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Music Hallâ€"Lillie Lonsdale. Private Billsâ€"Alfred Todd, Life in Large Citiesâ€"Rev. Wm. Stephenâ€" som. _« Seignior al Indemnity to Townships‘ Fund. Kouswllon P. btn«d. F. .m W» ningâ€"Pattee & Puq. Acknowledgmentâ€"Wm. McCaftery. City Auction Martâ€"J. Bermingham. The verdict given by the jury in the late | 1. mental le »ecident on the Grand Tmllh‘ Railway affirms @"that the collision accurred i1 & nscyne: ce of the requlations of the Cumâ€" pany wi h regard to the: Puties of employees having been recklessly violated." Yet the Globe, in the face of â€"such a verdict, conâ€" tinues to attribute the accident to neglect on the part of the management, and pub lishes a series of comversations which never took place between its 1eporters and cerâ€" tain subordins inls of the Company, whose *za accident. In view of the threatened adoption by President Grant of Butler‘s nonâ€"intercourse policy towards Canada, including the with drawing of the bonding system, it is inter esting to know tha immense! accommodaâ€" tion which Canads has afforded to the Uhnited States by pâ€"rmitting that country the free use of the Welland Canal. In the year ending 30th of June last no le«s than 2.8~4 American steam and sailing ves sels with a tonnage of 765,842 tons passed through this can«l. The withdrawing ol the bonding privileges would, it is cur rently believed, necessarily entail a lhike withdrawsl of the use of the Welland Canal to Amrjfln vessels, which, o! course, would affect most disastrously the cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Uswego and @ities of Cmicago, CicCverrnuy,. Venes@ Cl Ni NAMNEEEE: ..__._..cle.. o ibtosiecrrerice The Bufailo Commercial Advertiser says that the Canadian editors who now write so defiantly about the President‘s message assumed a very diflerent tone last May when ,they urged the President to keep back the Feniaus. ‘The editor in question called upon President Grant to discharge the duties which, as the Chief Executive ol a civilhzed nation, devolved upon him, and although, as it proved, it made no differ eace whether the United States authorities did their duty or not in the matter, the Canadian â€" editors regret that . the American nation was dishonoured and disgraced as it was in conse«quence of President (Grant‘s neglect. With regurd to what has been said by the public press of this country concerning President Grant‘s message we have not seen any un becoming language used. We regret the hostile feeling displ:yed by our neighbors, The Ottawa CTimes. and we are quite contident that nothing will be done by the C:nadiin people to justify its continuaince. But for all that we do not intend to abandon what of right hommganrk in L1 n1 1c ‘The banquet of the Brownites in To | n ronto passed off tranquilly, and was, on | ¢ the whole, a rather dull aftair. The great | y Factionist occupied the chair, and his pupâ€" | ; pouuwdnpo-thonlootndhlhd,nd. ® ‘immu,mmudhh,hs v manner which ought to insure for them | the support of the Globe. The Hon. Mr.| * Christie was present, and returned thanks | | on behalf of the Senate. Uf course, noth | ; ing that he said was worthy of notice or | . remark. After him came Mr. Mackenzie, | : and he; we are told, was received with a | perfect storm of applause. â€" His | .mmg..lmdflllfl&“ srine‘s efforts. was the usual | amount of talk about «shameless corrupâ€" tion,"" the "party of corruption," and the "party of oppression," tngether with one or two rather irreverent allusions, which if ut tered by a «Tory " would be denounced as "rank blasphemy ‘‘ by the Glebe. He re iterated his usual falsehood about Mr. Howe‘s behaviour at Fort Garry, denied the authenticity of the Imperial despatch touching the route of the Intercolonial Railway quoted by Sir Francis® Hincigs, at Pembroke, and declared that & coalition u-'-m:yum-pnltpuuh rights." assertion could hardly have been palatable to Mr. Mackenzie‘s master, seeing that th.t gentleman was a member ot the coalition Government formed in 1864. and is at the present moment atâ€" tempting to form a coahtion party out of various conthcting elestments the watch word to unit« and inspire which is « Down with Sundfield and the PatentCombination.,"‘ sATURDAY, DECEMBEE 1C, 487 â€" For interesting reading mallet 4o that according to Mr. Mackensie his chief has been and is "a conspirator ag«insat public rights," and yet he has the audacâ€" ity to call upon the Reformers of Ontarto to follow where he leads! Mr. Blake was also present, and so was Mr. McKellar, toâ€" gether with all the editors, reporters, bookâ€" keepers, and most of the press men and compsitors connected with the Ooh' othiccy lnMon-‘ouwhomldbym means be induced to be present at the Brownite bangut was present and had his name appear in the list of guests. If the company was intended to include representatives of the Upposition party from all parts of the country, there were certainly some noteworthy excepti ns. Mr. Huntington was not there to dilate on the beauties of Canadiin Indepsndence, O@Mee$ 38, Apr Als #trsse sound There was not much to notice in any of the speeches, which simply consisted of indiscriminate abuse of the Gorernment. We notice, however, that Mr. MacKenzie assertel that the Government were wilâ€" fully delaying all means of opening up communication with Manitobs. This is sucn a grows untruth that we feel called upon to hold up its author to the public TAE BRuWNITE BANQUET. W APVERTT esn ‘\Wm‘a y flim Piw a ~‘ w m T 1. .00 3 A1% 1870 opprobriugg which he so mchly deserves. At the present mathent the CGovernment m energetically with a view of on a cheap and _ expeditious means . of : communication into . the nd. |new province. In view of the probable construction of a railway to Manitoba, they do not feel justified in incurring any great expense in the establishment of a route, which it is hoped, will to a ceritain extent, ** | be only a temporary one. . Nut we have reason to beliere that â€"an availa‘le means of communication wili be established early in the spring, and if this is done we are quite sure that the peopls of Canada â€"â€" | will be of opinion that no tim» has been 4 lost. ° There is no doubt that Mr. Mackenzie performed the duty which he was expectâ€" ed to discharge in a manner which richly entitles him to praise from the Globe. In view of this fact we would respectfully suggest to Mr. Brown that he ougat to stir himself a little in the matter of the Mackenzio testimonial. . We are aware that he has lately had so much to do in the way of villifying and publ shing unâ€" truths concerning the Premior, that he has not had much time left to devyote to the interests of his henchman. Still when a man sacrifices character and position in the interests of Faction, the chief Factionâ€" \htu.btn“hbflhhndhudfim; and we do hope that in common decency Mr: Brown will remind his followers of what is expected from them in connection with the testimonial to which woe have reâ€" ferred. Seriously speaking, Mr. Mackenâ€" ie deserves some acknowledgment of his services at the hands of the Opposition. The exceedingly unfriendly to opted by President Grant towards Britain and Canada, naturally lâ€"ads enquire with some degree of anziety whether "the United States Govrernment really desire to go to war, or whether their hostility towards us will be satisfied ~y doing what they can toinjmouroom-l mercial pro«â€"perity. Certainly so fir as we can learn, the United States are not in a postion to go to war with any great power. They might possibly with the forces now at their disposal: succeed in overrunning Canada and holding it, but would be well nigh powerless betore Great Britain, so vast is the superiority of the nary. Cof the latter. _ Peoâ€" ple who talk about _ a million of men rushing to arms at a moment‘s notice for the invasion of Canada, cannot have bestowed much consideration upon ‘mm. To organize and equip an army fifty thousand strong would take some tume, more especially as the American regâ€" ular troops are scattered about in all diâ€" rections throughout â€"the length and breadth of the United States. Then we find that while the strength otf the army is reduced to 30,000 men, the Government have not at their disposal more than 100,000 breach loaders in all, and these are of a clumsy make, very inferior to the Snider rifle. General Butler says that a war with Great Britain would be principalâ€" ly a nayal war, and we find that to meet the immense nary of Great Britain, comâ€" prising 719 vessels, 50 of which are ironâ€" clads, the Unmited States have not a single Washington correspondent of the N. Â¥. Tribune, writing on these subjects, says « some lingering confidence doubtless still pO THE AMERICANS WANT WAR ? England, we must first spend at least ummmwaflhs.flywmflbfl‘." At the present moment the British fleet in tonnage and number of guns carr.ed, is equal to that of France, Russia and the United States combined. ‘The fortifications of the principal Amerâ€" lean seaboard cities are said to be unreâ€" liable and insufficient, so that in the rn-uh- attack upon Zanada, the inâ€" habitants of New York, Boston, Portland, landoum places on the coist, would be and other places on the cost, would be liable to be rudely disturbed by Bntish ironâ€"clads. , Underall the circoumstances it is not | , Myumhfloflhpum ‘ by the Americans for us and for all things | British, will culminate in war. But the atâ€" titude now assumed by the Government of the United Suites serves to show pretty conclusively the fallacy of the =Independâ€" ence‘"‘ theory. There actually appears to be more bitterness of feeling displayed toâ€" wards us as colonists than towards the peoâ€" ple of the Mother Country. It is only the knowledge that, in the event of any atâ€" tempt to coerce us, we would be supported by all the power of the Empire, that pre vents President Grant from assuming a more offensive attitude, and demanding in imperative language the right to the free navigntion of the St. Lawrence as well as the admission of Americian fishermen to the Canadian fisheries. If we were "indeâ€" | dependent" what would our independence be worth? To every unjustifiable demand we should be compelied to yield. We might | fight and struggle bravely, but with no , | navy, and but a limited supply of the ,"de,"ilmubovfinforflu , | cope agninst such tremendous odds. _ But , | a war with Canada and a war against the British Empire are two very different afâ€" There is no doubt that the positon in which Russia has been placed since the Crimean war isa rery humiliating one. To say toa great nation you shall not attempt to erect lortiNeations or build ships in your E i s in | a M in | tha % i . i. , ino In thin 1 There is no doubt that the non in , $250,000. Mr. Keefer m.«de a report, and in | than at any period sinc= the construction | war\s. They would have no choice in this which Russia has Mph“dp:.“ the | it stated that we could have Mmhloflhol’m& Ottawa Railroad. The'w' ar, for the bill once Imnd the law o 5 roneyap p for that amount, and _ with .ldobtimnod by the city for the buil«linfii\ 1 compel them to poll their votes, no Crimean war isa very humiliating one. TO ) );,,1a sconomy it could be reduced to | of the market would shortly be all payed | :. iter how much opposed to this they say toa great nation "you shall not attempt | g1:3),000. So much for that. The b\lllofluo that next year a handsome revenue | might be. And when elected what were to erect fortifieations or build ships in your | went on rolling. A committee was formed | would be coming into the city exchequer | the powers given to the commissioners. Black Sea ports, and shall limit your and he was honored by being made one of | from, that sohurce. HMe relerred to the| Very extraordinary powers indeed. He vembh‘" isnot onl it, but as he thought at the time with the | great expense of maintaining aFiré Brigade | would read the clause <giving them this | naval force to four not calcuâ€" object of bringing him over to the scheme. | system. It cost the city $10.000 per power. (The clause was read). From this | lated to gratify the nation so addressed. Bnnh'nthoy‘m not succeed in as his nnnun,ndlltm’hd water works this | it would be seen that there was nonuini In fact we cannot that the Rusâ€" | later actions proved. (Cheers.) Next sum would ann be saved to the city. | the Corporation saying there were certain ‘.mmm..’.&,. M-Mmuhflm To show that they would not necessitate | limits. There were no limits to the powers | @ restric | the water rate raise. and th;‘yhm.nhmof tixation he might state | of the commissioners. No use either was possible to have these vexatious told it would amount to $35,000. was that on the $400,000 which was proposed | it their saying that all they (the commisâ€"‘ tions removed. But who is to vouch | done by h-ay charging one mfljhfi.hilltohonqnn.dlorth purpose, | sioners) requested to raise was $400,000. mmmdmmm[mw 0, and so on. the annual interest would only be| For some five or six years ago, he was. one vessel. â€" The ie adâ€" Great us to COM | matter their serious consideration. He ironâ€" water works, ‘and wum ingle t been prepared that The | have met with the unanimous nspmnl of â€" | the Council. He called to rememâ€" * Â¥>| prance the fate of the railway debentures saÂ¥s | 1. ~antmatad tn cartrin nersons. The ment ? WOW‘."W“MMI on account of her past conduct, _ to dread that if she were pmitud:gb lish a naval force upon the Black 1t would be used by her in an at to subjugate European Turkey. Not that the path to Constantinople would even then be remwlered nearly so erisy a one as some people imagine. , Turkey herself could do something, more especially on ‘the sea, while Great Britain, Austria, and Italy from different motives are all equally interested in defending the dominions of the Porte from Russiin aggression. (Ausâ€" tria, no longer a leading German power, is more than ever interested in the neutral i+y of the Danubian principalities. The natural instincts of Italy lead her to dread the establishment of Russian power on the shores of the Adriatic, so that though France is for the time crippled, there does not appear much reason to fear that Rus sir coull accomplish much against the coalition which would unite to oppose her, even snpposing that her Black Sea equad ron was considerably .augmented, / she were no longer bound by treaty ltrictinnt. * The Water Works Question ! THE CORPORATION SCHEME DEMNED. TBE MEETING IN ST. PATRICEK‘S HALL LAST NIGHT. , Last night as announced &A ZOn@erai meeting of the ratepayers of the city was held in St. Patrick‘s Hall to hear the ex pression of opini.n of the ratepayers in relation to the water works question, and for the reconsideration of the water works bill as amended in particular. By eight o‘clock the Hall was very res pectably filled, miny of the audience being French ratepayers. .. _ Mr. Lyrnan Perkins occupied the chair and Mr. Waller acted as Seorctary. _ Jbot‘hi nd"dp:::nd his ofinflm & the meeting, ox i | that every cae should be interested in the water works‘ bill. In his omon the bill was _ outrageous. . We a bill already . for the construction . of water works, and we should abide by that bill. The people should petition the Local Legislature aguinst the new bill, and lf»liuli their bfl%l:m tor the building of water works. City Council should not have entertained the bill, but when we have one Aldermun who has a gully to seli, (cheâ€"rs). another who> has cement to sell, it is no wonder they should desire to feather tneir nests out of the public taxes. Mr. Egleson had been content to look on at the way city aft.irs had been carried on for some years. _ He had during that time witnessed many curious things. Among them was ;:or-in' of the City Kailway Bill, which away the control of the streets from the Corporation. _ He hoped the bill would be repealed. _ He did not come to create excitement, or retard the inmuomhroa-mcity- He did now come to throw blame on City Counciliors who, perhaps, had done their best for the city. The meeting bad ooo|of :ih. mo-: important subjects to consiler. He wis 0 opinion that the city requirell water works, but bhe would have «hem chargy in the manner t:‘o‘yhb:ilnhem. In the onn: progress ty it required water wor and it was for c‘o Council to gire the matter their serious consideration. He mm works, ‘ and wu'::rk{ t been pmm have met with the unan approval of the Council. He called to '.hz rememâ€" brance the fate of the railway debentures as entrusted to certain persons. The handling of debentures was a tioklish thing, as the cities of Toronto Lmd !!.umil; usns â€" PmodtunoNtd un Tob Ti ton knew well about, and the city of| Uttawa of‘ li"u:‘ about as yet. uoumhin ‘ tavour of introducing i to the city. He and Mus the market in this way, and it had paid itsell and was still p:xh.. An eminent Chicago engineer had advised the building af water works by a company, aud he was in favor of this manner of con: & uction. He had much pleasure in moving the following resolution : _ Moved by P. A. Egleson, seconded by Dr. Beaubien, th-t'whilo fully :.l‘i’n to the great necessity of a efficient system of water werks Lng city of Ottaâ€" wa, accompunied by a perfect system of nnmt s'mhout which a water works would efective) provid.d the amount necessary for the completion of both im provements, would not greatly increase thne already heary taxation of the city ;that while fully alive to the importance of both: thmimpmomul&:hu meseting is de . cidedly opposed to construction of the water works by commissioners as proposed in the water works bill, and most emphatiâ€" cally desires to record its disapproral of moi a contemplated mode of construction, seeing in such mode a frightful source of extravagance and unlimited expenditure | of the public money. _ _ . ferred, he was Opfind to water works. »â€"As a medical man wu-uon&in favor of them, but they must be t in an economical m{. He condemned the water works bill as being one that w uld ut the put th city in disastrous debt. Hecould notmhmtboposlomukod to enâ€" trust the building of water works to comâ€" missioners who would havre an immense mtdmyinthchmtnl.wi&hwt giving one particle of security. He did not thi?k‘:‘l;; oit::;.umld be found in favor of building water works by comâ€" missioners. Outhh.mhoa&nn«d in the bill and that was, the power the commissioners bad to hire engineers and so many other persons. He advocated the buudm&:fthomwrh a comâ€" pany, and introdmdha oapâ€" ipal into the city as a means of enriching it. The citizens should at once proceed to ‘pntdown the bill recommended by the Jorporation. Let them unite upon the | water works being builp by a company. _ PDr. beaubien seconded the resolution, and in doing so stated that because he seconded the resolution it must not be inâ€" lrhubdn:h-fl’ said that as he understood name had been put down as a seconder to a resolution, he would resâ€"rve his remarks till that CE s uB K BBR ... â€" } to suspect Russia conduct, to ermitted to the Black 1t in an at pt to urker. Not that THER OTTAWA TIMES ness $15 and myself $20. t Mr. Macdougalâ€" Well, thi:t was another bogus transaction. (Laughter.) Mr. Keeter on being consulted said the water rate would probably be $15,000. The assessors said $35,000. ~Who were they to believe ? Another bumbug gentliemap. The next thinf.m the present water works bill. (YÂ¥ells.) On this occasion he was not on the committes. They had found out that he could not be hop:zht over, and they had npond him, drop him. . In this preâ€" clous bill he saw one of the objects was to deprivre householders of (the tranchise. (Groans.) _ He also found out that the pecple would have the great privilo{: of olo-m;j one commissioner from each Ward to build the water works. ‘They had been told in order to build them that debentures could be issued which would be sold at par. _ But how this was to be done they could not bs informed. Some years ago debentures had been is» sued for a large amount, and when they were last bought they were bought bf’ the City Council for 924 cents. Now if that was the case, at what a far greater disâ€" count would additional debentures be ? lIe did not believe water works could be built for $400.000, the last figuro'uuned. 0+ to #%2 An elector thought the city councillors had very little money to control. _ , Mr. _ Macdougalâ€"Very littlo: indeed. Some $18,000. _ sestirk A ratepayerâ€"Not so much when you come to pay for schools and other exâ€" penses. Another nupn{orâ€"l)on‘t you think commissioners could build drainage ? Mr. lwlouc:;Wnter works, without nwougo. is a . What the city coun cillors hnd to do was to show the people how to raise money for erecting waler works. But to run down geoplo't throats an obnoxious bill was a thing they could nâ€"ver do. If any of the nto.pogm present had any questions to ask him e would be lnpt‘y to «nswer them. Alderman Martineau on being called for stepped on the ?l.tfotm. and stated that he would say only a few words in English. He thought it very unbocoming in Mr. Macdougal to say things that he must know were incorrect, &,.onfunon) For instance he said that rinting was bogus. He also stated that t?nmilton deâ€" benmmooldonlw forty cents in the dollar. He (Â¥4r. tineau) would prove in a few days (A voiceâ€"prove it now) that the Hamilton debentures sold for 98 cents in the dollar. Noi i _ A voice.â€"How came their fire engines to be sold for debt then?! (Cheers and Lughter.) _ o o uelimake ioi id qeaney Mr. Martineauâ€"The fire engines had nothing to do with the debentures. Anâ€" other remurk of Mr. Macdougal‘s he had to fin| fault with was that in which he stated that the water works bill had been purâ€" posely kept. back by t.bo U:)rpgnti:_m. 7 ~°CCr w.xthimd that ho sAIG the committee had kept back the bill. Mr Martineauâ€"The bill was handed to the printer one week ago. It took some time to printit, ana some time to transâ€" late it into French. A voiceâ€"Was the committee not aware of the time the bill would take in preparaâ€" tion ? last week. sent me on Saturday night. sent me on &tmdll! night. Mr. Campbellâ€"How long would it take to translate the bill. An hour ? a A vorseâ€"Its but fair that Alderman Martineau should be heard. (Loud and prolonged cheering). * Alderman Martineau supposed he would be allowed a fair hearing. Mr Macdou r.:ihdm:docoflllin .m'.b?.n" and he & ri to reply to them. (Cheers). He oomhhonutl tell them it was nonh)o intention of the (Lrp_onnon to keep them of witer works, and at the same time opposed to them. The finances of the city were at present in a better condition Macdougalâ€"I shad a French one The bill was distributed that he said tract, and was it not prefofiblethat this profit should be left to the city. He had served the public for twelve years in the City (_)ouncitand if they had any obéectiom Aealns ie "eviam rTK 9 o( SPes PV aRe 7 c City Councif,and if they had any o&ilootiom to his conduct he would like them to come to himself and state them, and not go around to idle persons who only sought to make his position worse than it appearâ€" ed to them. Ts o ts o Mr. Lauzon here rose and said Mr. Marâ€" tineau had gone so far as to state that he had go e around starting falso rumours against him. C e a _ Mr. Martineauâ€"Mr. Chairman, 1 menâ€" tioned no name. _ N on ons aanene. o ie Mr. Lauzonâ€"You stated that persons | who had no interest at stake in the eity, | and who had noth:ng to do but trot horses |. about the country were acting derogatory to your interest. Mr. Martineauâ€"«"FHow does the cap fit ou." s Mr, Lauzonâ€"If I have trotted horse about the country I paid for them The re:â€"0‘ ucion was then put and carried, Mr. Wadsworth said he had a resolution to move, and in doing so would make only a few remarks. He had been #urprised at the action of the City Council in regard to the water works bill. In regard to the bill Mr. Keeter came forward, and the first scheme he proposed was for $250,000 ; then we were told it was $400,000. ‘Out of that $100 000 was to pay interest for the $400,000U. Now, he had been told by A ;ont.lomm, who was well poowl, that a million would be more like the sum. Why did the city councillors not boidly come forward at once and ask for this sum, and not keep the people of the city in the dark. But the councillors were afraid. Although they said betore their consfituents th.t they were not he believâ€" ed thry were afraid to come out boldly. EA voiceâ€"They come out by degrees): ‘hey were long speeches to be made by others so he wou!ld not detain tgem, but at once read the following resolution : Moved by James Wadsworth, Eq. secâ€" ondad by HKobt. Lee, E‘?., that before the construction of Water Works be commencâ€" ed a statement be submitted by the Cor poration to the ordinance land holders | and Free holders of the city, setting forth | the system to be adopted, and a detinite sum named within, which the works acâ€" |companied by sewerage can be construct ed, le wing it for the vote of said rate payâ€" | ers to sanction or reject said system.â€" 1 Carrie l unanimously. â€" . Mr. Lee, in seconding the resolution, said as he had been called upon he would make a few remarks on the ull-engrouinfi subject. It was a subject that they shoul: not treat in haste or with indifference, but it should be discussed colly, caimly and dispassionately. They might rest assured that the future of the city depended upon the steps they were taking in regard to the water works scheme. More depended upon it thin any other scheme that has ever been submitted to them, and they sh uld be very careful in dealing with it. It was no doubt a matter of great importâ€" ance. to have water works. When the city became more densely populated it would be an absolute necessity not only to hive water works, but food sewerage to cirry off the filth and dirt the water would wash away. lHe had long been a friend of water works, and he agitated the subject when he was in the City Council some years ag>, but he let the matter drop, as he saw the same inclination to mEe a job of it then, as there was now. That a job w is to be made of it, now was froved by the arrangement of the bill. | He could say such a prece of legislation as that bill was, he never set eyes on. â€"Its results would be fl’nht to create another Corporation within the present Corporaâ€" tion, a wheel within a wheel, and secondly as soon as it became law, it would compel them to elect commissioners to build the iecatueestemmawete C omm 000000 while the water rent would to $35,000 annually. _ ‘The then â€" made . some atateâ€" figures to show that the city highly f«voravle condition as reâ€" mances for undertaking the conâ€" of water works. Suppopinwy 0 "" Emm (XYY for water ‘works & DEO. 10. 18700 of a committee to construct water works jo edenimnnr v iesX un rrr uk © CC Ot it OORACE EOAE : 02 CR CC Sn o D0 c00 dnc without sewerage ; the site whore the tLarlnuvment bmldings now stand was grantâ€" | G ed thein, an l by their caloulations then | u; they came to the conclusion that the work | = could not be done for less than . $5 or I $600,000, and he believed if commissioners were elected. for the carrying out of the | . present scheme that it would not be carâ€" ried out urder one million do_llm. Supâ€" | â€" pose the tommissioners did raise $400,000 | c and the works were gone on with and half completed, the money Was exhausted, | â€" was the $400,000 to be thrown away ? Would it not rather follow that mo re money would be granted. Ana so on it would go to the end of the chapter until the works were completed. 1t was all then the purest nonsense to say the powers of the commissioners were limited. The commissioners accordingto the bill had also I unlimited power to _ taX to any amount <without any guzrantee to the | , people that the works would be constructâ€" | | ed. â€" Hore was another evil effect of this Ipower. Suppose the commissioners did raise the $400,000 by detentures, what \ : 'thon? Might the commissioners not siy that the people were not rich enough to buy the debentures. and that it would be necessary for two, three, or the whole of | them to go to Great Britain or to the | United States to find a market. Arriving | there they could sell the debentures at what | per centage they chose, and suppose one . | commissioner t.ok the debentures to Lonâ€" | don, sold them tuere,â€" and then forgot to | come back. What would become of our | money then? ‘The people had no security ; | frenmthese commissioners _ That‘s one of : | the bemuties of the bill. _ The epeaker | then dwelt on other powers giren to comâ€" â€"] missioners in the bill and the abuses likeâ€" t | ly to follow. He condemned the whole f | system of the bill, _ The resolution, if ) | adopted and acted upon, would put & â€"| check upon the danger referred to. A t | water works system should be adopted and s | laid before the people for approval. The 11 Corporation should have proposed & short, â€" | concise scheme and submitted it to the peoâ€" t | ple. The present Corporation scheme was â€" | before themâ€"did they approve of it? 0| (Cries of "No,, No.‘") You say no, no; . | then you will soon have an opportunity >â€"| of saying . so at the proper placeâ€"the d | polis. (Cheers.) They should go to the + Kolls with the corporation bill in one s | hand, and with the other point to it and d | ask every cindidate : " Do you favor this d ! bill or not ?" and then they would know 0 | who to vote for. Show by your votes your ) | disapprobation of the bill. (Criesof «! We e | will ; we will.‘") The speaker then merâ€" d | tioned different ways in which water works e | could be constructed. ‘The best mode of 11| construction was certainly by a compary a: | who risk all the money, and do not charge e | for water,. until it is brought. into the n | houses. (Cheers.) The speakerreviewed to | the remarks of Alderman Martinesu, and r. | advised all the constructors of the present d | bill to go to the polls with it and realize ut | the reception it would meet with. 11 the 0â€" | people vote:! in favor of it, good and well. y | If not, they (the councilliors) weuld soon r:r reulize the eflects of their disapprobaâ€" r. | tion. amid great cheering. Mr. Turgeon as & citizen desired to exâ€" press his opinion on the subject. â€" The matter should be discussed thoroughly, calnffy an} dispassionately. Once before the subject had been brought up and thrown out, but not without reluctance on the part of some persons who threatenâ€" ed to yet carry their scheme. This is the next attempt. ~They tried to force it on them very quietly. It would appear that without water works we couhr not live. They had plenty of water around them ; they bad lived long without water works and he hoped they would live long yet without them. The water works had been advocated on san\ grounds. A ‘ good many people likmn’ could not & EL & [wennad Py ic l0 ic s â€"Anibdinediirentsel. At. . Lup °6 Aide: irormeng pay for the luxury yet. \They should. have sewerage n:'{;l water w@rk« together He condemued the drainag&of the #ysâ€" tem. The city was so much in \lebt that debentures to build water works could not be sold ‘at O&u. | Supposifig as was told them $400,000 would build the works and that the amount was put in their hands how could they put pipes through A1 miles of the city as they would have to do instead of 24 miles as was : alculated upon. If it cost &wl),%to buld 24 miles of g.pin‘ it would na«turally cost more to uild 51 miles Jt piping. Mr. Turgeon then went into calculasions as to the cost of lpt:.it.ing pipes into t.hlo houses n;:;tld- culat in _ the an _ pro s Heâ€" thought the mmgou of the City Council were honest enough, but since the water works que:}:an came up it seemed as some blinding influence had come over them. He had ?nu'u:!omd the subject and bill, but for some time could not underâ€" stand why the bill provided for extending the pipes to any distance within five miles of the city, But rl‘ur tracing the subject up carefully from|the base he founi the cause of the insertion of that provision in the fact that His Worship the Mayor kad property within that distance of the city. He did not blame the Mayor toact thus in his own interest.. de would do the same himsâ€"lf if he had the opportunity.. He would go for building the water works by a company. The City Co: poration snould t :ke a $100.000 share and on the cbmpletion of the works give a like amount as a bonus. By having them constructed in this manâ€" ner they would _ know what they â€" would cost and once comâ€" pleted there would be no more expense with them connected. The question at the k;:olls.-hould be for or against water ! works." I he resolution was unanimously carried _Mr. Pidgeon then read the following resolution and accompanied it with a few remarks. ~â€" * °. Moved by Mr. Pidgeon, seconded by Mr. Louzon that a committee be appointâ€" ed to draft a petition and wdtb;lson the City Corporation with it embodying in said petition the substance of the resoluâ€" t.on passed there this evening, and in the event of their failing in their d::ko‘ with the said Corporation, they do a petiâ€" tion, and get signatures to it to be sent to. the Ontarioâ€" Leg.slature with the same object. Th« members of the committee to be Dr. Beaubicu, P. A. Egleoonéew. K. Waller, Jas. Warnock and N. Germain, Esqrs., with power to add to number.â€" Carried unanimously. _ l opinion in this mm& had been much cgsngod by what he heard that night. As a servant of the public he would obey their wish. He had never gone against their expressed desires, and he would not do it now,. ~ If the city‘s finances were in a conâ€" dition to allow of the construction of water works, they should by all means have them constructed. Mr. Waller denied the statement made by Ald. Heney, that the Council did n6t intentionally withhold information of the nature of the water works scheme from the Public. Bjme time ago he had been inâ€" ormed by the prime mover in the comâ€" mission scheme that it was the intention to distribute a few copies of the bill only when it was about hdn{:d-ndod into the Untario Legisl.ture. He had informed Ald. Heney uncll(wdoufioflhéintcnfion, and thoy succeded in having them printed and dh’. _ After some remarks by Ald. Guerard, Goulden, and Lapierre the meeting broke tributed. up. Latest by Telegraph Orric®:â€"G. P. Drummend‘s Exchange Ofice 19 Suarks Street. ‘__LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. ; QcrEsEc, Dec. 9. ° Mr. Bellerose complained that the House was delayed by the printers. The Hon. Mr. Robertson replied that ways and means would be taken up to preâ€" vent further delays. * Several Bills were introduced, among them one to amend the corporation of Quebec and Montreal. o. ; Rather a warm explanation occurred | between Messrs. Fortin and Tremblay on the Hon. Mr. Chauveau‘s resolutions respecting arbitration. The debate was resumed. Mr. Joly commenced by quoting the Lieutenantâ€" Governor of (Ontario‘s speech, congratulating the House on the very sitisfactory and final solution of the arâ€" bitration . question. In the name of the Province of Quebes he protested _ against . the conduct of Ontario. â€" Not only was he prepared . to mpgorp the Government on the resoluâ€" . tions, but go further, by #~ding thereto. He need not ref r to the conduct of Queâ€" bec. The Government at Ottawa last sesâ€" sion was an eyeâ€"witness to the energy of the Treasurer in endeavoring to bring the difâ€" ficulty to a satisfactory conclusion. Having studied the subject ard examined the do cuments before the House, he decided that it was necessary to consider the {)ooi tion of Quebec and Untario, and apply to the question the common laws of partnerâ€" ship, and enquire what were the lisbiliti s and assets of each Province before the Union. We find Ontario was in debt £5,500,000, while Quebec had a surplus of $1,200,000. While the Union lasted Onâ€" tario became more populous and richer. To State affairs we must apply partâ€" nership law, and divide, according to the advantages and disadvantages, As to the resolutions proposed he would move the following amendmâ€"nt : «That the Province of Quebec regretts he Federal Gorernâ€" ment did not intervene when mLuuud so 10 do. Despatches dated 8th August, asks the Federal Government to do justice in declaring null and void all proceeding after that date,. The conduct of two arâ€" bitratgrs had been one sided throughout, refu«ing at any time to consider the status of such beâ€"fore entering into the alliance. _ Hon. Mr. Robertson reviewed the arbiâ€" | tration proceedings ‘previous to and since his accession to office, up to the meeting in the lprin&of this year at Ottawa, dwelling on the difficulties of arriving at a basis of proceeding on the Quebec and Ontario difficulty as to a proper starting point and mode of action. Ontario wished to conâ€" sider the origin 0) respectiveitems of debt, but afterwards alter=d her Fo-ition. Queâ€" bec wished the prineiples of universal partâ€" nership adopted, but at length preliminary points having been f{decided against ber a commencement was made. He conâ€" tended that the six millions of debt with which Ontario entered the Union should ‘be settled down against her, the latter reâ€" s:sting on the ground that the debt was spent on account of gonlon.l nt.ilil!. l“Qn;. tario had been accumulating a debt of $500,000 per annumn, and by Quebec aid and credit was enabled to complete pubâ€" lic works begun, and reached a safe finanâ€" cial position. . The principle of considering the assets of joint origin profpor for equal division had been departed from to Queâ€" bec prejudice. He pointed out certain useless assets, such as Ottawa and Terreâ€" bonne counties debentures, and Quebec fire loan amounting together to nearly$700, 000. While the Ontario clergy reserves absorbed four millions, Quebec only swalâ€" lowed one million and a half in clergy ‘reâ€" serves, and in the appointment of them and other items of _ account the â€" Dominion _ arbitrator decided against Quebec, but it is not on account et Judge Day‘s resistance, but because the Arbitrators decided upon having only part of the case in a manner to render gross injustce to Quebec. Certainly in the whole of it the judge resisted this tenâ€" dency of the Arbitrators, and judging these acts in consistently and untairly to Quebec, abandoned the commission. If the Dominion Government would not render them I’mfioe they would appeal to the Imperial Government ; it would be monstrous to submit to the present de cision giving Ontario half a million less debt than she was at first willing to accept, and Quebâ€"c hundreds of thousands more than f«ir. The injustice of the decisâ€" ion is manitest from a decision granting Ontaric 14,000,000 as wâ€"ll as Quebec. The award was invalid also on the ground of Hon. Mr. Gray‘s Ontario residence. They | must follow . the _ statute. The intention of legislation is not to be speculated upon, for the language is care fully studied. It is impossible to come to any other conclusion t.h-nfilut.:hi- was a special ana new Cours you cannot contain jurisdiction. Advices from Paris by balloon, to the 8th, say the situation is satisfuactory. The Prussians were actively engaged constructâ€" ing defensive works in the rear of the lines t‘::m which the Frenth recently drove em. _‘Nours, Dec. 9.â€"The Montargis Departâ€" ment of the Loire has been evacuated by the (Germans. â€" : â€"The army of the Loire has again started on its forward movement. 7 _ A large number of prisoners had arrived at Paris who were captured in the battles east and south of the city on the second. _ The Prussians in their attack hurled over one bhundred and twenty thousand men against Ducrot, yet he held his ground and repulsed the enemy. e ud o n n e k aUPA L im Advices from the garrison at Belfort to the 6th have been received. The siege was progressing vigorously. The Prussians attempted to storm the place, but were beaten off. One of their regiments was entirely cut to pieces in the attack. Es â€"Mli‘i;‘roportod that ‘the British Governâ€" ment have concluded a contract for 60 batâ€" teries of mitrailleuse of 8 pieces each. _ BY PEOPLE‘S LINE. QUEBEC. umbered about 22,000. was complicated unex poctedly by a counter .fi.,.m% directed by the French W"...“'Q., with the intention of penetrating illier, and immed .ately breah'.‘ w"‘h& uxt Tit bappened just 82 the Ger,. mans were pressing on to drive the sunult.nneou-ly passing out t NH:NW_ hers. J rod%mw E“lmp."h” Pvwd % scenoofteactunfiu. o George had shifted his Weadqian ": previous evening. I found hi uit raging fiercely in the broken seunty i8 the .outhwaa:ufu,“ village. I¢ S to moil seremennedlt ut c uy 07cA pvith ied ds itihcmcts is l ts 2 0 1 Vl"‘s. ul 56 and around the three nu.‘. ql;:v.‘ liers, and Champigoy, that the i1 drama of the day before Y“'fl'dly‘u“' ed. When the curtain fai _ .1 "" "*®Da, ed. When the curtain ;e'il‘::'&’:‘.t Saxons stood fast in Villiers in of all that the French troops mdthm.‘ do to d‘ullodge u;em Brie and Cham. igny are close under Fort N Ero strongly armed by an mfit the verge of the forest of \'inou-.' OÂ¥ep. hanging St. Maurâ€"surâ€"Marne, which is also in the hands of the French, Loxpo®, Dec. 9.â€"A despatch received ; this city . toâ€"day which came by h&: t to Ilarre from Paris, announces l ?l: news of the late defacts .. .._.',h The defeat which the French received near Orleans was more this was at first supposed. m lusted altogether fjor four m and at the ter â€" @ min«tion when the F. gave way on all sides they left 15,000 md 7 guns in lhehmdll of the Pr Tax gunboats were also captured _ = _ The Papal Zouaves suffered terribly The capitulation of Paris is looked for in three weeks. bobk There have mo cases of starvation reported, although provizions are soarce and dear. Prominent members of the Provisional (Government ure accused of swindling by means of fraudulen‘ sntrsots for arms /and food. The Germans confidently expect 4o spend Christmasâ€"in Paris, _ _ _ _ _In the late battles in the d Orleans the forces were aboutequal, being about 150,000 men ‘*l. side. Buaxcers. Corownll, 8t. Lawrence and Empire Mills Blankets, in all sizes and weights, very cheap mt _ _ _ _ For Noveltics in Laces Miiinoy ani Generar Fancy Goods. . HUNXTON SHOOLBREDA® All the New Materials in iwmes Good French Merinos, both Plain and Faney VeryCheap. HUUNTON, SHOOLBRED 4 0 OTTAW A Fire Company thankfuliy ackoor leodge mdr;e:plt‘,. per hanes of Ohist l:fl.d the sam 4 being proportion of gramt 1 the Brigade for services at the late Fire, WM MeCAFFERY, First Linat & Trows @itaws. Des 18. 1870 1434 1 _‘The Gospel of the @race of Gâ€"d will (D. V.) be Punh“udfllb&!.flollfi.dlo&i.. and 6.3 p m,, in the TUEATHKE, 'fi- Ottewa, Dec 8, 1t 10 1484 4 AUCTION SALE of BOUEEBULD FURKL TUKE, | Plated Ware, Carpets, bleight, %I‘h Blankets, Horme Reg!, c'fi.cu Bisct G:ait ttovos, one Milch Cow, uns Eupres 5f Lumber Jleam Bleigh. buecl thod, noarly BeÂ¥, the propers o) #henlf t« well. The furnture conriste in part of Enewice Dining Tab‘s, Dising Chairt, rotam, Buream, with and wi >ou: Giaes, Dressing Tables, W o S:iands, Whawâ€"Nots, Hall Hat 8ar ¢n, wih O#% Iren Beostead:, Hard Wond, 60, (Chamwber 6# Chine, Sglass a\ a Crockery W aré, soveral bumt . c hes bnige ticighe, bendremely Seidebit Two ls Fle s Ts ky m (r}‘:nou c‘u. nv‘om and was Two large Flelight, ® Eon Family or c‘:fiou use, n:m and wat good robes, 500 New White u.ug..': wore do, 250 Grey Blankets, 400 Home 100 pairs Moescarsins. _ All to be «old withoot re servs, at the CLTY AvVOTION mabr, 10° #reet, on TUKSDAY, the 1%h Iustent, # 4 a‘clock, a m An /mmense Stock of Ribbons, yust marked Outawa, Des 10, 1870 WEDNESDAY .AND 1BYV"""" DECENMBER Hs 4 2ind. TRAGEDY! CoMEDY! oPERA! $om DaNCEs ! OogTVUM ES ! Tickets to be had at Mesers. 4. I+ oru84 Gop sayE THE quELE. Ottawa, Dec 10, 1870 1100 ;/ 10D is LOVE. ~ICY AUCTIOI KMARKT, OQtiaws , Dec 10, 1870 The fourth of the series asxm".""" 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