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> "i{ extend his_pramis: heh as a) s..Hiscock's_busin i veo Ghbetes ry 0 Rpsroees | Mr. Squires, Tailo rig me. fo s | have 0 far allowed their A y pea 0 to lo tr po rT hom fitsés _ om an act of | mod ® wi Lraling | or e grey style--in great ir. which will be' ue better prepared to supply 1 the vaio th justice against alerge portion] his bumerous patrons. % h Ow townsmen ; but we feel cer. tain that 1 ls will be sorry for their out. Boys' Lon Boots from $1 per pair, OO Hayy Bogs nt $2 per pair and 1} Thon Yimen LARGE" ARRIVALS OF FALL GOODS! To band, and constantly arriving which will be tered wed oF extrdety ow prices 15 'Cash buyers ob of in Pi pon in' fatire. oz: swim SRARLEY -4 vi Er in my quantity delivered at Manches- ter or Whitby, large number 'of. T\ ow aid Burley, pe cents Casnper bug Two splendid New Thimble Skin Wadons for 1 "a Fra vik, Be 8 est Was ADAM GORDON. two: Manchester, Ang. 26,1869: ,. lis! -------- Che: Hutarin fis " Tn BAIRD, ee pi ws dE DITOR ET «+ RRINCE. ALBERT, , SEPT. 9, 1869. Sr Sa = bad i A WAST IMPROVEMENT. HOY en . Some eapital experiments have been nicia 'matie of late by. thé. corps of Royal Enginv bile 0 eors, at theirifield works in Wwpade' drill," oh see Low rapxlly, 'a force cond shield tad pelvis; ftom an enemy by means of. ws amathworks, thrown op.ow an wpen plainydn face, it is suppéved' of an' ériemy. * Gemérat '1s 2Russell, whdse plan it Wag 0 Bo present on ia Sdforday at fie operalibgs, when it Was found that within thirty minuies tbe whole body of troops on the ground --officers, non+ 1.0 1. oommispioned ; olicers, aod men, with horses -- were campletely under cover, sul- + fioienteathworks havidg been 'thrown up U7 "iw protect them. The experiment was cop-, " edered most satisfactory. « Tein a pity that this sort of dejll should | ' nat become universal throughout all the #oey corps, and that no other arm than that of ' the spade shonld be veed in any éountry, a; 5 © + lenstfor the purposes of war ; but jn place "oof wing them'to bury kre men and horses, Jet them be used to make war against weeds * 'and thistles, and to bily animosuy, idleness ad, want, tora - THE GREATEST LIVING ENGINEER, eldele dein oa & "The great French Eoginser, Lesseps,who i » hog just completed his gigantic undertaking #o..+ 00 culling a cenal through the Isthmus of Baeey has made an offer to cut: through the 14 Isthurius. of Corinth for thé trifling sum of ° 12,000,800 francs. "This cutting would svn * "Frandd 'wel, aod would fotbe isagreeable to Turkey ; but if Greeegq is fool enough te. "allow it, "she will get tilde 1g lament her .u folly when it 10400 ate. * Such a feat would '. = certainly accomplish tire dissolution' of Ié : kingdom, 'and blot the name bf Gecce from the map ¢f Eutope, The lebgth of the Cail would be about 23 miles. , This Can- al, would shoiten the distance ; between Marsailes and Constantinople by 4 hours. This is all very well for France and Turkey, tbut it is making a highway threugh Greece ' and outing ber already too limited territory into two parts. ---- i -- eee. A NIGHT IN A TEMPLE. { . Our friends of the Prince. Albert Lodge of o British Templars, purpose holding an open Temple in the Pririce Albert Hall, on Mon- day evening, 13ih inst. They have a pret ty extensive programme, and doubtless they yor, wll give an interesting evening. + Admis-_ sion Free. (See Posters.) RETURN FROM EUROPE, Hie } Amongst the passengers by the Nestorian - Chet lcgan sie. Fie 27 "|olted & very da 6' vote indeed. Mr. John Daniels has built a snug 7ehopal a !itle north of Brown & Chri store) where he will continue the ahah boote-and-shoes. , 'BesiNEsS KXTENSION. Mr. Cash has. now ral 'out. his, Jitged and excellent stuck of Groceries, Protisions The, Result of the Contat; | "The legally qualified electors: re this "iweb had a pretly spirited stind up fight over the Railway By-law on Sat usdeyailasty Ab: insty aud; considerin the extraordinarily busy season ihe "This, is. most credible {0 themselves, and evinces "thd deep 'and. lively interest which they" 'fedl in the! matter at'issue, and goes far 10 prove that, our swidy yeomen are made.of sterner atu aban, 10, give theit wote to"'perpetrdte a, wrang| éven should their witliNolding their sup. ,4partbe at the, risk of, offending 1higsd foul mouthed decluimers | who are so profligate of their denunciations! agaltist]; all'and 'sundry who dared to vote against theirpet scheme, and who consequently tefused to adopt the theory that puid Jugtifies fs rieatis: Th following i is the stato of the a Leaving a majorky, of of 130 against the By-law. The particularly inconvenient seasén to produce the desired effect. Confectionery, &e., &o.; apd invites publie) inspection. (Seo his new: aq vedlipeuiontry { PE tenants ppm at'which the' pofling was appointed failed i The: dev reg 0 piuct after they et over hgir ry fier thosé Ye have pis! adn Ld of, but we are very far mistaken if] : many' of them' will aot yet feel'ashamed of Aber bluster and seek' 19 offer. an apology for the outrage, first against ibe west, and then againgt those who stood by the west. asm ---- fads Fan + DIVAISION cogRT, 4 ae ors Court was held at Prince Al- 0H on Monday, 6th 'inst.-- His Honor, Judge Birnham prékiding. , The 'dumber of cases Ww: a very Yiited, perhaps some jwaly ih all, bat' they were' fat, from being pninteresting, and a goed many of them, were . particularly crooked 3 lend, while' we are ready tu grant that the swedring twas. all ;done to Jhe best of Tie knpwlddge and belief of theiparties eor:cern- el) we' are 'at same time forced into the 'coftltsion tnat the knowledge of many of The fattith mibst either have been wonder- fully esuty gr heir belief woefully at fauls. | yu @ The, first case 'which we heard, was Cur- tice v. "Ebbents, et nl. , The p! laint iff in this soit was a young man, named Curiice, who hired with one £bharte, atthe brick yard at Port Perry, on .genstion of receiving $14 per month. Mr. &ody the owner of the yard, becoming re- sponsrble, for the pay; and the defendants seskingio shirk the bargain,gave nselo the suit. Y Fokubwe verabalivitions tum ari) roid He frit witiess called: was plaints ; ra For the Against the father, who, being sworn, 'stated that. he x . DY. |" By lowe. fibard 'defendants both state that Plainufl Umieayeevnnsiie 6 74 vis would be paid. Ebbeérts said that he would Epson, Jialing, = 101 o pay. 'him | as frequently as he wished it, but GREENBANK, saes BD wn. i a all events he «honld be pail every month, Port PERBY, «+. 150 4; (awhile the proprietor of the yard said he Prince ALBERT... 31 66 . {should be paid, if pot at the end of one ht 9 Ke month, at Jeast at the end of two; but hav- 192 «i 322 ving gotthe yodng man's services for a cou- pleef months, defendants songht to. creep "1 out' of the paying part by aside issueyseeking to establish damages agaist 'plaintiff be cause forsooth he had left the work before xpirationZof the seagon,notwithetanding (hat {hey had broken the agreement by re- 'to ge the better of oh " The wet; ) ' and made up by he same tailor and paid next suit was on buded hy Tor it. i The 'poor o'd horse. ig-geliing grey Sudgevipnt for Pina. it. the process of Jitigitien. / wa that wpe wn one' he ian TAL wilness, wifiod |i : mitted 10 him. that ow j rn mar dwaghior's the défandant) called; swore that defendant: (her ) and hersell 'had gone to Brgelow's | 4 : | tora--that witness Beard defendant enquire E "of. Brgétow, 'one'of the firm of Bigelow comes the 4 Bros., if their's was a credit store, and being answered 1n the affirmative, | be (defendant) asked fhen the accounts were payable 14 Mr. igelow replied late in the fall or early in the winter." Defendant replied] that that' was 'all right, and she wlorhipfl that he meant that he"Wwonld take goods on these conditions, * Plainoff replied that he believes that witness never heard any such statdmets made-- that he believes that she knows no- thing about it, but that the whole thing 1s got 'up on purpose to defraud him (the plaintiff) out of his claim, . This appeared to us a somewhat high- handed way of dealing with a witness, If a young woman come to he years of matu- rity. and ih every way respectable, 1s to be *| brought into court as witpess, and sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth and v0- thing but the truth, and after having ma a straight' forward, 'deliberate stateme and repeated it, iv, to be branded by such aman 8s Mr. Bigelow and charged with deleberate perjury--charged with swears ing to that of which she knew nothing, on purpose to defraud him (tbe plaintiff) out of his claim, while he, himself, acknowledg ed 'that he was entirely ignorant of the case, that he was not.even present when the conversation to which witness swears took place, and yet forsooth, bécaase it suits his purpose, be will dare to brand respegable yong lady with swearing that of which she knows nothing, on purpose to cheat ibm out of bis claim, The defendant (the father of the young lady) corroberated her statements, and the plaintiff never attempted to relute them further than by cruelly asserting before a public court that the: young lady was swearing to that of which she koew nothing on purpose to cheat him. If such is the abuse that witnesses are to receive, the far(bier young Jaldies keep from Court the better for their refiutation : and after all the question was not whether the account was just or not, but simply that Mr. Bigelow was seeking to collect it sooner than he lof ® horse and buggy, and onan il fo pil * sign of. those who hurried on the polling at i a'time 'when they knew thatthe[farms ers. would have both banda full, a would either have to stay at home aad fi 10 pay, Ribena The judge, however, treated cortfing 10 its mefits and gave fd, genfent lor the plaintiff for $19 and costs. Pb. Jl urd for plaintiff and H. L. Ebbels ought to. The account was to be disputed but that had not been touched. Defendants Attorney pled that in the face of the sworn testimony of his client's them if they lefl their work ia the very héut-and bustle 'of the harvest. evils and turned vut by the hundred! greeable, but when forced on at so incon much worse. It is.next to impossible to get thei inter: such reasoning is radically wrong, that every one who will give the mattera mament's consideration, If a' road is built for publie good, then the public 3 ought to' pay for it in propoftion to the, advaritages it will confer. But a rail- way, like any othér work, if built merely we find A. Russ, Eeq., of dhe firm'of Cuiri' © Go 8c Rows of sbis place.' Mr. Rots has just oui" returned from' Europe, where Ho~ His bee | 11 their manufactures, is only a perso. parties conterned; being a 'matter: of dua) purchasing a splendid sto: k of "Fall "and | op gaferprise' and obngerns the pitty. bist ween thé parfies, ota complicated nature, | Willer God, (6 meet the' _wanlg of their | glone--such works are only private, 'apd.' proving nothuig further as far as the . a ous customers, i ; shy specs a and shave lite of | publisiame concerned than merely adding Yimin ini tr wile tn a" p iplic help: 'But '| amotber io. the many proofs which are so bio aw via ARRIVED PROM: mumorm. 4%, pi he squanday. | fQUeMIy ermisked of the cupetiorioty, of Jomec. who due onpuse -- r- ¥nfien over verbal agreements 'and the witins "Mr. idol Cheigtiett of the firm, of | i78 of the public: ands fon any work nacessily for. a universal adoption «f the: « R.& J. Campbell of Manebestord| ll ef 8 horse's nest about his ears'-- f(g, Lae Whitby; has just rensraed: fro Europe ¢, Every thingrcanoected wil she. dango; 1'The next case was Allison v. Curtifi, = 4 he "has vche ed fargel; fo from the fag end of the hangers on, join in This was a matter of a suit of clothes fur- bo Thee Je ified cgoy, for, ha o ane ve 1 bo ecratiol againsthe nished 'by plaintiff to' defendant and on nas ob uid otet debe Their numerous ot who d Ho too had 18 and rotated EO reap the beet of his unfortonate wig tw aves wag ongue which defendant paid $15 and refu Biosly Furchases. Lunilgn Gren nng | spain st their ticks, It is' perfeetly amu: {10 pay, mare, on the ground that the bargain Buoy BANDE 4nd Lain ta 18g ising. io Tisten to' the rayin Be of | was thatoba shoud have the suit at $17, $3 Care & Rosa" new ,adveriised Sei ob be friends of progressas ti fe Bistha, badiut Seth | propery y ' froth 'ond"firfie over (hiefr'so Bota rol 8 wi be.found in, Bar os ort PF Yistoud a |. The only witness iu this ease case ) was 3. Me- -0n01 cr5in {Cotquodal, formerly. clerk. for. Mr. Allon. ors. 'A Bt theic dared oppose. the schemers stickin . =e Luis Aduods ohe- of % "| Witihess testified 10 defendant's gelling the Lua i ky or Fe rain "bt. inte pockets the sa papers indi Tot the i charged b Joy--(See Cbd tad | - y pric fixell ; "plaintiff | sage reflection that such infants are not safe | ¢{ which. they attribute £0, the; opponents of liom "ARS p tho. s, yo customers todeal with. Plaintiff got a non- 2 thelr scheme ei rahi l pangetiient. . Defendant refuced. to awit for his pains, vith the costs of course. ig io Tl 0 if aly att ge take thie coal because it did not KI, being too{ - The next svi, was Staley 2. Hillicus. Aver) f Td Lin so litoheck and 100 short 1 the This suit waa. pre on. the. ene Horse Yume a 4 rp feloowies Tul thi vat 'was:altered but yet [concern but it hadinot proceeded, far when Bernina i rr NEW PA To ils 4 Er pe it 100 'short int the'séeves, | a second party-madebis appearance ii 'the ash ot settles sacs ai ah an tal jo | E10 that A abl on Tefy Eo Sei a jie bnplexicn of ? the. pri of it. at hyn, en vght the suit to 'a ial dom ma re it od tl as AFA 1 tht i, hada | , 80 the ay costs, 10 suit the gonvenience of a few, by giv. ing them increased facilities for forward. | lose, their volgs, gr. pay pretty dearly for 'Phe Cdrmers, however, hose the lesg of two €ven stopping: the 'reaper 'in somelig-, stances. Such contests ave at Bast disa-t venignt Whenson, it inakes the matter s¢' ested advocates of a scheme of 'this pang.» ture to believe that anybody who opposes it in any one particular can do so from' disinterested motives. 'Mary people al- most talk themselves into the belief thai, Railway and Progress are synonymous terms, and that' to whateverfexteut -any one; opposes a railway---let it be where it may--he' is obstructing the march "of progress in & corresdonding degree. That it is: pure humbug 1nust be obvious to for de| opdate i 24 Tha next suit was T, C, Forman v Mre. Kindle. 'Fhis was a suit on a book account, 'The case had been np before, but in a diff verdy sha p The delendant,, previous to V4 hew:becoming Mra. Kindle; had ran an ac- colt with Mr. Forman of some 1weniy or flirty datlavs,atul ofier her marnage--abaut two months--she had given a note in her gwhiseme to Mr. Forman for the amount of thé debt on which the shamefally 'extrava- gafit tum of 15 percent per annum was 10 be charged as interest. Mr. Forman 'sed (ha note at a previous court, but came off, ggcond .best, "as it was not considered comme il faut for a marred: lady to perform any such inircate movements in the ab- sence df her lord. The note; being wotth- ess, 15 per cent and all, the plaintiff tried annther tack and sued them on the book ac- count. Thistime plaintiff was more suc- Loessfal andigot judgement for the amount, but only 6 instead of 15 percent inter- ebt. « Filteen per cent interest for ciadil dught'to go far 10 convince people of the fa~ cessily 'of the cash principle. P. A. Hud for plaintiff and H.'L. Ebbels for defend- dors' Thé" next case "vas a suit between one Ensign and Brethour ; the case was sume- what 'raged. It appears that the parties could not agile; even to" differ, but must bring he malter to court, in order that the | ifference might be, ienlarged, ~ The cuse was rather. tedious. and only interesting 10 witness, and in the absedce of any proof to the contrary, he considered that his client was entitled to a judgement in bis favor. His honor replied that he regardpd the testimony as beariiig 'chiefly on the Jeal between plaintiff and defendant in connec- tion. with the saw logs which defendant had agreed to get out [ r the plaiatiff, The former witness here testified that the conversation to which she referred, took place previous to anything being done about saw logs. Defendants Attorney submitted that if he had agreed witha party to take credit and pay him at tke end of twelve months, 'be would regard it as ap act of injustice were the party to sue him before the ex- piratios of the time. Here the plaintiff aod Attcrney had a spar, and the plaigtiff came off second best, w His Honor said that 'there bad been no special agreement proved. Defendant's Attorney replied that the evi- dence of his client's witness waa direct and he felt confident that a jury would so regard at ; and whether the bargain was es. tablished or not, according to the ruling of the court in the case Wilcox v. ~-- His client being a farmer 'oaght not to be | called upon to pay till November. The court replied, somewhat tartly, that a blacksmith and a merchant are differently situated, and gave judgement for plaintiff. The next suit was Nott v. Crandell. This was a snt brought by. Mr.John Nott against Reuben Crandell for hue of a cutter, and from- what we could learn for damage done to said cutter. The case being called Mr. Nott conducted bis own case and Mr. Hurd laff g coment. aan Mr. Hard: wy "Did 'not ppedred for the defendant and cltimed ex- | emption lor his client, oii the plea af infancy !| asewring the cyurt that his cliant, was only an infant. Plaintiff demurred, and insisted on having defendant sworn. Previous to having the oath of defendant however, it was consider- ed necessary to be satisfied regarding the age of the infant--as plainufl expressed i it-- and for this purpose his mother was Aart | who testified that defendant was bor ' May 1849, so that defendant is not quite 2l years, Plamtiff then demanded that de: fendant ehould be' sworn, which' was ag- cordingly done, 'bot it would have been as profitable to have had Him sing a song ; and Fin wound up with this %6 brought ali Hisvaeion googh tah wh r sexton to ted to a considerable with mach satisfaction that had faccumuluted property te id fh Je was fully'as likely as his owner, took the Tiberty of lags horseship, and here No sooner had Mr. Sexton Sexton laid violent hands pon the nag than tis (Rose's) employers 'come to the rescoe and. asserted that the borse is ! [their property, that they bought it for y aad that they gave their obligation for the ment of it to the owner, Mr. Gibson. he put back: Mr. Sexton n'smap or two, but: «till Ahera were several ciogked questions which remained tobe answered, and the case has been progressing 1hrongh court even einee, sometimes advancing sometimes retrograding, and as a mater of coprse. it came up at the late siting. This time no- body seemed to know anything of the horse. Mr. Tate a member of ahe firm of Pax- ton & Co'y. on oath destared that he" knew nothing of it; was not aware of any nblé' or entry having been given dr made regarding, this fantom hotee, althoigh & statement wis read from Mr. Pdgton sdibing forth that be ing 'hands had talked with Mr. Tate concerning giving a note 80 at ¥. Tate had . Mg. Tule however bad no y thd kiodyeo as 4 matter of the horse may + go to grass" tillthe next sods. . J Me. Sexton said that he hod no objection to 'follow th over Awo or three more gourts, he York gant war were it nothing fae than to hel mutter pro- greeses, and lor the fun of the thing he would like to have Mr. PBaxion and Mr. Tate both present next court as it would be somewhat interesting to see how they gel along together, their statements when spar being so very wide ; in fact nether of them seemed to Know anything af »1l about it, {they neither seemed 10 know nor care whether they owned the horse or not. They did not even know whether Mr. Rose were in their debtor they in his. Ons or two unimportant cases closed the court. ---- MANCHESTER QUARTERLY FAIR. The above fair was held on Tuesday, Tih inst. It would be difficult to conceive of a more disagreeable day for holding a fuir. From eight o'clock of the meruing it mined incessantly, in fact it dit not take time io rain, it literally poured. This asa matter of conrse had a damaging effect on the fair ; it kept the ladies at home almost entirely, while even the sterner sex was but; slimly represented, in comparisen to what it would otherwise have been. The number of cal- tle however was highly respectible, and as far as quality goes they are seldom surpass- There was a large number of first rate cattle. The buying was somewhat lively but tha figure was low, few going ubove $5 per hundred, but many below it. There were some eight or ten good buyers. The Messrs. Bongards as asual-had some of the best cattle on the ground. Mr. J. W. Gam- ble, Scogoz, had sonie fine auimals, and sold al pretty goad figures, PRIZE LIST. Fal Callle--8 entries.-- 1st, A. Bongard ; 2nd, Claik Crandell. BUTTER. In Rolls-- 6 entries.-- 1st, Mrs. H. Harper ; md, Mis. T. Crozier. lo Tubs--6 entries.-- lst, Miss C. Foster; 20d, Mrs. Amos Stone. The show of butter was not extensive but the qualig was choice. * The single driving horses were being brought out nnder a drencher, when we left there were three out, but how many more were to come we can't tell. . JUDGES. Ro! Biash, and John Kitchen, from wl L. Steer, Reach. The people of Manchester, at the request of the buyers have agreed to. hold these fairs eemi-quarterly in ulure. Wa regard this as a wise move and ere another yeat passes they will doubiless be held monthly, | and will then be better patronized than they {are now. Three months 18 much 100 long between cattle fairs, -------------- EXTRAVAGANCE, ed, Cornelius 0'Dowd," in the Avgust number of Blackwood, seems dreadfully frightened lest Britain should haye the good sense to introdnce a greater degree of econ omy ito the management of her public af- fairs. All harpies and parisites cling to extravagance as their only hope {ogirolong. ing a worthless existence. The worst gov- ernments are always the most extravagant, they only creep into power in order 10 obtain plunder, and they can only their positions by buying up eycophantish sup- ports by the wholesale, while the unfortu- vale nation is made to bleed at every pore. This howeger 1s no objecigsith Dowd's politicians. He is pleased to"call the ad- "| vocacy of economy. ¢ rotten cant' and 1 ab- sence of extravagance " penury," The day 'has gone, by when hard names could drive people from their purpose and. make them submit 10 whatever is however ridiculous it 'may be. The drones Snel god to the wall 'and stay there. BANK "ormnG he Royal Canadian Bank is expect- ed to be set afloat with an entire new crew on Monday next. The Cashier.|'D 'Mr. Woodside--stuck to it like a shadow, b the new board h him over. board ; who will 'be ap the im- ortant position thus left vacant is nct cnown . y move, u amiata hh on Fequie b 'Those Iy parted with their] billsat a disccunt, might lave donebetser. k Our veaders wil remember at ian 5 bghud EEE po ho, i \ al PY oo A large numberof the agen.| Wyatt d cies are closed, never more te open,--| 08 n'of France begins to is victims of the ing released La 18 pleased 10 uffermg hi nget'far nothing, | reantime. ~Of course the | will ia etill-the same, up the ar of. the tyrant is pedo | eeble health and a sinking lrame is bringing him round. In or- der to cor.ceal the real motives for the change of policy, the cout is seeking to concenlahe precarious couditign of lie health of the "im peror,arid;careldlly circulates around that he in fast recovering 3 the people don?t oeliave it ja bey don't seem lo care a great deal ; "for 'when stories of his recovery are oitéiifated, hy shnig their shoulders, sayilig "over the left." Sphnigh/affalrs dre in 4 muddle. The 151 inst. 1a the day on which they expect fo' get'themselves a king ; but who is to be the dnforfandte one, 18 not known out of the ring. Matters in Britain gor quietly along. The International Baat race had all calmed down and everything wenthfl pleasantly. The Butishers performed their part like 'men 10 thei brave guests. Bot it was re- served for a gobse to pit his foot into the whole amangement. Willan, one of the Ozford ctew, has the impndence to question the decision of Sir A. Paul, w stating that the Oxfords won'by half a boat's length. -- Such men have sufficient impertinence to question the. decisiony.-not of Sir A. Paul alone, but .of the A lo Paul if he were judge. His' Witlane considers that the distance was greater than the judge g gives it, and he must)' necessarily tush ino print and make ap ras of himself; and in order to make a wnfficieiit "plotter, he, endeavors --according 10 a special cortespondence in the New York Herald--10 show the public | that the Oxford men were merely making child's play towards the conclusion of the rave, and they e.ulil have riereased the final distance' between themselves and Harvard's baat had they wished to do ro. -- He further saysihat- he makes the statement just now for the rencon and hecanre he ex- pects 10 hear a claim made to the effect that | the Harvards could have replaced the Ox- ford men had Lhe mee endured one hundred yards further. The letter 1s regarded here generally asa piece of silly Cockney bounce, and its issue has given nse already to the very repoit which it professes 10 contradict. Emperor's Shirin | Le ra, abl and he excuse then ar Teast in-th LY kr Er THE GREAI WORK OF THE } AGE Monsieur De Lise, the moving spirit in tha constructed of that gigantic work, the Suez. Canal, has at | ast completed that noble undertaking which has gained for him the praise and adiniration of the civil ized world, and secured for France and other European naticns the vast advanta garden of the eastern continent, the Fast ludies. "I'he company was organized in December 1858, and the first sod was turn. ed 1 April 1859, early ten years and a half ago. 'The company started with a capital of $40,000,000, and borrowed $20,000,000, and obtained bosuses equal to $30,000 000, making in all about 000,000. The obening ee was xed for the 15th ult., out finding that the work could not be completed it hag been postponed till the 17th day of November, when the union between the coral sea and the pearl sen, the\ Mediterranean and the Red Sea, will be celebrated with great pomp. Ten years ago when tlis grand scheme was just gommencing the enterprise | | and its promoters were held up to public ridicule by the wise ones of Iugland who tauntingly asked the company if they were anxious to bury their savings in the sands of the deserts ; but the tubles bave been tirned ang the laugh ghunged. This as. tonishing "work will shorten the distance between the eastern and western ports: by Sa 3,000 leagues on-an average. Communications, To the Editor of the Observer. Sir,-- As Mr. A. Wyait has taken up the gauntlet and hastened to rescue his char acter as Coroner from the assaults of "one Neil Brown" it dexolves on me to adminis- ter "him another castization. Every m= partial reader will observe that not one of my charges have been refuted; noiwith- standing his assertions that my facts were as devout of truth, as my lettef wan of decency and manliness." That my fucts were nol * devoid of trath," [ am prepared to prove, and in reference of my style of address 1 would, merely inform Mr. Wyatt for his e.Mieation thai were addressing a gentleman } would certainly adopt suitable language, but under ihe cucumstances | did not consider it necessary as it would merely be like casting peatls before swine --1o be trampled under foot," Mr, Wyatt pretends to say, that he was loath to have recourse to the public press, and consequently consulted some of the ing to my i: while the facts are these : No soorier id he peruse ny letter, than he Pp i , (and took a few giuinofopi 0 inmmyane i nome to pre pare a reply oh afterwards submitted toa qoonilam ioh Be, Teachér" alias «ihe Cannington bard" who nn doubt suggested the Layn phaases with which it so copiovs- ly a 8. 'And-in order 10 avoid the dis- agreeable! necessity of making blunders, | oo several, gentlemen on Laidlaw Street had | 2% the pleasure. of seeing and criticising. the master piece of composition before going to press. A Mr. Wyittinforma us that it isnot cna- tomary to publih the +¢ reese ol the "Jur- yes Sanctum af whicn litor 1 was | nizant, but let neh t of an ost had] 'in our fou ster he yatoty ex med<aut 'compared with the of which oh x 00k lage here and were I sile ihe yéiey justice alone would loudly proc g conduct of our Coroner, Rim the 8 iflests of sell ing the liberty of a fel low-be the i insignificant proceeds of 0 i ve tegard to the pro- 00m it is conclusive returned ; cif nt to hig wards wi ried the i inquest for | ¢ one week; eck or for the prisoner's ap- jurors concerning the advisability of reply~| lemanstrsten that Mr. i Al a verdict was | own actions aftee- | © roner: two statements whi aye ' he was not inthe jury.room,'" most immediately afterwards with the coolest insole imag states that htening @s as to to whieh or of there gy ve a ecal- assist cnldtéd we . shoul ig and inform your i 8 first statement to his (ygination-- the last being the truth. He inly did bring his taint Soublvuante our presence and after finding that it the wide of o hine by far too bright om gance Son ne, fie yep rs Tig consi on a -- guze pw the door. to refute aoy charge goncegnin, ment 10 soma of the Jou "x violating their oaths, letter of « Misr whom he pb = A more reliable and suthen Blackstone, or any-gther em a ron English law. "Agaih, be sueeringly calls mil of Quoon- dam School Teacher.' In reply 1 can as= syre his Coronorship that I am nos of having tanght School which | consider an honorable toraliny but had _I 1 been a Din- missed Local Superintendent 1 olf eer- tainly have occasion to feel ropign bringing any question pertaij into a publi a, WE Bf By Mr. Wyait endeavoring to contradiek what'he knots 10 be the: ratty' of which his own]actions are an infallible} a writing at random to vinglicale bia character which I fear is irretrievably ruin- ed by his infameus conduct; is: but 'more foteibly *pnblishing he inéapacity .an Corofior, and were he: 10 take thes of a friend (sho in his privates kes him well) he wonld make - Inmeelf a Jnne- tard plaster, apply it "10 his temples, where his intellectual faculties tronble him most and wink into that contemptible Hlivion "whieh his infamy merita. "os ® I have the honor 10 be, sir, teh Yours fonprotfiily: EIL brown. Cannington, Sept. 4, 1660, A ----rei To the Editor of the Observer. Sir,-- ~ alt A kind mend having presented me with one of the' OntarioWashing Machines, mannfactured by A. Howl, Jr, Prince Albert, I received the gift with .the best grace possible, but from past experience with washing machines | must say that [ did not estimate the mft ar a very high figare. However I waited patiently till the manufacturer came round to show.me how to manage it ; and I ean assurg you that ere [had got through half my washing, my idens of the value of the gilt underwent a very material change. | found that the machine wrought like a perfect sharm. My clothes were thoroughly cleansed with comparatively [ittle labor, and in any aston- ishiugly ehort time, the size or thé Sexture i of the article makes no difference, from tha | ges of a safe and speedy passage to that | heaviest bed quilt, to a cambric handker- chief, And now fron what I'know of the machine, there is no other piees of firniture in my house with which | wonld' not pare rather than part with the machine. - In ad- dition to the ease and expednion with which it cleanses the clothes, and the vérg great amount of exhausting labor which itwaves, it releases the washer fromithe disagreeable necessity of standing over the wash tub and inhaling the steam and filthy vapor from soap suds and foul clothes for an entire da or more every week 3 thus sowing the seeds of those interna) diseases' whieh! ry ofl, in the very morning of life, so miny of those wham duly cal's to perform at the waehtub, not to speak of the intermnfable list of toothaches, headaches, nenralgias, elc., etc., which may all be traced. | 10 the same rource-- the nasty steam of the wash- tub. The manufactarer sof Lin (mihchine merits the thanks of the entire 'com unity, but especially the female portion of Ch, JANE E. MORRISH, BoRkLiaj Reac. Borelia; Sept. 8th, 1869. fp REACH MARKETS, [CORRECTED WEEKLY.) / Prince Alert, 8 ock: a. oy Sebieinble ot, 1869. Fall Wheat, $1.05 bust, C1] Spring Wheat, $1.05 ¢ bush, Barley, 65¢ 1 70¢ & bush. EE over See us| Oats, 60c 3 Hush I Butter:16¢ Jhy fame, 130 1B Buon my Ls 00 4 cwt. Potaioes. $e q bush, 22s, 123c & doz Cord Wood- ir, Wool, 30¢ 4 fb. ---- ry $2.50~green 81 ¥ cond. At the res: -- e450 "Ip concession of Brock, by th mn Mr. Forneri, on the 30th ult,, Mr: "George Speiran of the township of Brock, to io Annie McLaughlin of the tomaship of Reach. reilly 4 A 1" ERT Tn Ard invited fo wd works: on the line of Railway: from Scar! to Co~ a4 x, A--Cleaving and. Grabbing, 2--Grading, | 3--Ties, , Dit 4---Fencing, oH Suita ed nosgipd 3--~Stone Culverts, - 6-- Timber B v A Eee SRPTEMRER: i fenders wil Bek Hg OCTOB » 215 1alnsh call, "The a. do ot hind themselves ves to a Lept the lowes or Fang fonder. rsed on the Seiption of work, and the which the arly, to be addressed to £H ir. FEET. hai?) 10 the verdict were fairly AES G J, Torato, oer S20 als Yo "Mr. Wyalt makes a sting Yon . Som