The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1872, Page 8

Great Kannckian Excitement Over the Pending General Elections. CANADI AN CLIQUES. Alleged Intrigues of “the Un- holy Trinity.” Wacdonald, Hincks and Cartier, les Trois Mousquetaires. sg GAMPAIGN SCANDALS. apomameier Railroad Rings in the House of Commons. 2S SEER AS PENNE QUEBEC BLOODTHIRSTINESS. Carpet-Baggers and Grumblers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia, « MONTREAL, July 81, 1872. Already a few nominations for the Commons have ‘taken place, and in a week or ten days the Domin- tn, or, at least, the four cls-lacustrine provinces, | ‘will be in the turmoil of a general campaign, quite an heated, if not altogether as important, as that Being conducted south of the parallel ot forty-five @egrees. The readers of the HenaLp, having been steadily kept au courant of the political situation % Conada, will not require the events of the past five years to be reviewed at.any length, but many ¢f them will find something of interest in a brief | @escription of the method in which a general elec- tion is conducted. The Parliaments of the Domin- fon are called for five years, consequently the First Parlament ended its existence this summer. Hav- tug been dissolved, writs are issued by the Governor General for the Queen, addressed to prominent citl- wens in the Various constituencies, called returning @Mcers, directing the electors to return a trusty | Fepresentative to the Commons. These writs are | generally returnable in forty days. On receiving the writ the returning onicer fixes the date for THE NOMINATION, when the voters come together, candidates are Broposed and seconded and a show of hands is taken, the returning officer declaring one candi- Gate or another has the show. A poll is demanded M™ behalf of the other candidate and the polling @ay is fixed for that day week, as a general rule. Gandidates require £2,900 property to qualify them for the Commons. The voting ts viva voce and the Bolling now only lasts one day, from nine A.M. to five P.M. This is a new feature in Canada, the election having hitnerto occupied two days, Tnotice, by the way, that the manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, in deference to public @pinion, has issued a circular to the various agents atating that it is his wish that employés should be PERMITTED TO VOTE FREELY, without any coercion or inducement being used to tMfuence them. Far be {t from me to hint that | ‘the spirit and letter of the circular are not meant | to be and will not be interpreted as identical, but if » Fwere @ workman on the Grand Tronk, with any experience of a general election, I should vote for the government. The taking of the census in 1871 has involved a reapportionment of representatives. ‘The province of Quebec always returns sixty-five Members, and the other provinces should eonsequently return one member for every | 38,000 odd souls. This was what the constitu- ton provided for, but the government, anticipating, With justice, aloss of strength at this clection, let im Manitoba with four members, when its popula- tion was only 11,965, and British Columbia with six toa population of 10,500, By this means ten mem- | bers were secured where only two should baye been | geturned, thus overcoming Ontario's gain. The | Mllowing table shows the REPRESENTATION OF CANADA 4p the Parilament of 1872-1677 : Average conetit- “Tati W315 18,467 | ‘The peculiar injustice of this appe: Fefiects that Ontario, with a proportionate repre- | sentation to thatof Columbia, should have some- thing like nine hundyed members and Montreal | ars when one | ever sixty. Gerrymanderifig: {s a fine art bat little | practised as yet in Canada, not so grich from purity | fm politics as from Isck of opportunity. ne or two Iittle bits of it were done in Ontario, and in Mon- trea a big ward was tacked on to the Central Di- ‘vision, 80 as to effectually overcome the influence @f the merchants, Montreal Centre contains the Wall street and Broad strect ef Canada, and its representative always. carries welght as the repre- sentative of the financial and commercial classes. As these classes do not particularly favor the gov- | ermmment © little gerrymandering was done, | ‘Which secures the return of Mr. M. P. Ryady. a | Wery respectable and well-to-do deaier in butter + ‘and provisions, but of slight education, and in no ‘Wise to be compared with the previous representa- | | tixes, Sir John Rose, Hon, Thomas Workman, <c. | ; Ja Canada political parties vary immensely in their @omporition and conduct from those in the States, and men are generally classed as MINISTERIALISTS AND OPPOSITIONISTS. ‘The government party at present is the original | Uberal-conservative, formed by the alliance in 1858 @f the Lower Canadian conservatives and the less advanced liberais of Upper Canada. To this in 1964 ‘Was added a wing of the reform or Grit party. The @pposition contains the Grits and reformers of On- tarlo, the rouges or liberals, and independencist ; tenant Governor, oll NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT: Ses Sees eo ture in the cam- THE CANADA PACIFIC RAILWAY, to be built under direct contracts from govern- ment, which thus secures the giving out of con- tracts for some two thousand a of road and the diab of thirty millions of dollars and the pro- of fifty millions of acres of lands appropriated the project all along, urging’ fhough vainly, that a project bw oug! A feeder from the Red ‘River Souiomanis to Femina 8 purposes. of capetontion end! traMc, Fiud- 9, Se the scheme was bound to go through they endeavored to pass @ resolution excluding con- tractors on the raiiroad from seats in Parliament, This, power, Pf voted oun: by the pronemeans ‘an ning compara . prays the Waited Ge aattoat in ‘Na- Ment a thing WORTHY OF WALPOLE * in his corruptest days and ing all the Indian rings and w) ey ringa in Congress—a slature whose members directly receive profit- able contracts from the administrat ag the pe of their support, The Intercolonial Rall has sufficed to keep the administration in five years, and the Pacific is conside: twicé that time. I it mention here, stance of the open manner in which poltt are bestowed, that owned a bankrupt with a circulat wer for good for 48 an in- ‘ical favors gentleman, of Ottawa, ily at the seat of government, of some eight hundred, which supported the with praiseworthy perse- verance. His re’ took the shape of a contract for building aniron bridge, which, of course, was sub-let at a profit. The railroad ring m Parliament ext session will_ number at least fifty members, or @ quarter of the House. How small, then, are the chances of dislodging the Fler hd under a sys- tem which allows of such direct trafficking in votes! WHAT PEOPLE THINK, That the people Canada are awake to the dangers which threaten them and the extent of misrule under which they are living—that is, the thinking portion of them—there is no doubt, cially in Ontario is there being made a desperate ut vain attempt to break up the administration, as I shall have occasion to remark later in the course of this letter. The government will, how- ever, face the new Parliament with a strong work- ing majority, and should this fail them there are always members to be had and money wherewith to tempt them, The three leaders of the government, Sir John A, Macdonald, Sir Francis Hincks and Sir . a Cartier, are politicians who have some scruples, From 1864 to 1867 the John A. Macdonald Ministry had plain sailing. Having used the Grits they now got rid ofthem, Mr. Blair died and a conservative Was pat in his place. . Brown was worried till he lost his temper and resigned, and, pein badg- ered into hot opposition, was defeated for the Commons by some sevent@en votes in South On- taro in an election costing some $45,000. Mr. How- land was made Governor of Ontario and his place filled by a conservative. Thus in January, 1868, the Ontario Grits found themselves, after doing Sir John’s work, with only one representative in the ; Cabinet out of thirteen—Hon. William McDougall— and he had gone ever to the conservatives. Nova Scotia, too, had returned seventeen opposition- ists, headed by Mr. Howe, and the first thing known was that Mr. Howe was in tne Cabinet and his seventeen followers were support- ing the government, Hon. John Sandfleld Mac- donald, Premier of the local government of On- tarto, had always opposed his namesake. In 1868 the two foes came to an understanding, by which Sir Joho lent Sandfield his influence in the Ontario Legislature to check the radical reformers, while in the Dominion Legislature Sandfield lent Sir John secret aid. The last, and one of the most character- istic strokes of business, was the decapitation of Mr. MeDongall. He was sent to Manitoba as Lieu- going there. Although he knew all about the troubles in Red River, so soon to culminate in the insurrection, Mr. Howe never mentioned them to the Governor. Finding his authority dis- puted, Mr. McDougall issued his proclamation, tor which Mr. Howe, Secretary of State, promptly censured and recalled him, so disgusted Mr, MeDougall that he went into hot opposition, and subsequent events proved that the whole insurrec- tion was “a PUT UP JOB? to secure the French Catholic ascendancy in Manl- toba and to bring a reinforcement of four members into the Commons. Mr. McDougall, by the way, has forgiven this insult, and 1s now & supporter of the government, and will probably be taken into the Cabinet this fall. From this brief history of the most important intrigues in which Sir John A, Macdonald has been engaged of late it will be seen that he is a very Hercules in politica, His chief ally, Sir George Etienne Cartier, is not a man of more than ordinary ability, but derives his power from his pertinacity and the fact that he represents the French Canadian race and the Roman ye Church. In some degree he ia Sir John A. Macdonald’s master, for whenever he puts down his foot and declares that Quebec must have so-and-so, Sir John has to yield. Sir George L. Cartier and his fifty followers, for instance, threaten- ed to go into opposition unless a route were chosen for the Intercolonial Rallway which benefited cer- tain French counties, though at a cost to the country of nearly $8,000,000; again they threatened to bolt if the government behaved rudely towards the Manitoban insurgents; and now they have, by @ similar threat, got the Pacific line run to connect with the Quebec railroads instead of those of Ontario. The thira ae in what is aptly though irreveren{ly calied | “THE UNHOLY TRINITY,” is the Minister of Finance, Sir Francls Hinks. Over twenty years ago he filled a similar position in the old provinee of Canada, and so singular was his influence in politics that Sir John A, Macdonald, then oppos- ing him, branded bim in a phrase which has be- come historic, Mushroom banks sprang up, the most prominent of which, the Bank of Uppet Cau- la, In its fall, after it had long been propped up by the government, wrought sore damage to the coun- try. The sudden and temporary expansion of trad caused by the large amount of money put into cit- culation through public works swelled the revenue of the proyinoet, fad on this momentarily Increased révenue largely incfeased permanent expendi- tures were undertaken. The people iollowed the government in the patb of SPECULATION AND EXTRAVAGANCR, and thus was bronght about the terrible crash of 1857. All of these effects were attribnted to one man, Who wes execrated as the Arnold of Canada. After a dozen years, however, he returned to the | country, and—marvel the first—reassumed the | charge of its finances, as—marvel the second—the | colleague of the man who had branded tm and | driven him om power. The story of 1852 has been repeated: This year finds us with two railronada, costing Over one hundred and seventy millions of as to secure political support, not because they are of any commensurate valne to the country at large. Public Works of all sorts are being entered upon lavishly. The government has the handling of large | funds, and is absorbing the money of the country. In five years the ordinary expenditure has risen fifty-five per cent—from $12,700,000 to $19,700,000, Manufactures are languishing and the currency is rapitly inflating. The country is en- ged in enterprises which, when concluded, will have swelled her debt to $160,000,000—a debt, when the difference in populations and currencies is taken into consideration, will be qnite as heavy as that of the United States. The following table shews the INCREASE OF THE CANADIAN DEBT of twenty sears age :— Qnite as interesting and fe more consoling is the statement since the creation of the Dominion, | which is as followe:— 1867... 90,048,051 73 1872 1870... 18,998,708 76 : The Canadian papers, your readers may noticé, have a habit of Ln det the debt of the Do- minion at something under eighty miliions, They only admit into their statements the direct funded debt and ignore the indirect debt already incurred, $129,622, 008 ‘a @f Quebec and the ant!-confederates of Nova Bco- tia. In typographical language the country “dl- | vides" on the spolis of ofice. There are no par- | tes, as the democratic and republican, with reg- | Wier platforms, caucuses, conventions, &c. Not even the tariff draws a distinct line, since in 1867-8 | @ir John A. Macdonald's government put a duty on | Sour and grain; repealed the duty in 1809; in 1870 | imtroduced a bill io reimpose it, withdrew the bill, yeintroduced it and passed it, ail in one afternoon; | @nd in 1871 again took off the duty. If one were to eek a Canadian wherein parties differ he would get | Ro inteligible answer. The government proposes | todo everything that the people demand, and ro doen the opposition. Each, however, claims to have @ better method of doing this than the other em- Ploys, and so the question becomes one of POLICIES, NOT PRINCIPLES. Ap to organizations there are none, Everybody is at liberty to run on any ticket, but generally the four most prominent residents In a con y, either in fuvor of or adverse to the ernment, meet and agree upon some candidate, ties thus become cket boroughs, as Corn- wall was to John Sandfield Mac:lonuld or Kingston to John A. or Sherbrooke to Sir A. T. Galt, There | too, a notable absence of platforms. Indeed, mo national platform could be made sufficiently ampie to afford room for the supporters of either | ply While ministeriailsts are being elected in by Catholics “whipped in” by their priests | @ manner which would move Justice Keogn to Gisplays of vitnperation, ministerialists are elected in Ontario by dint of abuse of the Catholics. Let me give you sa from the editorial | columns of the ‘, & prominent conservative | gy Ontario. Speaking of the eiection in ronto, for which constitnency its editor is a can- date, the Leader gracefully says:— daa! ste jad h, Mr. Beaty isin the fleld, a stanch and ring on This vauners the appropriite eer x th ritis! ‘No. Sur) a eal € m with the ee Sep topsens anid Hetorm,” “God mer Beaty's pelttieal chier in the noble so mn with the Ailtish empire” dependence senders 0 P Byppgrip Mr, Hines, nm. | but not yet Incorporated In the debt. A case p Bt0,000,000 ave already heen spent, not one cent of which is Included in the debt statements. This has always been the case. For instance, on refer- ence to the public accounts of 1855 you will find that the direct debt in 1856 was $17,242,546, a steady decrease having been maintained for four years, amounting to §1,420,000. But another umn slows that the total debt of the country had risen from $22, 355,413 in 1862 to $48,757,619 In 1856, indirect debts to the amount of $51,000,000 existing, which were later included in the direct debt. The Canadian organs never include the deposite made by the insurance companies, the money lodged in the Postal Savings Department or the Dominion notes in circulation. These, with the canal loan, the Pacific subsidy and the intercolonial loan, will bring the Canadian debt up to $169,000,000, peculiar system of bookkeeping ado; ted by which an | Administration always reduces 118 direct debt and leaves the indirect debt to be looked after by its | Stecessore, the financial statements are so compl cated as to be utterly untrustworthy and be ad all understanding. Lhbelieve that the most preci8e | estimate of the financial position of Canada ever di livered 18 that popularly attributed to Mr, Galt. The story runs that he had made one of his Glad- stonian hudget speeches and showed that the debt had been re several jnillions of dollars, After ita delivery a gentieman well acquainted with him appealed from Galt the fnancier te and asked he 14 atthe friend “God only ue frank re- he country really sto knows; ‘is said to have bee IN ONTARIO, Virulence with which the can- z conducted are without parallel in the r provincial polities. Among the canses of tht first be placed the disappointment of Ontario the resuits of confederation (which union waa entered upon for better but has tarned out for worse), indeed, all the causes may be included in that word disappointment. Ontario coalesced with its enemies to secnre a rep- resentation of the province proportioned to Its | po in the conneils of the nation, The pre- |p of the Engties and Protestant elements idered geoured by the provisions of of union, ond the age of Quebeo and = the i oonee delusively, believed broken, exe hopes have uot heen realized and | Was © tl | was dearly, Unyappliy ¢ Mr. Howe met him as he was | dollars, on our bands, built by the government so | in | oint is the International Ratiroad, on which some | y the | ‘The reform party of | Catholics | he re, with violated more se: fash Provinces of Mani and ith representations far beyond what they were entitled to and bonuses and subsidies beyond their dues, result being to completely overcome eri gein by popula tion, and that by from smal, and easiky FOmRe) 908 ituencles, ANITOBA with the murder of Gebecanaees irene, aes es a While the Ministry are ma! desperate effort to me claim atty-five seats out of the any, tario, eigh scolghts and a stre of one hundred and forty-five in the House ree, hundred st the opposition concedes that the government will have & majority In the Commons of some fifty—say one hundred and twenty-five to seventy-five; but some enthusiasts whittle the majority down to twenty or thirty. In Ontario, so far as lean judge, the prov- ince will divide pretty evenly, the it going for the administration strongly, the Centre being leas pronounced, and the West rather favoring the op- position. In view of the oft repeated assertion ‘hat the Canadian school of tics 18 more refined than the American, Tam inclined to quote from the rocecdings at the Kingston nomination, where the mier of the Dominion, Sir John ‘A. Macdonald, was running against @ Mr. Varruthers. One of the speakers, a Mr. Cunninghaw, called Sir John “the octoroon,”’ accused him of selling the seat of gov- ernment to Ottawa, compared him to Castlereagh as @ seller of his country. The attack was vile enough, but later in tie proceedings the lle direct was between the two candidates, and Sir John, it was said, eapnes Mr, that the nomination broke up in a riot. It will be touch and go with Sir John to secure his election. The press in Ontario has quite outdone this specl- men of ribald abuse, and cay after day the Globe and Leader of this city are filled with arguments couched in the coarsest of language; the former attacking, the latter defending the government. A compaee conducted more violently and cor- ruptly I have never seen. HE LABORERS’ “SWEET VOICES"? were made the subject of a bid on the part of the government. Youare aware that thore was to some extent @ move for the nine hours system here this spring, the printers’ strike being the most notable demonstration, and that the employ- ers took advantage of the existence of the law (im force in bis eres as well as here) rendering com- binations of men to intimidate others from follow- ing their usnal avocations punfshable as conspira- cies, to arrest and bind over the leading strikers. The bag ae igias then set to work end repealed— not that act, which would have caused a scandal by offending the employers, but another “act con- cerning trades unions,’ which never had been in- yoked, and whose existence was unknown. On the strength of this the vote of the laborers is claimed, and a presentation casket was gotten up. for age Macdonald from the trades unions of this city. ‘There has been much scandal about this casket, which seems to be «a regular box of Pandora, The assertion is made by members of the unions that the casket and address were fur- nished ready made to the trades unions, at the ex- pense of outsiders, and it has been insinuated that ® certain Senator, one of the Pacific Railfoad folks, was the chief fuspirer and contributor, Everybody, however, called everybody else a ‘spade,’ and the precise truth has not yet come out. Your correspondent, after viewing the political situation carefully, inclines to the belief that Ontario will cast its vote evenly between the gov- ernment and opposition; if any majority there should be, it will be in favor of the latter party. MANITOBA, The elections in this province do not cause any excitement whatever. Of the four seats three are safe for the government candidates, and the fourth, that of Dr, Schultz, will probably be saved, thongh there is a feeling of bitier resentment against the Doctor for going over to the government afier being electes the opposition, The canvass is generally quiet, but there are fears of riots at the elections, as the ill-feeling between the Catholic and Protestant settlers is very deep and not at all concealed. Manitoba is carpet-bagged as completely asany of the Southern States, quite a colony of Canadians. having settled on the offices, the salaries of which gre far from con- perp he, as the Dominion allowance (or local purposes is, relatively to sepaadon, thrice as liberal as in any other province, A rovince of 12,000 gouls, most of whom are half- breeds, with a Governor, Senate, House of Repre- sentatives, Cabinet, Chief Justice, &c., is ratheran. anomaly, The constituencies, though small, are lively. One with thirty-seven votes gave the wiu- ning candidate seventy-one last year. The elec- tions, however, cause no special’ excitement, as their issue is known in advance and caunot be changed. Carruthers’ face, so BRITISH COLUMBIA, The maiis bring late dates and files from the Pacific Coast, and leave no doubt.that the general elections in Columbia will terminate in favor of the | present administration, who are likely to carry all six seats with hardly the semblance of a contest. This is not to won- dered at, as Columbia is the most fortunate of all the Dominion’s provinces. Apart from the excessive representation allowed her in the Commons, and the sixfold allowance made her for purposes of local government, she has been allowed a perpetual grant of $100,000 a year for making a land grant for the Pacific Railway, while the other provinces give the same lands for noth- j Ing. In addition to all this, while British Columbia | contributes only $250,000 odd to therevenue, she | receives this yore from it about $650,000, From these figures it will easily be seen that the govern- ment possesses an influence fn @ smal! extent of country which nothing can affect, and that i prophets who, eight years ago, declared that the | great danger’ of coniederation’ consisted in the | | probability that the larger States would over- | shadow the smaller ones were wrong. litule States that are preying on the larger ones, ‘QUEBEC. So fall has been my general description of the po- litical state of the country that the shortest state- ment will suflice to put your readers au courant of the situation here. Quebec returns sixty-five members, aud so numerous and well organized js the Catholic party in the rural districts that Sir @, KE. Cartler's famous “tail”? 18 not likely to lose a single joint. The bucolic conservatives are well handled, and ifthe members they returned are sometimes like Senator Guevremont, who stepp «l from a cottage into Parliament, or Mr, Houde, who can only ign re } | his name in rouhd text, or the late | Marchidon, who opposed railroads in the | House, because the whistle would scare the ‘cows and dry up their = mik still | their votes count. The Ministry will ee 4 | earry forty-five out of the sixty-five seats, though | they claim fifty. It is only in and near the cities | that the liberals have any chance of gaining a | couple of seats. There is some disappoinment | among the politicians that the independence ques- | tion has not been made very prominent. True, | Mr. Huntington, its eincipal agitator, is safe for a seat, and Hon, John Young, another prominent in- dependencist, {8 running in this city; but gener- ally the issue is avoided as premature. The fact is that the imdependence party has never re- covered from the fulland circumstantial exposure of its origin and aims made in June, 1870, the HERALD, and the qnestion is not likely again to be bronght up until political necessities compel the present administration to adopt it as « policy at the instigation of England, MONTREAL. In this city Mr, Jette, a prominent French lawyer, | is opposing Sir G. E. Cartier, with some prospects of success, though not the most fattering, Runnmy gainst a mere adventurer, In 1867 Sir Geor, ined woxk to get elected, an seriously thought of reuring i some country Lig rather than pay | $40, for Montreal Kast. The party, however, | insist on his running, asa defeat or retreat would have a disheartentug effect, and so he is running. In the West Jom! Young upholds the banner inal MtG. Drummond, a wealthy sugar refiner, with a very hance of beatin; Mr. Young is a mateof great talent an 5 left a deeper mark than any other citizen of Montreal upon its late hgtory and prog- | ress, Much as he has done, he claim# to have done | Much more for the city, pretending to ‘have origt- | nated or prophesied everything useful which has been done in Canada for the past quarter of a cen- tury, Both candidates are fu favor of protection, Mr. Young only nominally, as his real belief is free trade or a Zoliverein with the United States. FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, Quebec is the centre of the French Catholic Pe such men as M in, Mr. Evanturel, Mr, Cauchon and Mr. being among the local hiticlans. A very bitter election is expected be- ween Mr, Cauchon and Mr, Ross, represent- ing the French and English parties, Every ossible chord of national and religious feeling has een swayed, and there will be litte astonishment manffested if blood be spilled as freely.as it had wont to be at Quebec elections sears ay Mr. John O'Farrell, @ strong independence leaer, is also acandidate in Quebee, with sirong probabiit- ties of securing his election, Mr. Langevin, Minis- ter of Public Works, the representative of the ul- tramontane party, has his hands full to secure his | election, and altogether it is probable that the gov- | erninent will lose a couple of seats here, | _ The secret of Quebec's firmness in follows F. Cartier can be easily told. No party lea America "Mmlerstands better the valus of a we | ganized, solid, unquestioning body of supporters than the Premier, and Si. George furnishing this formidable phalanx ixes a tormidable price, Thus Quebec has secured a ronte for the Intercolontal Rail- way Which involves an expenditure almost wholly | within her porders of $20,000,000, instead of | $8,000,000—the latter belng the tender made to | build the short line, the former being the es- timated cost of present route. Further, ac- | cording to government estimates, {t will cost $1,280,000 a year to Keep the line open, agalust $640,000 on the other route, so that QUEBEC HAS GOT HER PRICK at the expense of the country for all time. In the case of the Pacific Raliway, Quebec has again car- ried her point, and the ine will be traced 80 aa to connect with the Quebec railroad system of the Norub Shore, thus giving Quebec contractors he It is the | Itis span rere ore Been ROGie & Quebec kept togetmer to exert 60 great THE LOWER PROVINCES, In the province ‘of Nova Scotia the excitement attending mm the general elections this year is not so it as that which marked the con: test five ‘Then the province was tn such @ blaze excitement over the of the Dominion government upon it, against the ressed will and formal protest of its that but little was needed to fan the into open revolt, or induce the colonists to Dr, hupper, if wil be remembered: wan then EnOwS re r, it Wi remem! to Tame as ‘the “Onion party of Nova Scotia," being about its only representative, a “party” even smaller than “the Derby dilly,” Kare toags wed insides, famous in d thirty years ago, Nova Scotia sent her seventeen ant ufederates to Ottawa, to secure re- headed by Mr. Howe, and pled; Ins year from that ya » however, the peal. ‘Whole seventeen, headed by Mr. Stewart Campbell, Went over to the government amid universal exe- erations, and Mr. owe shortly afterwards took his mess of pottage in the Secretaryship of State for the Provinces. Nova Scotla’s repealers thus re- ret & Cabinet office, a Commissionership on the reolonial Railroad and an inci subsidy 10F the province from the central government of One million two hundred thousand dollars. . Archibald, another Nova Scotian, was sent to itoba as Governor, though soon atter. recalled, Dr. Tupper, now promoted to the chiefship of the Bureau of Injana Revenue, has been very attentive to the interests of his province, and hi a town but has received an ‘appropriation of from two thousand to twenty thousand dollars for public works. A very good foundation has thus been laid for an ADMINISTRATION TRIUMPH, and the government claim to be able to carry seventeen or eighteen seats out of the twenty-one, especially as the opposition is considerably dis- heartened by the compact front of the government and the defection of its own representatives in the first Parliament. The government supporters are stimulated to renewed exertion by the iact that the ich prize of the Lieutenant Governorship has to be ‘awarded, and may in all probability be the meed of the victor in this election. Mr. Howe 1s sure to re- | tire from the Cabinet into some sinccure for life, ‘and Dr. Tupper may get the Governorstip, which would leave two plums in the Cabinet for competi- tion. As things go the government seem likely 10 carry the province, and will secure twelve or four- teen seats ont of the twenty-one, The principal Scandal which is used in this election is apropos of Dr. Tupper, who was guilty of what in politics is Worse than a crime—a blunder. NEW BRUNSWICK. In the adjoining province about the only compli- Cation is apropos of education. The Roman Cath- olics complain that the right to separate schools ‘was guaranteed them in the act of union—a right of which they have been bereft by a receut pro- yincial law. Pending the decision upon this quea- Hon of the legal advisers of the Crown the Catho- lics hold aloof and control the balance of power. The Ministry claim thirteen out of tne sixteen Reats, and, if the Catholics go with them, will se- cure them all; but an equal division of the proy- Jace is more likely to result. THE CITY FINANCE 23ND THE PUBLIC WORKS. ahi RE Notwithstanding Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, isin daily receipt of complaints in relation to the dangerous condition ‘of the wooden pavements, he has been compelled to discontinue all further repairs in consequence of the Comptroller's refusal to pay the bills, although the Corporation Counsel has written an elaborate opinion on the subject, deciding that the Commis- | stoner of Public Works has clearly the right to do the work, and that the expenditures have been lawfully made and should be paid. The following is Commissioner Van Nort's com- munication to the Department of Finance on the subject :— Deranruext or Puauic Works, _ ) Commissioner's Orvtor, 237 Buoapwar. ‘New Yorn) July 24, 1872." § To vax Deranrurst ov Financ :— ‘This department is in receipt of yours of the 15th inst. relating to sundry bills of 8. H. Ingersoll for ropatring: Wooden pavements, the work comprised in each bl nd foreach separate piece of work amounting to leas than $1,000; also to a pay roll for repairs to cobblestone end Belgian ments, By the terms of your communication yon desire that this department will observe that the amount of the work of the same class in each street is in excess of the Imita- tion of section 104 of the charter of 1870, and quote the so state thatit seems to vou that it is very doubt- ful whether you are warranted in providing means to jnect expenditures incurred as these billy have as the repairs on each street involve an expenditure of up- Wards of one thousand doliars, that the principle ; volved is one of great importance to the city; that letti blic work without advertising ought not'to be sanc- joned unless authorized by the clearest authority, and rou tim no such authority aud invite iy earliest at- tention to the subject. ° Certainly, T must admit of no small degree of surprise At the receipt of thts communication, and at the con tinued and labored attempt to assume a violation of the charior by this department, coupled with the eurciit classification of these bills to ive them the appearance of sumption of an excess of authority, Person as conversant with public works as the head of the Department of Finance, with an untlased view, it must be apparent that it would be impossible? eany ‘contr 0 estimate on repairs to pavement wooden or stone; delays would be continuo, 4 und 1 ably done, if by contract, and the best tn se } work quest terest of the city not subsorved erhaps it would not be amiss | before beginning the needed rep: auticipated eaptious objections, th cussed by the heads of the Depa Public Works, in company with Mr. Strahan as of counsel, and the present course of pre efor the governuent ‘of Uns Departinent was the result of such coniere sanetioned by you not only then, but subsequent payment of bills and pay rolls until this time. nlly appreciating the jmportance of this matter and the intimation of a violation of the charter, [have decined {t proper to seek the advice. ot the ora tion—the legal adviser of ail the de ity re to remind you that rs, to avold delays by Very subject was dis- Finance and —for an opinion on tho suhject mat | your communication, and transinit Iv | your gnidanc howell ws own my 3 copy of in ‘1 8 ‘opinion, which is, RY ill please nott Hy explicit and empiiatic onthe ppevt of pay roll laborers, on the line of the duct, and repairs of pipes, as (hat of repairs att cppur- and is eairz- at ¢ ‘espons: of the Imports ny skilied in its practise re@of safety. lief IT am onwilling to ing to the unsatisfac- his work % cont the Inhabitants of this city in their supply particularly at this time of the pasary to meet the umption of Croton importance in w Kant | Assume tory and v tary point of view, fi i ¥ ‘This Department appreciates fully the motives which actuate the Departinent of Finance in its assumed atti- ude, and while tt commends a caretul gnarding of the city’s interesta, It can but deprecate all attempts to cr- arrass and retard the progress of a co-ordinate branch the city government, while it is carerully and jealously narding the city’s rights, 4 its duties honestly and fear! GEORGE M. VAN Commissioner of I YESTERDAY. While playing upon a pile gflumber in the yard of his father’s premises, 218 East Twenty-secona street, John H. Waters, aged stx years, fell, re- wed a fracture of the skull and died yesterday morning. The Coroner gave a burial permit. Coroner Young yesterday investigated the cir- ; cumstances attending the death of Elizabeth | Relily, aged twenty-eight years, who fell from the | | fourth floor of 553 West Thirty-second street, while adjusting the blinds, and was instantiy killed; James H. Martin, aged two years, of 442 West Fifty- fifth street, who on Sunday was scalded by falling into a pot of hot water, and James Black, aged fifty- four, of 65 Sheriff street, who died suddenly on Monday evening, but no verdicts were returned to the Coroner's office, Sergeant Bird, of the Charles street station house, notified Coroncr Young to hold an inguest upon view of a human skull, which was found by a ragpicker named William Kreinberg, of 64 Kast Thirteenth street, yesterday morning, in @ barrel of ashes situated on Sixth avenue. It 1s supposed that’ the skuil had been placed there with the debris of some doctor's ofice, An inquest will be | held. On the 30th of July Michael, ® little son of Thomas Reilly, of 285 avenne C, was run over b: car No, 3 of the avenue © line, in Seventeent! street. Coroner Herrman held an inquest yester- day, when the evidence showed cleariy that the aceldent, which resuited in death almost imme- diately, was t result of carelessness on me part of the driver, J. Stephenson, who ran away on observing the iujury sustained by little fetlow, The jury in their verdict very properly censured the driver, and the Coroner committed him to await the action of the Grand Jury in hig | t of $500 ball. Coroner I jeyymen held an inquest yesterday at the Coroners’ office, on the bod: f Young, Who was run over by car Hine, on the eventng of July 2, corner of and avyeoue ©, The night was quite da | driver did not see her aa bi until after he feit the jott, verdiet that she came accidentally received by of the Avenue © Railroad Among the cases ye. CORONERS’ WORK ° F rk 1 and the lay upon the track rbe jury returned & her death from injuries ing run over by car 45 ommpany. erday assigned to Coroner Young was that of Frederick. Rohle, of 12 Caroline street, Who Was drowned at the footof Chambers. eel, The Coroner failed to find the vodys, as the atch from the police station located it at 12 Carhsie street, Coroner Herrman found the body | at No, 12 Caroline street, and with the assistance of clerk J. T, Toal held an inquesi, and a verdict of aceldental drowning was returned, Coroner Herrman, after taking the ante. statement ot Mrs, Mina Hoymes, of Ni Stanton street, showing that she ts in @ critical condition from injuries received at the hands of Atyrust Malden, on Sunday night, issued bis war- rant for the arrest. of Maiden, and placed it in the hands of Captain Lyman for execution, the Essex Market Justice having dixebarged bin ou ball, | attended sin | arose from bis pa: WEARY OF THE WORLD. A Young Lady Attempts to Drown Her- self from a Jersey City Ferry Boat. IS IT THE OLD, OLD STORY? Her Identity Established -by the Shield of the College at Which She Graduated. Yesterday the suicide manta, which would seem to have latterly taken as firm a hold of the Amert- can people as it once did on the French, developed itself in @ most pitiable cage on the west side of the town. About ten o'clock yesterday morning OM) Thomas, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, was on duty on West street, near the Jersey City ferry, at the foot of Cortlandt street. The officer’s attention was attracted at that hour to the strange de- teanor of A WELL DRESSED YOUNG LADY, who crossed from Cortlandt street to the ferry house as he passed by. She was dressed in a fashionably cut travelling suit of dark material, aud carried a small satchel in her hand. She had all the appearance of a stranger to the city, and the oMcer at first thought that she was on her way toone of the railroad depots at the Jersey side. His attention was at first attracted to her by the fact that, after crossing West street to the ferry house, she recroased to the sidewalk and looked up at the houses and up and down the street IN A WILD, UNSETTLED WAY. The officer was about to accost her and ask her if she wished to be directed, when she crossed the Street for the third time and entered the ferry house, where he lost sight of her, A few minutes after she disappeared the officer's attention ~~ again attracted to a loud shout from the ferry ouse, ‘The lady whose mysterious movements had first caught his eye had gone on board the ferry boat and walted quietly at the entrance to the ladies’ cabin until the boat had begun to move from the (is It had hardly cleared from the pler edge when SHE JUMPED OVERBOARD, When OMicer Thomas reached the end of the pier she was struggling in the water, while the horror- stricken passengers crowded to the side of the hoat and watched her struggles, though no one was brave enough to plunge in after her. ‘Tho oMcer, without waiting to divest himself even of his coat, bravely Jumped in and caught the girl by the hair as she was abont sinking, apparently ex. hausted by her frantic efforts to keep afloat, By the ald of those on the boat and on the pier the tivo were BROUGHT ON SHORE, the brave oMcer little the worse for his bath, A Messenger was sent to the Twenty-seventh pre- cinct station house in Church street for a stretcher and the poor lady was removed there in an insen- sible condition, an immense crowd following. She had fainted after Belng brought on shore and re- mained in an unconscious condition until the usual restoratives were apuied at the station house. When she recovered her senses her first exclama- tion was— “OH, MY POOR MOTHER!” She thon relapsed into a series of fainting fits and it was thought at first that she would die of the effect of the shock before the ambulance which had heen sent for to Centre street Hospital could arrive. Notice was sent, however, that the case was an urgent one, and Dr, Amabile, the ambulance sur- geon, hurried to the station house at the top of his speed. She became conscious soon after his arrival, and in reply toa question from Dr. Amabile as ta. whether she had any relatives in New York she | Stated that her mother resided in this city and that she resided with her uncle, a Mr. Simpson, who was # builder on Ninth avenue. She immediately, how- ever, APPEARED TO REGRET having given this much information, and steadily refused to give her owt: name, When she arrived at the hospital she was again unconscious and it was feared in a aying condition, A large crowd had collected outside the hospital when her inani- Mate form, with her clothes still dri| ping. was car- ried from the ambulance by Warden Brown and one of his assistants. Everybody supposed from NEY BLOODLESS FACE > that she was dead. It was some time before she came to consciousness, and when she did she re- fused to give the matron, Mra. Brown, her name, or tell anything about herself, On her person the miutron found a valuable gold watch and an ele guntly-wrought chain. Appended to the latter was a large gold shield, upon the front of which was found the following inscription, which established he poor lady's identi es EgeCiinon T AWARDED TO. Miss ELIZA SIMPSON, for merit 3 a H 3 English: Composition, 3 in da7f. 3 3 Washington Business College. 3 Decne resececerscete rere se se re secee see se rts se Ue se beet: nsness during the day yes- terday she made a partial statement to Mr. Brown, though she refased to give her name, and is yet Ignorant that it has been discovered by THE ‘ALE SHIELD, Her first. exclamation in the hospital was:— “Oh, my mother! Oh, my poor father, what will he sv to thls when he hears it?” The matron asked her why her own life away, and she an: “Oh, T have shamed my poor fat! age.” é vered :. her in his old wn then asked her if her father or mother , and she said tha: in New York, and that 9 to this cliy from Was She T in one of the public ath i achools in Washington. raved about her family and some ternble trouble that was pressing herself and the effect her dis- #race would have on “HER POOR BROTHER CHARLEY.” When the HrraLp reporter visited the hospital, at a late hour last night, she was still in a critical condition from the shock, and appeared to be wan- dering in her mind. She tossed uneasily from side to side on the bed, and raved iva pitiable way about her family. The surgeon‘ could give no opinion as to her case while her mind continues deranged, but it is probable thatthe effect of the shock will prove fatal. In an interval of consciousness she informed the matron that she was the eldest of five sisters and was only tien ree years of herself, She had been a Sunday school teacher, but HAD FALLEN AWAY unknown to her friends. She could no longer hide her disgrace from her friends, she said, and she wished to end her life. She did not care to be a disgrace to any one, and had tried to end her life Defore, but had failed by accident, as she did this time. 1 The matron, with a woman's instinct, asked had not been disappointed in love, or WASN'T THERE SOMK GENTLEMAN she cared in Washington who had treated Coveilng up her eyes, she replied :. “Oh, TO; he was trae. it is 1 who have been false, [have been bad and no one knew it, and I could conceal it no longer.”” ‘The lady has large blue eyes and a mild, prepos- sessing face, She looks even younger than she really 1s, A pS AR pe THE FIRE AND POLICE OFFICIALS’ DIFFI. @ULTY. Chief Engineer Nevins’ Defence in Re= gard Thereto. The unpleasantness which arose between the Ine spector of Police and the Chtef Engineer of the Fire Department on Saturday night still continues to Monopoilze a large share of the gossip in the seve- ral departments. Chief Nevins made the subdjoined | statement of the dificnity yesterday :— On Saturday night, about ten o’elock, a fire broke out in the saw inti of M a Os ‘ne, on Baltic street, be- tweon Hicks an T hurried there mediately upon t rm being given, No svoner, how- ever, had the fremen got on the ground with their en- ainek than an intmense crowd of spectators commenced to gather. Tha few mulnuttes they were so close tpon my men that the work of extinguishlox tho Mainey. wits seriously inter. fered with, Seeing this f asked an officer standmg by Who had charge or the polloe, and he answered that ME. Folk was in commend, Just then Mr. Folk came upy and, upon his being pointed out to me, Fwent to him and arked if he would press the crowd back #0 that we might have r He appeared indig- nant at me for daring to make this re in we had room very brasque Ww a y sate I told hint that we had’ not ‘1 1 t, thatthe law allow. 280 feet, and that T hada io Insist upon his wieing ts that, If possible, Ho did not make any audible reply to this, pat Went off muttering something. At the end of five min- utes he had done nowhing towards clearing the space d sired, and seeing that Twent up to him and asked if he Was hot going to put the erowd back, and added. that if ie- he did not I would do so myselt,. de easily have done it by turning a litte water on them, He when told ome oT was drunk, and — I feeling naturally irritated at the accusation, told him he lied, ant asked it 1 was drunk why he did not arrest me. Ho a 4 that he would prefer charges ainst ne, and T told hin he was at liberty to do so, but that tn the mean ho must give my men an oppor: tunity to worl the matter then, and fie pro coeded ckward, ast had requested. T had aie, to my kn dge seep Mr. Folk wp to that h ad not We time, and jubiest reason for treating him other than ay a gentleman. 1 have been in my Present position sineo the Fire Deparument organized, avd this Is the frst didicusty of Kind "have had with the pol Hither the police corked with | dd the firemen hav y, This t9 the first fi Wimost harm Folk hw ame insp . the diMeulty to disposition. “His statement that Thranded ft ag such at the time fe, and Thiave no disposition to modify the term. The men who saw What occurred will bear me out account of It Me oMciat investigation will not take place ADORNS the latier part of Auguse aA Twas drank was a te, it was Mow. ia th wath ig the evening she | THE COURTS. — Law Relating to Fines Upon Convicte—Condem- nation—The MoCabe Habeas Corpus Caso— Business in the General Sessions. UNITED STATES DISTRICT court, m Important Act of law Relating to Convicts Sentenced to Pay Fines. . * An important act of Congress, which was ay proved June 1, 1872, is now the law. of the conntry,. It relates toconvicts who have been sentencea by the Courts of the United States to pay fines or fines ANd enata Vastarday for the tent +tomn in + ; a A tong act Leahy SLU kLe, claten oe scl ae hue va ntenced by an, irt of the United States to imprisoned and pay a’ fine. r Ane oF fine and cost, ba oon conned in priser Yate ; m confine days solely for the nou-payment of such fine or fue. a cost, such convict tone make ap any Commissioner of the United Court in the a selet where he ts imprisoned, setting forth his Inability to F such fine or fine and cost, and after notice to the Yet ney of the United States, who may a] Teen offer evidentve and be heard, tho Commiadoner sball pro: ceed to hear and determine the mutter; and if on Ration itaball appeur to him that suelt convict ie unabl or fins he has m piesoa, in writing to ‘to pay such fine ie and costs, and that any property exceeding twenty. dollars in value, exeo) guch ag le exempt by law from. bela taken on execution for debt, missioner shall administer to him the following oath’: “Ido swear that I have not any. property, real or sonal, to the amount of twenty dollars, except such te by law exeimpt from being taken on civ! proceag, debt by the laws of (state where the oath ty admini tered); and that I have no property in any way conve or concealed, or In any way disposed of, for my fature tse o benedt.” "Bo help ue God. aa And thereupon such convict. shall_ be discharged,. the Commissioner giving to the Jailer or Keeper oi the Jail a Certificate setiing forth the facts. Section 15 of the act states that if at any time after the Alscharge of such convict it be mad to appeay.he has sworn ialsely in takings the above oath he imi in dicted a under the act of March 3, 182, which- provides for the punishinent of perjury. Yesterday Charles Rhode presented to Commis- stoner Shields an application, tn pursuance of the ferme of this law, stating that he had been already More than thirty days in prison, having been sen- tenced to pay a fine in addition toa term of im- prigonment, which latter he had served out; that ie had no means wherewith to pay the fine, and that he was detamed iu prison by reason of his to- tal inability to pay. the amount iiaposed upon him, The Commissioner recetved the application, aud notice has been sent to the District Attorney, so that a day may be fixed upon for an examination as to whether the convict has any property or not. Condemnation. ; Yesterday Judge Blatchford made an order for the condemnation of one still and fixtures found at 288 Front street, in this city. An order for the sale of the materials was also made. “ SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. ‘The Habcas Corpus Case of Miss MacCabe, an Alleged Lunatic—Serious Charges Against the Manager of the Bloominge dale Lunatic Asylum. Before Judge Pratt. On Saturday last a writ of habeas corpus was granted by Judge Pratt, returnable yesterday morning before Judge Barrett, requiring Drs Brown, Superintendent of the Bloomingdalé Lunatic Asylum, to produce one of the inmates, a lady named Miss MacCabe. Mr. John D. Townsend, who applied for the writ, is counsel for Mr. J. T. Van Vieck, banker (formerly of the firm of Van Vieck, Reed & Herson), who was confined in the asylum until recently and takes a deep interest in the case of Miss Mary MacCabe, whom he believes to be perfectly sane. It is claimed that she never showed any signs of insanity, and that being a nun in a convent inthis city she was fol taken from it and confined as a lunatic on her com- plaining that a priest in attendance at the convent had made insulting proposals to her, The writ wag served on Dr. Brown, Superintendent of the Asylum, on Saturday evening, Yesterday morning Mr. Van Vleck appeared in Court, with his counsel, looking as sane as any man in Court. He states he never was for a moment insane. The writ in the case of Mrs, Mary MacCabe ‘was sued out by Mrs. Emily Irwin, who for two years was nurse in the asylum, and makes am- Gavit that Mrs, MacCabe never showed any signs of | insanity while Mra. Lrwin tesided.tlere. but it was alter twelve o'clock before Mr. Townsend had an opportunity for calling for the return, He said:—“On Saturday last a writ of habeas be =e was granted by Judge Pratt, in the case of Mrs. Mary MacCabe, on the afidavit of Mrs, Irwin, who was her attendant at the asylum, directing the Superintending Physician, Dr. Brown, to produce | her in Court, and 1 want to know what return hag | been mad ‘ Mr. Henry Nicol, who appeared as counsel on the other side, read a return sworn to by’ Dr. Bu one of the bgt Sl in the absence of Dr. Brown, to the effect that he has reason to be- Heve the said Mary MacCabe is now in charge of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, and is not now and was not atthe time the writ was served an inmate of Bloomingdale Asylum. Mr. Townsend sald he would have nothing to say 4s to the managers being highly respectapie gen- temen, and the superintending physician a gentle- man occupying @ high place in his profession; that the proceedings in that institution are infamous, This was the fifth person whose release connsel ap- plied for who had been confined in that asylt and, except in one case, that ofa gentleman who insisted on remaining there until the writ was | served, they were all got rid of in the same way. {| Mf Yen Vleck was sixteen months in that institue | tion, péerrectly sane, and he is here now and is de- termined to turn thé inside Of that MBTIL GET OU s and taking into account the aflidavits which have appeared in.the 7rtbune this morning, I really must traverse the return. Ideny the facts stated in the return and call for an examination. Counsel then retired to an adjoining room.and examined Dr. Dwight R. Burrill. He testified:— The writ was served on Dr. Porter, who is i; I know Mary MacCabe, who is on the books as “ MacCabe,” alias “Sister Mary Stanislana;"! have al- Ways called her “Sister Mary;” she belongs to the | order of St. Stanislaus, and wore a sort of semt- Teligious habit; she came to the asylum in March, | 1871, and has been attended principally by Elizabeth. Reilly; on last Saturday she left the asylum; after Mr. Van Vieck left her ‘sister yas written to at the instance ofthe governors ofthe hospital, wn deeming her incurable, desired that she be removed | to Blackwell's Island Asylum, where the board was only half that at the Bloomingdale Asylum, the asylum being crowded and applications being con- stantly made for curable persons; two of the attendants informed me that she is at Blackwell's Island; I don't know of my own knowledge where she ts; the Governors were autho- | rized to take steps to have her removed before Van’ | Vieck's,diseharge ; I did not know that Miss MacCabe | applied to Van Vieck to aid her in getting out of | the asylum; Dr, Porter did not ‘make return to the | writ, being 1; I think Miss MacCabe's sister is at Saratoga; the carriage of the asylum conveyed Miss MacCabe to the asylum ; I think Judge McQuade isaued a new commitment for her; our institution has permission from the Governors of the Alms House to transfer paticnts to that institution when thought proper. On this testimony the writ was dismissed as far as regards the Bloomingdale Asylum, but Mr. Townsend intends next tu get her out of the Black. well’s Istand Asylum. « He has obtained another writ for the production | of Teresa Drew, also at the Bioomingdale Asylum, | although said to be quite sane, AF Imposed for Weapons. Before Judge Bedford. The first case disposed of yosterday was an in- dictment against John Dwyer, who was charged with carrying & slung shot on the 19th of December, 1871. He pleaded guilty, and Mr. Hummel! in ask. ing for lemency, stated that the character of the defendant was good, and that he carricd that weapon in order to protect himself, as he carried large sume of money late at uight in the transac tion of his business, 2 His Honor impoged a fine of $25. om TT Acquittal wy: Christopher Walsh was tried and acqni charge of felonious assanit npon John Perry, on the 23d of June , the ahegation being that ho struck him with a cart rung. Me. Hummel catied.a name ber of witnesses to prove that st was anotlior man than Walsh who assaulted I among whom was one gentioman who had been imbibing too freel: of Water strect gin, When asked what ta bual | mess was he repiled, “P; “Professor of what?’ inquired the counsel, “Prot e - Tenis fessor of horse. Judge Bedford instructed thé jury to render @ verdict of not guilty, which was promptly done. Patrick F Was fried upon @ charge of grand, larceny, ins fourteen second-hand off bar- | Tels, Vaiuod on the 12th of January, the | Property ot N B. Odell. Mr. Kintaing called the acctised, who swore that he bought them from 4 man, he being adeater in old barrels, and, having prover excelient character, the jury renitered @ Verdict of acquittal without leaving their seats, An ex-Policeman Convicted of an Ag= | anult-Judgment Suspended, | Edward Durham, formerly connected with the | Twenty-seventh precinct, was charged by George | Gutterson with a@ simple assault and batiery, the | complainant alleging that on the s0th of June the omicer kicked him in the wroim, it seemed from the | CONTINUED ON NIFTH PAGE. crying Conccaled “ at dom | | y wi ; SSS The writ was returnable lor half-past ten o’clock, - eee.