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."" ' v- » g . . Hf, ‘, , 4w . - .\ . . .. u.wM W .‘v‘uritgii Ethan. l FUI’JI‘IIILR BY THIS ‘NII'tGAI’t-A') The Royal Mail Steattiship Niagara, from Lit‘cl'pdul 10 am. on the I‘lth, and QueeustoWu on the eveningr of the 13ml instant, arrived at noon 10â€"day. the has. {)1 pugscagers tor Beston, and $51,080,(.lt:20I iii specie. I I y y . I The Pursuit, trout New York. arrived at Queenstown at 5 an). on the 12th. 2 Lennon, Jan. 19.. The Timr’s‘ city article says the demand for money was moderate. On Friday he- tm‘eu £40,000 and £30,000 in gold was withdrawn from lllc Bank. Cousxtls closed on Friday at 91 to 9121 for money and 01:, to 9‘2. tor account. The bullion in the .llauk of England had dec‘ieascd £1577 .000. M A it If. ISTS. Flour dull and declined 2d : buyers de~ mandcd a lintlier reduction, and there were some forced salt at 4d to 6d ; red Atticrican 11s 3d to I3~; White 153.: to 1%” Gd. Corn dull at 6d lower. I’ork dull. Lard dull and slightly di cliued, and quoted at 093 a 60.5. I’ot ashes steady at (id to 20s Gd; pearls steady at ‘29s lid to 305. Sugar heavy and Is lower. LONDoN t\,l.titKu'i‘s.â€"~Bariiig Brothers - circular, reports htcadsialfs firm. Sugar heavy and (id to 15 lower. Tea heavy l have resolved to altar-k by sea without delay.- .sent is far in advance of the terms at tho prin- All that has been said of the substitution of ships of other countiios ior thoie of Ii‘rauno is porn in- l volition, as well as tho non-recognition ol' the I blockade of Cacta, whether by Itussia orSpuiu. l Any ship after the l9ili coming to anchor lie-l tore the place will expose itself, by Vliltte of the l tights of war, to the “re of the Eurdiuiaus A: ENC “1ND. ' ’ The Times city article of Thursday evening says the Innglish funds wero firm at the coin- nicuceinout this morning, but closing prices. ultimately the some as yostciday. In the discauut market 10-day the demand is moderate. About l:l,tttl0 sovereigns wore takm out of the bank to- dnv tor Atiioiica. The raiiw¢y market is flat, owing to the fall- ing off of traffic. ' l‘lie flank of England rate of discount at pre- l 'i'raussctious can be llruseels 3 cipal Continental cities. “Fueled at Paris at to 6 per cent; 5: Hamburg, Frankfort, and Atticetei‘duui, per cent. The Times (leprccatos the secession more- ment, and thinks that the Southern federation territory. present and prospective. is concerned; llitythit'. v.“ would become the Itcal United bftatus, as far as' sodn be engaged in a civil War with the Southern slavcholdcrs, un- indcctl, they should compro- by less, mifir: matters, which to judge )i‘éSCIll a x) )earau CCS I ’ llil§ely. Each party has taken liabut still, we " stand, a nd ' wc sincerely hope. that 1 the North will u t abandon theirl principles; for we say, perish the liniou rathor than allow slavery to extend its borders. Lincoln has been clcctcd as President by tho voicc ol‘tlio pcoplc, and in a conâ€" stitutional manncr,so that the South have really nothing to complain of; and if in their madness and folly l they let loosc thc (logs of war, upon .tlici‘i'i rests the rosp usibilitvgand we hope, and we doubt not but that they will be scvcrclv punished for their insolcnl tcmcrity; indeed we are I\l i but, is doubtful whether the connection between New York and New England, on the. one hand. and Illinois and the neighbouring States on the other, could long,r survive ti. total separation. Livrznroct. ftIARKETS, 17Lh.â€"â€"I3usiuess .lias been seriously impeded since Friday. owing t0 the canals being from” and the railway is block' e-d tip with pends. Flour had ltlniiituined itS ' former prices; \Vcslorn Canal 33‘s. a 110.». per i9li lbs : Philadelphia and Baltimore 3ls. 11323. int lltG lbs. Wheat in fair demand at a slight decline; white and mixed 133 a Ids 6d per c'.vt.; red Ils. 9d. a 13s per cwt. Cot-n somewhat better in request at an advance of (SJ: white 4.15. a 41s. per 460 lbs.; yellow, 355. 6d 21305.; dit o niixed,3tfis. 6d. I’ot ashes, 29s, 6d. porcwt; and lid lowcr. LATEST. LIVERPUOL, Jan. 18. Brcadstulfs quiet but steady. Provisions dull. Loxnon, Saturday Evening. COllSUls 91; to 91,} for money, and 91; for account. The London Gazette officially announc- C\I the elevation of kidney Ilerbert to the peerage under the title of Baton Hen bell. The weather had moderated, and a thaw bad l)L‘COll‘.C almost general throughout England. The London Times understands that Mr. Baring Will succeed Lord DcGrcy as under Secretary of the \Var Depart- inent,and that Lord DcGrey will take 3dr. Baring": place in the India office. he IEcc-llive Mills at Manchester owned by lllr. Lamb, wore destroyed by fire on the Hill. Loss over $25,000. FRANCE. It was stated that a negotiation was pending between France and all the cou- tinental b'tates lor the abolition of par:- ports. The Post's Paris correspondent says the (:lovvrnniciits of Italy, D'pain, Greece, and Tinkry are COlllCtllpltlllllg a reformed t‘ai'iif in accordance. With that lately cou- tracted btatweeu England and France. It was reported that a project lor a law for tiatistbirii‘ig the liourse property to the, finite will be :ii‘iu‘titleu to the Legis- future. The Iloiirso on the 11th was quiet but firmir. Itvntes Closed at 67.3f. 20c. TIFF} IJY. The intelliucncc from Gaeta was con- tradictory. Ciro tlespatch asserted that an ill'ltllflltfe for It'll days had been signed, anoibt-r report trays tlic l’iedniOntesc had redoubltid tlu-ir vigilance and activity he- tore.- (lat-ta, and the I‘: i'is Illorzict‘ur says the negotiations for at: armistico remained Without rosult. I’I’tUSSIA. A general amnesty for political olfenccs was t’XittCIt‘d in I’i'tissiei. It was oilicially announced that the new King had assumed the title of \Villiam the Fifth, .I‘le conferred on Prince Mural, the title of Grand Cordon of the order of the Eagle. CHINA. The following is from a government it legram :-~â€"-'l‘lic whole army had left I’ekin exoepting 1.500 men remaining at IIosicOn and reached 'l‘irnllisiu. on the 17th. The treaty with the Elli,tt-r0i~’s consent was pustrd over the. Walls of I’ekin. Lord Elgin was arranging for the residence there of lift. Bruce, the English Illinister. .\lr. Truce in the titt‘anl inc. winters at Ticu- Bsiu. The Russian Auihacsador bad ratified a convention at I’citiu, continuing the pit- \‘llcgt‘s oi Iiitsna on A‘noor Hitler, and extending lu:r commercial advantages. NEW ZEALAND. A deqicrate engagement was fought on the 6th of Ntit'é‘)”(ll&t3i',ltl which the natives were completely defeated, and had their chief killed. SPAIN, Mannie, Jan. 11. The. Moors not having fulfilled the treaty, it is said that. Spain is about to oc- cupy the principal fortsin Morocco. ARRIVAL OF THE BOIIEMIAN. PORI‘LAXD, Jun. 30. The steamer Bohemian arrived here about nine llllS morning. The Hilton arrived oli'tbe Needles at noon on the folk. 'l'bc BII/L(‘IIH'.”’L bus 66 passengers. She Sig? nailed the Anglo-Saxon. off Cape Bush on Fri- day morning. FRANCIS. A semi oili 'ial intimation is expected to appear declaring that should t’icdinout make war on Ansiiiu she must expect no aid from France. Mlitary preparations were being made in France of great magnitude. it is stab-d that the Bank of France has ex. peiidill'l‘d it further draw of gold. amounting to 3:3 0,000 or £400,000, since the publication of it: - nullili' r turn on Friday lust. 'l'hey an, understood, however, to have ,1. u-iclmsed zibou. £I6tt,000 of gold in Germany. SI’AIN. The ministry Btulc’l to the Corie that the Spanish navy had received strict orders to act in conformity with the policy of neutrality; it was consequently falsth reported that Spanish v-cs- wit» ui Hack; hail been signalled by Bourbon tro ips, with directions to fire. ITALY. It was believed that thing would be resumed r-r: Monday iicxtt'li Cart”. The Suiiiniiu pearls, 30:. percw.. Consuls closed after hours at 913. Gills it timid RICHMOND IIILI.. Fljb’. 1.1861, 1.0.5.4“. The Coming Struggle. IT was a sad day for the world’s history when father Adam ate the forbidden upplc ; for cvor since the t, not only has the ground brought forth thistlcs and tboinswthc por- plcxity of busbandincnâ€"but the moral world has been. as croode and pcrvcrsc as can possibly be ‘iinagined. W'c have plenty of hu- man thistlcs, and to tho thorns, they cannot well be. more numerous. Tho Niin rods or rncn hunters, are as common, and about as thick as leaves in autumn. The right which should be. mightdsoftirnes trampled tinder loot, whilst gigantic wrong and brazen faced tyrannics reign rampant from north to south, and from cast to west; for turn we slaves, the few are rulers; but we. fancy amid much that. discouragâ€" ing we ca n sop glimpses of ‘.‘ good times coining. ’ W hat ls, \Vlll not, always kc, and oppressed and downtrodden litjiinunity will soon rise and demand “ am I not a man I / ,7 ‘ V . . and a bl‘Olllt‘l‘. Everything indi- halos an approaching struggle beâ€" t . ’ . . . yrwuen dt'spotism and liberty, which ’ we doubt not, will result in favor of the latter; for it cannot ho, tho wrong will always prevail. The ltiine of retribution is as certain as the night the day. As proof. look at Italy. have her children’s neck been under the iron heel of the Oppl‘CSSOt', but by-andâ€"by Garibaldi appcars, and at once Naplcs’ King had to flcc to Coprcra, and there stand like a furo- cious wild boost at bay. But it's of no use; the Bourbon King and the Pope! too, 'l'dtl better take , shelter in other lands, for the people have discovcrcd that tho “I am ” decreed to them something better than merely to live boasts of bur- dcn; for in this sunny Italy, the land of past greatness, the people have risen in their might, and are evidently (.lctori’nincd not to wrar the yoke of bondage longer, and in their struggle for freedom it. scents tmorc than probable they will set all Europe on fire; for although an I island like Great Britain may pos- sess unmolcstcd a free constitution, yet it is quitc another thing that a nation in the. heart of Europe, and suiroundcd on every side by des- potic governments, should be free. The kings of Austria, T irltoy, Rus- sia, Spain and France, would then tremble on their thrones. Hence the equivoca attitudc of Napoleon, Ilim 'tliiy of the Pope, Francis bosn. ' ‘1 ‘ 3 ..,,‘, Joseph, and the (.211? (Fl llUbMd--- Italy frce,tl. on fluntniry 1. nd Poland will rise; x? and so Europe will, if Italy succeeds, be rcmappcd.â€"â€" 'I‘bcreforc, we think that etc this struggle terminates there will be a European war. 3ut not only in Europe is there evidence of an ap- proaching struggle, but America is also rising, and the United States is even now shaken to its ccntrc-â€"~und here, again, it is to be at struggle bc- twceu liberty and despotism; for although nominall lnitcd States actually had in its midst a tyrannywbcsitle which all ,tyrannics turn -.\'-.tv.,:-â€"namc.y, Slavâ€" 1cry; and llt‘t.".3t': tho coming struggle. The Southern States have revolt,- cd, simply because the North has choscn usl’i'csitler.t,a man averse to the extension of tle accurscd inâ€" stitution, as the South knows full well that to confine slavery to its present territories is Virtually to throttle it, as the slaves incrcasc so fast that unless new ground is opened to them, their illegal inas- tcrs will be in danger; so that at present there scci'ns cvt‘ry prohubi, t 5 where we will. the millions urcl Long ' y lrcc, yet has the. candid to conlt'srt that we do not look on the present crisis in the United States as an unmixed cvil. We see in it tho down cftlic downâ€" fall of slave ‘y, if the North only act lii'ittiy; they bave‘justicc on their side, and they baxc also might, and therefore lct even tho worst come. the iiisolent slavcholdcrs will got. a. thrashing, and the pt‘CIIIIttt‘ instituâ€" tion be brought ncaicr its cud. But not only in the United Stutcs arc tborc signs of disturbnncc, but even Canada is moving, and movâ€" ing too on the sidc ol litima ity.â€"â€"â€" The Anderson case is just now agi- tating its, and the question is, shall we igivc up to Missouri at sluvo who in the act of escaping from crucl bondagcdtillcd the man \\ bo ctttle'- - vorctl to provont that cscape,alitl we are glad to say that nearly with united vulcc the people. have said, treaty or no treaty, Anderson shall not bc given up; for if )archincnt and vc lum decree that he ought,ac- cording to its sayings, be given up to those who thirst for his blood, l'llt‘ll will we appeal to the higher law which proclaims libcrty to the titIElIVC, and lot partdimcnt law, as ‘cxpoundctl by learned wiggei'y, say [ what it \vill,Andcrson shall be tried thy the higher law, and as by that law Anderson has done no wronc he shall be free, and you Missouri- ans touch him if you dare. This is the answer that Canada scuds to the ’Soqu, and this the only answer .tbtit. u from pcoplc can send, and we am glad to find that the entire Eng- lish press coincides with this view. It does credit to their heart, for they 'say come. what may Anderson must not be given tip. It would boa dis- grace to England ifin any of her possessions such a deed should be done; aye. and not. only would it disgrace England, but it would be the foulest stain on Canada’s cscut- cheonâ€"u stain We are happy to say Canada is determined shall not be put zipon her ;i for she is dctcrmincd to prove to the world ‘hut a slave has but to touch Bl‘lllsi' soil in order to be free. Wuâ€"mr 0 4mmbâ€" .m- '1‘ he .‘t‘v’t' *- Tim Municipalcl cctions are over and gone for anothcr year, and with the. general result we are well *plcascd, the people. in many in- fanccs have shown that they felt it ‘iil‘zitOl‘lEIIIl to select good men and true, to fill tho office of Councillor. And now we have done our nest in those elections, wc can afford to di- rcct our attention to the affairs of the Province. Soon. Parliament iriust mcct to transact businessâ€"«at the furthest it will not be more than a month bcfoi'c if assembles. It. would be idle or. our part to deny that thcrc c grave questions to he brought under its noticc; Upon the correct. solving of which much do- pcnds, and doubtless some of the questions which now ngitntc us may not be settled at, present, still they will be discussod, and on the, man- {It‘l‘ in which they arc trout :d will depend their proper solution. \Vc are inclined to think, wbcn we look at the coii‘iposition of the present house of Parliament, not only that luv u! the session will be a long one, but that it it ill also be stormy. Among the important Pt"l‘SOlIEII matters to be discussed arc the $20,000 bribe of the Steamship Coi’npany to the Hon. George Brow i, and the charges 0 Mr. Chapman, of the Grand Trunk, against the lion. J. A. Itlucdonuld. We hope that both parties will be able to CiCtll’ their skirts of the susâ€" plCith‘ that are afloat concerning them. for J. A. is a ltéE-ttlllig tncn'ibcr oftbc Governmont,and that position ought to be filled with hottest men; and if Mr Chapman’s charges are true, then all we tan say is, that Mr. Macdonald ought to be severely punished ; but if,on the contrarydte ha,“ been foully uspcrscd, then those who brought the charges ought to be ovcrwlclmcd with confusion.â€" Thc 5 me also with George Brown ; t if as a leader of the. opposition, ho acccptotl a bribe from l‘vIcssrs. Al- len & Co..uo punishment can be too .scvcrc, as we do not want any of our public men to be Ftoyds; but aside. from these personal questions, in'ipoitant as they may be, there are. ritlt-‘stlotls of great public moments to be CilSCtisspd. For instance there is tho question of a bankruptcy Law. ' Many are urgently de- manding a good Bankrupt Lawnâ€"â€" "They argue that the Province. is in« u (L l l l l l l the men of the fibril] will jurcd by not having one, and that thousands of good» smart- business- men haw: left this country because though honest, they have not been able to pay 20 shillings to the pound is not at all That this is true we will not deny ;. .our Canadian Courts is, that “the, l Crown Court has a right to consti-‘ say creditors have rights as well as debtors, and as it is very diflicult to pass a law,whicb whilst protecting the honest man. leaves no loophole for a rogue to en- joy like advantages, we. do not wonder that Government have taken time to consider 0f the subject, as we know of no legislation so (llffi‘ cult. as to legislate for the cancelling I of debts. There is also a Federation Scheme, which will unite all the British Provinces. This is a ques- tion of great It’l'l’l’)0‘l‘lflll(3", and which will take possibly some few yours to bring to i‘iutturity. Then comes the question of Representaâ€" EXTRAORDINARY DECISION.â€"â€"Tlic latest news is that Anderson is to go to England in order to be tricd,a writ of liabeus corpus being issued. The arguments used in support of this unjustifiable interference with into itself the agent of lllc Crown in Canada.” W 0 think this: tti‘ii'litltflttl . of Chief Justice Cockburn. think it would be an unwarranted- tion by Population. This isloudly demanded by Upper Canada; and as the census has now been taken, and the result will soon be known, we hope some action will be taken towards granting u‘s sojust a de- mand. Unfortunately, however, the manner in which this great ques- tion has been agitated has aroused Lower Canada against it They conceive that if Upper Canada has Representation by Population, that she Will use it as a rod to commit injusticc to Lower Canada; and, unfortunately, the Globe has given too much cause for this fear. But in spite of the Globe, we say that we demand Representation &c., simply as an act ofjusticc, and an act that will enable us to get our rightsand we repudiate having any sinister designs upon our neighbors. Up- per Canada wants nothing but jusâ€" tice, and that it is determined to get There. is also yet another question that is agitated by a section of poli- ticians in this country-mire allude to a Dissolution of the Union be.â€" twccn Upper and Lou'cr Canada; to that we need not here say we are thoroughly opposed. “7e believe that it would be most suicidal to our interests, for under the Union We have progressed rapidly, and will eventually become a great people. We have an outlet to the ocean; and ourgrain sells at a price that. no farmer previous to the Union would have dreamed of. And last, but by no means least, there IS the question of relief or no relief to the Grand Trunk, to be dis- cussed, This,ch think, is the most knotty question of all. The Grand Trunk has bled us very freely up to the present, and it certainly does go against the grain to allow it to blood us any further; still, the stop- page of these works would be very disastrous to the Province,and what will ultimately be done we know not. We hope, however, that the collective wisdom of our House of Parliament may find out a method of escape, without putting by ad- ditional tax on our shoulders. Thus IOoking at tlicse’n‘iightv questions which have to he considcrcd at the next Session ofParlicment,wc must candidly admit that we think there will be a long,r session, and if it is not a stormy one we shall be agreeably disappointed. m____..,,,,.___..c TH E ‘LEADER’ N uwsmtp'rcn.»~VVc beg to direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement which appears in our columns- relative to the Leader newspaper. “’0 will only add that it is without exception the cheapest newspaper published in Canada, and Contains an amount of reading and general infar-rmation perfectly marvellous; and whilst many boast ofour railways and to- lcgrapbs us wonders of the age, we are inclined to think that such papers as the Leader are more wonâ€" drous still. The latest news it given regularly, and nothing that is stirring in the world but we see is in its columns very nearly as soon as the events transpire, and all for $1 per annum ; whilst a few years since such an amount of reading and late news would have cost 50- vcral pounds; in fact such late general news as is found in the Leader could not have been got for either love or money. We hope the proprietor will reap the pecuni- ary reward he so richly deserves, for giving the public such a first- class paper at a mere nominal pt‘ICC. Mro4wwâ€" MECHANIcs’ INSTITUTE. --â€" The Committee of the Mechanics’ In- stitute feel great pleasure in an- nouncing, that on Tuesday evening next, Dr. Geiltie of Aurora, will lecture in Atnblcr’s Hall at 7 o’clock. Subject: “ Life, as rcâ€" vealcd by the Microscope.” We hope to see. a large audience, as the subject is very interesting, and the lecturer an able one. Admission free. Alter the lecture, the officers and committee of the above instiâ€" tute will be appointed for the on- suingr year. A collection will also be taken up to defray expenses. W The jewel trade in London employs some 10.000 persons, who. are. with few exceptions, of the Jewish faith It is said that the Pope’s armed yacht is kept at Civita Vacchia, with her steam tip night and day, ready at any time to icnrry away-her ma â€" tor to people who have seen little ‘of him and love him much. ' fallacious, at least in its application to Canada; and much as we sym- pathize with Anderson, we hope. that Canada will not suffer herself to be degraded, as would be the case did, we yield to the decision W e and high-banded act. for England to cott'ipcl us to send Anderson there. We have courts of law and a Mr“- amcnt, and by our judges or our parliament the, case of Anderson ought to be settled. Next week we will make some additional com- m c n t w-w ‘ wAAâ€" r~â€"-¢ 04-»--~â€"â€"+---â€"»â€"â€" BURNS’ BIRTH-DAY 1N Scannono’. â€"â€"'.’=‘riday last, the. 25th, being Burns’ l'fvirth-day, the Burns’ Club, Scarboro’, celebrated the event with a tea-party, ball and supper, at Mr. Secor's flail. About I50 guests, including,r Scotcbmen with wives and sweethearts, sat down and partook of the good cheer.â€" Aftcr tea,\vhich was scrvcd about 3 o'clock, an able retrospect was given by Mr. Muir on Burns and his writings. Rev. Mr. Bain gave an able and very interesting address on “ the Scottish P insanity,” which was interspersed by lively anec- dotes of Scottish life and character. The proceedings were enlivened by several songs given by Mr. and Miss I‘Iogg, which were sting in a good- style. The afternoon was spent, in a very happy manner. We understand the supper and ball was very successful, and all went home wvll satisfied with the entertainment. Liwi c <mâ€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"~« Tun BuiTtSiI HERALDâ€"“A. new weekly started in Toronto, by Thos. Mchan, 88 Yonge Street. Price $1.50 per annum. Its ticket is ()t'msci'\’=,ttiv" and lndopcndcnt. lts editorials are thorougl’ily Protestant and. well written. We heartily wish. it success. We beg to direct attention to an adâ€" vt‘rrtisement,stating that the \Vcsleyans of this place, will hold a Grand Soiree, in the Chapel, on 'I‘liursdcay next. As we have no doubt but the eniertaiumcnt Will be interesting, we hope to sec :1 numerous assemblage. For full patticulars, sec large bills and advertisement. Our. CORRESPttNDENCE.â€"-‘VVC baVC' received several Poetic effusions. Will attend to thcm as soon as pos- sible. We again wish our corros- pondcnts would send their names not necessary for publication, but as a guarantee of their good faith. pass-wav- u. TEACIIFRS’ CONV ll‘I'l‘ION. (From the Globe.) In accordance u itb a resolution pan-cod at the October meeting of .tlie County of" wk 'l‘om-b- ers’ Association. and published in the. fun; lg" [fibre/11in”. it convention of Lie to ~Alters of Upper Canada was bold yesterday in also County Court Room. Adelaide-street: for the, purpose of discussing the pioprioty of forming: a I’ro- viucial 'I‘oacbors’ Association. The convention was largely attended, there being: representaâ€" ttives from seventeen counties n Upper Canada. present. On motion of Mr. T. J. Robertson. of Tov rotito, seconded by Mr. 'I‘. Nixon, of New- ~ market. the Rev. Dr. Jennings, member of the Board of Public Instruction, was callrtl on to i preside. The PLL‘V. Dr. occupied the ‘ bonch,’ the male teachers the body of the court, while the. female teachers filled the places generally occupied by ‘ gentlemen of tliojn‘y.’ The Chairman after thanking the meeting for the honor they had douo him, in calling him to preside, reniarkcd on the great progress of education in Canada within tho past few yours, and the number of talented teachers engaged in the very important work of imparting instruc- tion to the young. lo assured them that they had his entire coâ€"operation in the organization of a Teachers Association. and said that be felt confident itwould he prtductive of much good. On motion, the Mr. R. Alexander, of Newâ€" market, was requested to act as Secretary to the convention. Mr. Nixon, of Newmarket, moved, seconded by 1511'. Irwin, of Holland Landingâ€"J That itis i expedient that the teachers present form them- selves into an association, to be styled, ‘ Tho 'l‘cachors Association of Canada West,’ ’ which was carried. Owing to the Rev. Dr. Jennings being obliged to leave the meeting, the Mr. 'I‘. J. Robertson was requested to pieside. Mr. Irwin movod,soconded by Mr. Sangstor, that a committee be appointed to draft and re- port. a constitution. and that the following per- sons compose such committee 2â€"h'Iessrs. Nixon, McCullum, Alexander,Carli lo. .‘IoKoo, Thomp- son, Brown, and Mrs. Clurk.â€"â€"-Car'ied. A u adjournment took place, in order to allow time for the committee to propose a constitution and hy-laws, ()n reassembliug. Mr. IvIcCallum, ol‘ Hamilton, on behalfof the select committee, presented a draft of the con- Stilllll01i and hy-laws. The firs: Article in the constitution provides: â€"â€"-‘ That any lady or gentlenmn engaged in any dopai tment of instruction, members of the coituâ€" cil of public instruction, members of county boards of instruction,superintendents of schools, editors of oducationjouruals, and ex-toacliers. shall be eligible for membership,’ by paying $1 and signing the constitution. I’erscus may be- come lit'o-iiicmbers by poi. ing $10. The thitd Article provides that the officers of the Association shall ire a president, twelve vice- presidents, a secretary, troasurer, and one coun. cillor from each county iepresented in the Asso ciation. Article IV. provides that a. meeting shall be held in August, 1861. After a leugthonod discu'sion, the constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the Convention adjourned till half-past Seven o’clock in the. evening. ELECTION or OFFICE-BEARERS. On ro-asaembling at half-past seven o’clock, Mr. McCalluui was called to the chair, and the members of the Association proceeded to the l l tbcit‘I I’resident.-â€"â€"T. Jr. Robertson, Esq,. M.A~ Toronto. First Vice Presidentâ€"A. McCallum, Esq... Principal, Central School, Hamilton. Second Vice I’resideut.â€"â€"b’lr. McLellandi. St. Mary’s. ' 'I‘liird Vice- It’i'eSider.t.â€"-Mr. Alex. Campbell. T ore-nim- Fovurlh Vice- I’resident.â€"Mr. Wm. Anderson, Toronto. I li'it'tli Vice-President.â€"'M'r. Thomas Nixon. New :t~.i.i‘.ol. lzéixm Viceâ€"President.-â€"I\Ir. Cornwall Secretaryâ€"Mr. J. W. Acres, Paris. 'l‘reasurcr.â€"-â€"I{obart Alexander, Newmarket. Conucillovs.â€"Unturioâ€"'I'. McKee, I’rincipal‘ C. S. Oshawa. Imuaxkâ€"Mr. Kidd, Peelâ€"Mr Morton. h’Iiddloscxâ€"Mr. Great. Yorkâ€"able.- Carlylc. Hastingsâ€"Mr. McSlicn. Halter]â€" Mr. Freud. Wontwortliâ€"Mr, Cameron. 0&- lordâ€"hlr. Vardon. Brantâ€"Mr. McFarlane. Nortburuberlaudâ€"Mr. Young. Dundas~Mn Angus Hay , Carltonâ€"Mr. Henderson. l‘lBI‘lllâ€" r. Staf- ford. Lumbtonâ€"Mr. Taylor. Elgtuâ€"Mr. Brown. bienniumâ€"Mr. McDairmid. Welo litigtcuâ€"Mr. Reid. It was their resolved that lilte‘tlexf meeting efl the Association be held in the first week in Am I gust next in 'l'orouto, and that the teachers of‘ the city he requested to act as a committee of reception. On motion of Mr McGann, Toronto, Mr. McCallum vacated the chair, which was taken ‘ by Mr. J. 'I'liottips’oii, of John-street school, Toronto. Mi. McGann then moved that the thanks of the meeting are due and are hereby tendered to Mr McCalluin for his impartial conduct in the. chair. Carried by acclamatiou. The Chairman in returning. thanks, tan-id. it. spoke Well for the Association that there were present representatives from seventeen counties .in Upper Canada, and be sincerely trusted that before the August meeting the great maiorit)’. if not all, the teachers of Upper Canada would be members of the Association. (Applause ) for it w0uld be instantly asked who was to have Palestine. which was the gang- way to India. Another instance that the night was passing away might be found in Turkey, for in Turkey in Europe there were now 9,000,000 professing Christians, while tlierewcre only 52}, millions of III-a- hemetans. Another evidence was to be founl in China. Whatever might be their judgment of the policy or principle of the late war, they would all agree that the sword, terrible as it was, had opened up a path for missionaries of the Gospel ; and access» had. been secured to a capital which; for a thousand“ years had been pm- nounccd unapproacliable. Another evi- dence of the passing away of night was to be found in Italy, When he preached in Exeterâ€"hall, not long, since, when his 0th church was being enlarged, he stated his conviction that tlu- power of the Pope was on the eve of dissolution. Some of the newspapers had made capital out of it, and rediculed the idea that the mightiest. Power in Europe was in danger 5 but now the poor old man, the Pope, in bisallocuâ€" tion, was lifting up his hands in despair, and calling upon his fees as well as his friends for assistance. At prcsrnt France appeared to be the profector of the Pope, but they might. depend upon it that the French army was merely in Rome as a jailer to tbegPope, the intention being to despoil him of his temporalities. The Pope certainly would not continue in Rome without temporal power, and the absence of the Pope from Rome would be the vir- tual dissolution of the whole Roman Ca- A vote of thanks having been given to the secretary, Mr. Alexaudcrflbe convention ad- Jouriied. KI L9G TO INN SHIP COUN CILv. [From the New Era], The Clerk of King Township, Zl'Ir. .I. \l'ood, has kindly forwarded. us the fol- lowing particulars of the First meeting of the Corporation, which took place at Mr. il'la‘tsou’s Inn, Laskey, on [Monday last, Ilie Clerk took the chair, and the fol- lowmg gentlemen made the necessary de- clarations of Office, and took their seatsâ€"â€" \Vard No. 1, James P. 'Wel's; Ward election of oltiice-hccrcrs for the current year, as follows :â€"-r i was not improbable that the eldest son of No. ‘2, Andrew Davis; Ward No. 3, Albert \Va‘nb; I’Vard No. 4, W’illiam Moore 5 IVard N0. 5, Alexander Thomp- son. On motion ol ZlIr. IVebb,secondcd by .\I.i. )avis, it was resolved that .I. l’. i’Vclls, Iqu., be Reeve for tire current year.â€" Cat ried. Mr. I’Vt‘lls then made the necessary declaration of otIice and. took his seat. Mr. Webb moved, seconded by Mr. Davis that; M r. Ildoore be appointed Deputy I‘wcvc for the current year.â€" Carried. Mr. Moore then introduced a By-law in blank, for the appointment of Auditors of I.FO\VIIS|IIP Accounts; and also to divide the Township into two Divisions~â€"in order to facilitate the assessing the satnc,â€"â€"and for appointing Assessor for the current year. In Committee r. Davis in the chair, the 'iatnes of I’ringle Shaw and Martin .I. Bogart, were filled in the blanks for Audi.- tors; and the name of David Johnston as Assessor for the Southern Division, and Duncan Campbirll for the Northern. Committee rose and the By-law as amended was read a tltird'ti'me and passed, Mr". Moore moved, seconded by Mi". Davisâ€"~â€"'l.‘liat Mr. John Gordon be, and he is hereby directed to taliw into his p0- session all that portion of the East Half of Lot No. ‘27, in the 6th Con.. south of a certain line of road surveyed by Mr. R. TVEtlSll, I). I1. 3 poitfit' highway,as another road has been t-irélztitllslltfd in lieu thereof, and is now in good travelling condition.â€"â€"Carried. The Clerk then read the result of the vote on the Town Hall By-law,as fol- lows :-â€"â€"- Til , an. 'V b., which has been used as For the Byvlaw. . . .r . . 84: Against the By-law. . . . . 427 Total votes polled. . . . 551] Majority against the By-law. . 34.3 On Motion of Mr. Moore. seconded by Mr. W ebb, the Council adiourned, to mCt-‘l ogaiu on the. llth of February next at the 'I‘cmpt'rance IIall, Kettlcby. in. CUMMING ON 'riti: OLD YEAR.-â€"- On Tuesday night Dr. Cumming delivered a lecture at the National b‘cotcli church, Cl'OWlI‘COUl‘f, Covmit-g irilens. his subject being, ‘ A Itctrospect of the Year.’â€"-- Ilaving selected as his text the 13th chap- ter of St. Paul‘s Epistle to the Romans, 12th verse, ‘ The night is far spent, the day is at hand,’ he proposes to inquire what were the symptoms that the night was passing; away. Dr. Arnold, he said, had expressed his conviction that we Were approaching the end of the world, and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Car- lislc), that if ilic Book of Daniel were in- spitcd, it was evident that we were on the eve ol’tlie most stupendousevents the world over Witnessed. Ile himself had said that, looking to the various epochs mentioned by Dallltl, it might be gathered that the world would be at an end in 1867 or 1868, and this seemed to be plain, for Christ was born, as they had the authority of many writers for saying, in the year 4132, to which, if 1860 were added, it WOtlltl show that we had nearly completed the 6000ili year spoken of by the prophet, and should be. close on 7000, which was to be the period of rest. Referring to Palestine, he said that from the heights of Lebanon to the sea, during 1,800 years, there had been nothing; but. darkness, yet in the year 1860 it came before the world as the great crisis of the East. Far dif fereut things were evidently in store for that land. The Emperor of Russm had there 350,000 members of the Greek Church who were looking to him, while there were looking to the Emperor of the French 850,000 Itomnn Catholics. Con- sideriug3 the love he had tor annexation, it the Church-21 very naughty son the Pope frequently found himâ€"â€"would at no distant time consider that it would be Well to an- nex Syria to France. This annexation, il' attmnptcil, could load to a general warN l tholic system. With regard to home af- fairs, the reverend doctor argued that “ the day” is at hand, by evidences ga- thered from the revivals in Ireland, as well as the progress of religion in England and Scotland, from eminent men as well as on- lettered persons being engaged in preach- ing iutheatres, concert rooms, from omni- buses and cabs, and from the corners of the streets, as well as from the general spread of education amongst all classes of the people. SHOCKING Accch'r. -â€" Yesterday morning an accident of a painful and shocking nature occurred at the steam dis- tillery of MeSsrs. Burst and IIalliday, at the foot of Church street. The (engineer, a young man named ltobcrt Fey, was ad- justinrt; a hand over one of the ‘drums’ when be was caught in the inarhincryfitnd whirled around by the shaft with horrible. rapidity. By instinct rather than through presence of mind, he caught hold of the shaft with his hands, clung to it with the tenacity ofa dying man; and to this fact: no doubt the preservatiOii of his life owing. The shaft continued to revolve, and with it the unfortunate man, and about one hundred and fifty revolutions were made before the engine was stopped by Fey’s assistant, :1 boy who was rendered almost incapable of action by the. shocking spectacle. The movement of the machi- nery being finally arrested, Fey wasgre- ltsaacd front his terrible position, every ope expecting him. to be- dead. 0:) taking him dowu, however, it was found that: one of his legs was broken, and that his body was contused in one or two places ; but beyond this, no other injury was sus~ taincd. lie was conveyed to his house on the corner of Richmond and York streets, and competent medical assistance sum- monod. No doubts are entertained of his ultimate recovery.â€"â€"Leader of 28th. MAD Dons IN 'l‘ononro.â€"-Yestcrday afternoon, while Sergeaiitâ€"i‘tlajor Cutti- iuius was walking down Youge Street, at. farmer directed his attention to a mad‘ dog in the streets. The animal had bitten. a number of others of the canine species, and created much consternation among pedestrians. The dog ran along Queen street, lullowcd by a large crowd, and. was ultimately destroyed near N0. 3 police- station.--â€"Globe of Thursday. Fifteen thousand men 8J6 engaged on tho: new lines for the defence of Portsmouth, Enga land. H W:ZZ;;~-_~_ ,_A___.._ C t} N'I‘IES’ COUNCIL. THURSDAY, Jan. 21:. The Council met at ten o‘clockâ€"itbe \Varden in the Chair. SEPARATION OF THE COUNTIES PROBE THE Cl'I‘Y. M r. Ego movad seconded by Mr. Ora-W.â€" fortl, “That the Standing Committee on County Property be directed to inquire inâ€" to and report to the Council as to the course pursued by the respective members representing these United Counties in the Legislative Assembly, in reference to the Bill of the separation of the county from the city for judical purposcs.”â€"â€"Cairied. ACCOMMODATION FOR 'Wi'r} POOR. Dr.IIunter gave notice that he] would move on b'aturdayâ€"“ That it is expedient: and desirable for the Council to provide suitable accommodation for the comfort and support of indigent persons within these counties; and that a Committee be appointed whose duty it shall be to examine the Municipal Act, for the purpose of as- certaining what amendments are desirable for this purpose, and to report at the June meeting of the Council, as to the most feasible and economical plan for carrying out the object; of the resolution.” NON‘PAYMENT 0F TAXES. The Council went into committee of the \Vbole on a report of the committee on Finance and Assessmcnt, as follows:â€" Your committee have taken into consider- ation the statements fiurnished by the trea- surer, respecting the non resident land taxes in these counties, by which it appears that. these taxes are now in ariear to ‘the amount of $30,790 01, being, an int: 'ease of $52,836 30 over last year. Your comâ€" mittee arc of opinion that any longer delay in enforcing the paymenr of these taxes will increase the difficulty of their collect- ion, and will not be ofany benefit to either the proprietors of the land or the munici¢ palities to which the taxes belong. Your committee, therefore, recommend that; the treasurer be instructed to issue anually in the month of .lutie, or as. soon thereafter as possible, a warrant under his hand and u-