The daily witness, 4 janvier 1861, vendredi 4 janvier 1861

[" Bed pm- alls nd = ery lers the e of ar- the bond 5 the | the bault the > the ar to g off alace \u2018the n an- The , but gold baric diers 1] re- » but taun- f Nod the main win- miles >com- dhist rade, miles upied it in 3 wea- pital ; \u20ac main- À which i India ;; .ry or at he of bis amun r four obese a is a ations ussian Pekin \u20ac ussian + ; that Ë 1d the À same if dress, and of denti- and ir- \u2018nuns.e, and , 1e des- viliza- as an- of the d Mrs.a Writ any on ungest 4 arty! to meta LE: arme rblished , Jame real.Nu À rand * A i Lawmps, eB + = Bc, SEE PCIE COMMERCIAL REVIEW & FAMILY NEWSPAPER.Vou.II., No.3.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1861.RE Price ONE HALF-PENNY.ADVERTISEMENTS, mm mem en - CARPETING AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Just Received by the last steamers, a Large Addition of New Designs at THE GARRET WAREHOUSE, 74 Great St.James Street, Forming an assortmert unsurpassed in the Province, An inspection respectfully invited, James Baylis, MONTREAL : 74 Great St.JAMES STREET, TORONTO : 2 CommerciAL BoiLpings, YONGE STREET.Montreal, Nov.16, 1860.t.L.bER MONTREAL CARPET WAREHOUSE.31 and 33 St.Francois XAVIER STREET.A Large Assortment of New Patterns in TAPESTRY CARPETS, \u201cJOHN CROSSLEY & SON\u2019S\"{MAKE; \u2014AND ALSO,\u2014 NEW PATERNS IN FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, # John Hare & Co's\u201d and \u201cMichael Nairn & Co's\u201d Makes, Just RECEIVED AT THE MONTREAL CARPET WAREHOUSE, 31 & 33 St.Francois Xavier Street, R.CAMPBELL & Co.Montreal, Nov.15, 1860.t.f.b.ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS AT MONTREAL.MAILS.DUE.CLOSE.Quebec, Danville, &e.(except { 8:00 AM.7:00 AM uvdays) .| {6:00 P.M.30 P.M.North Shore (except Tuesday| 9:00 A.M.2:00 P.M.U.S., (except Portland) .| 10:30 A.M.1:30 P.M.St.giyacinthe, Melbourne, fer EM.7:00 AM Cov oo «eo + + 0 .:00 P.M.: M.Portland, Island Pond, &e .| 12:00 P.M.3:30 P.M.St.Platiabirg glordy) 10 Aan.2:00 P.M Canada West and\u2019 Upper ot- ! 11:00 AM.7:09 AM.AWE .+ + 5 + + = : , : M.*Lower Provinces, .12:00 P.M.3:00 P.M.*The mails for these Provinces are due on Saturdays and close on Wednesdays.Registered letters must be posted 15 minutes before the closing of each mail.BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS.BIRTHS.£ Toronto\u2014831st Dec., Mrs.E.S.Smith, of a daughter.31st Dec., Mrs.Francis Shanly, of a daughter.27th Dec., Mrs.Jas.Dick, of a daughter.3ist Dec., Mrs.Wm.Hamilton, jr., of a son.MARRIAGES.Richmondhill\u201413th Dec., by Rev.James Dick, Mr.James Simpson, to Miss Ann Godfrey.Vaughan\u201420th Dee., by Rev.Peter Glassford, Mr.Vicker- man Addison of the Gore of Toronto, to Miss Isabella Ezard.DEATHS.Scarboro\u2019\u201423rd Dec, Boyd Sylvester, Esq., aged 46.Richmondhill\u201425th Dec., the infant son of Mr.C.E.Lawrence.Cincinnatti\u201424th Dee., Mr.John Anderson, after a short illness, aged 61 years and 8 months, late Sexton of St.Andrew\u2019s Church in this city for over 19 years, and deeply regretted by all his friends and acquaintances.\u2018Fhornbill\u201427th Dec., Wm, Stanley, late of Oxford, England, aged 52.Quebec\u20142ith Dec, Color-Sergeant John Lane, aged 29 ycars, formerly of the 66th regiment.BUSILY PREPARING FOR THE COMING HOLIDAYS, AT MOCHRIE\u2019S CONFECTIONERY, : 130 Notre Dame Street, OR the Young Folks, a rich assortment of packages of Sweets, and other fine things; and, to meet the demand of the most moderate, a full supply of CANDIES IN WRAPPERS, assorted, viz.: Almond, Fig, Raisin, Cocoa Nut, Honey, Cream, &c., 1s.3d.PER POUND, which has been a saleable article all the year round.That the social circle might enjoy themselves, A VARIETY OF ORNAMENTED CAKES, Plum, Citron, Sultana, Sponge, Norwich and Scotch Bunn, Short Bread and Faney Cakes, with a variety of Fruits.Montreal, Dec.5, 1860.2m.d.Notice! Notice!! Notice!!! mee Subscriber begs leave to intimate that he has just received, per Grand Trunk Railroad, a large assortment of the most improved COAL OIL IL.AMPS, which he guarantees suitable for any description of Coal Oil.\u2014Burning Fluid, Fluid Lamps, Chimnies, Wicks, &¢.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 Genuine Kerosene, Albertine, Beaver, or Double Refined, and Refined Coal Oil.The above Oils from 3s.6d.to 6s.per Gallon, at : W.McCONNELL\u2019S, PEOPLE\u2019S COAL OIL DEPOT, 24 Great St.James Street.t.f.b Montreal, Dec.8, 1860.CHEAPER THAN EVER.GOOD COAL: OIL, FROM 700.AND UPWARDS, PER GALLLON.\u2014ALSO\u2014 LAMP CHIMNEYS, WICKS, &o., WM.McCONNELL'S, People\u2019s Coal Oil Depot, 24 Great St.James Street.d-t.f£b THE GREAT COAL OIL LAMP, Now Greatly Improved, : GIVING THE BEST AND CHEAPEST ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN 'THE WORLD.GENUINE KEROSENE 01IL Unrivalled for Burning without Smoke or © Smell, .CHIMNIES, WICKS, &c., Of Every Description.Nov.15.ie \".JAMES FAIRIE, 55 St.Francois Xavier Street, (A few doors below Notre Dame Street,) MONTREAL.[a à Dec.1, 1860.3 d-1-m Washing Crystal.ACKAY\u2019S CHLEBRATED WASHING CRYSTAL Saves FIFTY PER CENT in SOAP and LABOR, I J does not injure the finest fabric, and is decidedly the Best and Cheapest in use, Sold to Retailers in 1 Gross Boxes at | $2.\"A Tberal discéunt made to Wholesale Merchants, \u201cload ving ae in od A.HARTE, } : Soo prenne.Glasgow Drug Hall, bea 208 Notre Dame Street, Montreal, ddd crt : d-tfb 2 \\ BN Special Telegraph for Montreal Witness WAsHINGTON, Jan.3.\u2014The President has returned the last communication of the South Carolina Commissioners unopened, and he has declined to receive anything more from them.They left for Charleston.The Savannah forts were seized by the citizens of Georgia at the suggestion telegraphed from this city by the Georgian delegation in Congress.The Augusta arsenal Las been some days in their possession.North Carolina considers her forts and arsenals within her grasp whenever policy dictates the seizure.The reports that armed bands were organizing to take possession of the capitol before the votes for President and Vice President are counted, meet with credence every where.Gen.Scott is actively engagéd in preparations for putting down the Jacobin mob.1t is said that the 15th day of February, when the Presidential vote, in ordinary course of events, would be counted, is to be made the occasion of the outbreak.New Yorg, Jan, 4.\u2014The President, Governor and Mayor have united in recommending that this day be observed as one of humiliation, fasting and prayer.An order has been issued from the War Department countermanding Secretary Floyd's directions to ship heavy guns South.Three Companies of U.8, Flying Artillery are to be concentrated at, or near Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of Mr.Lincoln, and Gen.Scott will superintend.News by Telegraph.FURTHER BY AUSTRALASIAN.\u201d The \u201cAustralasian\u201d brings nearly a million dollars in specie.CHina.\u2014Foreign Office, Dec.20.\u2014Sir John Cramp- ton reports yesterday, that Lord Elgin, in a letter of 8th November, informs him of the ratification and pub lication of the treaty with China, and of the march of the army to Tien Tsin.His Lordship makes no mention of the prisoners, but says he is indebted to General Ignatieff for the manner in which that minister had promoted the object of his negociations.Nothing has transpired relutive to the terms obtained in the treaty by England.The Freedom of the City of London was formally presented to Lord Clyde and Sir James Outram on the 20th, and a grand banquet given at tbe Mansion House.The weather in England is quite cold, and the country is covered with snow.The funeral of the Earl of Aberdeen took place on the 21st, at Stanmore.A despatch from Baron Gros to Napoleon confirms the announcement of peace with China.France receives 60 millions of francs indemnity, 4 millions down.01 Emigration of coolies is permitted.The churches, cemeteries, &c., formerly belonging to the Christians throughout the Empire, to be restored tothem.[ The Te Deum was sung in the Cathedral of Pekin on.the occasion of the restoration of the cross to the summit of the edifice.It appears from a letter from General DeMontamban to the French Minister of War, that the Emperor's Palace was not sacked by the French as reported.On the contrary, nothing was done until the arrival of the English, when an equitable division of the spoils was made.: or Eo - Aterrible colliery \u2018explosion occurred at Hutton on the 20th.20 miners killed.The snow in various parts of England had blockaded the railroads.Co Goiinnoras.\u2014R.Spent & Co, report market firm, Lab.and advancing.Flour on Friday was firm at full rates of Tuesday, © pe Ho.ke a TAR er RR and in some cases 6d.dearer; quotations 29s.to 32s.Wheat 1d.to 2d.dearer; red lls.4d.to 13s.and white 13s.to 14s, Pork quiet and unaltered.Lard dull and lower.Ashes quiet ; pots 28s.3d.to 28s.6d.pearls 29s.6d.New Yorx, Jan, 3.\u2014The Northern Light has arrived from Aspinwall, Dec.25th, and brings nearly a million and a half in specie.The Revolution is progressing in Carthagena.The Revolutionists committed great excesses at the capture of Sapta Martha, but were prevented from plundering the Custom House by the intervention the British frigate Tudmus.A salute of 100 guns was fired in the City Park last night by democrats in honor of Major Anderson.There is now well authenticated evidence of the purpose of secessionists to seize upon Washington and prevent the inauguration of Lincoln.New Beororp, Jan.2.\u2014Howlands Oil Works, on Fish Island, exploded, killing two men and injuring others.Cause not known.CHARLESTON, Jan 3.\u2014A number of slaves and free negroes are engaged on redoubts on the coast.Ben Mordecai yesterday presented the State with $10,000.WASHINGTON, Jan.3.\u2014Intelligence was received last night that Fort Sumpter is now beseiged\u2014that all Major Anderson's communications are cut off\u2014that Fort Moultrie has been completely repaired, guns remounted and everything in readiness to open fire on Major Anderson.New batteries are being erected around him by secessionists, and every day his dangers increase.THE CRISIS.(From the Boston Recorder.) We ought to consider it a great favor if Christ should come forth in the midst of this tempest and hush the winds and waves, so as to secure to us unharmed our much valued Union.And yet, perbaps, he is preparing some better things for us, and for his kingdom here.Perhaps he has a design to make two nations out of the two forms of civilization, which hitherto, though with conflicting interests, have been bound together in our Union.Perhaps he designs to set that part of our nation which repels slavery by itself ; so that it may develop itself untrammelled and go forth upon the great West, with institutions the freest possible.And perhaps he designs to set forth those institutions which embrace domestic slavery, to stand by themselves, and work out their true nature, Perbaps he has a grand problem of this na- tare to solve for the instruction of the world.And if so, all our efforts to preserve the Union will be prevailing.Then while we would say nothing to diminish any one\u2019s sense of the value ofthe Union, or efforts to preserve it, we would persuade to calmness in awaiting the purpose which God is unfolding.It is quite possible, after all, that a better state of things may be secured to the States that do not secede, by the departure of those that now propose to go.And the storm that is now passing may be followed by brighter suns than we have yet seen.Were we inhabitants of the States now threatening secession, and were we required to face all the perils that are open to them, we should indeed be dismayed.But the evils which are in prospect for us at the North, we may calmly and submissively endure, thankful that we are delivered from those peculiar to the South ; and thankful for the assurance which we have, that God will bring good out of the evil.Whatever may be the case at the South, where a monarchy is dimly foreshadowed, we may be sure, that at the North, though the Union dies, free institutions will live ; and United States will still expand upon a space broad enough for a vast nation.THE DISTRESS IN KANSAS.Gen.S.C.Pomeroy, the Chairman of the Committee for the distribution of the aid sent to Kansas, writes as follows in regard to the suffering and want that comes under his observation:\u2014 ¢ No one of us has yet realized the distress, even now, of our people.More than fifty teams from the remote counties are camped in about town, \u2018 waiting for the cars to come in.We have had some delay in the trains, but I expect all the back cars loaded for this place will be in to-morrow.¢¢ But what is a car load \u2018among so many ?\u2019 Some men have waited here eight days ¢ left their families with nothing but buffalo meat,\u201d and ¢ dare not return without bread.\u201cI have not received a boot or shoe yet.Men come a long distance with home made shoes of raw buffalo hide, and tell me their \u2018families have nothing.I have received one roll of cloth to-day from Galesburg by express * free\u2019\u2014the first contribution.Galesburg & Knoxville continue to be first among the foremost.What a good people they must be! When I told a good lady that Mr.Burdett came all the way with his car load, and saw such a demand for more that he went immediately back for another load, ¢ Ab, said she, \u2018 tell me his name again.I want to call my baby after him.\u2019 \u201cThe weather bégins to get cold.Ice is running in the river ; the winds blow a piercing and mournful blast ; every gale that sweeps across the prairie is full of tidings of sorrow.Little children are crying for bread ; strong men who look bold and defiant, will ask me out of my office to some retired corner, where they can tell me a tale of sorrow that would break down the proudest heart, always urging me not to tell or publish their case.Men wbo stand proudly among their fellows, will bow as tender and subdued as children: when telling me of their last ¢ loaf of bread,\u2019 of the sick ¢ wife or child who can\u2019t eat corn meal,\u2019 and beg flour for the sick ones.\u201cI have heard enough within one week to make à volume.I cannot write more.\u201d - .te me af LooTING oF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA'S PALAaCE, \u2014The Emperor's summer palace was only occupied by 300 eunuchs, and 30 or 40 men in charge of the gardens.They made a slight show of resistance, when two were killed and two French officers wounded.The next day the palace was given up to indiscriminate loot after the French had made the first selection.The public reception hall, the state and private bedrooms, ante-rooms, boudoirs, and every other apartment has been ransacked.Articles of veriu of native and foreign workmanship were taken, or broken, if too large to be carried away.Ornamental lattice-work, screens, jade stone ornaments, jars, clocks, watches, and other pieces of mechanism, curtains, and furniture,\u2014none have escaped from destruction.There were extensive wardrobes of every article of dress; coats richly embroidered in silk and gold thread, in the Imperial dragon pattern, boots, head-dresses, fans, &c., in fact rooms all but filled with them.There must have been 70,000 or 80,000 pieces of silks in rolls, which at Canton cost $20 or $30 each.Hundreds were thrown down and trampled on, and the floor covered thickly with them.Men were throwing them at each other, and all taking as many as they could carry.They were used instead of rope to secure the loading of carts filled with them.A treasury containing a large quantity of gold ingots and Sycee silver is under charge of a guard, and ig to be divided between the English and French.The total value of property destroyed would amount to a large iustalment of the indemnity claimed.A party of the French went through the apartments breaking everything that remained\u2014 mirrors, screens, panels, &c.\u2014in revenge for the treatment the released prisoners, their countrymen, had received.Much dissatisfaction has been expressed at the decision of the Commander-in-Chief, that only those of the troops who marched at the last balting-place are tc participate in the prize money ; all the rest, those at the depot at Tung-Chow and elsewhere, being excluded.The Commander-in- Chief and general officers have waived their right to share.A gold jug of great value was presented to the Commander-in-Chief by the army.A general order from the British Commander-in-Chief desired that all articles taken by all officers and men were to be sent in for sale by public auction for the benefit of the army, which was done.All were permitted to have thz articles brought away by themselves valued, and have the option of taking or rejecting them.Many beautiful and curious souvenirs were thus obtained at a nomiftal price.The sale realised 32,000 dollars, which, with the value ofthe treasure, estimated at 61,000 dollars, is to be divided as prize- money on the spot.Tue IxcoME-rax 1x INpIA.\u2014The Bombay Gazelle says,\u2014We have a budget of bad news to send home this fortnight.From all parts of the country the most gloomy accounts continue to be received of the state of public feeling in reference to the In- come-lax.Since the forms of the returns to be sent in to Government have been issued, the spirit of opposition to the tax has been revived in an intensified form, and from one end of India to the other there is universal discontent.\u2018\u2018 shutting up shop\u2019\u2019 has been tried again, but this time itis likely to be more successful than before.\u2014 No formal contract has been entered into, but there is a general understanding that business shall be suspended altogether till the Income-tax is abolished.The movement began in the country from which hardly a single order for goods has been received for some time past.Now the native dealers of Bombay have joined in 1t, and for the last week it has been utterly impossible for wholesale dealers to sell a piece of cloth in the bazaar.The resolution of the native merchants is, to get rid of the stocks in hand, and then close their shops.It is even reported that the grain merchants have given directions to their Mo- fussil agents to send no more grain into Bombay.from China regarding the murder of Captain or Lieu- the Chinese, will create special pain in Scotland among many relatives and friends.Captain Ander- age, had rendered distinguished services in India, and had already attained celebrity and trust in the forces employed under Sir Hope Grant in China.When the mutiny in India broke out, he accompanied his regiment, the Bombay Fusiliers, to the Punjanb, where he greatly distinguished himself.He was afterwards attached to \u2018\u2018 Hodson's Horse,\" in which celebrated force he acted as brigade-major, serving with it at Lucknow.After the suppression of the mutiny, he applied for employment in the Expedition to China, and from his acknowledged ability he was appointed to an important command in Fane's Irregular Cavalry.He distinguished himself particularly with the Cavalry Brigade previous to and during the taking of the Taku Forts; and itis inferred that be bad been selected to the honour of commanding the escort accompanying the English and French diplomatic officers who were so basely betrayed and so cruelly treated.In private life, Lieutenant Anderson, from his amiable and generous \u2018disposition, was greatly beloved by.his many .friends.\u2014Scots- man.Cron \u2014 His Royal Highness the Prince Cénsort, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, being pleased to give annually a gold medal for-.the encouragement of English poetry, the \u2018Vice:Chancéllor gives notice that; the prize.will be given, this year to such resident \u2018ündergraduate-as shall comppbe the best Poem on * Tha.Prince.of Wales \u2018at thd, Tomb: of : Washington.\u201d .N.B.\u2014~The exercises are to.be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before March 1, 1861, tand are not to exceed two hundred Tines in length.chopper = Bi In Bombay the old trick of Tue LATE CAPTAIN ANDERSON.\u2014The intelligence - tenant Anderson, when a prisoner in the hands of son, though only twenty-six or twenty-seven years of rer seu # 10 THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.Janvary 4, 1861 Terms of Advertising in the * Daily Witness.\u201d For Advertisements not exceeding 2 lines, 12} cent.each insertion.For Advertisements not exceeding 5 lines, 25 cents each insertion.Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths charged on the above terms.For Advertisements exceeding 5 lines, 7 cents per line for first insertion, and 2 cents for each subsequent insertion, \u2014with a liberal discount to such as ad- vertige largely.A Square of 21 lines for a week, $2,50 ; for a month, $8; for a year, $50, with privilege to change once a month.All transient Advertisements cash in advance.TRE BWIL NESS.MONTREAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN.4.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY.Lectures on Palestine and the Holy Land, by Rev.L.Taylor.Real Black Maltese Veils, &c., &c.\u2014J.Parkins.G.T.Railway Company\u2014Storage at Montreal.To Produce Merchants and Others, EDITORIAL ITEMS.\u2014 For telegraphic news see first page.\"\u2014 Young men are reminded of the meeting in the Rooms of the Young Men\u2019s Christian Association, on Tuesday evening next, at 8 o'clock.All young men are invited to attend.\u2014Pagé, who was arrested along with Archambault in the stabbing case, was yesterday admitted to bail for Lis appearance at the next Court of Queen\u2019s Bench.Bail has been refused for Archambault.\u2014 The well-known George Law of New York, has at length been successful in selling a lot of the old Government muskets which he had on hand for years.He has disposed of $19,000 worth to the State of Alabama, at the rate of $13 each.The use of such firearms either for offence or defence appears to be simply an indefinite postponement of secession by warlike means.A day's service with 100 Sharpe's rifles, would do more execution than a week's firing with the 1500 obsolete old flint-locks! Children\u2019s pop-guns would have been much cheaper, but scarcely so savage- looking !\u2014for with the Hotspurs of the Slaves States, appearance is everything.Tue News-Boys.\u2014We set our poet to work to manufacture a New Year's Address for our news-boys, but he did not tarn out to be an original genius: we had seen something very like his composition before.Perhaps, however, Tennyson was rather to be blamed for forestalling him, tban he for imitating Tennyson.However that may be, the Address, such as it was, gave the little fellows the opportunity of making their best bow to their patrons on Wednesday; and the latter appear to have been so well pleased with their diligence and promptitude in supplying the paper, as to make them somewhat liberal gifts.We never saw a more smiling set of boys than assembled to purchase the paper on Thursday; and we learned from them that all were well satisfied with what they had received.One bad got upwards of $4, and another, or rather two brothers, upwards of $6.We advised them to lay out the money on some useful article of clothing, and by no means\u2019 to spend it foolisbly,\u2014an advice which they seemed to approve, and which, we hope, they will put in practice.The most successful distributor of the paper, however, who is a gentleman in reduced circumstances, declined to take the Address at all ; so that his customers are not likely to see it, which will be no loss to them, though it will Le a serious one to him.\u201c Houses AND Srores To LET.\u201d\u2014A newspaper in Montreal is under some disadvantages, as compared with one in Toronto, Hamilton or London, C.W.In these places, advertisements of houses and stores to let, are, or were until recently, very abundant; whereas, in Montreal they are remarkably few as compared with the extent of the city.New houses and stores here, are generally leased long before they are completed\u2014and old ones are very seldom vacant.Notwithstanding this difficulty, the Daily Witness will give special attention to advertisements of Property for Sale orto Let; placing them on the first column of the first page.We have very few yet, but hope for an extensive patronage in this way.Fine DarARTMENT.\u2014 Mr.Bertram, the Chief of the Fire Depaztment of this city, has presented his report for the past year, from which we glean the following particulars :\u2014 In course of 1860 the Brigade was called out 97 times, 417 being false alarms.Two fires happened outside the city limits.The number extinguished by use of the hydrants was 32 ; the aid of the Department for the remainder was not needed.Only one house was totally destroyed, which was situated at a higher level than the reservoir.The number of fires in each Ward, with the loss sustained, were :\u2014 Ward.Fires.Amount loss, EaStecersesseccerasssones 7 $1,015 Centre.aoevocsences 6 365 EBt.\u2026sc0c00000 FP PR 00 St.Anne.3,145 St.Antoine.7,530 St, Lawrénce 1,261 St.Louis.800 St.James.veers 1,415 St, Mary.Ÿ 6,251 Motal.\u2026.ecrreee$21,782 Amount Tnsured.se EEE 20,310 xcess of 1088 over INsurAnde.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.amber of Stone and Brick buildings damaged by fire 26 \u2018amiber Of Wooden ds cccccesssssssosescessncasreress 21 TOtle ven everesrerseernessegerssarsonnesses 47 The Obief recommends the adoption of the American system of Fire-Alarm-Telegraphs.Altogether bis report is a satisfactory one ; the Brigade is in a high state of efficiency ; the working expense is reduced to the minimum; and in various ways the men have contributed materially to reducs the city\u2019s pecuniary outlay.TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY.(To the Editor of the Montreal Witness.) Sm,\u2014Believing the Scriptures to be the best Law Book for Christians to go by, will you insert what the Great Lawgiver said upon a point now in dispute.% Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant (slave) which is escaped from his master to thee.He shall dwell with thee; even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best, thou shalt not oppress him.\u201d Deut.23 ch., 15th and 16th vs.No fugitive slave law was allowed in that slave State, nor has the Lord abrogated the merciful prohibition,\u2014it stands firm still\u2014and woe to them that overlook it.VINDEX.[The Lord has not abrogated this law, but Chief Justice Robinson has.The Almighty is evidently on one side and the Canadian Court of Queen's Bench on the other, and the question is which shall be obeyed?\u2014Ep.Wir.] THE EXTRADITION CASE.(From Prescott Telegraph.) The case of Anderson, the fugitive slave, has not yet been disposed of.Chief Justice Robinson has decided that there is no rule on which an appeal could be claimed ; but if the Court of Appeals chose to entertain the matter, the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench would offer no opposition.In the mean time Anderson remains in custody at Toronto.We only express the sentiment of the whole Canadian community when we hope that the Government will not, on any account, deliver this man up to the slave-catchers of Missouri.If Anderson were a free man the case would be different.Then, on rendition, he would be tried impartially by laws similar to our own, and if found to have acted in self-defence when the homicide was committed, he would be discharged; but as a fugitive slave, he would not only be denied a fair trial, but would probably not be allowed a trial by jury atall.By the laws of Missouri a slave dares not, under any provocation, raise his hand against his master ; and at the present time a homicide committed by a fugitive slave upon à white man would not be declared justifiable by any jury in the State, no matter how provocative the circumstances might have been.How many cases of Lynching have occurred of late years in consequence of the perpetration of less heinous crimes than that of murder! If Anderson should be rendered up to the man-hunters of Missouri, scarcely a fugitive slave in Canada would be safe, and the boast of our free soil being an asylum for the oppressed of the world would be hollow, a deception and asnare.There is a law higher, and more consonant with christian aspirations than Statute law, we mean the law of humanity.And our laws are often left in abeyance, when the cause of humanity is to be promoted thereby.Our laws say that locks shall not be broken without per mission ; yet if a house be on fire, people will not stop to inquire about the proprietary of the building.If our law be as Chief Justice Robinson reads it such, that under it Anderson ought and must be rendered up to the slave power of Missouri, then we say there is a nobler, and more humane, and more godlike law than the Ashburton Treaty, the law which is implanted in every christian heart, urging us to succor the distressed ; and urges that Anderson shall not be sent back to be probably roasted at the stake \u2014why ?because he would not be granted a fair trial, the crime of which he is charged merging in and being superseded by one not known to our Courts, and from the penalties of which he could not possibly escape, even if inits visitation he had acted in defence of his own life.This is the first case of the kind which has occurred, and we hope it will not be made a precedent to be followed, by a horde of merciless savages who would trump up charges by the hundred against men and women in Canada, whose only crime is that they have thrown off the fetters of their bondage.A large meeting has been held in Toronto, at which strong resolutions were passed, disapproving of the decision of the Queen's Bench in this case, and requesting petitions to be got up to Government on behalf of the fugitive.NEW ZEALAND.(From the Montreal Herald.) Our readers are, doubtless, aware that a partial rising of the natives against the authorities took place in New Plymouth about a year ago; and, by the latest advices from the colony, it appears that the insurgents, although half-naked and half-armed savages and never exceeding 600 in number, have, so far, succeeded in keeping the field against a force of 3,000 effective men, amply equipped with artillery and all the munitions of war, commanded by a veteran General and an unusually large number of Colonels and other officers.It is true\u201d \u2014we quote from the London T%mes of the 20th ultimo\u2014** that the native force was reduced to much less than one- tenth of that at the disposal of General Pratt, but it is equally true that tbe three expeditions which had been made since the former accounts had proved fu: tile, that the most brilliant exploit of our soldiers was the demolition of a few empty pahs, and that wherever resistance was offered, even on open ground, they fell back.It would be ludicrous, were it not so disgraceful and disastrous, to hear that a trumpery stockade, interlaced and strengthened with green flax, cannot be breached by a 68-pourder, or that an European force nearly as large as that with which Clive won Plassey, and aided by artillery, must wait for mortars before it can advance against anotber similar position.Yet these are simple facts, and give by no means an exaggerated idea of our discomfiture.The northern natives, whose voluntary retirement has alone relieved New Plymouth from a state of siege, have carried with them ¢* horse, sheep, cattle, carts, and plunder of all sorts,\u201d the proper ty of our ruined settlers, whose wives and families have been deported for safety to Nelson, and who are themselves huddled together in the litile town, without being able to strike a blow in self-defence.Meanwhile the tribes about Wellington, as well as those which inhabit the Great Waikato Valley and still profess friendly intentions, are said to be deli berating\u2014not how they shall make their peace with the Government but,\u2014whether, having already sent Wirimu Kingi large reinforcements, they shall extend the theatre of war by making an attack upon Auckland.\u201d Our great London contemporary\u2019s hypothesis, in view of this, assuredly much more disgraceful than ludicrous, inefficiency of General Pratt and his army, appears to us more ingenious than sound\u2014he suggests \u2018\u201c that the very insignificance, coupled with the boastful insolence, of the enemy unsteadies our men and puzzles our commanders, just as at chess a bad and reckless player is sometimes a more formidable antagonist than a master of the game ; and adds that the phenomenon would not be absolutely without parallel, for the famous British column of Fontenoy was made of the same stuff as those Dragoons who fled like sheep before the famished and half-armed Highlanders at Prestonpans.\u201d We are, we confess, not much iuclined to accept this ingenious excuse for General Pratt and his men ; but fully agree with the Times\u2019 concluding remarks upon the duty of the Government under the circumstances\u2014the Thunderer says :\u2014 \u201cIt is very natural that the colonists should clamour for reinforcements from England, and much is ex- pecied from the arrival of the 14th Regiment in December; but the Home Government may well feel that if numbers could insure success, the troops now at Taranaki are more than enough to crush anything short of a general Maori rebellion, and of this the best accounts assure us that there is little prospect.What the true remedy may be it is for the Colonial-office to discover ; our duty is done when we have eliminated the salient facts, so as to exhibit the magnitude of the evil.\u201cIt is not the most peculiar, but it is one of the most vexatious perplexities connected with this war.that the legality of those proceedings out of which it arose is openly challenged, Be this, however, as it may, we contend that the primary question is purely military.Order must precede liberty, and no Government can listen to armed remonstrances, especially when they take the form of outrage and rapine.Many of the natives now in open hostility to the Queen\u2019s authority have not so much as the pretence of a grievance, and are ravaging our homesteads, after the manner of border warfare, out of mere lawlessness and love of plunder.If we left the management of native affairs to our colonists we should not, strictly speaking, owe them any assistance in the present crisis.But from motives of justice and humanity we reserve the control of this department for the homme Government, and such a reservation of power involves corresponding obligations.One of these is that of sacrificing all consideration for individual feelings and interests to the paramount necessity of re-establishing the Queen\u2019s authority and protecting her subjects, however, humiliating the concessions or engagements that justice may afterwards require to be made.\u201d MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.Taxing THE CExsus.\u2014Monday, the 15th day of January, is the day appointed for taking the Census of this Province.Extensive arrangements have been made to have the work accurately and effectively done.\u2014 The commissioners are enjoined to appointintelligent, temperate and respectable persons enumerators, and are thus called upon to perform their duty with fidelity and zeal :\u201d * Be pleased to remember that upon the result of your labors will depend the truthfulness of the representation, not only of the population but of the material resources and social condition of your distriet, and it is the hope and expectation of this Department that you will execute your important trust with fidelity and zeal.\u201d The Hamilton Spectator remarks that there can be little fear of the Census being incorrectly taken under the circumstances, for it is evident that Government are doing everything that can possibly be done to have the numbering of the people correct.The public should also bear in mind that it is an offence punishable by fing, for any party to give false information in connection with the taking of the Census, or refusing to answer an enumerator\u2019s enquiries.\u2014U.C.Paper.Britis Farmers\u2019 Union Insurance Company.\u2014The British Farmers\u2019 Union Insurance Company.for a length of time looked upon with suspicion, was yesterday by a jury decided to be an illegal Company.Its legality was tested in a suit brought against Mr.Henry Lem- mon, for the recovery of the amount of two \u201c Cash premium notes.\u201d Its affairs from its first organization were thoroughly sifted, and a verdict returned for the defendant.The case was handled in an able manner by E.B.Wood, Esq.; his examination of W.M.Gilbert, the ¢ Secretary,\u201d ¢ Treasurer,\u201d Agent\u201d and \u2018 General Agent\u201d of the Company, exposed the system of fraud most completely.Our space prevents us from noticing the trial at length.Sufficient it is to say the bottom has been knocked out of the bogus Company, and their inability to collect their assessments fully established.It now remains for every person who has been so unfortunate as to insure in it, to withdraw all connection without delay.One of the greatest calamities that can befall & community is the existence of Bogus Banks and fraudulent Insurance Companies.The Court has decided that the ¢ British Farmers\u2019 Union\u201d is among the latter, and it now remains for the people to avoid it.\u2014 More anon.\u2014 Brantford Courier.L'union EvANGELIQUE DE JEUNES GENS.\u2014This French Young Men\u2019s Christian Association celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday evening last, in the French Protestant [nstitute for Young Ladies.About eighty persons, nearly all French, were present, and enjoyed themselves very much, The Messrs.Tanner, Doudiet, and Cyr, took part in the exercises.The report was read by Mr.W.N.Cote.Besides speeches, there were recitations, music and songs.This is the first tea meeting got up by the French Protestants of this city, and it appears to bave been very successful.\u2014 Communicated.Tus DromAsep Marquis or DALHOUSIE.\u2014James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, K.T., P.C., Created, 1849, he was the first Marquis of the title.He was born in 1812, and married the daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale.He served as President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade ; he waa apjointed Governor General of India in 1847 ; waa Clerk-Register of Scotland ; Col.of the Tower Hamlets Militin ; Deputy Lieut.of Midlothian, and of Huddington; Constable of Dover Castle; and Lord Wurden of the Cinque Ports, He was undonb- tedly a man of ability, but he will scarcely take place in the fitst rank of British statesmen, \u2014 Some time ago the Paris police were informed that a robbery had been committed in one of the Royal palaces of England to the detriment of the Queen's casket, and the police here, have been on\u2019the watch for the thieves.Sunday a person picked up in the Avenue des Champs Elysees, a very valuable massive gold ring with the cypher V.R., surmounted.by a royal crown, all in diamonds on rubies ; and the police upon examining it found it contained in its rim a miniature stereoscope, whose eye-barrels are not larger than a pin's head, and are provided with magnifying glasses which exhibit the microscopie daguereotype-likenesses of Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales, as large as a visiting card.It has been returned to Her Majesty.The King of Belgium, the Prince Regent of Prussia, Emperor of Russia, and the Empress Eugenie, have all suffered from thieves within the last few months.Tue Great Roseery.\u2014The Secretary of the Interior has, under the suggestion of a member of the Committee of Investigation, ordered all the trust bonds in his department to be stamped so as to designate their ownership.This common precaution would have prevented the recent robbery from being beneficial to the thieves, in and out of office, who divided that booty among themselves.Bosrox, Saturday.\u2014There is no disguising the fact that Massachusetts is ready to respond promptly to any demand made upon her for troops to sustain the Union and the laws.I learn to-day, from the highest authority, that seven thousand troops can be put in marching order on twenty-four hours\u2019 notice, and that one hundred and forty-five thousand men are enrolled in the militia of this State.Of this number twenty thousand could be easily mustered.Lyncu Law 1N Kentucky.\u2014Fifteen negroes and one white man are reported to have been hung at Burksville, Ky., on charge of insurrection.\u2014 Alabama and Georgia have tendered troops to South Carolina.\u2014 The London correspondent of The New-Orleans Delta says there is talk in England of permitting the Prince of Wales to break through the line of blood royal marriages and seek a lady to share the throne with him, wherever he lists.The match with Prussia is broken off, and the chances for an advantageous match with royalty being very few, the non-blood royal may have the privilege of furnishing a Queen for England.\u2014 À letter from New Orleans, dated Dec.8, says: ¢ Commission houses here have stopped making advance, on negroes.There is an average decline of four hundred dollars in the value of negroes, compared with last season, and the trade is dull.\u201d Robert White, special Commissioner at Romney, Virginia, sold on Thursday last, a negro man, aged about 35 years, and a good blacksmith, for $800.Two months ago he would have brought $1,500.\u2014 Omar Pacha is seriously indisposed, and h's medical attendants have little hopes of his recovery.COMMERCIAL REVIEW.MoNTrEAL, Friday, Jan.4, 1861.The weather has been variable for past two or three days; yesterday was cold and bleak, with snow; country rouds are hardened up again, and travelling is good.Thermometer at 7} this a.m., 15° above zero; at noon, 17° above.BreapsTorrs.\u2014 The news from Europe by the ¢ North American\u201d and \u201c Australasian\u201d has established the previous rise in breadstutfs in the American market, and the advance continues.The daily increase in price of Flour at New York city for some time has been 5 to 10¢.per barrel ; and the consequence is a decided im- Flour has advanced considerably at Montreal; No.1 Superfine touched $4.80 recently ; yesterday there were transactions at our quotations, and holders not anxious to sell.Flour and Wheat are coming steadily forward per G.T.Railway.The following quantities of produce arrived at the depot from 17th to 29th ult., both inclusive \u2014 Flour, barrels,.10,666) Dressed Hogs, .\u2026\u2026.\u2026.830 Wheat, bushels,.32,073| Pork, barrels, .412 Oats, een 721 Tallow,