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THE TARIFF. AN ACT TO ING TO AMEND THE ACT KELAT DUTIES OF CUSTOMS. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Tariff of Customs Duties now in force, in tbe manner hereinafter mentioned : there- fore,Her.. Majesty, by and with the ad- vice and consent of the Legislative Coun- cil and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows 1. i he schedule to the act passed in ttte twenty-second year of her Majesty's reign, cap. seventy-six, inliiled, ‘An Act to amend tlie Law relative to Duties of Customs and ol Excise, and to impose new duties ; and a duty on tavern-keepers,’ containing- the table of duties of customs inwards, the table of exemptions and the table ot prohibitions, shall be repealed upon,..from and after the day of the pass- ing of this actâ€"except so much of the said schedule as imposes or relates to the duties on sugar of any kind, or molasses, which shall remain in force until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and shall be repealed on that da^â€"when the duties imposed on the £aid articles by the schedule to Ibis act shall be leviedâ€"and except also, so much of the said schedule as imposes or relates to the duties on green coffee and. tea. which shall remain in force until (he first day ol January, one thousand eight hun- dred and sixty, and shall be repealed on that day, when the duties imposed on the said articles by this act shall be levied. 2. Subject to ihe exceptions in the next preceding section,â€"In lieu and in- stead of the duties of customs imposed by the schedule and Act fiist above mention- ed, and of all other duties of customs upon goods, wares and merchandize imported into this Province, there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid unto Her IS]a- jesty, her heirs and successors, upon goods, wares and merchandize imported into this Province, or taken out of ware- house for consumption therein,â€"the sev- eral duties of customs respectively de- scribed, inserted, and set foith in the sche- dule to this Act annexed, intituled : Table of duties of Customs inwards ;â€"and the articles enumerated or mentioned in the table in the said schedule, i ntituled, Table of Free Goods, may be imported or taken cut of warehouse without payment of any duty of customs under this Act:___________And the articles enumerated cr mentioned in the table in the said schedule, intituled, Table of Prohibitions,â€"shall not be im- poi ted into this Province, under the pen- alty therein mentioned, and if imported, shall be forfeited and forthwith destroyed. But this Act shall not afleci the copy right act, 13th and 14th Vic., cap. 6, or any duty imposed under it. 3. And in amendment of the eighth section of the act above mentioned, it is enacted, that the articles upon which, and the cases in which,- any drawback shall be payable under the said section, shall be those oply upon and in which th^ Govern- or in Council shall, by the regulation? to be horn time to time made, declare such drawback to be payable. 4*. I he forgoing provisions of this act shall be construed as forming one law with the act passed in the session held in the tenth and eleventh years ol Her Majesty’s reign, chaptered thirty-one, and intituled, * An Act for repealing and consolidating the present Duties of Customs in this Province, and lor other purposes therein mentioned,’ and the acts amending the same, in so far as they are in force and consistent with this act; and all words and expressions used in this act shall have the meaning assigned to them in the said acts, hnd all the provisions of the said acts with regard to the duties imposed by them or the regulations to be made under them, shall apply to the duties imposed by this act and the regulations to be made under it, except in so far as they may be incon- sistent with this Act. The following goods shall be char^able with duty according to the value Ibereof, at the rates hereinafter mentioned : GOODS PAYING ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. Brandy ; gin ; cordials ; rum ; spirits and strong waters, including spirits ol wine and alcohol, not being whiskey. Goods Paying Forty Per Cent from 1st June, 1859 to 30th June 1860, both days inclusive ; Thirty-five Per Cent from 1st July, 1860, to 30th June, 1861. both days inclusive; Twenty- five Per Cent from 1st July, 1861, "to 30th June, 1862, both days inclusive ; Fifteen - Per Cent upon, from and after the 1st July, 1862 : [The present Du- ties remain in force until the end of May, 1859.] Sugar, refined, whether in loaves or lumps, candied, crushed, or in any other form ; white bastard sugar, or other su- gar equal to refined in quality. GOODS PAYING FORTY FFR CENT ' Cigars. Goods Payjng Thirty Per Cent from 1st June, 1859, io 30th June, 1860, both days inclusive ; Twenty-five Per Cent from 1st July, i860, to 30th June, 1861, both days inclusive j Fifteen Per Cent from 1st July, 1861, to 30th June, 1862, both days inclusive : Ten Per Cent upon, from and after the 1st July, 1862. (The present duties re- main in force until the end of May, 1859.) Sugar being neither refined, nor white bastard, nor any other sugar equal to re- fined in quality ; molasses. Goods Paying Fifteen Per Cent from 1st January, 1860, to 31st December, 1861, both days inclusive; Ten Per Cent from 1st January, 1862, to 31st December, 1862, both days inclusive 5 Five Per Cent upon, from and after the 1st January, 1863. [The present du- ties remain in force until the end of the year 1859.] Coffee, green ; tea. rants; dried fruit ; figs ; coffee, ground or roasted ; blacking; tobacco, manufac- tured ; soap ; starch ; ale, beer, and port- tcr. GOODS PAYING TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. Manufactures of leather, viz : boots and shoes, harness, and saddlery ; clothing or wearing apparel unde by hand or sewing machine. GOODS PAYING FIFTEEN PER CENT. Books, map and news printing paper. GOODS PAYING TEN PER CENT. Anchors, 6 cwt. and under ; books, printedâ€"periodicals and pamphlets not be- ing reprints of British copyrights, nor b'ank account books, or copy books to be writ- ten and drawn upon, and excepting also bibles, prayer-books, and devotional books; brass in bars, rods, and sheets ; brass or copper wire, and whe-cloth ; cameos and Mosaics, real or imitation, when set in gold, silver, and other metal; Canada plates, tinned plates, galvanized iron, and sheet iron ; copper, in bars-, rods, bolts, or sheets ; silk twist for hats, boots, and shoes ; iron:â€" bar, rod, or hoop, nail and spike-rod, hoop or tire for driving wheels ot locomotives, bent and welded, boiler plate, railroad bars, wrought iron chairs and spikes, rolled plate, wire; jewellery and watches ; lead in sheet; maps, charts, ai:d atlases; sails, ready made ; spirits of turpentine ; steel, wrought or cast; cotton candle wick, cotton yarn and cotton warp : white lead, dry; plaster ot Paris ground and calcined ; hydraulic cement ground and calcined ; red lead ; litharge; phosphorus; medicinal roots; drain tiles for agricultural purposes ; en- gravings and prints; straw, Tuscan and grass lancy plaits; tin. granulated 01 bar ; tubes and piping of copper, brass or iron ^ when drawn ; zinc or spelter, in sheet ; lo- comotive and engine frames, cranks, crank axles, railway car and locomotive axles, piston rods, guide and slide bars, crank pins, connecting rods, steamboat and mill shafts and cranks forged in the rough. GOODS PAYING TWENTY PER CENT. All articles not hereinbefore enumerated as charged with an ad valorem duty, or hereinafter charged with a specific duty or declared free ol duty, shall be chargeable with a duty of twenty per cent., on the value thereof. GOODS PAYING SPECIFIC DUTIES. Whiskey of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Syke’s hydrome- ter, shall be chargeable with a duty of eighten cents per gallon, and so in propor- tion tor any greater strength or less quan- tity than a gallon. TABLE OF FREE GOODSv GOODS PAYING THIRTY PER CENT: Almonds, -walnuts,- and filberts ; ginger, pimento, and pepper, ground ; mace, nut- megs, and "-cinnamon; nuts of all kinds; patent medicines and medicinal prepara- tions, not elsewhere specified ; spice Acids,of every description, except vine- gar. Agricultural societiesâ€"seeds of all kinds, fanning utensils and implemtnts of husbandry, when specially imported by, for the encouragement of agriculture ; alum ; anatomical preparations ; anchors over six cwt. ; animals of all kinds ; antimony ; collections of antiquities ; wearing apparel arid other personal effects, and implements of husbandry (not merchandise) in actual use of persons coming to settle in the Pro- vince and accompanying the owner ; wear- ing apparel of British subjects dying •abroad; argol; arm* for the Army or Navy and Indian nations, provided the duty otherwise payable thereon would be paid or borne by the Treasury of the United Kingdom, or of the Province ; pot, pearl and soda ash. Tanners’ bark ; bark used solely in dye- ing ; barley, except pot and pearl; barley meal ; beans ; bean meal, bear and bigg ; bear and bigg meal ; berries used solely in dyeing ; bibles, testaments, prayer books, and devotional books ; bleaching powder ; belting cloths ;, borax ; bookbinders tools and implements ; books, maps and charts, imported not as merchandize but as the personal effects of persons arriving in Ca- nada to become bona fide residents of the province ; bottles containing wine, spiritu- ous or fermented liquors of officers’ mess ; brandy imported for do. ; bran and shorts ; brimstone ; bristles ; broom horn ; buck- wheat ; buckwheat meal ; bulbs and roots other than medicinal ; bullion ; burrstones, wrought or unwrought, but not bound up into millstones; butter. Coin and bullion ; -cabinets of coins ; ca- bles, iron chain over | of an inch diame- ter; cables, hemp ; cables, grass; carriages of travellers, and carriages employed in carrying merchandise (hawkers and circus troupes excepted) ; casks, ships’ water, in use ; caoutchouc or India rubber, and gut- tapercha, unmanufactured ; cement, mar- ine or hydraulic, unground ; charitable so- cietiesâ€"donations of clothing for gratuit- ous distribution by ; cheese ; clothing ; clothing for army or navy or ’Indian nations or for gratuitous distribution by any char- itable society ; coal-; cochineal ; coke ; commissariat •; •rstflt'es ; copperas; cork- wood or the bark of the corkwood tree ; corn, Indian; co'tton and llax waste ; cot- ton wool ; cream' of tartar in crystals. Diamonds and precious stones; drugs used solely in.. dyeing; dye-stuffs, viz: hark berries, drugs,nu’ts, vegetables, woods and extract of iogwood. Earths, clays and ochres, dry ; eggs ; emery ; emery, glass and sand paper. Felt hat bodies and hat felt. ; fire-brick: firewood , fish ; fish Oil, in its crude or na- tural state; fish products of, unmanufac- tured ; fishing nets and seines ; fish hooks, lines and fisti twines ; flax, hemp and tow, undressed; flour; lruits, green; fruits, dried, the growth of the United Stales only, while the .Reciprocity Treaty is in force ; furs, skins, pelts or tails undressed, when imported direcJy from the United Kingdom or British Nori h American Pro- vinces or from the United States, while the Reciprocity '1'reaty is in force. Grins and medals; gold beaters’ brim moulds and skins ; gravels; grains â€" barley and rye ; beans and peas; bear an'l bigg ; bran and shorts ; buckwheat; Indian corn; oats; wheat; meal ol above grains; grindstones, wrought or unground; gums and rosii.s, in a crude state; gypsum or plaster of Paris, ground or unground, but not calcined ; grease and scraps. Hams ; hair, Angola goat, Thibet, horse or mohair, manufactured; hemp ; hides ; homes; household furniture and effects that have been in actual use for one month province, and in charge of the owner’ household effects, personal, not merchand- ise, of subjects oi lier Majesty domiciled in Canada but dying abroad. Indigo ; inventions and improvements in the arts, models or patterns of, provided that no article shall be deemed a model which can be fitted up for use. Junk and oakutn. Lard ; lime, the produce of British North American Provinces only. Machinery, models and paterns ofâ€"pro- vided the same be not put to actual use ; mauilla gras*; manures of all kind ; marble in blocks or slabs, unpolished : meats fresh, smoked and salt; menageries*â€" horses, cattle, carriages, and harnesses olâ€"subject to regulations by the Governor in Council; military clothing for Her Majesty’s troops or militia ; military stores and materials for military clothing imported for the use of the Provincial Militia, under such restric- tions as may be passed by the Governor in Council ; mosses and sea grass, lor uphol- stery purposes ; musical instruments for military bands. Nitre or saltpetre. Oakum ; oilsâ€"cocoa* nut, pine and palm, in their crude unrectified or natural state ; oil cake or linseed cake ; ordnance stores'; ores, of all kinds of metals ; osier or wil- low, for basket makers’ use. Packages of all kinds in which goods are usually imported, except tbe following viz.: spirit, wine, oil, beer, cider, and other casks for the containing of liquid, baskets of every description, trunks, snuff jars, earthenware jars, glass jars, bottles, and barrels containing grain, seeds, and peas ; pig iron, pig lead and pig copper; pitch and tar ; philosophical instruments and ap- paratus, globes ; plants, shrubs and trees ; printing ink and printing presses ; provi- sions for army or navy or Indian nations. Hags ; resin and rosin ; rice. Sail cloth; sal soda; sal ammoniac ; salt; seeds, for agricultural, horticultural, or manufacturing purposes, only; ships’ blocks; binnacle lamps; bunting; can- vas, sail. nos. 1 to 6; compasses; dead eyes ; dead lights ; deck plugs ; shackles ; sheaves ; signal lamps ; travelling trucks ; cordage which upon importation st all have paid the duty of customs, shall be entitled to draw back under the 8th sec, 22 Viet, ch. 76, when applied to ship-building purposes, and under such regulations as tfe Governor in Council may make ; ships’ water casks in use ; silk hat felts ; soda a-h ; sago flour; specimems of natural history, mineralogy or botany: stone, un- wrought ; slate ; stereotype blocks, for printing purposes; statutes, bust and casts, of marble, bronze, alabaster or plaster of Paris, paintings and drawings and draw- ings as work? of art, specimens of sculp- ture, cabinets of coins, medals, gems, and all collections of antiquities; sulphur or brimstone. Tin and zinc or spel'er in block or pig ; tallow; teasels; limber and lumber of all kinds, round, hewed, sawed, unmanfaetur- ed in whole or in part; tobacco, unmanu- factured; tools and implements of trad? of handicraftsmen arriving in Canada, when accompanied into the Province by the actual settler for his own use and not for MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF VAUGHAN. In our advertisement sheet will be found detailed statements by the Auditors, appointed to investigate the affairs, of this Municipality for the year ending December, 1858.â€" We look upon this audit as supple- mentary to a former one by Mr. Dickson, in' September last, and therefore think it advisable to place before our readers a very brief out- line of the leading features which characterise, or rather distinguish, the first scrutiny, from the last.â€" We would* desire to handle the whole affair in a spirit of charity, but we are strictly of opinion that our duty very clearly points 01.1t, the. necessity for dealing with the chaotic state ol things, hitherto existing will) in the sanctuary, without respect of persons. The maladministration of this trust tends, ahhough not directly, to in- creased taxation, a squandering of funds entrusted to Municipal Coun- cillors for me general interests of the township shall meet with no favor at our hands ; and we must expect, therelore, that an investiga- tion, which presents to our view* a carelessness of supervision by the Reeve,â€"a looseness of manage- ment, a downright ignorance of the common rules of Rook-keep- ing by the Clerk, with a want of ordinary care in disbursing the funds, and preserving vouchers representing payments &c., com- bines to prove, that but for the ju- dicious action taken by the Coun- cil in recently appointing an audit, with such extensive retrospective powers, results of the most deplor- able character would have super- vened. We cannot, forbear cha- racterising tbe report ol the Auo'it- ors, previous to ihe one under our immediate notice, as a downright will allow us) laying the foundation stone of a superstructure, embrac- ing materials so likely to excite our apprehension of a disastrous down- fal. We get up from the perusal of the report up to September, 1858, with feelings of dissatisfaction, not unmingled with sorrow. The re- port, with abstract and statement of Assets and Liabilities, which forms the substance of our advertisement in this day’s issue, claims a share of our attention. It becomes our duty to congratulate the township on the improvement in the whole system of the Council. The present state of affairs forms a striking and very pleasing con- trast to the state which caine un- der our review a minute ago. Cash in bank,â€"A large prospective re- venue derivable from judicious in- vestments. exhibit such a healthful change in the conduct of our repre- sentatives at the Council Board, that w7e look forward to seeing at no distant day the management of Vaughan held up as an example to other townships. There are some suggestions in the report, that we think it unnecessary to dwell upon, such as the alteration of the Books, &c. We may safely leave these details, with the other emendations, in the hands of the present clerk, as we have every confidence in his* zeal and ability. We must, say a word to the farm- ing class touching these matters, of Markham, amounting to the sum of twenty-one pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence. Yeas, Messrs. Marsh and But- ton. Nays, Messrs. Fenwick and Bow- man. Carried by the casting vote ol the Reeve. The Reeve laid before the Council a communication from A. Barker and G. P. Dickson, E»q’s. relative to the Town- ship Acounts, stating that they wanted the Coilectoi’!* Account for the west half ot the Township. The Clerk stated that he had received it from Mr. Feely aud had given it to (lie Auditors since that con: mimical ion was written. Oats.â€"Are worth Is 6d a is 10^ per bush. Butter.â€"Continues scarce, and fresh is held at Is 3d a Is 6d per tbv Eggsâ€"are worth 7^ a 9d per doz. Lardâ€"sells al I2^e. a 13c. per lb. Porkâ€"is still scarce and worth $6 a $7 50 per 100 lbs. Beefâ€"is moi-e plentiful, and is worth $5 a $6 per lbs. ou foot. Sheepâ€"are more plentiful, and bring $5 a $5 50 each. Calvesâ€"are worth $5 a $6 each. Hayâ€"is worth $10 a $18 per ton. Strawâ€"$9 a $10 per ton. OUR PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY, We are unavoidably compelled to postpone our usual summary this week, in consequence of the de- mand on our columns for local mat ter. We publish the tariff in detail, and as we cannot underrate the importance of the Auditor's state- ment of Vaughan Township ac- counts, we have published it in full. We commend the careful inspection of that abstract to ihe Ratepayers. u Oceola: ” by Capt. Reid We have got all the numbers, and will continue its publication to the end. 'J HE “ GRUMBLER.” BIRTH. On Monday, the 28th ult,. the wife of Mr. VV. Fierlieller, 4th Con Marknatn, of a daughter. MARRIED. O11 Thursday, the 24th ult., by the Rev. J. Hunt, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Mr. Wm. Size, jun., of Unionville, to Miss Catharine Button, daughter of Francis But- ton, Esq., Buttonville. , treenails; turpentine other than spirits of turpentine ; type metal,in blocks or pigs; varnish, bright and black for shipbuilders, other than copal, carriage, shellac, mastic or Japan ; vegetables, not elsewhere specified; vehicles ol travellers, except those of hawkers and pedlars ; wa- ter lime, unground ; wine, spirits and fer- menled liquors of all kinds, imported for officers’ mess, and the packages containing the same ; wood for hoops when not notch- ed ; woods of all kinds; wool ; ail import- ations for the use of Her Majesty’s army and navy serving 111 Canada : or for the public uses of the Province. Table of Prohibitions. The following articles are prohibited to be imported under a penalty of fifty pounds, together with the forfeiture of the parcel or package of goods in which the same may be found: books, drawings, paintings, and prints of an immoral or in decent character ; coin, base or counter- feit. New Advertisements tins Week- Vaughan Township x\ccounts. Phonography, or Writing by Sound. Notice.â€"By-law to establish a Road. Notice,â€"Yonge St, Agricultural Society. Notice.â€"Samuel Lemon, Episcopal Church on Richmond Hill, TO CORRESPONDENTS. No Communication of a purely personal character, and having 110 bearing 011 the gen- eral interests of the community, will be pub- lished in this paper. Communications, how- ever, 011 all interesting subjects will be thank- fully received and willingly inserted. To in- sure attention, Correspondents must send their names and write in a legiable hand. Let each communication bo as brief as the nature of the ubject will allow. RICHMOND HILL. APRIL 1, ’59, RICHMONDHILL MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE AND DEBATING SOCIETY. criminal farceâ€"the certificate ap- pended thereto, which claims our first attention, expressly declaresâ€" “ That they examined the accounts, and the vouchers belonging to the same, and find all correctand this precious document bears the signature of T. A Agar, and Geo. Millar, Auditors. What does Mr. Dickson’s report say:: “ I could not trace cash entries appearing in the books, with that accuracy which I could have wished for the wrant of Bank-book from 1851 lo 1854, and also the returned checks, many of these checks would no doubt be a substitute for vouchers that are wanting.’7 The Collector’s Roll, and Roll per Ledger, appear not to agree in many respects. It is refreshing, however, \o know that a “ Ledger” was used at all. We hope there is 110 optical delusion in the mai- ler ; and lhat Mr. Dickson did re- ally observe that much abused book on the catalogue ; we may remark by the way, lhat the Ledger and Journal seem all through at log- gerheadsâ€"entries made in one, not recorded in tiie other, although one is considered by all practical book- keepers, subsidiary to the other. Counly Treasurer’s account â€" Under this heading the discrepan- cies are very remarkable,â€"here, where we expecled lo find all har- mony, we find all disjointedâ€"Mr. Ashdown,the Clerk, and ihe Counly Treasurer, not by any means corres- ponding in the different cash lodge- ments passing between them.â€" The auditor, (alas ! vain expecta- tion) “ expects those gentlemen to furnish some explanation touching these discrepancies.” We con- fess our surprise, if not cur horror, at the observations of the Auditor at the close of this account.â€"We quote Mr. Dickson seriatim:â€" “ 1 consider it highly improper in the Reeve, and Clerk, and Trea- surer, to add to, and thereby alter the Municipal accounts after they were audited; and it shows a tamp- ering with the public accounts, to say the least of it, highly censur- able.” Had he said highly crimi- nal, he would have hit the nail on Ihe head.\ We give jfhe senlenoe in its entirety. It scarcely requires comment. Does it not speak trumpet-tongued as to the way in which our public affairs have been managed in these conclaves ? Next follows a long list of vouchers not forthcoming, (notwithstanding the 'certificate of the previous Auditors to the contrary,)â€"we suspect there is something mythical in the disap- pearance of those vouchers. We e’re we conclude, and it is this That the time will come when they will bitterly lament their present apathy on those subjects. Time will come when they will pay for their negligence and indifference on the subject of taxation, and mal- administration of the resources of the country. We would use our utmost efforts, feeble tho’ they be, by word and voice, to force upon the farming classâ€"the sturdy hon- est farmersâ€"the consequences likely to result from the indifference with which they view the state of the country at this moment. Be- fore directing their attention to the political horizon, and its gloomy prospect, we would impress on them the absolute necessity for “each one setting his own house in order” (as it were) before looking into and criticising Parliamentary proceedings. Farmers, turn your attention to your Municipal affairs. They should absorb your first ef- forts. Lay aside your apathyâ€" that apathetic calmness, which usually threatens, and not unfre- quently precedes dissolution. We strongly ad vise all our friends to take itâ€"only $1. We shall de- signate it ihe “ Canadian Punch.” Its wholesome satire, wit, and hu mour, are not to be surpassed. 03" The Municipal Council of the Township of Vaughan meets on Monday next, the 4'th instant. THE FRENCH EMPEROR TO SIR P. B HEAD. MARKHA M CO UN CIL. SPECIAL MEETING. skim over a g ood deai in the re- VIUIIS, 11 ut , ' . . ground; snuff; wine of a’l kinds ; cur-1 or more, o< persons coming to settle 10 this A Iccture, in connection with the above Institution, was delivered on Tuesday evening last by the Rev. Samuel Johnson, A. M., in the Grammar Schoolâ€"M. Teefy, Esq.. in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended. Subject: Moneyâ€"its uses and appliances,” a veiy interesting one, was ably handled by the eloquent lecturer.â€" A vote of thanks was moved by Mr. McLeod, seconded by Mr. Jenkins, and passed by acclamation. The debate on Capital punish- ment will, (D. V.j be resumed on Tuesday evening next, at Half-past 7, in the School-houseâ€"llev. James Dick, chairman. port, and come,down to the item of £400, borrowed at heavy interest from the bank, when the book, or rather books, showed a balance in the Treasurer’s hands of £386 odd. We draw our cursory analization of this painstaking re- port to a close, by a very gentle allusion-to the defalcation, which we are glad to observe has been reduced, by the prudent arrange- ment entered into, with the sureties of ihe late clerk. We must not shrink from the contemplation of) this On Monday, the 28th of March, a spe- cial meeting of the Markham Couueil was held at Mr. Size's hotel, Unionvilleâ€"the Lieeve (D. R.eesor, Esq.,) presided.â€" Members all present. 'I'he minutes of last meeting read and approved. The Reeve stated that the special ob- ject of the meeting was to take into con- sideration the decision of the Court of Queen’s Bench relative to a By-law pass ed in December 22, 1855, for establishing new School Sections in that township, which B)-law had been quashed by Chief Justice iiobitisou. Mr. Reesor also called particular at- tention to the following evidence, which iie said he doubted not, had very great weight will) his Lordship, viz.,â€"the By- law has generally been considered as ille- gal, and lias not been enforced or acted upon, and that the inhabitants of School Section No. 16, iiave always acted under the old law, raising rates without regard- ing the new division vvli ch has assigned various portions of said section to o;her sections. The Council were unanimously 6f opi- nion that the evidence above aliuded to was not correct. After considerable discussion, it was moved by Mr. Mahsii, seconded by Mr. Button, that due notice be given, ac- cording to law, to the several School Sections and Union School Sections, to be effected thereby of the intention of the Council to pass a By-law to re-establish the several School Sections and Union School Sections of this township, accord- ing to the plan acted upon during the last three years, and established, or intended so to be by the By-law of this township, numbered 77, and passed on the 22nd of December, 1855, “ entitled a By-law to re-establish and form new School Sec- tions.” Yeasâ€"Mr. Button, Mr. Marsh. Naysâ€"Mr. A. H. Fenwick, Mr. Bow- man.â€"Carried by the casting vote of the Reeve. Mr. Fenwick moved, seconded by Mr. Marsh, that this Council meet again 011 the fourth Saturday iu April, lo hear, by petitions or otherwise, the wishes of the householders and freeholders of the several school sections, to be aiiected by the proposed by-law, and that a notice of said meeting be duly published, together with a copy of the proposed by-law in handbill form, and at least six copies The following appears in the English newspapers and also in the Monitcur: Palace of the Tulieries, March 1. My Dear Sir Francis:â€"1 thank you for having collected together, in order to send them direct to me, the different articles which you have inserted in the English journals, for you thus give me an opportunity of expressing to you all my gratitude for tbe sentiments of which you have not feared the spontaneous manifesta- tion in my favour. I have seen in (hem, and I am much touched by it, a new proof that my old friends in England have not forgotten me, and that they know how much I always preserve for the English eople the esteem and the sympathy which 1 felt during my exile in the midst of then* Even in writing to-day,. I detect myself in recollecting, as a happy time, the epoch when, proscribed, I saw you in England, ft is, that in chan-ing one’s destiny one only changes ones joys and sorrows, For- merly the affliction of exile alone appeared to me; to-day I see plainly the cares of power, and one of the greatest of l hem around me is, without doubt to find oneseli misunderstood and misjudged by those whom one values the most and with whom one desires to live upon good terms. Thus I consider it very natural that the parties whom it has been my duty to op- pose and to repress shgyjld bear me ill-will, and should seek the means to injure me : hut that the English, of whom 1 have al- ways been the most devoted and the most faithfully ally, should attack me incessantly in the journals in the unworthy and in the i most unjust manner, is what I cannot com- prehend; for, in truth, I cannot discover any interest they can have in exciting the public mind against France. If, in my own country, I choose to act in this man- ner, it would be imnossible for me after- wards to restrain the passions I should have let loose. L have always entertained a great ad- miral ion for the liberties of Ihe English people ; but. I regret deeply that liberty, like all good things, should also have its excess. Why is it that, instead of making truth known; it uses every effort to ob- scure it 1 £ Why is it that, encouraging and developing generous sentiments, it propa- gates mistrust and hatred 1 I am happy, then, among all these man- oeuvres of falsehood to have found a de- fender who, guided by the sole love of tiulh, has not hesitated energetically to oppose to them his loyal and disinterested voice. Believe, my dear Sir Francis, In my sentiments of friendship, NAPOLEON ilria aoutfttemrntu. PHONOGRAPHY, OR, WRITING BY SOUND. 1)I10N0GRAPH Y was invented by ISAAC X PITMAN, of Bath, England, iii tbe vear 1837 It is tho most simple, most natural most rapid, and most easily-learned system of Writ- ing which has ever been, or ever can be in- vented During the past fifteen years, hundreds of thousands of persons, in England and Ame- rica, in both public and private life, have learned to writo Phonography, and thousands of social* aud business letters annually pass through the post office Nor is its great popularity to be wondered The present system of writing is exceed- .ngly cumbersome, and totally unworthy these days of progress and invention. Phonography is equally as legible, can be learned in one- twentieth tlie lime, and can be wiitten six tinus us fasti In other words, the labor of six days can be performed iu oneâ€"one man can do th® work of six ! So simple is tho system, too, that a person may learn to write it slowly, in a coupie of hours. An hour’s daily practice for a few weeks will enable any person to write Phonography wilh certainty, and with some degree of freedom. The same amount of practice continued for six mouths will en- able a person to take reports of speeches, lec- tures, sermons, or conversation, and Ij read them with accuracy. Dr. J. W. Stone, of Boston, says : * I deem Phonography an invaluable adjunct to educa- tion, and one which, when acquired in youth, would not be parted with in manhood for thou- sands of dollars ” i 'I'he late lion. Thos. il. Benton, upon bo- ng presented with a verbatim report of one of his masteily speeches, taken by a little boy only twelve years of age. said : “ Had this art been known 40 years ago it would have sated me 20 years hard lulor.” The learned senator spoke but a portion of ihe truth. What long- hand requires six years to accomplish, Phono- graphy will perform in one. To Clergymen, Editors, Physicians, Law- yers, Secretaries, Conveyancers, Law and Me- dical Students, Lecturers, Printers, School Teachers, Merchants, School Boys and Girls, a knowledge of Phonography is of vast utility.â€" In fact there is no profession or calling in which it is not useful, and no young man’s education can be considered complete without it. During the past nine months hundreds of persons iu Canada, of every pursuit in life* have acquired the Art, from many of whom the subscriber has received neatly-written) phonographic letters, expressive of their de- iight with the attainment, and the extraordinary e ise with which they have acquired it. For tho purpose of aiding in the dissemination- of so important a reform in his own country,, the subscriber is now prepared to supply all who apply, with the Manual of Phonogra- phy, and the Phonographic Copy Book, sent by mail to any part of the Province, postage- pie-paid, for the small sum of OU* ONE. DOLLAR, xi Anybody and everybody, who can learn any- thing, can learn Phonography from the Ma- nual, without other assistance. Those who wish to be able to put their thoughts to paper at tho rate of from 100 to* 250 words “ per minute,” should send for the above-mentioned works at once. The instruction given by tho Manual is as plain as A. B. C., and ten times as easy to understand. The “CANADIAN PHONETIC PION- EER ” is a Monthly Journal, devoted to tho advocacy of the Reform. Price 25 cents per annum. Address, (post-paid) WILLIAM H. ORR, Oshttwa, C. W- thereof be sent to each board of School Trustees in this Township, and lhat such by-law be inserted three times in the Markham Economist and the York Commonwealth.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Marsh, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that the Clerk of the Township be, and is hereby instructed to procure a copy of the evidence ia connec- tion with the suit between Haache vs the Municipality of Markham, lately decided New Savings Bank.â€"An Act to Incorporate the Mechanics’ Savings’ Bank has been read a first time. Its Stockhold ers areâ€"Messrs. Wm. Me Master Wm. P Ilowland, Adam Wilson Geo. Michie, Thos. D. Harris, Fred. W. Coate, Thos. Clarkson. Wm. Henderson, and Clias. Itobert- sop. The capital is to be $400,000, in shares of $100 each. Victoria Bridge.â€"Fifteen spans of the Victoria Btidge, seven on each end, and the great central tube have been laid. The frame work for another span of the Montreal side is also ready, and the tube wih be built upon it at once. On Satur- day the centre tube was completed, and in honor of the occasion decorated with a number of flags, forming a conspicuous ob. ject, towering above the ice in the middle of the river.â€" Globe. painful affair, nor the eonse- j be(ore iile Court of Queen's Bench. quent avowal, that the Reeve for! Carried. the time being was highly culpa-'. Moved by Mr. Marsh seconded by Mr. Button, that the Treasurer be, and is hereby authorized to pay the costs ot ------- U v_-> ble, the Auditors even more so,â€" the Clerk’s negligence, (to use the mildest epithet, our conscience the suit between Haache vs the Township TORONTO MARKETS. Thursday, March 31. Wheat.â€"Fall Wheat changed hands to-day at 7s 6d a 8s 3d per bushel. Spring Wheat.â€"6s 6d a 7s per bush. Barley.â€"Is worth 4s per bush. Peas.â€"Are scarce and command 4s 6d a. 5s per bush. MOTICE. APPLICATION will be made to the Muni- cipal Council of the Township af Vaughan, on the 2nd day of May next, for a By-law to establish a Road. Firstly: across tho North East corner of Lot No. 10, iu tho 8th concession of the said townshipâ€"from tho concession line in front of the said lotto th© northern limit thereof, upon, or nearly upon, the Road as now travelled across the said, corner;-secondly, across Lots 11, 12 and 13 in the same concession upon the iine of Road as now travelled from the southern limits of Lot No 11, to the concession line in front of Lot No. 13, and which Road passes by Mr. Tha- ver's Mill. GEORGE J. F. PEARCE, Township Clerk* Vaughan, April 1, 1859. 19-4 NOTICE TO Membeis of the YONGE STREET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, and others interested, a MEETING will take plaee at. Mr. Nicholl’s Hotel, Riohmond Hill, on WEDNESDAY, tho 6th inst., a*. Three o’clock p. m. G. A. BARNARD, Sec. &. Treas. Richmond Hill, April 1, 1859. 19-1 NOTICE. r HEREBY FORBID any. person or persons 1 purchasing in any way from my Wife, MARGARET LEMON, any Notes of Hand, drawn payable to me or bearer. SAMUEL LEMON. Thornhill, Ma.ch 30,1859. 19-3 A MEETING will be held at MALCOLM MACL<h,OD’S private residence, 011 the evening of Wednesday th» 6th instant, at 7, p m. to take into consideration the most avail-, able means for the erection of an ENGLISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH on Richmond Hiil. Parties interested in the movement are respect- fully invited to attend. G. A. BARNARD, Sec, pro temy Richmond Hill, March 30, 1859. 19-1