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THOMAS B ARI-OW. EOfi‘iccp-“estern Assurance Buildings. cmrncn STREET, ALF WAY BETWEEN DURHAM AND rl‘onomm‘o 0 Mount Forest. 831' and Lauder well sup- . . . . . -. plied. Good embling, and attentive hustlers. ruins MORRIhl).\, v. A. 8:32.03? n.,.‘., _J .“ “A _‘ ‘I ‘-_~- - 1 to the inhabitants of Priceville and sur~ rounding mung-y that he has commenced the above busmess in Pticeville, and bones by strict. “junior: to business If) whatst of public ”manage. All the test American and Foreign styles HE SUBSCRIBER BEG-S TO ANNOUNCE to the inhabitants of Priceville and sur~ thi’PfiLflEfiEM’ PRICE VIL LE : flountfofist, Nov. 29, 186}. Tomato and Howlsnlnmn Road; 26 miles from 0qu Sound: lb do. from J olm Town;«rafram Raul; 05 do. lrnm Flesher's Corners. Bar and nrcler well snppled. Good stablingand atten- we lmstler. East Glenclg, May 9, 1361. 126-13' m, _ cohveyancms one. LAW, CHANCERY nude as desired. _ Priceville, 2nd Dec. 1861. ADVERTISE IN THE STANDARD. Coan'eyauccr, 130m mission" in l‘ourt of Queen’s Bunch Attorney .1! Law, Soiim'tor in Chancery, Canccyur- rcr, CC, AND Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Chutfcy‘s Mills, Glenelg, Jam. 1‘3, 18:39. SAMUEL E. LEGA'I‘E, msrnnor MARRIAGE 1.1:; 335138 DURHAM. 8.1%.“(3 H AFF E W ORCHARD I’ILLE HO TEL, BY THOMAS HARLOW. J. P, BROWN :F 1111112113111‘12121',.1.\1) 11111121112113, 11111 111111 :11 1111- 1111111'1- 1111101, 1111 the (um- DRUGGIS'!‘ AND (‘fl1‘\[1\"I§-fmts 0f :1 111mm 11111111" their 115115;:11111 1111151: 10- Durban) ’1qui1i11g emu-1131111111111 11111 111'11c 1110 best 1110 ‘ cmmh) 1111111115, REPS constantly on 113111111 largt‘ 11351111111011“ (311011 Stabling 31111 3119111119 :11111 0'1in 11113- ofDrugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicilw. Dye 11ers. 8111 «to: 13101111411} :11 1111111111111 11111121. 3111173, 81111101111"; 51:1. ., 16. THOMAS WILSON. Durham. Dec 1'13 ’8- 1 Mount Furost Jan. 18111. 13131. 6" BUTCHBRS’ ARMS INN b.90N0uUE, GENERAL MERCHANT, DR. '“‘0(DHD9 00110375”, LICENSED TU rmwncn l’iIYSIC, SURGERY AND MIDWIFERY, DURHAM. Durham, Dec. 2, 1858. 1 All letters 3 m1 commumcations addressed to the editor must be Post paid. 33513333 BIKE-£3939. Money letters, properly mailed and registered 3'. the risk of the publisher r:- No unpaid letters taken from Post Oflice. S.L.M.LUKE, Proprietor No advertisement discuntimwd until paid for at the time of withdrawal, unless by consent of the publisher. All advertisvments must be accompanied by writtgn instructions, and none. will be discontin- ued without a writtx-n order. WWW“ â€"” _________ - 13an Advertising, Sn lmgnwnd‘lffider, fist martian . . . . 50 cents. Bach subsequent. mention". .'-‘:-‘::. .; . 13 " 3i: town lines, first insertion ....... . 75 “ Each subsequent insertion ....... . 25 “ Abate ton lines, first insertion (per line) 8 “ Each subsequent- insextion (per line) ‘3 “ Cards ii! the Business Directory, ten lines and under, per annum ............ $4.00 Do. for six months .................... $3.00 4. If sxfiaaibememve to other places “uh- out infbrm‘mg the publisher, and their periodicals no sent to the fomq- directions, they are held re- Orchardvmc, 22nd May 1861. 2. 11' subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publisher may send them uni! all arrears are paid : and subscribers are re- aponsible for all numbers sent. 3. If subscribers refuse or neglect to take their periodicals from the 08300 to which they are dixected,-tbey are held responsible till they have «filed their Bill, and ordered their periodical to be discontinugd, Sending We)“; back, or leav- ing the]; in {In Dfice, is not sud: notice as the Law "Wm-4 ‘ - K é _ 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice If» tho contrary are consiéerctl as wishing to con- unm their Subscriptions; 'I‘ra3 eller‘s llonw Inn, (‘mnumxa load, the miles from Dmham. 'ilcuctg, “CC. 2, “VB. 1 COUNT! RS 01" “WILLISUTON AND GREY. Mount Forest, July-21, 1859 : Durham, Dec. 2, 1858. THE DURHAM STANDARD )HN KEN N EDY’S foQM'AS WQKROD. J. D. G R A Y. FASHIONABLE TAILOMNG AND COUNTY OF GREY ADVERTFSER ls Punusuzn an? Law Respecting Newspapers. MOUNT FORES', 5.630088, ATE FAIR FOREST l.\'.\'. AT THE OFFICE, ’, COUNTY GREY, C. W. "Barnum;- ', MOUNT FOE 13' 28,-â€" 154 [CCU-Wilt: I") Duuytt uuuiu. uu,u“c "W 'JEWEBRV MEAT-filed REPAIR D. Orders from Duluthâ€".â€" \\ hetbcr by mail mother- n nsc,puutuallyat1eu30d 10. Charges model-am Owen Sound, Jan. 28, 1861. ”112-1? no: new», RAG'HC AL \V ATCH up CLOCK MAKER‘ _ Goldsmith, Silmmifilhand Engrayer. Club and Lodgg $091.3de tq order at tw eke hours’ I3" first 51.qu {$19qu .. T. Butchart's Con- («may Show. oulett St. (3we1418‘oupd.L f 1) IE. 1* G o o D 5, Hard ware, (fireworks; 1'. » I‘IIORRESONEL SAMPSON BARR88TERS, u"! 0mm“, saucn‘ons, ate. 1“”: .m- is mm Iiod with the best Wines" :11 Li 1. mm and 1' .u Lardcr will be fouuda dl times : undsz (he to :he comfort of the tmv ng community. Prim-ville, Juuuan .. ,18130. 59-45 THEODORE ZA SS, Township of Arthur, 26 miles from Durham, 1” fmm Mount. Forest, and 17 miles fum Fergus. l3? Every attention paid to the comfort of the travelling public. K75" Gm»! Stnbling :1 m! an aucmive hustler. T hey are prepared ’to take risks on reasonable terms. JOHN MILLER Durham, 30!}! August, 1859. 39â€"11‘ The subscriber is A gm! fur the Com Exchange Fire and Inland Navigation Insurance (‘0. SURPLE'S, on“: $23,000. £3NÂ¥EÂ¥M§M 83$ JAI’ANNED WORK MADE TO ORDER. which Will be sold cheap for cash. COTTON RAGS, OLD COPPER, SKINS ANGLO AMERICAN “HOTEL MA I .\' 31 BRET, MM .\"1‘ FOREST, 131' THOMAS \YILSON. Tin, Copper, Iron, JAPANNED WARES, '1 rural/era” Home In», The inhabitants of Durham and vicinity are hereby informed that the above establishment, is opened in the premises three doors north of the British Hotel, where he win keep 3 eunstant sup- pl)’ of ' N B â€"l..)r C. begs to return thanks for the confideme and patmmge iecened dining his residence. in Durham, and \\ ill continue to attend to all caiis appertaining to the l’rot'cssion Accounts i'éndercd séâ€"mis'tnmmlly, in the mouths of J uly and January Drulmm, May 23, 1861 l28â€"tf INFO BTANT. DR. WM qu “1111’. h ‘RADUATE OI" QUEEN’S COLLEGE Kingston; of the 1'nivcrswy of New York Aylctts Medical and Surgicu Institute, New York; .\ew YQrkUphthalmic Hosyital; and Pro- vincial Licentiate, Durham Coroner for the Count} 0! Grey. SURGERY MM 7 Resmnxcs.â€"â€" Adjoiniu g the store of Mr.‘ Ufafflicr. " DR. J. (RA \VFURD, Executed in the monapptoved «Ioâ€"11;). HANOVER, 25th March, 1869.. Arthur, Doc. 1". 1553. Mount Forest Jan. 18th, 1861. I N S U R A. \ C E. S. L. M. LIKE, Publisher. Durham, 15th August, 1861. VOL. 4.â€"â€"â€"Nt r. 22.} E. A Goonnvn, J. K. VICK, PR!<‘I§\"!LI.I-‘., -- 33.9: V23.”â€" 13. ”33.1‘aIcIVZII-LAN. ()RCH ARI)’ S Mew’l‘in-ware Establishment. taken in exchange for goods. Corneal! Dmilcr in RY AND COUNTY OF GREY GEMRAL ADVERTISER. 140.1y i A liine Book has just been published by the l Board of Education of Massachusetts, which ldoes not Show the most gratifying results... ; While theinctease in population in the Old :Con‘mionxx'ealth tit-ll of? one-third in the de- lcade between 1850 and ’60, the increase in l the number ofschools in the same period {ell i off one-half. The returns of the average ’ number of scholars of all ages in the schools of tire State show a similar downward ten- thm'y, but to a much greater extent. . The l falling:r oil in the decade of lSStL’fitlwas near- t ly 50 per cent., when cmnpared with the de- lcade l‘etween 13.10 and ’50. llut when the l returns are examined a little more closely, it i will be found t: at the attemlance at the : schools, of children between the ages of fivn laud sixteen, has not been so ureat'as would appear from a comparison ot‘ the increase in fiattendance with the increase in population. ', For while the increase of the average atten- ' dance if all scholars upon all schools in the 2 State had fallen OH 50 percent in the decade previous to 1860, the ratio of increase of the number of children of the school average in the State has increased one per cent in the last decade. This may appear somewhat paradoxical; but the explanation is simple; the children increase faster than the a‘veragel attendance upon the schools. \Vhat the enâ€"l ltire attendance is, we do not find in the re- turns before us ; but we learn by reference to the last report of the superintendent of Edit-l cation tor Upper Canada, that it was, in the ‘ year 1860 216,419. The returns now pub- lished simply state that the attendance of children under sixteen during the yeariltS'GO was 76 per cent. of the entire school publica- i tron. _ _ , -A- s“- .â€"- t l coneétfiedg' (:9? the populgmou if“; Tmm‘ 55g atavamy' gwmmfld than that of Massachusetts. T Ins will Be readily seen when we’st'zfti: fhurgjvbilc the s¢§uoi popula- 108. That is 103333 the increase in theat- 'l§mlaue_e of chikhbn at" the schoofs hefe {rad ”00173.. khan 100 per cent, greatefithan the it}; ,oteasevin‘be some} papiglamn‘, .ln Massa- chusegs,og.tlga,g9mra;y,ét will be seen fibin what has Maytag}! Said Hut; the increase ha'd fawn 115.50 p... wnt._dmhgg..the mks. This; howevér, (Toes’not .afi‘arfi much ground for congrth'lgtion‘, so tau-“gs :thin Province is Turn we nOW to Canada. From the re- port of the Superintentlant of Education al~ ready referred to, “6 learn that in the year 1860, the 501100] population of Upper Cana- da “as 373,589; and the attendance was 315, 812 , or something like 81 per cent. being 8 per cent. more than that of Massachusetts. The ratio of increase 5 IOWS a much «rreater disparity. The per centage of the increase of children in Upper Canada during the de- ............ U“ can nuts \5 “[68! IIIU U0- ca 61;! 8503602 "5'45 r (6 uglier-63633 61'65 (66H? samena‘gfifi has C nn 'n‘ The S: 11001 S) stvm of the State of Massa- chuwtts 1s often Clittmt‘d to be the most per- feet 111 America. Judging by the resultsâ€" that is, taking the statistical returns, without reference to the ummmt of instruction impmt- ed, or the nature u! that instruction-â€"i\'l:1ss;1 L"tl1>t3flstl095 not svvm to be entitled to the ur rudit which is generalit‘ accorded it. [’3 m:- 411211.111 ptt 511115 a much better tetum; and the sxstvm Whitll has been estabhshed m ( an mi: 'M' the pure“: \'1:{)er-Ixtezxtletxt of Edu- win“, so for 1151110 results 1:) figures 5:," is man! I suneriol tn I}: :u in operation in either Massucl usmu ur Pm nsylvunia. '10 deck his grave efur ay°e , And Heaven shall much with cum) e3es, That sleep not in the sluopinrr hkics, The tomb to which the angel [lies To roll the stone away. Bury lnim where the brook. shall sing llis requiem, and returning spring Shall come wuh bloom and rustlxug wing, Brush from his brow the wind tossed lrzrir, Mingled like cloud and sunshine there, Kiss the cold cheek so pale and fair, In silent sorrow weep. Fold his white hands upon his breast, And “hen the tin} lurles in the west Under the green turf let l.1m res t, There let him s“ eetly sleep. IV. Dig his grave. where the soft green sod By traitor’ s feet has ne’er been trod, int where s1seet thm e1s are the smile of God For the patriot pure and true; There let a graceful faileless tree, 1.1nblem of hope :1an libert), \riseâ€"l; ts epitaph shall be Siteet (hm ers, red, white and blue. Whose gr'cf no words unfold; \thre the suit wind in soxrow sighs, Among wild “(mars whose pleasant eyes Repeat the beauty of the skies, Then hear him to the Sylvan shade, Where dew 111113 from the droong blade, Likettars from a sad-l-earteu maid DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, EDUCiATmN, AND AGRICULTURE, For he wins bravé and true. Lean him against a manly breast, Close to the heart that loves him Like a med muellcr taking rest L uder the arch of blue. Touch him tenderly, gentlv miss The fallen hero; let his praise Sound 5“ eetly lllrouvh all futme days, THE SOLDIER’S GRAVE. Starlight and blue and gold. DURHAM, C. W., 1*‘Rll)AY,v-1VIAY 16, 1862, (From (In; Lmdvr.) BY GEORGE \V. BUNUAY. EDECATION. EQ‘gi-Tfiga III. ll. h in; best, rest A PERPLr-zxrne Caseâ€"'1‘ he Frankfurter Journal relatee an amusing: trial which reâ€" cently took place in the Village of Fuenl-Kir- clien, Germany, where a gay young Lothario was arraigned for having deceived two rustic beauties under a double promise of marriage. On being brought before the Judge, the ac- cused freely admitted the soft impeachment, but, whilst professing his readiness to make every reparation, he requested the Court. to select the one he should, marry, sznce his love was equall) strong {or both {air claimants. It being, of coarse, utterly impossible to follow the precedent set by Solomon m a-Similar case, and to divide the. culprit between the 1m,«litigaots, theJudge hit upon the following plan toadjust the dispute, As the defendant was poor, he orderedthericber of the girls to pay the other 300‘flo'rins and take the has:- band. We think‘ev’efi Daniel himself could not have settled the meetion better, for the .. . t . _ judgment gave satisfaction _ to all" he names bouéewed. i As the law at present stands, an action for i seduction ts brought, not by the party seduced, but by her guardian, who sues for loss of ser- vice. A woman herself is not competent to ‘ bring an action asking damages for her own seduction. Mr. Notman, in a bill which he has introduced, sets forth that this state ofthe law has been productive ot great hardship in many cases. He therefore proposes that henceforward, in addition to the persons now competent to sustain an action for the seduc- tion of an unmarried female, it shall be taw- ful for any relative or friend of the person seduced, thereunto appointed by any Judge l of the Superior Courts of Law In Upper Can- :ada, or the Judge for the County Court in lwhich the seduction took place, or. by the Judge of the County Court for the County in l Wthh such friend or relative of the seduced ; party may reside, to bring and sustain an ac- l tiou for such seduction. Furthermore, Mr. N( ttnan proposes that in the event of a plain- l 111? being appointed by a Judge, he, the l Juc go, or any other such Judge, shall havel power to direct in what manner the damages 1 that may be recovered shall be appropriated | and disposed of, for the benefit of the per30n seduced, and her offspring born in conse-i quence of such seduction. . years of ugedroppe E preL-ediug'ye‘ar to ‘ went up "again in since theminjoyed the (:3qu "which not be sufiiieut to the mattfigsof edu place in “OS-State. at \\'01’k§%§§tfile ma OM Cummnwealtl large exgnr durir The con ce h number ‘ ‘dren tories; admins dc (ages of only schc the prindflhfiuse The Bofigafiiil’os state of 1%, sx dance. “:Llliehil. “ kept WWI th: The rem fihuh new one-7:35]: _, «_ ‘1!) 1: b ' many? 0 ' W F- From ‘én this city, this remedy has 1;" "" ted at, and in the Board of School Trustees it has caused a lively dis- cussion. It is impracticable however, in a country like this, or the United States. Com- pulsion in anythingâ€"and in education as much as in anything elseâ€"is opposed to the genius of free institutions. Even in France, the scholarly Guizot, than whom no man of his time has paid greater attention to the sub- ject of education, has on several occasions raised his voice against it. In Austria or Russia. or even .in Prussia, it is possible to work a compulsory system of education; but in America it cannot be done. That a large class of the juvenile population of the coun- try should be allowed to wander about the streets. deprived of that education which is afforded them by others, is a thing: to be re- gretted. That it will always continue to be to a lesser or greater degree, is, we fear, un- avoidable. The remedy for its mitigation does not lie in compulsion; but the adOption of some means to lesson the evil is much to be desired. He who discovers that means will confer a boon on societv. There would seem to be more than one cause IOW‘VhiCh this result is to be attributed. When a country arrives at that condition in which it receives. but small additions to its population by immigration, and the wheels of , society come to run pretty much in a beaten track, the some increase in education, as in other matters, will not take place as during that period when the country was in a transi- 'tion state. On the one hand, propeny be- comes centralized, and on the other, the ag- gregate of poverty reaches a greater magni- tude than previously. This seems to be an inevitable state of things ; and where poverty increases there education will of necessity decline. A noticeable instance of this is ap- ‘ parent in the returns from Massachusetts.-â€"l During the year 1857, when the whole conti- nent of America was involved in financial troubles, the number of scholars over fifteen years of zigedropped down from 22,857 for the precedingye‘ar to 16,394 for that year, but went up raglan in 1859. Massachusetts has ‘ since thefii'ujoyed its share of prosperity, and the can , 'ax'hich we have alluded would not be s WWWient to account for that decline in the matt"i"";iof education which has taken place in”,_1.}{State. There is another cause at uotltegimhe manufacturing system of the Old Comfigifiwealth has been developed to a large exfiflfiiduring the past ten yearsâ€"l The con Wee has been to draw a large ‘ number {‘dren of school age to the lac-l tories; 3. “as deprive them of the advan-i tages of . “schooling. This is, no doubt, l the prin, ‘use of the decline: l ..._-_._.“â€" - "r-â€" â€"_- tion cflanada was only 259,258 in 1850, it had increased to 373,589 in 1860. In Massa- chusetts the figures stood in these years, res- pectively, 215,927 and 223,714; showing but a very trifling increase. The conclusxon at which a" Boston paper anives, on a renew of a the educational statistics of the State, is, that “ the attual amount of instruction, in propor- “ tion to the number who ought to receive it, “ is less now than in 1850.0r in 1840.” This i is a Very serious matter for that State, which, } more than any other in the Union, has been. I remarkable for its encouragement of educa- tion, and the number of scholars it has pro- duced. tf‘gauada u as only 959 258 i THE SEDUCTION LAW. gave satisfaétion 10 a” he parties ‘-â€"â€"- v. Ullv realth has been developed to a during the past ten years.â€" nce has been to draw a large idren of school age to the fac- as deprive them of the advan- Fachooliug. This is, no doubt, {muse of the decline: Post, in order to remedy this ;, suggests compulsoxy atten- Ehildren,” it says, “must be *Hhat can be made to attend.” high occurs to the Post is no in this Province is advocated I33 of education and influence. ---v“~wsnu “UL“ ' lars per annum (the Census‘itein being omitted as exceptional,)may he said to be the annual expen- diture of the Province on the various branches of g the Administration, which fall directly Within the ‘ scope of this Committee's inquiry. The sum of 500,000 dollars, is about 4 per cent. on the total revenues of the Province, and Whether 3 per dent be a sufficient proportion forthcse branches of the public service, I am not. now going to discuss; in my own opinion 10 per cent of the revenue would not bean excessive expenditure on the work of increasing the population and decreasing the wilo [ derness; but I content vmyselt'vwith pointing out, ' that we spend 500,000 dollars a year, on Geolo- gists. Surveyors, agentsâ€"sfinand and. foreign,â€"â€"i I Roads and Bridges, Agricultural Societies, and, i an Agricultural Bureau, and that we ought to l } have something handsome to show at the end of each year, for such expenditure; (Hear, hear.) E On a point of most humediateimporta CQ‘f‘Vf-fl) Spring Immigration and the arrangements made to meet itr-‘I must ask the House to extend to me its indulgence, in the. next place Ineed hardly say that I did not‘takeiup;-th§s inquiry in the be- ginning With any vieu’,‘eirther to serve or to iniure particular individuals, and that I do 'not intend ---so far as 'I cauhe'lp it"sto let the reform dc: mended, assume any wimh'etive aspect; (Hear, hear.) But justice must. be done, fearlessly done, in the port of Quebec, the coming season, 0:: the loud cry of" disappointed hope, going home" fnom tlfisslde, will disgreee ufl all, from the higlgst-w the. humblest person connected with this (inverna me‘nt. Having originally reéonimended the ap- pointment dfiProvine‘iali: agents *a’oroad, in mi report of 128.60, lfifalsflfi'cfllm‘bppj' to‘se‘ewtlnifi . that- suggzestien had“ been, :2qu upon, as far as Great Britain alid‘ Ireland, serenity, France and? Belggdmi‘wére Seoneei'ned‘. There may Fem doubts’as .11: whether.- Wipersons appointed: fire . tem to fill 11-11989, otheeshave -heen_-.,the Quest. per». sons for their‘WO'rkJ-s-Thare may be sunie doubts whether they basic five‘en stemmed at thc"‘be‘st' minugfortheic-;\york;,~butatheneecan he no doubt . that a {cw able agents, on the othergideof. the, A tlantic, must be of " benefit to this Pijo Vince. The" famCh 9:ng has been: 0": ‘je’Et’e‘d To in' some gnar- Do do 0. E Crown Lands Surveys (West). Do do (East). . . . . . Col. Road Agents (\Vest) ......... Do do (East'). . . . . . Inspection of Agencies (West) ...... Do do (East). . . . . . Agricultural Societies (West) ...... DU (10 (East). . . . . . ._ Emigration seroicc, Inland and For- eign, as per page 112, Public Accounts. 7,. . . .. . . . . Emigratian Cuxxxxnxssion ....... ' ---vu..\. 0‘.“ 5‘! wuhVO a salutary reform in the emigrant service and the system of settlement; and I will do hon. gentle- men 0pposgte the justice to say, that I believe they are desirous of making such reform as any mem- ber of the Opposition can be. As an evidence’of their desire, I take the Commission of Inquiry, is- sued by His Excellency-«his first “iii 'Tnl actâ€"n after landing in this country; a :d I also take as an additional evidence of that desire, the disyosi- tion of the hon. the Premier, to make this com- mittee as complete and saitistiu-tory as possible.»- (Hcar, hear.) In moving for this committee, Mr. Speaker, I might. move on the ground, that It is not only called in itself, but thatas the Province CXilClldS large sums annually to arrive at a know- ledge ofits resources, this Committee is the natu- ral correlative of that expenditure. Turning over? the Public A ceounts, yesetrday placed on the fa- ! b'c, I find the tollowing principal its expenditure: for vvhnt we may call exploring or exhibiting the resources of the Province. Cost of taking the Dccenninl -_â€"â€"â€"- VVAVMAUW tion, spoke as follows :-â€"Mr. Speaker, before the 1Easter adjournment, at the request of the hon. lgentleman at. the head of the administration, 1 i postponed ’ the annual motion which I have imade, siene Ihave had the honor of a seat in this llouse, in reference to the Emigrant service, and the settlement of our waste lands. I now rise, Sir, to discharge that duty, and in doing so, 1 cannot but congratulate the ccunt’ry at large, ; that this subject, so vital for all its interests, i seems at length to have assumed its relative im- ,’ portance, in the esdmation of the people’s repre- ! sensativcs. The labors of the Committees of I 1859, 1860 and 1861 have not been without fruit, {but more pow .rful still has been the advocacy S devoted to it by the press of the country, which, {without exception of partyâ€"papers which sup! ; port hon. gentlemen as well as the leading presses i i of the Opposition-«papers so dissimilar in Upper ' Canada as the Hamilton Spectator and the To- ronto Globe, and in Lower Canada, as the Que- , bee (712‘022z'rlc and the Montreal Herald, have all : united on this subject. (Ilear, hear.) Itit grate- ful and cheering, Mr. Speaker, to the advocates of new methods and new efforts in t! e We y of set- tlement to see that the intense social interests of the discassion has penetrated where mere politics should never reach, even to the pulpits of the land-~an evidence of which I have this 5:1}: re- ceived, in the excellent discourse delivered on St. George’s day, in the city I have the honor to repâ€" resent in part, by the Very Rev. Canon Leach, before the St. George’s Society-41 discourse worâ€" thy to be delivered on a great national festival, and deserving to be treasured up by all who have read as well as by all who have heard it. Canon Leach, I am happy to know, does not stand alone in the importance he attaches to this interest, among all the ecclesiastical order. A leading clergyman of the Scotch Church (I think I may mentim his name-the Rev. Mr. Kemp) has given a good deal attention to the prospects of settle- ment in the Eastern Townships, and I believe that the Rev. gentlemen of the Seminaries, both of Quebec and Montreal. are encouraging settlement to a considerable extent, on the lands which for- merly comprised thetr seigniories. (Hear, hear.) With such a hold on the head and heart of the land, with the press and the pulpit in its favor, it is utterly impossible that we should fail to effect Mr. McGee, in rising in the Legislative Assem~ bly, on Friday night, to move for the appomt- mcnt of a select Committee to take. into consider- atiun the subject of Immigration and Coloniza- -â€"_‘â€" Thus, we see that five hundred tpousand dol I." ‘I nu A.-_ --.... lL'- - n- Mr. McGee’s Speech on Immigra- tion and Colouizatlou.~ PRICE, $1 50,1N ADVANCE- (From the Quebec Chronicle TOM]. c o o o o. ..... o o o 0 $619,935 00 [WHOLE NUMBER, follows :-â€"\Ir. Speaker, before the 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 45,329 00 403 00 2,976 00 3,514 00 53,894 00 48,725 00 average” price_ at whiCh £116 oth‘e’r ‘hi'nfa 61”“?0 GM ” ‘ffisfibsé‘d of by $16; mm,«m it» considered exorbitant. In Upper Canada b. arergga price obtained 'm the sales. of“ gen; rims, for the Crown Lands $1 25; the School‘ Lupd’s$l 50, and the Clergy Landssz 50,- m- Lowcr Canada, the average prices were (by the extended I am not now going average' price at which the to what tax/dent that not :0ng may be. extended I am not now going to dismiss I S‘ifW- A bacéhtége' of this im- ;. mama "1‘33 properly gimmiwuyqu ‘1',”- puca by me new surveys, onwmcu tne pm. kéeps constaqtly employed fr9m_2_oo_m 300 1 "The domain may be diminished at the mfi‘fi‘ i“ mifioneeres a year-by 10,000 or 20,000 on hundred acrcfarms,-and the deems“ Winks In!» plied by the my surveys, 911‘ which the Province, Total Crowh Lands in market. Canada. West. . ............... . . . Canada East. . . . . ............... Lands disposable; 'icc‘brding to C. missioncr's Report, "for year cndc: 1861:â€"-â€" Total diaposablc in Canada West. . In Ottawa and Huron Country ...... Continuations’ of Lennox, Frontenac Addington‘and District ‘of Nipiss- giuus uucrty,dllt1 mm] to ‘Dc aegmred by any man‘s industry. Our chiefmoral attraction mm ever lie in our institutions; our chief material at- traction must lie in cheap or free land. The land resources of this Province are not so well under- stood, even by Canadians themselves, as they should he. Which of us familiarly thinks of the one hundred million acres in Lower, and fifty million acres in Upper Canada, so ably and fully. described in that, Vudc Meaum of such informa~ tion, t e Crown Land Commissioner’s Report all 1857, for which the honorable gentlemanâ€"Ham. M. Cauchon-«and those who assisted him, in its preparation, deserre the highest. credit ; a Report that ought to be familiar to every member of this House. Hear, hear. But confining ourselves to. the public land actually in the market inth’n Province, we find that we commence the year with over 7,600;000 acres of Crown Land in the two sections; over 500,000 of Clergy Lands, not to mention the SCht'ml ’TJinds, withheld, and. I. think very properly ‘Withhel‘d for the presehtf'" [will trouble the House with a tabular View of these la nds, giving the arera go in round numbers only :; Total disposable in Canada East . . . . 3,010,000 Jon’s Counties on 1\'orth side of the Ottawa. .1 ,093, 000 Counties on North side of St. Lawrence 1:37,8 ooo- Counties south side of St. Lawrence. .1,544:000 I refer to the American system to point out the- absolmc necessity ot an inclosed landing place for emigrants arriving in our own port. " ‘ ' It, is true that this Province has neither the golden- rivers of California nor the luxurious clinute of Australia: but it has two things civil and refi- gious liberty, and land to ,bc acguircd by any - r-’ '_, 3 1x - . - - . - can DESTINATIO. Now York City and" State. . . . . Pennsylvania and New J ersey. New England States. . . . . . . . . . Western Siatbs; . . .. .. ..... Southern Shaw's ...... . . . . . . . . Canada \\'est................. Canada East...,............ Balance to California, kc. . . . Letters at Castle Garden for emigrants 1,682 Letters received for ditto. . . . . . . . . . . . Ml Amount received at Castle Garden, and its agencies, from friends of emigrants in Interior to assist emi- grants on arrival. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $17,591 0.0 Advances nmde to emigrants on de- '4 posits of baggage ............... 0f which-was repaid during'the year, Number who received treatment or re- licf in Emigzant Refuge and Hos- pltal ..................... . . . .. Number sent back to Europe at their own request .............. . . . . . . Number provided with temporary lodging in New York, Bufialo, c.. or improper one. Hear, hear. But anathema];- pointment equally important, which was suggest- ed in 1860, has not. yet. been madeâ€"4 mean 0.13a- gnadinn agenty at New York. By thefieWeliork lboohing system, we knew that in 18.59, 2,000 lemigmnts were landed at that port, whose-“ti- motion was Canada, that in ISUO, them “W1,- _ 830, and in 1861, 1,544, similarly’ bound fir Ga- nnda-b-or in the three years, 5,434 Settlers. «.va i this is a contingent well worth looking officer'md l supposing such an agent appointed at Xew Yak, . it might be made part of his business, during other , seasons of the year to visit these neighborhoods, in which there are native Canadians, willing ind anxious to return to this country. topmpontjhe iiicts, and to arrange for their return. (Bur, hear.) He would also meet with other British ‘ subjects, with some of those hundreds of lam 1 3 I of the British Isles, who have besieged! the "Zeoli- sulates in the great cities, anxious tobcsent.uck again to their old homes, to he forced, in albptoo bahility, to a second emigration. (Hear, hear.) I am n0t an advocate for the Creation of nova-inf- iices, Mr. Speaker, unless whenthey are shown" to he really required, but I wouldmot he'doilg’ity duty to the Province, i I did run once. mm'point out the importance of a. proper rigour. at Sew . York, as well as at Liverpool, Ha \'l‘0 and'flum- burg. As to the new arrangement ofthe‘ inhhd agents within this Province, Ianmmat' prépant‘w speak in detail at this moment; besides so much depends on the men and so much on ttretaeadiof the department, that I shrink from discussingplr- ticular reforms, until we have examined them in Committee ; and I hope we may have'the mud sanction of the. Committee for mmendudms which, as an individual and a member-in Gpptli- tion,l fear would have little chan‘ec‘of n‘dbpfion --coming from me. I will not, therefore, dwell on this point ; for it must rest in-the end widiéthe Minister of Agriculture whether any of those of: fires are to cuttiune siuecurcg or to be made-re: alitics. But the mention of New York reminds me of the truly paternal, s tgacious, and politic care which that Sm to and City have of late years exercised over the. Emigrants arrivinz in their waters Formerly it was not so; but" for the past 10 or 12 years, no department of the public service. has been more steadily improving, than the department committed to the Camis- sioners of Emigration I have their last annual report, and it is instructive to see how theyhandied the 68,000 aliens landed in their port during 3861.. I have thrown their results into a tabular foam of my own, for greater convenience, and I timid-t, Arrivals at New York, in 3861, were. . . . 68,311 ters, as useless and unprofitable, but when we see from the statistics of New York that, during the last, few years, from 10 .to 12 per cent disk "the arrivals at that port were fromflavreâ€"eomofifioo last year out of 68,000, when we see that lien-e ranks as a North Ametican port, next w Liner- pool and {hamburg in this trade, I cannot concur that the appointment of M. Verve-t, was a‘neefiss CANADA \VEST. (JANA DA 13.1 51‘. n CCOOOOOO‘OOOOOCC yea; ended, Dec: 331;, . 2,693,000 600,'ooo 6,023 413: