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f& thy of a careful perusal. $1. 25 per Annum The Perth Gounty Herald. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1863. ; The Supplies. The ministerial journals spoke strongly against the Opposition because they refused to vote the supplies at a time when it was not plain who the men were to whom the supplies were to be hand- edover, Since then it has been stated by the organs of the ministry that the Public Works at Ottawa were suspended for the want of means to carry them on. It was even threatened that the wages of the clerks in the several departments would be withheld till parliament met and voted the supplies. The conduct of the Opposition in the matter of supply was designated as disgrace- ful in the extreme, We contend in the first place that the Opposition were justified in the course they pursued ; they had a right to ask who were ' the men in whose hands they were about to place the people's money, and they were entitled to receive an answer to that question. The Pre- _ mier refused to give any information upon the subject. What followed shewed that the Oppo- sition were justified in refusing to grant the sup- plies ; and that the Premier was attempting to deceive them. In the next place we cannot see in what way the refusal of the supplies could for a short time, effect the ordinary expenditure of the Departments. These are mostly provided for by law. And as to the Public Works at Ot- tawa, what has become of the $500,000 voted for that purpose shortly before the defeat of the Mac- _ donald-Cartier Administration? Why has not - that money been used for the purpose for-which it was voted? Part of it has been used in pay- ing the expenses of the celebrated Ottawa Com- mission; why could not the balance, ifit has not been used for some other purpose for which it was not intended, have been expended on the Works ? $500,000 is no small amount, and would certainly have gone a considerable way towards completing the Ottawa Buildings. As it has not been used for that purpose it is to be hoped it will be forthcoming at the proper time. Seeing that nothing of a public nature can be gone on with, in the opinion of the minstry ; and that even the salaries of the clerks should not be paid, till supplies are voted, we hope there will be no delay in convening the Legislature. The new ministry claim that they will have a good working majority in a full House. If this be the case then they need not fear to meet the people's representatives. In order that the work under way when the House broke up may be completed, and that as little unappropriated ex- penditure may be incurred as possible, it is ne- cessary that Parliament should meet shortly. An unnecessary delay in this matter will argue _ a weakness on the partof the ministry to com- mandamajority. Wiéill Parliament soon be con- vened then ; or will the new ministry, believing that an adverse vote awaits them,put off the evil day as long as possible, and continue, for sake of the $5,000 a year, unconstitutionally to ex- pend unapropriated funds? The people will be able to judgeas to whether the ministry are as confident in being able to command a majority in the House, as their organs seem to be, by the _ length of the delay in convening the Legislature. -- Facts. The following article from the Leader is wor- In @ short space it gives a few of the leading or most prominent sins of George Brown and his party. After reading it our friends will see how much reli- ance can be placed in Mr. Brown or his paper. Neither he nor his party have any policy by which they- will be bound. We find Mr. Brown at one time saying it would have been better for the old coalition to have come back to power than for so many Reformers to have deserted their principles. Yet afterwards he voted con- fidence in the same men, and is now supporting them. He declared at one time that no Minis- try should for one moment be supported which did not, or would not, make Rep by Pop a Ca- binet measure ; and that the people should vote against any and every member who supported such a Ministry. We find Mr. Brown voting confidence in, and supporting a Ministry that id worse than this: they did not only not nake it a Cabinet measure, but déclared that it i " All extremes are error, the opposite of error is not truth but error; truth lies between the extremes." in advance. STRATFORD; WEDNESDAY, JULY '8, 1863. BO.. .2: should not be brought in at all. Mr. Brown has declared that the Sectarian School system was a curse to any country; that it was calculated to destroy our national system ; that no mem- ber was worthy of support who did not raise his voice agdinst it; after all this we find him vot- ing confidence in, and supporting men who not only extended the Sectarian System, but, con- trary to the principle they professed to be goy- erned by, forced it upon Upper Canada in opposi- tion to the 'voice of her representatives. He is now supporting a Ministry, every member of which he knows to be unsound on the question of Representation--many of them pledged to oppose if--yet he has been, and is endeavoring to make the people of Upper Canada believe that if the present men are supported they will settle the question in accordance with the views he has heretofore held upon it. We have no hesitation in saying that the present Ministry are neither able nor willing to settle that ques- tion. It Will, like the Clergy Reserves, be used by them as an election hobby till a Conserva- tive government takes it up. "Whilst Upper Canada ministerialists are jubilant over the late elections it may be just as well that people should remember the price which they have paid for their success, viz :-- the total desertion of their own peculiar princi- ples, and a complete justification of their oppo- nents policy, " The Premier has thrown overboard that idol of his life, the Double Majority, and consented to rule the whole Province by a single majority, ifhe can get it; he has consented to drop his scheme fot remedying the unequal representa- tion of Huron and Bruce, &c., by adding six members to the Legislature, whereof three were to be given to the western constituencies ; he has also agreed to leave Rep. by Pop. an open question, after having, on entering office, insist- ed that it should be a close question. " After having, ata conference in Quebec with the delegates from the Lower Provinces, agreed to the construction of the Intercolonial Railroad, and after the delegates had in Eng- land so, far settled matters with the Imperial Govermmedy, that those from the Lower Provin- ces set sail in the full confidence that all was arranged ; he has changed his mind, and refused to abide by the compact. Thus he has yielded to Gritism and Rougeism, and in yielding to the latter has violated the word of Canada pledged to England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The question now arises--why has he done these things ? We do not like to question the motes of public men. Muck has political morality been injured in Canada by those indiscriminate and wholesale accusations of " Corruption" which have been so persistently launched against them; but in the present case when we remember that whilst the Premier advocated these measures he was opposed on all of them by Grit and Rouge --that since he has abandoned them he has re- ceived their cordial support--that the Globe has practically admitted that the desertion of the Double Majority, &c., was brought about by Mr Brown, and was what enabled him to support Mr Macdonald; and that M. Dorion resigned office rather than consent to the Intercolonial railroad scheme. When we remember these things, we say, we fear it is impossible to be- lieve, that in believing the principles of his life- time, and in breaking faith with the sister-prov- inces and our fatherland, the Premier has been actuated by any other motive than that of gain- ing the alliance of those men, without whose assistance he could not even have re-construct- ed the Ministry. The infamy of such conduct it is needless to indicate. The Grits have done that which, on the 24th of March, the Globe very justly said would ren- der them "A BYE-WORD FOR TREACHERY AND IN- CONSISTENCY." When the Separate School bill was brought forward last Session, the Grits--save those in the Ministry--fiercely opposed it. Now they support the Ministry which carried the bill, and have not one word to say against its principles. We defy anybody to produce any election ad- dress by a ministerialist, condemning the late extension of the Separate School system, against which they were so fierce three months ago. As to Rep. by Pop., what shall we say 7-- Where shall we begin, or where shall we end? How often has Gritism declared that it would support no Ministry which did not make this a cabinet question? In what manner has it not assailed the late Ministry for failing to settle it? How often has it not declared, that the coalition was the sole obstacle to its settlement? And now they support an Administration which the Globe tells us " will have no common policy on this question," and which is certainly not at all more favorable to it than the Cartier-Mac- donald! The Globe was right in saying that if its party renounced its past professions in re- gard to Separate Schools, and Representation by Population, "John A. McDonald and his followers would point the finger of scorn and say, 'look at these Reformers, they denounced us ag traitors to Upper Canada, and see what they are now doing; here is justification of our past course and encouragement to resume it at the first opportunity," and now we do so, and plead the Globe's opinion in yindication of the act. These things the Grits have done; but some- thing more they will do. One of their great cries was, 'No more aid to the Grand Trunk,' and the new Ministry being pledged to consider the question ofthe postal subsidy, doubtless we shall soon see Mr Mowat propSsing, and admir- ing Grits supporting, an increase of this subsi- dy by some tens of thousands of dollars per an- num, ¥ All this is bad enough, 'but unfortunately there is worse behind. Mr. Brown's share in these transactions must not be forgotten, When his' followers joined the Macdonald- Sicotte administration, and threw Representa- tion by Population overboard, he declared, through his organ, 'that hé would earn the scorn and reproach of friend and foe, did he at- tempt to paliate their conduct" Ten months after he reiterated his condemnation, with the addition of attacking them for their Separate School Bill. On the floor of the House he de- clared himself dissatisfied with their financial policy, and now, although two months ago, af- ter ten months for calm consideration, he had condemned their policy, on what were always his great war-cries, Representation by Popula- tion, Separate Schools and Retrenchment, he is found supporting them all! What is the cause of this change? How comes it that he who has so fiercely fought for ' the rights of Upper Cana- da,' under the different forms of Representation by Population pure and simple--Representation by Population, with checks and guarantees---a dissolution of the Union and some joint authori- ty; and Representation by Population so pure and simple, that he contended for its extension to the Upper House---how comes it that he, who during ten months rebuked his own follow- ers for deserting their principles, has now fol- lowed them, and agreed to support a policy substantially the same as that of the Coalition? Is it because he has become satisfied that his own principles were incorrect? Or, is it be- cause he never believed them? Qr, is it sim- ply because he found that.liowever true he might believe them to be, he'must act in oppo- sition to them, or lose his position as head of the party ? "In vindication of the Coalition much might be said. Let it suffice, however, to ask how ministerialists can now assail it for supporting Separate Schools: when their friends have ex- tended them? Or for failing to settle Repre- sentation by Population when this Ministry 'has no common policy on the question?' Or, for ex-- travagance, when Mr Howland proposed an in- creased expenditure of half a million of dollars? Or, for voting by a 'sectional majority,' when they have abandoned the double majority? It cannot be done. By abandoning their own po- licy, and adopting that of their opponents, Grits and Rogues have practically confessed that they were wrong, and that the Coalition was right. The " guilty trio" is at last justified, and justi- fied by the acts of its bitterest foes, J. S. Mac- donald, the Grit party, and Geo. Brown. Could any mortal desire a more complete re- venge." Lord Hatherton. How rapidly the great men of the last gene- ration are fading away! A few weeks since died Lord Hatherton, at the advanced age of 73. Lord Hatherton was not ore of the foremost public men of his times, nor did he rate himself of the class; but, as a member of the English aristocracy, he was a high example of a sound mind, cultivated intellect, and power of indus- try. His Lordship had been unintermittingly a member of the Houses of Lords and Commons for upwards of half a century, honestly discharging the onerous duties of a British legislator, and holding responsible offices in the State; more- over, he took an important part in the great Re- form Acts of 1832. The principal living actors of that memorable era are annually decreasing in number, and the rising generation is not al- ways mindful of the obligations due to its | fathers. . Edward John Littleton was descended from a family of the same surname, possessing since the thirteenth century considerable property in the counties of Worcester and Stafford. Sir Thomas Littleton, known as " Judge Littleton, the great luminary of the law," increased its fortunes. The Judge's grandson, Edward Lit- tleton, of Pillertonhall, near Penkridge, was created a baronet for his services to Charles I. The baronetcy and direct male line expired with Sir Thomas Littleton, who died without issue in May 1812. The entire estates then descended to the late Lord Hatherton, the eldest son-of the baronet's niece, who then assumed. he name of Littleton. r Edward John Littleton, Baron Hatherton> was born the 18th of March, 1791, and was edu- cated at Rugby, graduating at Brazenose Col- lege, Oxford. He had thus barely attained his majority when, in 1812, he succeeded Sir Tho- mas in the representation of Staffordshire. In the same year he married Hyacinthe Mary, daughter of the Marquis of Wellesley. Mr. Lit- tleton's first political professions were decidedly Liberal, though at that forlorn period of Liber- alism he was " unattached" tothe Whig or Tory Party. He was naturally a member of the then "Independent Country Party," chiefly compos- ed of county members and land-owners repre- senting some of the old boroughs. They were generally supporters of the Tory Administra- tions then conducting our wars with France, deeming those great contests of nations a policy of national self-defence; but they kepta vigi- lant control over taxation and our public ex- penditure. They were frequent defenders of constitutional government, occasionally expeil- ing a Ministry from office, and often preventing party from becoming faction. The conduct of the private business of the Lower House was also chiefly in their hands, for almost all private Bills were endorsed by county members, and under their management. The business habits of Mr. Littleton, his local knowledge of the growing manufacturing interests of our midland counties, his tact and good judgment, soon gained him a high station in the Commons ; in- deed, he was long considered one of the best authorities on the forms and procedure of Par- liament, Mr. Littleton and Mr. Stuart Wortly (the late Lord Wharncliffe) were in those days the leading and working representatives of our great staple English manufacturers. No mem- ber surpassed Mr. Littleton in zeal and devo- tion to the interests of his constituents. We believe he never went to bed leaving a letter unanswered, Before the introduction of rail- ways, rivers and canals were our only channels of goods transit, and many were the costly contests he conducted through Parliament for private and public Acts connected with the in- J land navigations and trade of the country. Mr. Littleton's earlier votes in Paaliament were never inconsistent with his generally Lib- eral principles, and he was on all critical ques- tions in advance of the Country Party. He was a constant supporter of Catholic Emanci- pation, the advocacy of which great measure for many years imperilled his seat. of the principal framers of the " wings" of the original Catholic Relief Bill, and of the first Bill for the disfranchisement of the fictitious forty shilling freeholders of Ireland. He was also one of the promoters of the unsuccessful He was one measure for the payment of the Catholic clergy. The latter project he made over to Lord Francis Egerton. These earlier Jrish measures, only partially carried out, emanated principally from a committee of public men, privately meeting at Norfolk-house, of which Mr. Littleton was one of the most earnest and active members.-- The aid of O'Connell was sought at this time, at the instance of Plunket, and it is not generally known that the great agitator approved the first Disfranchisement Bill, adding some clauses, still extant in his handwriting. On the formation of the Canning Ministry Mr Littleton at once joined the new semi-Liberal Party. The early death of the Premier, follow- ed by the disruption of the old Tory combina- tion, consequent on the concession of Catholic Emancipation by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, with their surrender of the Test and Corporation Acts, needs no detail. The suicidal rejection of the proposals for the en- franchisement of our larger unrepresented towns, and for the transfer of the East Retford seats to Birmingham, completed a party down- fall hastened by the French Revolution of 1830. On the accession of Lord Grey to the Premier- ship Mr. Littleton immediately joined the Whig party, accepting Lord Althorp as his leader. Nor was he alarmed by the largeness of the Government measure of Reform. The Cabinet intrusted to him the difficult duty of planning the boundaries of the newly enfranchised towns and divisions of counties, and of extending the limits of the old Parliamentary cities and bor- oughs. At the head of the Boundary Commis- sion, assisted by his colleagues, Capt. F. Beau- fort, R. N., and Lieutenant Drummond, of the Engineers, Mr. Littleton rapidly performed his work, Among his sub-commissioners were Sir John Romilly, the late Colonel Dawson, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. Tancred. Reports, with engraved plans filling several folio vol- umes, were promptly communicated to Parlia- ment. Substantially, with very few and imma- terial modifications, the suggested boundaries became the law of the land, This was a great work, In 1832, in the debates on the schedules of the Boundary Bills, Mr. Littleton was ever ready to defend the Ministerial plans against the Anti-Reform Opposition. Few men were so well qualified for this task of laying down new boundaries for our electoral divisions. No pub- lic man was, perhaps, so well acquainted with the agricultural districts, or with the compli- cated and interwoven interests of the British towns and trading communities. Mr. Littleton in the following June accepted the Chief Secretaryship for Ireland, the Marquis Wellesley being Lord-Lieutenant, It was an inauspicious period for his commencement of such an office. An expiring Coercion Act would probably, in the state of Ireland, "be again renewed. The great Irish agitator was playing his last card for a repeal of the Union, and the liberal party in that country was conse- quently divided. Lord Derby, Sir James Gra- ham, and several secondary members of the Grey Adminstration, had seceded, and the Cabinet itself did not agree on their Irish poli- cy. The Lord-Lieutenant and his Secretary de- sired conciliation, but sueh was not the policy of the ruler of " Conciliation-hall." Ministers, © were unanimous that in the coming Session of 1834 a revived Coercion Act would be necessary, but they differed, on some material points, Lord Grey and part of the Cabinet urging an erttire re-enactment of the original measure, the most influential Liberal members of his ministry de- siring the omission of the more obnoxious claus- es, particularly an abandonment of the power enabling the Lord-Lieutenant to suppress pub- lic meetings by proclamations. Lord Wellesley and Mr, Littleton repudiated any necessity for the more stringent powers. The Lord-Lieuten- ant, requested by the Premier to reconsider the question, repeated his conviction that he could govern without such despotic authority. Never- theless, for temporary purposes and the chance of some compromise in Parliament, it was un- wisely agreed in the Cabinet that Lord Grey should pro forma re-introduce substantially the old Act. Previous to the meeting of Parliament the Ministerial dissensions became notorious. It is commonly supposed that Mr. Littleton, immediately before the King's Speech, had in a confidental interview on his own responsibility made the disunion known to O'Gonnell. Such is not the fact. Mr. O'Connell was already, in communication with other members of the Gov- ernment. He not only well knew the subsisting dissonances in the Ministerial Councils, but he was eorrectly informed on the part taken by the individual members of the Cabinet before his in- terview with Mr, Littleton at the Irish office in Westminster, Nor was the Irish Secretary's pri- vate conference with O'Oonnell unknown to some members of the Government; on the con- trary, it was sought by their sanction. Its prin- cipal object was to restrain the Irish agitator from any permature discussion of the coming Coercion Bill, and privately to intimate to him that the most obnoxious provisions might be modified in the passage of the Bill through the Commons. On the introduction of the original measure the leader was too crafty a tactician in political and party warfare not to discern his power of dissolving the Cabinet. Mr. Littleton was accordingly selected as his victim, 0'Con- nell averring that he had been induced by him to expect a modified Bill. Insinuations against Mr. Littleton's motives for the interview were also made by O'Connell when in the Commons the agitator denounced the Ministry and its measure ; but those imputations were subse- quently withdrawn by him when his object was accomplished. Mr, Littleton, in his replies and explanation, admitted "indiscretion." Lord Althorp ina manly statement of facts shared the responsibility of the Irish Secretary, only saying that the latter had gone "too far." The resignation of the Irish Secretaryship. and» the dissolution of the Grey Ministry immediately followed--a scene in both Houses of Parliment few present canforget. The moral is that when a Cabinet is irreeoncileably divided on a' vital question of State policy it should dissolve itself. Mr. Littleton was raised to the Peerage in 1835, by the title of Baron Hatherton, of Hath- erton. He was twice married ; lastly, in 1852, to Caroline Annie, widow of Edward Davies Davenport, Esq., of Capesthorne. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his only son, the Hon. Edward Richard Littleton, Colonel of the 2d Staffordshire Militia. > ie There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore n.en should remedy suspicion, by procuring 'more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother.---- _ The tutelary divinity of individuals is justice, when justice vanishes, they are no more than imperceptible grains of dust carried away by the wind, or drops of water in the stormy waves the ocean. :