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6 ¢ Editor gives an airing to his notions on the wheat trade. It is true that ho can not as yet see his way clear to recommend the adoption of the United States tariff holus boiue, as he says. That is, ho does not entirely endorse the great Nnfiufl] Pokscy of his lcader, Sir John A. Macdonâ€" yerairagran s Aimwatbrinniadiaismiimtise Th Th .. e «lent of girenmstances succeed in returning ks vmmmass and the public burdens increased, so that the whims and tastes of minisâ€" ters and their favourites might be gratified and their tenure of office strengthened. But we have said enough to show the utâ€" ter mendacity of the man who the other day could say that his government was <ficient, and his administration perfect, and how great would be the calamity toJ the #ountry did such a man by anv mani. THE CBIOHICI:E oN THE WHEAT himself. Indeed, so glaring wers the irâ€" regularities that the expenditure of his office became the subject of Parliamentary eaquiry, and it will be within the recollecâ€" tion of mary what a lame apology he raade when brought face to face with the facts on the floor of the House. Let us give a few items by way of refreshing the memory of our Conservative friends as to the doings of their Chiefâ€" For telegraphâ€" ing the charge in 1873 was $4,817.88, and in 1877 $830. Forcab hire in 1873 the charge was $1,085.50, whereas in 1877 it eost only $14.80. For personal travelling expenses of the Minister of Justice (Sir John), the country had to pay in 1878 $1,. 218.12, and in 1877, Mr. Blake being Minâ€" ister, the modest sum of §51.35. The postage bill of the same office during 1873 was $693.37, whereas in 1877 it was only $127.77, although the business of the office had in the meantime trebled in amount. |. During the last years of the administration | of Sir John A. Macdonald five visits to 1 England had been made by members of 4 the Cabinet,â€"Wm. MceDougall having e made one of theseâ€"at a total eost to the | ; country of $20,048.80. Since the advent & of Mr. Mackenzie to office four visits have | 7 been made to England by members of the x Cabinet on publi@Business, the entire cost 4 being $5,461.72. We might go on down the black list ad inflnitum, and show what gross corruption and extravagance preâ€" vailed in overy branch of the public service t during Sir John‘s regime, how the interâ€" ests of the country were sacrificed and the public burdens inmuod.loa, that the whims and tastes of minisâ€" In the last number of the Chronicle the 1OTOAecceescarctsrersccere:+++++++88,824,076 NE cce rreLerAAUCES Grvieun ce 7,868,690 BYPENGseevcnersaen cit rnevircer ces 8,569,774 ROM e ce ree ieAAA ree ce 6,835,078 From the above it is evident that the exâ€" penditure of 1876â€"7 was one millton and » half less than in 1873â€"4, the last year of Sir John‘s administration, and yet before an audience of three thousand persons he sould assume the effrontery to say that ‘‘In every branch of the administration the expenditure had increased since wa retived from office." With the stato of efficâ€" iency and economy in the public service during the government of Sir John the ecountry is well acquainted. Our readers well know the extraordinary extravagance prevailing in every department of the pubâ€" Ne service during the late regime, but noâ€" where so gross as in the office of Sir John ‘ L pi nc o oo e abrnne in the councils of the country. It is not made in the heat of debate when a license of speech may be tolerated, but at a public meeting of his fellow citizens conâ€" vened for the purpose of discussing public affairs. Now, let us refer to the Public Accounts, and see for ourselves whether this gentleman has boen speaking the truth or no. Here, then, are the figures under the head of ordinary expenditure, and it will be observed that this is the only portion of the public expenditure which a government of the day are therefore rcâ€" «sponsible. ]8734..........-..................Ifl,m FoPd o3 y Cas Lmaye ooo O Rcanm o ns Roiy Ned‘ MARC northâ€"westerly the Lake of the Woods. â€"The new Government of British Coâ€" lumbiaâ€"Conservative, by the way,â€"has enacted that no Chinaman is to be emâ€" ployed on the public works, and that in the evant of this injunction being disreâ€" garded the Government will not be responâ€" sible for the BAÂ¥YmMENt of tha anmkcans Sir John A. Macdonald, when addresâ€" sing a public meeting last week, at Toronâ€" to, said, in referring to the tariff and the public expenditure, "When the Cabinet of which I was a member carried on the government it was efficient, the adminisâ€" tration was perfect, the laws were fairly carried out, the expenditure was not what it has been within the last four years. In every branch of the Administration the exâ€" penditure has increased since we retired from office, and I appoal to you men withâ€" out reference io party or politics if the affuirs of the country are now more efticâ€" iently earried on since 1873 than they were prior to that date. You pay more winee 1873 than you did before." Here is a broad statement made by m gentleman who has for years oceupied the chief place in : the councils of Ahu: suunkast sake! be . sible for the payment of the contract. Such legislatien is not only a disgrace to the ritish flag under which we live, but will enormously increase the expenditure on public works in British Columbia where laâ€" bour is very high and provisions very Agents for the Grey Review SIR JOHNX A. aAND ECONOMY try 2" \ _ |in bloom. A datur Buyerâ€""Protection indeed! Just tell|just now, and this 1 that to somebody else who doesn‘t know. | to be proud of whil Good morning Mr.â€"â€"â€" I know you.| 4*¢ many 5“"‘3‘ You can‘t pull the wool over my eyes, and | th2t receive particu went on his way, leaving the candidate in | 804 justly regardec utter perplezity at being thus so suddenly | Owners. forled. What a contract there is between| Bzan Snor. â€"Mr. this low, cowardly way of conducting a|10th line, Sydenhar canvass and the high standard held up by of sheep by a bear, Mr. Blake for the guidance of candidates | and found Bruin cor for Parliamen‘ary honours. But with the morning for a third genuize Tory nothjug is too base to be . shooting him, and b doue so that a rote may be segured. Only triumph to town.â€" 3 Cand.â€""Indeed ! now don‘t you think that you could give fifty cents more for sheep if we had Protection in this counâ€" Cand.â€""Ah ! Buyerâ€"*"Yes now." | The Tories are veritably on the war path, and as has been their characteristic for years, are very unscrupulous as to the means they make use of. In illustration we give the following colloquy which ocâ€" curred a few days ago in a neighboring township between a Tory candidate in the Saugeen Division, and a sheep buyer. The candidate being on his rounds, met with the sheep buyer while pursuing his avocation, and thus accosted him : Cand.â€"*"Good morning." _ Buyerâ€""Good morning." Cand.â€"*"Who lives here 2" pointing to the east. Buyerâ€""I don‘t know." ‘ Cand.â€""Who lives here 2" pointing to | the west. . Buyerâ€""I don‘t know, I‘m a stranger | _ ; | to capital, employment to thousands of fed labourers, increases the business of our he steamboats and railways, and is one of the L,l” chief elements in giving Canada the proud te position she occupies as the fourth Mariâ€" *J | time power in the world. Some Conservaâ€" * |tive politicians and editors go so far as to ‘| say that this importation of wheat should *‘ | be stopped by the imposition of a high proâ€" * | tective tariff, so that the Canadian farmer C might realize a higher price for his grain. i However, the Chronicle does not venture M upon this absurd proposition. While Canâ€" ‘ "* | ada imports so largely she not only has exâ€" lfc ported during these five years the quantity lie imported from the States, but also nbout °* | nine million bushels more, of a home surâ€" he plus, making a total exported of over * thirtyâ€"eight million bushels. The imporâ€" ©‘| tation of grain free of duty, therefore, does y not affect the selling price to the farmer * | one way nor the other. It simply | gives 4 employment, as already stated, to labour and capital engaged in the carrying trade of the ceuntry, but indirectly benefits all classes of the community, In the matter of coal we find that last year the Province of Ontario imported over 600,000 tons, ~| chiefly from the United States. Nearly & all our manufacturers use coal as a motive | f power, and the only effect of a duty placed | ° | upon it would be to increase the price of|â€" C manufactured goods to the consumer. Agâ€"| * | ricultural implements, carringes, waggons, | ! ‘| stoves and all otuer articles in the manuâ€"| ‘ | facture of which coal is used, would be inâ€"|‘ ‘ |eveased in price. And not orly would the | ® * price of such articles be increas*d to the | ® 4/ consumer, but in some instances the manâ€" | t | ufacturers themselves would be infured by | ° |a duty of this kind. Mr, Myles, who is|* engaged in iron mining in the County or| 8 Victoria, and who uses 2800 tons of coal a|" year, said before a Commiitee of the | House that a duty of seventyâ€"five conts |!® per ton would ruin him. Yet the Chroni.| cle argues in favour of a duty on coal. It L is true that thereby the profits of a few| coal miners in Nova Scotia would be enorâ€" | Y mously increased, Dr. Tupper and his| friends would grow in wealth at the ex f‘f’ pense of the great body of the people. fh' However, it is not to be forgotten that this | it is the direct and inevitable result of a proâ€" tective tariff, and that this principle of benefiting the few at the expense of the [~â€" many is the distinguishing feature of Sir John A. Macdonald‘s National Policy, '.2 j which the C‘Aronicle has ventured to up~/ 818 hold in so far as it regards a duty on wheat the and coal. || are The absurdity of these statements can oply be equailed by the pomposity of the verbiage. To any one who reflects for a moment on this matter it will be as clear as noonday that to adopt a tariff in referâ€" ence to wheat and coal would paralyze our important industries, would completely deâ€" stroy our intercolonial trade, and would give the quiet of a mill pona to our rivers, lakes and canals. During the years 1878 to 1877 we imported from the United States over twentyâ€"nine million bushels of wheat, and for what purpose ? Simply to be carried to foreign markets. A part, inâ€" deed, is bought by our large milling estabâ€" lishments, converted into flour, and sent to the Maritime Provinees ; but by far the greater portion is shipped to England.‘ This huge carrying trade gives investment States Tariff Aolus bolus, he takes his stand on the wheat and coal trade, and adâ€" vocatesâ€"no, not advocates, for he is even here fearful that his position is of a very untenable character, but in a very apoloâ€" getic tone suggestsâ€"that the United States tariff of ten per cent. duty on flour and seventy cents per ton on coal, might be adopted in the interests of Canada. In the matter of flour and coal says the Chronicle, "reciprocity of tariff would enâ€" courage the development of an important industry, largely increase the volume of incercolonial commerce, and tend to utilâ€" ize to an extent of which we can at presâ€" ent form no adequate conception, our inâ€" land water ways of 2000 miles." Itis imâ€" possible to conceive of greater besh than this. Chronicle cannot swallow ald, whose lucid exposition of the National ’Policy will be found in another column. "Straws show how the wind blows," and the Editor of the Chronicle is evidently becoming alive to the faet that he can‘t pull the wool over the farmers‘ eyes, that the National policy is a veritable humbug, and that he and his Tory allies stand selfe convicted toâ€"day before the intelligence of the country as political mountebanks. However, although our friend of the THE SHEEP QUESTION. Ah! you aro a sheep buyer ?" that‘s my business just 4B 44â€".._ stranger f Canada. In oal says the riff would enâ€" an important the United Bzan Snxor.â€"Mr. Wm. McLarty, of the 10th line, Sydenham, having lost a couple of sheep by a bear, his son Jamos watched and found Bruin coming back on Tuesday morning for a third, when be succeded in shooting him, and brought the cerease in | â€" Cuorce Frowrns.â€"There are fow things | that add to the appearance, or that give more pleasure to the owner, than a nice, wellâ€"kept flower garden. We are pleased to notice the pains taken by many of our townsmen in this respect, and the decided taste that many have for horticulture, and the wonder to us is that there is no hortiâ€" cultural society in Durham, as we have no doubt if one was once started it would be well sustained. We were very much gratified the other evening in looking over the garden of Mr. S. Legate, who has a lovely display just now of ‘Nature‘s glorâ€" ies, consisting of Pansies, Phlxox Drumâ€" mondii,Zinnias, Diantbus, Balsams, Gladâ€" ielus, Hollyhock, Coreopsis, Carnations, and a number of other choice varieties not in bloom. A datura plant is in flower just now, and this rare flower is something to be proud of while in its glory. ‘There are many gardens in this neighborhood j that receive particular care and attention, and justly regarded with pride by their|. CC ie TR TUTC for the bouus asked for the r /d coming ’to Durham, and there is no dogbt but the township will receive mord berefit from this road than any other line, as\ a large majority who have bow a long \istance to go to market would then have i quite convenient. ‘ â€" The second petition asking a bonus of }920,000 to the W. and G. B. Railway, and signed by 125 ratepayers, was served on the Reeve of Bentinck this week. There are alarge number of thcratcpayersnll oyer the township who wish to see the byâ€"law submitted at onee," Many,of those who voted for the 9. & L. H. bv-hw/ffl' sls earth. May God incroase our rever;nf.;e for Christian psalmody, and keep us from disgracing it by our indifference and friyolâ€" ity," In|is at present receiving more attentio the | throughout the church than ever befo; A enâ€" | and further as it is conducted in a very in int | different manner in many congregationsâ€" of| indeed in a most barbarous manner in til. | someâ€"we give the following extract from esâ€" | &n address recently delivered by Dr. Talâ€" inâ€" | mage, of New York, on that subject. â€" It mâ€" | should not be forgotten that church singy is.| ing is an act of Divine worship, and an | such that all who take part in itâ€"thoge he | who lead as well as those who follow a | should be impressed with the solemnity ar | the work in which they are engaged. Esâ€" erâ€" | pecially those who lerd should be deeply ur | impressed with the great importance of the leâ€" | part they are called upon to perform, and of ild | the great care and cirenmspection necessary rs, | to be exercised, so that, by no act of theirs, 73| shall any stumbling block or rock of offence ed | be thrown in the way of true worshipers, of | which would hinder their enjoyment of this to | most interesting and elevating part of the n. | Divine service. Dr. Talmage, in speaking p. | upon this subject, said that church music nt | should be adapted to the place and the o¢â€" he | casion. 2nd, that it should possess spirit d, | an life, and rush from the audience like nt | water from the rockâ€"clear, bright, sparkâ€" of| ling. If all the other parts of the service uy | are dull, let not this part be dull too. Srd, 1e | Church music should be correct, in point id | of harmony, and should be cultivated as iâ€"| an important part of education. Lastly, a.| the rev. gentleman said that church to | music should be congregational. "This | q | epportunity must be brought down within |; o. | the range of the whole audience. A song | r| that the worshipers cannot sing is of no | 1, | more use to them than a sermon in Choeâ€"|« e| taw. What an easy kind of a church it|] .| must be where the minister does all the | : . | preaching, and the elders all the praying, | y | aud the choir all the singing. Thero are| t| but very few churches where there are|c . | ‘two hundred and forty and five singing | 1 r|men and singing women.‘ In some|â€" . | churches it is almost considered a disturbâ€" s | ance if a man let out his voice to full comâ€" t r| pass, and the people get up on tiptoo and | f ; | look over between the spring hats and |» ; | wonder what that man is making all that|o , | noise about. Although I have on other J | | days said much on this subject, I will con» t ; | tinue to speak of it until we rouse ourâ€" a , | selves to a unanimity in Christian song | ec | that has never yet been exhibited. Come, | t | now ! _ Clear your throats and get ready | do | for this duty or you will never hear the | m end of this. I never shall forget hearing a | ci | Frenchman sing the ‘Marseillaise Hymn‘| P on the Champs Elysses, Paris, just before | hi the battle of Sedan. I never saw such enâ€" thusiasim before or since. As he sang that | oq national air, O! how the Frenchmen | w1 shouted. Have you ever in an English | 25 assemhlage heard a band play ‘God Save | wi the Queen? If you have, you know | cal something about the enthusiasm of a na.|lis tional rir. Now, I tell you that these|an songs we sing Subbath by Sabbath, are the | t!* national airs of Jesus Christ and of the | Im kingdont of heaven, and if you do not| C learn to sing them here, how do you ever Ms expect to sirg the song of Moses and the|*"* Lamb? I should not be surprised at all A:‘ . We if some of the best authems of heaven 7th were made up of some of the hest songs of br6} TORONTO As the service of praise is a most im portant part of Divine worship, and as i than 7, and exported 160,057 sheep. _ Our ‘eandidnte, then, wants protection for the purpose of excinding these 5 sheep per y«ar from competing in our maskets. The thin; is perfectly absurd, and no one but the veriest of political mountebanks could descend to such humbug for the purpose of projudicing the minds of the electors. In 1876 the Province of (v)n:lrio imported 8 sheep from the United States and exportâ€" ed 85,628, and in 1877 imported mo less fancy this patriotic m&idau who aspires to guide the councils of his country advoâ€" cating protection on sheep in the County THE BENTINCKk BoXUS â€"Pimes. CHURCH SINGING +4 + & profound economist! *RESENTATION.â€"On the evening of the $st July, Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Rev. A, Wilson, Presbyterian Missionary, Hanover, was made the recipient of a very handsome and valuable perambulator, by the ladies of the Congregation, as a mark of estesm. Pnuxuuox.â€":on BSlet July, Mrs. Wilson ’qmtity of the speckled beauties have been taken. A party to the Rocky Sauâ€" geen returned with over nine hundred. The Brittania Metal Works in this place were sold by pullic auction on the 6th inst., for 47} cents on the dollar. Mr. A. Gottwals was the purchaser. | A son of Dr. Landerkin, M. P., met with a painful accident on Saturday evenâ€" ing. It appears that the little fellow was clinging to the back of the buggy, and when the horse started forward he lost his hold, and, in falling, his foot caught in one of the irons in the back of the buggy, inflictâ€" ing a very painful wound. Trout fishing parties have been the rage for the past two weeks, and an immanca The Dinham Dramatic Eroupo- gives an entertainment here on the 9th inst., and the Hanoverians are expecting something _ Hanover is becoming famous for the number of pigs that are allowed to roam on its streets and sidewalks. Their ownâ€" ers would confer a great fayor on pedestriâ€" ans and others if they would keep them enclosed, as their filth when displeyed so promiscuously is most disgusting. \ «in, coroner, held an inquest, and a verâ€" dict of "Died from exhaustion caused by overwork and the excessive heat," was reâ€" turned. The deceased leaves a wife and six small children. From our own Correspondent. Mr. Edward Winter, living near this place, died very suddenly a few days ngo. It appears that he Jind been working in the harvest field and the day beinrg very hot he drank a considerable quantity of water. Upon retiring in the evening he eomplained of eramps in the region of the stomach, which gradually became worse, and in a short time he expired. Dr. Landerâ€" ib is ts css 1 forms, and all necessary information supplied by Mr. John R. Craig, Sec. of Agr‘l. and Arts Association, Toronto, titled to four *| _ At the last meeting of the Directors of + | the Artemesia Agricaltural Society, the l | following . resolution was unanimously \ | adopted :â€"Moved by James Brodie, secâ€" | onded by William MeMullen, That as Mr. ‘| J. C. Griffiths, the present Sec.â€"Treas. of | the Artemesia Agricultural Societ ¢, is |about to remove from Flesherton and beâ€" | come a resident of Owen Sound, resolved | that the thanks of this Society be tenâ€" dered to him for his gentlemanly conduct and services rendered, not only to the Soâ€" ciety, but as a citizen, and we hope that Providence may bless and prosper both him and his fawmily in their future home. Provixctan Eximarrto®.â€"We have recciv. ed the Prize List of the Provincial Exhibition which will be beld in Toronto on Sept. 23, 24, 20, 26, 27, and 28th next. Parties sending $1 will be entitled to exhibit any articles that can be entered in any class speciffed in the ; list, providing the entrics are made previous and sub.forwarded as follows :â€"â€"Horses, Catâ€" ‘ tle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Agricultural | Implements on or before Saturday, Aug. 24th, Grain, Field Roots, and other Farm Products, |‘ Machinery osher than Agricultural Impleâ€" 4 ments, and Manufactures generally, Saturday, | / Aug. 31. Horticultural Products, Ladies‘|! Work, the Fine Arts, &e., Saturday, Sept. | © 7th, Each member on pavmant aft &1 2. 11 Drowxr®p.â€"On Tuesday, 16th ult., John Campbell, aged seventeen years, son of Mr. John Campbell, 10th concession Proâ€" ton, was drowned while bathing with a younger brother, in the Saugeen River, on lot 13, concession 6, Proton. â€"He was unâ€" able to swim, and, unfortunately going out of his depth, disappeared under the water, his brother being unable to help him. An alarm was given at once and Mr. Alex. Gillies, with three sons went to the place. About half an hour after the body was roâ€" covered, but life was extinet. Deceased was highly estecmed by all whoknew him. â€"Mt. Forest Examiner. H#avy Hamt SroRM.â€"A very heavy hail and rain storm took place in Toronto on Sunâ€" day afternoon last, between three and seven o‘clock. Hailstones nearly as large as hen exgs fell, and thousands of dollars worth of glass was broken. A little boy was drowned, and two churches were struck by lightning. Many cellars were flooded, and the crops and gardens were seriously injured. Heavy storms occurred also in London and Hamilton on Monday afternoon. The rain cloud that passed over Durham juss before one o‘clock on 1 Bunday went off towards Toronto, and as it got farther off gradually appeared to increase in size, and as viewed from this place, preâ€" sented a magnificent appearance, vice, and &frge n\{ber remnib\d for felldwship Pheeting. M _ Mernoptst Cnugos.â€"On Saturday last the regular quarterly meeting was held in the church in this town. The attenGance at the business meeting was not very large. On Sabbath the Rev. Mr. Godfrey dispensed sacrament to over a hundred persons. Ppe Tux Baptist are holding special meetings in Glenelg near Traveston, and on Sabbath t six persons were immersed. THz Rev. Mr. Evans preached in Trinâ€" ity Church on Sabbath last, and is no doubt remembered with kindly feelings by 5@ former parishioners. A Barx 52 feet by 72 feet has just been built on the farm of Mr. W. Osbourne, near Y_oovil, Egremont. Som® communications ere unavoidably crowded out of this week‘s issue. Tnz Reform Convention for East Grey, meets at Flesherton on Tuesday next, at 2 o‘elock p. m. memm n ee 9 Local and Other Items. Hanover. 1e Arts, &c., Saturday, Sept. nter on pryment of $1, is enâ€" tickets of admission. Blank (, 0 . 00010 CE POSE TROMem esâ€" tablished the fact that deoath was caused by epileptic fits, to which. the poor wounrn wes subject.â€" Thornbury Starderd. the medical evidence and nost »»......" Lras a ~£ 4o O:Id‘no_. and post moriem S d AACCAWET PRSV week by the sudden denth of Mrs, Daniel Kean, of the Township of Callingwood, but . veuer argmze & The bell in St. Mark‘s Church, ville, fell while Mr. J. Maum, Sext ringing it on Wednesday evening. ily it stopped on the second floor sexton would have fared badly. |lns; Harrison, Robert E. ; Hodgson, Fred, W. ; Hoover, Henry ; Hobbs, John H. ; Jones, W. A. B. ; Morrow, Wim. ; Mortiâ€" mer, Robert L. ; Neilly, Samue! ; Neabit, David A. ; Whitmer, Moses G. ; Boyee, Marian ; Field, Emma ; Horseburgh, Belin; Littlefield, Mary E. ; Morrison, Ida ; Mc Crimmon, Annie ; Mclutyre, Jessic S. ; McMullen, Florence ; Proctor, Susan El. vira; Tilley, Elizabeth ; Traveller, Carric ; Wright, Harriet Marion. Jane. ic o n k Ottawa â€"Bick, Wm. C. W Duno!n; Dawson, Wm. ; Gra | _ The following are the successful candiâ€" dates at the recent professional examinaâ€" | tions in the Normal Schools, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th June : | _ Toroxto.â€"Askwith, Charles ; Anderson, John; Bowie, Augus ; Burns, James ; Eaton, Seymour; Ellis, Daniel D. ; Donâ€" nenwerth, Jacob ; Holmes, Edward S. ; Hixon, Edward F. ; Jones, James G.; King, Samuel Geo. ; Lynes, Kiernan ; Moore, Cunningham ; Munro, Robert ; Irelan, Alex. C. ; Roberts, Hugh G. ; Snelâ€" grove, Charles Frederick ; Shearer, John G. ; Sco«t, Colin Alex. ; Austin, Emma ; Biles, Sarah Elizabeth ; Briant, Laura E. ; Davidson, Jane ; Dingwall, Jaue ; Goodâ€" year, Marion ; Hardy, Kate A. ; Ludlow, Mary ; MeVety, Isabel ; _ MePherson, Aunie ; MacCammon, Maggie ; MeKague, Maggie ; McNaughton, Janet ; Boott, L aF o se 4 1. ‘ LIST OF SECONDâ€"CLASS PROYVINCIAL orrâ€" TIFICATES. The Board has directed that all candiâ€" dates should attend Model School at firt session, und that there be no second sesâ€" sion. 1t was also resolved with reference to future examinations that Grammar and Arithmetic be continued as test subjects, but that the mode of determining the sueâ€" cess of candidates shall be by requiring that each candidate to be successful shall take oneâ€"half of the aggregate marks for the two subjects.â€"Times. The Examiners having got through their work, we are now enabled to Iay before our readers the result of the late examinaâ€" tion for third class certificates. Out of 118 who presented themselves, only 20 passed, | most of the others failing in Arithmetic,the paper on which subject was exceptionally difficult. The following is the list of sucâ€" \ cessful candidates, with the number of marks obtained by each :â€" Mary E. Rogers 828, Jane Gardiner 818, Helen S. Cameron 758, Harriet Wallace 746, Rosanna E. Anderson 727, Emma Williamms 728, Margaret W. Dunscombe 721, Matilda E. Hanuah 721, Grace Crawâ€" ford 716, Margaret Douglas 704, Sarah Jane Hopkins 662, Mary L. Grier 656, Rachel ‘ Tolton 621, Margaret E. Clark 606, J ohn Gardiner 1140, George Irwin 923, James W. Grier 868, William W. Campbell 827, Robert J. Hall 806, James D. Campbell 798, Hiram L. Smith 782, John J. Herron 776, William Bruce 751, Hugh Rose 785, David Farley 725, John Currie 717, William | P. Rundle 718, John B. McLean 695, Alexâ€" | ander Smith 637. y Teachers‘ Examinations. From our Correspondent. Mr. McConkey attended the Hornings Mills Canada Methodist Church, on Sunâ€" day evening, which was crowded, and many could not obtain admission. ‘The Rev. Mr Woodsworth opened the meeting, when Mr McConkey made a stirring appeal, showing the evils of intermperance. At the close of the meeting 120 signed, and received the blue ribbon. May God eause it to prosper. After the action of the County Council for the repeal of the Dunkin Act, and without providing ‘or recommending any other: measure, from that august assembly, is most extraordinary, admitting, as a matter of courtesy, they entertained the licensed Victualers‘ petition, Is it possible that asâ€" sembly has lost all hope? Is i; possible they will not recommend some measure that will keep the inebriate from falling into his old habits again? Is there no reâ€" demption, is all hope gone? Surely not. Let us encourage the blue ribbon movement. The eight hundred majority in the County of Grey for the Dunkin Bill, are prepared to support any measure that will check the tide of drunkenness and its attendent evils. Let it not be suid there is no hope for the inebriate, and he was allowed to return to his vomit. WOfi a Teachers‘ Examination Co. Grey. Blue Ribbon Movement at Horning‘s Milis. The Church of England services are to be held every alternate Sabbath in the school house at 6:30 p. m. The Presbyterians of Dundalk are agitating for the bricking of the outside of the church. which would greatly add to the external apâ€" At a magistrates court hcld on the 22nd ult., Mr. Isaac Irelavi, of Cedarville, was fined $5 and costs for assaulting James Menâ€" zies, of the same place. Mr. George Nixon has greatly improved the appearance of his store by plastering on the outside and blocking in imitation of free Horning‘s Mills, July 21st, 1878. ’ Mr. Wm. Nelson is going to erect & brick cottage, the contract tor the carpenter work ‘having been let to Mr. Robt. Cross, and the brick and stone werk to John Hanbury. Mr.: Emanuel Wilson having sold hiscottage some few weeks ago to Mr. John Stevenson, has purchased a lot in the village on which he intends to build another house. +4 Taylor, Maggie ; York Ck, wim. C. W.; Campbell, on, Wm. ; Graham, Nichoâ€" Bobert E. ; Hodgson, Fred. Ienry ; Hobbs, John H. ; +; Morrow, Wim. ; Mortiâ€" . J. Maum, Seiwn. was Dundalk News. th, Charles ; Anderson, us ; Burns, James ; llis, Daniel D. ; Donâ€" Holmes, Edward S. ; was causol lasf Chml Oungo. The Plymouth views of prayer, on these points run counter to the views and experience of all evangelical churohes, and ate extremmely hurtful to piety where they prevailâ€" Closet prayer cons:s : the family altar falls into decay, Where these views prevail people will be heard to say, "I don‘t need to pray, nor attend ohuroh, nor go to sserament, I am saved. It was a} firished long ago." In m ecertain town, which will be here naieless, before Plyâ€" mouthism came in there was a family re . markable for its good order and prunctua]â€" ity in family worship. It used to be the home of a well known minister of the Presbyterian Church, when he always M:fi. family at their morniag and ovâ€" ening worship. â€" The family adopted Plyâ€" l mouth views, and when he next visited | them he never saw the Bille opened fflr" family worship, nor was he asked to load | the family devotion, as formeriy, nor open | his lips in prayerin that bliglhited home. " ‘Plrmonth Brothrenism by Rovd. W. R.i4, ' [coxontstoy srrr wrre | ‘ |_ _ _1 26 TCO VATO person, is ever with his ’poople: "He abides with them forever," But the influence exerted by the spirit, "Holy Spinit (without the article) is yariaâ€" ble. At times it is withholden and the divine life droops : then it is given and the divine life flourishes. We read, therefore, to ask, seek, knock, for this sweet influ» ence. Plymouthists teach that it is not lawful to pray for the Holy Spirit because he abides with all true christians, and they have no need to ask for what they have already. The mistake here on their part consists (as Miss E. J, Whately on Plyâ€" mouth Brethren has well shown), in conâ€" founding the person with his influence. The Holy Spirit (always with the definite article), the third person, is ever with his inicominismsn iss motcie are ceptaos ciie C m e mt The Revd. John Duncan said when dying, ‘‘Pray for me, pray for pardon, and pray for purity : for I am still in the body.," And who, save Brethren, would not subâ€" scribe io these utterances as both natural anl well grounded.* 4 1°8, "If any man sin we have an advoâ€" cate with the Father," Chap. II v. 2. But the words of the Lord‘s prayer settles the matter to all sensible and gracious ones, "Forgive us our trespasses" is a prayer for every day as is daily bread. And with this agrees the experience of God‘s people. Leigh Richmond says in dying, "It is only by coming to Christ as a little child, and as for the first time that I can got penrce." Dr. Boyne, in dying, said, "I am looking to that compassionate Saviour whose blood cleanseth from all sin." The Revd. Mr. Sandeman was asked when dying if he had any pain, to which he replied, "Since I knew Christ I have felt no pain but sin," |The Brethren in this dangerous position of | theirs confound ntonement with pardon, and then make the whole of salvation conâ€" sist in pardon. We are justified onee for all; but forgiveness is needed every day, Atonement is not forgivenegs, and the sins of _ the _ saints â€" may be forgiven as far as eternal consequences are eoncernâ€" ed, while they may not be forgiven as far as concerns temporal chastisement. What say the Seriptures ? "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth (uot has cleansed but is now cleansing) us from all sin." 1 Joln, I 7â€"8. "If any man sin we have an advoâ€"| cate with the Father," Chap. II v. 2. But|| the words of the Lord‘s prayer settles the |! matter to all sensible and gracious one« |1 |aged to use it as n means to finding | Christ. "Promise me, promise me," Dr. |Duncan, of Edinburgh, was once heard saying to an aged woman whom he met on the street, "promise me that you will seek Christ. Seeking cannot save you, but secking you shall find Him, and findâ€" ing Him, He will save you." That is the proper use of prayer to the uncouvertedi "And end ignoble a menus divine." Plymouthists teach that it is not lawful for believers to pray for the fJorgiveness of sin. ‘They teach that the believer‘s sins, past, present and future, were pardoned 1800 years ago: and that at each renewed transgression 1> has only to believe that it is so, that his sins have been forgiven long ago, to enjoy anew the peace of forâ€" giveness. â€" The believer may confess it if| he chooses, but he is not to pray for parâ€" P don : and even confession is not necessary. ‘The believer was saved 1800 years ago, al} ' his sin was buried with Christ; he m-cd) not confess it, nor seek forgiveness, but | just believe that it is all right betweon him | and God. In accordance with these views | such hyinmus as "Just as I am" have been ; changed after this fashion : â€"â€" | Chron., XXXIHI 12â€"18. But some will say this was under the old Testament and is no rule for us. Let us then turn to a case of wickedness fully as bad, that occurred under the New Testament. To Simon Magus while in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity, Peter, (who was evidently here no Plymonthist), gave the advice :â€"*"Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if, perhaps the thought of thine keart may be forgiven thee," Acts VIII, 22â€"28, It is trme that the unconverted ought to be warned agninst resting in prayer as an end against making it a saviour, a ground of acceptâ€" ance with God : but they should be encourâ€" 1. Their false doctrine of prayer. They teach that &n unconverted man has no warrant to pray. Some go so far as to say that it is useless to pray, to read the Scriptures, to attend the means of grace while one is in an nnconverted state. Others without venturing that far have been heard to say, "While I do not forbid you to pray I certainly do not advise it." In answer to the false and exiremely danâ€" gerous view let us read what is said abont Manasseh, the most heinous of sinpers, "And when he was in affliction he besought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers : and: prayed unto him : and he was entreated| of him and heard his supplieation." 1 ‘ I now return to #be main business and proceed to cousider farther the heresies of Plymouthism. In my last letter I stated as the first errors to be noticed, "Conâ€" foundiny faith and assuronce." Now as the next error I would mention Tas Doctrmxat Henrrems or Puywoursâ€" What is Plymouthism? tnown minister of the urch, when he always at their morniag and ovâ€" teach that it is not lawful Holy Spirit because he true christians, and they ask for what they have 1 for me, nne to theo r in Mgr. Conroy was born in Dundalk, of Louth, Ircland, on the 1st Jamuary was ordained priest by ns Eminens dinn_l P!trixi, im 8t. John‘s TLatara» intiurate acquaintance with the condition of the Roman Catholic Church in British Americs and the United Ntatos, the result of long special study during his connection with the Irish College at Rome. Rinee his arriv«) ;ill Canada he has laboured incessantly at his task, and it would seem from the inform ation contained in the press despatches that the continaous strain npon his system had no swall share in bringing about us antime) y death. The sudden death of His Excellency the Papal Delegate to Canada, which took place at St. Jchn‘s, Nf#l4., on Sunday last, will cause wideâ€"spread regret amongst all classos of the Canadian people. During his brief sojourn in British America he snocceeded in creating an exceedingly favourable impression and in doing a great amount of good. His mission was that of a peaceâ€"maker, and for the snceessful prosecution of the dificult work assigned him by Pins IX. he v as pecaliarly qualified, not merely by the porâ€" session of great abilities and an anfailing fund of tact and good seuse, but also by an mem and not examine the in }filemnel\'e-. But bring these p ists before an intelligent andi their arguments melt away lik aff a dyke," No, gentlomen, go your jobs and seandals, you are your element when dabbling things than when attempting the tion of pol:tical economy. 200 C eer Aee Eecumeek sep SS 4G0§UrC 4 tries to prove a great many things, others that Canadian manufictur ‘being ruined by the Yaukees unde them in our markets, and that in «» remedy this they propose to keep al out of the country, and thus pls farmer at the mercy of the merch= short they try to prove and do suce proving a great many foolish things farmers are only foolish enough to them and sugar. We got cotton and tobae ’tlm United States, Uncie Sam w to pry his share, how will he i\ That is turning the talles, Uncle, coffee from Java; rice from Indi and wire from France. These have to pray a share of our tnxew ; these stupid Tories would mmuke us that Protection will enable Canada t world under tributs, and wealth f1 four winds of heaven will pour i coffers. But to sum up, the Prot« in order to bolster un his absurd Glenelg, Aus ; to the meanest (:rlduh Of the , | Club, and why? Bimply becays _ | won‘t stand the test of appearing , | the wibunal of public opinin. TJ,, ; | ligent public will see through u) » | jobs, and see through the motives ,, , | who trumped them up ; so they wi}} 4 to go to the conutry Wi“lâ€"'fiofilfl!nin _| must be got. Henece the grand X, ; Poley is brought forth and Planted p| the eyes of the people as a baim (of | wound, a cure for every disease, 1 | great highway to untold wealth and | pority. Let us look for a moment y | of the arguments by which this gran tional Policy of Protection i; supy : The manufacturers of this eountry ar f ruined by American competition, the more goods nre raanufactured in ti,» |ed States than can find a market, th | brought over to Canada and sold j eost to get rid of them, and eonseqy the Canadian manufrcturer i; und and driven into insolvency, Proj says the Tory, is to stop all this, the tariff lu'&h enough, and no more will come into the eountry, the ann turer will get his own prices, and . as a green bay tree. | But if you 3 f portation you get no duty, no rew nue will have to resort to direct takution, Yankees anmnally export millions . f els of grain, and yet we are told that tection has created a home marke them. We are told, also, in doleful q that we only get 80 cents for onts, ons are shipped from the Uniteq s and sold in Canada ftor 20.cont per by That is certainly a valuable privilege a solid argument in favor of Protec But with a home market where we sell all our productions and eonsequ abolish exportations, how are we goin pay for the large importations which tection is to bring into the conutry * slight differonce of importations ove portations is a balance of trade agains country, surely large nuportations ag no exportations will drive the countr ruin altogether. â€" And then won‘t we to pay the very high duty on goods . ing into the country ? Not at all, say Tory protectionist. According to his trine it is nlwars the callae shas .. Death of Dr. Conroy mu@ Heview, Sir,â€"In the political eamtaign going on all the old warâ€"crties aside, all the old seandals that |, done duty at pclitical pienics, , that have formed texts for many a s«ltion sermon ; the "Mtee} 1ta;] Se the *Goderich Habor Job ;" t,, !-fifiqlm Terminas Seandal ;" tho = Motel;" the "Fort FPrances L ek ; these are thrown aside, and nev mentioned by mny, from the (C); ty "22°00 2y ho iankees unders our markets, and that in ord this they propose to keep all ; the country, and thus place ° 27090 TT0M the information press despatches that the _mpon his system had no inging about his antime) y United Ntatos, the result of during his connection with st Rome. Since his arriv«) laboured incessantly at his Oth, 1878 ouintniahs on 2 .: etion is supported, is country are being mpetition, they say, W in the ['n“_ e market, they upe a and sold beloy , and coubt-vlu(‘m].\. Aurer is undersolq vency, Phlu:c(m“' p all this, BRai. aerchant do sucee Policy. vUSTICTs mattc protect USChes a, that lhave 10 exy , comnty ent e Chief q of the 1 mor 1 1833 beli M " 89 Bolng rand Na. e Oppe Seandg) : * "Kan y ux l & ket und 4 d i. Ane h‘ thrs lef, int Oftep they jol e that t teeu trad Al Bir John Brous wring efic The Gove M (0 Eldorado in Pr r John‘s statemer etory n have m down e 1 roVinces ement were an it is alm to anvtl If a