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\Z 2 P 9 0 h Â¥* 4) ng}r‘ his appointment to the _Lienunantl Governorship of Ontarie as a faregone con: , doing pow. Thus in New York the cost of sugar is $9.55, whereas susar in Montreal is sold at $10.12}â€"ths people of Canada Laving to pay 574 cents per 100 for the privilege of buying sagar refined by Mr. anid, that the whole people are taxed unâ€" justly for the support of a few manufacâ€" Anrers. As to the sugar monopoly Mr. The friend« of the Hon. J. R. Rabin«on White contended that sugar is cheaper then it was in 1878, insinuating that this is due to the N. P. With equal reason he might claim that the rise in the price of whent is due to the N. P. Sugar is cheapâ€" er because the price of raw sugar has fallen ju the West Indies, and were it not for the N. P. the Canadian consumer would pay much less for the refinsd article than he is by Mr. Thomas White, the member for Cardwell. Like all who preceeded him, frorms Mr. Tilley downwards, he claimed that the N. P. has not had yet a fair trialâ€" that it should have time to develope itself before judgment could be pronounced upon fts merits. This secems a strange plea, when it is remembered that Sir. John A. Macdonald and all his satellites claimed that so soon as the Conservative party was returned to power, and the principle of protec.ion to our "strutgg‘ing industrics" sustained by the country, immediately eontfidence was restored and the country genera!ly looked hopefully to the future. Kot only so, but Mr. Tilley in his budget speech Lboldly assertedâ€"and his assertions were echued by all his followersâ€"that the conntry was in a more prosperous state and that every body was satisfied with the working of the National Policy. Yet, Mr. White puts in a plea for time,. In the course of his speech, the hozv. gentleman attempted specially to defend the sugar aonopoly and generally claimed that cerâ€" tain industries were improved under the new tariff. It is not denied that a stimuâ€" Iu= has been given to some manufactures, but the contention is, and it is not grinâ€" â€"The best speech from the Ministerial benches in support of the policy of the Government was delivered the other day â€"â€"Prof. Barker, of the University of Pennsylvania, has been lately visiting Mr. Edison, at Menlo Park, and examining earefully into the process of lighting by Electricity. A few days ago he lecturel before the Franklin Institute, of Philaâ€" delphia, on the Electric Light, and mainâ€" tained that Edison‘s generator was the best yet invented. The lamp and burner used by Edison,he pronounced as nearly perfect, and gave as the result of his observations, that electricity is destined to supersede gas as a lighting agent. Apropos ot the use of electricity for lighting purposes, Dr. Sicâ€" mens, of London, England, has lately shown that electricity produaces effects upon vegetation similar to those of sunlight. It is well known that plants become of a pale eolceu whe 1 kept in the dark,and that plant life is i1 an almost perfectly quiescont state during the night. However, it has been shown that plants exposed to the electric light grow vigorously, just as if they had been exposed to the full blaze of sun light. Thus a pot of budding tulips exposed to the full brightness of an electric lamp expandâ€" ed into full bloom in about forty minutes. It may be readily conjectured what an imâ€" portant field there is thus opened for the application of the electric light, and as the most intimate relation exists between the vital processes in plants and animals, this new discovery may have a still wider sphere of operation in matters of health and disâ€" â€"â€"On Friday last Sir A. T. Galt, Canaâ€" dian Minister to the Court of St. James, was entertained to dinner at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on the eve of his departure to England. The Chair was oceupiea by the Hon. James Ferrier, after the usual toasts were disposed of, the Chairman gave the toagt of the evening, to which Sir Alexander replied, attributing the cordiality of the reception given him to an endorsaâ€" tion of the appointment more than to any personal friendship forhims lf,imd believed that the appointment would strengthen the tio with the Mother Country. 1 His duties, he said would relate chiefly to financial matters, emigraâ€" tion and diplomacy, and to show that the interests of the mother country and the colony were one. ‘Dundalk Millsâ€"Al Honter. * =*! Seedaâ€"G. C. MeFosiano. = â€"Great fear is entertained that the Fall wheat will be found winterâ€"killed generally throughout the Province of Ontario. From the United States the reports are more favorable, although the want of snow has been felt yet the frost would seem to have been less injurious in its effects so that in Tllinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and other Western States the wheut is reported as never having appeared to be in a better conâ€" there having been seven Liberals elscted and six Conservatives. They were all reâ€" elected by acclamation. In the list we observe the names of Knatchbull, Hagerâ€" son, Brassey, Foster, Watkin, Rothschild, â€"â€"SBo far the elections in Great Britain have gone in favour of the Liberal partyâ€" 30. E. Meriam, Colin C. McFayden, 43. M . Widdleton , Alexander Webster, Agonts for the Grey Review. £2000 CHENHOCJ, ADDUI NOR Carriages, ({s.â€"R. MeFarlane. REVIE W . Irevemeies. The imposition of this duty had. s very injnrious effect. In the first place it lessen, ed the jimportation of . corn, for . the.,, 104 months dnring which the N. P. hai been in foree, to the extent of 2,602,373 bushels which entailed a loss to the country : j9 amount. | tive tariff had been in force his prices had ; | been regulated, as they must inevitably bg, f by the prices that ruled in the open markets %, of the world.. So it was in Canada, and so f t it would be for one hundred years to come, , | if people were foolish enough to continue i the policy which they had inaugurated last year, for it was an axiom in trade that the | price of the surplus product of any country | would govern the price of the whole proâ€" duct. He proposed to give a few figures to show the extent of the surplus producâ€" tion of this country. In 1879 we had exâ€" ported 5,3938,212 bushels of barley, while we had inaported 48,238 bushels. Would the Finance Minister tell the House that the duty on that cereal had any effect whatever upon prices in this country ? (Hear, hear.) Silence was the hon. gentleâ€" man‘s reply to that enquiry. (Hear, hear.) In the same year we had exported 59,175 i bushels of beans had imported 7,187, leayâ€" ing a surplus product of 51,992 bushels. He would ask the how. gentleman to say if he thought his tariff had any effect upon the price of beans. An hon. friend beside him suggested that the Government did not know beans. (Laughter.) But he thought they know enough not to answer that question affirmatively. (Mear, hear.) They had expo. ted 3,585,758 bushels of oats ’and imported 2,125,819 bushels, leaving a surplus of 1,410,489 bushels. Would the houn. gentleman tell the farmers that his policy had had any affect upon the price they had received for t:sir oats? He noticed that the hon. gentJleman wits notâ€" ing that inquiry for farther consideraiion. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Of wheat we had exported in the same year 12,381,146 bushels, and imported 6,176,432, leaving a surplus of 6,204,714 ; and he hoped the hon. the Finance Minister would also note that tact and let the House have the beneâ€" fit of his opizion as to the eff@ct of the National Policy upou the price of wheat. The exports of rye were 641,694 bushels, and the imports 74,238, leaving a surplas of 517,726. Had the duty on rye bad any effect on the price of rye or of rye whiskey? So with potatoes, of which we had exported | 2,665,178 bushels, while the imports were| either ni? or merely nominal in quantity.|. Of peas we had exported 2,715,252 bushels, | and imported the immense quantity of|| 2,843. In all these products our experiâ€"|. ence in 10} months was exactly the same }i as that of the Americans for twenty years, | that when there was a surplus the duty 1 did not add one cent to the price. But |« there was no article upon which his hon. i friend had imposed a duty which would |; have some effect.. We imported last year | 8,614,116 bushels of corn, while we had t exported 5,434,759 bushels. A duty of 74 | t cents a bushel on corn increased the ’)’uil on the quantity imported by exactly that | 1 ‘The hon. gentleman then proceeded to ’lhow the absurdity of the ery raised by the Protectionists of, Canada for the Cansdians, that the promise of a home market for our surplus products was as delusive here as in the United States where the exports to foreign markets were never greater than last year after twonty yoars of protectioun. ‘"The farmer had been told that by putting: a duty on corn, and wheat, and wool, the price of these products would be increased. But during the whole time that a protecâ€" of the kind. And the hon. gentleman would yet learn still further lessons on this question. He would learn very thoroughly, as his policy developed, to appreciate the fict that while protection ~increased the burdens of the people it diminished the revenue." "A system of protection could not be devised which would not work unâ€" justly or unavenly, even upon those for whose benefit it was devised. It necessarily levied duties upon goods which were the manufactured products of some and the raw materials of others. ‘There were only three classes of manufacturers whom the National Policy had benefitted, viz., those of sugar and cotton and woollen goods. But sofar as general manufacturing interests were concemed,notwithstanding the vaunts of the Governinent,this tariff was positively less protective than the one which it reâ€" placed, and did less towards the prosperity and development of those interests. (Hear, hear.) Did the hon. gentleman claim that his tariff had protected the labourer ? While his wages had been reduced in many inâ€" stances, he had to pay large prices for the necessaries of life in consequence of this bear on his consideration of the question ? It was not the millions who paid the sums exacted from thero, but the reprosentatives of monopolists, who wrung from the sweat of the poor their unjust gains. (Hear, hear.) Protection was in every caso and under all circumstances the loss of the many for the gain of the few. â€" It could be nothing else. It had never been avuything else, and to the end of time it would be nothing but an orâ€" ganized legahzed robbery under the form of a law. (Hear, hear.) Had the hon. the: Finance Minister after a year‘s exâ€" perience of his tariff come down with a roseate tale of how the ‘National Policy was aiding in lifting burdens from‘ the poor and adding to their wealth ? Nothing all o k , the 'y-mu p‘om%kn:‘th fir;“' â€" as reâ€" gards the farmers. He said : "In arâ€" ranging this tari# who had sat at the hon, gentleman‘s elbow ?: ‘Who had \influenced him ? What interests had beon brought to of the Grand Trunk, Great We&s;n;;;.; ancient bargh of Anstrother on the 17th day of Murch 1780, and about the year 1880 was settied in the parish of Klinaoy. During his incumbency in this place Sir. The centenary of the birth of Thomas Chalmers was celebrated in Edinburgh last month by a public gathering and speeches delivered by representative men of different religious denominations who had the privilege of coming under the "apell" of Dr. Chalmers presence during his life tims. Tas chair was taken by Dr. Burns, the Moderator ot ths General Assembly of the Free Church. and addressâ€" es were delivered by Sir. Honry Moncrieff, Lord Moacrieff, Principal Cairns, Dr. Lindsay Alexander and others, all uniting in bearing testimony to the bigh character of Dr. Chalmers as a Divine, a patriot, and a philanthropist. A genoration has grown up even among his own countrymen who scarcely know Chalmers by name, but there are many still living who have a vividâ€" reâ€" collection ef his © "rich : and=glowing â€" elo quenee, his warrior grandour, his philanâ€" thropy, his streagth of purpose, his mental integrity, bis absorbed and absorbing ear: 'I the scenery brought in view. Over a quarter | of a century ago, Austria carried her railâ€" way systera over the Brenner into Italy, and in 1871 the railway system of France was connected with thst of Tiily by the construction of a tunne] under Mont Cenis. For vrrious reasons, political and social,the necessity of direct communication through neutral territory between Central Europe and Italy was felt more and more. The St. Gothard route through Switzerland was chosen and in the building of a railway along this line it was found necessary to pierce one of the highest peaks of the Alps, â€"Mount St. Gothard which rises to the height of 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. The work was commenced in the summer of 1872 on the Italianâ€"side of the mountain and a few months later on the Swiss side. The other day the two parties working from opposite sides, although supâ€" posing that they could not be far apart had no idea of their being so near, until a chance explosion revealed the fact that they had achieved one of the greatest triâ€" umps of engineering skill, and were able to shake hands over the success of the undertaking. The St. Gothard tunnel is 9} miles long, being two miles longer than the tunnel uinder Mont Cenis. . Compared with the boring of Mont Cenis the work has been carried on with great rapidity : accumulated experience, the use of dynamâ€" ite, air locomotives, more skilled workâ€" men and borers of & better construction |â€" having enabled the engineers to accomâ€" | ; plish the work in less time and at a reducâ€" | ed cost. Although 4000 workmen have| been employed, and notwithstanding that |â€" every care has been exercised, and everyâ€" | ; thing done to secure the herlth of the|; laborers, betwen 160 and 70 men have perâ€" ished since the work began, either by aceiâ€" 1 dent or disease. The cost of this great work is set down at twelve million dollars, k although as the Mont Cenis tunnel which ‘ is two miles shorter than the S%. Gothard ; cost ten millions, it is supposed that the actual cost will far exceed the orginal estiâ€" : matee | _ Another great trinmph in railway enginâ€" eering has been accomplished in the comâ€" pletion of the &t. Gothard tunnel, When the history of our age comes to be written by the future historian, the middle of, the nineteenth century will stand forth pre eminently as remarkable for the advanceâ€" ment of science, not ouly in the infinite varities of its application to the arts of life, but still more in . its repeated tr.umphs over every obstacle and in subjectthg the wayward forces of Nature herself to the futherance of her progress. From the days when Hannibal crossed the Alps, the jourâ€" ney from Wostern and Central Europe into Italy has been made over and between the mountains, often amid great difficulty and danger, and always occupying a conâ€" siderable time. The dangers and the deâ€" lays, however, being amply compensated to the traveller by the passing grandeur of CENTEXARY OF DR. CHALMERS. The hon. gentleman then dealt with the injustice done to the farmers by the ’dnwbnck allowed to ths ‘mills at the only time of the year when a . duty on wheat could be of any benefit to the farmer, and concladed by saying that hs "had no doubt that at the first opportunity the people of Canada . would follow:.the example of Victoria, the only other British eolony that had a protective system, which it had since abandoned, and . show their condemnation of a system which .placed the great mass of the people at tie mercy of a few fayored munopolists. . (Loud cheers.) s from the shrinkage in the export trade was $255,678; the loss from substituting for feed‘ng purposes more valuable conrse grain for corn was $811,718, and the loss in the duty the country had paid on corn imported was $74,076, making a 1et loss in the corn trade for the ‘first ten and ; a half months‘of the hon. gentléeman‘s tatiff of $641,562. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That was the brilliant result of the corn duty." ary ‘ast upon the basis he had just considering was W}_lw ’hm the net result of ational Policy with reference to the importation of American corn? The loss to the forwarding interest THE 5T. GOTHABRD TUNNEL . *". | â€"Drostorr.â€"The members of Dromcie ASt4: Lodge of I. 0. G. T., held their sixth anâ€" great niversary in their lodge room on the evenâ€" 0113,”' ing of Friday the 86th inst. . After the wBSD | usual opening ode had been sung, the P. thard | w p, T., Jas. Renwick who oceupied the t the | chair gave his opening address. Mr. Geo. estiâ€" Whyman was then called upon for instruâ€" mental music, who respoaled in an able Rs. | manner on the accordion, and enlivened the moeting at intervals during the evering omas | which drew forth the plaudits of the audiâ€" burgh | ence. Bro J. Leith gave a comic reading. â€"and | Bro. W. Ramage sang "Behave yousel‘ men | afore folk". Mr, Wmi. L. Dickson recited who|"Paddy Dalaney‘s love letter" in good ‘ the | style. Mrs, Robert Renwick sang "My uring | ain fireside." Bro. Chas. Ramage read the y Dr. | "Owl Critic." Mr Thomas Allen recited neral | "Bernard del Carpea." Bro. W. Ramage Iressâ€" | sang, ‘"Willie‘s gane to Melville Castle." rieff, | Wim. Hastie gave a comic song, "Pills by Dr. | the ton." ~C. Ramage read "How Betsy iting | and I fell out." A. reading by Sis. M. Bone ter of | was well received. A duet by Mrs. Robt. ind a | Renawick and J. Hastie, sr., "Lilly Dale" n up | drew forth an encore when Mrs. Renwick who | replied with a song. ~A comie dialogue by there | Misses M. E. Ferguson and O. E. Johnâ€" dâ€"re. | stone: was given the cliaracter being well elo. | sustained. J. Swell sang "Drinking gin" ilap. | after which Bro. J. Davis gave a speech. ental | A vote/of thanks was tenderd to the friends ‘ears | of the Lodge who had assisted in the ~proâ€" : the | gramme aud‘to Mr.: Geo. Whyman who 17th | hadâ€"addedâ€"so much to the enjoyment of the | 1880 | entertainment. ‘The best of order was | auy. | kept by the andience, which, though ariall | Sir. ofl'qhflDMfih_‘.M < ring | was appreciative. The meeting closed after | Abs | a fow remarks by the Chairman, by. the was companysinging "God sare the Queen." .. q Exrprostox.â€"While one of our leading Merchants was out shooting (!!) on Good Friday, he thought he would have a quiet smoke as he was free from the hum of business, but alas for the quictness! â€" He put his pipe into his back pocket, which was half full of powder, without spitting in it, when bangâ€"slapâ€"pufftâ€". _ Turning round to see who been discharging their musket so close to his back he was greeted. with the ery. _ "Hello there ! your‘e all on fire." _ And so it turned out, and he had to return home wearing a long sleeved vest. THx Evening Entertainments under the auspices of the Mechanics Institute are evidently growing in popular favour. ‘The attendance on Friday last, was larger than on any former occasion, and the entertainâ€" ment, itself, was considered exceptionally good. The ducts by Mrs. Gray, and Mr. James Watson were well received. The next Entertainmenf will be given on Friâ€" day evening, the Oth inst. Admission 10 cents. D. T. A. C.â€"The Concert given by the Durham Total Abstinence Club last Tues day evening was one of the best if not the best entertainment given by that Club, and if the Performers continue to improve, the next entertainment of the club will certainâ€" ly be a first class one. ‘The attendance was very good considering the large number of entertainments which nave transpired of On Friday night the barn and sheds of Charles ‘Schreiber, Normanby, were deâ€" stroyed by fire. Three horses, fourteen head of cattle, and fifteen sheep perished in the flames, together with a quantity of grain, and all the farming implements. Loss about Â¥3,000 ; insured for $800. ‘ C. M. Crurcon.â€"The entertainments given in the C. M. Church, on Thursday, and Friday evenings of last week by Mr. O‘Banyoun‘s Jubilee Singers (colored) were very successful, although the attendance was not quite so large as the performance merited. Goop Fripay was observed as a holiday a‘lmost universally in Durham. Service was held &s usual in Trinity Church, mornâ€" ing and evening. A Lrar Yzar Party is to be held in the Town Hall, in this Town, toâ€"morrow (Friâ€" day) evening. Good music will be provded. We have given several noticâ€" es recently requesting those in arrears to settle up, but so far these requests have met with but poor response. : We would againimpress upon such that we are very much in need of ’money at the present time,and urge upon them. to. settle as soon as possible, and thereby relieve us of considerable anxâ€" iety, and enable us to meet our obligations.= We would also regnea: our friends to use their‘ influence in extending the cirâ€" culation of the Revicw by getâ€" ting . their neighbors to subâ€" seribe for & ~really live local paper. d nds 1A Lo. We © Abifononamaite dn »as annt ruption of the C-l?mh of Scotland Dr. Chalmers was the man at the heim, and to his genius in organization, and his power of infusing the ardour of work into every cne who came in contact with him, may be chiefly attributed the success which nas attended the progress of the Free church since the Disruption. Dr. Chaimers died suddenly in Edinburgh in his 66th year. for supplying destitute districts with places of worship and in other ways proved him« Local and other Items. To Our Readers. Farewsct Suprer,â€"Mr. Donaghy, who has rented Mr Kelsey‘s gallery has arrived in town and opened out for active operations this morning. ‘We clip the following from the thslbarne Free Press.â€"On Tuesâ€" day‘ evening Mr. Thomas Donaâ€" ghy, lute proprietor of the Shelburne Art Gallery, was entertained by a number of his friends at a farewell supper at Jenning‘s Hotel. Mr. Donagliy, we understand is about to commence business in Durham, and being a first class artist we have no doubts regarding his success. We are of the community for Liz fature pros . 4s understqod the Tergus Counci‘ Las purchased a new imarket sito. â€" Great Westerx Ramway.â€"This Railâ€" way Company, it is said, is about to put on a "ligtning express," to leave Fergus at an early hour in the morning to run through to Toronto without change, leaving that eity on its return about 5 o‘clock in the afâ€" ternoon: Shouldâ€" this be the case, the Western will doulitless retain a large share of the traffic which at present it stands a good chance of losing on the branch south of this city owing to the advantagéous arâ€" rangements the C. V. R. and G. T. R. have made for carrying passengers to Toronto. Burgrary.â€"On Sunday night, M.. Frank Guggisle.‘s grocery, Walkerton, was entered and relieved of $50 worth of smoking tobacâ€" co. The burglar entered by prying open the window of the back warehouse and then boring a hole through the door between the warehouse and the tront shop, so as to enable him to pass his head through it and unbolt it. Though Mr. Guggisberg euspects some parties he has no certain clue to go by. Horsterx Stoewarxs.â€"The first of a series of concerts in aid of Holstein Sideâ€" walk Fund took place in the Temperance Hall, in that place, on Friday night, 19th inst., and proved a very successfal affair. The performers were principally â€" from Mount Forest and Holstein. The second of the series will be held in the same place on Friday evening next, 2nd April. It is hoped that the attendance may be large. _ EFmmr.â€"The weather for the past week has been finer thain one generailly c‘s at this time of the year, and the sun has been so bright that it affects the i‘s. If it conâ€" tinues, the farmer will b» soon sowing his p‘s, looking at his b‘s, tending his u‘s, comâ€" ing to town to get his stock of t,s and payâ€" ing what he o‘s, preparatory to taking his e‘s if he is y‘s. Cusroms Seizurs or Tra.â€"Last week over 6,000,000 half chests of tea were seized by the customs nuthorities at Toronto for an alleged attempt at evading the legal duty. ‘The cargo was consigned to the Bauk of British North America ut Toronto, naming Roger, Lambe & Bro., as agents for the sale. ‘The tea is yalued at $90,000. Mr. W. P. Rundle, of 8. 8. No. 5, Egreâ€" mont, has gone to Toronto to attend the Normal School, with the yiew of securing a professional secondâ€"class certificate. Mr. John Currie takes charge of the school in Mr. Runâ€" dle‘s absence. We wish Mr. Rundle every success in his studies. Broxs: uer Lzc.â€"Miss Stubbins, of Durâ€" ham, while in the act of walking backwards â€"O ! we forgot, it is April Ist. orders in his line of hnsinese Mxr. Alex. Hunter has loased the Danâ€" dalk Mills, and is now preparad to fill all P, 8.â€"Great interest was shown by the scholars throughout the whole examinaâ€" tion, and a more than an average attendâ€" ance register:d. 5th Classâ€"Subjects same as Fourch toâ€" gether with Algebra, Euclid and Bookâ€" keeping. (Minimum 68 per cent,) Emina Wallace, 1071 ; Sarah McEachern, 992 ; Nichol Melutyre, 949, Brd Class â€" Subjects same as Second Class together with Grammar and Geoâ€" graphy. (Minimum 50 per cent,) Willie Webster, 726 ; Thomas Gordon, 631 ; Neil McEachern, 620 ; Robert Stevenson, 619 ; Samuel Wallece, 601 ; Robert Kinnon, 578 ; George Kinuon, 568 ; Jane Kinnon, 560 ; Josie Rodger, 528 ; Bella Kinnon, 484; Willie Wright, 452 ; Maggie Anu Melntyre, 445 ; Jenme Donogh, 489. 4th Classâ€"Subjets same as Third toâ€" gether with History and English Literaâ€" ture. _ (Minimum 50 per cent,) Mary Wright, 722 ; Sarah Gordon, 649 ; Harry Stevenson, 609 ; Eilen M}:Iutyre, 564. 2nd Classâ€"Subjects examined in Readâ€" ing, Writing, Arithmetic, Dictation, Comâ€" position and Mental Arithmetic. (Miniâ€" mum 50 per cent,) Willie Nelson, Sarah Kinnon, Georgina Rodger, George Donogh, Mary Aun ‘Webster, Horace Stevenson, Ernest Rodger, Edward Wallace, Henry Wallace, Josiah Gardiner, _ James Gardiner. 8. 5. NO. 0, EGREMONT. The following is the list of the standing of the pupils of the March quarterly exâ€" amination :â€" McCulloch, Josephâ€" McCulloch, Thos. Mcâ€" Casslan, Maggie A. Reay, John Hopps, Maggie McCulloch, Mary E. Reay, Martha Torry, Jane Lindsay, Gunson Edmunds, Wim. Johnston. The following names appear for good conduct and regular attendance during the quarter :â€" â€"/ Janet Grierson, James Tarnbull, Thos. 2nd Classâ€"Mary Bailey, Jas. Livingâ€" stone, Sarah Torry, James Johnston, Gil bert Grierson, Win. Johnston, Abrsham McCasslan. '&M;Nu’. Grierson, John Fraser James Park, Rebecca Park. Enste A. SUtHERLAND, Tencher (Junior)â€"Gunson Edmunds, War. P. Ruxouze, Teacher. During t1e struggle in the hallway, Bepâ€" | Auger, for $2,200. nett repeatedly made othor attempts 16| Two boys named Price and T fre of 1:is ruvolver, but he was pmuu'mm.m bottomed skif on t from coching it by Mr. Brown, who, uutâ€"| Toronto on Saturday, and wore . withstaudiug the fact that he Lad slready| in the Lake. They were fousd d received ons »lot, held on to his wouldâ€"be Lout four miles from: Nirgara, 03 time ‘callingfor help. By this time the alarm had been given in the office, and a number of employees rushing down, the man seized and quickly disarmed. Wls%n A. Thompson and Joln A. Ewan bim, Mr. Brown wrenched the pistol from his grasp and then walked into his room, carrying it along with him. stopped him and asked him what he want ed. The man seemed hesitating, but at last presented a paper to him and asked him to sign it. He said it was a statement that he had been employed in the Globe office for five years. Mr. Brown said that he should apply to the head of the departâ€" ment for the certificate, as he was not aware of the length of his services. Benâ€" nett replied that the head of the departâ€" ment would not give it to him. Mr. Brown then told him he should apply to Mr. Henning, the Treasurer of the Comâ€" pany, who had the books, and could tell how long he had been employed. Bennett pressed the paper upo= Mr. Brown, and asked him to "sign it, sign it." Mr. Brown continued to refuse, when Bennett began fumbling apparently at his pistol pocket, whereupon it passed through Mr. Brown‘s mind, as he himself said, "that the little wretch might be meaning to shoot me." He got the pistol out, and then Mr. Brown grabbed him by the wrist, and turned his hand downwards. He had got the wesâ€" pon cocked before he was seized, and he at once pulled the trigger, but the muzzle being turned downwards, the ball struck Mr. Brown on the outer side of the left thigh, taking a slanting direction and esâ€" eaping about four inches below and toâ€" wards the back of the leg. Mr. Brown therenpon closed with Lis assailant and they got ontside the door still struggling. He pushed Bennett against the glass par tition of the waiting room, at the same After the excitement had subsided someâ€" what Mr. Brown gave an account of the attack made upon him, of which the folâ€" lowing is an outline : The man came and knocked at the door. He was told to come in. He entered and proceeded to shut the door behind him, Mr. Brown |of liquor was very noisy. His whole |life Jately has been evidently one in which the man had given way to every vicious | passionâ€"drunkenness and lust being the predominant vices. Ronth by month he grew worse in these respect, until his negâ€" leet of his duties caused him to be disâ€" charged ~from his employment in the Globe. ‘On the evening previous t> his discharge Benneft went off and left his engine unattended. â€" Fortanately thofuight faciueu‘s «tention was called to the matâ€" ter and he at once dispatehed a messenger for the day engineer, who came and put Imntters right, but not before the building and its contents, including the employces then at work, were plased in the utmsost peril. Just at this time his whole domestic life was laid Lare by the woman wh> claims to be his wife. â€" She Lrought him before the Police Magisir®te on a charge of neglecting to support her, au? at the subâ€" sequent investigation it was clicited that he was living a life of adultery with the sister of his alleged wife, and that the ccremony which had taken place at Yorkâ€" ! ville was, on his own showing, a mock marriage, â€" Mrs. Bennett claims that they were married by a elergyman, but this gentleman does not remember celebrating | the marriage. . The case is still pending, | Bennett having been released on his own | bail on the 20th inst. to appear again. l had the pistol been of a different construcâ€" tion, the result could hardly have resuited so favorably, for he persisted in his efforts to effect his bloody purpose until he was overpowered and the werpon wes wrenchâ€" ¢d from his grasp. Geo. Benneit, the eriminal, whose real name is Dickson, is a native of Cobourg, being the reputed son of a colored man and a white woman. His appearance would not readily betray this mixture of blood, for although darker than the majority of people of Angloâ€"Saxon blood, he does not possess the negro cast of countenance. His features are, in fact, sugâ€" gestive of Spanish rather than of Ethioâ€" pian extraction. Heis much below the medium height, standing ouly five feet two inches.. â€" His features are rather thin. His eyes are large and black, and his nose is promireat, slightly drooping. He wears a large dark moustache and goatee. He left Cobourg when comparatively young, and spent a good deal of his time in the United States, where he aequired his knowledge of engineering. _ About five years ago he came to Toronto and secured employment as a night engineer in the Globe press room. Here for a number of years he gave satisfaction, proving himself to be a sober, intelligent young man. ; About eighteen months after his arrival in the city he became acquainted with a Miss Mary McGovern, and, as she alleges, evenâ€" tually married her, the ceremony being performed by a elergyman in Yorkville, Their life proved a chequered one, at one time being marked by the appearance of much affection, while at another blows and black eyes were of the most ordinary occurrence. Along with these domestic troubles he became known as a periodical druukard, and when under the influence successful, the only result Dbeing & severe fiesh wound in the thigh and the nervous prostration which is the inevitable effect of such an encounter, Flad the misereant who made the inurderons assadlt been a little more promptin taking his aim, or into a fliat bottomed skiff on the Buy ut Toronto on Saturday, and wore drifted out in the Lake. They were found dead in the Auger, for $8,200. Two boys named Price and Ruinor got Mr. Charles Mighton, of Pilkington, has purchased fifty neres of land, adjoining his own, from the executors of the late Samvel kiln, etc., on his premises was commenced al the brewery of.the defendant this mornâ€" ing. â€" We undepstan | several other charges are being brought against Mr. Gray by Mr. Caven, who is determined, if at all possible, to put a stop to the unlawful practice of I‘ltki-. malt and whiskey on the sly.â€" Mr. Caven is greatly surprised at tho decision, as he says he does not think he ever had a clearer case. How the docision was brougt about we cannot say, but unâ€" derstand that it was mors out of sympathy for Mr. Gray than avything else. Tho collector states that, wore it possib}e, he would most certaiuly appeal ngainst the decision. . As it is there is no provision for appeal in such cases, so the matter must drep, A The case against Mr. Gray for having, within the past month, had a malt foor, to prove the contrary. In the evidence given by these parties they prove directly opposite to that intended,â€"Ross proved that malt could not be made there, while Jelley proves that it could. 2200 MECZICH O TRC Court was arrived at. The evidence of the Gray boys is partionâ€" larly striking. From the evidence given the reader would imagine they were entine strangers to the premises. Another peouâ€" liar feature of the evidence is that of Messrs, D. Ross and H. Jeliey. ‘The former, a malster, was brought up by the eomplainâ€" ant to prove that malt could be and was made on the premises, while the latter, also a maister, was brought up by she defence with costs upon the following vorw : For conviction, Stovel and Dickson ; for disâ€" missal, Robertson, Ryan, and Pennock. We have boeen permitted to peruse the evidence, (which at first we intended insertâ€" ing but found that it would take up altogeâ€" ther too much room) and cannot see how the decisicn of the court was narived at. The trial of George Grey, of Egremont, for having within twelve months past made malt, without a licerse so to do, came up for hearing, according to adjournment, at Noble‘s hotel on Friday last, before the folâ€" lowing Justices of the Peace : 1. H. Stovâ€" el, W. H. Kyan,J. Robertson, Ira Pennock and Joln Dickson. The henring of the case Insted from two o‘clock in the afterâ€" noon until four o‘clock next morning. Evidence on b el:alt of the complainant was taken from G. Dickson Benj. Male, T. Carson, A. Pulmer, A. Dickson, J. Pieher, J, M. Crawford, 3. Bigh»am, D. Hoxe, W., Eickson, G. Powel, R. Lonrie and Jolm ! Gray, and for the defence from H. Selley, Geo. Gray, Aun Cray, J. Gmy, W. Gray, T. Gray ond W. F. Read. Rebuttal eviâ€" dence was also taken from A. Caven and J. Bigham. At the close of the ense Mr. Read, on behalf of th @ defendant addressed the court and Mr. Caver on behaÂ¥ of the prosecution, both at some length. The court was then cleared and a*er due delsâ€" beration it was decided to disnuss $he case The Globe of Saturdry morning, says :â€"The wound which Mr. Brown reâ€" ceived from the pistol shot is healing kindly, without any bad eymptoms whatâ€" ever. Mr. Brown has not suffered from nervous depression, is in good health and spirits, and will soon be relieved from his temporary confinement. IOfleo was soon crowded with vehicles, whose occupants had come to ascertain the facts of the case. By this time variâ€" ous rumonrs of a more or less exaggerated nature had got abroad, aud the excitement became intense. The sidewalks were room crowded with citizens eager to know the real condition of things. As soon as the full extent of Mr. Brown‘s injuries became known enquirers were furnished with the result of the medical examination. The news was also flashed all over the country and within half an hour from the firing of the shot, urgent messages began to eome in from Ottawr and elsewhere asking for a correct statement of the facts, and a trustworthy account of Mr. Brown‘s conâ€" dition. Amongst these was one from Riâ€" Teau Hall, which showed that the perturâ€" bation caused by the incident had reached even the yiceâ€"regal residence. Mr. Brown was taken in charge by Dr Thorburn, and conveyed to his residence Up till a late hour on Thursday night, ho was doing as well as could be expected. 200 0 220000 C0, TT RNBWer to the question of the constable, "That is the man‘ who did it." Gregory then said to Bennett, "You héar that MÂ¥ Brown has charged you with shooting him ; what have you to say ?" The prisoner, after mumbling some tmintelligible words, blurtod out, "I don‘t know anything about it." At the police station he was more communicative . He there stated to Inspector Stewart that he bought the pistol not to shoot Mr. Brown, but to "do for" Banks, the enginâ€" eer, against whom he has long borne a As soon as the news spreadâ€"which it did very quicklyâ€"the exceitenzent beeame intense. King street in front of The Globe Cl 0 u6 COommory AmomnnIned a silence. Alloo-u..h.du,.u‘ placed on his hands he Was tukesr in Mr The Gray Case. 6 il}o exclaimed, in he A\ uld tariff, general and fixeal policy, and « tion to the advisibility of not i the construction of the Poci British Columbia until such tin West bad been fairly develons Mr. Coursol gave utterauce to the opini that so primuiar was the National Pulicy Moutroal tust af he were to euter iuto . aleciic conieat there now bis majority w a be double what at was amet te. Mr., Charltom, in a6)ou. very moderate i Mr. White, Cardwell, epoke for about t hours, â€" His speech as a whole was a credit ble effort, although he was searcely as conv want with the fiscal affairs of the Dominion he clazimed to be. Me argued that the Nat mal Policy had mot had a fair tri therefore it should not be prejudged, a dealing with certain Statemeuts made resp» ting the depressed stute of industries at : Catherines, be read a sumber of lott wespecting the specisl canes which had be gited, Takingap thequestion of sugm duat he â€"eantended that the price of sugar, i stead of having been increased under t present tarifl, wasactually l «s than under t uld tariff, whereas Canada now vantages and benelfits derived f; Mr. Gasgrain spoke until after : ing out the ill fruits of the G en A number of petitiops against t legalize marmage with a ceceased w were presented. . It is ioticeable petitions against the Bill haye be entirely confiued to clergymen and of one branch of the Protestant «)n The whole day was occupied in the Badget. The Minister of Agriculture‘s dofe a mass of contradictions. _ Me denied Department had cireulated copies pamphlet, but when mewbors produc« sent to them by Mr. Pope‘s subordir awdamitted that a few copies had been the Departnent Mr, Mackenzie disposed of the charge he had done more than once before. Btep by step the Government retreat until _ at last, commencing by refw to defend the pamphiet, they ultimately the impudence to deliberately falsify the f4 by denying that any purchase had been m or that copies of the pamphlet had been , culated by the Department of Agriculture, that any order had been giyen by the Dep: ment for copies of the pamphloet. After considerable further motion was withdrawn. Sir Charles Tupper was put : great dust of abuse so as to hide ) retreat, and to charge the leade: rition with hbaying praised Texas Ammigration, which pamphlet has been ciron Department of Agriculture, and for copies of it given by the H on The Government evident‘ly di« defend the pamphlet, nor did trust their defence to the Minist ture alone. debate, which was ; o‘clock, when a vote taken. 1t was carri yeas and 49 nays. ‘ confined to members vinces. Bur Leonard Tilley ask be allowel to stand, and 4 doing that the Governm sertain documents before to the subject. The mo debate, which was protra Mr, Macdonald ( House into Comumilt« wider certain resolut: winces of Quebec, * wieck, and Prince E4\ elaims and mnahts to « amount of the Fisher the Goyernment of © ciples on which th Newfoundland were r The House adjourned at 12 A number of questi answered, but the onl interest made was by Goverursent would pri fractional ourrency of cent denaminations ‘Canal s early as possible. A Gevernment Bill contirmi of the Riviere du Loup Brancl sd its initial stage, and the A ate the 8t. Clair and Lake 1 Vompany, and respectiny the and Lake Ontario Shore Jun were read the third time. efforts should he The propriety of opening Canal earlier than usual this = gosted by Mr. Mackenzie, 1 Tupper explained that it was t so, owing to certain work gress t weveral points alon A few evenings ago the Minister of ine, backed by the Minister of Cust charged Mr. Yeo, of Prince E iward 1s with having notiGed the Department c resignation of an official in the island, was afterwards dismissed by the pr Government, and Monday Mr. Yeo imnitted to the House documentary evid sustaininirng the denial he had given charge. Itis needless to say that |ma Wworthy Ministers were specchles» at t jposure of their lack o% veracity, At the Benate‘s request, a joint con tee to consider the propriecty of amalg ting the law departments of the two H After a brief discussion, during 1 Mr. Mackenzie objected to the len the proposed Easter recess, a Govert motion was passed that the House a« from Wednesday night of this week Tuesday of next week. Orrawa, March For the fifth or sixth iime, at the ernment‘s request, Mr. Charlton‘s n regarding the Northâ€"West land regul and Mr. Blake‘s respecting the extra of criminals were both allowed to sta The Government laid on the table n to calls for some twentyâ€"five retor number greater in fact than the whole have hitherto presented to the House DOMINION P developed the clain macde t 14 owever tas °* pregeeding wit weille Railway i tame as the N ort! Trow or TA W A very mogerat« s pampl directing at Teces h 30 t lid and or H t M t4 t H ate W