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northern Railway ' Em of Canada I BICHMON D H r “(NINE NORTH. Mail Trnln.-....................7 55 AJ‘ Esprit-3.... .....................456v.m MOVING SOIII‘H. Exprm..........................8I49.n 31ml... ......... ....933.A-l of Toronto, on the night; of \Vednesday the 23 Jan., a debate arose, in course ‘V. Toronto. city Corporation. “ Blood will. Show 1” A? anvisnn‘ AND connncmm) EDITmN; 1 Alderman J E. Smith has been elect- “ AN OLD SPEECH 1: ed“ the thirty-fourth Mayor of the city of Toronto, over “‘old square toes,” whose administration. of the city afl'airs brought the Mayoralty' into contempt; but, bad as it was, we are doubtful if the selec- In the Council Chamber of the City ‘ mm; v New Advertisements. Foundu-B. Hafl‘ey "Form for Saleâ€"~Wm Linfoot Oils & Paintsâ€"R. H. Hall Cardâ€"R. Ferris Money to Lendâ€"G. P. Victom Squat-8' Property for Saleâ€"Geo McPhillips Loadâ€"Wm Atkinson Belling OII'Lâ€"Wm Atkinson Great clearing Sale-vH. 83 A. Newton: Hurrah for Christmasâ€" K. d: A. Newton. Coal Oil-W. S. Pollock. Harnessâ€"W. H. Myers Duplex Elliptic Skirtâ€"J. w. Bradley. 7- Boomâ€"w. H. Myers. of which one of the members, named Denison, made hiniself‘appear ridiculous by snobbishly affecting to be something tion of Mr. Smith is an improvement; it is lamentable to reflect upon the fact that themanagement of the affairs of a city like Toronto is left to men the majority of whom appear to enjoy most unenviâ€" able reputations,â€"no wonder, when thcl people will elect such men, that honor- able men like R. A. Harrison, Alexan- der Manning and Alderman H'ynes have no power to bring about a better state more than ordinary mortalsfor the amuse merit of such of our readers as do not sympathise with the spurious specimens of aristocracy, who now and then then thrust their pretentious nonsense upon the public notice, we copy young Deni- son’s uncalled for and irrelevant res marks from the daily Globe of 25th J an :â€" “ Ald. Denison, in reply to Aid. Harrison said he had lisrencd with great interest to the remarks of the gentleman on the oppo- years back; as a specimen of the. way the majorities are Secured in the control of corporation matters, we extract the of things than has existed for some. Strade Pigâ€"Gerrard Wiley;- Ihte Strapsâ€"Wm Harrison. Clearing Sale-A Scott Cardâ€"Richard Grahame Desirable Residence to Rentâ€"â€"C Battrick I SUBSCihiSE. FOR The York Herald, $1,00 a year on lily}: gnaw. ‘ RICHMOND HILL, FEB. 1, 1867. cc. “' ' “ ‘ L ‘ The County Council. Our readersl'are already aware that Mr. H. S. Howland has again been chosen warden for the County of York ; there appeared to be no desire to raise ~ the objection of his residence in Toron- to, thereby being ineligible to hold the Reeveship of Vaughan, if contested ; Mr. Howland is a general favourite, being one of those who has been fortuâ€" nate in accumulating a large share of the goods of this world, he has many friends who are willing that he should not be baulked, even though he act con- trary to law,â€"it has been so from time immemorial, ,why are we to expect it to cease now ? The Warden has called upon the Council to provide for a House of Inâ€" dustry and Industrial Farm,â€"and we .zpcrceive that Mr. Grahame, of Vaughan, has been thcfirst to take action upon the Warden’s suggestion,â€"â€"we are not certain that Mr. Grahamc’s constituents will admire the haste he has dis- played in this matter, it is quite a new {thing to us in Canada, and requires more caution than we think has been manifested by the senior Deputy Reeve .of Vaughan ; we trust that his colleague Mr. R. J. Arnold will not follow suit; it will be ascrious item of tax- ation, and after all may not answer the purpose which the law contemplates. The Warden’s pct, E. Jackson of the Newmarket Era, as a matter of course, is reappointed one of the County Audi- .tors ; we suppose the Warden is satisfi- ed with ‘the Era’s definition of the “ dis- bursement account." In fact, we would not be surprised if any thing should nap- pen to deprive the Provizreeef the able services of Mr. Langton, the present efiicient Auditor of Public Accounts, to see our modest cotemporary pitchforked into that important position ; requiring, as it. does, a person of superior intellec- tual attainments, and a more than ordi- nary knowledge of accounts,â€"â€"who ktUWS? We are rejoiced to find the name of Dr. B .rryman on the committee on Educa- tion again,he was a most efficient member of that committee in former years, and has done much to promote the interests of education throughout the county; the names of the committee, for this year, are Messrs. Berryman, Arnold, Bull Hunter and C. Doan,â€"we hope these gentlemen will provide liberally for the ‘ Grammar Schools of the county, and place them in a position to secure their usefulness as permanent institutiOns, that the sons and daughters of the farmers, mechanics, and also of the la- bouring classes, may enjoy the advan- tages of a supti-ior education. There is one thing that is noticeable ., in the proceedings of our County Coun- , cil, which we respectfully suggest to be susceptible of improvement, we perceive that they meet, day after day, sit for a short time, adjourn to the next day, and so go on, losing time for which they are amply paid by the public; let there be a. fair day's work done bath 6 adjouruing, gentle- men, get through the business you ,were sent to transact, and when that is done, and your proceedings on behalf of the public finally closed, you are then at liberty to remain in Toronto, at yourl own expense, as long as you think pro- per, but we do most respectfully submit that it is an injustice to the ratepayers of‘the county, for the members of coun- cil not to be as economical of the public , site side, who had. said a great deal about malevolence and spite. The malevolence and spite were not from his (Ald. Deni- son’s) side of the house. He thought the spite had come from other disappointed following. from the proceedings of the city Council on Wednesday the 231d January: â€"- “ Ald. Hynes then took the floor and said gentlemen. For his pwn part he had been that he had expected this all. day, NOW,l]e on the conservative sule during the contest wished to. say that [his Council was corrupt for F119 Mill'oralty, 311d “ml was a Side he from the very beginning, and he could had always been on. He could also tell Mr. prove it, » If this was the; way that things Harrison “lat he (Denlson) belonged ‘40 a were to bc managedâ€"that the majority "199’ Of me" that Elould “ever be Put down i were to make an elfort to crush the minori- imd flirthel‘y he Wls'fied to inform ML Al‘l- ty, he would say that the opposition would HEWISO“ that he had 3-3 g°°drb100d in 1115 take up the gauntlet. He complained that veins as he (Ald. Harrls‘0n)had (Laughte'fl- he was being perseCuted because he had @3119 had sald befm‘e: 1“ the recent (5100‘ supported a gentleman for the Mayoralth in $10” he had» b89110“ the conservative Side; opposition to the Mayor, and he wished the aud-â€" public to know that immedi"tely before he (.Ald. Harrisonâ€"You are on both sides. moved the election of Ald. Harrisor, a friend (tLaughter). of the present Mayor asked him if he, would Ald. Denisonâ€"At the recent election you it’al‘e $300 mld V0” for Smith’ ‘0 “Inch he A. . , I - , . -, .4 . 1 E. , 4.3â€": »- w.»:.~,n.~.sm.' ..m~v. 1w .1 The York Roads.» . 1 u... .The-attention- of our readcrsgenerally, and. the members of the County Council ' in particular, is directed to a- communi cation, signed ‘Evemhanded- Justice,‘. in another colmmn.; we consider our correspondent’ sarguments have forcc,and are worthy of serious consideration. ‘ There used to be much ado about the ’ ‘Beaty-job,’we only'hope that instead of one jobber, we may not have a larger number,â€"we trust the committee of the County Council will report on the arâ€" rangement of these roads so as to give more general satisfaction. (traumatic. l The Hunter Assault. To the Editor of the Y ark Herald. SIR,â€"My attention has been call- ed to a report, purporting to emanate from and signed by one " W. G‘. Stephâ€" enson,” which appeared in your paper of the 25th inst. C Language is inade- quate to expiuiss the contempt that I eu' tertain for that report (to say nothing of its‘author or authors), and which it would be unnecessary for me to com- ment on, were it not that my name is mentioned therein, in connection with another gentleman at present absent from this village, Mr. Dennis, and that we are stigmatised as being divested of “ hu- manity.” The tJru.ths in that report satisfy me that the man whose name is appended to it was inaccuracies and unâ€" too were on both sides and playing into the lsal‘l “0- , . hands of both parties.’ Now, for my own ecoum do “19 ill-mg; “he” he (Ald' Hynes) part, I would rather see Ald. Harrison on mid that if thousands were Offere‘l in' the Board Of G301 Inspectors than lnyself" stead of hundreds. he would have nothing to .' - . . do with it. He added that several of his :giggggstfny fueud mu “Ut pleas the friends were told that if he (Ald. Hynes) would vote for Smith, he would get $500, Ald. Sheard (jocularly) said Ald. Denisen . and concluded by declaring that he could had amused him very much. He had told ,point across the table to a. member of the the Council that he had good blood, (laugh louncil who said he had been olfered $500 ter.) and that he had never been but on one and the Northern Railway Directorship if h.- sidc. Now all who knew the Denisons knew would vote for Smith, which oifer was re- very Well that they had never been on any jected_ v side but one’ .“nd that wall .lhe Side thire [Ald. anes was love interrupted with they could feed at the Government crib. cries Ophhamy name,» when he replied (Lauvhte-r)‘. For his own part he did not . I . ‘ tliinli-lthe‘ citizens’ cared“ whether Ald. Deni- “m” be W°“l‘.1"°t3‘$"{e ‘he name at New“, it would be given. in its proper place. And 1 . ‘ ' .. son 8 blond, wag gomi or bad’ Whitem mek' so because he could not be bought at the re- blue or green. (Laughter). He trusted ' the members would Lproceed to business cent 6199mm! he “‘3 to be kept off the Board of Works] without any more unseemly discussion. Ald M d H .d h t _f f h d k A1d,Denison’ ,‘n mp1,. to Ald. Shaun], . 9 on sex t a 1 re a noWu ‘ ' ‘ - . _ before he had voted that Ald. Hynes had said his family had been in the country for been thus tampered with, he would nothave over seventy years, and had not one of ‘ ‘. _. . i, _ them ever received a government nppoint- ‘11:“? if“ izjll‘mg 11,113 H332; “:2: 2?: ment, except that they had served their he comm“, 66’ as he 6 It: on an com country in time of war and had drawn their Ono” to “we sue . a ma y e of the Council. Cheers. pay as full privates, and he thought that mine . . _ I no disgrace in this country. Had not Ald. As a proof of the insmcerity of this Shcard been feeding at the government person Medea”; we may mention, that, in crib when he was whittling sticks at Ottawa , _ at $10 aday 7 (Laughter). And he would a few Inmates afterwarés he 1’0th 0 ask how much had Ald. Harrison got from against Placing Alderman Hynes on th the government for the work he was con- committee, The Toronto Telegraph tinually doing for the Crown?” . ‘ Ald.Hur1-isonâ€"~More than ever you will handles Medea” W’th‘mt gloves: and 8'“- Laughter. shows him up as an ignorant, ambitious, Some-more discussion, took place of no shuffling politician, Whose occup very unusable nature. beveral members de- 11 _ , h ,. yd d the 001mm, precutcd the turn tluugs had taken. t e ciVic c an rcu ere . Chamber more like a Circus rjng than an Ald.Harrison hoped that there would never be another such scene in tlieCounnll.Hc had assembly of the respemabmty and in, raised his voice merely because a dispositmu was shown on the part of the majority to crush the minority, right or wrouv ” a. \Ve term the foregoing “ a revised and corrected edition of an old speech," it is so very like one delivered by his grandfather, in the Toronto City Coun- cil chamber, thirty one years ago ; which we new copy for the amusement of our readers generallygand to show Mr. Ald- erman Harrison in particular that Mr. Western Canada. umâ€" Hunter’s “Inhaling Process 1” Dr. J. J. Hunter, by an elcctionecr‘ ing stratugem. !â€"â€"or will we call it a " st atgetic movement l’â€"â€"-got to be Reeve of Newmarket, soon recovered from the cifccts of the ‘mui'dcrous blow,’ which nobody gave him ; some ungenerous peo- The party then asked if money r ation. of telligcncc of the chief commercial city of Denison “ belongs to a race that could never be put down 1” Mr. Maynard could not do it at college It is copied from a city paper of Feb. 11, 1836 :â€" “An address of congratulation was pro- posed to Sir Francis R. Head, on his arri- val amongst us. This the worthy Alderman most strenuously opposed with all the power of his steutoriau voiceâ€"-â€" observed:â€"-‘ That he for his part never had been to the Go- vernment House to ask a favor and never would,â€"not he indeed !â€"--and never would bow down to any GovernOi: He had not done it t.) a. Major-General, neither would he do it to a. Major of the Baggage train. A great deal has been said about this new Governor, but who was he ? A man sent here to take the place of a Major leneral; and who had been Knighted by the Kingr for catching wild Horses in South Auicrica.â€"- [A member of the Council observed in re- ply to Mr. Denison, that if the. Goveinor was employed in catching Horses :iu South Am- erica, he came to Canada to drive Asses] Neither would he go to kiss even the hand of the King himselfâ€"he would have no 01)- jection to kiss theQueen’s hand! And as for him he was no Radical, but; a. thick and thin 'I'oin', asd he glorie‘d in the name, and any mu.) Wno was not soâ€"-even his own son â€"he should like to shoot!” Trial for Murder. The trial of the Rev. Jeremiah Babin for the murder of his sister, took place last week at Aylmer, Lower Canada,â€" rcsulting in his acquittal. We consider the jury took a merciful view of the circumstances, which, in our opinion, leave an impression unfavourable to Mr. Rubin. His sister was a cripple, and confined to her room,â€"â€"â€"she had to be attended by a :ervant ;â€"this servant was sent a message by Mr. Babiu’s Wife who told her she need not come home that night,-â€"wlien the servant returned in the morning, the girl was missing,â€" and the first that was heard of her, afterwards, was that the poor girl’s body was found in the river De Lieure, which runs through the village of Buck- »ingham,â€"â€"the defence did not.to our mind, satisfactorily account for the girl’s time as they would be of their own. removal from Mr. Babin’s ch: rgc, Even poor old ple insinuate that he had a ‘ brick in his hat,' and does not. know how it hap- pened ; they think his friends Dennis, Landy and Jack Mosier know more than they are willing to tell ; his speedy re- covery? is said to be attributed to his knowledge of his brother Robert Hunâ€" ter‘s s! stem ? which the Pall mull gamut of London, England, was fined one fart/Ling for giving a more appro- priate name 1 Since the foregoing was set up we received a communication from Mr. J .J Landy. which we insert elsewhere ; We cannot see that what Mr. Landy says shakes Mr. Stevenson's report. The deâ€" tective, as a public oflicer, went to New- market in the discharge of a public duty, and could hardly be influenced by per- sonal feeling; the important points of his report to the Municipal Council of Newmarket are not met, which go to show that the ‘murdcrous assault’ was neither more nor less than a solemn humbug,â€"â€"concocted, and successfully enacted, to influence an elecâ€" tion that would have terminated, if conducted fairly, in the return of Mr. Boultbee. Our readers must not lose sight of the fact that between Mr. Landy and Mr Boultbce there has been, for some months back, a personal mis- understanding, iir consequence of which he throw all his energy into the contest againstBoultbee,not that he lovedIâ€"Iunter, but because he ‘ owed Boultbee one ’ ? to use an Aineriean‘i-sm. As a matter of fair play, we insert the communication, and leave it to tlie‘numerous readers of our paper to pass judgment upon its merits, when compared with the document to which it refers, and appeared in our columns of last week. Tnnmnns Swanson ACCIDENT.â€"MEM- I ems, Jun. l7.â€"The steamer Platte Vullry l.which left here for Vicksburg. this alter- noon, struck a wreck of a sunken gnnboat, and sank in about three minutes. Estimat ed that one hundred pesons were drowned. About forty women and children were on board. most of mhom were lost. I. A garrison battery of artillery has been organized at Collingwood under the com- mand of Mr. John Hogg, Iteeve of that . town. The guns will hardly be sent there until the opening 0t navigation. socially and politically biased by reason of his association during his short stay here, and tor be devoid of truth and honor. Brought here and remunerated by the deadly political opponents of Dr. .SXW‘w-Jl '.'7.;~:~-‘..'Â¥csls.= Luna'an ,f‘ufio‘vr-u putt-s: The York Roads; Mr. Editor,â€"A great deal of: mist conception and wrong ideas exist in re} gard to the above subject; people gen- erally imagine that booinse the Finance Minister of the County has been able to pay ofl'. $16,500 of the Road debt In less than two years, that they are man» aged in a most economical and judicious manner, and under the best method that can be devised for he interest of the County. My opinion is (and I will endeavour to prove it) that a small error exists in regard to the matter. Iwas talking the other day with a member of the County Council, res' pectin’g these Roads. who said ‘only think of paying off $16,500 in less than two years : why, they will soon pay all the taxes of the County, and entirely re- lieve the Farmers from paying any County rates whatever ’ ‘ Ah but who pays the tolls ?’ ‘ Why the person,who travels on the 'Roads to be sure !’ Very well,and who are they , whert :- a... {L ,. . .nrav. N..vrx_r.‘*. r. "bouer 'COUNCI‘fiIT “I‘m "5'?" FRIDAY, Jan; 25‘ Trimaran-R’s nnronrâ€"notsn or across 1’ noi nor. * ~ Ml"’II‘-‘H&‘wao'ltvvl..‘ mm .e», v Rune-:7 'Mihs...‘, - A 7 .. ., expenses, and keeping them, in repair, d:c.,~ be defrayed by direct. taxation ,- and argued for his New at some length. BRINTING. . The standing Committee, on Printing prro' .4’ the County 'l'reasuier, giving; detailed state- ments; together with tl e vouchers, of the Isentedliheir report which wasitbr the"i effect- thatthey had applied to several st‘ati‘oners in the city for blank forms and vazious docu- ments needed-for COunBV purposes, andlad received lists of prices from said Stationers, andthcy recommended that the Clerk notify 05:1 the-Council resuming business at 10.30 .,nn,. a commimicatior was presented from er-eiptsamd disbursement of the United Cou: tics of York and Peel for the ten months tothc Illst Dean, 1860. From the last quarterly report it appeared that there was a bu race on hand at the close of the year of $7,758 88.. The Treasurer also laid before the Council, abstracts of the Assets and Liabilities of the general aliairs of the United Counties on the 31st ult., and the estimates for the the County of York for the present year, from which it appeared that the amount the Treasurer proposed to the Council to levy was $14,788. The Treasurer urged upon the Council the advisability of levying a sullicieut rate to. provide tor any contingency which might arise. This was the first year of the separation of the Counties, it. was-not. ‘yct known what the expens- s of York, as a separate County, would be; and it would be , better to have a considerable balance in hand l at the end of this year, than to be deficient. Messrs. Clrewett d7 00.,- one of the firms ap- plied to to furnish the things‘reqnired. The Council refsolved itself into a"Commit-' tee of thewhole on the 1teport,‘Mr.f Philipsv in the Chair. After a time the Committee arose audprosontedthe Reportwith a scheds- ule of articles required,- audrthe Council adv opted the same. Dr. HUNTnu moved, seconded by Mn. ' CHAS. Dow, That the Finance committee be4 and are hereby instructed to drafta'peiition to the Government praying that all expenses' incurred, or that may hereafter be incurred, int he detention and trial ofFeuiatn prisoners,’ and all expense in the trial of the case of" the Queen us. the Messrs. Halliday, he do“ frayed by the government. Carried. SATL7unAi',»Jnn. 26. ADJOI'RNMENT. ,~ It was resolved that when the Council ad. do they come from , are they foreigners, The 'illensurer also called attention to the -â€"people from the States, or even from new Municipal Act which give: the Council other counties? ihe uuthontv to audit all moneys to be paid hv them and that. it would he necessai t (l u .. v them ' . ' ' a . ' . ” y'- 0 no; 99 0 t 0f evely 100 Of appoint an auditor to auditaccouuts previous jouru after this session, it stand adjournch till'two o’clock on Monday. EQUALIZATION REPORT." The Equalization Com mitteo vv'submittedé belong to the couutyof York. ’I‘hen would the: c not be a great sav- ing to the people, if'the money wanted for the York lioads were collected by taxgathercmfind save the expenses of the toll takers, and the keeping 0 their houses and gates in repair. If tent mode had been adopted and the people had been taxed to the amount have been enabled 50 pay elf mt only $16,500 but more than $30,000 in the same time. But how can that be '2' Well, I will tell you; there are fifteen Toll«takers employed at say $400, for they will have that sum or more one way or another, amounting to ......$0,000 00 Then there was expended last Hunter, it was manifestly his business not “ to investigate on their behalf, the case of reported assault on Dr. J. J Hunter, on the morning of the 7th Jan. .1867,” fairly, impartially and truth- vfu-lly, but to receive and report their one sided and insidious statements and in- sinuations, the statements of those who naturally felt and feel sore at fit/cf?" loss of prestige and influence, as well as money prudenceand common sense, in conse quence of the result of the recent contest for the Reeveship in this village, and to cast aside asirr‘elcvant anything omen-db ing from the “intimate friends and sup- porters of the Doctor," Dams. and handy. But Mr. Editor, this accomplished iand doughty detective was furnished by 'me with a true statement of thc‘l-inatter, at his request, a statement which dis- covered to him why " the plain dictates of reason and humanity could not be complied wit- by 0, nor indeed by Mr. De uni-s, the gentleman named That statement I am prepared to Sub stantiate on oath if necessary, and is as follows :-â€"“ On Monday morning 7th Jan. 1867, as the village bell was being rung for 6 am , I was aroascd'by Mr. Dennis, in Whose home, for jru/chntial reasons, I slept that night, and proceeded to dress as quickly as possible. Mr. Dennis left the house immediately after, stating that he should see Dr. Hunter" about something connected with the el- ection. A few minutes afterwards, I heard him call my name from the street, in a very loud and excited Way “ Landy, come out here," and being impressed, from his tone and voice, that he. was being pursued to be maltreated, I hurri- ed from the house as. is overshocs, vest or hat, and with my hair uncombed, ob- jects were not then Vcry Visible, and in , consequence I could not see Dcnnis,but on calling out, was answered from Mr, James Allen's house, where Dennis was knocking furiously. In answer to en-, quiries, hurriedly made by iue,he stated ' “ that the Doctor was killed,” “ that he did not know who did it,” and “that he was lying on the sidewalk, some dis- tance down, inscusiblc.” ~ Both of us then ran to the place indicated, half way between Smith’s corner and his own house, and discovered the Doctor pros. trate on his face, which was covered with blood, as well as thesnow for, perhaps, a yard around. ‘WVltlil considerable diffi- culty we succeeded In getting him to his house, his answers to our queries on tho . way being vague and incoherent We had only placed him on the safa, when .‘vl r. James Allen entered, W218 requested to go for Dr. IIackett, the servant girl having been already sent for Dr. Iiogers, WhichI believe he did, unhesitatingly. Dressed in the manner I have described I was numbed and chilled with cold, and instinctively sought the fire to l‘eanimatc myself, as did also Mr. Dcnnis,who was very excited, believing that a concerted and concocted scheme of maltreatment and assault was agreed upon by the low- est of the class supporting Mr. Boult- bee.” This statement was furnished verbatim. to W. Cr. S. but as I have stated it was not his object, “and did not subserve his purpose, or the pur- poses of his employers to embody it, the “ prudence and human- ity ” metaphor would have been destroyâ€" ed by its publication, and truth would 'have been benefited ; but to me it ap. pears plain that truth was foreign to the design in view, in bringing W. G. S. here, and to his purpose. That portion of the report which states “that Dennis and Landy hurried through the streets, arousing the friends and supporters of the Doctor, with the news of the atâ€" tempted assassination,” is‘ also im- tiut iful, the fart being that for near an“- hour afterwa ds we did not go on the streets,and then the people Were all astir‘, and the news had preceded us. Trust- ing,Mr. Editor, that I have not already trespassed too muCh on your valuable space, I am yours &c , J. J. LANDY Newmarkct, Jan. 20, 1867'. C your on gates and tollâ€"houses as the accounts show ......... And an extra allowance to the Tresurcr for the labour of keeping 15 separate ac‘ts. . . 100 00 683 33 Making a total of ...............$’6,7€3 33 for one year,whieh,multipiicd by 2 gives $13,506 60, which might have been atl- ded to 16,500, making a sum of $30, 060 60. And the travellers saved an infinite amount of trouble in not being called upon to stop and s arch their pockets every five miles, and have a dispute with the toll taker about Canadian cents and American silver. But there is no necessity or even jus~ lice in paying OH or attempting to pay elf the debt in less than 20 years, as the people of this generation are not called upon to provide for all the wants of the next. It is sufficient for us to provide for the annual payment of one twentoth of the purchase money and interest, and. what may be required to keep the roads in repair; and this can be done as I have shown above. at a. saving of $678333 by levying a rate upon the County instead of collecting it by toll.â€" and as it is the. same people who ‘ it, would. it not c more sensible to luvnz‘v.n.~.xnsn JUSTIL‘ r Yo’rk,Jan 29, 1807. County Poor £01139, .._3 To the Elliot of'ih-e York Herald. Sm: In reference to a communication from “ A Itatopayer," in your last, 1 have a few words to say. In the first place, your can-respondent seems to be ignorant ofa very important fact in the matte of a County Poor House, viz :â€" That such an Institution is rendered compulsory w thin two years, under the last Statu’tes 29 and 30 Vic, Cap 51. sec. 413 ; and also of the fact that this question was distincth alluded to by the \Vardon, in his opening address, in the opening address, in the following terms, as published in your paper ofsuuic date : “One of the most important. of its “clauses (the new Municipal Act) he 1‘ considered to he the section which re- “quired the erection of Houses of Ru- “iuge in the County, within two years “from the present date He hoped " that the Council would at this meet ‘ “ ing take the iuitiutul'y stops in a m..t- “ tor of such important interest to them ' Again, it was asserted that. th‘ ques- tion was brought up by young members of the Council, whereas it was first mooted b " the Reeve of Aurora very oldest men in the Council: It is also stated that a reckless and ,thoughtless expenditure is proposed in the matter, whereas the resolution in which the question was introduced reads thus :â€"â€"“I’tcsoived, that it is desirable “and expedient that the Council pro- “ coed with as little delay as possible to “provide for the support of indigent. “ and other persons, as sot forth in the “ 414th section of the Munisipnl Act, “ by establishing within this County “a House of Refuge, and a House of “ Industry, in accordance with the “ 413th section of said Act, and that a “ Committee or live he and are hereby up» “ pointed for this purpose, whose duty “it shall be to inquire into the matter ‘ “ of similar institutions, in the state of “New York and elsewhere, and to re- “report fully on the subject at the Junel “ session of this council, such report tol “ set forth the price at which said land “ can be purchased in different localities, l “the nature of the buildings rcquiredl “ to be erected, the cost of erection &c . . “together with the probable annual ‘1' charge ,to‘ the county in fully carrying "" intoeffect the requirements of the, “l;tW,”Which resolution was accepted un-" animonsly by the council. It. is quite unnecessary to reply to insinua ions whlch are altogether personal in their tendency, , Yours &0. they pay in toll, the Treasurer would , .4 one @- Lo pay ment. Bov’s nous. A counuunication was presented from the .‘VI'dll'ct new of the Boys” Home, rep Quentin: the work done by the Home and the state of Council in supporting the expense ol the in ' stuuliou and paji 1g otfthe debt incurred in the purchase of 1 :ud. HOUSE 01" REFUGE, ETC, The Council, on motion of Mr. Grahame. of Vaughanfihcu went into committee oftlie whole to consider the question of establish in,r a House of Roth :9 and House ofludustry in the county of Yorkfll‘lr. Bull, of York, in the chair. Mr. Grahame moved, secmided by Mr. Parnhuin. Resolved. that it is desirable and HXPCKIICHI} that the Council pr0\ ide, with as 1.1tic (lo a; as possiblefor the support of in ll- ;eut and other persons, as set forth in the 41-1 section of the llquicipz-tl Act, by estab- lishing within the county 3. House of'lefu :e and a House oflnd'uslry in accordance with the 413th suction oft;qu Ashanti that a com- mittee of live he and are hereby appointed 1: l l quire into the management ofsimilar institu- Lions in the State ofva York antllo repmt ully on the subject at the June sessims of this Council, such report to set forth the price at u hich land can he purchased in dif- ferent localities. the vu'ue of the buildings required to he crevtc«l,tlie cost for erection, &c., torclhcr with the probitlllc annual charge to the county in fully carry- in,: into eil‘ucl. the requirements ofthc luv. and that such committee be composed 'of the followngr personaâ€"5111c Warden, Dr. Him- ter. Dr. llerrymanfiml Messrs. Parulirni and (i rahame. Mr. Grahame. in supporting his motion,- stud he thought, that this was the proper their finances, and praying for aid from the r. for the purpose, whose duty it shall he to en-- their report as follows :-â€"-- , The Standing Committee on Equalization: beg leave to report that upon Olll'eflllly,~ examining the several assessment rolls. the»r find, Ist,errors in the adilitions'oft-he recapiw tulatious of the Etobicoke, King, York, Nox'lll Gwillimhury rolls, varying from 'ltcn to twenty thousand dollars. 2nd. In H Ve oi“ the rolls there has been a number'offin the :uinbcr of. acres assessed as compared with Ihe returns of last year, viz. :â€"â€"Whitchurch $5.905; King,l.,935, Va ugliau,l,014 5 York, 13232 and in Gwillim‘oury North, 134, which your Committee cannot account. for, but on the supposition that errors have been made 111 the additions of the rolls, as it is not rea- sonable to suppose that such large quantities of land could be entirely omitted from the .0113 without creating dissatisfaction among; the‘scho )1 sections ofthe several municipali- jlies, j'mrticularly when, as your committee observe, the same occurrence lakes placc,in a. greater or loss degree. every year. .‘ld. In Elhe five remaining tr-wndrips, there has been an noieasc in the number oi acresireturned varying from three in Etobicuke to 450 in "IIurkhnm. _, 2nd. Your Committee observethat eight. of the ten townships constituting the county return a loss iinount oflanrl than 'the Go- vernment returns show such toWnships to boulaiu, while the rem ining two more. The decrease in some of the townships as coniv pared with the Government returns, may m, least be partially accounted for by a. portion of the said townships being comprised within the limits of village incorporation. The difference detween the :isscssors'and G0vern- ment returns for the whole county amounts to nearly 10.000 acres. of a decrease. 3rd. Your Committee observe' that am some of the rolls the ages of assessed par- ties are not. given. On the York and King; rolls. the owners7 addresses are not given (where the pmpcrty is occupied by It course to be taken. The proposed institm Iious were new things in this country. The nearest place lo get iufot'uuniouof the pure" ticnl working of such institutions was the United Safes, and it. would __i " ' dotw ‘ llir. lll‘iilfaéc: that it Wuuld be better not to Jim ofcuquiry open to the connnittoe t» the State ol‘New York,hut allow them to >ob'tain. information wherever they cm 1d. The mover, and Dr. limiter, of Newman ket, explained Iliui the Stale of New Yo k was selected because of its nun-I “,aud the l{.)-i\v'll(‘.\'.10ll01 c of: .u.1ions of the ~so.t mechanical i.11illlSi-ilc. l, . 11L in sun 1 “tllUll for mtu )‘Cltln‘, wa: m;- iicsi piano to get iutbmalion. S v ollicr gentcur‘u spoke to the same cifcct. Cnum l. the ,. 1 out [he numcs of tin. of :n..l(l.: v' 0.; Luiricsrcspccun lion 3c, 33:. re: their report as amended. cd. Mr. Taylor. of Y: Mr. Walker. in Hull) ltlllllflll. j port be not ad»; lilill, Bowman; and That the re ‘ Moss .5. Phil“ strut: ; f the propos -«l wnumiltuem o2 llr. lluulor , don lu: insuu‘ed lASlL‘lt-l thereof. the IU§))1‘L he not adopted; but, that man, Mr 1’;iruh.-.m. Mr. 1):.tn, «f Aurora, the Warden, ll 1'. iirztllzimc and Mr. Bull. Aftersmic (ii4cussbu the were lost, and 1h: committee. PETITIONS. Mali-r s were made and carried for leave to present, :he followiu: petitions, and the petilious were presented 2â€"â€" From Markham Grammar School. pecuniary aid, and the appointment. ofTrus- tees for the sumo. From J :hn Giles ‘tl'.(l other, in reference o the L the Shore Rand. t From lhos. Nightingale, asking for re-n lief from oppressive tolls. From the Magdalene Asylum asking aid. From D. C. James asking for relief. for YORK ROADS On motion of Mr. Chester the petition of Wm. Helliwell, Esq. (previously presented) urle thousht 11 Ad better be appointed di.ecl,ly by le l'us.»l|:i'lg|'l was wounded by leaving cuicancu prop/Soil asE . 3 the House of - 10 Cirilmillt‘l‘ then rose and presented , The adoption of the report being mov- . moved, seromlcd'liy ,tnd, but that the names (if ' he lt-liose . l’ivrnlrum'. and the War- )i!‘. G oh mi') moved in alné‘.‘ Ili‘nout, That. , the committee (,Hllalo'ld of 1):. l.I'u-,iter.l) ‘. Berry- ame ‘(lui'euts port. was adopted with the addition oftlie Wardeu’s- name to the for tenant). 4th. Your Committee observe that on the 1 the system of ass ' _ ,. ,II. C ' this description of property isstill continued though so often complained of. ' The sixth clunso referred to thofollowin: schedule, showing the assessor’s value oftlu: County of York and also the equalized \‘uluc z~ ' Mr. Dian, ofAuroru, did not think it', - F1“ . '.‘. :"wes 1‘.“ t. H“ 1 1 I x; \ ~ / . , _, < (1 “ 3 3f ' l, NJ“, 501.0,: [flail Miuichmlitics Assessed Elllllllletl Valuel . L. . . . .« . ., ‘ ,I . r _ usccssau'y information c~uld be got , V ‘lh‘e' V diue‘ p' m‘m' i r the ,lrhlUfIltiillli u lllCl} dealt witlh Sutll Ellll‘l’v‘le- - - "$3 909-;91‘?‘ 930.777 $30 00 ' "is. THU spe- lte. quoted his own.- ex' ' GCQ‘HSWI - - - - - who”) 272.015 9 50’ ,leu'h c:.‘ in gottin; 1 111112;: anion lor lllS‘Oth GWllllmbm'y N- 310-845 327:747 11 50' l comm; llom such periodicals. “ E 725 302 746.754 14 25' . , . l r... n' The \Vnsdeu nxnresscd his ovinion that ng' ' ' ' ' “diam?” 1")‘2’699 17 w“ . ‘ . ' Markham . 2 20-1015 1 09‘) 764 29 2’) the matter hem: a must 1mm):tantoue,evcvy S, A, _, . ‘ ' ' 1" 211’ r . ’Z,,‘. ‘ r ‘ possible information should lie Jot rcsuecl- .(‘m mlo ' ' ' " l . ’0‘?" 1"03’054 27 75 ing it lit-fore 21min 1, and that the Slate 0f ' tillld‘lllm: ' " 2’009‘462 23 25 New York, when: these insiilit .. sh ml in on v m“ WILL ' '. '2‘: 1’09J'214 17 H. York . . . . . . . . . 2.0.‘12.b20 2,310,377 34 00 l INCORPORATE VILLAGES. Ym-kville. . . . 470.860 $ 500.000 A l . n . 1, M, . , Ncwmurkt‘t... 213,490 200,000 , . lumpy? oi gouty-cmon It 1 Hunt ll hater HouundLanding 84,690 90,000 , to in .pi l to .e ntion \Hi, mutton. jloition Aurora , _ I _ . _ _ _ 135333 115000 ‘tllllmlfilull; In; Cu-UEIHHCC. which it was . ‘ $13,418,245) $13,418,356 Attached was also another sclddule givingr further at" ti-sticul information relative to theâ€" a~sessment. - CWVKHVI'II‘ "Fifi-l “Y, lube-“1,1: (“lth Elle It gave 10;Ifr‘3 persons as assessed in the 5‘ pm: '1’ *‘l' “f l l‘ “0 '5 “1 e‘b‘e‘ ,oounty distributed as follows :â€"-Etobic0ke, ‘ “'“U‘ey “"0 " “'5‘ L”"” “’llll’m‘l‘ ‘523 ; Georgina, 285 ; Gwillimbury North,. it was their in weal by Nir. Hutton, ofll-l‘ZS: Gw‘illiinh ry East, 745: King,. Hakim-“n. That the Stunml‘ns Cmmnitlt'c on l 1,131 ; Markham. 1,372; Scarboro, vCoumy l’rogw'ty. viz. : Mess a: Bull. ‘915; Vaughan‘ 1.2-1.8 ; W'hitchurch, l. \V‘mulel‘, itmvmu , .l-.:ssc Donn, and 867; York. 1.652: Yorkville,'418; Now-- 1’31: lllm‘ be ter Corinnllrt'c )r the purpose market, 3110; Holland Landing. 124: Auroâ€"- ra, 204. The Government return 546.675 as the number of acres in the county,and at" lhis number 504,545 are occupied, and have lilI‘L-‘Slilniiled value of $11.475,325,leaviug as- little over 32.000 acrescstimated to be worth' $170,300. unoccupied. Only $33,800 is re- turned as taxable income,while~personal pro-- perty is estimated at $815.450, showing a... total estimated value of all assessable proper-- ty, personal income included, according to to the shcdule submitted. to be $13,418,356. The Council went into Committee of the‘ Whole on the report, which, after being adopted in committee was finally received‘. by the Council. ' The Council then adjourned. MONDAY, Jan. 28." The County Council of Yerk resumed' their session in the Council Chamber, at 2 p.m. this afternoon. the .Varden, Mr. H. S. 110w1and, iu the chair. A COMMUNICATION lVas read from Mr. J. B. 'McGann, Mann-v ger of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Hamil- ton, relative to the progress of the. Institu-~ lion. PETITION.- , Dr. Berryman presented the ctition of theSeeretary- l‘reasurer and lady irectresseu of the Girl’s Home The petition asked for a continuance of the annual grant usually madeby the Council. On motion the petiu tion was read. MOTIONS. 1 | Dr. Hunter moved, seconded by Mr. Mit- l chell, That the Finance Committee be, and; they are hereby instructed, to introduced a“ by-law during the present session of the ‘ in reference to the York Roads, was read by l the Clerk. ' The petitioner prayed that the l ends, should: be frccdlfi-om toil rates and the Ocuncil, granting: aid to the several Agricul- COUNTY COUNCILLOR. , tural Societieswithiu the County. Carricd'. Toronto, Jan. 29, 1867.