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The Huron Expositor, 1879-02-21, Page 4•F.1 o 3 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Undertaking—Broadfoots& Box. Photography—Andrew Calder. Dress Goods—A. G. McDoulgall & Co. Roxboro Mills—Burnett & Dolphin. Cheese_FactoryMeeting—H. MeOarthoy Estray Hound—john Insurance Notice—W. j. Sh nnon. Card of Thanks—Thomas Eodgins. Dress and Mantle Making— iss Sleeth. Brine's Monthly Sale—J. P. Brine. Hensel]. Mills—McGregor & rquhart. Saws Gummed—A. Galland Blacksmith Shop to Rent—q. Irvin. Cordwocel Wanted—D. MO aught. • Partner Wanted—E. Mountoastle. Stock -Taking Sale—Duncar &Duncan. Diamond Dust Polish—M. R. Counter. Books and Stationery—C. NS, . Papst: Farm to Rent—Mrs. E. Ramsay. House and Lot for Sale—Peter Daley. House and Lot for Sale—J. Burgess. reeirmansauszatii-..a Oil (txpo.eitot. SEAFORTH, FEBRUAI9 21, 1879. The G overnor- G-eneral's Speech: In the speech delivered by His Excel- lency at the opening of the Dominion Parliameut on Friday last, he follow- . lug are the items of peliey promised by the Government for the consideration of Parlis.ment during the present session: 18t, Tariff readjustment, with a view to making revenue balance Expenditure and at the same time micourege_Nation- al Industries; 2nd, Arnendrkent of the Weights and Measures ct;A3rd, Measure for taking Deoeni I Census; 4t1, Measure 4Or the establlshment of a Bureau of Statistics; 5th, easure for the reorganization of the ublic De- partments; Gth, Measure relabive to Public Land Surveys, to Imes affecting Indians and. certain Admiralty and Or- dinance Lands in the Mealitime Pro- vinces ; 7th, Measure for the estalish- ment of a system of Life Assurance un- • der Government, direction and guaran- tee. Besides these promised measures, the Address annotinced that negotia- tions are in progress with France and Spain with a, view of increasing, trading • facilities between Canada and these countries; that the Fishery Award had. been adjusted and the money paid over; that the G-overnment intend pushing forward the construction of the Pacific Railway, and will " satisfy . reasonable evishes of British Columbia ;" that di- reot communication between Lake Su- perior and. the Northwest will be se- cured. as soon as possible, the 'missing, .link being now under • contract; and. last, bat not least, that,it is 'the policy of the Government. to enfeirce the strictest economy. - As will be seen by the Parliamentary report, the Opposition eveey wisely de- clined taking up the time of the House discussing the Speech, but deferred their criticisms until the promided measures are before them. The Ad- dress was, therefore, adopted unani- mously and without amendment. The conduct of the Opposition in the Do- minion House, in this . respect, stands • out in boM contrast to .that of the Op- position in the Local Legislature on a recent sirailar occasion. For precipi- tating a leagthy and bitter discussion on the Address when there.was no ne- cessity for a discussionthe'Opposition in the Local Legislature are blameable, and had the Opposition in the Do- minion House followed the. example thus set them, they too would have • been equally blameworthy. They, however, adopted the more prudent course. They evidently evince a spirit of fairness towards the Government and a:determination to throw HO need- less obstacles in their wa.y to prevent their bringing forward. at the earliest possible moment that policy which has t been so long promised, and for which the people are so -tenxieusly awaiting. The promiSe is made that this policy, the Natimeal Policy, we mean, will be promulgated to -day. The white ole - pant will be led into the ring: and will he exlaiteci to the gaping millions. We thereforeexpect that in our next issue We will be iu a position to refer to some of the more prominent points of this wonderful animal. In the mean- time, we shall ouly express the ; wish •that the policy will be such as is Prom- ised in the Address, viz: one that Will increase the revenue and at the same time afford protection to native indus- tries.. To check importation and at the same time increase the revenue from import dues seems to us an impossible thing to accomplish. However, we • hope we are on the -eve of receiving • new light. • WHILH the Opposition in the Toronto Legislature are carping sQVer the salaries • paid the officials of the Lieutenant Goveroor's office, their ou-acljutors at Ottawa, are squandering thousands of dollars iu adoruing the grounds, erect - in , g new S.ummer houses and affording • other unnecessary luxuries at Rideau Hall; and have besides squandered thousauds in gorgeously adorning and Ornamenting the Senate Chamber, and in arraying the Hore. officials in new silk gowns. While the Opposition at Torento are growling about the high salaries paid the public officials, their friends at Ottawa • are largely increasing the salaries of their servants, in one notable instance mak- ing a change which involves an ad- ditional expense to the country of over three thousand dollars per annum. ;7-],Z7Halla T1 -:1E HURON EXPOSITOR. FEBRUARY 21; 1879. eeple who take a, plain common se s,e and ututristOoratic view of things, may •be apt to say that in advocating a s s- tem of cheese -paring economy in •one place, a•nd practising the most profligate extravagance in the other, is not very consistent. We might, however, rem' nd all capable of forrning- so vulgar an opinion, that those at Ottawa have t- tained power, and those at Toronto want to attain Power. This, no doubt, accounts for the apparent inconsistency. Let the electorobserve and profit : by their observations. The New School Act. The Act Respecting Public and High Schools,". which has been sub- mitted. to the Legislature by the Minis - t r of Education, and which passed its s coed reading on Wednesday, inert -mu— ), . - rates several reforir in .the existing law. The principal of these are Fi st, hereafter the eleotions for school tees will take place one week after the nominations, instead of on the same day as now. The nominations Will take place on the first Wednesday in Janueey and the elections on the sec- ond. This amendment, it is hoped, will tend. to increase the interest taken iu elections: Second, the suffrage in school trustee elections is also extend- ed so as to include, in addition to the persons now entitled by law, every per- son named on the voters' list of such naunicipality-, aud. vrliether entitled to vote at municipal elections or elections to the Legislative Assembly, when such person has been assessed. for and has paid a rate imposed upou him for school purposes within the last twelve months in the ward, town, village or school section in which he is proposing to vote at such election. Third, the trustees of a Public or High School are -required to receive the sanction of the Council. of the eespective municipality to the expenditure of money for the the Municipal Cbuncils, although they have . to provide the money for the buildings, &c. Under the existing law purcha.s.e of sites or the erection of new SchoolBoards, have no control over it. If a Board takes a notion`to erect new buildings or Make any other expendi- ture, all they require to do is to make a demand upon the Council for such sums as they require, and the Council has no power to resist .the demand. The new law does away with this injus- tice ahd gives the Council the power of refusal ou a two-thirds vote of its mem- hers. Fourth, ,in cases where Town- ship Boards ffere established before the second day of Moirch, 1877, the period • of five years.after which a by-law for the repeal thereof may be submitted shall be taken to begin from the time when the Board was first established. • This claude will afford the people Of Tuckersmith an opportunity, if they wish it, of passinga by-lawabolishing the Township Board and restoring the old system at the end of five years from its first passage, instead of at the end of eight years, as origivally. These are the more prominent features of in- terest in the new Bill. We much re- gret that the old system of open voting in connebtion with sehool trustee elec- tions is to be continued, as the new Act contains no prevision for taking the vete by ballot. To be in, accordance with the spirit of the 'Nees, school trustee efections should' he conducted, in this r4pect,- the game as other elec- tions. We trust the Minister will yet add. a clause to his excellent measure making provision for the taking of the vote by ballot: Surelly school trustee elections are. of equal importance with any others, and equal facilities for a free and. unbiassed expression at the mills shoul& be given in conuection with them as is now given in cornice - ton with .municipal and Parliamentary elections.. mos Econoinsa BackWards. The Dominion Government a.nuounce through the Speech from the Throne, that it is their intention to euforce the • most rigid economy in the management of public affairs. The . following para- graph, taken from a by no meaue un- friendly source, shdevs what a funny way they have of commencing to artery out their' new resolve. The following , remarks, anent the Toronto post office appoiutment, we commeud to the con- sideration of _ our readers. They are keu fit= the Toronto 'Morton, a journal which professes to be iudepen:- dent in politics, but which -has ever had -a strong leaning towards the Conserva- tive side, and. was one of the most zealous and able advocates of the Na- tional Policy. In its issue of -Tuesd-ay, it says : 'Mr. Thornas Charles Pattesou has been gazetted. postmaster of the Toron- to Post Office, in place of Mr. Joseph Lesslie, who has been superannuated on a yearly allowa,nce of $2,500. The su- perannuation of Mr. Joseph Lesshe was a palpable job. The appointment of Mr. Thonias Charles Patteson is a pal- pable outrage. Mr. Lesslie is to -day, mentally and. physically, as competent to perform the duties of postmaster as . he has been at any time within the past' dozen years. There have been no com- plaints made against his management of the office; he did not seek to be re- lieVed of his position,. and his superan- nuation has taken everybody by sur- prise. There is only one explanetion of his removal, and that is that his place was wanted for a needy friend of Sir John Macdonald, who ib supposed to have 'claims.' • It would be interesting to know what claims to a public: office Mr. Thomas Charles Patteson possesses e—what services he has rendered the country, or even the Conservative party, that an honest and e ient gentleman fil shouldebe thrust -out o a position tint he has filled faithfully nd well, in or- der that the ex -manager of the Mail might be provided for. There is an- other asp ct to the question. We point- ed out o a former occasion that the superann ation of Mr. Lesslie meant an expense o the country of 52,500 per an- num—a expense for which there is no justificat on. - Mr. Lesslie's salary as postmas r WaS 03,500 a year, and, as everybod admits, he was a most ea- -clout offi er. The salary of Mr. Thomas Charles °Meson, who knows nothing whateve about the duties of the -office, is to be 4,000 per annum. Two things may fair y be inferred from this—firet, that the ess the incumbent of the offiee knows a out the duties he is. expected to perfor .,the larger his salary out to be; a d second, that it is worth an addition 18500 a year to the country to retain e tlemen of the Thomas Charles Patteson stripe in it! There has been a good d al said these late years, abo it the Lira ss of keeping Canada for the Cana,dia is. The present Government was retu ned to power because it pledg- ed itself o mako. the interests of the Cana.dia people its first consideration. Are we t take the appointment of Mr. Thom.ae Charles Pattesou to the Tcr- onto poe astership, as au earnest of the way n which the Government in- tends to ulfil its pledges? If holiest and effi ient public officials 'must ..m fdiced o t of , office in -order to malle places fo • needy friends e4 the G-overn- ment, b all means' let us see to it that those tie dy friends are men who have done soi eeervice to the country, and net mer adventurers, who come to Canada, n speculation, vilify its public mem hu niliateit in the eyes of decent people a home and •abread, and. then, by wirep llina and impudence, succeed m havil g themselves provided for at the publ c expense." I • , Wean, it not be wisdom ou. the p of Sir Jo n Macdonald to dismiss 1 rt is Chief Engineer, and employ in 1 is ste d th Editor of the Goderich Star? If h eaS r John, we mean—ham-7a doti n this point, we .respectfu direct hi attention to the article on t Go eric Harbor, which appeared thellast ssue of that journal. We sur4 p rusal of that article will set his i in and dispel his doubts at on easseeme 0 T -RIO LEGISLATUR CO ITT T NE -DIG UDG AIL he I- ly 111 re le .e. ?E OF SUPPLY—THE UNIVERSI Y IN _oNTO—THE DEmNITY AG IN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE Si EE ITY OF THHOUSE — T S—TORONTO, GREY AND BRU B AY, &. for the past few wee s had bee thoroughly at work, the G v - ern ent showing every desire to pu h for ard the . public business. rsday the 13th inst., the first loot h, ills—one private and two • Gove n - t meesures—were read a CI rd. e an. made law, and since then Th of 1118 ti co siderable additions have been m de to he statute books. The House a so • on hur -day went for the first ti e into Con maims of Supply, and pas ed the app opriatiou of $155,847 for ci il Govern ent. The Opposition took oc- casion o course, to object to seve •al items in this amount, especially to e amount. for salaries in the Attorn ,y - Gen end' and Lieten an t- Go ver n o officers. The Deputy head of the t- torney- eneral's department, an •3 1- mittedly ca,pable gentleman, recei es a salary of $2,800 a year. Besides c n - ducting a large correspondence of, a very technical and peculiar charact r, he requires to possess considerable le knowledge, as he is called upon decide all questions referred_ to that pertinent not of a sufficiently diffic uature to require to be laid before Attorney-G-eneral himself. For chit th such las ese it would not seem tha salary of 52,800 would be called. extr agent. But there is going to be 'election shortly, and the Opposition, ing to create a record w go the couutry have selec the sal ries of officials whereon begin the assault. Le this case, ho ever, th y are checkmated by the f that th increase in the .salary of official r ferred to was heartily concur in when it -Was made,by the then lead of the 0 pbsition. It does seem that present on the chair tir when t thea acts for any . advanta plan pu cubit; salaries doe's * endeavo which t • • al to 0- lt he 68 v- an 11 th ed. to ct he ed rs he commas of the front bend es vrong side of the Speak -hard pressed for -a " polic ey coederim their o 11 11 the purpose of condemning Imminent. But apart fr onsideretions of politi e, there is no doubt that t sued by the Government their . servants rem u n erat is .the correct 'oue. '&fiir 111 al of ges for afteir day's work "ho .. good wi h civil service officials as w other m n, and if the country desires be served by _intelligent and. cepa she must be . pay. them well. A ceri m iithe Opposition's show is their refusal to move for, support a reduction in the salary of • ny OffiCial ho is known to be of , their OW11 1)0 itioal stripe. A. proposit'on was -ma e by a -private member on • he Governr. ent • side of the House , to abolish he Office of Inspector of Pu g- istry 0 ices, which entails an a,nn expendi ure of -52,000 -a year.. Con erable d fference of opinion was expr ed as to the utility of the. iuspecti though majority of those evlici see on the s of the o holding leu o w Go vernr Opposition that they, would suppor mots on, were ne 111 tlie puncter the 0 don n ed. On F wer to salted tl Govern:. m eas uee entire c Provinc tion was officials, pared t feature econona ds th to le re - us of or al id- ss - 11, lee bject advoceted the abOlit'011 ce. The gentleman pres nt he position is, however, a well nservative, and though seve al -mit members assured he oing away with th.e office, t em t..with .silent refusal to tn. ve atter. It takes but little to the thiu veil of economy ti at position have this sess ou iday, after Mr. Mewat, iD. a s - question by Mr. Baxter, h: d - at it was not the intention of he ent to introduca this Bessie, a for the purpose of assuming the trial of the common jails of he , considerable private legis a - disposed of. A Bill relatin to the disposition of the endowment of the University of Toronto, introduced by Mr. Scott, was read a second time. Its prin- cipal prevision is that no appropriation of the endowment fund. for permanent purposes hall be made without first receiving the sanction of the Legisla.- ture. Hitherto the practice has been to dispose of the funds solely by order of the Lieutenant -Governor in Council, and, though it was not pretended that any misrepresentations had been made, the Opposition apparently deemed it necessary to deprive the Government sum is, granted by the Peoin:nce nomi- , nally in consideration of special work done for it by the juges, - but in reality because the salariesi paid them by the Dominion Government, who have their appointment, &rob tpo low. It has been found cheaper IJo pay that amount from the Provinelial treasury than to cast the burden. e' tirely upon the Dominion, as in that ase all the judges similarly situated throughout all the Provinces would asI for a similar increase, and thus entail aJ heavier ex- pen.diture on e3ntario as tthb largest tax of this power. No opposition was offer- paying Province in the Do illiall. The ed. to the measure on the part of the motion to strike out the item was made Goverument, Mr. Crooks, in an unbend- by a Government member, land was sup - sides of the meiat and tion united been giving them from time to time. against it, and of course caeried the day. It is satisfactory to know that the Op-. After passing a few items, in the total position have at length formally aban- appropriation for Public Institutions, doned the. pernicious principle which '-k97,81.67, the House adjourned. .they se long have upheld, and which I On Tuesday, Mr. Crooke hi moving the country so signally condemned when 1 the second reading` of his school bill the Sandfield Mac louald Government I enter4 into a very full description of t d. was•turned out of power. Mr. Mere- the Provincial School Sys em, welling dith's bill, providing for the exclusion . on its economy and effici lacy, and the of license inspectors and. commissioners high position it occupied ie comparison from Municipal Councils, was read a with other school systems pf the world. second time. Mr. Hardy presented a The House again went hitt) Committee number of returns, among them being. of Supply, and passed a fer more items the fourth annual report of the Ontario of the appropriations for Public Iasti- School Of Agriculture. A perusal of tutions. this report shows that the school has A large deputation of representative been doing good week, and is eminently men from the muxiicipali4es along the accomplishing the objects for which it line of the Toronto Grl and Bruce was founded. A number of interesting Railway, waited on the AttommeGen- and useful experiments have been con- eral on Monday evening, to solicit aid -- ducted with iNeeiew to obtaining;definite to enable the- Company to widen the information on points of 'interest to far- gauge to the standard width. They reers, and some of the problems at dis- ask $250,000 for this purpose, failing pate in agriculture, have either been which sum they contend, with some - solved or have had new light thrown show of reason, that tbe line is entitled. upon them. The appropriation of to the G-overnrnent bonus ;from Weston , m 4111,250 for legislation, was not allowed. to Orangeville, which the c ompany did. to pass without another discuesion upon not receive at the time df the construe - the matter of the indemnity to mem- tion of the road, on account of its hay- bees—a question which has evoked the ing been begun before tie passing of liveliest discussions of the session, and the Railway Aid. Act. T e delegation which it is appaimutly decided shall not was received by Mr. Mowiet, as all clele- be allowed to die out for went of venti- gations are received bet- him, with lotion. The estimates showed. that the courtesy and kindness, and a careful Goverinnent have reduced the indetn- consideration was promised to their re- nity from 5800 to $600, thus making a quest. He intimated., however, that saving of about • 517,600. The same the Government might deem it neces- ground Was gone over ob. Friday which sary to take the opinion o4 the electors has been travelled already ad nau8eam, as to the advisability of Setting apart • the Oppositf on, of course, &intending any further portions of the surplus that the Goverument would not have before they would take upon themselves made the reduction had the strong the responsibilty of doiug o. pressure not been brought to bear , T. W. 0. against them which has been applied by • TORONTO, Feb. 18th, 1876. the Opposition. . Mr. Mowat disposed eseemesome• atemsaNatim. _ed moment, congratulating his friends opposite on having learned so thoroughly the lessons that the Reformers have parted by a number on bot House, but the Gover the leaders of the Oppo of this -argument by saying that it was the intention of the Government all along to reduce the indemnity, and that coUrse had been decided upon long be- fore 0meetiug of Parliament. The Opposition will now see the position into which their own haste has led them, of having wasted. days of valuable time in. discussing resolutions condemn- ing' the. Government for what would have been rectified at the proper time. Perhaps they will now deny that their action was pronepted by a desire to make political capital. It seems as if new developments attend upon this qieestion. -whenever it is nuluckily brOught up. Th6latedt is the discovery of the fact that Mr. 'Meredith, the lead- er of the Opposition, has never accepted. the increase of 5200 in his indemnity, but has annually paid it overfor charit- able purposes to the Treasurer of the city of London. It is easy to be seen that if this were made known Mr. Meredith would secure to himself an ad- vantage in the eyes of the public over every ether member who took his 1t800 without scruple. The fact was com- municated to the House by Mr. Ferris, to whom it was mentioned by Mr. Mere- dith in a discussion that took place out- side of the House. Mr. Meredith, of course, condemned Mr. Ferris for retail- ing a private conversation, though it is difficult to see the privacy of a conver- sation which was participated in by several members of the House and some gentlemen who were not members of the House. . The dignity oi the Honee is ti, very sacred thing, and one against which no oue could. think of saying or doing -any- thing derogatory. Some of therules by whieli it is upheld are, nevertheless, in- scrutable to minds whichlatvendt had. • the benefit of a Parliamentary training. There may be some foundation for the regulation which prevents hon. mem- bers from calling one another by their names during debate, as tending to dis- courage anything in the way of , per- sonalities, but it is hard. to see why a member should be roundly called to or- der. for having incidentally mentioned sonaething that had taken place in the Public Accounts Committee. _ A mem- ber was so unfortunate as to let the name of that Committee fall from his lips one clay last week, and immediate-. ly the interjectious of his fellow mem- bers, as to the necessity of keeping or- der, reeelled him to his seuses. He withdrew the un -Parliamentary lan- guage, ceased talking of th"italic .&c - counts Committee, anel eontin ed his 41' uarration of what happened. ' "that other place." This,of course,hesides being extremely explicit; was highly satisfac- tory, and. references to " that other place" were afterwards quite in. order. Another amusing practice of some .hon- orable gentlemen who would like to ex- press their opinions of each other pretty freely, is to gravely tell the House what epithet they would. apply to the hon- orable gentleman's language, and how they would designate his conduct, were the-youtside of the House. If such a thing had been done on any other place than the floor of " this Housei" the honorable gentleman who is speaking would. have characterized it as treachery ancl treason, * and Le would, if be hacl been asked his opinion outside of the Chamber, have stigmatized his statements as false- hood and slander. Of course the fact of each things being done and. said in the House does away with auything ob- jectionable about them, and the mem= ber at whose head the epithets would have been hurled had it been some- where else, no doubt feels .obliged to his honorable friend for his moderation. Apiece of good advice was given net long ago to gentlemen inclined to this mode of warfere, that they should really go outside the House when they wished to make any un -Parliamentary remarks, or that if they could not adopt that plan, they would confine themselves to the language of decency and moderation. On Monday the House, in Commit- tee f Supply, passed the amount asked for administration of justice, $280,917. A motion to strike out the appropria- IMon of $1,000 for each of the Superior . Court Judges was voted down. This I Dominion Pa/4i The real work of the menced on Monday, whe on the Address was op. Brecken, of Prince Edwar moved. its reception, and the Course of his remarks merit sesSion coin - the debate ned by Mr, Island, who ommente& in on the vari- ous features of the Spee0.1 from the Throne. When considerieg the clause relating to the readjust nent of the 1 tariff, he pointed out he want of thought displayed by such classes of the community as leaned en legislation as the sole means of restoring prosper- ity. Mr. Tasse, the junicir member for Ottawa, seconded, in French, the Ad- dress. MreMackenzie followed, and af- ter the customary comAinientary, re- marks on the preceding speeches, criti- cised several features of the Address, and referred to the meagre list of pro- posed legislation. The Premier con- cluded. the debate in a br ef speech, in which he expressed hinase f as pleased on, th,e whole with the re arks of the leader of the Opposition. The Address vais then passed en bloc, aid the reply formally introduced and adopted. Mr. Tilley gave notice that on Friday next lae -would move the House into Committees of Supply and Ways and Means. The Public Acqounts, Trade and Navigation returns, an& :report of Militia, Public Works, and Inland Rev- enue Departments were *ought down. Mr. Mackenzie asked that the' tenders received. for the constructiion of the.con- necting links on the JI!hunder Bay branch of the Pacific Railway; be laid. on the table, but My. Tepper demur- red. to the request. on the i ground that the contract had not been awardecl: On Tuesday Mr. Anglin s motion, re- lative to the controversy, affecting the powers of the Speaker of a defunct Par- 1 liament, came up for eonsideration. He discussed. the constitntional ques- tion in an able and calm Manner. The spirit of his contention westhat he had had‘conferred on him by statute the power of dismissing officials, and. from that oircumstance he drew the infer- ence that he had the power to appoint. In reciting the circumstances connected with the appointmentsni tide by him- self, he exempted himsel entirely from. the charge of having made unnecessary appointments, aud stated that officers 1 of the House had urged t e necessity of making the appointuieut ein. order to promote the efficieucy of he public ser- vice. The Premier, in reply, argued that there was no questi n of Parlia- mentary privilege involeed, and only that of statutory interpretation. A -Speaker was simply endo ved with he • power dering the interrenk,n,um between two Parliaments to carr on the expen- diture and keep•the mac inerv in mo- tion, but not to make ppointments. Mr. Cockburn, Q. C., exp •essed himself favorable to the views e tertained. by the Premier. A cross -fir between Mr. coup try though an unconditional pardon I Mackenzie aud. Sir John A. Macdonald was asked, as he was the sole support ' ensued as to the remove, of Mr. Piche, of leis aged mother. in which it was shown by the former • that the latter had stated that Mr. branch of the Philadelphia and. - Read- Piche was still an officer of the House, ing Railway on Friday 300 feet of track while Mr. Speaker had atmounced that clisa.ppeared without warning into the the vacancy had occurred and been workings of the Rechard,son colliery, 'filled. Mr. Anglin, with Some warmth, near Glen Carbon. It will take seven criticised: the remarks Made by the months to fill the cavity. Premier, which. he inferred charac4r- -r adveueoal, STRIKES.—The Liverpool notice of/a return -in connection with the tenders for the 'Hansard, that may develop a little crookedness, Mr, M. C. Cameron (South Huron) asks -for a re- turn ineconnection with dismissals and - appointments, that will cause a general shaking up; and Mr. Anglin asks for the inner history, in the shape of all correspondence, respecting the appoint- ments since last Session of Parliament. Mr. Cartwright has given notice of number of motions relative to expen- ditures ou the Pacific Railwa,y Exten- sion, and the Welland. and Lachine Canals. It grows manifest that the Government will be well watched, and it must be admitted that they need. it. • • . Hon. Wm. Macdougall is quite out- spoken as to the course he will take. He is disposed to hold the Government of Sir John Macdonald to their 'promises upon • the question of protection. He adniits that Sir John -aed his friends have not always fulfilled their promises heretofore, and there are indications at the present time which are calculated to cause grave distrust that he fs not going to follow wherever they may choose to lead. They have promised economy, and he will do his best to make them practice it. He will not be a party to political trickery and hum- bug, and believes the country is tired of the worn out politicians on both stoles, with Old World notions,and that anew departure is needed, and. these, he is very much afraid, he will not get for the moment. He says the age of hero•wor- ship has about closed, and unless the efinistry do better than -present appear- ances indicate, they are likely. to dis- • cover this very suddenLy News of the Week. BEACONSFIELD ILL.—Lord Beaconsfield has influenza and is confined to his resi- dence. Somaresere.—Berlin is to be declared in a partial state of Beige, on account of the Socialistic movement. THE CHAMPION BEITE:s1.—Elliott has beaten Higgins in a boat race for the championship of Great Britain. YELLOW • FEVER.—A New Orleans despatch says the reports that yellow fever prevails there are untruthful. thousandV e eexmvxael es ;IT inAebso —About r e asenthtuhlarodurgeha farm of Mr. Peter Cantelon, north half the New Yorkpostoffice on Friday. of lot 14, on the 7th concession of Mor- DesritnerivE.---Sixty seven horses, ris, on Thursday last, met with a seri• worth $72,000, were burned. to death in ous accident, getting his leg fractured the New York Tattersall's on Friday. in two places, The fractured limb was IMMENSE, re TRIM.= The Des Moines set, aud he is progressing as well as could be expected. - Register estimates that 410,000,000 worth of property is annually destroyed by the —The burglar, Fullington, eVho , was liquor to a lawyer of the place who used to be a leader at the state bar, but is now a drunkard. • 1111r031 Notes. - —Mr A. Wolper, of Exeter, has pur- chased Prang's Hotel, Zurich. HUTOR AASiZe COUTt will open at Godericla, on Monday, the 14th Ot April. —Winghanfs chief -constable is Mr, James Davidson. He gete a salary el 5400 per annurce —Revival meetings have been held itt the Methodist Episcopal Church * Brussels, for a week or so past. —Mr. H. Dunbamof the firm. of Dun barBrothers, has retureed to Ethel se - ter a lengthy vacation among hie friends. —Mr. Wm. johnston has purchased from Mr. John Kyle, 100 acres of land in the town plot of Wingliam, township of Turnberry, for the h.andsome sum of $5,500. . • —One day last week it fine young horse, belonging to Mr Jas Westcott, of - I.Isborne, had its loci badly eut by -cora. hag in contact with.t'a plow share while being led through the barn. —Mrs. Gideon Ritchie, of Blytle, was stricken wlth paral esis on Monday even- ing last. Thq whole of one side is rett. dered perfectly helpless, and doubts are entertained of her recovery. • —Last week Mr. R Luxton, of Ex- eter, cut his foot very severely while chopping in MeGillivray. The gatb wise stitched ha Dr. Hutchinson. Mr. Lux- ton will not be able to do any work for five or six weeks. --On. Monday of last week, Dr. Hiit. &bison, of Exeter, 'went on a profes- sional visit to the Elimville parsonage, and while his horse stood at the door, some rascal stripped his cutter of robes, whip, etc. No clue to the perpetrator has been discovered.. • —A horse belongin-g to Mr. W. Baker, of Crediton, which ran away with Mrs. Baker while zonaing to Exeter, a few days ago, repeated the freak last week, upsetting Mrs. Baker about -a mile south of the village. The runaway animal was stopped near the Mansion House. • -One of the shafts of the cutter was smashed. —Mr. -George Armstrong, of Morris, while engaged in skidding. logs, on the arrested at Exeter lately, ancrwho was rats of Iowa. UNTRUE.—The report that the native committed to jail for carrying a revoi- forces in Zulu, who were assisting the evaerp,eaanfrdefmor Getriaalerfieork ibauil7lHareyiehaamseems: Britiele had. killed. their officers, is un- true, on the contrary, they fought braVe- bareer ionf eal agtersLoellnagoann,g.a, nstiom.geaovfe wthhoerein,„, ly. NAPIEB IN COMMAND.—It is rumored the name of Beatty. He is wanted there, that Lord Napier, of Magdala, who ar- and it is probable that he will be rear - rived in London on Saturday, has been rseoshnted.m. a,ppointed to command the Zulu expedi. —One epdhayailia;twelhye, alivlietetleinchtire of teLsa don STRANGE.—A strange coincidence plot of WMghans., near the cemetery, occurred. on Sunday, kirs. Horace Board. slipped off the doorstep and. fell on She and her daughter dying at Cambridge edge of a board, cutting the flesh be - and. Boston, respectively, and at the same moment. LAGER BEER EXPLOSION.—Franz Lutz, 3of Brooklyn, was clea,nsing a lager beer hogshead, when the gas generated to tween its eyes quite to the bone. Medical aid. was called. in, and three stitches were put into the wound. The child is doing as -well /is Could be ex- • such an extent that it exploded. with pf :_cmt eledrhi. ye bending known as McNabb's Bending factory, at Exeter, great force, killing him. • PARLYSIS.—Rev. R. Nelson, D. D., of Factory, was totally destroyed. by Are New . York, Treasurer of the Metho- i on Monday morning last. It was OW11- dist Missionary Society, was stricken 0. by Mr. Hall, of St, MarYs. The fire with paralysis ou Saturday evening, was the work of an incendiary. The building, machinery and. stook were in - and is not expected to recover. THINGS HAVE CHANGED.—Senator , sured for 44,000, It was set on firethree presided a portion of the afternoon, it —In Brussels, on Monday -evening Bruce was called to the chair of the tunes, but on foriner occasions was seen United. States Senate on Friday, . and 1 bluesftorweemeku,cabs dyitaret,sa,, gile wuniasuicleo,new. who jives being the first time in the history of the Government that a colored man iWnigthahowner dsatuagirhst,esrieMlrosaShhieerl, bwisisaugot; occupied the chair. Souni AMERICA.—The 1110St severe and fell to the bottom upon her face, shock of eaathqualse since Arequipa, her forehead striking the floor violently, Peru, was destroyed, was felt at that How the old lady escaped instant' death city on Jan. 9th. No damage was done is a surprise. 'The injury is a painful there, but it is feared serious.. results NOvIlme, bbeutexitpiesrihenopeeead.that a full receeiery have occurred elsewhere. a Seney, forrcier wife of Judge Seney, of Tillin,°Ohio, has sued a young woman STOLEN A_PFECTIONS.—MrC Anna —A soiree, in connection with the held on Wednesday evening last week. Presbyterian church„ Molesworth, Was named. Walker, who is now married to Mr. A. J. Campbell occupied the chair. Seney, for 410,000 damages for steal- Addresses were delivered by Rev. ing Judge Seney's affections. . Johnson, pastor of the church, Reis SUICIDE 0E A Docron.—Dr. G-rey, of - Mr. Brown, Wroxeter, Rev. - Mr, Mc - Denison, Texas, who distinguished Kira- : Gregor, Listowel, and others,. The self by his professional service .a,t Holly , church was well filled, and everything Spring daring the, epidemic, committed i passed. off onef(vagr. le.e.wa,b.lyi.lutTchlieer,su_omf Exeter, EQUAL RIGHTS.—The first colored. boy suicide Feb. 16th by shooting himself. wanads htailsreanituinghatterthwe.edr:ord-riving up, the No cause for the act is assigned. evet admitted. to the-whiteboys' normal London Road, about a quarter of a mile school, Philadelphia, was received ,on 1 sseotuathndOtfbethhoerseeorsptaorrtaetalohno, home, iFearividanyg deo loirmoef - school, and entered the .competitive ex - Wednesday. He came from the colored. . evening, 7th inst.„ their -cutter was up- , .attedinzbaenlaiinnto tThehesatniabinlea,Ithcaem amination against 126 white boys. which was open. The runner of the was hanged at Cleveland, Ohio, On ' HE WAS PREPARED.—Chas. McGill t cutter was broken by eoming in Cons Thursday, for the murder of Mary door,. Fortunately Mr. and Miss Butch - tact with the door -casings of the stable condemned man on the scaffold were ; , Kelly. The only words spoken by the er were not hurt. " Don't make one mistake about that record ..the advancement of ilurOnis —It is always a Source of pleasure to rope." • 1 " boys,- and the many friends of 'Dr. devastated the favorite tourist's resort GREAT DEVASTATION.—The fire which John Hutchinson, son of Mr. W„: B. of Meryingen, Switzerland, spread to : Hutchhason, who lately removed Let= and destroyed the hamlets of Hansen Bluevale, will be pleased to kern. that Stein and Eisenbolgen. A. thousand . John has been appointed surgeon on persons are homeless. Interlaken was ' - board the steamship Peruvian, of the at one time threatened. Allan Line. The vessel, during the RELEASEL,—011ielly, the last of the ' pool, Halifax and. Baltimore, and in ; winter season, sails between Liver - Fenian. prisoners discharged from prison, sailed from Queenstown for New York the summer between Liverpool a).11 on Friday. He was obliged to leave the Montreal.•- . —The following are the officers of the -Exeter Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars ; P. W. Ce T. Bro. R. Pickard; W. C. T., Bro. W. *arid- ing ; W. V. T., Sister E. Hie), W.Ate 1 Bro. J. Fairbairn. ; W. T., Bro. .g. Hicks, W. S. ' Bro. G. H. Bissett, W. , F. T., Bro. J, N. Howard; W. C., Bre- I J. Down • W A S 9' I 1 , - . ., , iater 5, Sma e ; 1 W. A. M. Sister D. Marshall; R.H.ree , Sister M.5Palmer ; L. H. S., Sister. S. Balsdon ; L G., Sister M. Latta - 0 G , , a RAILWAY TRACK DISSAPPEARED.—On the izecl Mr. Speaker as the Mere •creats/re strike h • as practically collapsed. °Only of party instead of the Choice of athe three thousand attended Monday's , Brea_ W. Fanson. House. Mr. Macdougall (Halton) Cook meeting who resolved to continue the ---e0n. Thursday night, 6th inst., about an independent stand, and claimed to strike. Meantime work is being re- . twenty-five of the most influential eiti- partizan—therefore could'not agree with be more of a parliamen4atian than a The sailors continue to hold out. Centralia, surprised. Mr, A. J. Rollins sumed on the whole line of docks. I zena and residents of the vicinity of the Premier's contention. . Every efforft FEARS or, FAMI \TB IN iNDI A. --A slight by appearing at his residence, backed should be made to resist, on the part o rain fell in Punjab on Saturday, but m... appearing good things of life, to wish hiss the -wish that at least there should be any one, the usurpation of the functions of the House, and he further expressed risk of famine which. is imminent =- sufficient to apparently diminish the , farewell and God -speed prior to his de - by an unlimited quantity of oysters and one place in the country in which loth political parties could nseet on equal footing. His remarks were much ap- plauded bNy the Opposition, and greet. ed. with ominous silence by the Min- isterial benches. The motion was car- ried . The Opposition in the Dominion Par- , . , liament are already exhibiting vitality: Mr. G. W. Ross (West Middlesex) gives less rain falls -withm a fortnight. In Oude and. the north west Provinces the situation is equally bad. There is also some complaint from Bengal. PECULIAR PR0IIII3ITION.—The common council of Racine, WiSCOUSill, have ad- opted what may be justly considered a peculiar discriminative liquor law: It prohibits all liquor dealers parture for Manitoba, whither he gees in a few weeks. A elelendid banquet was spread and partaken of by the as- sembled friends, after which Mr. T. Greenway was voted, into the chair, and Mr. W. H. Atkinson read an address and presented Mr. Rollins with beauti- fully bound eopies of Charles Dickens' works complete, comprising 14 volumes, cos ng $25. Mt. Rollins was taken in. the city from giving or selling and ti co ly re the; sets -tura ! who VtiT-e a /Ma G-OVI wani.istle Las. : P1:% eaeeve tradut emits • knor yea. ton, esa• p4tt fait hem fo ber witi • day; drel t una 00.81: -dist I • was ousl had slei !the , the .44 afte the dor tim of t be 1' of an goe deb alli: we bus .1.181 ma, dep ber wer elec Nvo as t che bar me to of 3754 1-1,3 tics- occ!