Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 3 mars 1875, mercredi 3 mars 1875

[" CARDS.JAMES TYRE, Official Assignee, JOHN FULTON.A ccountant, (JA'JON WILDINGS, 43 St Francois Xavier Street MONIBBAL.January 80\t25 T H A N O w O o ».Vdvooate, X4LO\t\u20ac5t3rot Nearly opposite Herald Otflce.June 27\tlY 152 VAN NECK & GREEN, Stock and Exchange Brokers, Af.-D GENERAL FINANCIAL AGENTS Stocks, Bonds, Government Securities and Foreign Exchange bought and sold on Commission.OF^TOHÎ : 22 St.John straat, Montreal November 14\t6m 271 Mol NT Y RE & CARMAN BAllRISTERS, ATTORNEY8-AT-LA » Solicitors in Chancery, NOTARIES PUBLIC, &o., OOEtEC V^T\u2019-SS.XjsXjs, OJKT'tr M\u2018INTYR*.\tE.B.OARHAK, January 10\t0 EDWARD W.CO IT, ron and Metal Commission Merchant, No.305J VALNGT SPREaT, Philadelphia, Pa- PLATE A, BOILER TUBES, PLAT ES\u2014Specials.ty 181 BOILER SBIP August I M H.HtYNLMAN a 0I3iR MERCHAIT3 419 St Paul Street, Montreal.October 20\t249 Terrill Frederick W m.Advconte A Attorney-at-LaWt Oiîlso\u2014Ko.217 ST.JAMES STaEST, Opposite the Witnest OfSlce, UONTBBAL, July 31 ly 173 CRAIG & MOFFAT, Accountants and Assignees, North British Chambers, 11 HOSPITAL STREET, MONTREAL DAVID J.CRAIG, GBlclal Assignee, Commissioner for taking Affidavit».ALEX.MOFFAT, Assignee, Commissioner tor taking Affidavits January 29\tly 24 Maclennan & Macdonald, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, See.OORfffVALL, OJST.».B.MACIsENNAN, H.flANFITID MAODCNAI-D April 2\tly 78 L.J.FORGET, STOCK BROKER.Member o] the Montreal Stock Exchange, 00 St.Francois Xavier St.Stocks, Shares, Bonds, Debentures and all classes of Negotiable Securities bought and sold on Commission and on Margin.April 7\tly 8S Robinson, Donahue & Co IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE DEALERS I» Sugars, Teas and Tobaccos, 152 McCHLL STREET, OPPOSITE ALBION HOTEL) JtONTRXAI.Sample» »«nt by Mail vrh»n deelr*d.Tnlvia TO GIBBS INVENTORS.& COURSOLLK, SOLICITORS OF X\u2019ratoxxt» oS'Xvx-xrexxtioxx 63 SPARKS STREET, (P O.Box 461) Ottawa Patent business of every kind attended to; Trade aud Timber Marks, Ac., registered.Sept-mber 8\tly J.Ri E LLhi, XseaxAd ® Wo.148 ST JAMBS July 7 8 STRESS i» ten EDWARD H.TIFFANY Solicitor, &c.Alexandria Ont.OOIeLEOTION» THROUGHOUT ONTARIO AT* \u2022\u2019 E vDK» TO.c,flr»t.«mhpr 25\tly 32B BURGLAR & PIRE ALARMS iTmFIuiünuiis 1ECL4N0HE BATTERIES, Fixe Alarm Lines, AND INSTRUMENTS MADE AND ERECTED.CHANTELOUP, 687 to 593 Craig Street, Montreal Jftnuarv 23\t^9 STATIONERY.SNI/ttO °yiT*TE TENEaS MON I REAL, WedN ESDAY, MARCH 3, 1875.POST OFFICE TIME TABLE VOL LXVIL INSURANCE.[ill mma ce.NEW YORK.Capi'alPaid up.$!,000,000 Surplus 1st Jan , 1876,.1 Î8S.956 Cash Aftets.$2/83 960 Liabilities\u2014$54,183.AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.Amount paid for Losses during three years, $j3.5,61i.past Insurarces agninst LOSS BY FIBE apd INLAND NaVIGATI N at current rates LOSSES PROMPTLY SETTLED.r.O :EKT HAMPSON, GENERAL AG EAT, 18 Corn ExcHAireK.February 18 41 MiR[|[J|SUye£[ Insurance Wj of loitli imetica, PHILADELPHIA.Xxj ocjirxJCïX-gxto tri 1704:, CAPITAL.ASSLTi.$1,000 Ü00 .4,68tJ, 612 STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS, $986,690 OO First Mortgages on City Property.United Slates Government Loan Bonds.,,, State of Pennsylvania Lean Bonds.City of Philadelphia aud other Ctt> Bonds .Railroad Bonds Sto ks and Canal Loans.\t000,655 95 Ca h in 8 ink i Bankers\u2019 Hand a.CashPremiums in course of ransmlssion.Notes Receivable S \\ a-rine Premiums un- seitled.Loans nn ( ollateral security, Accrued Intsr- terest &o.Real Estate, Offices of the om/any.532,200 00 334,575 00 805,820 OO 432.557 33 145,371 30 610,610 4 3 92,018 C9 74,313 80 Total Assets, let Jan , ]8T5,$4 680,812 96 The Companv Insures Cargoes and Freights to and from all pans of the world, and isiues Policies and Oertifl stes making Loss Pay*bi,e in G.I.B either In Montreal or by Messrs.BaawN, SnipnaY Co., London.EGBERT SAMPSON, 18 Corn Exchange.Febtnsrv 18\t41 ACCIDENTS.THE FIRST COMPANY OFFERING A Bonus to its Accident Policy- Holders, AND THR ONLY ONE NOW GIVING Twenty-five per Cent, of ita Profits to those Insured in that Branch is the Citizens Insurance Company A Sound Homo Company.EDWARD STARK, Manager October 17 Accident Department.mwf iv f 174Y 2 BRASS & IRON FOTTMmescription- AGS NTS FOR ÏH[ BLESSIHG lim IRAP AND STOVER\u2019S AUTOMATIC WINDMILLS.Price Lists and Catalogues to the Trade cn application.St.Peter and Oraig Streets, MONTREAL.December 15\tlv 297 TO ËH DIN BEKS AND MA0HIBUSÏ8.ORDPR9 SOLICITED FOR /engine Lathee, Drills Planers, î31P A.RTIWENT All classes of Risks Insured at favourable rates, 1,5 r' Il I » I-i f * A.ItWI IOiVT Security should be the primary consideration, which is afforded by the large accumulated funds and the unlimited liability of Shareholders.Accounts kept distinct from those of ire Department.W.E.SCOTT, M.D., H.L.ROUTH, Medical Referee.W.TATLEY, H.J MUDGE, Inspector, Chief Agents For the convenience of the Mercantile community, recent London and Liverpool Directories cai be seen at this Office Montreal, 12tb Fehmarv.1874.ly Brîtis h \u201e 4 m erica Fire CT Marine A/uran-ce Company., Established 1833.4 It descriptions of inmmitm effected ai current ram M, IL Gault, Agent, Saint fames Stress HATS CAPST &c7 DEVLIN\u2019S FUB DjBPOT ! 416 NOTRE DAME STREET The following Goods are now ready for Inspection : bl) Ladies'Ms! Jackets In January ifi lv ia OILS, CHEMICALS, &c.ULiENDIN iN JSN U-\u2019iS STOVES MADE FROM THE Finest of Iron I Latest Imonvements adapted to this Climate SUPSHIOR FINISH! WIOMIIH.ms, imm, &c EARLE'S & KING\u2019S LINSEED OIL A,.G- K.TJETZ MANUFACTURER OF Caustic boda,Ur> s tais, Ash, OOBKiii- A CO., Mumre, \u2022nr.® ««4KNTr If you wlah to nd buy a save troubl y bo sure Stove thatis made intbeCity WHOLESALE & RETAIL.W.OLENDINNENG, October 6 ly 287 NEW PUBLICATIONS.Post Office, Montreal, Dec 8, 1874 DBIjI VERY MAIL.A.M .\tP.M.\tOntario\tA .M.\tP.M 8 W\t\ta)Olt«w& by Kailway\t7 45\t7 4\u2018 » 3\"\t\ta) Province«Qf Ontario\t7 45\t7 4.* \t6 no\tOttawa River Route.\t\t \t\tQuebec.\t\t 00\t\t(Quebec by Steamer\t\t\t \t\tb) OueOec bj Railway.\t\t7 \t\tEastern Townships, Three\t\t \t\tRivers ArthaoasRa an-i\t\t \t\tRiviere du Loup R.R.\t\t7 O H 00\t\tRt.Remi and Hemming-\t\t 4\t\tford R.R\t\t2 O' 8 00\t2 30\tHt.Hyacinthe, Sherbrooke,\t\t \t\tAc\t\t8 00\t24 A 7 \t\t8t.Johns(b; and Vermont\t\t 00\t\t.Tunction R.R \t\t\t2 15 \t\tSLeTord an- OKKIflK.PENNY, WILSON A CO.M Hi mo IHF UDÏ, BX WILKIE CO LIES, Janadiin Copyright Edition.Paper, Vie.: Cloth, $].FOR SALE BY Dawson bros., FRESH «MA mi ! BRISTOL BIRDS-EYE TOBACCO l COPE\u2019S MIXTURE ! JUST RECEIVED.Cohen & -Louez Opposite havage, 1 y man & to.ALSO.Corner St.Jar»' a otreet end Place L'Arm s February 8 March 1 St.James stbket.ly 50 Coffee lbs\t\t*\t\t71,017\t$'5,'\u201850 Tea lbs.104,928\t2»,977\t1,17 ,1 2 10,358,607\t309,3 '9 Bug ribs 11,954.024 Molasses.lbs3,536,6(3>S\t535,710\t\t472,222 \t49,910\t2,314,219\t55,181 Cigars\t\t\t114, S3\t\t151,217 Hum\t\t6,757\t\t1,6:8 Gin, gals.\t84,870 Ale and\t45,839\t178,459\t85,562 Porter\t\t16,135\t\t17,P20 Brandy, gals 211,434\t271,29)\tJj3,3:n\ttt 1,024 Spices\t Tobacco\t3,250\t\u2019.v.'t\t1,873 raan\u2019fd\t\t\u2018 8,759\t\t7.985 Cottons.\t45,716\t\t31,27m Glassware\t\t Silks, Sat-\t17,669\t\t9,U07 ins and Velvets\t\t12,527\t\t13,921 Iron-Can-\t\t\t ada and Tin n e d\t\t\t plates \t Me! R LinjonAoo 0u bales wadding; A Belanger 106 bdls c stock 14 nxs; WallaceAco 1 brl 1 hf brl; C Ryan 1 hf brl; M FisherA Son 1 bale; CO Snowdon 1 c> mdse; Moreland W.4co 1 c.do; Sawtell Bros 1 cs mdse; S H May Aco 5 cases aplnt; CrathernA C 4 bxs scales 1 keg; Wilson PAco 9 brls oil; J Taylor ABros 1 tank; Adams Tobo Co 1 hbd tobo: A SavageASon 24 brls oil; B LNewall2esks castings; G K Febre 4 brls 1 bx h ware; W A Smith 2ca; R Forsythe 15 .cs castings 1 crate 1 bx 1 hopper i pkgs; C M 2 cs; G Perry 1 orate; Simp on, W A co 1 cs mdse; R H KJlby i cs; O CSnowdonAco vu bales; H J Shaw 1 piano; J B K 3 tixs; P J Lenon 3 qxs 6 chains 1 table; RnbensteienABros i cs leather; H J Shaw 2 planus; R Mil er 3 bxs; J Gibbard 1 page; J Correstine i bales wadding, MARINE IN TELL l OENOE [BY TELEGRAPH.] LONDON, March 2.\u2014Arrived out : SS Wisconsin and Neckar, from New York.Portland, March 2 \u2014The SS Peruvian, arrived af 8:2# a.m , with 38 cabin, and 105 steerage paHsengers.OiTY ITffkVia.MABKSIS BY TELEGRAPH.EUROPEAN.LONDON, March 2,12:36 p.m.\u2014Monetary\u2014 Erie, 2lj a 24$; do., preferred, 39.Amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance to-day Is £90,000.6 p.m.\u2014Refined Petkoleum\u2014lid & I4d per gahon.LIVsRPOOL, March 2, 2 p.m.\u2014Bkead-Stuffs Quiet.Corn, 39s\t33s od per quarter.Receipts of Wheat for the past three days, 20,001 quarters, including li>,000 American.' Cotton\u2014Quiet and steady.Uplands, 7Î a 8 ; Orleans, 8$.5 p.m.\u2014The market for yarn and fabrics at Mancherier is quiet and unchanged.PARIS, March 2.\u2014Monetary\u2014Rents, 65f 25c UNITED STATES.CHICAGO, March 2.\u2014Flour \u2014 Quiet and unch.nged.Grain\u2014Wheat In fair demand and lower ; No.2 Spring, 85)c for spot; N\".3 do, 821c» 82jc; rejected, 78c i78[ i.Corn quiet ; No 2 mixed, 6ic rflljc.Oats dull and declining; No.2, 53Jc for spot or March; SSfe for April ; 56]c for May.Rye quiet and ' unclw lu-'d Barley quiet; No 2 Spring, $111»$ BJforspot; $1 05 for April.Reeeipts\u2014Flour, 7,000 barrels \u2018Vheat, 5 ,0X1 bu-hels ; corn, 65,000 do ; Oats 30,00 I do ; Barley, 8,000 do.Shipme ts\u2014Flour 7.000 brls ; Wheat, 18,001 bush ; Corn, 22.000 do : Oats, 19,iK)ii do; Barley, 3.1OO do PR'.visions\u2014Fork dull and declining at $ 8 10 for spot or March ; $18 37] for April ; * 8 70 for May.Lard quietand weak at *13 2 A torspotor «larch; $13 124 for April; $13o21for May.Bulk Meats steady.Dressed Hogs \u2014Quiet and weak; light, $7 65 U9$7 70; h avy, *.1O u $8 12.Reeeipts o,07; ; shipments, 1,5:2.Whiskey Sold early at $105, closing nominate at $10 .NEW YORK, March 2, 2 p.m\u2014Monetary\u2014 T' ie_r:iph, 7i>it ; P .vl.39$; Amn, 6\u2018]; N W 42$ \"O pfd, 53; Rock I, I03j: St Paul, 315; Do Pfd, 53J ; Erie, 271 ; St Joe, 21$ ; Do Pfd, 31 Harl, 128$ : L shor -, 73J ; NY C, loi] ; O and M,26]; Pan, 113; Toledo, 121; U P.M]; Gold.11].3 p.m.\u2014Gold closed at 14$ ; stocks excited aud active; Exchange, 82] 4r sfl].Flour \u2014 Steady and In moderate demand ; receipts, 6,100 brls; sates, 13,000 do; prices unchanged.Rye Flour quiet and steady ; sales at $4 @ $510.GRAIN-Wheat less active, prices without decided change ; receipts, 44,00!) bush ; sale-, ,7,1)00 do at $1 10 » $1 12 for No 2 Chicago ; $1 12 ® $1 Hi for Ne 2 Milwaukee; $1 16 a> $1 9 for No 1 Spring; $122 a» $1 26 for Winter Red Western ; $1 26 ® $127 for Amber do.Rye quiet; receipts, none; sales, i one.Corn dull; receipts, 94,OuO bush; sales, 43.001) do at 83[e- c® 81e for Western Mixed ; 81c ® 84]o for High Mixed Yellow.Barley dull and In buyers favour ; two rowed state at $1 05.Oats quiet; r.c-lpts, 45,000 Collxbt that do not need washing are desirable articles.The Elmwood and Warwick are the only collars made that keep clean longer than two day*.The regular monthly meeting of the City Council will be held on Monday next at 8 p.m.FisaoLoeT.\u2014It is announced that Mr.8.J.Lymm will deliver a Lecture on \u201c Fungology \u201d (the study of Fungi), before the College of Pnarmacy, on Thursday evening, at 8 o\u2019clock.Lecture.\u2014Ven.Archdeacon Leach lectured last evening before the students of th« Diocesan Theological College, and a number of the city clergy and parishioners on \u201cDependentand Independent Morality.\u201d Death of a Veteran \u2014M.Pierre Drolet, aged eighty-four, who was present at the battle ot Ctateaugay, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel de Salaberry, died recently at the residence of his son, the cure of 8t.Felix du Cap Rouge, near Quebec.Action of Damages.\u2014Mr.D McCallaghan, proprietor of tbe Express Hotel, Point St Chillies, has tak-n an action against the Corporation for $3,000 damages tor false arrest, and one of $2,000 against Mr.J.J.Duly, emigration agent, for causing said arrest, on Friday evening last.\u201cProtestant Children in Jxsuit Colleges and Nunneries.\u201d\u2014This is the subject of a lecture to be delivered iu English in Knox Church, corner of Dorchester and Mansfield strèets, this evening, by Father Chiniquy, the celebrated lecturer aud reformed Romaa Catholic divine The public are cordially invited to attend.Runaway.\u2014A horse attached to a hay sleigh ran away in Cbaboillez 8quare, yes-day m oo.Four policemen, scores of small boys, s reral doctors, an harness maker, a report r (not of an evening papei) and several others gave chase ; but the only damage done was tbe scaring of the driver and the fainting of a factory girl from fright.A Filthy Habitation.\u2014Yesterday Thos.Laphsm appeared before Recorder Sexton to answer a charge preferred against him by Special Comtables Cardinal and Butler for permitting a nuisance to exist ou premises occupied by him in Cadieux street.The circumstances showed the uncleanliness of the prisoner, aid he was fined $10 and costs, or in default one month.Recorder\u2019s Court.\u2014 Séraphin Giroux, Lambeit Power, James Lauahlin, Krienm Bourget, Xavier Ouimet, Adolphe Loussier, Jno, Jones, George Gauthier, John Sullivan, John Hill, Mary Ryan, Patrick McGuire, Charles Morin and Johanna Morris, for drunkenness, were fined the sum of $31 bv His Honor the Recorder.Patrick Ryder, youth 13 years ot age, was fined $5 for furious driving.PuELie Derate.\u2014The Eleventh Public Meeting of the University Liierary Society will take place in tbe Association Hall on the ninth instant.The progiamme will consist of a readi g by Mr.R.D.MoGibbou, ab essay by Mr.K.N.McFee, aud a debate on the subject : Is the formation of a new po itical party in Canada desirable ?Messrs, M L -n-rgan and A.M Goun will support tbe affirmative side, aud Messrs.C.P.Dayid-s ,n and R.C.Fisher the negative.Infringement of City Ordinances.\u2014 James O\u2019Mealy, Remi Courcelles, Augustin Crevier, Alphonse L spiauce, Benjamin Lamb, William Wiseman, Howard Benal-lack and BenjamiuVoyer appeared before the Recorder yesterday morning, charged with an infringtment of the city ordinances by retailing fresh fish outside the city market The offence was proved by Special Constable Napoleon Laliberte, and the defendants were each fined $5 and thirty days\u2019 imprisonment.The impritonment was remitted by His Honour.Sidewalk Accident.\u2014On Tuesday night a pedestrian unconscious of the trap,\" construe ed by the quarrying of the ice on the sidewalk at the corner of St.Charles Borromme and Craig streets, fell and sprained his ankle.The remark he made use of at the time ts conclusive evidence that he is not a Sunday School teacher, and the remarks he made use oi suba- quen ly, would, if his wishes were granted ensure a dwelling place for someone considerably warmer than Montreal at the present season.Gentlemen of the City Council, ,¦ .w, ™\teach of you are individually responsible for bush; sales 28,000 do at o7o @89c for Mixed ,-.-inf,,;\twhich are hanaoniT,» Western ; 68c ® 7l$c for White do.\ti P\"01\"' accidents wmen are happening FBorfsioNs-Pork steady; sales 105 brlsat to pedestrians dally.The French Parish Church.\u2014During tb< past week the large sum of $20,000 hat been guaranteed by merchants, burines» men and retired citizens of Montreal, towards the fund for beautifying the Frenct Cathedral.$4,000 is tbe highest sun subscribed and $400 the lowest ; payafab by four yearly instalment», the first commencing in May next.Acknowledgments\u2014The Treasurer (Mr.Andrew Robertson) of the Montreal Gene, ral Hospital acknowledges with thanks tin recipt of the following donations :\u20141 barrel of oatmeal, the stakes of a mate! played at the Montreal Curling Club ; also a second subscription from the engineer» and firemen of the Grand Trunk Railwaj Point St Charles, making a total of $70, pei Messrs.Pickering k Brise.A Perilobs Neighbourhood.\u2014 Ftiriour driving and treacherous footpaths are two si the dangers that beset pedestrians in Gritfin-towu.Numerous casualties; happily of e trifling character have occurred through th former ; while tw# poor women and om boy are confined to their beds with brokci limbs, owing to the irregularity of the latter.Were the law duly enforced in the»-particulars the city revenue would be verj largely increased by the fines inflicted.Trovble on the G.T.R.\u2014It is reported that a «trike is threatened by the locomotive engineers on the G.T.R., owing to > notice having been served on them by tin authorities of a reduction in the daily ran of w \u2022ges, and a deputation has been ap pointed to wait on Mr.Hiokson, the Genet si Manager of the Companv, for a ivdres of the grievance.The conductors an brHkesmegjfcpress themselves thorough!-satisfied with the late arrangement enterei into by them with tl* Comp my, by which they obtain more remnaeiatioh than heretofore.Various Items\u2014Boyçe, of Pope-Mac-donald letter notoriety, has relumed u Montreal.A plan containing the con tours of about half of the Mouut R iy« Park, and showing every rise an t di-pre\u2014 eiou in the slopes surrounding the cliff, ws despatched to Mr.Olmatead at New York yesterday.The improvement ot the Park, it is raid, will be commenced next spring .The trains due hero from the West yesterday morni-.g were cancelled owing tithe snow blockade.The Brockvill Mocassin train was only an hour lat , while the Eastern trains all arrived in the course of the day.Bequiesoat in Pace.\u2014Yesterd y all iha was monai of the late James Devlin, si l of Mr.B.Devlin, M.P., were deposited it, their last r-sting place, in the pre euce of 1 huge concourse of friends and relatives o the deceased.The funeral took place from St.Ann\u2019s Chureh, the service being ci n-ucted bv R\u2018V.Fitber Hogan.The deceased was a young man of much promis and his kind and amiable disposition had drawn around him a circle of a quaiulances whose lo-H is second only to that of the sorrowing and bereaved parent*.The pal bearers were M»8-rs Hugh Dolan, Ferme , 0.Clarke, J.Foran, C.Devlin, and J.Donovan.Police Court, March 2nd\u2014Bridget Norris, an inmate of the Female Home, Seigneurs street, was oonvicted of et aling S' V ral articles therefrom, and gent to prisoi tor 6 months.Marie Louise Mortier w».fined $1 and costs or 8 days for vagrancy The mon Mellette, who was shot in th arm last December by an American named Lotts, enquired when the latter would te tried.It \"appears that L-tts was released on bail ; that bis bail b -nd is missing, am that he has left the country.James Conroy, a watchman, charged with shooting at Geo.Suthergill, a labourer, on 27th February, ph ftded not guilty, and was rrieased on bail, to appear for t-riil at the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench.John Foster, accused o\u2019 larceny at St.Anne\u2019s, was fully committed for trial.A case of indecent assault was continued, one of aggravated assault discontinued, and one of assault and battery dismissed.Theatre Royal\u2014The Deluge finished its watery run last evening, and to-night inaugurates a series of four damaric performances, with Miss Julia Seaman, the London tragedienne, as the stellar attraction.Her merits as an actress did not find great scope in Satan but in drama her iu tansepower must make her an extraordinary feature The piece selected this evening is Scriber\u2019s \u201cWoman in Red \u201d The London press teem with encomiums of her rendition of this extraordinary drama, terming it the greatest melo-dramatic portraiture of the season.In the piece the Kiralfy Sisters also introduce their inimit«ble Spanish dance, La Tarantelle, in which on the Continent and at New York they are identified as t e originators.The Faust Family also introduce between pieces new acts of acro-batism, and our popular comedian, Harry Lindley, also makes his re entre, aft«r a somewhat to protracted absence, in drams and farce.This, combined with the resumption of old prices, will fill the house.Mortality Returns\u2014Twenty-six inter ments took place in tbe Prop slant Cemetery during the past week.Wards\u2014St Mary, 1 ; St.Anne\u2019s, 6 ; t.Antoine, 6 ; St.Louis, 5 ; East, 2 ; St.Lawrence, 2 Burlington, Vermont, 1.Outside Muuicip.lilies\u2014Cateau St; Auugstin, 1 ; Longusuil, 1 Diseases\u2014The cause of deat-i in one case ir not mentioned ; affection of tne brain, 2 ; scarlet fever, 3 ; erysipelas, l ; debility, 3 ; diarrhsea, 1 ; cancer, 1 ; bronchitis, 2 ; con gestion of the lungs, 1; hydrocephalus, 1 ; peolic inflammation, 1 ; pleurisy, 1 ; tumOr, 1 ; seven children out of 20 were bom dead In the Roman Catholic Cemetery them were 108 interments.Wards\u2014West, 1 ; St.Mary\u2019s, 17 ; St.James, 10 ; Sr.Ann\u2019s, 6 ; St Antoine, 19 ; St.Lawr- noe, 7 ; East, 4 ; St.Louis.\u2014 Outside municipalities, 22 ; Diseases\u2014Small-pox, 15 ; consumption, 8 ; debilit), 9; scarlatina, 6; asphyxia, 3; affection of the brain, 1 ; paralysis, 1 ; scarlet fever, 8 ; hemorrnag», 3 ; dip-theria, 1 ; typhoid fever, 1 ; convulsions, 4 ; croup, 2 ; apoplexy, 1 ; broebitis, 5 ; dropsy, 1 ; larnygitis, 1 ; rabeoia, 1 ; colic, 1 ; enteritis, 1 ; wnooping cough, 1 ; head ache, 1 ; pertmaus, 1 ; pn umonia, 5 ; tubercular meningitis, 2 ; auemia, 1.Tw-children were still-born.Foundlings, 19 Children, total, SO.\u201c When is a Man Drunk?\u201d\u2014The generality of readers of the Hikalb are no doubt ignorant, from choice, el the humorous as well »s the depraved aspect of the proceediags in tbe R -corder\u2019s Court, in so far as relates to crimes of drunkenness Probaoly there i not one but that could tell a dranken man 01 woman from a sober one, or that have not in their daily travels at some time been tbe victim of some drunken rowdy\u2019s obnoxious insults.Some men in a state of inebriety, will laughingly admit the fact, while others with an amouot of s If-cot flJenee altogether incrsdible, will deny it, though at the time they argue th* qu slion, talf a mile of footpath is barely sufficient for them to 1 alance themselves upon.Those of the latter depo-i ion afford an immense amount of fuu in Court.To the question \u2018 Were you drunk\u201d tney invariably give the most ludicrous answers such as \u201c Weil I had a drop taken,\u201d \u201c 1 had jast a few glasses of beer and a \u2018 night eap\u2019 \u201d, \u201c I was able to fled my way home.\u201d \u201c I could walk straight,\u201d \u201c I only had a driak with a friend (?)\u201d or \u201c I don\u2019t consider I wa drunk because I could keep on my feet.\" It four drinks would make a fellow druuk of cour el was\u201d \u201cI felt sick aud just took one drink.\u201d \u201c I bad had nothing to eat and a few glasses got the best of me.\u201d \u201c My feet were \u2018 ugly\u2019 but my head was clear\u201d and a many others equally evasive aud shallow.Though convicted many ot these men undoubtedly believe ever after that they were innocent and attribute theii arrest to the vindictiveness of the officer who arrested him.Of course while these opinions are entertained the question \u201c When is a man drunk ?\u2019 will remain an open one.PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.Ottawa, March 2.The Publie Accounts Committee met this morning.The papers respecting the appointment of Mr.William MacDougall as Emigration Agent to the Scandinavian and Baltic Provinces were brought down.Itappears that the total amount paid Mr.MacDougall by the Emigration Department was $10,342 ; an additional sum of $400 was charged by him against th« Marine and Fisharies Departm-nt.Some laughter was caused in the Committee by the reading of a letter f om Hon.Mr Pope to Mr.MacDougall in March, 1873, in which was stated that \u201c Yonr (MncDou-gull\u2019s) pt*»enc« Fas much in Used bfli\u201c, hough we have some febod men left.T ie 'reliability is that tbe Ministry will have a maji rify o! at least 30 on a want of-con-idence vote.\u201d This referred, of course, o vfr.Huntington\u2019e morion, and wss a vi y lope calcula\u2019ion, the ma>o«itv being 31.THE WAlLA la AMOUNTS.Ottawa, March?, wrmmittee to enquiie into 5 ve i The sub- ballarc\u2019s acrounte, met ibis morning, at block, Mr.Bertram in the chair Mr.Radford snted pince January, 187 be system of placing money to the crei it J employees on thu survey lias been di ¦-onliuued.The vouchers icceived from fr.Wallace have bc:n made out as fi !.-ws ; When an employee was paid off, tl a «ages due him were entered in the p y oil, and that amount taken credit f :\u2022 \u2018 though a considerable part of such «mounts had been received in Government «tores.There was no evidence that sue 1 «tores were purchased out of money chargi i to Mr.Wallace\u2019s account.Mr.Wallace pointed out that the goofs re charged to the camp and the cam > -barged them to the men.Witness continued\u2014The total amoun : \u2022barged to Mr.Wallace was $571,532, 1 f vbich vouchers to the amount of $543,1' 5 -ave been sent in, tho gh of this latter sum \u2022onchers to tbe amount of$242.267 are nos îertified to in any way by any engineer or per \u2022 on qualified to do so, but attached to tho pay rolls or the receipts of m»n wh \u2022 ceeived the money.The only examination of the vouchers he had done was b> om pare them with Mr.Wallace\u2019s books, la found that the amount of the vouch»)» .erlified by Mr.Wallace was $101,266 ; lertified to by Mr.Wallace and the en-rioeers.jointly, $49,178 ; certified by en-ineers only $99 24 ; vouchers not certifi-d u any way, $221,5i 8.He did not.know J any balances due to Mr Wallace by rther parties to bs credited to his account.Several resolutions were passed for tho purpose of limiting the investigation, so as Co admit of a slight chance of getting some jaits of the accounts examined before tbe lestion closes.The Committee adjourned until the rc-urn of tne Chairman on Thursday.JUDIJIAl REiURNs FdR 1874.Th« last number of the Quebec Official Taxetiee contain- the returns of the amount t business transacted in the various Courts it the Province for the year 1874.For the mailer Courts the returns, as usual, are ery incomplete, very few of the uommis ioners Courts or Justices of the P aee living repoited at »U There are no reurns trom the Sheriff or Registrar of Monr-eal, so that we do not lean the amount of ¦usiness done or the fees received in these ifiers.The following Giro Jit Courts have oiled to report Dorcbesp r, Huntington, irome, New Carlisle, Bon'Vemure, B :cls-¦gham, Papineauville and Rimouskl ; also he Superior Courts of Rimouskl and Bona-'«nture.The returns from the Superior 'ojirt « of Montreal and Q lebec are defi c-ive, not giving tbe number of summonses «sued er j idgmrthts rendered, so that no omparison can be made with previous fears.1 n the Circuit Court the total number of ummonses is«u d io tbe who e Province u 1874 was 24 017, against 25,404 in 1873, 1 decrea-e Of 1,387.It is probable that tue , dual decrease is even greater, as tbe uum-¦er of Courts now reported this year is less h*n last year, and repies»nt less buain-ss.Of this number no less than 10,420 issued u Montreal, against 9,293 in 1873, an in-reasa of 1,127, and an increase jf 3,143 ov r 1872.Qu-b.c repoits i,751, «decreaseof 2 9.The tees received Montreal during rbo year amounted to Jl6,309 99 and the expenses of the office to S14,699 48, an increase of $2,106.14 in the es, and ot $81 20 in the expenses.On account of the detective returns from he Superior Courts at Montreal and Quebec, no idea of the relative business of 1873 aud 1874 can oe f .rmed as the number f writs issued in Montreal is prob*bly equal 0 ithe remainder of the province, aud Quebec stands second on the list.The re-eipts in the Prothonotary's Office, Montreal, in 1874 were $37,419 43, and the expenses $32,205.05, the amounts for 1873 'eing respectively $30,960 51, and $28,-948.58, In 1873 the number of writs issued nnouuted to 2,272.Ifthe increase is in the same ratio as the fees, which is probable, the number for 1874 would be about 2,840.In Quebec the receipts for the year were $16,995.80 agains $13 260.40 in 1873, and tue expenses, $21,583 18 against $15,855.37.The Court of Review in Montreal rendered 105 judgments, 83 confirming, 18 revers-ng and 4 amending the judgments of the Court below.At Quebec 40 judgments were rendered, 27 confirming, 12 reversing and 1 amending the judgment appealed from.Iu the Court of Appeals 145 judgments were rendered during the year, an increase 55.Of these 36 were given at Quebec, and 109 at Montreal.In 97 cases the judgment «as confirmed, and in 48 .reversed.The number of new appeals taken during thu year was 198, one less than 1873.At the close of the year there were 48 cases era délibéré.At Quebec 24 Appeals are set down as pending or not heard, while in Montreal there are no less than 359 in the same list.OOSRE3PONOSNOS.THE HALL EXPROPRIATION CASE.To the Editor of the Montreal Herald : Sir,\u2014Like most cases, the one named above has at least two sides.The full report in your paper yesterday gives the view of a judge of the Superior Court, in appeal from the award of the Commissioners.From the peculiar form of procedure it has happened that the Commis ion- rs have ad no opportunity to place 1 heir judgment, with the reasons for it, before th»public; in f.ct, tbe law provides that the evidence aken is not to form part of their repo t.After tbe judgment now pronounced, and the allusions to the Commissioners, it seems but just that we should be allowed to explain.The Commissioners had other fumerions than thos of a judge iu the law courts 1'hey wers appointed, in th- language of -he Act, \u201cto appr «tse and determine, wi h the du ies am powers of experts, ut dec tue law» of Low r Canada.\u201d They requit d the peculiar qualitica ion of being -and-iwners.Differing fiom the judge, they are const tmed \u201c judges of th value ot real estate, ap rt fiom the sworn evid.nee before th«m\u201d Their first duty was to view '.be prop rty, and this they did more than mce.I he statement of the judge that \u201c tl.e question is a qu-stion of fact, to bo de-lermiued by the evidence b foro them,\u201d toes not present the case as it appeared to them, and they quite fail 10 apprehend in it any resemblance to \u201c tho items of a tradesman\u2019s bill.\u201d The problem subm tied 10 them was to place a money (inta eit bearing) value on 96 arpents of laud that, stretching tor a mile beyond the city limits, had hitherto been iu use as farming or grazing land, and which, at the date of ex-.irnpriaiiiih, had not been in request for any nher use, and tbe givaier part of which, in he judgment of tue Commission rs, was iot likely to be so for very many yta s to come.Tbe result could only he matter of opinion, formed by very general 1 omparison if the ascertained value of propeni s that bore no veiy close paralell to that io question.Tins was in ln79.We respect uily -ubmit that the case is the same to-day, with slight difference of circumstance?.The C immiss\u2019oners cheeriul y grmt the claim of intelligence for the thiiteen witnesses examined in Appeal, and that the sums that they would give are not mere arbitrary amounts dictat' d by cap ice or fancy The sums are too great to be dealt out from such motiv s.But the Commissioners are not witbout ti>e jusrifica'.ion of evidence of equally high character.They examined twelve witnesses who made estimates of value as follows, viz.:\u2014 Alderman Stephens\t\t$ 82,800 Alderman Kennedy\t\t100,000 Hon John Young\t\t176,800 Mr.Ostell\t\t193,200 Mr A.W.Ogilvie.\t208,500 Mr W.A O\u2019Brien\t\t2 8,500 Mr.Kiette\t\t\t\t\t419,472 Mr.Stanton\t\t527,358 Mr.Howley, 15c per foot.Mr Springlo, 12}c per foot.Mr.Ward, 70 arpents I® 15c per foot, 100\t arpents at 7Jc, and 16 arpents 1® 5c per foot.Mr.Snowdon.10c to 12o per foot.Mr Hopkirs valued the buildings at $10,000.Tne Commissioners are not conscious of an intention to \u201c violate the rights of private property,\u201d at the fame time they recognize a duty to the toiling multitude of taxpayers, and they awarded lire last penny that iu their judgmant could be accounted «h» c»»h market value of the property, aud no more.Your obt.servant, R.W.Shepherd, J.McLennan, Alex.McGibbon.Lat* Commissioners for the Expropriation of the Hall Estate.Montreal, March 2, 1875.London Quarterly Review \u2014We have received the Ameruan editiou ot this msga-zine for Jauuaiy, with tue fJlowii g c n-tei.ts The Gieville M- moirs; The Do:-trines of the Jesuit j Life of ri e Fun o C-us tt; Th» Euglisti Bar and the Inns of O ut; Farrar\u2019s Life of Christ; Friendly Societies; The Judicial luvest gation of Truth ; SpMches of Pope Pius IX. MONTREAL HÆR^LD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1875.annual review of THE ir&d[ no comet OF mo^treax FOB 1874- Mr.MA.TTINGt.Y has, as In former years, purchased the right to publish in PAMPHLET FORM The Annual Review of the Trade of this Port, which he proposes to circulate, as usual, FREE in every part of the United States and Canada and also the leading Porte in Great Britain.PENNY, WILSON & OO.February 25 47 WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH: 3 appointments.Theatre Royal\u2014Performance at 8 pm.Pother Chiniquy lectures in Knox Church at 8 p.m.Intercolonial Coal Mining Co \u2014Meeting a' Nos.4 and 5 Union Bulldlngr, Bt.Francois Xavier street, at 18 noon The Montreal Warehousing Co \u2014Meeting at the Cfflee of the Montreal Ocean 8.8.Co , at 12 noon AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.\\ - BY BENNING * BARSALOU.Real Betate\u2014At their Rooms, at 11 a m.SUMMARY- The late Vicar General MacDannell was buried at Kingston yesterday.The floods in Tennessee are abating and no further damage is expected.The Allan steamer \u201cPrussian,\u201d from Portland to Liverpool, has arrived out.Mr.Jones of Halifax, in the House last night, designated Boards of Trade as \u201c irresponsible hobby riding bodies of men.\u201d Ristori has rc-appeared in the theatrical world of New York ; she was enthusiastically received at the Lyceum last night.M.Buff.t has returned to Paris from Vosges ; he had an interview with President MacMahon yesterday, probably about the formation ot a Cabinet.Wild eats have giren country people in the neighbourhood of Halifnx much alarm ; the animals being d.iven from stress of weather to seek food near the houses.journals to retract the accusation they had made ; and with one exception they did so.We now see from our Parliamentary report that Mr.Jette, yesterday, in the House denied the imputation cast upon him by these journals in toto, and in the most open manner courted a full investigation of the transaction should any member of the House feel justified in asking for a committee of enquiry.No one, however, ventured to propose-shch a thing, thereby proving their entire reliance upon Mr.Jette's statement, which, had anything further been wanting, was supported by the remarks of the Premier.Mr.Jette has taken legal proceedings against the newspaper which refused to withdraw its unwar-rantable assertions, and will probably do so in the case of another that has since joined in the attack upon his character.__________________ The Bahamas.\u2014An extract which we publish this morning from the Lieut.-Governor\u2019s speech at the opening oi the Assembly at Nassau, shows that the prospect of better communication with Canada is looked upon by that colony with favor.The efforts of our Post Master General to obtain mail service between the West Indies and Canada, with Nassau as a port of call, are evidently recognized in the right light, and doubtless numerous advantages to both countries would spring up.Canada is able to supply the Bahamas with many cessanes of life, at a cheaper rate than the United States, whence they now draw their supplies ; particularly lumber for building purposes, large quanti ties of which, of an inferior quality to ours, is at present shipped there from the States ; while from the Islands we eould obtain numerous articles, if not of ne cessity, at any rate, of luxury.The Bahamas too are stated to be capable of producing sugar, coffee, cotton and to-bacco ; if encouragement were given to grow them j and we think a trade these articles might he made rémunéra tive to Canada.mioistratioD of criminal justice ; for the regulation of marriages ; for the government of salvors ; popular education ; the appropriatioh of certain casual revenue surrendered by the Crown ; to amend the married women\u2019s property Act ; for the protection of small proprietors from depredations.He also recommended an increase of the police force ; a revision of the tariff and licersu acts to increase revenue ; and promised a reduction of the price of Crown lands from ten to five shillings per acre.THE WIRNSPEG DEPUTATION ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.The Senate and the House of Com mons.\u2014Judging from the division in the House of Commons on Monday night upon Mr.Mills\u2019 motion with respect to a constitutional change in the composition of the Senate, that hon.gentleman\u2019s scheme does not meet with increasing favor.Last year the House went into committee without a division upon Mr.Mills\u2019 project; this year he barely succeeded in obtaining a majority on that motion.Yet it is to be expected that in time some change of ihe kind now proposed will be made The return in the Act of^Confederation to the nominative principle for the Senate, after the elective principle had been established for some year» in the Legislative Council of United Canada, looked like retrogression, and appeared to many to be only a temporary arrangement which must, before many years, be superseded.In the meantime, however, no great evil has resulted from the existing constitution of the second House, and the political changes to which the country has been subjected are so considerable that those who most approve of the elective principle for the Senate may well doubt whether at is desirable to precipitate, without political reasons, a new change, even if that in itself appears to have its advantages.There is, moreover, as may be seen from the altered view of some advocates of this reform, a new element in the question, which did not exist in the late United Canada, and which may have very considerable influence upon the decision of the precise character which the Senate is permanently to have.We have now a federal element in the constitution, and the protection of this element seems to be committed, if to anybody, especially to the Senate, where the representation is not based upon population.Now the first attempt to change the Act of Confederation with regard to the Senate was to make it elective in the same sense as the House of Commons, only by constituencies and for longer terms.But Mr.Mills now seeks to emphasize the federal characteristics of the Senate By causing its members like those of the United States Senate to be chosen by the Provincial Lagisia tures and not by the peopl e of the Provinces.The distinction between these two modes of choice is a radical one, and it seems important enough to make it worth while to obtain a little more experience before making a supposed reform which will have speedily to be reformed again.The probabilities as they are to be gathered from the teachings of our history, as well as from the genius of our Government and people, are against the long con tinuance of a legislative body nomi nated by the Ministry of the day.But then the circumstances of the country point to the propriety of doing whatever is done slowly and well, so that it may be lasting when it is accomplished.It is not needful to speak of the good taste or the want of it, which distinguished some of the speeches on Monday night ; very little strength could be added to arguments if otherwise strong, by the kind of taunts which some members chose to indulge in, whose weakness may be best seen in the fact that they may be retorted, perhaps with some variation, with just as much and just as little cause upon the body to which those who ut tered them belong.Possibly it is this very style of dealing with the subject which has reduced the unanimity with whiob Mr.Mills carried his first step last year, to the majority of three with which he this year hardly got into Committee of the Whole.In one respect the result of his movement is likely to be identical in both sessions, it will hardly go farther than the Committee.Mr.Jbtte and the Laohine Canal Improvements.\u2014It will be remembered that Mr.Jette and some friends purchased certain lands, which when the policy of the Government respecting the improvement of the Lachine Canal was decided 'on, sold at auction shortly after at a remunerative fprofit.The Opposition papers, perhaps because such affairs are of common occurrence among their party, immediately accused Mr.Jette of having mis-used knowledge gained by his position as a member of the House of Commons and a friend of the Government to make an excellent bargain for himself.Mr.Jette took measures at tho time to cause these The Mayoralty.\u2014We are in a post lion to state that the rumours cir eulated on the street and published in the evening papers yesterday, 4fcative to Dr.Kingston\u2019s disqualification, are utterly without foundation.Dr.Hingston is neither indebted to the city, nor is he a party to, or interested in, any suit with the Corporation.It ap pears that tfio rumour originated in connection with the transfer of a lot of land by Dr.Hirfgston to a second party some time ago, the sale of which was not carried out, and the assessments thereon although duly paid were not discharged in the Doctor\u2019s name.He had also sold out his interest in the Coteau St.Pierre Land and Manufacturing Co.some time since.Ottawa, March 2.A deputation from Manitoba, this morning waited on the Premier in relation to the change of location of the Canada Pacific from the tonth to the north shore of Lake Winnepeg.In reply to the deputation as expressed by Senator Sutherland and Mr.Ryan, M.P., Hon.Mr.Mackenzie said that in regard to the facilities for constructing the road, the information at his disposal, and the statement of the gentlemen comprising the deputation were altogether at variance.The real point, however, was simply this : The route selected by the Goverument effected a saving of some 300 miles In distance.The road must not be considered a Government one as it was built by the money of the whole Dominion, and it was necessary therefore, that such a route should be selected as would beet accomplish the end they had in view.Messrs.Ryan and Sutherland had each spoken of the superior nature of the land of the southern section, but from surveys which had been made he held quite a contrary opinion.He had reason to beiieve that the land on the northern route was quite equal to that on the southern.The timbir was batW, and the road would be constructed quite as cheaply.It had been stated that the road passed through a mere corner of the Province.He believed that the people of the Province desired that their boundaries should be enlarged, aqd the Government were inclined to concur iu the opinion.If this was done, the line would pass through the very centre of the Province.As regarded the population to the south, it was hardly a matter of consideration ; there were not more than 10,000 people in all, and it was a very easy matter to settle that number on a new line of railway.The population would soon follow the railway.They were building a great national highway, and it would be a great mistake to lengthen the road by soma 310 miles merely to suit a small population.It would be a fatal error to contract to run the road lor all time to come over that extended distance.To make such a detour would be sufficient to ruiir the route.They had better timber and a more favorable country for construction, although Mr.Ryau thought differently, by the northern route than the one proposed.The Government, of course, would naturally take the views expressed by Mr.Ryan and Mr.Sutherland, to give the population to the South every advantage if they were consistent with the public interests.The Government was bound to take a more eomprehemive view however, and to consider the interests of i future population of the Province of Mani toba.If they went by Winnepeg also the expense ior right of way would be very ijetwy.The Canada Life Assurance Company.\u2014We direct attention to Mje advertise-ment of this company, which announces that assurers now joining will participate in one year's profits.The Canada is doing a large and very sound business, and its position now is second to no company iu this country.The American Civil Rights Bill.\u2014 After the rejection of every offensive clause the Civil Rights Bill has passed through Congress, has received ^the signature of President Grant, and bas become law.With regard to the bill the New York II.raid says:\u2014\u201cIn the \u201c shape in which it finally passed the .\u201c House and has now also received the indorsement of the Senate, it is shorn \u201c of its most oijensiye features.Prac-\u201c tically it is little more than a re-aeser-\u201c tion in the form of a law of undoubted >/ rights belonging to every citizen.\u201c Legally, ra?lroa(i companies and inn-\u201c keepers and pogsibly theatrical \u201c managers were bound to aii'ord equal '/ accommodations to all who were will-\u201c ing to pay for them before Mr.\u201c Summer began to urge the passage \u201c of his bill.We cannot doubt that \u201c these rights so strenuously denied \u201cbefore will continue to be refused.\u201c The manager of a theatre will run the \u201c risk of a verdict for damages before \u201c seating black men by the side of white \u201c ones in the parquet and dress circle, \u201c It will be some years before the aris-(< tocratic denizens of Sullivan and Thompson streets will be allowed to \u201c occupy the boxes at Wallack\u2019s, or \u201c Booth\u2019s, or Daly\u2019s.In reality the bid \u201c is a pretence, not a measure, and it \u201c results in pleasing nobody.Mr.\u201c Sumner would have spurned it from \u201c him with contempt.In omitting the \u201c school clause everything that was \u201c vital in it is destroyed.Nobody sup-\u201c posed, even in its most radical form, \u201c that it was a bill to make a white \u201c man marry his daughter to a negro ; \u201c but its great purpose in Mr.Sumner\u2019s \u201c hands Was to open all the public \u201c schools to black and white alike.This \u201c being refused it was stripped of every-\u2018\u2018 thing which the law, in so far as it \u201c was operative, did not guarantee \u201c already.Even the negroes are not \u201c likely to be deceived by so lame an4 \u201c impotent a conclusion, and we doubt \u201c not that the Civil Rights Bill, which \u201c occasioned so much angry comment \u201c while it was under consideration, now \u201c that it is out of the way, will be for-gotten in a shorter space of time than \u201c wa?required to pass it-\" in connection with this bill it will be seen by last night\u2019s telegrams that one hotel keeper at Baltimore has closed his house to the publie rather than obey the law or pay the penalties for making a difference i» his treatment of whites and blacks.1HE BAHAMAS.The Legislature of the Bahamas was opened by His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Robinson, at Nassau, New Providence, on the 4th February last.The members of the Assembly, as Is customary, headed by their Speaker, attended pursuant to summons at the bar ot the Legislative Council.There was a numerous attendance of lady and gentlemen spectators, including visitors from the United States and Canada.His Excellency, in an able speech from the throne, reviewed the political and financial condition of the colony, stating the different measures that were to be submitted for the amelioration of the laws and the encouragement of trade and agriculture.The speech contained an important and interesting allusion to this Dominion in the words which we quote [\u2014 \u201c Whilst on the subject of ihg mail ser-\u201c vice I must refer to the possibility of \u201c Nassau shortly being in connection With \u201c Canada.There can, be no doubt that if \u201c this communication is opened, it will be \u201c of great benefit to this community.\u201c There are many articles largely con-sumed here, which can undoubtedly be \u201c imported at lower prices from Canada, \u201c than from the United States, and on the 11 other band, another market .would he \u201c opened up to the Bahamas for the sale of \u201c its salt, fruit, and sponge.\u201c Many substantial advantages might ac-\u201c crue to the colony it this scheme were \u201c carried out, and I trust that it will soon \u201c be an accomplished fact, and that Nassau \u201c will ere long have direct steam uoimmini-\u201c cation with the Dominion of Canada.\u2019\u2019 The cause of congratulation arose out of the fact of our Post Master General having advertised for a Mail service by steam communication to the West Indies making Nassau a port of call in winter.The Bahamas are alive to the opening of new channels of trade, and hail with pleasure the prospect of more intimate intercourse with Canada.They at present pay a considerable subsidy in proportion to their resources for mail service by steam vessels to and from New York, and are advertising anew for tenders for service by a steam line to the West Indies which will call with mails and passengers at Nassau.Canadians will, no doubt, find it to their advantage to reciprocate the feeling in favor of increased intercourse which cannot fail to benefit both countries by new outlets for trade and enterprise.Their present articles of export are salt, sponges, fruits, turtles, mahogany and some other woods for cabinet wares ; but the Islands are capable of producing sugar, cotton, tobacco and coffee, all of which could be extensively cultivated if sufficient encouragement were given to their production in quantities for export.The measures of policy submitted by His Excellency were: Bills for the better ad- AID FO I \u201cTHE LITTLE HOME.\u201d q'.RL£- In failli and hope the world will disagree, ffUt all mankinds\u2019 concern Is charity : AH' must' be false who thwart this one great end, And au of God, that bless mankind and mend.\u201d The Committee of philanthropic fatlies connected with the Home and School of Industry are just now making strenuous exertions toward obtaining sufficient fundi io enable them to commence the erection of re the House.He did not think that if the work were gone oa with, the people should he otherwise compensated He should vote against the present motion, but would support any vole for surveys or to Ihe best work which should be carried on in the Maritime Provinces fo the general interest Don.Mr.MACKENZIE said he asked merely to pass the vote at present, and on concurrence the Governmeut would he pro pared with a distinct proposition.The item was then passed, as was also Miscellaneous Consols, ^20,000 ; Labile Buildings (Ottawa),, $375)125 ; Improvement of Nàvigable Rtvèrs, $56,000 ; Roads and Bridg-s, $15,000; Public Buildings (Ontario), $370,000.The Committee rose and reported, and the House adj jurned at one o\u2019clock, ME.BSIwJHJSi ON REPORTES\" AMUSEMENTS, Mr NP.TICE3 OF MOTION.Ottawa, March 2.Cameron (Cardwell), gives notice I« the remarkable development of modern times, the publication of sermons in the daily newspapers has become a matter of regular occurrence.I remember when the daily political journals never thought of printing such items as news, and you could not very well get them in except by p'y-ing for them.VVe have here present this morning the eon of the proprietor and editor of that prper which first devoted a column of its space evety- week for the publication of religious news.The column was hired by the year, and that was the beginning of the publication of religious news in the daily journals.This is an enterprise for which the community ought to be grate-ful, and it is certainly sn effectual answer to the current expression that the religion of our times is dying out.There never has been a time in the history- of our nation when there was so much desire to hear religious thought expressed as to-day.Our gn at journals would not continue to publish it, unless it was acceptable to their readers.In doing this, while we feel the very great obligation conferred, we also feel that there are some liabilities which ought to be guarded against.The rifice of the reporter, while it is most responsible, involves also many relations of extreme difficulty and delicacy.When, therefore, one has preached a sermon on some critical ground, and finds it on Monday morning singularly cut up, and Is extraordinarily amazed to find himself the supposed father cf such a sermon as that, he might perhaps, iu an unkindly moment, give way to angry denunciation ; nevertheless it must he un.derstood that the reporter labors under peculiar difficulties, and the difficulty increases just in the proportion to the character of the elements that go to constitute the sermon.No only is it very- difficult to report accurately, hut a very genius is r.quired for the w ork of reporting.If you have to give an outline of the discourse, to condense the statement in such a way- as to give a fair rxpo-sition of the central fact, the difficulty is very great.But the reporter flu-is himself under other difli-ulties, which they cannot appreciate who aie not acquainted with the interior of a newspaper office, for after having made a report of the discourse, and brought it in according to instructions, the exigencies of news at nfoht r.quire that the sermon shall be cut down.Something has given way somewhere ; and something has to be taken out, and of course it is the sermon ; and beginning at the bottom and cutting up and catting up until there is just enough left to fill a column, the rest goes in, and frequently the sermon without the close is worse than a bird deprived of his tail feathers.The preacher has to continue Sunday after Sunday, year iu and year out, preaching to the same congregation, and to prevent weariness he has to make use of every conceivable form of structure, and frequently the discussion all through the early part of it consists of statemeum that he dissents f.om in order that at the cjoss he may bring forward the argument that «ill awe- p all this away, aud the n xt morning he will fiud all the first part of his sermon reported, and the part that was to be the auswer of all left out fbecause there was news f.om Washington that had to go into file paper.The const quence is, that the mechanical difficulties < f the reporters « ffice are much increased.Therefore, the reports \u2019u foe moruing papers are frequently tfie ground work of a letter fo the minister, asking him if he did say so and so.I have known persons to misunderstand my views on account of imperfect abstracts of my sermons, and have received scores and scores of letters, and w.o I wish to say to yon.and foraugh you and to all the world that my sermons are printed every week iu pamphlet fotm, ami I will stand to them, but I am not respon-ponsihle for anything that goes into tfie papers, although I appreciate tfie çcqrfesy and also believe that tfieve in more or les» of benefit atcv-qiug from the reports of fofrnons still, I will 7tit, as a theologian, be r sDon.\u2019L\u2019.a for any except those w hich I authorize and which are issued every week, THEATRE ROYAE.POPULAR PRICES! The Management begs to announce that arrangements hava been perfseted with iha London Tragedienne, MISS JULIA SE VMAU, to give a Series ol Four Dramatic Performances commencing THIS EVENING, with Eugene Sorlbe\u2019s great melodramcitrc Foraance, \u2022wo 3Æ w3\\r iist ia which her actiLg has b««eo pronounc 0 the on the lUhd.ayof N.\tJohtw, N.P., the management of th h\u2019kT\u2019L\u20199\u2019\"\u2019 im\u2019 f0r FRED NELSON M F Estate late WoJ'- full force, excepting ;iS!'1U cimtlnuef| only) refer in- to v \u2022 that part (one-6i*tb Nelson,\tauor* (four) late Julia OHAS\u2019AEa NELSON, Attorn.™ ï\u2019Bï,I> NELSON, M.D., March 3\t?,!\tw* NataoN.M.D.u 62 STORES TO LET, ¦ \u2014No.18 Kiel Street ; fTmnrjNo.416 bt.Paul Street; || \u201c fi J Nos.18, 20 and 22 St.Sacrament street ; Nos, 9 S and t 14 St, Cathetine Street ; Noa, 35 and 41 Unlvertity Street.J.H.JOSEPH.March 3\tb 62 1 v.;.r es TO LET, From 1st May, (now re-baildintf in superior manner, with extra strenjtthenit g,) fir^t-class double-fronted, Stor0 in Nuns\u2019 new Biook, 13 Le Royer and 20 BeBresoles totreets, j adjoining Messrs.Delislo Bios.A McGUlHs, corner Jàt.Su '.pice fctreel Apply to JOHN ARTHUR A WON, l and 3 LeBresoles Street, March 3\t*> TKt by telegraph THH! DOMINION.FiiOM OTTAWA.In Town\u2014Tonus.Ottawa, March 2.Messrs.Wm.Dulling and Andrew Rob evtson, of the Mon'real Board of Trade, are here in connection with the Insolvency bill.The town of Pembroke has passed bonus of $75,000 in aid of the extension of the Canada Central Pembroke.from Renfrew to Eection FFOtt QUEBEC.Case\u2014Snowed Up\u2014Oratorio-Telegraph Extension.Quebec, March.2.The hra.icg of the Ctarleoix Contested Election Case has been postponed until the 20th inst.; the petitioners, Mr.b X Cimon, feels satisfied that he can prove corrupt practices against the sitting member Mr P.A.Tremblay, and asks that the latter be declared personally disqualified.The train from the West has been stuck at Black River, and consequently no malls reached here to day.The Eastern section of the Grand Trunk has been blocked Up fer the last eight days, and the mails are being carried in sleighs ; no train went out to-night.Mr.Bishop, organist of the English Cathedral, and his Oratorio Class, purpose giving their public recital of \u201c The Creation,\u201d during E :ster week.The extension of the Dominion Telegraph Line, to Halifax, has been resolved upon ; the Company is now in correspondence with the Trans-Atlantic Cable Companies to obtain daily European news.FROM TORONTO.Excitement Abating\u2014Snow Blockade.Toronto, March 2.The financial excitement appears to be abating.The snow blockade still seriously affects railway communication ; mails and freights are moving exceedingly slow, but it is hoped much of the trouble will be overcome by to-morrow.Business dull, weather cold, and news ne gre.Con- FROM LONDON.iFire\u2014Accident \u2014 Lecture \u2014 Liberal servative Association.London, Ont, March 2 At two o\u2019clock this morning another fire broke out in an unoccupied house on Col-borne street.The building was undergoing repairs.Owing to the heavy snow the engines could not be dragged to the scene faster than a walk, being unable to render tiro required aid even had there been plenty of water, of which tin re was as usual none at ell.The whole building was completely destroyed, as also the residence of Mr.Taylor, gardener, adjoining.Mr.Taylor, aided by his neighbours, removed a great part of his furniture and effects.Daniel Donoghue, while going to his work this morning, fell and broke one of his legs Dr.J.D.Hod gins, Deputy Superintendent of Education, Toronto, 1* etured tonight, under the auspices of the Church of England Y.M.C.A., on the subject of \u201c Hymns and Hymn writing.\u201d The lecture gave great satisfaction.At a meeting of the Liberai-Conserva-tive Association to-nigbt, Hon.John Carling was unanimously chosen President in ,xoom of Mr.John Birreil, deceased.I HUM HAMILTON.Burglars\u2014Firj Alarm\u2014The Snow- Hamilton, March 2.Last sight or early this a.m.the premises of Z Pattison on Cannon street were entered by burglars ; they broke through a ¦window' in the rear into the cigar shop and took 13 boxes of cigars.In all prohabilily a telegraph fire alarm system will be ertabl shed in this city ; R.L Whyte, of Toror to, is to establish a number of boxes and give the city six months to judge cf their t fficiency.Reports from the surrounding county state that the roads are completely blocked up, causing a great amount of inconvenience to farmers and teamsters.FROM KINGSTON.Funeral Services\u2014Civic Elections \u2014ho Weather.Kingston, March 2.The funeral of the late Vicar General MacDonneli took place this morning ; the service at St.Mary's Cathedral consisted of a grand Requiem Mase, the celebrant being the Very Rev.Father Farrelly, V G., assisted by tlie Rev.Mr.McCarthy, of W i\u2019-liamstown, and Rev.J.J.Swill of Troy N.Y.The sermon was preached by the, Rev.Father O'Brien, of Broekvillo ; a large number of the clergy of the diocese were present.There premises (o he a lively contest in gt.Lawrence Ward for aldermanic honors.Yesterday\u2019s storm has badly blocked the country roads ; to-day weather has been \u2022yery fine.FROM FARUIE, ÜST.Itcidents of the btoim.Barrie, Ont,, March 2.Owing to the se>;ere SB0W storms the trains and mails have p.en delayed rince Saturday.One train is expnCted \u201ccm io-ronto to-night.The train wd,ch le\u2018t Orillia at 12.30 yesterday, and arrivea .here at 12 to-day, received an addition to its passengers on the way, a lady passenger having given birth to an infant.Every attention was paid to the mother and child, and both are doing well.ed the Civil Appropriation Bill, journed at 3.50 this morning.U.iJ.D.bt.Total public debt, less cash in the Treasury, March 1st 1875, is $2,137,315,889.17 ; decrease of debt during the past month, $6,-680.183.12.Mills Closed.Fall River, Mass., March 1.\u2014The operatives at Sagimore mill have ceased work.The Chase mills will close f r the same reason to-morrow.The strikers show no signs of weakening.The Coldest for 42 Years.Sr.Paul, Minn., March 2.\u2014The Smithsonian Institute records, kept in this city show the mean temperature this w inter to have been 2 degrees colder than that of any previous record in 42 years, when regular observations at Fort Snelling were instituted.A Mail Robber.Augusta, Me., March 2.\u2014Lewis E.Norton, Assistant-Postmaster at Pittsfield, Me., was arrested here, and brought before the U.S.Commifsioner on a charge of robbing the mails.He confessed to having taken five thousand dollars from letters, and was placed under bonds for trial.Operation of the U.S.Press Gag Law.Sr.Louts, March 1.\u2014A.C.Buell, an-ested some days ago for publishing in the Detroit -Free Press, last winter, an alleged libel on Senator Chandler, of Michigan, was before U.S.Commissioner Clark to-day, and by him remanded to the custody of the U.S.Marsha), to he transferred by him to the District of Columbia.The Snow Blockade.Detroit, March 2.\u2014The severest snowstorm of the winter commenced last night.The storm has extended over the whole of the lower portion of the State to such an extent as to almost, and on some reads entirely, prevent the running of trains.The mail and day express of the Michigan Central arrived here three hours late; all other trains ahandoned, with exception of an express each way to-night, which will make an attempt to get through.The Det oit and Milwaukee road has been unable to get any trains over their road to-day.Tjie Grand River Valley, between Jackson and Grand Rapids, is blocked by snow.The Flint and Pere Marquette R.R.is partially blockaded on the southern division.Trains on the Chicago and Michigan and Lake Shore Road, between Kalamaz io and Muske-gan, are not running.The trains on the Grand Trunk, between this city and Port Huron, are four to five hours late.an,r ad- Purity\u2014flne Aroma\u2014Sanative, Nutritive aud Sustaining Power\u2014Easiness of Diges-.ion \u2014 and especially, high delicious flavour.One trial will establish it as _ favourite Beverage for breakfast, luneheon and a soothing refreshment after a late evening.N.B.\u2014Caution\u2014\u2022'< Maravilla \u201d is a registered Trade Mark.MARAVILLA COCOA.\u2014The Globe says \u2014\u2018\u2018Taylor Brothers\u2019 Maravilla Cocoa has achieved a thorough success, and supersedes every other Cocoa In the market.Entire solubility, a delicate aroma, and a rare concentration of the purest, elements of nutrition, distinguish the Maravilla Ooooa above all ethers.For Invalids and Dyspeptics, we could not recommend a more agreeable or valuable beverage.' For further favourable opinions, vide Standard, Morning Post, British Medical Journal die., do.HOMOEOPATHIC COCOA.\u2014This ori glnal preparation, which has attained such a world-wide reputation, Is manu factured by Taylor Brothers> under the ablest homoeopathic advice, aided by the skill and experience of the inventors, and will be found to combine In an eminent degree the purity, flue aroma, and nutri tlous property of th i fresh nut SOLUBLE CHOCOLATE, made in one minute without boiling.The above articles are prepared exclusively by Taylor Brothers, the largest Manufacturers in Europe, and told in tin-lined packets only by Storekeepers and others all over the world.Steam Mills, Brick Lane, London.Export Chicory Mills, Bruges, Belgium.April 25\tly Its »* & QK! TREALJBE RALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, W it D NES DAT, MARCHS 1875 MIDNIGHT DESPATCHES EUROPE.GREAT BRITAIN.Wheat Market.London, March 2.\u2014The Mark Lane Express says the weather during the past week Das been rough ; the general aspect of the wheat market is firmer ; Continental markets have improved a shilling.It is thought (he lowest prices have been reached everywhere.FRANCE.Betnmed.Paris, March 2 \u2014M.Buffet has returned to Paris from Vosges and coef.rred with President MacMahou.UNITED {STATES.FROM PICTüU, ONT.Trottine- PioTotr, Ont, March 2.The races commenced here to-day, on the foe.In the 2.40 trot only two heats came off, Dick Weyght first and Factory Girl second ; time, 2.50.The other heats come off in tne morning ; track heavy.FROM HAUBURT0N.ONP.Right of Way.Haliburtok, Out., March 2.Mr.Margach, who has been purchasing the right of way £»r the Victoria Railway arrived here yesterday,- having completed the purchase on very fav6J'abi,J t611118.FS0M HALIFAX.Doith\u2014lha Weather\u2014Sailed- Wild Cats- Halifax, N.8., March 2.\t^ John D.Nasb, a well-known auctioneer, died this afternoon, after six week\u2019s illness.heavy snow storm set in this mornintr, accompanied by a south-east wind, which drove the ieo back into the.harbour preventing the firry boats from rnoniotf until a this evening ; a change of wind during the afternoon driving the ice to sea.The steamers \u201c Alhambra,\u201d from Boston, -and \u201c Chase,\u201d from Portland, left this efter-jqood.Wild oafs have caused considerable alarm of lite tiresiden's in isolated puts \u2022of the count-y, the severe weather compelling them to leave the wooritJ to seek food.MID-BAY BBS?ATOMS.GREAT BRITAIN.Railway Accident.London iLTarch 2-\u2014A railway accident occurred near Litchfield, Staffordshire, to-day by which 30 persu.118 were injured.Japàn- Advices from Yokohama announce that European troops have been withdrawn from that place.UNITED STATES.Mitchell very 111.r New York, March 2.\u2014A London despatch says John Mitchell is utterly prostrated in health and has frequent fainting fits.He will probably be compelled to withdraw from the election contest in Tipperary.Arctic Exploration.A letter is published (o-day by L'eut -Commaudcr Edgar C.Merryman, Com-hrand ng IT.8.flagship \u201c Pawnee,\u201d offering to become leader of the expedition to the North Pole.A Washington special says the Polar proj . 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