 40 and 45; 9 males and 4 fema.les between. 45 and 50; 6 niales and 3 females between 50 and and. 60; no males but 1 female between 69 and 65 ; 3 males and no females be- tWeen 65 and 70; and one male between 70 and. 75. There were none over 75 years of age married inthis oo-unty. The religious faith of those married. was as follows : Episcopalian, 149 ; Presby- terian, 358 ; Methodist, 247; Roman Catholic, 66; Baptist, 8 ; Congregation- al, 9 ; Lutheran, 37t; Menonnite, 2. Bi- ble Christian, 68. - The total number of deaths register- ed in 1876 was 18,623, of which 9,746 were males, and 8,877 fernalA3s. In Huron there were_665 deaths, of which 346 were males and 319 females. Of these 134 were under one year ; 92 be- tween 1 and 5 ; 35 between 5 and 10; 60 between 10 and 20; 84 between 20 and 30 ; 52 between 30 and 40 ; 35 be - ween 40 and 50 ; 32 bet -ween 50 and 60 ; 49 between. 60 and 70 ; 44 between, 70 and 80 ; 25 between 80 over 90 years. this county903;8anatet9 whooping cough, 8 erysipelas, 4 puer- peral fever, 1 ix/11118)=a, 23 dysentery, 15 diarrheas, 8 cholera infantim, 1 re- mittent fever, 20 typhoid fever, 7 rhett- tion, 2 scrofula, 80 consumption, and 14 In the whole Province there were 225 naorelemales than males died of phthisis, or consumption of thelungs, in Ontario in 1876. Only nine of the counties returned. more deaths of males than of females. In the 'United coun- ties of Leeds and Gren.ville, this aisease er e de th of her husband, ark stet" 4,0,1743 per 4 Winea (271), alumna gives, aiingsseaseis fortiltaurb 7.eztaisnitteaot5olri;114 lionsuf:34:0:17033:p. igiriz:12Thte:9lirnespet .surais mption.., aivia, .estlillioseenaillnale8);:s;eing.au:',Inintiir::hhoNWtolyWnennletain:reexn;narilil'ili the principal °P :VIII ea u 1 lker stijb' - t jore au le°nee a ,s1 n°tIot i ifheir:t:in't that "renderA 000unen:o_ndral 2rivalperentmitxn, rolrialifrootarnsfounnnvinnit.eseinsagil Vfi / IIivioi,birt y- t 0 ohtawBhe. ti:ri sei ij 14°1 -*ion of the First, Mr. press my vie: toiloyeiomrfgeethn'oes(sr/ school. house -about them x the raiddle (e power for c and play gem: the elevate: _into beDethvirhonesunehir4t Sag, while in ilisiSolla:::' 11 33;:witp:::Ashurvia::°0::::: winO0oUtwiul. atIhsttetteWl:h(i not as fax a& taught to boc their lessons they -wish, th time than. ett pociinbsetsneoecntratahr toiling from A tell about th( year fer even weeks in the with farmer for his value, 'he must be q but each con -does not prat pable of de] through a, m - amount, odic dred cents, and pay ead low his consf drives yount contend it on the plow woi halls, if he h 1,giliiayinwys yer.go.u,tahiocr7 value to the 4 country be w know? He t st ou r e° lgyo p:o af onl Does not a ' Ton as Mr. G fel education as and all the b the 'United 8' idle farm 1 eallings put teaehino, but n j more en the -arbitrary la Minister of ing twine of t Pat Cattle The folio regarding th to some of o Prise, Mall, tained at the put in the st and will cone Mareh. The to each, a pulped turni 15 The of crus ing the cost o B and 12 can mannre to workmen, we to he 28 cent daYs gives xi -an animal as Per bead on ,being bought ID, equals 648 addition to - Re the a-verag animal- The