The Montreal witness, 21 avril 1860, samedi 21 avril 1860

[" COMMERCIAL REVIEW AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER.VOL.XV.MONTREAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1860.No.32.ESTIMATE OF THE SERVICES FOR WHICH A VOTE OF THE LEGISLATURE IS REQUIRED.Civit,_ Qovenxukst.\u2014 Governor General's Secretary's Office, 8810; Provincial Secretary's Office, 13246 ; Provincial Registrar's Office, 4817; Receiver Generul\u2019s Office, 11125; Finance Minister's Department, 14100 ; do Customs Branch, 11975 ; do Audit Branch, 5400 ; Executive Council Office, 9244 ; Department of Public Works, 18085 ;: Bureau of Agriculture, 6100; Post Office Department, 22580; Crown Land do, 40570; Attorney and Solicitor General Eaay, 2110; do West, 3350; Contingencies of Public Departments, 45000.Total, 208703.Ad ministration of Justice, East, 127374.Administra tion of Justice, West, 43335.Porivs.\u2014 Amount required 10 meet tho expenses of the Water Police, Quebec, for the present year, $3000; do for the expenses of the River Police, Montreal, for 1860, 11200, of which to be borne b the Harbour Commissioners 3700, balance required, 7500 ; do to meet the Pay and Contingencies of the Montreal Police Force, for December, 1859, 1000.Total, 11500.PENITESTIARY, REFORMATORIES, &c.\u2014F or support of Provincial Penitentiary at Kingston, $3390] ; do Reformatory Prisons, 24000 ; to meet balance due on account of Reformutory Prison, C.W., atend of 1859, 1789; for support of Rockwood Buildings, 21141 ; Inspection of Prisons and Asyluma, 6500.Total, 99365.LeoisLaTioN.\u2014For Expenses of Printing and Binding the Laws, and distributing do, 815000, do Printing for the Commission fur the Revision of the Statutes, 20000; Grant to Parliamentary Library, 4000.Total, $39000.Legislative Council, $77380.Legislative Assembly, 8198240.Epucartox.\u2014Additional Sum for the Common Schools of Upper and L.C., $16000; (#6000 of which out of the L.C.share to be applied to Normal Schools.) Aid towards Superior Education Income Fund Lower Canada, 20,000; Ditto ditto, Upper Canada, 20,000, ($40,000); total $200,000.pper Ca nada College, Toronto, $4444; Victoria College, Cobourg, 3000; Queen's College, Kingston, 3000; Regiopolis College, ditto, 3000; St.Michael's College, Toronto, 2000 ; Bytown College, Ottawa, 1400 ; Grammar School Fuzd, Upper Canada, 3155.Total, $20,000.Literary axp Sciexnivic Issrirorions.\u2014Aid to Medical Faculty, McGill College, Montreal, 1000 ; Ditto ditto Victoria College, 1000 ; Ditto School of Medicine, Montreal, 1000; Ditto ditto Kingston, 1000; Ditto ditto Toronto, 1000; Ditto Canadian Institute, ditto, 1000; Ditto Natural History Society, Montreal 1000; Ditto Historical Society, Quebec, 1000; Ditto Cunadian Institute, Ottawa, 400 ; Ditto Athenæum, ditto, 400; Observatory, Quebec, to de fray expenses of, 2400; Ditto to enable Director to proceed to the coast of Labrador to observe Eclipse of the Sun, 500; Observatory, Toronto, to defray exyenses of, 4800; Ditto Kingston, ditto 500 ; Ditto Isle Jesus, ditto 500; Ditto ditto for purchase of instruments 500.Total, $18,000.HosrirA1s aND CHARITIES.\u2014Aid to the Toronto Hospital 8000; ditto ditto for County Patients 6000 ; ditto Torontu House of Industry 2800 ; ditto Protestant Orphans\u2019 Home and Female aid Society, Toronto 800; ditto Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Toronto 800; ditto Lyingin Hospital, Toronto, 600; ditto Deaf and Dumb Institution, Toronto 1000; ditto Public Nursery for Children of the Poor, Toronto 400 ; ditto House of Providence, Toronto 400 ; ditto to Marine and Emigrant Hospital, Quebec 6000; ditto Indigent Sick at Quebee 4000 ; ditto Asylum of the Good Shepherd, Quebec 600; dino Hospice de Is Maternite, ditto 600; ditto Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, ditto 600; ditto Munagers of Protestant Fem ile Orphan Asylum, Quebec 400; ditto Fin- lay Asylum, Quebec 400; ditto Male Orphau Aey- lum, Quebas, 400; ditto Destitute Emigrant Insti- tation, Quehec, 400; ditto Protestant Orphan Asylum, Quebec, 400; ditto Canada Military Asy.lnm for Widows and Orphans, Quebec 200; ditto Indigent Sick, Montreal 4000; dito Corporation of General Hospital, Montreal 5000; ditto St.Patrick's Hospital, Moutreal 2000 ; ditto Sœurs de ls Providence, ditto 1400; ditto General Hospital des Scours de la Charité, Montreal 1000 ; ditto Bonaventure Btreet Asylum, Montreal 1000; ditto Se.Patriek'e Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Montreal 800; ditto Protestant Orphan Asylum, Montreal 800 ; ditto House of Refuge, Montreal 600; ditto University Lio io Hospital, Montreal 600; ditto Lyingio ospital under care of Sœurs de la Mivé.corde, Montreal 1000; ditto Deaf and Dumb Iustitution, Montreal 600; ditto Ludies Benevolent Society for Widows and Orphans, Montreal 400; ditto Charitable Association of the Ladies of the Roman Catho- lio Aglam, Montres) 400 ; ditto Magdalen Asylum {L of Bon Pusteur,) Montreal 400 ; ditto Eye an r Tustitution, ditto 400; ditto Montreal Dispensary 400 ; ditto Montreal Hume and School of Industry 400; ditto Kingston General Hospital 8000; ditto Indigent sick at Kingston 3000; dito Hotel-Dieu Hospital, ditto 1000; ditto Orphnn Asylum, ditto 800 ; ditto Hamilton Hospital 6000; ditto Grphau Asylum, Hamilton 800 ; ditto Roman Catholic, tito ditto 800 dirta Indigent Bick, Three-Rivers 3300 ditto Londun Hospital 3000 ; ditto Protestant Hos ital at Ottawa 1500; ditto R.C., ditto ditto 1800 ; ito St.Hyncinthe Hospital 400; ditto to Lunatie Asslam, \u2018Coaranto, for 1860 70000; dito ditto Mal.den, for 1860 23000 ; ditto Lunatic Asylum, Malden, $0 meet buluuos of Expenditure, for 1859 14306 i ditto Beauport.ditto Quebec 60000.Total, $250906.Militia and Enrolled Force, 8106734.ARTS, AGRICUITTRAL AND STATISTICS.\u2014Aid to the Bourd of Arts and Manufactures, Upper and Lower Canada, $2000 each, $4000; Towaids tbe holding of « Great Exhibition of the Products of Canadian Iv- dustry in 1860, 20,000.Total, #24006.AGRICULTIRE SocIETY.\u2014Aid to the Board of Agriculture, Upper and Lower Canada, at $4000 each $8000.Exerartor.\u2014Aid Towards Emigration Expenses for the present year, $10000.Pensions, $2980.Indian Annuities, $4800.Roapns asp Briboes.\u2014Colonisation Roads, U.C., §12500; do L.C., 12500.Total, 25000, OcEan axp River Steam SEnvice.\u2014 Tog Service, between Montresl and Kingston, 824000.Licur Houses AND CoasT Service.\u2014Salaries of two keepers of Depots for Provisions at Antieusti, for the relief of Shipwrecked persons for 1860, at $200 each, $400; do do for half year, ending 3let December, 1859, 200.Total, $600.For providing provisions for such Depots, $1400.Allowance to Pierre Brochu, for residing at Lake Metapediac, on the Kempt Road, to assist traveilers thereon, 100; do to Marcel Brochu, do at Petit Lac, do, 100 du to Jonathan Nuble, do at La Fourche, do, 100 ; do to Thomas Evans, do at Assametquagan, do 100.\u2014 Total, 400.Proportion of the expenses of keeping up Light House, uo Isles of St.Paul and Scauterie, in the Gulf, $3000.Fisner1es.\u2014Expenses of protecting the Fisheries, in the Gulf, $5000.MiscerLaNcous Irems.\u2014For subscription to, and advertising in Oficial Gazette, $5000; for miscellaneous printing, 5000 ; to pay claims arisisg out of boundary line as determined by Ashburton Treaty, 2400; for expenses of Speaker of Legislative Assembly, on bis visit to England, 2000; to meet miscellaneous petty expenses of the Public Service, 6000; Expenses of Commissioners appointed to enquire into matters connected with the Public Service, under Act 9 Vict Cap.38, 6000.Towards expenses of Indian Department, 3000.Total, $29400.To make good various incidental expenses incurred during the year 1859, as detailed in Statement, No.57, part second of the Public Accounts laid before the Legislature, $281122, THE TORONTO UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE.(From Quebec Cor.Montreal Herald.) A great deal of evidence bas been taken by the Committee appointed to investigate the state of the affairs of the Toronto University and the justice of the claims made by other Colleges to a divi: sion of its funds.The Methodist Clergy, with Dr.Ryerson, for their aid, are the chief leaders in the movement, oo behalf of their College at Cvbourg ; but the Kirk of Scotland is also represented by De.Cooke, of Kingston, on bebalf of the College there.The theory of these gentlemen is, (hat the Univer sity College is moat extravagantly conducted, especially as to the huge pile of buildings erected in con- sonauce with the desires of a distinguished individual, to whom, I suppose, they think that \u201cSome demou whispered, Gov\u2019nor have a taste.\u201d They further say that the surplus which might have accumulated but for the gratification of this taste, sud other tustes of 8 more substantial and personal kind on the part of the Professors, would have gone far in eupport of tbe poor\u2014that is, of the poor colleges ; and they claim a careful economy un the part of the University authorities and a division of the savings, The theory, however, rather seems to break down when its practical application is tested.Dr.Cook, on cross examination, could not tell what the surplus from University College should amount to ; nor bow many bungry moutbs of poor colleges there would be to fill.\"It appeared, however, pretty clear that these would be legion, including Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic avd all others, and that the result of the plan of carving up would be that none of the smaller colleges would get anything worth having, and that the progress of tho one really good and adequately \u201cendowed institution would bs preatly impeded.De.Ryerson was on the rack, with Mr.Brown for Grand ÎInquisitor, yesterday.The Doctor's original statement announced bis opinion that there was frightful extravagance in every branch of the Colleye management.But esterday, though he at the first recollected very file more of bis conduct as member of the College Senate than the celebrated Italiun witness at the Queen's trial, and in fact thought he had never besn present at any discussion of fnuncial questions at all, let, on certain aid tu bis memory being adhibited, Ie begun to have a fuint ides that he had voted almost every item in the system of College expenditure on the present scale, and that be bad warmly supported several, which most persons would think Tizhy objectionuble\u2014especially two life pensions nf £250 à piece granted to masters who bud been discharged.The cross examination became, in the end, & little personal.The ubject was to sacer tain how fur tbe Doctor's opinion carried any authority with it, and, having fivet found that he bad approved in dutuil of all that he now condemued in gross, Mr.Brown next prucerded to test the value of another opinion, which was tbat the expenses hud increased too fust, This was done by making bow fur the expenses in Dr.Ryerson'e own office, espe cially his own salary, bud increased during the time of the augmentation in the College charyes, of which he complwined, Frm the answers it appears that the Chief Buperiutendeut for Upper Cunada is bearing the burden of £1,000 a year salary, instead of £450, the victim of law and the martyr of consistency.He said that it was not so much his salary, as that of tbe Superintendent of Education in Lower Canada which hud been augmented.However, as the law said thet the Buperintendent of Education in Upper Canada, was 10 have the same salary, as that of the Superintendent of Lower Canada, neither the Government nor the incumbent could prevent the change, which no doubt Dr.Ryerson\u2019s self-denial would otherwise have shrunk from.He, however, laid down a new theory which seems likely to cary this martyrdom to consistency a little farther.He thought bis chief clerk, who be calls his Deputy, should receive the same sslary as the Deputy iu any other \u201cDepartment\u201d of the Government.The Doctor it will be thus perceived is at the head of a * Government Department,\u201d though be bas not the trifling inconvenience of elections every four years, ond when his Deputy gets the same salary as the other Deputies, it wiil be only a logical conclusion that the chief shall get the same as the other chiefs, £1000 per annum, plus £250\u2014 £1250.However, though I think the value of Dr.Ryerson\u2019s authority was reduced to nil, I am by no means sure that the facts are very cieditable to the management of the College.Whoever approved, I do not think the public voice will applaud annuities of £250, given to men who were discharged for misconduct ; and the other expenditures appear to be pitched at rates which suggest a great deal more care even for the superfluous comfort of the learned gentlemen concerned than an economical administration of a public trust.However, on this bead the evidence taken has been to a great extent ex parte ; and perhape it may bere- after be explained.METHODISM IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS, C.E.(To the Editor of the Christian Guardian.) The Eastern Townships are situated in the southern part of Lower Caouda, in the counties of Me.antic, Drummond, Sherbrook, Swnstead, Shefford, Bromo and Missisquoi ; they are more than 70 in number, each 10 miles square, containing a surface of 7,500 square miles, and a population of about 100,000 souis.At an early period of its transatlantic history, Methodism was introduced into these townships by the self denying labors of ministers from the United States.During the Revolutionary war, many loyal- jets fled from the States, and found an asylum in Canada, and after the cessation of hostilities between the mother country and her colonies, and the ac knowledgemeut of the independence of the colonies, considerable numbers of people emigrated from the States and took up their abode in the luxuriant, but then uncultivated wilds of the Eastern Townships.These euterprizing emigrants were soon followed br ministers not less enterprizing than themselves, who came to seek, collect and feed the scattered sheep in the wilderness.Among these eminent servants of God, we find the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, and & young man of the name of Hedding, who, afterwards became the venerable Bishop Hedding, who a few years ago finished his earthly toil and entered into the rest of the people of God.It is now more than 60 years since these good men labored in the Durham, and adjacent circuits of the Eastern Townships ; a few of our old members recollect them still.As to beauty of scenery, fertility of soil, salubrity of climate, these townships will favorably compare with any part of British Korth America ; aod the jubabitants are an honest enterprizing and industrious people, not inferior in education and refinement to any rural population of the Anglo Saxon race.On thelr Judgment and affections Methodism hus a stronghold ; they generally admire, love, and receive it as the work of \" CANADIAN NEWS.Recorbes's Count, Tuvmspav, 19th April.\u2014The sheet this morning presented an srray of sixteen names.Six of these were for protection, and the rest drunken and disorderly.An old offender, named Ana Murphy, who is the motber of a young child by means of which she trades upon the sympathy of the public, vas charged with being druok in Cemetery Street.She pleaded guilty, and also pleaded hard to be for- glven \u201c this time,\u201d but the Recorder, to whom she has been introduced nearly fifiy times, sent ber down for a mouth, as the best place both for herself and her child.Another woman, named Mary Redmond, with two young children, applied to be committed for & month, and ber request was complied with, In these two cases there are three children sent to gaol, not for the first time ; and who can wonder if, in after life, they turn out bad?We have over and over again spoken of thess matters, and now ropeat: Cannot some other refuge than the gaol be found for mare infants, whose minds have to be trained eitber for their everlastiog good or evil?Good impressions cannot, under say circumstances, be formed in a gaol.Dr.Waits says \u2014\u201c Just as the twig is bent the tree's Inclined and such inciinations ns those we bave above recorded should at once be slopped.\u2014 Montreal Transcript.Tue Univan Braves cows ro MontRea von Are- sninn Oarvua.\u2014It spesks well for the eccouragement given by our County Agricultural Society (by the importation of stock and otherwise) to the breeding of Ayrshire cattle, so celebrated for their dairy qualifications, that Montreal should now be resorted to from the United States fur the purchase of breeding stock, us was the case last web, when some sizteen brad were taken Soutlu by tbe Montreal and Obamplain Railroad, Messrs.Juhn Giles & Co, of Bruokiy Conn., were the purchasers of one 3 year old bull, of pure blood, from Joba Dodds, Esq., Petite Cote; two cows and two beifers from the pure blooded stock of Me.Jas.Logan; nine bead of various ages, mostly young, from Messrs.Dawes & Co., of Lachive ; one cow from Mr.Fallen, of ditto; snd one cow from Mr.Brodie, of ditto.All of 1bese were handsome animals.Some of them could not be casily excelled, esen in Scotland.Mesers, John Giles & Co., bave shown excellent judgment in making tbe selection, and they deserve credit for the discrimination they bave shown.This is, we believe, the first purchase of this nature made in Montreal by our enterprising and \u201cwide awake\u201d neighbors across the frontier.We bare not learnt a3l the pricez paid, but Mr.Logan got $200 each for his cows, and $50 each for the yearlings.Our readers bave already been informed of the preat expense to which be bas himself gone in sending agents to select and importiosg by the stesmships the very choicest stock in Scotland.By such prsiseworthy enterprise is the country improved and benefitted, and we hope the importer way himself find adequate re.turos.\u2014 Montreal Gazette.Iuronrs ar Ponr or Moxtaza.\u2014We are in receipt of tbe Quarterly Statement in Imports at this port for the three mouths ending March 31st of 1859 and 1860, As we bave slready siated in a previous issue, the total imports for 1860 exceed those of 1859 by over $100,000 ; the increase in duties collected being $39,- 902.In Groceries, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, &c., there has been a very slight declension, while in Dry Goods, Woolens alone excepted, there has been a corresponding and counterbalancing increase.In General Hardware and Iron there has likewise been a marked increase in 1860.\u2014 Gazette.Houzsrzan Bir\u2014Our Perth (C.W.) correspondent writes us to say that \u201cconsiderable feeling is ning to be shown in reference to tbe Homestead Bill, now under the consideration of the Legislature, as it is understood to be retrospective and will cause a great amount of snffering.\"\u2014 Gazette.Mar or Camapa.\u2014An excellent Government map of the Province bas been published, having been commenced by Mr.Devine shortly before the meeting of the last session of Parliament.It embraces the country lying between the Gulf of St.Lawrence and the Red River, aud extends as far north as tbe 52nd degree of North latitude.It is drawn to a scale of 30 miles to an inch, and is five fret aix inches in length, by two feet aix inches in depth.It gives all the post offices fa Upper and Lower Canada, and their respective positions, the counties, townships and parishes, and the railroads in operation in the Province, with the several stations and their intermediate distances in miles, and all the colonization and common rosds.The recent explorations and surveys are also carefully represented.Taz Curysrar Pazace ar Hamirox.\u2014The plan of this building, as we have seen it at the office of the architect, is in the form of the Greek Cross, the intersection terminatiog in an Octagon 75 feet in diameter, The extreme length of the building each way is 171 feet, and ench of the four wings is 55 in width.The first storey is 16 feet bigh in the clear, and the second storey 15 feet to the springing or rooflines.The form of the roof inside is the segment of à circle rising to the beight of 22 feet above the galleries.The roof to the octagon is spanned by a semi-circular arch, supporting 8 Cupola and Dome 25 feet in diameter and 40 feet in height this dome is again surmounted with a lantern, aud a flag staff 24 feet in beigh!, makiog the whole beigbt from Le ground floor to tiv tv; of the flag staff 120 feet.The building is intended to be placed upon a stones foundation, and the frame work 10 be constructed of white oak ; the whole of the timber work, to be wrought inside and out ; (bo Galleries are continued round the wings as well as round the octagon.Mr.Duszix Sxvesep.\u2014The Quebec correspondent of the Hamilton Spectator, alludiog to Mr, Dunkin\u2019s whitewashing resolution in favour of Mr.Dufresae\u2014 for which, be it observed, every Misister voted\u2014says : The Government were in an actual minority on an amendment that was moved by an indiscreet supporter of theirs, but vobody bere thinks anythiog about that* Exzapriox BiLi.\u2014If the bill relating to Homestead exemptions passes iu the sbape it now is, before twelve months go round one-balf tbe country merchants will be helpless.So far as relates to real estate, the provisions of the bill do not effect debts now existing, bat personal property is to be exempt altogether, no matter when the debt was contracted.Merchants and others must, (should the bil) ) either not truss at all, or rely on the Aonowr of the customer.We hope the bill will be altered to take away its retroaciive effect.\u2014 Brockville Recorder.New Preeavrarian Fas Curnca.\u2014Weo are gratified to learn that the liberality of many gentiemen io the township as well as the town, will soon put the ine habitants of the first aud second concessions of Riizs- bethtown in possession of a church.The amount of subscriptions already put down is $1340.The Rev.Mr.Smith, of this tuwo, preaches in the neighbourhood every fortnight at present.\u2014Brockrille Recorder.Oubimatrox a+ Sr.Twouas, C.W.\u2014Op Sunday the 8th Inst, tbe Lord Bishop of Huron ordained to the offeo of Deacon Mr.Baldwin, of Triaity College, Toronto.Mr.Baldwin is appointed to assist the Rev.Dr.Caulfield in the duties of bia extensive mission, in which their are five out-stations.Dr.Ouulfleld de incumbent of the Church at St.Thomas.Ontanto Racinw.\u2014This ie the title of à now Opposition paper just started in tbe North Riding vf Ootsrio by Me.Oliver.The Review la Publiabed a \u2018 Prince rt.\u2019 \u2014 At the Assixes hold at Porth last week, one maa was condembed to death.He was a constable and shot à man who refused to with him to give evi dence.Tbe jury in returslag their verdies resem mended the uuforiunate man to merey.\u2014 A very valuable gold suulf box has been ented 10 Bberiff Rutian as (he gift of 8 aumber of his American admirers, In token of Wheic aypreciation of bis improvements ia the ventilation of cars.\u2014 His Honor Mr, Justice Guy died in this city on Moaday eveaing. THE MONTREAL WITNESS.Av RiL 21, 1860 British Press.STATE OF GERMANY.(From Correspondent Scottish Guardian.) The Concordst in Wirtemberg is at last driving the Protestant Church to speak out in which cannot be misunderstood.Hitherto it has been chiefly lawyers who have written sgaiost it, and they have, of course, taken up the legal view of the case.Matters have, however, now come 60 far that a regular system of è is kept up in the Protestant churches, to boar whether any minister in his sermon makes use of an expression offensive to Roman Catholics.The Roman Catholic newspapers protest against a Protestant pastor, in his sermon, referring to the a or making ue A the word, as it implies a charge against their Church.A pam- bas accordingly appeared, written by Voelter, in which he complains that in the Concordat the rights of the Protestant Church are completely ignored ; the Council of Trent and the abeolute will of the Pope are declared to be the law of the land in all matters pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion.Now, according to the Council of Trent, the heretics are also subject to the bishop, and we may soon see the day that the Roman Catholic Bishop calls on the civil power to helphim in carrying out the principles of that Council, and crushing the heretics.If the Government refuse, we may see Austris, or France, or any Power subject to the Pope, ordered to interfere, and by force of arms carry out the Pope's behest.The author sees in the Coneor- dat an apology for the Emperor of the French, if it should serve his own purposes, interfering in the domestic affairs of his German neighbours.We have hitherto been in the habit of speaking of the young Emperor of Austria, but times like these soon make the hair turn grey.Those who have an opportunity of seeing him assert that he appears ten years older than he did last spring.Not only the war, and the finances, and the Je- saits, are crushing him\u2014on all sides threatened rebellioa\u2014his generals incapable.and his greatest men not trastworthy\u2014debts accumulating\u2014 corruption and dishonesty wherever be turns.What must be the state of the army when downright cheatery to the amount of a million of florins would never have been discovered except by the merest accident ?It is painful to see men 20 high in trust sink s0 low as to take their own life in prison to avoid a felon's doom.The character of the nation is sinking fast, and no cause tends more towards this downward course than the national lotteries.The spirit of gambling has for many years been wing, and the State loans, combined with lotteries, baving ved a convenient way of raising the necessary funds, shortsighted statesmen thought lightly of the terrible temptations they were throwing in the way.Travelling lately in Austria, T was shocked to bear a most excellent Protestant minister boast of the number of lottery tickets he had sold to his parishioners in the course of the yoar\u2014the increased sale of tickets being in his eyes an evidence of growing prosperity and patriotism.INDIA.(From letter in Scottish Guardion.) Boubar, Feb.25, 1860.The most prominent event oa oe last fort: ight is the completion of the ie commu- ie betwixt Aden and Kurrachee.The line is not yet open to private and commercial communication, but by last account continues in efficient working order.By a telegram received yesterday from Aden, we that there is an jaterruption, which we may hope will only be temporary, betwixt Aden and Alexandria.The ¢ submarine cable from England to India us approaches its completion, there remaining only an ioterval of some three hundred miles betwixt Alexandria and Crete.The event is one that deserves to be noted\u2014England aad India drawn 80 near that this continent is scarcely more @stant than 2 Mediterranean dependency.Providence is thus drawing closer the bonds that waite us to the mother countey\u2014first, politioally, by the tion of the Queen ; second, me terially, by this wonderful discovery of science.May the des not be distant when a more endeer- ing and uniting tie shall Pw be formed by the and triumph of Christianity in Indis! Another event of considerable importance to the West of Indis has just occurred, the opening of about forty miles of the Bombay and Buroda line from Surat to Broach.This will open up a considerable eotton growing and grain country, sad will sid in reviviog the commerce of Surat\u2014 8 city that held a first rank in the early English econpstion of Indie.Eve rod now to be made to out aa speedily as speedily as possible the Tine from boty 0 Surat.hile on this subject, it may be interesting to some of readers to know the state of of the G.I.P.wbieh is to connect Bombay with Ma dees and Contral India.From a recent return, appear that 194$ miles have been completed, are makiog & retura of upwards of five per mnt.lu addition, 376$ mises are under con- sirustion, and 557 are under contract, but not commensed.Tbe gigantic works at the Bor are steadily sdvsvcing.This i searing effort is Lise lauds of the Deccan with the lower elevations of the Concan or shore district ; and the plan adopted ia a gradually ascending live, that rises to the summit somewhat after the fashion of the great Alpine passes.Mr.Ker, a Sootch Engineer, has had a large share in directing this great uoder- taking, and by his judicious management has, wo believe, saved the company a very large expenditure.Another recent event to which the attention of the Indian public is much directed is tbe financial statement given by Mr.Wilson at the Legislative Council, Calcutts, on the 18th inst.It is only by telegram as yet that the details are known and there are some discrepancies.But the following is, we believe, a correct general summary.There is a graduated income tax\u20142 per cent.or by other accounts 3 per cent., on incomes varying from £20 to £50 (two hundred to five bun- dred rupees) per aunum.All incomes above that amount pay 4 per cent.Neither semindars por fund-holders are to be exempted from this tax.À small license tax, for trades and profes sions, ranging from one to ten rupees per annum, is to be imposed.As compensation for these, town and transit duties, and all frontier tolls are abolished ; and all 20 per cent.duties are to be reduced to 10 per cent.except on tobacco.The following articles are to be added to the free list : \u2014Imports\u2014wool, flax, hemp, jute, maps, printa, works of art, and hides ; exports\u2014wool, flax, hemp, jute, hides, ten and coffee.Ou the other hand, cotton, thread twist, and yaru are raised to 10 cent.The Finance Minister deprecated sn English ntee for the liabilities of India, and stated, that from the cash in the Tressury he did not anticipate the need of another loan.The European army is to be reduced.ROME'S LIVING SEPULCHRE\u2014THE DUNDEE NUNS.(From the London Telegraph.) There is still, it seems, a despotism of ecclesiastical wizaros in Scotland.There is still in that ion of long-descended liberty a system of religious dungeons and inquisitorial discipline.\u2014 The monstrous, unpatural, and unholy practice has not been extirpated from ground sacred to the blood of the Covenanters.Where lies the fault ?It is not in the faltering epirit of the people, or in any sbandonment of principle by the community of Great Britain generally, but in the law, which sanctions the existence of spiritual prisons, condemned cells, and tyranny.Some days since ni a |y\u2014 we cannot otherwise describe it\u2014was enacted at Nethergate, Dundee.Two young girls\u2014not more then seventeen years of age\u2014took the veil in presence of a large Roman Catholic congregation.They went to the church as brides to the altar; crowns of flowers were on their heads; veils concealed their faces; poor children ! they were garlanded for the sacrifice to which the besotted fanaticism of their parents bad condemned them.The priest was there; the form of questioning was gone through ; the cuckoo answers were given, and the wretched victims retired to put off their worldly garb.\u2014 When they reappeared, bigotry bad done all but its worst upon them\u2014they came forth with cropped bair and swathed figures, ready for a living burial\u2014for the tomb-like cell, the iron bedstead, the penal table, the solitary chair.With every wish to be just towards the Roman Catho- lie community of the United Kingdom, we must say that epectacles of this character are not creditable to our legislation.If we must have puns, let them at least be twenty-one years of we before the yoke is forced upon their necks, before jeatoraft can seduce them from domestic life, fore superstition can number them among its irredeemable slaves.The convent gates are now closed on their forms for life ; they no longer en- jy protection from the law or from public opinion.ithin those precincts n magistrate or inspector bas power to enter; the unsearched cells may contain implements of torture, scourges, and chains ; but the law holds them sacred.The sisters may condemn their captive companions to ill punishments\u2014may confine, starve, and maltreat them, may fetter them to the floor, may condemn them to years of unbroken silence and solitude, may wear them out by superhuman cruelties designated as penances ; yet the liberty of the British subject is, so far as they are concerned, a valueless fiction.It is difficult to understand how this Protestant nation has so long tolerated a system which is not many degroes removed from that of the Papal States or Spain.\u2014 Of recent, years suthentio reports of trials at our amize courts have laid bare the iniquities of the conventual system, and every time that the fresh vlotim is incarcerated we are reminded how complete is the power with which the pricsts and rioreases are entrusted.The two vestals of Dundee have now vanished from the public eye; contribution will be of no avail to them; their ual condemnation bas been sealed ; hence orth they are at the meroy of their disciplinarian protestors.\u2014A meeting of the Canads Company was beld oo the 27th.Owing to the abundant harvest last year in Canada the prospects of the company bave ameliorated, an increased quantity of land bav- ing heen dis of, while there have been improved loetions of money.The returns received in don from the Let J to the Sth of March are ogi ded to aise sd high tale atl more .report wes adopted.Lon Taro1oor.\u2014The writin BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.Romax Cationic ProszLyrisu.\u2014Recently there was & case in tbe north of Ireland where a Protest ant, with several children, married a Roman Catholic.He died, snd his futher came for the children, that be might bring them up in his own house.The stepmother was quite willing to get rid of the burden of supporting them, and everything was arranged for their departure with their grandfather.They had arrived at the railway station, their seats were taken, and they were ouly waiting for the train, when the stepmother took them to get some refreshments.The grandfather never saw or beard of them since.If they were not about to be educated as Protestants they would have been left to grow up in poverty and ignorance, but to prevent the increase of Protestants in Ireland seems to be an object worthy of the most zealous efforts and the greatest sacrifices on the part of Roman Catholics.frere is no lack of funds to carry out such objects Those who have seen the bequests of the late Mr.James Murphy must be aware that there is à secret service money to any amount in the coffers of the Church.Many cases like this have occurred, and are occurring slmost duily throughout tbe country.\u2014 Dublin Daily Express.AscucTion or Four CniLnREN sy à Moxc.\u2014AÀ correspondent of the Daily Express says thats case of Romish kidnapping of orphan children hast just occurred at Galway.Instructions bad been forward: ed to the Rev.James Macredy, rector of Spiddal, to receive at the terminus ay Galway seven children, whose father bad been killed on a voyage from the East Indies, and whose mother had gained for them an asylum at the school of Mr.Macredy.On the day fixed for transmitting tbe children, the mistress of the Spiddal school awaited for the arrival of the train for the purpose of meeting the orphans, but instead of receiving seven children only three arrived.It was afterwards found that a monk bad been permitted by one of the porters to take away the children.This movk had travelled some distance in the same carriage with the children, and bad found out where they were going.He took the four children to his bishop, who directed them to be concealed in a house till next morning, when they were conveyed to Tuam.Proceedings are being instituted to recover the children.Their mother is in despair at the circumstance.Rerurx or THE Pork\u2019s CuauperLaIN.\u2014The O?Connor Don was on Monday returned for Roscom- mon without opposition.The hon.gentleman, whose ride it is to Peat that he wears the livery of the ope, as the Chamberlain of his Holiness, delivered a speech to the electors, according to the custom in such cases provided.He thus talked of bis master : \u2014+] sincerely think that the Holy Father should be left in possession of his dominions.(Cheers.) I wish that he should be free from all foreign intervention, and I would even go so far as to say\u2014using the words of a certain gentleman in this county\u2014that he should be left perfectly at liberty to wallop his own iggers.(Cheers.) I say so because I place implicit reliance upon the benevolence and kindness of one of the most paternal rulers in Europe.(Hear, hear.) But even if I did not place that confidence end reliance upon the Pope, I should still, I think, adhere to that upinion, because, to tell you the truth, I believe that a little walloping would do the said niggers no great harm.\u201d Axornse Romisx MinacLE\u2014A letter from Vienna, of date March 21, states that \u201c last week, in an adjoining village, the box set apart for the recep tion of contributions to the Pope was stolen from the church where it had been placed.The day after the sacrilegious deed the identical box was replaced in its old position with the money in it untouched.\u2014 The occurrence is now being trumpeted forth as the latest miracle wrought either by the immediate interference of the Holy Virgin, or by ber powerful agency upon the conscience of the criminal.\u201d Tae Mioxicrr Missiox.\u2014The example of the St, James's Hall (London) meetings is being followed at Manchester by the agents of the Town Mission.\u2014 At a meeting beld on Wednesday night seventy-four young women came.Their behaviour was all that could be desired.There were two prayers and three short addresses.There was the deepest seriousness and some demonstration in weeping, snd several stopped for private conversation with the female mis sionary, and at three o'clock 4.x.eight went off to an institution open to receve them.Others said they would come to an adjourned meeting for conversa tion, eight came, and four of these went also to the institution ; one other has gone to get her own living in respectable lodgings, aud four more are expect to come for arrangements to go after the others.\u2014 They were all young and in full fashion, and bave returned their dresses, &c., to their former mistresses, Tae New Sovrn Wares State-atnp Question.\u2014 Ou the 13th of December & debate arose in the Assembly on a motion to place a sum on the estimates for the support of chaplains on the gold-fields, which opened up the whole question of state-aid to religion.he ministers, who are pledged antagonists to religious endowments, opposed the motion, which, they contended, was adverse to the deliberate opinion of a majority of the people, as expressed by the withdrawal by the late Assembly of £14,000 of the support formerly given by the state to religion.The motion was negatived by a majority of 28 to 23.Revivar 1x Bonumia.\u2014it is said, in La Buons Novella, that a grand religions movement is going on in Prague other cities of Bohemia.The conversions to the gospel have been numerous, Roman Catholic parish priests preach the pure gospel.The Bible is extensively circulated, The people demand with earnestness the celebration of worship in the vulgar tongue.All events seem to show thet Bobe- mis, that ancient focus of reform, wbere four centuries of persecution have not been sufficient to put out the light of the gospel, is about to make à new advante in Christias truth.Prayen Mesvixos 1x Torxer.\u2014It is plessing to know that thers are weekly, and in some cases daily prayer meetings at Pers, Galate, Hasskeuy Constantinople proper, and Bebee, for foreign residents, besides those for the native Protestants.All these places may be regarded as parts or suburbs of Constantinople.Tus Bismor or Mrisounxs ox Tus Mavnioe of Mr.Maurice baving obtained some admirers in our Australian colonies, timely warning by à publication entitled \u2018\u201c The Character of the Writtinga of the Rev, F, D.Maurice, shown by an examioution of bia Sermon on the *Bacrifices of Cain and Abel.'\u2019\u2019.The Bishop regards them as opposed to the gospel.DepLonanLe Bratk or Venicz, Rom, axp Na.pres.\u2014All the letters from Venice, Home, and Naples ive a lamentable description of the state to which the perle are reduced by the unrelenting tyranny of these Governments.At Naples the streeis are crowded day and night with horse and foot patrols, so that many of the citizens remain comparative prisoners in their houses rather than subject themselves to the insolent bearing of the spies and police that beset every part of the city.The city at the present moment is in the greatest state of excitement, which is considerably incrersed as the moment approaches for the artival of the result of the late election in Central Italy; and it is only kept from bursting into the most determined revolution by the defenceless state of the people and the overwhelming force by which they are hemmed in on all sides.The military preparations and move ment of troops still continue, which induce map) persons to believe that the King will be mad enoug to support tbe Pope, in the event of the Papal Government commencing an attack against the army of the League.Our latest news from Sicily describes that country as in a state of the greatest agitation, which, it is feared, must sooner or later finish in a general revolt, The emigration from Venetia of able-bodied men now ex: 100,000.A Lessox.\u2014It may surprise some persons, but it is, nevertheless, true that Tom Sayers and the Benicia Boy furnish at the present moment an example which deserves to be generally imitated.For what, let us ask, is the course of training which these champions must undergo at their country uarters during the weeks which precede the fight The first principle to be observed is ** to keep the body in temperance, soberness, and chastity.\u201d\u201d The boxer knows that he is nothing without training, and accordingly be trains diligently.But, as the Oracle of the Ring puts it, the mass of mankind, who indulge in exces- sea of every kind\u2014in too touch eating, drinking, sleep, sloth, smoking, &c.\u2014would go through the task of life, would discharge their respective duties much better, far quicker, and with vastly greater ease to themselves did they submit to training.\u201d We believe this is true of every one of life's duties ; but it is in an eminent degree true of à duty which many men have lately undertaken to perform\u2014we mean duty of Volunteer Riflemen.À great'part of the doubt which veteran officers entertain as to the utility of Volunteers would be dissipated if the prece leid down for general training in Fistiana were diligently acted upon during tbe next three months.We should then see bodies of active, patient volunteer soldiers, ready to bear at least as much fatigue as any regiment of the line, and to bear it with much cheerfulness.* It is uot demanded of professional men that they should train rigidly like the boxer.Their occupation would not permit it ; but to imitate his mode of training as far as circumstances will allow.\u201d\u2014 Saturday Review.\u2014 À return has been issued by the Board of Trade of the value of the imports into the United Kingdom during the past year.The aggregate augmentation was £14,751,149, or nearly nine per cent.Our own ions continue to supply about 22 per cent.of the whole, exclusive of the gold from Australia.The declared value of our exports during the year amouuted to £130,440,427, and this is £38,934,654 less than the amount of imports the difference must be considered to represent market profits aud receipts for freight, the specie movements of the year outw and homeward having been nearly equal.Reckoning exports and imports and including specie of all kinds, the external trade of Great Britain may probably now be estimated at £400,000,000 sterling per annum.\u2014 At the annual meeting of the British American Land Company, on the 26th, the report mentioned that the instalments received show an amount collected in 1859, on account of land sold, of £8768 sterling, being £1275 more than in 1858.The com missioner considers the general progress of the country \u201cvery satisfactory.\u201d Ho also represents the farmers as satisfied with their present condition and future prospects.The company's profits for 1859 are stated at £4185 sterling, snd the surplus of assets over liabilities, on the 31at December Tat at £37,266.The director's report was adopted.No dividend was declared on this occasion.\u2014 The advices from Indias continue to express general approbation of Mr.Wilson's budget.The main point to which exception is still esrnestly taken is the doubling of the import duty on cotton twist.A considerable decrease is apprehended in trade in this article, the remarkable growth of which is shown in that the quantity of twista imported into Bombay in the year 1869 was uo less than 14,372; 5608 Ibe.agsinst 8,013,159 lbs.in 1857, end 3,899, 163 lbs.in 1868.\u2014 The T¥mes, in a leader on the dreadful system of oppression and cruelty in Naples, and the blindness and obstinacy of the King ia not endeavouring to follow the example of the King of Sardinis, remarks that it would be libel on bumenity to suppose that his Government can remain uncbanged- he da) of retribution is probably st band, and another Ro fugitive may soon give that waraing to kings which bas been s0 often repeated in our times.\u2014 The Daily News says\u2014* The securities of the Grand Trunk Ruilway of Canada sustained a consider: able fail on the 28th in consequence of the issue of the report of the London directors, which states that £1,500,000 must be raised without delay to pay off existing liabilities, and to provide for the increase 0! the rolling stock and approved accommodation.\u201d \u2014 The \u201c High Lutherane\u201d of Mecklenburgh have dingracefully distinguished themselves by relentless persecution of the Baptists, repeatedly inflicting upon thom fies and imprisonment.These ** Protestants f are now, according to the Nord, exhibitiog themoelves ja another fashion\u2014sending contributions to the ope.\u2014 À number of undergradustes of Oxford have signed an address of eympathy with Mr.Bryan King; another proof of the state of feeling among the future clergymen of the Establisbment.\u2014 An Address, signed by 52,360 persons, bas been forwarded from the diocese of Liverpool La Rome, to be presented to His Holiness the vereign Pon: the Bishop of Melbourne (Dr.Perry) bas uttered o' ull. THE MONTREAL WITNESS.AnIL 21, 1860.mes.= = 251 : lais and Faucigny ; itzer- mile i ; this varies tices of the petri here di A American Press.Chablais and Faucigny; thus alarming Bwitzer- mile to à suitable starting place ; ie 7 oon tices of the patriarchs vhosresovh recy reba THE CARNIVAL AT ROME.BY MBS, H, BEECHER STOWE.Well\u2014Carnival is over, and Lent is begun.And such a Carnival one fancies Rome never saw before.Spite of all the power and interest of the Pontifical Court, not sparingly exerted ; ite of the presence of French soldiers ; spite of the efforts of French, Germans, English, and Russisns\u2014all anxious to bave their part in the Italian holiday\u2014it has been a virtual failure\u2014 so poor as hardly to be worth engaging a balcony for.The Liberal party, consisting of all grave, thoughtful, respectable people not in the interest of the Papal Court, have taken every occasion to manifest and make entirely evident that they would have nothing to do with it.An incident which comes now and then to our ears shows that this dissent has been in face of every interest of the parties, and at the risk of patronage where patronage is of vital account.It has come to our knowledge through the family of a friend, that a respectable shopkeeper on the Corso, who had taken no part in the carnival received a notice from a Cardinal on one of the last days, that his wife and servants would bo expected to ride in the Corso, and that a carriage would be graciously putat their disposal ; and so, sorely aguinst their will, they went.How many similar cases there have been, with more or less firmocss, one can imagine.This little chiok suffices to let us see behind the scenes.For all that, the last day of carnival which is generally the gayest, was, as compared with former years, almost a complete failure.Instead of the two lines of carriages blocking up the Corso, and moving in close packed lines, the vehicles were few and far between.Riding with a party of young people, who were curious to see for the first and Gast time what it was like, we made à progress through the whole length of the Corso.The absence of tbe whole substantial and respectable portion of the people left only a most and miserable populace, many of whom had not the slightest preteuse of holiday finery, and who seemed not even hilarious.In some parts of the way the carriage was blocked up by these ragged, gaunt figures, with screaming, hooting boys, dancing round and snatching one\u2019s bouquets from one\u2019s hand ; aud really, in these places, the general feeling that one had was that of being mixed up with something scarcely respectable.The day had been rainy, the bou- queta that were vigorously tossed from carri and balcony fell and were drabbled in mud, and picked up as they were, were hurled at the heads and faces of the unfortunates in carriages, with a violence that threatened to endanger the eyes, notwithstanding the wire gauge mask which protected our faces.Nevertheless, to some of the younger actors the scene was not without its interest, from the presence in the balconies of acquaintances who threw down bouquets and bonbons.In fact, this year the balconies were altogether a much safer and more desirable way of sceing the sight than a ride in the procession.One could fancy, that with a happy people, in prosperous circumstances, in pleasaut weather, this Carnival exercise might be s most charming thing.Universal liberty to express admiration and good-will to any person ome might meet without breach of decorum\u2014tossing a bouquet here, a bonbon there, to some bright face which you see for the first or last time of your life, is something which opens one's heart pleasantly, THE STATE OF EUROPE.(From Correspondence of N.Y.Tribune.) Lonvox, March 30, 1860.So we are at last to have a Congress to arrange the question of tho neutralized portions of the Northern Savoy, as it is said, but in fot to tear the treaties of 1815 to pieces.Napoleon has long had the greatest desire for such a Congress ; in aot, it was one of the great objects for which he strove for a considerable period, and we have more than onde been on the threshold of such a consumination.Still, in 1859, when Russia proposed it, before the Italian campaign, France would have gone at a disadvantage into such a meeting; the question of tbe annexation of the Duchies to Sardinia, which at à later period was to be nubmitted to the great European Areopagus, also seemed inconvenient to Napoleon, sinos the principle of Legitimaoy would have formed the chief argument of Austria against the intended change, and Russia and Prussia would have probably sided with her.Therefore a new dodge had to be sought, which would force the cou- servative Powers into the Congress without embarrassing Napoloon by principles aguinst which ho is the strongest living protest.Had he, as was originally intended at Plombières, simply taken Nice and two-thirds of Savoy, the slopos toward Switzerland being joined to Switzerland, Europe would have feebly protested, aud left matters to take their regular course, Tt was upon this supposition that Mr.Kinglake's motion in Parliument was quietly disoussed and adjourned by Lord J.Russell and the old English Cubinet, when suddyuly the French Emperor declred he land and all Europe\u2014since, by the possession of these two valleys, he gets the sratoginl of Lake Leman, and through it of all the western parts of the Republic to the Lake of Constance, which opens upon Southern Germany.At this Pruseis was peculiarly irritated.She saw in the annexation of Savoy the first symptom of a claim upon the Rhive Provinces.The Whigs in England, influenced by the strong feelings of the Queen for her daughter's welfure, suddenly said they had at last found out the slippery character, and the bad faith of Napoleon, who, they say, threatens Belgium as well as the Rhine.Lord John Russell makes use of strong words in Pur- liament, and Lord Palmerston pens for him so strong à dispatch, that Lord Cowley, the Em- bassador in France, delays its communication to M.Thouvenel until he gets new instructions.Just at the nick of time, however, we hear that the Emperor is not disinclined to submit this question to a Congress of the Powers which signed the treaties of 1815, and since the general alarm has seriously disturbed all the Continental Princes, we scarcely doubt that the representatives of the great Powers, together with the Embassador of Switzerland, will soon assemble at London, for the purpose of \u201c defeatiog Napoleon's schemes of conquest,\u201d though they will sanction the transfer of Nico and Southern Savoy ; rescind the famous clauses which exclude the House of Bonaparte from the throne of France; acknowledge the territorial changes in Italy, and probably enter on the discussion of a French scheme for readjusting the territorial settlement of Europe.Napoleon intends to propose the cession of Venetia to the Upper Italian Kingdom, in consideration of the indemnification of Austria by the Turkish Principalities, and a handsome cou- sideration in money, but this proposition will be simply rejected at the present time, to be brought forward at a future emergency.The Italian difficulties in relation to the Pope are said to be in the way of à fuir arrangement.The excommunication of Victor Emanuel already resolved upon at the Vatican, will not be published, since French counsels bave at last met with some favor at Rome, and Pius IX., reminded that the necessary result of an excommunication would be a echism in Italy, now desires to avoid such an extreme step.He has given in, and is ready to acknowledge Victor Emanuel a naughty son of the Church, hereditary Vicar of the Romagna for a handsome tribute and the transfer of a portion of the Papal debt.The only difficulty, numely, the fear that the Sardinian principles should spread into Umbria and the Marches, will be obviated by making the King of Naples Vicar of those provinces, while Rome and the immediate neighborhood will be guarded by the Papal army, under the command of Gen.Lamoricière.The Orleanist hero has already set out for Rome, to inspect the Papal forces, and, in case he should find them service able, to take the command-in-chief.Strange as this arrangement may appear, it becomes still stranger when we remember that Naples is on the verge of a revolution, snd that the mad career of the young King may at any moment be brought to an end by a Muratist insurrection.Austria feels all these dangers, and therefore is preparing for war ; but Germany is quarrelliog all the while about the Hessian Constitution; Prussia is snubbed at the Frankfort Diet, and still everybody is convinced that the question of the Rhine frontiers is only a question of time, and that Germany, unless she unites, must be defeated by France, QUEBEC AND VICINITY IN WINTER.The editor of the Michigan, Grand Haven, Clarion has been on his travels, and sends home the following editorial communication :\u2014 At Richmond we took the northern branch of the road for Quebec, and soon became cognizant of the faot that we were in the land of long winters and deep snows.Each side of the rond is proteoted by fences fifteen or twenty feet high to keep off the dritting snow.Winter here is king six months of the year, and reigns with a fieroe and lordly sway.About twenty miles before reaching Point Levi, the terminus of the railroad, the cars were entered by several entor- prising French Canadians, who, with a persuasive politeness peculiar to the race, solicited the ferriage of the passcugers across the St.Lawrence, which is here a little over a mile wide.At Point Levi upwards of fifty of these canoe- men awaited the arrival of the oars, each vooi- forating at the top of his voice in bis own native patois.The scone was indescribably curious.Ve folt happy and secure, with our tole property, consisting of a small valise and oarpet bag, whioh we could protect, notwithstanding the urgent solicitations to have it taken care of.Our less fortunate brethren and sisters who had come to Quebec with balf » score of trunks and band-boxes to enable them to attend the Governor-General's levees comme {I faut, were completely confounded ; their ba was oar- ried off before their eyes in spite of combutive English demoustrations of resistance, which the polite Canadisns, who did not understand a word of mother saxon, construed into willingness, It is but just to say that every one found his bag- Kage on the other side of the river.We were could pos partition Savoy, and, therefore, claimed carried in sleighs from the Depot about balf à command | siderably according to the a; After takiog our seats in the bottom of the cu noe and wrapping ourselves in warm buffalo- robes, (a very necessary precaution, as we found before we had got many yards out,) the boat was dragged across the smooth snow and shore ice, into the river which it entered with a splurge.The canoes are from twenty to thirty feet long sud three to four feet deep with an average of seven men to paddle and guide them.They make it a point to keep as near together as possible, 80 as to aid each other in the time of danger.Besides fifteen passengers we had a quantity of baggage and a crew of eight men.The Bt.Lawrence was full of ice, broken more or less by the rising and falling tides, which at this season rises from twenty-five to thirty feet.Immense cakes of ice rolled past with a crashing noise, piling one mass upon another, and threatening, to our unexperienced eyes, to crush our frail bark each moment.Every now and then we came to a stand still, the ice closed round us in an im- netrable phalanx, with no opening for egress.uo this dilemma the crew got out on the ice, and fearless of danger pulled the boat with them shouting, en allons ! tout ensemble with a gaiety and energy that kept up the courage of the party.After two hours arduous labor we reached the base of the abrupt cliff, upon which is built the most picturesque and strongly fortified city in the worid\u2014Quebec.Another short sleigh ride and we found ourselves comfortably ensconced at the Russell House.Quebec has more to interest the tourist than any other city in America.Itssituation, at the junction of the rivers St.Charles and St.Lawrence, is pre-eminently imposing, the views of mountain and river from the Upper Town, or still better, that obtained from the Citadel, being one of the finest on this continent.The Upper Town is surrounded by walls of great strength after the manner of ancient cities : the streets are tolerably well paved and clean, though narrow and steep.The old town which lies wholly without the walls is filthy in the extreme, with |P! an old decayed appearance altogether unlike American cities generally.The public edifices are built of stone, as are the chief part of the houses, and have more of the substantial than elegant in their construction.Every building is supplied with double windows and inner and outer doors, to keep out the cold which, for several months is of Russian intensity\u2014the thermometer frequently descending to 30° below zero.On the other hand the heat in summer is just us great, exceeding that of the West Indies, by many de grees, and strange to say, notwithstanding these extremes, no city is more healthy.We could not help remarking on the contrast presented by the beautiful but pale-faced daughters of New York and Boston, and the healthy, rosy-cheeked belles, in jaunty fur caps, which we met here out eleighing.We would recommend our consumptive friends to try the bracing effects of a Quebec winter, to going to the debilitating glades of Florida and the West Indies.We visited the Heights of Abraham where General Wolfe fell in the moment of victory: a plain shaft surmounted by a cap of liberty, marke the spot where he died \u2014bearing this inscription : \u201c Here died Wolfe, victorious, Sept.13th, 1759.\u201d In the city is ercoted à large and more elegant monument to Montcalm, who was mortally wounded at the same engagement and died soon after.About eight miles from Quebec are the Falls of Montmoreney, which all lovers of nature visit \u2014the drive is remarkable for its beauty, and the Falls would repay any amount of trouble to reach them.They are somewhat higher than Nisgars and fall into a gorge which opens into the St Charles.The spray arising from the waters in winter forma an immense steep cone of ice, about one hundred feet high, immediately at the base of the fulls, Thisis converted into a source of much amusement to venturesome visitors.The Canadians take up hand sleighs to the top of the cone, by means of steps out in the ice.The driver seats bimeelf in front and takes the pas senger behind then descends the cone with al- moat the velocity of lightening, driviog up the snow and almost blinding both himself and companions for a time; the impetus given to the sleigh by the downward process, sends it flying over the smooth ice of the St.Charles for half a mile.We freely paid a quarter for an experiment in this novel exercise.Wor AMERICAN NEWS, Oxe or Tes Twins Sraavorsv.\u2014The House of Represeutatives has decided to abolish polygamy in Utah by à vote of 160 to 60.It bas thus set the example not only of legislating in the territories, but of legislating in regard to a domestic institution, Dou fas doctrine thut the people of the territories should be free to establish whatever social relations tay please them, is by this vote bit directly in the forehead.Popular sovereignty becomes nonsense, and the supremacy of Congress is established beyond sdoubt.More important than this, the vote breaks the taboo with which the existence of slavery in the territories hus lately been invested in Uongressiunal opinion.What is there to recommend slavery to exvmption from interference, which cannot be urged with equal force in bebalf of polygamy ?Both are unolens institutions, having prevailed in nearly every age and nation, from the days of Noah to the days of Brigham Young, end from the plaine of Iran to the plains of Salt Lake.Both are sanctioned by the prac- orslaves, The same reasoning by which Mr.Hunter proves that slavery is the true and bumane condition of society may be adduced to show that poly is the normal condition of the family.It is TÉsrelore just as wrong for Congress to step into Brigham Young's styes and to say that be shell not entertain more than one wife, asit would be for Congress to enter the cabina of tbe slavebolder, and say that he shall not buy and sell men.When the Republican Convention of 1856 pronounced slavery sad - amy * twin relics of barbarism,\u201d it spoke the or they have had their origin in the same circam- stances, are equally repugnant to the moral law, and alike in their social influences.No objection can be urged against polygamy which is not valid against slavery, and as institutions deserve to share the same fate.Mr.Nelson, of argues that slaves are held by a right of property, while the marrying of more than one wife, is 8 criminal act ; but where the practice of polygamy obtaing, wives oo us roger ne à apech OÙ prû , while the act is no more criminal 1n one case in the other, Moreover, it is not true that under the laws of nuivre, or the laws of nations, the right of property in slaves in recognised.It is an exceptional right\u201d al together, which can only be established in Utah with the same sanctions, and the title of the Later-Day Saints 10 their wives is just as legitimate as the title of our latter-day sinners to their men.\u2014N.Y.Post.Tue Lemmox SLave Case.\u2014By far the most important decision made by the Court of Appeals at the term which has just concluded, was the affirmation of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Lemmon case, 8 result indeed which everybody expected.This Mr.Lemmon, it will be recollected, rought a number of slaves to this city for the pur- of embarkiog with them for Texas; but upon eing brought before the late Judge Bayne on habeas corpus, he pronounced them free, on the ground that the owner voluntarily brought them into this State.To appease the wounded sensibilities of their Southern customers, à number of New-York merchants subscribed and paid over to Mr.Lemmon a sum larger than the value of his liberated slaves.But the State of Virginia took up the case and caused the present suit to be institated, in bopes by a decision in Lemmon's favor 10 establish the principle that a Soutbern slavehulder bas the right to hold slaves in this State if not brought here not for the urpose remaining here, but of passing along to another Slave State.\u201d The Supreme Court Seat, aod now the Court of Appeals has denied any such right.The case, however is yet to go up to the Supreme Court at Washington, and there are great grounds of apprehension as to what the decision there may be.Since the Dred Scott case there is hardly any extra vagance in favor of Slavery not to be ex, from that court.Should the approaching Presidential election result in the choice of the Sham Democratic Pro-Slavery candidate, we shall expect to see gangs of slaves, male and female, on their way to a Southern market, driven band-cuffed and with whips cracking about their ears, through the city under authority of à new decision on the part of Judge Taney his Pro-Slavery associates.This would be the next thing to the fulfillment of the anticipation ascribed to Mr.Toombs of some day calling the roll of his slaves under the shadow of Bunker Hill.Indeed, after such a decision, Mr.Toombs might easily do tbat by passing Bunker Hill on bis way to New.Or leans and a market.\u2014N.Y.Tribune.\u2014 A special dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette of April 6, says that the annual conference of the new organization of the Mormons bas been in session in Amboy.Many of the high priests and officials were present, including joue, oe Smith, who was inducted into the office of President of the high priests.This organization is very sanguine that can induce young \u2018 Joe\u201d to assume the Prosidency and Seership.This result will supersede the necessity of a conference to depose Brigham Young, as the Presidency of yovng Smith is ackoowled ed, even in Utah.\u201d Such a conference had been pruposed.\u2014 Much bitterness of feeling is manifested against Brigham Young and bie party in Utah.Throughout the proceedings, and in the course of private conver sation, Young and his counselors were denounced as having separated themselves from the church, aad the people in Utah are to be preached to, in order to convince them that they have given heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.\u201d Polygamy, 88 a doctrine, was severely criticised, its practice nounced, and practioners are under anathema.\u2014 The Christian Intelligencer says that Me.Bronson is warning his Roman Catholic brethren, in his Review, that ¢ the Church\u2019 must decline in this country, and dwindle into insignificance, unless it can attain a greater intellectual power.Ho says that the Church is not growing by conversions half as rapidly as it is diminishing by perverts ; that it cannot hope to maintain its ground by immigration from abroad; and that very econ some of ita great cathedrals will be without congregations.Hoe says the Roman Catholics must humble the Protestant pride of intellect in this country by proving themselves superior.And of this be sees but little present ho, as the intellectuality of the Roman Catholics America is now so near zero, that, among all their hundreds of thousands, no work of any merit from the beat Papal pens can command more than 2060 or 2500 sales of copies.\u2014 All Burmah is open to us up to the borders of China, and invites to use all the agencies we have.Here are four great Burmans, Karena, Shans and Khyens, and all are ooking to American .tists for God's Word, An empire is open for labors.If men think at all, bow is it possible to in the great work of evangelizing an empire and planting Christian churches from the seashore up to the Himalayas '\u2014 Baptist Missionary Magasine.\u2014 The Macedonian says 600 communicasts, 40 pastors, and 20 bowe missionaries were present at the last annual meeting of the Karen Association, in Hassein, Burmab.The contributions of the churches the past yeur to the various benevoleat objects, hud been more abundant than in former jours.The temporal condition of the Karen people is rapidly improving, and a corresponding benevolence appears to keep pace with their advance.\u2014 The cattle distemper is spreading fearfully and fatally in North Brookfield and vicinity, and excitement upon the subject is daily inereasing. 252 THE MONTREAL WITNESS.Apnir 21, 1860 \u2014 = = pe TERMS OF THE MONTREAL WITNESS,j SEMI-WERELY EDITION, TWO DOLLARS PRR ANNUX, IN ADVANCE.The price of the above edition is uniform, except in the ay where the price is $3, delivered at the subs residence.WEEKLY EDITION.3 dollars per single copy per annum, in advance.\u201cfor clube of 4, addressed separately.is « u 10, \u201c a\u201c 2% \u201c for 30 copies to ome address.When & club has been formed, additions may be sade at the same rate.The terms for both editions are strictly cash in advance, and the paper invariably stops when the time subscribed for expires.All letsers, orders and remittances, to be addressed, post-paid, JOHN DOUGALL, Proprietor \u201c Mourazaz Wirxess,\u201d Montreal.MONTREAL, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21.Noricz.\u2014Suabecribers whose term expires with this month will find an asterisk (*) after their names on the address.They are requested to renew their subscriptions, and if they could send an additional name or two with their own, they would greatly oblige us.Oosvsrs or Iyume Pages \u2014Second page :\u2014\u201c State of Germany.\u201d \u201cIndia\u201d \u201cRome's Living Sepulchre \u2014The Dundee Nuns.\u201d Third page :\u2014\u201c The Carnival at Rome\u201d \u201cThe State of Europe.\u201d \u201cQuebec and Vicinity in Winter.\u201d Sixth and Seventh pages :\u2014% Mixed Education.\u201d\u2014 * Good Friday io Rome.\u201d \u201cSunday Night\u201d \u201cHaste to the Rescue.\u201d \u201cGood Resolations.\u201d \u201c The Great Social Evil\u2014Midnigbt Meeting ja Southwark.\u201d \u201c Christian Treasury.\u201d Tus Savor Qezsrion.\u2014The newspapers of Britain, France aud the United States are largely occupied with this question, especially since Lord Jobn Russell's remarkable speech on the subject in Parliament, which, coming from the British Foreign Secretary, sounded like the death-knell of the French alliance and the beginuing of a new policy.The bigh Tory and legitimate journals are, of course, delighted with the hope of seeing Britain return to the policy which pat down the first Napoleon, namely alliances with Austria, Prussis, Russia, and any one else who would oppose France.Bat surely no one would desire the results to which such a policy would necessarily lead, namely, the re-establishment of the Austrian yoke over Italy and the strengthening of the Uitramontane party everywhere.Otbers, going to the other extreme, say that Britain bas nothing to do with tbe transfer of Savoy, as it does not io any way affect her interest\u2014they would, therefore, bave no interruption of the French alliance.These persons, however, seem to forget that Britain is a party to tresties, guaranteeing the neutrality of Northern Savoy, and therefore has, as a covenant- keeping nation, s direct interest in the matter, It is, indeed, to be hoped that Louis Napoleon, who is usually astute enough, will see that it is for his own interest to give the territory in question to Switzerland, in which case, we think, all parties would be satisfied.Should he, bowever, be infatuated enough to send his troops to take possession of Chablais, it is not at all impeobable that be may add one more instance to tbe several already on record of powerfal sovereigns getting their power broken by coming into collision with Switzerland, small as that country is.THE LATE LOAN.The Geastte courteously informs us that we do not begin to understand Mr.Galt's financial operation io London, which is exactly what we have all along admitted sod deplored.We, in common with many others, want to understand it, and are not content with the superficial knowledge which appears to satisfy tbe Gazette.We understand, Lowever, that the following points are pretty well established :\u2014 1st.That the loan was disposed of by private contract at a discount of 2} per cent.3nd.That tbe par value could have been got for it pec at tbe time by public advertisement for tenders, as was shown by the very great competition for the loan, and by actual sales made immediately afterwards by the lucky allotiess.sed.That tbe patriotiom of the Geselte ls of a kind thet is satisfied with and defends such transactions.Now, we will put very plainly the points we wish to understand :\u2014 1st.Wby was a rate for the loan, equal to 97j per cent, fixed upon by à persou wbo was actiog in trust for others, instead of the rate that could be obtained by public tender ?All the explanations we have seen oa (bis point appear to us ouly like words to darken coumsel.Courts of Law never allow Sheriffs or Bailiffs tofix (be price of property they sell; and they are right.The British Government doss not allow Commissariat oficers to make any private contracts ; everything must be bougbt by public advertisement for sealed tenders, and sold in tbe same way, or by public suction.And however high the character of Commissariat Oficars may be, the British Government is right.Now, shall the safeguard which the mother country throws around tbe purchase of boxes of candles and barrels of flour, and which the Courts of Law throw around the sale of farms or furniture, be disregarded by the Financial Minister of Canada in a loan of twelve willions of dollars?A general chorus of papers proclaiming that this is all right, will not make it so.3nd.The Finnncial Agents of Canada who advised this mode of sale got, we are informed, about two millions and a-balf of dollars of this good barguio ; but who were the lucky alloites of the rest, and upon what principle was it divided We were told that tenders for some three or four times the amount were sent in; and we want to know if each got a share at the 97j, or was the whole divided among favored parties?and if 20, who were these parties, and who fu- vored them?Who were the actual gainers of the pre- mivm which the loan bore as soon as it way issued?Let the country have light upon these points, which involve much higher interests than those that are merely pecuniary.MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE.Tbe Herald of the Baptist Missionary Society for April is devoted mainly to intelligence from India.In several villages near Calcutta there are now about 250 families, embracing about one thousand souls, connected with the mission.There are 200 Church members.Educational institutions are also prosperous\u2014\u2014In other places in India the missionaries are indefatigable ju their labors and much encouraged.\u2014\u2014At Delbi, where there were only four members when the mission was recommended last June, there are now ninety- eight.In Deibi, or immediately surrounding it, there are three missionaries, three native preachers\u2014thirteen schoolmasters and Scripture-readers, and twenty- five preaching stations.The missionaries earnestly call for more belp.\u2014\u2014The natives of Northern Indis appear to be very favorably disposed towards tbe wissionaries.\u2014\u2014The Charch at Hayti, West Indies, is growing in numbers and usefulness.One of its members, a young men, who has been instrumental in the conversion of eight souls, is about to be employed as colporteur.\u2014\u2014The Rev.Mr.Jeokins, Missionary in France, has organized a new church ia the town of Angers.\u2014\u2014The Baptists of that conntry are about to commence a periodical of their own.The Wesleyan Missionary Notices for March 26th state that the expenditure of the year has been met by the receipts, and that provision has been made for the outfit and passage of ten additional missionaries for India.\u2014\u2014The gracious influence which is reviving the churches of Europe and America appears to be moving in India, where bishops, chaplains, missionaries and native teachers appear to be laboring with great zeal and diligence.\u2014\u2014The Notices give copious extracts from & missionary\u2019s journal, showing the extent of his labors and the interest which the natives of India are taking in the preaching of the Gospel.\u2014\u2014Among the Fejece, an island with about 3,000 inbabitants, has been lost for the present to Protestantism.The natives were wanting a teacher, but there was none to send.Romish priests went to the island, and their influence is now 30 great that, when recently Protestant teachers went, they were ordered off the island.\u2014\u2014Twelve Romish priests, with a Cardinal at their head, are now seeking to do among the Fejeeans what they did at Tabits some years ago.\u2014\u2014The Wesleyan missionaries call for more laborers.Cannot tbe Wesleyan Church of Canada furnish men for the Foreign Mission field ?PARLIAMENTARY.On the discussion of the Cities Electoral Bill, Messrs.Dorion and McGee, Brown and Laberge opposed the measure.Mr.Dorion was opposed to the Bill chiefly because in Montreal one section of the city with only 1100 voters elected sa member, whilst another section with 5,000 voters only bad one member.Mr.Rose said the division was impartial.He tbought that \u2018wealth should be represented as well as numbers.The opposition ought not to complain of the division, as the Western district gave a majority at last election agalost the Government of 703 votes.The Bill passed through the committee with slight amendments.Government announced its determination to carry through the Bank of Issue measure.This is rather presumptuous in face of the objections to it from the Banking and mercantile interests of the Province.Op Wednesday evening Mr.Galt jotroduced bis financial statement.He said it was not proposed to increase, in any rest, the burdens of the country, and tbat spproprie- tions affecting the Agricultural community, which had been discontiaued last year, would be now renewed.The deficiency in the Reverue, he was bappy to say bad been reduced from $2,635,000 to $451,000 and there had been a decrease in charge of the Civil Go.verament, Collection of Revenues, &c., of $194,000.The different financial measures of last Session bad, be said, been bighly successful.Uuder the Municipal Loan Fund Act $1,346,785 has been received this year, while In 1868 iL was only $267,000.Tue Northern Hailway bad repaid the advances of leat year and the yesr previous, and it bad been raised from a position which threatened to drive it into Bankruptcy, to one which promised future prosperity.lo reference to the tari of last year, the Canadian Government had been remonstrated with by the Imperial Government, but ap correspondence would shuw the Imperial Government had been forced to retreat from the position which it took, end admit that the Colonial Government had à right to reguists its own tariff, even if it did conflict somewhat with Imperial interests, Notwithstanding the increase of duty upon articles which entered into general consumption, the importation of 1889, with one exception, bad greatly exceeded that of 1867 or 1858.In tbe Legislative .Council, Mr.Morrie's Bill to le- grlise the marriage of a deceased wife's slater was thrown oul by a large majority, There ought to be à law to make the marriage of blood relatives illegal.Mr.Vankoughoet opposed a Bill for appointing & commission to inquire into the nlleged mismanage- meut of tbe St.Ruch'e Saviogs\u2019 Bank, on the groucd that it would be a bad precedent.A commission was, bowerer, appointed in the case of the Montreal Savings\u2019 Bank, and we do not see why the St.Roch's Bavk should escape an investigation because it bas been under the control of a religious corporation.Government bas now three days a-week for its owo measures.There is nothing of interest in the debates.THE REVIVAL IN SCOTLAND.We give below a fow items respecting the most delightful revival of religion now going on in Scotland.Let the Christians of Canada persevere in prayer, and they will yet see a time of refreshing from the Lord's presence here :\u2014 \u201c À middie-aged man, a flesher (ie, butcher), who bas for many years been notorious for bis wickedness, even io the neighborhood of the Bridegate wbere he resides, spoke a few words at the prayer-meeting in the Reiigivus Institution Rooms, on Friday.For forty-seven years, he stated, be bad pever seen the Lord's Supper dispensed ; but he had been lately brought to the knowledge of tbe truth at the Wynd Church, and is seeking to bring others to the same bappy experience.He is in the habit of going to villages round nbout Glasgow to hold revival meetings, snd it is said that bis labors bave been remarkably Dlessed.He bas only begun to acquire the first elements of education, reading and writing.10CHGILPHEAD.The revival movement has borat out with renewed vigour bere, under the preaching of the Rev.Mr.M\u2018Pherson, of Kilean, who is lecturing every night in the Free Church to crowded audiences; indeed, the building is not able to contain the crowds of people who throng to it long ere the appointed hour, eager to procure seats.[tis almost impossible to describe the impressions produced upon the people nightly.Suffice it to say, that the outward physical signs observed in other places where the revival movement has taken place are realized here to the full.\u2014 West Highland Journal, BIGGAR.The awakenings which took place in this neighbor- bood some three or four weeks ago continue to increase, though now miore silently, Prayer-meetings are multiplied by tens and twenties, and union meetings are also held two and three times every week, all well attended, and apparently productive of much good.In the town, however, beyond increased attention to public worship, the work bas made little progress.Each of the congregations has its own meeting, and, though an effort has been made to form a union meeting, it has but partially succeeded.BERVIE, There are at present twenty-eight meetings held every week in Bervie and Gourdon for religious purposes, including Sabbath Schools sod the ordinary services of the sanctuary.Tbe time of refreshing re- cectly granted to Bervie bas been succeeded by a similar season of revival at Gourdon.A spirit of in- qniry, which bad been gradually extending and deep ening there, has been much promoted during the last aix weeks by the lubors of the coast missionary, who has held meetings almost every eveoiug, assisted, as other avocations permitted, by the Free Church minister.A visible change has come over the place.Many of the most careless have been deeply impressed, and nota few of those who have been more or less recently awakened are now rejoicing in hope and walking ia the light.MORAYSHIRE.The extraordinary religious movement still coutinues in the villages of Hopeman, Burghead, and Lossie- mouth.Tbe general tenor of our reports indicates that there is greatly Jess external excitement in all the three places than what appeared in Hopeman in the previous week; but those who have most closely watched the proceedings are generally agreed in this, that an iutense earnestness in religion, and an extraordinary snxiety in spiritual matters, pervade the mass of the population.It appears tbat the fishing popu- Jation are uiost deeply affected.We subjoin separate notices of the state of matters in the different villages: Hopeman.\u2014Bince the evening of Wednesday week, no case of bodily prostration bas occurred, and the people bave been induced, partially, to return to their ordinary vocations, which, during the heat of tbe excitement, bad been totally suspended, time being scarcely taken to attend to the simplest necessities of nature.The Rev, Mears.Dochety the minister of the pluce, Mackenzie, from Nairn, and Bain, from Garioch have been unremitting in their attention to the spiritual wants of the people.An extraordinary tendency to assemble for religions exercises still manifested.\u2014 Meetings conducted by the ministers are beld twice a- day, and are characterised by the most intense earnestness.The forenoon meeting, which tukes pluce at twelve o'clock, generally lasts till about four, and that io the evening, at six o'clock, seldom separates before ten or eleven, and occasionally twelve o'clock.The ministers preside on these occasions, which are devoted to short addresses and exborlations, and praise and prayer.Saturday night last was very solemoisiog.\u2014 Iustead of rioting and drunkenness, the praises of Ga resounded in every street.Housebuld visitation bas been vigilantly carried on.THE COLLEGE QUESTION.Evidence of the Sentiment of the Methodist Lait on thia Sulject\u2014The Distribution of the College Endowment among the Denominations nol contemplated\u2014 Ave Methodist Ministers acting the part of Politicul Meddlers ?(To the Editor of the Montreal Witness.) Dran Bin, \u2014 When 1 wente you my last letter, it was my intention, as I stated, not to trouble you again; hut when | ses misrepresentations continued\u2014the people still sougbt to wisled on a grave, national question, and everything haatily Inid bold of and io- serted in your columos calculated to damage us, as & body of Christian miuisters, in the public estimation, ! am Impelied to Write you & few more lines, and to solicit, through your columns, a further bearing of those before whom, from Lime to time, you have thought proper to arraign us, 1, In reply to all you and your correspondents have advanced to throw discredit upon our District Con- veations, and to make it appear that the most lmpor- tant and the great bulk of our peop's are still opposed to the Conference movement, I beg to submit, for the consideration of all whom It may conosrn, the fullow- {og facts, vis.:\u2014That all our quarterly meetings, from one end of the country to the other, with the exception of two or three, buve declured themselves in fuvor of and as one with the Conference in this matter ; that these quarterly meetings are composed of our most pious, lutelligeut and iufluential lay friends ; that the represent and express the generul feeling and senti ments of our entire people, and that tbe District Con- ventious were composed of delegates duly elected by these several quarterly meetings, Let none, therefore, deceive themselves on this point; especially we hope that the members of the Legislature will not allow themselves to be deceived.The evils of which we complain are s0 manifestly unjust and scandalous, that they can neither be denied nor defended.They must be remedied.Right and justice, education and religion, the best interests of the country demand it, Let the Government look to it.2.But what we object to in this case, you affirm, in your issue of February 4th, is \u2018\u2018 not merely sectarian teaching, but the transferring of public property to denomiustional control.\u201d A few days after reading this we sent you & note, by way of correction, to say that we neither contemplated nor proposed any such thing; yet, you neither published my note, nor mude any allusion to the error I sought to correct.The people had been misinformed, and, tw accomplish ab \u2018object, they are allowed to remain so.What are we to conclude?Either you design to mislead your readers, or you do not.If you do not, why refase to currect a misrepresentation 7 The Conference Memorial, which is the duly authorized document, expressive of vur views and of what itis we do propose, aud by the reading of which the people of Canada can alone form an independent and truly enlightened judgment, yon have carefully declined inserting in your paper to this day.Now, this witbbolding of necessary information from your readers may be very politic snd shrewd, but is it bonest, Sir?Is it fair?Is it proper?In this being \u201copen and above-board ?\u201d 3.As to the article you inserted from tbe Picton Gazette, and the grave charges therein contained against us a3 a body of mivisters, the writer of that article insinuated as follows :\u2014That the Methodist Conference were acting in this College matter the part of political priests ; that we were using our ecclesias~ tical organization for mercenary and political objects, aud tampering with the affections of our people, and besieging the Legielature for like selfish and improper purposes.And you, Mr.Editor, by inserting snd commending the article endorsed ull this.We do, however, most emphatically and indignantly deny these foul allegations.Is it a mere temporal, mercenary or political object to seek to influence the Legislature to secure for the youth of Canada a religious collegiate training, in opposition to a system that is practically, and may become theoretically, infidel?Is it an abuse of our ecclesiastical organization to employ it with reference to such an object?And are we abusing the confidence and affection of our people because we urge them to move in such a matter\u2014a matter involving the religious interests of the country to an extent that cannot be estimated, We do not think so.We are likewise happy to know our people do not think so.Nor do we believe that any unprejudiced person, duly informed upon the subject, will think so.Dissppointed, vexed, and mistaken men, who secretly hate Methodism and Methodist Ministers as they do Romanism and the priests, may allow their imaginalions to be distorted and affirm what they please ; but they are mistaken altogether, if they suppose that the Methodist people are to be frightened by their illusions, or deterred from duty by senseless cries, whether of * Politica!\u201d or * Popery I\" And, with all due deference to the diction of puch gentlemen, we take the liberty to affirm that Methodists and Methodist Ministers have as perfect a right to act together to influence the Legislature for any good purpuse as editors of papers bave to write for a similar object.Let our opponents shew, by fuir and clear arguments, that the objects we are contemplating in this College movement are bad, and that they do not involve the moral and religious interests of the country.Until they do this, all talk about organizations, politics and political priests, &c., will be regarded only as another alarm-screech of the cunning bird, designed simply to beguile and deceive, Yours truly, G.H.Davis, March 27, 1860, REPLY.(1.) We bave over and over again admitted that so far as outward demonstrations go, the people appear to be with the Conference in this matter; but we do not believe, if the question were becoming a test one at elections, that Methodist laymen would, in order to receive Government support for their College, vote for any candidate for whom they would not bave voted at any rate.We think their sympathies are all opposed to any union of charcb and state, or ecclesiastical dictation in matters political\u2014au opioion which may be taken for what it is worth.(2.) Mr, Davis is unjust to us in this paragraph.He must know that Conference aims at obtaining, in some shape, n share of the Provincial endowment of Toronto University.Indeed, tbe whole controversy bangs upon this one patent fuct, and any denial of it most be mere playing upon words.This conviction made us think Mr.Davis's note, above referred to, either a joke or something worse.We would long ago have published the Conference Memorial bad we not given up s0 much space to Mr.Davis, in which we supposed he had ably embodied its substance, and explained and advocated its object.(3.) Mr Davis's third paragraph appears to require no reply.The facts are before the pubiic, who will form their owa opinlons on them.PRAYER FOR THE KING OF SARDINIA.(To the Editor of the Montreal Wiiness.) Sru,-\u2014Is it not fit, now that Victor Emanuel has been \u201c cast out of the Synagogue\" of Rome, that prayer should be made for bim by sll who are concerned for the spread of the Gospel ?Ile enjoys the perilous dis- tinetlon of being the anly Sovereign in Europe, beside our own, who maintnins real religions liberty.I have felt ashatned that in this city of Toronto there bag been a meeting to \u2018sym athize with the oppressor, and not one\u2014either of Protestants, Liberals, Reformers, or all put together\u2014to utter à word for the resnrrection of down-trodden Italy.It ie well that under such circumstances, we can do something better and migbüer than even holding mestings and making speeches ; and I trust it will not be forgotten.Ensaxapé.Toronto, 17tb April, 1600. ApniL 21, 1860.THE MONTREAL WITNESS.253 EDITORIAL NOTICES.\u2014 We remind our city readers of the Unfon Prayer Meeting on Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the Rooms of the Young Men's Christian Assoclation ; also, of the Religious Temperance Mueting, in Boñaventure hall, at 4 o'clock, and of the Daily Afternoon Meetings at 4 o'clock, in the Mechanics\u2019 Hall, The Meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Mechanics\u2019 Hall Is for the young, and is usually very interesting.Schools are invited to attend.\u2014 The Prayer-Meeting on the afternoons of Tuesday and Thursday, from half-past 3 to balf-past 4 o'clock, continues very interesting.It is beld in Zion Church under the management of the Ministerial A «sociation.\u2014 Rev.Mr.Goadby, of St.Helen Street Baptist Obureb, will deliver the fourth of a series of lectures on Temperance, in Bonaventure Hall, on Monday evening next, 23rd inst.These lectures are well attended, and we bope they will be sustained ss the importance of the subject demands.\u2014 The officers and teachers of the Griffintown Wesleyan Sabbath School on Thursday evening presented Mr.F.Carlisle with a beautiful plated tes service.\u2014 Wo call attention to two important communics- tions which we have been obliged, on account of press of matter, to place on the sixth page.Mr.Cathers speech comes very opportunely, and the account of Good Friday in Rome is of deep interest.\u2014 Attention fs directed fo the advertisement of Mr.Bhaw's Weekly Sales of Housebold Furniture, Pianos, Carpets, &c., and general Household goods, which are beld at bis store, St.Frangois Xaxier Street, every Monday and Thursday.\u2014 One of the most respectable gentlemen in Montreal called upon us, some months ago, with the advertisement of the Great Western Insurance Company of Philadelphia, saying that he and his brother Directors had sent a special deputy to investigate the affairs of the Compnny, and they had found them most correct and satisfactory ; whereupon we took the advertisement and stated the respectability of the Montreal Directors who vouched for the Company.But alas! it now turns out that the Company has broken and assigned.Policy-holders will of course have to re- insure.\u2014 The Hochelaga Cattle Show, held in this city on Tuesday last, was a very poor one.The animals exhibited were good, but few in number.\u2014 The * Arago,\u201d from Havre and S3uthampton, arrived at New York on tbe 18th inst.The \u201c North American\u201d arrived at Portiand on the 19th.News will be found under telegraphic head.\u2014 In looking over the proceedings of the Canadian Parliament now, and contrasting them with those of the old Lower Canadu Parliament, we are struck with one strong argument in favor of the old plan.So long as the revenue is chiefly raised from Upper Canada, the French Canadian Members, with a few honorable exceptions, will vote for any aod every kind of extravagance and corruption; whereas, if they bad coly the money raised from themselves to come and go upon, there would be no legislators in the world moro careful and economical.\u2014 At a social meeting recently held at the Base Line of Whitby, of the friends of Rev.Mr.Byrne, the sum of $41 was realized and presented to that Minister as a slight testimonial to the kinduess of Mr.Byrne in preaching gratuitously in that neighborhood for nearly a year, \u2014 The receipts of the Wesleyan Missionary Society for the year just closed amount to nearly one hundred and forty thousand pounds sterliog.This is an increase of about £11,000 over the income of the preceding year.The amount includes a legacy of £9,000, \u2014 At « recent donation visit at Westmeath the Rev.W.Morton, Wesleyan Mioister, was presented with the sum of $73.\u2014 The examination of Dr.Ryerson before the University Inquiry Committee has elicited from that gentleman the confession that be had almost in every instance assented to those measures, the expenditures of which be now complains as abuses.\u2014 The London Prototype states that Mr.W.H.Gilbert, the ostensible proprietor of Ohitd's Boot & Shoe Store in that town, had suddenly decamped, it 15 believed to California.A few mornings ago the store was found closed, and a piece of black craps banging at the door.A creditor discovered that the stock bad been removed ; search was made, and the missing goods were found, packed la thirteen cases, at the Grand Trunk Station, addressed to various parties in Montreal, Tbe Prototype adds : \u2018Gilbert was considered à fast young man\u201d \u2014 The Brantford Courier says: \u2014* Mr.Vaokough- net has so simplified the management of the Crown Land offices, that it is now a pleasure to discharge business in them, both to the overseers and the ap- plieants.\u201d Respecting tbe Post-Office Department the same paper says :\u2014\u201c To render our Oanadian Line useful and favorable to the Imperial Governmens it must be shown that it is not A mere rival to the Ounard bouts, therefore our suthoritien bare determined to sail from a Northern instead of a Southern Irish port.The Ounard boats vot the Bouth; ours are to touch upon the North of that island.To secure & good morthern port is the business which bas now taken Me.Smith bome ; and we doubt not his mission will be crowned with success, for not only will he stand a good chance to get Imperial aid, but will moet assuredly incrense the postal and passenger business for our steamships.\u201d «= The Legislature of Nova Bcotis has passed a De- eimal Ourrenoy Bill.\u2014 Nassau Street, which was once the Paternoster Row af New York, is rapidly being forssken by the book publishers, who are congregating in and about Broadway, nearly a mile above the City Hall.The Spring trade book sales bare been unusually good.Nearly 3,000 copies of Spurgeon\u2019s Sermons, 400 copies of Bercber\u2019s Lectures to Young Men, and 450 copies of Downisg's Fruit Trees of America, were sold.\u2014 A very valuable vinrk of Archbishop Whately's bas just been reprinted io New York, on tbe \u2018Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity.\u2014 From experiments made in the United States, it appears that silicate of soda baa been successfully applied ag & coating to prevent wood exposed to a great heat from taking fire.Deal boards, with two coatings of the silicate, were placed with otber boards on red hot ashes.The boards without the solution speedily igoited, whilst the others were uncharred.New Booxs.\u2014Harper & Bros.have just issued the first volume of Parke Godwin\u2019s History of France, and also a Translation of the Satires of Juvenal, Persius, &c.These books are for sale by Dawson & Son.Trurznance Onze axp Miscercanmous Porus.By Archibald McKillop, author of Prise Poem on the Achievements of the Highland Brigade.Quebec: Thompson & Co.This collection of original poems occupies 96 pages of a peatly-printed little tractate, four copies of which will be sent by mail for one dollar.Orders to be addressed to the author, at North Inverness, Megantic.The tone of religious and temperance sentiment which runs through these poems is worthy of all praise, and we hope the author, who suffers under the misfortune of being blind, will obtain extensive sale for Lis little book.The poems display much descriptive power.More DEvoLOPMENTS.\u2014As was intimated yesterday, in speaking of the defulcation and flizht of the Rev.Cleman Frachon, President of L'Assumption College at Sandwich, the mere embezzlement of the funds of the institution were but a small portion of the crimes of which that individual was guilty.by an examination of the pupils of the institution, all males, it appears that unmentionable crimes bave been committed with them, though to how great an extent has not been ascertained: There is every reason to believe that a large sum of money was in Frachon\u2019s hands at the tiwe, as be bad lately received from the pupils a considerable instalment for board and tuition.The exact amount is uncertain, but probably is not far from §1,000.Frachon, in a hasty note nddressed to the Bishop, acknowledged that be bad tuken $60, which he said was to rey his travelling expenses.He very cooly requested the Bishop to accept his books as a compensation for this money.The above facts we obtained from the Vicar General.Rumor adds to the catalogue of this man's misdeeds by charging him with taking improper liberties with the femal: servants employed about the establishment.This is not by any means improbable with a person so far degraded and lost to all sense of morality as to be guilty of the unmentionable crimes proven against bim.Io support of this rumor it hes just transpired tbat the females have all been dismissed from the college.\u2014 Detroit Free Press.\u2014 The debate on the Slavery Juestion, which for several days has occupied the Methodist Episcopal Conference, continued through the whole of yesterday, and was brought to à close last evening by a vate on the substitute resolutions offered by the Rev.Wm.B.Ferris.These resolutions were lost by the vote of 89 to 91.Two more ballots would have car ried the question for those who believe that \u201c slave- holding for mercenary or selfish purposes,\u2019 is sinful, and should exclude the slaveholder from the fellowship of the Church.The * Erie Resolutions\u201d \u2014which, it will be remembered, call upon the General Conference to so change the Rule of Discipline that all slaveholding shall be cause for excommunication ~wero then negatived by the decisive vote of 123 to 43.The election of delegates to the General Conference is the order of the day for 10 o'clock this morning.Tae ContoMicy ox Jouw Browy, sr.\u2014By the report of the Marshal of Ohio it would seem that the inhabitants of Ashtabula County, Obio, are ready to take arms to resist the authority of ths Senate for bringing Jon Brown, jr., before the Committee of Tuvestigation of the Harper's Ferry affair.\u2014 An exchange paper states that about twenty thousand Swedes and Norwegians, will, in all like- hood, emigrate to this country next summer.COMMERCIAL REVIEW.MonTesar, April 20, 1860.The weather is dry, but cold and backward.\u2014 The demand for imported goods, which was moderately brisk a fortnight ago, has somewhat slackened, mud fears are entertained of overstocks.Most of the buyers, however, are expected back again in May.Much will depend on sales in the country in the meantime, \u2014 Money continues scarce throughout the country, owing to Lhe aversion of the bank agencies to discount local paper.Renewals are, therefore, mote frequontly sought than sults the Montreal merchants, upon whom the burden of financing for their customers is, to & considerable extent, thrown.< \u2014 It seems, from the Toronto Leader, that Government is going to push through the Bank of Issue, in spits of the remonstrances of the business public and commercial press.This will be one of the most reckless measures ever passed by a legislature.It is, in the first place, unprecedented,\u2014nothing on the same plan being known.In the second place, Ît in not asked for by the country, but on the contrary, so far ns ascertalned, bas been opposed by all who know anything of such matters.Thirdly, & measnre of such importance should be well weighed and examined before it is passed, but this has been sprung upon the country by surprise, and \u2018if passed this session, must be passed hurriedly, There can be no resson for such baste that we can imagine, except to enable tbe Executive, by a loan of the provincial bills, to prop up some existing institution.Fourthly, money thus losned by Government to a bank would take precedence of all other claims upon it, so that depositors or holders of bank exchange would get nothing in event of failure.Was ever a more unjust plan devised ?If this Bank go into operation, Canads bas, we fear, seen only tbe beginning of ber fnancial troubles and increased taxation.A Bank of Issue would make all the banks of the country in a great measure dependent on the government of tbe day.\u2014 Owing to some vessels loading in port for St.John's, N.F., there bas been some activity in the produce market within the last day or two.Wigar.\u2014A shippiog parcel has been sold at $1.22.FLour has been sold to some extent for the Lower Porta at $5.28 for Superfine, notwithstanding a de- cliviog tendency in New York.By retail the price is 10 cents higher.Double Extra bas also been sold for the American market at $6.75, We hear of no sales of otber qualities.Tixoray Szrp is in active demand, and the price bas advanced to $3 to $3.50, Clover Seed remaios at about 7 to 9 cents.BCTTER contiaues without alteration, and exceedingly difficult of sale.Considerable shipments of what bad been previously bought are now making to the Lower Ports, which will diminish the stock held in this city.Pouer.\u2014The Pork market ia firm in Cincinnati, where the price of Mess is $17 to $17}.In New York it is also firm.Holders in this market will not sell under $19{.The lower grades do not participate in this firmness.Prime is worth $12 to $12.50 ; Prime Mess, $134 to $14.Asuzs.\u2014Pots continue at 36.12} to $6.15.Pearls \u2014no change from previous quotations, viz.: $6.40 to $6.50.Sccar in fair demand at previous quotations, viz.: 7} to 8§ cents.Frau & On unchanged.Saw 65 to 70 cents, CoaL.\u2014Smiths\u2019 Coal, $6 to $7; Lebigh, $7.50.Recmiprs of Produce for the week :\u2014757 bbls.Pork, 906 bushels Pease, 105 packages Butter, 1,541 hushels Wheat, 90 bushels Grass Seed, 48 busbels Oats, 39 packsges Eggs, 1,403 bushels Potatoes, 3,208 bbls.and 741 bags Flour, 34 bushels Clover Seed.Receipts of Ashes : 241 barrels Pots and 36 barrels Pearls, \u2014in all, 277 barrels.The following report of the Stock Market is from Messrs.Taylor Brothers\u2019 Circular .\u2014 Stocks.\u2014Bank of Montreal\u2014Sales at 118 to 1181.Commercial Bank\u2014Inac:ive at 113.City Bank\u2014 Transactions at 1Ll Lo 111§ since our last, but now heavy.Bank of Upper Canada\u2014Offering at 86 to 87].La Banque du Peuple\u2014May be quoted 119 to 110}, and inquired for.Molson's Bank\u2014111.Bank of Toronto\u201498 to 99.Ontario Bank\u2014100 to 101, In Railway Stocks and Debentures, Mining Shares, Telegraph and Gas Stocks, there is, we beiieve, very little doing.Boxps axp Dxpexrvres.\u2014Con.M.L.F.Debentures : A few sales at par.Government Debentures saleable at § per ceot.per annum premium.Montreal Harbour Bonds, 1 per cent.per annum premiuta.Montreal Water Works' Bonds : Sales at 98.Excranoe.\u2014Bank Bills on London, (counter rates,) 110 to 110j ; on New York, 100} to 100] ; street rates 109} on London and 100} on New York.Little doing in private Exchange.MONTREAL MARKET REPORT.( Corrected by Clerks of Bonsecours and St.Ann\u2019s Markets, Friday, April 20.) Oats, 2s.to 2.2d.Barley, 38.4d.to3s.6d.Indian Corn, 8s.to Bs.6d.Pess, 3s.9d.to 4s.Buckwheat, 39.4d.to 3s.6d.Flax Seed, 6s.to 6s.64.Timothy Seed, 145.10158.Clover Seed, 6d to 6{d per lb.Bag Flour, 14s.to Pa Oatmeal, 10s.6d Lo 1 Dressed Hogs, $6.50 to $7.Eggs, 8d.to 9d.otatoes, 3s.9d.to 4s.60.Hay, $8 to $12; Straw, $3 to $4.50, NEW YORK MARKETS.\u2014Argiv 20\u2014~( By Telegraph.) Flour dull aud unchanged.Wheat dull, aod nominally favors buyers.Rye firm at 86 cents.Cern ste: Barley dull and heavy at 70 to 82 cents Oats plentiful and duil at 43 to 44} cents.Peas dull at 78 to 80 cents.Ashes steady\u2014sales moderate; Pots $5.25, Pearls $5.62.Graxn Tevex Raiuway or Caxana \u2014Statement of Trafic Receipts for Week ending April 7, 1860 :\u2014 No.Amount, Local Passengers $18,689 58 Foreign do 4,004 67 Emigraots.Mails, Express, ke.LA 2,890 41 Local Freight and Live Stock.30,730 3¢ \u201cTimber and Lumber, 1,801, 393 ML Lee 2 000 2,889 3,900 10 «Firewood, 1,860] cords.2,340 1,835 40 Foreign Freight and Live Stock.Lots 8,410 18 nes \u2014\u2014\u2014 Total.970 $70,180 70 Week ending April 9, 1859.830 49,068 19 Increase.9 21,002 51 Total Trafic from July 1, 1859, to date.$3,199,758 604 Do.for same period last year.1,763,007 494 ! J.HARDMAN, Auditor.Montreal, April 7, 1860.Gueat Westean Raitwar.\u2014Traffic for the weok ending 13th of April, 1860 :\u2014 s.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.$20,683 25 «24,907 69 Mella and Sundries.ves 1,800 68 Total.oiiiiiiiianinneinencnns $47,180 62 Corresponding week of last yesr.36,830 40 Increase.2.00000.$10,280 22 .Hauay Bwaoxsie, Audit Office, Hamilton.uditor.BY TELEGRAPH.- ALBIVAL OF TER \u201c ARAGO\u201d Saxpr Hoox, April 18.The \u2018 Arago,\u201d feom Havre saod Southampton 4th instant, bas arrived off this point.The \u201c Awmeries\u2019 arrived out on the 20d, and tbe \u201c Australasian\u201d on the 3rd; tbe \u201cCity of Baltimore\u201d on the 3rd, and the * Yanderbilt\u201d on the 4th.A revolutionary movement was on foot in Spain.General Ortegs with 3000 men bad proclaimed Don Carlos King.ustria bad solemniy protested ost the snnexs- tion of the Italian States to aw There was & better sapply of money in London discount market.Console 94} to 94] for both money and account.Livarpoor.\u2014Flour dull, but steady: Philsdelphis end Baltimore, 268 to 27s, Ohio 27s 6d to 39s.Wheat quiet, but steady : Red 10s 3d to 10s 9d, White 10s 9d to 128 3d.Corn quiet: Yellow 326 \u20acd to 34s, White 35 to 37s.Pork firm.Lard heavy and nomisal.\u2014 Pots quiet at 295 64.Pearls quiet.ARRIVAL OP TBE \u201c NORTH AMERICAN.\" Ponrzasn, April 19.\u2014The \u201cNorth American\u201d arrived at 8 this evening.Consols 94} to } fur money and 94j to § for account.Money-\u2014Suppiy liberal, but bigb rates continue; little business below 43 to 5.Shocking revelations in the Coolie trade bad taken place at the Southern ports of China, Information had been derived from the depositions of 105 men, taken from the Coolie receiving ships.Baquiry ordered by the allied commaonder-in-chief.Three Coolie sbips, two American end an Oldenburgh barqae, had kidoapped Coolies under nominal consent, under 8 years engagement for Cuba, wrung from them by horrible torture.Naptes, 4th\u2014Factious persons attacked the troope at Palermo, but were dispersed ; city tranquil.Mapesp, 4tb.\u2014When the troops found General Or- tego had deceived them as to the object of their movements The General took to flight, and was Fursoed by bis own troops.Hopes are entertained that be will be captured.The troops be bad misled made subemis- sion to the Queen.Tranquility reigns.All the Deputies at Madrid had presented an address of devotion to the Queen.SwitzesLaxp.\u2014In the National Council 106 against 3 votes, and in the Council of State it was unanimously voted to give the extraordinary powers demanded by the Federal Council.» NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.ALE OF FINE FURNITURE.\u2014Two Pianos, Bres- sels and Tapestry Carpets, Mahogany Sofas, Sideboards and Chairs, Iron and Mahogany Bedsteads, Silver Plated Crult Stands, Forks and Spoons, Table Cutlery, Beds aad Bedding, &c.\u2014The Subscriber will seil at his Stores, Bt.Francois Xavier Street.on Monday, the 23rd inst, 8 large quantity of the above articles, with a great variety of other household goods.Sale at 10 o°clock HENRY J.SHAW.OTICE.\u2014MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.\u2014 REGULAR SALES.\u2014The Subscriber will hold two regular sales every week, until the end of May, of Houss- hold Furniture, Carpets, China and Glassware, Pianos, Gas- seliers, &¢., &e The sales will take place regularly at the Stores of the Subscriber, St.François Xavier Street, every Monday and Thursday, commencing at 10 o'clock im the morning.These sales, and a description of the goods of fered, will be extensively advertised in the city papers, at the Auctioneer\u2019s expense, and parties having Goods sold can hare the proceeds the succeeding day.The popularity which these Sales have attained, and the large attendance of purchasers, render them the best market in the city for the purchase or disposal of Household Furuni- ture, Carpets, Pianos, Gussliers, or general Household Goods.HENRY J.SHAW, Auctioneer.MPORTANT SALE OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER BOOKS, BY AUCTION.\u2014The Bubecribers \u2018will Sell, at the Depot of the Montreal Book and Traet Bo- ciety, 43 Grest St.James Street, on Wednesday next, 26th instant, about 1000 Volumes, among which are to be found many Valuable Standard Works in Theological Literature.\u2014Also, Tus LIBRARY OF A DECEASED CLERGYMAN.Catalogues will be prepared, and may de had at the Depository.\u2018The Sale will commence at Two o'clock In the Afternoom, and will be continued at Seven in the Eveniog.JOHN LEEMING & CO., Auctioneers.ARP ETS.\u2014SPRING IMPORTATIONS.\u2014New Carpeting, Floor Oil Clothe, &&, Wholesale and Retail \u2014The Bubseriber respectfully invites the attention of Purchasers to his extensive Stock, chiefly made te order fur himself, and lately received irom the most celebrated manufacturers of Britaln, consisting lu part of Tourvay, Velvet, Tapestry, Brussels, three Ply Imperial, Kidderminster, Scutch, Dutch, and magnificent Medallion Carpets, amongst which will be found the moet besutifal productions of the celebrated looms of JOHN CROSLEY & Soxs.FuLooR OIL CLorus from the best British and American makers, locluding the unrivalled fabrics of J.HARE & Co., of Bristol, which can be out to any dimensions.In confining his attention to this branch of business, tm- porting extensively and selling chiefly for Cash, be can ofr purchasers uuusual advantages, and while prepared to offer as liberal terms, his stock will be found unsurpassed (a extend or choice of selection by any other house in the Province.JAMES BAYLIS, IMPORTER, 74 GREAT ST.JAMES STULET.MONTREAL, AND CONMER- Clak BuiLbiNos, Yuxes Sr, ToRoNTu.Montreal, April 90, 1900, IRST PRIZE COOKING STOVES.\u2014The Sub- ecribers are manufacturing the \u201cQueen's Choles,\u201d \u201c Pearl\u201d and ** Woodland\u2019 Cooklug Stoves, and will supply them, wholesale and retail, at