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-... uuunz.-up uuumu ol. um ling" Province. `M11-vlfli ,|vIlTiI-.t|;oil5I-=,IA . . 1:-hf: roI.rib-mind?-L - I';I.na.1`z_`r!." 1_`he.Switch. The Switch campaign is _now being- vigorously carried on before the Private Bill Coinmittee of _the House of Assem- _ bly, to which Mr.-M`orrison"s bill to en- force thesettlement of the claim of the town of Barrie, under, Mr.` Harrison s ' award was ref'erred.n `A painplilet in answer to the one published by aiitliority ' "of this_MuriicipalityLhas also been issued by the Company, setting forth their View of the matter. - For the purpose "of giving evidence beforejtlie Committee, and otherwise aicliiig the passage of the bill,the Reeveof `Barrie, together with Mr`. Morrow and Mr`. Lane, Town Clerk, have proceeded `to the seat of - Government, where its is to _be hoped that their exertions, combined with those of our indefatigable member,` may be ` successful in obtainiiig for`_us the meas- ure ol justice so long denied. ' A [ `I a._' 7 "Capital Punishment. Abill haspasscd the second reading in the House} `of Assemblyproviding that in futurelcapital punishment shall no longer be inflicted in public. It is '. proposed to adopt thesystem m.for;ce in many of the States of the Union, where , executions . are conducted. in private, within the prison walls, none being al- " lowed to be `present butjthe officers` r charged with the carrying out of the ` sentence, and others who are required to attend in an ofcial-capacity. The 'q`nestio_n was ably debated, andlthe j second reading of the bill was` only car-. : ried by a majority of ten.~ Mr. McGee was the?-principal speakerin support of the measure, and V Mr. J. A. Macdonald inopposition to it. The subject of the debate really was-1he propriety of abolishing capital punishment altogether, towards which this bill_is regarded as the first step, However this may 'be,'the A c'hange_eproposed will be agreea_bl_e to the ,, feeli`ngs'of a large part of the com- b munity. i l ` ` ' it " I 1 ( J I r \ I e 1 t _________j__j_________ ' V I ! U uv\lu vn -vv!-snot:-v n.ov--vv--- .'l`hus have what we `are `constantly sbeingtold are thedearest rights of Up- . per Canada been battered away.` fora mess of ministerial pottage, and the wrong has been done-enotjby the mcm- I bars or supporters of the late Coalition, dough-faces and corruptionists, as they were politely - termed.-Abut `-by I the very men who,1n denouncing them as traitors to Upper Canada, have stamp- I ed themselves as renegades of a far deeper dye.` ` If'5ever men had the satis- faction of seeing confusion poured out upon their adversaries, those who sup- ported the late government have that consolation iwithoutstint or measure. 1sw;m;r at:u`g.o Division Cour-ts? _ On no (` ` `fuiftgro'I1_Tndot'analogy can it be argued ` ~ that a"bill.`a"eelinig the System ,olfUpperl-Canadav alone is of such .Majority-. It is lain then_ `Ylhalt, _Wli%enl lthis bill was rejected by an r`Upper Canadian. m'iajori;y,the Govern- ;&a1`:i_m1s q;trus t6'9excl1Ide it froin insane `ment, by their own showing, ought to have resigned, and failing to do so, they. have, one add all, as agrantly violated ' their pet principle of the Double Ma- jority as severallof them have `individu- ally__violated the pledge, most solemnly _give`n;j to oppose to the utmost the whole ' system of Separate" Schools. "`L---- L.__-_ _-_I._L --._ -...... an:-noOnr\f`lr .-f ---. -vrul Illl UK 6. `underneath which 3! |`lnaIV....I-I... _.,. .~ .. . - TheAA1i1erican War. sugrosnn minnnn. vv vacuum I VIII! 0 . flghtgdi cinala bid f 1...: I-'-`- --- - `Kill il uh n :l:ip. M [.139 neceuum`. um the 9am com Man. '7' `Zebu I Run. to when .- '5 " 10 morning. noon, and '""i'o..""~'$'a.".e`'.' nighl. 0 would be the Pocket, 'W'P' lnII|u|u_tt'_chIv-lever, to uno- mu nnmiom. Ind r- I: :o`Lb of !!mIur'vnu. u m- luomion Ind anndenco I ll! `"95 0'07! hour. or hull hour if ` [ A V ' L" " b u . % .,.:..:*.':r.:,..`:`;':.';.`..`...`"::. gsm, II ; ' . III gTe;I:,93e-u'uuh::m"| .(:.:='7J'mL`X'li'g:'E_Z`E;_3? P3." pm that the Jnay be.I|iii perfect free and sum; Qc., um! 31 per box. ,,~- -vvv-s.\\'vV\\\s` Holloway : l'.llls--Fennlp Complaints--I_I0 other medicine: ohhe day possess lha properly cl remun- in; Ihg-:" inordlnalelows incidemnlto lhe gentler sex, nndw ' 7 an 1be_ ml resum of nervous cbilily or enfer bled con-mmion.` Th _ ounndu 'of females in Ann-ncl ow eir_ exialonce Ind the actual on jo1.enu`vl' health to the the onion cofebntod-temedies is air nature in so sim- plo lhgtl . .u_ny_.bo.Inken byxha nu-at delicuo female with If and` safety. _ Sold ac. `I " box. by 91! Druggiun at 26! ueputy, Arlington. Sumunau.--Donald Shaw,E 0no-John 0. Steele, Om- ' Rnrliv- 2 . nu vvun Sunnlniil:-,~Bnald Shaw, Snunidnle. Ono{--Joh_n 0I'_0. J. Johnson, DGPDU` .' Rugby. Fx.o:-Jhmes Rowait, Craighunt. IV ` I AME Annnv-an --...." v- -unuuuw, DHIIITO . Imusm.-'l`homas R. Ferguson, ookslown; W- 0. Little, Deputy, Allendale. I . Bum:--T. D. Mcconkey, Barrie. T _ Anuu--.Tbos. Kidd, Arlington; 'l`bos- Langkr. -- Deputy, Arlington. ` SITNIIIDALI-.--Dnnnld m..- cv---9-'- ..uu.uu:1u-aonn ` Mchlanu ' ' Charles Banting, Deputy Blunmnn-J. Swallow, Bram Fergusc C, '.I'n "In-...a.- All - zuasououno--Kobt. Murphy. Arlington. Mnnoxn-7-John Craig, Craigbnrst. Col.LmGwooD-J. Hogg, Collingwoo. 'l`I:ou3m:1i1--Jobn McManu{s, Schomberg ; n 0harles_Bnting, Deputy. Clover Hill. uuyut , IV]. ' Tm: 8: 'l`.nr-George Clark, Waverly. ' ' Vksnu--Jona'tlinn Sissons`, Barr` . Muutm-'- Jae. Abe|-deen, lllulmur. Tossonozmo--Robt. Murphy. 4`D`lnnoxn-7-John Cmlz. Craicbnnn. nor ootnrnanuer. tne gmtlm numu. ' During the night her pumps were Wait, to throw _ou_t the leaks she was making. The sea had become aomewhat.rot_tgh`,~how- over, ind was washing in through the holes in kept at ` Jar b0WI.. By` daylight it became obviouethnt 7' Iho muat sink. I had'romained.6n bond the `K'Its'ki'll during the night,and at` 7o ulock word . was brought down that the Keokuk, which wits "hard by nag` hddfmadc 3 eighal of"distre'aa. Pluitog:op ohdeok. we" nw she wag rapidly Ieltliog fonvard. At her signal,` boats and lugs had ceme to her assistance and were busy re- moving her wounded men. ` ' ` nnrnlv timn nnnnnh was n'uI'l!d- in ma! nH' ' Theeuu ol'C 'JIn|oomhh-n nu. uuuum. -'1'nomns Coupland, - Alexader Tegnrt, Deputy, Bowm OxuLLu'--"John Kean, Marchmonnt. EasA-_-Wm. McClain,`-`(Hover Hill; Deputy,'lvy. ` ' ,,_.. .. \II auuni Mono--Go. Mclanus, Mono Mills; North Adjala. N OTTAWASAGA - Thomas Coupland; Alexndnr Tn... n-..-- n v...o-vu vuull PCT DIISDEI. . Potatoes-50 Bul(e`r-201-, per`-lb. Egg's-l0c per doz.` Hay has sold during the past week (on. 22.00 has been asked, but we did any nles at that gure, . B:ef--4.00 to 6.0.), {according to {mainly -Pork is mm, and good is worth 4.50. - \~\ Holloway l'lllu- I that medicine: on): an - J _ Wehave ho change ih prices In I ketl. _The link: produce broughl former prizes. ' - IIAAJ Q_(. 7 `up. ...... a. In I 41:0. Good. Spring Weat brin` bushel. Oals-50 cents per lausho.-l. `Pnlnlnn-k Kn , d _._...v... ....r.uJ vn slant uu our market. this morning: prices are without. change. FALL Wmz.u'-ranges from 85c to 93. V` Spnmo Wm-:A1'-84o to-85. Pius:- -56c to 57. BARLEY-95 to $1. OATS-42 to 45c. V FLoUn-tbere isconsiderable enquiry for sum.- fine, no transactions, however, buyexs and rulers being apart in their views--sellers are;ns'king $4; extra neglected. D111:--- --- .- .- ..~5-wwucuq - _ BU1"rsn--veryvscarca, good dairy in demand at 15: to we; good store packed Mic to 13. EG<;_s--sc:u-ce alv]2_c to 15 per dozen. Ponro1:s.-55c to 60 per bushel. > - A Ctmtons Br.tmnetz.-'I'he other day, in the ` Legislative Assembly, the Speaker announced . -message from the Governor General,` Signed by himself, and upon the members rising itt the usual manner in testimony A of their respect for 13,, Queen s representative proceeded to n-nd the said" message, which informed the House that His` 3;. cellency had setttdown `the Public Accounts for the Public Service for the year 1883. After the message had been read in English and Frt-nch,by the Speaker, the Premier said-()h, there.-'5 ts mis- ` out that portion `of the message relating to the Estimates. Now, we neversaw 'such,an occur- rence before, and on looking into books can find no precedent for it. Can anybody inform us whetherjthe Parliamentary history of nnylcountry ernm_eut took upon himself the nttth`ority~to altera the head of `the Government 2- Quebec .r`\ eu~s. Gttttnn CAMP or: lN3Tt{L'C'rl0N.-_RI)mot5 are be formed it. our neighbourhootl, to he composed of theetrnopsin the garrison: of Klngstlttl, To-_ rontn, Hamilton and London, who will lie en- _ practice and such exercises together, the camp to be formed after the manner of the catnpseat Aldershott, the Curraglt, and other places in` Britain. Guelph is the place at present spoken of as likely to be selectetl, but we Ulldefslilltl that the military authorities have not as yet come to an ultimate decision upon the matter, so that the selection of the site will be an alter consideration.-,-Lo1tdOn Prototype. take. and going up to the Speakefs chair, struck. recordsany case where the first otlicer of the Gor- i written communication to a legislative body from , note current of a grand camp of ittsnuctton to ` camped together during the coming summer. tor _ the purpose or practising field mattaauvte.-t, hall . VCIIOI Wllll Illlwl. . - '. But the Keo|mk-.-she. of aft olhers,;waa the moat T fearfully maltreated. -This vbssel was Ilmck ninety-limes-, and she had nineteen holes above and below. the; water h_n, `some ofa size Ibtongh which rboy might orawl.~ H`e_r turrets ' (hvo and`-"I.hree quarler inoheoof iron in Ihick- nus) van lairly tiddled I.||,IJ came out of the` . > ontogt more sieves. Dunng` lhe action twelve `of hot men [were wounded, among whom was her 6olnman'tler.'lhe gnlllnl Rhlnd.` 3 .' l\a.-:.... ah- ..l..bn hnr nnrnni nmna knnl AF aunll mennder, Bar R. J. _Oliver. Orillia. _ .....-.. .......u, urugnuru. cnowu LAND AGENTS. John Alexander, Barrie. Olin-r. u-Na There was a * mm. Accinsxrr on my -GRAND Tuvsx.-y,,_ terday morniugvabout nine o clock, while me mixed train boundwest was near the Scnrbon, station, 'one'of the brakesman, named John llig. ` gins, was instantaneously killed vfhile standing on the top of the baggage car, hy his head coming into contact with one of the bridges. It nppurs that the unfortunate man had ascended to the root of the car for the purpose of adjusting lb, bell rope. Before the train passed under the-bridge he appears to have turned round to luck l0W||'d3 the tailuf the train, when his head coming violent- ly in contact with the bridge, he was thrown pm. tune on the roof of the car and instuntlykilled, The backbf his-head was smashed` in a fearful manner. The train was instantly stopped Itud the body taken inside the baggage car and brong},-, on to the Don station. In the ntternoon Caron; Hallowell held an inquest on the body, when a verdict of accidental death" was returned._ Globe. T ' i _ Pnxsn:N1'A'r1ox.--'Pb- congregation ofthe ton Wesleyan Metbodift Church`, took occum last Thursday evening to present to their pmo: the Rev. J. W. Mccsllum, a puma contoa'nin' ' hundred dollars, accompanied by 3 suilublog at I dress. - Globe. M Eklin. `on the 31st, taking 50 prisoners. The French `at,San Marrien with 10,000 troops, and G WETUJIPIJIBEU I-DIVE UHIEB. ` .. {rho fortications of San Javier were n-mjt i untenable by shells from the ried guns `nditd 0 Mexicans withdrew and the French occuyiied 15?: 1 the fortications round all the city, and the 13,016 i bardment continued at the latest dates. The . ` cipal fortications still hold out. pm` "General Forey se headquarters were Church of Santiago. General Commonfon ': Ortegawas at Puebla with 25,000. em . The Frpnnh hm! nut` that 1-nmm....:..-.e -' ----v - -- ---~---- ~--- v......u,U"_ '1;tVS'an'Mnrrien w'i`lvI; tron; 9, Gen" ` The.Frencb had cut. the communicatidn be_ tween `Ortega and Commonfort. The he strength was 20,000,Aand 50,000 Mexica as m.a.,- - Maignez. . Their` base of supplies was the vm. of Amnzac. ' `D..:..rA..--__.-....4- _-.... -.__s._2_._ .1--u _ I Thre were twenty thousand Mexican 1 l the City of.M.L-xico. Ul ll lllllzilcu Reinforcement: were arriving daily {mm ~ Cruz- I I'l`l....... ._...... n_-_A.. 41 . . _ _ -A an - ~ Thus the Kqtskill was hit twenty times. The. UlmIu_ III on uacu. _ " _ I _ ` . _ In addition, the other monitors each received lholunote or.le'u,thonghnot disabling them. ."-ve-nd from ~-s...ted.:--!h,o!.4, \!.l.!?'4."' Ilro plgttug tor_`v`u'd,ng`qio . it. btiqkiogiu-bea;h{ heneat'h.un't_l_ ependi'og'5its ~" {one oti`jo:tron mnchion; 'wt:ich_it tat-ted half, on iuch.. T-_`- - ' f. . " V` [roneideu was frequently jtmck. `One OI: the shots brokeo end cattied away one of . hat port ohuttere,_and her wooden how: were penetntotfby shell, though they. wete pre vented from doing the damage they otherwise most have done by Commodore Turner?e "pre- Olion `of protecting the "exposed par! of the t venue! `with Ilndbage. ~ lI.n oh. l(.mImIe_.hn_ of n!l`- nthers. was the I |trangl_gd,and that th_e chnld had died 1'.-,n_ U: ylect. 'l'hore'is reason `to anpyose G1 -eenwood 3 father of .tbo child, whenca perhaps "on W` motive for tlte double crime. - 5` I V - _ memo. ` I T SAu.?';7nAMnsco, April 19.--By the uh Sonornfvia -Acapulco, dates from the city of Mm" ico are`, to`-the In of Aplil. ~ `Tho Fr:-nah hnmbgrdnd Puebla '1... 4-, 1C0 I0,-[DU ISI 0|'- API ll. " . `The. French bombarded Puebla `zen `kn M`. wero,xepuil.sed three limes. . ` Thu fnrtit-nlinnn nf San Jnviar uh-.. _, . [`here very vlinmited upply of grain on_ {market morning: .nm>, V A v' ' ggpctial Notices. l`0RON'I`O -M ARK ms. "W" DY FVII '. Indlha hit unlned ln m BARBIE MARKETS. tommertlal, V av`/V- ~:v.~.-..v,~ \-..<.,x .. \.A_ _ -\- (hit tho dovefof the port could not -ho` could not be used. ~ I- -A.a:.:-.. .|.- .33...--`........':...'.. ......|..- ...-..:-...I oponod,_nnd Voonsequeutly `thy 16-inch gun 3,673.), gnccol-ding nality. e, 4.50. ... uuu--5 Iuu [N151 WCCK Ill ZU LU PC? asked, not hear of |l anrn hange in no}: in our mar- in sold at nbum April 5 22,186.`; nu outs of Hlulurwt '. whinh mention and 4 ENE (inn. an mnmnr `P. o. .\nnR:s. "ms CNand, Creemore; v Bowmore. ll..--L__ -,, . Toronlo, Apti! 0. I863. brings about 70 -(ems per %Vo7lum% nun, DCIIOIDDOP} y. Clover Hill. mm vuu to - Geo. Davis; April 20. 1863. 5; Thos. Elder, at 20(1) per .l _._. L _.__ -. L troops in Re`:-13} `consults A null Tectl` as thcyi, every mi work eh Denusu ..;n_n Kl rq of Child -.-v -.-Vy.vy_ - Hon, J.- _l-L-Cameron. lion! 0` .otI,l_I',0x|`onl election gqm,mi_gl;co.. rgppqlod thqI,jnqim.or;Ihc' polilioriut nor any one`mpro untin g'j_lgirn.g'p-9.. `pared ywithin Oofholll` altar '!hO'_` tiraunoqti of the cognuliltqoupii morniig; ijifd tic` aiding; \h'uin tun ~o'ml n.u_IIqgauion.umja Ms- ' bow .Il.I.e He-MEWM? 41:9-calls`!-_-;d6e!tidi; dhlr !99I-d- nd the 1*.-mi.-A-mi-t%I:i%-%.roInr_:rJi4x;;. `gnu " ' . ` A N re surr during that i places Mew Brad . Coo - Bond Brow Sun Lefro Bzirri Colli `When quiring'l their prq SUI CH2! mnaunuu April tiffsu show uotic purs_u Oblui nun: :- uuu ,u!:coalB'_'*QU.' . v .- " "' A .Non-co-nun-V-Han. ;.Megm,. ;Al6nmle r,. Mikey. L9F|It_dp, Jp_rh_y.V MoMIsiu.': Wnlkeu. Chrillio. Seymour, Sunpoo`n.L Bghnqtt,V-V5$`.,.3. and B0:l;l|I0l`!-V-.15. " - _ `_ , *: .__ was uutrwu on N19 lUHOWllIg'I0l 2" , _ . .CoN'rIcN-rs- Hon; Messrs. I-`_-:rg"uso`n-Bluff, M cDnna'ld,Tesi`er. Hollon, Ma|hiol,':De'unnl`- Ies. Bureau, Lelolliet, Do St-.AJu.at. V-Lemidnx, De Ia.TerrieI?,9o, MoCro_a, .Amund,'E.' Duch'er.,. "37. J. Duchoonly. G.uoyr_emo.nI.: Bab,v>._Pnn,ot,,j Camejoni. D;Beauj_un, Haf[!iK9l]_';0f=,]_(_itigglq@)_, Fouier. _Shaw,`-- Leslie, Monte, ~jAl,lnn,V .'I`ac,h_e.l. Masson. Perry, Aymslrong`. `MaIhjeo'n,j Hg"m'l_-V `- Inuqf lnltemlann, Cruuifoiik Ro`sI.`.'Be`ue`a n; Oliver. Atchimbau, -Prom-`,=. Renaud; Cnnij andjLLecoat0i_-.'C0.*` A I . J - " - nu- :n-------- " ' - - V more deeply interested than the `School ques- -and lhetefom it was not surprising that they: liitiiii-Mr. Ailtinsisaid there win no q`neistion in which the pedpte of" Upper*Canad`a were tion. They had made great _sacrics.to bring the schunl system to its present efficient state; should resist aqgressigns on it by 'agitat0_rs_[or Separate Schools, Hethought `Mr. Mc_Crett s reference to Representation by iPop,ult'ton was ttnftirtutiata. `If Lower Canadians Wr so tti'ttn_h afraid that Upper Ctmadinns wotI,id*interIere with their institutions, whydothey` press-this law,'tiRecting the` most important intenistsroi Upper Canada, Vagainat tjhef mitt of itisuvrn people: '. ` - -A . _. V. The House`-,divit!etl-on the motion.` tw ich` was carried on the foIl'o`wing"vnt`e:--' , -CONTENT- Hon: Mania" 'l`. a-.'-'n. ..`-..'nt_-_v=_.* w oil, on Monday evening last, a communication a yewer to one sent by the .\ layor and Corporation -_ lVTa1zlirnantl,`v'hAtclt was set apart by the Indian thority of the Court of Chancery. to thetown of- ` Brantfotdj.-the Corporation was des i_rousol' pur- A price set upon it bythe Department. or rather ` towmo Brantford was ready and Wii!t'&i;ii1a)', : C and such intention was made` known to the -Gotntnissioner of Crown Lands. Theland in .q,nestion is indispensably necessary for the irn.' ` ptovement ol the river, ifat any time the navi- ` P.P., for the County of Haldtmand; has had a ,_thin man supporter -of it-hiseorts proved 4 Government vrould guard the interests*.of"t_he ' A Gross Gov'erttmettt'Job. I wrom the Brantford Courten] A1 themeeting ofthe Brantford Totyrt Conn -I waeread from the Indian Departtnent, in am. of the town of Brantford. in reference we cer- ttin tract ofAland`si'tu:tIed' in the County of `Department-`for the benet of the Grand River Navigation Company; and as the affairs of the Company are at present tr ansl'erred,"by.the au- shasing from the Indian Department, at the Iiy the Commissioner of "Crown" Lands, the Hon. Mr. Macdougall, who~ie7ite.ncknow|edgel head-, which was $l4_per`acre,"and which the `Oli0n:Ih0dd'b9|m[)[0V8d, it was the original ' intention of the Navigation Company to make lent through this piece of land, in `order to avoid a dangerous portion of _the river filled Iithrapids.` For years past Mr. Harcourt, M; longing eye after this piece of land, and made. several applications for it to the -late govern- ment. and also to the_lateComrnissinn_er, David Thorharn. ,Esq;. but his efforts were of r)o'avai|'_ As soon as'the present Igovernprnent came into power-and Mt`. Hatuourt being a thick and note successful. - Now the Hon-.'Coinmis- sioner of Crown Lan-Isis, by virtue of his of.~- oe Superintendent General of the Indian afi fairs, and in thetransfer 'of_th'e Indian aais from the /Imperialto the Catt'sdian'Gove'rnme-rt_t. ill `was strictly` understood that the Canadian Indians, as they are corn-idered in `the ey`es'.` bl . ' the lasvrninors. But `vrhetgwill the l nt`per_isl' Govenmsnt, the people of Csnsdssand indeed: every right-thinking rnsnthink, when` tho, -`see; Illp of thelndisns Irsrtered;awsy`;~;fot V- politicst purposes! cwitt it. Is`. h;.tr..t..t..u.. .v- -.......- .. uguaeqnuuntt sages; . V I Col. Tache spoke warmly in support of "the * Bill. i Hedisccoved` no new principle; in this Bill. Separate Schools had been in operation ' twenty years,_nnd no evil had resnlteditlxere- from. If Catholics in. Lower Canada treated their `Protestant _nei.ghbours as.- Protestants in Upper Canada wished to treat Catholics, they would not nd it pleasant. He was sorry to nd oppos'ttion to the Bill` coming from on, party cla`imin_z to_be the party of progress, avndwhioh some_u.ougm;m_a natural allies `of the French ,Cana'diIns. ' ' - ' ` 3 f .. `his'cnnstiluems_ ct)n n|dered lhal lhib, Bil s wuamnls anu ualnnncs. ' - . ` - Hon. `Mr. Skead sand that a Yargetmajority` of I would inlerfere with the efficient working of lhegsahool system, and he should:i`me a-gainst_ it. , ` fill". B/ll`. AHRYI munnnunnl nlsn -'-~-'--` ` for thesecond reading was merely a required in the `existing law.- vv lUl'UWUUn Hon. Mt. Blair said. he did not agree with the Vsentimentspf the `Guelph petition. . He argtted, that those who voted against the` second reading of this Bill voted for `the maintenance of the existing Separate School law. . Voting V {rming the principle that some a`mendtnent_.m`ight be n/ll`.'R(\IIlln`n nnnlnn -I---`-- ' .u,-men nu ma exlsllng law.` _ Mr.`Boullo'n poke slmngly as_c alcu|al`ed 10 increase diss: Proleslanls and Catholics. .l-Inn `Nip Q!-.....I ......x .L . ` :1 3};-In, nu ma snouldivme a-r,.vainst_ it; Mr. Allan supported. the second read- `im:,'bu!vrese'rved his right to jake whatcomse } he chose arsub.-ugqum stages. ` Tunkn nnnlrn ---l--'- ' I >- '7 mi-li::riii"l_l`l.r.~ rchrislle delivered is long andlable apeeoh_`.a.vainst Separate Schools. In reply to ` _Mr. McCrea,- he read the petition of" St. Genr2e s Episcopal Church. -Guelph, demand- ` ing.Separate Schools for the -.Church of Eng- land, and contended Ihat,"it granted to one de- nomination, it would beVdifcu_lt.to resist"gra_nt-. ' ing them to any other denomination `_ which _. asked them. He pointed outtnat one extra- _ordinary result, if this Bill zpassed, was that the Clergy,Reeerves. originally granted for the support ofvaProtestanticlergy, would-he de-_ voted to teaching the tenete of the Church.`of Rome in_ Separate Schools." I_u; reply to Mr. Mc Donaldabout accepting Dr.Ry'erson s views he. read. from Dr. Rye.-rso'n s pamphlet of` 1857, strongly denouncing the 'desi_gns`of the Roman "Catholic clergy and warmly advocativng non-` and asked if Dr.'Ryerenn was a-reliable guide be followed. u,.v.. u. r--A sectarian education for the whole pupnlatton,7' - whether hispviews. of. 1857- or 1863 should` IIIY7 l)IlIu Hon. Mr. Alexar_td_er said his ncqttair.tance with the working of the school system satised him_ that itt most of tlte rural sections qualied ' teachers could only bemaitttpained by all classes of the "population supporting `the Common Schools. Separate Schools were- injuriott s to` Catholics themselves; and: itt tltei.r- interest, as well as in the interest of the rest of his~cun- `stit_u_ettts, he must oppose the Bill. _ - Hun, Mr. `Ross argued in favor of Separate ` Schools, attd attentpted to show that they form-, ed part ot tltebasis of the ttnion of the Pro- vinc`estL.A He characterized the recent public meetings in Upper Canada as an unreasoning agitation,` and said those who passed resolutions did not understand the subject they were deat- ingwith.j, , ` . If";-. YM- rVL._:_.y- A I- - - Hon. Mr; Mc'Master opposed the Bill." He" contended that` our admirable non sectarian school system should be sustained. He sow no. reason why ,the-children of all denominations should not be educated together in common schools, so as to grow up-with friendly feelings towards each other. In justice to his own con- victions and to tlieiviews he`lri'by'a' large ma- 'jnri!)' of his constituents, he must vote against Iheillill. - ` - n.,_ in -- - " ---....... .... ......... ...=.5mu u _tl~ were [)0SlD|6_ to see everytraoecof sectananism-biot.t.ed out from the Upper Canada school system. But- we must deal with facts as they exist, and if` Catholics insisted on educating theirchifdrenin -accordance` with their own religious faith, just as he desiredtto have hisown conscientious feel`- ings respected, so he desired to respect the cori-' scientiuus scruples of his neighbors. .-Astothe "merits of the particular amendments proposed in this Bill, hipwas wiliiing to be guided by the tactthut they had `received the approval of Dr. Ryerson --who had a thorough`acquaintance with working of the school r~_\'stem, and whom no one would_su'spect' of cringimzto the Roman (fiuvholio Church. ` He hopedthe Council, by- its rate on this Bill; would showitaeif superior to -heated partizanship and bigoted der'nagogu'- ism, wh,ich` were striving to make use at this question. " ', - ` o _ - "an Mm Y|'..`!\..--_- -7-r- ' ' ` ` ` ` " " .1-i:i~. _ `_ r ~Hni`;l1t-;:`t?t3 ;' s `of the _R0tl_|:lil!: CI}, T, H9 *'53Pl.`i"'.`ll`.`:.. . " thy 0,1r:lonAe__,'.'s.cho;;,s3t_,e of me Bert. -'.uit:ad beetrillctt hi: it derstood t'r'or`a`Mr. Scott tliit shot it gentl etIiiitt" W 1., movg it, and that he_(Mr. Mc_Cr_ae).wa's to have seconded it, but after -Co|;"_l,"ache jspok_e`,. asthe gentleman did l.10U i599 h9"(`M|'y;M_0.C| _9)-I moved the first re_adtog..- A He -to argue at some length `_m favour -of Separate Schools; He contended thatevery parent-.Ivas': entitled to` choose for, his ehildregt ..:tltitl_},lttt,t. of. education which besticcoriled iiih lilliwti " views and eonvictions,,_uuless.itreould h'eTehe_iyn- that granting that priv;ilee was_'dettimenta`l to I the general interests of the country; I-le refer. red to the argument 'that.other_-denominations v would demand separaIeSi:h.1-when iilanteji . to Roman Catholics._ He denied that this would he t_he fact, and said it was begging _the ques- tion.- ' He asserted that all_Protestants were- willing to have their children educated together. . He" contended that experience had shown that the Separate School system did not interfere. withthe eiciency of the Common School. He went over the hietoryfnf Separa_te_Sohools since` their introduction in 1843. They had excited ~ no opposition throughout the country until 1852 _ or 1853. - He denied that allovring Separate _ Schools was taxing Protestants to teach `Roman Catholicism`, and said _that publieirnoney was 7 neither Protestant nor Catholic; It was the money of the realm, and did not bear either Protestant or Catholic supe,rsoript'=on_., He argn. "ed that the Catholic_ minorityiin Upper Canada was entitled to the same privileges as Catholics r -ungrudgingly granted to Protestants. in Lower `l Canada. He said zthatiotirig againt this Bill would give Lower Canadians new reason to re- sist Representation by Population,..becnua,e they would conclude that Upper Canadians would deal unlairly by their institutions ifthey had the power. _ e V t A ' H/in. {Donald _McDonald seconded the motion He said he would beeglad if it. were possible every trace of seclarianinm.hlntt-ml ma- up nguu ol mojnaum ban_ered1,uw_ny` afot political par Y Will it. be believedjhat `tho nry l In_ thuIthq_t9_!n_1Aojf B mnt_f9rfi offered I. -__.L-_- _..J _---'~ |3"`` 19!?;93:=:=3:i .n.n:w`.n.wu-vu-us VTLEGISLA*r1v.I;'cdU1~{;L; : > b I " ' A ."`~ against lh Bull dissensions between ;.!i!!`,`!35 iW!5i.:l7 : ' , ...... mpuu upuII_ Iuu still greater advantages rd `which would accrue to the country tn the can- in struction of a canal from Lake Huron by way . `y of Lake Sim coe_to,Turouto.p It rni`ght be asked, L? that supposing eith one or other of the canals y -were constructed, i a freight oil}-._ring in the h West of snicientrnagnitude to inuence a be. h tie! that the enterprise would be a protable one; and are the people living in the `Western ' States desirous oi securing to themselves more through Canada to the markets` of the world? It 7 . . . 3 enlarged avenues of transport for thetr produce '3 Without wearying th'eHonae .with any minute statistics, he.v_vas`justied in asserting that the" , States to the west of us, now interested in this proportion{ot' it, we .v roultt.ac'qu`i're in case this canal be built`, have doubled their population. as D V . . . , movement,` and ;whose cornmerce, or a great 5 s I wlqltaaethe area of,cuttivation.-every ten:yoara.\ 4 ,- t rom"the date of their settlement to therpreaent L ' , time, tlispl'ayi`h'g pa prtigreesrpunuknown in the | r htstury_of any othercountry. That theamount i , of breatlatubrand provisionecoming out of the I region of the great lakes t0e!_lte'seabo`nri_l during t K last year pwaq-ahoutll0;000.000]of bushels, that I _ that trade paid` not. lees than 50 million _of dol~. ,1 5 la'rs to_thecu;r_nrl:ton carrier: ufthe Statoof New r { ork;nearly:_j$4,l0.m in tolls, beIitles_.fur-' ii 'ni_s'li,_ir`r`gltoVhet_` ahipifthree-fourtba_t.of-' their r ,V tra'ights,5oreatingakdotnestta zcomamco more` 'd ' .than`-twice atlarge.aithe.;externalr or.;t'oreign f : corrnmerceotfthegonntrye-thisenormous amount. a if. PM.II_i?.!5*'1.~tenl- ltI9=:ef_9wt,htf`.I' ;t.'iIr'te.r' .v . pentuyy.-; ; ,'t`tn `rd in. theretors. the material it i Iit.. .1`..`9`9nr[c!nItaremunm-* st - tivfe,`it` weeould` am 't_he:tr`a_'napbrt' 0'1 "qi'q` .7 pfair:ahare_o`f:it ut:dothe1,t[trIerieanareqnim ` mother outlet ttr'tiiioeit`i. '_u'nd;d.'._tn,\.`..f,g :;;.-- . through,-Canadaie` ?Allhia"que'ottion% 'iI;.5nofioi_`ed=f _ _.by:th_I'cb'nr.Ie*pItr,aued la't`ofty-'in, ,l_re [Statea;6f:l`l.l littdisiod Ijtu-qt! " he1r.t,oo,'d1'i'-,2t 3 tic!-t. 1 . 1 *!t..!Ito-I2-nae, _ . Huh.` Mr . Rnbtnsoltl saitl the House would re- collected that the h_ott. member for Russell,` be`- ing the waters of Lake Huron with theOttewa, .by means of a canal; in ordenthat byvtha_t nor- thern routefthe prqduce _ofAthe Greatgwest ;might bejbrought through Canada tothe ocean. ~ted,he. hadnow thehonor of submitting a resolu- `lion `also asking forecommitxee to enquire into land report upon_ the still `greater advantages _whic accrue lo1h_e c_ourtt_ryr_in con- L.n-.._'. :-_ -t - ' ' fore the recess, moved for a` Cotnmitteie totake. into.consideration the practicability of connect-, In the inlerestofthe lecality which hevrepresen-. _ . Georgian` Bay ctmal, V , ~ In the Quebec. C/tronicleof the 17m instant, _we find the following report or the s?peeehVde- livered by. the Hon, J. B. Robinson, injmoving {or I`: cotnmittee on the Georgian Bey Canal route. t Mr. Robinso`n remarkeare `well wbrthy of perusal,_and we mayeongratulate the friends of the work. in having so efcient an advocate in Parliament." * " L the [and tin! the towuof Branlford ` pas. -Thiuiu xhovhdniuund qpxig!I!';G9grn-g ruin:-I flllvvkl VVIII ll 09 DOIIEVBJ to pllrohloo and was wiiling to pay 814 poncre fit. and w||ich'wu`:vo|l worth 825. was uhld . to Mr. Hucoun bytho Commiuionbrof "Cinch Lad: fonlio mall "mm of $7 |Set.I6re f-"l`hiI i tout the `right: of tho |')oIIt.l'l|Vd_iIII;lll |1`etUd- . Ina} Io,Mc.;.Huponn, and 1]! I9; ppiiliqnl.-mgr: "I.l!l'l.f#O hCi'-3b d:_t'f|fii|h;n'_nd _;l-3:31 I pas. V Inl I'u|in `lb; . if-- ti.n.ico` . 1. " -II! .31 I : tlltihnlinn -_.._- ..-v-uuu nuuulus U], It VUIU UK. 0`! `to 44. _ `Mr, Scatcherd s bill `for_:jeducing lzn`v costs has . vbesn referred to a` select committee. T ,. . Mr-. A`ngns_Mo1v-rison's bill reducing the time within which non`-rsident land; may be, sold for _ takes from veyears to-two , was thr6"wn out on the second reading hyfa vote of. 57 to 44. "Mr Qm.o..'l...-.11.. L`:n -p__, 2 - ~ A Billtintrdduced by'Mr_.1Mc1e`1m further} limit- bitng the time within which non-residents may appeal against the assessment of their property, was rejected on the motion for the second read- ing. ` ' ' ' `Al- A`__,,,,, II V I 7- -"` " A had-been executed between the Board of Works ` a building, curities would be furnished and suitable boats_pro- 2 There were two" bids"lower'than his-one 811' regular service wastobe - wood to the Sault,._and 25,000. -.. .-qu} 7 I\l I Mr. Sjndtield Macdonald said theunew contracts UCB tlUll and the old contractors for the completion of both the Departmental and Parliamentary` buildingsat Ottawa. There was no time limited. in the con- tract for. the completion of the work, but it was the intention of the.G_overnment to lose no_time _in pushing on the work as fast as possible", Ilealso _ "said the Government had-not taken the plan for . the `Governor's residence at Ottawa into_considera- tion. The state of the nances did not admit of the government contemplating theerection dfsnch so the thattime it might be expected to` be fit for occupntion,_as asked by Mr. Crawford, was an event which must be left to conjecture. 2 In reply to Mr. Benjamin, 1 ' _: - ' l\Ir. Sandeld Macdonald said the vacancy creat- ed by the death of Mr. Derbishire "had been filled. be the appointment of Mnltlalcolm Cameron, and that the appointment was made` subject -to any ge the Government or.Legis- modication oriclmn , lature might think necessary -to suggest in print- ing he_reufter.1- . - _ , - . . . ' .In: reply to Mr. O Connor, _ Mr. Foley said no contract had been given, but a tender-had beeuaccepted, furpconveyping then -mails from Colling\vood_ to" Srutlt Ste. Marie and Fort William, resp_ectiv_el_y, subject. to conrmation on asertanining the.obility_-of the party tendering to carry out the contract. . Certainly ,_ proper se- vided. Mr.-John Watson, of Goderich, was the `lowest acceptable bidder,-out of 17'altogether. lower for the whole" service, and another so low that it could not possibly, be nccept'ed-. -It was on_ly-$1,200 for the entire service for the season, and `no securities givenor boats mentioned. 2 'l.`he' "weekly from Coiling- fortnightlytrom that . point to Fort William; the terms $80 a trip to the ' `Sanlt and` $~10_0_per trip to-Fort William. - The se- " cnrities, Charles H. Askins and W. Robertlllorgan; of Sandwich. `The boatmentioned was the Par-_ ` sons. Another otferby the same party to carry : n mailfrom Sarnia was under consideration `and would probably bepaccepted; He also gave in- - formation respecting the other tenders. ` _ In reply. to Mn. O'_Hallornn, ' .' ` ' A , ` Mr. Sandeld Mncdonald` said the Government.- would accept100;000,volun`teersUitthey offered I and supply, them witharms but could clothe only I L uunoulu. ' g ' -- V ` . - ' tt_oh_. J.S,f-Macdonald `said the_ Government teceiied ti communication stating the intention of the diegats to be hreion the 924th of May. A replywgts gi'ven`that, tIi was not pbssibleto .reo_eive them in nantoicial capacity, but that aliwonldvbo glad to receive them as` private in'dividunis.' There had boon no communion - tion` s`a`yin'g-.that_ih'ey would oome A~in- that capacity. - - Mr." Gall thought a great. pity ifany dipllo. i ntatic'difficulty_ahonld_`inlerfere inn matleryof such gregt `importanceto Canada.` ' A Bfynqn, 320;` I863.- ` In tiiev Zlsrliamehtary proceedings of Monday last, w nd the follqwing items of general inter- est, Inyeply to a. question- ' Ila Q.'\...AI:..I): u._...1..,,-: ---- V l 1.89 wu>.p`g9rma;_t..,;o takeinto, ` __ :practioehili_tyI`fof eetahltsh'inga ftii` . Ietiou, and in..th`e extent, 1:! eltivetedflittilbtfa. l every ten years since theyhadl beenAo|`tiittid-:ttD_e V the State of New Yorkffty i_nillion'dol_lare.and` up ,uuu_ yaw En; Mr';,ttj%2bi:`I'if|"9!!:. ` 50o roetton'o com r_nuuicatio`n"bet weejt -Levine" .-ml ..<.>.m.--ios By `!hB!ne;.9f,2.I!ia};`b9i!, . . . ` _ Georgian Bay _Ca_util; t _Mr.=_ Rohinsoriaihpoke 1 ; lhe [enol'I'lIot_Il trade~.vvhiel;ii.rrii ght` be`, brou'ghl< i through that _-route. ` The St_'qtee_ which eoyldo be tributary. to `that canaI.h`ut `doabtetflin poptl-e` He gave statistics ahowingithe`gteatigttiitili- of the trade. That trade p'aid.;the ,[ efrije t':lj `bf ' furnished anjmmense export trade from that; port. A deputation had been appointed (in. I!- _ii_n'oie) for the purpose of- telling us that this ' trade was within our teach if we would` build V ,3'0Il`lIL} Heoould show that the diiotllliel of lhi Ottawa ro`pte-were not lessjthan theditcul- lii Of the `Georgian `Bay ptojiact.`._ `The latter. was further south, and afforded a longer season than the'0tt'awa canal. He quoted gures *ehowingthat'th'e late `Mr. Hartman, a;ole_ar- headed man, thought the canal Ieteible, -Mr. Howlnnd,-the present Finance Minister, had beena member -of the deputation some years `since, when the anal -was recommended to be built. He hoped he wouldinow favor the .grant`.'.: " ` i HQIIIHA A-I:-:..--!-_ _-... -.__.._J 2- .__l'_..-__- A- of.-navigation. It could be built morecheaply . _`|III| ` . -Some discussion nvosuw ensued in re.ferenqe to .compoailio'n'df lheTc'ommi'uee, IVII; MoDougalvl lhink_ihg'that too `many Totomo men upqn it -would Injureiha dhject of ` !he mover. -V Gill! 'inh|\irn1I' mhnl u: `(Inna-non`;-0 uyunu uqure "I8 0l\]e(7_l OI U16 lO.V9l'.' V MI`. Gal: jinqujrecl' what the `Government .ltn_e w about the] deputation` of. the Illinois Leg- islature. ` ` . ` . T ' ' I_I_"..l l:'h In I `II -- -' - &i_'qon'a'1ui Iii, cum . ,, wiiusiiu amps were ever (,'E|ll`q upon-to. suner. From information I received lrom the Spanish ' consul, who came out from that city a few weeks ago, t_he_rehel troops for thedefence ol Charleston numbered at the time 55,000-rnen, and t_heir rail road l'acil.ities would easily-enable t_ltem,- in twenty-four hours. to bring the forces rlptoa hundred thousand. Gen. Hunter frankly I told A'1lmira|'Dupont that he-could do nothing to aid'hi'n-. _ He -could gather in what the navy-5 reaped; but he could do nothing in the heat and` labour of'Ihe-eld- Themilitary forces never .got any further up than Stone Inlet, a dozen miles from Charleston harbor, where it was to effects landing on Folly Island lor the purpose 0` making a diversion; Thus left alone the na-A Vllobief had eleven hundred men (the whole forceoofthoiron eet,)awith which to take and T holda dozeneforts. Could.the ecslaoyvof folly _fnrthergo?' . - ~ um. sup! me _omIm_ngulIIy7 be "nished uhc` posted that WV.-,1-1:12:42-,.e._r-.-I1 T,..._.'.Ix..|e"~.`?-....'_'.*"~|" hopes 1|-.--. ' "`f'!;?9`,!|e9_g1?P!!i9:.; ERN ADVAN0 E~ . . Tun O1-'u_wA Bou.nuIas.--Allmnuan non- riqcled _\gith'_ lhocpnalruclima of the Otlswq, ' [I_n`1iV|dit_I_`I liav} o i Ol|[ld lilh Ilio,ToI=nlrug-'3 . .to.rii., I4Th;-5!! ~"!i -isud "oh V_'S9mrd-W. work :ljbo- fa! _`onct,* V0` . 5!} Ilia , "f'Idi_ ` niodi, hi` least. is a step in`the. right direction. It isttime I think that the people M Toronto, and of "the sle_ction\of_cou_._1try between Lake Ontario and that point and-` the Georgian Bay, were fully aroused tothe necessity n'lconstrnc- ing this canal. `if they remain longer careless of their own interests, they, will nd others ahead of them in the race of progress, enjoying advantages which nature throne now in their ' way, but which they seem in'tli'erent to avail themselves of. ,~They _will wake, up some day. to find the prosperity which` should be theirs snatched away by less-favoured but more en- `terprising localities.) The. Ottawa people, for instance, areeverion the alert to advancethe interests of'theirtiection, and in this matter of a canal connecting the upper. lakes with the St; >Lawmnce.they ape aided for obvious reason` by thepenpleof Montreal. _'Althon'gh,their route is much farther north than the other, cannot , pos"sibl.ye be-kept "open "as long, Aeveryeeeasan, and presents quite as many" natural difficulties. J they are condent that if ei.ther-ia adopted it ', t. _.wili be theis.f They rely for the accomplish- rrient cl this upon their own enterprise and the ` snpioen_eatg of their rivals, _a_n`d_,ii the latter re- `main in their present oariilessfstate the. other 1 - deserve. to ba.s_uc es'sfo-l. at .?T_he cstia afso Illini-' lastly what .Tor'oritot'requiroa to till tits vmagni-_ I. cant hsrboumvitti shipping, to. ,ojver`itstdoo|ts A ,with the .tiIq".pggiqpll .ol';,t[II ..\_vp_st,rto- wa_k-rt" b into life Vil:l;_l0iI:I, l,I_l)i_,9l|,l. inhabitants, aiid to fill A '_tiI'_ei t.V.['ttt,_ckle'__t_oV 4_.tha't one is ,Itn'9ze_tI l "'.9) ."`,"."il`.'?i"!.Ili3"'i.. 9` V8?/" ."_'7- .it5." f"` Ml! W91)" `hive; KB'd5.;_:(ti\ `its'consroo_c iot_r. jh it i W5! A. 11.996. thahfi `!'.i!l'ioon*.om`e.: to their m_Itt,es,'or- the; `wit! tin-tyros: theirwblittdnut * ` ` ` _ ' An excellent and practical speech was do-.l livered in the House yesterday by Mr. Robin-_' son in favor of the Georgian Bay Canal. It was the bestadtlress 1' ever heard tlte hon- gentle . did not receive that full attention which the importance of the subject should have secured it. ' 7He showed verycleatly the aulvatttages of the proposed canahestablisltetl its practicability as fully as tt can be established without the test of actual tria1,anr| proved I think satisfac- torily. ite superiority over the proposed canal by the Ottawa, route. A-The immense `volume of the western trade annually seeking an outlet to the seaboard was illustrated by statistical"r`e-- turns, and apt allusion was made to the feeling . lttthe Western States, whose leading men said, `and our own. knowledge convinced us, that `we `had only to stretch lorth ou_r hand to secure the greatest. part of it for ourselves. The Iliad- uegg which would overlook this source of weatgh and prosperity was-v'eryjustly condemned. Al- though Mr. Powell attempted` to throw cold water upon the proposal by an{ ill-timed display ofpnor wit," the rnetrtberfor Toronto west suc~ vceerled in obtaining a committee to inquire intnthe practicabiltty ofthe work, which gt least is a in the.~rightedirection. ' ' In it: tinin I thin]: rim: ah- n-....|.; -1--v,,_-_., man make, btttbecaase it was non-political it . lvvulayyunlllull mu Inixuur swou I Hon. J. S; Macdon|d s reply was ina(ud`iVbl.eT in the Repqrtes Gallery. -He was heard, how` ever, to mention the 24chof May as the` date xed for the arrival of the Hlmois Deputatwn._ - The _Committee was granted. In nllusionAto1_this the Quebec ,c 0rrespbn-` idenfof the Leadreays,in a1a'teissue;oHth_a; paper :- I -_.__II_'_A __J__,, - - auu uuut:Ia._ ._ ` Hon` Mr. Gall. was understood to askthe Premier 3 ueetion regarding the Chicago De} puration. Vtren the Cornrmssioners were ex- .pected_ toarrive, in Canada ; and, ifany, wha . oommunicauon had passed 'between the Gov- ernment and the deputation, and generally in who-tposition the matter stood ? ` ' I-Inn N/lnnnnlava I-unlu an..- 2....V..'.l`:'LI--' , _spe,i_:tie_ly,iv ra'if"-f-`t'roiti'il,ieftiftttefi .90&00..0l-`Jail f!07-th..lIltI_ .'I'}'"$59`-3*-T, . , ,1)00,.-ht_is`proving',lhat whether the Mi`ssis--r' = s_ippi'b_'e open to the trade of the W_est`o'r riot.- the-greatest. proportion by far of that tradewould: V , come |,_ojtI.?art_i s the West,to..tlte.. ocean.` ~;Thia.- -accounted for ,by -fact that to -I reach "the :.in_i'7a'rkgt:. ;. ` is -Europe, igi-aciiintneree of t_he:.`W.es_t going by H `I iefM.ississippiAwould have tovmalte a-detour of , some 3,000 m-iles, and that too over the waters 1 `of avheated, and-`unhealthy river. rHe would . . now~poit'it our to the House some of tthe.*"ad=-`> e "vantages which `the Georgian Bay Canal ;to' - Torotimfoffra otter that towarllsthe Ottawa.. '1Qnoting'from the_'_very able Report of tMr. _ Walterjshaiileynn the`0ttawa route, the hon.` m`emher..stated lh$l1i~li_|9 first place a feeder to. that canal can onlv be obtained by raising oi the waters` of.` Lake Nipissing someA22 feet:: I] that `if thatoanal was conatritcted it would form -1, A43! miles,-`of a closenavigatinn, where sails` would be useless, while only 77.miles of canal 1' and slaoklwa-ter tiavigation.- would be required ' to _u_nite_ the watersfol Lakeuroti and Ontario bymeans of the Georgian" Bay Canal. _ Tliat . = n this latter work `would be.from'on_e or two de- n green fur`ther`_Sottth, thus ensuing navigation . from two to fourweeks longer than on the Ot~ `I 0 tawa route, an_d-thatas shewti by Messrs. Tully it and ._Mason, engineers of the Georgian Bay ; 3 Canal, if the locks of the Georgian Bay Canal- were on the-same retluoed scale as those of , Mr.Shan|ey for the Ottawa, the expense would I ` onlylbe fteen million of, dollars as against twenty-four million of rlol-are for the latter it work. That t_he Georgian Bay Canal coming Ouili Toronto would be of itntnenae advantage to the St. Lawrence Canal, making them re- (1 mutierative to the `country. As to the practic- ,- ability -of btiiltling the Georgian Bay Canal, . he would state that those interested in its con- struction. had such faith in it that, in 1855, tleputationsltotn_Chicago.Milwatikee,-Oswegn, I from the Boards of Trade of Toronto as well as " from the United Counties ,( oiincil of York and` Peel,'the County Council of Simone, and from other places. tnet in Toronto in convention iii 1 l the year 1855, and at their ownexpettse de- A t t_erm.i_iied to have a tliorotigli survey, made of > the route from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario at -Torniito. Thatthe survey llfltilfihiesfs. Tully ', and Mason was cotnpletcd and a Report made that a ship canal by that route could be_con- . structetl at a cost of $22,000,000. `That the late Mr. Hartman, formerly ti member of this House, anti a very practical .blt'3ill(9SS man, brought` in a Report in the year 1857 ailvoatiitg t its ctinstructioti, and he would also take the . liberty of. stating that the preseiit Finance Miti~ ister'for.'n_etl one of that (!0nVelll|0ll' alluded to, expressing, if he, tetttetnbered, well, a strong opittionin its favor. The coiistructioiiof this` 50 canal would double in vriliie the lands lying to the North-'West ofVLak_e` Huron and Siiperionatid givela c0tntTtandtl)g' oosition to tile cities of V-the St. Law_rence,;and particular-ly to the _city of Toront_o. "F_r`otn'the'increased water power ~ that would be ctteatetl, grain could be _inatiu- ' " fao_tti'red before being sent to the seaboard, and a great stimulus would be afforded to all man-A nfacluritig and mechanical ititlustr_v. it might be iirgodthat we are too poor to undertake such a work. This was said to the peoplevof the New York State, Wilt-Ell with only a million` of inhabitan`ts,._in l825,ltheyun_dertoolr the coit- struction of the `Erie Canal, some 300 miles -in ` letigth, which whenc'o`mp|e'ted clianged at once thecommerce of the West in their favor, and . set`.tired_ to that Statethe great position it now_ occupies. We might look yforthe satne _.resiilt if we had the-same enterprise. He` therefore moved for a Committee itovtake into cont~idera- 1 _tion the. practicability of establishinga navig. . `able water communication between Lakes v ,Hul'0.`Si'7lt(`O8 and Untario, by means ol the Sc 'co'ntemplated Georgian Bay Canal. Hear, hear and cheers._ . ` ~ ` .11.... tm.. r1_i. _.,,,".,, I . - - I I I I it ,lh8_ i , _,,_ 4.. -...`..>u.u.-u uuuuvl GGIIOBIIOD, and tht,' in some respects, the _sLys tems} in T both` prpvinces m'ay+be_ takpn `us a whole.- * But yet, for',nl1,Apr_&_ctical purposes, Jhe two s`ysTto7mn_u`oV4djstinct. . They exist in each province under altogethei differ" ent';conditi9ns; 'a_udV` therefqge` rafny _`;t11_'s` M zvgatarwitb qggtbgibppmif: ; cable-t071h}91_1l!}. `T!.ye1;st`;resnltdL. bYfdibrdnt?5,"F .'f'.- T55"'*59"!~*i1!9." ` 1hm~af::i { `-fi`!;jbI`erj jxhs9;thgr.:T;ig1;9s~zei@%i]s ` " A In run. They would haveentered an lufernov . well '-bear the Gaining legend`, 4Who enters "of Sumter, th_e Redan, Juhnston and .Riple_v_. . from Ripley, Bickney, the Wappoo battery `Jul vvan llutlllnu It! ll. Oureet got but to the entrance of the her: hot`. It neverfgotiwithin it. I-lattltheiron-clatle ottcceeded in passing the obstructions, they` would etillfhave fD_t.lnli` those "miles: of batteries whichrliice the portals of Dantefs hell, might here leaves hope behind. Not a point at whichthey would not have found themselves. Mid upper, nether and surrounding 'res.? . '_. They pass out of the focus of fire bf Fort: Sumter, Moultrie. Beauregard. and Bee,; and they find themselves arrested` under the range They get beyond-. this, and a 'concentric- re and-the guneof-the ciIyvfu|l.upen them !'Metely to run by batteries-,` a_e- was`-dbne at the `forts ' below New Orleans, is not a very dif'cult. thing. even for vesselainot imn-clad ; but to be anchored as it were under such re as'these.- is whatno ships were ever ctillvq upon-to suffer. information I received from the Snarriah _-......., ..,5...e.u.ueau,uxneasl1re. Such ::bill they were pledgegi tu_carryL `It: formed a pert of their policy, and '-was `supported, by them at every stage. In efacthad they not supported it,'1hey' very w'ell kne'w theatetheir tenneef eiceyas at an `end. f'AgeVin, it` gs;e bi1l;A'pee/jmlig. arly;a'e'c.tji'ng`_ Upiet,Ca L ` that: in L6wer'..fGenada7 t,her e is: .:.o a` system: [p!:_'C`og:mb'u"f School 1 ed!63ion,. `and thdt.`in `s`um`rhn'a'..* or...;;..;.-.._..-,~ .v Iid d%- " If-ii-a`;`tr.1_Ie_.' L_ The Spamte bill wzis, thongh` introdxnced by a+ private member, em-3 phatically n vgbvernment" measure. ' _S11}j . ll {Han uno;n .J...`I`..L.`l - ....v -. .. ----an vv naval u niinistryeease to be Sllpported on any` measure a'ectin'g_`one_p1rpvince'by 9; me.- jaority from thafprovince, th_ey_-areas much. bbund toresign as when, ou_ any _measure of general importance, there is a majority Of. --the VV~hO]e house against them. This doctrine may be fabeurd and -in1practicab1_e,' but V nevertlieless__it gives theirule which" the present. M;i_msti'y laid down for `their own, guidance; it-enun-V eiates theAprinciplesVup which they ' must be conten't.to _be judged, : 'l"I'1l._v-, took bfce, and by `it, 1lirefote',_"1hey _ As our` reeders are/aware,` the theory by whi ah. our present rulers `attempt to overcome-the difficulties arising. from` the present relation of the two provinces is that called the "Double Majority; ' By` this they mean_ that no measure peculi- arlytaffecting either province shail be- come law, which is [not sanctioned by a majority. of the. representatives Aof'_the. 1irovinc_e'_to which it relates. Taking V this rule in conjunction with that of Re;-' sponsible; Government, on "which our constitution is based, it follows that when n .-..:....`,.L....-.._., "A is `in some respects greatly 'im'proved, cannot be qnestione d,hnt'that in other re-_ spects facilities are given which` may lead, in certain localities,'to`ar great ex- tension of the _system,`isi equally clear ;' experie`nce alone will show whether the public W1, on the whole, gain or lose by the change. _That which itvnow be- comes `of importance` to consider is,`-- not the bill` itse'l'f-bnt the means by which it has so fa1'advanced towards becoming the law of. the land. The `Bill, amending. the " Separate School Law havi_g_passed both Houses, would be- but of little avtail now to discuss its_ probable eects, or the many difficult zixid complex que-stio`n's with which the subject is surrolinded. That by the new bill the Separate School Act In II1 arnnn-non _.-.......__A_ -7, A l$pr1Qe1"1tE(iIEt;;t; Wishing to know how their subscription accoiint stands can do so_ by referring to `the address on each paper mailed to them. 'I'he'date'fo|lowi_ng their names is that at which their indebtedness commenced. Thus: Jonathan Storey, mar I 62, shows that his subscription is due from-Marc -h. 1st 1862, to the present time"; or if paid in advance `Jonathan Storey, dc-_c 31 63 `would psbowtbat the subscription was paid up to December 3ist, 1863. The arrangement is_ so simple that sub- scribers will readily understand it. - Lowest Rates. .Mess.r,s'.V s. M. Pettingill & 00., 37 `Park Row, New York, .5; 6 `State-St. Boston, ARE our Agents for the NonTuEnx'AnvAxcE, in those cities, andjnre authorised` to_ take Advertisements `and Subscriptions for` us `at. our l\bl'1NA1\`b'Vll_4hlS. ADJALA--First Wednesday in the months of Januarv, April, July, and October. _ LOT No. TEN, \Vcst-of Hut-onlario Street. Mnlmur,'on the rs! day of January, April; July, and October. ` 0RIl.LI'A.-F1r_al Tueadayv in Jnmiary, April, July,.and October. ' ' "-0=VMORE-Fim`Friday in January, April, July, - and` t..Atpher. ~' ` 'IPl _ . ' v ' ' ' ` Let us see on what c0niliefliOn their._opin~' ion is founded. View-ed stmtegi_cally,Charles- ton harbor forms a ,cul`ce suc.`f_our `miles in length from its entrance at Fort Sumter up to `the city. This b|i_nd'_pasoge varies in width" From one to three miles. and is capable of bear- . ing defensive works on each tide and .on shoal places in mid-channel." On these natural `advantages have been brou:_vht.to bear the nes! engineering skill in the Confederancy during I period of two years`. ._Lee. Beauregard -and Ripley in succession have exhnusttl their pro- fessional efforts to make it`, 'i,mp r'egnable. .Eier)"thing that the most.improv`ed modern ar- tillery and unlimited resources uflabor _can do has been done to mnke the Apassmgei of. a eet impossible. -And it isimpregnable. Sebasto-V pol was nothing tn it. V , {Mir-HIu:t an! hut. In tho nnfrnnnn nf Hun ha`... `BARRIE; on the am Wednesday in March. Jnzne.` sop. tember. and December. `The March Fair will be pl incipally for the exchange of seed. . ` _ , _ R. J. LEMON'S CORNERS, ADJAl.A-20lh Jam, April 7 _.Iu|y, and October. 1 . . :1. J. 1.IsMUN'.s Uulmlslls, ADJAl.A-20lh Jam, April July, ` ' MONO, ul South- West carrier of I516; 16 the 81h Concen- uon. on lat Februarv. Mnv. Aumlsl. and Nnw-mhen xuunu, ut anutn- weal comer 0t 1016. In the 8th Cancel- ston, February. May, August, and Nnvember. DURHA_MSVlLl.E, l`xcuMsz'rn-l8thv April, 18th `July, and t 1th October. _ ' . KEl'}NA1\'SVlf.LE. ADJAIIAA-F i|"8l \\'c6u1esdhy '11; Januarv, April, J uly. and Q 'l'oronto.'.",.:.'..`." 7 20 ;Bra'd_Vf9rd__V.. . . ; . ; .' _9 42 ScdnIoni`.,.-..-.'. . 9 50 Gilfor;I'.,....;.,l0' 10 5 ,_1el| E\_nrt'-.-....'.A . A ='-Let:o,,.........T 10 2o 0faigv_ale_ .. . . . . . 10' 40 _ . -___ G nnncu-H1 00 ) vn\_Ig\yuuc_ .. 2 1! ; ;AI[tmn 3 vewt1% _ 9 Arrive 1 Han-iaons..:.....1 E88B'....a....V....l: :_Apgus Wnnnidnlm . . , _ _ _ 1' IA !t3'Stages leave `Barrie for tlie Station hlf an `hour beforethe arrival of each Train. _ V ' A "V nnid}1le._?,.,..:..l2 08 `N ttawasaga` ..j.T.12 28 u u: .... ....-].1 96, Collingvzood, ar. . - 1 00 l:5:**i__-rggpubnouhnn, 1862: `WEDNESDAY; APRIL 22,`.-I863. sixth . . . V `Seveinh. ` niirhun . ` III!" III I|_UI BIIIUIKU B|'dClS- . Such s_vere`Ihe reaullb -of vihese lhirlymin,-_ Ilse fire which presented themselves to the naval chie(s.when the reports cgmje in me day Ifler the battle. T ' ' 'I'\s......- ._.__ L... -..._ _...__:-.:-.. :.. .1..- _-_`:__n_- _ujon'n'_'I_`lr.u x n.ui.wA\ r or CANADA. F`i>1'v1sIoN Cotmrs,3 COUNTY _SIMCO-E. `Inna -` Q oTv_1-UN NO 3 'r.H,v F T nun mvxwayns. , The Double" Majori;5:._- 1=`-ALIZRS`. 81-IBSGRIBRB "mu. E113. P.` A'.. Lb 630 `ll 48 12 I000 039 9 15" ; nun UP`WVA_BD|8.` IHHI IIIU Hall [8- There was but one conviction in- the rninds} of a|l_who were m"adfe a'cqnai nted with these facts. whether among theenaval people engaged or intelligent outside 0bS8I'Vl Is---the ght could not be renewed. `Admiral Dupont decided that theoonlesl must and here. This afternoon (8th) there washn infnrmal gathering ot the` captains pf the iron-clads on board of the ag- nhin. ' ' ` ravt subbed 66"; min named ` MoNu,Ity,` the sup husband - o! the Twouum, but who, in has T 'qiqe": bun Vvuretthiuodg `in `fir any in Wisconsin, " Ijus.ff jiI5'o'in_'a'xjvl!e'o:~ A: Book was {snipe-A :qItd_,!l'i`_ d` `wiljn `tho 71I`nIngI `of - it`:i!h1q* v(i!tith`k`qowldi:oof his`. pta5I:`iQnlIhfiil_fiW Ihloeued x `canned V'} 9""'~ ` `$91! ?! `9._..h."!@!.V-V3`""'*3 3,": " f"!..','T|Ii"-IF WEE`! .'..:_ifi!I' WI `him ' ortcxh _ , _ -- _,.,,-....i nuns some uays ago A_ person` living} in tho adjoining house bend some noise ' about.thre:o clock in the morning, which an-oused his Iulpioioni, -And caused hi certain .tho:uuse.~ Orlling a policeman they on- to:-eAd thovhouu, _v_vhichIwas nearly hall of smoke,- llId;.f0|ll:1d` tho dead I: . lying on m-toga: up to us-i b0a",iia`nhdorneath ihieh A llnlnna .L..'n- I `V-' A man named William Greenwooil. aervatnt A inthe` employ of the Hon.J. R. Cameron has been committed -for trial on a charge ofvthaving mun-` "dered I woman named Catherine Walsh, for- merly: fellow servant at Mr. Cameton :, butwhov atr.the _ tiIne.Aof; liorldeath was" livingxln Sayer Stxedt;-Z It sAppeanl'tbst.s,ome days ago a;'person' . livfipg, thdidioininn htmun i......a ...._.v i 1 min named William Greenwood, H9n.J. Camero of Aha `dented W Since the` attack upon .Charleston vnothingoi` note has occnirred in the pro- igress of the war. Several. petty skir- mishes have taken place in dierent quarters, but no deeisiveresults have been g'aine_'d by either party." Fromthe Mississippi there is no further -news iwhatevera The Southerners `appear to have made up their minds that it is `at plfesent: in min to look forpeace, and `various plans. have been proposed by the Government -for the more system- atic husbanding or the resources of the. .Co1ifeEieieey. v,_ _, ...._. .........ucu. .u uus is the case Mr. Ferguson has been guilty of a strange neglect of duty to those whom he "represents, and of a` gross breach of faith stowatds the body of which he is the head. `We trust that the VVarden s zeal for-the interests of the Company has not led him into the commission of an act so culpable as that with which he is chargeil, and that he will be able ' to `givesome satisfactory explanation of a matter too seriously affecting his own - character. to be passed over in silence. nlnayvn : ,_ J__._~...v uv culls u\;IA|`Lil|o ` It is reported: on good authority, that `the`n1en1urial of the County Councils dmwni up xvithreferenoe to the Switch", and supporting the claim of the Town, was.never`presented_by the Warden, to whom it was entrusted. If this is the (man My 'I1`.........-.-.- L v lIIUVlllg HGT WOIIIIIIUII lllltlla _ Barely time enough was abrded, to get off `them and her crew, for she had settled so much . Ihat the water was pouring into her turrets- Two er three of the men. imleed,.lxad to jump into the sea, and were hauled-' into the small boats: Stnldenly she- giveeelurch to one side, - ioda lurch to the. `other, and plunges nneer. She went down at eight o c|m:k at the spot of her original anchnrage, near Lighthouse. Inlet, lion of her smoke stack. and all that is visible 'of*l1er.'is the upper por. c..._I.. ...___.-.u.. _._..u.-_ -1` .r.___'. .t.:_'._- _.2_