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Spring Hate—T. .Jackson.
Cheap House—J. Q. Gilroy.
Firm to Rent-- Geo. Sheppard.
Property for sale—J. A. Nelles.
House to Lee—W. H. Ransford.
Baby Carriages—W. H. Ransferd,
Beets and Shces—W. H. Simpson,
Drawing Classes—Mies Mountcaatle,
Stock Complete—R. Callender et •Co.
To our Friends—Pingman & Humble.
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Store 01 masers. museum e Humble, mail W. H.
A.Ibert Street. rrioo 6 eons per cope
r -
aniregliNiqPNT I'Argte tettatitNe
The question that 70,3 originated a
•few weeks ago as to the wisdom,
and advantages of A national pa-
, per currency him assumed such ditnen-
' sions that it is about to be introduced into
the House of Commons by Mr. Wallace,
of South Norfolk. The fact that the
United States; issueoleabout $10 worth
of irredeemable paper money, which re.
Hewed them of the neceseity of borrow-
ing that amount, and hae kepteit iu cit.-
culation, and hes latelybrought it.to
par, is looked upon by many ae a good
grotto(' for suppoiing that Canada could,
with advantage, issue $10,000,000, or
oFFICIAL PAPER, OF THE 'COUNTY,
7Itli,R§DAY, -APRIL 3, 1879. "—
' ItETRENCHAIENT. .
The Conservatives are now in po-
sition tp carry out the, views.. advanced
by them in reference to curtailing„the
anneal expenditure, that is; so far ,as
Ifeilg"iii"pbWitee Vates 'Welt in thit pee
Everyone koows thatone of the
principal tharges against the Mckenzie
— --e---gezernment- Was- that there, Were too
manyMinieers,, and that their salaries
were ri1tegether4od hig1i and people
were led to expect that a new. order . of
thinWould exist onViirliclvent of 1
new governftiOnt. "The. Conservatives
have now beerein power for six months,
but as yetthe.first. seep ,fie`Wards. redo-
ing" the- twinher of .ministers or 'their
salaries has. no been . taken; indeed, AS
• a matter of feet, an .add.iticinal Minister:
•l.s been appointed. One would. top -
'Pose that after the loud talk they:raised
.against their opponents, they .Would
• make,' At tette* a :4104 -of retictichment,
but 'evert such has notbeen the case
• We have leolted in vain foe eerepeation
of the articles CoUServetivo journals,
mg upon the government •to, wow--
mize, andwe niest noW' cbnciide that
• the argnments of thete -were more in the
interests of pal ty than • Country; that
. .
titer were meeelY the ntterancee of pare
'
. .
ty cries. The following- extract, which
we clip from'. the lyfentreel 'Steer, i's
Much to the point; 'etliae giVe 'elt•
entire t— ••
"In hie financial statenneet; Mr.- Tilley
justified his Tariff Policy, not only on the
• ground °fate necessity there was for pro.
• tecting our industries, but beeause it had
• becomeef. Paramount importan.ce to raise
• additional revel -mete as well to -meet ex:.
isting defieieneiee as to ineet expenditures
that c,euldatot he Otherwise: provided
• - Why cannot he retreneh be connectiodwith
the Cabinet? That it is possible. ter him
• to do go ie evident•frona the experience of
the United States, vvtoEse affairs,"Federally
peakieg,..itie administered by a president,
vice -President and stleren 'members -of the••
' Cabinet, 'viz., e Secretary Of State, . Secre-
tary of . the"Trensary,; Secretary of. the
• Nally? Secretary, of War, Secretary of the
' Ititertor,Postmaster.Genetal atuyitterneye
' General.. If these gentlemen, with the de,
• puty-heads �f their several departments,
are sufficient for all the States of the Un-
ion, their great population and their vayied-
• interests and 'requtrentents, (timely a smell
• people like those °fate Dominion 'can do.
• With about half the Present Cabinet offices,
and would lose nothing by-asimilar dime-
netion in each of the Provincee. Let Mr.
• Tilley see if he -cennot lint the pruning.
• knife in here, And if he must have orna-
• mental 'gentry to advise His EXcelleney let
him make their positions -honorary; er re-
• duce their stipends at least half, taking ilea
care that it shellbe: impossible far such
ministers •to make up, the difference hy
other method's at the public expense' We
may remark tliet Mr. Sherman, Secretary
of the United State() -Treasury, combines'
• the ,pflice repesented in Canada by the
• Finance Minitser of • Custome,, Inland
Revenue, and what used to be the Receiver,
General. • Other ministers ill addition to
doing infinitely more business than those
• here have, super-added to them functions,
whieh in.our case, are vested in the Ini-
perial authority.'.'
• mit. CA01E110E4,8 SPEECTI.
•• On our first page eyvillbe found the
speech: of the member for South turcM.
• It is somewhat eurtailed, but the main
features of it are there A eareful peru-
sal of it should be sufficient te tonviuce
.the. meet obttise of the fallacy' Of the
new tariff, and to prove 'Chat iti return-
ing -Mr. Cameron fOr thisconstittleeey
eau) people have elected the one who
really. hits their interest most at heart.
Correspondentsof different papers at
Ottawa, speak yeti flatteringly of. the
epeecle,
Tim 'Lon -deal Pee,: l'reP 1:1iia !It/ Ititra
• up for editorial latter, or, elSe , has a
low es,tik»ate of its ;readers, when it de -
sends to the praise of Aft J. (1. llylcerti
•
$50,000,000 for the conetruction",of the
Pacific liailwav. To. the superficial
thinker this way of raising meeus to
constenet this road may appear favorable
and appareutly With little present nut -
lay.; but to those who. take the trouble
to examine ;natters minutely they see
the nurneeops drawbAcks and immense
loss it would entail upon the mentry.
It' govetenneols. were always compesed
of honest and wise •men it, perhaps,
ev.'"-Vlitie9eleegt.efele.thie.-..ge Kee tt Mat& toshe.,
the only issuer of paper Currency, as the
country would OMIT .enjoy all the bane
-
fits' that flew flora 'mine motley that
oostsethem-nothpag-lantethentiograni
also the gains from the lose and destruce
toin of this Currency. , Bub dishonest
and' mckless Men are liable to, get into'
po7er, and with'snch a. powerful hever
as An irredeemable paper currencjethere
is no knowingeWhat aniOtiot .Of &imp -
tion and exti.avagence they might cona-
mitto sustain theniseives'inpoweie
The Dominien has Already a' large
,
:amount, of paper Money floating, :which,
hysa, little Sharp praatice is practieally
irredeeenable. The notes that are pay-
able in Ontarie areiseued in quebee,„
• . .
and those _payable . ,Quehec are
. , . .
is-
sued in ,Ontarie. The quaneity, ofpe-
_per money in cireulation in the
i&i,scinkowhere :about $30,000,00
lover -one -third -of itebeings issued -6Y- the
,govermnent, endthis amount is. &tend.
pate sufficient te perfoentall the lune-
tioris of a ch.culating Medium --to issue
mote and force it an the country; which
would have to be done to put it '
• Culation, would, instead of dying' good,.
be `rodiretiViik Of:a great, deal. of VB.
,• •
At the very beef, Money is only ceeated..
•for convenience, and no one 'Wishes to,
reptile inhis poseeasiete anyTetiore thai.
perfertne that .ditty.', eitere,
eotnes into hie, PoesessiOn than he Ilea
U80. .foy lie either It:lane:it .or deposits it
in Seine motley • loaning ' ,iestitotion;
Whef.e lie eipects :to get Some trifling
intereet far the tote of : it; but I thee°
histitittions receive: more than • they can
safely, and profitably loan nut they, pane,
tiot:giye hint' anything;•for the.nse Of ier
•Ae. the paper ie oul,y a representative Of'
valimit'ctinnot permanently be sent'out
or the country in exchange fee articles of,
• real. ValineetherefOre,.a simples is of no
inore value than SO unith Waste paper.
If the government were ,to. issue 1130.1.0-
parfee it Would only take the place. of
that -now iesued by the banks; end if
the letteinese Of the hanks were ctietaile
ed they Would reternheas••Profie to theie
•
slikeliolders, besidespaying-he proPer-
• timirite ametint of taxes less. '
. ,
• Penedo. - is already •• sofficient,ly hue,
thetted,with debt,•in fact inoie so -than .
tte the interest of the cotintry,and the
extent of her population, mid • it .would
• be Wisdone.in her peepleeif .tlfey !mild
:totally object toinctirring Any further.
debt', eitliee in the way Of loan or by
issuing more Circulating .notegi promis-
ing to pay. The country is also already,
mortgaged t� -the extenfrof about 1$55 tb
OVery man, NiOntall itna: child there is in
it, andlhe debt has been peincipally
curved in constructing highulays • of
travel that do little more than payind
the expense of manageniene; the inter-
,
est having to be paid: y taXatiob,
It is ante the bate and sinew of our
eountry, aka those whet desire to sec the
Dominion retain her tredit and moral
standing, bestirred themselves and make
11 th °rough inv�stigation into her financial
and cottonereial ;Aire, otheewise it will
not be long hefore we are en' (Ipeely. he.
volvod'in.debt told hampored with trade
restrictions that it will bo both t dear
end nopleeteent eonntry to live in,
T.144 JulLY
The Grand Jury at the giencoO
Aseize.s in their pyesenttnent state that :
" In their opinion therreduction in the•
nombers of the grand jurors seanmened
for the court from 24 01.15 will be a hone,
to individuals without in any way j)opar-
dizing the public interest or the rights of
parties .charged • with the commission of
crimes. The change will effect a consider-
able sang in the expense of administer-
ing justice and will lessen the. inconveni-
ence toindividitala having to attend as
grand jurors. • For these reasotni we shall
be glad to see the recent change brought
into eperation RR seen as. possible.e'
We quote the fibre as an evidenee
that the jury hill of Mil. Ross is one
that will not only be acceptable to the
Conniry"es relieving Emmy teeth tho ne
cessity of ;Mending as jareis,'Litt will
eventuate in a great saving of.money.
None but those who are well acquainted
with the -subject :eau" • form any idea of
the great expense tha't used to be incor-
red iii. selecting, summoning and paying
jui,ors for the. different courtsthat sat
during the year. Mr. Roee, being tree -
sitter of the couray, saw and realized
the burden, 'and, by the assistance of the
Mowat government,. has stleceeded in
EA§0.11,1C!..tbill bat.W.111..oanse,..a: very_
huge saving to everY county in Ootarice.
• We advise the electors of West .11m:on
to, make a noteeof this, and when the
'fiiho comes for choeing one to represent
elieet in thelegielature to act uponit.
-E15IToATAL NO'rES. .
. .
•
• 'Tun -Exeter 'nines still peotends that
the predniew -peY;the dnty .andoee .the
consumer. •common' expression is
that "semeheads are so thick e that it
requireS a pestle and Mortar t°9„:potted
Sense into tate, •
if • Sir • John
l% ill continue hie picnis dtirieg the
•
comine summer.. • We denot know, but
entertain :the etiinion. that he will not.
•
He knows better thao. to Appear in pub.
lie:bete:re all th4e ha haS f% bamboozlecl.":
1T1LL attempting:, t,O.--Ittitify, the. !,r.oe•--
reit tblieer eflicel ChliereiNatfire-pit:
pees • Publielt-the:•letter of Mr. Ieoslio,
:asking fore superannuation Bet, they
unike 'one- importaue Omission, tbey neg-
lect • to say that he Was -told ifhedid
not apply; there wae
holed, deprived •of his position,
•
Teueiv Ines admitted thee he sat
,
and voted in the :House in the nobable.
. .
session of 1§73, while lie •Ined:in his
pocket hie .cammiseion. LienteGOve rime
of NON'S . *aft, and was. drawiog his
*ty: doPars. day: theeelete This was
iredireeti'Vfaltition Of the independence
:of Parlianiene Aptaitd .yeche, is. called
an tonorabientan. • .•
•
Our, Free Trade friends eliouldhavelise
ed.in the: oight�enthcentury. 1» e.71.9 the
British House of Commons dealer -al -by ,re-
selution "that the establishment of ma.
nufactprea in the Colonies tends to destrey
their cOonectioe with the Mitt* COnn:
try." in.1732 it bill alai Pessed•proliihit-
ing 'the .export of leather andfelt goods
froth the colonieS"Where they Wore maim-
factnred, ,and else prohibiting their ship. -
meat front "one. part Of theolony to an-
other. " In 1750 the colenists were prohi-
bited froin erecting smelting furnaces tin-
der a penetty of„.:e200. Mills were declared
to.be /titbit° nuisances, and the governors
ef colonies „ordered to roe° them. ; The
ltnperialpolicy ill those days, like' the
Free Trade policy of toeday, was telsotititte
the colonist e to the pastoral calling and
force" 9.min to• be the consumed of British.
made_goode;e4.1ait. . '
Cbuld anything be More' inenthiCioies
than the above paragraph, peeveiting
it I.ClaOS ate 't!tittl 'trail Of . the .case.
The feet' hetlice•liritisle Honee of . Cern-
Mons were compcieed.at that ante. efei
sirnilar ,class bf individusis tha• etreTnew
labotieg feteprcitectton. A.t that time
the British TorieS wished to compel the
colonists to perehase mannfectored gOods
:of . them, ttild, at their priei I but, the
eolonist§ elaitned the right,' to manatee-
tttre 'purchase as they Saw fit, litoi'al-
I.
perchasing in the Cheapest • Market.
The ,opponents of protection do not offer
any objection oe hindrance to Any kind
Of nuinufaetetring, they only Objedt to
be foecibly texed to enrich selfish mann-
faeturers and. to pity towards supporting
indostqes that calumet be made self,stes-
tabling. Let ma'. Coneervativereaders
carefully read the above ateragraph and
so how the truthis distorter) to do set,
vice in fereing this iniqkkitous proteetion
en the pountry, . porooti w.op post.
od 1,1 tii1, .i,d&,'
ly, no further proof would be needed to
ethivince: him of the disheliestyt. of Sueli
.advoeates Of protect:4M as the
•
'CONS ERVATIVE.181parli Shall " Si t' J01111
has fulfilled Ilia promises." itte bo?
Whut•do• our farming friends think who,
Were promised an, increase in the price
of all their products 7. During diepast
six months what has been the inerease,
on .grain„.or cattle, or hoes; or hew
muck more would their -to ms seli for
now than when ' Maelreneice was in
power The latter lotsfallen j price
fully $10 .4n sore
• Tue- pro -caeca -age -of the ,Senateeave
generally of suchen uninteresting char-
acter that they receiee very little at -
so that ..when, enything out of
thelerdniary.beem.s, it receives :greater
notice, On ;Monday: night a eetine co -
°tiered in the. Senate. at Ottawe, that
was " not deism in the bille,"eo to speak.
Senator Maephereeit had•
given notice that he would ,call the at-
.
teetiou of the govern ee ent to the 'Mara's-
ing expedittire of the Doininion. On
the evening mentioned he wee address-
ing the Senate en •the wetter, Bud re -
felled to the late AdMinistration in very
uncornelimentary feint. s. When be got
"• •
11r -ought. Senator -Alexander, • (a, :Censer-
vatiVee'also). proceeded to admioister.
• dressing down that Ile hadehardly anti-
eipated,.charging him with wilfully pule.
lishing garbled tables of expendi‘tere, in
way thlif w111.41oubtleeti1avete eithee
tary Ofiliet on the ftitut:O7f, indisoretiime•
of the:worthy -Senator. • • •
•
D�mithon
•
Par-liguleht
. Wenemoretv, -March 26, e•
• The debate on the taeiff was ye:Mined
by Mr. Casey,: who.- presented, to the
Hooee. 'a., seething indictnient ...of. the:
policy of the present Government :when
inOppqsitioi.•• He criticistele the false
pretences on ,which it- Was 'elected to,
power, and: the provisions ' of the „policy
'recently • iottoducede and. .Which 'three-
tened td peek runnels cothe whole, of
the great industries whicheontribute to
• building' up the Dominion., .•Mre' free
elielee. et sotim lenglithefeeserahly. 'fa' the
taiIffl Mr..01iVer. spoke till retiege, and
fine oueehour after, quotedefactst
lte elfeTif:thatjetlie•,-Netional. Polley p10
thiedt13i1siiiden16-t1ie lanitriat
portion. Of the eonterweity/whielt thet
portion Was •. bear,
Tilley replied at, sone length to the
criticismS by Mre.Cartwright of hie, ac-
timi When- fermi-30yFilianCe Minister.
He Ostitnared the revenoeoii 0 e p9t,1111, ot 00,
the it:lc:yews in the teeiff to $
and nrade 'known' to the lieuee the
Various modifications.ef• and addition
to the rieel: tariff which the Government.
'imposed. making— He cencleded ex7.,
pressing confidence . bet' the • Mei if lied •
been .well received by the:•conn try, lend
itiwee Supperted by the great Mass
of the electorseeegre,Cartweight i11. re-
ply- to M r. ley; dwelt at leegth • Orr that
hen: .theniber's-actin, When :Finance
Minister in 181, in asking, Supplies for
aneXpencliture of $23,400,000 'Whereee
h lsastilnatodreveutlo was Only 02,000;*
ON; ,:Suelk.a eon. VSE;...SN't1R the.• violation:
.of.every•prificiple. CQ 31113104 sense on
the part Of .a Ftnance Minister. • It had
beenchergedehy the ,peesent Government
that on obtaihingpower theyfound from
815,000,000 to $18,000,000 Ofnuttnringe,
debts to be *keel* for, ,bot he con.
tendechthat as .Finance Minister ,he left-
en•the Treasury on resigning Office•$20,-
00O 000 cif money, 'made up •by . cash in
the: banks, the. prospective 'payment of
the flattery award at an early day,
$2,500,000 guaranteed.. lean: • •In con-'
siderieg the .ditty on stiesaie he ;typed
that the'entailed cost -on- 'the' -People of -
°Amnia 'foe the pleaettre of refining their
ewn • Ogee onlel be. fully $1,000;000'
,per niiutn The Finer* 'Minister .lied
made no attempt to,remedy theduty of
221 eeatson .e barrel of Penile teems thae•
*the:•dtity oh the wheat •requieite to Make
and.itlitts„ disceitinhated against 'the
Canadian :millers. He eel -Minded by
deprecating the.action.. of tile' Geverfi.
• went in throning dOWn• the gafrAtlet
to .44,000,00 of people in the neighbor;
14" Repablid, who, noeWitlestandingeall
that Might be said to the contrarywere
• UndbubbedlY Canada's hese and mature]:
on-sterile:es. • The debate was . adjourned,
and- the. House rose atente o'clock. '
'MUMMY..
Thu Nora:lora Railway Bill eeepecting
an increase in the representation of pri-
• vate shareholder() was inteoduded by
Mr. White '(Otird wel I). ." Mr. Itarkkenzie
objected to.the pin on. the ground that
it -violated an ageeement on whick.
money has ,been :borrowed, and' woeld,
if carried, Mike the *credit Of the IY6-•
mr, p. Rohio8on and' Sir
John 'Macdonald beth contended that (
mate°, After further discussion, the
the objection should be taken .10, Com:,
• Dill. was read the first.ttree.• The Miu-
ister of Finance, in reply to rinestion
• by Me, Mackenzie, said that negotiations
were pending between, the Dominion
t and 1 ((whinier:1 old GoVern remits role eive
to ehe terms .011 %Olin let ceefound land
fish, ()tee ehouhl be rulmiteed to the Do-
mitihne The thrill' debate was l'aSnmed
I1% 1\ Er, AL v• onmoyon,(south
who, in -n twelhours" speech, dealt with
the whole question of theAange of the
Government on the part of the :Comer-
vative leader. : Messrs. .Clockbura and
Gigault spoke in fever of the tariff, and
they were' succeeded by Mr, Rebertson
(Shelburne) who is youna roprosonta,
tivo from Nova SOotia. As one ()taint-
ing the, right to speak for the political
party which -received the majority of
the votes cast in the 11.,laritime Provinces,
he denied that the • question of protee.
tion wasever an issue in these Pro-
vinces, Whenever he heard Dr. Tap-
per speak during the eampaign he care,
-Thur egehewed any referr,knce to protec-
tion as au issue.; 4.114 eeery possible
trick was resorted to in order that the
people of Or ,MariatneProvinces.should
not become eognizent of the issue
was being fonght in the .Upper Pro-
vinces. 'Mr. Shaw spoke in favor of
the OM; • but expressed regret that
more protection had not been afforded
to the salteinsi,teeteeele.eliatt ab-
nonncecr. Mr. Kin,- of Nova
Seotin,
who claimed to have been meth) a:free
trader in 'Consequence of Mr. Tilley'A
teaching in foyater: years, .said • that be
cause the Minister of Firatnee had
changed his:opinion on and, qtTeebion he
Could be up more expected to follow in
its footsteps tbti,i if that gentleman also
obandpeed • his tetoperatme principles.
He proceeded to iMpeath Me.. Tilley He
.A traitor to .the _ kineiplasewhiche-the
Province of Now. Brunswick hadd ever
held, and he showed conclusively that
.60 -National Polioy would ;prove cala-
emitens to itsbestinterests.. The debate
was adjanined,-aod the lionse .rose , at
-..,;144.y.•• • •
e - •
••• Mr, Bykert resn Med the , debate eon
•the tariff', and in a epeechfavorable'
the mriffe read extractatter extract
front newspapees to • convict.. the_ mem,
hers •of•tho•Oppesi bleu of Cheetge of front.;
Mr.Weldene St, Jolnie'N.followed,
Ile pointed out that through the 'Na-
tional Policy the terms of Coefederation
had been violated, , and . every interest
of New 'Brunswick oppresee lend taXed.
He inippeehed " Me. Tilley -as a traitor
to hiteeconetittients. •pictueed the blow
which' was ,strnek at fee. John. hen,
with Mr. Tilley's. consent, the IntemOla-
.
'nial Railway was diverted, the ruin with
. .
•
Which the 'city was 'visited when the
greatConflegration of two years age pc,.
cuieeel,,,e, blow 'frorgewhiteli, •tthohhai
,first :thetight_ impossible, yet. - the. eiiee
reCoVered-• but now the man Wham the
'Tay] lea delightedlo h o no r sought; :liTY
ettikeetnriffeteill,e to :Strike blowl.frOna
which ie' was Scarcely probable the .eity
.coold eecoveie • .• Dettwille,
(New Beenswielc); followed with . a
speech favorable td the tariff. One of
his statenients woke that although. there
.were minty ;thing io thetheiff -which he
did floe Admire, yet lie was Prepared to
Swellotve the; Whole Mr... ' Paterson
(Brant), arraigned the 'Oroveroment on 4
'charge of being. etected- by ;offering to
de the itineosSible; and or 'Jam:toping • a•
Mein,' for winch* the people had not eated.
Produced.proof in sepport.Of-hie eein-
Waal); and obaraeteilpd the Teliff
Billets Wit alone beingAurieus to -the
best interests of the Conotry, 'bet revti
lotionaey in its character. : I1e. referred
t� the speech ofelgre Rykert; ..deliverad
in the afteruoim, who had charged the
mentlier for North •Norfolk• and :North.
Oxibed with haying ehanged theie•
�pin-
ious On :the cpteetion of peoteettop, • In
aselecisive•thanner..he ..eleared ',the two
'gentlemen referred. to frOnv:the..charge
mole -.as a'2‘krbele," and he retailed' by
Proving 'that *bile these gebtleinen 'had
Merely chenged4heir :opinions after .a
• lapse of Several years,. Mr. .Rykeit had
in one •day •heenerm•both 'Sides of:polities.
in the old. Parliament . of .Canada.
Othiclnded.bii'
...three hours' oration by
announcing that 1ie. would , sooner be a
:member 'of the Reform' party, which•had
'been defeated in• an honorable. defence
of theik, :political..principles,' than :of tt
vietairius...patty. ,which. had aehieved
• that vietory by ,false pretences,'
Rykert made a by
explanation, in
• Whicli lie denied that he ..hadattended
eanpuseS on both sides' of politica in One
day:;. He appealed to Mr. ,ResS, of Dun',
(kik to prove his statement; Mr. „eitoss
did.so, •bet was cenipelled• to admit that
Mr. Rykert Was charged With: doing so
at the time: Mr; Rymal • explained
that the memlim• for Brant Wits' 'mis-
taken in charging Mr, Iterkert with at -
towline this catieue, but hsh
e ould have
said tat he Wes cognetting. with both.
political Perties in one day, and diathiS
own political partyhissed-hita andgertet-
ed him WitlebrieS'of,Jutlas.Iscatiot when
Ito entered the Charnber. ,."13unster, fik ti
-speeeh favorable to the tarit; mfich to
the .onusement Of the House, attribnted
• the Hon. Mr. Blake's • (Tete:a 'in South .
Enloe tothe flea that tho 'bon, .gentle -
Man had. On ono 'occasion •banteringly
alluded to British.. delumbia, as an itee.
hoapitabla country. Tb a debate was
adjoorned. Howie rose at 12:40 0. !!),
. MONDAY.
• A..ntanbee af private' Bills' were. ad-
vanced' a One, and questibile relating
talocal interests replied to by tho Gov-
ernment,- e8omp'.30.01.teetions for
turns- were reseed, and among the norn-
bee four by Mt Pltnnb relating to the
establishment f t•ty. of tho
littilwey.'et the lz.ettlielei
ottitt. • Mr.. Dawson .seconded patch of:
the motions. and "tippeared to eitecially
advocate the claims. of . the, people 'of
Ptinee Mater% •Me, Ileheete
son introdneed a' Dili to awma. tint Act
for the snepression .of bettieg and pool -
selling, hue in this hist:ince hie .effeeta
were abortive. The o ver whet m Mg sense
• of the House was against the iireposed
amendment, and complimentary of tbe
beneficial results • which had accrued
from the Hen. Mr. Blake's legislation.
Even the Premiet rose in bis place and
said be knew of no meson why a Bill
which had been passed a rOW years age
by such a large majority, and with the
conseut of:those who had tbe best in-
terests of hoese-racing • at heart, should
be repealed, especially as oot _a single.,
• petition in this direction bad been pia-
sented to the Houk). He peeped- upon
the 'Mover of the present Bill to with-
draw it, or else he regretted be thoeld
be compelled to vote tkgainst it, ,Mr,
M. C. • Cameron(Huron) was pleased
to hear snob remarks from the Premier;
and after a, few blether °hew:aims he
teuiVed in amendment that the 1-Touse.
.9 into Committee on the Bill that_day. ,
six mouthe. The six months' hoist was
carried on a division. After a brief
discussion, Mr. McCarthy's Rill to milke.
better prevision for the trial of contro-
verted elections of 'mei:ohms of the
Hottee Of, commons, by amending and
consolidating the Acts now in force on "
th'alsobjeet, was referred t:,3 a .Special -
Committee. ...Mr. Casey ,nnieed the
:Second reading of a 13i11 to amend the
:Act respeetipge election of nieterberS of
the Rouse of Commons, The Heim
adjeurnedet T11
11";3E5sDAy.,
•
•Mw. Meteketie directed the attention — -
of the House to the .fapt, that .in the •
printed return of the paper. relating t� •
tliZrrient:Niiirigation Works—trarafer -
• several important :Orders in.'Conneile •
wore .eutitted. • It was promised that •
the dompleint :should be remedied.
somewhat inipottaneedebate washrohglit --•
about'hy.•111r. .0barlton, who direCted. -
attention to the dofeetive Ventilation of'
the •Parliament fallings" and partiert- .• .-
laely theHonse of .06matorie. chamber, • ,
The debate Was, continued • by .Messrs,.
Plet Mb,' Tapper, Mackenzie, and. Sproule,
the' whole of 'whom agreed with• Mw. : •
Charlton's anggeStioneand the Miniatee •
Public Works promised . that the Gov. -
element wotild ia the biteritn, eve the •
matter coefid consideration, and act in' •
the mattere..The debate: en 'the tariff.
resolutione WAS. edenmed 'by Mie, Haude„. ,
• who Spoke •inEnglishe in -favor the
• tariff...: Milts.in 5 twohours' epee*.
diseuseedtheWhole. googjorl,.:,of:;
tion from a 3 evenue tetriff-standpointe ,
Ross- (DundaS)spoke -favorably• to : •
• thetariff, but expressed his Opinion te •
be that no Goveenment,Would be poptee
ler which undertook to. construct -the
Nellie Railroad as a Governinent work..
Me. Heseore argued that the .tariff was
*very. Pciphlar, and denied.that the Gov:
eimaient had been elected..on false...pre-
tend:es. .He adrepeated, the lade. of _a '-
paper currency ' for the construction of
publie , Works. - House !, ins() -at •
•
... • • . • •
• • Tholtuncinian property; ..•tit
.was;sold.'on Saturday to Mr; J.' T. Gaye.
roW, eef; for- $5,0,00 ossln,
•'Let 30, Con, 4, Gocfeirtell Township,
80 eat* was seld by onSauu--TT :to. Mr: 'Wm. • Elliott ef the .samo .
township, for $3,025: • • , 4
:
'
-Thee Ron, .Mr. • Ceyt'Svrigh t has pre-
•sented t� the MethoilistEpiscopelChkelt •
of Gederieli, it c'hook for$100,, to aseist'
defraeingthe delie now on the 'chi:trek'
• Petterson's • party for • Manitoba :left':
Paris' last T. Tuesday night, ami was,
without doubt, thelargest that 'ever left -*
Ontario; requiring ,two monster spciai,
teajmeof sixteen passenger coaelies,..twO
baggageand. thirtyfretght care, ' The •
emigrants Were all from *points on tho ,
main line of the Great Western between'.•
Hamilton and London, and the Wel-
lington, •Grey & Belles and London; Hu • •
ron& Bruce divisions. The n umber .of '
full tickets sold was a few overflee
hundred; and the cost' fer transpertation.
�f the entire 'party. And effects- was over'
fifteen thousand donors. • They are des-'.
tined for nte tittracular settlement, but e
'scatter ovee the oritireProviece and the
Nertle:West on their arrival at.Winnie •
peg. It is computed. thet the eitintal. ate
the dispOsal ot this party. anneents, t9..
oilmen quarter of a million dollars. ';. •
• .,
the, 'Wife f 7:17. V° r s te r, of -A.
, • • , •
Foutteseiat.e-InClinton, on the lst .
• . • son
• •
On the 23rd -
•• . March; the wife of Mr.' James.Steep,
•• ef h daughter, •••• • - •
• MARRED. •
Bow.—GitANT.—At the residence of the
• ltrido's father, Clinton, on- the 26t1i
March, by ate Rev. Mr. Fowler, Mr.
• James Bowey, to ieliseAnnie IL rant .
all of Winton.. . •
•
Erevase-Cunat,--On the 10th March, by
• she Rev. Je• Caswell, at -the residence
of the bride's father, 8: Oriel), Esti.,
Daeid Bloat, to miss n411 Crich,,
(.11 of "Ctickersmith, •
(11.10dOnfn (qt the
" 18th Mara, by thillev. H. F. ,Mele
iactuebent of St. Panl's church, •
r ..jamee Cane 0, of Oneida toe -habit's,.
to Miss Margaret Icenteedie formerly'
et Ulintou, atm water of Mr. :114.
•'Keenede . • '
• oleo.
Peates,---In -Watt WAwatmeh, tient the vil.
• lageof Dungannon, Jute, reliet'otthe
• leteefehrt Parke, seine, aged 76 years. •