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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF CANADA. From tho N. Y. Scottish American. Ad article iti the London Economist directs attention lo the embanui'sed con ditrOn ol tno Canadian Finances. In 1854*, when ihe Province had ah income of JCI,200.000, ihe expendilure amount' d to only J£7o0,000, leaving a surplus ol jCiSO^OO. I u ] 858 I his flourishing state of matters was exactly reversed. '1 he revenue, indeed, had increased lo £ 1,550,- 000, hul ihe expenditure had reached to jE‘2,351,00(j, causing a deficit ol no less than £800,000. This, il must he owned, is rather an alarming stale oi mutters,anti what makes the case worse, there are no! at present any symptoms of improvement in the revenue, and hardly any indications in Ministerial quarters of a proper sense of ttie emergency, as one involving ne- cessity for unsparing and thorough-going retrenchment. In former articles relative to Canadian affairs, we have deprecated the reckless, tlie ruinous prepensity manifested by the present Ministry to squander ihe re- sources of the Province. '1 here is only too good reason to believe that the great- er part of the money expended of late years has been wasted in unprofitable and unneccessary undertakings. i he "Econo- mist refers to the obligation (or tlie >um of £3,000,000 incurred on behalf oi the Grfltful Trtinl? Railway, a present to (he shareholders iu that concern for the time toeing, which costs the Province £180,- ^OO'O a year in the shape of interest, be sides the liability for the principal sum Our London contemporary further hints at various ‘jobs' engaged in for local pur- poses. with a view to condlitate those in ihe district benefited. Jt might, abo have •added a steady increase iu tiie working expenses of every department ol the ad ministration. As lo this, the precise lads have not been made public, but will be soon, we suppose. In every case I lie in- crease has been extraordinary, denoting a recklessness in the expenditure ot the pub- lic money that is scarcely credib'e. In some of the departments the expenses have Within tout years doubled, in some â- trebled, and in one instance, if we mistake -not,’quadrupled. 1 l.e.i there has, in ad- dition, been a profusion of individual jobs, as well as local ones, chiefly in the shape of contracts, and the Ministry ha e with one 4uuid paid parties liberally to do a certain thing, while with the other they have richly endowed another set of people â- with the public properly, enabling them “4.0 counteract or render impossible the u ,- deVtakiug. To say that the people’s money has been spent without principle, is to use very mild language, such as dot s not at all indicate the extreme opposite to anything like princip.e that has preva led during the last four years. There has been not merely a want ol just regard lo ihe public interests, but a positive pre- dominance of profligate and evil tenden- cies, as immoral in themselves as they are ruinous in their results. The only rejoinder to such observations that we have met with is one which We must say is little creditable to Canada as a political community. We are fold that the men who are in office and who have done these things are better tln.n the men who are cut, and that irom John A. Mac- donald & Co., to George Brown & Co. won!d, to use the vulgar saying, b * ‘ out of the frying pan into the fi c.’ If there be any truth in ibis, then al! we have to say is that the sooner Canada gets rid of its separate constitutional government the better for its be.^t interests. We have lately in these columns been discussing the question of popular institutions, and it would seem that Canada is in a fair way of adding another argument against such government, and a stronger one than any we are acquaintod with. If its adminis- tration cannot be changed but with the certainty of incurring greater evils than those already existing, why not move at once for incorporation with the British Legislature, and thus put a stop to the growth of intolerab'e evils under a local system of representative government 1 Anything rather than the latter system must be desirable if its inevitable tendency is to land ihe Province in financial ruin. Canada has certainly not been fortunate hitherto in its statesmen, who have shown a free-and-easy disposition in money mat- ters as discreditable to themselves as it has been injurious to the country It has been the same On bolh sides of politics Liberals and reformers have gone into of- fice, and immediately they were in begOfl to practice a system of ihe rankest cor- ruption and extravagance. .“So-called Conservatives followed, and they did the fame thing,â€" though why on eartii men "tliould assume the naire of Conservative whose special aptitude seems to lie iu the direction ot reckless destruction, we ami others who do not know ail the mysteries of Canadian politics are at a loss to com- prehend. Such having been the public experience of both parlies, there are thore who say that lise professing reformers who are in opposition now would follow the example of Mr. Ilmcks, and become the grossest corruptionists whenever they got into office, fcudi a supposition is no rea- son, however why any one should attempt lo palliate the mal-nuministration of the present Government. Il it is true that all parties are alike bad, then the only position for honest men to take up is one of constant opposition to die men who abuse their official trust. For ourselves, •we look at the measures, not the men ; and JI the out's were in to-morrow, we should bold ourselves just as Irte to criticize their pro ceedings as we do I hose of the pre- sent Gevernment. Jn a case of misman- agement. thore who are dissatisfied natur ally desire a change of some sort, and il the rase is a very bad one, a change of any kmd rather the continuance of the evil. Canada certainly affords such a .rase at the present myine t. 2b oil ap- pearance the Province is in a state of (retrial insolvency. Jt has been brought to that condition by the present Ministers, who show no signs of amendment, Such being the case, we say they must be got rid ol at all hazards, no natter who may be tt fcir successors. New Mvertisemets tins Week- Great Bi-Annual Saleâ€"J. Charlesworth. Dry Goodsâ€"\1. Leishman. Noticeâ€"John Buinskii! Plough Innâ€"R. Raymond. TO CORRESPONDENTj?. No Communication of a purely personal character, and having; no bearing on the gen- eral interests of the community, will bo pub- lished in this paper. Communications, how- ever, on all interesting subject* will lie thank- fully received and willingly inserted. To in- â- -u o attention. Correspondents must send iheir names and write in a legiablo hand. Let eacii communication bo as brief as the nature of the ubject will allow. I Of ft mmww RICHMOND HILL. JAN. 28, 1859. GENTLEMEN, CLEAR TRACK! THE All Lord Macaulay sr through life I have heard of no- thing but ruin, and seen nothing huf progress,” and it is even so : the degeneracy of the age in which we live is a constant theme, with numberless croakers, but Mill in spite of croaking and hard times, we aie still iapidly advancing, a position we need not stop to prove, because it is as true as mathemat- ics, and plain as the multiplication table. The only question wilh us is, are we going ahead with the celerity and safety that we might : and if we are not, it would be as well for us at once to know the reason why, and send about their business all that are drag-clminson our wheels of progress ; and if an augean stable needs cleansing, j why let us put. our shoulders lo the wheel and do it at once, for the .sooner if is cleansed the better. Onr wise men are about to as- semble in deliberative wisdom to see what they can do lo push us ahead, and remove all obstacles lhat \\r in the way of our well-be- ing. Bui judging from the past conduct of our honorable members, we should say that we had need watch them very closely, or we shail find to our cost that instead of clearing tlie track for us ihey will heap additional burdens on our back, when we have already more noon us than we can Well bear; and unless we betimes become a little restive and kick we shall pretly soon have to lick ihe dust ; for we think that the deeds of our senators last session were anything but honorable to them as represen- tatives, or creditable to the collec- tive wisdom of those who elecled them. We are, as a Province, suffering chronic fever, anti our Legislators, who ought lo have al- leviated our sufferings, look the opportunity of picking our pockets ; not a very gentlemanly occupation that. We had thirteen days debate be- fore we could get through with his Excellency’s address ; that to our mind was a needless waste of time and money; and I hen we had our corruption Committees, which for the shame of Canada were neces- sary. But. what work did they do? Why, let the members who had bribed and falsified the poll books shamefully ! retain their seals.â€" Was that, the conduct of true men? We trow not. If they acted so that no existing law could reach them, then a law should have been fram- ed at once, which would have met their ease1, and hurled them from those seats which they disgraced by their occupancy. Then came the budget, which was so ridiculously weak and absurd that no one could dejfend it. Then came the resigna- tion of ihe Ministry, and the call for the Hon Geo. Brown, whose min- istry was unfairly defeated, and siran^led at its very birth. The vote given at that time, we are persuaded, met with cries of shame from both Conservative and Clear Grit ; for supposing George Brown lo be the consummate hypo- crite and Demagogue that some think him, that was no excuse to condemn him unheard. Macdon- ald & Co. were defeated ; and we say that in all justice G. Brown & Co. ought to have had a chance.â€" The Government previously exist- ing was not capable of grap- pling wilh the great ques- tions, which then and now agi- tate the country; and it was the duty of all to have given the Brown- Dorion Administration fairplay, which was not done by giving so hasty a verdict before having any evidence as to their good or evil conduct: for confessedly Macdonald , & Co. were found wan'.ing, and pos- sibly the other might have done bet- ter. Observe, we do not say they \yould, but what we do affirm is, that in all fairness they should have had a trial, The double shuffle we have al- ready commented on. But, asks some one, were there no good acts passed? Yes there were,and these to our mind w^ere tiie most promin- ent ones : . ,l There has been an act passed for abolish- ing imprisonment for Debt in certain cases, and preventing preferential assignments in Upper Canada. The Jury Laws have been amended ; tho Municipal Laws have also been improved, and measures for diminishing tho co.>t of Criminal Justice in Lower Canada havo been adopted. Then we have a Fisheries Bill. An Act to amend the Laws of llus Province regulating liio rate of interest. Also, an Ad- dioss foivvSlded to the Queen, re.aimg to tho Hudson’s liav Coiiipams’ Tcrritoiy, and toli- j citing tier consideration ol tlie scheme of an Inter-colonial Railway. These are a tew of the j most prominent and important Acts passed last S session.” What we complain of is, that so i much was left undone w hich ought ! to have been done. Look at the : wrangling and gross personalities 1 that disgraced both Clear Grit and I Conservative. The lie direct was j frequently given, and unmeasured abuse dealt out to an opponent ; and thus the lime which should have been given to the considera- tion of important in asures, was ! wasted in epithets and gross per- sonalities,â€"bolh the great parties in our Assembly being U> blame lor this state of things. Now, before going any further, we announce i ourselves as independent ol parly j biass, as we stated in our editori- als at our commencement in these j words :â€" “ We aio just entering the political arena to I slipro in tho realities of political life. What- ever may bo our failings, we shall endeavour to j preserve onr integrity, and hold a sacred regard lor iruih.â€"Having no political iulerett to serve I hut that of our readers, we shall give from time to time faithful veisions ol the political issues I of the country, and the general news of the j week.” the trammals of party. With us, the only party we intend knowing, is the party of all true and steady pro- gress, whoever may be the men ol w'hich that party may be composed ; W'c care not by what name they may be called, we shall judge them by their acts, and 1 heir acts alone. VVe shall endeavor lo be fearless and fail hi ul on all subjects that may be agitated ihis session. We are tied to no ones apron-strings, neither do w'e intend to be ; and we now "er-pectfully ask the patronage of all who iove it) hear the truth told them, as far as we know it ourselves. THE FINE ARTS. The second lecture in connec- tion wilh the Richmond Ilill Me- chanics Institute, was delivered by the Rev. Lewis Griffith (late of Italy) in the ^harnmar School House, which was literally cram- | med, many not being able to ob- tain an entrance. G. P. Dixon, Esq., V -President of ihe Insti- And ag; in, Dec. 10th “ Any twelve honest men, whether Con- servatives or Reformers, who shall undertake to settle ihe vexatious questions now ugitating the countrv, shall have our warmest support. Shall tho men now in power bo leplaced by men of sufficient lioiii sty, ability and energy' to avoitthe downward course of the Province, and tui n upon us once more tho tide of pro- speiitv ? Let the electors of Canada give tiie solution when tho opportunity is given them.” Our remarks on the past Session are given impartially, as our course ever will be. We will proceed to lay before our readers some of the w'ork that requires to be attended to this Session, and how it is to be done. What of the future ! Are things logo on everlastingly bad r Is our legislation always to lie talkâ€"no- thing b u t talk? N o w w e a re aware that tongue-fenee is neces- sary, but we want to see some re- sult from this war of w?ords. Let us arrive at some solution of the sub- ject on whicn we speak. If not, il is worse than folly lo talk. There are certain measures 1 hat must en- gage the attention o< Parliament,â€" such for instance as Use following: “ The question of Representation by iJo| u a- ation ; tne tieat of Government question ; a Federal Union ; tiie Hudson’s liav question, and many others,” To each of these questions the public demand, that due considera- tion should be given, not that they should be made party cries. The question is not, can Representation made ihe war cry tule occupied the chair, and briefly introduced the Rev. lecturer to the audience. The Rev. Lewis Griffith on ris- ing said.â€"It is not without some fear that I address you by your kind request this evening. This fear arises from two causes : the lirst is that I have not been able on so short a notice to give so much time lo the subject as I could wish, and the second cause ol my hesi- tation, is that 1 do not tuiiy and correctly speak the English langu- age, therelore on these grounds 1 crave your kind indulgence, and hope that you will think only ol the subject, and my intentions to do it as much justice as 1 can under the circumstances. My object in addressing you isâ€"Fust, lo do all in my power to maintain and pro- mote all real progress in this my dear second home by adoption ; for 1 am convinced that the sublime errand on which I came hither has a much wider extent than the wants of my sacred ministry; il also comprehends whatever may in any way be useful to my fellow- men. Such, 1 think, was the mean- ing of those w7ords that our Savi- our said to his apostles, ‘Ye are the light of the wo Id.’’ My second object is to show that I in particular, and my co religion- ists in general, esteem it an honor and a duly lo associate for any good purpose or pursuit with whom- soever, considering'al as brothers and children of the same heavenly father, without any distinction oi classes, sects or nations ; hence 1 feel proud t f having been invited to become a member of this insti- tute, and I tender my thanks to you for your kind invitation.â€"1 now and we judged die advancement ol the nations lhat are now extinct by the monuments lhat are left of the progress they made in the fine arts, and such was a correct data from w'hich to judge, lie concluded his very eloquent lecture thus : Aias ! very few traces of culture of the Fne Arts have I found in Canada. In the country neither painting nor sculpture have as yet been intro- duced to any extent into the educa- tional establishments of Canada, or in private institutes, to vary or mo- dify the gloomy monotony of our wilderness. If Canada does not in- tend lo neglect one of the principle branches of civilization, she must set tc and earnestly endeavour to engage the attention of thegrow'ing generation lo cultivate the Fine Arts. The Rev. gentleman then re- sumed his seat amid great applause. M. McLeod, Esq., then in w arm teims eulogized the lecture, and proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer, w'hich was seconded by G. MePhillips, Esq., and carried unanimously. The Rev. gentle- man then thanked ihe audience for the attentive hearing they had given him. The chairman, G. P. Dixon, Esq., gave the following notices: Next Tuesday evening, the de- bate on Agriculture and Commerce w'ill be resumed. Persons desir- ous of attending can be furnished with tickets of admission gratis, on applying lo any member of the Debating Society. On Tuesday, the 8th of Febru- ary, the third lecture in connection with the Institute, will be given by ihe Rev. J. Hunt, in the Grammar School House, Richmond Hill, at half-past seven, p m. Subjectâ€" The common origin of the human THE POET BURNS. by Population be ot a faction or a party? No! The j hasten to ihe consideration of my By fine arts I mean Painting and Sculpture, Music and Dramatic ; pointing and sculp- ture, as w7ell as music and Drain- only question is this: is Upper Ca- subject, nada entitled to demand Represen- atiou by Population ? We contend lhat the demand is a reasonable and jusi one, anti we ought lo get it, aad not let it be shuffled oft session after session, -as il has been hereto- fore. It’s just, and we must have it, should be our resolve ; and if the present members wont give it, why send them about their business, and elect those wdio will. Then there is another knotty question. Where shall the Seat of Government be ? Already one minislry has been wrecked on this question, and it is by no means im- probable lhat another one will share the same fate ; but still it has got to be settled ; a d W'e think the less the Queen has lo do w'ith it. the bet- ter. It is our own affair, and if we can’t settle it ourselves w7e had bet- ter shut up shop, and, like a parcel of children, tell the motherland to take us under its paternal wings; for after all w-c cannot as yet run alone. We think that e’re we come to a conclusion on this mailer we must look not at what is now'- the exact central spot, but which is likely to be the most convenient and central spot in ihe future, which can be ascertained by look- ing at the tendency of emigration, and settle it accordingly We think lhat if this criterion be fol- lowed, whatever place is chosen, these three wrill not stand much chance, viz.â€"Quebec, Montreal or Ottaw’a. j Then comes the Federal Union of 'the Province, which is what we are I decidedly in favor of, and wait with I some anxiety to see w'hat steps | have been taken to further this im- portant object. Intimately connect- ed with this is, the Hudson Bay | question, and the project of an In- i ter-eolonial raikvay. We think that all the above-named questions are ] of the utmost importance, and de- mand the gravest deliberation.â€" I Whether the present ministry are | prepared wilh measures, or have taken any steps towards the solu- tion ol these questions, remains to | be seen. If they are not capable of I grappling wilh these questions, then I turn them out, and get a ministry that is. We care not who the future men may be, if they will endeavor lo do justice on these and other questions ll.cy will have our sup- port. Measures, not men, will al- ways be our motto. Our country’s well-being will be ever superior to alic, have tw'o parts, one consist- ing in imitating and representing, the other in creating pleasant ob- jects. This is what a painter or sculp- tor does ; sometimes he imitates the visible world; ihe sky, the earth, the sea, the creatures therein living, the phenomenon therein happening. Sometimes he places events that look place in distant ages before us, and at other times he creates a world a hislory,â€"an event thal never did nor will exist, but in the inexhaustible repositories of human imagination. Likewise a Musician imitates Hie sound pro- duced by the voice of animals, or the elementsâ€"such as the roaring of the thunder, the raging of the sea, and ihe gentle or stormy w hist- ling of the winds, according to ihe impressions he wishes to produce in the minds of his heatersâ€"such as joy or anguish, fear or hope, hatred or love ; ihe same, and still more powerfully does the dramatist, by the spectacles that he exhibits, by' the words that he recites, produc- ing either amusement as in a co- medy, or instruction and terror as in a tragedy, as seen in the Italian opera, that grand display of paint- ing, Music and Dramatic, which is the wonder of every captitalcity on the continent. The lecturer here entered into a description of an Italian Opera.â€" lie also proved at length the im- mense influence for good that must accrue from llie study of the fine arts. He said,â€"“ Is it not evident that they must greatly sharpen, enlighten and instruct, the under- standing? How charitable, for instance, wras Mozart. How disin- terested the immortal Michael Angelo. How warm and sincere- hearted ihe Angelical Raphael.â€" lie then gave several instances of the entire devotion of all great Art- ists to their occupations, and said,â€" Give me a youth fond of cultivating the fine arts, and I assure you that you will never have anything lo de- plore in him, but ral'her all reason to praise him for his genius, fcr his noble feeling for innocence, and to j envy his real happiness. The lee-j It will be all the same a hundred years hence; who is there that has not, in times of trouble and an- guish, consoled themselves with this sage reflection ? Possibly the Poet, wlioSe centenary has been gloriously honored wherever a Scotchman has roamed, when leel- ing llie bitter pangs of poverty and neglect from an ungrateful country, consoled himselt with ihe thought that soon his sufferings would cease and his rest be found. He lived and died a poor man, and, although his genius w7as unappreci- ated in lile ; time has showed his worth. The loftiest intellects throughout the w7orld met in vari- ous places, on Tuesday last, to do him homage. We question whethei any other Poet has ever iceeiyec the amount of tribute lo their me mory lhat Robert Burn*’ has. Gr.'at has beer, the enthusiasm dis- played,â€"and it can be said, with truth, that he deserved it all. In Canada, Toronto set a noble ex ample ; ihere was a large meeting at ihe Rosin House, which w'as at- tended by what is technical termed u the upper ten. ’ Speeches were made and toasts drunk with rap- tnrous enthusiasm by the audience. The celebration in ihe St. Law- rence Had was by no means be- hind that of the Rosin House, in the magnificence of the preparation, Without exaggeration the w hole af- fair was a triumph from beginning to end. The Committees had their hearts in the w'ork, and great w their success. McLACIlLAN, ON “ POETS AND POETRY.” The author of u Lyrics” deliver- ed a lecture on “ Poets and Poetry, in the Grammar Sehool-room here, on Friday evening last. The lecturer discussed the merits of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Moore and Campbell, in a masterly style, and to our mind, did ample justice to a subject replete with interest to all lovers of the sublime and beautiful There was not so large an audience as W'e would like to have seen, but ihe notiec being so short, w;e pre- sume it was owing to Uiis caust that a greater number did not at- tend. We trust that wdien we shall be aguin favored by Mr.McLachlan, there will be a more extended pub- licity of his intended lecture, wdiich we hope will be at no distant day FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER. We are sure it will be read by all our readers with interest, more par- ticularly by those who heard his talented lecture in the Grammar School House, Richmond Hill, on Friday evening last. TO THE MhlilQRY OF ROBERT BURNS, Bv Ai.kx, McLachlan. Ail hail ! i mice a:id Peasant, '1 he hour lhat gave birth To tiie heart, vviio.->e wild beatings Resound through the earth; Whose sympathies nations Nor creeds yould not bind, But gushed out in torrents Of love to mankind. Then hail ! mighty minstrel, Thy magical a>t VVero the breathings of love, though The strings ol thy heart; And all thine own burdons Of sorrow and gnef Where charmed into music For mortals relief. Let the poor and the lowly Look up and rejoice, The dumb and down trodden Find in thee a voiceâ€" The high and the lordly, In palace and hall,â€" For thou wort the playmate ^ And brother of all. The poor humble cottage. The lowly abode. Is a Temple ! The cotter A priest unto Cjod ; A simple aposile, Of wisdom and worth ; Yet ono of the mighty, “ The salt of tho earth.” The birds of the greenwood. The flowers ol the field. To thee, mighty minstrel. Their secrets revealed ; And even dead matter, Wilh feeling was fraught, When touched with ihy magic, Tho magic of thought. The old hoary mountain, Tho streamlet and tree, And all the dumb natures Are kindred to thee : The wee courin br.astie. The poor com in klne. Are all fellow mortals,â€" All brothers of thine. E’en hapless wen birdies. On winters bare tree,â€" No they shall no< shiver Unheeded by thee ; The hare, hapless creature. Shall d e not unheard, Nor the wee nudist go wan. Upturned on the sward. Earth’s proudest shall perish. And sink in the Tomb; But that wee modest flower shall immortally bloom : And the poor cowrin beastie, Exposed to the blast. Shall plead for the human, While mercy shall last. The Rose is still blooming, The birds all in tune, And the poir ruined maiden Still weeps by the doon ; And dear Highland Mary, All meek as the Dove, Still glides down the ages A vision of iove. Thou brother of soirows, Of hopes and of fears, Of miith and of madness, Of smiles and of tears. With large drops of pity. Which fall without art, And great gu ts of laughter, Which ring through the heart. Still laden with pleasure The moments do flee. And still Simicr Johnny is roaring w.’th glee ; And still on Mara Maggie, Bold Tam is astride.,â€" He’ll never dismount from That terrible ride. And well may old Scotland Be proud of thy name ; Yet long may she think of Thy hove! with shame ; Earth welcomes her groat ones With coldness and scorn; What stripes and afflictions Her giants have borne ! Dead heroes in marble From memory fade. But warm hearts will weep where Thine ashes are laid; And Earth’s proudest Priesthood Like shadows flit by, But thou’rt of the priesthoods Which never can die. The above is the title of a book published by Joh.i Lovell, Mon- treal, price 25 cents, to be had at any book store. We commend it to all who wish to learn the French language, and cannot pay a teacher, they will find this book an invaluable assistant. CENTENARY OF BURNS. Through ihe kindness of A. Mc- Lachlan,Esq.lhe celebrated lecturer on Poets and Poetry, we are en- turer then cleaily showed that, jn-abletl to give ihe poem recited by proportion as the fine arts were en- h'm in loronlo on Iuesday last, at couraged. w'ould be the mental sta- ^ie grand enteitainment given tn ture and civilization of any people; honor of Scotland’s poet, Burns.--r* HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR AURORA. ^uicid;-:: by Strychnine.â€"An intelli- gent German doctor named Briess, lesid- iti£ at the village of Sebastopol in lliis country, committed suicide on Monday mortiino last by administering to himself a dose ol sti j clinine. Dr. Shaver held an in- quest on the body. According to the evidence, deceased, who was tipsy, said to J. J. Voelcker, that lie was able to pois-in himself, but would make Sutne pills which, if administered to him alter death, would bring him to life again- Deceased Mien went home, and next morning was found undressed, lying partly ou his bed anu partly on a chair. On the ihe table lay a letter, in which was written the words: “I will no longer liveâ€"W. Briess.” The jury found that “ deceased came to lus death by poison administered by bis own bauds.”-â€"Stratford Beacon The inhabitants of the Ionian Islands seem bent upon uniting their fortunes with Greece. The Council of Trent has de- clared in favor of union, and has memorial- ized Mr. Gladstone to represent its de- sires to the Queen of Great Britain. THE MUUD2RER ARRESTED. A murder was committed on Satur- day last on the 3rd con. of Whitchurch, about three miles from Aurora, utider cir- cumstaiiccs of more than usual atrocity. The name of the victim is Robert Ram- say, a respectable, well-to-do fanner, about sixty years of age. The murderer, William Ilughie, is also a man advanced in life, being apparently between fifty and sixty. i hey had married sisters, and a feeling ol jealousy seems to have sprung up between them, llughie having accused Ramsay ot being on too intimate terms with his wife. Notwithstanding this, tney bad been in the habit of visiting eac.i other, and no violence was manifest- ed until Saturday last. On tfiat day llughie partook freely of liquor, and in the afteinopn lie was noticed to be very much intoxicated. In this stale he en- Lered ihe house occupied by Mr. Ramsay, who was busily engaged at the time in making shingles. A few words endued between the men, which ended in llughie seizing a heavy chopping axe, with which he aimed a murderous blow at Mr. Ram- siy’s head, literally splitting it in two !â€" Death was, of course, instantaneous.â€" This terrible tragedy was enacted in the presence of Mr. Rauray’s wife and daughter, whose state of mind may easily be conceived. Assistance was immedi- ately proem ed, and llughie was placed under arrest. Dr. Pyne, one of the county coroners, Jost no time in holding an inquest on the body, and after hearing the evidence of the persons who were present when the blow was inflicted, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against llughie, who was on the Coron- er’s warrant committed for trial at the Assize? which are now being held in this city, and he was conveyed yester- day afternoon by one of the county constables to Toronto gaol. The pris- oner is a man of quiet, inoffensive ap- pearance, and is represented as being very harmless when sober.â€"Globe, 25th. In E Fool and His Money.â€" Some two months a^o an axe-muker nam- ed sturgeon went lo Galt with $800 in ihe bank, and kept the balance for Kpend- ui;' money. Before .New Year’s day, states the Galt Reporter, the balance had grown t) be « very small one indeed, and resoh ing upon reiormation, the maker of axes one day Iasi week started off ior Clin- ton, tiie residence ol h s mother, taking with him tiie sum of $f)00. At Harris- burg he joined a party of four men at a jiuulic house, where it soon leaked out that tie had a considerable sum of money in his possession. His friends first made b in dance, then plied him with liquor, next rofted him in the snow, and afterwards siole all his cash. 1 hey, however, con- siderately look him to a farm-house to prevent him Irom fieezing. The farmer, fortunately, recognized the party, and this led to a detection ol the gang. They were followed to Copetown, where they were all found together te a public house. We uudeistand they are no.v lodged in Hamilton gaol. ihe victim of their ras- calily, in company with a friend, subse- quvmtiy tried to.discover a clue to the missing money. Hiring.a cutter, they proceeded to Brani^s^ij.-K'here they could obtain no iuloi matii n, and consoled ihem- selvet, for their ill-luck by trying to keep their spirits Up by ) ou. ing spirits down, ihe ie uit was a cutter smashed, and a ne.v little 1ml to pay. A new Great Ocean Telegraph Com- pany has been established for the purpose of connecting Great Britain with America by means oi Mr. Allan s system of sub- marine wires. The primary object is to establish a direct communication between London and New York by a line from the Land’s End to Halifax, the Chief naval station of British North America, as well as ihe inlet to all I he telegraphic lines of communication, not only of the Canadas, but of the United States generally. The company intimate that a branch line may be carried by Bermuda to Jamaica, and thehce by connecting lines to the other West India Islands, the Central States of America, and the Brazils. The chief ad- vantages of Mr. Allan’s system of sub- marine ropes consist in making them ot tlie utmost lightness consistent with their strengthâ€"in doing away entirely with the outside covering of spiral wires, and mak- ing the core or conductor of the cable its main strength. 'Ihe weight per mile of the line proposed from Land’s End to Halifax is only ten cwt., while its specific gravity is as low as 1.35â€"just sufficient to insure its ; inking very slowly without any strain upon the rope while being paid out from the ship. The mode of its con- struction is one large solid copper wire or conductor, wound closely with fine iron wire. This enclosed in three very thick coats cf gutta percha, the whole being bound round with strands of tarred string. â€" 'Times. The Austrian Government, preparing for the worst that may happen in Italy, have sent, a reinforcement of about 8,000 men into Lombardy. According to the French papers a French surgeon has brought from India and ihe Dutch settlements a plant which is said to be a cure for cancer. The Emperor of Japan is not dead. It is the Emperor’s brother who is dead. He was an Admiral and General, and a person of great repute in Niphon.