- THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 1364. 3 Loud and persis:ant were the exul.ations over the c.nningly-devised clap-trap of the esiimates being in excess of the expenditure. Why, what was the fact when these estimates were only | estimates? They amounted to $15,672,480--a | much larger sum by $063,298 than has been ex- pended. But what about the iiems of this esti- mate? Where they honestly calculated and) fairly placed before Parliament, as representing | the necessities of the government for the c-ming | year? Presuming that they were the honest convictions of the Minister of Finance, how are | we to reconcile the estimated items with the | actual payments? Let any one look at the! following list, and ask himself if sucha result could possibly have arisen if there had not been | gross incapacity or gross deception--a premedi- tated intention to manufacture capital by swelling the estimates, and manipulating the disbursements. 'The fullowing table will show how muchin excess were the estimate: upon the items stated over the actual payments : FAN HASTHOM DMA 1 oO oe} 22PRQEeowsOMe er Aeac |-- ie eae a3 MONRO mM mal Mo Dr) BE-Bl]onSeonaoesaorcna |x GE. SI RMASRMAAR STE AAE |S o= he ial 1 69 o2 eS --_ mas ; NOM roONE AE + - 6200 P= ND est rt rN ro] ae tl tor > eee ee ee) roe es rNASSOASrAaScS 2 = & aT em Knaornne x ne ~ ate t+ ae nn a "a - > a' ° ; =) Se pes EE = =5 4 EA es wus 2 + #5 69 = > o - = fe iare x < a & oo = Aas ust ay Se eeu niche Se ea os See > oir Ss BS 2 oetetic b ge RR enya gb Ge Ag .°2 Oh ial Fise ts th of ks ale ee oe 3 boss 28 sr +5 =) ' a See ry (lao RAC or eas BESHS iz coe aS: : = -aDcCE Gis pease Sm 8FR 2 2: Oe ote Ten O .G C°sFS BU a28s8e 2s wR; Rog 62.5 = & = Bie? S a Re Soo 2 re 8 Bee LSupa Bo OR aH ene 9S O'S: Ko mORORSR RR en SHe | 1 | | Here then we have the secret of the expenditure being less than the estimate, about which the organs were so exuliant. But what mevit is theve in a thing so palpably concocied? If the Minister of Finance had made his estimate in the best posible faith how extraordinarily different have been the resulis !He has managed aot to pay nearly a million and a half waica he said only a few months ago he would have to pay; and which ought he not to have paid? He has Managed not to do so. But how? Why, by makiug short payments-- by deferring a portion that his statemant may have a shewing of shrewd managment, and which he well knew would be accepted as a true statement by the public, the people in general having no means of analyzing or testing these staiemenis Take for example, the estimate from Seigniorial rights, six hundred thousands dollars, only one third of which has Mr. Holton paid making by this scheming upon one item, what is called a saving of three bun- dred and seventy-seven thousand dollars. Then by the same process one hundced and thirty-two thousand is gained from the Militia estimate ; hundved and forty-three thousand from Roads and Bridges; and the still more formidable sum of four hundeed and fifieen thousand from Public Works and buildings ; and in the same mode with the other items. With such a doctoring of the estimates, and such dexterous manipulations ofthe payments, the excess of the estimates over the expendure was an assured fact, which the organs might well trumpet before it could be publicly ascertained. They could with' equal certainty have foretold such a result when the e3i:mates were printed, » There are points in the Publie Accounts to which we hope to direct attention. At present, our space warns us to stop. The country will, or we are much mistaken, be surprised to find that all the boasting of retrenchment and ex- cessive honesty has resulted in nothing better than the continued deficiency which, in honest faci, is much larger than a milion. This, too, in the face of an acknowledged inccease of rev- enue, arising from our fiscal policy, and the very cunning arrangement of the expenditure notwithstanding. The frish Regum Donum-- Histu: ical statemeat, The Presbyterian Church in Ireland was recognized by successive Governments, and had continued to enjoy State support, except in times of civil commotion and violent usurpation, from the date of the Ulster Plantation, in 1610, till the present time. The Scottish settlers in- vited to Ireland by James I, were accompanied by ministers from their native country, who were not only permitted to preach the Gos- pel and administer ordinances to the Presby- terian colonists, but to enjoy the emoluments of the several parishes in which they were ocated ; and even during the reign of Charles aes Ithough their labors were frequently intor- rupted and themselves subjected to disabilities and loss, the Presbyterian ministers continued to assert their original status, and to vindicate their claim to the possession of the tithes of their respective parishes. The Presbyteiiais of Ixeland, with their brethren in the other paris of the empire, protested against the execution of Charles and the usurpation of Cromwell. Bat, notwithstanding their opposition to the Govern- ment of Cromwell, which they were at no pains to conceal, they were permitted to retain under the protectorate their former position, and to enjoy,as an equivalent for their tithes, a fair share of the emoluments arising from the altered distribution of the property of the Church. This arrangement, however, was in the first instance opposed by the Presbyterian ministerz, who con- tinued to claim 'their legal maintenance be- longing to their several parishes' The Presby- " terians were the first to take measures for the restoration of Charles Il.; and at 'the General Convention' assembled in Dublin for effecting this purpose, where two of our ministers from the north of Ireland attended, it was agreed that, should the project of recaliing the Monarch be successful, the Presbyterian ministers of Ulster should receive a legal right to the tithes of the parishes where they were. And this was regarded as aright not for the first time con- ferred, but as the ratification cf a possession which all parties admitted to have existed pre- viously. Unhappily, from various causes, and among these the enforcement of the Act of ») Uniformity and the Penal Code, the restoration ,ef Charles II. did not prodace these fruits-- 'quietness and assurance --which we and all _- other good men had anticipated. The former Ecclesiastical Establishment was abolished. Terms were proposed to us which sixty-one out of sixty-eight of our ministers rejected. On the _ one side there was arbitary power, on the other _, conscience ; and the result was, that persecution hes the Province fur nearly twelve years. In 1672, loyalty cf the Presbyterian ministers, and the sufferings which they had endured on his s¢- count,' resolved 'to make them some compen- sation.' The sum iatended for this purpose was £1,200 per annum; but, on enquiry, it was ascertained that only £600 was ayailable for the purpose. This is the origin of that grant which has eyer since been known as the hegum Donum, and which, in addition to the reasons already stated for its bestowal, may be r garded a3a very inadequate indemnivy for the loss of that support which, from the iithes of their respeclive parishes, the Presbyterian ministers had therefore enjoyed. It thus appears tuat the gcant has a much earlier history than sume have supposed. Indeed, this fact was taken for granted by William III , when, eighty years after the settlement of ihe Presby.erians in ireland, bis Majesty ordered 21,200 a-year to be }aid to their ministers for the losses they had sustained.' This geant of £1,200 a year by William, which in 1691 was madea regala: charge on the Irish Exchequer, was supplemen- ted in 1718 by an addition of 1800 per anoum, charged, not as in the former case, on the Irish, bat on the English Civil list. In 1784, a grant of £1,000 a-year was added to the Presbycerian enduwments--a sum much less than that recommended by the Duke of Portland, who was then at the head of the Ivisa Adminis- iswwation. A sum of £5,900 per annum ad- ditional was granted in 1792 'during pleasure fur the use of the Presbycerian minisiers in Ireland.' At the period of the Legislatve Union, in the year 1800, the Regium Dunum received its most important augmentation. The grant was graduated accorniug to classes; the tirst class received 4100; the second 275; and the third 250. The total sum required to meet the enlarged estimate in 1803 amounted to £14,070 18s 10d, Irish currency. In this in- ceease the Secession Syned, now part of the General Assembly, had no participator. It was to the Synod of Ulster alone, embracing two- thirds of the entire Presbyterian community, that the increase was given. In 1838, the Government agreed to equalise the bounty, and to grant 27, late Irish currency, to every minister connec.ed with the two Synods, now constituting the General Assembly of the Presbsterian Church of Ireland. Such is a very beief outline of the history of the endowments of the Presbyterian Church in this country, eT aed Murder in Seaforth, Special Telegraph for the Herald. Searorru, March 22nd This evening, at six o'clock, Henry Cartman struck Joseph Mooney, of the townshio c! Hallett, on the temple, with some step iL- strument, killing him instantly, . Cartmar kas been arrested, : Kocal Hnelilgence. Ow DID ID PPL SDAP TRAVELLERS' GUIDE, TRAINS LEAVE STRATFORD Granp T,unk Ramway. Going East. Day. Mxpress i. O05. Gas oe. 100 rp. u. NOI MRUTORS 5 oi Sie ere 150 a.m Marne oe, Siege e ee Oe Ge Accommodation 23.00 0s se 4.30 P.M. Going West. ORF OR DIONS 575 posse 3'¥ ay. Hoa 430 P.M Pe XDIURN OS as os cn cs nw tans 430 a.M 1 i Ok ace ped Oe a there OM Bs ee 805 pom MPEDTOMUUMELDI. «5k oS ca'esnok os 305 yp. M. Burrato & Lake Hu on Raiway. Going East. it EXpress.. PFs4s ss. sic ee SAROO A. Buffalo (vAE LASS ae 425 P.M A COOMMBOURTIIN 0 656 666.0 o's se' oe » 10.45 a.m Going West, Ray Exppessy.: 0.42... 2.85. 4.30 Pp. STRATFORD MAILS CLOSE. Buffalo and Lake Huron East... 10.05 a m Grand Trunk East 12.10 p.m Grand Trunk West--London & St. Mary's (Sarnia Branch} stig Buffalo and Lake Huron West, 3.00 * Grand Trunk West--London 730 « hd Bt Mary's 20.805. A Grand Trank East--Toronto 9.00 « and intermediate Stations. The Northern Mail, by Staze, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, only, closes at 2 p, m. The Brooksdale, Kmbro, and Fairview mail, on Tuesdays and Saturdays only, closes at the same hour, The English mails close on Mondays [per Cun- ard line} at 10.05 a. m, and on Thursdays, [per Canadian line', at 12.10 p. m. i> See the advertisements of Messrs. Vivian & Maddocks in to-days issue. x We direct special attention to the adver- tisement, " Stolen," in another column. x3 We direct the attention of our Stratford Merchants and all others whom it may concern, to a notice signed by Mr. Alex. Douglass, of Downie. x3 Mr. John J. Clarke, who lately purchased the " Palmerston" with the view of turning it into a Dey Goods and Grocery store, announces that he will be ready to ccmnience business about the first week in April. => Mr. Pinch announces in to-day's Herald, that he has recommenced to manufacture Pumps and Cisterns at bis old stand, near the Railway. He is prepared to manufaciure these indispensi- ble articles embracing all the modern improve- ments. He wacrants his work--ind says 'terms to suit purchasers." Sse advertisement, x In our last issue Mr. Williamson an- nounced that he had received a large supply of Hats and Caps suitable for spring and summer use, and that he was daily expecting to receive alarge supply of spring goods consisting of fancy T weeds, Coatings, &¢, &¢ --These goods, as may be seen by an advertisement in another column, have arrived, and he is now ready to supply his customers. i> Prof. Simms, of the City of New York, delivered a course of lectures on Physiognomy, Physiology, Phrenology, Consumption, &c., &c., in the Town Hall here last week. The Hall was well filled every evening which showed the good people of this town felt in- terested in the lectures. Mr. Simms is a very popular, pleasing and instructive lecturer and wasted the Presbyterian Church and desolated appears to understand his subjects well. BLAC*woop"s Macazine.--We have received , Vizwers--Ward No. 1--Coleman Lane, Joseph | place, he says that the Innkeeper in question Charles, 'in consideration, as he said, 'of the | ol" glackwood for February from the publishers, requires ne praise from us. Its merits are too well known. In point of talent it has no cival. The contents of the number before us are " Tony Butler' continued. "The Royal Academy Reformed." " Cornelious O'Dowd upon men and women and other things in general." * Witch-Hampton Hall." " Chronicles of Car- lingford," continued. " A Ride through Suth- erland." And " Charles the Bold," Black- wood only costs $3 a yearc.--See Advertisemen.t Lonpon QuartTerty Review.--We -have re- ceived this excellent Quarierly for January from Messrs. L. Scott & Co., of New York. {ts contents are as follows: " China," " New Englanders and their old Home," " Forsyth's life of Cicero," " Captain Speke's Journal," "Guns and Plates," " Eels," "Rome in the Middle Ages," " The Danish Duchies." Thisisa tempting list to those who desire information of areliable kind. The first and the last are particulacly interesting at the present time. The Danish Duchies, which are likely to be the cause ofan European war of vast magnitude, are well described. The article on " China" will be found no less interesting and important. Mr. Winter is Agent for Blackwood and the four Reviews. Temperance DeMonsTration.--The Temper- ance Demonstration which took place in the Town-Hall on Monday evening last, under the auspices of the Olive Branch Lodge, was in ali but the number present a success. There were not so many present as might have been expecied. The pe:formance of the Scratfurd Choral Society, under the able management of A, L. Wilson, Esq, M. A., was excellent. Miss Lizars pre- sided at the Piano-forte and performed her pari in such a manner as to elicit the warmest plau- dits frcm the meeting. Miss Linton, as usual, gave complete satisfaction. Thos. McMurray, Lisq., the justly celebrated Temperance-Lecturer, addressed the meeting twice. He is unquestion- ably one of the first Temperance Leciurers of the day. He is possessed of a clear full voice which sounds like music on the ear--and 'afier hearing him once the listener is anxious to hear him again. He appears to thoroughly under- stand his subject and speaks with a force and a pathos whica shews his heart is in the work. He never descends ty theee vulgarisms which too frequently compose the burden of lectures on this subject. While Mr. McMurray speaks a breathless silence prevails, only to be interrupted by loud bursis of applause us he concludes each part of his discourse. . i= We have been requested to publish the following seciion of the law, relating to Muni- cipal Institutions in this seciion of the Province, and to say that those who have lately been se- ecetly disregarding its requirements had better not do so any move! "In all places where, by the laws of Upper " Canada, intoxicating liquors are or may be allowed to be sold by wholesale or retail, no sale "or other disposal of the said liquors shall take "place therein or on the premises thereof, or "out of or from the same, to any person or per- "sons whomsoever, from or after. the hour of "seven of the clock on Saturday night till the "hour of eight of the clock on Monday morning "'thereafier, and during any further time on the 'said days and any hours on other days during "which by any By-law of the Municipality 'wherein such place or places may be situated, "the same or the bar-room or bar-rooms thereof 'ought to be kept closed, save and except to "travellers lodging at, or ordinary boarders "lodging at the lace or places where such "liqior is sold, and save and except in cases "where a requisition, for medicinal purposes, : | " signed by a licensed medical nraciitioner or hy "a justice of the peace, is produced by the ven- " dee or his agent, nor shall any such liquors be "permitted or allowed to be drunk in any such "places, except as aforesaid, during the time " prohibited by 'this section for the sale of the "same, 22 V.c. 6,'8..1. (1859.) ---- ---- -- Ainleysville. The inhabitants «f this village were much ex- cited, on the morning of Chursday,the 3rd instant, by hearing that the body cf Mrs. Broadfovot, the wife of Mr. Robert Broadfvot, a respeciable farmer in the vicinity, had been partially ex- humed in the burial ground of the New Connee- tion Methodist Church. The magistrates of the village took the case in hand and immediately arrested, on suspicion, T.J. Hawks and Edward Hudson. On investigation it appeared that there was sufficient evidence to send Hudson for trial to the Sessions. The case was heard, or rather commenced, on Friday last, when the persons pled guiliy to the indictment and were fined £10, and awarded one month's imprisonment in the common jaiJ f Goderich. One, Beer, a tailor in the village, swore before the magistrates that he did not know any thing about the case ; but at Goderich, becoming alarmed, he turned Queen's evidence and confessed that Hudson, and Wilson, a clerk in Mr. Livingston's store, and himself did, or partly did, the job--a clear case of perjury, which we hope will be looked up. Hudson was living with Hawks, and has attended for the last twelve months to his drag store. Though Hawks has not been arraigned on the case still the prevailing opinion of the country is, that he was quite cognizant of the whole affair. He is the same Hawks, or Dr. Hawks, that was arrested and tried some time since on a charge of stealing tea from a store A ivocate. Eima, Loca, Orricers, &c.--The following are the Local Officers for the current year :--PatuMas- Tens--Jeremiah Collins, George Jackson, W. G. Hay, Donald Gordon, Wm. Reid, Robert Chris- tie, senr., Chaclés Anderson, Taomas Forman, William Haugh, James Mayberry, George Coade, senr., G. Willson, James Griffin, Edward Ham- mond, Robert Lourie, John Alexander, Roswell, Andrew Reid, Wm. Capling, John Stevenson, James Keating, Johr Hamilton, John Lang, Robert Coade, Samuel Buchanan, John A. Grani, Robert Coghlan, Peter Cowan, Andrew Buchanan, Robert Henry, John Little, Joseph Jobnston, John Grocut, James Gray, James Laied,; James Cuthbertson, Oldraine Fisher, Jacob Reich, John Stubbs, Patrick Doyle, Jere- miah Donovan, William Ellacott, Zacchus Ella- cott, Alex. McRobb, Thomas Cleaver, Frederick Pross, Joseph Lannin, Thomas Brown, Frederick Holman, John Adair, Frederick Bechler. One half of the Statute Labor has to be done on the side-lines, and the other half on the concessions. Those living on town-lines todo part of. their work thereon. PounpkEErers --Ward No. 1-- Harvey Lee, John Hamiltcn. Ward No. 2--Jas. Barber, Robert Cochrane. Ward No. 3--Wm. Stevenson, Robert Long. Ward No. 4--William Featherstone, Joseph Bennett. . Ward No. 5-- Joseph McClellan, Thomas Langford, . Fexce- Messrs. Scott & Ce., New York. .Blackwood | Joseph- ' Roswell, Daniel Collins. Ward No. 2--Chris- topher Switzer, Wm. Lochead, Robert Hamittor. ard No.3--John Mayberry, Thomas Alexan- der, James Hammond. Ward No. 4--James Cockwell, Joseph Johnston, Donald Gordon. Ward No. 5--Joseph Lambert, John Porter, An- dcew Knox, John Boyle. Tavern Inspecror--- Allan Breley--WM. D. MITCHELL, Yowasiiy Clerx. A Yarn Asour Law.--It was quite stormy last week, and I went over to Fort Mait- land to have a chat with Sailor Mackenzie. It is too long to give you the whole of it, but hove isa piece. '" Well, then, the next trip was to Australia, and when I was there in port for two or three weeks, there was a great exciiement; the Judges had refused to administer the laws, as they were too simple, and some said too c»m- plicated; but the Legi liture told them they were at liberty to resign, and if they did not go on and admiuister the law they would be sup- planted. Well, this fetched them to their senses. . The law in dispate was the Bankruptcy Law. A majority of the House had at one time been lawyers and speculators, and, as ia this country, any member not a lawyer who atiemt- ed anything in the shape of law reform was only cried down. Well, they might have been there still if they had only kept within bounds, but as Betty Eble says, if you put on too much tire the ,0t will boil over; and so it was with them, as an old friend with whom I got acquainted told me that the lawyers of that country just re- minded him of a stampede of Buffaloes on the plains of Texas : the wolves followed behind, and if ever one got lame, they devoured him, all the while quarrelling among themselves, but when the last bone was picked they all set out in har- mony afver their next prey. He said if a man got into law he might just say "I am done for --I can never rise in this country any more." Well, Sir, a few young Cromwells arose, and they agilated the country from one end to an- other, previous to a general election, and the result was that not a lawyer was returned. Their first act was to pass a law that no practic- ing lawyer was eligible as a member of the Le- gislature, and that the Crown Attornies should be appointed by the House. The second was a Bankruptey Bill. I cannot tell you all the de- tails, but I remember some of the. heads. There -were two ways. of getting into |Bankruptcy. You could either go in yourself by tiling a paper that you were unable to pay, or that you were oppressed by your Creditors. Theve was a Court in each district, which had the jarisdicion, The Muni- pal Council at its first sitting each year appoini- ed six Appraisers and six Trustees of Bankrupt- cy. _ Now I will just suppose a case. You'ap- plied to the judge to get into Bankruptcy on account of oppression. He would cause a notice to be published for one month, of the step you had taken, and call on your Creditors to name two Appraisers within that time, and if they did not you would then have the privilege of naming two; and if they reported that you had more than sufficient to pay your debts, you would be immediately discharged, and the Creditors could either take the property at its appraised value, or leave it to one of the Trustees of the Court to be disposed of. Where there is an excess of pro- perty the Creditors generally leave it tu a Trus- tee of the Court; but if not, they generally take it themselves, thereby saving the expense of a Trustee. If you ave thrown into Court by your Creditors, you have the choice of the two Ap- praisers, and the Creditors in all cases the ap- poiniment of a Trustee. If your estate is defi- cient you will have to wait for three months, to give your Creditors a chance of finding out if you have disclosed all your estate or committed any fraud; and woe betide you if you have--the felon's cell is your doom--bat if nothing can be found against yon, you are discharg2d, and if you have friends to help you, may again get along. Altogether the law is so simyle that it may be written on a sheet of foolscap. I have not any of my Australian news on hand, or I could show you a list of discharges, some even as high as £10,900 overplus. Now the eifect of this was that nine-tenths of the lawyers had to don the crook and plaid,or go to some other employment that made them useful members of society. Now I took a cruise along the American coast some- time ago, and I. was surprised to see so many Canadians there--men who used to rank among the intelligent and energetic minds of Canada-- banished by the laws of their country for life, who had stayed in Canada t ll,like the Buffalo of Texas, nothing of them was left but the bones. A burglar or a highway robber gets his two or three years in the penitentiary, and then he is clear; but the man who is unfortunate in busi- ness, if ever he wants to exercise his energy and abilities, has to give the benefit of them to the United States. It isa disgrace to Canada or any other Christian country ; butso longas you have lawyers and speculators at the head of your affairs, so long willit continue. I would say to Canadians: arise to a sense of your duty like the Australians. I will give you the restof the yarn some other time.--Com. ae Muraaigioa. os To the Elitor of the Herald. Dear Sirn,--Your issue of last week was graced with a ecitique on " passing events" at Millbank, which bears evidence of its being the ravings of some fanatic. It is amusing to notice the eagerness with which he seizes the scourge for the castigation of the erring multitude. Who is this Apostolic declaimer that is come among us, with sanctimonious mien, hurling his fulmin- ations on all hands, striking terror into those guilty people, the Presbyterians and Episcopa- lians ; and pouring out the vials of his indigna- tion on the devoved heads of the unfortunate naiwe>, who lucklessly and ill-advisedly lent their presence to that unhallowed thing, ine Con- cert at the Inn? Surely this wicked world is unworthy of his devout presence ; and the universe suffers the inestimable loss of a mis- placed star of the first maguitude, while he lingers on our sin-stained borders. O shade of Pevecr the Hermit, how long mast the destinies of this Palestine of ours be swayed by the Saracen? . Or has a saint visited us and is our deliverance at hand? Jt would be beneath the digaity ofa man to give the scurrilous produc- tion even this hambie notice were it not that silence might be c_nstrued iito a tacit acknow- ledgement of the accasations; and that there are those among your readers who, not havny a trathful statement of the affair laid before taem, might give cedence to the libelous asse.t ons oe made, and estimate our village acco.d- ngly. Your pious correspondent assumes a position which he would find difficult to sustain, were he called upon so to do ; and most of his state- ments are so grossly absurd, that I think there are but few among your reflecting readers, who will not detect sufficieat inconsistency in them, to preclade the possibility of their gaining any respectable degree ot credence. In the first Sid 45 Regt. <:+ wis aparty to the getting up ofa concert in behalf of the Presbyterian Church of this place ; and not only so, bat that he was the chief originator of it. Well, we presume that Ian- keepers are sinners, in c»mmon with the rest of onr race ; and if they can do anything for the promotion ofa good ca 8', w2 donot see any- timg so glainzly immoval in their so doing, tiat should ¢.ll dowa upon them the wrath of every enthusiast. But in that he happens to be weong. That such is 20 the case, and that on the contrary, exc2pt in the letting of the hal), the said Iankeeper was no more conceraed in it, than was the scribbling saint himself, are facts too well known to req tire a momeni®s ar- gument in proof of them, He next asserts that she Innkeeper had a pecuniary interest in the alfairn--taat his object was to extract money from the people's pockets, at the bac-- n short, that it was for the beneat of the bar, and not the Charch, In this he either. igner .ntly or vil Ly fal.ities ; for the ha'l at the tnn waich he mualicivusly desigaates " Ball Room,' bat whica, however, tomy ceriain knowledgs, has never yet been em ployed for that purpose was selecied purely for the convenience of the people, on account of the distance from the village, df the Presbyterian Church or the Schou) House, and vhe bad condition of the roads. Afver belabouring the Presbyterians and Episcopalians in geueral, he goes on to attack taoeir ministers in a most uncivil manner; s.iat- ing that instead of lending their energies to the suppression of intemperance they are known to frequent saloons &¢ , and be in the habit of. in- dulging in their glass of wine or " hot-staff." Why ace those ministers, Mr. Sanctity, that you caught with the toddy bowl under their skirt 2 bose of Millbank f presume. I fear very much, Sir, that your skirts are not so clean as those of some you have reviled. ' He next endeavors to lead us to suspect that he is aman of discernment, and perhaps a little foreknowledge ; in proof of which he predicts the downfall of the Churches whieh are the sub- ject of his invective. He already sees indica- ions of decay--they are dwindling away he says. Yes, thinks he, the day iz not far dis- taut, on which the villagers, with sackcloth on theic loins, and ashes on their heads, shall point to arain here and another yonder, and say-- "those were once houses of worship, behold them now ; these are the lamentable results of attending a concert and an Inn." But there is another Charch in the said vil- lage of Millbank, to the membefs of which, cer- tain paltry offences, as well as certain very gross violations of is professedly ptire discipline, and the laws by which, as a commanity, we are governed, can be traced; nevertheless there was no attempt made toslander it. No, no! that immaculate thing, and those included within its pale, cannot be mentioned in this unholy connexion, but by way of coatrust. And why was it spared? The reason is obvious. But '(let those that live in glass houses not throw stones," for, were the ac.ions of some of the " Brethren," submitted to as severe a scrutiny as that he has just made; or the same criterion employed by which to jadge them, we would discover many wolves in sheep's clothing. When divested of their cloaks of hypocrisy, what ghastly objects they would appear befuve society | : st Reader, do you imagine that while -- this satirical sevibbler very blandly addresses you as Dear Christian, and asks you to deplore with him, the wickeilness of the times, and lend your aid to crush intemperance--I ask, do you imagine there is one spark of sincerity in his to revile, and pour out his rancorous vitupera- tions on those, as he supposes, doomed Churches. and now, if{ might take the liberty of sug- gesting a piece of advice to one gratuitous and self-coustituted conscience-kee; e-, 1 would say --e cautious in future, not to appear in pub- lie print, wichout a more popular topic thaa that of slandering a community, P ; Yours truly, JUSTILLA: To the Editor of the Herald. Sin,--when [ iast communicated wi h you, it was on' passing events," and to those wuo pro- fessed to call themselve, by the name of' christi- ans. I now feel happy to inform you that there is, in some Christians amongst us a spirit of re- sentment, ag.inst anything and everything aris- ing from deunkenness. i am informed fcom wnat I consider good authority, that the Rev. Mr. Beatty, of Millbank, has refused to accept the proceeds of the concert held there in behalf of the Church, because it proceeded from a nest of unclean birds. I think he did right in refus- ing, when parties imbued their hands, or [ might say some of their faces with -- blood. Suould such a state of things exist in a civilized community, I say, No! Where- After all that has ever been written and pro- claimed from platforms and pulpits against drunkenness, men will not take warning. They were the same in the days of Nuah. Why will not temperance men prove true to their princi- ples and shout and proclaim temperance through- out the length and breadth of our land? because they want the renewing and life stirring influ- ence of God's Holy Spirit within them. I hope the resentment made will be a warning to tavern keepers in general, not any more to attempt to delude the people, and the people take warning also: and not beaay more deluded by any Jadas. Christ was betrayed by the hands of a " Judas," for the sake of a few pieces of silver, as yon have been. I may say, as an Apostle said, " Brethren, I wot that through ig- norance ye have done this, as did also your rulers," who have licenced and by licensing, sancioned the doing. How diffreat would te the condition of all classes, especially the poor laboring men, who now, small aa their eacalgs are, press to theic lips the ¢ip of afflic.ion, aud wiuch has often proved to bo the cp of death. Gould not the em»loymert of capital, besides al the waste of time both in the sale and man ifac- ture of liquor, be anplied vo som> better pur ose, Yes! If it was, we would mot see so mvny faded cheeks or broken hearted wives and ragzed children parading highways and streets. God gant that the tim? may come when the axe can be laid to the root of the tree by removing the cause, and the effect will c2ase. j Bod 2th ase dsaes. ' We learn from the Belleville Zntelligencer that one of the most destructive freshets that has taken place during the memory of the * oldest inhabitants," occurred in that vici- nity during the late rains. The flood was oceasioned by the breaking up of e in the Moira which, owing to the still ice-bound, mine se of the river, cwnsing t The damage done is ¢ _teing 'mou h drunkenness exists God's Grace cannot exist--~.- words ? I say there is avi. His objecc is purely ~