2 oad ; COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD. = ee shall be placed in their hands by their foreign friends. It is further hinted, in mysterious language that certain persons, whose present positionholds them back, will assume leading parts in the struggle, once it has begun." NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS WEEK. Situation Wanted--" Temperance." $50 Reward--Walter Marshall.. Stratford Mills--James Kyle. Farm for Sale--P. R. Jarvis. Militia Notice--P, R. Jarvis, Mayor. Estray--Hugh Dempsey. Strayed--James Dunsmore. Lectures on Temperance. School Teacher Wanted at West's Corners. Auction Sale--W, D. Harrison, Auctioneer, PPPOE I NO Gounty of Perth Herald. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1864. Meeting of Parliament. The Globe thinks the Houses should meet not later than the Ist of February. It is not more than a year since it argued in favor of the Parlia- ment meeting in January, the early part of it too. Those who are not gifted with the power of phrophecy should not at- tempt to predict what the future may or will bring forth... We do not think, however, it needs.a prophet to predict the more than probable certainty of the speedy overthrow of the present Ministry. So far as cur own County is concerned, the result of the Muni- cipal Etections shew that Gritism is not so strong as it was during the last Parliamentary Election. The Minis- try are gradually but surely losing ground. They have shewn such a reckless disregard of principle, and have so utterly failed todo fer the country what they promised, that the confidence which was at first so freely and liberally extended to them is be- ing gradually withdrawn. Our read- ers are aware that all the Ministry have to depend on is two votes. One of these is Mr. Foley. There can be no two opinions as to what sort of stuff Mr. Foley. is made of. Wei'be- lieve it to be quite possible for ihe Ministry to secure his services if they but bid high enough. They secured his vote heretofore by promising bis son an office worth a few hundred dollars a year It is quite possible for them to secure the services of this honorable individual on a future oc- casion. He is vindictive, however, and still smarts from the insult offered him by the Premier when that gentle. man so unceremoniously kicked him ont of office because his legs were too frequently unable to keep his body from under the table. When he re members this it spurs him on to de- nounce the Ministry. At a dinner given on last Wednesday to Dr.Parker, M. P. for North Wellington, quite an amusing scene took place. One of those independent fits, to which he is subject, came over Mr. Foley and he denounced the Premier in particular, and the whole of the present Ministry generally in rather unmeasured terms. His remarks were more pointed .in some respects, and more damaging to the repttation of the Ministry than any thing that was said at the Oppo- sition demonstration in Toronto. The principal matters to which he referred were the Essex or Rankin election case, the Sicotte want of confidence motion and the $18,006 voted to the city of Toronto to assist in erecting a new jail. Referring to the Rankin ease, he shewed clearly that the Min- istry were wrong. Their conduct since proved this: they had not yet dared punish the Returning Officer-- allowing him still to hold his office of Sheriff--ihereby admitting that they were wrong. 'This fact," says Mr. Foley, "is surely of itself sufficient to justify those who refused by an arbi- trary vote to seat Mr Rankin." A contrary course, he argued, would have been endorsing the favorite but dangerous doctrine of the Premier that "law or no law" party spirit should decide all matters where the Government were concerned! He went on to shew that any retrench- ment which had been effected was dué to the Macdonald-Sicotte--not to the present Ministry! He claimed that in the Department over which he presided he had succeeded in saving in the items of salaries, printing, &c., uver $18,000--some reports of his speech say $80,000!!--as compared he was Postmaster General. If itis a fact--and of that there is littie doubt, that the only saving the County has experienced was effected by Mr. Foley and his colleagues, then, indeed, the saving has been small. The official returns of the Post Office Department, signed by Mr. Foley, shew; as com- pared with the previous year, an in- crease of nearly, if not over, $25,000. In the item of salaries alone there was an increase of over $15,000! Where then was the retrenchment? For once the Globe spoke truly when it said 'the retrenchment effected by the Min- istry is a mere bagatelle." Mr. Sicotte's non-confidence motion which Mr. Foley supported requires no ex- planation. Our readers know all about it. Mr. Foley explained that the extra grant of $18,000 to the To- ronto jail ws a piece of jobbery on ithe part of Ministers and a gross im- position on the country generally. After having fully explained the mat- ters we have naui.ed he said: " These were the grounds of the charges made against him for turning hiscoat. But he was prepared to do the same again under the same circumstances. He was also com- pelled to differ from his worthy friend [Dr. Parker] and the other supporters of the Government in many of the reasons they give for supporting the present Administra- tion. No man more strongly condemned the policy of the Coalition Government than he did, and he did not consider it right for the present Government to make capital upon the sins of their predecessors, simply because they were a little better. God knows if they are not better they are 'mighty hard cases.' [Laughter.] They had no policy but the policy of the Macdon- ald-Sicotte Government, and if they had no- larger policy than retrenchment, then a great injustice was done to that Govern ment. 'The fact was they went far ahead of them. They were prepared to submit to the country a scheme of enlarged repre- sentation for Upper Canada, They went on the principle that seeing they could not get Representation byPopulation,they would take any measure rather than nothing atall. He stated this to his constituents in Perth, and was brought to task for so doing by the Premier. For this additional representa- tion "in Upper Canada; an equal number of representatives would have been also given to Lower Canada. When Mr. Sicotte was turned out he was in a minority of eight in Lower Canada; but Mr. Dorion was taken in though he found himself in a minority of twenty. Perhaps his friends would think that these avowals were hurtful to the party. If they are not pointed out by friends they will be by opponents if not rectified, gam John Sandfield Macdonald does not possess the confidence,of the peo- ple of Upper Canada, or the representatives from U.C. [Cheers.] Is it right then that he should retain a position while he was doing wrong, and at the same time pretending that he was carrying out their will. "gq If the choice of the people of Canada lies between John A. and John 8. then God help them. But. such is not the position, and it is the duty of the Reformers to see that these gentlemen. now in power perform their duty. He ayowed the same fealty to the Reform party as*heretofore. Nothing had ever been done by him which would have any effect in damaging or break- ing up the party. He would pursue pre- cisely the same course for the future. These statements were, perhaps, not palata- ble to those around him, but he was confi- dent they would win the approval of the vast majority of the people of Upper Canada." There can be no mistaking this language. He considers the Premier unfit for his position. Referring par- ticularly to the abandonm nt of Rep. by Pop. by the present men he said: "How wasit, but a short time ago, when the Hon. Mr. Patton had joined the old Government, with the permis- sion and the understanding that he should vote for Representation by Population? Why! he had been hunted through Grey and denounced for joining a Government which had not made it a Cabinet question, yet the people who electioneered against him and defeated him had taken the same position in regard to that meas- ure." After this it is hardly possible for Mr. Foley to support the Ministry ! If he does not, they are gone. Wher we find the Globe denouncing them for having totally abandoned the question of representative reform, and Mr. Foley denouncing them as dis- honest men, can it be otherwise than that they must fall. '* A House di- vided against itself cannot stand." Disunion is among the ranks of the jobbers--each one being a villain in heart considers his neighbor the same. No confidence, therefore, can or does exist among them. What a contrast does the conduct of Mr. Foley afford to that of our independent (?) member. He supported them in their very worst with the year preceding that in which' acts and is prepared to do so again ? While Me. Foley content the Premier and the present Ministry he condemns Mr. Macfarlane, because, notwithstanding that, to a certain ex- tent, he gained his election by running as an independent man and by boast- ing that he would support no act or measure that was not good, no matter from whom it came, yet the moment he arrived in Quebec he Jorgot these promises which had served his pur- pose at the time, and supported the Ministry in every instance. He said by his vote on Sicotte's motion con- demning the unconstitutional double shuffle of the Ministry--they were right--Mr. Foley. says they were wrong, ind he is not an independent member--he was supposed to be an out and out supporter of the party. Mr. Macfarlane supported them in the Rankin case which Mr. Foley. says was wrong and contrary to the acts of any previous Ministry and highly dangerous to the freedom of the sub- ject. Mr. Macfarlane supported the Ministry in the Sicotte appointment to the bench and boasted after he came home that that move was all that saved the Ministry--in a word Mr. Macfarlane is the veriest slave o t"e present men who have disregarded every pledge or promise they ever gave or made, and mocked the credu- lity and patience of the people of Upper Canada touching Representa- tion--he became a puppet in their hands and voted as they told him. We will not sav he ranks with the Foleys and O'Hallorans and 'such men. We only know he was elected as an independent member, and fell from that position to be a voting machine for the Ministry. Generally men do not act so without some re- ward !! If, then,the Ministry have done wrong--ani Mr. Foley and __ the Globe say they have, and _ that they are no longer worthy of the confidence' of the people -- of Upper Canada---Mr. Macfarlane has done wrong also, and deserves to share their fate. One word to our friends. The position of the Ministry is any thing but secure. In the. event of their fall it is more than probable the new men will appeal to the country. See to it that your lamps are trimmed and ready--get your committees into working order--organize and be pre- pared to do your duty and have your tights ! ! Municipal Elections. Notwithstanding all the subtertuges resorted to by Mr. Macfarlane and his organ--notwithstanding that the at- tempt was made to create religious feeling among the people against the Warden and others--notwithstanding that printed handbills were freely cir- culated in many. of the townships grossly misrepresenting the conduct of old Councillors who belonged to the Conservative party--notwith- standing that Grit voters were brought from a distance of 27 miles, the re- sult of the Municipal Elections just closed is most satisfactory. In Mor- ning'on the vilest means were resorted to on the part ofthe Grits in order to prejudice the people against the old Councillors, but the unprincipled con- duct of Mr. Macfarlane and his organ is perfectly understood as the result has shewn. The organ says " Messrs. Monteith and Daly made the elections in Mornington a party contest." This is untrue! Mr. Daly never interfered in the Mornington elections ; and Mr. Monteith simply went out and at- tended a meeting of the Conservatives at the request of residents of the township, in order to offer certain ex- planations regarding matters in dis- pute, and also regarding certain state- ments made by the Grits in a printed handbill. Mr. Macfarlane is the individual who is to blame for the Municipal Elections in Mornington assuming a political shape. He and his friends were the first to circulate the handbills to which we have referred, grossly misrepresenting the financial position of the township, and they also circulated hundreds of blue tickets printed as follows : Councillors for 1864. James Whaley, James Bolton, David Srriley, Wm. Grieve, John Freeborn. Is there a Conservative name in this list? Are they not all leading Grits ? The printed handbills libelled the Con- servatives of the township by saying they had agreed to leave politics out of the question and support the men who would best conserve their in- terests. If Mr. Macfarlane had de- sired to make the elections non- politieal, why did he not choose good men from both sides. It was these audace ous attempts to gull the Con- servative party that induced. them to teach him and his colleagues that the Conseryatiyes of Mornington know their duty and will doit. It is per- fectly idle for the Beason and Mr. Macfarlane to attempt any more of their underhand games. The people will not be deceived any longer. The expressions in iast week's Beacon, not to speak of its former misrepresenta- tions, are quite sufficient to satisfy any one that. what that organ considers fair play, is for the people to elect all Grits and place Grits in all the offices. That is what Mr. Macfarlane and his organ consider not introducing polities! | Speaking of the elections in North Easthope the organ says :--- 'There is one change for the better in this township. Mr. Wm, Rennie has beaten Mr. Jobn Cairns." Mr. Cairns is a Conservative, therefore it is better that he is notelected.» As to character and ability he is equal if not superior to the other. Relerring to the Ellice elections, the organ says : "Mr John Molloy has very properly been returned by acclamation. We cannot say the same for Mr. Pearson who has been elected without op- position." Now why can't the organ say the same for Mr. Pearson as it says for Mr. Molloy? Has the organ any- thing against the public or private conduct of Mr. Pea.son? | No, it has not! . But Mr. Pearson is a Conser- vative! The. organ. in. speaking, heretofore, of the different. municipali- ties in the County, expressed great satisfaction with the state of affairs in townships represented by ' Grits ;"' but 'in every instance where the Council was composed of Conserva- tives all was wrong. If the Grits do not desire to introduce politics into municipal or local matters, why are they not prepared to compromise mat- ters? Wecan name several town- ships which have been for years rep- resented by Conservative Councillors or a majority at least, and the officials of these townships have been and are Grits! Can the organ say as much for Grit townships? We think this game has been played quite long enough. It is high time the Conservatives began to look to their own interests by appointing Assessors, Uollectors, Clerks, &c., out of. their own ranks, men whov will act faith- fully and impartially. We have no doubt that hands will be raised in holy borror at the bear idea of such an attempt being made. Let our friends remember, however, the results of the last election and how, in Conserva- tive townships the voters' lists were kept back when they might and ought to have been filed with the Clerk of the Peace. And what was the reason of this? Because Conservatives have appointed Grits to fill their local ofices--men who are unscrupulous when party interests are atstake! Let them see to it in future that, in regard to the appointment of officials, they take example by the Grits: when they have power no Conservatives hold offices Let Conservatives shew they have some spirit. Are they not in- sulted every day. Are they not plainly told they are unfit even to be members of township Councils -- In- stance what the organ says of Mr. Pearson of Ellice, and Mr. Cairns of North Easthope. Let there be no more child's play. Before the last County Election the Grits boas'ed that they would carry the County either by fair or foul means. In order to this end wherever the Grits had the chance the manufacture of voters was gone into by the wholesale. There is no doubt whatever that Mr. Daly's defeat was brought about by a regular system of fraud, bribery and corrup- tion. Had the Elma voters' lit been filed, as it ought to have been, there would have been a sufficient number of Conservative votes in that Town- ship alone to have secured Mr, Daly's return. Will the Conservatives of this Township neglect to learn wisdom by experience--we hope not. Mitchell was served in the same way. The Mitchell people have shewn by the result of the late Municipal 'Election that they are alive to their own inter- ests. We hope they will not spoil what they have so well begun by ap- pointing uaprincipled men to the office of Clerk, Assessor, &c. Greenwood Convicted. After a three day's trial, on the charge of attempting to commit arson, William Greenwood has been found guilty and sentenced to seven years imprisonment in the Provincial Penitentiary. The house he was accused of having set fire to was, it will be remembered, that in which Catharine Walsh lived, and in which she was found dead on the morning of the 15th of April last, under cireumstances that gave rise to the suspicion that she had been foully dealt with. Greenwood was put on his trial charged with the murder, at the last Assize, » but was then acquitted. A jury had less hesitancy in finding him guilty on the lesser charge of attempting to commit arson than on that of murder. The evidence, though circumstantial, went very clearly to prove the guilt of the accused. Indeed so strongly did the. Judge feel in the matter that he would have sentenced the prisoner for a longer terin did the law allow him to do so. The result of the trial will be fayorably re- ceived. There was a general impression when Greenwood was acquitted at the former trial that he had not received his deserts. The verdict in the present case will in some measure atone for what was considered a failure of justice on the previous occasion. -- Leader. : It is the imtention of Mr. Bell, crown prosecutor at the County Assizes, to put Greenwood on his trial for the murder of the child of Agnes Marshall, at the present Assizes. " " South Leeds, Mr. A. N. Richards, the new Solicitor- General for C. W., is canvassing in' this constituency. In order to ensure, as far ag possible, success, he and the County Judge are engaged ° in revising the rolls. It is said he has procured a large number of electors, known to be op- posed to him, to be struck off the list. The Judge, says the British Canadian, issued his summons to the Township Clerks to ap- pear before him at once with the certified lists of voters, and that he and the new Solicitor-General set to work and in a few hours struck off over 90 names who were known to belong to the Opposition. This is the way the Grits manage affairs. Book Notice. THE CANADIAN DOMESTIC LAW- YER, by John Whitley, Hsq., of Toronto, Attorney-at-law W&e., one vol. 12 mo. Vivian & Co. Stratford. This is the title of a new work designed for the use of the farmer, the mechanic and the merchant, being a collection of numerous legal forms in common use, accompanied by explanations of the mode in which the same may be profitably used. It is not designed to make every man his own lawyer : such a design would be not only impossible of execution, but extremely injurious--the circumstances of different cases varying 80 much the one from the other as to rendered general advice on every subject dangerous and illusory; in fact to attempt to make every matter plain in a work of this kind would serve only to perplex the reader. There are, however, numbers of little mat- ters which we are called upon daily to ar- range, too simple to warrant a reference to a lawyer upon every occasion on which they arise, and yetnecessary to be carried out with some regard to legal requirements. It is for such matters this work is especially designed. It is a work the want.of which has long been felt, and which we cannot but think will be fully appreciated by the class for whose use it is designed. The work is not meant for lawyers, and possibly they will not regard it with the utmost favor, but to the non-professional man there are very many circumstances which recommend it. The work is composed of twenty chap- ters, and professes to treat of all matters which are of common occurrence to the farmer, the mechanic and the merchant. Has the farmer a dispute with his neighbor upon some matters of business between them: they do not wish to disturb the friendly re- lations which obtain by going pell mell into a law suit: they agree to refer to some mutual friend to decide their differences and leaye the matter to arbitration. The work before us will instruct them how to proceed to carry out their wishes in a legal way. Does the mechanic desire to take a contract for the erection of work in his line? the Domestic Lawyer will furnish him with a form which if it does not precisely suit his case may yet easily be adopted to it. The work before us contains a form which, with a slight variation, which almost any man can make, will suit for every sort of contract, agreement, lease or bond which may or can be required by the classes forwhom the work has been prepared. The Canadian Domestic Lawyer is calculated to supply a want long felt among our farming people particularly. It will enable them to do many things which, without it, they could not determine and would be compelled to lose time and money in obtaining legal ad- vice! We can safely recommend it as a work which should be inevery farmer's and mechanic's house. As to the typographical part of the work it is sufficient to say it was issued from the press ef Messrs. Vivian & Co. The constituents of Mr, Walter Shanly, mem- - ber for Grenville, gave him a public dinner a fewdays since. Mr. McGee was present and ad- dressed the meeting in his usual eloquent style. The dinner was a splendid success. Wm. Makepeace Thackeray,the great English novelist and humonurist,is dead. In his line he leaves no equal behind him, He was Editor of the Cornhill Magazine one of the best and most interesting of the British serials.