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ir.V ,*r4^t! .< IkJ-^ A-VWd jw LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. From the Colonist. Toronto, Wednesday, 10th June, ’57. The Council met at noon, and after read- ing the Controverted Election Bill a third time, and discussing some reports of select committees, adjourned until four P.M. At that hour His Excelleney the Gov. Genekal proceeded in state to the Chamber of the Legislative Council in the Parliament Building. The members of the Legislative Council being assembled, His Kxcellency was pleased to command the attendance of Legislative Assembly, and that House being present, the following Bills were assented to m Her Majesty’s name by His Excellency the Governor General, viz:â€" An Act to require accounts rendered to the Pro- vincial Government to be rendered in dollais and cents. Act to amend the act to provide for the manage- ment and improvement of the harbor of Montreal, and the deepening of the ship channel between Montreal and Quebec. Act to prevent delay in the administration ef justice in cases of misdemeanor in Upper Canada, Act to extent patents for Inventions granted for one section of the Province to both sections there- of on certain conditions. Act to amend tho law for thoadrniflsion of attor- neys. The Fishery Act. Act to amend tho charter of the Colonial Bank of Canada. Act to incorporate the Canadian Inland Steam Navigation Company. Act to amend tho Common Law Procedure Act, 1856, and to facilitate the Remedies on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Act to incorporate certain persons under the name of ‘The St. Lawrence Warehouse, Dock, and Wharfage Company.” Act to amend the act to provide for the division of the Common of Maskinonge. Act for diminishing expense and delay in the administration of Criminal Justice in certain cases. Act for the more speedy trial and punishment of juvenile offenders. Act to incorporate the Village of Fort Erie, in the County of Welland. Act to vest a certain allowance for road in the township of Winchester in the County of Dundas, in John Pliny Crysler and George Hummel the elder. Act to enable the surviving Executor of the late John McIntosh, Esq., to loasa certain real proper- ty in Toronto. Act to amend tho Charter of the Ontario, Sim- coo and Huron R .ilroad Union Company. Act to legalize and make valid certain bye-laws of the lute Homo District Council passed in re- ference to certain roads in the Caimiy af Ontario. Act to incorporate the Village of Elora, in tho County of Wellington. Act to vest a certain Road Allowance in the township of Brantford, in George S. Wilkes. Act for the establishment of a certain conces- sion line in the township of Clarke. Act further to provide for the accommodation of the Courts of Superior Jurisdiction in Upper Ca- nada, and for that purpose to amend, extend and continue two certain acts thoroin mentioned. Aet to amond tho Criminal Law, rs regards the uttering of certain spurious foreign coin. j Act for the imposing and collection of tolls on tho public’works, Act further to amend and extend tho net to es- tablish mutual insurance companies in Upper Canada. Act to authorise tho ministers of the church of the denomination known as tho *• Methodist Epis- copal Church in Canada,” to solemnize matri- mony, and to keep Registers ef marriages, bap- tisms and burials in I.owe Canada, and far oilier purposes therein mentioned. Act to amend the charter of the Marmora Foun- dry Cernyany, and to change its name to the Mar- mora Iron Company. Act to incorporate tho town of Sandwich, in the County of Essex. Act to vest certain real estate of tho late Tho.-. Benson in the hands o.‘ trustees. Act to incorporate the Viliage of New Hamburgh in tho County of Waterloo. An Act to'vest in Josiah D. Wellington a cer. tain allowance for road in the Township of Brigh- ton. An Act to incoporate the Toronto and Owen Sound Central Railway Company. An Act to authorize the Municipality of the Township of McGillivray to dispose of certain Road Allowances in the said Township. An Act to amend the Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act of 1855, and to erect St. Aubert in- to a separate Municipality. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Stan- stead, Shoti’or.l and Cham >.y Railroad Company. S. An Act to vest a certain Road Allowance in the Township of Whitby, in John W. Gamble, Esquire. An Act to amend the Act of Uppor Canada, enabling tho P:esbyterian Congregation of York to put chase around f r Church and burying-grou nd. An Act to amend tho act to eliable the inhabi- tants of tho parish oi St. Francois du Lac butter to regulate tho Cou'uriuii of Si Francois. Act to correct an error in an net of the present Session relative to the 11 arbor and Harbor Com* illi -siouors of Mont:<»al. Act 10 incorporate the Town of Windsor, and to divide the same into Wa ds, and to define tho limits tin re of*. Act to incorporate the 0«n idian Literary Insti- tute of Wood nock. Act to divide t ie T »\vuship of Halifax into two separate Townships, Act to enab'e tlie Trnn ees of tho First Free Wii! Bapiist Chu eh ;.t !) atley, to receive a legacy bequeathed to said Church. Act to amend act authorizing the formation of Joint Stock Companies for the construction of Roads in Lower Canada, with a view to encourage ;he construction of good and useful roads through- out Lower Canada. Act to amend the Law relative to the Inspectors of houses of public Entertainment. Act to encourage the gradual Civilization of tin Indian Ti ibes of this Province, and to amond tin Laws respecting them. Act for establishig Prisons for young offenders â€"for tlie better government of Public Asylums, Hospitals and Prisons, and for the better construc- tion of Common Gaols. Act to incorporate the village of Fergus, in the county of Wellington. Act for further increasing tho efficiency and sim- plify ing the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. Act for amending the acl incorporating and granting powers to the Canadiau Loan and In- vestment Company. Act to alter and amond the act relating to tin Galt and Guelph Railway, and to incorporate the Preston and Berlin Railway Company. Act to incorporate, the Bank of Brantford. Act to] incorporate the- Brantford aid South Western Railway company. Act to amend the Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act of 1855, and to erect St. Lambart into a district Municipality. Act to amend the Act conveying to tho City of Toronto certain Water Lots, with power to the said city for the construction of an Esplanade, and enable the said City to locate the Grand Trunk Railroad and other Raihoada along the frontage of the city. Act to incorporate the North Western Steam Navigation Company of Canada. Act to amend the several acts to remedy abuses prejudical to. Agriculture. Act to amend the Municipal Laws of Upper Canada relating to the incorporation of Villages. Act to amend the act entitled, “ An Act for the construction of Water Works in the City of Hamilton. ** Act to provide for the Cooification of the Laws of Lower Canada rola ive to civil matters and Procedure, Act to constitute tlie Rector and Churchwardens of the Parish of Quebec, a Corporation for tho management of the Finley Asylum at Quebec. Act to amend the act to abolish the rights of Primogeniture, and to afford relief to parties suc- ceeding to the real estate of persons dying inestate in certain cases, in Upper Canada. Act to authorize the citv of Toronto to erect Wa- ter Works, and to levy a water rate. Ac^t to explain and amend tho ^Municipal Loan fund acts. Act to amend a certain act therein mentioned so as to belter provide for the security of the lives ! of Passengers on board of Steam Y'es-els. Act to legalize reitain proceeding of tho Muni- cipality of.St. Norbert d’Arthalmska. Act to amend the Act incorporating the Bar of ; Lower Canada. Act to incorporate certain persona under tho name of the Joiiette Mining Company. Act to in.orporate the Eastwood and Berlin Railway Company, Aet to incorporate the St. Clair, Chatham and Rondeau Ship Canal Company. Act to enable the City Council of the citv of Loudon, to aell and convey certain land in the city of London, called the Potter’s Field. Act to authorize the Provisional Municipal Council of the County of Bruce, to take Stock in certain Railways. | Act to amend and extend the Charter of the Rockville and Ottawa Railway Company. Act to amend thy Judicature acts of Lower Ca- ;i .da. Act to vest certain Road Allowances in the Township of Whitbv, in Thoma* N. Gibbs, Esq. Act to incorporate ccrtaiu persons under the name ot the “ De Salabeiry Navigatiou Company of Montreal.” | Act to enable the Trustees of the Toronto Gen- oral Hospital, to raise a further loan of nioiiev. Act to amend the Post-office Laws of this Pro* v i nee. . . . | Act to incorporate the Iberville, Bionte, ShcfTord Vud Missi quoi Road Company. Act to make valid tho Deeds given bv Sheriff’s 0 the assignees or Purchasers of Land sold for 1 ixes under tliii teentli and fourt'enth Victoria,: chapter Kix'.y-seven. Act to incorporate the London and Lake Huron ! ail way company. Act to incorporate the Strathrov and Port Frank 1 i tail way company. L ‘ he remainder the f,i<t wilt be given in our next isst. c.J LI is Excellency the Governor General van pleased to reserve the following Bill for iie further signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, viz : An Act to incorporate the International ;>ridge Company. Alter which llis Excellency the Governor General, was pleased to close the Third Ses- .on oi the 1* ifth Provincial Parliament â- â€¢vitii the following fc> P E E C II : Honorable Gentlemen of tho Legislative Council, Gentlemen »t the Legislative Assembly; Y\ hen 1 opened this Session of the Legis- ure 1 recommended to your especial consider- :tion certain subjects, on which, in your ad- dresses, you assured me you were ready to deliberate. On the present occasion at the close of the Session, it is my welcome duty to thank you tor the manner in which you have fulfilled t best* assurances, and for tlie labour you liave bestowed on tlie general business of the Province. Ever}' one ol the matters which 1 ventur- ed to submit to you has been dealt with by the wisdom of Parliament. 1 he state ol our Prisons and Lunatic Asylumsâ€"the administration of the Law in Lower Canadaâ€"tue impioved organization of the Civil ; ervtceâ€"tlie encouragement ol Arts, Agricultureâ€"and the welfare of the Indian Tribesâ€"all these have become the subject matter of fresh legislation. You have not failed to shew your impartial zeal for the welfare of the Province, and for the iucraase of settlements in every direction. The valleys' of the Ottawa and the e1 Maurice, and our western frontiers towards the territory of the Uu Ison’s Bay Company, have alike reveived consideration at your bands. I earnestly hope that our efforts on all these important subjects may be crowned with success, and the measures devised by your wisdom will be promptly aud effectually carried out by the agency of the servants of llie Queen. In submitting to the decision of Tier Most Gracious. Majesty the final choice of the Seat of Government for Canada, you have done that which, without derogating from the rights of the Colonial Parliament, will remove from its walls a constant source of heart-burning and local jealousy. By generously postponing your lien on the Grand Trunk Railway, you will, I conceive, infuse new vigor into an association the in- terests of which are inseparably connected with those of United Canada ; I myself view with much satisfaction the complete separation of the Executive Government from the con- trol of the Commercial Body. Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly : In the Queen's name I thank you for the supplies which you have liberally granted for Her Service. The additional appropriation for th* Ocean Steamers will give a tresh impulse t> the trade of the St. Lawrence, and the power given we to meet overtures ef the Inperial Government for the better lighting of the Gulf will tend to promote the same impor- tant object. By your votes in aid of the Militia you have responded to the zeal and loyalty o, the people, and you appear to admit the laci that the growing inportance of Canada de- mands a military organization of ycur own, in some degree at least corresponding to the position which you hold. 1 rejoice that you have repealed the an- omalous tax for the support of Lunatic Asy- lums in Upper Canada, and that you have appropriated a sum which may be applied for improving our communications with the Red River. Honorable Gentlemen and Gentlemen : 1 am bold enough to be'ieve that the ex- perience of the present Session in the working of the Legislative Council, comprised, as it m>w is, partly of those named by the crown- and partly those chosen by the people, gi e strong assurance of ultimate success. Tin test is, 1 know, as yet imperfect, but from what I already see, I anticipate with confi- dence the continued action among yon of a second Legislative body, capable in it- self of calm deliberation, firm in its loyalty to our Sovereign, and strong in the conscience- ness of popular support. My earnest prayer is that Providence may bless the produce of your lands and the in- crease of your Trade ; and that our people, whilst rejoicing in the full measure of pros- perity, may be kept from those snares of rash speculation and improvidence, which some- times attend on such a state of things. Once more, I thank you for your diligence in the w ork of legislation, and I release you from such work foi the present by proroguing the Parliament. The Speaker of the Legislative Council 11.tii said : Honorable Gentlemen of ihe Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly : It is llis Excellency the (rovernor Gener- al’s will and pleasure, that this Provincial Parliament be prorogued until Monday, the Twentieth day of July next, to be here lntld, and this Provincial Parliament is ac- cording prorogued until Monday, the Twen- tieth day of duly next. pany will be greatly increased from the cities being composed mainly of Southern j TiiE CLOSE OF PAltLiAMEN I. At three o’clock, p.m., on Wednes- day last, tlie Parliament was prorogued in the usual form by His Excellency and settlements north. A respectable corps of scientific gentlemen have gone with the company, with the neces- sary instruments for taking observations in mountains and other places through which ! (hey expect to pass, hut if they acquire much knowledge of that kind, they will have to be churches, was not so much disturbed by this vexed question. CO RON tuR’S JNQUEST. Coroner Scott yesterday held .in inquest, at â-  th Governor General. It was open- il... r^iT.1 .11 I,..,]., 1 the City Ilill, on the body of a man who was , .i , , i found, on the day preceding, floating in ihe very expcr i ley ei p up wi i , . ' bay. The bodv bore the marks of seven wounds Excellency’s opening Speech promised pany, unless 11- Excellency should travel with J- j. - , r , , less speed than usual. We shall probably i 011 hu lel! ‘euiple and another on the tin- ]lt,le. and certainly little has been per hear from the company before leaving the < i sui ace oi t le r g t .nee joint, it ioc\ j'ormC(j_ 'j^;e historian will point t( most northern settlement, after which nothin, was much decomposed, having been m the ed on the 2Gth February last. llis : may be expected until their return j Early or. Thursday, April 23rd, these that had been selected at the Conference for point to water, it is supposed, some six or seven weeks. ; this as the most profitless, useless le- missions, that were to cross the plains on the This rendered it unrecognizable; and, conse ; gislative term that was ever held in quently,thename(ofthe deceased is not known J an coufUrv> Jt be justly termed On the examination, Dr. iiallowcll gave it I J J J „ • • f n 1 . - • ii.Z as his opinion that the wounds inflicted on ' ^ie way to their various helds ot laoor in the i c.. . â-  ,, 7^ •. i "vt i] p,.„ 1 the body were suhcient to cause death. Alter States, in the British JNorth Amencan X io- , . - , . ir .f . i „r bearing' the evidence, 1 he iin y returned a ver- vinces. in Europe, Africa and other parts ol , » , , â-  ,i .j i -vi- ' <i,0 diet to the eltect, that, the deceased came to j i the world, commenced assembling on the . ’ . . ! i rp i t?i i f in bis desih by wounds mulcted upon Ins uoov â-  | lemple Block, preparatory to startingott to-1 , • / â-  gether, according- to previous arrangement, : with their hand carts, the means of convey ance adopted, instead of horses, mules and Chiseller’s Parliament.” During its continuance, not a single Act of public utility has been adopted. Every bill of a useful nature that the coun- by some person or persons unknown. They i try required, has been burked or accompanied their verdict by a protest, against thrown over. But the Railway Chi- 1 he manner in which bodies of this desc-intion ! ,, , . , . , ,ii ,i ,i i sc ors cannot comp am ol mdinerente i - j- ; are treated nr he cily authorities ; and re- • > carriages, as heretofore. Most ot the calls J y • , , , „ t , m. n â-  rr. iie?, i r ti j • . it, mil i commended the erection oi a budding for the oi neglect. Ihe Gland ltunk Coin- well fitted up for tlie trip, with names and B mottoes beautifully painted on some of them, • temporal? reception of tbe dead-CoW*. pally got all they wanted and more, to suit (he taste and fancy of the owner, and l,.... ) , l» jn defiance of the well-understood ex- AFFAIRS IN UTAH. Departure of Gov. Young and Party FOll THE NoilTH DkI'ARTURE ol M 1S- SIONAUIES TO A EL PARTS of TIIE WoRl.U. [From lh« Ueseiet News, April 29.] Pursuant to previous arrangements, Gov. Young, accompanied by Presidents Kinball and Wells, and many others from this city and the Settlement* South, who availed them- selves of the invitation to participate in the pleasures of a tour through the northern countries, and thence to the settlements on Salmon River, in Oregon Territory, left the. city on Friday last, expecting to. be goi e some four or five weeks. The arduous duties that continually de- volve upon him while at home, and those as- sociated with him in the management of the affairs of the church and of the Territory, in- duced him to seek a short release from tlie cares of business to refresh and invigorate his body; and knowing that the object desired could not be attained otherwise than to ab- sent himself for a season from the scene of his labors, he resolved on making this tour, and invited those of the citizens that could leave their business without inconvenience, and would like a little pastime of this sort, to share with him Ins enjoyment. How many went from the city we do not know, but some thirty or forty carriages, aad many on horse- back, all Well provided with the necessary means of subsistence and defence, left in the course of the forenoon, and no doubt the com. which will, no doubt, greatly add to the pleasure dei ived from rolling them up ; n 1 down the mountains, and across the plains j that intervene between this and the frontiers j of Iowa and Missouri. After assembling, they were briefly ad- dressed by President O. iiyde, and by others of the'Twelve, who exhorted them to faith-; fulness and diligence, not only while crossing the plains, but in preaching the gospel to Ihe people and nations to whom they were sent, tint they might reap a rich reward, and return rejoicing when their several mis- sions were ended, and that they might enjoy the blessings of peace and the consolations of the Holy Spirit continually. All things being ready, at a quarter before 10 a.m.. the company started oft in regula order,with as much apparent cheerfulness and unconcern as though they were going to re- turn in the evening, whereas many of them will be gone for years, and all will probably have to pass through trials, and endure hard ships, of which the pulling of their handcarts across the plains will be •among the least. The company consisted ot seventy-fotr men, with some twentv-four hands carts, and pression of public opinion. The Min- istry having managed, by ways best known to themselves, to secure a bare working majority, seemed to delight in acting directly contrary to the wash- es of the people. They and their supporters, both in Parliament and at the Press, seemed to be bound by nei- ther principle nor honor, but to be actuated by the most sordid and un- . . i i • i patriotic motives of self interest. The rial is attended with numerous vexa- r , disgraceful exhibition was frequently witnessed, of Members voting to-day RICHMOND HILL, .1UNE 12, 1857.; TO OUR HEADERS. The commencement of a new jour- j 1 is attended tious delays, and we frankly confess that when our Prospectus was issued r , , , . , , , r n , ii, for what they denounced and con- vve had not fully comprehended the , , , . . . , ' 1 â-  ,, , dcmned yesterday. Ihe uninitiated many difficulties we should have to , , ' , , , , mav be puzzled to comprehend by encounter ; and, consequently, did not , ' . . „ , , , what mesmeric influence such sudden . .Ilow sufficient time to make the ne- . , . , „ . „ conversions were brought about. But1 ccssarv arrangements for the first No. . , , rT ' , , â-  a {lovernment with large patronage However, being convinced of the fact ... , . , ,ii ,, , and disposed to corrupt, like the pre- that “delays are dainrerous, and ,, was made up of individuals of nearly every j knmving certain “ false prophets” SCllt Se,1SC Government :---: i.i. "i . . . . ‘ . can easily arrange such matters. A nave been unceasing in their efforts,, ° . large limber Limit, or any similar to prejudice the public mind regarding, , , , . o valuable consideration can easily mliu- tne project, we venture to present our I , , . ’ . . ’ . , , . , . ence a vote ; and numbers oi votes in readers with the present thougn tm-! „ . , , , , r r , : the Parliament tust closed have been perfect, sheet, as a -----------" •’* guarantee of the imaginable occupati.n and pursnit of life Farmers, mechanics, tradesmen, merchants and'clerksâ€"some Americans, some English, Scotch, Irish. Welsh. Danes, Swedes, Nor- weigians, Germans, and of o'her nations were to lie seen in the Company which made it an unusually interesting sight.. I o see such n variety of men, some ol them youns, some in ! sincerity of our intentions. VVe would the prime, and some past the meridian of : . , . , , ... V .1 • <• 1 State that we are determined not on v life, leave their avocations at a monient s ; notice and go foith in that way to proclaim to publish the Gazette regularly on the die gospel of salvation to the nations that (|ay specified, but in a short time to have lon,r been wanderin°- in darkness, be- • • i , , V , , =• . • , , , i increase its size and general appear- speak a devotion to the principle of eternal ^ 11 truth not often seen, and would open tlie eyes ance. As out piospectus fully explains of the religious world to their true condition.; the course we intend to pursue on if they Were not so sound asleep that they the various important (o])ics of (he dav cannot be awok<* from their slumbers. 11 , 1 1 would cost anv missionary society, ci I lie r in | considoi it needless at piesent to the United States or in England, several ! recapitulate, but content ourselves hundred ihousand d-ik rs to send out as nian.v j|h assurj| our readers that the missionaries as went, in this Company, and , . they are only a tithe of those that have therein foreshadowed will be and will be sent this year fr^n Utah; and , rigidly adhered to. where could a man he lound, excepting among | ----- -................ Ihe latter day saiets. that could, withoutl'“™« j ARREyT OF TOWNSEND THE or scrip, ne induced to taUe his nlaiucet and provisions on a hand cart and haul it a thou- j MURDERER. sand miles under like, circumstances, before I ___ be could avail him.-elf ol any other means of j.. A few weeks ago a person answering conveyance? if any one knows let him speak ; , . ... c rp i • . . 1 â-  \ the description ot lownsend the 110- out. 1 gained over to the Ministry in this way. The Government is corrupt but the Parliament is equally, if not more guilty. If the people desire to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful exhibitions of knavery that were wi>- nessed during the past session they must commence by sending purer and better men to Parliament to represent them. The purification must be com- menced at the hustings. It is not enough, indeed that a man to be a good representative of the people should be honest and irreproachable himself; but he must also be a inair of sufficient ability and energy to detect and expose vice and knavety in others. We go for the honorable and holiest Sentiment of the country. Canada is career shall be marked by honesty and I purity of purpose. It can only pros- per by such a course. The country The company will propably make tin- trip \ torious murderer and highwayman, .vounff> desire that its early J to the Missouri river in about forty days, j was arrested in the citv of Cleveland, where they will separate, and each pursue'! .1 â-  r e r * . . , 1 ,.:on the information of a Canadian gen- the remainder of his jo.ii'nev to the place ot ; 0 of destination, as will best suit bis convenience tleman who had previously known , with as little delay as circumstances will | him, A judicial investigation-follow-jrill,s* Sov‘by pijt! iotic and high permit. j ed, and although the prisoner sloutlv j rili|iclecl men, and not on the principles | denied ihe foul imputation, sufficient i ^le * Eorty Ihieves, whose rule rJ lie Ogdensbura; Sciit-tncl i»ives an ac- • . , /. . . . , . . i is to t^ot 11 the plunder thev ciin nnd 4 , fi , < , i r ni *ii evidence of his identity was produced , lu 1 - 1 |uuuuli un nnu count oi the destruction by lire ol the village i J . , . r , i> . i w i t i r /' i m ^nGtifv tho m-urictvntoc Jn nnhimit share it between them, iI'respective 01 â-  >1 Brasher iron Works. Jn one hour, lorty- • to ju&tnv inc inagisti ates in commit- ’ « three buildings, and from $05,000 to ! ting him to close custody, to await the ^le Pu^'c g00(I- We have already $100,000 worth of property was reduced' a(.tj<jn ()f )|)e Canadian'authorities.â€"; l,ad to° ml,ch of tllis ruie‘ 11 is ,fe | to ashes, and forty Ia.nil.es made houseless,, nl.lannpr J kind of i ule that has now reduced the! without food or clothing,' and without the . Un the Jth instant the piisonei was1 means of employment. Every building con- i brought to Toronto and lodged in jail, coUntr-v t0 >,s Prcsont stat0 of com-; uected with the Iren Woiks was consumed " • i i- ... . .i . i i â€" the clerk ill the store having merely time to pul the books and papers in the safe be- fore lie was compelled to fly. rl he Sentinel states that the call for aid has not bien unheeded. Villeges in the immediate vicinity have done nobly for the relief of tbe sufferers. They have taken the women and \ identify children under their roofs and administered t . their necessities. Ogdensburg-had made cheerful contributions. Of the 'sufferers Mr. L. W. Skinner of Ogdensburg. is mentioned as the greatest, the. loss of his firm being ."1)75,000 over insurance. where he has been visited by multi- mercl:li dlstress 5 that has made money , ; tudes anxious to witness the ruffian ; scarce« and buslness dul1- The plain whose daring attrocities were for a 1 truth must be told, the present Mihis- I . 1 ... - time the cause ol much alarm in wes- tern Canada. We understand his is fully established. try are unequal to the task of govern-^ ing the country with credit or advan- Tliey met Parliament with The Kingston Netcs of Saturday records the death by drowning of Sergeant \\ illiam Ryder and Private Garrett W helan, of the 9th Regiment, ol foot. On Friday afternoon they left in a small boat to go to Wolfe Is- land, and when about the middle of the chan- nel the boat they were in was seen by a per- son on Wolfe Island, with a telescope, to capsize. It will be remembered the cross ol the Legion of Honor was conferred upon Sergeant Ryder on the Queen’s Birth Dav, by direction of the Emperor of the French, for his distinguished services in the Crimea. The ta«e boasts of their unanimity and strength The two general assemblies of the Presbyterian church (new school and old school) ha ve closed their nnifl. ses- sions, which have been in progress for the past fortnight, at Cleveland, Ohio, and Louisville.Ivy. The new school as- sembly have devoted -much time lo dis- cussions of the slavery question, and been greatly agitated thereupon. The conclusion adds another evidence to the growing unanimity and determina- tion of the Northern churches against slavery, a report in deuuneiatiou of it being adopted by the vote of all the Northern members of the assembly, while protested against by the South- ern minority. The old school body, Toronto Globe says : â€" T I hut before the session was over, al- Upon being admitted to the felon’s d?y i , , , , '. , ‘ , . . ' though they encountered no serious ward, we lound the prisoner slowly pacing I ~ . , . -.ii,,.., , opposition, they were divided and par- up and uown tlie room,with shalccles attached 1 . , . , 11 - i . c /• • • , tially broken up. At this moment one â-  to his legs, tie is about five feet six inches I J in height, has quick, sharp, restless eyes ; and | °f the m°St imPO«ant departments of though he endeavored to appear calm and ! 1,10 Government is without a head.â€" unconcerned, the close observer could not mean the Crown Land depart- ed to detect that this was all assumed, and ment, and it is likely to remain so for that his mind was ill at ease. When we sometime. No appointee for that or! saw him, he was trying- to convince a Mr. any other public office can go to the Higgins (in whose service Townsend for- country endorsing the views of the merly was) that he was not that notorious present government, and get elected individual. Mr. Higgins, however, asserts to Parliament. Hence the delay in that he is the man, and his firm opinion of this i filling the office, and the same cause seemed to have a depressing effect upon the win ma]ie t|le delay still greater. This prisoner. A Rev. Mr. How, who formerly js a proof that however easily the knew Townsend, has also expressed an opin- j Government may secure venal Parlia- ion that he and the man in custody are one j and the same. Little doubt seemed to ex- ist in the minds of the many visilois that his identity is complete, and all gazed with si- lent horror upon the man whom they be- lieved, in addition to daring robberies, to have oftener than once embrued his hands iu tlie blood of his fellow men.” (fjT We would direct attention to the Kxtensive Sale of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, &.c., at the store of G. &. B'. Barnard, iu this village, which is advertised for tke 15th inst., and following days. mentary majorities, they cannot secure a majority from the great and incor- ruptable Parliament composed of the electors themselves. The Parliament and the Government require an in fusion of new blood. There are plen- ty of men in the country clever and honestâ€"equal in every respect to the work of managing the affairs of the country. We could not have much worse men than the present, or more unfitted for their duties. They maybe good men enough in their way, but most of them are singularly out of place in their present offices. It is like putting a Carpenter to make shoes, and a Shoemaker to paint por- traits, Wl.at, for instance, does a LowerCanadian know about the man- agement of the Great Public Land Department of Upper Canada. And what, pray, does Mr. Vankoughnct know about Agriculture? VVe might name many others of our Ministers who arc notoriously unfit for the offi- ces they fill. Let us pay attention to the propriety and fitness of things.â€" A contemporary writer on the minis- try makes the following truthful re^ marks, which we copy, and beg leave to adopt for ourselves :â€" “ The Crown Landsâ€"perhaps the most important public departmentâ€"is without a head ; the routine duties necessary to be per- formed, being entrusted to a person, as incom- petent to fulfil them as we should be to draw a declaration in a complicated legal case be- fore the courts ; the Secretaryship held by an individual who has not devoted a whole month to his departmental duties during the year he has held the office ; the commission- erslnp of I ubhc works in the hands of a per- son utterly incompetent, and so indolent that he cannot muster up the exertion even to re- ply to an ordinary letter of business, bnt who allows people to be drowned by tbe score rather than take the trouble to order a few gas lamps to be lighted ; a President of the Council who never could be made to compre- hend the mystery of the diflerence between the debtor and creditor side of an account and who is equally incompetent to judge of the bearings ol any constitutional or practical measure ; an Inspector General, great in the regulation of the half-pennies to be levied on starch and mustard, but who lets millions slip through his fingers, nnd trade desert the country, without taking account of it. A min- ister of Agriculture who, we venture to say, does not know the difference between Barley and Oats , and whose whole energies have been expended in a war on the weevils, and in bribing organic sycophants ; a Postmaster General equally an adept in the letter scince, with the sOperadded art of delaying- tbe pub- lication of his accounts until two years after date. So we might run on, and show in few words (he properties of each individual mem- ber of this pateh-work Administration--- nick named “common sense”â€"because it has neither sense nor faculty. And to these men are the destinies of the country to be submit- ed for auot hor year, at a time when the com- mercial affairs are in a more critical position than perhaps they e ver were before. We ask our readers soberly to ponder on our con- dition, and to declare whether the men at the helm ot our affairs aie really tit to guide the ship ol state safely through the breakers tbit beset her, and safely to steer her into' port ?” YORK COUNTY COUNCIL. Tbe Council of the Uui'el Counties of Yoik and feel met on Thursday. Most ol the Members being present, the W arden, after reading- a number of com- munications relative to the business of the Council, Spoke very highly on the conduct of the Con nnissioners,,appointed by the Coun- ty Council to communicate w:th the City Authorities on the Subject of the Jail. The .City Authorities have paid no attention to the matter whatever, and in consequence of their delay, the Upper House had thrown out the Bill, and made provision for the Sep- aration of the Counties from the City. On Thursday the Council was occupied lor a length of time, hearing the statements of Mr. R. Burr, respecting the Georgian Bay Canal. Mr. Burr stated that he had spent four Months going over a portion of the route and preparing Estimates and Plans and thought the work might be successfully completed if a grant often millions of acres were made by Parliament for tbe purpose^ he (Mr. Burr) also proposed to complete the Survey from tbe Georgian Bay to Toron- to, and furnish Maps and Plans, if the Coun. ty would make an appropriation of £100 for the purpose, he thought there was no occasion whatever for giving Mr. Tully £1600 or £1700 for making the Survey, as the sum he quoted would be quite ^ufficlcnt. Mr. Gamble moved that the plan of Mr. Burr be referred the Committee on Finance which was concurred in. The Council then adjourned. â€"â€" ---------------- [Xjp’ We are requested to state that No. 2 Troop of the York Volun- teer Militia Cavalry, under the com- mand of Nor. T. McLeod, will mus- ter at the Elgin House, Richmond Hill, on Monday the 15th inst. at 11 o'clock, a. m., to complete tfieir ten day’s Drill, as required by Law. We beg to state that we have sent the Gazette to several in- dividuals whose names do dot appear on our Subscription List. Should those parties be unwilling to become Subscribers they should return it immediately to this office.