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ran AMERICAN CIVIL Wan- l’VASHlNGTON, July 16. The first brigade of the 5th Division, under Col. Miles, of the United States infantry, is commanded by Brig. Gen. Blinker. Last night the brigade formed abOul three miles from the original loca- tion. This brigade to-day was at Hunt» ing Creek, \'a., ten miles from lVasliington, and is to form 3 vanguard for the whole column. This forward movement of the tr00ps has had a wonderful effect upon the sick list. it has nearly cleared out the hespital. The order came to the New York 7lst to more to the‘ front; there were about 30 of the men in the hospital ; arrangements were made for them to re- main, but when the regiment started'they sprang from their couches, neither persua- sion on orders could induce them to remain behind. Similar scenes occurred in all the other Regiments. The men who were anxious to sliirk a dress parade are not willing to be out of the ranks when action is anticipated. Last night the picket guard, extending seven miles- from their camp, brought in prisoners belonging. to the Prince William County militia. They are froszecquan, and Were ordered upon picket duty with whatever arms they» could collect. They had with them four shot guns, one rifle and one pepper box revolver. They reported two rebel companies of cavalry at Occquan under command of Capts. Davis and Thornton. the prisoners re-aSScrt that they are unionists, and escaped into our lines to prevent being impressed into the rebel service. ’l'liey were sent to-day, under escort, to Col. HeintZelinan’s quarâ€" ter-s. The ll? .rld's: correspondence states that Captain Seymour, of Fort Sumpter has been assigned the Command of a heavy battery of artillery, and is probably now in the field. He is an experienced artil- lerist and a tried and able officer. All the militia of Eastern Virginia are ordered to march for Stan-Mon.- The Tribune's despatch states that the columns this afternoon probably marched only to the advanced pickets. To-mor- row morning at early dawn they will press forward upon the enemy. The first lighting will probably take place at Fairfax Court House, were there are nine rebel regiments. It is believed that the design of our Generals is to avoid Manassas Junction, and if possible circum- vent it. A positive intention is however, to allow no delay, but to push vigorously South and fight their way to Richmond. fit is also supposed that the movement to this important point will not be direct but by flank, and that our columns will pass around the city and approach it from the South after cutting off all comunications. Information received here to-day states that the rebel forces at Ocoquan Dumtries and one or two other points on the Poto- mac have been removed to Manassa Junction. ‘ The army in Virginia to-day took up the line of march for Richmond, via fairfax and M masses. The force starting to-day is tally 503000 strong, the number reaching by actual count about 53,000. These as ]. wrote yesterday, are about 3,000 regular infantry, cavalry and artillery, and about 50,000 volunteers. The 7lst New York and the 2d New Hampshire, comprising Col. Burnside’s- brigade went over the bridge at 4 o’clock this a.m., and struck the road for Fairfax Court House. The 27th New York regiment, Col. Slocum, went over at 5 o’clock, and also took the Fairfax route. As soon as these regiment came together and passed the en- campments, the soldiers cheered lustin and shouted congratulations to each other, that they were fairly on the road to the rebel capitol. sod over the bridge and went into camp Bunyon. ln all, there has been 7,000 men passed into Virginia since daylight. The IIerald‘s dispatch states that the discovery of a pass to enter the Bappanock liver on the person of a man recently found at Richmond, and the effort of the rebels to create a difficulty in consequence between the British. Minister and our Go- vernment, has, on investigation, turned out .....M .___.__A -....._.___.___. “-mw . l The Dekalb regiment pas- v ‘ that occasion. to be a very shrewd rebel trick to involve ‘ our Government in a quarrel: With that of Great Britain. It appears that some time ago a man namedlEste, formerly of Penn- sylvania, but recently from Biehmond,pro- posed to take a sloop and go to Petersburg and ascortain the movements of the rebels. He was indifferent as to what cargo he should. take, andsupposed- it would do to take a‘ load of.- clay to sell to the glass works. Upon this representation be ob- tained a permit, signed by Secretaries Chase and Cameron, to pass through the fleet into the Happabarrack river. Thus provided, he proceeded to Fort Monroe, where, on exhibition of his permit, be ob- tained an order from General Butler to the flag officer of the fleet, to- be allowed to pass. After he had left for Baltimore the suspicions of General Butler were aroused, and be dispatched an agent to Baltimore with instructions to investigate the matter. At Baltimore it was ascer- tained that Mr. Este was procuring a load of fire-clay and soda ash, materials parti- cularly needed by the rebels in recasting cannon and other indispensables in the preparation of telegraph insulators. The agent stopped the proceedings and de- manded the-permit, which was given up and returned" to the Secretary of War. The agent was not at the time apprised of the order given by Gen. Butler, based on the permit, and therefore did not take it. 'lt now also appears that Mr.Este return- ed to Richmond and exhibited the order . of Gen. Butler, upon which the sole effort. to. create a difficulty between the two Go- vernments has been founded. This is the only one of the kind ever given by Gen. Butler. Had the agent of Gen. Butler known at the time anything about this or- der, they would have been demanded and taken from the trader in fire clay, and the whole aflair would have been ended. W A young woman named Catherine Stepler, died on Friday last at the North American Hotel, Galtâ€"the Very day ap- pointed for her marriage !‘ The Jury re- turned a verdict against her of “ man- slaughter.” ~4.‘v-.: ..r Northern Railway of Canada. Time Table takes effect Monday. April 22,361 movmc uowru’ Mail. Expms5.. Leave Toronto. . . . . . . . . 7 (it) a,m. 4 loipnir 'l‘hornhill. .........- . . 7 52 am. 5 05pm. Riclrmondllill. . 8 ill a 111.45 2’) p.m. Kingw... . . . . . . . . . 8 28 a.mâ€". 5 35 p.m. Aurora. . . . H... . . S 55 am, 6 00 p.m. Newmarket. . . . . . . 9'11 n.ui. 6 20 p.m. Holland Landing. . 9 ‘25 a.ni. b" 34 p.m. Bradford. . . .-. ....... ...9 40 min. 6 46 p.m. irioviinosou’r-H. ’ Leave Collingwood . . . . . . . 2 30 p.m 5 00 am. Bradford. . . ....._.. . 5 50 p.m. 8 12 a.m. Holland Landing” 6 05 p.m. 8 26 a.m. Newmarket. . . . .. . b 20 p.m. 8 40 a.ni. Aurora. ....‘. . . 6 35 p.m. 8 55 a.m. King. . . .«...-.. . .. . 7 ()5 p.m. 9 20 mm. Richmond Hill... . .,7 25 p.m. 9 35 a.rn. Thornhill. L . . . 7 40 p. m: 9 Sula-m, Arrive at Toronto. . . 8 3d p.m. 10 40 “ W New Advertisements. Farmers, attention.â€"â€"Soulhard. Boynton 6: Co. Unionville Carriage Factoryâ€"Geo. Eakin. Harvest Bantuâ€"W. S. Pollock. Brown: is' all. up.â€"VV. VS. Pollock. New Muslins.-â€"W.~S. Pollock. Bii d Lost.â€"J . K. ' Falco‘nbridge. Ebtllfitl‘ limit ’thIlMOND HILLJULY 19. 1861. Twelfth of July at Richmond Hill. THE Orangemen of the Markham District on Friday last celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in a very creditable manner on Richmond Hill. The weather was all that could have been wished for. As early as nine o’clock numbers of visitors might have been seen promenading our streets, all seeming bent on partici- pating in the enjoyments of the day. The Richmond Hill Lodge had been very assid‘uons in making arrangements for their Brethrenâ€"â€" In fact, for days previous they were on foot for that purpose.â€" They erected two arches, one. at each end of the village, and dis- played great taste in their construc- tion. The following mottoes were suspended from the arches: ‘ God save the Queen,’ 'Welcome, Brethren,’ and ‘Peace and good will to all men.’ the forenoon the various Lodges comprised in the district arrived, with bands of music and banners flying. About tivo o’clock the ' ’come if they darc.’ In the course of that decorum and g. d ., 7212c » cam... ' lb; was~unworthy of. the name. They liadilately passed through stirring. times, and be was glad to see his brethren: so united and acting so harmoniously together; it behoved themto keep their orderpure, their principles unsliaken, they must be- ware of admitting traitors into their camp. Orange was a distinct and decided colour, but any tempt to mix it with green only produced a dirty Brownâ€"a colour rather odious in Canada just now, and long might it be so. (Loud! cheers.) Howcwr people might. affect to dislike their order intiriies of safety, they were glad enough jto= (lit-pend upon. their protection in "times of trouble. Look for ex. ample at the rebellion in 1831.â€" What would have become of Ca- nada then had it not been for their orderâ€"mot that they claimed exclu- sive loyaltyâ€"but being an organ- Vizcd body their loyal friends outside the lodge-room knew upon whom they could rely in the time of need. They had lately heard of traitoi‘ous agitatorsthreatening in the House of Assembly to appeal to. Washing- ton, but he thought the people of Washington had CHOUJI to do to manage their own rebels just now, without coming to the assistance of rebels in Canada. But should they attempt so insane a step, he would say in the name of the ,Orangemen of Canada, ‘ Let them Mae-b odiu m had been cast upon the order for the unfortunate circumstances which took place at Kingston last summer, but for those circum- ‘stances Orangemen were not re- sponsible; they were invited to ap- pear as a body in the procession; they Were under no legal disability; they had as much right there as any Eother individual, and anything un- jpleasant which occurred must be attributed to that individual, who from ignorance attempted to de- prive free-born British subjects of their rights. The Reverend gentle- .man concluded his address by urg- ing his brethren to live in peace and harmony with their neighbors, and to carry on the proceedings of the present happy occasion with sobriety and order which of late years had al- ways distinguished the meetings of Orangemen. Mr. JAMES OVES addressed the various lodges mustered in front of assemblage in a Clear and Straight- Mr. C. Vannostrand’s Hotel, and formed in procession, and with their various bands of music marchâ€" ed to the Elgin Millsand back; thence to a field near the Half-way House. A platform had been erected for. the accommodation of very creditable appearance. the speakers. On the platform we Observed the following gentlemen : Rev». G. S. J. Hill,7Wm. M. But- ton, Esq., Reeve of Markham, and County Master; James Carter, Esq., District 'Master; Robert Marsh, Esq., Deputy Reeve of Markham; Mr. James Oves. Col. Bridgford, Mr. J. McConnell, and others. The Rev GSJ. Him. being called upon to address the assemblage,ex- pressed the pleasure it gave him to meet so large and respectable a number of his loyal brethren on it had been ob- jected that these; meetings of their body were the occasion of much ill-feeling and strife, but he thought. these objections were ill founded. They were actuated by no feelings of animosity to any class of fellow subjects, but simply met together to celebrate the anniversary of the glorious battle of the Boyneâ€"an event which inaugurated the glori- ous constitution under which we were now living. To William Prince of Orange, we owed,iunder God, the blessingswe now enjoy. For all those institutions by which our nation is so remarkably dis- tinguished for political freedom, liberty of conscience, an unfettered press, security of life and property, and universal toleration, we had to thank the revolutiOn of 1688, and the illustrious prince under whom it was so wisely cenducted'. Nor were these blessing cunfined to a party for even those opposed to us share freely in the same blessings. and ought to. be as thankful for them as we are. It had been ob- jected that they were a. political and a religious society. He acknow- ledged that they were so. Their religion consisted in fearing God, their politics in honouring the Queen; and who could find fault with such principles. Orangemen were not the bigoted intolerant persons many supposed them to be ; they did, indeed, express them- selves openly and freely upon questions of public importance, and were sometimes disliked for their loyalty; but be appealed to any candid honorable mind, whe- ther it was just to condemn any man for conscientiously holding certain opinions, so long as be ex- pressed them in a calm and rea- sonable manner, and was as will- ing to respect the conscientious feelings of an opponent, as he. was careful to protect his own. Any Orangeman who was actuated by an intolerant spirit, or would per- secute a. fellow creature on account of his religious opinions, was act- ing contrary to his obligations, and forward manner, impressing upon the minds of every one present their duty to God and the British crown. He went into the real merits oftlie position ofOrangemen, and complimented them on their Want of space compels us to abridge his jspeech, suffice it to say that it was ‘excellent and pointed. W. M. BUTTON, Esq., the Reeve of Markham, next came forwardâ€" After complimenting his Brother Orangemcn'ou their large turn outâ€"â€" the public and the ladies in parti- cular, said he was proud that John H. Cameron, their Grand Master, Eliad been returned for the county of Peel, for to represth them in the Legislatureâ€"but that the Rev. Wm. Ryerson in his old age had abandoned all his present comforts, after laboring for about forty years in the. VVesleynii Methodist Minis- ‘try, and the greater part of that time in this neighborhood, had come forward as a candidate for West Branl,and had been returned ; also, that Mr. M. C. Cameron had having got into their Legislative Halls such men as-he had men- honed. ROBERT Marisa, Esq, and COL. BRIDGFORD, made a few remarks, which were well received. The speeches were intersected with music, which added a great dc' l to the hilarity of the occasion. The different lodges then re- starting point, where each lodge started for home; and about six O’clock we believe there was not a dozen ofour visitors in the villageâ€" all having passed off very pleasantly pub {legs- The declaration for the East Riding of York took place on Sa- turday last, the 13th inst. Very few were present. After the Re- turning Oflicer had announced the election of Mr. Amos Wright by a majority of 141 votes, Mr. T. A. ‘Milne came forward, and in a clear lucid manner thanked his supporters for their hearty support. Mr. \Vright then came forward, and thanked his friends for their exertions- on his behalf. He also thanked his opponents for the go. neral courtesy they had disPlayed during his canvas. He also an- nounced that he was not sure whether he would support his party, (that is the Clear Grits) in the next Parliament, but would wait till the House met and decide. In fact Mr. Wright has said in our hearing several times, that he would not support the annexation- ists, and would stand by the Union. â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"-I. Port Dalhousie is safe now. A corporals guard, consisting of three men and a cor- pOial, is to be stationed there. been. returned for North Ontario.â€"â€" ' He congratulated the country on; formed, and. marched back to their - l ' 'Ilhie.~ ‘Economist’ and.‘Gov-erri-- ment Officialsl’ ON. the llth instant the readers of. on Saturday, llll’ 13lll inst- the Economist were compelled to. suffer the infliction of nearly two. columns of editorial, whereof Archibald Barker, Esq., J.P., the "PbStmaster ’ of Markham Village, appeared to 'be' the alpha and omega. ' Our contemporary appears. to writhe and foam, and shows strong, symptoms of one who has been. “touched. on. the raw,’ by. Mr. Barker having called the attention of the public generally, and. me- chanics-and. laborers in. particular, to. that iniquitous. act passed last session, entitled .‘an act resPectlng " .Maps or plans of Towns or Vil- “ logos in Upper Canada I” whereby village founde ‘s and land specula- Fenwick, that the sum of. $30 be granted tors have it in their power to de- prive the- poor man (.whobuys a village lot) of his rights zâ€"tl'ie plan can be altered, or fl© wholly orpar- lially cancelled and made ’UOld, as. the act itself reads in our last issue ;-â€" : and because Mr- Barker-has called 1 public attentionato. it, he is threaâ€" tened with annihilation by the Grit organ of East Yorkeâ€"the process to commence by instant dismissal from the office of Postmaster, which Mr. B. has held. for about a quarter of a century with credit to himself, and adyantagc to the pub. lic service. Mr. Barker was ap- pointed Postmaster of Markham Village before the editor ot the Economist, is also the Repreâ€" Legislative Council), ceased to wear a pinafore, and from that time to- the date be exposed the act we have referred to, no person ever thought of having Mr. Barker re- moved. from the charge of the Markham Village Post Office 1,â€"â€" it remained for the magnanimous Representative of King’s Division to suggest what the Grit chief him~ self would despise being a party to. For the edification of the Economist, and all and sundry whom it may concern, we give below an article from the Globe of the 18th instant, hoping that the small fry resrding in and about villages, who flatter thorn- selves as being entitled to deprive their neighbors of office or emolu- -m.ent if they differ Jiiopinion from themselves, will, each and every one of them, take it as a case in point, and govern themselves ac- cordingly, and reserve their vindic- . tiveness for a more favourable time and opportunity,â€"â€"t-or the present, Mr. Barker can affordto treat such threats with the contempt they de- serve,â€"â€"-it reminds ’us of [Esop’s fable of ‘ the viper and the file i” “ Pmrv SFLEEN.-â€"-Mr. Robert Harstone. an intelligent elector oftho county of West Nortliumherland, has been for some years Post- master of the village of Baltimore. Mr. Har- stone was a warm friend of Mr. Sidney Smith when that gentleman was elected as the Reform Candidate of the county. but being a sturdy Oppositionist, did‘ his best in the late contest to defeat the Postmaster General and elect Mr. Cockburn. For taking this course, Mr. Harr- stone was brutally beaten in the streets of Co- bourg by Mr. anitli’s partizans. and now the Cobourg Sun says that he has boon dismissed from his office as Postmaster. The office is of subject this Week in our town, ac- no pecuniary value to Mr. Harstono, and there- fore. its loss is not to be regretted its with- drawal is, however, an indication of petty per- sonal spleen on the part of Mr. Smith unwor- thy his position. No one. expects that a Post- imastcr in a country village, who- does infini ely more work than be is paid for by the Depart- ment. is to sacrifice his political prodilections to his official position. When an office-bolder de- rives his sole means ofrliving from the ptrblic it is only reasonable that he should refrain from politics. but no sensible mail will place the coun- try Postmaster in- the same position. Under all the circumstances. Mr. Harstono’a dismissal is a piece of petty. personal, and political spite, and will do the Ministry no good.” H'QMâ€"Q Presentation. THE members of the Singing Class and other friends in and around ButtonVillc, clubbed together for the purpose of giving Mr. Edward Sanderson, their Singing Teacher, some present as a mark of their esteem and regard for his success- ful and. never-tiring efforts to im- part a taste for music amongst them. On Monday evening last, a large circle of Mr. Sanderson’s friends and neighbors met in the Wesleyan Chapel to witness the presentation of a ‘Bass Viol.’ Mr. Amos, of Brown’s Corners, was called tothc chair, who in a neat manner introduced the subject.â€" He then called upon Mr. Jonathan Slater, who made the presentation on behalf of the subscribersâ€"com- plimenting Mr. Sanderson for his disinterested conduct as teacher of the class, 8m. Mr. Edward San- derson made a suitable reply-â€" Major Button,Mr. Kirby and others, addressed the assemblage. The choir delighted the audience by singing several select pieces of sacred music. About ten o’clock the meeting broke up, all seeming delighted with the’proceedings. ROBBERY.-â€"On Friday afternoon, the 121h inst, our neighbor, Mr. Edwin 'Webber, ‘met with the heavy loss ofa Gold Watch. About five O’clock on that evening Mrs. W. had occasion to go into a bedroom, Where the watch had been left on the dressing table, to ascertain the time, when it was not to be found. Mr. Webber has made every endeavor to trace the missing watch,but without success. It is valued at $80, and Mr. W. being a bard-Working mechanic, it will come very hard on him. ' - r . . . , l1.â€"â€"Carried.. sentative of King s DlVlSlOIl 1n the - ’tlie whole on new School Section By- ‘law, in the 7th concessionâ€"Mr. Marsh .in the chair. ,Mr. Barker, that \VilliainMilligan be appointed Collector for the west half of _will visit Aurora, Newmarket, and other places north. lopinions, independent of the key note which the Clear Grit party; and although we ‘cannot agree with all that be says,we must still give him credit for his independence article to which we allude is written with Markham Council. THE above Council met at. SlZe’s‘ Hotel ' All the members present.. [Minutes of last meeting; read approved. - Mr. Fenvvick moved, secooded by Mr. Barker, that the transfer of license from, Samue. Mighton. to Asa ll. Summer- feldt, for premises situated at Cashel, be accepted.â€"â€"i-Carried.j I PETITIONS. From John Robertson and others with . regard to School Section No. 11, that they do not cut up said School Section. Front Francis Pike and 26 others, praying that no alteration be made in School Section No.17. FromJonathan Neigh and 36 others, No. 13... A Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by Mr. and t for the purpose of railing the side of the Rouge Hill, between lots 10' and 11, in the 10th concession. of Markham; and that John Pike, C, E. Recsor, and Geo. Powell be coiiii‘iiissioners to expend the isame. Mr. Jas. Bowman moved, soconded by ,Mr. A. Barker, that a specral grant: of $80 be given to complete the grading.- at each end of the bridge near Amoss’ Fac- tory, between lots 10 and 11,2nd conces- sion of hilarkham, be placed in the hands :0f the former Cornmission-ers.â€"~Carried. Mr. Marsh mored, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that the sum of $30 be granted to John Langstal’f,junr., for the support of Jane Hespy, a. tleafmute, pr0\idetl he supports her to the end of this year ;' the money to bepayablo t0 the order of the Councillor of Ward No. Mr. Fenwick moved, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that the release from Abraham Law, President of the Mark- ham and Elgin Mills Plank Road Com- pany, to this municipality be accepted:â€" Carried. The Council went into committee of Mr. Fenwick moved, seconded: by Mr. Barker, that the report be acccpted. -â€"Lost. Mr. Bowman in amendment moved, seconded ;by Mr. Button, that the corn- inittee do now rise. Mr. Fenwie-k moved, seconded by this township for the current year.â€" Carried. Mr. Barker mowed, seconded by Mr. BOWman, that Mr. Henry [Hair be ap- pointed Collector for the east-half of the township of this municipality for the cur- rent yearnâ€"Carried. Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that the Treasurer be, and lie is hereby authorized to pay to John Ellis the sum of $30 for a steel press, to be used in future as the municipal seal of this townshipâ€"Carried. Mr. Marsh moved, seconded by IllIr. Bowman, that the Treasurer be. and be is hereby required to payto John Blackburn his account of Mr. Bowman moved, seconded by Mr. Marsh, that the Council do adjourn to the third Saturday in August.â€"-â€"Carried. *C‘W“ ELOCUTION. -â€"-Professor J. E. Frobishcr, of Boston, Mass., dcâ€" livered two lectures on the above companied with Recitations, &c.â€"-â€"â€" He explained the false and proper styles of Reading and Public Speaking Mr. 6; Mrs. Frobisher possesses high accomplishments; and their entertainment was inter- esting and instructive. The re- .cital of ‘Benoin on the .Rhine' and other pieces, was given with good effect. W'c understand be We hope they .in Toronto to secure his return. will receive ample and deserved encouragement. “THE CAUSE? THAT HA VE PRODUC ED THE M s NISTE RlAL - TRIUMPH.” ...... From the Leader. ' Under this heading the London Free Press discusses at considerable length the recent election contest, with a degree of candor for which we. look in vain to the ultra organs of the opposition. Our co- temporary has long learned to express its might be sounded by the leading organ of of the junta of this city. The entire such an evident desire to quadrate with ;the truth, and in a style so different to that ;we are accustomed to, in the papers which support the Opposition, that we feel con- strained to give it entire: That the Ministerial party have been much J more successful in the appeal to the electors of Upper Canada than had been generally antici- pated, it would be sheer fully to deny. It had been vauntingly asserted over and over again by the loading organ of the extreme party that an appeal to the polls only wanted to annihilate tlio h’linisterialists, and that at least 40 of the 65 of the constituencies of Upper Canada would declare in favor of the Opposition. and their principles. Those, however, who looked deep- er into the real state of public opinion. who closely watched ' the signs of. the times,’ and reasoned from cause to effect. entertained a widely different opinion ; and believed that the Ministry, or their party, with all the sins of a seven years‘ Administration upon their heads, many and great as they may he. would he sus- tained by the people. Well 1 the test has come ; the ordeal is past; the country has declared itself; and we cannot hide from ourselves the fact mat the leader of the Upper Canadian section of the Administra- tion, and the party that supports him, has ob' tained a signal triumph. it is useless to attempt to deny that. from being in a helpless minority in Upper Canada he has now obtained, as the result of the election, the support of a number of the representatives of this section of the Province at least equal to that of the Opposition, and we believe a slight majority. There are certainly thirty of the newly elected members- that- willstick- to John A. Macdonaldl and" his political fortunes, and there are five or also whose position is not yet clearly definedâ€"three'or four of whomwill almost as certainly support the Moderate party. This is the simple fact, let partizans caval as they may. The Govern- mentis sustained. by a majority from- Upper Canada. This is the first time since the Union-of the Provinces, with- the single exception of the elec- tion ot'184'3, when Mr. Draper was at the head of affairs during the Administration of Sir Chas. Metealfo, that the party calling itself Conserva- tive has been able to secure aniajority in Upper Canada. That this should be the case is Very strange, after the Ministry-«differently modified t is true, at various tunes, but essentially the sameâ€"has hold the reigns of power for seven long yearsâ€"has had all the politicalsins of their long regime rising up in yudgeuiont against them and their name is “ begion”-lias had to re- sist the prejudices of some, the resentment of othersâ€"the natural love of change which. exists in the public mind: and that growing tendency towards unpopularity to which every govern. ment that may be in Office lS mOI‘O 01‘ less 8)!- posed. There have been few Administrations in England, since the days of Walpole and Pitt, that have had a seven yeara’ tenure of office, and could successively appeal to the people; none has ever done so before in Canada since the establishment or our preScnt Constitution, in 1840- Wliat. then, have been the causes that have produced this result? Not alone the success with which affairs have been administeredâ€"not confidence in the puritty and incorruptibility of Ministersâ€"not the ' public'impression that they have done all things well; but. the shortcomings and irnpoli‘cy offth leaders of the QPPOSlllOHs‘ The Clear Grit party, unfortunately for them- selves, liavc had no, man at their head fit for the position of leader. While Robert Baldwin stood at the head of the Reform party. he was in himself a tower of strength, around whom his party could rally with confidence. His largo stake in the country, his personal character, his liberal sentiments, and his proverbial honesty as a public inan, gave .him'a commanding influ- ence in the country; and any party led by him was sure. sooner or later, to be led to victory. But he passed away, and Mr. George Brown soon came upon the stage. He became the leader of a section of thejlibcral party; and he has led it to a succession-0f.ignominious defeats. For seven long years tha’lultra party. have been keptin opposition; they have tried their strength at two general elections. and their prospects are less bright now than over. Mr. Brown has utterly failed as a party leader and a politician Few men. with his acknowledged talents, have ever proved so absolutely incompeteifi. But how could it be otherwise 7 By the illiberality 0! his sentiments, by tho vclieurence of his do- nunciations of Roman Catholicism, for the pur- pose of building up a party ' on broad Protest- antl’rinciplos’ he alienated. at one stroke. a large section of the Reform party of Upper Ca- under, and brought himself into irreconcilable antagonism to the great triaas of the French Canadian people and their representatives. This insane policy sealed his fate, He partial- Ly succeeded, it is true, in the election of 1856, and by Anti Catholic ‘ howl.’ and on the basis of Representation by l'opulation, he received a majority l‘l Upper Canada. But this tempo- rary advantage was more than lost by his ac- ceptance of office. in 1858. The formation of the Brown-Dorion Government was a death. blow for him and the party The Protestant party of Upper Canada saw the liollowness and insinccrity of his professions. They saw him allying himself to men whom he had previonby dst‘Outhed, who held no political views in com- mon upon the great public questions of the day, and With whom as his colleagues, he could not carry out his principles; they saw him fraterni- aing with Mr. 'l‘lios. D’Arcy McGee, and courting his influence and" that of his partizans _ The spell was broken. From that'p‘eriod the tide of public opinion in Upper Conada has flowed rapidly against him; and were it not for the strength of the traditional principles of Reform that still linger in the besorns of the Liberal party. the Opposition in Parliament. at the present else. tion, would scarcely have been left with acor- poral’s guard. ~ ' .- Among the games that have tended tocecure j the Ministerial majority may be reckoned the abandonment, lay the leaders of. the Opposition, of the political platform of 1.855. It was an evil day that in which they disclaimed the po- pular principle of Representation by Population as at little value, as impotent to remedy existing evils. and Stll):lllllf(5d the platform of the To- ronto Convention. 'l'hat platform did not. and could not, meet the approval of the people of U. C. of any political party, while the- adoption of it, for a time, proved the i‘iisiiicority and want of‘ faith of the leaders in their former principles. No constituency in Upper Canada could have been carried with the platform of the Conven- tion before the people; ills! Grits knew it, and abandoned it: fell back upon theirt‘ornior policy; but it was too late; publ c confidenio was sha- ken. They stood before the country as wild tlieoo rists, speculating upon dangerous changes in- stead of proposing sound measures of constitu- tional Reform. Another cause of the Ministerial victory was the foolish throat. of Win. McDougall, to appeal for redress of grievances, ‘ to Washington.’ McDougall, is a prominent man of the party, and such a statement from him was ill-judged. The people of Upper Canada are a loyal people; and the threat of looking to Washington touch- ed thoin deeply. This. together with the ex- treme policy of the Conventionâ€"the advocacy in the “lobe, some time since, of the introduc- tion of the republican principles of the Ameri- can State Governments, instead of the British system of Responsible Governmentâ€"led to tho concentration of all moderate inch to resist ex- treme measures, preserve the Union, sustain the Government; and hence the result. Nor should we leave out of account the ability. tact. and skill displayed by the able lon- (ler of the Moderate party, in the arrangement of his plans, and in preparing the public mind for this contest During the Parliamentary re- cess, he personally addressed the people of Upper Canada at various points. upon the Mini. stcrial policy, and all thepulilic questions of the day; defending his conduct, removing {also imâ€" pressinns, and exciting the zeal of his party. He published a Valuable syiiopis of his speeches for the use of the electors; and nothing could be more complete than the selection of condi- datosâ€"-llie right man being, in most instances. in the right place. Whatever fault we may have found with any part of the ministerial. policy, it is butjustico to record our mood of admiration to the consummate ability displayed in the whole olectorial campaign. on the partof Mr. John A. Macdo‘na‘ld and the whole Mode- rate party; and success has crowded their (forts, An immense amount of stupid gabble and far-fetched inferences have been sup- pressed by the order of General Scott, prohibiting the sensation dispatches from Washington. The (public had become. heartily tired of the nonsense. When anything of an actual nature really occurs, the publication of which will not interfere with the national good, it will appear in the newspapers without let or inderance. A NEW PROCESS or CURING Hunâ€"- A patent has been granted to Abel Post of West Henrietta, N. Y., for a valuable process of curing hay and grain in the mow and stack, by which the time now re-_ quired to cure hay in the field is savedâ€"it being, by this process stored in its green state with perfect safety. It; consists of a mode of ventilation by Wnich the interior portions of the mow or stacks are exposed to a continnous current of air, which con ducts off the moiture so rapidly as to pre- vent heating. The cost of each barn does not exceed a dollar, while the saving in time, and of the crop from exposure to wet weather, is very great. r‘ a. z s @5291, A SALU'rAnY CHANGE IN PUB‘s LlC oriNiON. .Eâ€"h From the Hamilton Herald. The Globe said a- few days ago, that if the Opposition carried Toronto, the minis-- try would-be totally routed. - We believe our contemporary was not far from the trutlilor the result in these two constituQ encies will exercise an important influence on the country. That influence, by the decisionY at the pollls‘; will: beex‘ercised now against Mr. Br'oii'rils party, and it" would be affectation to pretend that it is anything. less than a deathâ€"blow to the Clear Grits party for years to' come, if not for ever. Mr. George Brown has at length. received 'rom the people that condemnation which, his unprincipled conduct for pears has pro- voked. After intriguing against the best men in the Reform party, hunting them- down and driving them fromipublic life,'he has now met the fate which‘most mencon- cede he has richly merited. Mr. Wilson. is personally for less objectic nable tlian,Mr.. Bromr, yet the sins of the party have beenr visited on his head, and he too has been beaten by an overwhelming majority. The question is therefore settled in so far as the 0pp05ition under Mr. George Brown’s leadership is concerned. . [Power‘fortliem isan impossrbility for 'them in the-ment Parliament. The change in public Sentiment is a 529' lutary one. It proves by evidence tiliat cannot be mistaken, that the country is sick of the bootless agitation 'which has been kept up for years. The people of Western Canada are determinedno'loirger to appear as living at daggers’ points with their neighbors and fellow-subjects of the East; A demand for practical legisation will now take the place of agitation for theoretical changes, and the political at- mosphere of the country will assume a more settled aspect. ' But the success has not been all on the side of the ministry. Three constituencies have gone from their grasp, w'rich before were represented by strong Ministerialists. Messrs. Hooper, Dunsford and Cockburn, cannot be regarded as supporters of the pre- sent ministry, no more than they can be counted as supporters of Mr. Brown. if we understand their posrtion they occupy the place of a Conscrvative Opposition, andl are therefore to be regarded as contribut- ing to the breaking up of the unsatisfac- tory party combinations which extendÂ¥p both sides of the House to the great dé rt- .nent oftlie interests oftlie country. Upon the whole the party backs on both. sides are getting whipped and we are glad of it. THE UNITED STATES' AND ENGLAND A MISCHIEVOUS MALIGANT T tAlTOR. ' 1f the Southern rebels do not deceive most effective “aid and comfort,” by having France and England provoked to become their allies, it will not be the fault of the New York .Herrld. Day after day that journal serves at once tbecausepf the traitors and embarrasses the govern- ment, by proposing a juncture of the armies of the North and the South. for the occupation of Canada and the seizure of Cuba. As this journal, which is at home the most disreputable member of the Arn- erican press, has a factitious reputation abroad, the direct effects of its atrocious proposals must be to cxrite a deep hos. tility against the United States throughout Englang, Spain, and France, and this is doubtless the design ofthe Heralds articles on this subject. But not only does the Herald thus-seek to imbroil the government by its insane projects of wholesale fillibusterism against nations with whom we are happily at peace but it puts them forward as emanating from the Secretary of State. In this way itj'm» terjects into one of its scandalous articles yesterday, the suggestion that the' United States must “fall back upon Mr. Seward’s grand American continental programe of annexation,” as if such an infamous scheme were not only contemplated. btit desired by the administration. What the result: of this kind of recomendatiou, in a leading American newspaper, must have in Europe should be palpable to the dullest compre- hension. “The scheme is of glassâ€"Jtlie daylrghtshincs through it.” 1 We have not the slightest doubt th t. Bennett, stung to the quick by his comâ€" pulsory abandonment of the traitors in April lost its stll with them at heart, if not actually in their service. Nothing ever happened to the Herald so utterly grilling to its owner as to have to bow down to the majesty of the people's will, as he was obliged to on the occasion to which. we refer, and consequently, nothing was ever so much calculated to stir up the malace of his malagnant nature to its profoundest depths. He is now seeking his revenge in one of the ways still open to him. ‘Not daring to advance the rebel cause by di- rect and open advocacy, for fear of the people, he seeks to do it by embroiling the government in a foreign war, under cover of which the rebels and traitors may es- cape, and accomplish the nefarious design; they would be "powerless to affect sinle handedâ€"Philadelphia Paper. ‘ ‘ SPURIOUS NOTES IN CIRCULATION.“ The Ottawa Citizen says that Counterfeit four dollar notes of the Bank of Montreal, numbered C.H. 48,913, and dated Orrsm, Iat August, 1861; also, Nos. 0-11 84-,- 781 and 84,784, of the London branch of the same bank, have been freely circulat- ed in this city within the last week. . The notes are easily detectedâ€"being smaller than the genuine, and the paper has also a greasy appearance. The consignees of the steamer “Golden Fleece” upon her arrival at Quebec, day manded the enormous sum ofv£300 for taking the 47th regiment to Montreal. The Ordanance authorities offered only £200, which was refused, and this regi- ment will be brought up to the latter. city, at a reasonable rate by river steamers. Alexander Burns was sentenced on the 3rd inst, to be hanged at Montreal, for the murder of his incestuous child, in De- cember 1859. When the verdict of “guilty” was returned by the jury, the unhappy man seemed much moved.