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Lâ€"The marriage of Timothy Haley. aged 70, to a girl of 17 was not expected by the people of Brookville, Ky., to prove a. happy one; yet they are surprised by the separation that has finken place. as it was brought about by the fold man instead of the bride. He is con- vinced, he says. that she married him solely for his money; and she gives color to the charge by sneing him fer one third of his 8150.000. â€"â€"The British Indian budget estimates the opium revenue for the fiscal year at 515,250. 000. This is 21} million less than the average. The Indian Finance Minister, Major Baring. says the: the surrender of the opium revenue rat the present time would lead t » the finann ‘ oial ruin of India, and Lord Bipon, the Viceroy, declared shat he for one would be no party to such a sacrifice as the Opium league demanded. â€"The questioner involved in a St. Louis law suit wae whether a wink. said to have been made by the defendant. qualified the words which he uttered at the same time. He told the plaintifi to levy on the contents of a certain Rafe, and it was claimed that, by covertly and expressiver winking he reversed the meaning of what he said. The jury de- cided against the wxnk theory. ° â€"A silver dollar with a hit of concave mir- ror set into one side is by gamblers called a Shiner. By laying it among his pile of coin and dealing over it, the operator can know what every player holds for that deal, the cards being reflected in miniature. A mem- ber of the mining club of Leadville has been caught using a shiner. By means of it he won 82.500 in a night at poker. «The‘engineer of a train on the Cheahira railroad. in Massachusetts, was astounded on turning a curve to see the track suddenly and at the base of a great rack. A quick pull at the lever barely averted a disaetu. A solid section of a hill had rolled down. making an obstruction wluch will “quite a week of blasting to remove it. In the meantime the rails ate laid round it. â€"The curious enterprise is being conducted in New Jersey. of grinding up worn out India rubber overshoes to make what is called stock. This material is brought here in barrels and is prewed by the manufacturers into new India rubber goods. A thin coating of fresh rubber varnish makes them look quite equal to articles of the best quality, but they are said to have an outrageous lack of durability. â€"ng John Herm. a. young Chinaman of Boston, made love acceptably to Kate Engel- hardt. while visiting Philadelphia. and they Were married. Although she was a young and pretty girl of good character, the Mongol failed to appreciate his prize. and whipped her brutally buloxe a week had elupsed,besidea apitefully cutting up her clothes. Then they separated. I -â€"A writer in Land and Water describes an attempt made in 1870 on a grand scale at the ingtfirgce pf _t.he Khe_djve, t9 plant mulberry in the Dmrs. with a. view so the creation of a great silk culture in Egypt. Everything favored it, but after a few years the 130,000 trees imported were neglected and then de- stroyed. “ No matter," says the writer. “what it is that the Turk b \ilds or plants, he never repairs or nourishes it. - Prof. Hebdimh s a. rat catcher. On going into 3 Providence saloon for a glass of hear. he laid on the bar a flask containing a. mix- ture for summing rats from men! holes. He saw one of the loungers 31ny take up the -â€"-The London Economic Pays : It is more than iuur years since the Ednson scare so at- feqlgd gas property. yet Lo-day gas companies are‘actuully more prufiwble than they Were then. About tue only large ireehold proper- ties in the Uuited Kingdom which at. the present date pay 6 per cent are to be found in the an oks of the large metropolitan gas ompauies. -â€"The necessity of keeping down the rub- bits which are eating up the colony of New Zealand has lea to a demand for cats tor rubbiting. Professional rabbiters. who are paid a price ranging from Is. to 33. for each dozen skins, according to their state. have be: u empluying cats to aid them in the cap ture. and the venture has proved highly euc- oeseful. ' â€"In five years the French population has only increased 417,000â€"eltnosn entirely in tbe‘big towns. and time too in profound peace. The average Irish family 1s seven. the aver- age French family three. The Spanish pop- ulation is, taking area into account, much smaller than even the French. ~Wben Senator Brown was Governor of Georgia he found among some mouldy papers in the basement of the State House vouchers for a 922,000 claim against the general Gov~ ernmem for defending the frontier against Indians from 1795 to 1818, and Oongrcss is likely to- direct payment. â€"Lord Derby has several stepchildren â€"the children of hm wife by the father of Lord Salisbury-but none at his own. His brother and heir is a steady Tory. They have one sister. Lady Emma Talbot. min of the Sergeant at Arms in the House of Lords. â€"The sister of a wealthy St. Louis mer~ chant was dying in a poorhouse. She sent. a message begging him to overlook ‘ their esxrangemem, after she was dead. and give her re mains a. respectable burial. He refused, and she was interred in St Peter‘s Field. â€"The Legislature of Maine is considering a law to punish npotheoaries who make fatal mistakes, being incited thereto by a Bangor case. in which a clerk pul cyanide of potash into a. prescription instead of citrate of potash, thus causing a. woman’s death. â€"-It was deemed singular that eight em’ ployes of the New York Central railroad at Bufialo should come out simultaneously with Sunday emte of like maternal. The explana tion was found in the feet that they had plundered a freight car. â€"The Sheriff of Mobile. Ala" was unable to find John Percy Moore. an (amped convict ; but a stroke of lightning reached him, as he lay hiding in a shanty. and injured him so badly thin ha was glad to be taken back to the prison hospital. - -â€"A Baltimore nuraemaid pushed three pins down a baby’s throat. She confessed the act, but would give no reason for it, and none can be imagined. She has been sent macorreotional inalitution. and the child is rec ,ver'ing. â€"Cept. Stokes, a Tennessee fisherman, became so engrossed in his sport that he did not. fight Lfl the pests called bufialo gums, and then- bnes were so numerous and poison- ous that he died from the effect. -â€"The “ blood poisoning " which rscently resulted in Prof. Green’s death an Oxford. m England. has been traced to a. supply at un wholesome milk, which was given by a cow farmed by a ladles' college. â€"A negro woman tore down her enemy’s house at Hm Springs. Ark. The budding was substantial, though very small, but. with her powerful arms and an axe eke wrecked n, nobody daring to interfere. â€"The difiloeated leg of a man at Lafayette, Ind.. was treated by a woman physiclan as thuuuh it had been fractured. Ha demand» 810.000 damages, the mistake having crip- pled him for life. -â€"Sir Wilfrid Lawsdn. finding that his steward had let. a farm for $400 a. year more, and that its increased value was really due to the \enaut‘s improvements, at once sent him a check for $4,000. â€"Two hundred men laid 300 feet of rail- road track in thirteen minutes,“ Burlington. Iowa. They worked at this rapid rate to avoid an injunction. v «Prof. St. George Mivarb, in his The Cat, says that “ it has :1 Ian sounds to express its emotions” -â€"v body can deny. â€"â€"A $25,000 piaan of unparalleled splendor, is the Princé’ of Waleu’a Wedding present to Leopold. -The hirears of rent in Ireland are matei at $30,000,000. . . , . AROUND THE WORLD language of ’-â€"which no» work on esti. â€"Susie Green might have had her pick from among the young men of Lexington, Ky., for she was handsome and rich; but she preferred a. gambler of the flashiest kind. He was known to her for a. month as a. stock broker, and at the end of that brief courtship she married him. They stopped at 3. Louis- vrlie hotel on their bridal tour. He bruughn her a lemonade in her room. and she found it bitter. He had put. an opiate in it. When she was unconscious he stole her purse and $2,500 worth of diamonds. and deserted her â€"~Tne bridegroom of an Indiana wedding lost his marriage license. without which the minister could not legally make him a hus- band, and the ceremony was postponed four hours to enable him to procure a. duplicate. In his agitation he left this one on the County clerk’s desk. and hurried back without it. l'he wedding guests could well. no longer, as it was then midnight, and they were about to depart. leaving the bride in tears, “hen a mud sputtered messenger arrived on horse- back with the important document. â€"A lad named Gibbons, aged 17, the son of Lord Ardilaun's gamekeeper, hud hls skull fractured by three men near .Olonbur (close to where Lord Monntmorris was killen), lately. His mother was also wounded badly, and left in a precarious plight. Several per sons looked on while the boy was murdered. His offence was being son of a. faithful servnnno Lord Ardilaun (Sir Arthur Guin- ness),who is about the most liberal and improving resident landlord in the country. and has spent thousands in benefuotions in Ireland. â€"The mining fever has raged furiously in Amhert, Mass, and its victims include the shrewdest trade and nrofessional men in town. The source of infection was 001. er~ 1mm S. Clark‘ late presidn-nt of the Agriculâ€" -ural college, who is regarded as honestly be- lieving in the schemes which be induced his townsmen to engage in. The amount sum ally invested by Amherst mm in nearly worthless mines is placed at $600,000. which is a. large sum for a. place of tnapsize. The bubble has now burst. and the Colonel is being sued. â€"John Shrivar was the excessively jealous lover of Lillie Cross of Philadelphia. One evening she went to the minstrels with an. other fellow, and John sat moodin in her parlor until she rammed, when he furiously upbraided her. She retorted that she would never marry him. That was intended to quiet him, but it had the opposite effect. He shot her and himself. If they get Well, land John is not sent to prison. they will be sweet' hearts again, for the girl promises never to go to a show with anybody else. and he admits that he acted too hastily. â€" Mr. Wele discovered. or thought he did. that a Boston horse railroad company had no right to charge six cents lure _: so he set ()l]| one day to make out a. case by tendering five cents. He expected to be put ofi by the con- ductor. and then to rue for damages. His nickel was rejected as he expected, but there his calculations went awry, for the conductor not only neglected to eject him. but smilingly invited him to ride as far as he please-d for nothing. He spent a whole day trying d firr ent cars, but couldn’t grt the desired griev» ance, and so his scheme was a. failure. â€"How to prevent the ndulteration of food is engrosping the at=emion of the Massachu- seth ngislature. A committee has reported a lung blll designed to preserve the purity of both food and drugfi, giving a. broad d: fiuition to the term aaulceralion, and puniug ample power into the hands of the Slate board of health Tuat body is to make all necessary inquiries, fix the limits of “ permissible varia- tiuu " from the standard, and establish regulations for examining anicles, in order to determine their quality. â€"Township Trustee Griffin disappeared from Bowers, 1nd., and with him went $4,000 01 public money. He had )uut failed of re- election, his finances were in some disorder, and the belief was general that he had ab- sconded. Numerous friends. however, stead- hstly contended that; he was an honest man ; and now, after three months of doubt, their faith is rewarded by the discovery of his dead body. He was robbed and murdered by some body who knew that he had drawn the money from the bunk. vâ€"Tbe Viscomte Bprnard du Bun do Gisie- niea's superb cpllection of oil paintings. by Dutch and Flemish mastars, is to be sold at, Brussels on the 93h and 10th of next month. -Henry Shook, a guest at a Toronto hotel, ordered corn beef at dinner, and got a partio ularly tough piece. Being 84" years old, and nearly toothless, he explained to the waiter that, under the circumstances. something tenderer ought to be served. But he could get nothing better, and therefore undeltook to eat what was on his plate. Suddenly he fell back in his chair, gasped for breath, and choked to death. A chunk of the bed which he had tried to swallow whole lodged in his throat. â€"A poor woman of 80 could not pay her rent in East Brookfield. Mass, and the land- lord rem0ved the doors to force her out of the house. When she hung up blankets for a ahelter from the wind, he pulled them down. She was already ill, and under this treatment soon died. But her imbecile daughter, aged 60. still remained. The landlord ejected her. I‘hen a mob of women broke open the re placed doors with axes, reinstated the daugh- ter. and heated the owner. â€"The streets at Paris are in great; part sprinkled by hose smashed to hydrants. which are found to cost ahalf less than water- mg carts. of which, however, 350 are em~ played. The scavenging and sprinkling. both of which are admirably performed, cost $1,009,000. They manage many things very well in Paris. undoubtedly, and get some thing for iheir money, but the muuipipal taxation is by far the heaviest in Europe, with possibly the exception of St Petersburg. â€"â€"Tim Pofienbarger was not suspected 3f any tendency to insanity. He was in suc cessnt business at Gallipolis. Ohio, and‘ a social favorite. Yet he commiited suicide be- came he discovered, as he belizved, that he was losing his mental faculties, He Wrote: " My mind has become so confused thin I am not capable of transacting my business, and my life seems to be a burden to me, and my memory so affected shad scarcely know what I have been doing for several months." ~James Brackmann came very suddenly to the conclusion that he wanted a wife. He is a Colorado mine owner. but was slaying m the Plantere’ hotel, Sn. Louis, when he fell into this frame of mind Starting out from hie room. the [int Woman he saw was a tidy chambmmaid. He popped the question to her instantly. ‘ She as bluntly declined ; but. on learning that he was rich and in earnest, changed her answer to yes. The wedding was held next day. â€"There is no place like home furthe grow. ing boy. We need not explct to make him spend all his evenings there, or never seek enlerbainment (elsewhere. But; mhe people who have the happy knack of making home so delightful that the boy loves to be there often. and to bring his lrlends are they who are doing the young people the most solid service in keeping them out of mischief and leading them into that which is good. bottle and'drink, but said nothing, knowing full well that the theft would carry its own punishment. But he did not count on the dreadlnl whipping which the drinker gave him. and which sent him to the hospital. VOL. XXIV. ~Brighton, according to the London Lan- cet, is undergoing a visitation of blood poison- ing. It has long been known to the careful and curious in matters sanitary that the queen of watering places is a. very hotbed of pestilent sewer gas. During the day the odors which rise from the street grating are not noticeable ; but those who have taken the trouble to examine these outlets in the early morning will not need to be reminded of the stench which oflunds the nostrils and ex- c.tes nausea. There is reason to believe that deaths irom blood poisoning by sewer gas are of frequent occurrence, and that the danger is not confined to any one locality, but ex- tends over the entire area of a watering place which ought to be especially salubrious. â€"According to the London World, duelling is more than ever the order of the day in France. “ Olic ! else I ” “ You are a black- guardl ” “ Blanche Millefleurs has a beauty spot on the calf of her leg!” " You lie I " “ Cad I” At the theater, in the street, at the Cafe de la Paix. in the club. at the Hippo drorne, these silly quarrels are constantly arising. “ Monsieur, here is my card." “ Monsieur, we will fight to-morrow." And the fencing masters and pistol saloon keepers have not weapons enough; and even the supply of doctors are running short. Every day serpentine processions of coupes and landaus wend their way to the woods; around Paris. Much ado. little done, and; nobody killed. The exchange of pistol shots , is a farce. and. as seconds run nowadays, a rapier prick in the thick of the arm is snfli- 1 oient to render the oembat no longer equal, and to allow the parties to declare that honor is satisfied. â€"When Sir Charles Lyell, the eminent geologist. was in America, he seems to have had some curious advice uiven to him about traveling on Mississippi steamboate. “ Never pay your fare until you.are compelled to,” was the first piece of wisdom thrown at him ‘ And, pray, why not ?" he asked. “ Because your chances are better in case of trouble.’ " Will you kindly explain yourself, air ‘2" said Lyell. " Well,” answered the American. “ wh» n I was traveling up the river last March, somebody cried out, " Passenger over beard ! The Captain hurried to the oflioe and asked. “ Has the man overboard paid his fate? On being answered in the affirmative, he turned to the pilot and said indifierently, “ Go ahead ; its all right." â€"The coronation of the Emperor of Bus- sia will take place in August. The Moscow exhibition will open in May, so as to be over brfure the festivities begin. The idea of not havmg both events at the same time is based on the fear that the safety of the imprriul party Would be more difl‘icult through the 811011211113 ext-m number of people which ihe coincidence of bmh exhibition and coronation would draw to Moscow. A large proportion of the inhabitants are to be registered and empowered as special constables, and are to line the arrests through which the imperial procession will pass, so as to render the too conspicuous presence on all occasions oi large masses of troops more or less unnecessary. â€"-India tea is growing in favor, but it is probably also increasing in adulteration. Mer- chants in England axe goingior it on a large scale. A monster company has been floated in Darjeeling for the growing and manufacw ture 01 team Sylbet. This is a great dis- trict in Bengal, on the Soorma.‘ about a hundred and twenty miles from Decca, and it said to be peculiarly favorable to tea grow- ing. It is proposed to put 21.000 acns of land in this cultivation, at the rate of 7,000 acres ayear, tor the next three years. The vast property is to be divided into gardens of three hundred acres each. The project must be either a great success or cause a ter- rible crash. ' â€"Newport Campbell of Champaign, Ill. supposed that a neighbor's daughter was willing to marry him. but when asked the question by letter, she replied with a refusal. ‘- I trust you won’t feel hard toward me." she wrote : ” I send you a. verse composed by me, and you must tell me in your next letter how you lxke it." The verse was as follows : You may say I am perfection, Say you love to see me smile ; YO'I may tell me that you love me, Tho' you’re jestipg all the while ; You may ‘ hisper loving pleadings, Woo me w1th a. geu'lu sigh, But your vows like chafi will scatterâ€" Yuu’ll forget me by and by. It may be that the poignancy ofCampbell’s grief Was not lessened, but aggravaled, by the uivl’s poetry. At all evunts hejumoed from a third story Window immediately after read- ing the lines, and was killed. â€"The six torpedo boats recently ordered by the German admiralty from the Weser ship yard at Bremen. and deliverable within tour months. are small vessels, costing, with their armament. about $50 000 each. At present the German navy list only contains three torpedo boats and {our vessels forleying submarine mines, being in this respect greatly inferior to England, Russia, and even Denmark. Anoording to the admiralty plans there are to be built altogether ten large and twelve small torpedo boats, and, besides, nine reserve gunboats of the second class are to be constructed in a manner enabling their use iur torpedo service. â€"Not long ago a. Paris lady who has a mania for collecting postage stamps and who owns a marvellous album, tried and tried in vain to get a complete series of Belgian stamps. She made all kinds of ofl'ers, sent out commissions, &o.. and at last, impatient at all the delay. determined to mulie a. bold eflurt to get what she wanted or perish in the attempt. She wrute a. letter to Prince Alex- ander of Bulgaria. explaning matters to him, and asking him to come to her assistance. Presently came a graceful letter written in the Prince‘s own hand, and enclosing a com- plete col eotion of his country’s stamps. 'â€"“ It is only right,” says Sergeant Bellan- tine In his new memoirs, “ while‘mention-I ing the celebrities connected with the Old Bailey, that 1 should allude to one other per sonage. Rarely met with upon festive occasions. he was, nevertheless, accustomed to present himself after dinner on the last day of the srssion. he was a. decently dress- ed quietulooking man. Upon his appearance he was presented wnh a. glass of wine. This he drank to the health of his patrons. and drunk with becoming modesty his gratitude for past favors and his hopes of favors to come. He was Mr. Galcraft, the hangmen. â€"There are rooms in Hampton Court Pel- ece which various needy and worthy people are from time to time permitted to occupy as their homes. Recently there died there the widow of Col. Wyndham. leaving her daugh- ter in very poor circumstances. She has petitioned for the further use of the rooms.‘ an event which has been the means of calling attention to certain alleged jubhery in the be stowal of these apartments. Not long ago it was said that a former occupant left a Will which was proved under 3300000, while a. lady who recently received a. suite enjoyed a handsome income and kept a d( sen servants. It is by far the finest private collection known, says the London World There are na fewer than seven“ works of Gonzales Coques, six by A. Van Dyck, among which is an admirable pntrait of Maria Lbuisa de Tassis. repre- sented in a. three quarter View, dressed in a black silk vest. It has basn engraved by Spruyt. There are also five bv Rubens, ben sidss several by Teniers, Terburg, and Weenix. RICHMOND HIL‘LH MAY 11 1882. 11. The west riding of the county of On- tario shall consist of the townships of White church. Uxbridge, and Pickering. the vil- lages of Newmarket and Uxbridge, and the whole of the village of Snowflake, which new extends partly into mother electoral district. 9. The south riding of the county of On- tsrio shall consist of the townships of West Whitby East Whitby, and reach the towns of Whnby and Oshawa and the village of Part Pgrry. 10. The north riding of the county of On- tario shall consist otche townshlps of Scott, Brock, Thumb, Mara, Rama. Scugog. Mor- rison, Ryde, Draper, Oakley, Macaulay. Mac Lean, and ‘he villages of Braeebrioge and Cannington. 12. The slectoral district of Muskoka shall consist of the townships of Watt, Oardwull, Humphrey, Conger, Stephenson, Brunel, Franklin, Sinclair. Ghafiey, Be‘hune, Perry, Proudfoot. Foley, Cowper, McDougnll. Parry Sound village and island, Ferguson, Carling. Burpee. Shanaga and the settlement on lhe lake shore to the mouth of the French river, Christie. Monteith, McKellar, Hager’man. Spruce, Craft. McKenzie. Ferris, Wilson, Mills. McConkey, Hardy, Chapmam Strong, Magnettuwun, Joly, Lount. Machar. Laurier, Ryursou.Armour..YIcMurricb. Sliated, Pringle. Uourd, Himsworth and Nipissing. 13. The east riding of lhe county of York shall consist of the townships of East York, Scarboro’ and Markham, and the villages of YorkVille and Markham. 14. The north riding of the county of York shall consist of lhe township of King. East Gwillimbury, West Gwillimbury, North Gwillimbury. Georgina and the villages of Holland Landing, Bradford and Aurora. The county of 81111608 shall be divided into three ridings, each of which shall return one member. 15 The south riding of the county of Sim- coe shall consist of the townships of Mnlmur, Tossoronto, and Sa‘Innsfil and Tecumseh, and the village 9f Allxsbonfl 7. The east riding of the county ofPeterboro‘ shall consist of lhelownsbips of Asphodel, Belmont. Methaven. Burleigh. Anetrutber. Chados, Douro. Dummer, Dyeart, Dudley, Harcomt, Gultord, Harbum, Bruton, Have~ lock, Eyre, Clyde, Nightingale, Livingstone, Lawrence; Cavendish, Glamorgan, Cardifi. Monmouth, Ononabee and Horney mud the village of Aahburnham.Lakefield and Nor- wood. 8. The north riding of the county of Vio- loria shall consist of the townships of Eldon, Fenelon, Fenelon Falls, Somerv‘llle, Garden. Dalton, Bixley. Lnxmn. Digby, Longford, Lntterwonh, Anson, Hindon, Gulway, Snow- don. Linden, Stanhope, Sherboume. MoClln- took, and Ridout. The county of Ontario shall be divided into three tidings, each of which shall return one member. 16. The nonh riding of the oonnty of Sim- one shall consist of the townships of Nana. wasaga, Sunuidale; Flea Vespra. Barrie, Col- lingwood and Barrie, and the village of Stay- ner. ' 174 The east riding of the county of Simcoe shall consist of the mwnshipa of Tay. Mee- donte, 0m, Orillia, Matubedash. Muskoka, Wood, Medota, Monck and Tiny. the villages of Gravenhurst, Penotanguishene and Mid- land, and the town of Orillia. 19: The electoral district of Monok shall consist. of the townships of Gainsboro. Moul- tun, Wainfleet, Canburo, Palham, Dunn and 18. The county of Lincoln and Niagara. shall consist of the town and townshlp of ngrua. the town of St. Catharines. the townships of Grantham and Louth, and the villages of Meninon and Part Dalhouaie. 4. The south riding of the county of Lam ark shall consist of :he townships of Bath- urst. North Elmsley, Beckwith. South Sher- 'brooke, North Burgess, Drummond and Mon- tague, and me town of Perth and the village of Carleton place. 5. North riding of Leeds and Grenville shall consist of the townships of South Elmnlay, Walford, Oxford and South Tower and the villages of Smith's Falls, Kemptvllle and Merticks ille. r 6. The electoral district of Brockville shall consist of the town of Brockville and the xo_w1Â¥hips of Elizabetmown and Killey. A 2. The county of Carleton shall consist of the townships of Nepean, North Grower, Marlboro’, March, Huntley and Goulboum, and the village of Richmond. 3. The nonh ric ing of the county of Lan- ark shall consist of the townships of Ram- say. Pakenham, Darling. Dalhousie, North Sherbmoke, Lavant, Fitzroy, Torbolton and Lanatk. and the town of Almonte and the village of Lauark. onumo. 1. The county of Cornwall and Stormont shall consist of the town of Cornwall and the townships of Cornwall, Osnabtuck. Finch and Roxboro’. 2. The said Provinces respectively shall for the purposes of the election of members to serve in the House of Commons continue to be divided into the electoral districts estabn liehed by the British North America act of 1867 and the act above cited readjusting the repre sentation and the address‘ a of the two Houses of Prince Edward Island to her Majesty on the admission of that Province into the Do» minion of Canada, each electoral district re- maining constituted and represented as it now is, except in so far as it may be altered by the following provisions of the act. that is to say: 1. The House of Commons shall consist of two hundred and eleven members, of whom ninety-two shall be elected for Omario, sixny five for Quebec, twentyâ€"one for N. S. sixteen for New Brunswick, five for Manitoba. six for British Columbia, and six for Prince Edward Island. Whereas. by the census of the year 1881, and in accordance with the British North America act of 1867. the Province of Ontario is entitled to four additional members in the House of Commons, and the Province of Manitoba by its present population to one additional member, the same being severally in excess of the number of members of the said House for each of the said Provinces. as provided by the British North America act of 1867 ; and an act to readjust the represents. than in the House of Commons, passed in the thirty-fifth year of her Majesty's reign. and by reason thereof, and of the intended union of the electoral district of the town of Niagara with the township of Niagara, thereto attached with the electoral district of the county of Lincoln. and the union of the electoral district of the town of Cornwall with the township of Cornwall thereto attached to the county of Stormont, it is expedient to readjust the boundaries of certain of the electoral districts in the said Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba Therefore her Majrsty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the Blouse of Commons of Canada. enacts as folloWs : OTTAWA, April 28.â€"An hot to readjuun the representan‘on in the House of Commons, and for othe; purposes. Changes Made in the Different Constituencies. THE BBDISTHI‘WTIHN BIL‘t] Giving Four Additional Members to Ontariq and one to Mamtoba. Clinton, and the villages of Dunnville and ’- ‘ Sherbrooke. 67. The east riding of the county of Mid- dlesex shall consist of the townships of Lon don West, Nissouri. North Dorchester, South Dorchester, and the villages of London East, Petersville and Spri: gfield. 48. The west nding of the county of Mid- dlesex shall couslst 01 the townships of Ade~ luide. Metoalfe, Moan, Euphemm and Ek- frid, and the villages of Glencoe, Newbury and Warduville, and the town of Slrathroy. 44. The north riding of the county of Wentworth shall consist of the townships ot‘ East Flamboro’, West Flamboro’, Beverly and Nelson. and the town of Dundas and the vill Inge of Burlington. The ooumy of Middleaex shall be divided into four tidings, each of which shall return a. member. 46. The center riding of the county of Mid dlesex shall consist of the townships of West minstef, Delaware, Cnradoc and Lobo, 49. The north riding of the county of Mlddlesex shall consist of the townships of East Williams. West Wllliams, McGilhvray, Biddulph and Stephen, and the villages of Allan Craig, Luann and Parkhill. 42. The east nding of the county of Lam b- ton shall consist of the townahlpe of Ennis- killen, Brooke, Warwick and Bosanquet, and the villages of Oil Springs, Alvinston, Wa h- ford, Arkona and Thedford. 50. The south riding of the county of Enron shall consist of the townships of Bay. Stanley. Goderioh and Colborne, and the towns of Goderioh and Clinton, and the .vil- lages of Exeuer and Bayfield. 52. The north riding of the county of Huron shall consist of the townships of Wawanosh, Morris, Tunnepery and Howick., and the villages of Blythe, Wingham Wroxe- tar and Brussels. 41. The we“ riding of the county of Lan 1b? ton shall consist of the townshxps of Sam in, Moore and Plympton; me towns of Sarnia a nd Petrolea, and the villages of Wyoming.Fomst and Point Edward. 51. The center riding of the county of Enron shall consist of the townships of Tuckersmith, Hallen, McKlllip. Grey and Osborne, and the villages of Seafonh and Brussels. 53 The electoral district of -â€"â€" shall crm« that of the municipalities of Rbineland, Noxth Dufi'enn. South Dufferin, Lorne, Louise, Argyle, Drrby, Brandon, Turtle Mountain, Drnnia and Souria. 54, The electoral district of Marquette shall comical; of the municipalities of Portage, Norfolk, Westboume, Cypress. Beauvifiul Plain, Minnedosa, Riding Mountain. Shoal Lake and Russell. 55. The eiectoml district of Proveneher shall consist of the municipalities of Cartier, Morris. Montcalm, Emerson. Eauville, Ham over. Labrouquie. Hespeler. Saints Anne, Taohe, Saint Norbert and Saint Boniface. 40. The north riding of the county of Essex shall coneisn of the townships of West Sandwich, East Sandwich, Maidenone, R0 ch ester and West Tilbury; the towns of Sn. udâ€" wich and Windsor, and the village of Belle River. The county 01 Lembton shall be di- vided into two ridlngs, each of which shall return one member. 39 The south riding of the county of Eubex shall consist of the townships of An- dtrdou, Maldeu, Colchester, Gosfield, Me: sea. and Romney. the town of Amhelsbburg. the vizlages of Leamington and Kingsvmle, and Pelee Island. 38. Tue county of Kent shall consist of the townships of Dover. East: Raleigh, Harwich and Eat Tilbury. and the town 01 011M111 am. and the village of Blenheim. The county of Essex shall be dwided into two tidings, e aoh of which shall return one member. 37. The electoral district of Bothwell shall consist of the townshlps of Sombra, Dawn, Camden, Chatham and Zone, and the villages of Bothwell, Wallaceburg. Dresden and Thameeville. 35. The east riding of the county of Elgin shall consist of the townships of anmouth, Malahide and Bayham, and the whole of the village of Port Stanley. part of which is new in another electoral district, and \he villages of Aylmer and Vienna, and the town of St. Th4 mas. 36 The west riding of the county of Elgin shall consist of the townships of Southwold. Dnnwiuh, Aburo,0xford and Howard, and the Village of Ridgetown. 34 The north riding of the county of Bruce shall consist of the townships of Arran. Elderslie, Albemarle. Eastnot, Am abel, Lind- say and St. Edmunds, and the villages of Somhampton. Wianon, Uhesley, Tara. and Paisley. 33. The west riding of the county of Bruce shallconslst of the townships of Snugeen. Bruo'e, Kincardine. Huron and Kmloss, the town of Kincardme, the villages of Tiverton and Port Elgin, and the whole of the. village of l uoknow, pan of Wine); is now in another electoral district. 31. The east riding of the caunty of Grey shall consist of the townships of Colliugwood. Euphraaia. Osprey. Melancnhon, Pruton and St. Vmcent. and the town of Menford. The county of Bruce bhallbe divided into three ridmgs, each of which shall return one member. 32. The east riding of the county of Bruce shall consist of the tovmahips of (lulross, Greenock, Brant and Garrick, the town of Walketton and the village of Teeswater. 29. The county of Wellington shall consist of the townships of Maryboro’, Mime, Arthur, Luthur and Amaranth, the whole of the town of Palmerston, part of which is now in another electoral distnct. and the villages of Arthur. Shelburne, flarnston, Clifford and Mount Forest 30. The south riding of the county of Gray shall consist of the townships of Ben‘inck, Normanby, Gleneig and Egremont, and the vfllage of Durham. 28. The north riding of the county of Perth shall consist of the townships of Ellioe. Elma. Morninnton, Wallace and Limowel, and the town of Stratiord.) 27. The south riding of the county of Perth shall consist of the townships of Blan- chard, Hibbsrt. Downie. Fullerton. Logan and the towns of St. Marys and Mitchell. 26. The south riding of the county of Nor- folk shall consist of the townships of Bough- ton, Walsingham, Charlotteville, Woode- house, he town of Simcoe and the village of Peterboro’. 25. The north ridmg of the county of Not- folk shall consist: of the townships of Towns- end, Windham, Middleton, Dereham, and the township of Tilsonburg and the village of Waterford. 24. The south riding of the county of Oxford shall consim of the town of lugeraoll. the village of Norwich, and the townships of Oxford. East Norwich, North Norwich, South Burford and Oakland. 23. The north riding of the county of 0x- ford shall consist. of the townships of East Missouri, Ween Zorm, East Z :rra, Woodâ€" stock. Brnmford. Southeast Hope and North east: Hope, and the viliage ot Embro. 21. The north riding of the county of Brant shall consist of the townships of Ancaster, Blenheim, East Blamford and South Dum~ fries. 22. The south riding of'the county of Brant snail consist of the townships of West Brant ford, Onondaga and I‘uscorors. the city of Brant'ord and the town of Paris. 20. The south riding of Wentwotth shall consist of the townships of Sultfleet, Bin- brook, Barton, Glunford, Grimsby and Cais- tor. and the villages of Grimsby and Beams- ville. M Teefy -â€"New Zealand pnpers state that .among the recent European visitors to the colony was the Rev. Mr. Green, a member at the Alpine club, who, with two guides, attempted the ascent of the glaciers of Mount 000k. 13,000 feet high to the summit. Mr Gwen says that after fourteen houra’ labor they managed to cross the moraine of the Teena!) glacier and reach the ice. None of them had ever seen such a. moraine before. The Swiss guides assert: that there is more moraine matter on the Tasman glacier than on all the Swiss glacieis put together, and they say that one of the finest Alpine scenes they have witnessed is half way up ithe glacier ; in fact nothing in Swi'zerland can compare with it. They consider the mountain the most diflcnlt one {they have ever ascended. â€"A great multitude g; debated in Atlanta to see an incendiary fire. Mr- JOiner had an- nounced that at a. certain .hOIr he would burn Mr. Shehan‘s house. The police stretched a rope to keep back the crowd. and the file de- partment was on hand. Wk 8!: the appointed time came. Joiner poured he “1038116 Oil over the floors of the building, and piled some hundlee of paper: in the basement- Shehan forbade him to do it. and th reatened him wnh legal punishment ; but ,‘he would not stop. and his match soon set the structure ablaze. The police did nothing, and the fire men simply prevented the flames from ignit- ing the adjoining buildings. It may be Well to add that there had been cases of smell-pox in the house, and the destruction was by order 0 the health board. " _Petition of the Denver Tribune : “ Of all newspaper bores, deliver us from idle news- paper men!" â€"The parlor sofa, was invented especially for the accommodation of young lovers. 110 wonder the manufacture "1‘8 Of them get rich- Silica the above was in type. we have re~ ceived private advice to the efiect that the issuer of marriage licenses has cancelled the license issued as it was not from him through misrepresentation'.â€"â€"Ed. Norm. Father O’Conner. exacatholic priest of Elp aso, Illinois, delivered‘what he was pleased to term a lecture in McCloskie’s hall, on Tuesday evening, on “ Why 1 becamea priest and why I ceased to be one." The price of admission was ten cents. and at the hour mentioned for the lecture to commence, a large crowd assembled in the hall, including i about two dozen ladies. The priestly lecturer , arrived in the village the evening previous. l and during Tuesday iorenoon he managed to get pretty badly " paralyzed" with good Whiskey ; and notwithstanding frequentdoses 0! salt and water, when the hour arrived he was in no condition to lecture. He made a brave start. however. but in a very short time he forgot himself, and commenced to use language totally unfit for the public platform, and many of borh sexes left the hall feeling prettylbadly soldâ€"in fact the whole business from beginning to end Was a sell of the worst kind, and dipping the orator in the river would would have afiorded pleasure to many of our villagers. The ex. priest’s operation did not end here. though. On the stage from Owen Sound to this village, he made the acquaintance of a Miss â€"â€", of Meaford. and a strong attach- ment seems to have sprung up between them at once. He proposed marriage and was ac- cepted. On Tuesday afternoon O'Connor applied to Mr. Robertson for a marriage li- cense, which that gentleman refused to grant, as the lady‘s friends in the village were strongly opposed to the union of the pair. '1}.th were determined to accomplish their purpose at any cost. and on Wednesday morning they procured a license, Mr Nee- land being ignorant of the circumstances of the case. They next appealed to Rev. Mr. Cooper, but that gentleman firmly refused to perform the marriage ceremony, and sun- ceeded in convincing the lady of the folly of her conduct. At the earnest solicitation of the pastor, she finally consented to postpone the marriagu for one week, and thus the mat- ter rests. ’ More than one good protestant stood aghast on catching sight of the placard announcing “Father” O'L‘ennor’s lecture in Mealurd on Monday night. It reeked of blasphemy, and many protestants deprecated the coarseness which assailed the tenets deemed sacred by our Roman Catholic fellowAcitizens. For- tunately true religion cannot be hurt by the advocacy of such characters; it may further it by showing the strong contrast to the more excellent way. We do not wish to linger on Ihe subject, which, to us, is an unsavory one, but we simply give the following from the Tara Leader, believing it to be our duty to am is: in ridding the country of such nuisances by exposure through the press. The Tai'aLeader says: His Drunkenness, Love-Making and Blasbhemy. “Father " O’Connor, the alleged ex-prieat who some time made his headquarters in Hamilton, and got into difliaulty at Watern down and elsewhere, is thus mentioned by the Meaford Mirror: 5. The first section of the Dominion Elec- tion act of 1874 is hereby repealed, and the fol- lowing subsxituted therefor as the first section of the said act: " 1. Every writ for the election of a member of the House of Commons shall be dated and be returnable on such days as the Governor-General shall determine. and shall be addressed to such persons as the Governor General shall appoint. and such person shall be the returning oflicer at the election to which eueh writ shall relate, provided always that if the person to whom the writ may have been addressed should refuse, be disqualified or be unable to act, then the Governor- General may appoint another person to be such returning officer. 4. Every village. township or place lying within the $erriloria1 limits of any electoral district. and not specifically included in any other by the acts hereby amended, or by this act, shall be taken to be and be parts of the electoral district in which it is so locally situate. 3. All that part of the parish of Ste Monique now in the county of Tern-bonus is hereby detached from the said county and annexed to the county of Two Mountains for the purpose of representation in the House of Commons of Canada, and section 1 of chapter 2 of the Consciidated Statutes of the late Province of Canada, and sub sections 13 ans 14 01 chapter 75 of the Consolidated Statutes for Lower Canada shall be read and inter- preted in so far as they apply to representa tion in the House ol Commons of Canada, in conformity to the preceding section of this act. 57. The electoral disirict of Winnipeg shall consist of the city of Winnipeg and the mu- nicipality of Fun Rouge, provided that any tract of land annexed to a. made part of the city of Winnipeg, by set of the Legislature of Manitoba. extending the limits of that. city, shall by such extension become pan of the electoral district of Winnipeg, detached from ‘the electoral district of Lisgsr or Provenoher. as the case may be. ' 56‘ The electoral district; of Lisgar shall consist of the municipalities of Aesimboine. Belcoun, St. Francis. Xavier, Macdouald, Kildonan, 8:. Pan 1. springfield, Saint Lauri em. Woodlands, Rockford, Garford, Glmli; Saint Andrews. Pleasis and Varennes. “FATHER” O'CONNOR AGAIN. WHOLE N0. 1,245,-â€"â€"~N0, 4793 GENERAL PROVISIONS. QUEBEC. Capt. R. R. McDonald. of the steamer Ogems, has met with an accident, just before leaving Selkirk. that nearly deprived him of a thumb. While the crew were engaged at- taching the barge to the steamer, his hand got jammed in some way with the results just stated. He proceeded at once to Dr. Young, who wished to smputate the injured thumb, but this he resented. It was stitched up, but the fear is yet expressed that he will have to have it amputated. â€"It was related in this column a few days ago how James Brackmann, a guest at the Planters’ House. St. Louis. came to the end- den conclusion that he ought to get married. and how. acting on the impulse, he proposed to the first woman he saw, who chanced to be a chambermaid, and was accepted. The sequel is equally interesting. Braokman bought a thousand dollars’ worth of clothes and adernments for the bride, and the wed- ding was held in the parlor of the hotel. Mrs. Braokmann was then installed in a suite of rooms she had tormerly swept. and her late companions in the service of the house became her servitors. The husband seemed charmed with his wife, and spent two days buying furniture for a house in which he proposed to live. But she was not pleased. except by the finery. She found him exceed- ingly eccentric. if not an absolute lunatic. While he went out to hire a carriage fora drive she hastily packed all his gifts in a trunk and departed in a hack. aided by a porter who had been her sweetheart. At last accounts Brackmann was wildly looking for her in vain. â€"A curious incident, which shows the animosity now prevailing between Frenchmen and Italians. has just been reported by the Italian vice consul at 'l‘oulon. A law even- ings ago Mme. Agar was periormang in the role of Marie Tudor at the Toulon theater before a crowded house. In the dramatic scene of the mound act. the Queen, bitterly reproaohing the unfaithful Fabiani. exclaims: " Italian -that word signifies knave. Never has my father employed an Italian without repenting of his folly.” On this occasion the speech had such an eflect upon the audi- ence that hardly had it been uttered when the whole houseâ€"pit. boxes and galleryâ€"broke out into thunders oi applause. which were re~ pasted again and again. As Toulou contain! more than 20,000 Italian inhabitants, the demonstration was peculiarly significant. Mme. Agar is to play in Marie Tudor at Marseilles. and demonstrations of a far more violent character are apprehended in that city. ’ A and case of drowning occurred in the northern part of the city Tuesday last, the victim being a sixteen months’ old son of Wm. Summer. who, with his family, has resided in a tent on Logan street. close by the city immigrant sheds, since their arrival from England. The li tle fellow, from what could be learned. toddled of! from his father‘s resi- dence to a puddle close by. where he began to play. and it is supposed that while reach. ing over for something in the water lost his balance and fell in. On missing him the mother immediately insxituted search. and alter looking around came across the lifeless body other baby in the place mentioned. Work is being purhed on vigorously on the old 0. P. It. line via Stonewall. The track between here and Stony Mountain. and for some distance beyond. is in a bad state. It has, however, been found easier of repair than the air line. from which the construction gang have b: en removed 10 the old line. A lane section of the former was washed out Tues: day by the freshet in the vicinity of Rosser and Reaburn. and pieces of the track, ties and rails were found adrift away altogether from the right of way. Superintendent Elan reports the roadbed in that vicinity as being fully three feet under water. E. W. Jarvis, engineer of the new Broad- way bridge. having returned from St. Paul, has set. w work to put up a temporary struc- ture to be used pending the completion of the permanent structure next fall. The contract was let Tuesday [or the Work and the scows were made Wednesday to carry the pile driv- ers. The temporary structure is expected to be completed in three weeks, when the bridge will be reopened for traflio. What remains standing of the permanent bridge is perfectly safe, its strength having been put fully to test by she ice during the recent heshet. â€"-The young women of Nevada City. 031.. amuse the town while amusing themselves. Twenty four of them formed a company, in mockery of the young men’s military organisa- tion, and paraded in a uniform of red evlico with brooms for guns. Their last parade was to escort a bride to the railroad nation. The Rev. A. G. Pinkhem, incumbent of All Seint‘sohuroh, Morris. was married last week in St. John's cathedral to Miriam, youngest daughter of George Winks. of this city. The interesting ceremony was per- formed by his Lordship the Bishop 0! Rupert's Land. assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Pink hem, brother of the bridegroom. The newly wedded couple left by train on a two momhs’ tour to New York and Montreal. The water is again rising in Red River. No. 6 warehouse and that. of the Northwest Transportation company are again under water. The water is again making an inroad at the foot of Notre Dame street, and people living on the flats are all-aid of a repetition of last week's flood unless the water again quickly recedes. It was at laiest accounts still rising at Emerson. but had begun to fall at Grand Forks. T. 8. Scott. architrcl, is now busy on the plans and specifications of the proposed new and handsome station shortly to replace the one now in temporary use at Point Douglas. An early concentration of all me depanmentl of the road at headquarters has rendered the erection of this permanent brick suucture an absolute necessity. _ The steamer Victoriamavina been repaired, 4138 left on her first trip to Selkirk; to wmch point she will run until the opening of Lake WiqPiM: . The Canadian Pacific railway authorities intend starting a brick msnulactory at East Selkirk, for the supply of the material neces- sary for the proposed new station and other buildings about to be erected at Point Doug- las. Two steam brick machinescapable of manufacturing 40,000 to 50.000 brick per day will start to work in a few days. Mr. Austin received a telv‘gram from New York Wednesday morning to secure the tem- porary use of a 25-horee power engine in order that a. test of the electiic light might be made by the company in Winnipeg. at an early day, the intention being to illuminate the city before asking the council to enter into a contract with the company. Reports [mm the west are to the efieet that the _P., W. dz N. W. By. is also suffering from washouts. A long stretch of the embank- ment beyond the Portage has been carried away, and the worst has not yet been exper- ienced. as the country along the line ofi route is pretty well under water. Two additional stories are being added to Capt. Mchllan'a mill at the foot of Post Office street. An emire new oulfit is to be put’ in of new roller machinery. The old outfit has all been taken out and will serve the purpose of some grist mill in a. new dia- tricz as it; is all in splendid condition._ General Manager Van Home says there are over three thousand care of freiuht des- eined for Winnipeg now between 8; Vincent and Chicago. Ten more locomotives {or the g P. here also on the way here from St. 21111. Competition has reduced the price of ferry- ing between the 0in and St. Boniface to ten cents per passenger. Several of Ihe residents in the vicinity of Sheriff lnkster’s house. at Kildonan, oom- meneed plowing Tuesday last." This is com- menoing business enriy. Miss Briston. a young lady, niece of W. W. McLeod, post office inspector, ’died somewhat unexpectedly at. that gentleman’s residence, Tuesday evening, from. heart. disease. Items of Interest from the Prairie City On the vacant ground, Fonseca street, east of Mam, thererare twenty‘amull tentsi r WINNIPEG GOSSIP.