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G: .-r in, .. indigo Shims. .__.â€"__...A P.” _.._..._ on ARM-VAL OF THE KEDAR. .__.-â€" , NEW YORK, Deccmber15. “r'I‘hestcarnsliip Keder brings Liverpool dates-ft!) the 27th and further details of operations in China. On this occasion 30,000. Tartar cavalry advanced} on the allies and were completely routed. with 2,000 killed and 50 guns taken. The al- 1 lies had only had eighteen wounded. - The Times correspondent says that Consul Parker and others were taken pris- oners while choosing camping grounds and conveyed to Pekiu. They were Well treat- ed. The headquarters of the allies are eightmi‘les from ‘Péki‘n. ' , - The Chinese sent a flag of trace withl provisions for a treaty,, - .. - . V . i Lord Elgin demanded the release of the 1 prisoners before negotiating. - " ’he Emperor's brother was appointed ‘ chief commissioper to make peace. v" A... . . _ All was quiet at Shanghai. L:’L'l‘-EST. ' 'Government despatclies say tha allies, are within six miles of Pekin. , The Times reviews the secession move- ' merit and reiterates the belief that the Union will he maintained. Count Flabant has been appointed Em- l bassador at London. The King of Belguni was severely ill. A French imperial decree provides for a more direct participation by the great , bodies of state in the government. The Senate and Corps Legislatif are annualy to vote an address in reply to the Emperor’s speech, and provision is made for a due expression of opinion and the publication of the debates. The ministries of colonies and of the Emperor’s lionsehold have been suppressed and the former united to the ministry of marine. , l.’e"llissier has beenappointed Governor of Algeria, Chasseloupe Larrbat, Minister of Marine, and Admiral Hamlin, Grand Chancellor 'of the Legion of Honor. Other changes in the ministry Were ex- peeled. _ t ' 'l'liefwliole diplomatic corpse, at the re- quest of France, had quilted Gaeta for llrme. « The Bourse was animated and higher, 7-0f. 600. . _ The ministry of Holland had introduced s bill for. a new tariff increasing the duty on cottaorigoods several kinds of iron, Soc. Lonnus, November 27. The Times says American SCCUl‘llitES showed increased flatness. I SAILING OF THE ARABIA. Bosrorv, Dec. 12. The Arabia sailed at. 11 o‘clock with 60 passengers for Liverpool and 12 for Halifax. She took no specie. II‘AL‘Y AS IT WAS AND IS. (From the Dublin University Magazine.) A year ago, Italy was a licptarchy; seven sorercigu states divided the penin- sula between :therii: Naples, Rome, Tus- cany, Parma, Modena, the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, and Sardinia, were the seven ruling powers, whose aim it was to divide, and ‘govern by dividing. Custom- houses stood at every frontier; passports were required to be visa‘d from state to state. To travel, for instance, from Rome to Bologna, most travellers would pass through Tuscany, which reqmred you to go through all the the formalities ol leav- ing the Papal States and entering them I again ; and a day, at least, was consumed in Florence in getting fresh visas to re- enter the Pope's territories, which you have only quilted a few hours before. in one twelvenronth, the heptarchy disap- peared; And all that remains of the old divisions of Italy is the City of Rome, around which the French army has drawn a cordon which the revolution may iioi l pass. A year ago the diplomatists were busy at Zurich, mapping out the litres of the ltalian federation. The Pope and Victor Emmanuel were to be friends and neighbors; Purina, Modena, and Tuscany were to bring back their runaway dukes; King Francis was to give Naples a con- stitution ', and “it nice was again to be ‘ the pleasantest place of all festivity,’ ‘ the re-‘ yet of thel-earth, the masque of ltaly,’ under the gentle rule of her gaoler, Aus- tria. But the treaty of Zurich was hardly signed, when it was found that. the federa- tion would not work. -Tho pope would "not confederate with the King of Sardinia ; the duchios .would not take back their run- away dukes; King Francis would not be- . come a constitutional king; and Austria turned the key on her Venetian prison, and made her bondage more bitter than and setting up a priest-king in Rome, to successors pf Hildebrand. La prelatmks § Superstition raves at this solution of the llalian question, and calls out fov an auto da-feâ€"w-a pious immolationof3,000,- 000 Italians on the altar of Catholic unity. But the days are gone by when such sacriL fices can be submitted to. We have pro- hibited Juggernaut in India and. Mumbo- Jumbo in Africa, and Eumpe must learn sense also, and give'up its idol, which on- acts such costly sacrifices. “76 do not underrate the force of superstition still lingering among the peasantry of Europe and fanned by a priesthood who feel that their craft is in dangerâ€"fibril we cannot force ourselves to believe that the reaction which may set in, will ever go? the length of restoring ltaly to "her former master, rule in the l’o’ntifex Maxhnus style of the is, we hope, a doomed institution, even in Rome ; and Monsignors must give up pro- spective'lcgatiOns, and'take to the more primitive offices of the priest and bishop. lf prepared 'for,t-his,‘t'ne' .I’apaey‘may live yet in Italyâ€"for the quarrel of Italians with the Pope is not yet pro nris, (at fools, but for the latter only» It has gone as turns the quarrel between Henry, VIII. and the Pope; but the obstinacy of a Pius IX. may drive'it on, as ‘that of his predecessors the Fifth Pius, who pronounc- ed a bullof deposition on Elizabeth, and so threw her into the arms of the doctrinal as well as the politicallleformers. The grave of the Roman Empire, with the ghost sitting crowned npOn it, will still give 'some trouble to Europe. Fanatics will ‘lstill fight roui.d it, as Greeks and Catho- lics do around the Holy Sepulchre in Je- ;rusa|em on Easter Day. But this will ,not prevent, though it may retard, the tini- ‘fication of Italy. She has passed throngh her six periods of divisionâ€"the seventh will bring with rt unity at last. As The Bruce learnt a lesson of perseverance from the spider, who six times tried to carry her web across the room, and the seventh tirrie succeeded~so Italy, after six failures. is still encouraged to try a seventh time to become a united nation. This tin e the attempt promises to" 'siicceed, and that her union may be solid and enduring must he the hearty desire of e‘very lover of Euro- pean peace. WWW" , . mm. N w Advertisemnts. Cheap Boot and Shoo Storm-«James Hall. ,Cnrd.-â€"G. McPhillips. List of Letters rerrminingin R. H. P. 0. Dec.. 1. Examiunt on County Grammar School. Bosrsnss NOTlCE.â€"-Tftis week we ha vc commenced to mail our papers with the address printed on them. .9130 the amount of indebtedâ€" 71083 of each jor subscription. The figures before. signify the last number- paid for, and those ofler the name. signify the amoirnt' duc. We hope our friends will attend to this and remit Tort/zwit/uâ€" "Ellen the figures are changed, and none appear at the end, it will be an acknowledgement of settlement.â€"- .3 very desirable result. ..,_.....4 all. _.._ ._._..._...- -__- __,.ss __ .4..._, ..... "tannin , a l' thllMOND HILL, DEC. it, IBM), The Pretentious of Slavery. MUCH has at various times been written on the subject of slavery. Its injustice, immorality and cruelty, has been exPoscd by the ablcst writers the world has pro- duced, yet every day adds new evidence of its guilt and horror. ‘Not only is slavery cruel to the slave, but it has a most pernicious influence on all who come in con- tact with it. Like vice, although hideous and repulsive to the virtu- ous mind, yet. daily contact with the vicious deadens the perceptions; and often those whose daily inter- course is with thc depraved,bccome themselves depraved. “’8 fear that in this Canada of OUTS the-1'9 is too much indifference or; the sub- ject of slavery. We are so used to w h y discreet very shall not extend its borders-â€" Thev have elected an Ariti-siz’rvery President, and have thus (locini'éird ever. A twelvernonth has brought with it a change so surprising, that we seem tOyi have traversed centuries in as many months Tnstead of a federation oflforeign despots, under French and Austrian protectiongfi .ltaly aspires‘to unity and independence, , under a king of her own choice. She, has got rid of the federation, and now she ‘ wants to get rid of French protection, and united in herself, ard independent of the foreigner, to govern her own affairs, with- out tlre ofiicious help either of France or , Austria. Fuorz i barbari and Italia fora da 5:, were her rallyingâ€"cry iii the evil. The South, it istruc, blustcrs and storms, threaten to dissolve the Union, and perhaps set. and firm. fight with the fire-eating},r South. for it tells them very deliberately, and with great song froid, to say good bye if they cheese, for the North can do without the South far better than olden time, and with these she still wishes 'to who under the tricolor of Italy, with the Cross of Savoy in she. centre. If M, About’s anticipation could only be re- {lilielhand Rome declared a kind of re.- ligions Cracmv. garrivoried, it may be, by a jplnt French and Sardinian garrison, then the last obstacle to the entire unity of ltaly zvouldrhe disposed of. ‘ Rorne,’ he says, ' surrounded by the respect of the world as by a wall of China, would be a kind of foreign body in the midst of free and liv- ing 'ltaly; but the country would sulfrr no more from it than a veteran from a bullet which the surgeon has forgotten to eit- fract.’ V ' the South can do without the North; 1so that it seems extremely probable ithat a dissolution will take place;â€" rralher the Union was continued, be- cause we believe it to be. beneficial lto both parties; but still, we say, lion the pretentiousof slavery. The North has been too long bullied by the South, and as a natural se- quence, slavery has raised its hide- ous head and become so. hold that we feared that the entire Republic, Iwhich boasted being the palladium done constitutionally; read about it, that we become inat- l tentive to its horrors and listless to Anderson ought to be given up,tlien its injustice, and the only reason we say that the case ought to go it disgraccs the Government of before Parliament, and let us have the. United States is, that up to a me law in this respect. amended; very recent date the , North has for i, will be moor eternal disgrace winked at it. But thanks to the in- if we, through a defect in the law, slavelrolding South, who allow an innocent man to be murv endeavored to bring the entire union awed by the bloodhorinds of the into its liideouswmbraces, the North south, ‘is aroused, and have said that sla- ‘Var m the knive With “us alrocmus with great pleasure that we announce that " the Hall. Thames on fire;?’ but we are happy the first 'l‘rn-sday in garruar'3' next, by the to learn that the North keeps cool l’tev. Ias. Dick. Ii\ex't lucsday’ evening [1 has determined not to there Will be a debate in the same place-~ perish the Union rather than sauc- 1.. Ward ofliberty, was going to be the only stronghold of the greatest tyranny, and the foulest injustice the “(with ever saw. The South,it seems,will dissolve, but the season given is only addi- tional proof of the monstrous preten- tions of slavm'y. It is not pretended? that Lincoln was not elected fairly; it is admitted that everything was yea... further, it is conceded that the President. elect does not seek to compel the South to free its slaves. All that] can be .done, or is intended to be done, is to prevent the extension of the accursed system; yet because these arrogant pretentious have re- ceived a check, the South demand a dissolution ; and Mr. Buchanan. trite present President of the United States, sees no way of keeping the Union entact but the followingzm- “ Tho different States which have passed por- sonsl liberty laws must repeal thorn: and the Federal constitution must be amended, so as to iiisko it expressly recognize the right of pro party 'in‘ slaves : -to enable slsvoholders to tan. their slaves into the territories, and to coerce more effectually the rendition of fugitive slavks who have escaped into the free ,States.’_’ 01', in other words, the North must yield implicitly to the (lcmantls of the South, and slavery, instead of of being checked, must be al- lowed cntire sway. if these are the only conditions on which Dlsv solution of the Union can be. avoided, then we hope that the li- berty-loving North will Spurn them, even though the Union go to the dogs. But it is not only in the United States thatthc pretensions of the slaveholding South are recognised. Even in Canada strenuous efforts are being made to prevent us giv- ing a safe retreat to the poor slave, who may, alter encountering nearly insuperable difficulties .nd suffer» ing untold hardships, reach our shores. For a poor slave, by the name of Anderson. some time since in endeavoring to escape from bond- age, wounded a bloodhound in the form of a man, who endcr-l vored to prevent his escape.â€"- Of this wound the would-beâ€" slave-catcher died. This poor slave has been arrested by a mean- souled man by film} name of Mat-‘ draws; and it was argued at thr trial that this hunted ~wretclr wounded this Diggs, who had set his slaves to catch him (Anders‘on) and assisted to hunt him down ; and that because after receiving one wound, Diggs ran away and An- derson struck him with the knife when he was retreating; that there- fore Anderson has committed mur- der, and must be given up to the. state of Missotiri as a murderer; and We are sorry to’adrl that there seems a disposition among a certain class to accede to this demand. All we have to say about it is, that if Anderson is delivered up, them it will be a disgrace to Canada: in- deed we think that Canada is dis- graced in delaying the decision for one instant. The poor black man was hunted like a dog; he had a knife, and stabbed the unhunian 'pursucr, and in the very excusable excitement of the moment, it seems probable that he gave his pursuer more than one stab. But we argue that it makes no difference, for who of us could, under such circumstarices,calculate to a nicely about one blow. There- fore the argument that Anderson should be given up on such grounds is paltry in the extreme, and un- worthy any man \Vllo professes to abhor slavery. We hepethejudgcs will do their duty and acquit And- erson, for he is no murderer, but a liberty-loving man,who did nothing but what we hope every man would do under similar circniristances.â€"â€"- But still more, should the judges decide that by the letter of the law M- *0»â€" )thHMOND HILL Mecusxics lNSTl~ TUTB AND DEBA'I‘ING SocinTv.â€"-lr is the Committee of the above institute have arranged for a Series of lectures to be de- livered this winter, in the M cchanics The first lecture will be delivered ,__â€".___..____â€"..~. M.-__. - _____.______._._________._ â€"_._....___â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- the Rev. 1’». Rodgers, eluiirrnan.â€"- Subjectâ€"‘- lVould the immediate freeing of the colored race be preferable to gra- dual emancipation.” Captain for the af- firmative. Mr. ll. Edwards ; negative, G. Mel’billips, Esq. . fâ€"“p 04W iWe confess that we would much Vaughan Municipal Elections. .â€" THE Municipal Elections in Vaughan will be held in the irsatlerrrientioncd places: 5 No. l,â€"-Ar the Brick School Home, illiiortiill. In Word No. Q,â€"-â€"At Richmond Hill, near i‘tlr. ‘ Gahy’s Tavern, on the first dav. At Maple the second day. In Ward No. 3,â€"â€"At the Court Housmflurwick in Word No. 4,--At Mr. J McCailum’s Shop, Kline-berg. ’ I 5,â€"Al the house of' Jns. Devins, In Ward No. . .1 Lot 18in lOth COIICCTfiQD' Who is the Nobody ? 11‘ is at all times dangerous to make in- vidious comparisons, for the probability is that although persons may entertain high. Opinions of themselves, and persuade some one or two to flatter them, yet a discern- ing public on sifting their pretensions, will find them wanting. We are led to make these remarks by the sayings and doings of the friends of a little would biz-great- man. now seeking for the honor of repre- ‘ settling lVard No. 2, -Mu~aicipal Council of Vaughan. As a rule,we do not interfere. as journalists, with the rival can. didates for Municipal honors. "We point out the kind of a man that is wanted, and there we leave it ; and We should not have departed froru cur rule in this in- ‘ stance had the friends of one of the four candidates conducted themselves with eren ‘ But not content with j decent propriety. endowing their favorite candidate with every earthly perfection, they traduce as I ‘ nobodies ” allotlie rest: indeed we heard one zealous friend of this gentleman state that he was the only man in'llre ward qualified for the office. It is to combat such ridiculous assumptions that We make the following remarks on the fitness of the several candidates for the office of Councilmen. Candidate No. l is TV. Devlin, Esq , a gentleirian well known in the ward as a ' successful yeomcn, and an excellent ma- gistrate. ward, and is generally esteemed as a man of good abilities; and We would like to know in what respect, in so far as the 0f- lice of Councilman is concerned, that candidate No. 4 is superior to Mr. Dev- lin. Last year, if we mistake not, Afr. Dickson himself voted for him, as did also most of G. P‘s. supporters, and at that time we remember perfectly Well those very men who are now decrying Mr. Devlin, then praised him up to the high- est ; and we should like to know why he, who a th~l\'C-lll()lllll since possessed every requisite qualification, is a nobody now,â€" The only “3850" we can discover for cer- tain persons decrying Mr. Devlin now, is that they have an axe to grind. Candidate No. 2 is Mr. W. Cook, an aged gentleman, who by his own industry has amassed wealth, and from his long re- sidence in the ward, must of necessity know its every want. It proper here to state that this gentleman docs not wish for the office, but it scents some of his friends are determined very injudiciously, we think, that he shall runâ€"but that he is not quite qualified to make an excellent ; '1. "ouncilman, is simply ridiculous. Candidate No. 3 is Mr. Edward Shep- : pard, who is in the field, and by the advice ofgniany (warm friends, he is determined to contest the ward, and, we may add, with great probability of success; for although scarcely more than a Week in the field, he has the promised support of upwards of fifty. lVe think that relatiVe to this gentleman even ealumuy herself has never once whispered a wrong that he has done, or an enemy made ; and to say that he is not fit for the other: is contemplable. He is long rcsident on the Hill,whcre he has been a successlul businessrnan,and is now a you- man. Few men are better qualified tor the office; and besides he has notâ€"-nrither have the other two gentlemeiiâ€"â€"aii axe to grind. They would go into the Council. fearlessly to do their iluty,wiihout making it the stepstone to any other office. We have thus brought before the no. lice of the electors the qualifications of three of the Candidates for the honor of their sufli'aiges; and the only reason we have done so, is to refute the caluininous insrnuations and statements made by the friends of Candidate No. 4, who endeav- or to make out that he alone is qualified to serve them, when the fact is that so far as their abilities go, they are e .ually quali- tied with M r. Dickson for the office, and in many respects more so. Candidate No. 4 is ‘G. Dickson, Esq, a gentleman Well known to many--- and that so far as his mental and bUsiness abilities go. he is well qualified for the ol- fice, we wrll not for one moment deny; and although through his assistance the proprietor of this office suffered a foul wrong, yet We did not intend to say one word for or against Mr. Dickson, had not his fr iends been round and got support for him under false pretenees, and also de- cryed the abilities of the other contest- tants; and not only that, but runny of Mr. Dickson’s friends have complained that we have never named him as a candidate. lVe have obliged them this week, for which we expect a vote of thanks, as be- low we have given a lifedike description of him. One of the favOritc arguments used to get support for Mr. Dickson, and which was broadly stated by Mr. A. Rupert at. a meetingr in Maple, was that Mr. Dickâ€" son was in favor of reducing the number of taverns, and increasing the license fees A certain doctor has also got signatures to a requisition for Mr. Dickson to run,using the same arguments. No .v we state, once for all, that Mr. Dickson is not a 'l‘etn- pcrance man, nor friendly to the Temper- ance cause, neither could he have made the promise attributed to him, because he a few weeks since signed a petiv lion praying that the. Elgin llouse might be openedand thereby increasing the nuin~ her of taverns. l’Ve saw his name on the petition. So much then for the consist- ency of S. of T’s. supporting Mr. Dick son as a friend of Temperance. But again, Mr. Dickson has one or two seri- ous disqualifications; he is not a man of sound judgment, and possesses an irasc’ilzlc tyrannical temper. For instance look at his conduct on the effigy serrape, and his warm friendship for one of the greatest humbugs that evor was on Richmond Hill -â€"(wc allude to Mr. h‘lacleod)-â€"besides his intimate relations with another who is universally detected. Then again, look at his insulting and overbearing conduct 1‘ o s . r-2vai‘ds the Grammar School Trustees in 3 the Rev. S. Johnson’s case, when he alienated from himself his most intimate friends. For these and other reasons we should advise his supporters not to' decry Mr. Dickson's opponents as nobodies, as Mr. Dickson himself is pre-cmincutly a man who lives in a glass house, and there- a He has a large stake in Ille‘ ' approximates ,' fore it is extremely da~ gerous for either bun 0r his friends to- throw stones at oth- ers. Besides, it is notorious that Mr. Dickson does not care a fig for the office of Councilman; he only wants to get in in order from that to get into higher of- fice. That is the use Mr. Dickson has tol grind, as it is notorious that he has been all his life an office-seeker. (Eurrwpntihrrit. ‘Wxisliitto be tilJDCtly undorsthd, the we do not hold ourselves responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents through on): columns. _ [F or the Herald. THE TEMPLARS. ' in writing a few words, Mr. Editor, relative to the Good T emp-lars, we are not about to land them to the: skies or affirm that they are a body superior to all other organizations,‘ for each should be allowed the lrol" nor due to its merits; but we be- lieve that as a society, it will yield the palm to none in its beneficial in- fluence upon those who are con- nected with it. Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, there form a com- bination, which mutually assist and encourage each other in the paths of sobriety: but though all of What- ever age are welcome, and perhaps a few who are advanced in years necessary, to counterbalance the vivacin of youth, yet our society is peculiarly adapted for the young.â€" Habit, it is said, is second nature,if true (and experience forbids us to doubt) it is equally so in the prac- tice of good, as well as bad prinâ€" ciples. There are scores who now frequently reel to their homes in a state of intoxication, 'who might have been spared the ignominy had they imbibed total abstinence prin- ciples in their younger days. How necessary then for the youth to be- come connected with societies which have a tendency to the for- mation of habits so essential to their future happiness. The plea is sometimes set up “ that there is no danger.” is there not? Whencc then so many thousands of drunk- ards, who throng every aveuuc,who cross every path, whose every step to ignominy and disgrace? is it not from the youth of, our country! Young men, who were once but moderate drinkers, “ who could see no danger," who i my to aid us in the development of the mind. ' ALPHA. Richmond Hill, Dec. II, 1860. 0 Municipal Affairs, and Magic- trate Appointments. [To the Editor of the York. Herold. Mm. EDITOR,â€"â€"-After readingyour re« marks upon our inunieipal affairs, I supposed some one would take up tliei'cudgel and try to defend their position. such, however, [find is not the carter-J Cap fits, btc.’ There is no use in trying to whip blood from a'post, the thing is done, andno one knows who did, it; the In'oney?s spent, and no one knows how, or wlro's‘benefittcd by it. The complaints ybn‘ make ought to have," been inadebefore. ‘T-he way our, municipal affairs have been managed late- ly, area disgrace, not only‘ to‘ the men who have the- management of them, but to the electors at lar‘ge,"when they see t’ll‘e'public moneya, squandered ‘ like chaff before the wind, why do they not come to the polls and 'try ‘ t’o- teetilyf't'li'e evil 'l There is no‘ earthly use in whining if the wrong man gets in guitar a man 'you have every reason to think will attend to the interest of the township instead of filling his Own pockets ;--â€"sele'ct one’who knows what those interests are, instead of men who have to. consult others to gain that information,lastly,select ’one inde- peirdant of party, politics, have, or ought to have nothing to do with our roads and Bridges. Schools, Boundaries, &c., 89c. Any man who records his vote for any man, or set of men, merely for the politi- cal principle, in municipal affairs, does not deserve to have a vote. In different municipalities the taxes are double what they were two or‘ three years ago ;-â€"arc our lands in a similar state “fâ€" Or are our requirements in the same ratio? Let us look lorward, say five years, our taxes are at the same rate, liable to be again doubled. Let us suppose a financial crisis at the usual period (seven years) how will we be able to meet the advance 'l Out troubles may practically be traced to the extraordinary amount of public monies wen“) i :yeornan. King; COUNTY COURT AND COURT OF QUARTER SEUSIONS. . The County Court and Court of Quar- ter Sessions 'Wer'e “opened yesterday at twelve o'clock noonâ€"dim». S. B. Harrison, County‘Judge, presiding. Associates: line Lewis, Esq, J. P. It. Marsh, Esq... Jr. P.- and T. Graham, Esq; J. P; The follow- ing gentlemen answred to their iiames‘andi were sworn in on the Grand Jury :â€"-Mr. W. VI. ’1’.oss,yeo'man, Etobicoke (fore- man); Messrs. John Armstrong, yeonian. Chinguacousy; Joseph Baldwin, yeOrnau t king; [1. G; Beiiard, yeoman, Markham ,AllenBowsfield, yeoman, Clringnacousy 1 George Campbel, yeoman, Chingiflcomye Wm. Donn, merchant, Sharon; T. Gra' ham, yeornan, Core of Toronto; 8- Haga‘ man, merchant, Markham; John Harring’ ion, merchant. Vaughan; John Hambley v W. Kiffcr, yeoman, Vaughan; _'Wm. Morse, yeomau, York; lVin. Nassau, yeonian, York; David fl’hilips, yeoman, King; John Skynne. ‘yeornan, Toronto Township; James ifqpl‘llglit, waggon-mpker, Markham ; Jacob Snider, yeornan, Vaughan; 1 D’. Sprague, yeomon, Nmthtlwill-imbury ;, Hugh Udson yeoman. King. ‘ Ilia Honour, its addressing the" Grand Jury, said he did. not consider that it watt necessary to make any lengthened remarks, as. the calender was Very light and the principal charges were lion larceny. Many of those before him had previously acted{ on Grand Juries, and’ consequently he (ltd: not think it necessary to detain them- They could have the assistance of Mr. Dempsey, County Attaorney, if they do» siredit at any time: during their delibera- trons. _ 'l he Grand Jury then received the my tllClmentS from the County Attorney and‘ retired to their room. The Court shortly afterwards adjourn- ed till thismorning. THE CALENDER. The following is the callender of the ceses to be tried at the present sitting of" the Court of Quarter Sessions :â€"T. Miller' and David Wirelan, larceny. (two indictm James Katanagh, larcency; expended witlun a‘few years, through the C-J- MCKlnlaY 33d Jam“ WIlCOCl‘S: Cb" responsible governship or our “ Fathers " One thing we will have to'do,.is, curtail the number of officers or officeséond not elect about a dozen men in a township to look after What ?â€"-notlring. Each man mu t be paid, whether he earns the money or not. Look over theircturns for the country, and see how much has been expended in fees alone; to say nothing about perquisites, and any sensible man who knows where danger is must tremble. Another thing lately engaged my at- tention; it was a communication from "- Zip," Bradford, the article was undoubt~ ctlly czrlfcd for. The amount of Magis- trains in ,the country at the present time, could treat as an insult the inginuâ€" not the way they transact businessis some; ation that they drank; yet lured on “(do by tei‘nptatiou, they who once met “1"- , for the love of company, now meet" ‘ for the love of the intoxicating draught. Notwithstanding the vast num- ber of inebriates who are annually hurried out of existence, (though with their latest breath they curse the cause of their untimely end) yet. there seems to be no lack of recruits, on, on they come; they recklessly step into the ranks, and, like their predecessors, pass from time to eternity, “uuwept, un- mourned and unlamented ” If this is the condition of a great part of society, if intemperance with its roncomitants make up so much of the sum of life, where can we look for a better panacea than in the abstinence of our young men from the inebrititing cup. Catiline, ' \vlio_'\vislied to ruin Rome, began by corrupting the morals of its youth. If upon them depended a nation's downfall. upon them also depends the developing of a na- tion's greatness. Like him, there- fore, (but in a nobler cause) We de- sire to bring our influence to bear upon the youth, that the energies of those who are destined to take their places in our halls of justice, and fill the seats of our Legislative Assembliesunay aid in the consum- mation of the temperance reform. But to aid in the promotion of temperance principles is not the only inducement which may be advanced in favor of joining the Templars, for it is truly a self-imâ€" provement society. The further we advance in the nineteenth cen- tury, the more obligatory is it upon us to increase our stock of know- ledge; the wisdom of the past will not be sufficient for the future; each year presents new problems for solution; important questions arise which require “minds” to cxpatiate upon them. This thought ought to tire our hearts with a noble ambition, that we may not be left behind intlie march of intel- lect. Even now it is easily dis~ cernable that a man is respected according to his mental calabrc.â€"â€"- He who is without mental capabili- ties is soon left in the rear; and thousands are ready to say with ' Wattsâ€"- “ Wore I so roll to reach the pole, 0r grasp the ocean with a span, 1 would be measured by my soul. The mind's the standard of the man." And who wants to be left behind l who wishes to he drones to be slighled and spurned as useless! Let us then seize every opportunity that will aid us in the acquisition of knowledge, and if no better fa- cility offers, let us connect our- selves with clqu or lodges, where discuss-ions on a variety of subjects, the writing of original ossavs, and other methods are resorted to,.1 L calculated to ..r32>.,rust even the most n. A J. l’, hiring his own conâ€" : has been done not one hun- .3, a .-._ twp, dred slides :rom Bradford) is, of itself, Ferrougé: to throw contempt on any court. Magistrates retaining constablep fees,,I_ think, one of the most, paltry, coritemptable and meanest things a Magistrate can resort for the purpose of making money,al lionin it is frequently done. A Magistrate's taking fees frorn' a defendant in a suit, merely for sitting by», to watch the case, at the same, time- knowing no more about the “Points of Law,” than an ordinary dog is supposed to do, is disgraceful. Another thing too prevalent in our minds, tliatis threatening. any man who does not please certain parties with the “utmost vigour of the law,” if tlioy.'(tne Magis- tratrs) ever get them under their clutches, now these things are “ very unpleasant,” , lity. i iaining money under false pretences; J. F. Moore, larceny ; F. \chirday, larceny, (two indictments); PV. Hydeman and It. Horseman, larceny. In a sermon preached on Thanksgiving Day in Montreal, by Rev. John Cordner, speaking of the disturbed state of affairs in the neighbouring Republic, he remarked â€"-‘ The curse of slavery is, as we all see, at the root of this commercial alarm and political disquiet. That curse is a sore blight on the prospects of that noble young nation of our kindred which lies on the other side of our frontier. if we are free from it perhaps our happy lot in this respect is more due to the absence of temptation than to ary special elevation of our mora- For is it not trueâ€"in mount-phi- ccedings of the courts of ilris country have we not witnessed the - fartâ€"that even in Canada~free Cattods-â€"~tlie brightest jewel in Britain’s crownâ€"men learned in the law may be found, who for their fees will spend their wit and learning towards ending a man back again into bondade.’ . : 1 DEATH or MR. Auaannck' MC- KINNON.â€"â€"“’e regret exceedingly 1d an- nounCe the yesterday: of, Mr. Alexander Maegan-n... of Vaughan. He for some years edited the Hamilton Ban- ner. and took an active part in politics, until the signs of consumption compelled him to retire. He then proceeded south- ward, lioping that a change of climate might restore him to health; but although especially to nervous people. The iriajesty benered by the journey the seeds of his in‘_ of the law, when admlnlSlt’Wd by some 0f sitluous disease under which he sud‘ered our country Blackstones, is not only rc- markable. but the height of-foolery. Men who have “ left their country for their country‘s gomf,” may be considered patri- ots, but rather unfit to administer either Law or Justice in any country. We have a large number of Magistrates who know not the difference between mourn and team. “Zips” remarks on the Bradford trial, illustrates the case without further comment. Magistrates arenow made for the purpose of getting a few votes-at elec- tions; or in some way to advaiice'the poli'ieal position ("if some country poiiti cian. Politics, Law, Divinity, Sun, is now the aspiration of every man and boy in the Province. Our educational system is possibly at the head ofit. Every family now has a Doctor or a 'Lawyer in it~â€"- educated for it at leastâ€"â€"-and possibly turns out a “ Pork Butcher," instead of a Surgeon.. , - t -_ In connection "with this subject, I' Would add that too little attention is pain by parents to the proper; education of their children. Eduoatioir in order to ho suc- cessful, should. be adapted to the natural inelinalion of the child, and to the pro- fessron or pursuit to be followed by him in future life; For want of such teaching we have many who know a little of every- thing and nothing, well, whereas, were more care taken to thoroughly learn om thing at a time, we should have better Tradesmen, Mechanics, Farmers, Doctors anti Lawyers. were too surely planted to admit of era- dication. His death will be sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends, by whom he was held in warm esteem; while the Liberal course, for which in his strength he labored, has lost an able advo~ cate. Mr. McKinnon was, we believe, about tl-irty years of age, and was unmar- ried. His funeral takes plaCe on Friday next.~G/obc. MOM llORRlBlE nsnuAni'rv.‘ ..â€"-_. (From the Guelph Herald.) Dr. Arnold held an inquest at Hillsbttrf, township of Erin. on Saturday the tst lush, and by adjournment on the following Monday. on the body of Thomas Elliott. recently oekor in Kirke‘s tavern, Hillshurg, an Englishman‘r about 36 years of age. unmarried. It appeared in evidence that one of those bru- tal exhibitions, termed a ‘ Turkey shooting spree,’ wwns held at Kirke’s tavern. on the filst nlr, following by its usual sequencesâ€"- drinking. dancing and fightingâ€"that William Bridge kepia tavern opposite to Kirke’s and that there was u had fooling between the rive! hosts, that Kirko sent his ost‘ror, Elliott into the room occupied by the turkey-shooters to cotton- vour to keep order. and. that after having been twiCe turned out, Elliott. on again entering was knocked down by James Bridge, 0:20 of the party. and that Joseph Stirrup. another of the set, while Elliott lay motionless on the floor. leaped several times on his hand. with the most savage barbarity, producing tlrerebv conclusion of the brain. of which Elliott died on Friday the 35m ult. Ono of the party who attempted to rescue Elliott was thurst aside bv William 'l‘l'u-‘ll'JZy lur- E‘lllors Bridge, who asked what the hâ€"ll business he that in this rambling article some truths had to interfere. may hit home. I remain yours, OBSERVER. Vaughan, Dec. 13, 1860. ,Mr. \Villiam llall, of Niagara Fall:- visited St. Catherine‘s last week, and says the head_ the Journal, " announced his intention of purchasing the paper-mill erected by Mr. Saxon, and commencing the manufacturing of paper and cotton; the latter from flax. A specimen of this cotton was left at the oflice, and it appears to us a very superior article, being apparently muoh stronger than the common cotton. A Vienna letter says attempts havo been made to introduce arms into Ilungiry. ’i'A'TL‘Tv- ‘ on tlIO lIOId. A post morlcm exurninstitn of the body was made by Dr. Hewitt, of Guelph, and Dr. Mc- Naughton, of Erin, who handed in the follow- ing certificate : We are of” opinion that the death of Thomas Elliott was caused by severe injuries roccivcd We are also of opinion that the ‘ extensive disease of the lungs was a complies- tion that added to {fr-o grnvrty of the injuries of The jury, which was alike respectable and intelligent returned the following verdict : Tho unanimous opinion of the jury is, that the deceased. Thomas Elliotl,came to his death by injuries inflicted by violent menus, givou by:k Joseph Stump and James Bridgeâ€"and William Bridge as accessory thereto. James Bridge has nbscondod , Joseph Stump and William Bridge have been committed to the County jail on the coroner’s warrant. A... ~._-â€"â€"-. --.-. :\ Vienna letter states that the Austrian It is said that vessels coming from England (jéorerrimerit, in order to l,,,,.,.â€",.ng any p0- especiali; Newcastle, are engaged this contraband trade. . some WNW" from flu” and litieal demonstrations, has 29.50le to for- bid masqueradrs and balfs at Venice dur hp;~ the Carnival.