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Onee more for good or for ev.l Britain is fairly adriit amongst the war currents. If tie man at the wheel was resolute to steer the vessel into a peaceful port there is no doabt but it could be done, Congress or no C myress. But there is only too much reason to fear that the man at the wheel will let her drift until such time as the currents will become altogether too strong for either wheel man or steering apparatus. We do not hesitate to repeat what we have guid frequenily in these columns, and those of the "Dundalk Guide," that war on the part of England on account of these Eastern complications is entirely uncalled for. Had a Liberal Government been in power, England would not have ocenpied her present unsatisfactory situation. As it is, any patriotic, singleâ€"minded statesman eould make that situation subserve the interests of pence and humanity. By unitâ€" | ing with the other powers the results of the treaty betwist Russia and Turkey could| doubtless be modified in such a way as to| hiArmonise respective interests. The inâ€"|| terests of the other European powers are| in reality much more in jecpardy than| ours, and if they are willing that this treaty |â€" should go by defwult, certainly that is | more their atfair than England‘s, Gerâ€"| many, Austria, Italy and EFrauce will have | m neighbor that neither of them wants;|] and the present outlook is enough to make | i them all teel uneasy. Eut so long as they | . think Fritain will take up the cudgels on | 1 their bshalf as well as on ber own, they | can af rd to take matters coolly. Let}t Britain heep her naval position on the Sea 1 of Marriora:; if ueed ve, let hor send a : to purchase politieal support even at the sacrifice of the honour and credit of their country. _ The Lieutenantâ€"Governor of Quebee very wisely decided that it was more important to save the Province than the Government. M. Joly, the Liberal v‘remier, in his address to the clectors, says that the DeBoucherville administration saw but one way to repair the faults comâ€" mitted by thenmâ€"direct taxation ; his Govâ€" enmeni saw another wayâ€"economy, and that it is for the people to choose between tho t vo. â€"The regulations which have recently Lecu made regarding the Quebec Crisis seein fully to justify the dismissal of the DeD ucuerville Cabinet by the Lieutenantâ€" Governor, and as to its expediency there is us litile doubt. In an official document trom M. St. Just to Lord Dufferin, he says that Mr. DeBoucherville on several ocâ€" easions Lad appended his signature to public documents regarding which he had never beeu consulted, that several millions had been voted to aid railways when tho‘ affairs of the Province were on the verge of bankruptey and that the only plea given by the Premier for such extraordinary legislation was that otherwise there was no means of Lis Government obtaining a majority in the House. This is the old story of the Pacific Railway Seandal revivâ€" ed on a small seale. All Tory politicians, it therefore appears, are ready at any time â€"It is very gratifying to observe the progress made by our Conservative friends in the sppreciation of the power of the people. Constituencies are not asked nowâ€" aâ€"days to sanctior*the nominees of a famâ€" ily compact; on the other hand regular assuciativons are organized and the proper steps tuken, sccording to the most alvancâ€" ed Reform example, to select a candidate who shall be the lona fide choice of the people. Our Conscrvative friends in East Grey are engaged in this commendâ€" able work at present. A. W. Lauder, the quondium nominee of a Toronto clique, is to be shelved and Mr. Rorke of Collingâ€" wood is spoken of by the Party of Proâ€" gress as the coming man. â€"â€"The war eloud which threatened to disturb the poace of Europe has finally been lrken up and patches of clear sky sre appesring. _ Austria has come out »trongly in favour of the position taken by England, as to the necessity of the whole treaty of San Stefano being submitted to the Congress. This together with the marked disinclination of the Porte to acâ€" eode to the demands of Russia, have inâ€" duced the Northern Bear to pause and a;ain survey the situation before attemptâ€" ing another move. â€"The voting in the township of Benâ€" tinck on th:e Ralway Byâ€"Law to grant a b@hus of $35,000 to the Stratford and Lake Haron Railway takes place Friday, the 5th in:st. We hope the ratepayers will consider the question well, and that their preseut action in this matter will not injurâ€" 10usly effect the interests of their children‘s children. We would ask them enrefully to read an extract from the Guelph Mercury on this mattor, which we give ip -nollur‘ column. â€"It is with great pleasure we welcome the Guelph Mereury in its improved Apâ€" pearance, and the more that its succoss 1s due ® the carnestness and ability which it has also shown in the advocscy of the bet nterests of the people. We heartily wish it continued prosperity and hope that it may long continue to cccupy its present influential position as an organ of the Libâ€" eral party. IMEDADAAAAEAAAT N .A A.0 M.3...0.0.0.0.00. 0 â€"We regret that we cannot insert a ¢ommunication which has been sent us by Antiâ€"Romen. So long as our correspondâ€" ents keep within the line of a frir disensâ€" sion of public questions our columns are open to them, but communications reflectâ€" ing upon the character of the individual eannot be admitted. Agents ‘cr the Gn&ifiew‘ Durham, April 4, 1878. BKLITAIN ADRIFT. +4 lesson to Nir. Rine himself. Without doubt it ought to be an instructive lesson to all true reformers. Temperance reform has been going wild for some years with all sorts uf organizations. Iasterd of Our best wishes go with the cause of Temperance, especially with that phase of it advocated by D. I. K. Rine. It is thereâ€" fore with no small regret we observe that Mr. Rine has given occasion of offence. We have no personal acquaintance of Mr. Rine, and now that he is down, we are not ! going to deal him a kick, but would rather lend a hand to help him through the seâ€" vere ordeal he is now enduring. "Oh ! he deserves it all says some one." That may be, but where would we all be did we get cur deservings. Talk about letting the law take its course and having him duly punished. Why, if Rine has any sensiâ€" tiveness about him at all, just imagine the fearful punis:ment he is now undergoing. He sympathizes with the fallen and has been the means of helping many of them to recover themselves, and as Rine has» done towards cthers even so let us do t him. We do not seek to condune his fault, but while we condemn, let us pity. it oughit, and doubtless will, be a salutary Provided also, that any merchant or trader havâ€" ing his store or place for sule of goods within such county or citfl, may thereat keep for sale and scll intoxieating liquo», but only in quantities not less thun ten uafilona a: sny one time, and only to drugâ€" ho hi good remson To baliere win fortienh saie the same beyoud the limits of the county or city, to be whul[’mnnvod and tiken away in q\mn‘{- tivs not less ten gallous at a time, The penalty for a breach of the Act is fifty dollars for the first offence, one hunâ€" dred for the second, and imprisonment for two months for the third, and every subseâ€" quent offence on a summary conviction befora a stipendiary magistrate or any two Justices of theâ€"Peace in Ontario. The prosecution may be made by the Collector of Inland Revenue, or by any private individual in his own. name or in that of the said officer; ‘This act is a grand step in advance from a temperance society point of view, but we féer unless there is a healthier state of public o‘piniovn. in referâ€" ence to the injurfons‘ effiicts of indulgence in the use of intoxicating liquors, to aid avd assist the working.of such Acts of Parâ€" liament, repres.ve legislation will not avail much in putting down the vice of intemâ€" Provided ll"l{fl, that any liconsed distiller or brewer, having his distillery or brewery within such county or city, may thereat expose and keep for sale such liquor as ho shall have mapufactured therent, and no other; and may sell the suame thereut, but only in quuntitics not less than ten gullons at any one time, and only to druggists und others licensed as aforesaid or to such persons us he lis good reason to beliove will forthwith carry the same beyond the limits of the county or city, and to be wholly removed and tuken away in quanâ€" tities not less than ten gallons at a time. Provided always, that the arle of I:xu»xir-utius liquors for exclusively smeramental or medicine purposes, or for BoXa Â¥mD% use in somo art, trade or manufacture, shall be lawful only for such drugâ€" i;i.,ta wnd other vendors as muy be thereto specially iconsed by the Municipal Council of the county or city ; such sulo for sucrumental Ivurpuums to be made only on the certificate of n cl ergyruan affitmâ€" ing that the liquor is required for such purvosu; such sale, when for medicinal ){nu]nmus, to be in quantitics of not less thin one pint, und to be made uul}y on tho certificate of s man, uilirming that such liquor has been prescribed for the person named &mm, aud when guch sele is for its uso in some art, trude, or inanufacture, the same to be wide only on a certificate signed \Jy two Justices of the Peace on the Boxa rtD®s of the npplication acâ€" cumfmuied by the affirmation of the mvliuut thit the liquor is to be used only for the particclar purâ€" poses set forth in the affirmation. ‘ omm rassohan di us CCX CAECTC CC ROCD 107 salo, or directly or indiraeuary. on any protence or u}nou auny device, sell or barter, or in considoration of the purchase of any other property give, to nny other person, any s}l»iritumm or other intoxicating liquor, or ary mixod liquor eapable of being used as a bevernge, and part of wh}ch is spirituous or otherwise intoxicating ; E7 L on P te t m SHnZ OVE tinves in force therein, no persons, unloss it be for exelusively saeramental or medicinal purposes, or for soNa ®ip8 use in some art, trade or manufacâ€" ture, under the regulation contained in the third subâ€"seetion of this section, or as hereinafter authorâ€" ized, by the fourth or by the ffth subâ€"section of this soction, shall, within such county or city, by himâ€" self, his clerk, servant, or r.sent, expose or keep for aalo or Abmuile «s Lugs B T HETTS MTC in Foaads esd pupils en P22E CC HITY NCB comes into force and tukes effect in any county or city, and for so long thereaftor as the same conâ€" lin"u-a‘m l(orcc therein, no persons, unless it be for c age ce e s n EC 2200 PC d 10 CT putting the Act in force is very complete, and should there turn out to be any deâ€" feets these will bo remedied in Committce. The prohibitory clauses of the new Act are exceedingly stringent, indeed, so far as the sale of intoxicating liquors are eoncerned, almost amounting to prohibition, Section 95 provides that : From the day on which this part of this Act somes into fromi s putme enc L2TT TT L1 time, and will be very shortly before the House of Commons for discussion. In many respects it is a great improvement upon the Dunkin Act. ‘The machinery for THE NEW TEMPERANCE ACT. The nmendmeutâ€"to_tha Dunkin Act of 1864 lhins been before the country for some The only question which we have any right to interfere about is the position, boundaries, political condition and otherâ€" wisa of these newâ€"fledged kingdoms or principalities. ‘There is no use in blaming Russia Lecause she won‘t submit the whole matter unres« vedly to Europe. Europe let Russia do the work, and however much we may dislike it, Russia has the right to have the chief say in the matter, and to zaake her own terms with the conquered so long as those terms are in accordance with the ruling ideas on which the war was undertaken and allowed to be carried on byâ€" the neutral Powers. â€"Instead of bristling up and appealing to the tiger in \’Jobn Bull‘s human nature it would be far more becoming in the British Government to set itself earnestly to work in securing to the Buigarians, Roumanians, &¢., some useful results out of the bloody struggle in which they have so lately been engaged. We must shake ourselves entirely clear of the worse than stupid iden of bolstering up Turkey for the sake of the balance of Power. The balance of Power will roctify itself much better without than with Turâ€" key. England, but thit German Austrian, Italâ€" ian or French Iuterests must be looked after by the parties interested. Then we might expect that this treaty of San Steâ€" famo wou‘d be properly overhauled and the freedom and independence of the variâ€" ous nationalities sconcerned would from motives of self interest and self protection be properly ~guarantced. The idea of Britain declaring war againâ€"t Russian for what she has done is simply ridiculous. Russia has aechieved what she took on herself to doâ€"defeated Turkey and roâ€" lieved from Turkish thraldom the Chris tian peoples so long trodden under foos. atic side of the Straitsâ€"let her do this without specially declasing warâ€"but deâ€" claring merely that she will hold and deâ€" fend her own interests at all hazards. Let hber do this, and let Europe understand thit English interests will be guarded by land force to occupykuy part of the D. I., K. RINE. ++ 4@ # 4 B a ¢ wansooow.w. The Great Western Railway Company of Canada has oltained control of the Deâ€" troit and Milwaukce line of railway. The total . encamberances on the property amounts to $5,310,876. Trvek Worns.â€"*"Those who are inclined to chuckle over Mr. Rine‘s unpardonable conduct in Stratford, should not forget that the temperance cause is not responâ€" sible for it, nor should they seck to conâ€" dern that cause on account of the wrongâ€" doing of one of its advocates. Mr. Rine and others may fall, but that should not affect a cause which has uothing to do with the misdeeds of its advocates." Hoxor Rorir, â€"The following is a copy of the Homor Roil of 8. 8. No. 6 Melanethon, for March :â€"Fourth Class, Mary Broughton, Robert Oldfield, Sarsh Dean. Third Class. Esther M. Montgomery, Sarash Broughton, Ella Dean. Second Class. J. Barmby, John Montgomery, James Corbet. First Class. David McCosh, Ellen Cleary, Susan Hammond. Marncorat Buack, Teacher. _ Hoxor Rorr.â€"The following pupils atâ€" tending Durham Public School comprise the Honor Roll tor the month of March. Tho names are given in the order of merit. Principal‘s room, 5th formâ€"Elsie Sutherâ€" land, Francis Ramborough, Jennie Patterâ€" son, Ann Jane Baily, Jane Anderson, Bella Smith. 4th formâ€"Isabella McKenâ€" zie, Laura McKenzie, James Janes, Mary A. Patterson, Campbell Park, Forbes Godâ€" frey, Thos. Smith, Heman Spence, Thos, Flood, Augusta Stewart. Miss McArthur‘s room, 3 ‘d form, seniorsâ€"William Gaynor, Alex. Robertson, Jos. Parrott; juniors, Hugh McKay, Harry Anderson, Ann Wilâ€" coxson,. _ Miss MceMicken‘s room, 2nd formâ€"Thos. Lauder, Mary Bull, Edgar Elridge,. 1st form, seniorsâ€"Arthur Meâ€" Kenzic, Robt. Caldwell, Aun Jane Johnâ€" ston, Junius Charlos Havens, Geo. Mitchâ€" ell, Arthur Johnston. R. J. Forman, of Mount Ferest preached on Monday and Tuosday evenings, very acceptably, a number of conversions takizg place. At Allan‘s School House, Egreâ€" mont, revival meetings are being held by the Baptist friends and a good work is beâ€" ing done, a vor; large number having proâ€" fessed to have found peace. Renratous Movenext.â€"The evangelistic meetings which have been held in Durham and neighborhood during the past fire months have been productive of much good to the different churches. At Priceâ€" ville on Sabbath last eightyâ€"fiye communiâ€" cants joined the Presbyterian Church, and seventeen new members connected themâ€" selves with Mr. Park‘s Church here on Sabbath last. The Rev. Mr. Young of Chifford assisted the Rov. Mr. Park at Sabâ€" bath services, and the church was very full on the cecasion. The special mectings held in the Mcthodist Church each evening aro attended by such large numbers that they can searcely all find seats. ‘The Rev. Dundalk, April 2nd, 1878. Mr. Reid, of the gravel road, south, sueâ€" eeeded the other day in capturing four young foxes in his barn. ‘The quartette, with their parent, had taken up their abode under the hay in the barn where they were wont to regale themselves on the fat of the land, to wit, lambs, hens, geese, &c. But their feasting has suddenly came to an end, much to the benefit of Mr. Reid‘s pocket. Last year Mr. R. captured several in the seme place.â€"Meaford Monitor,. Ix Tara on 26th NMurch, a man named James Crookshank, of the township of Arâ€" ran, while helping to build & log stable, was erushed by a falling log and instantly kiled. He was a middleâ€"aged man, and leaves a wife and family~â€"Owen Soun? Advertiser. The missing man, Angus Graham, has not yet been found, and bis friends in Glenelg are very anxious in regard to his whereabouts, as when he went away last week his mind was evidently effected, QuUITE a sensation was caused in Tecswater last week, by the elopement on Wednesday of a married man named W. B. Rate, with the wife of Mr. James Simeon. Fire ar Owrsx Souxp.â€"The steamer "Siiver Spray" was burned down to the water edge on Friday cvening last, at the wharf in Owen Sound. A rix® lof of sunshades, or small umâ€" brelins at, John Cameron‘s, at 50¢. each. Extra value. Parties who order their papers disconâ€" tinued should remember that the law roâ€" garding newspapers says if a person orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arâ€" rearages or the publishers may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper is taken from the office or not. are better known. A false estimate is thus put upon men, which, in the long run, brings about its own punishment ; and this applies not only to the temperance eause, but to the religious and political arena as well, and, indeed, wherever pubâ€" lic men are #equired to come to the front. erystalizing the movement into one strong organization, the tendency has been to spread into different divisions without proâ€" per unification ; and the parties most to blame for this Lhave been the chief leaders of the movement. Men who like Rine from personal vanity or otherwise have called their followers after their own names. Another thing Temperance rcâ€" formers have been altogether too eager to place men promirently before the public merely because such men were popular and likely to attach popularity to the cause. They did not wait to consider that all men have more or less human nature to carry about with them and that, as a rule, it reâ€" quires tried natures to stand the manifold temptations of a sudden current of papuâ€" larity. There is too much going away fr.m home for labourers for all such work. Prophets have no honour in their own eountry now any more than cf old. It is thought that strangers have most influence with strangers; and therefore strangers are encouraged, while more worthy and better men are discouraged, simply because they Local and Other Items. Stop My Paper. a ++ 4 14 d in, from tip to tipâ€"poor in flesh, but| 83. In introduciag religion on the street weighing 14 lbe, and in the siores, what are their us :al A farmer in East Wawanosh, ucar Zotland, | qUestions ? Ans. Do you Lelieve? "Are has potatoes growing in the open air. The , YP4 savel? How aboit your soal? and tubers cre now nearly as large as hens eggs. | so on. Oreif these men aslked a gentleâ€" They wore plauted chortly after Christmas, â€"_man on the strce‘, "a e you taved?"" The A son of Mr. Andrew Jolinston of Kep; el, a few days ago shot a laid cagle, mcasuring 7 ft. 5 in, from tip to tipâ€"poor in flesh, but weighing 14 lbe, Mr. Wheatly bought Mr. Howe‘s fari, near Thornbury, 60 acres, at $4,000. â€" This is the highest purchase made in East Grey. Waterloo Poor House has 99 inmates. The alterations to the Waterloo: county gaol are to cost $5,225. In addition to the above we would reâ€" mind our conservative friends, that the Paris Star continued to support Reform prineiples, until the staunch Reformers of Brant found that he was not "true blue," and therefore withdrew their support from him. Srraxina of the defection of the Paris Star from the Reform rauks, the Dundas Banner says:â€""In one sense the Star proprietor is a newspaper man. _ Ho is the proprietor otf a printing office. Raut it is well known that he is no writer, and that the editorial management of the paper is entirely entrusted to others. The proprietor is not a politician from principleâ€"never wasâ€"and never will be. He prints a paper on purely commercial principlesâ€"to make money out of it. But this time we fancy he has overâ€"reached himself, astin view of all the facts surrounding lus reâ€" ereancy to the reform paity, he can never hope to be respected by cither Reformers or Conservatives." From our Correspondent. The I.O. G.‘T., Dromote Lodge, No. 549, held thoir fourth annual auniversary, in their Lodge room. Invitations were sent to the various Temperance organizaâ€" tions in the neiglborhood, and were resâ€" ponded to by a number of members of the Blue Ribbon Club of Glenelg, and others, who contributed to the suceess of the meetâ€" ing. The prosperous cordition of this lodge reflects great credit on the Tempeâ€" rance men of this neighborhood. The number of members are nearly seventy. The anniversary was celebrated by an exâ€" cellent eontertainment, consisting of music â€"instrumental and voealâ€"dialogues, reciâ€" tations and speeches by Mr. Flood, of Glenelg, Bro. James Hastie, jr., of Droâ€" more,. W. C. Templar, Renwick, gave a good address, and RBro. Charles Ramage also described the progress made by the Lodge since its formation four years ago. The members of the Lodge on this cceaâ€" sion fully sustainecd the high reputation which they have achieved for their liteâ€" rary entertainmects. o q omporneeieagy»... The body was wrapped in a blaaket us3 taken to the drill shed, where it is now lying, and where bundreds of ‘people crowded into view it the few moments the doors were open. puffngâ€"up or the poce and lips. Mor ears still retoined the riv‘gs thit she was acenusâ€" tomed to wear, and her Aress was complete as has already been gi her. When the body was takou ont it wos swollon very slightly. Her fentures wore unaltered, with the exeeption of the slight _ This faet, and also the fact that a Mr. Watson saw a young woman ranning down Gordon street in the direction of the Dundas bridge about two o‘clock on the morning she was missed, nrturally leads to the supposition that she must have enâ€" tered the river neer the spot where she was found. The position the body occupied in the water, which was only between two and three feet deep, was nearly altogether on her face, with her head pointing down the stream. It appeared as though she had been in the place for some time, judging from the sediment that had gathered around hor, and from the fact that all the elothing, it was supposed she had on, even were still on her. Three yourg men named Ed. Schofield, Geo, Atkinson and Herbert Hatch were out shooting and observed some clothing, as though a portion of a dress, floating in the spot indicated, nbout six yards from the shore, they procured a boat and pulled out to the spot. Their fears that it was the body of Miss Rowsell were realized. They left it there and informed Coroner Keating and afierwards Chief Kelly. _ The matter during the past few days has ounly been spoken of as very mysterious that no trace could &6 found, but the subâ€" ject was revived with stariling distinctuess about two o‘clock toâ€"day (Monday) when it was rumored that her body had been found in the river near the Dundas bridge, alittle south of Kaye‘s boat house. After an excitement of ten days and a half, Miss Julia Rowsell, the young lady who so mysteriously dissappeared from the residence of Mr. A. H. Goodevs, on Duke Street, has been found. Every conâ€" ceivable place had been searched,â€"in the woods, through the swamp and along the .uargin of the rivers, and even portions of the Speed had Lbeen dragged, but all withâ€" out success. â€" Mr. Rowswell, brother of the young lady, after a continued search of a week, returned to his home in Allan Park, believing that further search was virtually useless. ther. We take the following from the Guelph Mcrcury in regard to the finding of the body :â€" The suspicions ‘n regard to the fate of Miss Julia Rowswell have proved to be only too true. The body was discovered last Monday afternoon, in the river at Guelph. The funâ€" eral Sook place yesterday (Wednesday), and was attended by a large number of sympathâ€" inng friends, from Bentinck and Durham, The corpse was first taken into the Englith Church, where the Rev. Mr. Magahy read a portion of the funeral service, and afterwards the cortege proceedcd to the English Church Burying Ground, about a mile and a quarter. from here, where the unfortunate young lady was buried by the side of her father and moâ€", The Body of Miss Rowswell Found in the River. R Promore. <Be se ooo ONTARIO ARCHIVEs TORONTO on in Cegeription of OnserveEr. the mode of prayer sometimes used by one of the resident ministers of this place. Another when talking with some persons about passages in the Scriptures Lard to be understood, said that on oné oceasion he went to his ministerâ€"a Presbyterianâ€" to get light on certain passages, and that the minister made them darker still, ‘ 2, What was their bearing towards the ministers of religion who did not see their way clear to work with them?. Ane. These men at their meetings scized every opportunity of referring by way of illnsâ€" tration to ministers and elders of the Presâ€" bytorian church, whom, said they, were nnconverted. This was done in a very sneering way, and so much so that many persons were disgusted. One of these men when addressing a meeting last Sabâ€" bath, fortnight, said, among other things, that the previous Sabbath morning he had. heard a sermon preached in Durham, and: that it was impossible for any man to be converted by such preaching. Several persons who were present saw this man in one of our ehurches on that Sabbath morning and knew the ministor to whom he referred. â€" Another in the course of his address on a week day evening, in the Town Hall, here, referring to ptayer, said that he knew an unconverted man by his prayer, and proceeded to give a specimen of the prayer of such a man, which was at onee recognized as somewhat similar to 1. Why were these men not admitted into the Presbyterian church? Ans. The use of the Presbyterian Church was offered them on condition that the resident minisâ€" ter, Rev. Mr. Park, preside. They refased to accept the church under this condition, alleging that they always chose to conduct their servicos in the way that seemod best to themselves. Dsar Sit,â€"In your last issue appears a letter under the signature of "Enguirer," in which the writer after referring to the men who had been here from Galt preachâ€" ing, and the various opinions he had heard expressed as to the character and tendonâ€" cies of their teaching asks that some perâ€" son will answer certain queries as to the manner and the matter of the teaching of these men. I will endeavor to do so as shortly as possible, for, no doubt others will attempt the same task, I will not pursus this matter any furâ€" ther, more especially as "Enguirer" has opened up a phase of this question, which, in all probability, will engage the attontion of "Â¥YÂ¥" und of many other persons for somic time to come. To the Editor of the Review, 4. 1 would plead fur tuleration of opinâ€" ion, ‘There will be differences of opinion for some time to come yet, both in regurd to sacred us well as secular matters. But while it is the duty of ts all to contend for what we intelligently consider to be the trui® in all things, it is equally inewmbent upon us is conduct our contentions in the snivit of chanic ano mutual forbearance. gent observer, . Some may say, if any good at all is done, why, let things alone. Nay, this is the old and the vicious maxim of "doing evil that good may eome." Let us ruther "rebuke them sharply" ard at all hazards let us "carnestly contend for the faith * which was onee delivered to the saints." | 8. Your correspondent says that tw movement in question has been the means of "awakening and quickening" and so on. But this, Mr. Editor, is eutering on the deâ€" batable ground of opinion. I do not deny that good may have been done, nor will "Â¥Y" deny, I daresay, that evil may have ‘ been done also. The question is which preponderates. We are not able to say as to the good done. In the matter of religâ€" 10u8 experience all persons are so liable not only to deceive others but also to deâ€" ceive themselves that simple opinion at the present strge is of no value whatever. To be sure the life is a pretty good test, but sufficient time lhas not yet clapsed to enâ€" able the most disccruing to pass any judgâ€" ment as to the good that may luve been done. However the evil is more apparent and doubtless it has niready forced itself upon the attention of your correspondent as well as npom that of every other intelliâ€" to put any check upon what appears to them a laudable desire to advance the cause of Christ, even though such teachers in their attempts only suceeed in edifying themselves and distracting everyone else." I have no prejudice against lay preaching, revivals, or sudden conversions, but I do maintain as essential to the truth that lay preachers should hold theoir warrant from a constituted authority. _ 2. I protest sgainst the imputation of improper motiveg. . My sole desire is that "pure religion" be spread amongs«t us, and, as an umportant means thereto, vuat & proâ€" perly qualified ministry be sustained. The late Rev. Mr. Stewart of Owen Sound in writing upon this point, says:â€"*‘There have been many who imagiqed that they had a special eall to enlighten their brethren in the way of preaching, while it has been very plain that there were no qualifications at all possesed by such indiâ€" viduals, who would thrust themselves forâ€" ward as preachers, and that a good work ‘vas rather retarded than forwarded in doâ€" ing so. And just as we have always had such preachers, we have had along with theim a class of persons who think it wrong will nct bear. ‘The nearest approach to slang and flippancy will be found in the last sentence of the letter of your corresâ€" pondent Y," sw rrâ€" 44 i# 4â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€".___ Answer to "Enquirer."¢ COMMUNICATIONS. Yours truly, X. There is no longer <ny dou‘t that Mr. Gathorne Hardy will take the India Office, aud will be raised to the Poerage wich the title of Lord Staplehurst. Mr, Hartloy latoly scizs1 an illicit 8t1l on lot 31, 4uh line west, Chingnacousy, supposed tw be the yropaty:f James Switzor, commonty Te paane we CEA se asCwid 24 Bot of $25,000, / Tho‘hridge at HIaugâ€"port, 6n the Windsor and Anzapolis Railway, lus leen destroyed by the recent hoatry rain>, involring a loss Just: completed~ #hows«a surplu tliree millions: insterad of a defl %flmh&%m is anid $o be about to b ananitnoth lodgingâ€"house for the poor, with acc@@uredation for ten thousand persous. Mr, Malcolm Smith, of Adelaide, sowed pers three woeks ago. The Catholic Church to be built at Ingerâ€" woll will cost from $25,000 to $30,000, â€"_The Berlin Town Council has decided to charge mo fees on prolucs market for sale, The man Vaughin was onTuesday found guilty of murdering Mrs. Quinnat Litde Biver, N. B., ou the 13th of Pobruary. Mz. Entror,â€"I am rather taken aback 'at the onslauzht made upon me last woek in pmsc.and rhyme. I had expected to 'Iw dealt with in a diferent fashion. But it would seem I have put uy foot in it. _3 looked for sympathy, and lo! here 1 am abused by a eouple of thoughtless iemales. But I‘m not going to zetort, Mr. Editor. I sit down under the chastisement with due humility, and with your permission, Sir, shall heap conls of fire on their devoted heads by presenting Mary and Lucy with the following acrostic from their bachelor tions in the HMouse. We kuow he can talk for hours on end, aud it is not fair o you, Mr. Editor, to us folks in East Grey, not to give the speeches of our member as well as those of the member for South Groy. #uovely Luey! why those smiles * Lingering Lucy, why those wiles. Undo those bands thut love has found, Undo those withes with which I‘m bound Contemn me, joer me, or deride, Cast off, scorn me in your pride ; You thus might your love anlearnâ€" You my gratitude would earn. Editor Grey Review. Bir;â€"L should like to quest of "A Roman," i view, â€" He is not the In by a long ebalk. A gre this quarter want to see The British rovenue Miary ! the loved, oft famous name, *Mlong names thy nume is dear ; Around my heart it fans a flame And brings thy image noar. Etove whore I may, that name will riso Etesponsive in my hoart,â€" Wouth may depart and break old tios, YWet this tie will not purt. ACROSTIC. together.â€"g. They arrogate to themselves a high spiritual superiority over all other Christians.â€"h, Jastificationand sanctificaâ€" take place at the sname time, the latter boâ€" ing the result of being joined to Christ by faith, Notwithstanding all this they deâ€" nied having anything to do with the Plyâ€" mouth Brethren, and as a proof of the truth of the statemont they loudly boasted that they were imembers of Mr. Smith‘s congregation at Galt. 1 un souls who are members of our churches are dead in sin.â€"e. They thercfore address themselves to the mombers of chnrches in stead of going to destitute parts of the country.â€"f. They urge their converts to keep at once by every believer, and hence there is no confession of sin in prayer; and a certainty of going to heavenâ€"as they exâ€" pressed itâ€"at any time it may please God to call them henee.â€"c. They claim the bible as their authority for going forth to preach, and that they are called by the Holy Spirit.â€"d. They assert that hundreds of 7. Does there soem to be any leaven of Plymcuthism in their doctrines? Ans. This question is partially answered by the answers to the previous queries. In adâ€" dition I may say :â€"a. Prayer by the unconâ€" verted is useless. One of these men the other evening in the Town hall said that he never told an unconverted{ man to pray,and he never would,â€"b. Perfection isiattained Glenelg, 1st April, 1878.â€"Jn ACROSTIC. ' 6. Do these men seem competent to explain the Seriptures ? Aus, Take their }nddreuel on two evenings. On the one evening the subject was the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, and on the other that of the good Samaritan. In both cases the interpretation was entirely of a fanciful character. A minister of the Presbyterian Church, who heard the expoâ€" wition of the parrble of Lazarus and the rich man, says that from the way in which the subject was Landled he came to the conclusion that the speaker was utterly unable to expound Seripture, ‘ 5.0 Whnt is Sheir doetrine in regard to assurance 2 . Aus. _ This they assert in the hnving made atonement for our sins by his deat} simply ; and that the believer is not under the law. As to repentanceâ€" Thet there is no need of repentance. Christ having paid the penalty for our s#ins 1800 years agen - \ most posit‘ve manner possible :â€"That no one can be a believer or be born again unâ€" less he possesses the full assurance of hope. This may be set down as a dis tinetive doctrine of theirs. gentleman said that he hoped he was. Oh, says the Galt man, "unless you are sure of it, you are go_nlg down wnnfing as MISCELLANEOUS. Axorace I t Grev, 80th March, 1878, pair: woat many of us it ee Mr. Flesher‘s ora We know he ear ) back up the rc in last weeks Rr fi5e@A year ' over , A8 was into the OM 4 N WOLl.. formed his mission, and returned to t scone of misfortune in an apparent sound condition, but about 2 o‘clock | also exhibited syinptoms of having be Tize Prussels Post of Fridoy lTast gives an account of poisoning by eating water homlock (cicuta aquatica), the asame root that the two children in Normanby had been eating. â€" The Post suys :â€"â€" Abont one o‘clock on Wodnesdsy aftorâ€" noon a serrible affair happened to four children of Mrs. David Whiting, who roâ€" sides near the railway track morth east of this village. Mrs. Whiting, who was awny from home, had left a grownâ€"up davghtor named Eitic in charge of four younger children, varying from three to ton years of age. Shortly after divner the caildrem were outside playing, and strayed down 10 a emall creck which flows through a eulâ€" vert on the railway track. After a while they returned near fhe house, and bopan playing on the fence which separated the property on which Mrs Whiting‘s Howe is built from the farm of Mr. James Ker. Suddenty one of the little boys, aged about thrce years, named Jneob, appeared 10 have taken a fit, and fell from the fence. Shortly aftor the other little boy was scired with convulsive spasms. Ettie was at onee notified of the fact, and acspatched the two remaining children in searen of aid, jMn(,v;;io. aged ten, being sent for the]doeâ€" tor, and Tomumy, aged six, being deputed to summon his mother at onee. Maggie started on her way, but when on the railâ€" way track near the gravel road she was seized with spasims similar to those of her younger brother, and foll prostrate to the ground, where she was found by Mrs. Ainley and another woman and at onee conveyed to her home. Medical aid was at onee procured, and every effort made to sustain life, but at 2:30, Maggic, who apâ€" peared to be more severely poisoned thon the others, breathed her last. Tommy, who had been sent for His mother. nerâ€" Four Children Poisoned by Eating Water Hamlock oat Brusssls. Tl»‘hua aum;melll is a da The Port Dover and Lake Huron pro joet would be of vory little benefit to th people of Grey. â€" It touches no inportan commencdal point, and is in a sense at th merey of the Grand ‘Trunk and Gres Western. On the other hand the Georyia Bay and Wellington line would put ther inadlivectconneetion with the Great Wester: it would become an immortant feeder +. : ail Mr. MeMullen, the Reeve of Mount Forest, in the course of his speec!, Stated that the length of the proposed line fryp Palmerston to Durham was abou; thirty. two miles. The estimated cost of ©Oustrue, tion was placed at $14,000per mile.mluific' a total of $448,000, To meet this it was tnirly expected that municipal ail should be given as follows ; l'dmawm.oum; Minto (sectional) $5,000; Arthur Town. whip (sectional) $10,000; Mount Forest, $15,000 ; Normanby (sectional) $20,000 ; Egremont, $60,000 ; Durham, $25,000 ; Bentinck, 85,000; Glenolg, 25,000 â€"tog) $205,000, _ Added to this $25,000 paid up stock ; $80,00 Government aid, and, $192,. 000 in first preference bonds would ptoâ€" vide a grand total of $452,000, leaving a small margin for incidental expeuses. |} was proposed to construct the line from Palmerston through Mount Forest to Hol. stein to Durham. â€" Me also stated tliat the Great Western Company had given them an assurance that they would run the road on an advantageous arrangement as soop as built. of the dilierent schemes were fully dis ‘d. [‘hd&rfi'o- ‘the speeches n at that meeting that the Goorping Bay , 1w‘“n“uli is the fivur.te n'iu,u.g, ] line would start from Palhnofston, ry,, Mount Forest, thenee 4o Durhaa, ung some point on the Georginn Bay, y such a road the people in Grey, w., now at the merey of the Dorouto, Grey , Bruce Railwey, would have nceos; u'» leading commercial points south Dve road which would answer all the requ ments 6f travel end trafic. [ 1CY wo have the advantage of competing rates some of the leading points, and they wo have the option of using the broad of n row gauge road as they pleased, Forest. Oonfedorate. in the published in the same place, report of a meeling mu‘i ag0, in which the of the different schemes were f, x aaimay Enteiprisce. fr HWoxi iuce, 0 uB Steven liis mother, pe returned to t} h Muron proâ€" benefit to the no important t sense nt the k and Great fathe ter FXTH Grey and 88 to thy .ll Wer & ‘â€"diseus. °8 male Bay ant * Thiy P FUR to requing °Cs at would would With &ro firet tis Mon count lessno Mr. wore bound to re we well, ‘The 1i Mon. Mr. Hun the Post Office A that Post muster hilit the transm: and fraudulent p Mon. Mr. Mill the ex ba ment Mon. Mr. Mills ing of the Bill an Dominion Lands noticed in these « to it rig. A to ie 44 a second time, The House wont mppointinent of an ada, salary not to « Carried. busine Various motion pondenee, &¢., in Railway â€" stock Railway Contract at Red River in 1: peuses, Mutual S Certain Private posed of, Mr. B reading <f the Bil Act of Canada, an the prosent law s mont to dishone anenament J864 becom» nHer someremarks by M Mr. Blake suid that all ¢ eould do in calumities of 4 set an example of libora}i for immedinte listross i dind time to look wbout, erection of the public build a law bearing upon cases « the Government had don do under this law, Gent urged that the Governme kaken extra parlinmentary ground that the mechani were in need of work, w was that not only wore the tes fully employed by prij but that 4,000 or 5,000 » were imported for them, 4 erument paid labourers w «ay at Ottown, they paid % Bt. John. After some re Palmer and Hon. Mr. « motion was carried. weards of 14 whole D Mr. M Hon. Mr. 128 reading of the 1 House adjourn« time Court The Bill to 1875, which w war columms, passed, «l correspondence prola sion of Canadian built v ports. Also a return i the Quebee graving doe quiries were made of t Hon. gentlemen, Mr. 1 & meburn of dutios colloc Bt. John, averring that had not used due dilig the ”Illl.‘ buildings dost “..l! had been no q ws %o the extent to wis~ resuut t Bt. John had Mon. Mr. B reased amount was about $240 Mon. Mr. Ma thing had been 4 to replace the bu Hon. \ ing of th and regu Estates ferring Negislati jos, nnd perty { M Mr read a » Commuttc« the amou %2.000. After Hoars Mor Parliamentary vince d Bill Mid a nuimber m M gome HoUSE or co M M th in 1869, 1 Ottaw B .l] atin