: THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1264. 3 Tremss Mastinsor, Ciak ci %1e¢ Divisi Court, being sworn, testified to an Execution having been issued by him against Peter Stewart & Rumsey and placed it in Black's hands. Dr. Suaver, being sworn said :--In answer toa telegram from Peter went up to Carron- brook on the 25th Sep., last, Arrived their about 12 o'clock. Found the patient very low. He was spitting up blood from the lungs. Found a wound in the left side between the 8th and 9th ribs. The 8th rib was not fractured. The ball made its exit through the back. The patient's habits were not very temperate. He had de- lerium tremens a few days after he received the wound. The wound of itself was dangerous. Perer Errun, sworn said:--I was employed by the Bailiff to remove the car. When the whipple-trees and pole were got out a large num- ber of people gattered round. While I hitched one part some one else unhitched another. Black.took out a pistol and told the people to stand back or he would be forced to shoot. 'Said he did not wish to use it but would defend himself. Did not see the shot fired. They tried to put my horses in the ditch. Some wanted to smash the Car. They then tried to take away my horses. I was afraid of my life. John Nevin was under the influence of liquor. Hucn Ross, sworn, said :--Stewart asked me and Purcell to receipt the things. Did so. This was about two weeks previous to the day - Nevin was shot. Bl ck came to me about the pole and whipple-trees. Said he looked to me and Purcell for them. Wentto Nevin's. Peter and others were in the bar. Spoke to John about the matter, requesting him to give the things up, and save trouble. Said he had a claim and would not give them up till paid. Said it was $50. He told Black the things were in the stable--the keys were in his pocket and he defied him to get them. I then went home. Saw no more till scuffle commenced--Saw John Nevin's hand on Black's shoulder; heard Black tell Nevin to let him go. The two kept backing out towards the road. Black turned with his back to the east. In this way they kept backing till the shot was fired. The Nevens were under the influence of liquor. Dr. Hypx, sworn, said :--Saw the man about a week after the accident. Did not think the wound dangerous from the fact that no large vessels had been injured. The Judge briefly summed up the evidence, showing what the duty of constables under such circumstances was. Constables were not justi- fied in shooting unless in defence of their: own lives. The law protected them in the discharge of their duty. The evidence showed that Neven had connived with Stewart to prevent the Bailiff from getting the property. There were too many who had an idea that it was right to drive off the Bailiff and Sheriff. If the law was not respected we would soon go back to barbarism ; when the strongest man would rule --might becoming right, and brute force law. He showed that while bailiffs and constables had great power, it wag not intended they should abuse it. They were not justified in shooting or in taking away life merely because they were re- sis edin the discharge of their duty. In such cases the law provided a remedy by punishing the offending party. He showed that it was every man's duty to respect the law. The jury, after being 'absent for over two hours, brought in a verdict of guilty of com- mon assault. The prisoner was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment in the common jail, at hard labor. PRESENTMENT. Granp Jury Room, 26th March, 1864. COUNTY OF PERTH, 2 The Grand Jurors of TO WIT: our Sovereign Lady the Queer, on their Oath, Present :-- That it is with much pleasure they view the decrease of litigation in the County, and also the decrease of crime, there having been but two cases of crime broughi b:fore them on the pres- ent occasion, in only one of which a " True Bill" was found. Bert they are of the opinion that in this case, although no Bill could be found on the several counts of the Indictment, yet that Baker was guilty of gross neglect of duty as a Con- stable in not preventing Black from using his pistol, and in not apprehending him after the shot was fired; and would recommend that his name be struck from the List of Constables of the County, if that has not already been done. They further present that they have. visited the Jail, and find it in a very insecure state. The prisoners, with one exception, have no com- plaints; and the Jail is clean and "im every respect well kept. One of the prisoners, named William Burns, is held in Jail for debt. . It ap- pears he has no property, and the only way in which he could pay the claim is by his labor, they would, therefore, recommend that. the proper steps be taken to have the prisoner released. They also find a boy, named McLaughlin, in Jail, who is, apparently, hopelessly insane, and would recommend that the proper steps be taken to have him removed to the Lunatic. Asylum. in Toronto. They also further present, that they have much pleasure in congratulating your Lordship on your elevation to the Bench, on this your first visit in an official capacity to this County, and hope you may long be spared to wear your honours, and that in your subsequent visits you may have as little to do as you have this Assizes. All of which is respectfully eubmitted. meme (Signed,)~ THOMAS SMITH, Foreman. The Macdonald-Sicotte Ministry. (From the Montreal Telegraph.) No Ministry ever fell so ignominiously as that which has just resigned. Years of boasting and promises in opposition, followed by twenty-two months of boasting and promises in' office have ended in a cowardly suicide to avoid trial and judgment. ,. The miserable criminal who recently cheated the gallows at Toronto deserved more commiseération, for he faced his fortune until hope was exhausted, and his death was as bold as his life had been wicked. But this Ministry of false pretences, which has shrunk from no crime to perpetuate its reign, which has squan- dered the public revenue and prostituted the patronage of the Crown in the grossest acts of corruption, vengeance and intimidation, fell by its own hand out of very fear rather than stand on its defence, at the very moment when it was offered a full hearing, and a fair trial, before a jury chosen by itself, and which it declared in dying was favorable to its crimes. It never had .» the public confidence, nor the support of Par- liament; for nearly two years by dint of the grossest falsehood, by. liberal promises never meant to be performed, by pretensions to public virtue which were daily ignored by. its acts, by the basest intrigues, and by open and secret cor- ruption it succeeded in maintaining itself in office. The power thus usurped was. used, to persecute officials supposed to be fayorable to its opponents, whose characters, were recklessly attacked, who were brought to trial before Com- missioners hired to find them guilty, evidence or no evidence, and who were dismissed to make room for the hungry sycophants of the govern- ment, Its friends openly boasted that it would squeeze the patronage of the Crown as dry as a sucked orange, and when it had done s0, fling the rind to its successors; and it has done it. A crowd of destitute Grits and Rouges have been provided for; from the highest offices on the Bench to the lowest in the Public Depart- ments, room has been made for them. Its econ- omy consisted in increasing taxes, in robbing the Sinking Fund, in bribing constituencies with hundreds of thousands of dollars, in loaning an enormous amount of money to the Bank of Upper Canada at a nominal rate of interest, without the consent of Parliament, in doubling the ex- penses of legislation, in spending nearly a hundred thousand @ollars to rake up and manu- facture charges against its predecessors, and in subsidising sickly newspapers to sing its praises and vilify its opponents. Of its crimes and its offences the record is interminable ; of its good deeds no man can speak. Ministers told us their economy was thorough and wonderful, but in- visible ; their virtue was of the same substarce, it refused to be seen. The little legislation they attempted was a failure; their Militia law was the ruin of the service, and yet it cost five times that of their predecessors; an outlay equal to $12 per man for a force of 40,000 men has not procured an available drilied force of 7,000, while the officers have been discouraged, and the men disgusted. The basis of their declared policy was the equalization of revenue and expenditure ; with a greatly increased income from new taxes, the result has been an enormous deficiency, which falsifying the public accounts could not conceal. By their treachery, falsehood, trickery and bad faith they created an antagonism be- tween Canada and the Lower Provinces, injured the reputation of the Province abroad, and de- pressed the value of our public securities. Dur- ing their administration Canada has been con- verted into a recruiting ground for the Federal armies, our soil has been invaded without im- pediment or remonstrance by foreign kidnappers, and British subjects have been carried away by force and fraud to crowd the dungeons and serve in the armies of the United States; and there has been no redress. They have exhausted the public patience ; they had heaped up a load of obloquy greater than even they could sustain; their own consciences impeached them for the crimes they committed, and they cheated justice by suicide. Impartial history will inscribe their record, and hand them down to eternal infamy. After all the cry of ' factious opposition" it is satisfactory to know that the ministry did not fall from the blows of others; but because the time had come, after long delay, when by its appointment it should be prepared to produce the measures and propound the policy it had promised ; and it had no measures and no policy which it dared submit to the public eye. Mysterious Poisoning Case. (From the Huron Signal, March 24.) A case of poisoning has occurred in the gen- erally peaceable township of Tuckersmith, which, to say the least, is surrounded with much mys- tery. We will give the case as succinctly as possible, without unnecessarily prejudicing th» public mind against parties accused of crime. About two and a half miles from Harpurhey there lived in a shanty a laborer named Joseph Gallagher, his wife and two children, and a young man who had been boarding with them for a year or more, named Matthew Foster. It }appears on inquiry that Gallagher was jealous of his wife and had on one or two occasions ac- cused her of undue intimacy with Foster. Their life together was not, evidently, a very happy one. However that may be, Gallagher was in perfect health up to the morning of the 23rd of February last. On that fatal morning he got up early, kindled a fire, singing lustily as he did so, and made preparations for breakfas .-- Previous to sitting down to table, it was pro- posed, (by whom we have not learned) and agreed to that Foster and Gallagher should take a dose of salts each, by way of an appetiser. The salts were accordingly mixed in separate cups by Mrs. Gallagher, and Foster swallowed his first, but he threw them of his stomach or pretended to do so. -Gallagher also swallowed his, but took sick at Breakfast and went to the door, took cramps in his extremities and had to be lifted into bed, where he lingered in great pain until ten o'clock of the same morning, when he died, his only remark being "that he was a fool for taking the salts." It is mentioned as a curious circumstance that a man who was work- ing within a few feet of the shanty in which the tragedy took place heard nothing of it by way of alarm or otherwise until some hours after Gallagher's death. When the fact of deceased's sudden death leaked out, an inquest commenced by Dr. Coleman in Morton's hotel, Seaforth, (on the 24th February) and has been going on up to the 18th of the present-month.» A post mortem examination of the body was*made by Drs. Fitz- simmons of Egmondville and Smith of Seaforth, who testified that in their opinion death was caused by "blood poison," the appearance indi- cating the presence of nux vomica or strychnine. Mr. J. Bryden, constable of Egmondville, was sent with the stomach to Prof. Crofts, of Toronto, who reported that he had detected some strych- nine in the contents of the stomach, but expected to find more in the tissues: His final report had not been received when the inquest closed. There were eighteen jurymen, Edward Cash, Esq., Harpurhey, foreman. After listening to an immense amount of evidence, more or less relevant, the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against Mrs. Gallagher, with a strong suspicion of her having been aided and abetted by Matthew Foster. The two, who had been in! close custody all the time, were brought up by express. train and Jodged sin jail on Saturday night by Constable Moran and Brydon... Foster is described as a huge six-footer, abuut 27 years of age, rather timid, having a treacherously bad memory. Mr. Gallagher is a diminutive, ema- ciated, sunburnt old woman, the last woman a young man could fancy. She has one son about 14 years of age, and another between four and five. She is near accouchment.. Parting from her child was a most heartrending sight. They both declared their innocence and assert that deceased often threatened to take his own life, They made no attempt at any time to escape. The London Herald notices that the foreign press persists, in ealling the infant son the Prince of Wales the Duke of Corn- wall. It says this is an utter mistake. His Royal. Highness's father, tle Prince, sits in the House of Lords as Duke of Corn- wall--the princedom of Wales being in no shape a Parliamentary title. The infant Prince, «after his christening, will be called by his christian name. with the 'prefix of prince, until it may please the Crown fo con- eae ns OE TA fer a peerage upon him. Our readers will see that the Heruld, with the exception of about three columns, is this week printed on new type. It now con- tains more reading matter than any weekly paper published west of Toronto. We would call the attention of business men, and others, who desire to advertise their wares, to the important fact thatthe Heruld com- mands the largest circulation in the county, and is, therefore, an excellent advertising medium. Focal Iniclilgence. PDP PDPDPDP ALDI LDIAL aed - PRAVELLERS' GUIDE, TRAINS LEAVE STRATFORD Granp Trunk Ratmway, Going East. Day Hxpress::. 5. .s.0% epee 100Pr.u Night aprons 252. 150 A.M. MATRA EE, SES i ae . 8.02 arm ] [Accommodation 33.0.0 3 4.30 p, M. Going West. ; Day Ax press so. ae seeee 4.30 PM Night Express, <.o:suead:> sae 4.30 a.m MBSR Sr)... Ug. es 8.05 P.M ACCOMMOGAION. .2:..444 hamden 3.05 Pp. M. Burrato & Lake Huson Ramway. Going East. NIG DE UX DICSS 5» «i500 siesiore genie aie 12,35 a.m, BEUAIO Ne rn. wet) cock Sane 4.25 P.M AGCOMMOGATION....... sees eeey . 10,45 a.m Going West. Day! Expresss? ica soi? Lown Council Proceedings. The Council held a special meeting on Monday. evening last.. Present the Mayor and Council- lors, P. Watson, J. A. Scott, McDonald, Kirk, Sayers, Fuller, Mitchell, James, Sullivan, Imlach, Robarts, Sharman and D. Scott. ACCOUNTS. James Hamilton, repairing windows, $1 75. DISPUTED TAXES. A letter was read from Sheriff Davidson offer- ing to pay the Council $111 175, if they would accept this amount in full of claim and costs. Mr. Davidson's property in this town was too high assessed. It was assessed at the rate of town lots instead of farm property. -The taxes amounted to $303 42. The taxes not having been paid, the property was advertised for sale for taxes by the Sheriff. The costs of this pro- ceeding amounted. to $39 72, When the matter was afterwards considered, the Council redueed the claim to one third or $101 14. Mr. David- son now claims an equal reduction in the costs which the Council are not prepared to allow. The Clerk was instructed to write him that he must pay the $101 14, and settle the whole of the costs. FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT, The following was submitted by the Finance Committee: Resolved tkat the Mayor give the Treasurer an order to pay over to the County the sum of $1546 on account of County tax for 1863. (Signed) J. A. SCOTT, Chairman, CEMETERY QUESTION. The committee appointed at a previous meet- ing to receive proposals and examine the different pieces of land offered: and report as to which piece they considered: best adapted for a public cemetery, submitted-a statement to the Board. Three offers had been made: Part of Lot B, in the 2nd -con., Downie, had been offered at $100 per acre. This, the com- mittee could not recommend because the level crossing of the Grand Trunk Railway on Erie street, would cause danger to funeral pro- cessions ! ! The next was part of Lot 3, in the Ist con., Downie, at the rate of $80 per acre. This property belongs to Mr. Hinman. Not recom- mended because it is situated within the cor- poration. The next was from Mr. McCulloch, composed of the northerly 20 acres of Lot 1 in the 2nd con., Ellice, Price $80 per acre payable : $600 down, $500 in one year, and $500 in two years, with interest. Mr. Mitchell objected to paying so much for land, the timber orf which was good for nothing. It would cost nearly $20 an acre to clear it, and $15 to fence it. The whole would cost much more than the town could afford to pay. He was in favor of purchasing a public cemetery, but not at such a price. It was altogether too much compared with the value of farm property Mr. P. Watson said that the site recommended by the committee was unsuitable. It was very low and wet in some parts. Mr. Fuller objected to it because it was for- est land. It would be 8 or 10 years before it could be used unless the stumps were taken out which would involve too great anexpense. He would prefer a piece of cleared land. Mr. Imlach said the Committee had examined the land and concluded this was the best. Mr., Mitchell showed that by the time it 'was fit for use it would cost over $5000 !! Mr. Sherman - considered Mr. Hinman's offer amuch better one. The land was cleared--the stumps were all out--it was also fenced, and its situation was an excellent. one. It was ap-: proached by two good roads. Mr. P. Watson thought before the Council purchased so much land it would be advisable to ascertain whether all the denominations would take part of it. Mr. Mitchell thought the matter had better be left over for a month or two. Mr. Imlach suggested that the Committee had better withdraw its report altogether and allow the Council to attend to their own busi- ness. Mr. P. Watson had no objection to the report being passed if the passing of it did not bind the Council to purchase. Mr. Mitchell said it would bind the Council. On motion of Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. McDonald the report was ordered to lie over for a month and thatthe Committee then re- port. STREET NUISANCES, A petition was read from Messrs. J. A. Carrall, S. Smith, G. Stone and others, praying the Coun- cil to cause Mr. Basson to remove his saw logs and lumber &c., off the streets. In accordance with the wish»of the Council, His Worship promised to see that the nuisance complained of was,removed-at-once: » rs ; . Sullivan called the attention of the Coun- cil to the number of pigs running at large. -His Worship recommend that the names' of the principal streets be put up on the different corners. ; A DISGRACEFUL SCENE. Mr.'S. li. Robarts moved, seconded by Mr. Imlach, That, the Town Clerk be strictly | pro- hibited from using the Town Seal except in ac- cordance with resolutions of Council. Mr. Robarts said the Clerk had been attaching the Corporate Seal to things called Consular Certificates which were perfectly illegal. The Mayor had no right to use the Corporate Seal for any such purpose. It was committing a gross fraud upon the Council, and obtaining money under false pretences. He was simply swindling the public. If the Mayor wished to obtain money in this frandulant manner and to swindle the public he must not use the Cor- porate Seal in doing so, thereby compromising the honor of the town. The Mayor said the first certificates issued were written out by Mr. Robarts himself, and the seal of the Corporation was, by Mr. Robarts, at- tached to these certificates. He merely issued certificates in accordance with the usage of his predecessors, and of Mr. Robarts particularly. The language which Mr. Robarts had just used towards him in his official position as Mayor of the town was such as no gentleman would use towards another. He had accused him, as Mayor, with having obtained money under false pretences, with having committed fraud upon the public, with having been guilty of swindling and so on. He would take proper steps te vindicate his character from such charges. Mr. J. A. Scott said some people liked to make mountains out of mole hills. He did not feel justified in sitting still and hearing such dis- graceful language used towards the Mayor in his official capacity. The language was most in- famous--most disgraceful! He (Scott) had issued certificates and so had the Ex-Reeve, Mr. Robarts. He would like to know what was wrong in the Mayor's using the Corporate Seal in granting certificates or passports to British subjects going tothe other side. Mr. Mitchell said ho had never heard such language in his life as that used towards the Mayor to-night. It was most disgraceful. He was glad to write the. Mayor on one occasion when in Buffalo, and get his certificate; it answered the purpose for which it was intended. He repeated that the way the Mayor had been spoken to was disgraceful in the extreme, and he would be very sorry to sanction it by his silence. Mr. Imlach explained that in seconding the resolution he intended no insult to the Mayor. He did not approve of, or endorse the language used by the mover. Mr. P. Watson thought Mr. Imlach had been misled in the matter. He believed the thing was brought up to gratify alittle petty spleen. He judged so from what he had seen from week to week for some time past in a town paper. He would be no party to suchacourse. It was most disgraceful and uncalled for. He could see nothing wrong in the Mayor's using the Corporate Seal so long as it did good. How could the honor of the Council be compromised by the Mayor using the Corporate Seal on a paper which simply stated that so and so was a British Subject. There was a mean spirit be- hind the whole affair which he condemned. Mr. James protested against the use of sucy vile and unseemly language as had been used here tonight. He referred to a number of in- stances which came under his own notice to show that the Corporate Seal of cities and towns was used by the Mayor merely to show that the papers were genuine. Mr. Robarts repeated part of his charges and said he had no apology to offer for the language he had used. On motion of Mr. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. P. Watson, Mr. Robarts' spiteful motion was ordered to be filed. The Council adjourned until Monday evening' next, vila aE 7 Back From Quesnc.--Mr. Macfarlane returned from Quebec on Saturday evening last. Never BeninpHanp.--Marshall Bros. announce in to-day's issue, that they have commenced to open out their Spring and Summer Goods. Their Stock is large and will be found very com- plete. We will be able to mention the varicties next week. x= On last Friday a Wood-Sawing Machine, manufactured in the Stratford Foundry, by Mr. Joseph Sherman, was tried by Mr. Grippin on the vacant lot opposite Mr. Joseph Johns' Hotel, and found to work admirably. "Now that wood. is becoming scarce almost every farmer in the County should have one of these useful Machines. Any farmer who has a Threshing Machine can use the Horse P driving the Wood-Sawer. Mr. Sherman is" prepared to manufacture these and eve Machine or implementa farmer may requ See his Ad. ih Gopry's Lapy's Boox.--Godey, for April, has come to hand. Its contents are peculiary at- tractive. The colored fashion plate contains six figures, which, for execution and truthfulness, will rank A. No.1. The frontispiece, a steel engraving, is a very pretty one, and the sub- ject interesting, A comic. engraving is the Drum Minor, which cannot fail to draw a smile; as well from old as young. The pres- ent number also contains an original piece of music, arranged for the piano, and about fsixty eag @zings, including the latest fashions in eveiy article required by 'the ladies, besides the usual amount of literary matter. Godey' re- quires from us no praise. Its merits are too well known. Suffice it to say that the number before us is, in every way, worthy of its prede- cessors. Mr. Winter is the only Agent in Strat- ford for Godey. County or Perti AGricuntuRAL Socrgry's Spring Provanine Marcu.--We direct the atten- tion of ourjreaders to the following resolutions, passed at the last meeting of the Directors of the County of Perth Agricultural Society, with re- gard to the Prize offered by Mr. Hall, of Oshawa, for the Spring Ploughing Match :--Srratrorp, March 22nd, 1864. The Secretary read a com- munication from J. D. Hanson, Esq., Stratford, notifying the Directors that Joseph Hall, Esq., of Oshawa, had placed a 'Hubbard Mower" at the disposal of the Board, for the purpose of be- ing awarded to the best Ploughman in the County, at a Ploughing Match to come off as early as practicable in the month of April next, upon which the following resolution was unani- mously 1 a3sed :--Resolved,--That the Board of Directors of the County Agricultural Society of the County of Perth do hereby tender their sin- cere thanks to Joseph Hall, Esq., of Oshawa, for the " Hubbard Mower" gratuitously presented as a premium to the best Ploughman; and they hope that Mr. Hall's success in supplying this section of the Province with Improved Agricul- tural Implements' may be commensurate with the liberality displayed by him on the .present occasion. ~ That the Secretaty transmit.a copy of this resolution to Mr. Hanson, Stratford, as early as possible, with the' view ef its being for- warded to the proper quarter. ' nee Downle and Gore. ----_ never been present at an examination where the pupils exhibited a greater degree of progress. The answering of the Geography and History classes was admirable and their reading was excellent. In every other branch of study the same proficiency was exhibited. Mr. Whaley is an excellent teacher; one who takes a great interest in those under his care. He has a happy faculty of communicating his ideas to his pupils --he appears to have a thorough command in his school and yet his pupils seem to be greatly attached to him. He makes the young under his care feel that learning is a pleasure and the school room a happy place. The following is the prize list, together with a list of those who had not to be reproved once during the Quarter, First Cuass.--James McFarlane, Ist; John Richardson, 2nd; Robert Harrison, 3rd. Szconp Cuass, Ist Division--Andrew Bradshaw, lst ; Elizabeth Jones, 2nd; Eliza Richardson, 3rd. Szeconp Crass, 2nd Division--John Dunseith, lst; Elizabeth McFarlane, 2nd; William Dart, 3rd. Turrp Cxiass.--William Moss, lst; Eliza Dougless, 2nd; Wm. McFarlane, 3rd. Fourta C1iass.--Sarah Jane Bradshaw, lst; Sarah Jane Watson, 2nd; Joseph Bradshaw, 3rd. Eneuisa Hisrory.--John James Kelso, Ist ; Nancy John- ston, 2nd; Sarah Boyd, 3rd. Grograpny.-- Nancy Johnston, 1st; Sarah Boyd, 2nd; James Hanan, 3rd. Grammar.--Sarah Boyd, Ist; Nancy Johnston, 2nd; James Hanan, 3rd. Latin AND Greek Roots anp SpeLiinc.--Ann Worden, 1st; Sarah Boyd, 2nd; Nancy John- ston, 3rd. Best Writing, Girls --Ann Worden, lst; Emma Worden, 2nd. Most Improvement, Girls.--Sarah Jane Watson and Elizabeth Wor- den. Brst Writine, Boys.--George Jones and William Dunseith. Generat Proricrency.-- George Jones. Goon Conpvcr, not requiring reproof once during the Quarter.--Ann Worden, Elizabeth Worden, Emma Worden, Sarah Jane Watson, S:rah Jane Bradshaw, Sarah Boyd, Margaret Duuseith, Isabella Dunseith, Sophia Curey, Josephine Curey, Margaret Morrow, Elizabeth Morrow, Malinda Richardson, Cather- ine Odbert, Joseph Bradshaw, Andrew Bradshaw, George Boyd, Samuel Dunseith, William Dun-. seith, John Watson, John McFarlane, Thomas McFarlane, Adam Manners, Thomas Shore, William Jones, sr., John Jones, Whitney Haines, and Walter Duperow. REN Cad a Wallace. The Council met pursuant to adjournment. All the Members present. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The following communications were received and read :--Report of the Inspector of Taverns; account of Lewis Bolton Esq., amounting to the sum of $15, for engineering done on the Wallace gravel road ; Report of the Reeve, on the matter of the petition of George Corbitt and others, re- ceived last Council meeting, in reference to the obstructions on the fourth line ;--Petition of L. 8. Denyes and thirty-five other ratepayers, for Tavern certificate for John Proudlove. Re- solved, on motion of Mr. McDermot, seconded by Mr. Kee, that the report of the Tavern Inspector be received and adopted, and that Tavern certificates be accordingly granted to John Nor- man, Thomas McClatchey, Jane Cowan, and Thomas Mulvey, on their complying with the further requirement of By-Laws Nos. 53 and 64, and that in compliance with the petition of L.S. Denyes and others, a Tavern certificate be granted to John Proudlove on the same con- ditions provided the Tavern Inspector finds his accommodations to be such as the By-Law for '| the regulation of taverns requires, and certifies thereto. On motion of Mr. Mulvey, seconded by Mr. McDermot, the account of Lewis Bolton Esq., was referred to the gravel road committee. On motion of Mr. Kee, seconded by Mr. McDer- mot, the Deputy-Reeve was authorized to sell immediately any valuable timber on the road allowance between the township of Wallace and Maryborough, opposite the 10th and 11th con- cession, and to apply the proceeds to the im- provement of the aforesaid portion of the town line. Resolved, on motion of Mr. McDermot, seconded by Mr. Kee, that, in conformity with the recommendations contained in the Report of the Reeve respecting the petition of Corbitt and others, Joseph Rogers be notified to remove the obstructions caused by his buildings encroaching on the public road allowance, within ten days and that in default of his not doing so, the 'Reeve be authorized and required to compel him. Resolved, on motion of Mr. Kee, seconded by Mr. Mulvey, that tho Listowell and Wallace central gravel road committee be required to re- port to this Council their liabilities and expen- ditures and that their accounts be submitted to the township Auditors to be audited, and that the said committee, 'cease to act as such, until their accounts are passed by this Council and the coumittee reorganized, and that said report and accouuts be submitted at the next sitting of the © Council. Resolved, on motion of Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr. MeDermot: That Messrs. Kee and Mulvey's resolution respecting the auditing of the accounts of the gravel road committee be rescinded, and that the' committee be required to report to this Council at its next sitting, on all their receipts and disbursements in connection with said road, that the said report be placed for audit along with the Treasurer's account, that- the Auditors report thereon at the same time as on the Treasurer's account, and that the com- mittee be re-organized by appointing James Bolton, Esq., Reev , one of said committee in place of Wm. Follis, Esq., resigned. Resolved on motion of Mr. McDermot seconded by Mr. Campbell, That tle following parties, viz: A. McComb, James English, A, Huney, John Ramsey, R. Strong, James Strong, and W.C Lewis, who hold orders against the gravel road. committee for work done on said road, be al-. lowed their taxes for the year 1863, by having thes amount endorsed on their orders, and that John Corbitt, contractor, and Lewis Bolton, Esq., be also allowed their taxes for 1863 by having the same charged against them in part payment for their servites. Resolved, on motion of Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Mc- Dermot, that it be considered a part of the Tavern Inspector's duty to require the Tavern Keepers to show him their licenses, and that the Tavern Keepers be required to show the same to the Inspector when so required, 'Resolved, on motion of Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Kee: That the Reeve and the Clerk be a committee to revise and consolidate the By-Laws of the: township with the view of having the same pub-. lished and that the committee report to the Council within two months from date. On motion of Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Kee, the Reeve was instructed to petition the On Thursday lastwe had the pleasure of being present at the Quarterly Examination of the | The Council accordingly adjourned.--C. M, pupils of Mr, Wm. Whaley's school. We have | HEMSWORTH, Township Clerk. Sn Governor in Council in behalf of this Munici- pality, to cause the amount due this tow: from the improvement Fund to be paid to 'the Township Treasurer, and to entrust said peti- tion to R. Macfarlane Esq., M. P. P. Resolved, on motion of Mr, Campbell, seconded by Mr. Malvey : That the Council do now adjourn, to meet at Shipley on Saturday the "th day of | May for the purpose of holding a Court of Re- vision, and for the despatch of their business. ri al