Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 8 juin 1869, mardi 8 juin 1869

[" HOTELS.hotel; r HANOVER Glasgow, Scotland.This old-established Hotel, \"Nro.45 HANOVER STREET, GEORtiE SQUARE (Glasgow), which enjoys so large a patronage from Cana-\u201e\u201e_i man Gentlemen and Families has been enlarged and refurnished and\u2019 is now replete with every comfort\u2019 'uid ready for the reception of guests.\u2019 The Tariff is moderate\u2014by the week at reduced rates.There is a Ladies\u2019 C\u2019olTee Room, Private Parlors, Bath,&c.; and everv thing is arranged to make visitorsteJl^ nome.MRS.McE WAN, Mnv 97\tProprietress.\tr-tTs-125 ST.CATHEBIIES, OFT,, CANADA.THE STEPHENSON HOUSE, saths, In connection with the Original Celebrated Artesian Well of Saline Mineral Water, so just ly renowned throughout the Western Hemisphere, WIRR BE OEENT For the Reception of Visitors, on THURSDAY, jiOtli MAY, 1869.£'\tThe numerous patrons of this ! -i = ''Hr- commodious F IK ST-CLASS IS® « s HOTEL will find that the House JS B @ S has been THOROUGHLY RE- NT«Trr0VP«mol>' and partly RE-FUR-a ISHEU , the Grounds iiave been tastefully and elegantly laid out and planted, admira-oly adapted for Croquet and other games- a £n™°,WL1I?:U-AI'LEY and BILUAR\u2019d KOOM have been erected, and every care has been taken to secure comfort and amusement for the Invalid or Tourist.Parties desirous of engaging Apartments, or transacting any other business with the Establishment, will please address the Proprietor, BEVERLY TUCKER, St.Catherines, ,r\tOntario, Canada.May 22._____________1m tTs 121 IS,69.THE CANADA HOUSE, WILL BE OPEN for the reception of Visitors about the 15th JUNE next.Arrangements will be made with families for board, either by the week or month.Return Tickets will bo issued at reduced rates to the Springs, including the Stage fare.Any further information can be had by applying at the Office, 10 Bon aventure Street.EDW.SCOTT, Secretary.April 15.\t2m S9 KA.MOXlrtA.SKA.SES BATHING ! _ The undersigned intimates to her ft Friends that her PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE is now REOPENED for the RECEPTION of Visitors, Families and Invalids, who may desire to enjoy the benefits ol the invigorating air of this line Watering Place as well as the comforts of a first-class Country Residence.For particulars, address AIRS.HARRIET SMITH, Albion House, Kamouraska.N.B.\u2014In addition to the Railway Cars here will be a Steamer from Quebec direct o the Village three times a week.i AN/AIO ^itate AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOL.LXI.MONTREAL, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1869.NUMBER 135 FOR SALE.ST.JAMES HOTEL, ; BOSTON, MASS.The new and elegant ST.JAMES HOTEL is situated on Franklin Square, and combines in its construction every modern domestic convenience and luxury.The notable characteristics of the house are its broad, light,and well-ventilated corridors and vestibules, its cheerful and well-arranged apartments, and its domestic conveniences from basement to dome.The bouse contains the largest and most approved Passenger Elevator ever erected, which lands the guests on any floor,from parlor to attic, in one minute Horse Cars from the Depots and all parts of the city and environs, pass within a rod of the Hotel continually through the day.Special Coaches, attached to the St.James, will be found at all of the Railroad Stations and new carriages and attentive drivers at the house.Nearly a million dollars has been expended in erecting and furnishing this spacious structure, in order to produce one of the argest and most perfect Hotels in the ountry.The travelling public are especially uvited to give the St.James a call, when visiting the city, where a cordial welcome will always await them.May 8.\t2m.ws-109 &c7r F o i?Sale or to Let.J une 3.TO LET, HOUSE and BAKERY, No.89 St.Charles Boromm Street.Possession immediately.The House will he Let separate from Bakeiy, if desired.Apply to COURT & MACINTOSH, North British Chambers.dc-131 TO BE LET, With immediate possession, a HOUSE and STORE, in McGinn Street, No.198.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 .Anew Cut-Stone HOUSE,\u201cin Crescent Street, West of Mountain\" Street, With all modern improvements.Apply to CIIAS.PHILLIPS.June 3.\tlm-131 FOK SALE, A Beautiful Villa Residence, within the city limits, Fronting on the St.Lawrence and on the Line of the City Cars, 386 feet front on St.Mary Street, 420 feet on the River, by 200 feet depth : STONE BUILDING, Two Storeys tflTinn High, with a Patent Steam Fur-Lj s ü s nace in good order, and all the mo-|ii|.îUffâi n dern improvements; extensive J-ttA Grounds tasefully laid out, lofty shade trees, rare shrubbery plants, great variety of FRUIT TREES, large VINERY in full bearing; Stables, Coach, Wood, and Coal Houses, Ice and Root Houses,\u2014all in good order.Title perfect.Terms very liberal.Apply to Messrs.LAFR AM BOISE & LAMOTHE, No.34 Little St.Janies Street.May 31.\tlm-128 EOB SAVLE, A LOT OF LAND, agreeably and advantageously situated near the Champ de Mars, 61 x 97 feet, fronting on two streets, St.Louis and Craig, with two STONE HOUSES, No.99 and 101 in St.Louis Street.Title indisputable.Terms Liberal.Apply to Messrs.MOREAU, OUIMET & LACOSTE, No.30 St.Gabriel Street.May 22.\t1m sTt 121 a fl H tion.TO LET, For the Summer months, TWO excellent COTTAGES at St.Lamberts, situate near the Railway Bridge,having com modious room s, neatly papered, and in good condi- May 10.Apply to JOHN LEEMING & CO.110 TO LET The three-story STONE HOUSE, No.1 Holy rood Terrace, McGill* College Avenue.Apply to GEO.W.WARNER & SON, No.57 St.Francois Xavier St.March 22.\t68 i3 tl ü Ï: TO LET No.1 PRINCE RUPERT PLACE, McTavish Street.Apply to S.H.& A.S.EWING, 102 King Street.February 15.\t38 n h m a TO LET.STORE corner of Notre Dame and McGill Streets, to be divided into two Stores if required ; and the two upper flats rented apart.Those two flats could answer a Photographer or for Show Room.Apply to P.LAMOTHE, N.P., 31 Little St.James Street.ebruary27.\t49 FOR SALE, «That magnifleent first-class COTTAGE situated upon the high road to Lachine, two minutes walk from that Station, containing 11 apartments, with Storehouse, Stable, and Ice-house, a large Garden, with two large flower beds in front of the House.Title perfect.For conditions, apply to the undersigned Proprietor upon the premises.FRANCOIS CUSSON.Lachine, 5th February, 1869.\t81 TO LET, IN THE \u201cHERALD\u201d BUILDING Great St.James Street, TWO ROOMS in the Second Story.A LARGE ROOM in rear, now occupied by Mr.Bishop, Engraver.Apply to MR.WILSON, ^\tHerald Office.February 17.\t49 B! AUTHORITY OF JUSTICE.PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, ) City and District of Montreal.( PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on FRIDAY, the EIGHTEENTH day of JUNE next, at the hour of ELEVEN of the clock in the forenoon, in the Offioe of the undersigned Notaries, No.32 Little St.James Street (up stairs,) in the said city, will be sold judi-cially, by public auction, to the highest and last bidders, the immovable property herein below described, depending of the Estate and succession of the late MARIE ANNE STE.MARIE, widow of the late ANTOINE VO\\ ER, subject to the conditions of sale which will be then and there publicly read out, and which may he known before by ap, plying to the undersigned Notaries, to wit : 1st.A FARM, situate lu the Parish, of St.Laurent, in the said District, c ontain-ing three arpents in front, by bwenty-five arpents in depth, the who le more or less, and bounded in front to the south-east by the turnpike roar l leading from Montreal to Sault-au-Ke\u2019collet, in rear by the farms or lands of tlae Parish of Sault-au-Reeollet, on one sàde to t he north-east by Widow P.S.Re'idler, a nd on the other side to the south-west liy one Latour, with a Stone House an d Barn thereon erected.2nd.A FARM or LOT OF LAND situate in the said Parish of St.Laurent, distinguished as Lot Number One,(No.1) on the plan made by J.Rielle, Esq., sworn land surveyor, dated the 12th January 1869, which will remain deposited in the office of F.J.Durand, Notary, the said Farm containing four arpents in front by twenty-eight arpents and seven perches in depth, the whole French measure, more or less, and containing a-total superficies of about one hundred and fourteen arpents and eight perches, according to the said plan, but without-warranty of precise measurement ; bounded in front to the north-west and on one side to the south-west by the said Turnpike Road, in rear to the I south-east by a strip of land forming part of the Farm distinguished as N umber Two on the said plan, and herein below thirdly described ; and on the-other side, to the north-east, by the said lastly above-mentioned If arm, with two Stone Houses and other buildings; I thereon erected.3rd.A FARM or LOT OF LAND, of an Ir- j regular figure, situate mostly iu the : said Parish of St.Laurent, and for a small part in the Parish of Montreal, in the said;District, distinguished as Lot Number Two (No.2) on the said plan, containing two arpents, nine per ches, and nine feet in front at its north-west end on the said Turnpike Road, by a length of twenty-eight arpentti and seven perches, where it takes in a line parallel with the said frontline, a width of four arpents, four perches an ©restt St.James Street, (First Floor,) PROVINCIAL SURVEYOR, Quebec and Ontario.May 20,\t!\t124 \u201c A SUCCESS UNP1 tECEDENTED.\u201d See, following Extract from the Globe of May 14, 1868.\t\u201e 4 \u201c\u201cVarious importers and manufacturers have attempted to allait:; a reputation for tlieir pre pared Cocoas, but wo doubt whether any thorough success h ad been achieved until Messrs.Taylor Bi\u2019Otl yers discovered the extre.orednary qualities of \u201cMaravilla\u201d Cocoa.Adapting their perfect system of preparation to; this finest off all spéciesof the The obroma, t hey have p reduced an article whiich supersedes every other Cocoa in the ma rket.Entire solubility, a delicate aroma, am i a rare concentration of the purest ele-m< mts of nutrition, distinguished the Mara-vi\u2019da Cocoa above all otl icrs.For Homœo-pr thsfand invalids we could not recommend a more agreeable or valut dll e beverage.\u201d Sold in packets only by all Grocers, of v -horn also may be1 had 'Taylor Brothers\u2019 t higinal\t_\t.I Iomceopa' tiiic Cocoa and Soluble Chocolate.Steam Mi jls\u2014Brick Lqne, London.-January ^ 9.-\tIytl5 The Policy op Canada.\u2014As there seem to be many persons constantly in search of a policy for Canada, we may, perhaps, he allowed to give a comprehensive statement of our idea as to what such a policy ought to be.In the first place, it should he based upon, geographical considerations, and hence, lying alongside of a country very much stronger than ourselves, and having been warned bv the mother country that we mvist hereafter provide mainly for our defence, peace with our neighbours should be recognized as a leading feature.This shou ld ma,ko us avoid all wanton irritation, while we, at the same time, stand firmly by substantial rights.This policy is essential to o ur independence, and is that which has been pursued\u2014sometimes for centuries\u2014by European dynasties celebrated for their sagsicity, when the circumstances of their epiintry were similar to our own\u2014witness especially th e House of Savoy.Recognizing, therefore, that peace with the United States is essential to our existence, and is not tc> he forfeited except upon a point of honour more important than existence, which i& an alternative in the lives of nations, like that which sometimes occurs in the lives of individuals, between men\u2019s honour and their lives, we say that our next axi om should ho that a free interchange of trade with the United States is essi mtial to our prosperity.We do not say tha t we cannot exist without this tree inter-cha uge, but we do say that to expect the full measure of prosperity which nature has prej >ared for us, is as; impossible while we rem ain cut off from the rich country to the Sou th, as it would be to exrpect that Scot-linu 1 could enjoy her pres ent flourishing condition if she wore cut off from the rich t rade which her union with 1 Sngland has afforded her.Politically she in ight do as well as now, that is unless she weire threatened with foreign war; hut commercially she would see her channels of trade nearly ; ilried up.Probably if the union of the \u2022 Kingdoms had not taken place, and if /or-f-eign war wore an improbable event, no one in Englan d or Scotland would in the present state of ideas see any great advantage in \u2022a common government ; but no wise man ¦on either side) could doubt that his material ; prosperity, especially ifhewere ofthe poorer country, mus t be contingent on free inter, course betw een the two.We are glad\tto s ee that what\twe have long pointei 1 out as almost certain to occur in the United States is appa rently becoming neare a- and nearer.to its accomplishment.The question of free trade, as we always suppi )sed it would do, after the abolition of sla very had released the South from thenece ssity of conciliating a Northern party by offe ring advantages in return for the Northerr i toleration of slavery, is becoming one off the mam issues of the day.The West is 1 arge ly in its favour ; the South, except the sugar interests in Louisiana, has all its interests as i well as traditions engaged bn the same side,.Science has carried the war against ecoi romical error into its very citadel, th e State of Massachusetts ; and in New Yor k the great merchants, who are natural!\u2019 ^ free tn iders since they best see the pat ure of the exchange of commodities, are aj ,plying the ir means and tiieir in-fluenr ,e to educate the public mind to a propi _>r appreciation of the truth.Above all the weight of tai:ati\u2018on is forcing upon thïr üng persons the necessity of a scrutiny int' o the principles which underlie the art securing a great revenue for the State W ithout oppressive bu rdens on the citizen.1 i like set of.circumstances fifty years i ago obliged the statesmen of England to the same enquiry.The result was a gradual abolition of the hindrances to trade, which had cramped the energies of the people and impoverished them without profit to the Government.The same thing must happen with our neighbours across the line.In the meantime if we cannot directly promote this object in the way of reducing or abolishing the Custom House harrier\u2014if we have rather to wait for the action of others than do anything ourselves, we can show our faith in the doctrines which we wish to prevail, by applying them on all occasions which are within empower.In one particular, which, though not precisely one of trade, is really governed by cognate principles, we may, without offence to any, and with great immediate profit to ourselves, prove our belief in the great modern idea that political boundaries should not he Carriers against social and commercial intercourse.The character of our boundary line, and the nature of our climate are such, that the most facile meithod of passing from one part of the Dominion to another, and from one part of the United States to another, is in each case across a, certain portion.of the territory of the other.Moreover, our only access during the winter to that point to which all nations tend\u2014the ocean\u2014is through American territory, and if we make another through our own territory, it will still he far inferior to those we already possess.As to our existing; railways, it is notorious that, as in the ancieii\u2019t world, all roads were said to lead to Rome, so in the modern world all Canadian railrbad.fe lead to the United States.We need hardly e numerate each case, for the fact is obvious t hat whatever way traffic it was hoped to proem e for our roads, the objective point of all of them was either on the territory of the Un ited States, or on a Canadian road which lui ,d such au objective point.We believe th at we should act upon this fact, and upon the conclusions which naturally flow from it, a nd that in railway questions we should ign ore political geography and be guided by na tural geography.The second will he perman.eut ; the fi^rst is constantly changing.It ' we make this great Intercolonial railway, for example, what will it avail us to liav e more than double the mileage i;o the po: it of St.John, in order to follow the sinuositi es of the diplomatists who agreed to the As hburton treaty, if our brave yo uth shall h ereafter annex the State of Main; i, through the northern part of which wo\u2019 may have.a direct line to the Bay of Fundy ?Even if tl ley do not annex it we do not : see that fit e will not raise steam Animal Meeting- of the Bank of Montreal.Hon.Senator RYAN took the chair saying that it was usual for the President to do so ; but that in consequence of an affection of the throat with which their worthy President fttr.Anderson was affected, he had asked him, (the senator) to take his place.He regretted the occasion which obliged him to do it ; but ftlr.Anderson had put on paper some remarks which would be read by the secretary to the meeting.Moved by Rob.Esdaile, Esq., seconded by Thos.Davidson, Esq.,\u2014That the following gentlemen be appointed to act as scrutineers : W.B.Gumming, H.S.ftfac-Dougall, and, that Thomas R.Christian be the secretary of this meeting.The General Ma nager, ftfr.E.H.King, then read the following statements :\u2014 Report of the Directors to the Shareholders at their Fifty-first Annual General Meeting held on the *lth June, 1869 : The Directors have much satisfaction in presenting to the Shareholders the Fifty-first Annual Report, accompanied by a statement of the result of the business of the year ending 30tli April : £ s d $ c.The balance at the credit of Profit and Loss account on 30th Apri l 1868 amounted to.17,937 5 0\t71,749 00 Profits for the year ending 30th April, 1869, after deducting charges of management, and providing for bad and doubtful debts.280,244 19 5 298,182 4 5 From which has been taken : £ $ Dividend 5 1120,979 88 1,192,728 88 p.c., paid De 0 0 1160,000 00 ec.1868 .75,000 300,000 Dividend G p.c.payable J une 1869 .90,000 360,000 Ad d i t i o n to Rest,.125,0'iO 500,000 £290,000 Leaving a balance carried forward at credit of Profit and Loss account for the current year.8,182 4 5\t32,728 88 The Directors congratulate the Shareholders, that the profits of the year have enabled them to increase the dividend, and to make a considerable addition to the d Rest,\u201d which now amounts to the sum of $2,000,000.This result has been arrived at after providing the full amount of all known bad or doubtful debts, and making liberal provision for unforeseen contingencies.The profits of the past year have far exceeded those of any previous year, and the Directors consider it right to state that in their opinion the expectations of the Shareholders in the future should not be based upon the unprecedented return'! now submitted.(Signed.) T.B.ANDERSON, President.GENERAL STATEMENT.co o£i \u2022in ©co \u2022 cô o ^ -cooco \u2022 ko r}lCO lOCO o5c$c3!5> : .a 3S3SS :t! o -'Sft vi ^ \u2018q T3 rt S3 CÛ 03 d ?L _ ^ £1 : o 5) .2 \u2022\t^ b .u \u2022 * : £ STt -tf 2 o'S 0 ci B O\t3 O -.'3 \u20227; O P aiO £\to S o S SjSaK-S oZi o b o « rt oQ.g O OMKtq Ï5 E.H.KING, General Manager.Bank Montreal, ) Montreal, SOth April 1869.j b- Mr.CHRISTIAN, the Secretary of the meeting, then read the following remarks written by the President :\u2014 The PRESIDENT has to apologise to the meeting that from his voice being still inaudible, he is under the necessity of again asking the Secretary to read the few remarks he has to make on this occasion.He congratulates the shareholders on the nature of the Report submitted to them, especially on the increase of the dividend which the Directors found themselves happily in a position to make.He assures the meeting that the Directors have carefully and thoroughly inspected the assets of the Bank, and found everything correct, and satisfactory.The addition of $500,000 to the rest, he also considers a matter of congratulation, as affording greater security to the shareholders.In any event, he thinks a large amount of Rest has become desirable, perhaps he should say necessary, more particularly as the period for the cessation of the Bank charter is approaching.It is with feelings of deep regret that the President mentions the loss of the late lamented John Red-path, Esq., who, as a Director, was always a faithful guardian of the interests of the shareholders, and for several years held the important office of Vice-President of the Bank, in which office he has been succeeded by the Honourable Thomas Ryan, and in that of Director, by G.W.Campbell, Esq., M.D.The President would also have called the attention of the meeting to the very able manner in which the business of the Bank has been conducted by the General Manager during the past year.Were it not that in that respect the Report speaks for itself, and not doubting that it is considered by you satisfactory, lie will ask you to move its adoption, merely remarking in conclusion that should any further information respecting the affairs of the Bank be required, it will be readily given by the General Manager.Moved by Wm.Murray, Esq., (Seconded by Henry Lyman, Esq.):\u2014That the Report of the Directors, now read, be adopted, and printed, for distribution among the Shareholders.He said that his opinion was, of course, that of every one present.All were greatly gratified by the report which had just been read ; for it was most satisfactory to find that after the good evidence of the success of the Bank afforded by dividends during the year of 5 and G per cent., there was still so large an amount to be added to the rest, making in all on the year a profit of nearly 20 per cent.He supposed that no bank in the country had ever earned so much in one year.Last year they had been taunted in the Upper Canada papers with being too jubilant.He did not know what these papers would say now, hut in that connection, he could not but say that it seemed strange that the people of Upper Canada should be so hostile to this Bank, and especially to its cashier, who was charged with bringing down the Upper Canada Bank, the Commercial Bank, and now the Royal Canadian.Yet the Upper Canada Bank was rotten before Mr.King hail any position in the Bank of Montreal, and if it were possible to get behind the curtain and see who were the defaulters, the truth as to the cause of in the newspapers, and thus the public mind bad been poisoned, but lie thought it would do no harm it an antedote were administered in the shape of a reply to some of the gross misstatements which had been made.As to the rest,\u2014it had been understood, that \"hen it should reach a certain amount the whole profits of the Bank would be divided and perhaps the Board might take the opportunity to say whether that was still the intention, Perhaps they would not reply just now ; but he must say he thought the jest was large enough, and that it would have been no harm if the shareholders had got ï J per cent instead 6 per cent.They Would, however, expect that next time.The report just read Was a proof that good management of a bank would make money for the shareholders, and, indeed, it was hard to see why it should not, when merchants made money with single names and Banks never trusted jlieir property to less than two names.Yet within a few years four Banks had gone down in Upper Canada.The Upper Canada Rink had sunk its entire capital, even if the stockholders should not be called on for anything.The Commercial Bank had destroyed two thirds of its capital ; the stock ot the Gore Bank was selling at 37 cents to the dollar ; and now the Royal Canadian had suspended.If the newspapers would administer admonitions to those who had caused these disasters they would be better occupied than in casting blame on the Bank of Montreal.Mr.HENRY LYMAN in seconding the resolution, and in reply to Mr.MURRAY, said that lie noted with much pleasure the conservative remark of the general manager that we ought not to expect so large profits another year.The Bank, however, had always been well managed and in the judicious hands of its present managers he had no doubt that its career of prosperity would still be unimpeded.It was remarkable that the Upper Canadian Banks had been so unfortunate ; for whether it was the difference in climate or some other cause he.had only nown ot one Bankfailure in Canada East\u2014 that of the old Bank of Canada many years ago.That spoke well for the caution exercised in the Banking business in that part of the Dominion.Moved by Alex.Cross, Esq., Q.C., Seconded by John Swanston, Esq.,\u2014That the thanks of the meeting be presented to the President, Vice-President, and Directors, for their attention to the interests of the Bank.Mr.Cross, in speaking to this resolution, said that for the prudence, intelligence, skill and science, which had been shown in the management of the Bank, the meeting ought certainly to be grateful to the gentlemen who had presented them with the results exhibited by last year\u2019s business_a dividend unparalleled in the annals of banking in Canada.The fact was the more remarkable because the time had been one of great commercial depression which had affected other banks.The science of banking however, now seemed to be beginning to be understood\u2014that it was not the business of a bank to support the Government or politicians but to look to the interest of the Bank alone.The vote having been carried, The HON.SENATOR RYAN said that as President on tins occasion it was his duty to return thanks for the vote just passed.During the last year the Bank had been very successful, and tne Directors had to congratulate themselves and the shareholders thereon.But the Directors devoted only a small part of their time to business, which was sufficient fully to occupy the minds end attention of many able men.It was not, therefore, to them alone, nor principally that the success of the Bank was to be imputed.The shareholders for its prosperity must look to the general manager and ids deputies.In congratulating the stockholders upon the success of the Bank during the past year, he was happy to say that there were indications that success would bo continued,perhaps increased, with possible additions to the present dividend but one duty of the Directors was to be very conservative, and not to lead shareholders to expect too much.While the Directors assured the stockholders that tlieir zeal would be unimpaired\u2014that they would do all in their power to make dividends\u2014it would be wrong to suppose that such an unprecedentedly good year would he often repeated.It should be remembered that disasters did occur, and the Directors thought that in the contemplation of that fact a large and sufficient rest was a great security for the permanent position of the Bank.The next Board would have to deal with tile questions of increase of rest or dividends, if increased profits should he realized.Ho therefore would not answer the somewhat leading question of Mr.Murray.But he was sure the Board would use every effort to increase the dividend.As to the attacks in the newspapers\u2014Mr.Murray had spoken of those of Ontario ; but it must not be forgotten that there were newspapers nearer home, which had also made these groundless charges.It would not do, however, for them to rush into print, to answer everything that was said against the Bank.His friend Mr.Penny he was sure would advise them to let the newspapers alone, and unless they meant to fight the dispute out to the very end, not to begin a controversy.The best answer which the Directors could make to these attacks was tiieir balance sheet, and while they could show such a report, he thought they could well afford to pass by and take no notice of the slanderous attacks upon them.Mr.T.M.THOMSON said, that it was evident there must have been for a number of years i n the management of this Bank an amount of skill, vigilance and prudence which could not he sufficiently praised, and which amply called for the resolution which he now proposed.Mr.WATSON thought that there ought to be something more than thanks in the present case.Mr.E.KING (the General Manager) said, it was his duty to return thanks for the vote just passed in favour of himself and the other officers of the Bank.As to the other officers he could say that they had been most amply deserving of the thanks accorded to them ; they were all deserving and able men ; but, perhaps, he ought especially to speak of those connected immediately with himself in the management of the Bank, Mr.Angus and Mr.Christian, to \u2014\u201eTyîi;j.\u201e\t.,\t\u201e i?xi.\u2022\t._ whose ability and zeal so mneh of tlieir success was-due.Until the last and the present year it had not been customary to return thanks for this vote ; but in these two years the circumstances had shown that it was not to be looked upon as a mere formality, but was to be regarded as conveying the sense of the meeting as to the difi-cult position in which the Managers of the Bank had been placed ; and, perhaps, the attacks made in the newspapers, which might properly be called slanderous, bad really been matters of thankfulness, because they had called forth remarks in tills connection which could not but be very gratifying to those who had to withstand obloquy.\tAs to the last paragraph in the\treport, to which\tallusion had been made by Mr.Murray and the President, he would remark that tire profits of the Bank during the early part of the year had been larger than during the latter part, and from all the prospects before them, he thought that clause should be regarded as the most significant of the report.The profits last year had been 18 J per cent, upon the capital, not 20 per cent., as Mr.Murray had said.It was true that between the dividend and the rest something more was represented \u2022; but it must be remembered that to make that they had begun the year with a balance of $71,000, and carried forward only $42,000, so that they had made use of about $30,000 from last year\u2019s profits.As to an increase of dividends, the shareholders might fairly look hack at the past policy of the directors.When the rest had been raised to $1,000,000, they had raised the dividend to 10 per cent ; now that they had $2,000,000, they had declared at the rate of 12 per cent.That pointed out the past policy.As to the future, it was not for him to say anything on the subject of fixing the amount of rest.But, knowing as he did the varied interests of the hanks in this country and elsewhere, there could, he thought, be no mistake in the direction of increasing the rest.He did not mean that that was to go on for ever ; but the larger the rest, the more secure and permanent would bo the value of the stock.A suggestion had been made after this resolution had been proposed, which he was sure was kindly meant ; but it was fair to say that the officers of the Bank had participated in its prosperity, and the Directors had been enabled during the last two or.three years to add to the salaries of these gentlemen a very handsome bonus.As to himself, he had no reason to complain, and on his account it was quite un- Esdaile :\u2014That the Transfer Books be opened to the inspection of Shareholders within Bank hours.He said that unless this motion were granted he could not see how any Director could expect the confidence of the shareholders.There were many reasons indeed why the transfer book should be open ; and having brought this forward at other meetings of Banks and Companies it had been there conceded that it was a right which shareholders ought to claim.He did not doubt that the Directors now present would do so too, after the question had been before them.The Presidents of the City and of the People\u2019s Bank, and Mi\u201c Allan, President of the Telegraph Company had all conceded the principle.He asked whether, if Directors of means were to give place to men of straw, it would not have its eftect on the value of stock.If disastrous news came, was that a fact which should belong to the Directors alone, or whether the shareholders should not be able to sell out before the price was precipitated by 10 or 15 per cent.Mr.MURRAY understood that the proposition was contrary to the charter.Mr.CRAWFORD could not see that, and if it were said to be so would like to see the clause which was relied on pointed out.Mr.MURRAY approved of the rule, and mentioned that the Vice-President of the Upper Canada Bank had sold out a short time before its closing.Mr.CRAWFORD said that the Commercial Bank was also precipitated by persons being ignorant as to the class of persons who were selling out.Was it not right that the stockholders should know their fellow stockholders, and whether, in case of a disaster, which he hoped was lar from probable, they would be held responsible for 5, 10, 15 or 20 per cent?He trusted that the Directors would consent to this motion, now that they could do so without the imputation of being forced by outside pressure.The PRESIDENT read the clause in the, charter already referred to, to the effect that no shareholder should be allowed to inspect the accounts of any person Having dealings with the Bank.Now, learning that there was some agitation on this matter, and that there were some respectable persons who dealt in stock and wanted to have the first news, the Directors had applied to their legal advisers upon the subject, and the opinion of those gentlemen was that the transfer book was an account of persons having dealings with the Bank, and that the shareholders had no right to see.it.There was, therefore, an error in the form of the statement proposed by Mr.Crawford, and if he desired an expression of opinion upon it, it would be better to change the wording.An application might be made to Parliament to alter that provision when the question of the renewal of the charters of the Banks should come up.He did not go into the question of the inconvenience to the Bank or the futility of the proposal as a means of defeating speculalion, or preventing persons from selling their shares ; but ho might say that this practice was unknown in England\u2014indeed, the Banks of England and Ireland were very chary of giving information, even of the number of shares held by individuals ; and gentlemen so disposed might easily, even if the transfer books were open, join together to make fictitious sales, and so lead unwary stockholders, not as well posted as themselves, to sell out and sacrifice their property.As to the effect of the resolution in giving trouble in the working of the Bank, he would leave that to Mr.King to speak on.Mr.WARDROBE, (Brockville,) reminded Mr.Murray that he, (Mr.W.,) had wanted a statement from the Bank of Upper Canada which had been refused, although he had said to the officers of the Bank that if they were in a good position that statement would do them good.He thought there ought ro be an amendment to the Bank charters declaring Directors who were indebted to Banks eneligible to be chosen Directors, and he thought the hooks of the Bank ought to be open to the shareholders to see if the Directors were not defaulters.There were Banks where all the Directors were deeply indebted, and an independent man was at once turned out by means of proxies collected at the agencies in order that no one should be on the Boards, but tliose who could be kept quiet by getting something out of the institution.He thought, moreover, that Directors should not hold office for more than two years, without being two years out.By that means the \u201cclaw me I\u2019ll claw thee\u201d system would be somewhat stopped.Mr.T.W.THOMPSON though he sympathized with Mr.Crawford opinion, yet conceived that nothing could be done till the legal question was settled.Mr.MURRAY feared that if his plan were adopted the transfer clerk might be so much interrupted as to render it impossible for him to make the necessary transfers.It might obviate that difficulty, and meet the views of Mr.Crawford if a statement were made out, and hung in the transfer room.of all the transfers made during a month.Mr.CRAWFORD regretted that the Directors had committed themselves to the opinion of their legal advisers, and did not think the Legislature could have had the intention imputed to it, since it called itself for the names of the Bank shareholders.He believed that the rule would give very little trouble for he had learned from the transfer clerks at the Telegraph Dompany and Peoples Bank that no applications had been made to see the books.Of course the Directors could do as they pleased with his motion, and, therefore, rather than lose it, he would accept the compromise suggested by Mr.Ryan, altering the motion so as to make it resolve to apply .to the Legislature for a change.He hoped at all events that the shareholders would reflect upon the matter and be prepared to sign a petition to Parliament in favour of the alteration in question.Mr.KING said the degree of inconvenience which might arise from the adoption of the resolution would of course depend upon on the use made of it.The case of other stocks could not bo taken as a criterion for the stock of the Bank ef Montreal, which was a leading-stock, in which the brokers dealt largely, and there wonld, no doubt, be a good deal of trying to see who was buying or sçlling; and unless very clever, indeed, persons would be very likely to be misled by the information.It might or might not be inconvenient.But there was one great mistake in Mr.Crawford\u2019s argument.The only reason he had given for ills motion was the double liability of shareholders ; but he seemed to forget that double the liability was not for the protection of the shareholders, but for that of the public ; and if any one had a right to to inspect the transfer books founded on that double liability it must extend to the pub -lie.But as to the double liability it was as experience had proved, good for nothing, and if he could influence the Legislature, it should he done away with.As to something which had been said by another shareholder, whom he did not know, about the rotation of Directors, there was already a clause in the Charter by which if the Shareholders wished it, five of the Directors only could remain in office.Mr.WÂRDROPE\u2014But they get proxies and vote themselves in.Mr KING\u2014It is of great importance that gentlemen connected with the mercantile business of the country should he in the direction of the Banks ; for it is \u2019only those gentlemen, whose counsel is good for any thing, and it would be difficult to obtain competent Directors unconnected with commerce.Mr.WARDROPE\u2014But defaulters should not be ^Directors.Mr.KING\u2014That is the law now.Mr.WARDROPE\u2014-We know that has been done, however.Mr.RYAN\u2014I think, sir, you first objected to debtors to banks being Directors and in that case it would be necessary to refuse to deal with the most respectable men in the country having the largest business, or to refuse to have them for Directors.Mr, Ryan urged as the proper remedy for these complaints, that the shareholders should elect good men, in whom they placed con.of the gratification of curiosity, and that the answer to the resolution was contained in Mr.Crawford\u2019s statement that the privilege sought to be conferred was never used where it was enjoyed.Moved by Thos.Cramp, seconded bv H Lyman That the question of opening the Transfer Books of the Bank for the inspection of the Shareholders be referred to the Directors for their consideration.The amendment was put and carried unanimously.Moved by H 0.Andrew, Esq., Seconded by Thos.Davidson, Esq.:\u2014That the ballot now open for the election of Directors be kept open until 3 o\u2019clock, and no longer and that until that hour, and for that pur-J pose only, this meeting be continued Moved by Thos.M.Thomson\u2019 Esq seconded by Thos.Cramp, Esqi,\u2014That thé thanks of the meeting be given to the General Manager, the managers, Agents, and other Officers of the Bank, lor their services during the past year.REPORT OF THE SCRUTINEERS.U H.Kino, Es.*;., General Manager, Tiank-of Montreal :\u2014 We declare the following gentlemen duly elected Directors this day :\u2014 T.B.Anderson, T*.E.Campbell, Gi.W.Campbell, M.D., E.M.Hopkins, J.G.Mackenzie, Peter Redpath, Hon.Thos.Ryan, Henry Thomas, David Torrance.(Signed) IT.S.MACDOUGALL, W.B.GUMMING, Scrutineers.dIontreal, June 7, 1869.3! ie meeting then adjourned.\t% X- WUKKsruiwmcK brick making.the r^° 7i4 Editor of the Montreal Herald : Sir,\u2014In J\u2019our account of a visit to Lien Brick-Works, Mr.Leeming, the President, is reported to have said that \u201c he thought it was unfair that other brick makers sbiould have made it a condition on which alone they would allow contractors to iiave-any of their bricks, that they should take no bricks from the Glen.\u2019 Will you allow us, the largest manufacturers of bricks here, to say t hat so far as we are a ware the above statement is totally un-foun ded.1\u2019 here are other equally gross inaccuracies m t bo same report, but as they do not touch personally, and results speak lor themselves we only particularise the above.BULMER k SHEPPARD.THOS.IV.PEEL.CITY ITEMS.the ruin of that Bank would be very evident, \u2014- \u2014- - These charges against Mr.King were un- I necessary to add anything.there n,c therefore^ that our trains might I just and .ungenerous, as he could not reply I Moved by Mr.Crawford, seconded by Mr fidence.Mr.CRAWh ORD said there were many other reasons besides that of the limited liability\u2014one of thèse was that the persons inside of a Bank should not he the only ones knew what was going cn.Those outside should also know something about it.Mr.H.LYMAN thought if Mr.Crav/ford desired to have an expression of opinion he should make his motion read that it was desirable to adopt the rule in question.He concurred in the remarks of the General Manager as to the double liability.Mr.CRAWFORD altered his motion in the manner recommended, Mr.CRAMP thought the question should he carefully considered, though for his own part it seemed to him very much a matter .Pouoe Court.\u2014Bridget Murtha for steal-in.g a parasol from Mrs.Plunkett was sent to ga ol for three months.Edward Bellefleur to r stealing tools from Joseph Pepin was semt to gaol for six months.Recorders Court.\u2014Number of persons tried before the Recorders Court during the week ending the 5th June, total number 174.\t5 Drowned.\u2014The body of James Dunn, captain ol the barge \u201c Gilligan\u2019\u2019 who was drowned in November last was recovered at Sore], on Saturday and brought up on Sunday, by the Quebec Steamer.It was taken to Whitehall to he interred.Messrs.E.E.Shelton and Alfred Brown are the visiting Governors at the Protestant House of Industry anc l Refuge for the present week.Recorder\u2019s Court.\u2014There was a long list cases came before the Recorder.John Kennedy who between a coat and a quart of whiskey got tipsey.Thanks to yer Honour for fining me a dollar.\u201d JohnMcNa-mee, William James and Robert Duff, were found, in a vacant honrso on Sunday morning without being able to give a satisfactory account of themselv es.George Guerin was charged with havi ng committed an assault upon Terence Gai.vin ; both parties were Corporation cartel -s.Prisoner was find $10 or two months.Çfhe French Count de San-ctos was then fined $1 for his old failing.John Smith knocked William Bruce down.He was fined $2 50 for the indulgence.Six prostitutes walked the pavement for $5.Mary McGrath had absented herself for some time, hut in a n un guarded moment broke through houndfi.She- was discharged with a caution.Theatre Royal.\u2014iRose mid Harry Wat-ins, began at the Tiieatre 1 loyal last night with a fine house.No thing could exceed the fervour of the applause that greeted these highly intended art! sts as \u201cKathleen\u201d and \u201cTerrance.\u201d Seldom; has been seen such genuine enthusiasm as controlle d the audience when the thi illing passages of the famous drama of \u201c\u2018Kathleen Ma vourneen\u201d were reached.The -climax ofthis feeling was when the Black Crag scene hurst upon thé audience.The addon of this scene has neon acknowledged.to be of the most powerful kind ever witn essed.Mrs.Joe\u2019s rendition of the numéro us choice ballads was a great treat and no ne should fail to hear her \u201cKathleen Mavourneen.\u201d \u2014Among recent distinguished arrivals in this city we notice Major J.H.Houghton, whosh distinction consists in his being 31 inches in height and weighing only 41 pounds, the result of nineteen years earnest endeavours to rise in the world.He is a grave, business like gentlemanly little.1Ù1-low, and in th o disposal of bis photograph S \u2014which is his \u201c mission\u201d in Montreal, will doubtless be very successful.Lumber and Wood \u2014Through pressure of other matter \u201c\u2019Lumber and Wodd\u2019s\u20191 letter has been laid over till to-morrow.Housekeepeïr\u2019s Guide.\u2014Mr.Thomas Cooley, late with Mr.Weir broker, is soliciting subscribers for and advertiser\u2019s m his \u201chousekeeper\u2019s guide\u201d which will be published shortly.It will contain a variety of valuable matter for housekeepers and is an advertising medium, will be unsurpassed.The guide will be on a handsome sheet mounted oil rollers, and at glane e will he seen what Is wanted, and where to get it.THE LATE JUDGE WILSON.INCIDENTS OF HIS EARLY UEg.I he London papers give long obituary sketches ol the late Judge Wilson, in the course of which some interesting incidents of his career are mentioned HIS EARLY LIFE.Tile Advertiser says :_ _ \u201cMr.Wilson was a native of Paisley, Scotland, where he was born in the mouth of March, 1809, so that at his decease he was a few weeks over CO years of age.His father, Ebenezer Wilson, a weaver' by trade emigrated to Canada with his family in 1819, and settled on land in the township of Sherbrooke, near the town of Perth Those who knew Ebenezer Will ion well speak of him as being altogether a remarkable man.His intellect was above the common run, and there were few subjects about which he had not more or less information As a thinker he was in advance of his associates ; he was thoroughly practical in his ways, and an instructive, agreeable and amusing companion.If any leader of this obituary record happens to he imperfectly acquainted with Justice Wilsion, he is likely to discover as he proceeds'towards its close, that the prominent features of the father were inherited in a remarkable, degree by his gifted son.\u201c The hoy Wilson received at first just such a common school education as Lhe district afforded.All the domestic in\u2019duences were however, of a kind to imp,rags his mmd with the utility of education for reading, and conversation on books and great questions were common at his father\u2019s fireside- , Very early he engaged in farming, hut not being strong enough for tb.e work had to give it up.From tilling tha ground, he went still very young, to school teaching, m which employment, while benefiting others, his own faculties were i formed aud cultivated.By aud by he became anxious for a higher order of education, with a view to a profession, if fortune wouM second Ins laudably ambitious aims.H a ,cn tered himself straightway as a pupil jn the Perth Grammar School, then under th-emanage-ment ol Mr.John Stewart, now a-, barrister m Stratford Showing much ar.tness for learning, and very marked capacit y, the lad was recommended to study law and he wisely accepted the advice.His next i step was to entei the oflice of Mr.James Bon Iton, now a barrister m Toronto, but then i .ractising «Ver®- As an evidence of the confidence Mr.Loulton had in his apprent ice, he at length entrusted him with the ei itire man-1 agement of a branch office, which was open- ed at Bytown, now known as Ottawa, the capital of the country.After some three years Mr.Bolton removed to Niagara, whither his clerk was invited to accompany ids master, and there he completed his studies.In 1834 Mr.Wilson was called to the Bar, and immediately proceeded to London to enter on an independent professional career.At that date1 London was a village containing some five hundred or six hundred inhabitants, with only threlé ' lawyers\u2014Mr.Ten-brock, aud Stuart Jones, barrister, both of them dead years ago, and Mr.John Stuart, barrister, now clerk in «he office of the Minister of Justice, at the seat of government, ïn a very short time he acquired a large legal practice in what was then the London D.sf: ict, embracing within its extensive bounds ivhat are now the Counties of Elgin.Middlesex, Oxford, Huron, Grey, Brnce, Norfolk, Perth and a portion of Brant.His old Grammar School master, Mr.Stewart, it is worth mentioning, ere long entered his office as a clerk, and completed his studies under his former pupil's supervision.And here it may be stated quite as well as in any -other connection, that the many students who passed through his office, from first to last, Iiave a lively and pleasant re-cellection ot the interest he took in them and tlieir progress.He who was willing to learn had in Mr, Wilson a competent guide and a warm-hearted friend.Indeed, Mr.Wilson was prone to help and encourage young men, and his junior brethren were often indebted to him for valuable aid.Many a young man, now in the ranks of his profession, he assisted in a substantial manner, though he shunned all publicity in these and a thousand other generous deeds.\u201d STRUGGLE WITH THE WORLD.Speaking of Judge Wilson\u2019s residence at Perth the Free Frees says :\u2014 \u201c In those days Mr.AViison was not blessed with any superfluity of means, and he had a hard struggle to eke out a sufficiency by which to support himself, and pay the fees incidental to his profession.Among other expedients, he employed himself in keeping the books of a merchant, and when too poor to buy a candle, would lie down before the fire and.pen the entries in his firm, hold hand by the light of the blazing logs.He worked hard and studied hard, and at last was able to find himself, in spite of many difficulties and hardships, the member of a profession of which he became a leading ornament, succeeding In due time in obtaining one of those prizes, a judgeship, to which all young lawyers look as one of the objects to be kept in view, and, if possible attained.A FATAL DUEL.The same paper says ;\u2014 \u201c Before he left Perth, however, to enter upon a career in the west, a misfortune overtook him which caused him a life-long regret, and directed towards him at the time not a little attention and sympathy.This was his duel with Mr.Robert Lyon, a gentleman who had been a friend of his own, and a member of the same profession.This took place in the early part of 1833.At that day duels were of frequent occurrence, a mode of avenging wounded honour, which, if now gone somewhat ont of date, was then recognized as a necessary usage of society among gentlemen.It is needless to dwell at length upon the cause of the quarrel, hut the spirit in which Mr.Wilson entered upon it may he understood when we say that it was in order to justify a lady of whom Mr.Lyon had spoken impertinently that led to the encounter.Mr.Wilson was the challenger, Mr.Simon Robinson acting as his second.Mr.H.Lelievre, a brother-in-law of Judge Small, performed similar duties for Mr.Lyon.They met at the appointed time just outside of the district of Bathurst,about three quarters of a mile from Perth.Shots were exchanged without effect, and so unused was either of them to pistol practise\u2014 and flint locks did duty in tliose days\u2014that the seconds were under the impression that they might fire for some time before even a wound would be inflicted.It wonld have been well if the result had been as anticipated.After the first shot Mr.Robinson, Mr, Wilson\u2019s second, advanced, and presented a paper to Mr.II Lelievre.Upon unfolding aud reading it, it proved to he a written apology and retraction of offensive words, which it was demanded that Mr.Lyon sliould sign.Mr.Lelievre said that he cou d not consent to Mr.Lyon signing any such paper, but that he should read it for himself.The document was then handed to Mr.Lyon, who, when it had been read, threw it from him, saying that he would never sign it, and would \u2018have another shot first.' Positions where then retaken, and on this occasion the bullet from Mr.Wilson\u2019s pistol entered Mr.Lyon\u2019s side just under the uplifted arm, and pierced his lungs.To tile consternation of all, Mr.Lyon fell on his face, dead.Thereupon Mr.Wilson and his .second returned to Perth, and gave themselves up to the authorities.They were detained .in gaol about six weeks, when the Brockville assizes came on, and they were tried before Chief Justice Robinson.Mr.Wilson defended himself, and laying all the facts before tlie jury was unanimously acquitted, as was his second.Much enthusiasm was shown on ids behalf, not only on account of the matter that led to the duel, but the manner in which he comported himself throughout ; and words of encouragement and offers of assistance came upon him from all sides.\u201d HIS CAREER AT THE BAR.The Free Press continues : \u2014 \u201c In the autumn of the following year, 1834, he came to London, and liking the place and neighbourhood settled here, and commenced practice.At that time there were but two other members of the profession here, and lie soon drew around him many friends.In the summer of the following year, 1835, he married Miss Hughes, a sister of Judge Hughes, of St.Thomas.jVrom this time ins rise was rapid.The p, lopio found in him a man prompt in bu siness ; energetic in every cause he under took, and most powerful before a jury.His eloquence was of the kind that has been called 1 unadorned,\u2019 but it bristled with comm on sense, and was strong in those great Saxon .words which express so much and arc compreh\u2019.tmded so fully by tliose with whom he had to- -do.He had no equal before a jury at the bar- He was thus widely sought after, and to secure his services in a doubtful case was as much as to say that the cause was won already.His method before a jury was to simplify a case, bring it within tlieir comprehension ; seize hold of the strong points and press them home.With the subtleties of law ho did not care to trouble them, but when a nice point came up for argument with the Court he was found to be acute and well-informed.In his ordinary business he was his client\u2019s friend.He discouraged litigation and promoted amicable settlement, and many a poor man has had to thank him for timely advice and caution, saving him from ruin.ms benevolence and popularity.\u201cFor himself, he acquired a competency, an'd then a fortune ; though it became some-wh.at impaired in the doubtful times in con-sequ ence of the engerous use he made of his name i» assisting others.Nor was his ge-neroshY confined to such acts.He visited poor pêi >ple ; got them gifts of clothes ; assisted the ,U1 in various ways, and Would he a ready eh- 'tnpion of their cause it he found them to be deserving.The mode of conducting his bush less, his high honor buoyant candour and i '«idiness to serve others won for him the th de of\u2018honest John Wilson, and he washy tll\u2019 Mr.CORPORATION NOTICES I roduction of the beautiful and domestic lama from \u201c La Grace de Dieu,\u201d the subject upon which is based the Opera of Linda Di Chamoumx, entitled, THE ROSE OF KILE ARNE Y Ï Aime (with four Songs), Rose Watkins; Davy OLeary, Harry Watkins ; with Solo on a Shepherd s 1 ipe, an instrument invented by himself.Also, the popular Comiedetta, received with screams of laughter last evening, The Adventures of a Billet-Doux ! Trotter Southdown, Mr.Harry Watkins.WEDNESDAY\u2014third night\u2014a powerful Bill.In rehearsal, \u201cSchool Pioneers of America;\u2019 \u201cCaught at Last;\u201d \u201cNobody\u2019s Daughter, \u2019 &c., &c.JuneS.\t135 SE^kSOUST 1869- Tha above Society will give the last of their series of CONCERTS for the Season, in the MECHANICS\u2019 HALL, on THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 10th, on which occasion they will be assisted by the following eminent talent MRS.F.THROAVER, MISS V.DE ANGEL1S, MONS.LAVIGNE, MR.H.MACKENZIE, MR.H.PRINCE, MR.F.H.TORRINGTON.Conductor.Tickets 50c.each; to be obtained at the Stores of Messrs.Prince, Boucher and De Zouche, Notre Dame Street; Dawson Bros., Great St.James Streel; and at the door on tlie evening of Concert.For particulars, see programme.June 7.NOTICES.12,682 Order 17,800 bush CAMERON & CO.Auctioneers and Commission Merchants, Offer their services to the Mercantile community, and the Public generally, for the disposal of all kinds of Merchandise, Real Estate, Farm Stock, Household Furniture, &c.The Sale Room is large, and all goods sent in for sale can bo displayed to good advantage.Advances made on Cargoes oi\u2019 Consignments placed in our hands fox sale.CAMERON &|CO., 13°*\t431 Notre Dame Street.Insolvent Act of 1864-5.In the matter of A.O.BI/OH AM, An Insolvent.A FIRST-CLASS ST« BÏ- Ü s For Sale in Chielph, Out.TENDERS, at so much in the dollar value, will he received by the Subscriber, at his Office, Merchants\u2019'Exchange Building, Montreal, up to and inclusive of AVEDNESDAY the 9th day of June next, for the entire Stock-in-Traffe, Shop Fitrm-tiare, «fcc., belonging to the above-named Estate, consisting ol a varied and welt-selected assortment oî GENERAL DRY GOODS, SUCH AS English and Canadian Tweeds Ready-made Clothing Dress Goods, Mantles Haberdashery, Hosiery Hats, Caps, &cv &c.The Goods, from having been carefully kept, are in very good order, and amount in all, as per inventory, to say $11,000.An Inventory of the Stock can he seen, and an inspection oi the goods obtained, by applying to my Agent, Mr.Thomas Hearn-den, at tlie Store lately occupied by tlie above Insolvent, in the town of Guelph, Ont.An Inventory may also be seen at the Subscriber\u2019s Office, and any further Information can be had.Terms to be stated on Tenders.JOHN WHYTE, Official Assignee.Montreal, June 1, 1869.\t133 OF RAILWAY CANADA.On and after MONDAY next, the 7th of JUNE, the MORNING TRAIN for NEW YORK, via PLATTSBURG and LAKE.CHAMPLAIN will LEAVE Bonavonture Station, at 5.30 a.m.An Extra Train will leave for Lachine at 3:00 P.M.C.J.BRYDGES, Managing Director.Montreal,;June 5, 1860.ml33 FOR SALE.For Toronto, Hamilton, and Intermediate Ports The Steamer HURON, Captain Elliott.will leave the Subscribers\u2019 Wharf, at 6 p.m.for the above places.Jtme 8.G.E.JAQUES & CO.185 pref.are dull, and the tnm lower.Telegraph nominal.Richelieu are Saleable at 118, but holders ask 120.City Passenger are procurable at 112}, which is 3 over the vie ws of buyers.Montreal Mining Consols are lower, the sales being at $3.15.Canada governments are steady.Sterling 6\u2019s are offered at 104}, buyers at 103}, and Corporation Bonds are steady, with sales at '96 and 7 per cent.Stock at 110, Harbour 6} per cent., Were placed at 102}.Other shares are unaltered.Banking Scheme.\u2014The difference of opinion existing in the Cabinet, is likely to result in the question not coming before Parliament again this session.It is evident, however, that Sir Geo.E.Cartier is pulling the strings as strongly as he can to carry the measure, while Sir John A.Mac- EuKOPEAU MAEKETS (Mg Atlantic Gable.) Liverpool, June 7.\u2014Flour 22s 6d; Red Wheat 8s 8d ; White do 9s 7d ; Corn 27s 9d; Barley 7s ; Oats 3s 4d ; Pease 37s Od ; Pork 90s ; Lard 7ls 3d.1:25 p.m.\u2014Flour 22s ; Bacon 6ls Cd.London, June 7, p.m,\u2014Consols 92§d for money ; 92} for account ; Erie 183 ; I 0 95 ; A&G W 24}, London, June 7.\u2014Consols closed at 92f for money and 02f for account, 5-2 0*s steady and quiet at 80|.Railways firm.Erie 18f.I C 94}.A & G W 25}.Sugar quiet and steady on the spot and afloat.Common Rosin 5s 3d.Linseed Oil £31 5g.Antwerp, June 7.\u2014Petroleum firmer at 48 ff Havre, June 7.\u2014Cotton active on tne spot at 145f.and afloat 140f.Liverppool, June 7.\u2014Cotton closed active ; Uplands llfd ; Orleans 12d : sales 16,000 bales.Red Western Wheat 8s 7d-Corn 28s ; Refined Petroleum Is 7}d, NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.On Wednesday last thefe Was a Very fail-business in Raw Sugar for refining, atrathet easier prices, but Thursday the market relapsed into a very stagnant state, the views of holders being as tenacious, and those of buyers as determined as ever, neither to sell or buy any more than the necessities of either party may compel a departure from this settled line of policy,\u2014the former because of present losses and confidence in an improved state of things at no distant day and the latter because the business of re! fining can now only be carried on at losing prices.Thus, while the Trade ate doing little or nothing, Refiners wait for a lower range of prices for Raw or higher rates for the manufactured article, before a profitable or satisfactory business can be done.The rather exciting news from Cuba, to hand yesterday, had a tendency to strengthen the hands of holders ; but the large and increasing stock weighs on the market, and though buyers, encouraged by a better dcJ mand for Refined, came forward more freely a pretty lav\"°.PORT OF MONTREAL.DEPARTURES, S.S.Cleopatra, J.James, London, David Shaw, General 786.Ship City of Quebec, D.Peebles, London, H & A Allan, General 663, ARRIVALS.Barqufi Jessie, Gilbert Benjamin, Gales Liverpool 28th April, John Hope&co, General 650.\t\u2019 Brig ForuANA, D.Senges, HelleVost 10th March, H.Chapman, General 213.RIVER CRAFT.Scow St Louis 25 cords wood ; scow Dore 70 do; scow Express 45 do; scow Carlice 40 do; scow Union 40 do; scow St.Genevieve 60,000 feet lumber ; scow St.Marie 57 cords wood; scow Marie Lea 40,000 bricks; scow Cultivator 30 cords wood.EXPORTS.Pet steamer Merritt : 7 cs boots and shoes 1788 hrls flour 20 do corn meal 8 pkgs tobacco 8 do sole leather 5 cs hats 1 do drugs 1 bx brass goods 3 cs 1 hand car 2hf brls varnish 2 do glassware 45 brls spirits 10 doz sheep siring 10 brls split peas 25 do pot barley 79 bags flour 4 cs dry goods and clothing 2 bxs cream tarte 1 do coffee 3 do pipes 1 brl turpentine 1 keg snuff 1 bx screws 6 octaves wine 2 brls whiskey 33 cs ware 1 cs cigar 20 bxs fancy pipes 1720 brls flour 70 brls corn meal 3 cs boots and shoes 200 pkgs tobacco 1 cs dry goods 7 bis corks, 6 Per S, S.Cleopatra ; 99 brls potash 149 do pearl 3,556 do flour 3 cs furniture 6 do raw furs 1 kg books 16,000 bush wheat 20 cs dry goods.Per Ship City of Quebec ; 470 pkgs arms 11,921 do ammunition 3 do private \"effects IHVCIPQIRTS, Per S S NESTORIAN, of Glsagow, A.D.Aird, master, from Liverpool : T Peck&co 991 bars; Moreland, \"VV&co 620 do 43 bdls; Frothingham & W 226 sheets ijo pits; R Sharpley 1 csk; H&H MerrilLs cs- A Milloy 2 do; J A Murphy 1 do ; T Mussen 1 do; Frothingham&W 900 bxs; D Masson&co 132 bgs; J Robertson 4 cks 4 cses 1 bdle 60 ingots; A R McMaster&Bros 3 cs; Adcock&E 2 do; DeLisle Bros&McG 2 cks; J McDougall 2 do; Meyn&W 1 do 6 ces; J D Tait 3 cses \u2022 Can R Co 3 do: D Masson&co 850 boxes ; A Notice to Creditors of Archibald McNaughtoii.1 ho Undersigned hereby gives notice that he Will be prepared td pay a dividend on SUch claims as May be presented, duly attested, on ttnd after the 10th day of July next, MAURICE CUVILLIER.Montreal, Julie 8.i860.\tIts 135 Store for Sale or to In the Immediate Vicinity-Exchange, Let, of the June : _ The^ PropriCtor of the Building, Nos 22 and 24 Hospital Street, Is piepared to treat with parties do- Apply to JOHN FA1RBAIRN, Broker, No.6 Corn Exchange.l&l ItTOTIGE.Notice is hereby given to Proprietors of Steàm Engines, &c., who w-ish to get rid of their Engine Ashes, that the undersigned will remove the same free of expense P.MACQUISTEN, City Survey, :yor\u2019s Office, ) City Hall, Montreal, J une 4,1869.\t) City Surveyor.m 133 PUBLIC MEETINGS.IATDRAL HISTORY SOCIETY HELD MEETING- TO St.Hilaire & Befcdl Mountain.The EXCURSION of this SOCIETY, fo the Study and Collection of objects of interest In the Departments of Geology, Zoology, and Botany, will take place on WEDNES-DAY, June 9th.A Special Train will leave Bonaventuro Station for St.Hilaire on Wednesday, Jim 9th, at 9 A.M., leaving St.Hilaire Station for Montreal at 7 P.M.Conveyances Avili be at the Station to convey parties up the rough mountain road at a small extra charge.Tickets to St.Hilaire and back, $1.50; fiv tickets for $5.Children under 1-1 years, 5 each.To be had at the Society\u2019s Museum, corner Cathcart and University Streets; Dawson Bros\u2019., or from members and associates only.N.B.Tickets issued on the morning of th Excursion will be single only and $1.75 each.Parties will provide their own Refreshments.June 4.13 ISIJ At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS of the' MOISIC COMPANY, held at Montreal the twenty-sixth day of May, it was resolve to call a MEETING of the STOCKHOLDERS for the purpose of authorising the sale of the IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY belonging to tile Company, situated at Moisic, and elsewhere, as also 4br authorising the Sale of the Steamboat MARGARETHA STEVENSON, and the movable property at Quebec, belonging to said Company.In conformity to such resolution a MEETING of the STOCKHOLDERS of said MOISIC COMPANY, for the above purpose, is hereby called, to be held in the OFFICES of the COMPANY, Nos.10 and 12, CORN EXCHANGE BUILDING, St.John Street, Montreal, on SATURDAY, the TWELFTH DAYr of JUNE, at ONE o\u2019clock, P.M.By Order, M.McCULLOCH, Secretary, Moisic Company.Montreal, 2Gtli May, I860.\t125 La Banque Jacques Cartier,.We, the undersigned, Romuald Trytoeait, Louis Boyer, Charles S.Rodier., Victor Hudon, Paul Medard G a i.a r r.vt,,, Louis-Joseph Reltveau, and Andr.iji Lapierre, all of the City and District ftS;Montreal, DP reetois of \u201cLaBanque Jacques Cartier,\u201d a body corporate and politic, existing in the District of Montreal, do hereby call a SPECIAL GENERAL.MEETING of the Stockholders of the said Bank, to be held at the place where tlie meetings relating to and of the said.Bank are generally held, that is at its Office and Banking House, Saint James Street in the said City of Montreal, on Monday, Mth June nest, 1869, at THREE o'clock of the Afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposition for the removal and dismissal of the Honble, Jean Louis Beaudry, from and.of his office of Director and President of the said Corporation; said proposition being based on the fact that the said Honble Jean Louis Beaudry has neglected to fulfil his-dn -ties as said Director and President during long space of time, and, inasmuch Vu ai h has without any good, plansinle «ntl legal: cause, neglected to attend the, meetings of the Directors of the said Bank, from the day he was re-elected President, that is since they I9th Day of December last, 1868.R.TRUDEAU, C.S.RODIFJR.p.m.galarneau; LOUIS ROYER, V.HUDON, L.J.BELIVEAU, ANDRE LAPIERRE, Montreal, 26th April,, 1869.\tkb BuÉ of Canada.LIVERPOOL SILT AFLOAT.10,000 Bags, Course and Bine, For Sale by NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a DIVIDEND ofFOUR PER CENT, upon the paid-up Capital of this Institution for the CURRENT HALF-YEAR has been declared, and that the same will be due and payable at the Bank and its Brandies and Agencies on and after FRIDAY, tha SECOND.DAY of JULY next.The Transfer Book will be closed from, the 15th to the 80th June next, botli days 'inclusive.The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will bo hdd at the BANKING HOUSE, in tb;ls City, on MON! DAY ,the 5th day of JUfoY next.The CHAIR will be taken at 12o\u2019clock noon precisely ; By Ord.er of the Board, JACKSON RAE, a\tCashier, Merchants\u2019Bank of Canaua ) im m^f 'Montreal, 29th May, ISfiof \u2019 | 1 last f HUNGARIAN WINES RE-EIVED per Red Szekszardi, qts,.$7.00 per dozen .\t1,0 Pt3.7.59 case of 2 doz, White Szamarodway, pts,.8.Ü0 per dozen These Wines al\u2019e now pretty generally re-Commeaded by the Medical Men in London as the most wholesome produced in the World.ALFRED RIMMER.ri35 Jilne S.FOR SA ,4.TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENTS.Brown 204 bdls; Thomas, T&co 3 cs 2 bales-M Fisher&Sons 2 bis ; J Hntton&co 3 casks 1 cse; H Haldimand & co 4 do; J Robertson sen w EHW iiw uiUMlfo.WbftUey&W 50 casks Bonneval\u2019s Bordeaux Vinegar 50 cases Sardines 100 do Maccaroni and Vermicelli 300 cases Claret 20 iilids.do 100 cases Brandy 40 baskets Champagne 100 eases Olive Oil OGILVY & CO.June 8.\tb 135 ENGLISH OAK-TANNED Beatlier Belting FIRE-ENGINE HOSE, and PATENT LACE LEATHER Jüîie 7 morin & co., & St.Sacrament Street.r 231 Ruinart\u2019s Green Seal, Now receiving ex \u201cLark,\u201d from Bordeaux, afresh supply of RUINART\u2019S GREEN SEAL CHAMPAGNE, Dry.CHAPMAN, FRASER & TYLEE, Agents for Ruinart, Frere et Fils, Reims.June 4.M