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mmm m mt â€"bachelor know, Mary- liousekeeping, yon ' Oh, I know !’ said Mary, and Isabel burst, out lfeughiftg.. Tom felt very uncomfortable, but lie-tried to cover his embarrassment by pass- ing the syrup!' ‘ What’s the matter with the tea, Tom?’ asked Mary, tasting her beverage suspicioufly. 4 The matter ? Nothing! Why ?’ said Mr. Parker, a cold sweet bursting out of every pore. ‘ Why, it tastes like hot water.’ Tom felt a violent headache coming on. How he lived through that dinner he never knewâ€"hehad a dim impression of having; talked a great deal and cracked a great many jokes. He had one consola- tionâ€"he must' have been y>retty good company, for Isabel and Mary laughed all dinner time. In fact, they never once looked at him with- out laughing! ‘ And now, cousin Tom, what are you going to give us for dessert ? said Mary. 11 forgot ail about dessert lr quoth Tom, blankly. ‘Well, then/ said Mary, ‘we’d better be going, lor the stage leaves at half-past three. Will you es- cort us down, Cousin Tom V Tom said yes. He’d have said anything, so bewildered, was he, and went up-stairs to put a little cologne on his aching head. He took up a hairbrush and went me- chanically to the looking-glass. Angels and ministers ofigrace de- fend us ! What a very profane ex- clan alion ! He had never washed his face all the morning! No wonder the girls found him such ‘ good company !’ He’d have been just as good company if he’d never once opened his lipsâ€"his face all *at1ooed by soot, grime,, and per- spirationâ€"his hair bristling with ashy adherents ! Poor Tom ! After a somewhat lengthened toilet, he came down, and in a sort of quiescent despair, accompanied the ladies to the stage. ‘ Good bye, Tom !’ said Mary, affectionately. ‘Much obliged for your hospital- ity, Mr. Parker !’ said Bell. ’ Don’t worry about Fanny Sea- bury’s leiters,’ said Mary. “That little puse, Mary’ found ’em while she was ‘ prying around,’ but I wouldn’t let her read ’em,’ said Bell, ‘ although she was for ‘ diving into them like a bee into clover.’ ’ ‘Too bad, wasn’t il, Tom, 4 when girls arc naturally so curi- ous,’' said Mary. Tona stood horrified. * Tom dear,’ said Maryr eoax- ingly, * the next lime your cook gets talkative and soliloquizes in the kitchen, tell her to take care the door at the head of the stairs is shut, for you know it opens into the parlor, and ‘those confounded girls’ may overhear her !’ And away rolled the stage in a cloud of dust. Tom has never been to Waverly- ville since. Louis Bonaparte* But at the end of the1! session, he supported M. Dufaure in a bill for the restriction of the press, and was loud in his approval of the French expedi- tion to Koine. He was re-elected by the department of Doubs for the kegisterti-Ve Assembly. He t>here distinguished him- self principally by the-pnrt-he took-in pre- paring the law to rostra>n the suffrage within narrower limits, by his frequent en- counters with M. Victor Hugo, his only rival in oratory, and by his defence of the President. When the coup d'etat came, he protested strongly against the imprison- ment of the polities ; but he neverthe- less was named a member of the Consulta- tive Commission, a distinction he declined and was elected in 1852 into the Corps Legjsldtif. As a French biographer la conically but iiappily expresses it, * il y representait presque seal P Opposition. At the last election, in 1857, he was de- feated, in the department of the Doubs by the Government candidate, and had since retired from public life, until* this article in the Correspondent brought him again be- fore the world- the breasts of a silent but quick-witted people I What his owir aspirations once were we have learned from his own pub- lished- writingsâ€"“-what they have now be- come we karn from the prosecution of M. de JNIowtaletifrbert. Have all the lessons of a long adversity, of a severe imprison- ment, of a protfafcted and dangerous strag- gle with the hostile Legislature, been thrown away, and does there remain-noth- ing of these rude, but we had hope’d salu- tary lessons, except the disposition to in- flict on those who thwart his will the pains which he himself has endured 1 When will sovereigns remember that nations must be educated as well as ruled, and that he who deliberately shuts out from his subjects the tnobling influence of free discussion is preparing them for gross de- lusions, unfounded panics, violent animosi- ties, and furious revenges ; in a word, for the indulgence of all those evil passions which are ‘jest regulated and corrected by an open heart and a well disciplined in- tellect 1 THE TRIAL AND SENTENCE, From tho Times. Pa-TUS, Wednesday night.â€"The case of M. de Moutalembert was tried to-day at the Correctional Police. The proceed- ings commenced at twelve o’clock precise- ly. The pleading lasted till half-past six. The Tribunal was one hour considering the verdict. The sitting was resumed at half-past seven. The verdict sentences i\I. de Montalcmbert to six months’ im- prisonment, a^id 30001'. line. The editor of the Correspondent is sentenced, to one month’s imprisonment, and 10001. line. Paris, Wednesday.â€"At the trial of Count Montalembevt, M. Berryer spoke for two hours and a half; and in a most eloquent speech he asserted that the prose- cution was unjust, ill-founded., ill-advised, and, lie would add, rash. A tremendous shout of ‘ Bia'vo' followed the conclusion of his address,, the President ordered the policemen to turn out any who had cried, but they could not put their finger upon any one. JV1. Dufaure also made a splen- did augumentative defence. The Imper- ial Procurator made a moderate reply, and told Count Montalembert that he had thrown France prostrate at the feet of England,, and struck her on the face, lie repeated the lattar expression three times, but did not say anything offensive to Eng- and, Odilloni, Barrot, Yilleinain, and the Duke de Broglie, and 78 members of the diplomatic corps, were present. ViKemam told M. Berryer that it was the best speech he had ever made. It is stated that Count Montelambert will appeal against the verdict of the Tri- bunal of Correctional Police. NOTICE ! npiIE only persons authorized to col- 1 lect accounts and grant receipts for the “Tribune” Office at present, aie Alexander £cqtt, “ York Common- wealth ” Office, Richmond Hill, and W. R. Robertson, Toronto New Advertisemets this Week- Note Lostâ€"John Snider. Strav Mareâ€"John Devericks. compelling them to pay the Cana- dian manufacturer his own price for his goods. Such a policy, if adopted, would, it is obvious, be in perfect harmony with that philo- sophy that teaenes it right and just to “ extract money from the pocket of one man and put it into the pocket of another, who is one of ourselves.” It would make the poor poorer, and deprive them of many of the essentials that now satisfy the demands of nature. These philosophers make expe- riments upon every material growth of this country to show the consis- tency of their doctrine,â€"“ they adduce evidences from every plant and shrub.” The other day while one of them was eloquently de- nouncing Free Trade, and when in one ol his happiest strains, a pound of wool happened to fall in his Way, and he picked it up and made the marvellous discovery that it was a production of this country. He turned it over and perceived that it was an article of exportation ; he turned it the sec- EDUCATION. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No Communication of a purely persona! character, and having no bearing on the gen- eral interests of tho community, will bo pub- lished in this paper. Communications, how- ever, on all interesting subjects will be thank- fully received and willingly inserted. To in- sure attention, Correspondents must send their names and write in a logiable hand. Let oach communication be as brief as the nature of tho ub/'ect will allow. ifnrk CommoniDealtl). RICHMOND HILL, DEC. 24*. 1858. FREE TRADE AND PROTEC- TION : WHICH DO WE NEED ? This is a subject which con- stantly presses itself upon the at- tention of every person who .seeks to ameliorate the condition of man- kind. We conceive that much remains to be done towards effec- tually bringing the elements of education to bear upon the masses. It is all important and even i'rnpe- rative, that journalists as eleva- tors of the public mind should in- troduce, among their various sub- jects, this one also, and handle it in a manner calculated to take a strong hold on the people. We would not have editors for ever writing on politics, and canvassing the views of opposite parties to the almost total exclusion of a subject of such deep importance as that of education. We believe that although Victoria is a deno- minational college, being under the control of the Methodist Church, it is entirely unsectarian, as to the education afforded, no religious test being required of any student who may enter, are found with Hence, there connected the students, almost every branch of Protestant church, and ates are also fo'tr.id in all tant pulpits, as well as the difler- ent walks ol professional life. It is not a theological institution, (there being as yet no divinity chair) any more than it is a legal or Medical college, but simply a school of arts and commerce. A heavy debt has been incurred, by the necessary repairs which the wear and tear of time rendered i necessary. This, together with I the large number of students re- her gradu- Protes- to give more prominence to this subject They may continue struggling for good order and eco- nomy in the various ramifications of the government of the country, ond time, and declared that il it ibut they will not obtain these desi- were “ protected ’ it ^ would be nor will permanency be given to our institutions, until what constitutes good Government is taught to the masses,â€"until we place in their hands the shield that our leading newspapers ought! 3ui"“8 ad<l.ilk,n»l accommodation, 1 * O Sit tho avontian at Qn/iihnno Km /i converted own city. MONTALEMBERT'S PROSECUTION. From tho Continental Review. The Comte de Montelemhert.- Charles Forbes, Comte de Montelembert, was born in London on the 10th March 1810. He is the representative of an old family of Poitou, and his lather was a Peer of France and ambassador at Stockholm from the Court of Charles X. llis mother was an English-woman. At the outset of his career, he was an advocate ol the union of Catholicism and Democracy, of which Lamennais was the apostle, and was one of the editors of a journa1 found- ed to advocate that union, called D'Aven- ir. His opposition to the existing govern- ment brought him at last before the Police Corrrctionnelle ; but dining the process, bis father died ; and as ML. Montalembert then became a peer of France, he claimed ihe right of being triod by the Upper Chamber, by which he was condemned to a line of lOOf. His defence pronoun- ced before the Chamber may be conside ed as the beginning of his political career; feu-t be was prevented, by his not havint* attained the legal age of thirty, from tak- ing bis seat until 1840. The condemna- tion of Lamennais by the Pope geatly in- creased the severity of M. de Montalem- bert’s orthodoxy, and both by writing and speaking he made himself thenceforward known as the great champion of Catholic- ism: lie published his tamous ‘ Life of Elizabeth of -Hungary’ in 1836. In 184-2, he strongly opposed the educational measure of M. Villemain ; and in the fol- lowing year, he published his ‘ Catholic Manifesto.’ He married, in 184-3, the daughter of a Belgian Ministerâ€"Mdlle. tie Merodeâ€"and, after « short abscnce from France, he returned to deliver, in the Chamber of Peers, his three celebrated 'speeches on the liberty of the Church, the liberty ot education, and the liberty of the monastic orders. In 1847, he established a religious association, to work in favour of the Sonderbund. He also made him- self notorious for the active part he took on behalf of oppressed nationalities ; and on the 10th February 1848, he had a sol- emn funeral service celebrated at Notre Dame, to the memory of O’Connell. After the establishment of the Republic, M. de Montalembert was elected a mem- ber of the Constituent Assembly, and there acted sometimes with one and some- ‘ The Revolution,’ said Vcrgniaud, ‘like Saturn, is- devouring her own children,’ and the Empire is destroying the first and noblest of its ornaments. The coup (T ctat of December 2, 1851, successful as it was over the Chambers and the Consti- tution, utterly failed to Goncilitate to the throne of the new Emperor the support of men who had achieved cluwaeter and.posi- tion under the preceeding thirty years of liberty, too lightly prized while enjoyed to he deeply regretted when lost. Almost alone among the class to which he belong- ed, M. de Montalembert at that trying moment stood forward to1 give his moral and inte’lectual support to tlie' imperial throne, while yet rocking from the con- vulsion which established it. He did not wait to see whether the new institutions would take root in the soil of Franceâ€"-lie did not wait to see whether the nation that had done and suffered to much and so vainly for its own liberties and t*h»* general rights of humanity would tamely bow be- neath the iron rod of a master, but obeyed the strong impulse of his nature, which led him to threw I.imself heart and soul in- to the scale that bore the Emperor and his doubtful fortunes. We cannot now estimate the exact value which should be attached to such an adhesion; but, if we are to judge by the delight with which it was received, we should suppose it to have been at the moment of no inconsiderable importance. At any rate, the Emperor has known how fully to acquit himself of the obligation. . . . M. de Montal- embert has received for his too fervent praise of England and his too insutlicient appreciation of the merits of the Imperial system, a sentence of imprisonment for six months and a fine of three thousand francs. He has ventured to praise England, ai d in so doing has been considered to ha e p:ononnced the bitterest invective against France. . . . The language of so many noble writers who found means to give utterance to their free thoughts even amid the despotism which prevailed before the Bastille was destroyed, and while the Sovereign retained the power of issuing lettres de cachct, is now finally undermin- ed by a more insidious foe. France may still continue the language of business, ol diplomacy, and war, but its literature is closed from this day foith until the nation reconquer the right once more to give ut- terance in a durable form to its feelings, its convictions, and its aspirations. M. de Montalembert will be attended to his pri- son by the sympathy and regret of all fiee and honest men ; and his sentence, at the very moment while it is being executed, will be recscmded by the unanimous ver- dict of the conscience and intellect oi Eu- rope. We can understand that it may be a relief to the Emperor for a moment, thus to silence an acute and unfriendly critic, and to exhibit one of the first men of France as so slight a person as to be crushed without effort beneath the smooth and easy progress of Imperial omnipotence. But we askâ€"and all the more openly since no Frenchman is permitted to put the questionâ€"what a fate the Emperor imagines he is preparing for himself and his dynasty by proceedings like the pre- sent? Does he believe that because he times with another of the parties that di- vided the Assembly, He was apposed to • can annihilate the expression and still the the measure for again requiring journals to > voice, he can also obliterate the thoughts tarnish security, to the continuance of the [ which burn for themselves a passage no â- state of siege, and to the admission of • tyranny was ever able to obstruct through The commerce and manufactures of this country cannot be said to be in a very prosperous condition. Two remedies are proposed lor existing evils. One party of poli- tical economists proposes to im- prove our commercial and manu- facturing interests by the adoption of a “ Free Trade policy. An- other party, seemingly resolute, declaims loudly against such a policy, and asserts that ils adop- tion by the people of this country would prove to be the most suici- dal thing imaginable, and that the only effective balm is, protection. A lew days ago a sage of the last named party delivered himself a« follows: “ We advocate protection only for the general interests, or for the interests of the farmers, who com- pose the bulk of the people of Ca- nada. We aim at giving an indi- rect vtimilus to agriculture by means of the restriction of certain imports of goods, which we hope thus to cause to be manufactured in this country.” It will not require any great in- genuity to show that our author's predicates are the merest rope of sand. Our contemporary does not attempt to show how the for- mer would be benefitted by a re- strictive tariff, but contents him- self with making the. extraordin- ary and absurd assertion, that it would give an “ indirect stimulus to agriculture.” It is proposed to impose heavy duties on certain importations of goods, and thus cause them to be manufactured in this country. Suppose that len per cent, were added to the duties now imposed upon woollen goodsâ€" which were imported last year lo the large amount of four millions of dollars. Is it not evident that the consumers of these goods would have to pay ten per cent over and above their present cost ? But it is argued that they may be produced here : true.â€"But can they be manufactured and supplied to the people at the same price as English goods of the same qual- ity ; We trow not. There are two great obstacles to be removed before we can compete with Eng- lish manufacturers. First of all, we have not the capital; and if we had, a Canadian manufacturer v\mld no be satisfied with an annual return of three or six per ce..t, (as are English manufactur- ers,] when he could realize twice that amount, on his capital in any other business. In the second place, labor is at least twenty per cent higher in this country than in Eng- land. This added lo the cost of manufacturing would make a very considerable item. We would not be understood to oppose native ma- nufactures ; on tie contrary, we would rejoice to see many articles now imported, manufactured in this country, but we would not have it done in a way that would prove pre- judicial to the great mass of the people. By protection is meant to prevent our merchants from going to the cheapest market to procure cheap goods for the people, and into broad-cloth in his One would almost be led to conclude, that he was able to perform the miracle wrought upon the prophet’s lleece of old. He did not, however, tell us what he would sell his broad-cloth for; and so ended his story. The work- ing of the Reciprocity Treaty ivith the United States is cited as an evidence in favour of protection, and against Free Trade. This is ably refuted by a Buffalo paper, from which we lake the following extract; it is just to the point: “ One of tho most charming features of the Treaty was tho opening of a grain trade with Canada. All the wheat grown in Upper Cana- da was to seek a market in Buffalo, instead oi going down tho St. Lawrence. But it happen- ed that Canada had a little offset to this in the privilege of navigating J.ako Michigan in Ca- nadian bottoms. Immediately after the Treaty went into effect, the Buffalo dealers found an active squad of John Canuck - from Montreal in Chicago, shipping wheat down the St. Law- rence. and the diversion of the grain trade from American channels in this d;roction soon amounted to more than tho who e exports of Canada grain proper. Wo gained a loss. Bu> thon we too had the precicus privilege of navi- gating the St. Lawrence. We could send egg shell schooners to Liverpool direct, and Ameri- can bottoms might be employed in diverting trade from American channels of commerce and from American markets.” “ However, b bargain is a bargain, and it is unmanly for a nation pretending to be tolerably well advanced in its eye-teeth, using the :a i- guage of Watts “ to giumble and complain ” We shou'd ba willing to accept the Reciprocity Treaty, and grin and boar il till the crack oi doom, ii matters had only been left in the posi- tion in which they were at the conclusion of the treaty. But when tho negotiations were complete, Canada set to wo:k to adapt herself still further to her now advantages. She re- vised her tariff, increasod the dutios, rested awhile from her labours, and last winter re- sumed them, umilshe had finally p t a stop to the importation of all American manufactures, with small exceptions. Our exports to Canada up to a recent date havo been considerable, Imt under tho new rules, they havo decreased large- ly.” What now are the arguments' in favor of u Free Trade?” They are numerous; but :. s our space is limited, we shall only advance a few of them, and that in a brief manner. In the first place, a com- plicated and expensive business-â€" the regulating and working of the tariff wTould be disposed of. The host of idlers that now throng om ports, and paid by Government for doing nothing, would be compelled to seek some other sphere cf life.â€" The salaries of custom officers is a very large item in the expen- diture of this Province. It is clear that the people indirectly pay this amount; it is equally clear that it the custom-houses were abolished, the people would be relieved to this extent. In the second place, it would be a great blessing to the poor man; he would be ottered the necessaries of life, (as far as all importations would be con- cerned,) at least tweniy per cent cheaper. Every person ought to contribute to the revenue according to his means; it will not be denied that this is far from being the case at presentâ€"at least in Canada.â€" Free Trade is just the thing to ac- complish that desirable end. The question here arisesâ€"How is the re- venue to be raised ? We answer, by direct taxation ! But how is it now raised? Partly by direct and partly by indirect taxation. In the former case you would con- tribute to th« public treasury once a year, and pay it to one person.â€" By Hie latter you are compelled to pay it in small sums, at sundry times, and to sundry persons, and have the satisfaction to knowthatit is partially, or entirely lost before reaching its destination. Direct taxation would give a thorough purging to constituences ; it would be no longer said that they were “ venal,” and at a discount Elec- tors would be more jealous of the conduct of their representatives.â€" Ti me-serving politicians would cease to rule the country; the po- pular voice would become purer and stronger, and the right men would be put in the right place.â€" Let us have “ Free Trade,” arid we shall witness the introduction of a prosperous epoch in the history of Canada. of education which they may use against designing men. Let the public mind be enlightened, and led into those channels that supply ihe essentials of good go- vernment. fl hen, a new era would be ushered in; the monuments of corruption and fraud which now disgrace the land, would be shaken to their foundations, and a better state of things inaugerated. VV e ofler these remarks in view of the coming year,â€"whose advent will be followed by a train of events which will effect a change in mat- ters pertaining to education. Trus- teesâ€"the guardians of the public weal, in this matter, will have duties to perform which ought to be well understood, that they may be dis- charged with that faithfulness and earnestness which oufrlit to characterize every one who un- dertakes to bccome a dispenser of the means of instrution.â€" If the trustees of any School Section have been so unfortunate as to have engaged the services of a teaeheV who does not unite inculcation of virtuous principles with secular in- struction, they will soon have an op- portunity of discharging such a one as unfit to mould the minds of the youth of the ccu/ajry. It is a lamen- table fact, that Trustees do not jiUvays look so much to the moral propensities of a teacher, as to his attainments in tin* arts and sciences. When a teacher makes application for a school, let the first inquiries be : Is he a ^grson of good moral character 1 Does he value and es- teem the qualities of virtue? Is he I likely to implant into the minds of the youth those principles which will make them honorable and use- ful, and guide them safely to the end of th3 journey of life ’! If these questions are answered in the af- firmative, then enquire into his other qualifications. The teacher’s olliee is an important one ; Ins responsi- bility is great, and if he does not know his positionâ€"if lie does not feel this responsibility, the sooner lie leaves the profession the better. The country can supply able and competent teachers, and if trustees do not secure their services it will be their own fault. They may be able to engage inferior teachers, fol- low salaries, but let them consider which is the more profitable in the end. By engaging an incompetent teacher tiie section receives no bene- fit in return for the money it pays, and moreover the rising generation is deprived of that nourishment which is so essential to the utilities and enjoyments of life. Trustees and teachers arc they who bear the standard of education, and if we would have the character of the people elevatedâ€"if we would have their intelligence keep pace with the material prosperity of the country, we must select men of the right stamp to occupy positions of honor and trust. A material reduction of wages is being mat.e at Lowell. The mechanics on the Merrimack corporation are cut down 25 per cent. by the erection of additional build ings (as speedily as possible) re quire a large amount of money to be raised at once if practicable.â€" It is an amazing fact, that while this college has upon its records about three hundred students an- nually, and receives the miserable pittance of £750 per annum from Government; the Toronto Univer- sity with an endowment ol from £15,000 to £20,000 per annum have had, and still have less than one third the number. This is a state of things which should not be lound. What is required is, that public monies should be dis- tributed in proportion to the work accomplished. Embarassinent such as that with which Victoria Col- lege now has to contend, w'ould not then exist. The Methodists are a great people, and can do any thing they wish to do ; and we have every reason to believe they will not allow their college to lack support in time of need. The Rev. Anson Green, D.D. (Trea- surer of the College Board) moved, anti the Rev Jarnps Boyd, (Pres- byterian) seconded the second re- solution. Much information has been given to the community by these addresses, of which they have been ignorant heretofore. We trust that success will attend the effort being made to free the col- lege from embarrassment, and that speedily it will be placed on a basis satisfactory to all con- cern. d. Music and Recitations.â€"On Wednesday evening last, the Cho- ral Society in connection with the Scholars of the Grammar and Com- mon Schools, gave a musical en- tertainment, consisting of Recita- tions and Singing. The Grammar School was filled to overfJe>wing, and many were unable to find en- trance at all. The juveniles recited their various pieces well; the sing- ing was also first rate. We are sure the parents <>f the scholars must have been highly delighted at the manner in which they acquitted themselves. It reflects the greatest credit on their preceptors; indeed, we lu?ard many express the great- ad miration of the evenings enteVtianment. 3DmI Sntrlligrnrr. VICTORIA COLLEGE. A meeting was Tiie Examination of Richmond Hill County Grammar School.â€" The usual examination of the Pupils attending this school, at the close of the autumn term, took place here on Wednesday the 22nd inst., before the Board of Trustees and in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable audience. The pupils of each department of the School were examined by their respective masters ; those in the senior depart- ment by the Rev. James Bovd, head master, and those in the junior department by Mr. Duncan Mc- Naughton, teacher. The scholars in all the classes,of both departments, acquitted themselves creditably. iâ€"ggpi > -<«â- â- â- â-  - Mechanics Institute.â€"We are happy to be able to announce that the first of a series of lectures in connection with the above institute, will be given on Thursday evening next, the 30th inst., at 7, p.m., in the Grammar School House, Rich- mond Hill, by the Rev. Jas. Dick. Subject : The duties of young men. â€"------------------------ Sudden Death.â€"On the 10th inst., on lot No 24, on the 6th con. of Vaughan, an inquest was held on the body of James Maverly, who held in the â-  c^ec^ suddenly on the morning of such MARKHAM COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Markham Council rfiet at Size’s Hotel on Saturday, tho 17th inst. Councillors pro-* sentâ€"the Reevs, (W. Button, Esq.-.) Win, Trudgeon, Esq., D. Reesor, aud J Bowman. W. Pingle, Esq., was absent* on account of sevoro sickness. Tho minutes of last meeting wore read and approved of. The Reeve presented a petition from J. IL Bayer and others, praying for aid to complete the bridge across the little Rottge, in front of lot No. 23, in the 8th concession of Mark* ham. Mr. Re icsor presented a petition from Ar- dent Smith afld others, praying the Counci to grant 7 dols. to pay for' ai turnpike shovel for the uso of the highway in Sparta. The Reeve read a communication Iron* Peter Lapp, stating that the Commissioners rofused to allow him any pay for dealing away tho driltwood, aud removing the old bridge out of the stream botweeu lots 5 and 6v 10th concession of Markham, and also re-* fused to lot tho arbitrators take the samo into account. lie prayed to be allowed for' 12 days work, and 2} days for one yoke of oxon. Mr. Reesor presented a petition from Alex-- andor Broadburn ami others, praying the" Council to pass a By-law to require cortniitf parties owning bueh to cleai the treoa adjoin- s mg the highway to the distance of twenty-five’ feet along such highway. WAKD ELECTIONS. 1 he following are the places appointed 1)V tho Council for the election of Councilmen for the ensuing year : â€" Ward No. I,â€"Thornhill Band Room ; Johnr Lain, Esq., Returning Officer. W aid No. 2â€"In the dwelling-house of Mr- W. Uingston, Victoria Square ; G. McPhil- lipr), Esq., Returning Officer, Ward No. 3â€"First day in Fireman’s Hall, Markham Village ; second day, in th«‘ Court Room, Unionvilieâ€"H. P. Crosby, Esq., Re- turning Officer. Ward No. 4â€"In the School House in front of Lot, No. 25, in the 7th con. of Markhamâ€" A. Alexander, Esq., Returning Officer, Ward No. 5â€"First day in the Temperance Hall, near Yake’s Inn, Stouffville ; second day, in the house near Mape’s Hotel, Spartaâ€" Henry Reynolds to be Returning Officer. Returning Officers to post six copios of the notice immediately after receiving them. ivlr. Trudgeon presented a bill from Join* Palmer, for tho f-um of 12 dols, 76 cts. for plank and woik done by him. On motion of Mr. Rlksor, seconded by Mr. Trudgkon, tho amount was ordered to be paid. Moved by Mr. Reesor, seconded by Mr^ Bowman, that a By-law for cutting down trees to tho distance of 25 feet i'.oin the road by parties owning bush be passed.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Reesok, secouded by Mr. Trudceon, that a school tax be levied on School section, j\o. li, for the purposo of paying the Teacher's salary for tho present year.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr, Reesor, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that the Treasurer be ordered lo pay? to G. Tran, the Overseer of tho Sparti road, the sum of 7 dols., being the cost of Turnpike shovel for said division.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Reesor. seconded by Mr.. Bdwman, that tho sum of 2i)U dols. bo applied as a special grant for tho erection of two bridge* across the Rouge,â€"th.it is to say, one bridge across the main channel of the Rouge in front of lot No. 8, in the 7th concession of Markham, and another across the small chan- nel of the lioiigo on tho side-road, between lots 10 and 11, Gi.li concession; and that F Eckart, Archibald McKinnon, and A. Eck- art, be Commissioners to expend the same.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Reesor, seconded by Mr. bowMAN, that the sum of £5i) be expended to lj)a appropriated for the erection of a. bridge across the little Rouge, between lots 15 and 16, in tho 10th concossion of Markham ; and that R. Hawkins, C. Beosor, J. Gamble, G. Miller, and A. Mustard, bo CommisMonera to expend the same.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Bowman, seconded bv Mr. Reksor, that there be appropriated to be ex- pended in completing the bridge over the Rouge, in front of lot No, 2 5, in the 8th con> tha sum of 50 dols,, and that Mr. Strickler* John Koch, and J. Hover, be Commissioners- to expend the same.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Bowman, seconded by Mr. Reesor, that the sum of £10 and one-penny half-ponnv be granted to pay tho balance due from this Township in completing the bridge* and nutting down the hill on Townline, in front of 2nd and 3rd concossion, between Mark- ham and York.â€"Carried Methodist Churh he.e, on Monday j !hal ^ KCcl ®.rid^°,d: The ing lor the purpose of present- TO returned a verdict, death cans- - - ‘ â€"1 - - -- led by inflammation ol the heart. even ing the claims of Victoria College to public support.â€"Amos. Wright, Esq., M.P.P., having been called to the chair, the Rev. VV. H. Poole,(agent of the College) moved, and the Rev. John Hunt seconded the first resolution. The origin and design of the institution, and its efficiency in imparting a sound education, were dwelt upon.â€" This, with the eare manifested by the faculty, for the moral culture of the students, furnish strong claims for public sympathy and support. One feature was brought out which, we think, should be dis- tinctly understood, and upon which we believe much misapprehension exists. That to which we refer is, Ward No. 2, Makkiiam.â€"The electors of Ward No. 2, will remem- ber that a Public Meeting will be held at Victoria Square, on Monday next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for .the coming Munici- pal Election. Chair taken at ten o’clock. Goon Tempi.Aus,â€"We are pleased to learn that tho hon. Mr. Foley, M. P. P., has united with the Order of Good Templars. What a blessing it would be if all our public men would identify themselves with this great and good movement. We apprehend that it would be one step towards making themselves •• a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well.’â€"Canada Evangelist. Comapnbttm To the Editor of the York Commonwealth. Sir,â€"The young men of Richmond Hi.'l soorn to bo a most unfortunate class of individ- uals. Guilty or not guilty the blame of th*. failuro of every good, and tho pepretration of evory bad,seems to be laid upon their shoulders. In the last issue of your excellent paper, the principal cause of tho Mechanics’ Institute not, being in working order, or as you term it ,, Hanging fire,” is the inertness of the young men. This, Sir, is very far from being tho case, on the contrary, tho young men of this village are particularly anxious to see it ia active operation. But, certainly, you could not expoct them to be “up and doing” whiyt others have undertaken to perform ! Would it not be presumption in any young man, a mechanic or otherwise, to take upon himself to call a meeting relative to the Institute, when thore has been a committee Appointed at a public meeting to carry out and promote tho object for which they mel ? Aud setting aside the committee would it not be equally presumptions for a young man to make himsel conspicious in furthering an association not-? withstanding how interested he may feel therein when the leading men of the village stand aloof? When our Editors, Ministers, and Doctors are so slow in putting tfreir shoulder to the wheel, is it to be wondered at if the ycung men are backward in putting their shoulder ? No ; if left to thorn they will not for shame let so good an institution fall to the ground, /e