Rn a asco -- THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864. Gounty of Perth Herald. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864 Mr. Dorien's Test Yote---The Ministry Sustained. The only part of "Mr. Galt's Budget to which the Factionists could or can offer any the abolition of the Canal Tolls. This is a subject upon which something may be said pro and con, and the Factionists and their organs have made, and are muking, the most of it. M. Dorion moved an amend- ment to that part of Mr. Galt's scheme, the discussion upon which occupied the House _ for better than a week. The long and bom- tie speeches of forfmer days were re- peated, and every charge that could be thought of urged agains: the Ministry in order to bring about their defeat. All } proved abortive, however. On the vote be- ing taken, the result was as follows :-- | Yeas--Messrs. Ault, Bell, (North Lanark) Biggar, oe Bowman, Brown, Burwell, ; Caron, ambers, Coupal, Cowan, Dickson, AA Dorion, J B E Dorion, Dufresne, (Iberville) Dunsig@fd, Fortier, Gagnon, Geoffrion, Holton, Houde; Howland, Huntington, Huot, Joly, La- breche-Viger, Laframboise, Lajoie, Macdonald, Glengarry) Macdonald, (Toronto West) Mac- : onald, (Cornwell) Macfarlane, Mackenzie para Mrckenzie, (North Oxford) Me- onkey, McDougall, McGiverin, MclIutyre, McKellar, Mowat, Munro, Notman, O'Halloran, Paqietie, Parker, Perrault, Pouliot, Remilla.d, Ross~ (Prince Edward), Rymal, Scatcherd, Scoble, Smith, (Toronto East) Smith, (East- Durham) Somerville, Surton, Thibaudeau, Thompson, Wallbridge,(North Hastings) Wells, White, Wright, (East York).--62. Nays--Messrs. Abbott, Alleyn, Archambault, Beaubien, Bell, (Russell) Bellerose, Blanchet, Bown, Brousseau, Buchanan, Cameron, Carling, Cartier, Cartwright, Cauchon, Chapais, Cock- burn, Cornellier, Currier, Daoust, _DeBoucher- ville, Denis, Duckett, Dufresne, "(Montcalm) b Evanturel, Fergusson, (South Simcoe) Ferguson, F Frontenac) Galt, Gaudet, Harwood, Higginson, rvine, Jackson, Jones, (North Leeds and Gren- ville) Jones, (South Leeds) Knight, Langevin, Boboutillier, Macdonald, (Atty. Gen.) McGee, "Morris, Pinsonneault, Pope, Poulin, Powell, Price, Rankin, Raymond, Rooitaille, Rose, undas) Shanjy, Simpson, Street, Sylvain, Tas- Creme fasse, Turcotte, Walsh, Webb, Wilson, Wright, (Ottawa County)--64. This shows a majority of two in favor of the Ministry. There are otiiers, however, who will, on ther general policy. or ou a direct vote of want of confidence, sup- rt-tie Ministry, so that mere Is now little oubt thav they will be able to go on with the affairs of the country. The result of M. Dorion's test vote has fearfully disap- | ointed the Hactionists, and all sorts oi Frings are being said. Mr. Rankin's vote Surprises them very wuch. They had -eounted all along upon him. Mr. Rankin, On being seated, declared himself independ- ent of either party, but from the fact that the policy of the Miuistry was a good one, fie was not prepared, merely to gratify Factionists, and for imere party purposes, fo refuse them fair trial. § Our readers will understind the worthiessues: Of any promise the Factionists may make after ibis. Lhey will remember that the Grits gave up offie: voluntarily, because they were in no way prepared to go on--the premier promised to assist any Ministry that ' Succeeded him; in pissing measures for the encial good of the country--yet in the ace of ali this, the Grits offer a factious and wnrexsonable opposition to the new men. They oppose them and have attempted to vote tiem down in tie face of their own declaration that the policy of the new Go- " yeruiucnt is, to a great extent, copicd from "their own. Can there be anvthing more factious or unreasonable than this? OSM E: "th, ee citi, aad Ss nnn Se a Sy eR a eT E The Grit organ of this County feels its position to bea desperate one. [ts saiva- tion and that of its favorite depends on the » Trish element of this County being divided »--a union of that large, intelligent and powerful section of the people once effected and Gritism is dead. No wonder the orgin | feels touchy on matters affecting the subject. The intemperate, uncalled for and insulting Mengnage made use of by Mr. oandficid *, Macdonald, on a recent occasion in his piace on the floor of the House, regarding ni . Dosniaata of Canada--comparine them | 'with the Thugs of Indi, one of the m-st | = Giabolical societies of men the world has ever witnessed, appears to huve affected the organ's peace almost as much as the cnt has. The organ says it was not Mr. Sandfield Sg who compared the Orangemen with the | Whugs, but Mr. McGee. On this subject the Leader says: "We do not wonder at Mr. Sandfield Macdon- ald's newspapers endeavoring to raise a false issue in hisfavor. He sadly needs it. He made either & very injurious slip or a very bold, statement, when he compared the Orange body to the Thugs of India, "That he did so is undeniable. It will mot do to say that Mr. Sandfield Macdonald was merely repeating the words of Mr. McGee, ' when ' gm the Reform ranks.' We have not yet seen one of the papers which made this statement so holdly produce the slightest evidence upon which to base their view except a distorted re- ia the Globe.» Where are Mr. McGee's ords? On what occasion did he tall the Dea titans Thogs? We confess we do not re- member. We never heard it before. The Globe and its sattelites might as well try to prove that sition with any decr_e of plausibility is | the « S Oat f } ji aps the organ will enlighten the public | by naming the place and occasion when Sandfield Macdonald was but repeating the words of Mr. McGee. The after-debate shows the ab- surdity of this quibble. If these journals are corr: ct, surely it would have been most absurd of Mr. John A. Macdonald to rise immediately a'terwards and denounce the member for Corn- wall for saying a thing he had not said, We can easily understand how Mr. Sandfield Mac- donald would attempt to wriggle out of the false position in which his intemperate and ill-cen- sidered language places him. This is but a specimen of his habitual conduct. He denies everything that it is not his interest to adhere to. In this respect he is thoroughly unscrupu- lous. He said what was reported of him about the Orangemen and exactly what the Attorney- General West and many others in the House un- derstood him to say. This is the fact, and no amount of special pleading can alter it. Orange- men of Canada, how do you like the appellation given you by Mr. Sandfield Macdonald ?" We think this is pretty conclusive. Per- pretty Mr. McGee used such language--if it does not, then the language applied to us--viz : *' Inpudence--not to say downright lying-- has certainly reached its climax," will return to the place whence it emenated, We are surprised that the organ, impudent and brazen as it is, can muster courage to refer to such matters. Has it not repeatedly called Orangemen common, lawless, blood- thirsty buliies--has it not called the Orange processions which usually take place on the 12th of July, "barbarous displays of Pro- testantism ;" has it not called them mid- night assassins meetiny in dark rooms with dark lanterns for evil purposes--on the other hand, has-it not denounced Popery, priests, nunneries, Xe., &e., in the vilest lan- guage? Yet the organ feels shocked that we should publish Mr. Sandfield's language regarding the Orangemen--really the organ's modesty is on a par with the noble and generous impulses of its conductors, Cousisient. The Hohe wis ahiost ai -utic beesuse £7 House refused to seat Mr Rankin for Essex. The Sheriif and all concerned were roundly rated for their conduct, and, in tuct, should have been, according to the Globe, summarily dealt with at once. 'Lhe case has been tried--and the committee have declarcd Mr, Rankin the member. Mr. Rankin declares himself' perfectly inde- pendent of both parties, but is prepared to give the Ministry a fair trial on the grounds that, unless absolutely necessary, he does n t want to pat the country to the expense of a yeveral electidn---accordingly he voted against M. Dorion's amendment in regard to the canal tolls. This has changed the case, in the eyes 0: the Globe, altogether-- and now, forsooth, Mr. Rankin is a mezn, contemptible fellow--capable of being bribed | Ts it not strange that ail who do not do just exuetly 48 Whe Globe or the Grits desire, are eliher ignorant, mean or worthless--nv watter how noble they may have been pre- viously-- and no soouer do one of these worthiess creatures become a"Grit than he is a yentleman | u si a 0B se TRhe "Enuas" and * Guts!" We recommend the following trathtu! comparison of the present Ministry, and their unprineipled opponents, taken from the Toronto freeman, to our readers : "For the life of us we cannot conceive what this unfortunate party is aiming at just now in their attempt to embarrass the genUemen who have succeeded them in office. For two long years they have had the reins of power in their hands; and at the expiration of that period, they came forward voluntarily and confessed themselves unable to conduct further the affairs of the country. The act was their own. They were not upset upon any measure brought before the House ; nor were they overthrown upon any non-confidence motion proposed by the then Op- position. Their resignation was, we are aware, regarded by some as an act of cowardice, as they were thoroughly satisfied that they did not com- mand a majority in Parliament, and_ were afraid to test the temper of the House in any way ; but it may be asked, what did they want with a majority. They had no measures to lay before the House after trifling for two long years with the best interests of the country and being guiliy of acts of extravagance, spoilation, and injus- tice, such as had never previously disgraced a British Colony. Look, too, at their couple of precious financiers--Messrs. Howland and Hol- ton--and then say, if you can, whether a more consummate pair of failures have ever belonged to any Government, in this or any other portion of the globe. Up to the time of their downfall nota single suggestion have we had from them relative to the grand question of our monetary condition. Mr. Howland entered upon his stupid apprenticeship by informing us that he had been led astray in his calculations thro' some in- correct information which he received on the subject of tanneries, &¢.; while Mr. Holton, who succeeded him, scorning to adopt a budget of blunders, threw it completely overboard and commenced his career with a flourish of trumpets, which ended in a fizzle more empty and ridicu- lous still. And in this way have those Grits managed our resources during their term of office. Not one single measure bearing upon our material interests has been carried into effect during the time of their'ascendency. What un- der heaven do they want? Do they imagine that the peoyile of this Colony are so insane as to permit them to return to power once again, so as that they may destroy for a second time our credit in the English money market--so as that they may squander thousands upon thousands on partisan and corrupt Cimmissions--so as that they may dishonor us again in the eyes of the Sister Provinces, turn the tide of immigration from our shores, sap the foundations of our in- stitutions, arrest all public improvements and destroy that confidence amongst us, which is so necessary to the building up of our nationality and the advancement of our material prosperity ? "Compare them with the gentlemen who now, fortunately, stand at the helm of our affairs. Here we have a Minister of Finance--Mr. Galt-- but a few days in office and yet he has perfected , Already has he made beneficial alterations in the fhe moon is made of green cheese as that Mr Tariff, which have recently become law, and his budget and opened it before Parliament. through which the public chest, so exhausted by his predecessors, is already becoming replenished, and that too without bearing in any degree upon the necessaries of life. The subject of emigra- tion also commands the able attention of Mr. McGee, who has thus early spoken clearly on the subject, and in whose hands it will receive that practical and desirable treatment which will convince all inten@éing emigrants from Europe, that when they arrive here they will not be considered interlopers that were "' white- washed at Grosse Isle." In short, the whole Cabinet is composed of men of uncommon ability and enlarged practical views who, flanked by that host in themselyes--the two Attorneys General--cannot but command the respect and confidence of the country. Of the gallant Pre- mier and his colleague in the Upper House there is but little to say, the former is known to every individual in the Province as a man of proud loyality, sterling abilities, and spotless character, while the latter is not the less so to those who have been long conversant with his status as a politician and aman. We are confident, then, that the good sense of the House will sustain the present Cabinet, rather than attempt to embar- rass it thus early in its existence ; for shculd the Government be forced to appeal to the country at this particular juncture--which we regard as highly improbable--they would be returned to power again with a majority so great as 'to heap the last shovelful upon Messrs. Macdonald-Dorion & Co. for many a long day to come. The Thugs. No person will accuse the Toronto Free- man of being very friendly to Orangeism. He is a Catholic, and therefore it is not to be expected that he would seek to ad- vance that society. In his opposition to it, bewever, he is out-spoken and manly, and Orangemen know what he means. It is not so with the late Premier and Mr. Geoige Brown. These gentlemen praise or blame, uphold or ecndemn just as their selfish in- terests prompt them. Referring to the ex- Premier's late attack upon Orangemen the "PeeMUn SAYS? **No one will accuse us of being friendly to Orangeism, for we believe it offensive to com- mon sense and to society, and are convinced that it ought not to be recognized as a power in the siate, ciluer directly or indirecuy, Yet we are unable to comprehend the sudden aversion to- donald, in his place in Parliament, when he com- pared those belonging to the Association to the Thugs of India--one of the most diabolical and murderous brotherhoods known to the history of mankizd. Now we have no objection to the hostility of the late Premier to Orangeism, were it even infinitely more violent; but what we are at aloss to discover is his reason foxy thus pounc- ing upon a society into which, if rumour be cor- rect, he once sought to steal, himself. Referring to this journal, Mr. Bucking- ham, in the last issue of the Bexcon, says :-- "Tnstead of love we have had rancour; vain contentions and disputings, such as 'do engen- der strife," where else all would have been peace and harmony; the setting of church against church, class against class, and country against country. Forargument, we have had appeals to the basest selfishness of men's natures. State- ments have been made affecting private charac- ter altogether destitute of truth, and which, even if true, ought never to have been made. Some of our noblest Christian townspeople have been pilloried to gratify a feeling of dislike, or to serve a petty political purpose, And worse than all, attempts have been made to set ablaze in our midst the smouldering embers of religious ani- | V mosity and discord." This, if applied to the Beacon, would be perieetiy correet--applied to the Herali, it is false. to show, from our editorial columus, proof ior what he states above! When have we and discord?" We have never made any such attempt! Mr. Buckingham's and his scntly prompter's arguments consist in | J uothing but the lowest of personal abuse and |j im nicknames, such as " Trish Doguns," * Negro Sluves." " Spaniel Dogs," " Cut Mun," &e., &e. The whole eareer of tlie Bereon proves this. To the basest pas- |] ln proof of what we here allege we have a highly respectable elass of the community --the Irish Catholics. The organ never re- ferred to these people in 1857 except in the wost valgar and disgusting manner. again, in 1858, it pursued the same course towards the Orangemen, whom it had pre- viously belabored with its fulsome praisc. And what is the beautiful article from which we extract the above but a gross, a villain- ous attack upon private insult to that respectable religious body Messrs aud identified ! Buckinghain eternally before the public. to " Deacon Gooch." wards it recently evineéd by Mr. Sandfield Mac- | or two after the fall of the Coalition Min- istry when the Beacon published a gross ath ae ee : . ' . is der to brine about his dismissal. same time vile attacks were made upon all uld as a public journal. vice, and his quotation from Hood, the only pointed thingin his letter, apply particu tion, therefore, that he did not apply for the office till Mr. Robb was dismissed, is simply absurd. No one disputes the Dr.'s right to apply for a government office when vacant, if it is only done in astraight forward way ; but for him to talk of his being sorry for Mr. Robb is the basest of hypocriey. How does he reconcile such an assertion with the fact of the hereditary claims of his relatives being kept before the government for the EXPRESS PURPOSE of being pressed so soon as a favorable opportunity offered ? Cease your cant, base hypocrite, it only adds in- sult to injury. Your baseness. and double- dealing are too well known for you to at- tempt any more deception. Your own po- litical friends understood your character when they dismissed you from being chair- man of the Reform Association! Is it to be supposed for a moment thata man who could act the part ofa tyrant towards one in whose veins flowed his own blood, would be a true friend to a stranger! There is not the slightest doubt of his having acted the hypocrit's part throughout--not only to Mr. Robb but to others. The Postmaster- General was well informed of the whole affair before Mr. Griffin reported the matter tohim. Does the Doctor know who thus secretly informed the Postmaster-General, lest the matter should be arranged without its coming to his ears? The only other part of the Doctor's letter whieh calls for remark is that where he says: " In conclus- ion I would recommend Mr. Robb to bear the consequences of his own folly in a more manly way, instead of everlastingly whim- pering and whining, and snarling at those who tried to help him, and those also who left him alone." Had the Doctor given che subject a moment's thought he would not bave tendered such advice. [t is not Mr. l,obb who has attempted to keep the matter The organ in which the Doctor's letter appeared is alone responsible for drawing rorth the remarks Which, evidently Lise uct been too pleasant It was buta week libel against Mr. Robb, as Postmaster, charging him with having entered into a con- spiracy to organize a band in the Northern 7 Townships to prevent the Reformers from voting for Mr, Foley, who was at first brought forward as a candidate. ject of this wilful slander was to prejudice The ob- Mr. Foley's mind against Mr. Robb, in or- At the other officials not of the Beacon tribe. When the blunder occurred which gave these hungry creatures a chance--to at! tempt to describe the scramble which en- sucd would be futile--suffice it to say that modesty triumphed over brazen inupude. ce, hereditary chrims and all other claims, and Mr. O'Lowue received the appointment to the no smaijl annoyance of those who had seeretiy poisoned Mr, Foley's mind against Mr. Robb for a base and selfish purpose. Sinee then Mr. Robb has been week after veek assailed in the columns of the Beacon --week after week he has been twitted about the immediate cause of his dismissal, but never once thought it worth while to We challenge Mr. Buekingham | reply, until Mr. Buckingham, yes, genile reader--thet gentlemanly individusl, Mr. Buckingham, the ex-private secretary who uttempted to "set ablaze in our midst the | now abuses his old master because he cannot smouldering embers of religious animosity | wake anything out of bim--uantil, we say, Mr. Buckingham, a few weeks since, made a gross personal attack upon Mr. Robb as iditor of this paper, for the purpase of in- uring him, as an individual, andthe /er- The Doctor's ad- arly to the disappointed office seekers .f sions of man's nature it has ever appealed. | this town, the chosen few, not to Mr, Robb. He was no applicant for the office at the only to refer to its course in 1857 towards | time he had the honor of being appointed -- and, in the presence. and hearing of E it. Sullivan, Esq., of this town, he said to Mv. Foley, when he lately saw that ger.tleman, Tue | ali he desired from him was certain explana- tions touching the way he was treated at the time of his dismissal--and that he did nut want either the Stratford Post Office or any other office from him; and that he did not desire that Mr. O'Loane should be character--an | meddled with. certain Clear Grits of this place, withia the with which the gentleman referred to, is | last four weeks, who were, hypocritically no doubt, saying he was not well treated, He has said as wuch to been dismissed." erate falsehood." afier |e was suspended. Mowat should be the very jast to take the name of religion into their Irps. SL a AG Sina In the last issue of the Beacon Dr. Hyde puts forth a really wonderful effort in reply to certain remarks which appeared in this journal of last week, we will pass over, merely remarking that we are sure it afforded the Doctoi a great amount of satisfaction--it is really witty-- his allusion to Don Quixote is so apropos. 'Oh dear!" wasn't it ? " before I went to Toronto, he (Mr. Robb) told at least one person himself that he had This is simply a " delib-- ¢ Mr. Robb was suspend- ed by Mr. Griffin on the evening of the 5th of September, about 5 o'clock, aud Mr. Carr was placed in charge of the office. Mr. Robb was instructed to act under Mr. Carr till the Postmaster-General should decide whether he would be dismissed or not. following morning the Dr. went to Toronto by the first train going east, in order to urge his hereditary claims. 3 he had gone to Toronto on that day.+i this town, where only the chosen few, most Mr. Robb, was not dismissed for some time f them but people of yesterday, are con- The Dr.'s asser- | *ideved fit for government offices, It was denied that', The first part The Dr. say> The and " that Mr. O' Loane should be dismissed, otherwise we would have a papist in every public office in the County." The Dr, had better apply his advice to himself and his poctical quotation to. the chosen few who felt so sore at losing the prize! Let him and his relatives cease whimpering and snurling because their pretended hereditury claims have been finally and effectually set side. Let the up starts of yesterday, Mr. Backingham and others, cease whimpering and snarling becanse a few of their base do- ings are rather roughly handled. Mr. Robb and his friends were among the first settlers of this County, and endured all the hardships and laboured under all the disid- vantages of the early pioneers of Western Canada, and if, therefore, he asked for « situation, as Mr. Mowat did for his situation of * Issuer of Marriage Licenses," it would not be extraordinary. He is not of the office seeking tribe, however, and he puts forth no hereditary claims to the Stratford Post Office or any other office--nor is. he wnxious for such an office, particularly in Mr. Robb was unjustly and harshly treated by Mr. Foley, at the instance of the chosen few, at the time of his dismissal, but that is no reason why he should, like them, now at- tempt to injure Mr. O'Loane. There is no doubt that Mr. Robb is rather annoying to these office seeking creatures and to others who are in office--they cannot get along as smoothly as formerly--there falsehoods are now corrected --their selfishness exposed, and those whom they would destroy are de- fended--these are things they were not used with hezetofore; no wonder the organ is eternally whimpering and snarling. Mr. Mowat went about the streets quietly whis- pering, while the Post Office matter was un- der consideration and before the Postmas- ter General's decision was made known, that Mr. Robb had better leave the place and go to the other side. This was very kind in that high-minded individual no doubt, but Mr. Rebb did not choose to follow his sug- gestion. He was conscious of having com- _ mitted no crime, and was prepared to take the consequences of his blunder. He did not leave then, and he is not going to leave now. He was then and is now ready to answer any charge which these worthies dare bring against him, At any time the . chosen few desire it, he is ready to compare his official career with that of others in this County. Do they desire such a comparison ? One other remark in the Dr.'s witty let- ter we will notice. The Dr. says "It is at those who tried to help him and those who let him alone that Mr. Robb snarls at while his castigators are alone tolerable in his eyes." This is an assertion just as truthful as the rest of the witty Dr.'s remtarks, When the Dr. shows that the gross attacks made upon Mr. Robb, both before and after his dismissal, were not for the purpose, vain of course, of damaging his character-- when he explains why the petition, generous- ly signed by the inhabitants of Stratford, in Mr. Robb's favor, was attempted to be burked by the chosen few, and why they took possession of it, and refused to give it up, till a gentleman who had signed it forced them to do so--also why, after they had given up the petition, they advised Mr. Robb not to forward it to Quebee for a few days, informing him that Mr. Foley was to be in Stratford before returning to Quebec ~--knowing as they did, that he was not to be in Stratford--also why, after they failed to burk the petition, their organ announced thut the petition was a sham and that the Reformers who signed it had been induced to do so under false pretcuces--also why Mr. Foley was privately advised to take no uotice of any letters or petitions in Mr, Robb's favor--when the witty Dr, exploing these matters then bo way be akle to show lint My. Robb's course is unjust, not be- fore! There is no doubt that the pretend- ed friendship of the office seeking class to. Mr. Robb was a piece of vilanous cunning and low deception--as hollow and as sel- fish »nd wicked as was the Dr.'s pretended friendship, else why those low, personal at- tacks which appeared in the Bewcon both before and since his dismissal. Mr. Robb is cipable of appreciating true kindness and true ¢friendship but. he despises the hypo- crite and false friend We owe our readers an apology for again intruding our humble selt upon their no- tice--and only do so on party grounds. It is perivetly clear that the intention of Mr, Buckinghaw and his co-partner, Mr, Mowat, in continually referring to the Editor of the Herald in the low and_ per- senal way in which they do, is for the pur- pose of injuring the political influence of the journal under | is charge--we deprecate the introduction of this and similar mat. ters info x newspaper--we wiil not flinch from do.ng our duty to our party and our friends, however, and, if driven to it, will diseuxs the conduct of County efficiels in a manner whieh wil net be either plecsant or profitable to the parties coucerned, --_ - tratiord and Bre: Raciway. A Deputation from here met the County. Council of Bruce at Walkerton, on Wednesday, the 18th inst., and were well received by them," On Thursday morning, W. I, McCulloch, Esq., as President of the Provisional Directory of the Stratford and Huron Railway Company, ad- dressed the Council, setting forth all the advan- tages of a Railway from Stratford to any pcint . in Bruce, compared with any other scheme that could besubmitted to them, Mr. McCulloch's remarks were well re« ceived, Charles James, Esq., a Civil - Chief Engineer of the Company, next addressed the Council, giving details and a clear and lucid description of the various advantages the Strat. ford line will have over auy other. T. M. Daly, Esq., then stated to the Council that Stratford would have great pleasure in being connected by an iron band with the fine County of Bruce, but had no means to inyest in Railways; nor was he authorized to promise that any of the Stratford people would take Stock in the under- taking ; but clearly showing the great advantage * to the good people of Bruce of the Stratford line over any other proposed, Mr. Daly assured the Council, that if they guaranteed a Bonns of $400,000 to the Stratford and Huron Railway Company, the Company were in a position to have all the Stock necessary to build the Road, placed on the English Money Market, and sold in time to commence the work by the lst of November. Sheriff Moderwell made a few re-. marks appropriate to the question, and assured the Council that Stratford was in earnest in of- fering assistance to Bruce, and was only waiting for the necessary guarantee from Bruce to goon at once. The Council appointed a Committee of five, to whom was referred all correspondence on Railway matters, with instructions to report on the most desirable line, when the Council would deliberate on the Report, and send a de« finite reply to the Stratford and Huron Railway Company, * f J. G. Bowes, Esq., ex-Mayor of Toronto, died at his residence, on Friday last. .