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provincial tournament" M-.. ._ r OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. 'ruc aovrmaoa oasanxn’r QUrLBrzc, March ‘16. P This day at 3 o’clock p. in. His Excellency the Governor General proceeded in state to the ‘3 Chamber of the Legislative Councri in thelI parliament buildings, st’nncfl. The members of the Legislative ('ounci being assembled. His Excellency was pleased to command the attendance of the LegislatiVe Assembly and that House being present, His Excellency was pleased to open the 4th Session of the 6th parliament of the Provrnce of Cane» do with the following speech from the throne :â€" Honorable Gentlemen Qf the Legislative Council' and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly : lcongratulate you on the abundance of the Harvest with which Providence has blessed us, and 1 think 1 may express the hope that the Commercial prosperity of Canada is rapidly ro- viving. in the your 1860 we have had the honor of - welcoming to our shores His Royal Highness of :1 sessions! order. declaring: lTesignatitih uhdor tltc circumstances to be con- propose it E If so, then all theouts trary to law, he had declined to act upon it- He had also received from Isaac Buchanan, Attorney General Cartier movcd the adoption First, that members whose seats are contested are to With- draw while the subject is under debate ; second pledging the House to pzoceed with the utmost severity against members guilty of bribery or other corrupt practices : and third. declaring the offer of money or other advantage to a mour- ber to be a. high crime and misdemeanor. adjourned. the transaction of routine business adjourned. After some further routine business the House QU EBKC, March 1 8. Tire house met at three o’clock, and after HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. QUEBEC, March 18. After routine business Messrs. ltykert and Mocksnzie were introduced and took their seats. On motion of Attorney General Car-tier the ,_ . . . , I . I ‘ I we lrmce 0‘ wales' our Gracmus bovemign House proceeded to the Order of the Day. wlrrch has acknowledged the loyalty which greeted that the grateful remembrance of his visit \vii live long in the hearts of our people. Much has lrtely been cifrcled by legislation, and i hope that the circumstances of the Pro- vince are such as to require few important mea- sures to be laid before you, in this, the last ses- aion ot' the present parliament- It is a satisfaction to me to see that the Con- solidated Statutes both of Upper and Lower Canada have been promulgated in an authentic form. bull must remind you that something - yet remains to be done, and l desire your as- sistance in assimulating as far as possible the law which prevails in either section of the I’m- vince. A measure will be submitted to you having for its object the proper administration of flank- rupt Estates in Upper Canada. I would ear- nestly request your careful consideration of so grave or subject. Some changes are required in our Council Law, and the further improvement of our prison discipline demands the establish- ment at particular places of certain well regu- latcd jails or local pcnitentiaries. The registration of judgments in Upper Ca- nada has icon the cause of expense and delay: andvl think you will find it expedient to atnend the laws which relate to this matter. The report of the Commissioners of Crown Lands will be laid before you. You will see that the receipts from this department have irr- creased, and that the greatest efforts have been made to estabilsh a sound system of immigra- tion and memos the ‘settlemcnt of our waste lands. , . l . U . d l f l fid was the consideration of His Excellency sSpeech son n ‘ v , r , . , . in l mu 1 [ounce' an 60 co“ em l irom the ihronc at the opening of the session- Mr. McBeth then, moved the Address, so- conded by Mr. Caron. The first clause was int and carried. On the second clause being road, which re« lated to the Prince of Wales’ visit, Mr. Gowan intimated that there was to be an amendmentsubmitted to this paragraph, bpt it appears th It it was not yet printed. The debate was adjourned until to-morrow. Mr. Ferres then moved as a question of pri- viloge, that as from an exarnirtatiotrof the poll books of the municipality of the township of Granby in the courtly of Shefford, it appeared that gross irregularities had occurred in co 1- nexion with the entries iii the said poll-book, in violation of the freedom of election and in breach of the privileges of elec ion, the return- ing officer he brought to the bar of the llouse-_, After some discussion the debate was post- poned. The House then adjourned. QUEBEC, March 19. rl‘he Home met at three o’clock. After routine business, Mr. Mongenais| was introduced and took his seat. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. The House then proceeded to the order of the day, which was the consideration of the sccond paragraph of the address, relating to the Prince’s visit. Tire debate was resumed by JlIt'. Ferguson, who moved in amend- ment, ‘ That while our gracious Sovereign My attention has been directed to the fact has acknowledged the loyalty winch greet- theta \vrit issued by the Court of Queen’s ed His Royal Highness the Prince of Bench in England, has been served In this til-ales on his visit :0 our ghgres during the Com“? I have been adVlSGd l0 represent 10 last year, and while that visit will long be Her Majesty’s Government the expediency of bold in grateful remembrance by Her preventing by Legislation in‘Great Britain, any Majesty’s loyal subjects in this great apâ€" pussible conflictof jurisdiction. Iwillalso,ldd pendage of her empire, this House feels that certain legal documents appear to make it bound to express to Your EXcellency its expedient for you to define by statutory enact- ments of your own the nature and extent of the 50 deep regret thatowingrto the unwise coun- _ l tendered to His ytoyal Highness. the MaCkCHZl". jaws and customs of pmiamenj} as 51,811 exist feelings of large classes of Her fv'lajcsty’s in Canada. Gentlemen 13," ill! Lagisiutine Assembly .‘ subjects w judiccs. e, " ..,â€" A..- ..,.,..,..,,.,, have'got. to do is to oppose it, and. vice versa. So filled are many: Esq, a papor’purporting to be the resignation now-a-(lays Vt’llll iltiS party Spirit, of his seat, hates the seat oftho hon gentleman that an ass has but to bray, and was not attached to it thereby confirming it a.3 his solemn Act, he had declined to receive it. forthwith he is transformed into an excellent man, and fools about themselves hoarse in his praises.â€" COTTON MANUFACTURES. Some six: months ago, in an article on ‘ Canadian manniactgttres,7 .vver referred to the fact. which .had' also: been noticed by other journals, that. the raw cotton of tlrc‘Ti"’SOutlic’rrt- States could, by means of the G. T. i Your “m 0i {CUT’PSIWW fulfilan “Lilli Railroad, be laid down at Toronto up to one 0 these luudtrcs w to is a, ‘ Cheaper mm 1113,, a, ,he he“) shouting like a madman, and you ask, why this hubbub? And ten to one the only reply you get is, oh! ho belongs to our party, and he’s true. blue, or all right. You go away satisfied tn one sense, and that is, if the hero belongs to the same party as the shouicr‘ it is a partv of. fools; but if party politics were confined to shouting it would not do much damage, but possibly good, as the lungs might be benc- litted thereby. But. the factis, that under the in- fluence of party spirit rrrany of our best citizens, who would be an orâ€" naj'nent in our Parliament, are left at ironic, and hungry lawyers and. unprincipt-d political trickstcrs are sent thcrc instoad. - The result be- ing that. bribery and corruption is rampant to such a degree in high placcsmthat our chucks tingle with sham? when we speak of our public men, and unless we quickly mend our manners the greatest insult we shall be able to give an honest man will be to call htm a member of Parliament. Even as it is, it is ex- tremcly difficult to find any respec- table man to offer himself as a rc- prescntativc. And why? Be- cause a man of dignity‘and honor" has not the nerve, or possesses. too much self-respect to be smeared with the filth that. political partizans alone know how to throw in his face. That we are not “throwing the hatchet," or too highly coloring lot any one watch an electionâ€"â€" \Vhy, we have heard the most; hon- orable men called names which would blacken a picltpockct’s cha- racter, and villiftod and belied in a manner which would disgrace Fislrgate~tltc only reason assigned for such abuse being, wiry, he be- longs to the lVIinistry, or he is a Clcar Grit. which in plain English moans, my opponent does not be- lievc as I believe, and therefore of necessity must be ascorindrcl. This is one of the. bancful consequences of the bitter party spirit of the age, which in its. wicked blindness overlooks intelligenc, worth honesty, and prefers a party scoun- drel or dangerous visionary to an honest, upright gifted man. Nor is this the only or greatest cvil produced by insane party pre- Look in for a moment at the Parliament House. The house is full. Some honest member (old brilliant speech; he is advocating ere insulted,tlreir rights ignored, {cprescntation by Population. The and much political and religious cxoitemcnt justice of the measure is admitted, engendered, delflme‘ll'dl alike ‘0 the Peace but on a division you are astonished 'Tho accounts,er the )‘earvvvhich has juri BM l of the country, and that full and unreserved a“ the immense umjorhy against the prred, Will be laid before you immediately, and (quahty of the rights and prtvrloges which 1 hope you will have no reason for being dis- an glasses of the people should constituâ€" . ~,, - a transit. ¢nJ0Y~ satisfied with the results which they present. You will see that the reception of tho Prince .of Wales. whilst it was, we hope, worthy of th Province, and of its illustrous guest, was cort- ducted by the Commissioner of Public Works with a due regard to economy. Most Gracious Majesty in the current year. Honorable Gentlemen and Gentlemen : i have now only to desire you to give your best consideration to the various suhjcets on which I have touched, and 1 offer an earnest przryervtbat God will aid your counsels ahd will , bless our people With his choicest gifts. LEGlSLA'l‘lVE COUNCIL. On the Speaker taking the chair. lion Mr. Vanltoughnet introduced an Act -“-~ relating to Common Sclto‘tls. Hon Mr. Speaker report-ed the speech flour His Excellency. Mr: ilchougall moved that all the 0 words after ‘unwise counscl,’ be struck out, and t which obtained or to the abdi- cation of their functions by the responsible advifcrs of the Crown in this country, or . both, the feelings of large cluSses,’ &c., I have again to 85k “your hands the supplies be substituted. k This placed the blame of which willbe required for the services of “or ‘he unwise advice on the proper Shoulders_ Mr. ~l\«chougall‘s amendment was lost on a division by 28 to 71-. RICHMOND HILL. MAR. 22.1861, 7 Mr. Ferguson's amendment was lost by 14 to 85. .a FACTLOUS POLiTICS. I‘nAT party combinations are useâ€" Qu motion of Hon Mr. Vankoughnet, the fut and necessary no sane man will speech Will be taken into consideration on Tues- dav. Tire following gentlemen were introduced, and took their-seats :-l-ion Messrs. Merrit. Sir Allan McNah, Foster, lieesor, Proulx. Letcl- lier,.lefl'ery, Guerremont and Hamilton. House adjourncd- . Quaaao,i\larclr '19. l After, routine busmess, the House took up the address in reply to the speech from thé‘Tlrrone. Its adoption was moved by Hun Col. Tacbc and seconded by lion Mr. Shaw, and carried without amendâ€" moot. Alpetition against Er. Hunt’s return was read at the table, and Hon Mr. Letcllicr moved its adoption.’ The matter, however, was postponed until to-rnorrow. The House then adjourned. - LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. .â€"â€" On the motion of, the Speaker to the House, Mr. Craik and Mr. Purdy were introduced and took their seats It Was then resolved that the address in. answer to the speech should be discussed on Monday. denyrwithout association little can be done. . new: been successfully resrsted, rors and blood ; and never is orga- very Despotism has no, Civil m. re“igious liberty obtain- ed without people bandilff} logelher to resist the one or gain the otnc‘l’; ‘ Union tlrc.“world over is strength,l and isolation is very properly cm- blcmaticai of ‘weak’ncss ; effort the wheels of commerce are kept in motion; ships are built, and the living world is kept inl healthful this is undeniably true, yet there is Isuch a thing as disastrous or un- principled unity. times unite, and then ‘woc betide the unhappy countries over which tltcy rulc. ' Mobs sometimes- band together. and of all the hideous tyranoies, that of the mob to our mind is the worst. once governed by mob law, and its history was written in untold hor- by unitcd play. But y'whilst all Despots some- Francc , was niZation more dangerous than when it is impregnated with what is termed" intense party spirit; then, indeed, it becomes loathsome and r[he Speaker informed the Honsothataspe dangerous, which state Uf thi'ngs ciai return had been made in reference to the Shafford Election : subsequently on the motion of Mr, (Lounger, the poll-books and other docup merits were laid on the :ablo.. The Speaker also stated, thatduring the re- idéntlfiéti. l we fear is to' some extent the case in this noble Province. ' Men no longer look at men, but to the party with which‘they‘ arc The particular merits cess he had received apaper from Pierre lluot, or, demerits now-a-days ‘ of any r.sq., which purported to be the resignation of. measure is not (-lisctussed, the only his. seat for Eart Quebec, but considering the l (‘ljjcstionlN-‘ls’ku‘l bci‘my, r (3‘) did the ins motion. But if we look at the corn- position of that house, we need not be astonished. The Ministerialists won’t vo‘e for it bcCaUSt) it; is evi- dent he intends to defeat the Minis- try; and the Clear Gritsâ€"militias who dare not vote against itâ€"arc conveniently absent, and thus the measure is lost, not. because it was unjust, but because the mover did not happen to belong to their par- ticular party. But again, George Brown brings forward a motion for a Dissolution of the Unionas'a bit of bunkumhnd .to cause a sensation and sell his ' . ' Globes. Now, it is well known by every thinking man that a dissolu- tion would be disastrous, and yet every one ofiltc party, like so many sheep, vote. for itâ€"-â€"ma.'1y of the other party voting against it for no Jarthly reason but that George Brown voted for it. Now, we ask our intelligent readers, is there not something contemptiblc in this sort of thing? We. ask, again, is not partv spirit a curse when carried to such lengths? Andin view of an approaching election, which may come ere we expect itâ€"wc ask, is warty spirit goingto rule? _ Will i113 €160;an of East and West York and other places...pl'ové t-l‘wmsolves such ninnics as to select men SOlCiy on party prejudices ?-‘ \Vc trust not. We hope that'the people will make it of the first moment to learn 'what the Reforms areâ€"which they re- quirc~ and then send honest,upright and intelligent men to Parliament to carry out such reforms. We have been cheated by’party cogna- mcns too long, and our country is in danger of being overrun by Dis- union fanatics, with, like wrccke's, would feast onthc ruins of‘thcir country ; or, like Nero, play the fiddle Willle (Rome) Canada is burning. We commend these words of warning to intelligent clecrors everywhere. “#01 Drsasrnous Fransâ€"W'c learn front the city papers that on 'Wednesdav afternoon, about five o’clock, a fire broke out in an out-building in rear of the house No. 67, Victoria Street, and ere it could he stayed destroyed fourteen other frame houses, the total value of which is, including. jftlt‘lllllll‘t‘, about 88000. Very few of the houses were insured. ' 6 son rrradc a proprisal to the corpor- l there. and ' 7 u v . 's ' v. y . llClll‘ll’S) 1” mal‘mh a cotton monulacturcs. l‘lt‘S 'of Boston, the difference in: favor of t’orontn being equal to- theâ€" cost v of transit between the two cities. This fact has directed the attention of capitalists to the facili- ties offered by Toronto for the esta- blishment of cotton factories. The subject has been talked over for some time, and it is now about to take a practical form ' in fact. quite a rivalry~ has arisen between dif- ferent localities, each striving to be the first to enjoy the advantages of manufacturing ‘cntcrprisc. Not long ago a proposition was in the city Council of Hamilton, to exempt frotn taxation any buildings or ma- chinery erected for manufacturing purposes in that city. The other day Messrs. Geouskr and McPher- ation of 'J‘irronto to establish a large cotton mill in Toronto, capa- blc of giving employment to two or three hundred operatives, on condi- tion that the corpo‘ation will grant them suflicicnt land for the purpose, at a nominal rent,and free from city taxation for a period of 25 yearsâ€"- The Council, eager to secure the advantages offered, have unaniâ€" mously agreed to grant the required quantity of land on the conditions asked. The lcssccs bind themselves to erect a factory, containing 100 looms, 3,500 spindles; and capable of manufacturing annuallyl,500,000 yards of cotton cloth. A Mr Hyde, of Streetsvillc,who appears desirous to advance the interests of his own .ocality, has also made an offer to these gentlemen of some property in that village at a sum. which as he states, is far below its value,in order to induoo them to build their mills The great benefits that the establishment of the cotton trade tvrll confer on Toronto and the sur- rounding country,cannot be doubt- ed. The increase of manufactures must of course increase the value of agricultural productQ towns, the greater the consumption of food. A borne market we all know to be the best. The greater the distance to. which it is necessary that our wheat should be conveyed before reaching the consumer, it is plain the loss the producer realizes for it. Cheapo: cotton and dearer wheat, we may take it for granted, will be among the advantages that farmers will derive from extensive That class of immigrants, having a knowledge of the wearingand spinning ofcotton, who now trrakc the Eastern States their destination, will be attracted to our shores. Skilled labor, which is always one of the greatest sources of wealth to a country, will find en- couragement among us Great numbers of artisans, who now orniâ€" gratc to the States, would prefer other things being,r equal to remain British subjects, rather titan take up their abode in the An'tcrican Repub- lic; but who are lit‘pl away by the absence of suitable ctnployrrtcnt. it has long been pointed out as a mo- nument of industrial triumphs, that the American cotton is conveyed across the Atlantic, a distance of 3000 miles. to bc corthrted into cloth, brought back again andsold to the original cultivator of the cot- ton plant at a cheaper ratc titan it can be made in his own countrv. Some idea of the vast wealth that Great Britain dcrivcs . from this source, may be obtained from a knowledge of the fact, that the va- file of the. cotton fabrics annually produced in Great Britain amounts to the enormous sum of220 millions of dollars, a quantity sufficient to supply each of the 879 millions of. the earth’s population \vithqotton cloth to the value of $0.25. , The value of the cotton kept in England for domestic consumption, amounts annually to to each individual. If, ll)t‘t1,illc manufacture of cotton cgntributcs so largely to the wealth of Great Britain, is it not oflhc first importance to secure to Canadians some of,its advantages? it. is true we do not possess coal-mines, but coal can be procured at a cheap rate allvalong the frontier ofCanada. The extensive water powers throughout. the country can, to a certain extent, be made to supply the place of steam. if ever there was a time in the history of Canadian legislator, when Government was called upon to encourage manufacturing indus- try, ‘it is now. There is not any want of capital to invest in such unâ€" dertakings, or of persons able and willing to enter into them. What we wantjust now, is a protetive ta- riff to encourage their efforts for a few years, and enable them to com- pete with other places in which a high degree of perfection in machi~ nery haszalrcady been attained. The public mind is directed to the sub- ject, and now is the ~timcto give an impetus to a movement already be- i gun. Our towns and cities contain l rim-mouse numbers of laborers and .-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"4 WW I s.___. fortunate debtor. H i M The larger good Bankrupt Law. “70 are aware mu population Of [he epics and thatitisadifficultsubjccttolegislate mechanics out of cm-ployment,who, instead of being more idle consum- ers as they are at presenctnigbt be large producers of wealth... Since writing the above, we learn from the Lead-er of yesterday, the 2lst inst, that " the site which Messrs. G'z‘ozwski and Macphcrson selected for the. Cotton Factory,\vas the St. Andrew’smarkct plot. The CityCoun‘cil mot yesterday after- noon and granted the site; so that _ active. proceedingsnmay be exâ€" pected 1n a short time.” PRESEPA’l‘IUN Torr-1E n 1th n. mucous also LADY. ON VVcdncstlay evening last, the 20th inst” the Buttonvillc, Headiord and llich- rnond Hill Lodges,p.of the Order of Good l'cmplar’s, and some friends, met at Atnblcr’s Hall, Richmond Hill, for the purpose of presenting to the above gentle man and lady, atokcn of regardantic-«teeth. The Hall was crowdcd.â€"â€"'l‘he Rev. James Dick, on brhaif of the Ordcr of Good 'i.‘ompl:rr's and friends, in a neat and appro- priate specch,presentcd to the Rev. Gon- tlcmtm, a Handsome Silven Watch, on which was engraved the words, Presented to the Rev. B. Rodgers,b'y the Good 'l‘cmnlars and friends, as a token of esteem and regard; also a Silver Cake Basket was presented to the liev. Rodgers for his Lady, with was unavoidably ubSt’ttf. Mr. [lodger’s replied in an appropriate speech, which was loudly" applauded. The proâ€" ceedings were cnlivcncd by sougsandi rccii, rations. -_ 4......â€" THE OPENING OF PARLIA- MENT.~‘ ELSEWHERE will be found a full report of the Governor General’s Speech. delivered atthe opening of Parliament, in Quebec, on Saturday last, the 16th inst. As our readers can read the Speech as well as 'our-' solves, it is not at all neccswry to make any lengthened comments upon it, suffice it to say, that it is as intelligthlc as such speeches usually are. There is one point, however, upon which it is more explicit than is usual; and that is a BankruptLatv for Upper Canada â€"â€"â€"is distinctly promised. As we have before stated, such a law is much needed by us, as some of our smartest business men have been driven from our midst. for Want'of 8 upon, asthe rights ofa Creditor have got to be upheld, as well as protec- tion affordcdlto the honest, but un- Thcrcforc it is that we look with anxiety for the in- troduction of the bill. Prison disci- pltne is also to be improved, by establishing local Pcnitcnliarics. Mention is made relative to the im- proving of the law, to register judgments. Then come the congra- tulations of the visit of Albert Ed- ward Prince of “bios, and of the bountiful harvest we had last. year. Thus the Sessron has. openedâ€"anti already the war of words have begun an amendment to the address being proposed by Mr. Gowan. A warm debate is thcrcfor on the. tapis-â€"on the Orange difficulties â€"â€"and lively times may be expect- cd. We observe that in the Gov- crnor Gcncral’s Speech, no men- tion is made of the Grand Trunk applications for relief; nor of any Federation Schcmc. ‘ " ‘ >04 A Spools-the “Dollar Book!” _... ANY one of our readers who has not purchased the book published by a “British Canadian,” and entitled “ the tour offI. R. H. the Prince of Wales, through. British fimerica and ' the United States,’-’ dedicath “ to “ the Hon. PhilipM. Vankoughnct, “Commissioner of Crown Lands “for Canada, in acknowledgment “ of his sterling and brilliant abilia “ties as a statesman and as the, “ mover in the Legislative Council “of the address to the Queen, in- "viting Her Majesty to visit Ca- “nada, by his obliged, obedient. “and humble servant the compiler,” -â€"can have our copy for. the small sum offifty cents! applies within twentyffonr hours, we will consign it- to the keeping of =~«our “ devil l” . â€"x»â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"+¢ ‘A' NEW Sandor. House.-Wc hear it rumored that the Trustees of the Richmond Hill, Union Common School, have determined to erect a new School House; as the present school house is not large enough to contain-tho school children, belong- ing to the section. We are glad that the matter is taken up by the Trustees; bot we would suggest __.. that not only does there need a new school room, but the present one wants to be denuded of its unsightâ€" ly desks &c., 81.0., so that it may look sOmcthing better than-a dirty kitchen. in connection with this, we may as well add, that many inf flucntiai men belonging to the sec-' tion, give, as their opinion, that the; Trustees ought to call a public meet- ing of the rate-payers, and hear their opinions on the matter. For aught wc‘know, it may be the in- tention of the Trustees so to ‘do. Anyway, were it: donogthc people could not complain ; whereas, if no meeting is 'ca'lied, many will grumâ€" ble because of the taxes, fortouch the pockets and you touch the apple of many a mans cyc. ijl‘ myself if there evening. If no person. RICHMOND HILL MECHANIC’S Irv? ormvd, also, that a deputation from Richa STITUTE.â€"â€"We feel great pleasure in announcing that our esteemed and talented: lecturer, Dr. Pyne, of Newm-arket ;, will deliver a lecture in connection with the above Socie- 1y, in Ambler's Hall, on Tuesday evening next, at half-past 7 o’clock. Subject: Woman, Physically, Mo- rally and Intollcctuaiiy considered. After. the lecture a Collection will, be taken up, to defray expenses. H‘otv. J. if. CA.M.v:RON.â€"'l‘his gentleman made his entry into To- ronto on Wednesday evening at the head of a large torchlight proces- sion of ()rangemcn. The great transparency V 'as lit up, and carried in a one-horse cart. tlltl. (flu t’t‘ttl pm at \Ye wish be our columns. Mm~- MMW .Ww “MM/«AMA AA “Arwa A LECTURE ON WOMAN’S ABi‘Ll'i‘lES‘AND RESL’ONSlBl- Li'l‘llu‘b‘, BY WM. OLLIVEP. To the Editor of the York llcrald‘. SIR,-llaving had. occasion to leave home the other day upon some busrness, which when i got settled partially to my satisfaction, 1 was making the best of my way in the homoward direction when. my attention was attracted by seeing a: large crowd entering a School-hou5e, about a mile west of Victoria Square. On an quiring the cause oftheir meeting together, ‘ l. Wars informed that they expected :1 ice- ture to be delivered that evening upon ‘ \Vornun,’ as they vulgariy termed. it, and advised me to stop and '1 would see some fun. Fooling some curiosity in the matter, i-‘agrced to their proposals, and that for diflcrent reasons. in the first place, I was a considerable distance from home, and: it being a very' stormy night, i thought by staying a while the storm might somewhat abate in its fury ; and in thc secondplace, i saw that a great majority of those prescnt were prejudiced against the expected lec- (ut‘ct‘. be thinking it would be well to see were arty just grounds for their prejudice, i did remain. For some time we thought we Were going to be disappointed in our speaker. * He'll not come,‘ said some 5 ‘ he knows he’ll only be laughed at.’ ‘ Yes, bc’ll come,’ said others; ' he is only too glad to have an. opportu- nity to make a fool of hintsuli.’ ln~thc meantime, the house was crowded almost to suffocation. At length, to the satisfac- tion of every one present, the lecturer ap- peared. On his entering the house some squibs and other offensrvc [lilSstlBS w-crc thrown at him by some rowdics, but io‘my great delight and their cniirc di~sttttslao tron, he seemed not to pay the least atten- tion to this rudc behaviour, but. quietly went and took his stand. The first glimpse which 1 got of his features disposed ore to disbciicvc ttlll bail hcut'tl against liltit. There Was nothing artificial about his demeanor ', no knitting of the browser painful straining of the eyes to look brilli- not and uctttc. The absence of those little concerts and l‘oolcricq so often disfiguring talented young spr-ultcrs, went far to L'Sltr blish my opinion in his favor. br'amcd eicqut-ncc ; there was it wonder-Otis power and fire in his eyes, which glrnmod with restless energy every way be lookcd. it was startling to find their glance sud- denly settled on any one. 'l‘ltcrcv'as an arr of anxiety about his worn li-atnrcs. young as he “‘us-«ttbotll ‘24 «which showed that thought and study Iliad already begun to sup and undermine his constitu- lion. l/thn thr: chaitman was apporntod (Mr. H. i’Vhite, from Victoria Square)- â€" 'a gentleman who deserve.- great crcdtt for his indefatigable efforts to maintain good order and 'dccoru-tn throughout the entire At, length the speaker arose amidst the silence of expectation excited by prejudice against him. 11o scented at first a little flustcrcd. and for a few mt nutcs spoke hesitatingly anti somewhat in- correctly, with the air of a. man who docs not exactly know how to get at his sub- ject, which, yet he is confident of having thoroughly mastered. At length, l]0\V~ ever, the current ran smooth, and gradu' ally widened and swelled into such a torâ€" rent of real eloquence as I never before heard poured from the lips of so young 3 speaker; and notwithstanding the norsy and dangerous missiles hurled at hnn from time to time, and the no less noisy and disagreeable yells, laughtcr and vulgar ex- pressions of an ignorant rabble who knew not how to’ appreciate talent, and whose mind were not sufficiently cultivated to comprehend the orilliant conceptions of the speakerâ€"but with all these formidable obâ€" stacles in the way he went on as if he were addressing themost attentive and orderly audience. Once or twice he did indeed, as it were, let go the thread of hrs discoursepvhrch was the ability and respon- sibility of the woman, and thunder such a torrent of eloquent abuse on his unman- ncrly persecu-tors, which for a time sr- fenced their ill-bred railery. Never shall i forget the look of utter scorn and con tempt with which be viewed these (llS- Orderly individuals while he denounced their guil'y conduct. And with the same case, as if nothing had happen-ed to. dis- compose his mind, resumed his subject; and with omioricai gesture, hrs fingers twisting his moustache into allsorts oi fanatical shapes as hewarmed. However, he let it go, and with his armsâ€"the na- tural lovers of eloqtrcnceâ€"eXprtunded to us what woman was, and what sireought to be, with the grace and energy of a un- tural orator; after which lie sat down amidst a shower of applause and fireworks. then he concluded, a deputation from Victoria Square waited on him, to invite him to honor that place with one of his lectures. He informed the deputation to the plainest terms, that considering the. trngentlemanlvconduct ofa part of the audience that evening, he, would require some time for consideration Iwas tn- distinctly understood, that we do not hold: ourselves responstble for opinions eXpressed by correspondents through. In his face: 1 numbered some, one or two hundred.. mood Hill were tit-potted to make the some request, but owing to the ill successlgfvthg“ Victoria Square petitioners, they declined» making any proposals to him for that pur- pose“, I anxglad to. say, however, tbatgao. vote of tlrankswastcndcced him for his very excellent speech, which. wasparriedgi almost unanimously, . M r. daCobffâ€"I‘orner’e choir, which had becnpinvited, to but this occasion, also received a voteypl' . . _ r . ' ‘ , r u , . r s _- 1 thanks, and well they deserved rt, ;,for.aiâ€"..,. " #2 -.~ mt ct lit: a ‘ though this choir may as. yet“, ,cggqs -* dcrcd in its infancy, it Surpasscs m’aiiy, In: my estimation, of a great dealoldertstandll. ing; and too much praise cannotbeibéâ€" stowed upon Mr. Jacob Homer ; faodebwl is worthy of being patronised as a musical ' instructor, for he is fully master :05: it's profession. a 3 It was then moved. by Mr. Thom Fogarty, and seconded by Mr. William Cuntiskcy, that the chairman receive as, vote of thanks for the able manner tin: which he conducted hirnsclfwhilc lie ocâ€" cupicd that station ; after which the tneétJ’r ing was dismissed. ‘ A CRITIC. “’3‘ Markham, March 151b, 1861. fitt'.‘ it). To the Editor of the York Herald. , ' u’t DEAR Stn,~â€"§icsterday evening Alert;- -.andcr itleLzruchlin, Esq, a gentleman... whose mum: has been brought before the public during thclast year or two, as a poet and practical lcclurcr, delivered an able lecture in the Old Kirk, Maple, upon f Poets and. Poctry,’ in which be set forth ‘thc refining influences brought to bear upon society, portraying in a masterly manner the mithy powcr‘ which the poet callshis’? own, verifying the old adage,‘ that: ire who makes the songs of a people. is theirs actual ruler. ' _ h _ He gave selections from the poems of. ‘Coicridge, Moor, Campbell, and poor, warm-hearted Torn Hood; and by _ re: . quest, three of his own composition, ‘ The Drunkard,’ ‘ The Old Widow readint‘rzher‘ t t .. .. p1 t 15the on a Sabb attr Morning,“ and ' Hymn to the Eternal." And it is- no flattery to pronounce the latter selections among the best. ’ t'l'nc drivelliug sot in the tlrrcadbare‘ coat,’ isall snub-stirring, its rnournfui num-‘i ‘bers failingrupon the car like the death fwailsoi a once mighty intellect. andlthe, “glorious light that tell on the .j’rgrgefgof‘ the oldBtbtc on the knee of the (10(11; trusting widow, will cause the ‘ quiet tearl I to fall from many an aged eye long after '* its author shall be numbered wrth the silenf. dead 5 “'llllsi. the heart that would not swell‘ with adoration, when listening to the; ‘ Hymn to the Eternal,’ must be ltard‘ih‘." deed. ' 3 in conclusion the lecturer allude to the ' unpocticat tcndtncios oi the present age. 'lhe grt-a-t aim and object being the acquit» s.tio;i of wealth ; and, while we boasted' of our education and advancement in the arts and civilization, we were making gill things bow to the golden god testing the- usefulness of our intellectual acquircnicntsh. by the facility ulticlt thcy afforded for the, gathering of the almighty dollar. ' g Had any one fclt Inclined to card at, this assertion, he only had to'look in last, night, and the llIrStfl‘ttUlC attendance would have given a conclusive proof of its cor-l rt'ctncss. Picture to yourself an ctlucuLTl tcd titan, and a gentleman, standing up in" a housc provct'hntlly dreary, to address an urdroncc of sortie thirty individuals, when-cl to say the very least,it ought to haves Not a votc of thanks. not a murmur off; applause, unless the abortive attempt of}. one overly enthusiastic individual, be conâ€"« entered as such, and own that was stratrgp. led in the birth, but a weird like liminlhari, ‘ went up in that stillness vastfi the absence of soul, (if we tray beangy‘o-.i ed the expression.) positively“, palinliildt Deeply did we sympathize witlrthc lectuf‘;1 or. Any man who has ever addressed ting audience knows how it buoys him up‘â€"gi‘vés.; him almost superhuman mental portion-tow know that he has the sympathies of his" audtcncc,and to feel the common cords.»l which bind heart to heart, vibrating witth a common emotion. -- t; .m"? \tht intellectual man is there who-ibis: not experienced that awful, drearincsga which cre-eps into the bosom. whcnfhe knons that the subject upon which llama? ‘ be speaking, is neither understood, norjap-g, (3 promoted, by, ins listeners? . , . fl;- Had it been. some Jcm, Crack who‘llrgidé' paid our village a visit. I accompanied an old fiddler, an older fiddle and a 'magic'; lantern, comic or instructive, with an éis‘ planter whose Bible knowledge Was an lit:j mired that he would gravely assert that a: representation of the conversion of St? Paul, was Napoleoncrossing the Alps, our village would have been all agog. " Or had our guest been some celebrated; horseâ€"tamer, with an unpronouncable names, a pupil of‘thc far-famed Rarcy,» and an: though of very limited scholastic attaim: rncnls, yet still possessing sufiieient to, err-a, able him to distinguish the difference has tween a. V and an i 5. charging the small, sum of five dollars to! all desirous of learn-Q .inghow to tame their own horsesâ€" howl,th train them to eat,â€"â€"-or not eat, makingthe: balky draw, and tbe'tarne beast‘n‘ol to stir; with divers and sundry other periiifmaho‘esi‘ too numerous to mention; ' Had such béen the calling of theigcntie‘rna‘r’i‘, who favored" us with his presence ’icstcr night, what-8’ commotion there would havebe'cn, and by a5 little judicious puffing, he would have stood. a fair chance to have taken more five-doin- lar bills. than our lecturer did york shil-. lings. ' ;, in a word, had it been anything from, a shooting-ma'ctho an execution-e750, long as it had nothi'ig to, do with the head, â€"â€"â€"thcre would have been a. good iurugut’,’ 'Now tve would not have the world that Maple and its vicinity], is any other portion of the habitablc'ngEc‘f we take it as a fair sample 'ol”"the’gen'ei'.al state of Canadian Seeiety,a‘nd this, is it not high time to imprme'Fâ€"‘and that We may so irriprove,'lct”-'t'bc youngt pcOple of our different neighborho_od,_fm.z stead of devotingso much 'of thcrr time to notiting,'or worse thantnothing, tryand improve their minds, by making themselves acquainted _with_' the writings of the great and good. Let those who have the trains