The canadian gleaner, 10 août 1882, jeudi 10 août 1882

[" Sy NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! | ALL and see my new goods, consisting of Cana.\u2019 dian and Scotch Tweeds, extra quality and cheap, : Cotton Tweeds, Shirtings, Ginghams, Prints, Dress Goods, Towels and Toweling, Cretonnes, Ladies 8ilk Ties, Gent's Silk Ties and Linen Collars, Silk Fringes and Dross Trimmings, &c.\u2018 Boots and Shoes.A fine selection of Boots and Shoes just opened out and marked very low.The best French Kid Boets | and Walking Shoes, at the lowest price.All kinds of Prunella Boots now on hand.! Rubbers! Rubbers! i Ladies\u2019, Men's, Misses\u2019, and Children's Rubbers, at, the lowest price.| Oashmeres |! Oashmeres ! A fresh supply of all wool French Cashmeres just : in\u2014n great variety kept.Special attention given to Black Dress Goods.Ready-made Clothing.Something extra good quality on hand, and much below the usual price., Family Groceries! The choicest always kept, as is tho cage in all our lines, which are sold cheap for cash or ready pay.BaF No Credit, W.A.DUNSMORE.i : Huntingdon, March 30.CARD OF TIIANKS, DAVID ROSS, PLOW-MAKER AND GENERAL SMITH, OULD take this opportunity of tendering Lis best thanks to his numerous customers and friends for the liberal support they have conferred upon him since he commenced business, I beg to state that those favoring me with their support may depend upon getting first-class workmanship, Would also further intimate, that I muke and repair all kinds of implements.I make iron points for Boyd & Co.'s No.6 Plows and Frost Wood's of Smith's Falls.They are a great saving on cast-iron points, RG\" Bring your Plows in early before the rush Comes, Huntingdon, July 19, 1882.MP'EMPERANCE HOTEL, Howick, conducted on strictly Temperance principles.\u201d Good stables and sheds and a large enclosed yard on the premises.D.BRYSON, Proprictor.Howick, May 2.Dr.O.H.Wells, Dentist, (Licentiate Dental Association Province Quebec.Dental Licentiate Medical Council, Great Dritain and I-cland.) Condensed Nitrous Oxide gesadminie tered for the painless extraction of teeth, When to Le replaced by new ones, teeth extracted and gas administered free of vost.American teeth inserted at $10 a set.Office, first house south of upper bridge, Huntingd posite the Foundry.PF ge, gdon, op- COAL! COAL! COAL! REP STEEL, dealer in Lackawanna Hard À Coal, alt sizes, suitable for Cooking Stover, Ranges, Base Burners and Grates, Lower Port Bituminous Steam Coal for Stenmboats, Factories, and Mills.Also American Blossburg Blacksmiths Coal, at reasonable prices.All orderacxecuted with promptness and dispatch.Terms\u2014Cash on delivery.Farmers coming in with Grain can take à return load of Coal.\u2019 BG Coal Yard on Canal Bank, Valleyfield.qe undersigned takes this opportunity of thanking the public for the liberal patronage extended to them during the past year, and trust that they may still continue to merit the samo Ly furnishing only first-class Machines and Implements of the latest ime provement, warranted to do first-class work, Wo are now prepared to furnish the following Machines and Implements at reasonable prices :\u2014 HREE TOED CORN HOES.FIVE TOED CORN HOES.NEW MODEL BUCKEYE MOWERS.NO.2 WOOD FRAME MOWERS.THRESHING MACHINES, 24 inch Cylinder, Separator and Elevated Horse Powers.THRESHING MACHINES, 28 inch Cylinder, Separator and Elevated Horse Power.\u2018 THRESHING MACHINES, 24 inch Cylinder, Separator and Railroad Power, THRESHING MACHINES, 28 inch Cyliuder, Separator and Railroad Power.EIGHT HORSE POWER SWEEPS, with Jack or Genr direct and Trucks for Separator.THE BRANTFORD REAPER, TIGER RAKES, ITHACA RAKES, HORSE HOES, STUMP LIFTERS, WHEELBARROWS, No 6 PLOWS.A full assortment of Cooking Stoves of every description, REPAIRS.M&F\" Parties who have Mowers, Reapers, Threshing Machines, Rakes, &c., to repair, will pleaso bring them at once, 50 as to be ready when needed.All Kinds of Job Work attended to promptly.Lumber and Old Iron taken in trade.Give us a call.BOYD & CO, Huntingdon, Q.Huntingdon, June 15.AFSHBALD & M'CORMICK, Advocates, No, 112 St Francois Xavier street, Montreal.J.8.Archibald, MA, BCL.D.M'Cormick, B.C.L Mr M\u2019Cormick will attend the Courts in Beaubar- nois, Huntingdou, and Ste, Martine.Accounts for collection may be addressed to the firm, Montreal, or M.8.M'Coy, Huntingdon.Frost & Wood Implements for 1882.A FULL assortincot of Reapers, Mowers, and Rakes, are now on hand at all our agencies.\u2018I'he Reaper is much improved, all the weak points Leing made of malleable iron and steel, making it stronger and more durable.It has a lever to raise the outside of tho table, which is a great improvement in lying grain, as the whole table can be dropped in am instant.Tho lever for laying the inside is on the same principle as the outside, not needing to stop aud draw out a bolt and raise, 8 notch at a time, As ig the case in some other machines.The tilting lever bar is mado of st3el this season, ns well as the other shafting.Considering it as good, if not the Dest Reaper in the market, we offer it to the farmers io this vicinity 8s low us any other Reaper of its merit, and invite intending purchasers to call and sce for themselves beforo purchasing clsewhere.Itepairs kept on hand at my place ; also Plow Polnts for our Plows, No.5, 6, aud 8, can Le had at l'homas Gamble's shop, JOSEPH LUNAN, Agent.MUTUALFIREINSURANCECOM - PANY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAUHARNOIS.Insuringonly Farmand [solatedproperty PrusIDENT\u2014=Danicl M'farlane, Esq.Directors\u2014George Cross, John Ferns, Donald McNaughton, Audrew Oliver, John Symons, John White and John Younie.Socretary and Trcasuror\u2014Andrew Somervilla Huntingdon.Agents\u2014William Edwards.Franklin ; Robert Middlemiss, Rockburn ; Thomas Clarke, Ste Philomène; Robert Smaill,Trout River ; P.Clancy, N, P.,and J.A.V.Amirauit, N.P., Hemmingford; John Davidson, Dundee ; 1.1.Crevier, N,P., St Anicet; Arthur Herdman, Herdiman\u2019sCorners ; Willlam Cameron of Dundce ; James Barr, Covey Hill ; James McGowan, Ste Martine; John Sadler, Oemstown ; and E.8.Ellsworth, Huntingdon.Parties wishing tolnsuretheirproperty,are sequested toapply to theagentsor Secretary.O meet tho views of those who prefer to make one payment when they insure, instoad of running the risk of paying assessments, the undersigned hereby informs all such, who insure in the above Company, that, on payment of a sum equivalent to the amount cha Ly a first-class Stock Insurance Come pang, he will give a reccipt binding himself to pay all asscesments that may be levied during the continuance of their Policies.c ANDREW SOMERVILLE.Huntingdon, Dec, 12.NO.867.HUNTINGDON, Q., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1882.>a > \u201cEg .The Camadimm Glraner $1.50 A-YEAR.NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES \u2014AT THE\u2014 OLD ROBERTS STAND ON THE FRONTIER, (ogIsTING of Teas, Sugars, Syrups, Tobaccocs, Soap, Oil, Spices, Men's and Women's Boots and Cottons and Cottonades, Dennim, Ready-made Goods, Shirtings, Prints as low as 5 cents, Towelling, Ticking, T'weeds, Dress Goods, Luatres, Winceys, Ribbons, Iosiery, Glassware, and oll such goods as can be found in a country store.Having bought for strictly cash, I can sell as cheap 88 can bo found elsewhere.Call and try before purchasing elsewhere, BaF Produce tuken at Cash Prices.879 E.A.ONEIL.AYSHR McCORMICK, V.8.wouldrespectfullyin formthe public that he hus taken up bis perman- ontresidence at Durham, where he is always to Le found, excepting Tuesdays, when he will be at his father\u2019s, St Louis, and Fridays, when he will be at Moir\u2019s Huntingdon.Office: Joln C.Lockerby's, Dext door to Mugh WalsLh'e, Durham ITE subscriber has on hand and for sale the following implements ;=\u2014 Gray's Latest Improved Patent Horsepower and Threshing-machine, Manufactured by Matthew Moody & Sons, of Terre- Lonne, P.Q.; alse the New Model Buckeye (iron frame), No, 2 Buckeyo (wooden frame), Frost & Wood's New Model Buckeye and wood frame, and the Warrior Mower, manufactured by J.F.Mills & Sons ; also tho Maxwcll Horse Dumping Hay Rake, the Tiger Rake, the Coats Rake, the Galloway Horse Lake and the Ithaca ITorse Rake.All the above are \u2014 self-dumpers, and are warranted to do good work or no sale.I have the Maxwell Harvester and the Whitby Harvester, both warranted to give satisfaction.All the abovu maclines are for sale at my place in Ormstown.JOIIN SADLER, Ormstown, P.Q.SOCIAL ASPECT OF DRINKING IN WINNIPEG, .WisnireG, July 24.\u2014I had occasion the othor day to employ an oxpressman, and when ho had completed his job I entered into conversation with him.1 learned that ho came from the county of Kent, England, where he bad been earning about twenty- one shillings a week.[ asked him how he was getting on here, and he replied that he had made $13 on the previous day, and was already $5 in pocket for his prescnt day's work.lle proceeded to talk in a strain suggestivo of a stimulus more powerful than the enthusinsm begotten of success, when I suggested to him in a quiet, friendly way that, however many friends a man\u2019s industry might creato for himself in Winnipeg, there was ono enemy who could \u201cdown\u201d the most enterprising and persovering.\u201cWho's that, ch?The Syndicate?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d \u201cWho he be, then ?\u201d \u201cWhisky, my friend.\u201d \u201cOn, I know that,\u201d rejoined tho expross.map, \u201cl got too much tho other day, and I'm tapering off on \u2019alf-an\u201d'alf£ I'm goin\u2019 to quit it altogether.If every man as offers me a wet was to give me a job to baul I'd soon be a rich man.\u201d With that the cxpressman turned bis horse and proceeded cityward, while 1 fell a-musing.\u201cA drink\u2014a job!\u201d Thero is plenty of both, but more drinking than working with a great many.And why should it be so?In Winnipeg to-day there aro at least two thousand young men who toil not, neither do they spin, and yot they drink, and drink to excess.There must bo a reason for all this, not merely innate \u201ccussedness,\u201d but a philosophical reason.This is precisely what is the causo of so much oxcossivo drinking in Winnipeg.1 say excessive, for in tho dance of death at least one falls to rise no more every weel.While the boom was on four deaths a weok at least were to be attributed directly to an immodcrate uso of stimulants.Young men, and old men too, camo out here, and they find themselves beyond the pale of the in- flucnces which restrained them when under the shadow of the parental roof-iree, or whon surreunded by a society to which it may be said their own lives were wolded.Thoy find themeolves in a now city, where the prince is not more thought of than the pauper; where, if bank-boolss bo oxamined, it may bo found that the pauper is prince, and the prince pauper.The new arrival who bends his back to labor is in little danger of falling into drinking habits, for employment is the foil to temptation, But the man who comes to speculate, that is, to stand by while another man by his adjacent labor enhances the value of property over which tho investor's money has given him a claim, the \u201cspeculator,\u201d I say, is tho man who tumbles into the maelstrom before he realizes that ho has reached the edge.It is amusing to hear tho excuses which mon make for starting upon what turns out to be a \u201cbig drunk.\u201d One man begins be- causo bis wifo said something nasty to him; another starts out because his wife has recovered from the sulks; ono takes his extra quantity because ho lost money, anothor be- causo he made it; ono gets drunk because an old friend camo to town, another becauso an old friend did not arrive at the appointed time.In fact no excuso scems to be too trivial in apologizing for a spree, and no boy hore eeoms to think that any apology is necessary.When a poor fellow, shaking from his toes upwards, is stammering out his sonse of regret and shame, he is usually reccived with a laugh and invited to \u201ctake something\u201d to stiffen his backbone.There is overy facility for rapid travel on tho down grade.Alone and unaided tho ascent has to bo made by tho enfeebled man and soro afflicted in spirit.The journoy upward is weary and toilsome; it is none the less cheerless because of the laughter and merri.faent of the descending rioters.Perhaps the most cruel part of tho road back from over-indulgence to abstinence is the midway house where the toiling pilgrim mcots \u201cthe steady and moderate drinker.\u201d This paragon of humanity asks: \u201cWhy can't you be liko me, and use it without abusing itl\u201d Woll may the suffering toiler turn to tho steady man and ask him, in the words of Gough :\u2014*Can you let a gun off moderately?\u201d In Winnipeg the \u201cmoderate and steady\u201d drinker is a great and besotting danger to those who have reccived their baptism of alcohol.Ie too often steps in and dashes to the ground tho gathering and growin force, the result of bitter experience, whic is in future to act as the \u201cinhibiting centre\u201d to the new arrival.Having looked at tho social aspect of drinking in Winnipeg, I now devote a little space to its consideration from a medical oint of view.I have talked over the matter th with Dr Good and Dr Jones, and find them substantially in accord.Tho heavy drinker manifests as a rule a decided disinclination to eat, and for days together may not partake of sufficient nourishment to satisfy the wants of the body in a normal condition for the period which usually clapses botweon meals.When do- lirinm comes, it is usually of the lew mut.toring kind, and suggests exhaustion as its more immediate origin.This is a strange feature, for the mon who are victims of ex- cossivo drinking here have usually had a fair education and belong to what may be called a good class of society.Elsowhoro in delirium mon are usually demonstrative physically and mentally, even men of common education bursting into the most ox- traordinary harangues when led to it by the questions of attondants.Hero it is as a rule different, tho casos are met with of tho demonstrative class.Tho victims of excessive drinking usually stagger to thoir rooms, and oithor die or recover without attention being directed to their condition by their actions.Tho most remarkablo feature in connection with heavy drinking hero, how- over, is tho rapidity with which death en- sucs.A man may be drinking heavily for threo weeks and retire apparently not much under the influence of liquor, and the morning be found dead of syncope.The heart simply ceases to perform its functions, and the suspension of action is without warning or with very little.Tho doctors think that much of this cffect is attributable to the quantity drank, and tho rapidity with which it is consumed.The oxporionce of patients in delirium does not materially differ from what is suffered elsewhere, the bulk of testimony being to the effect that the fantastic creations of the mind aro less horrible than those that arise before the inobriate\u2019s vision in tho East.Be this as it may, I have conversed with several persons who have \u201chad em,\u201d and one of them told me that one night as ho was lying in a cold perspirion ho looked at his hand, and his hair stood on end as he fancied ho saw blood sweating thru the skin, Ie jumped out of bed and turned up tho light, when the horrible fancy left him.This victim also told me that one night he fancied that the airy form of a beautiful young lady floated into tho room, and standing by his bedside, lulled him into repose by singing the most entrancing music ho ever heard.Lower and lower fell tho soft notes until the ear was strained to hear tho faintest sound.[Iinally it ceased, and with a plaintive, \u201cOb, do not leave,\u201d the inebriato oponcd his eyes, and was paralyzed with fear to sce sitting on the back of tho chair, and its feot on the bottom, a horrible spectro, \u201clike nothing more,\u201d he said to me, \u201cthan a perconification of those horrible pictures of the ogres with which the picture books of our childhood tcemed.\u201d It would be leaving my lotter incomplete did T not notice the standard excuse for being drunk, \u201cThat infernal whiskey.\u201d An expression acoms to prevail that whiskey is manufactured hero or doctored with chemicals.But this is doubtless a mistake, for hotel men are too busy to adulterate their liquors, and they have no temptation to do 50 when they receive fifteen cents por drink, or two for a quarter.Whiskey and alo are received in the makers\u2019 casks, and there is no reason to believe that tho quality is other than what is sold in Toronto.I have no doubt that the liquor sold in Winnipeg is as good and as pure as it can be procured so long as the prosent system prevails of distilling highwines and making up whiskey in wholesale houses.But besides the quality of the article which is consumed, tho climate in which it is drunk has much to do with tho effects produced.The more moist the climate the less pernicious the effect of ardent spirits, ns witness the hugo draughts of usquebaugh which a Ilighland fisherman will swallow without showing a trace of intoxication.Alcohol seems to have & camu- lative effect as wo proceed inward from fog to a rarified and dry atmosphere.Alcohol has more offect upon the drinker in Toronto than it has in St John, N.B., and more in Winnipeg than in Toronto.1t will thus be seon that not only has the now arrival greater temptations to drink thra the \u201cinhibiting centre\u201d being destroyed, but whon he docs drink here he has to encounter greater perils than in the land whonce he came.\u2014Globo cor.THE QUEEN'S INGIILAND COUNTRY.Mosr people must know something of Deesido from the Bright and sympatbetic pictures of its ecenery in her Majesty's \u201cJournal in the Ilighlands.\u201d And undoubtedly it is a district with a singular facina- tion not only for its inhabitants but for the many visitors it attracts, We fancy it was not the fact of a suitable property being in tho market, when tho Queon was in search of mountain quarters, that made hor Majesty solect Balmoral for her Scotch rotreat.Court physician, and & personal friond of the Royal Family ; and Sir James, wbo was by birth an Aberdeenshire man, believed with good reason in the air of his native county.As for the valley of the Dee, it is healthy &s it is picturoeque.Balmoral stands, as wo should imagine, romewhero about 1,000 feet above the sea, and it is swept by invigorating breezes from the ranges of the \u201chigh Cairngorum.\u201d The soil is dry and THE RIVER RUNS THRU WINDING BAUGHS or among open woods of fir and birch over a pobbly bed between banks of gravel.Ac- cording to the Kentish proverb, the parishos At that time Sir James Clark was | on the chalk ridge over the weald have health without wealth, and the same might be said of Docside were it not for the value of the woods and tho sheotings.The local rhyme compares it disadvantageously with the noighboring strath of the Don, which flows thru more fertile country\u2014 \u201cA foot of Don's worth two of Dec, \u201cExcept it be for fish or tree.\u201d Bat in the days when that distich was written, pregnant with the wisdom of some | practically-minded bard, Abordeenshire folks set small value on the sublime and beautiful.Nor, even in the inspirations of the second sight did it ever occur to the more imaginative Celtic scers, that there might be minos of riches in their wild mountain scenery.Tom Moore, who should have known better, pronounced in his life of Byron that Deeside is a small, bleak valloy, unworthy of being associated with the memory of a poot, Byron himself, who had nursed his poetic fancies in a farm-houso near the village of Ballater, thought very differently, and fondly remembered the haunts of his boyhood\u2014 \u201cTho infant rapture still survived the boy, \u201cAnd Loch-us-Gar with Ida looked on Troy, \u201cMixed Celtic memories with the Phrygian mount, \u201cAnd Highland linns with Castalie\u2019s clear fount.\u201d For Deeside, altho barren, is anything but bleak, and it is certainly most beautiful.Tho natives cannot raise such harvests as in the fertile belt by the Saskatchewan, and thoy sometimes save their hay by the skin of their teeth when summer has passed into autumn.But nowhere, except in Blair Athol, do the trunks ef the Scotch firs and larches attain a noblor growth, shooting up with columns almost trunlkless like tho palm trees in a cocoanut grove; nowhere degs the heather rhow a richor bloom or do the birches with their glistening stoms showor down their tassels in more luxuriant profusion.lad Mooro assorted in gonoral terms that Aberdeensbire is a bleak county, he would havo been considerably nearer the mark.Tho Eastern clectoral division is for tho most part tame and almost forbidding.Nothing can bo more depressing than tho desolation of Buchan, whore there is seldom oven a hillock to shelter vegetation from the storm blasts driving straight from the pole.Formartino is flat and soamed with rough fences of looso stone; while the Garioch, tho highly farmed and better wooded, is likewise lovel and monotonous.But, ascending the course of the Dee from Aberdeen, the tourist passes from beauty to beauty in a rapidly asconding scale, till at last, among mists and procipices, he may easily como to griof in the grandest mountain group of the British Islands.At Aboyno wo may bo said to bo fairly in the 1lighlands, and THE MARQUIS OF HUNTLY, who has his seat close to tho village, is the first of the great llighland proprietors owning broad oxpanses of deer forost and grouso moor.\u2018The noxt stage above Aboyne in the coaching days was Ballater, a village which has for long been a favorite resort of tho Abordonians, Not far from Ballater, on tho other sido of the river, is Ballatrich, the farm-house where Lord Byron lived with bis mother ; and the people there, on slight internal evidence, still insist on attributing to the noble poet à song that seoms more in tho stylo of Burns.It begins\u2014 \u201cBallatrich's banks and sunny bracr, T maun leave them \u2018a, lassie.And talking of Burns, the Deeside folk aver that he stole the measure and melody of his «Birks of Aberfeldie\u201d\u201d from a far older song, the \u201cBirks of Abergeldie.\u201d Abergeldio, as all readers of Court Circular know is the Uighland residence of the Prince of Wales, and assuredly its birch woods are of incom- parablo beauty.The castle itself, hanging over the river with its bartizans and turrets, is a8 picturesque in point of architecturo as situation.Unfortunately, the extont of the shootings attached to tho place is limited.Soon, however, we pass tho \u201cmarches\u201d of tho royal domain, and THE GRACEFUL MANSION OF BALMORAL comes in view, Balmoral, too, is a noble site, and porhaps more cheerful, as it is far moro open.The house stands, surrounded by fine timber, on a broad haugh, encircled by a sweep of tho Dee and backed up by the hill of Craig gowan\u2014the \u201crock of the smith.\u201d There are noble mountain views from the windows, and with relays of horses, or on Highland ponies, it is brought within reach of an almost endloss variety of excursions.All around, and ospecially towards Braemar, is literally a land of tho mountain and the flood, of brown heath and shaggy wood.Comparatively near to the Castle aro tho falls of the Muickh and the Garry- walt, made familiar to us by paintings at tho Academy and drawings in the illustrated papers.Tho drive to Braemar thra the torest of Ballochbuio is ebarming and emi- nontly characteristic, Thero are rushing streams and roaring waterfalls; the oye trpvels up & succesion of long-drawn natural aislos between the lofty columns of the great fir treos, and over glades that are carpeted with the bracken and tho bilberries.For Ballochbue is literally a forest, and not one of the treeless wastes technically called so by tho deerstalker.By way of showing the rise in tho value of property in these parts, we may mention that it is said originally to have been bartered for a tartan plaid to the Farquharsons of Ivercanld by one of the Earls of Mar.NxaL Dow was present at the Grimaby, Ont., camp-meeting and spoke as follows : \u2014 My friende, tho largo meeting we hold here to-day is but n sample of what we soe all over the world, called together to consider what can be done to overcome the bone of intemperance.After fifty years of labor in tho teroperance field amid various projects, the opinion of nations.The liquor traffic is a large and prosperous trade ; vast numbers of peoplo are engaged in it at great profit\u2014 yot wo usk the people to suppress it.Why should wo do this?1 answer: Liquor traffic is inconsistent with the general good, it wages deadly war with the interests of the people, epoils every industry, and sproads crime, poverty, and insanity thruout the land.This is tho only quostion I know of which has but one side.Evon the groat alavory quostion which agitated the world some years ago had two sides.Then it was urged that tho great products of the Southorn States, rice, cotton, tobacco, etc, could not be raised without slave labor ; but when we say the liquor traffic is inconsistent with the genoral good, whon wo say it desolates the land and brings misery to many an othor- wise happy home, ia there another side to that?Tho matter is so plain that it isa curious thing I should have to come before you to ask that you exert your power thru tho ballot boxes to suppross this evil.It was said by Senator Morell, who was but a modorato man in all things, \u201cThe liquor traffic is tho gigantic crime of crimes.\u201d It is undoubtedly a crimo groater than any other.You licenso it here and do not scom to beliovo that it is a bad crime; but lot me oxplain.Crime is tho doing of a thing inconsistent with the gonoral good ; stealin a pocket handkerchief is potty larceny, an that's a crime.Is not the liquor traffic worso than if all tho handkerchiefs in (\u2018a nada wore stolen?If robbing a bank is grand larceny, is not THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC A TIOUNAND TIMES WORSE?The Dominion Government is tho body to deal with this quostion.Supposo a bill was brought in for prohibition, the first clause of which was short and docisivo, absolutoly probibiting tho manufacluro and salo of iquor, thon how should this be onforced if there was no penalty?Bad men would monopolize tho traffic and it would be worso than ever; fix a penalty, however, and lot it be such a une that the violators when do.tectod, would think a mule struck him, (Loud laughter.) \u2018The traffic is worse than grand larceny, worse than house burning.Would not a mother or fathor groatly pro- fer to goo their only child burned to death at an carly age than sce him live to be a drunkard 7 In Portland, Maine, | wont into a rum shop and compelled the proprietor, a notorious character, to acknowledge that he would rathor have Lis son's throat cut from ear to oar than sce him live to bo a drunkard.This, then, is a crime, and this is what you license.Suppress it, blot it out of existence, by putting it undor the ban of tho law.At a meoting in Fong.land a resolution was put to the effect that the liquor traflic was un infinito misery to the nation, and that suf prossion by law would be a great good.The resolution was put to tho meeting, and thore was but one dissenter, who raised his hat on a stick to show his dissent.1 turned round and do- clared tho resolution carried with ono dis- sonter\u2014a hat without any brains in it, and no heart beneath it.1lo roferred to their success in Maino, against much opposition, and romarked that England is trying to put down grog shops.Enomica to prohibition fay it is à failuro in Maine.Why then do they make such a fuss and stir about it?Surely their actions belio their words, Look at the gaols in Maine, Most of thom aro empty.Ono gaoler apologized to me on the occasion of my visit for the presenco of hens in somo of tho cells.Some say that thero still is as large a liquor consumption in Maine as there over was ; but how ean this bo ko ?THERE ARE NO GRNG-BIIOPS, no distilleries, and tho only way liquor can be obtained is by smuggling, which is of course attempted in a à large moasuro, but which is slowly and surely being put down, John Bright said that if the ovils of intem- peranco could bo done away with England would not be recognized as tho same country, and this has proved true in Maine.If this point resolves itself into a question between good and evil, why not have loss cvil and more good ?English statistics show that 10 per cent.of the population are killed by tho liquor traffic, more than 60,000 eople aro slain every year by grog-shops.Not only this, but while one is dying many are suffering a thousand dcaths in consequence of the death of one.Threo-fifths of the patients in the lunatic asylums aro there from drink.Without hesitation, therefore, 1 say, quoting the words of Mr Gladstone, that worse evils come from the liquor traflic than from war, pestilence, and famino combined.It is no laughing matter, and must not be trifled with ; lot all present give the question their earnest consideration, and help to accomplish a day of deliverance from the liquor traffic Proportionately Maine, before 1851, consumed more liquor than any other State.Now $13,000,000 is its share of the \u201cNational Drink fand,\u201d and $1,000,000 would cover the actual consumption, therefore $12,000,000 is directly saved to tho Stato, and indirectly as much more, according to the old saying that for every dollar spent another goes.Money now is cheaper in Maine than in any other State, ratos of intorest being 5, 4, and even 3 per cent.In addition to this there are finer buildings, new churchos, and magnificent public works, all denoting thrift and prosperity.During the worst period of financial dopression in the United \u2018States I mado enquiries at the National bank, and ascertained that trade was never moro eatisfactory than at that time.This statement was borne out by loading merchants from whom enquiries were made.Hefore 1851, 1 state itively thero wore no wholesale houses n the State ; now there aro plenty in all branches of trade.The Ilepublican party made prohibition a plank in their platform, and the Democrats then thought to carry 1 and other temperance men have arrived at the conclusion that the only way to put | for wherever temptation is there sin abounds.| : The prohibition movement has its foundation in this idea ; without the liquor traflic there would bo no intemperance.The Jaw of several nations has established that traffic, and we must set ourselvos to work to change the eloctions on the license ticket, but they the licenso aystem, so that virtually both factions are in favor of probibition.Other tos aro taking up the question, and are going for constitutional amendments, 50 as to guard as mach as possible against ropeal in caso of a change of Government.In conclusion, the lecture said that sberifls are appointed in Maine to hunt and seise liquor wherever they can find | with or without à warrant.If any man claims it, the onus of proof is upon him to prove it is for a lawful purpose.EEE THE HORSE ON A WALK.Pexuars not half the farmers who take their mares to a stallion give fair considers.tion to the gait of the horse, especially to his walk, A careful caloulation of the time spent on a walk by the farm horse, as compared to the time used at other gaits, would show that the walk is nearly the constant gait\u2014oonstant at the plow, also at the harrow, the corn-planter, and the seeder.In hauling tho hay, grain, or any other commodity to market, the walk is always the gait.It is not used only when returning with the empty waggon, or whon, occasionally, a team tu hitchod to the family carryail.A vory fust walker, under the saddle, will make very nearly or quite five miles an hour, Such a horse at bis work would make, say throo and a half miles, while a slow walker would not come within one mile of this spoed, taking the day thru.This would cause a loss of nearly two days in tho week ; or, we think it safo to say, à week would be discounted out of the month by reason of doponding upon a slow instead ot a fast walkor.The wages and board of the man, and tho time and feed of tho horse thus sacrificed, would amount to not less than $12 a month.A full rendering would show additional loss on account of delay in the work\u2014always an important item, and oapocially so in somo seasons.At tho reaper or mowor this thing of a smart walking horso is of tho highest importance, as there is usually a large forco employed at high wagos; and thon the work is usually dono in great haste, often undor stroes of weather, whon quick movement is ovory- thing ; and to have tho movoment slowed down by moping horses cawpes voxation and loss, When a man is hired, an idea of his value is vory roon formed by the speod he makes ; and all sonsiblo omployors aro willing to pay tho rapid worker in proportion to the work ho turns off.When a farmer puts such a man, or any man, behind a slow team, ho stands in his own light.Better fall back on the faithful ox ; bocauso ho is tho cheaper of tho two, and when no longer useful in tho yoke, his flesh and hide will roturn his original cost.This much wo say relating to farm work ; but when a horse is offered in the market, his rapid walking stride commonds him to buyers, partly bo.cause all mon like a horse that walks fast, and partly because a good walker is generally clever nt all lus gifs.To breed a rapid walker, look woll to the shoulder, that it is not too upright; noithor must tho breast bo too broad.\"Tho vapid walker is not likely to be a lazy horse, but, on the contrary, he usually shows apirit, sometimes ho shows high ottlo.Theso qualitios all tell in judging his value in tho imarket, be- causo thoy add to his show qualitios, if he has any, and to his tendency to progression, when hooked up\u2014und there is no class of buyers who object to n horso because ho ie not slow onough.MISCELLANEOUS, An interesting discovery was made a short time ago by the workmen engaged in digging ballast from the Brittania jon on the Canadian Pacific Railway, about six miles above Ottawa, and on the west side of the Ottawa River.About three feet below the surface, and about twenty feet above the river, in a hed of gravel, of the Pleistocene age, there were found some bones which must have Lelonged to a whale\u2014probably a rorqual or a Finner whale, The specimens cxhibited at the offices of the C.P.R, in Montreal, consist of ono vertebra and part of a rib; the former owner of these parts having been by no means a large animal, bub about thirty or forty feet ong.In similar deposits on tho Ottawa River, remains of fishes and seals have before been found, but this is the first occurrence of parts of a whale.Tho remains belong to a time when the valley of the Ottawa was an arm of the Gulf of St Lawrence, and inhabited by marine animals similar to those now living on the Labrador coast.It is recommended that sickly potted plants be drenched with water heated to 145 degrees; it has the effect of removing from the roots poisonons acid secretion which may have accumulated there.An American traveller in Mexico writes: In one of the+small towns I bought some limes and gave the girl 81 in payment.By way of change she returned me forty- nine pieces of soap, the'size of a water- cracker.I looked at her in astonishment, and she returned my look with equal surprise, when a police officer who witnessed the incident hastened to inform me that soap was the legal tender in many portions of the country for small sums.I examined my change, and found that each cake was stamped with the name of a town and of a manufacture authorized by the government.The cakes of soap wero worth 1} cents each.Afterward in my travels I frequently receivedsimilar change Many of the cakes showed signs of having been in the wash-tub; but that, as I discovered, was not at all uncommon, Provided the stamp was not obliterated, the soap did not lose any value as currency.Occasionally a man would borrow a cake of a friend, wash his hands, and return it with thanks.I made use of mine more than once in my hath, and subsequently spent them.Waar Wx Owe 10 Taxes.\u2014A country cannot continue to be populous nor highly civilizod when its forests, or their equivalent in coal, are lost to it.Bat this loss has been experienced by many nations.The whole Fastern world was once well wooded.Roman and Greck writers assure us of this.Vast regions of Europe and Asia, by wars and wantonness and impradenco, have been stripped of their forests, A belt of woodland stretching from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas has been swept away, and that whole region, onco fertile and populous, now barely sustains a people scanty in number.It is a significant fact that great deserts now occupy the original seat of the human race, down intemperance is to remove temptation, didn\u2019t do it.Now the Democrats are against | and extend on every route of their migra ltione.Humboldt is reported as saying :\u2014 \u201cMen in all climates scem to bring upon future generations two calamities at once\u2014 a want of fuel and a scarcity of water.\u201d The two come alike from the destruction of the forests.tino oR ILIA TEL A Re ae Ro at | 1 he nraion ler, HUNTINGDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1882 | - oT 7 = mo.Pt \u2014_ TT { Troors from England are arriving daily at Alexandria, but it will bo a fortnight yet RAILWAY MEETING ON MONDAY.Tux adjourned railway mecting of the ratepayers of St Malachie took placo at Dar- ham on Monday.The Temporance Hall was filled, there being fully 200 present.Tho Mayor, W.Groig, in taking the chair, explained that tho meeting was an adjourned one, tho last being thinly attended.,The object was tho considoration of whether or not it was advisable to recommend the council to submit a by-law granting $10,000 bonus to tho Montreal & Champlain June- tion Company.Colonel McEacWEers, C.M.G., Apoko in bis usual forciblo manner and very strongly in volo against tho bonus was an obatructionist, and not only burt himself Lut punished 10 of his neighbors.For himself, when ho passed off this stage, be wished to be ablo to eay ho had dono somo good, and made the world botter than ho bad found it.He was glad to see several Iluntingdon men present, who bo belioved would make ar- rangemonts to have the railway go on to Huntingdon if tho peoplo of St Malachie did thoir duty and got it to Durham.In responeo to loud calls, | Tho Rev J.B.Muir of Huntingdon rose and said : This question of a railway is not before the last of them will have landed, as favor of the bonus being granted.le was|a matter of personal feeling with mo.If sevoral regiments only sailed from England well assured that if they granted tho monoy the road would bo built to Durham this we cannot got the Great Kastern, 1 go in for the South Shore, and if it dous not como, 1 on Monday.That any aggressive move- Fall; in fact, ho had a written guarantee to go for the Grand Trunk.1 go in for the ment will bo attempted beforo tho ond of that cffect.He was tired of their fruitless) company tbat will give a railway first, and : it is just efforts in tho past to seoure à road boing will hold up all my hands for it.\u201c(Laughter the month is not looked for, tho it is just, made by other companies, and believed they and applause).1 have no personal feeling I possible Arabi may precipitate matters by | should not lot this opportunity pass.While for any company, no feeling of victory as to attacking tho British position.The skir-\u2018 regarding as sufficient himself Mr Forrior's| which euccoods, and my views on the sub.mishes that bavo taken place, are not of a assurance that the railway would bo built to|ject nro not a mattor of personal politics, woald move that the meeting stand adjourn- satisfactory nature.Troops bavo begun to] arrive from India at the Red Sea end of tho: Suez canal, which is now guarded clong its\u2019 entire length Ly British troops and gunboats.The diplomatic complications incroaso * daily, and, if all reports be true, Russia ia! preparing for war.The Sultan is as | growing more unfriendly.| impracticable ns cver, and wero it con-i sistent with the peace of Lurope, it would; be a happy riddanco to let the Russians drive him across tho Bosphorus and gobblo up his domains on the west sido of it.Amid ; Darham on receipt of the $10,000 bonus, Lo with me.considered it botter for the sake of others, to which company wins the day, so long as wo.get a railway.On arriving there, ho found that Le was ab- the Grand Trunk, go to the city and interview Mr llickson, sont, but saw the noxt in command, Mr contained all the guarantee that could be asked, but which bo had given his word of honor not to mako public.Eastern was a bubble, that the Grand Trunk had the South Shove charter in its pooket, and that thero was no truth in the report of tho Syndicate's wanting to build a road thru this District.The only chance of getting a road was from the Grand Trunk, S.G.Foster, a Diroctor of the Company, being called upon, said it was not fair to Lt is simply nothing at all to me But I know something of Whon |, 10 years ago, lived at Galt\u2014a town sometimos called tho i Wainwright, who gave him a letter which Manchester of Canada \u2014 its business men the wished for a branch of the Grand Trank \u2019 and approached its managers, The com- money was given, and in 13 months tho engine came thundoring into Galt.(Applause.) That's what I know of the Grand Trunk and of the way it does business.| have, besidor, travelled a groat deal on tho Grand Trunk and always been well sorved.There is the South Shore company; can it build?Senccal owns that company\u2014the tho growing complications, Mr Gladstone is! charge Colonel MeEnchern with having |enme Sonecal who is trying to secure the St displaying a tact and firmness that increases iis reputation as a statesman, DUNDEE COUNCIL.: Tus council met on the 7th inst.Dre- sont, Mr Mayor Stirrat and Councillors! Bannon, McCaffrey, Millar, and Deruchia.The following resolutions were passed, | vie.: Rescinding and making void a resolution passed at last mecting of council, homolo- gating without amendment a proces verbal by 1.1.Crevier, opening up a fronl road from the byroad between lots No.Sand 9 in tho 6th concession to the Gedmanchester line, on account of the local secretary bav- ing omitted to give tho notice after Lomolo- sation.That the petition of Hugh G.Millar, | Alex.Cameron, and others, be received and read.The foregoing petition was praying for the opening up of a front road over the! same ground, only it need not go all tho; way to the Godmanchester line, that the! proces verbal above was made for.The petition was laid over for further consideration.Thomas Ilowley was allowed the sum of $20 for provisions, &e., furnished the Chisholm family.\u201cWilliam Steven was allowed the sum of $8 for damages to his buggy caused by obstructions placed on the public road by N.Farlinger, and that Wm, Farlinger be notified to pay tho amount to the council.The assessors and clerk were allowed #3 i changed his position with regard to the Francis in order that he may have à monter and with all he says.Ho who would RouznT SELLAR, being called upon, said, | be presented to tho council this afternoon not being a ratopayor,bo had no right to ad- | praying tho council to enact and paes a by- vise thorn as to whether they should give a bonus or not, but if they did, suggested it should be upon conditions that would ensure their gotting their money's worth.ALEX.Tuirp called in question some of the provious speaker's statements, which ho characterized as falso.GrorgE ELLIOT agreed with the views of Mr Sellar.ALEX.MILLS, in A well delivered specch, advocated that it would be better for tho ratepayers to wait a year before voting any bonus, the more so, that the road could not be finished to Durbam this season to be of; much use.The line of the Canada Atlantic was being pushed on, and the point where it would form a junction with the Grand Trunk would be the market for the farmers, and not Ilowick or Durbam.If they kept their money now, they would have it when both roads were finished, to build better stations than they otherwise would get.Ile ed for one year.J.W.Bryson seconded the motion, Janes Minus said that had Mr Fostor boon frank with tho ratepayers at first and approached them in a straightforward way, would likely have voted a bonus of $20,000, But then he would not say what was wanted, and pretended all the company On questioning .| pany said give us 820,000 bonus and we sought was their good will, and this, when Italy is also said to be\u2019 Mr Wainwright, he learned that the Great will build a branch into your town.Tho nobody offered it ill will.The Grand Trunk were not building this road for eur honefit ; it is for their own interests to have \u2018A line to occupy the ground on this side of \"the St Lawrence, and ho believed they had ;&pont 310,000 in lobbying at Quebec and Ottawa to prevent otbor companies giving jus a road, and now asked us to reimburso ; them by voting them a bonus.(Applause.) Looking over the events of the past fow years ; And considering how the Grand Trunk had Champlain Junction ; il was the Company opoly and chargo you what ho pleases\u2014aro troated thom, to vote any bonus now would that bad changed theirs, they now asking a much smaller bonus than thoy had done before, and which the Colonel was willing to give.Ilo would rather not havo heon us the mayor's, but to have dealt sololy with tho council, \u2018I'he proposition of his company was that if a bonus of $10,000 were given by the parish, they would have the road to Darham this reason.Ile had been asked, was there any truth in tho paragraph in lust Gleaner, that Chief Engineer Ilanna- ford and Contractor MecFarlane had stated thut the extension of the lino was not dependent upon any bonus.While Mr Hun- naford was second 10 no engineer on the continent and Mr McFarlane was one of the best of contractors, yot they have no voico in tho policy of the company, for Mr Joseph Iickson is the only man who directs the policy of tho Montreal & Champlain Junction Company.You muy rely upon it, that whother the roud is to be oxtended from Howick to Durham and which way, dopends n greut deal upon the bonus boing givon.If you want a road within the next 20 or 50 years, you must consider our proposition.The sum asked ia small, ko small that it will not oven pay the right of way, but your granting it, makes us one in purpose.If you have any doubt as to the road being built on to Durham this season, appoint a committee of 5 or 6 out of this meeting to wait on the company and they would got for revising tho assesemont voll.Joseph Nossault was given tha job of supplying cedar to cover the bridge across the Aubry creok at Aubry\u2019s Corners.HEMMINGFORD COUNCIL.A MEETING of this council was held on Monday.All present except counciliors Kyle and Keddy.On motion of Coun Orr, secondod by Coun Ryan, the proces verbal of Oliver Liyttle, for a discharge in tho Gth range of Crown Lands, was homologated as present.- ed, the costs to be paid equally by all par- parties intorested.- On motion of Coun Ryan, seconded by Coun Robson, John English was appointed special officer to carry out tho provisions of the above mentioned proces verbal.On motion of Coun Beattie, seconded by Cqun Orr, Oliver Lyttle was appointed special superintendent to visit and examine tho locality mentioned in the petition of John Orr and others, and if he thinks noces- sary, to draw up a proces verbal in accord.anco with said petition and present the samo for homologation on Monday the 4th day of September next.On motion of Coun Robson, seconded by Coun Beattie, the Secrotary was authorized to pay to Mr Brindle the sum of 50 cents weokly until further action ig taken in his care.° On motion of Coun Orr, scconded by Coun Ryan, the amendments to the valus- tion roll, presente! by the Sccretary, wore homologated with certain additions.On motion of Coun Orr, seconded by Coun Beattie, the following bills were accepted and payment thercof ordered as soon as Possitle : Jobn Ryan, for planks, spikes, and work done by John Boucher, covering bridges, $4.58; Valuators and Sccrotary, for amending valuation roll, 818; A.G.Beckwith, for contingencies, 816.50.On motion of Coun Beattie, seconded by Coun Orr, the Mayor was authorized to draw from the Bank of Montreal the interest now due on deposit, and place the same in P the Savings Bank to tho credit of this corporation.On motion of Coun Ryan, seconded by Coun Robson, the council adjourned till Monday, the 4th September, at G o'clock in tho afternoon.\u2014\u2014\u2014 #& Tho men at work grading the South] Shore track finished ou Mr Somervillo's point and began on Mr Schuyler\u2019s lot, where they kopt working until this morning, when Mr Schuyler stopped them until he got his hay drawn oat of their way.14 mon have been kept busy and Mr Gibeau expects thoy will be able to resume work in a day or so.Wr A young man stole $250 from a widow lady in Malone and made for Canada.Ho, accompanied by two others, was at Dun- des, Saturday, abeut midnight.Parties havo been in search but bave failed to find the main suiprit as yet.3 The Kev J.8.Lochead preached daring tho past twe Sundays to large congre gations at Elgin and Athelstan.The people were gratifiod to hear their old pastor once more.4 On Tuesday evening a little daugbtor of Mr M.P.Carran, La Guorre, was coming down a shed stairs,where ber young brother was playing with an axe, but not in a position to see her, and as she put her foot on the bottom step the axe descended, and striking her foot about midway betwecn the avkie and toes almost sevored the foot in two.all the assurance they could want.GEORGE ARMSTRONG\u2014 Will you not build without a bonus ?Mr Foster\u2014I havo no authority to say | that the company wiil, but 1 do say, give i the bonus asked, and there will bo no delay in compioting the road to Durham this season, (Applause) There can be no doubt a8 to tho benefit a railway will be to you.Your contribution of 810,000 will be made up to you in 4 months, Ho had learned of a farmer who had come in to seo if ho could not sell part of his hay, and could not find a customor at uny price.Tho very morning I arrived, 3 Amorican buyers mot me at Ste Martino and asked mo if\u2019 they bought hay for delivery at Howick could thoy dopend on tho cara being ready to tako it away, for it they were sure of railway facilities at Howick this season they wore going to buy up hay at 810 to 812 a ton.Thus, by means of 4 railway, you can find a market for your hay, which you have not at present.The people of Ste Martine wero now finding a roudy market for all they liavo to sell at the highest price, and so will you; your parish will be enriched 40 times what you are asked to give upon the arrival of the cars in Durham.To show the chango a road would make, ho might mention that a letter be had written Colonel McEachorn from Montreal on Saturduy had been 3 days on the road, while he had come from town that day with nowspapers only 3 hours old in his pocket.llo would impress upon them the importance of their coming to a right decision, and believed it would be a proud day to all who took part in the meeting.(Applause-) CuarcEs McDoNALD\u2014It is à long stretch from Howick to Durham, about 9 miles, and many who live botween tho two places would liko to know whother, in the event of a bonus being granted, tho company would givo any accommodation at Allan's Corners ?Mr Fester\u2014You will have a station to be located by the engineers, convenient to that lace.GEORGE ARMSTRONG said ho had gone to Ste.Martino last winter with a load of oats and related his difficulties in gotting them londed on tho cars, which were moved up und down without consideration for the farmers.After all, 4 loads had to go to Beau- barnois for want of buyers.Ife did net believe in farmers votiug money to people who did not caro a curse for them.(Laugh.tor and applause.) JAMES BREL, aftor rofcrenco to the voting on last bonus, said he had not como from personal motive, becauso they were going to have by the 1st September, or the 1st October, with which they would bo entisfied, the railway to Howick, which was within Z miles of his place.Mo would ask them, what good was their surplus crop of hay this year unless they could get a markot for it, and that they could not find without a railway.Then many, liko himsclf, were trons of choose factories, and were und to take 2 loads each «season to the steamboat, which was worth $2.60 a lead.With a railway at Howick, be could take his load easily bofore breakfast.In fact, he believed that if tho railway was built to Durham, Mr McFarlane would be willing not only to make but to ship the cheose for the 1} cents a pound ho now charged for making alone, because there would be mo little trouble in sending to tho station.He did not ace that any moro pledges from tho company wero nocessary.Wo at tho lower end of the pariah aro satisfied with Me Fos- you willing to go under him?The Syndicate have nothing to do with the South Shore, and lie had that from the best authority in Iluntingdon that morning.present at this moeting, which he regarded [Tho Great Kastern, from (ho terms of its charter, cannot build just now, so that they had only the Grand Trunk to look to for the immediate building of the road they all wanted.I admit that the Grand Trunk bas bepn slow in fulfilling its promises, but now when it kas minde a definite offer, backed by sufficient guarantees, aro we not to accept ?1 was not sent for by anybody to be present hore to-day to address you.I camo alone.These hands, gentlemen, are clean.I nover got any favor from tho Grand Trunk, but my heart's wish is Lo benefit you, an honest, an intelligent, an industrious, and it becomes me 10 add, a God- fearing people.(Applause.) The promise made by Mr Foster, that for a small bonus the railway will be extended to Durham this season, bas bocn confirmed Ly Mr Forrier, à man whom 1 respect for his piety.It has nlso been confirmed to your secretary by Mr Wainwright, whose word, I con assure you, for I know him, is as good as his bond.I lave, besides meoting him Hickson, who has one of the finest and clear- ost minds of any man I ever met.lois a is very difficult to got a few minutes\u2019 intor- view with him.does not come up lo seo jou, it is not be- not the time {o spare.plebe a one-horse affair.the other side.so for that very purpose.to Huntingdon.just onc.tingdon.from what they did 6 montbs ago.village, but I know of the change within it, and ef tho fecling in favor of a bonus.Now, get us this long-wished for and long-waited applause.) Wor, WisTER\u2014 After all that has been said, road will bo built this season, Rev J.B.Murn\u2014I saw Mr Hickson, and he assured me the road would bo built if the bonus was granted.Mr WinTeR\u2014Thero is something mysterious about this proposition, It would pay the Grand Trunk to build this road, and thereby prevent competition on tho south side of the St Lawrence, and never to run it.They do not purpose to build for our but their own interest.Ie was willing to wait a fow months, for ho believed if thoro was havo so suddenly reduced their demand in the shape of a bonus.Trios, Bairp told how ho had seen Mr Armstrong, who informed him that, while somo lawyers woro of opinion the Great Eastorn ceuld go on and baild under their charter, others took a different view.Once capitalists wero assured of their authority to go on, they would give the money to build, He had also waited upon Mr Meln- tyre, of tho Canadian Pacific, who said Senecal had kicked at the bargain that was being negotiated, and had begun to build at Huntingdon in order to keop the charter alive.Mr McIntyre said he believed they would, ultimately, sccuro a charter and build a thru line on this sido of the St Lawrence, but that, if our peoplo did not like to wait, and woro satisfiod with the Grand Trunk he would not blamo thom if they went in with it The Grand Trunk had held their charter for 3 years and had not completed 18 miles.Under tho circumstances, thoy would act prudontly to defer voting on a bonus for à year.Wat, FENNELL had lost all faith in railway men and their promises and would bo satisfied with nothing clse than guarantees in clean black and white.The change in its demands, showed that the Grand Trunk was squeczed ap in a tight place, and he was in favor of giving them a reasonable bonus if thoy would give us a good road.otherwise, had a privato interview with Mr Rost assured, that if he causo he ovorlooks you, but becauso ho has Mr Ilickson says that all that is needed to secure a railroad to this District is the co-operation of the pco- And tho road they will build will not Mr Foster has told you it is going to be a thru routo, and Mr Hickson is in nezotiation with parties on Mois a man not to be out- wilted by tho Americans, and there never was a grander stragetic move than that by which he checkmated Vandorbilt and gained accoss to Chicago.By giving a bonus you can make conditions, and I advise you to do Some may ask, Why am [ here?I havo come, because if charter and not a mere bylaw that saved tho you get tho road to Durbam we will get it Wo de not want 2 or3 railways, cutling up your fine farms, but So far as I ean judge, there has beon a great change in sentiment in Hun.Four of ita Councillors are in favor of voting a bonus, and tho ratepayers look very differontly upon the Grand Trunk I cannot speak as to tho feeling outside of the wo look to you to set the example, and so for railway, thereby securing a markot for all tho farmer has to sell and, continuing the good times wo aro now enjoying.(Loud Iam not satisfied that wo have sufficient assuranco that, on our giving a bonus, the bo to show thoy were mean hounds who wore roady to lick tho hand that had lashed them.(Applause.) DANIEL SuaNks said he had not come from Iluntingdon to speak in tho interests {of any road, but to hear what was said.: The people in Huntingdon feel an interest in what the people of St Malachie do, for no move would be of any avail in tho upper soction if blocked by the people lower down.Nobody oxpects to get a railroad without paying for it.The Grand Trunl proposes to build a road and pot for its benefit but for our interest wo ought to give something to sccuro favorable terms.For instance, we want it to be n condition that & daily train thould leavo in tho morning and roturn in tho ovoning, but wo could not insist on such ja condition unless we give something.i There woro not 10 men in Huntingdon who believed that tho South Shore was in earnest in building the line they were: working at near Iluntingdon.Mr WiNTER\u2014It is just the same with us as regards the Grand Trunk.Mr SuaNks\u2014Bat you have not a particle of reason.They have shown they are in carnest.\u2018They have built to Ste Isidore, thence to Ste Martine, and are now finishing to llowick, and you havo the word of good very busy man; he has all the business of a momghat if you give the bonus ssked you great company resting upon him ; in fact, it will avo it to Durham this season.A great doal was said against the Grand Trunk, because of its selfishness, but they wero all selfish, and ho did not believe that the Grand Trunk was more so than any otber.The truth was, that Company had got the whiphandlo of us, and how had they got it?Because the roprosentative for Huntingdon had allowed them to get their charter.Ono spenker had hinted that whon the road ran out, tho company would come back upon them for fifty or a hundred thousand dollars to renow it, Did he think they were fools to receive such nonsense! Can you not put in a proviso in your bargain that the Company will run a train daily for all time.A condition of that kind bad'saved the Ilom- mingford line from being closod.Mr WINTER\u2014It was à condition in tho Hommingford line.Mr SuaNks\u2014That makes no difference.You are not asked to pay until the road is built, and you will be standing in your own light if you do not givo the bonus.Thoro is a strong untipatby against the Grand Trunk and without grounds.If you will vote for the bonus to-day, I pledge my word of honor that wo will carry a bonus in Hunt.ingdon.That could not have been done § months ago, and the change has como about because the ratepayors havo seen that all the other companies except the Grand Trunk havo deluded them, and are mere speculators in chartors.Should the company not comply with your conditions, then you need not pay your money.But there is no fear of that ; tho company will do its part.Ifyou vote now, we will follow, and got the read to Huntingdon in June or July next.People aro getting their eyes open to the true stato of matters, and you may depend upon it, it you move now we will do tho same and that shortly.(Applause.) Joux GinsoN said they ought to profit by Mr Shanks' advice.Île said the Grand Trunk had got the whip handle of them in the way of charters.Froy ought now to take caro it did not get the whip handle of their $10,000.(Laughter and applause.) JouN YouNIE said tho ratepayors had mot threo months ago, when Mr Armstrong had told them of the intention of the Great not a wheel within a wheol, they would not Eastern to build thru this District, and we joined him, the benofit offered in return for our support being thru rates.Surely the ratepayers were not going to be like weathor cocks and go back on their promises to Mr Armstrong.Had tho Grand Trunk asked a reasonable bonus a few years ago they would have got it, but now they should not get even tho 810,000 asked.Boforo the Grand Trunk was in no haste for the ratepayers to move, but now it was hurry up, As to the statements about the failure of the South Shore to build, they should recolleet that, thru Grand Trunk influence, their charter had been eo loaded with unprecedented conditions that no capitalist would take hold of it.He hopell tho farmers of the parish had more backbone than to vote any bonus to tho Grand Trunk after the way it had used thom.(Applause.) Mr McDoNALD said it might have been right to relieve the South Shore of the tan.nol, but ho did not approve of the doing away with the doposit.Ile was sorry to ace so groat à lack of confidence in the Grand Trunk.What security have we that we will get any other rond if we throw this opportunity away ?He would move, seconded by Wm.Fennoll : That as the construction and continuation of the Montreal & Champlain Junction Rail: way thrn this manicipal ty would be of the utmost benefit to the ratopayers of the municipality, Be it resolved that a petition aw granting a bonus of $10,000 upon such conditions as tho council may deem advisable to accept.Some discussion ensued #8 to which motion should be put first, ending in Mr Mills'a being submitted, which was lost by 37 to 33.Moved in amendment to Mr McDonald's motion, by John Taylor, seconded by Jamos McBain : That the ratepayers of this parish do not bind themselves to give a bonus to any particular railroad, and that we do not roguost tho council to submit any by-law.\"ho vote was taken by standing, when Colonel McEachern reported 80 in favor of Mr Taylor's motion and 40 against.The main motion (Mr McDonald's) was declared lost on the same division.IMPORTATION OF HORSES.ON Saturday morning John Carr reached his home, Godmanchester, with two horses.It will be remembered that he left here the third week in June and landed in Glasgow on the 4th July.He, without loss of time, began to visit every place where horses were kept for sale, and examined the stock of Drew, Riddell, and other noted breeders, but found nothing to suit him.Travelling northwards, he fell in with Wm.Wylie, horse-dealer of Perth, who had a colt, named (ilenlyon, which was on the road for the first time, and had his route in the vicinity of Edinburgh.Going there he saw him and at onco concluded to buy him, which he succeeded in doing at a long price.As will be seen by the pedigree, Glenlyon was bred in Stranraer, and was bought b Wylie, who, when visited by Mr Carr, had 72 horses of one kind or another in his stables.Altho only a colt, Glenlyon had 70 mares at £2 123 6d, which proves that the farmers of Midlothian thought well of him.Going on to England, at the Royal Society's show at Reading, Mr Carr bought an English carthorse, Young Lofty, bred by J.Cridlau.Bringing both to Glasgow, they were embarked on the Buenos Ayrcan, which sailed on the 20th July.The voyage was a good one, tho cold and prolonged by fog.There were on board 112 horses and altogether, including sheep and cattle, 475 head of live stock, All wero landed safely except a year old stallion and a very fine mare, which died.The Buenos Ayrean reached Montreal on Wednesday night.Glenlyon was 3 years old this grass, and has every mark of being of the best Clyde blood.His color is a bright bay, with black mauve and tail.He has very little white, there being a slight blaze on his face and three feet being of that color.He is by no means in good condition, being thin in flesh, and having his right shoulder swelled and his hock caps and other points rubbed during his journey.The barbarous custom in Scotland of elip- ping the mane and tail also detracts from his appearance.With all these drawbacks to the eye, it can be seen that he is a colt of great merit.Without exception he has the heaviest bono of any horse that ever came into this District, and the effect is increased by the length and quantity of hair on the foot and lower joint.The chest is broad and deep and the reach from the breast to the withers shows his enormous strength of constitution, The withers boing high and reaching well back, his back is short and ends in the squarest and flattest croup and hips that could be desired.The head and neck are not notable.Considering his youth, he will be an animal of great power and weight when he attains his growth, and in this regard, only foreshadows what he will be.He stands 16 hands 3 inches, and when he began the season weighed 1900 lbs.He is registered in the Clydesdale stud book.Glenlyon was bred by Mr Peter M'Kissock,\" -Glaick, Leswalt, Stranraer, out of his famed breeding mare, Tibby, (321), by Glenlee (363).She gained the second prize as a three-year-old at Stranraer, and the third prize for brood mares for 3 years in succession at Stran- Tuer.She is dam to Mr Pollock's two- year-old filly, Darling, who gained the following prizes :\u2014First at Kilmarnock ; second at Ayr ; first at Glasgow, beating the first at Ayr ; first at Barrhead ; first at Barrhead, as tho best mare of any age ; first at Mearns ; first at East Kilbride in the open class against all ages ; and first at the Highland Society's Show at Perth ; and was sold for £400 to go to New Zen- land, where she has proved herself to be the champion mare.She is also dam to Molly, who gained First Prize at Stranraer, ag a one-year-old, and was sold for £200 to go to New Zealand ; and also to Heather Bell, who gained prizes at Ayr and Stranraer last year, and was sold to George Alston, Esq, Loudon Hill, Ayrshire, at a long price ; @.dam, Jess, by Farmer (284).As a one-year-old, he gained first prize at Ayr ; second at Maryhill as à two-ycar-old ; and second at Stran- raer.Glenlyon, sire Lord Lyon (489), gained the following prizes as a yearling :\u2014First rize at Kirkcudbright and second at the nion Show at Dumfries; when two years old, first at Dalbeattie, and highly commended at the Highland Society's Show at Edinburgh in 1871; first prize at the Royal Northern Show, Aberdeen, in 1872 ; the silver medal at the same Show, and was there chosen by the Lower Banffshire Society ; in 1873 he carried off the Earl of Dalhousie and Angus Agricultural Society's first prize at Forfar.It can be safely said of Lord Lyon that ho was the best breeding horse of his day, his stock having gained more prizes and realized the highest prices, at carl es, than any other horse in Scotland, \u201cFhe following are a few of them\u2014Mr Picken\u2019s Darling gained 14 first; Mr Baird of Urie's celebrated Filly Lively, winner of 6 first prizes; Mr Martin's Effie Deans, winner of 10 first prizes; Mr Pick- on\u2019s two-year-old Filly, winner of 8 first prizes ; Mr Ralston\u2019s Fitzlyon, the Had- dington prizo Horse; and Mr Wyllie's British Lyon, the Strathearn prize Horse, g sire Horcules (378), the last two named were in the short leet of seven at Glasgow ~ Show in February, 1882.It will be seen from the foregoing that Glenlyon is descended from the purest and Lest-bred Clydesdales that can be got.Young Lofty is a horse of à different style, being much lighter in bone and with a fine head and neck, Of a dark, dappled bay, with elegantly moulded quarters, he is a horse that at once takes the eye, and farmers who breed for their own use will be apt to prefer him, just as those who breed to sell will choose Glen- lyon.Lofty stood the voyage so well that he gained in weight on shipboard, and was Janded without a scratch, He standa 16 hands and will weigh over 1600 lbs.The breed, the Shire or English Carthorse, is a new one in this section, and how it will cross with our ordinary run of mares will be watched with interest.If he casts colts like himself, farmers will have horses equally good on field and road.The following is his pedigree : GREAT MALVERN, England, July 17, '82, Young Lofty is now 2 years old, was bred by Mr J.Cridlau of Worcestershire, and isa get of Lofty, owned by Lord Beauchamp, who is entered in tho English Stud book.Tlis dam, Maggie, is à first-class Shire maro, who has taken several first prizes.Young Lofty was never shown but once, and in à class of eleven last year carried off first prize at Stanbridge, JOHN CRIDLAU.So far as we can judge, Mr Carr has done well in his choice, and has added 2 animals to the District which will draw much money to it.Of late American buyers could hardly get draft horses of heav enough bone, and in this regard Glenlyon\u2019s stock should meet their views.The colts that bring the top price are the kind to raise, and farmers who breed to sell must meet the views of buyers.Mr Carr reports the price of Clydesdales to be a third higher than when on his last visit and very scarce, owing to tha demand from America, New Zealand, and Australia.English horses, being less sought for, are much cheaper, and Lofty cost one-half of what Gleniyon did.He reports the erops as looking splendid, and tho harvest certain to be good should the farmers be able to save it, of which the prospect is somewhat gloomy, as it rained more or less every day he was in the Old Land.David Steel, who went out with him, returned on the same ship.He bought nothing.Mr Ness he did not meet.NOTES FROM PHUNNY.Secoxp Epitiox! Dunist my stay at Winchester Springs, I went with the Doctor to Wust Winchester, {ive milea north-west.What can give more pleasure to a drive (uuless tho parties are young, and of the opposite sex) than to belold a fine farming country, home-like domiciles, and Juxuriant ficlds of grain \u201cwaving in tho brecacs,\u201d and such was the aspect presented to the cye as we drove along, and it was no fancy paiuting, but a thing of reality as tho tillers of the soil will find when the harvest Is ended.The village of West Winchester presents a lively appearance, for thero is considerable business dono there, and there is no reason why there should not be with such a fine farming country surrounding it, and all it wants is nearer railroad cow- munication.I encountered several parties formerly of Huntingdon County.Andrew Broder, M.P.P., who deals Iarzely in farmers\u2019 produce of all kinds.He has extensive buildings, but has given up keeping store, the building for which is rented to A.Sweet of Hemmingford, whose card states that he deals in \u201calmost cverything.\u201d A younger Lrother and a youthful Manning of Franklin Centre is among his salesmen.A hard-looking \u201cseed,\u201d or tramp, was in the store, when I ecutered, cleaning a man's vest with some wonderful preparation to take off the dirt, po matter of what kind.One of the \u201csalesmen\u201d invested 20 cents, and got & piece about the size of a small hen\u2019s egg, and, coming to cxamine morc closely found it was a piece of washing soda not worth over a cent.Mr Sweet is doing a very good business, and likely to continue to improve.Sweetr, they say, arc not wholesome, but 8 young lady of Winchester took the chance and is now transformed into a Sweet(y).I could not very well stay at the Springs long enough to give them a fuir trial as to their efficacy to do any good in my case (dyspepsia and all its attendant ills), which is of some years\u2019 standing, and would take some time to eradicate, but I have no doubt that were I not restricted rs to time that I would be benelited.I should think, from the action of tho water on the system, that it would be very beneficial for kidney disense, liver complaint and the like.Those afilicted with rheumatism find relief, as the parties themselves have informed mo.Those afflicted, who have the time and money, can not do Letter than go there for a period, and should they require medical advice Dr Anderson, proprietor of the Springs, is capable of giving it, and ho is specially renowned for his success in the treatment of deformi- tics, such as hare lip, club feet, &c.I do not mention this ou the Doctor's behalf, but for the unfortunate, and I know it to be so (for \u201csecing is believing\u201d) in some cases of hare lip.I wonder that some smart enterprising person bas not epened out a place of business at the Springs, as, from tho looks of the country around, n good business could Le done if fair profits were asked and advertising resorted to, say like Win.Third & Co.One of the store-keepers at the Springs has farmed it up to a year ot two ago, when he started business, of which he knows nothing.He is also post-master,and when T posted my previous \u201cnotes\u201d ho could not see why so largo a letter should go for one cent.It took me longer to convince thio man how it wag, than the postage was: worth, but then my timo wasn't worth much, and it didu't interfere with his customers, The other store-keeper was out a good part of the timo picking buckleberries.His letter Lulf, I have no doubt, could attend to all the business in hisabsence, and then he could attend while she cleaned and cooked the Lerrics.You may wonder, in s0 fine a farming country, wherc huckleberries grow, but there isa strip of swamp a mile or two from the Springs, which comes very Landy for berrics and tamarack for pump logs.Stoney ridges aro the exception rather than the rule on tho roads that T travelled, therefore hard maple is not so plenty as in Huntingdon, but elm, ash, and soft maple are in abundance, and tho woods are composed of the old substantial trees and thickly timbered, not, as it is getting here, thin and mostly second growth, The pricoof wood at West Winchester is from 75 ceuts to $1.25 per cord, tamarack or soft wood.A new church is being crected, Episcopal Mothodist, and a large number of stone-cutters aro st work.It is to be quite an cdifice, I would advise Dr Anderson, of tho Springs, to get chairs with softer scats than the ones in general use, especially for those whoso boncs Aro not covered with A superiluity of fat.Ber Tho crowds to Teaficld to pick berries increase.Tho people como from every direction, B& Mr D.M.Macphorson reports his sales during Juno as follows: 1st week, 103 ; 2nd, 10% ; 3rd and 4th, 11c.Ho has made a sale of 3 weeks of July mako, 6,500 boxes, nt 11c.B= Amorican goods bonded at the port of Dundee in transit to the Port of Montreal for oxportation during tho month of July, 584 boxes, 37,347 Ibs, cheose, valuo $4,000.WEATHER REPORT sr Dr Smmrirr.Temperature Rain Snow Highest Lowest in inches 2 Aug.86 9.L000 3\u201c \u2026 85 59.000 4 ¢« ,., 93 63.000 b « .91 62 .000 6 « .94 64.,000 To 88 173.000 8 « ., 67 63.1.220 3nd, ath, bth and Gth Aug.\u2014Increasingly hot\u2014 warmocst days of the season.On ovening of 4th, fine display of northern lighte. Tth=Hot and dry with thunder shower in evening.| BthmCloudy wi:h heavy min in afternoon and thunder.9th-\u2014Raiuy, clearing up towards noon.8&~ A deplorable acgident happened about 3 p.m.in Lang's machine shop, Darham, on Friday.An Englishman, named Richard Taylor, went to the wheel which lets on the water in order to stop the machinery, which This wheol, is close beside | was in motion.an upright shaft making 200 revolutions per minute.It seems that Taylor's apron some: how got caught on the shaft whon he was working at tho wheel, and, in an instant, he was revolving around the shaft, in a confined space, his head striking at each turn.Mr Lang and Wm.Morrison instantly stopped the machinery and disengaged tho poor man from the shaft, when he only lived 2 or 3 minutes.Tho brains were scattered round where Lo struck, his elothing torn from his body.Mr Taylor was probably about 50 years of age, and has been in the country about 6 weeks.His family live in Manchester, England, and be had recently sent word for them to come eut as he liked his new home, where he was already highly osteemed for his many redeeming qualities.The Deputy Coron-r, Col.McEschern, keld an inquest at eix o'clock this evening, and tho jury returned the following verdict: #We find that the deceased, Richard Taylor, came to his death by accident in the discharge of his duty, The place where he was at work was greatly exposcd, aud we would recommend that tho shaft bu encased around so as in the future to prevent any accident of the same kind.\u201d > At Montreal, and in St Paul's church, on Tuesday, this week, the Presbytery of Montreal held a special mcoting and resolved, That Mr ITouston be inducted at Elgin on an early day, conditioned by the decision of the Presbytery of Miramichi; that the call from Dundee to Mr Duncan McEachern bo sustained and transmitted to the Presbytery of Sarnia ; that Mr John Serimger be released from St Joseph street church, Montreal, and inducted as Professor of Exegesis in tho Presbyterian College of Montreal, according to appointment of the Goneral Assembly; and that Me James Patterson of Hemminglord Le loosed from his present charges and settled as a city missionary in Montreal.THE WAR IN EGYPT.Alexandria, Aug.2,\u2014The firing beard last night was a false alarm.Thero was more early this morning in the neighborhood of the Sweet (Fresh) Water Canal, not far from Ramloh.It was really nothing, deriving its only importance from tho fact that a company of tho Oth Rifles who wero posted in 8 clump of trees on the canal bank was attacked by a force of 100 of Arabi\u2019s infantry, supported by a large number of Bedouin cavalry and ono field picce.\u2018These swooped down on our men, who, after firing a volley, wero seized with a panie, and showing the white feather, broke and bolted.They continued running for all they were worth till they reached the water-works, which have been strongly fortified.Behind the friendly shelter thus extended to them they took rofuge, and were immediately put under arrest by ono of their officers stationed there.Two rifles were thrown away in their flight, and several cartridge boxes full of ammunition.Of these as well as of the kits left behind in thoir flight tho enemy took possossion, and doubtloss will exhibit them to the natives as spoils wrested from the British.'I'bo outpost was abandoned by the enomy and immediately rcoccupied by our men.The whole affair was very disgraceful, but was the result of a reare caused thru a want of watchfulness.It is said that the gcntinel on duty was asleep and the others wero keeping no lookout at all.Their conduct bas caused great indignation thruont the ranks of our men.Yet the picket oven beforo it was driven in managed to empty several saddles, and tho fiold piceo was never discharged.An apparently trustworthy account by one on the spot is as follows: A scare took place last evening.There isa clump of trees on the Sweet Water Canal, about in the contre of a British outpost guarded by a company of the 0th Rifles.The mon were duly posted thero last evening and cautioned by General Alison as to the necessity of maintaining absolute steadiness in the cvent of an attack in force, and wero ordered to full back in order on a barricaded ongiue-houso by the side of the canal.The instructions were apparently fully understood, and the General loft satisfied.About two o'clock in tho morning the enemy suddenly appeared on the left of our outpost with infantry and cavalry.They here approached very rapidly unobserved, and bofore our men had timo to check their advance they charged the clump of trees at a groat pace.The Rifles fired a single volley and then broke and ran along the bank of the canal.Thw outlook would seem to have bcon very defective, and worse still, tho retreating troops neglocted all the orders concerning tho rallying point, and never stopped until {hey rcuched the fortified Water-Works hill, about a milo distant.Four of them oven ran till thoy reached the camp, whero they spread all sorts of ridiculous rumors, such as that they had lost all their comrades, that they had last seen Major Ward surrounded by the cnomy, and similar nonsense.A company instantly moved forward to tho bank of the canal.The enemy had apparently not followed the fugitives far, but had taken up tho rifles they bad thrown away in the flight, and secured their rescrve of\u2019 ammunition, Tho ecare of the company croated a terribly indignant feeling thryout the British camp.The position they abandoned has been reoccupied, bat it is clear that a sovoro training in outpost duty will bo required Ly some of our troops.Tho fugitives wero placed under arrest.There wus a harmloss demonstration against an cxactly similar position during tho previous night.Alexandria, Aug.3, 3:30 p.m.\u2014 Ail the British troops have beon ordered to the front, an attack being expected.Tho re.connaieance made to-day five miles beyond the Ramlch outposts is tho most extensive yet made.The 3Sth and GOth Regiments advanced in two columns, The enemy's position was found almost abandoned, and with tho exception of a fow videttes, nono of thoir forco was observable.A fow shots were fired, but Lhoro were no casualtios.The British returned at dusk.Arabi has again destroyed tho railway at Mahalla, recently repaired.Last evening and to-day an alarm was caused by ramors of an impending massacre of Christians, The patrols have been ordered to incroase their vigilance, and the police confiscate all weapons found on the natives.Criers paraded the native quarters, enjoining people to remain at home at tho hour reported us fixed for the massacre.Alexandria, Aug.5\u2014Gen Alison's report of the engagement with tho Egyptians today says : Persistont native reports existing the past fow days that Arabi was retiring from Kafr-el-Dwar upon Damanhour, I determined upon a reconusisssince to ascertain clearly whether Arabi still beld his original position strongly.The left ; colanm commenced to advance at 4:43 p.m.from tho advance pickets of the Ramlieh lines, moving by both banks of the Mah- moudieh Canal, and soon came into action with the enemy, strongly posted in a group of palm trees on the castern side, and in a strong defensible house and garden on the other.These positions were carried, Lieut.Vyse of the GOth, and a soldier being killed.Tho enemy then took a second position balf a mile in the rear, upon the east bank of the canal, among the Ligh crops, and housos behind the irregular banks of the canal.From this position also the enemy were driven With great loss.I accompanied tho right column myself.As soon as tho enemy observed us they opened fire with artillery.1 pushed on a8 rapidly ss possible till I reached a point where the railway approached nearest the Mahmoudieh (\u2018anal, and thon opened musketry fire upon the enemy lining tho banks of the canal.Two 9-poundors were dragzed on tho cmbankment and came into action against the onemy\u2019s guns, a -10-pounder firing over our heads against a point whero tho enemy'a forces wero beginning to appear.I now threw forward two companies to carry the house near tho canal, and followed up by throwing four companies still moro to my loft upon the banks and across tho canal, thus attaining the position I wished, and forming a diagonal lino across | their danger.| othor offort failing to check or subdue the \u2018flames, holos were bored thru the deck and \u2018tho burning compartment was flooded.at the following conversation between Arabi and Mid- shipmaa Dechair: Arabi\u2014\"Would you rathor remain with me or return te Alexandria?\u201d Deocbait=I wish to return.\u201d Aradbi\u2014Why ?\u201d Dechair\u2014\u201cMy duty is with the gune at Alexandiia.\u201d Arabi (addressing bis officers)\u2014*This boy is an example to you sll.Do not allow a hair of his head to be farmed.I only wish he was à born Egyptien instead of an Englishman.\u201d NEWS BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.Cork, August 7.\u2014The polico movement is oxtending.Tho sub-constables, at à moct- ing to-day, expressed their detormination to resign if their grievances were not redressed.| Dublin, Aug.7.\u2014The constabulary thru- out the country openly cxpress to the authorities their dotermination to stand by the declarations of the men in Limerick and Cork.A large number of telegrams to this offcct bave been received at the Castlo.London, Aug.1.\u2014The steamship Gellert, which has arrived at Plymouth from New York, narrowly escaped destruction by fire 700 miles from Plymouth.The fire broke out on tho 28th July in tho aftermast compartment, which contained sewing machinos und tobacco, and spread with auch rafdity that arrangomonts were made for the possible .abandonment of the ship.The passongers wero awoke from sleep and informed of The boats were cast loose, and provisioned in case of nocessity.Every the canal and railway.The enemy retired | After n poriod of intense anxicty and diffi- slowly.The fire of their 7-pounders and |Culty, the flames were got under.Captain O-centimoter guns was speedily got under Kuhlowein, with his officers and mon, be- by our artillery.The object of my recon.haved admirably thruout, and afterwards re- naisanco was attained, and I determined to ceived the special thanks of the passengers withdraw.The movement was carried out wilh the most perfect regularity and precision.The troops fell back by alternate companies with the regularity of a fiold day.Every attempt by the cnemy to advance was crushed by the beautiful precision of the 40-pounder and the steady firing of the O-pounders, Tho losses of the enemy appear to huvo been very great.They were ko disspirited that, contrary to the usual practice of Asiatics, they mado no attempt to follow up our withdrawal.As the reconnaissance was a success, our movo was all I could wish.I regrot to stato that our loss was somowhat heavy.Lieutenant Vyso was one of tho most promising officers 1 over met, Qur total loss is 4 killed, 20 wounded.Tho enciny was about 2,000 strong.\u2018The Standard\u2019s despatch says many of the enomy threw thomselves into the canal and were drowned or shot as they swam across.When the Marines foll back, tho mevemont wus steadily carried out in the good old fashion of British soldiers.When a man fell his next filo would cry out for a \u201cstretcher,\u201d and stand by with his rifle at ready until tho wounded man was carried away.The Times\u2019 despatch from Alexandria says no words are too strong to express tho admirablo coolness and courage of the marines and sailors during the action on Saturday.An Egyptian, with the view of obtaining a more commanding position, climbed a tree and was shot dead soon after.Tho Standard\u2019s despatch from Alexandria says Vyso bled to death, as the arteries were sovered by the shot which struck him.His comrados carricd back tho body under a tremendous fire.Two of the wounded mon were able to uso rifles covering their retreat.Tho ground was strewn with rifles and accoutrements of the enemy.It is estimated that 200 to 300 Egyptians were killed yesterday, and an officer and 14 men of tho Mustaphian regiment captured.The prisoners were offered the option of ro- tiring to tho enemy's camp.They all ro- fused, saying there wus groat discontont there.Arabi sent as prisoners to Cairo some oflicers who asked what they were fighting for.The prisoners reckon the force at Kufr-ol-Dwar at 16,000.A great movement of Egyptiaus is reported between Suez, Ismailia, Sagazig, and Cairo.Twelvo rebels were found dead in tho first line.Alexandria, Aug.9,\u2014The enemy had erceted exrth- works opposite our lines, fronting Aboukir, not far from tho sea, and was also trying to work around on the extremo left, throwing up works.There works were shelled by the Superb yesterday afternoon, and by our guns in Ramlch, but ineffectually as far as I can learn, The Superl's shots at the enemy's carthworks all went high, It is evidént the exact position of the works was unscen.\u2019The enemy is cn- trenching at a sandy ridge, where the principal resistance was met on Saturday, and bebind which numerous tents prove that reinforcements bave advanced from Kafr-cl-Dwar, Two hundred refugees were saved during the bombardment of Alexandria in the Catholic chapel by the ingenuity of the Arab doer-keeper, who told tho soldiers that tho place was emply, and there was nothing to sical or he would have taken it himself, A telegram from Suez states that soveral hundred British marines occupied the town on Thursday, without resistance.They arrived just in time to savo it from being burned.The Egyptian troops fled on the entry of the English, During the bombardment; of Alexandria tho large light-house which stands at the entrance to the havbor of Alexandria suffered severely.1Ialf way up, the staircaso was cat in two by a shell, and in somo places the stones wero mado dangerously loose.for sevoral days tho house was not lighted, but finaliy three sailors wore found to make the dangerous ascent.After much difficulty they reached the lantern and caused the revolving light to shino in its familiar manner, but they were unable to descend alone.Special help and appliances had to bo sont them.[Lor several hours, however, they remained imprisoned in the unstable tower.Lnglish military critics are busily on- guged discussing Egypt as a campaigning.ground.The conclusions arrived at are all in favor of the defenders.The difficulty of transporting troops and artillery over a country intersected by water courses and devoid of roads is dwelt upon.and dofender will have recourso to the railways and canals, which therefore each side will try and render useless to the other.The great struggles are expected to be at Benha, an important railway junction, and at bridges at the barrage of the Nile.For a foreign army to becoms master of Cairo groat natural difficulties must be overcome.In a word, tho strategic features of the country would bo groatly in favor of a de- fonding genoral if ho had good troops and knew his businces.Midshipman Do Chair, now captive at Cairo, is a Canadian.He is the son of a retired officer now living in Barrie, Ont.lis mother is the daughter of the late Captain Christopher Rawson, a retired East India merchant who resided ot Leonoxviile, P.Q.The wifo ot Colonel De Winton is à sister of ; Mrs De Chair, and Rev W.Rawson, assistant rector of tho English Cathedral, Quobce, is the youngsters uncle.Alexandria August 6 \u2014Latif Effendi returned yesterday from Arabl's lines.He roports Lcing present Attacker P | for their great exertions and gallantry.In ; appreciation of thoir offorts, tho passengers subscribed over $1000 to tho life-saving box.i The firo is attributed to the spontaneous combustion of the tobacco, which it is believed must have beon smouldering all the way from New York.Most of the steerage passongers were Polish Jews, whose howls and scrooches were described as having been horrible.Dublin, Aug.4 \u2014A strike among tho Irish Constabulary is threatened.Discontent among the men is widespread, Five thousand to ten thousand threaten to resign.The men demand increased pay and quicker promotion.King Cetewayo and his nine followers, who havo arrived in England, between Cape Madoira and Plymouth consumed eight hundred pounds of beef.CANADA.The lon Frank Smith, of Toronto, Senator, was sworn in last week as a Privy Councillor at the Citadel, Quebec, his portfolio being President of the Council.A most daring outrage was committed in Kingston harbor on Tuesday night week.A gang of supposed Union sailors boarded a Chicago schooner, bound her captain hand and foot, and forcibly carried off the crew to land, where they ill-treated them in various ways, and left them half dead.Threo of the assailunts have been arrested.The out~ rage has caused a great sensation in Kingston, Another Canadian North-West land company has been launched on the London market.Tho Anglo-Canadian Land Company issuod its prospectus yesterday.Tho company will have a capital of £500,000, divided into 50,000 shares of £10 cach.Half the total stock is placod on the market, and of this 12,500 shares are offered for subscription in Canada, and tho other half in England.The object of the company as sot forth in the prospectus is to invest capital in tbe purchase of real property in Ontario, Manitoba, and the Canadian North- West Territories.On the 11th and 12th of last month, Siena, Italy, was visited by a series of alarming earthquake shocks.Tho soldiers wore all turned out of the houses on to the Lizza for safety.The houses rocked ; the plaster camo tumbling down the chimneys, The shocks wero repeated, some strong, some weak, thruout the day at intervals of a quarter to half an hour.Tho bells wore rung; tho thrice-holy Madonna del Vuoto was uncovered.Some of the nobility, afraid of their own houses, had their carriages dragged on to tho Lizza and slept there in tho open air, At two in the morning there came a shock as strong and terrifying as if a mine had been sprung under theo city.After that the force of tho concussions decreased.As to the cause of the phonome- non, there can be no doubt, for a clerical correspondent asserts that it was owing to the municipality having just put up two tablets to Garibaldi.Montreal, Aug.3.\u2014Major Iliram Mills dicd laet night at bis residence in Richmond square, aged eighty-six, after a8 painful iil ness.Ho was a native of Virginia, and settled hero in 1861.1lo inherited considerable means from his father, was a man of somewhat eccentric habits, and an in- veterste total abstainer, was strictly economical, but of stirling integrity and of great benevolence, devoting a large portion of his substance to charitable institutions and benevolent enterprises.He was very reticent as to his former career, and left a clause in his will requesting no obituary to be published of bir.He was one of the oldest, if not tho oldest, Freemason in Canada, having joined a Southern lodgo in 1819.He was a governor of the liouse of Refuge for the past twelve years, and during the last two vice-president.bis charity may also bo said to constitute a home for the indigent and aged Protestant poor.He was also a director of the Mackay Deaf and Dumb Institute.Iie was a trustee of Mount Royal cometery and life governor of the General Hospital.Tho Western Hospital scheme originated with him scven or eight years ago.One wing wus built at his sole ex.ense and under his supervision at a cost of 820,000, and is now occupicd a8 a woman's hospital.As the need for a hospital in that part of the city increases, public subscriptions will be raised to carry out the original plan.His sole living relative is bis wife, à very amiable lady some ten years bis junior.It is said that ho bas left a property of from $80, to $100,000, all of which is to be expended in various charities, part immediately, and the remainder on tho death of his wife.He attended St George's Anglican church, but was really undenominational in religion.It is said that ho has left a bequest to tho hospital be founded and to the General hospital and the sevoral evangelical theological colleges, on condition that tobacco and intoxicating liquors be prohibited in the latter and uscd in the former as little as possible.Among his cccentricities was an offer mado to the City Council to invest $20,000 tho interest on which should be used to purchase bread for the poor in winter, bat so many stipulations wero made that the Council courteous- a 1e \u2014\u2014= see rene _ 'ly declinod.He bad a vauit and | erected some ten years ago to receive his remains, Whon very young he rore to the rank of major in the Southern militia.| Bishop Moreau, of St Hyacinthe, bas is jsued a mandament in sympathy with the pastoral of tho Archbishop of Quebec, order- \u2018ing his flocks in no way to countenance Le Courier des Etats Unis.\u201cImmoral and irreligious books and journals,\u201d he says, \u201cbave caused, and are causing, anarchy, revolution, and ruin in the Old World.Parents should see that no impêre or irreligious productions ever enter their homes, and never be placed before tho eyes of children.\u201d Peterboro\u2019, Aug.3.\u2014A sad drowning accident occurred here to-night, While Mr John McGee, police constable, was out boating on the Little Lake with his wifo and mother-in-law, Mrs Lang, the boat capsized ' and all threo wore upsot into the water.In! his offorts to save his wife and mother-in- law, whom he succecded in placing safely on a boom, he lost his own life.The apple crop, it is feared, will bo al most à total failuro around Bowmanville.A small insect is killing the new growth, and many treos are dying.The apples are falling in millions to tho ground.The steamer \u201cF.B, Maxwell\u201d took on a large crowd of oxcursionists at Dickinson's Landing on Thursday noon and bad not gone far on her way when the pilot put her helm \u201chard aporl\u201d in turning a sharp bend in the river.As most of the passengers had congregated at tho port side to oscapo tho heat of tho sun the cquilibrium was not very ovonly divided, and as tho Maxwell obeyed her helm sho listed sharply to the port sido, and seomod slowly to bo going over.The passongors, alarmed, rushed to the other side, and tho steamer rolled over to \u201cstarboard,\u201d with a heavy lurch which raised the port paddle out of tho water.A perfect panic now ensued, and men with blanched fucos stood still in their fear of a torriblo accident ; others commenced taking off their coats, while the captain and crow went about ballasting the steamer properly.The captain, who is one of tho ablest navigators of the uppor St Lawrence, endeavored to quiet tho fears of tho passongors, assured them that their fears were groundless.But a large numbor could not be persuaded to remain on board, and tho captain accordingly landed them at Coteau Landing.From this point they took the Grand Trunk train for Montreal.Moantime, the othors who remained on board of the boat came on to Montreal after \u201cshooting all the rapids in the programme and enjoying the journey thoroughly.\u2014 Witness.Prof.Brown, of the Ontario Agricultural College, has issued an advance report of experiments conducted by him in the feeding of cattle.The points brought out are of great practical importance.The rosult of one long experiment is to prove that with corn, outs, and peas at their usual ordinary price of one cent por pound each, corn is the cheapost food, peas next, in the following ratios :\u2014In finishing three steers, giving each of them an equal quantity of one of the three grains, tho cost would be\u2014 COI civics cree rnansnns $20 7H J TP vee 2250 OBB.ooccssrssonsecncenesessensren ous 25 10 The SS.Buonos Ayrean landed 110 Clydcs- dale, Cleveland bay horees and Shetland poniea on Wednesday evening wook.They were selected from the studs of the principal breeders in Scotland and England, by Banks & Marding, of Indiana, Mosers Power Bros.of Pennsylvania, Galbraith Bros.of Janesville, Wisconsin, Mr Taylor, of Ontario, and other dealers who had smaller lots.They are all intended for breeding purposes The greater part are to be exhibited at the rincipal fairs in Canada and the United States, Amongst the lot is Prince Goorge of Wales, a noted prize Clydesdale, weighing 2100 lbs; also a prize two year old named Music, one of the champion two year old fillies of Scotland this season, and there seems to bo littlo cause for doubt that she will hold her own in America.She weighs 1,785 Ibs.These two aro owned by Mossrs Galbraith Brothers.Messrs Banks & Harding have a mare purchased from Beattie, of Annan, accompanied by a yearling out of her, got by Prince of Wales.She is a perfect beauty.This is said to be tho finest lot of horses over imported into Canada.Tho trip was a successful one, only two animals being lost on tho journey.The Clydesdales aro now taking the lead in the West over tbe l\u2019ercherons, as ten of the former to one of tho latter havo been imported this yoar.The importers complain that there is no adequate accommodation for their horses in Montreal, and state their de- determination to go by Now York in future unloes somo stops are taken for their comfort in Montreal.-Witness.It is stated that the forthcoming Wintor will bo an unusurlly gay one at Rideau 1{all, Ottawa.The Governor-Goneral and Princess Louise will not arrive until late in the Fail.At the annual mooting of the Directors of tho South-Eastern Railway Company, beld in Montreal, Hon Bradley Barlow was elect ed prosident and gencral manager, Duncan Melntyre vice-president, and A.B.Chaffee Secretary and Treasurer.This indicates that the Cunada Pacific and South-Eastern and connections are working in harmony as against the Grand Trunk and Central Vermont for New England points, Mr McIntyre being the vice-Presidont of the Canada Pacific.Five members of the present Dominion Cabinet were born in the Province of Quebec, two in Nova Scotia, one in Ontario, one in Now Brunswick, two in England, two in Scotland, and ono in Jreland.By origin three are Knglish, three French, three Irish, two Scotch, and three from U.E.Loyalist stock.It ie said that bush fires in Labrador have denuded the country of animals, and the Indians are suffering greatly in consequence.The urmy worm is reported to be infesting the country near Bridgetown, Annapolis county, N.8., and is also reported in the fields and marshes on the south side of the river between tbat place and Paradise.Considerable damage has been done to the hay crop of the marshes, a large quantity in the vicinity of Round Hill being destroyed.One farmer in Lower Granville lost nearly thirty acres of grass.Where these worms came from no one knows.\u2018They appear in most unexpected localities, and the farmors are becoming very much troubled about their crops.The worm eats the beads off the stalk, leaving tho remainder standing, which, if not cut immediately, becomes so stiff and wiry as to defy tho scythe.Ottawa, Aug.4.\u2014At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, held to-day, 8 resolution was passed authorizing a special general 'mooting of the shareholders to be beld on \"the 29th of August, to consider and deter mine upon the issue of the first mortgage | bonds to the extent of $13,000 à mile, the leasing in perpetuity of the Province Line Railway in the State of Vermont, and the \"issue of preference stock.The President submitted the following report :\u2014\u201cTo the Directors of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company\u2014I beg now to submit to you a report of progress made since last meeting, in conatruoting the railway from the Nation River to Ottawa.As stated in last report, two trains were running each way from Coteau to Casselman.I have now to state that the road is constructed and ballasted to within one-half milo of the Rideau River, and the bridges over the Rideau River and Ridoau Canal will be fully completed within 3 or 4 days.'I'bo road is now graded to the lino of Elgin streot in this city, and the ties will bo laid on this portion at once, and tho ballastiog of tho whole line to Ottawa will be completed next weok.As early as arrangements can be mado, two trains each way per day wild bo run to Montreal.It is expectod that the timo thru to Montreal will be mado in threo hours and a half, each train carrying mails.lmmediately arrangements will bo mado for carrying freight between Montreal and Ottawa.Fredericton, N.B., August 8 \u2014Tho army worm is making terrible havoc with the hay crop at Manger.ville and vicinity.Ou Thatch Island, opposite Del.nront, tho property of Licut.-tovernor Wilmot, which would Lave ylelded one hundred and fifty tons of hay crop, is cntirely destroyed.Uco.Perley, of Manger- villo, will lose sixty tons from the samo cause.Quebec, Aug.5.\u2014The French local press gives great prominence to-day to an alleged miraculous cure st Ls tonne Ste Anne yesterday vf à young lady named Malouin, from this city, who in addition to having long loat the uso of her limbs from paralysis, was in the last stage of consumption.Tho pilgrimages to the Shrine number almost two to five dally, A young Protestant girl from the United States, boarding at a convent in Levis, bas just made a public abjuration of her religion, It has been reported to the Chief Engineer of tho Canadas Pacific railway that tho entire survey of the road from Winnipeg to the Rocky Mountains has been completed, It fs predicted that at (hu promnt rate of construction the rails will be laid es far as Calgarry by July, 1883.Victoria, Ib.C., Aug.4.\u2014Tho Chinese agents aro buying Crown lands in the Province with 8 viow to tho sottloment of largo numbers of families for agricultural purposes thereon.This action is regarded with great disfavor by tho people.Victoria, B.C., August 6.\u2014Mr Bunster has been defeated for tho House of Commons by Mr Gordon.Tho majority will bo at loast 100.Doth are Conservatives and the issues were entiroly personal.All tho elections are now over oxcopt Yalo whore Mr Bernard, tho lato member, Messrs Vernon and Robinson are the candidates.All aro Conservatives oxcopt Mr Robinson, who has Liberal leanings.Brampton, Aug.5.\u2014Ono of those sad evonts which resuit from the caroless handling of firearms, and from which tho public are being constantly warned, occurred at this place on Saturday evening last.lt appears that while Jas.I'letchor, an employoo of ITaggart Bros, was in his house about 5 o'clock on the cvening named, his wife took a revolver out of her husband's coat Pocket in tho presence of her mister, Mra Vm.Voddon, who waa pitting close by at the time.Mr Fetcher purchased the revol- vor for tho purpose of shooting a dog, and had put two cartridges in it.Ile had dis.chargod one the day previous and allowed the other to remain, the putting in of which had by somo moans oscaped lis momory.He consequently led his wife to beliove that tho weapon was unloaded, and she, doubtless from curiosity, in handling it raised the trigger and snapped it, when it went off, shooting Mrs Vodden.Tho ball ontored her breust, and she died at 4 o'clock this morning.On Monday morning at about 9 o'clock 3 French-Canadians from Ste.Martine, Fran- coig Lefobvre and Lis brother-in-law, Louis Benjamin, and the son of the lattor, drove up in a wagon toward the railroad crossing at Mooer\u2019s Junction.On approaching the track Bonjamin whipped his horse Lo hasten him over the rails.Tho animal plunged forward and started to run away, and one of the axle-trees of the wagon broke, a wheel camo off, and the occupants of the vebicle were thrown out.In bis fall tho elder Ben- jamn came in contact with the iron rail, his head being literally split open, such was the violence with which ho was thrown.When he was picked up lifo was oxtinct.Francois Lefebvre, who is blind, was considerably injured, but the younger Benjamin escaped with a good scare.At the coronor's inquest, held on the same day, Dr Bidwell, of Mooers, who had viewed the body of the doceased, said that in his opinion fracture of the skull was the cause of douth, the frontal bone having been broken, and that death must have been almost instantaneous.Verdict was given in accordance with the ovi- dence, which went te show that the accident was caused by tho breaking of the axle.The unfortunate victim of this disaster was deformed in the legs and bad club feet.IIe leavos a widow with a large family.A quart bottle of whisky was found in ono of the pockets of the defunct, but it does not appear that either of the men were under the influencoof liquor.\u2014Chateaugay Record.Tho 2 men were well-known beggars in this District.The bodies wore taken to Sto Martine for burial.According to telegraphic despatches from every part of Ireland, the constabulary are determined to have their grievances remedied or resign.Mr Clifford Lloyd had the Limerick men paraded on Saturday and upbraided them for their conduct, saying if they were soldiers they would be shot.The men replied that they were not soldiers, They denied acting disloyaily, and refused to withdraw their circular.The Inspector.general had thom again paraded and told them they wore acting badly.The Government were losing confidence in their loyalty and they wero playiog into the hands of the enemies of the Government.lo asked them to withdraw their circular, and promised that if they would do s0 their claims would be represented to the Government and certain allowances made to them.The men again refused, and threatoned to resign within eight days if they did not receive a favorable answer.It was intimated that the officers, in consequence of Mr Lloyd's language, will not parade for bim again.Hickman, Ky., August 8.\u2014The steamer Gold Dust exploded her boilers just after leaving Hickman.47 persons were scalded and 17 are missing.A boat was landed in an eddy just above the town, and thru the exertions of citizens, the cabin passengers, officers, and part of the crew and deck passengers were taken ashore, A widow of a Methodist minister recently died in Helmsley, England, end it was desired to bury ber beside her husband.This the vicar woald not permit, because it was consecrated ground.There was an unconsecrated part of the cemotery, however, which could be used, but he would not suffer the procession to go ip at the ordinary entrance, because the passing of Nonconformists over consecrated grounds would hart the feelinga of Churchmen.The eme of the vicar is C.N.Gray, His father, the late Under- Sheriff of York, was one of the strictest followers of the Kvangelioal school, and bis grandfather was the friend and associste of the great Wilberforce in all his political and religious schemes.BIRTHS.At Trout River N.Y., on the 31st ult, the wife of J.R.Brown, Esq, merchant, of a son.At Keleo, on the Tth inst, the wifo of Peter Mc- Farlane, of a daughter.At Hinchinbrook, on the 5th inst, Mrs James Far- qubar, of à son.\u2019 At Dewittville, Que., on the 28th Jaly, the wife of Wm.B.Cameron, of a daughter.At Fort Covington, on the 2nd inst, the wife of James McDonald, painter, of a sou.Montreal, August 8 \u2014Beat Ontario bag flour $2.80 {0 $2.90.City bag $3.50 to $3.80.Oatmeal $5.60 to $5.70.Dutter Las grown worse, (hero belug absolutely no shipping demand, and prices are lower, -mado creamery 33 to 2240; goed to cholce dairy 17 to 19c.Cheese remains without change at 10} to lle, the bulk of transactions being at loge, Fgge 21 to 21jc.On the street oats were firm with sales at $1.30 /@ $1.25 per bag, ordinary lots selling at $1.15.Huckwhoat changed bands at $1.35/@$1.40 por lag.New potatoes are of fine quality, end prices were steady at 50c¢ per bushol.Dressed hogs sold up to $10 per 100M, Montreal, Aug.8.\u2014At Viger Market about 250 head of cattle wero offered and sales wero made at from 50 @3}c per K for good to choice stecrs, ordinary grades bringing from 4jc to 4jc and inferior two year old stoors and huifera sold at 3jcBic.Lambe were in fale supply with sales at $2.50 up to $5 according to size and quality, a lot of 13 was sold at $4.25, and » lot of 8 at $3.50 cach.C'alvos sold all the way from $3 up to $8 each as to size.Bona fide Reduotions for Thirty Days Only.LADIES' Prunella Gaiters reduced from $1 to boc per pair.Ladies\u2019 Fans reduced from 15c to 3c cach.Ladies\u2019 Whito Cotton Hoso reduced from 18¢ to fie per pair, Ladies\u2019 Sunshades reduced from 80c to 10c each.Ladies\u2019 Faucy Walklug Shoes reduced 50 per cent bu- low regular selling prices.Ladiow\u2019 White Merino Undershirts, with long and short sleeves, groatly reduced in price.Ladies\u2019 Fancy Dreas Goods reduced 78 per cout.below regular selling prices.Men's and Boys\u2019 Straw Hats reduced from 100 to fic each, Men's Jiruaolla Gaîters reduced from $3 to $1.80 por pair.Men's Cotton Hock reduced from 15c to 5c per pair.Mon's Fancy Dress Shirts reduced from 75e to 20c cach.Men's heavy (iveralls reduced from $1 to Boo per pair.Men's: White Morine Undershirts snd Underpants rroatly reduced fn price.Men's Fancy Trees Vents reduced from $3 to $1.50 each.Men's Fancy Dress Pants reduced from $4.50 to $3.35 ench.Men's Fancy Dresa Conte reduced from $7.50 to $3.18 each.Mens fancy Ibracon reduced from 40c to 30¢ per pair, Men's Pack Felt Hats reduced from $1.38 to 600 each.Men's hoavy fancy Bhirting reduced from 20c to 12c per yard, Good lieavy ifemp Carpet reduced from 30c to 1240 per yard, Wall Paper reduced from 124: to 5c per rell.Astonishing reductions made on Ladies\u2019, Gontlemen's, Boye\u2019, and Uirly\u2019 Straw Hata, Extraordinary reductions made on (Glass Proserve Jars, reserve Crocks, Toilet Bets, Glass Bets, Vanes, Mantlo Sets, Moustache Cups and Saucers, Crockery, Hardware, Geocerles, &c., &c.WILLIAM THIRD & CO.Iuntingdon, Aug.10.P,8\u2014Tremendous reductions made on Gentlemen's Linen Dusters, Boys\u2019 Linen and Lustre Costs, Gentlemen's Rubber Coats, Calfskin Uniters, and Brogans, IIL CORNER STONE of tho now Church Building will bo laid by THE LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL, On WHEHDNHSDAY, August 16th, Proceedings to commence at 3:30 pm.Supper will be provided at 5:30.After which a meeting will be held.His Lordship Bishop Bond, Doan Baldwla of Montreal and others are expected to deliver addresses, T.A.HASLAM, R.BOOTH, Incnæbent.J.SPARROW, } Church Wardens.rpiomas BROSSOIT, Advocate, Beauharnois, will in future attend the Circuit Court at Huatingdon, Collections, &c., remitte! to M.Alex.Galipesu, Bailiff 8.C.at Huotlogdon, will be attended to.883 D McCORMICK, Advocate, of Montreal, o will bo at Moir's hotel, Huntingdon, on Friday aud Saturday, 25th and 26th August.AUCTION SALE.At tho residence of Calixte Quesnel, 2nd range of St Anicet, on Wednesday, 16th Angust : Horses, Cattle, Bhoep, Waggons, Standing Crops, Furniture, &c.6 months\u2019 credit.A.PHILFS, Auctioneer.Huntingdon Mills.HE Huntingdon Mills will be slut down, for re.pain, for 2 weeks, from Monday the 14th of the present month, No.1 Family Flour, Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Buckwheat Flour, &c., on hand as usual.A large quantity of Provender, made from Oats, Peas and Barley, for sale at reasonable rates.Mrs A.HENDERSON, Huntingdon, Aug.9.PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER 14th to 23rd.AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL.$23,000 IN PREMIUMS.Ample grounds and magoificent buildings for the display of Live Htock, Manufactured Articles, Agricultural Implements and Machinery In motion.The Exhibition will be open on the 14th September ; Cattle and Live stock will come in on the 18th, on and after which date the Exhibition will be complete in every detail.Reduced rates are offered by all the principal Railway and Steamboat Companies.Exhibitors will please make entries as early ne possible.For Prize Lists, Blank Forms of Entry, and sll information, apply te the undersigned.GEORGE LECLERE, Joint 8.C, STEVENSON, Secretaries.76 Bt Gabriel street, Montreal.R SALE, CI/EAP, A GOOD BUGGY and CUTTER, apply to 1 80PY W.W.DALGLIESH.Huntingdon, Aug.3.IMPORTANT SALE.ROUSE AND PREMISES AT HOWICK KNOWN AS THE RESIDENCE OF Da MacKAY.VERYTHING is new and in first-class condition: Intending purchasers are invited to call any dey for inspection, The purchaser can have, at valuation, the whole of the farnitare, rbich 1s aimost afl new and of first-class style and quality.For particulars apply to the subscriber, the present t.oovupan JAMES Y.CAMERON, M.A, Howick, August 1st, 1882.RL Ba INET ait EY ere a ES emma \"AY 2 anil swat = US Rr ut THE «LADY MAUD.\u201d CHAPTER 1V, A coMFORTABLE bed is a small thing to talk about, but à fine thing to enjoy.Considering how large a part of life is spent in bed, allowing only eight hours out of the twenty-four there, if you choose, a man is wise to lie soft and warm, 1 was sloeping soundly when the steward knocked at my door and sung out that it was eight o'clock.As my consciousnoss brightened, 1 teok notice, first, that the bracket lamp, screwed against a timber near my head, was oscillating liko a pendulum ; next, that the sunshine flashed into and faded out of the little cabin in a very windy mannor ; and lastly, that there was a groat sound of creaking and groaning and splashing and foaming going on all around ding its soft white fires), and hoarkening to of wedging his knuckles into the hollows in me.sights whon homoward bound from the south,\u2019 be answored, \u2018unloss ho happens to bo Llown near the Soillies.llow many oyes must have watchod for thoso sparks! What hopes and fears they must have kindled ! Well, good-by, old country ! \u2018Much as we Lavo Joved you, Wl dry tho tears that wo have shed before.Why should we weep to sail in search of\u2014' hoalth, cb, Walton ?But many days must ass beforo we see those cliffs again, or be- Fold that little spark yonder.And mean- two beacons appeared ono at that distanco\u2014 and at tho foaming sea around us (upon whose southern horizon tho moon was shod- tho piping of the wind up aloft, and the \u201cThoy are, 1 think, the first lights a sailor ever, I had n before, and so 1 was not at all disposed to take notice of his present condition, that was in no senso pronounced, and that might be vory well due to a dram taken on an omply stomach.\u2018Steady as she goes, William,\" turning to the man at the wheel.\u2018How's her head, William ?The fellow gave the course; but I noticed that he bit bis under lip and Jooked astern, : holding the little wheel with one hand.\u20181gn\u2019t that a ship yonder ?' I said, point- the sky where the vague horizon met it.Ilo bobbed and sheltered his eyes, and after cleansing thom several times by moans : which they lay buried, exclaimed, \u2018Ay, its So ! an honest breezo of wind at last I' strong permanent hissing of tho water at the a sail,\u2019 and so saying, wont for tho glass.thought I, as I sprang out of my bunk, and bows of the yacht, whilst tho far-off light Ho was a long while bothering over the and tho springing, swashing, hopping mo- edged away toward the limit of the sphere tubes to his vision, ho was unable to hit the tion of the craft putting an uncommon buoyancy into my mind, I tuned up my pipes : Another pull, my lads ! belay ! Up with those yards, and let her go! Ours is the ship to run away When stormy winds abeam do blow.No sooner was the door opon than an ex- within which it is visible, until it was no more than a needle\u2019s point of brightnoss, and only apparent when the eye was diroct- ed a short distanco from it.At last it vanished, and there was no light at all that way except tho stars twinkling blandly upon tho waterline.\u2018Gono, Sir Mordaunt.This is really bid- object, repeatedly dropping the glass and looking for the sail, with ono eye closed.\u2018Give mo the glass, captain,\u2019 [ oxclaimed, | impatiently, for 1 was boginning to think the man more muddled than 1 had at first suspected, and noticed with annoyance the amused glances which the fellows who wore cloaning tho decks cast at him ; for it did traordinary noise greeted my car.What |ding our native land good-night.And I|not at all please mo that a man bolding the can that be ?thought 1.But a momont's bearkening solved the mystery.It was, indeed, nothing moro nor less than poor Norio roaring with nausea in the cabin facing mine.\u2018Is Sir Mordaunt up yet ?\u2019 1 asked the steward.\u2018Yes, sir, this hour gone.lfo\u2019s on deck, sir\u201d \u2018Mr Noric scems very bad.\u2018Terrible sick, to bo suro.Almost alarming at times, sir,\u2019 he answerod.\u2018How long has this breczo boon Llowins, steward ?' \u201cWhy, it's beon fresh sinco four o'clock, so Mr Purchase told mo, sir.\u2019 \u2018How is her ladyship ?\u2019 \u2018I've not heard that she's much inconvenienced by the motion.Dut her maid's down, sir, quito helpless, poor thing,\u2019 and ho pointed te the cabin next to Lady Brookes's.\u2018And Miss Tuke ?° I asked, determined to get all the news at once.\u2018Miss Tuko is on deck with Sir Mordaunt, sir.\u2019 On putting my head thru the companion, I found Sir Mordaunt and his niece standing close beside it.1 wished them good-morn- ing, bat at the top of my voice, for what with tho washing of the seas, and the booming of the breeze aloft, there was the devil's ewn noiso about.the compass, I found tho schooner lying her course, with the wind a couple of points free.Of all foamy, sparkling, windy mornings, this was one of the grandest 1 can remember.The wind a summer gale, sweop- ing and singing over seething heights of running surges ; the water among the foam as green as cmerald, and as radiant and clear ; above our mast-heads a sky of violet \u2014a most delicately tender blue\u2014with mas: ses of cloud resembling vast enlarging puffs of powder smoke from tho mouths of some giguntic cannons, sailing with tho majesty of squadrons of line-of-battle ships across it.\u2018This repays us for last night's delay, Walton,\u2019 exclaimed Sir Mordannt, with his face all aglow, and his hair blowing about his ears, and his beard under his arm.\u201cI am glad to hear from the steward that Lady Brookes isn\u2019t troubled by this dance,\u2019 said I.\u2018Not in tho least.My nioco says it is owing to the bed.Itisa fino bed, I admit; but tho it prevents my wife from feeling the pitching aud rolling, it doesn\u2019t qualify the effect of going up and down : this sort of movement, I mean,\u2019 said he, as the schooner was thrown up by a sea, and thon sank into the hollow left by it as it ran away roaring and hissing to leeward.\u2018Depend upon it, she is going to prove a real sailor, and I'm thankful to Heaven for the mercy.\u2019 \u2018And how is it you are not prostrated, Miss Tuke ?' I asked, looking at her with great admiration; for the strong wind had kindled a bright flush in each check, that made her eyes as brilliant as the water where the sun touched it, and her white teeth and red lips and happy enthusiastic expression might have served as hints for a picture of tho Goddess of Ilealth.She shook her head, and laughed merrily.Presently old Purchase stumbled along the lee side of the deck, and touched his hat to me 0s he passed.\u2018Good-morning, captain,\u2019 said I.\u2018The schooner knows the scent, now eho has the .wind\u2014ob, captain ?\u2018You're right, sir,\u2019 bo answered, with a grin that crumpled up his face liko a block of mahogany tbat has been shrivelled by heat.\u2018I never sce any wessel hold her own better.Look over the starn, sir, and y¢'ll notice she don\u2019t make a bair's thickness o' leeway.\u2019 1 was glad to agree with him, but gladder still to hear the steward in the cabin ringing us dewn to breakfast.\u2018Only three of us this time,\u2019 said I, as we seatod ourselves, \u2018When shall we have the pleasure of Lady Brookes's company V' \u2018Before Norie\u2019s, 1 dare say,\u201d answored Sir Mordaunt, with a laugh.This strong wind held all day, and the yacht was really miserable, with her frothing scuppers and streaming forecastle.The men liked the head-sea as little as any of us, and the only creatures who appeared to enjoy it were tho dogs, who were incessantly springing about the decks, and barking at an extra heavy lurch, and shaking their coats free of tho constant showers of spray which they were forever planging into the bows to receive.But at four o'clock the wind hauled away into the south, and tho it blow with undiminished strength, yet the shift seemed to have deprived it of half its force.A roof was shaken out of the mainsail, and the |i reefod foresail set, and under this increased canvas the yacht drove like a thing possces- That night at a quartor before nine I was chatting with Sir Mordaunt in the cabin, whon Tripshore pat his head into the skylight, and told \u2018us that the Lizard lights were in sight.Wo bundled on deck, and looking away on the starboard bow, there, like a fire-fily hovering over the deep, was the last of the English shore-beacons wo should see.The sunset bad gone out of the sky, and the moon was on the other side of the vessel, and where the Lizard light was the sea was a great throbbing shadow, \u2018Those lights, if I remember rightly,\u2019 said 1 to Sir Mordaunt, \u2018are visible about twenty miles distant, so we know how far wo are from the old home.\u2019 piped up : ¢ \u201cYon sun that scts upon the sea, Wo follow in his flight ; Farewcl] awhile to him and thee\u2014 My native land, good-night; \u2019 Lad we boen bound to tho West Indies with a freight that required dispatch, we should have been put into fine spirits by the noble wind that blow us out of tho English Channel, for it lastod all that Friday night and tho following Saturday.Wo wero rather surprised when sitting down to dinner on Saturday to observe the doar that shut oft\u2019 the sleeping berths open, and Norie emerge.Ilo was yellow and haggard, and etood for some moments holding on to the door stanchions, evidently too nervous to let go; but presently, making a dash, ho struck out for tho table, reached it chair.\u2018An unexpected pleasure,\u201d exclaimed Sir all thought you were in bod.\u2019 \u2018So I was, he answered ; \u2018but I folt hungry, Sir Mordaunt, and as I considered the symptom a good one, | was determined to encourage it.\u2019 And hungry he unquestionably was, Irom that moment he complained no moro of seasickness.Lady Brookes, however, still kept her Sprawling aft to look at |cabin, but next Sunday morning, after breakfast, whilst Sir Mordaunt and 1 were smoking our pipes on the grating abaft the wheel, her ladyship suddenly uprose thru by Miss Tuke.Wo both ranup to her.her intention.tho wind now blowing.tho quarter-deck capstan.wife's face.gathered around the capstan.pretty sight, significance after tho troublo has happened past as tho veriest commonplaces.at the time docs.CHAPTER V.other log-book than my memory to go by port-hole, on deck.canvas, as busy as a bive with their movements.mornin, bas favored us wonderfully so far.\u2019 suggestions of his brown and purple coun: had, and no mistake; and I don't know gravity, and liftin brows\u2014to the heavons.wind broezing my Way made my first suspicion certainty.The aroma of rum, or some equally strong spirit, was a most decided flavor in the air.\u2018Ylang me if I believe that complexion of his is weather,\u2019 thought 1, twisting a glance at his red nose and flery cheek-bonos ; \u2018and Lady Brookes may havo keener eyes than ber husband.\u2019 How- without mishap, and swung himself into a Mordaunt, looking at him with surprise.\u201cWo the companion, assisted in tho rear by her maid Carey, who in turn was helped along \u2018Why, Agnes, this is bravo! this is on- couraging !\u201d cried Sir Mordaunt, to whom it was very evident his wife had not unfolded The invalid had choson the right kind of complexion is owing to weather.morning for her first appearance.The|you think, Mr Tripshore ?' strong wind had failed in the morning watch, go old Parchase had told us; there had been a calm for an hour ; then a breeze had sprung up in tho northwest, and that was Whilst we stood talking, some men camo aft to sproad the awning; and whilst this |senger aboard a vessel, her captain's charac- was doing, Purchase drow a rod ensign over This was as it should be; and presently tho whole ship's company came aft, and It was a First, the men in a crowd upon the white deck, all very clean and smart in their tidy dress, standing bareheaded and for the most part in reverontial posture; then the bright color of the ensign, with Sir Mordaunt's fine, tall, long-bearded figure inclined over a greal church service.All the incidents of a man's progress to a great misfortune take a strango, pathetic \u2019 and he looks back and thinks what went before.Ile then finds how full of meaning some things were which at the timo went This was our first Sunday at soa, and our gathering together to worship God knits all those people to me, so to speak, in a manner that makes that picture moving to recur to, tho Friday, June so-and-so ; eight days out; longitude about 15 9 W., latitudo about 39 © N., which is near enough, as I have no Purchase was in charge, and reeing him standing near tho binnacle, \u2018taking in\u2019 the yacht, with his hands behind him and his jokingly.logs apart, 1 went up to him and paid good.\u2018It has that, Mr Waiton, sir,\u2019 ho answered, giving mo a rather wandering look, and with an expression of supprossed mirth that might woll bo described as a smilo rolled up in his face, tho no words could convey the hilarity among the wrinkles and the mixed tenance.\u2018Oncommonely fine weathor we've I stood to leeward of him, and a puff of responsible position that Purchase filled should joopardizo the discipline of the ves- sol by making himself ridiculous in the oyes of the crew.1 took the glass, bat was afraid to look the old fool in the face, for foar of laughing ; I therefore quitted that gido of tho deck.Thoro was not much to geo.Tho vossel ahead was on a line with our bowsprit end, and only her highest canvas was visible.The sunshine, howover, poured full on the stranger, and mado what was shown of her very clear and sharp against tho sky, whereby 1 perceived that she was a square-rizged vessel, but whether bark, or ship, or brig I could not tell.I went below for a cold bath ; and when I camo on deck again, at eight o'clock, l\u2019ur- chase's watch was up, and he had gone to his cabin.Nobody belonging aft excepting myself had turned out, and as all the crew wore gotting their breakfast, the only persons on deck wore Tripshore and tho man who steered.The mate touched his hat to mo, and not knowing I had been on deck before, pointed out the vessel ahead, that, greatly to my surprise when I perceived that she was going our way, we had risen considerably whilst 1 was below.\u2018Yonder should bo cither à very slow boat, Mr Tripshore,\u2019 said 1, \u2018or clso tho Lady Maud is encaking along much fastor than she appears to be going.\u2019 I asked Fripshore if the skipper was below.\u201cYes, sir ; ho went below when I relieved Lim at eight bolls?\u2018Ile must have knocked about a great deal in the sun in his youth) said I, gravely, watching Tripshore's faco.\u2018It's not to be supposed that his nose caught the color it wears in the North Sea.\u2019 Ho laughed, but made no answer.\u2018Sir Mordaunt,' 1 continued, \u2018says his What do It's not my placo to tako notico of things which don\u2019t concern mo, sir,\u2019 he answered, but so significantly as to make mo sce he followed my drift.\u2018Why, perhaps not, if the thing don\u2019t con- corn you.But if you happen to bo a pas.ter and skill and habits ought to intorest you, I should say, Mr Tripshore, secing that \u2018For divire service, my dear,\u2019 said Sir your life is in bis hands, and that it entirely Mordaunt, answering the question in his depends upon him whether you shall be drowned or not.\u2019 \u201cThat's right enough, sir, said he.first-rate character, and I don't know that the poople who aro along with him haven't a right to watch his character, and notice when it\u2019s ship-shape and when it isn't.\u2019 This was all the justification I needed for having spoken to him about Purchase.For tho I bad made up my mind to say nothing about having noticed tho old man the worse for liquor, 1 was bothered, if I had not been surprised, by the discovery, and hoped, by speaking to Tripshore, that he would hint te Purchase 1 had spoken as if 1 suspected an intemperate habit in him, for that might frighten him, and hold him away from tho bottle.Norie arrived from the cabin shortly bo- fore breakfast, but I did not meet tlio others before the meal was on the table.\u2018There is a small excitoment ahead of us,\u2019 never could have believed the |said I, as wo seated ourselves at table; \u2018a memory of it would over affect mo as it large full-rigged ship that wo are overhaul ing in fine style.It this light wind holds, we shall be well up to her by noon.\u2019 \u2018I hope, Mordaunt, you will givo orders to Purchase not to go noar her,\u2019 said Lady Brookes.| \u2018No, mo; we'll keep to windward of her 1 awoke early, and finding the cabin close and the sky shining like blue silver thru the bundled on my clothes and went It was a little after six ; tho sea was smooth and flecked with foam ; wbat wind there was was abeam, and the yacht |protend to bo nervous now.was heading southwest under a crowd of \u2014ch, Walton ?* exclaimed Sir Mordaunt.\u2018Will that bo a safe place, Mr Walton ?her ladyship wanted to know.\u201cAs safe ns if she wero out of sight,\u2019 I answered.\u2018But, Lady Brookes, you mustn't You have beaten the worst part of tho sea, and after The watch on deck were washing such an exploit you should have the norve down, and tho sunshine flashed in the glass- clear water which they sent gushing from the buckets, whilst they swabbed and scrab- bed, with their trousers turned above their stout white calves, and made tho schooner | ther south than where we are now, I an- to face oven a fire.\u2019 \u201cWhere do tho trado winds bogin ?' asked Mies Take.\u2018About seven or cight hundred miles fur.swered.\u2018Do you think your skipper knows anything about those winds?asked Norio, But Sir Mordaunt resented this in his mild-mannered way, not only because ho \u2018Another fino day, captain, The weathor had great confidence in his captain, but be- ca@o ho did not like any doubt to bo cast upon the follow\u2019s capacity in the presence of Lady Brookes.So at least I road it.\u2018You ought to know, Norie\u2014bat you do know, for I romomber telling you\u2014that Purchase has been to sca ever sinco he was a boy, and has sailed as man or as master in all sorts of vessels, in all sorts of seas, and in all\u2019 sorts of weathor, Youn, Walton, should be ablo to assure our friend that so old a thst 1'm a man as can ever get too much of sailor as Purchase must know the winds as it,\u2019 he added, with an effort to recover his his eycs\u2014which resembled faintly illuminated cairngorms twinkling in the deep cavorns under his well as bo knows his two hands.\u2019 \u2018Say what you please, Mordaunt, about him,\u2019 exclaimed Lady Mordaunt, unexpect- odlys \u2018I am still of opinion that he drinks.\u2019 \u2018Nonsense, Agnes! Why should you believe such a thing ?IIave you over scen bim drank ?\u2019 \u2018 \u2018Well, if ho doesn\u2019t drink now, the lime is not long past when he did drink : of that I am suro,\u2019 said she, emphatically.\u2018Mr Wal- ton\u2014nay, I'll ask you, Mr Norie\u2014did you ovor ase such little, watory\u2014' \u2018Groggy ' suggested Norie.\u20181 say such little, watery, filmy eyes, in The | captain of a vessol ought to bo a man of life ?| \u2018Nover,\u2019 answered Norie, anxious after to bawl as lustily as yonder old gentleman,\u2019 his corroction to make amends by agreeing\u2019 warmly._.\u2018You must clear your mind, Agnes, of this melancholy prejadice against an excellent old seaman,\u2019 said Sir Mordaunt, after bestowing a look of reproach on Norie.\u2018Wal- trade she was epgaged in whon J \u2018Was ber! y ever smelled drink upon him \"the face of a man who has boen sober all bis' him round the world, and I'll wager before we are north of the lino again he'll be able indicating Purchase.Wine and tobacco were brought, and we seated ourselves for a chat.Ho told me that he had commanded the Dido for the last four years, that she was still in the | HUNTER BROS.FFER VERY LOW the following goods: Pang from 3c up, Velvet and Leather Satchels, Belts, , Lace Fichus, Lace Ties, Collars, fine Linen Handker- ; chefs, Mourning do.TO ABRIVE THIS WEEK.Black Spanish Laces, White Laces, Edgi Em- broiderics, and Insertions In great variety wd newest patterns ; new Black Buttons in beaded allk , Watered atin and Jet Black and Colored Watered Sating ton will tell you that the weather produces second mate, and had become a favorite ship Black and Colored plain Silks and Satins ; 8ilk Hand.effects upon the face which might easily pass for symptoms of drink.\u2019 \u2018Ay,\u2019 thought I, \u2018but tho weather doesn\u2019t while may God havo us all in is keeping!\u2019 ing over the bow, having suddonly caught make a man's breath smell of rum; but I Wo stood looking at the light\u2014for the sight of a spock of gleaming wbito agaînst held my peace.Tho subject was dropped ail told,\u2019 he answered.\u2018Thore are above a by Lady Brookes rising, and presently we woro all on deck.By noon we had overhauled the ship to within a couple of miles, and there she lay, atoady as a cloud, about two points on our; loo bow.I had not been giving hor much Attention for some time, owing to a very began to topple about after my clothes ; got gradually smaller and smaller as wo focus, and when at last he adjusted the lively novel I had taken from a pile of volumes upon the skylight ; but being disturbed by old Purchase\u2019s sprawling search for the sun, I looked up and noticed how near tho ship was, and so, putting down the book, I took the glass and examined her.She was a long, frigate-built merchantman, with painted ports.Her square yards and short royal mast-heads made her look very handsome aloft.¥ noticed with somo wonder that she had a number of flags hanging along hor awning, in such a way as to bide all that part of the deck save the taffrail, On a sudden I caught sight of her name, painted in large characters on her stern.\u2018Sir Mordaunt?I exclaimed, looking around, \u20181 recognize an old friend yonder.Ten yours ago I was second mate of that ship.She's the Dido, and bound, 1 have no doubt, to Sydney, Now South Wales.\u2019 \u2018Very curious indeed! ho exclaimed, coming over to mo and taking tho glass, \u2018It only proves what a little world this is\u2014even at sea.\u2019 Ilo ogled the ship.\u2018But what is the meaning of those flags?It isn\u2019t the Queen's birthday, is it?Are they having a ball aboard of her ?\u2018There\u2019s n jolification of some kind going on,\u2019 said I.\u2018Can you make out any of her people ?\u2019 \u20181 see some figures at tho taffrail.\u2019 \u2018Lot us signalize her,\u2019 said I.\u201cTo bo sure! ho exclaimed.\u2018Ilere, Par- chase,\u2019 ho called, \u2018signal that vessel, will ou?The old follow had made \u2018eight bells\u2019 some limo before.Ile put down his sextant, rolled aft, and hoisted the ensign.Miss Tuko now joined us, and we stood watching.Presently a spot of red glimmered at the ship's stern, it soared, sand the red onsign languidly fluttered at the peak.\u2018Ilugh I\" cried Miss T'uke; don\u2019t you hear the sound of music ?\u2019 1 listened a moment.\u2018Plainly enough,\u2019 said Tare they about?The strains of a band of instruments wore distinctly nudible, tho what wind there was blew athwart us and toward the ship.\u2018Can't you ask them by flags what they aro doing 7\" said Miss Tuke.\u2018Quite easily; but wo shall bo within hail presently, and that will save us the bother of spolling over the signal-book, 1 answered.\u2018Call to her, will you, Walton?You know what to say.\u2019 \u2018Purchase had bettor sing out first, said I.\u2018Io's skipper, and I mustn't usurp his functions.\u2019 On this he turned to Purchase and requested him to speak the ship.Tho old chap clambered on to the bulwark, and passing his arm round a backstay, bawled, in lis deep, gruff, wheezy note, \u2018Ship ahoy!' After n short pause a figure jumped on to the taftrail,