Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 16 mars 1876, jeudi 16 mars 1876

[" 0/J J'tcamsTt ip |1 ot ! ccs.WHITE STAR LINE.Calling at Cork Harbour, Ireland, CARRYING THE U.S.MATT,, MMÉAM AJloat.ement.1 he Finest steamships Provided with, every modern imvr\u201e\u201e\u201e,.^,w.!3ail\u201cS betweBn NEW YORK and LIVER-i OOL, via Queenstown, are appointed ¦n a t\tas Allows REPTim m.Peb-\t26> at\t6\t00\tA.M.GERMAmp.^ar-\t4\u2019 at\t12\t00\tN0011 PPruuXN1C.Mar.\t11, at\t3\t00\tP.M.ADRr at if,.^ar-\t18\u2019 at\t11\t00\tA.M.liAT'rm10.Mai'-\t25.at\t3\t00\t1AM.RFPrm fë.fpril\t1> at\t11\t00\tA.M.GERMahuv-.April.\t8, at\t3\t00\tP.M.PP^AAÏC.April\t15, at\t10\t00\tA.M.AhETÏ^Vë.April\t22, at\t3\t00\tP.M.ADRIATIC .\t.Apri!\t20, at\t0\t80\tA.M.bALOON PASSAGE RATES.Son \u201c«\"an k1to\u201eLlvel'po°1 a,ltl Queenstown, Si 1ft -f °i a?i ?1,00 gold.Return Tickets! ;lIlcl biVo gold.Tickets to I,ondon, 88, dren t F*™ ?2°> S°ld' ««Iditional.Chill Rer^.\ton.° and twelve years, and servants, halt price.Infants free.STEERAGE PASSAGE.T i \u201eU\u201e i and pre-paid from Montreal to Liverpool, $28.50 gold.?SS0*?\u201cs booked, via Lh'erpool, to all parts ot Europe at moderate rates.,+ or turther information apply to R ' \" - and passage, wiv'tj 'l- CORTIS, Agent, 37 Broadway, Now York.Or to G.J.C06HLÎN, 26 St.Sulpice Street, Montreal.t October 13\t211 isy XilAIITJEli.ÜUïAL mail steamers From New York to (lueenstowii ami llvcruool.City of Brooklyn.,Saturday, Eeb.5, 1 p.m.City of Montreal.,Saturday, Eeb.12, 7 a.m.City of Paris.,Saturday, Feb,19, 1p.m.City of Richmond,Saturday, Feb.26, 3 p.m.City of Antwerp.Saturday, Mar.1, Noon.Citz of Brooklyn.Saturday, Mar.11,3 p.m.City of Montreal .Saturday, Mec.18,11 a.m City of New York,Saturday, Mar.25, 3 p.m.City of Richmond,Saturday, April 1,11, a.m RATES OF CABIN PASSAGE\u2014GoW.From New Yorlt to Liverpool or Queenstown, ?80, $80 & $100 ; to London, $65, $35 and $105 ; to Hamburg, Havre and Antwerp, $70, $90 and $110 ; to Paris, Bremen, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, $30, $100 and $120.Children, between 2 and 12 years.Half Fare; Servants, Half Fare ; Infants, free.Round Trip to Liverpool or Queenstown, $120, $145 and $175.Outward & Prepaid Steerage Passage, (Gold) From Montreal to Liverpool, Queenstown, Londonderry, and Glasgow, or vice versa, $26.50 ; to London, or vice versa, $30.52 ; to Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, or vice versa, $30.25; to Havre, or vice versa, $81.33 ; to Bremen, or vice versa, $30.88 ; to Gottenberg, Christiania or Christiansand, or r ice versa, $34; to Paris, or vice versa, $34.52.Children over one year and under twelve years.Half Fare ; Infants, free.Sight Drafts on Great Britain and Ireland for gale.For further information and Passage, apply to\tJ.G.DALE, Agent, 15 Broadway, New York; Or to\tCOX & OUEEN, Agents.13 and 15 Hospital St., Montreal.Tickets can also be obtained by applying to J.N.BOCKUS, R.R.Office, St.Lawrence Hall.December 18\t90 Passage Pates Ilecinced.pa s% : \u2022 \u2022\u2014m THE STATE LIME To Glasgow, Liverpool, Belfast, Londonderry, &e., &c., &c.State op Pennsylvania, State opYibuinia, State op Gsoroia, State op Florida, State op Nevada, State op Indiana, State op Alabama, State op Louisiana, State op Minnesota Sailing every alternate THURSDAY from PIER 42 N.R., PACIFIC MAIL DOCK.The accommodations and provision:- provided on these Ships are unsurpassed by those of any other line.RATES OF PASSAGE.First Cabin, $80, $70 and $80; return tickets, $120.Second Cabin, $15 ; return tickets, $80.Steerage at lowest rates.For dates of sailing, apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Agents, 72 Broadway, New York.H.F.MAGEE, 130 State St., Boston.Or to\t».A.AN8KLL, 25 St.Sulpice Street, Montreal.November 29\tly 284 STAR BALL LINE.United States and Brazil Mail Steamships, sailing regularly every month from Watson\u2019s Wharf, Brooklyn,N.Y\\,for PARA, PERNAMBUCO, BAHIA and RIO JANEIRO, calling at ST.JOHNS, PORTO, RICO :\u2014 Tons.J.B.Walker, 2700, Saturday .April 8 Nellie Martin, 3000, Saturday .April 15 John Bramall, 2500,-~- When 23rd of month falls on Sunday, Steamers will sail the day previous.These Steamers are perfectly new, with all the latest improvements, having first-class Passenger accommodations.For Freight and Passage, at reduced rates, apply to J, S.IÎJCKEB & CO., Agents, 54 Pine Street, New York.December 18\tly 301_ ONLY DIRECT UNE TO FRANCE.The General Transatlantic Company\u2019s Mall Steamers between New York & Havre, calling at Plymouth for the Land- mm VOL.LXVIII._ jlica msîtijj ^loticxs.1876.LONDON, QUEBEC â MONTREAL IS76.AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.MONTREAL, THURSDAY; MARCH Hi, 1876.LINE.The Steamers of this Lino are intended to be despatched from LONDON for Qnsbes and Montreal AS FOLLOWS: St.Lawrence,.Wednesday', 19th April Thames, \u2014 .Wednesday, 3rd May.Through Tickets from all points West at Reduced Rates.Certificates issued to persons desirous of bringing out their friends.Through Bills of Lading issued on the Continent and in London for all parts of Canada and in the United States to Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago, and other points in the West.For Freight or Passage, apply to TEM-PERLEYS, CARTER & DRAKE, 21 Billiter Street, London, E.C.; ROSS & CO., Quebec ; or DAVID SHAW, Montreal._ February 23 _\t10A 46 :0 STATES iAfl LllL pas Steam to Queenstown and Liverpool, ¦ Sailing every TUESDAY, from Pier 46 North River.Wyonjjpg.,.April 4,\t2.00\tP.M.Idaho .April\t11,\t2.00\tP.M.Nevada.April 18,\t1.00\tP.M.Dakota.April 25,\t3.00\tP.M.Wisconsin .May\t2,\t1.00\tP.M.Montana .May\t.9,\t\u201c3.00\tP.M.Wyoming.May 16,11.00 A.M.Idaho.JVIay 23,\t3.00\tP.M.Nevada.May 30,11.00 A.M.Cabin, $65, $70 and $80 currency.Intermediate, $40.Steerage at lowest rates.Passenger^ booked to and from Paris, Hamburg, Norway, Sweden, &c.Drafts on Ireland, England, France and Germany at lowest rates.WILLIAMS & GCÏ0N, 29 Broadway, New York, Or to HAUT, BEOS.& Co., Cor.St.John and Hospital Streets,Montreal January 28\t24 , .m m isSÉL Under Contract with the Government of Canada for the conveyance of the CANADIAN and UNITED STATES MAILS.'iS* 1875-\u201970.Wiiilcr Arrangements.1875-78.Sardinian.Circassian .Polynesian .Sarmatian .Hibernian .Caspian.Scandinavian Prussian.Austrian.Nostorian.Moravian.Peruvian .Manitoban This Company\u2019s Lines are composed of the undernoted.First-class, Full-powered Clyde-built, Double-Engine, Iron Steamships :\u2014 Tons.4100 Lt.J.E.Dutton,R.N.R .3400 Capt.J.Wylie .4100 Capt.Brown .3600 Capt.A.D.Ami .3434 Lt.F.Archer, R.N.R.3200 Capt.Trocks .3000 Lt.W.H.Smith,R.N.R .3000 Capt.J.Ritchie .2700 Capt.Urquhart .2700 Capt.Barclay .2650 Cant.Graham .2600 Capt, R.S.Watts .3150 Capt.H.Wylie Nova Scotian.3200\tCapt.Richardson Canadian.2600\tCapt.Miller Corinthian.2400\tCapt.Jas.Scott Acadian.1350\tCapt.Oabcl Waldensian.2800\tCapt.J.G.Stephens Phoenician.2800\tCa.pt.Menzies Newfoundland.1500 Capt.Mylins From Fortlamt.Sarmatian.11th\tMarch Moravian .18th\t\u201c Circassian.25th\t\u201c Polynesian.1st\tApril.Scandinavian.8th\t\u201c Caspian.15th\t\u2022\u201c Sarmatian.22nd\t\u201c Moravian .29th\t\u201c Circassian.0th\tMay.Special Reduction in Julies of Passage During Winter Months from Montreal.Cabin.$87, $77, and $57 According to accommodation.Intermediate.$40 00 Steerage.26 50 The Steamers of the Glasgow Line are intended to sail between GLASGOW and PORTLAND at intervals during Season W inter N avigation.RATES OF PASSAGE PROM PORTLAND.Cabin.$60 Intermediate.40 Steerage.25 An experienced Surgeon carried on each Vessel.Berths not secured until paid for.Corkage will be charged at the rate of 2s.per bottle to Cabin Passengers supplying their own Wines or Liquors.For Freight or other particulars, apply in Portland toll.& A.Allan, or .1 .L.Farmer; in Quebec to Allans, Rae & Co.; in Havre to John M.Currie, 21 Quai d\u2019Or-leans ; in Paris to Gustave Bossanqe, Rue du Quatre Septembre ; in Antwerp to Aug.Schmitz & Co., or Richard Burns ; in Rotterdam to G.P.Ittmann & Son, or Ruts &_Co.; in Hamburg to W.Gibson & Hugo; in Bordeaux to Lafitte & Vander-cruyce, or E.Depas & Co.; in Belfast to Charley & Malcolm ; in London to Mont-OOMERIE & GrEENKORNE, Gracechurch Street; in Glasgow to James & Alex.Allan, 70 G reat Clyde Street ; in Liverpool to Allan Brothers, James Street ; in Chicago to Allan & Co., 72 La Salle Street.H.& A.ALLAS, Corner of Youville and Common Street.December, 1875.\t99 The splendid vessels on this favourite route for the Continent (being more southerly than any other) will sail from Pier No.43,North River, as follows:\u2014 Labrador, Sanglier.Saturday,\tApril Amérique, Pouzolz.Saturday,\tApril\t15 France, Trudelle,.;.Saturday,\tApiil\t22 Price of Passage in gold (including wine) (First Cabin, $110 to $120, according to accommodation ; Second, $72 ; Third, $40.Railroad Tickets to all stations of England included in the price of passage for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class.Return Tickets at reduced rates.Steerage, $26, with superior accommodation, including wine, bedding and utensils, without extra charge.Steamers marked thus * do not carry Steerage Passengers.LOUIS DE BEBIAN, Agent, 55 Broadway, New York, ».MASSON & C0\u201e Agents for Montreal.March 30\t.\tly 75 Montreal.Dominion .3200 Ontario .3200 Memphis.2500 Texas .2350 Mississippi.2200 Quebec.2200 St.Louis.1824 3250 Tons (Building) Capt.Roberts Capt.Bouchette Capt.Mellon Capt.Laurenson Capt.Lindall Capt.Thearle Capt.Reid %\\\\nXtuàtr iTo ti ccs- ffiajEf - BOSTON ÂHD MONTREAL AIR LINE Shortest Eoutc via Central Vermont P.R.Line.WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, COMMENCING NOV.22nd, 1875.Day Express leaves Montreal at 9.05 a.m.for Boston, via Lowell, arriving in Boston at 9.45 p.m.Train for Waterloo leaves Montreal at 2.45 p.m.Night Express leaves Montreal at 2.45 p.m.for Boston, via Lowell, Lawrence or Fitchburg; also for New York, via Spring-field or Troy, arriving in Boston at 7.15;a.m., and New York, via Troy, 7.00 a.m., and via Spring-field at 12.30 p.m.TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.Day Express leaves Boston, via Lowell, at 8.00 a.m,, Troy at 8.00 a.m., arriving in Montreal at 9.20 p.m.Express leaves Troy at- 8.30 a.m., arriving in Montreal at 7 p.m.This Train connects at Troy with the Post Mail Train leaving New York at 4 o\u2019clock same morning.Night Express leaves Boston at 6 p.m., via Lowell, and New York at 3 p.m., via Springfield, and via 'Broyât 4 p.m., arriving in Montreal at 9 a.m PullTiar Sleeping Care ere attached to the Night Express Trains mnning betw een Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and Spru gfield, :i.u Wagners Si «.ping Cars between St.Albans and New York, via Troy.Pullman Drawing Room Cars on Day Express Trams between Montreal and Boston.For Tickets and Freight Rates, apply at Central Vermont Railroad Office, 136 St.James Street.J.XV.H0BAHT, General Supt.St.Albans, November 20, 1875\t277 I\u2019r.ot'essimiaX Cards.PMAHGN, GOBONS à AMS, Barristers, Attorneys, Solicitors, &e., I .0X1 »< >X.OINT.HUGH MACMAHON,\tGEO.C.GIBBONS, GEO.m\u2019nAB.London, August 23, 1875\tly 201 IaOLENNAN â MACDONALD, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, &e.OOItlN V/AT,:i:\u201e ONT.D.B.MACLENNAN, H.SANEIELD MACDONALD, JAMES W.LIDDELL.April 2\tly 78 H-ieg-al Oo-pax-tiversliip WALKER, PEN NOCK & MclNTYRE, Barristers, Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries, Ac., OTTAWA, Ont.W.H.WALKER,\tP.PENNOCK, A.F.M\u2019JNTYRE.November 9\t267 BixsUtcss Cards.Bankers and Brokers Wo.4 ÏÏFoatl ^tx\u201ceeta ISTEW YORK, Buy and Sell, on Commission, Stocks, ¦\tBonds and Gold.BRAYTON IVES, Vice-President N.Y.Stock Exchange.JAMES BETTS METCALF.March 9\t3m ts 59 (France.) Grixstave Bossawg\u2019e, General Commission Merchant and Shipping Agent.Branches :\u2014HAVRE and BORDEAUX.MONTREAL : JBOSSAJNOF: «fe G AJFOÏlVEÏi.30 HOSPITAL STREET.February 9\tly 34 JOSEPH SMiTH, Civ» Kiigincer and Land Surveyor, Ho.194 ST.JAMES STREET.Examinations.Surveys and Reports made, and Plans and Estimates furnished for Rail and Common Roads, Drainage Works, XVater and Gas Supply, and other Engineering works and structures.March 11\tly 61 This Line is composed of the following first-class full-powered Clyde-built Steamships, and is intended to perform a regular service between LIVERPOOL, QUEBEC and MONTREAL in Summer, and LIVERPOOL and BOSTON in Winter :\u2014 PERCEVAL TiBBS, Accountant and Auditor, 58 ST.FRANCOIS XAVIER ST.March 9\tly 56 JAMES TYRE, l [Oîfiüciiia 1! A s' s i p£n eie, JOHN FULTON, Accountant, UNION BUILDINGS, 43 St.FrancoisiXavier Street, Montreal- January 30\t25 EVANS & RIDDELL, TPublic Accountants, EDWARD EVANS, Official Assignee.Western Chambers, Ko.32 ST.JOÎ1.-V STIYEET.September 2\tly 213 TKADE AND COMMERCE MAIL STEAMERS SAILED.S.S.Circassian, 4th land, 12 days out.Abyssinian, 4th March, for days out.March, for Port-New York, 12 DEFAUT USE OF OCEAN S.S.Moravian.Portland, 18th March.Pereire.New York, 18th March.Celtic.\u201c\tISth\tMarch.City of Montreal.\t\u201c\t18th March.Abyssinia.\u201c\t22nd\tMarch.Circassian.Portland,\t25th\tMarch.Adriatic.New York, 25th March.City of New York.\t\u201c\t25th March.Java.\u201c\t29th\tMarch.WILLIAM RHINO, Official Assignee, 58 ST.FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET.September 7\tly 213 GRAIG & MOFFAT, JAcoovintants and.-Assignees, North British Chambers, 11 HOSPITAL STREET, MONTREAL.DAVID J.CRAIG, Official Assignee, Commissioner for taking Affidavits.ALEX.MOFFAT, Assignee, _ Commissioner for taking Affidavits.January 29\tly 24 Xl iiMTiil E dtiid Office- GUNARD_ LINE.NOTICE.\u2014With the view of diminishing the chances of collision, the Steamers of tins Line take a spocifiod course for all seasons of the year.On the Outward Passage from Queenstown to Now York or Boston, crossing Meridian of 50 at 43 Lat., or nothing to the North of 43.On the Homeward Passage, crossing the Meridian of 50 at 42 Lat., or nothing to the North of 42.JSsST?flip British and North American Royal Mail Steamships, between NEW YORKJsi and LIVERPOOL, calling at CORK HARBOUR, 5 ! From New Yore.!?Bothnia, Wed, April 19 Abyssinia,Wed, April 26 ?Russia, wed., Kay n Scythia, Wed., May 10 Those vessels have very superior accommodation for Cabin and Steerage Passengers, and Prepaid Tickets are issued at reduced prices to those desirous of bringing out their friends.Sailing from Liverpool every Wednesday, calling at Belfast Lough to take in Cargo and Passengers.Rates of Passage:\u2014Cabin.$60 Steerage.24 Through Tickets can be had at all the principal Grand Trunk Railway Ticket Offices in Canada.For Freight and Passage, apply in Havre to H.Genestal & Dolzous, or C.Brown ; in Paris to H.Genestal & Dolzous, 55 Rue d\u2019Hautville; in Hamburg to August Behrens ; in Bordeaux to Messrs.Faure Frères ; in Copenhagen to P.M.Kolle, 18 Sanctan-næplads; in Bergen to Michael Kronn, Consul; in London to Bowring & Jamieson, Langbourne Chambers, 17 Frenchchurch Street ; in Belfast to Henry Gowan, Queen\u2019s Square; in Liverpool to Flinn, Main & Montgomery, Harvey Buildings, 24 James Street; in Quebec to W.M.Macphorson; in Boston to Thayer & Lincoln; and in Montreal to DAVID TORRANCE & CO., \u201cExchange Court.March 20\t284 From New York T\u2019-u't.lila.Wcd.Mai chlo Abvsslnta,Wed.,Mar.22 viva Wed., March 29 Algeria, Wed., A p H 16 mitm Wed., April 12 AnT every following Wednesday and Sa-v\u201erdav from New York.Steamers marked thus * do not carry QKvnr-iG\u2019ti Passengers.TUtes of Passage.\u2014Cabin, $80, $100 anti «120 gold Paccording to accommodation.Tickets to Paris, $15 gold, additional.Re- tnru Tickets on favourable terms Steerage Tickets to and from all pt ts of Europe, at very low rates.\t.Throegl' Bills of Lading given foi Bril' Y Claseow, Havre, Antwerp and other Ports on thl Contient, and for Mediter- ^Eor^refght and Cabin Passage, apply at i-Uromnany\u2019s Office, No.4 Bowling Breen ; for ^Steerage Passage, No.Ill Broadway, Trinity Bui1 ding.CHAS.G.FRANKLIN, Agent; or to\tT110S.WILSON, 58 St.François Xavier Street.January 7\t0 \"ism.THE MITCHELL UHE STEAMSHIP CO.(X-.TMITEü.) HON.P.MITCHELL^ - - President.OFFICE,\u2014181 ST A.GARRETT, Agent and (Dealer In Mines and Minerais, Ores of Iron, Copper, Phosphate, Plumbago, Silver, GoM, Coal, Mica, &c., &c.OFFICE, BBELL\u2019S BLOCK, ELGIN ST.,OTTAWIl (Opposite Russell House.) Correspondence attended to.May 8\t______________ 109 TO I Y VKJST T O K S.GIBBS 8l GQÜOLIE, Solicitors of Patents of Invention, HAVE REMOVED TO Vie TOUT A CXI AMD EDS, ((Opposite Western Block) OTTAWA.Patent business of every kind attended to; Trade and Timber Marks, &c., registered.September 8\tly 213 JOHN MCDONALD, ACCOUNT ANT, No.230 St.James Street, Montreal.November 1\t6m 260 Montreal, Wednesday Evening.\u2014 The receipts at the Custom House today were $32,593.10 \u2014In addition to the sales reported in the stock of the Bank of Montreal yesterday, three lots of 25, 38 and 35 shares, were placed at 192.\u2014The failure is announced of the Union Savings Bank at Cedar Rapids.It is stated that there will be no material losses, and that the bank will simply retire from business.\u2014Twenty per cent ($100,000) of the subscribed capital of the Merchants\u2019 Marino Insurance Company is paid up.Of that sum $50,000 has been deposited with the Dominion Government, under the provisions of the Insurance Law.\u2014Geo.A.Merwin & Co., coffee and spice millers.New York, have suspended.Their liabilities are put down at $80,000, but the assets are said to exceed that sum.The most of the creditors have agreed to accept 60c.on the dollar.\u2014The suspension of the United States Reflector Company, Conet, Jacobson & Co., manufacturers and importers of reflecting chandeliers, was announced at Now York to-day.The liabilities exceed $100,000.Négociations are in progress for a settlement with creditors.\u2014At a meeting of the stockholders of the National Bank of the State of New York, which suspended yesterday, the resignation of the old Board of Directors was accepted, and the following new Board appointed:\u2014August Belmont, R.G.Rol-ston, G.F.Tallman, D.D.XVithers, Lawrence Turnure, John R.Marshall, Daniel Drake Smith, Adrian Islin and Henry Morgan.Mr.Belmont was elected President.The new Board meet to-morrow morning to appoint other Executive officeis, and reorganize affairs, and give a bond to the Controller of Currency that the bank\u2019s assets will be applied to the liquidation of its debts.Depositors representing about $1,000,000, have consented to allow their deposits to remain for 60 or 90 days, to em -blethe bank to realize on its bills receivable and loans.The Institution will resume business at au early day.Ex-President Mr.G.W.Duer remains with the bank in an advisory capacity.American Cureenct,\u2014Greenbacks were bought to-day at 12 @ 121 per cent discount, and sold at 11J to ll jc.American Silves, 8 @ 10.The Produce and Provision Trades.\u2014 There was an improved demand for flour on \u2019Change this morning, but the aggregate sales reported do not show a very large increase in business.The feeling, however, was somewhat better and a general impression prevails that \u201c bottom prices\u2019\u2019 have been touched.Coarse grades were somewhat firmer, although no absolute advance was established.The sales effected were 100 Extra Superfine at $ 4.90 ; 200 Spring Extra at $1,52.1 @ $4.55 ; 200 Strong Bakers\u2019 at $4.75 ; 200 Medium at $4.60 @ $4.05, and 50 Middlings at $3.45.City Bags met with a good enquiry at $2.40.The stock in store this morning was 74,520 barrels, (an increase of 10,859 barrels since the 1st instant) against 50,586 at the same date last year.Coarse grains and provisions were dull and nominally unchanged.The American wheat markets (were higher.Our latest cable advices from Liverpool report :\u2014 Floating cargoes of Wheat, strong; Corn quiet.Cargoes on passage and for shipment\u2014rather more enquiry for Wheat; Corn, quiet.Mark Lane Wheat and Corn, unaltered.California XVheat on passage, just shipped, 49s.3d.; do.do., nearly due, 49s.6d.Arrivals of Wheat and Corn off coast, small.English and French country Wheat markets, nnalterd.Farmers deliveries of XVheat during the week :\u201435,-000 to 40,000 qrs.Imports into United Kingdom during' past week \u2014XVheat, 125,000 to 130,000 qrs.; Corn, 140,000 to 145,000 qrs.; Flour, 65,000 to 70,000 bris-Liverpool Spot Whe at, firm ; Corn, unaltered ; Lard.60s.9d.A private despatch reports an advance of Id.@ 2d.on White Wheat at Liverpool.Financial.\u2014To-day was pay day on the London Stock Exchiange, the last and most important of the forfenightly settlements.The market was disturbed and an excited feeling of uncertainty and anxiety prevailed.Nine failures were reported, but only one of them is considérée1, serious, namely that of William Upmrd, stock broker, 11 Throgmorton, who it is believed has failed for a considerable amount.Business during the day was quiet, the settlement absorbing all the attention\u2019.Nearly all kinds of securities were lower.Several failures are also reported at the Glasgow and Liverpool Stock Exchanges, but the particulars up to a late hour had not transpired.Other failures are expected at London, but it is not thought that any of them will bo of much importance.The local money market was quiet today with no material changes either in rates of interest or discount.Two commercial houses at New York suspended today, but in both eases it is expected that a satisfactory settlement with creditors will be effected.The Bank of the State of New York, it is said, will immediately resume business with a view to liquidation.On this announcement the XVall street market became stronger, closing firm at the advance, with an upward tendency.brought 1244, closing firmer with buyers at 124}, but no sellers under 125.Metropolitan changed hands at 674, and 50 at the latter price, all paid up.Montreal Telegraph was active and higher, prices ranging from 165} to 1674, closing a shade easier with sellers at 1664, and buyers at 166.City Passenger was dealt in at 195 to 195 4, and Gas at 158 to 1004.Exchange was enquired for at 93} ; holders asked 97.The sales of the day were as follows :\u2014 MORNING BOARD.Bank of Montreal.10 @ 1914 25 (q> 191 10, 15 @ 191} Peoples.40® 99 Jacques Cartier.38, 25 ® 41 Merchants.45 @ 99 100, 30, 6, @ 98} .75\t@\t124| .20\t@\t674 10 (all paid) ® 50 .25, 15 @ 175 250 @165} 200, 100, 75, 15 @ 165 25, 100 @ 164} .50,50 @ 195 25 @ 1954 25 @ 195} Gas.5 @\t158, 25 @ 158} 25, 25 @ 159 25 @ 159} Montreal Loan & Mort.Co.100 @ 1214 AFTERNOON BOARD.Bank Montreal.32,10,10,10 @ 191} 25 (fi) 1911 Molsons .20\t@\t112 Merchants.250, 250, 45.25, 25 (a.¦ Eastern T-.tips'.™ Montreal Telegraph.Commerce.Metropolitan.Montreal Telegraph.City Passenger.20 @ 106, 40, 200, 5 @ 164| 150 @ 166 25 @ 166} 50 @ 166} 50, 25 @ 167} 49, 150 @ 167} Gas.10\t@\t159} 100, 100 @ 160 40 @ 160} Corporation 6 p.c.Bonds.$4000 @ 101} OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE.Jacques Cartier.53 @\t41} .\t10\t@\t414 25, 15 @\t41} Merchants.3\t@\t99 10 @ 98} Royal Can.Ins.Co.10\t@\t95} At New York Gold opened at 1144, advanced to 114f, but subsequently declined and closed at 1144.Sterling Exchange was steady at 4564- Stocks were less active but stronger all round.A comparison of yesterday\u2019s and to-day\u2019s closing quotations shows the following changes.ADVANCED.Lake Shore.If Ohio&Miss.1 St.Paul, pfd.f Union Pacific.} North West pfd.} Erie .ii Rock Island .I Miss.Pacific.14 total sales amounted to 197,600 of which 37,300 were in W.U.Tele- XY.U.Telegraph.!} Pacific Mail.2} St.Paul.1 N.Y.Central.} North XVest.t Tol.& Wab.4 St.Joe.4 Mich.Central.1J The shares lbs\u2014Pots\u2014Easier Pearls\u2014Nominal Lo\u2019st Cl os\u2019g.graph ; 55,300 in Lake Shore ; 28,800 in Pacific Mail ; 5,500 in Ohio & Miss.; 11,400 in St.Paul ; 3,100 in Do.Preferred ; 4,800 in North-West ; 36,800 in Erie; 1,600 in Rock Island, and 8,300 in Michigan Central.The following table will shove the lowest and highest points touched during the day and the opening and closing quotations : Ops\u2019ng.Hig\u2019st XV.U.Telegraph.67 Lake Shore.Pacific Mail.Ohio and Miss.St.Pafll.Do.Preferred.N.Y.Central.115| C.C.&I.C .Union Pacific.North-West.Do.Preferred.64} Tol.and Wab.Erie.St.Joe.Rock Island.Quick Silver.Miss.Pacific.Montreal, March 15.1876.67\t67\t68\t68 , 63 }\t63}\t64}\t64} .2D;\t21}\t23}\t23} .21\t20.V-\t21}\t21} 43}\t43}\t44}\t44.V .82}\t81}\t82}\t82} 115} \u2022 .4}\t114\t115} 114 x.d.\t \t\t\t4} 65\t65\t65}\t65 j .43}\t43}\t43}\t43} .64}\t\t\t64} .3\t3\t3}\t3} .20}\t19}\t20}\t20} 18}\t\t\t18} .110}\t110\t1Ï0J\t110} .17}\t17}\t18\t18 .14\t\t\t14 A heat\u2014Nominal.Oatmeal-At $1.65 @ $4.70.\u2022 Corn\u2014Nominal at 574c.Oats\u2014Nominal at 30c.@ 32c.Barley\u2014Nominal ; Quebec at 55c.@GOc.Isas Nominal at 85c.p>.- 66 lbs.I,utter\u2014Quiet at 164c.@ 23c.,according to quality.\t\u2022= v, >\ta Cheese\u2014-Quiet ; 104c.@ 114c.Lard Per lb\u2014Small pckgs.in good demand; tierces, 13c.@ 134c.; tubs, 144c.; pails, loc.Mess> $23.50 @\t$24.00; Thin $22.00 @ $22.50 Ashes, per 100 $4.37!» @ \"$4.424.$5.00., Seeds\u2014Timothy \u2014Quiet at $2.40 @ $2.50 per 45 lbs.Clover\u2014Nominal at 10c.per IB.' New Xork, March 15, 12.00 noon.\u2014 SU!?at $1-21 @ $1.25 ; Milwaukee, $1._25 ® $1.27 ; Winter, $1.20 @$1.45.Corn, quiet at 43c.@ 49c.; No.2 Chicago, 45c.@ -fork, easier at $22.60 bid for March.; $22 65 for April ; $22.90 for May ; $23.00 lor .June ; 323.05 for July.Lard, qmet at 313.374 bid for March ; $13.60 for April;/13-771 for May ; $13.95 for June ; $14.05 tor July.Receipts\u2014Flour, 11,153 barr.iâ ; XVheat, 20,000 bushels ; Corn, 47,000 bushels ; Oats, 28,000 bushels.Gold, 1.144.Chicago, March 15.\u2014Wheat\u2014Receipts, 18,000 bushels; shipments, 12,000 bushels.9.30 a.m.\u2014Opened at $1.044 for May.11.00 a.m.\u2014Firm at $1 004 @ $1 00| for April ; $1.044 for May.Corn\u2014Receipts, 47,(ii ¦ I) ishels ; shipments, 47,000 bushels.9.40 r.\u2014Quiet and firm at 46|c.for May ; m.\u2014Quiet for May ; @ 48c.for ,000 bushels; shipments, 8,000 bushels.11:20 a.m.\u2014Oats quiei ; sales at 34}c.for May ; nominally at 32|c for cash ; 32|c.for April.Barley\u2014 Receipts, 3,000 bushels ; shipments, 3,000 bushels.11.00 a.m.\u2014Quiet; sales at 55c.for iffay ; 554c.bid for April.10.30 a.m.\u2014 Pork\u2014Quiet at $22.05 @ $22 10 for April ; $22.30 for May ; 22.50 for June.10.30 a.m.\u2014Lard\u2014Quiet at $13.274® $13.30 for April; $13.474 for May; nominally at $13.674 for June.Milwaukee,March 15,9:40 a.m.\u2014Wheat-Receipts, 13,000 bushels ; shipments, 5,000 bushels.\u2014Firm at $1.104 for No.1 ; $1.03} for No.2; 894c.for No.3 ; $1.17 for Hard ; No.3, $L03J for April; $1.08 for May.Receipts of Produce\u2014March 15.G.T.R.Wheat, bush.6,000 Flour, brls.1,600 Butter, kegs.37 Ashes, brls.:.20 Dressed Hogs.66 Tobacco, hlids.12 Oats, bush.700 Whiskey and High Wines, casks.\t50 Peas, bush.4,000 Pork, brls.50 Leatfier.rolls.13 Lard, brls.10 MARKETS BY~TELEGRAPH TO THE MONTREAL HERALD.Bank of Montreal 103 brls 102 do; H A Nelson and sons 3 cars; C C Snowdon 1 bdle; J K irk up 1 case; Thompson XV and cO 1 bdle; Adams Tobacco Co 8 tes 14 bxs; Murphy B 2 bxs 2 kegs; H A Nelson 1 case; J Rattray and co 1 do; L J Surveyor 2 closets 1 bdle 1\tprowse 1 ranges oven; Laurent L and co 3 organs; R Stuart Jr 5 bxs; W Frazer 6}cses; Gravel bros 10 cases 5} do; F and Workman 2\tbales.MONTREAL AND CHAMPLAIN.F and G Cushing 14 pkgs mdse; Cushing and co 2 do do; Hodgson M and S 17 do do; Jas Roy and co 4 do do; E G Rideaut 2 csks g snades, Canada Paper Co 18 bdls paper; B Ware and co 1 crate machy; R N Watson 1 case 1 bale mdse; Mackay bros 9 cases mdse: T H Mooney 1 case coehinal; E J Maxwell 10 pkgs mahogany; Prowse bros 4 pcs c castgs 4 ranges 2 closets; ~ Adams Tobacco Co 24 hhds tobacco; XVheeler and W 5 bxs 7 crates s machy; J L Johnston 3 brls hams; J Walker and co 6 bxs h ware R McKenzie 5 bxs felt; B and Yalvis 3 cases p hangings; Murphy and B 3 brls 1 box r ware; J McArthur and son 10 cases lampblack; XVilson P and co 10 oases gum shellac 5 do do k 2 cases asphaltum; Thos Robinson 1 brl e ware; Thos XVilson and co 7 bdls o cloth; J Donnelly and son 1 case pins 1 do mdse; H J Shaw 200 bdls 10 bxs c stock; Prowse Bros 3 window fronts.ROUSES POINT.R S Cox 2 cases; Young N and co 11 do; Benning and B 1 do; James Johnston and co 4 bales; J Duncan and co 175 pkgs; J F Brooks 5 cases 1 crate; N Tirai, order Bank of Montreal 12 hhds 11 do; Benny McP and co 4 brls.MARINE INTELLIGENCE.EUROPEAN.STOCKS.Bankot Montreal.Ontario Bank.Bank of B.N.America.City Bank.Banque du Peuple.Molsons\u2019 Bank.Bank of Toronto.Banque .lac.Cartier.Merchants\u2019 Bank.Quebec Bank.Banque Nationale.Mechanics\u2019 Bank.Boyal Canadian Bank.Can.Bank of Commerci Metropolitan Bank.Dominion Bank.Bank of Hamilton.Maritime Bank.Exchange Bank.ville Marie.St.Lawrence Bank.federal Bank.Imperial.MISCELLANEOUS.Intercolonial Coal Co., Huron Copper Bay Co Montreal Telegraph Co.Dominion Telegraph Co Ont.& Q, Nav.Co.Union Nav.Co.City Passenger It.lt_ City Gas Co.Merchants\u2019 Exchange-Credit Fonder-.Quebec 1 Montreal Cornwall Manufact\u2019g MontrT Warehousing Graphic Printing Co.North Am.Car Co.Sealing and Fishing.Academy of Music., BONDS.Dominion Stock.Dominion Bonds.Gov.Dec.G p.c stg .Gov.Deb.6 p.c.cv.Gov.Deb.6 p.c.stg., Gov.Deb.5 p.c.cy\u201e .Montreal 6 p.c.Stocks.Montreal W.W.Bonds Montreal 7 p.c.Stock.Montreal6 p.e.Stock-EXCHANGE.Gold at noon.Sterling Ex.In N.Y.Value ot Shares.\tiif-y?rly | Dividend\tSellers.|\tBuyers.$200\tp.c\t191X\t191 40 4\tp.c\t106\t105X \"lOO\tp.c\t102\tinb' \u2019 50\tp.c\t100\t98 50 \u2022\tp.c\t110\t108 100\tp.c\t195\t¦ \t\t42\t37 i(M)\tp.c\t\t9814 11)0\t\t\t ioo\t\t\t108 50\tnçp.c\t\t107 60\titfp.c\t91\t90 40\t\t20\t10 40\tt p.c\t9S\t97 50\tt p.c\t125\t124?^ 100\t\t70\t65 \t\t\t121# iôô\t4 p.c\t\t96 100\t4 p.C\t\t ÎJ0\t4 p.C\t97\t93>f MW\t3 p.C\t85\t \"¦**\"* ^ ¦\t\t100\t\u201d96** \t\u2014\t\t\t\t 100!\t\t50\t 4\t¦6 p.C\t\t 40\t5 jp.C\tièôjj\t166 50\tStKife-c\t92\t 100\t\t\t98\t91 60\t\t\t 50\t6 p.Ü\t197\t194# 40\t4 p.C\t100\t159Jf 4-00\t4 p.C\t\t100 11100\t~\t\t '\u2018iôô*\t\t\t o -\t 100\t\t* 12*\t\"\u2019s'* 100 \t\t\t\t 60\t5 p.C\t125\t121# \tk p.c\t\t \t103\t\t \t\t\t102 \t\t\t \t\t\t S.\t\t:::::\t\t S.\t s.\t\t\t\u201c97*\t\u2019*95*\u2019 o.\t\t\t\t100# \t\tton\tioo# \t\t101J\t100# \t\t\t.100# \t\t\t.117 \t\t\t.9% @ 9X\t \t\t¦ if®\t# prm \t\tIKK\t LONDON, March 15, 12:30 p.m.\u2014Monetary\u2014U.S.Bonds\u201465\u2019s, old, 105}; \u201967\u2019s, 108}; 10-40's, 105g; New Fives, 106; Erie, 18; Pfd, 31.5:30 p.m\u2014Tallow\u201447s.3d.@ 47s 6d.per cwt.Petroleum\u2014Refined, 10}d per gallon.LIVERPOOL, March 15, 10:30 a.m.\u2014 Cotton\u2014Firm; Uplands, G 7-l-16d; Orleans, 6}d.12:30 p.m.\u2014Sales day 15,000 bales, of which 3,000 bales were for speculation and export.Bacon\u201454s.Od.per cwt.for Long Clear Middles, G p.m.\u2014Provisions\u2014Lard, 60s.@ 61s.per cwt.UNITED STATES.CHICAGO, Ill., March 15.\u2014Flour\u2014 Dull.Grain\u2014XVheat, active and higher; No.IJChieago Spring, $1.00; No.2 do, $1.004 bid for spot; 99}c.for Sf^rch ; $1.00 J for April; $1.04} for,May ; No.'3 do, 854c.for spot ; rejected, 74c.@ 74|c.Corn\u2014Demand fair; pricès advanced; 43}c.@ 434c.for spot;strictly Irish, 435-c.for spot; 435c.bid for Aprilg,ICi\u2019c for May ;.rejected, 304c @ 37c.Oats\u2014Demand fair; market firm; No.2 at 32}c iar spoÇ; 345c for May.Barley, neglected; at 57|c.for spot.Rye, steady and unchanged.At the p.m.call of the Board Wheat was higher at $1.011 for April; §1.055 for May.'lorn, 4c higher.Oats nominal.Pork igher; $22.124 for April ; $22.374 for May.,urd 6\u2014-.\u2014; $13.20 tj( $13.25 for cash ; $13- 0 for May.Receipts\u2014Flour, 6,000\"barrels ; XVheat, 9,000 bushels; Corn,47,000 bushels; Oats, 1,000 bushels; Barley, 3,000 bushels.Shipments\u2014Flour, 5,000 brls.; Wheat, By Telegrarh\u2014March 15th.LONDON.\u2014Arrived out : SS.Victoria, from New York.PLYMOUTH, ENG.\u2014Arrived out: SS.Lafayette, from New York.HALIFAX, N.S.\u2014The steamer Beta, from St.Thomas and Bermuda arrived today.The troop ship Simoon, hence, arrived at Bermuda in five days ; experienced bad weather; lost five boats ; stove two others, and lost an anchor.The brig C.Yon Platen, seventy-eight days from Antwerp, for Boston, arrived at St.George\u2019s, Bermuda, on the 2nd instant, witli rudder damaged.The 3-masted schooner Island City, fifty-seven days from Messina for Boston, arrived at St.George\u2019s on the 6th instant, in want of sails.THE ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE.VOX POPVLI.ushels ; Barley, 5,000 bushels.Pork\u2014Demand fair; market firm.at *xd MACDOUGALL & DAVIDSON, Brokers.Lard\u2014Quiet and steady, at $13.20.Bulkmeats\u2014Steady, with fair demand ; louldersat 84c.; short rib middles, 115c.; clear sides, 12}c.Whiskey\u2014$1.044.Hogs.\u2014 Receipts, 7,061; shipments, 4,734.NEW YORK, March 15.\u2014Monetary.\u2014 Pacific Mail, 224; XV.U.Telegraph, 67}; American, 635 ; N.XV., 43} ; Pfd., 64 ; R.1., 110} ; St.P\u201e 43} ; Pfd., 81} ; Erie, 19J ; St.Joe, 18}; Pfd., 28; Harl., 14}; Shore, 03}; N.Y.C\u201e 115}; O.& M\u201e 204; Fan., 133; XVab., 3; U.Pac., 654.Gold, 145.3.30 p.m.\u2014Money easy at 5 @ 6.Sterling firm at 4.86 @ 4.89}.Gold opened at 14}, and closed at 144.Governments in active demand and firm.State Bonds quiet and nominal.Railroads firm and higher.Stocks opened irregular, but in the main firm and higher.The volume of business was considerably smaller than yesterday, and there was an entire absence of any excitement.During the last hour of business stocks were firmer and higher.Cotton\u2014Dull at 12gc.for Middling Uplands.Flour\u2014Dull ; prices without decided change;- receipts, 11,000 barrels; sales, 12,000 barrels.Rye Flour, dull at $4.50 (g $5.10.Grain\u2014XVheat quiet and Steady ; receipts, 20,000 bushels ; sales, 39,000 bush at $1.08 @ $1.10 for No.3 Chicago ; $1.11 @ $1.12 for No, 3 Milwaukee ; $1.22 @ $1.25 for No.2 Chicago; $1.23 @ $1.26 for No.2 Millwaukee ; $1.30 @ $1.36 for No.Spring; $1.19 @ $1.36 for Winter Red Western; $1.20 ® $1.47 for Amber do ; $1.35 @ Ji'so for XVhite XVestern.Rye, scarce and firm.Corn dull ; receipts.47,000 bushels; sales, 34,000 do.at .586.62c.for New XVestern Mixed; G5e.@ 67c.for Old do.Barley, dull.Oats, dull; receipts, 28,000 bushels ; sales, 24,000 do.at 42c.@ 47c.for Mixed Western and State; 44c.@ 50c.for XVhite do.Provisions\u2014Pork, dull at $22.874 @ $23 00 for New Mess.Lard, $13.62} for steam.Rutter, 20c.@ 35c.Cheese, 6c.13c.for Common to Prime.Petroleum\u2014Crude, 85c.@ 8}c; Refined, 145c.@ 14}c.J.T-ifoid Mo.146 ST.July RIELLE (Siiuvoyor, JAMES STREET.ly 169 November 5 JAMES STREET, MONTREAL.264 Wifmctas?Cirjavs, Sms TO THE TRADE IN GENERAL.Messrs.HOROWITZ BROS, respectfully invite all Tobacconists, Hotel Keepers and others in the Trade, to their place of busi- \u2019\t341 McGill Street, to examine their celebrated F.F.Cigars, also other best Brands and Fancy Goods.HOROWITZ BROS.May 23\tly 120 BELL 81 WITHERS, (Members of the Open Stoclc Exchange) Slock and Exchange Brokers and (lencra Financial Agents, 82 ST.FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET.Business Paper negotiated.January 1\t3m 1 2?;n*ùïcv5Ïxxp ITaiicts.N OTICK We, the undersigned, have formed a Co-Partnership under the name and style of BENARD, BASTIEN & CO., and will carry on the Lumber business as successors to the late firm of Jordan & Benard.XVe call the attention of Contractors and Lumber Retailers to our large and well selected assortment of Lumber, Timber, &c., the prices of which have been considerably reduced.F.BENARD, BENOIT BASTIEN, C.VILLENEUVE.Montreal, 1st March, 1876.\tdu 56 Sterling Exchange met with a fair demand here and sales of round amounts between banks were made at 9} ; the counter rates for cash being 9} @ 9}.Gold drafts on New York were firm at } @ } premium, with moderate sales within that range.The stock market was fairly active and stronger for nearly all the leading speculative securities, j3ave Merchants and Com-I merce.A comparison of yesterday\u2019s and to-day\u2019s closing quotations shows tho following changes : ADVANCED.Bank of Montreal.}\tMolsons.4 Mont.Telegraph.2}\tGas.24 City passenger.}\tJacques Cartier.! DECLINED.Merchani 'S.4\tCommerce.1 Bank of Montreal opened at 191} and sold down fo\t4jut subsequently re- covered sal es having been made at the last Board at 191! @ 191îî at .the close there were se.'lera at ^10 l!tSt mentioned rate.Ontario was offered at 106 without attracting the : attention of buyers, the highest bid bei 105 A sale of People\u2019s was made at \"\u2022 and another of Molson\u2019s at 112.Jacques Cartier was stronger, with sales at 41.Merchants developed less strength 1 ât opened at 99, but subsequently was deal, an at 98} and 98}, large amounts changin ?bands at the last mentioned price.For a \u2022 small lot of Eastern Townships, 106 was Fai(1- Commerce CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.Wednesday, March 15.WheatînChicago was quoted }c.@ fc.higher.English advicek this morning are as follows ; \u2014 Floating cargoes of XVheat strong; Corn quiet.G&x\u2019fçoos on'passageand for shipment\u2014Rather »H?re enquiry for Wheat ; Corn quiet.Mark l$,ne Wheat and Corn unaltered.California XJïiiteat on passage just-shipped, 49s.6d ; .do do nqariy due, 49s.6d.Arrivals of XVheat and off coast small.English and Freneh,cyuyitry Wheat markets unaltered.Farmers deliveries of Wheat during the past week.: 35,000 @ 40,000 qrs.Imports into -the United (Kingdom during the past week : Wheat, 125,000\t130,000 qrs.; Corn, 140,000 @ 145,000 qrs.; Flour, 65,000 ® 70,000 brls.Liverpool Spot Wheat firm ; Corn unaltered.Lard, 60s.9d.There was a slightly better demand from local dealers on this morning\u2019s Change, but reported sales do not show much increase in business, being as follows :\u2014100 Extra Superfino at $4.90; 100 Spring Extra at :$4.52} ; 100 do.do.at $4.55; 200 Strong Bakers\u2019 at $4.75 ; 200 medium do.at $4.60 V@ $4.65 ; 50 Middlings at $3.45.Prices Rule steady\u2014firm for coarse grades.City Bags in good demand at $2.40.Stocks in riore this morning were 74,520 brls., (be-n%g rai increase of 10,859 brls.since the 1st hut.), against 50,586 brls.at the same \u2022.period last year.Late liberal receipts are probably induced by the G.T.R.giving fr«e storage until May to arrivals.F G OUR, per brl.196 lbs.$ c.Superior Extra, nominal.5 10 It was a matter of great surprise to the promoters of the scheme for bridging the St.Lawrence at St.Helen\u2019s Island, that at the mass meeting called by the Mayor in response to their requisition so large an audience was brought together last evening in the City Concert Hall.There was not less than a thousand citizens assembled, representing every branch of in-dustsy carried on in the city.The Mayor, though suffering from severe indisposition, took the chair at the appointed hour, and was supported on the platform by a large number of rapresentative men.Mr.De Bellefueille, on motion of Aid.David, was unanimously elected secretary.Aid.David said\u2014The Mayor asked me to say that he cannot speak to-night on account of a bad cold, but presides with great pleasure, and takes great interest in the project.(Loud applause.) Aid.David called upon the Hon.John Young to commence the proceedings, a requisition received with tho most rapturous applause.Hon.John Young advanced to the front of the platform without his cap on.From every part of the audience came cries of \u201cput on your cap, or you\u2019ll get cold ; we don\u2019t want to loose you.\u201d Capping himself in response, Mr.Young proceeded.He said : Mr.Mayor and gentlemen, as one of the requisitionists on his worship the Mayor, for calling this meeting to-night, on this most important project of building a new bridge across the St.Lawrence,.! beg to offer a few remarks in regard to the position in which I stand in reference to that project.Some 20 years ago, gentlemen, I assisted my hon.friend, Mr.Cauchon in trying to get a railway along the north shore of the St.Lawrence.I assisted my friend Father Labelle in the Northern Colonization project in getting a railway up the Valley of the Ottawa.(Applause).I did this, gentlemen; for the reason that I remember my late hon.friend Mr.Morin, now departed, asking me several times to go to the north.At first I was unable to comply, but when Father Labelle asked me to go, I went, and was astonished to see the quantity of transport from the people resident in that whole northern country, even with Montreal.I found that the people coming across the bridge to market had to pay 10 cents a bushel for their produce, and I knew also, as a merchant, that I could bring the same grain from Chicago, a distance of 1,200 miles from Montreal, at the same cost.(Applause).It was no wonder, therefore, to me, as a merchant, that I found the people poor and struggling with difficulties along the whole of that northern country, and I resolved to myself then, and am trying now, to do what I possibly can to ameliorate that condition in which I found the whole of those people placed.(Applause).Some six years ago I wrote some letters in reference to the new bridge, suggested by Mr.Legg, a gentleman than whom there is no superior in this county as an engineer in bridge building.(Applause).I say this because from the very conception of the Victoria bridge, from the putting in of the first stone to the last coping of it, Mr.Leg was connected with all that took place m performing all that was necessary, and there is no one living in this country now that had the experience or is better able to judge than is Mr.Legge.[Applause].I said that I published those letters in the Northern Journal some six years ago but notlltng has been done since.Last year this project was brought up by parties before the Harbour Commissioners and the Harbour Commissioners asked the committees of the Corn Exchange and Board of Trade to meet them in the Harbour office to consult upon the matter.I was absent in England and BOSTON, March 14.\u2014 Flour \u2014 Better feeling.Supers, $4 @ $4.50 ; low XVestern extras, $4.50 @ $1.75; good XVisconsin and Minnesota, spring wheats, $5.50 @ $6.25; Michigan, $6.25 @ $7.Oats\u2014Market nominal at 42c.@ 49c.for the various grades, including No.2 white in the elevator, and 42c.@ 52c.for the various grades, including white, on track.The (Itinand is very light, and round lots could not bo j sold except at some concession.BiiWte, -Qmet, Fine New York and Vermont, 32c.@ 35c.; best long dairies, 27c.@ 30c.; fair to good lots, 25c.@ 28c.; common and bakers\u2019, 18c.@ 22c.; fine XVestern, 23c.@ 30c.; fair to good do, 22c.@ 26c.; XVestern roll, 18c.@ 22c.Cheese\u2014Steady.Fine factory, 134c.@ 14c.; good do,, 12c.@ 13c.; farm and medium, lie-@ 12c.Jîqâs\u2014Dull; 19c.is about the outside price on Eastern, and XVestern and Southern are selling at 17c.@ 18c.Hay and Straw\u2014Quiet.Fine, $15 @ $17; medium $17 @ $i8.coarse, $20 @ $21.Straw, $23 @ $24.\u2014Boston Advertiser.$ c.5 20 4 95 4 75 4 55 4 30 4 75 4 00 3 45 2 60 2 271 2 40 Extra Superfine,\t\u201c\t.4\t90\t® Fancy,\t\u201c\t.4\t70\t@ Spring E'xtra,\t\u201c\t.4\t50\t@ Superfine,\t\u201c\t.4\t20\t@ Strong Ba kers,\t\u201c\t.4\t60\t@ Fine,\t\u201c\t.3\t90\t@ Middlings,\t\u201c\t.3\t35\t@ Pollards,\t\u201c\t.2\t50\t@ U.C.Bag (1(19 lbs.)\t\u201c\t.2\t25\t@ City Bags (deDvered) \"\t.0\t00\t@ The stocks in store and in hands of millers were as follows :\u2014 1876.\t1876.\t1875.MarchlS.March l.March 15 Wheat, buskels.378,231\t334,335\t168,729 20,639\t51,574\t21,800 83,647\t53,7901114,832 18,352\t17,456\t4,808 6,541\t6,541\t1,827 .74,520\t63,661\t50,586 , 3,655\t3,574\t548 Corn, Peas,\t\u201c\t.Oats,\t\u201c\t\u201e Barley,\t\u201c Flour, barrels.,.Oatmeal, t\" IMPORTS.GRAND TRUNK WEST.D Butters and co 2,400 bushels wheat; John Brown 800 do; McFie 400 do; Heath and Finneman 2,400 do; D Butters and co 2,800 bushels peas ; Bank of Montreal 1,200 do: J Kerr 700 bushels oats; A W Ogilvie and co 100 brls of flour; J E Hunsiker 400 do; Oliver Gffibs and co 300 do; G Denholm 200 do; Bank of Montreal200 do; R Mitchell and Sons 200 do; Cane and Baird 100 do; M Lamg 100; J Dougall and co 2 bids ashes; Sinclair, J and co 4 do; J McDougall 2 do; J McKay o do; Sinclair, J and co 2 do; C Bryson.) do; McLachlan Bros 2 do; Bell, Simpson affil co 7 tegs butter; J A Mathew-son and co 5 do; S G Haskett and co 5 do; ¦£; 'f.AyC.Lan Akin and co 5 do; G I\t®do; St Lawrence Bank 4 do; B Campbell 50 brls pork; H Dubell and co 10 brls lard; A and E Amos 2 bales leathes; J Dougall and co 1 bale, 2 bdls.Black and I, 2 bxs; J Dougall and co 6 rolls; XV C McDonald 12 hhds tobacco; H Chapman and co 50 çsks h wines; XV Head 66 dressed hogs; M Lamg °4 brls flour; Crane and B 100 do do; Gibbs and co 220 sax do; D Ferguson 12 cars wheat; Hudson Cotton Mills 48 b c; Adams lobo Co 14 hhds tobo; W W Gould wfL\u2019 Mosley aud P 442 g s hides; H Gitcn, 1 bov samples, 9 hhds tobo; Thi-beaudea iros 3 bales cordage; D Crawford 5 scs bains: 1 brl bacon; Hudson and co 25 hxs staich, order 1280 pkgs tea; Adams Tobacco Company 14 hhds tobo.GRAND TRUNK EAST.d A £01oTe-,r?e,85 Palo® 78 do; Adams To-baico Co 21 hhds 44 tes; D Ritchie 1 hhd; from England apd learned what had taken place I only stayed in Montreal one day before proceeding to Ottawa to correct the mistakes and misstatements made in reference to the bridge.I had no plan with me, I appeared before the railway committee as I expect to do so again in a few days to urge the justice and necessity of this bridge.Nothing further was, however, done in the matter until lately when I gave notice in the papers that I intended to apply to Parliament for a charter for this bridge.Without a charter you cannot possibly obtain any money.There may be difficulties in the construction of the bridge, but the great difficulty is getting money, (laughter), and you cannot get money without a charter.In this charter, gentlemen, we take no great powers ; .tim whole thing is left to the Government in Council'for their approval; the bill may be passed, but the whole plan must be submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council.The project has been brought before tho Harbour Commissioners ; there are gentlemen in the Commission who oppose it honestly and conscientiously.They were unanimous last year, but I have the pleasure of stating to you that of the nine Harbour Commissioners five are against it and four in favour of it (applause), so there is only one Commissioner in majority against this scheme.(Applause.) The question also has been referred to the gentlemen of the Board of Trade.It was decided last year by this body against the bridge.The Board of Trade consists of 460 members.This year I represented to the Secretary that the Council of Twelve was not the party to pronounce judgment upon such a project, where they had a constituency of 460 members, and that he had power to call a special meeting on requisition of 30 members.A public meeting has been called, and will take place on Wednesday next.There may be a majority against it \u2014I don\u2019t knoy; ; but I ti-ust the parties interested in this matter in the Board of Trade will give it their attention, and judge honestly.(Applause.) I find fault with no man for pronouncing his opinion, but what I do want them to do is to examine the plans and the interests involved in it.(Hear, hear.) You may build railways from Montreal to Quebec, and you may carry railways up through the Valley of the Ottawa, but, in my opinion, these railways when constructed are of little value unless you can connect the whole of them, just as the Victoria Bridge connects the railways of the St.Lawrence and the south bank of the St.Lawrence and the United States.(Applause.) I say that by doing this and forming a continuous connection of railways from the north to the south every farmer in the north who has a turkey or a dozen eggs for sale, will by the bridge, have a United States value, less | thecost of transport in reaching the market.We have advanced money to the Grand Trunk.I don\u2019t begrudge it ; it may not appear that we have gained by it, but the people have gained ; the value of lands have increased ; the cost of transport has lessened on every project, and parties therefore instead of trying to oppose efforts in connection with the north, it seems to me all ought to try and promote it.Now another matter in this connection is the statement of merchants and other people that it would obstruct the navigation of the river.Well, I have for my whole life been connected with the St.Lawrence-trying to improve it for the last years by promoting the deepening of the river, extending the piers and building wharfs, and it is very strange that anybody should accuse me of being the advocate of a project that would in any way lessen tho value of the harbour of Montreal.(A voice\u2014It is strange.) By the documents that were sent up from the Harbour Commissioners it alleges that there are six piers in the channel.XVell no w,gentlemen,there are only two piers in the navigable channel.The channel where the bridge will cross is 850 feet wide, and you place two piers with a span of 500 feet, which leaves the piers on shallow water, and instead of these six piers being in the channel there are only two : and then again, a little above this place the channel is only 300 feet ; if the vessels can go though 300 feet why is it not possible to go through this 500 feet under the span.(Hear, hear and applause).Now, gentlemen, a petition has been drawn up which I shall read if you will allow me and then I shall move a resolution about it.The petition is as follows : DOMINION OF CANADA.To the Honorable the Senate of the Dominion of Canada in Parliament Assembled.The petition of the citizens of Montreal in public meeting, assembled for the purpose of considering the desirability of another bridge across the St.Lawrence at St.Helen\u2019s Island, as described in a bill now before the Legislature, giving certain powers to a company for its constrnetion.Humbly Sheweth, That the public accounts for the year ending June, 1875, show that the sum of $15,142,632.14 has been advanced by the Dominion G overnment in aid of the Grand Trunk Railway, $10,462,760.19 since paid in interest on the original grant or in all about $26,000,000, That large as the public outlay has been, the advantages thereby secured to the people in rapid transit and by agriculturists in cheapening transport for every product of the farm, and by the construction of the Victoria Bridge, affording a continuous railway connection with all parts of the United States, has given a United States value to all these products, less the charge of transit and in the increased value of the lands through which the railway liasses was in the opinion of the meeting, made the investment of the §26,000,000, almost a general advantage.That while your petitioners believe this to be the fact as regards the people of the Maritime Provinces and the people on the south shore of the St.Lawrence and in Ontario no such benefit has resulted to the people resident on the north shore of the St.Lawrence from and below Quebec, and up through the valley of the Ottawa.That, in consequence, agriculture is not in a prosperous condition on the north shore.Nor can it ever be when it requires ten cents to bring in a bushel of oats and other grain from St.Jerome and other places, only thirty miles distant from Montreal when the same grain can be brought from Chicago to Montreal, a distance of 1,200 miles, at the same rate.That the construction of this proposed new bridge across the St.Lawrence will not only open up and give encouragement to the settlement of lands in the north, but will also give a continuous connection with the markets of the United States for the productions of the forest, the mine, agriculture, etc., and a connection at all seasons of the year to farmers and others on both sides of the St.Lawrence by vehicles &c., which is not now possible.That, the distance from Montreal to Sault St.Marie through the Valley of the Ottawa is only about 550 miles, and in the opinion of this meeting the railways now under construction on the North Shore will open up very soon a vast trade to this city (by the shortness of distance) with the States of Minnesota, Michigan and XVis-consin, as well as with the Dominion territory west of Lake Superior.That the Victoria Bridge is now in reality a monopoly in the hands of the Grand Trunk Company, and does not afford sufficient accommodation, and that it is,therefore, in the interests of the city and of the Dominion that there should be that free competition in crossing the St.Lawrence that would give to railway companies in the United States the liberty by paying tolls over the bridge to come in at all times to the city of Montreal.That it is, therefore, an imperative neces sity in the interests of tho Dominion and of this city that there should be another bridge across the St.Lawrence to accommodate the trade alluded to so as to form a continuous connection without tranship ment with the South Shore railways in connection with those of the United States.That such a bridge should not be\u2019 constructed on the level of the St.Lawrence, with a drawbridge, but ought to be at such a height over tho river as to allow a free and unobstructed passage for steam and other vessels.That without a bridge at the point indicated, and which your petitioners believe is the only point where such a bridge can be constructed in the interests of the Railways on the north shore, such a break in the continuous connection with the railways of the United States, would prove fatal to the success of the railway system of the North.That in the opinion of tho undersigned, such a bridge can be constructed from the north to the south shore of the St.Lawrence, without any obstruction, to com mence at or near St.Helen\u2019s Island, affording access at all seasons of the year to that Island, and to the south shore, not only by railway, but so built as to accommodate passengers and country traffic, thus giving continued access at all seasons, for the citizens and farmers resident on either shore.Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that your Honourable House will be pleased to pass the said Act to incorporate the said company, under the name of \u201c The Royal Albert Bridge Company,\u201d with power and authority to build and construct such a bridge as will offer sufficient and ample accommodation for said railway traffic ; also for city street cars, drawn either by horses or dummy steam engines as accommodation for petitioner.And your petitilioners will ever pray, etc., etc.The reading of the above elicited frequent applause.Hon.John Young remarked that the petition would be read in French, and continued : I shall move a resolution which other parties will speak about ; it is for you to judge of it ; I have done my part in bringing it before you ; there is only one point that I think I omitted to state and that is the wonderful position that Montreal stands in.If you look at your maps you will find that Sault St.Marie, at the bottom of Lake Superior, is in a straight line with Montreal, bringing Michigan and XVisconsin 500 miles nearer the ocean than any other way.(Applause).This is the great prize which the people of Montreal should strive for, and not only is there the advantage of the shipments of that region, but Fort-land and New York can be reached at less distance by this route than any other route.These are statements that can easily be contradicted if they are wrong, but I defy anyone to contradict them.(Applause).They are physical facts belonging to our northern position, and I think every effort should be made, instead of placing difficulties in the way, to take advantage of this point, and secure the results of it for this Canada.(Applause).I move, seconded by Aid.David, \u201cThat this meeting approves of the scheme for the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge, and of the petition, as now read to this meeting, and that the Chairman and Secretary are hereby requested to transmit the same petition to the three branches of the Legislature.\u201d (Applause).Mr.Robillard read the petition in French and as when read in English it çïjinted loud applause.L Aid.David supported the motion in an earnest speech, pointing out in a very lucid manner the many advantages which the people hitherto suffering for_ lack of transit accommodation would derive.He was frequently applauded during his speech, especially when he paid a glowing compliment to the Hon.John Young, in his endeavors to build up Montreal and secure the prosperity of the Dominion.Mr.Louis Beaubien, M.P.P., supported the project at great length, pointing out the great benefits that would accrue from the building of the Northern Colonization Railway and with the projected bridge the facilities would be increased a thousand-fold.He regarded the present movement as one calculated to promote the increased prosperity of the Dominion and was reminded of the maxim vox popuh vox dei.He considered the thanks of tho community were due to the Hon.J'J)11 Young for his labours on behalf of the city of Montreal and the Dominion, a sentiment which met with hearty approval from the large audience.NO.65 Mr.Robillard said the projectors of the Albert Bridge were sure of success, as they had the Honorable John Young on their [side.(Cheers.) That hon.gentleman, though at one time opposed to the construction of a bridge for the purposes of a private company across the St.Helen\u2019s Island, seeing now the advantages of such an one as was proposed and the vast increase in the importance and trade of Montreal, that would follow its construction, went i.eart and soul into the matter.(Applause).Mr.A.P.Macdonald, though only a resident of this city for the past two and a half years was of opinion that it was one of the best places in the Dominion and he would were he called upon to make a choice for a residence, choose it in preference to any other place.Montreal was a city whose equal could not bo found ; and in proportion to its size, was more wealthy than any other city in America.(Applause.) XVhen he was in Parliament it was a matter of surprise to him that Montreal did not open up the back country by building railways, and thus bring the produce to the doors of her citizens, and it afforded him great pleasure to see that the city had been very liberal in that respect during the past two or three years.The consequence was, that although these railways were not yet completed, Montreal stood to-day in a very creditable position.Its position was one of the finest in America.It was the reservoir of the XVest and East, and it was for its residents to say whether they)were going to remain as they are at present, or advance their interests and those of the country, by increasing their resources and highways of commerce.He maintained that without this bridge Montreal could not and would not occupy the commercial position she ought to dp.It had been said that there were great difficulties in the way of its construction.He maintained that there might be opposition, but as to difficulties there were none at all.The St.Lawrence was destined to be spanned by more than one bridge.(Applause.) Go to the Mississippi, where there had been as much opposition to bridge building as at any other places, and what was the result ?XVhy, the oppositionists had to give way, and the Mississippi was literally gridironed with bridges, (applause,) and we could not live here unless the St.Lawrence was gridironed too.(Laughter and loud applause.) XVe could not live here and continue as we were at present.XYe must have good facilities for locomotion.Look at the Bonsecours Market for instance.In the winter he had bought hay for $7 to $8, but in the spring when there was no ice he could not get it for $14 or $15.Tho existence of a bridge would give equal prices; while those who desired to live on the other side, on the score of economy, could do so.A great drawbaqk to this city was that land had attained great value and it was essential to do all that could be done to reduce the rents.Now there was a cloud hanging over the country, stagnation of trade could not continue and it was the bounden duty of the citizens to put their shoulder to the wheel and keep the population to Montreal rather than reduce it.Nothing could be more gloomy than to see houses and shops to let and no one desirous to lease them.There were plenty of them in the XVest while happily in Montreal they were getting rather too high.The erection of this bridge wonid afford a means for remedying this evil and tend to lower the rents this side the river while at the same time it would increase the trade and actual size of the city.The bridge he maintained would be a good paying institution.There was no doubt but that a charter would be obtained and no valid objections could be raised against the route of the bridge.He did not believe its existence would increase the current one mile an hour.He knew that it would cause an eddy around tjie peirs but maintained that Wo or even three piers would not materially increase the rate of the current.On the Mississippi all the bridges that had been built, instead of doing an injury, had conferred a groat benefit on tho country, as everywhere where a bridge had been built, the population had increased much greater than had been previously expected.(Applause.) On the Iowa and\u2019 other rivers it was just the same.It would not, he contended, endanger the shipping frequenting this port, as the XVestern trade would be conducted at the XVestern side of the bridge, and the bulk of the ocean trade on its Eastern side, while the outlay expended on the bridge would prove of the greatest benefit both to the city and country.(Cheers.) He believed the bridge would give an immense revenue to Montreal.The city, as at present constituted, was too crowded, and hard times were in a great measure created by ourselves, but the means of remedying both these evils mainly rested with ourselves.(Loud cheers.) The resolution proposed by the Hon.John Young was put to the meeting and carried without one dissentient voice.The Hon.John Young said as the audience was doubtless aware.His XVorship the Mayor had attended the meeting at great disadvantage to himself\u2014he being very unwell\u2014in order to show by his presence his heart-felt desire for tho prosperity of the city.The hon.gentleman, therefore, desired to propose a voté of thanks to His Worship for so kindly presiding on the occasion.Ex-Aid.Contant seconded the motion which was carried unanimously.Cheers for the Queen, the Mayor, the Hon.John Young, and the success- of the enterprize were next put and carried, and the meeting adjourned.and on Monday I brought her iboüt a half wine glassful in a bottle ; she only took a mouthful ; after giving her -he drink, I took the bottle home.XV hen wy wife came up to the Hospital, she was unconscious.I was told by my wne that she had been thrown down stairs I y Agnew.\t.\t,, By a Juror.\u2014I am quite _ certain there was nothing but whiskey in the bottle.Agnew was in delirium tremens all the night previous to his arrest.The witness\u2019s evidence was in several instances contradictory and he appeared to be labouring under distress of mind.By the Prisoner\u2014I and my wife were bom sober during the time you were in the house ; I am positive of this ; I did not see you strike the deceased ; I was not in the house ; she either fell or was thrown down the stairs.\t.Dr.J.C.Cameron, House Surgeon ot the General Hospital, deposed :\u2014Deceased was brought, to the Hospital on the _8th inst.by the police ; she was unconscious and bore several marks of violence on her person ; one eye was black, and her tongue had.been cut by the teeth in two places ; she remained insensible for thirty-six hours; when she came to, she complained of a pain on the top of her head, and said if was owing- to having been thrown down stairs head foremost ; she was visited by her husband and another man, both or whom seemed to be under the influence of liquor ; it was on Monday ; from that time she grew rapidly worse, until yesterday at three o\u2019clock, when she died ; while the men were with her the nurse noticed them leaning over her and acting in a strange manner ; she also noticed an empty bottle on the bed when they had gone ; .she examined it and found it had contained liquor ; she accused them of giving liquor to deceased, which they denied ; yesterday the husband came to the Hospital to visit deceased, but remained on the street ins lead of entering, as was his first intention ; he sent in a woman, who gave her name as Hubert ; she was questioned about the husband of deceased without being told of her death ; the man was next brought in and questioned as to the contents of the bottle ; he answered it was whiskey, that he had a cold and brought it round as a cure ; he denied at first having given liquor to deceased, and then said he was too drunk to remember ; when sud-deuly told of his wife\u2019s death, he said \" Je ne sais pas \u201d and seemed surprised ; when assured again that it was so, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said it was all right (\u201c e\u2019est correct ;\u201d) have made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, and find a wound in the head ; on removing the scalp find the bone is also injured ; there is an abrasion on the bone, but the skull, is not fractured ; find on the brain a large extravasation of blood beneath the tendons which had an impression on the brain in a situation corresponding to the eternal bruise; the clotted blood is very large, partly of old standing and partly recently (I mean by old standing, a few days) ; the left side of the brain is considerably soft-enened by the pressure of the blow; examined other organs and found nothing which would produce death ; the cause of pcath was, in my opinion, pressure of extravasted blood on the brain ; the wound on the head might have resulted from a fall ; a blow from a blunt instrument would not have made a like wound ; the hemorrhage must have been gradual ; at one time she seemed to rally, but the excitement of Monday probably made her bleed afresh, and she sank ; the whiskey might have produced the excitement, or seeing her friends ; consider the woman from the first was fatally injured ; her death was only a question of time Guillaume Herbert, tinsmith,deposed : resided with my wife in the same house as deceased and her husband during the past five weeks; on Saturday night last tho prisoner asked to be allowed to sleep at our house as he had no home, and he remained there till Tuesday morning, on Saturday and Sunday nights, prisoner was sober, but on Monday night he was much intoxicated.The prisoner, myself, and wife, Laurent and his wife were the only persons in the room on Monday night, and the prisoner was the only one of the five that was drunk.About 3 a.m.the following morning, he was suffering from delirium tremens.He put his hand inside the stove and pulled out a quantity of the cinders, saying they were on fire and burning him.He acted very boisterously and alarmed the whole of us.My wife bathed hisface with water, and we tried to quiet him but could not succeed ; he did not attempt to strike anyone that night.The prisoner struck Laurent on the stairs after he had left the rooms.XVhen Laurent went for the police the prisoner took hold of the deceased as she was lying on the floor, opened the trap door and threw her down the stairs.He then closed .the door and stood upon tho trap.I did all I could to prevent the prisoner frow throwing the deceased down the stairs, ann in so doing was struck very severely on the chest, from the effects of which I still suffer.I have no doubt the man was delirious at the time he committed the act.On Sunday he was as quiet as a lamb.XVhen Sergeant Miller arrived the prisoner was standing on the trap door.The sergeant said, if you do not open the door I will fire.The prisoner then opened tho door.I saw no arms in the hands of the sergeant.During tho ;whole of Tuesday, the day Madame Laurent was thrown down the stairs, she fell two or throe times, and on XVed-nesday several times.She complained of pains in her head and in the back of her neck.Each time she fell she became insensible.I take liquor but never get drunk ; my wife never gets drunk.Adolph Laurent the husband of the deceased also takes liquor ; I have never seen him drunk.The deceased was in the habit of taking liquor, but I never saw her the worse for liquor.The prisoner having declined to ask any further questions, the jury retired and at the close of an hours deliberation, stated that it was impossible for them to agree.The Coroner discharged the jury and remanded the prisoner to wait the action of the Court of Queens Bench.SUSPECTED HOMICIDE.LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE.A Man Accused of Pitching a Woman Down Stairs While Under the Influence of Delirium Tremens.An inquest was held yesterday in the Board Room of the General Hospital, by Mr.Coroner Jones upon the body of Marie St.Sauveur, wife of Adolphe Laurent, laborer, residing in a yard in rear of Inspector street, who died from inj uries received by being thrown down or from falling down a flight of stairs about 7 a.m., on Monday last.Sergeant Miller, of the Chaboillez Square, Police Station, deposed :\u2014I was called in on the Vthinst., by Adolphe Laurent, to arrest a man, who, ho stated, was drunk in his house in Inspector street, and had insulted him.While he was at the station, the deceased came running in bare-headed and in her bare feet, and, speaking in English, she requésted me to arrest a man who had struck her in her house ; had already sent two men, but as a boy came afterwards and said more assistance was needed, I went myself with two more, as Agnew had shut down the trap door and thraetened to kill any one with an axe who tried to ascend the stair-case ; on arriving at Laurent\u2019s house, I pushed open the trap and saw the man there with his hands empty ; when brought to the station he gave his name as Henry Agnew ; he went quietly to the station ; he was condemned before the Recorder that day, and fined $5 or one month ; the first intimation that I had of the woman\u2019s being thrown down stairs was at the trial in the Recorder\u2019s Court ; Laurent gave his deposition to that effect ; the following day two women came to the Police Station and stated that Madame Laurent was lying sick upon the floor of her house in Inspector street, and something should bo done with her ; I went to the house and found what the women had stated was true ; with a certificate, which they procured from Dr.Leduc, I sent deceased up iu charge of a policeman to the General Hospital in a sleigh ; I identify the body I now see in the dead house of the Hospital as that of the woman I had conveyed there ; at the time she came to the station I did not notice any marks of violence upon her person ; I have seen deceased once in our station, and know her to have been a dissipated character.By a Juror\u2014XVhen the deceased came to the station, on the morning of the 7th instant, she was under the influence of liquor.Adolphe Laurent, labourer, examined .\u2014I live in Inspector street; William Hubert and his wife live with me and my wife ; Marie Laurent is my wife ; we were legally married in Ottawa ; her maiden name was St.Sauveur ; my wife was in the habit of drinking ; I have seen her frequently intoxicated; I cannot say if my wife has ever been iu the charge of the police.I went in the morning of the 7th to the station, for the assistance of the police to arrest a man who had assaulted me.My wife came into the station while I was there, and asked for men to come and arrest Henry Agnew, who was making a noise in my house ; the police came with us to the house, and arrested Agnew, as described by Sergt.Miller.I swear positively that on that day my wife was sober ; she was in bed on the 7th and 8th, until sent up to the Hospital.On Saturday, she asked, me to bring her a little drop of The annual meeting of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, held at Liverpool on the 23rd February last, elicited some interesting information with reference to the magnitude and prosperity of the Company.It was mentioned by the Chairman, Mr.Hubback, that it had reached the highest point of success ever attained in its history.The reserve fund now stands at £850,000 and the invested funds reach the gigantic total of £5,168,210.No doubt the good management which has secured this result will continue to enlarge its sphere and increase its prosperity.We must confess to being somewhat jealous of the profits made in Great Britain and even in the United States by fire insurance companies as compared with the poor return upon the same business in Canada, but under the able supervision of the resident Secretary here, Mr.Smith, we hope the returns will show a more profitable result in the Dominion for the future.INDUSTRIAL ROOMS BAZAAR.XVorthy of Patronage.Yesterday morning the annual bazaar, under the auspices of the ladies who for some time past have provided sewing work for the industrious poor women, in connection with tho House of Industry and Refuge, was opened in the Mechanics\u2019 Hall.The Association, if such it may be called, is managed by a board of ladies, without reference to denomination or nationality.Its principle object is the providing of work for women, married or single, whose circumstances are so meagre as to compel them to crave charity to support themselves and their families.It has worked well since its institution and met with friendly patronage from the affluent, but the patronage, it is to be regretted, has .been limited, and instead of the products being regularly turned into cash it has happened that the materials manufactured have had to be distributed among the poorly clad, when less elaborately worked material would have been more acceptable.The hall was circled round with stalls presided over by ladies having the working of the project at heart.The materials offered for sale are of excellent workmanship, and combine all the qualities of usefulness and ornamentation.During the day there were large numbers in attendance, and the articles offered met with ready purchasers at remunerative prices.In the evening there was a large attendance.Between 12 and 3 a lunch was served up and partaken of by a goodly number.The bazaar will be continued to-day, when everything on hand must be cleared off.The lunch will be again laid between 12 and 3, to which merchants, etc., are cordially invited._\u2014Hugh Mulhollaud, mail agent on the Richmond and Louisville route, Ky., was arrested, charged with robbing the U.S.mails of money.Mulholland was formerly a surgeon in the army, and an assessor in the 4th district of Ky., before the late consolidation of districts.\u2014A despatch from Paris states that the Seine is still rising and is now above high water mark of 1872.One of the bridges.Port Des Invalides, connecting Quai de Baly and Quai de Guy is iu danger of destruction and all traffic over it has been prohibited by the authorities. 4 * # i - MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, THURSDAY.M\\RfTF 16, 1876.||Ï0ntw*il §tmW, THUMSDA Y MORNING, MARCH 16.APPOINTMENTS.Academy of Music\u2014Pc rformance at 8 p.m.Theatre Aoi/gl\u2014Performance at 8 p.m.AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.BY BENNINa AND BABSALOU.Straw Goods, ftc.\u2014At 243 Notre Dame at 12 noon.BY HENRY J.SHAW.Household Furniture, Carpets, Sec.At Store, 728 Craig street, at 10 a.m.Household Furniture, Sçc.\u2014At the Hesidence, corner of Victoria and Burnsxdt Street, at 10 a.m., sharj^ st.his TEMPERATUEE.\u2014In the shade hy Standard Thermometer observed by Hearn, Harrison & Co., Opticians and Mathematical Instrument Makers, 242 & 24/' Notre Dame Street.\t\t6 P.M.8 A.1C\t1 P.M.\t 5°\t15°\t21 ° Max\tMin.\tMean.23°\t5°\t14° BY STANDARD BABOHETEK.\t\t 8 A.M.\t1 P.M.\t6 P.M 30.5Û\t30.52\t30.50 March 14th, 18/6.\t\t See First and Fourth Fages for\t\t ¦FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.THE ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE.SUSPECTED HOMICIDE.LIVERPOOL AND LONDON GLOBE.INDUSTRIAL ROOMS.LOCAL NEWS.' LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.SPECIAL SESSIONS OF PEACE.MONTREAL FOX HOUNDS.BOARD OF HEALTH.AND SUMMARY.of for a occur-ridiculous __The difficulty between Japan and Corea has been settled.____A strong feeling exists against the present Italian Government.\u2014The Right Rev.Robert Milman, D.D Bishop of Calcutta, is dead.\u2014A despatch from Paris says Mens Ricard has been elected life Senator.____Mayor Fellowes, of Ottawa,died yesterday morning after a few day\u2019s illness.\u2014Rubenstein, the murderer of Sara Alexander, has been denied a new trial.__The SS.\u201cHemand,\u201d from New York.arrived at Southampton (Eng.) last night.__The River Seine is still rising, and is now above the high-water mark - Y 3.S72.\u2014An agency for the sale of West Point Cadetships has been discovered in Washington.\u2014A telegram from Manitoba says that the body of the Rev.Mr.McDougall has been found.\u2014By the inundations in France a large amount of property has been destroyed and many lives lost.\u2014It is estimated that fully 20 barges laden with coal foundered in the Thames during the gale on Tuesday.\u2014A coloured man named C.Smith was run over by a passenger train at Strathroy yesterday, and instantly killed.\u2014Nine failures occurred on the London -Stofek Exchange yesterday.It was the last Ray of the fortnightly settlements.\u2014In the statement of \u201c Uncle Drew\u2019s \u201d assets his watch and chain, fur overcoat, Bible and hymn book are included.\u2014A telegram from * Chicago says the Eastern Railway managers have decided to reduce the rates on fourth class freight to the East.riMr.Brown, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors in this city, has sent in his resignation.It was accepted yesterday.His successor has not yet' been appointed.\u2014The Turkish troops massed on the Servian frontier having committed depredations, the Servian* militia have been mobilized and ordered to march to the frontier.\u2014All the public school teachers in Elizabeth, N, J., have been discharged by the Board of Education.The amount appropriated for the current year has been already spent.\u2014M.Dana\u2019s nomination as Minister to The Court of St.James is not likely to be ¦confirined,/there being a strong feeling against him in some quarters.\u2014The Ministerial statement read in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies at Marseilles on Tuesday, is said to have made a favourable impression on the public.\u2014Peks Panlouitch, who commanded the insurgents at the battle of Muratovizza.asserts that 800 Turks were killed, whilst a large number was drowned.The in-surgentsf .captured 075 rifles.\u2014Senor Latorne, who has assumed the direction of the Uraguayan Government,has telegraphed to the Brazilian Foreign Minister assuring him of his special desire to maintain friendly relations with Brazil \u2014The Council of the Parish of Bourg Louis met on Monday last to vote on a bylaw granting aid to the St.John Railway.About 50 farmers hostile to the measure, armed with bludgeons and pistols, forcibly \u2022dispersed the meeting.\u2014William Canty,-, a free and independent voter of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, made a fuss at the elections on Tuesday.The police officers practiced club law on him, and his head being too thick .or rather too thin, he died.\u2014-It is reported from Washington that iomeone is coming to Montreal with a promise to Marsh of Belknap fame, and it is believed he will be marsh-ing that way in a day or two.From what Marsh says about the city, the Washingtonians will be sold\u2014\"their \" expectations will never be realized.it was the height of indecency espectable journal to report tne rence.And a still more instance of the exercise of this arbitrai y power occurred in the case of an advci ^ tisement for a lost dog named \u201cTyrant, .a cognomen which seemed to the Ccnsoi so fraught with treason that he erased it and introduced that of \u201c Azor in its place.He evidently considered that the latter name would answer as well as t e other, hut the efficacy of the advertisement is not recorded.In spite, however, of the straight-jacket in which the Russian writers were compelled to attire their thoughts, the influence of the journals, as we have said, has always bsen great.The Kolokol, a contraband publication, was the prime _____ ir in the efforts to secure the emancipation of the serfs, and the success of this movement gave to its editor, Hertzen, a very large share of popularity and influence.This he held until the Polish insurrection in 1863, when, the Kolokol having strongly supported the party in favour of granting the demands of Poland, it was encountered by another newspaper, the Moscow Gazette.While the decision of the Polish question hung in the balance, and the Emperor was half determined to yield to the Polish requirements, the Gazette published a series of articles boldly d*-nouncing as a traitor any one who dared speak of making concessions to the rebels, and declaring that a policy of utter repression was the only one to be pursued.) with regard to Poland.It advocated the suppression of the Polish laws, language, customs, everything ; and urged the nomination as Governor of Gen.Murawjew, as the only man capable of steadfastly pursuing this course of action.The spark kindled the nation into flame, the Government carried the Gazette\u2019s suggestions into effect, and were almost unanimously sustained by public opinion, and Katkow and Leont-jew, the editors of the journal which had exercised so marked an influence on the affairs of the State, became the most popular men in Russia.Their rival, Hertzen, was completely crushed, and few journals in the world have more honour in their own country than now has the famous Moscow Gazette.Though Leontjew held no official position, until the' hour of his death he was one of the most trusted advisers of the Administration, and no measure of importance was carried out without first being submitted to him for his approval.Though his power was such that at times no man denounced in the Gazette could remain in office, he never exerted that power for the promotion of personal ends.He did much for the elevation of journalism in his native country, and though the policy which the Gazette advocated with regard to Poland may seem to outside spectators harsh and even barbarous, the influence of Leontjew was never used save in what he considered the interest of Russia.By his death the great Empire of the North lost one of its leading statesmen and its very foremost journalist.The progress of journalism in Russia has been in a large degree due to his efforts and to his example.DOMINION PARLIADT.THE SENATE.JOURNALISM IN RUSSIA.A PHASE OF THE SCANDAL.liELKRAP It seems, upon the wkole,that through out the world there is no complete liberty for the press save in English speaking countries.In Germany; Prince Bismarck muzzles the writers wrho have the hardihood to oppose his policy, and prevents their utterance of anything but truly orthodox ideas by an application of the \u201c Gag laws.President MacMahon, should he think that any journalistic declaration of want -of confidence in the Government likely to militate against the powers that be, promptly imprisons the offending editor and proprietor, and puts an end definitely or indefinitely to the issue of the journal to which he objects.The Levant Herald, which, if not the only, is certainly the best known newspaper in Turkey, is in a chronic state of s pension, and its editor exists in a con stant state of suspense.Russia, too, , though the liberty of the press there is increasing, by no means encourages -.every-man to write the thing he will, and the regulations in relation to journalistic freedom were once much more stringent than they are at present.The influence of the press has always been '.great in the Empire, but it was.exerted under conditions burdensome in the extreme, and calculated to render the task of the journalist as difficult and annoying as possible.Every article before publication had to be submitted for the .approval of official censors, without whose consent it could not appear, and who were empowered to make as many excisions and alterations in the text as they deemed desirable.A recent writer gives some amusing examples of the manner in which these powers were exercised, and shows the extreme jealousy with which the censors scrutinized anything that could in the slightest degree tend to arouse the feeling of the people against the Government.A common newspaper expression was \u201cdevelopment of individuality,\u201d a phrase certainly not very definite, but one which, under the system of official scrutiny, had to be employed To denote \u201cliberty.\u201d This latter word was regarded with such disfavour that it was not allowed to be used in any connection whatever, and consequently the idea had to be expressed by circumlocutions, of which \u201cdevelopment of individuality\u201d was the most «ommon.The Court journal was once involved in serious trouble, because, in the list pf dances at a Court ball appeared the name of the \u201cKosciusko waltz.\u201d In the eyes of these' worthy guardians of the Imperial dignity it appeared that, while the Court might without impropriety participate in a dance bearing the name of the great Hungarian hero, One of the most notable things in connection with this wretched exposure, is that all the essential facts in connection with the Fort Sill affair, were, the American newspapers say, published some three or four years ago.This is significant, not in.the sense that the public cared nothing for the crime committed until they were forced by the action of the investigation committee to take notice of it, but because the press, or a certain portion of the press of the United States, has become so wild and reckless in its charges as to be absolutely unreliable.Day after day the reader of some of the American papers, if his mind be coarse enough to feed upon such \u201c startling revelations \u201d as they afford, sees assertions made against the Government and against private individuals, which if proved, should consign the guilty parties to the penitentiary, and if unproved should have the same effect upon those who originated the slanders.What can be expected of a people accustomed to the repetition of statements like these, but incredulity, when they see that in ninety-nine cases in the hundred no efforts whatever are made to substantiate charges fulminated so freely P There can be no surer mode of lowering the sentiment of public honour and degrading the minds of a people thhn by familiarizing them with the idea of corruption in their riders, and then taking no steps towards the punishment of that corruption.The slanderous press is in no inconsiderable measure responsible for the low tone in public life so much lamented by the Americans, and it would be well for some of,our own journals, who seem inclined to model their style upon that of the most disreputable newspapers across the border, to pause and reflect upon the injury which they are certain to do to their country.CENTENNIAL RIFLE MATCH.To the Editor ot the Montjusao Herald.Sib,\u2014The report in your issue of yesterday, that the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association had accepted an invitation from theN.R.A.of New York, to a championship rifle match, is incorrect.I am informed from Ottawa, that the D.C.R.A.have not received an invitation, and at present have no intention of sending a team.Our own Province did receive an invitation, but decided some time ago to take no part as a Province.Yours, truly, D.Toerance Fbaser, Sec.M.R.C.Montreal, 15th March.To the Editor of the Montreal Herald.What Mr.Macdonald says in his letter of yesterday\u2019s issue is not true.In the first place I didn\u2019t state that contractors from Nova Scotia and Cape Breton were Waiting for a settlement, but that creditors were, who, I am since informed, are from Cape Breton and New Brunswick.In the second place Mr.Macdonald never paid for any stock for me, as the receipts which I hold from the Secretary of the Company will show.Facts speak plainer than words.I remain, sir.Yours truly.Geo.H.Peck.NEW ROOKS.Zell\u2019s Popular Encyclopedia, Dictionary, and Gazetteer\u2014New and revised edition, with 18 new maps, splendidly engraved and coloured.L.Colange, L.L.D., editor.This work carries out successfully the plan of combining all works of reference in one compact and convenient form; is a most comprehensive, universal and natural history ; gives the life of every individual of note, and a description of the natural divisions, features and productions of the earth ; the locations, population, manufactures, &c., of all cities and towns on the globe, describes every disease known to the medical-world, and is , a complete family physician.Its illustrations cost $25,000, and all articles in this work are brought up to the present time, giving the latest discoveries and speculations within the whole range of human knowledge.It is among the best Encyclopedias published at the price ; complete in 64 numbers at 50c.each, or 8 sections at $4.00, and will be delivered monthly, so that for an outlay of $3.00 per month any one may possess a most useful book, which is in itself a complete library ; or it can be had bound in cloth for $35, apd other styles of binding to suit.Sold by subscription only by John Ritchie, agent.Box 140, P.O., or 1310 St.Catherine street.Ottawa, March 15th.After routine, Hon.Mr.SMITH moved that this honourable House, in view of the necessity that exists for economy and retrenchment, do resolve itself into Committee of the Whole to consider what ought to be done with the large quantity of steel rails held by the Government which are not required for the public works of the Dominion at present, or likely to be for a considerable time to come, the quantity being 49,500 tons,costing now over three million dollars, on which a loss has already been made of over eight hundred thousand dollars.Hon.Mr.SCOTT said it would have been much more in harmony with the sentiment of the gentleman from Toronto to condemn the Government for not having increased the tariff ; but out of the fullness of the heart the mouth spoke.The Government believed they were quite justified in what they had done.The average cost of the 45,000 tons of rails had been $54.64 per ton.He showed how the rails had been disposed of, and continued that in 1871 a very large purchase of rails had been made by the late Government for the Intercolonial Railway.Hon.Mr.CAMPBELL said the Government had not built the road, which had been done by Commissioners.Hon.Mr.SCOTT said he did not think the public would accept that screen and, to use a vulgar expression, \u201c it was too thin.\u201d He went on to show the prices which had been paid for rails by the late Government, the last having been made from John Hawes & Co.at $85.53.In one year, under the late Government, 34,000 tons had been required.He believed that steel mils had never been purchased so low as they were at the time in question, and if the Government had not taken advantage of the low market a notice would undoubtedly have been put on the paper, asking why they had not done so.Hon.Mr.McLELLAN believed the taxation upon the people was already sufficient, and if anyone was to blame for increasing the taxation on a decreased importation it was the Government.He also charged the Government with having increased the expenditures in the public Departments.He could not see where there was room for eleven thousand tons of rails on the Intercolonial Railway, as set forth in the statement, unless the Government intended to lay a double track, which he would not be surprised to see the Government doing.He defended the purchase of rails by the Intercolonial Railway Commissioners for delivery in 1872\tand 1873 at that time there being every indication that prices would advance.Indeed, if the rails had not been purchased, the rails would have cost one million of dollars more than they did.On the other hand the purchase which was now complained of, had resulted in the loss of a million dollars, and nothing could have justified the purchase.Hon.Mr.READ condemned the purchase, holding that the Government had only contracts for roads which would take up Cine-third of the rails purchased, and it was advisable that the country should know what had been done with the rest of them.He trusted that in some way the Government would be able to make satisfactory explanations.Hon.Mr.MACDONALD, British Columbia, justified the course of the Government, saying that it was not possible to exactly anticipate a rising ora falling market, and that the rails had in no way deteriorated in value after they had been purchased.Hon.Mr.KAULBACH denied that the Government had the right to speculate in articles which might be required.They had no right to suppose that there might be a rise in the market.He contended that under the present Government the expenses of every Department had increased and urged that in many of them reductions in the tariff might be advantageously made.There was a large amount of unnecessary expenditure\u2014indeed, of extravagance.Hon.Mr, LET EL LIER showed that the branch from the main line to the north of Fort Garry was provided for by the Act of 1874.The section from St.Boniface to Pembina was all ready for rails, as well as that of 26 miles from Selkirk.Here many rails vyere required.The question of rails was quite a matter of opinion.If the Government had not purchased the rails and the market had gone up, +he Government would have been blamed.He showed the House the difficulty in the way of transport of rails, and denied that the rails could have been carried more cheaply.As to the Departmental increases, the vises in salary were made by law, and with the growth of the country the other expenses increased.When the estimates were placed before the House he was satisfied that they would be approved.The time to justify them was not now.The steel rails had bdën purchased at the price of iron rails, and a portion of them had been used on the Intercolonial Railway.The others were now or would be shortly required, and the Government would be just in time to lay them when the Americans had opened their roads to connect with ours.Hon.Mr.WARK said steel rails were now replacing the iron ones which had been laid on the lutercoloqial, and larger quantities were required than had been ordered.As to the purchases of rails from Hawes & Co., referred to by the late Commissioner of Railways, it was not for him to refer to them, they having been ordered by Mr.Carvell from his relative, Mr.Haweg.He held that the late Railway Commissioners had placed the road in such a way as was'not to the public interest, and had done so without considering anything about ballast.The lion.Commissioner was responsible for the difficulties at the Miramichi Bridge, as well as the taking of it out of a proper route, and it ill became him to speak as he had done.Hon.Mr.CAMPBELL said the Rouse could not fail to recall the fact that the : notice calling for tenders for rails had appeared in the papers of Canada for five days alone ; these advertisements had not appeared in England, and the circum- ; stances attending the purchase were, to say the least of it, very singular.Rad due attention been paid to the state of the market, he believed the purchase would not have been made.He contended that the Government had not shown sufficient expedition in bringing down the papers.The statement of the disposition of the rails was not in his estimation sufficient .Only ten thousand tons had been sent to the Intercolonial, and according to the statement there were other ten thousand tons to be sent.RaiL bad been sent to the Nanaimo branch of' the Faejfic, but they had only been sent after the adverse vote of the House,.Taking the statement of the Secretary of State, lie only accounted for 39,000 tons of rails, and there was yet the balance to account for.Hon.Mr.PENNY contended that the Government purchased the rails because they considered the price very low.They were not to blame Tjecivuee the price had gone still lower.Let lion, put lemon consider the case of bank stociA Last year in Montreal their price was excessively low.Now, if a gentleman had purchased them at this rate and before six months they had declined three or four per cent., would it be said to have been a ruinous transaction on his part to have then made his purchases prior to this ?Would it be said that it was not wise not to have waited until stocks had touched their lowest ?The gentleman would have purchased the stolk, because he considered that there; wovild be profit in the transaction.The Government had looked over \"the field before buying the rails, and believed they had made a good transaction.Their course seemed to him especially good when he considered the career of the late Government.It would be seen by a return on the subject that at a time when this Government was not in power the price paid for steel rails had been $93 per ton.Any one would seo that in the face of this fact and the fall in prices which had taken place, the Government had been justified in purchasing as they had done.Even if ^here had been a loss on the transactions that did not impeach the wisdom of the purchase at the time it was believed there would be a rise in prices.It had been said that this side the House sometimes made counter attacks upon the Opposition.He did not propose to make such attacks, but there were some circumstances in connection with the Intercolonial Railway which would more than counterbalance this.Hon.Mr.MACPHERSON said that this purchase of steel rails was a matter of judgment.As to the Pembina branch, was it then the .intention of the G overnment, in sending the rails along to lay the track before the American road to connect with it was completed.Until that time there would be no business for the road ; could it have been wisdom to have purchased 5,000 tons of steel rails, when it should have been evident that- they would not be required for two years ?Was it, then, indiscreet, to have charged tho Government with having been imprudent ?He had no doubt the question of what shall be done with the steel rails, had often been discussed in the Privy Council.He would like to know why 5,000 tons of sails had been sent to tho Pacific coast, where there was no railway ?What would the Government have said, if the present Opposition had done, as they had done ?He also questioned the utility of sending rails along to Manitoba, where the Winnipeg Junction Railway was not even located, Hon.Mr.LETELLIER said that the Winnipeg Road was going on.Ron.Mr.MACPHERSON continued, that the Government would not have sent the rails to the Nanaimo branch, if they had not found it necessary to do something with the steel rails.They were undoubtedly well out of reach, but it would be long before they were required.As to those on called to appear for judgment on the i>-i indictment; an acquittal having tak.'* place on tae second.The journals\u2019of 1866, showed that on Sir George Cartier\u2019s motion, certain papers were laid before the House ; that shortly afterwards the resig- the Intercolonial he understood the old ! nation of the member for Two Mountains ! were being taken up and replaced by steel, while the ones originally laid were being lent to branches.Hon.Mr.WARK said that the branch lines to which the rails had been lent, carried traffic to the main line.If the rails which had been sent to Manitoba, had waited until the American lines had been completed, undoubtedly they could have been carried cheaper.He should like tc have a statement brought down, showing what their transport had cost.Hon, Mr.LETELLIER said they had been carried very cheaply.Hon.Mr.MACPHERSON resumed that there was a difference between the price paid, and what the rails were now worth of $11.69 per ton.Hon.Mr.SIMPSON thought that there had been a blunder in purchasing so large a quantity of rails, but he thought the Government had acted for the best.Hon.Mr.DICKEY held that the Government was not justified in purchasing in anticipation a large quantity of rails which were not wanted for years to come.In view of the expression of this House, why had the Government purchased the rails for the Nanaimo branch ?Mr.Brydges had caused Mr.Carroll to be discharged for purchasing rails in advance, and in view of that precedent this Government were most blameworthy for their course.He indicated the course of the market at the time of the purchasefliolding that prices were then falling and had continued to fall since, so that these rails which had been purchased at jgll were now to be obtained at J88.He considered this transaction to be wholly indefensible.Hon.Mr.SCOTT said tho first notice for tenders for rails had been published for ten days when it had been represented that this time was insufficient ; the time had been extended to a month.In regard to the use of steel rails on the Intercolonial he had been informed by Mr.Brydges that this had been decided on four years ago, and more rails than those sent there would be required.Hon.Mr.ALEXANDER held that what had been shown to-day was a proof of the inadvisability of the construction of railways and public works by the Government.On motion of Hon.Mr.Macpherson the debate was adjourned and the House adjourned at six o\u2019clock.took place, and that foi\u2018some reason the papers were not printed.' Mr.TASCHEREAU said his object in bringing forward the motion was to have the case sent to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and the discussion v/as not fair to the lion, member.He read the decision of the Court of Appeals as reported in the Lower Canada Journals.The motion was then withdrawn, it being understood that he would brin/ it up to-morrow as a matter of privilege.obtained from the articles io the several lists in the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, a considerable amount of the profit of wUi.ii went into the hands of the impojter a:1< 1 distributor.He did not say the system > lirocttaxation should be adopted; there v.-.-ze many advantages in indirect taxation, | t> )t there were many disadvantages.The 4 -gf-jj» * ¦IIrS1II.8159,995 085,757 «845,752 March 16 Resident Secretary and Chief Agent.ï 65 Jumtscmcnts.'ICÂDËSï OF MU8Î0.CORNER VICTORIA & ST.CATHERINE STREETS.Mr.E.A.McDowell, Sole Lessee and Manager.Mr.G.liEMtsoN Green,.JJueiness Manager.¦mimss i>,vv, POPULAR MAECIT REVIVALS.IGth, Will be produced, for one niglit only, the thrilling drama ot THE TWO ÛRraœ, Mr.Niel Warner as - - Jacques Frochard Friday, March irtti (St.Patrick\u2019s Night), for one night only, the great Irish drama of THE SHATTŒEÏRAIJN7.Mr.E.A.McDowell In his greàt impersonation of \u201c Conn.\u201d SATURDAY, MARCH 18, For- one night only, the grand military drama of Il O S E II A L E .LADIES\u2019 MATINEE, 2 P.M.-\u2019\u2018ROSEDALE.\u201d In preparation\u2014\"\u2019 \u201cOurs,\u201d and \u201cRose Michel.\u201d .Reserved Seats at DeZonche\u2019s Music Store, and Jackson\u2019s Drug Store, cor.Victoria and St Catherine Streets.March 14\t«3 Wiiixnis.'¦Saigas.y.THEATRE ROYAL Geo.Holman .;.Manager Mb.G.H.Babton.Stage Manager Applications for tho Office of Assessor, vacant by tho resignation of David Brown Esquire, will be received by the undersigned until NOON, on MONDAY NEXT, the 20th MARCH, instant.(Salary $1,000 per annum.) (By order.) CHS.GLACKMEYER, Qity Clerk.City Clerk\u2019s Office.\ta City Hall,\tA Montreal, March 15th, 1876.) , u 65 TO DRUGGISTS.PARTNER WANTED\u2014An Active Partner in a Wholesale Drug i business in a Western City of Ontario/' Must furnish Capital of from $10,000 to $20,000.ROSE, MACDONALD & MERRITT, Solicitors, 78 King Street East, Tobonto.March 15\ts\tr 64 ^BOOK-KEEPER.FIRES.Montreal, March 15.\u2014At two p.m.to-day, an old wooden building situate Nos.95 and 97 Bleury street, occupied by Madame Bertrand, staymaker, and M.Burke, fruiterer and confectioner, were completely gutted by fire.Neither parties are insured ; cause unknown ; loss estimated at about $500.Port Hope, March 15.\u2014This morning, at about half-past tour o\u2019clock, a fire broke qut in the dressing room of the Port Hope skating rink, anil waq in a, very short time almost entirely consumed.A delay occurred in getting the water works in operation othérvise the building would have, in all probability, been saved.A great number of skates were destroyed, also several very valuable flags and all but one set of curling stones belonging to tho club ; the loss is estimated at $2,000 : no insurance.The fire is supposed to he the wmrk of an incendiary.Preparations are being made to put up a larger building.Newton, N.J\u201e March 15.\u2014An incendiary fire at Andover, N.J., last night, destroyed the hotel residencq qf WnF Kinney and the store of' Bobert Smith ; loss $15.000.^Denver, 0ol., March 15.\u2014Park Place * -oi/Oi.of this city, was totally consumed by fire last niglit ; loss, $25,000 ; insurance, $l6,qQq.Nashua, N.H., March 15.\u2014A fire broke out to-night at Wilton, N.H.; Reid House and Newell\u2019s block were burned And the fire is still spreading; the engines from this city have gone to assistance.LAST WEEK OF THE PRESENT SEASON.Tills evening, and until further notice, will he produced Dion.Boucicault\u2019s great Loudon success, TF L Y IIS' Gr » C TJ I >.Or Four Legged Fortune.To present a cast of extra strength will appear the Misses - SALLIE AND JULIA HOLMAN.Engaged and will appear, the celebrated Character Actor, MK.BE EVIL K Y A 1ST.Tlie piece will he produced with New Scenes, Properties, Dresses, &c.To give effect to the GREAT DERBY-DAY SCENE, Have been engaged the following speciality artists the toaL\\ To Printers.A HOB pats ami 35ivus.HATS! DHV LITE'S SPKIMG- STALES FOR 1876.ML CYLINDER PRESS, & ENGLISH HITS AND 10 Cases LatestAmerican Styles COMPI-ETIt:, fitted with Air Buffers ; can be run by hand or steam ; size of bed inside bearers, 32 x 50 ; in first-class condition ; is now printing first side of Daily Herald.Price $950.Terms liberal.Apply to Herald Printing Co., Montreal; or Miller & Richard, Toronto.) January 29\t .25 \u2022ITT HT RECEIVE!».DEVLIN\u2019S hat & fur depot, 416 NOTRE DAME STREET.March 11\tpi ly TO LET, Those two first-class Houses, Nos, r ¦ u 0) 32 and 34 St.Famille Street, with 1$ ijijl Rll modern cenvonienoes.kÜgiÉ Apply to T.J.DOHERTY, Advocate, 50 St.James Street.February 16\t40 ON THUESDAY MQBITO NEXT, 16th MARCH, I will Sell at the Residence, corner of Victoria and Burnside streets, ail the Valuable Household Furniture and Effects, consisting of handsome Drawing-room Suite, in French Brocatelle, Marble-top Tables, Easy Chairs, Tapestry and Brussels Carpets, Steinway Piano (7 octaves, a superior instrument), Rep and Lace Curtains, Oil Paintings, Chromo and fine Steel Engravings, British Plate Mirrors, Parlour and Breakfast-room Furniture, consisting of Mahogany Dining Tables, Couches, Morocco and Half-cloth Chairs, one Bagatelle Board, China and Glassware, Fancy Clocks, &e.Also the contents of five Bed-rooms, one Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine in good order, Parrot and Squirrel Cages, Hall Stove, handsome Gasa-liers, one valuable Gun in case with extra pair double rifle barrels, one muzzle-loading double-barrel Gun, one central-fire breech-loader,.Snow-shoes, and a lot of Books, one Tool Chest complete.In Kitchen\u2014one McGee Cooking Range, and a full assortment of Kitchen Utensils.Sale at TEN o\u2019clock sharp.64 HENRY J.SHA\\V, Auctioneer.SEND fill GOODS FOR SALE TO SHAW\u2019S AUCTION ROOiïiS 723 CRAIG STREET.Auction Sale of Furniture, ffianos, Melo-deons.Mirrors, Carpets, Gàsaliers, Cooking and Heating Stoves, Kitchen Utensils and General Household Goods, including Curtains, Pictures, Silverware, Glassware and China, at SHAW\u2019S great Auction Saleroom EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.From the extensive advertisement and large attendance of town and country buyers at these sales, they are the best means of disposing of any class of goods in the house furnishing lino.Parties intending sending in goods will please give notice at the Office, when careful expressmen will be employed in removing the articles without trouble to the owners.All sales cashed immediately after sale.SHAW\u2019S AUCTION ROOMS, 15\t728 Craig Street, Montreal.BY JOHN J.ASHTON.IMPORTANT SALES OF LI1IIIL AND [FLEETS Artctimi titles.J .VItl .V IN VIMS! I.The Subscriber will sell for account of ESTATE LATE DAVID TORRANCE,ESQ.AT \u201cBELYIDERE,\u201d No.260 Drummond Street, And Estate LATE B.WHALLEY, Esq-, At No.694 Sherbrooke Street, the whole of the valuable FURNITURE and Effects, Horses, Carriages Ac., &c., at above residences.Due notice of date, and full particulars, will be given.JOHN J.ARNTON, Auctioneer.March 14\tm 63 1376\u2014FURNITURE.\u20141876 A.bcmt $80,000 vvorlli on Sale In consequence of the general depression in trade, a large quantity of excellent Furniture is being sent to H.J.Shaw\u2019s Salerooms, Craig Street, for positive sale, and several parties are supplying themselves there.Mr.Shaw lias now the largest stock of Furniture in the Dominion, and is disposing of large quantities of it.Parties who are able to purchase are, as usual, taking advantage of the necessities of those who must sell.A fine Walnut Parlor Suite, in Rep or Hair Cloth, can now be had at Mr.Shave\u2019s for $60, and a solid Walnut Bedroom Suite, with Spring Mattress, for $50 ; cheaper Suites as low as $20.All who require Furniture should give Shaw\u2019s great Furniture House a call.SHAW\u2019S FURNITURE STORES, 15\t724, 726 and 728 Craig Street.1876-CHEAP PIANOS AT SHAW\u2019S.-I876 HENRY J.SHAW, Wholesale Piano Agent, Shaw\u2019s Buildings, Craig Street, Montreal, begs to call special attention to the Pianos which he lias now sold for a number of years, and whicli have given the most complete satisfaction.The Pianos are all made of the best seasoned material and workmanship by the largest and wealthiest Wholesale Manufacturers in the trade, and are sold by me at a small commission on the cost of manufacture.T also guarantee every new Piano of which I am the Agent for TEN YEARS, and at the termination of one year\u2019s trial, should the Piano not prove satisfactory, will exchange it for another or refund the purchase money, less the usual charge for the time the instrument is used.I beg to say hero that I have made this, offer for two years past, and in no case has an instrument been returned to me as defective.Parties wishing to purchase a good, durable, fine-toned instrument can save from $150 to $250 on the price by having them at the Wholesale Agency, Shaw\u2019s Building, Craig Street, Montreal.HENRY J.SHAW, 15\tWholesale Piam.Agent.HOUSES TO Nos.257 and 261 Street.LET, .St.Antoine Apply to A.PREVOST & CO., 266 and 268 St- f anl Street.February 8\t33 TO LET, Msgjjv First-class Semi-detached Resi-MlTTij dence, 108 Mansfield Street, in-Mq;* eluding Lot with Trees and Vines.«SiÈcil Drainage perfect, and ventilation unsurpassed.Rent easonahla to a good tenant.Apply tq WILLIAM RHIND, 58 St.François Xavier Street5 January 24\t20 HOUSE TO LET, No.28 Richmond Street, near Square; Eight Rooms, including Bath, &c.Gas throughout.Apply to THOMAS H.COX, 181 Bonavcnture Street.December 18\t301 Stoves to jtoutiasmnt.LITHOGRAPHING & PRINTING, 0?EVERY DESCRIPTION.Grood W orlv, TTompt, and Moderate Charges.GEORCE BISHOP & 00., 16Q St.Uames Street, MONTREAL.March 13\t62 iPiauos fov ^alc.JOSEPH GOULB\u2019S Piano Wav©rooms, 211 ST.JAMES STREET.TO LET, A.First-class Store, No.10 LEMOINE STEEET.a:f,p;ly on the March 0 PREMISES, du 59 TO LET, Two splendid Stores situate corner Craig and St.Sophie Lane, near i\to- >-\t- \u2014 ,s.750 anci Building Also Two Flats and à Rent cheap.Applv to M.PAQUETTE, 749 Craig Street.March 9\tde59 llgllli _\tw _____________________ ____ fijn Victoria Square, being Nos.750 and -==\u2014=7754 Craig Street\u2014Stone \" newly ^finished.\"\t~ M large Hall.TO LET, Ground Flat, irith good ;dry Cellar.12 LEMOINE STREET.February 18 TO 42 LET, : The Stone Warehouse, corner 1 William and King Streets, lately occupied by M.P.Ryan, Esq.I Apply to J.D.CRAWFORD & CO., 12 Hospital Street.February 18\t4Ï! Roofing IVtotcuials.FOP SALE.200 BALES SUPERIOR OAKUM.20 TONS ROOFING FELT.150 BARRELS PITCH.\u2022< * OFFICE: 13 PLACE D\u2019ARMES December 6\tly 2m90 March 15 W.REID, 84 McGill Street.r 61 500 Brls.Labrador Herrings \u201cJOYCE\u2019S\u201d Brand.100 Brls.No.2 Codfish.50 T\u2019rcs Cincinnati Hams \u201c DAyiS\u201d piapiond Brapd.FOB SALE BY CHAS.FRASER & CO.March ly 56 TO LET, The Store, now occupied by the Montreal Book Room, 175 St.James Street, for many years the Offices of 2 the Royal Mail Steamboat Co\u2019y, and tho Offices above recently occupied by the Citizens\u2019 Insurance Co\u2019y.On the third flat, a suite of very handsome Rooms.Possession to the Store, May 1st, and the other Offices now.Apply to THEODORE HART & SONS.February 3______ 29 TO LET, fcteA .That first-class Store in \u201c Caver-|>7j oiil hill\u2019s Block,\u201d St.Peter Street, now feiti occupied by Messrs.T.Jas.Claxton SiiiSsi & Co.Owing to the dullness o the times, a \u201c w rental will be accepted.'HO M AS CAVERHILL, Exchange Bank Buildings January 4\t3 \"i WJicS\u2019Y'i'-ujnni The Subscriber offers his usual variety of PIANOS AND CABINET ORGANS, A t llectuced Rates for Cash.All the different styles of the Steinway, Chickering, Dunham, Gabier and Emerson Pianos, and the Mason & Hamlin Cabi net Organs, may be seen at this Establish' ment, and will be sold on, most reasonable terms.Prices for Pianos range from *300 TO *1,400, and the purchaser has not only the guarantee of the undersigned, but the additional security of the established reputation of an old and well-known maker.Pianos Tuned and repaired by competent workmen.A large assortment of Plano Stools anfl Cloth amt Rubber Covers ; alw ays In Stock.JOSEPH GOULD.March 4\t55 IlU'Cuh'vs Sc JHstLUcvs.On behalf of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners, Situate on Metcalf and Peel Streets, Eaeh 23 x 135.0, little north of St.Catherine Street and immediately adjoining the High School to bo erected in three stories of stone.Situation for private dwellings all that is desirable ; vicinity of numerous Churches, Skating Rink, new Windsor Hotel, McGill College Grounds, &c.Commuted.Perfect title.Liberal terms.Lithographic plans now ready.Sale at my Rooms, 79 St.James Street, on THURSDAY, 23rd MARCH INST., At Half-past TEN o\u2019clock.JOHN J.ARNTON, 65\tAuctioneer.BY BENNXNG & BARS AI,0U.THIS DAY.Dominion Straw Works by Auction The Subscribers will sell by Auction at No.243 NOTRE DAME STREET, on TIiui\u2019sGay, IGtli Instant, the whole of the Stock of Manufactured and Unmanufactured STRAW GOODS, FIXTURES, PLANT and MACHINERY.This would be a very favorable opportunity for any one desirous of embarking in a healthy and paying business, as the amount required would be a moderate outlay.The Stock ma^ be examined any time previous to day of sale.Sale at TWELVE o\u2019clock.PENNING & BARSALOU, 60\tAuctioneers.151 mine tot HOUSES OH BLEURY STREET.The Cut-Stone Front House, No.205.and Brick House, No.209, above St.Catherine Street, will be sold at iny rooms On FRIDAY, 24th Inst.They are each two story, with basement and finished attics\u2014brick outbuildings.The situation of this property must commend itself to business men or others desirous of acquiring a residence convenient to the centre of the city.Possession 1st May.Permits as usual.Sale at Half-past TEN o\u2019clock.JOHN J.ARNTON, Auctioneer.March 14\ttTs 63 The BetacM Stone Cottage A.1NI> CUAOUIVTIS, Of about 10,000 sq.feet.No.45 Durocher Street, lot 80 by 120, will be Sold at the Subscriber\u2019s Rooms, ON FEIDAY, 24th INSTANT, The above delightful Residence, recently renovated and improved for the proprietor\u2019s occupation, is replete with every thing necessary for comfort and convenience ; the whole premises being in splendid order ; metal roof ; brick coach-house and stables ; new ornamental fence and handsome shade trees in front.Immediate possession.Further particulars and permits on application.Sale at ELEVEN o\u2019clock.JOHN J.ARNTON, Auctioneer.March 14\ttrs 63 BesiraMe Residence & Grounds UPPER ST.URBAIN STREET.the Ui The Subscriber will sell at his Rooms, on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29th INST-, splendid family Residence, No.97 r St.Urbain Street, corner Bagg Street, 40 with extension 40x25, Coach Houses and Stables, Ac, Fine grounds, 120x250 (area 30,000 feet), with shade and fruit trees, vines and plants in profusion, Houre roou'y and comfortable; heated by steam.Situation always noted as most pleasant and beautiful, with fine view of the mountain ; is now much improved by the erection of new churches and handsome detached rcsidençes.Possession immediately.Further information and permits on application.Sale at Half-past TEN o\u2019clock.JOHN J.ARNTON, tvs\tAuctioneer.Byg-This advertisement will appear on alternate days.Montreal Gpen Stock Exchange 82 St.Francois Xavier Street, The Board Meets DAILY at 12.15 P.M., and 4 P.M.; Saturdays at 11 A.M.J.PHILIP WITHERS, Secretary.February 19\t]y ters 43 ^£30 TO S\u201c*£300 invested in Wall Street often leads to for tune.A 72-page Book explaining everything, and copy of Wall Street Review sent free.JOHN HICKLING & CO., Bankers and Brokers, 72 Broadway, New \u2022York City.November 11\tly fere 26 Safe anl Mtahle Investment STOCK PRIVILEGES.One per Cent.IVoiii the market, at low rates will pay large profits the next Thirty flays In large or small Investments.GOLD, STOCKS, COTTON AND TOBfiCCO BOUGHT AND SOLD on the most favourable terms.Liberal advances on Consignments.PRICE LISTS ANDCiBOULABS FREE.T.O.II OX 3774.CHARLES SMEDLEY & CO Bankers and Brokers, 40 Bboad Stkeet Near Gold and Stock Exchan NEW YORK.January 20\t3m DW '/ ®erd, vve.Coal For Sale, 1876.We are prepared to sell, at low rates, our best STEAM COAL F.O.B.in Pictou Harbor, from the Drummond Colliery.\"HTERGOLOrllAL GOAL MINING CO\u2019Y, 4 and 5 Union Buildings, Ht.Francois Xavier Street, MONTREAL.March 7 2m trs 57 - -r > -VVt DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOK, Ordnance and Admiralty hands Branch.[irûnaiiGe Lands, St.John\u2019s, (j.PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th March, inst., will be sold, at the hour of NOON, at the Auction Rooms of J.J.Arnton, Auctioneer, St.James Street, Montreal, three blocks of ORDNANCE LAND, bring at the TOWN OF ST.JOHN\u2019S, QUEBEC, fronting on the River Richelieu, and contiguous to the Railways, as shown upon apian by Rieiie, P.L.S., on view at the salesroom of the above auctioneer.Terms :\u201420 per cent, cash down, at the place and time of sale ; the balance to be paid in four annual instalments at 6 per cent, interest.Further conditions at the time of sale.By order, E.A.MEREDITH, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior.WILLIAM F.COFFIN, Commissioner of Ordnance and ) Admiralty Lands.\tj March 8\t58 The Witness, Le National, Le Bien Public, Courrier de Montreal, Evening Star, and Le Franco-Canadien, St Johns, Quebec, please copy.Goal ! Coal ! ! AMERICAN.LEHIGH, PITTSTOH, S-All Sizes LACKAWAHHA House &.Steam, &c., Ac., He.VERY LOW PRICES QUALITY FIRST-CLASS.Foot of McGill Street January 15 COAL! Iy 13 Jnsuvimce Jloticcs, AtlanticffiutnalLifelnsuranceCo ALBANY, N.Y.RUSTGUANO & EVANS, GENERAL AGENTS, No.229 ST.JAMES STREET.December 8\t6m 290 CANADA LIFE\tCOUPANT.I\u2019.SSTA liT.I'-I II .I) IS47.0LÜ SYDNEY MINE, AND\t* U1N GAN SMINJS.HENRY DOBELL & CO.October 26 SOLE AGENTS.255 JOHNMOLSIMBROS, ALE AND 286 ST.MARY go Set or for TO LET or FOR SALE, Those Three splendid first-class pjiïStî Houses, Marble Fronts, being Nos.489, 491 and 493 St.Denis Street ; with all modern conveniences, and Leated by hot water, JOSEPH BRUNET, 499 Mignonne Street.February 5\t31 %ois to TO LET, Following Lots suitable for Lumber Yards : On Craig and Salaberry Streets, area, 17,000 feel .on Colborne Avenue and Paris Street, ai ea, 24,000 feet ; on St.Patrick and Farm Streets, area, 36,000 feet.Plans can be seen.Apply to A.PREVOST & CO., 266 and 268 St.Paul Street.February 14\t3m 38 PORTER BREWERS, STREET, MONTREAL, Have always on hand the various kinds of Ale and Porter in wood and bottle.FAMILIES REGULARLT SUiTLItl).The following Bottlers only are supplied by us with our labels, and have liberty to use them :\u2014 Patrick Hogan.Visitation Street.Telesphore Hogue.Ontario\tptj Jas.McIntyre.Lagauchetiere\t\u201c J.Maisonneuve.Ontario\t\u201c C.H.Beckett.Wolfe\t\u201c Wm.Bourdeau.Ontario\t\u201c J.Guilbault & Co.Logan\t\u201c February 17\tly 4l WILLIAM DOW & CD.Brewers & Maltsters, Superior Pale and Brown Malt; India Pale and other Ales,.Extra double and single Stout, in wood and bottle.FAMILIES SUPPLIED.The following Bottlers only are authorized to use our labels, viz : Thos.J.Howard.173 St Peter Street Jas.Virtue.39 St.Vincent \u201c Geo.H.Alio.158 Fortification Lane Thos.Ferguson.289 St.Constant Street Jas.Rowan.152 St.Urbain \u201c Wm.Bishop.6971 St.Catherine \u201c A.McGinn.300 Craig \u201c February 23.\t46 ^Vcmoual Hotlccs.ROUER ROY, Q.C.CITY ATTORNEY; HiS REMOTE! LAW OFFICES TO THE CITY HALL.Entrance by Portico, centre of the build ing on St.Paul Street.March 8\t58 President\u2014A.6.RAMSAY, Esq.Ylee-Presldegt\u2014JAMES HAMILTON, Esq., M.D.The large Bonus of 21 per cent, per annum upon Assurances on the Life System having again been declared by this Company, PROFIT CERTIFICATES have now been issued for each policyholder, and copies of the recent reports, showing the profits on other classes of Assurances, may be had on application at the Head Office or Agencies.THE ADVANTAGES of joining an old and successful Company like the CANADA LIFE may be judged of by the following facts :\u2014 Isf\u2014The Profit Bonuses added to Life Policies are larger than given ly any other Company in Canada.2nd\u2014It has occurred that Profits not only altogether extinguish all premium payments, but in addition yield the holder an annual surplus.\u2022 R.HILLS, Secretary.Offices in Montreal\u20141S2 SÏ JAMES ST.II.I^OWNÆT/L, General Agent- February 25\t30A 48 Stotcnto,