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Mr. Merrick, turning quickiy tuwzrds his ,nppoueub-I )cver glve m} regmd to a PUPPY; ‘ , .. . , f Had Fake t a “’rslern ()ulm‘io ani :â€" Frozcn lo Dcnlh on the [frail-it's A London, Ont” telegram says : A wtory is published regarding 'the sad ialo (f John “foods and his family, who left here some years ago for Winmwg. Arman-g late in the season, the account; Hays, Mr. Woods failéd to lay in a. bupply (f firewood for the small frame house no occupied near Winnipeg. and as he was about to set forth for a. fresh supply a terrific blizzard set in, which forbade his attempting to leave the house. So won as the storm somewhat abated, Mr. Woods set out With a. View of obtaining a supply of fuel ; dur- ing his a‘cwt‘oeghe‘thermometer fell to 47 3 below zero, “.7: 'n his iratura the day alter a. sight met his 9}, 08 which could not. fail to make the Etouleb'o heart weep. Cuddled together in the bed. 11y his Wife and three children ; the two/fider children,“ fine little gizl~ agd about (3 am} 8,; respec- tively, were found frozen and stiff in the arms ol death ; the lube, a lwtl'o over a year old, was on account; ol being pressed clogoto the mother‘s breast alive, but aeVerely {toss-bitten. The poor woman hamell was discovered with both legs frozen stiff baliv way up to the knees, so much so that? the doctors subsequently amputated both legs below the knee. Mr. \Voodd himself was baiily frozqfi', but it; is though? he wifl n- t lnke any“ of his limbs. [herf is o” ‘ Wanda are anxiously A \\'1:r::s;.-_u;-; z.- Winnipeg is urgently of mar- ket gardens, but the prnbahxiicy is that she will have to continue igrvporting vege- tables untiithe land-owners regain their senses; A gentleman whale desirous of entering upon the business tells me that he has been to every reel estate office in the city and has searchedthe entire neigh- borhood for land, but though he can pro- cure any quantity which is suitable, the price or rental is prohibitory. He has been asked $100 an acre for wcedy, half-broken land, ten miles out. For land V near the city. say four miles out, he has been asked $40 an acre rental. Personally I know five men ' who are Wllll .1 to go into the business if they see :4 c 4 v of [linking it pm}, but such price: as mum will deter all but mud’men. For (3 9 “null p’uce E72000>cmh was naked the mixer day. l" e Vendors appmhing the ’iésipwvemenis T150!” \‘fheii :‘ne int-end- ing purchth : w '11 !he place. he found a. few acres Vv'ldic willy broken. dilapidated house \vhiuh's mm had {mind in an attempt to burn mm L; and a shine roughly thrown together, unlit for the shelter of uny animal. even a hog. A ten )‘ears’ lease Could not be got “ithin five miles at the city, either because every one expects the city to come along his Way, or because he cannot afford to hold his land as a. perms.- n‘ent investment. Under such circum- stances it is safe to my that \anipeggers will; have to continue importing their vegetables and paying fancy prices. A Scum in Com! xu “‘udhiogtqnâ€"Cc mud lndulging in lancmaicIrd Allusz‘. A VVuBhing‘ft‘n desputch says: In the Star route trial Reredell‘s‘cross-examiua- tion was resumed. An angry passage occurred between Mr. Mp‘rxick and Mr. Ingeraoll. Merrick 9.833 he would inter- rupt without regard to the wisheaof counsel. Mr. Ingereoll, waxm‘yâ€"I do not. wastlt-he regard of counsel. and would :eousidcr his regqrd as an insult. -.,l 1.: {waflim 11m Rim-L». Mammba payers 6f 9.1- t» (a 1’0 ny um.ng in regard to it. L'Ala Mr. Ingerssoll, involuntarily waking up a, heavy‘ifiksmnd mad red with angerâ€"â€"You any» dirty dog. ' I The court; pounding vEgcrouqu upon the geek resmred order. Judge Wylie was §isibly ahocked. Mr. .Merribk explained that he had been preaepd beyond the limits of human endurance. _ The court said his language was inexcusable under any pro- vocation. After explanations on both sides the uffair was amicably settled. When the court called counsel to order Ingersoll said no man could abuse him wibbout resistuncqon his part. Said he: " I would do it at the day of judgment if I were assailed by God; I would defend mvsclf with my llttle puny power.” After the amicable Settlement of flie‘aifair the entire passage was stricken 011:: of the record. Ingersoll also contended that any offensive remarks he might have made in this or the previous; trial should be stricken out of the record. Particulars of the Verona Flabbing Allan- A Kingston deephtch says: John Mc- Cullough, of Portland, who was stabbed at Verona. on the night oi the elections by Michael Kinion, of the same plane, is very lbw. A large artery in the groin is cut, a. hole made in the left lung. and other in- juries inflicted. He was in the hotel when Kinion‘s brother insulted him. The latter being put out of the hotel, went off for Michael to give him assistance to “ clean out the Tories.” Michael arrived brandishing t}. huge knife. with which he made an pnslaught on MpCullough. In a. few seconds the letter fell in a pool of blood upon the floor. An eye-Witness states that the affair was the most wanton piece of butchery he ever saw. The victim is a respectable married man, and has a large tamily. Kinion is a. single man, and throughout the day was very boisterous as a. supporter of Deroche. Dr. Henderson, of Kingston, thinks McCullough will hardly recover. H. Shibbley, who attempted to stop the fight, len V -_ t5!” YE received a stab in the arm. Leigh Hunt, Superintendent of Schools l in Dee Moines, has adopted a. plan of giving practical instruction in earning and saving money. In the first place he encouraged all the children to open bank accounts, and to learn how to do business at a. bank. Boys with rich fathers. boys with poor fathers, antiboye without fathers or mothers were incited to earn money in honest and manly ways. They black boots, deliver papers, shovel snow from sidewalks, and carry in coal. Not a few are learning trades‘during odd hours, and many have tools which they work with at home. Those who are doing mechanical work that ‘requiree considerable skill meet and com- pare the articles they have made. There is a. friendly rivalry to see who will have the largest bank account and "furnish the best specimens of handiwork. The work out of school is sail} to have a. good effect on the 'work done in school. The boys are getting a. reputation for thrift,--skill, and economy as well as for scholarship. A man’s business seriously affects his morals. If, for instance,a shoemaker takes unto himself two wives,'and the legal ques- tion comes up as to which he shall support and which discard, is it not true that as 8. cobbler he ought; to stick to the last? Young ladies on the eve of marriage, it is stated, now give “ spinster dinners,” at which female friends only are entertained. Unless all the guests are also “ on the eve of marriage,” we should think they would regard such a. banquet as ahellow mockery, gmd sigh for the presence of a. man‘s hat and cane, at least, to throw glamour of masculimty over the feast. The 9000): performance of “ Esmeralda.” occurs next Monday at Pittsburg. LA \‘VYElih’ CO.“ PL] JEEN'I‘N Tlllfl ELECTION QUARREL THE iu'r n BLIZZABD. Practicui Training for Boys. films: TH E? No words will ever convey an intelligent idea of the blizzard ; of the frightful roar with which it rolls down upon you, the howling and hissing of the wind. If you try to speak the wind dashes the syllables from your lips so quickly that you do not hear your: own words. In thirty seconds from the time the first; flake fall, I could not see my horses. The atmosphere appeared to be all snow find. every fluke of it was in a. hurry to get somewhere before the test should get: there. I use the word “flwkes,” bub than is wrong. No flzkes could be distinguished. The whole atmosphere was filled with one big flake that hemmed usiu on all sides. Although Mabel's head wasn’t; over a foot from mine, I could not see he: features and could only dimly see her form. I tried to peer downward beside the sleigh and see the track, but I might as well have tried to see the earth beneath a. snow bank. I could feel a. motion in the sleigh, so I knew the horses were still moving. The. cold Was intense. I .triod to ask‘m‘y wife if she was suffering, but I could not hear my own words. \Ve were still two miles from home when suddenly the sun was obscured, and the air grew cold and chill in amoment. A darkness as oflemoke swept; over every- thing. Then I remembered why we were going home, and I gave the horses the whip in earneeu, lashing them into a run. Away off to the West there appeared to be a leaden wall sweeping toward us. There was a. hum in the air. A light breeze sprung up, grew stronger, and in a. minute became a. gale. The Wall came down with railroad speed, the roar of its approach every insmnt growing louder. From the top of a, roll in the prairie we pould see our hqufae, and it came pretty~ near being our last- glimpse of it. - During the two or three minutes that; intervened bet-ween the-’vt‘lme'v' I saw the stain approeehing and the moment it; struck us the horses had run to .the top of their speed, so we were nogmuch‘ over a. mile from home. It; did n'ot‘ see'm' possiple fer the horses 'to keep' the fireck. No one could live an hour in .thso sborm. It'isn’t pleasant to sit; still and freeze to death. In ten minutes, I was - chilled, through, and. I fall: I was freezing. The horses were mill moving, and although I could not: see them I lashed them with the Whip. It seemed hours since the storm had shut us in, and I was just becoming convinced that the horses had got out of the path and that we were lost on the prairie, when there came a. sudden lull of the fierce Wind. The air was still full of whirling snow, but I could see objects ehoutL me, and it didn’t take long for me to ascertain that we were in .the barn and were safe. I had left the hem doors open in the morning, and the horses had found their way back, I think by instinct, but my neighbors think it was sheer accident, and declare that it wouldn‘t happen again in s zhousand years. He rolled up gut: flurchuse as he spoke, and appeared in a} urry to get rid of us. When we got 011$?»de of the store the first thing that attracted my attention was the fact that of all the teams in the street when We arrived not one except mine remained. Everybody had scudded for home. Even then I did not hurry. The sun was still :hining brightly with V not the faintest sug- gestion of storm apparent anywhere. Before we had got a. mile from town I had forgotten all about the coming storm, and the horses were jogging at their wiil. .... _, e... -. Although we had reached the barn, we were not in the house yet. From the burn the house is about twenty yards, but as for ‘as seeing it was concerned the house might as well have been in the moon. The little woman helped me to‘unherness the horses and put them into their stalls. ‘ Then I told her to remain where she was, and I made a. break for the house. It is difficult for any one to believe that in 9. blinding storm he cannot go twenty yards in a line sufficiently straight to find a. house; but try it some time I “’Im: :2. Snow Hmrm 9n the Prairies fllrnns. ' (From the Detroit Tree Press) About 1 o’clock, while we v'vere in a dry goods store, the metahaut who had stepped out 9. momen’: before, said to us : “ I don’t like to 'dzive nwu =5 my customers, but: a. blizzard is coming from the West, and in is coming fast. The telegraph announces that it has reached Morris. That is forty miles» from here, but in is coming at the rate of forty gpilea per hour, so you have no time to spare if you are going home today.” Do you see that pump“;) I stumbled over it. It is twenty feet to the right of the path from the barn to the house. If it hadn’t been for that pump I would never again have found either house or barn. I knew that the handle of that pump pointed directly toward the house, and that it was not ten yards away. I raised the~handle and felt for my hearing. I let go the pump handle and plunged toward the house. When I tell ydu that I ran “ smack” against it, you will understand that seeing was out of the question. After I got into the house, I took a ball of twine. tied one end to the door-knob and succeeded in getting back to the barn, and, by following the string, We reached the house again. For three days and nights thereafter neither of us even opened the outer door. When the storm ceased we could not see the burn, for the snow had piled in between the house and the barn so deep that it covered the windows on that sideof the house. On the east side of the house, however, there was very little snow. The shovel happened to be in the house, and the little woman and I succeeded in tunneling through to the barn, but we had to carry every ehovelful of snow taken out of the tunnel through the house and throw it on the east side. ' Chicago still keeps up some of its reputa- tion; In one day recenth there were before one of the courts in that city fortyj one divorce cases. The Qliicago courts‘ however. are not one liberal as they formerly were, and every man or woman who is pub out with married life doesn‘t have a. chence to get separated on a mere wink and {hen hunt around for a. new partner to make new miseryâ€"Cleveland Herald. ' ' It is not improbable that Dion Bouaicaulb will yisifi the Pacific slope during the fall season. " Messrs. Stephens and Solomon ooutem plate returning to England shortly. John Gilbert: received about $600 from the benefit tendered him in Milwaukee.-'“ “£50,000, a. Story of Pluck,” by Henry Pettitt'au'd Augustus Harris, will soon be prgdgced 8,1; the Boston'g‘he-atre, Boston, Robert McVVade will ba under the management of R. E. J. Miles next season. He will produce a. new play entitled “Franz Herchelle.” 'Mr. Miles will engage an efficient company to support his star. - VOL. XXV. A \VESTERN BL lZZABD. Cilicngo Divorces. Skelches ot the Dublin Prisoner no They Lislen to the Evlden cu. The London Times gives the following account of the Dublin trlale, and of the scene when Kavanegh turned informer. The counsel and..._eolicitors engaged for the prisoners were in their places at the appomted hour. While the bench and the dock were still unoccupied, the assembly waited in patient expectation, and con- verged upon the all-absorbing subject. At length 1':e Crown counsel arrived, the Magietiutes, Mr. Keyes‘ Q. 0,, and Mr. Woodlock, took their seats, together with Mr. C. O’Conel, the junior Magis- trate, who sat on the bench, but took no oflicinl part in the inquiry. Acommotion was then heard in the dock, half a dozen burly policemen clustered at each side, and in a. few minutes the prisoners were seen emerging from the underground passage which communicates with the jail. All eyes in court were turned upon them, and it was observed that the positions of the more prominent were changed, that some were absent who had stood with them in former days, While two new comers had been substituted for thetn. The two- Mullets, who .had been in the front, were now hardly visible in the back' ground, but Joe fBrady was in the place which he occupied on the last occasion, while James Carey, the town councillor of the Dublin Corporation; had resigned his old place to Fitzharris, more generally known on the cabstands as “ Skin the Goat.” Had an artist arranged the group for effect it could not have been better done, for “Skin,” as he isfondly called by his friends, looked at once a contrast and a counterâ€" part of “Joe,” who might still have been regarded as the Villain of the piece but for the superior title to that distinction which was stamped on Fitzharris’ face. To attempt to describe his features would be useless, for it is difficult to find any. They appeared to have been all knocked into one, like those of a battered prize fighter fresh from a “ mill,” his eyes being almost closed, and his nose flattened out, with only enough of it left to mark the spot where it had been. Indeed, his whole face is of vermillionv hue, gnarled as an oak and grizzly as a beer. Beside him stood another stranger, a young man named Eanlon, about 25 years of age, with black hair and mustache and of rather respectable appear- ance. Next to him in front of the dock . stood Timothy Kelly, Who looks quite a lad, ‘ of a soft, boyish countenance, but of a rack- less manner. The party on entering the dock manifested, but in a less degree, the defiant spirit which they had at first assumed, but there was a remarkable transformation in their demeanor when Kavanagh ascended the table to give evidence against them. They looked aghast, and in them confusion and despair were betrayed in every look, though they sometimes made an effort to seem indifferent. As the witness related each incident in the dreadful story and identified the prisoners whom he named, their countenances reflected in the dark shadows which passed across them the dismay which they felt. Brady literally uttered a. growl of hate and fury like that of a wild beast when Kavanagh pointed to him, and then buried his face in his hands. He rested on the bar of the dock while the nervous working of his face indicated the agitation and excitement under which he labored. The account which the Witness gave of the movements of the assassins be- fore they did their cruel work, and the route which they took when they effected their escape, was listened to with breath- less interest. The general silence observed hy the audience was rudely broken occa- sionally by such exclamations as “ You scorpion ” and “You are a liar ” from Fitz- harris, who, with arms folded and his face as red as his muffler, scowled upon the witness from the dock, while Delaney, who sat in front of it, crouched so, low as hardly to bevisible. The new Polish Bishops will be nomi- nated at a. Consistory on Feb. 26. No Car- dinals will be nominated “ Depretis, the Italian Premier, was 70 yeatspld on Jan, 31. He has been a. mem- ber 6f Parliament since the time of Charles Albert. The Baron \Vedel Jarlborg has been nominated Cameriere di Cappa e Spadd by the Pope. He is a Swedish convert, form- erly attached to the Swedish cqurb. Father Kleutgen,‘the Jewish theologian, termed by Leo XIII. in a. letter, “ Princeps Philosophorum," is dead. He was a. foreign member of the St. Thomas Academy. He died in the Tyrcl, 72 years old. Monsignore Rotelli, Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople, departs from Naples on the 11th. This prelate wears a full beard in conformance thh the Oriental custom. The Marquis Facca,.brobher of. the late Cardinal, and nephew of the companion of Pius VII. in exile, is dead. The Holy Secâ€"Belorms in a Church â€"0biluury. A Rome desputz-h says : The Propaganda. has direct-ed l‘.§ousignore Sylvestre Sem- bratowicz to gu to Vienna. and oversee the proposed reformu in the Slavo-Ruthenian Roman Church. 0116 of the moat import- ant of these reform“. is the adoption of the Gregorian Caisndar. The Ruthenium and Sltwo-Catholxcs still use the Julian Calen- dar in their liturgical servxces. Monsignore Ravcine, the new Bishop of the new Canadian dxocese of Chicoutimi bysfiudfilong gudlgpoe‘with tjge Boga. I A Chicago despatch Bays: Last night Jae. Elliott, the pugillst, and Jere Dunn, a Well-known sporting man, met at Wm, Langdon’e saloon and began shooting, Elliott being killed and Dunn wounded. in two places. Amounts of the meeting: vary. One account says Elliott attacked Dunn with a chair, Dunn meantime using his revolver. Dunn and his friends say he was not aware of Elliott’s presence in the saloon until Elliott fired. the shot passing under Dunn’s scalp and another through his left forearm. Dunn then drew his “revolver and joined in the fusilade, ,the crowd of some twenty-five persbns in the place making a. hasty exit. Dunn has been arrested. Elliott died en route to the hospital, the fatal shot being in the stomach; Dunn is a partner of McKee Rankin in 'a. breeding fa-rrn on an island in ,the Detroit river. ‘ A Philadelphia. tenor took a. place in a church choir under his own name, and in a. negro minstrel company at the same time under an assumed one. But the double salary did not: last long, for persons from the church recognized him through the burnt cork at the show, Mild he was excluded from the choir gallery. 'l‘llE IRISH DIURDEBERS. LATE ST FRQRI llOLVlE. A 8.! LOON TlfiAGEDY. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 188-3. A Pugilisl Fumn’v shot. Mr. Blake will move for a. statement for the fiscal years 1880-81 and 1881-82 and for the current year to date, as to persons employed in any of the departments whose remuneration is charged to public works in connection with which they are employed, giving, let, name ; 2nd, date of first employment ; 3rd, remuneration ; 4th, natureotservioe ; 5th. works to which the ‘12:: unermtion ig charged, with the amount 0 Mged‘io eadh work. Mr. Burpee will ask for a. return giving the number of immigrant agents other than those on the published hate employed by the Government and sent from Canada to Europe, and for the instructions given them. ‘ In moving for a. copy of communications or representations to the Government on the subjeot of simplification of the system of transfer of lands of the Northwest, Mr. Blake pointed out what a serious tax upon the people was involved in the present system of the transfer of lands, and said he thought no such opportunity had occurred in any country ‘as was now in the power of the Government to simplify the system of land tenure in the Northwest. He pointed out that a bill to introduce this system had been prepared by the late Govern- ment, but had not become law. He stated also that a simplified system was new in operation in the Australian colonies, and was found to work well. No objection was raised to granting the return by the Government, but Sir John Maodonald said he was not sure that the system in use in Australia would Work well in the North- west. Two legal gentlemen had made representations on the subject to the Gov- ernment, and had prepared a bill whichwas now under consideration of the Minister of Justice. The House adjourned at 4.15. Mr. Blake will move for a. statement of expenditure for each month of the current fiscal year on telegrams chamged to various works in the Depaytment of_ Public Works. Mr. Casgrain will move for coxrespond- enoe respeoting the appointment of Hon. Hector Fabre to the position he now occu- pies in France, with copies of commission and instructions issued to him ; also show- ing the duties. required of him and the salary and commission paid for his ser- vices. etc.; also copies of all reports made by him, with official papers showing the results of his mission. Among the papers called for Were several of interest. Mr. Foster moved for a. state. ment showing the importation and con- sumption of liquors in the several Pro- vinces from 1868 to 1882 inclusive. Mr. Blake moved for correspondence between the Government and representatives of the Licensed Victuallere on the subject of liquor legislation In reply to Mr. Riohey, Sir John to-day stated that the consolidation of the statutes now in progress would not be so in: ad- vanced this session that it could bd‘reported to the House. He could not say whether it was proposed in the revision now going on to introduce an amendment to punish wrongs to children and to provide that aid- ing the escape of boys confined in re- formatory schools be made an offence in other parts of the Dominion‘aa well as in Quebec. The Committee of the Dominion Alliance on Temperance Legislation, composed of Senators and members of the Commons, being also members of the Alliance, met to-dey in committee room No; 6 and organ- ized, choosing Senator Scott chairman, and Mr. King, Ml’. for Queen’s, N.B., secre- tary. As the deputation from the Alliance to the Government to ascertain their inten- tion with respect to the legislation on the subject of the liquor traflio had not reported, it was decided that no steps would be taken by the committee until their report be sent in. The Alliance Com- mittee intend to ask Parliament for a. commission to inquire into the relation of the liquor traffic to the other interests of the country. Egitome. 52h week.~-In the House of Commons to-day Sir Hector Leugevin presented the reports of the Civil Sexvice examiners and the names of personH appointed or pro- mot-ed under the Civil Service Act. Sir Charles Tupper presented the report of the Department of Railways and Canals. Two Public Bills were introducedâ€"Mr. Riopel’s, to amend the Consolidated Reilway Act by extending the possible period of agreements between railway companies from 21 to 50 years. ~ ' This afternoon Sir Leonard Tilley pre- sented to the House a return showing t_he receipts and expenditure in detail charge- able to the consolidated fund from July let, 1882, to February 2051), 1883. The receipts were: from Customs, $14,818,292; excise, $4,224,529 ; Post-office, $1,007,878 ; railways, $1,297,765 ; miscellaneoua,&$1,371,- 330; total, $22,719,794. The estimated. re- venue for the year 1882 3, according to Sir Leonard Tilley’s last Budget speech, was $30,600,000. The expenditure for the period included in this return amounted to $17,762,310, the principal items being interest on public debt, $3,463,312; civii government, $638,610; sinking fund, $566966 ; public Works and buildings, i $1,207,799; subsidies,ir‘v3,605,629 ; railways, $31,423,677 ; Post-office, $51,402,169. The total estimated expenditure for the year 1882-3 was $28,073,792. A return presented to the House to-day shows that there are 781 veterans 0151812 now survwing. The numb-3r known or fluppoaed t0 have died since 1875 is 2,036. Six widows of veterans have applied to the Government for assistance. In moving for papers relating to the grant tn the Q‘x’Aypflle Va-ljey Farming 00.. ML, Wesson, of Marquette, Man. made his maiden speech, earning a. round of appleuéé from his friends. He took the part of the squatters when their settlement was bonu' fide and made before the land was divided among the colonization companies. The Premier had stated more than once that even-numbered sections were open to set- tlement, whether the colonizetioneompany liked it or not. If this was so it was not generally understpod in the Northwest. He thought the palinére called for would be important as showing Whether the company referred to or the squatters were the first occupants of the soil. _ ' 1-, "‘11., The other papers moved for related to tobacco {eateries in which the Camadian leaf is exolheiéely‘used; to the ap'pomt- ment of FeKre as the Canadian represents.- tive 1n Paris; to the mail service between Durham and Walkerton; and to immigra- tion agents employed by the Dominion during the last two yea-re. Mr. B1ake,in calling attention to the letters. plans and maps in the returns presented, said there was nothing to show that any patents had DOMIMON PARLIAMENT. TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION . RETURNS "ASKED FCR‘ NOTICES or MOTION. Mr. Blake will move for: (1) A copy of the official memorandum of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company dated December 12th, 1882, describing its position and prospects; (2) of the advertisement pub- lished thereafter by the company asking is): subscriptions for- its increased capital stock; (3) of all memoranda issued in commotion .therewith; (4) a statement showing, the‘ amount of the subscribed stock of the company prior to the authori- zation for the increase of its capital stock trom 25 to 100 millions of dollars, and of the amounts paid up on such subscribed stock,with the date of each payment in cash, and also the amounts (if any) satisfied by the acquisition of property or otherwise, specifying in such case the consideration therefor, and the amount of stock given and the date; (5) a statement of the amounts paid out of the capital for interest on such capital stock, and the rate of such payment; (6) astatement of the facts as to the acquisition by the company of the Canada Central Railway, and of the Mont- real, Ottawa & Occidental Railway, with dates; (7) a statement of the facts as to the acquisition by the company of any interest in the Credit Valley Railway and the Ontario & Quebec Railway ; (8) a state- ment of the various matters required to be returned under the consolidated Railway Act of 1879, and amendments thereto, separately, as toâ€"first, the line of railway provided for by .the contract with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and second, the branches and extensions built or acquired by the company; (9) statement of the total sum‘ expended up to February-1st, 1883, by the company under their contractâ€"first, for the works of con- struction on the line contracted to be built by the company as specified in the con- tract ; second, for rolling stock for the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway as specified in the sald contract ; third, for the works of construction on extensions and branches not embraced in the railway specified by the contract; fourth, for rolling stock for all extensions and branches not embraced in the railway specified by the contract; and of the receipts of the company up to the same date on account of cash, subsidy. land grant bonds, bonuses, land sales, or transactions not embraced in the operations connected with land grant bonuses; fifth, number of acres of land subsidy; sixth, amounts of bonuses agreed for, though not paid. ‘ Robert McKenzxe, minister, and others pray for a. measure to prevent the profana- tion of the Lord’s Day by railway com- panies and other corporations. A _ Mr. Cameron submitted his motion, of which he had given notice, regarding the double return for King’s county, Prince Edward Island. Four candidates pre- . sented themselvesâ€"Mr. McIntyre, who headed the poll with 2,124 votes, and took his place in Parliament; Mr. Robertson, 2,002 votes; Mr. McDonald, 1,940 votes; and Mr. Muttart, 1,854 votes. Mr. Mc- Intyre was declared elected, but a double return was made for the next seat of ' Messrs. Robertson and McDonald, the returning-officer having been informed, as it was alleged, that Mr. Robertson was not eligible as a candidate on account of his having been returned to the Local Assembly a short time previous. Mr. Cameron contended that the returning- officer had nothing whatever to do with the qualification of the candidate, and that ' the question could not now be considered . by Parliament. If the returning-officers ' were to take upon themselves who i were or who were not to be returned on any other ground than the votes polled for them, the sooner it was understood the better. The sole duty of the returning- olficer was to count up the votes as shown by the statements of the deputy-returning- officers. His duty was merely ministerial. So clear were his directions that he could not see how they could possibly be con- strued into giving him the power he had exercised in this matter. Therewas a paper before Parliament sent in by the returning-officer, stating; that Mr. Robert- ‘ son was not eligible for the seat because he was a member of the Provincial Legis. lature. A protest to that effect had been handed to tho returning-ofiiCer seven days after the polling was over. There was no law calling upon or authorizing the return- ing-officer to send in such papers as this, and therefore they were not properly before the House. In support of this he quoted the authority of Mr. John Hillyard Cameron. If aminority or their candidate thought themselves aggrieved, the courts were open to them. In support of his con- tention that this was a matter to be refer- red to the Committee on Privileges and Elections he quoted several precedents. The first was the Beauharnois case, where poll books were said to be burned and a special return made, when Parliament resolved that Mr. Dewitt, who had not been returned, should be declared to be elected. In the case 0! Kent County, where the candidate receiving a majority of the votes had not filed his property quali- fication with the returning-officer, and a special return was made, Parliament . ordered the returns to be amended declar- ing his election, but reserving the rights of the minority to protest. In Oxford a similar case occurred. An amendment to refer this last case to the Commit- tee on Privilege and Elections was voted down by alarge majority. In the Gaspe case a special return was made because the poll books from Magdalen Islands had not been received by the returning-officer by the time the writ was returnable. Months after the books were received and trans- mitted to the Clerk of the Crown. The votes were recorded and the return ordered to be amended without reference to a Mr. Cameron’s bill to make incesta crime then came up. He pointed out that the only reason urged for voting against the bill last session was that it was considered an‘insult to the people of Canada to pass such a bill. Since than four cases of this oflence had come under his notice. Six; John quite agreed with the principle of the bill, and the motion for the second reading was carried. The Bill to amend the charter of the Ontario & Quebec Railway Company passed its second reading. Sir John Macdonald, in the absence of Mr. M cCarbhy, movad that the bill on the same subject introduced by that gentleman be read a second time and referred to the same committee, wyieh wag earried. Mr. Cameron’s Bill to enable those charged with misdemeanors to testify on their own behalf under certain oxrcum- stances was on motion introduced, read a. second time and referred to; a Special Committee. been issued for lands. Sir John Msodonald, while not quite sure, said he was of opinion that no patents had actually been issued except one where the station ground was granted, but the company treated odd- numbered sections as it they had the statutory right to them, though no formal claim had been given_them. WHOLE NO. 1,288 NO. 41. Mr. Royal, in moving for papers relating to the duties on lumber imported into Manitoba, called attention to the injustice put upon the people by this duty 'of 20 per cent. on rough and 25 per cent. on dressed lumber, which, he claimed, amounted to $8 per thousand. He believed in protec- tion, but so far as the Northwest lumber trade was concerned there was nothing to protect. The tax on cordwood having been removed he thought the tax on lumber should follow. The Minister of Customs, while not opposing the return, thought the question of removing the duties could be much better discussed after the papers were brought down. He pointed out that the logs were admitted free, and, as a matter of fact, he understand that a large quantity of logs were floated down the Red River from Minnesota and manufactured in Winnipeg. The country through which the 0.1’. B. would pass east of Prince Arthur’s Landing would afford a large quantity of lumber, and there might soon be enough to supply the demand. Mr. Charlton suggested that a specific instead of ad valorcm duty should be imposed on lum- ber, as in the United States. Mr. Watson, of Marquette, made a brief speech, which contained the following points: The tax on lumber is a ‘tax on the settlers whom the Government is most anxious to get into the country; a great quantity of lumber is imported, so that the manu- facturers get the benefit of the whole duty, and therefore the importation of logs benefits the manufacturer only, not the settler; lumber manufacturers in the Northwest have great advantages. first, they get their limits almost for nothing; second, they have the proteotion of the duty and of heavy freight rates, which together amount to more than the cost of the lumber in Minneapolis, for the greatest quantity of lumber is imported from the United States; so taking off the duty will be doing no harm to Ontario manufacturers. On these grounds he strongly supported the motion. Mr. White (Renfrew) ex- pressed the opinion thata good deal of lumber would be exported from the Geor- gian Bay district to the Northwest next summer. The motion carried. Mr. Blake took exception to the objec- tion by the leader of the Government on the ground that these resolutions were always brought up as matters of privilege, in which ceaee notice of the exact form of motion was not usually given. Mr. Cem- eron, he pointed out. had intimated his intention of moving the resolution. There was no objection to the adjournment of.: the debate. - Mr. Cusgrain’s bill directed against frauds in contracts and contract-broking then came up. Mr. Caegrain explained the clauses of the bill, which were, in. brief, to punish all having anything to do with contract-broking. No objection was raised to the bill by Sir John Mecdonald, but he let it pass only on the understand- ing that it should be referred to a. special committee, to which Mr. Caegrain sub- mltted, because, as he said, he could not help it. but pointing out at the same time that last year it was passed upon by a. special committee which included among its members the Speaker and late Minister of Justice, new Chief Justice of Manitoba. The bill passed a second reading. A good deal of discussion was aroused on the subject of German immigration by two motions of Mr. Kranz, Waterloo. He wanted returns, let, regarding direct steam- ehipcommunioation between Canada and Germany, and, 2nd, the naturalization of aliens. Mr. Cockburn drew attention to some cases of genuine hardship where men, perfectly good citizens and loyal as any, were not allowed to vote simply because of noncompliance with some form. In the House of Commons to-day the only Private Bill introduced was to incorporate the Grand Trust Limited. Si; John Maodonald introduced his Bill to further consolidate the Acts relating to the public lands of the Dominion, explaining that the Bill would be dis- tributed and amendments carefully noted. Mr. Blake pointed out that this had been promised With the Bill introduced last year, ‘ but it was not done carefully. Sir John agreed that such had been the case, but he had given inetrhotions to have it well done this time. The Bill was read a first time. Sir John Macdonald said he thought it hardly fair that notice had not been given of this motion. He (Mr. Cameron) had claimed that it was a very plain case, yet he found it necessary to baok his motion with a long and elaborate argument, in which be quoted many precedents, which, of course, none but he had had an oppoztu- nity of examining. He moved the adjourn- ment of the debate. committee. Among other cases was that of Lennox and Addington, Where the returning-officer undertook to give a special return because there were faults in the voters’ lists ; the Bagot case, Where the candidate was a returning-officer and returned himself; and the Essex case, where some of the polling books were not sent in. He quoted from May also to show that the principle for which he contended was observed in England. Combatting the possible objection that this was a matter for the courts, he pointed out that Parlia- ment, in ordering the writ to ‘be amended, did not take away the rights of anypersons, who if aggrieved had their remedy in the Courts. Parliament in providing Courts forthe trial of election cases did not divest itself of the power to deal with cases such as this which came properly before it. He urged that any other course might lead to collusion between parties to defeat the definitely expressed wishes of the people. He closed by moving a resolution in favor of amending the return. Sir Leonard Tilley’s resolutions regarding banks and banking came up, and were con- sidered in committee. Befdre the Speaker left the chair Sir Leonard Tilley explained that the propositions of the Government were to the following effect : Several banks ‘ having failed to send inlists of shareholders as required by law a penalty would be im- posed in such cases, and it would be pro- vided that the returns be printed every year instead of about once every three years as might be ordered by the Printing Committee. The Bill imposed a penalty on banks for exceeding their authorized circulation. In some cases where a bank had many agencies and car ried on extensive operations it might exceed its circulation inadvertently, but some cases were known where it was done knowingly. The penalties imposed would be light for inadvertence, but severe enough for wilful excess to make it unlikely that the bank could make anything by its infrac- tion of the law. In some cases also it wasiound that such names as‘“ banking house,” “ banking agency,” etc., were used by persons or companies doings; purely private banking business, and the result was that people in many cases were led to believe that these were banks regularly authorized under Act of Parliament. Under the present law private bankers were prohibited from using the name ‘ bank," and it was proposed to prohibit A short but interesting debate arose on Mr. Robertson's (Hamilton) Bill to provide for the summary trial of persons brought before the County Criminal ‘ Court and released on bail. Mr. Robertson simply moved the second reading, without speak- ing in support of the Bill. Mr. Cameron, of Huron. called upon him to explain. He said the purport of the Bill was to extend to persons held to bail the same privilege of speedy trial as was now accorded to per- sons committed to jail, and added he could not see what objection could possibly be made to the Bill. Sir John Maodonald took exception to the extension of summary trials, on the ground that it shielded offenders from the publicity which was a punishment of crime as well as a deterrent. Mr. Blake agreed with Sir John, and pointed out that the operation of the law granting summary trial was in favor of the hardened criminal, who was enabled by it to pass himself off as one appearing for trial for the first time, and thus receive a light sentence, when a long term of years in the penitentiary would not only be his just due, but the best thing that could be imposed in his own interest. Mr. Robertson defended himself by agree- ing in the principles laid down, but alleging that the fact that he was released on bail was a guarantee in some sense that lie was not an old offender. The Senate. The Senate met to-day and remained in session fully twenty minutes. Hon. Mr. Allan introduced a. Bill to amend the Act- incorporating the Northern Railway of Canada. The proceedings were of routine character, all important motions on the order paper being postponed. to grant 'bonuses in aid' of what were thought; to be competing lines, but almost as soon as the money had ‘been paid, the railways so aided pooled with a former rival, thereby failing to give the people the advantages of that railway competition which was held out to them as an induce- ment to grant the bonuses. The law as now existing having been abused in this way, it is necessary to guard against its being abused still further. If this be not done, railway amalgamation may go on until the whole railway system of Canada is controlled by a single corporation, a state of affairs moat calamitous to the best interests of the people. The Bill proposed that no pooling arrangements or railway amalgamation can be made without the consent of Government or of Parliament being first asked and obtained. The Bill was read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Railways. Several of the schools of Toronto pray for the admission free of duty of at least two copies of each work when imported for the use of colleges and public libraries. The Board of Management of the Free Library. Toronto, petition for the admission free of duty of works of learned authors and scientists and books of general reference imported for free library purposes. Tho Royal Society of Canada pray that scien- tific works and periodicals in foreign languages, and all transactions of scientific societies, may be admitted free of duty. A msrurn ABOUT memos. « Inquiry into the truth of the report that the Mail Printing Company Land the Toronto post-office were at loggerheads over a postage account has revealed a rather interesting state of matters. Some months ago the Mail annual circulars for 1882 were sent to the post-oflice to be car- ried at the newspaper rate â€"a cent a pound. The Toronto Postmaster objected, and de- clined to transmit them at a lower rate than book postage, one cent for every four ounces. This the Mail Company declined to pay, and the matter was referred to the Postmaster-Genera], who,it is understood, ordered the Toronto Postmaster to send on the circulars to their destinations, and leave the question of rate for future deci- sion. It is also understood that the oflicers of the Post-Office Department, including the Deputy Postmaster-General, agree With Mr. Patteson in the opinion that the circulars were properly subject to book postage. Unless the postage, was paid within the last few days it has not yet been paid at all, at either the higher or the lower rate. _-Probably a Parliamentary inquiry would serve a useful purpose. Sir Leonard Tilley’s Bill to provide for raising a new loan was read a. third time and passed on theunderstanding that some doubts regarding the extent of the authority given by the Bill, raised by Mr. Blake, should be removed in the Senate. a Mr. Mulock, in' movmg for the second reading of the Bill to amend the Consoli- dated Railway Act, explained that the existing Act permits railways to pool for 21 years, during which period the pooling companies are in fact in partnership. The public not being aware of this State of the law, have on various occasipns been induced Mr. Mackenzie Bowell’e resolutions, pre- liminary t0 the amendment and consolida- tion of the Customs laws, were: brought before the House. From Mr. Bowall’s explanation it seemed that the most important change proposed Was that providing for the proportionate reduction of the duty upon goods damaged in transitu on which specific duty would be ordinarily charged. The usual forms were gone through and a. Bill introduced and read a first time. The adjourned debate on Mr. Cameron’s (Huron) motion regarding the double return in King’s county, P. E. I., was postponed until Tuesday at the request of Sir John Maadonald. ' ' l ahem-from using the other names to which 5 reference had been made. A person draw- ! mg money from a bank had now a right to 5 Liemamlas‘muoh asfifio- in Dominion $1 or 1 “r2 bills, and it was proposed to extend the amount to $60, and nallow :payment" in 54 bills. It was now provided that there must be a: reserve of 20 per cent. before a dividend of 8 per cent. could be paid. and this was to be extended so as to provide that returns should be‘made showingmore distinctly than was done at present in some cases. Banks ware now required to send in a monthly statement on the 10th of the succeeding month,*and particularly in the case of banks having agencies at Winnipe and other distant points this was toun diflicult. It was therefore proposed to ex- tend the time to the 20th and provide a penalty in case of non-compliance. The provision fixing the date for payment on a. note falling due on a holiday did not now apply to Prince Edward Island, British Columbia and Manitoba. The Bill extended that provision to those Provinces. A brief discussion followed Sir Leonard Tilley’s explanation, in the course of which Mr. Blake expressed doubt of the advisability of hampering a private banking house by the restriction proposed. Mr. Mackenzie expressed a doubt that Parliament had the right to prevent people using any name they pleased. The motions having been passed through committee, a Bill based upon them was introduced and read a first time. ' A captain once lost overboard on of the “ hands ” belonging to the schooner. The skipper was, we thoughb, a. man-of heart. and we said to him in a. sympathizing tone, “ So poor Joe is gone? ” " Yes, he is gone," he replied, “ and I threw him a new oarâ€"- and. I swear, that’g gone tqo I ” ‘- Au eastern merchant who pever adver- tised was found lying dead on” the counter m his store the other day. It is thought the body had lain there for several days before being discovered. Miss Margaret Mather is slowly recover- ing from her illness. J. M. Bill, her manager, however, cannot announce any definite time for her reappearance. The “Merry War” managers sat down upon the deadbead stockholders at the Tha- lia, New York, theatre last week. The stock' holders wanted seats. They got them, bufl they were in the upper gallery. PETITIONS.