years auld, and wee Girzy close upon seven THE LAIRD.-Has it got ony pictures? Girzy is terrible keen for pictures! THE MAJOR.-It is profusely adorned with well executed wood cuts, illustrative of the text, and designed with considerable artistic skill. Altogether the Snow Drop is a credit to our Province in general, and Montreal in particular. COLONIAL CHIT-CHAT. PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT. abled again to congr prosperity of the Pro to rise steadily in valu Census recently compl tory evidence of the a in wealth, and populat ency in the postal reve has been offered to the ed, although greatly Postal Service. There before long, the receip balance the expenditur ment of additional Po Another heavy calar greatly concerned to st in the destruction by fir important city of Mont you will bestow your b measure that may be purpose of mitigating th The importance of pla tish North America, on troducing the decimal s ly recognized by Parliam submitted for your con have reason to believe, to be placed before you a ment of this object. I s session of the steps whi the recess, with the view intentions of the Legisl Acts passed last session, On Thursday, the 19th ult., at two o'clock, His Excellency, the Governor General proceeded in state to the Council Chamber, in the Parliament Buildings. The members of the Legislative Council being assembled, His Excellency was pleased to command the at-struction of Railways. tendance of the Legislative Assembly, and that these proceedings to act, House being present, the Hon. E Caron, Spea- have permitted, in conc ker of the Legislative Council stated, on be- Governors of the Lower half of His Excellency, that he did not think, with these works, and wi fit to declare the cause for which he had sum-issued on the credit of t improvements generally. moned the present Parliament, until a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly had been elected, according to law. forded to holders under per Canada, merits atte ample and satisfactory de in force in that part of th probable, however, that measures which, without character, may tend to en market. The importance of est communication between Ports of Quebec and Mont The gentlemen of the Assembly returned to their own house, when Mr. Hincks proposed that J. S. McDonald should be elected Speaker Mr. Morin seconded the motion, which was carried on a division by a vote of 55 to 23. On the following day, at three o'clock, His Excelleney having taken his seat upon the throne, commanded the attendance of the Legislative Assembly. The Hon. J. S. McDon-pressed on the Governme ald informed His Excellency that the choice in the commerce of the of the assembly had fallen on him to be their Speaker, and he craved for the members the customary privileges. After which His Excellency was pleased to deliver the following Speech: Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Notwithstanding the deep interest occasioned by the general election, the utmost tranquility has, I am happy to inform you, prevailed throughout the Province, during the period which has elapsed since the close of the last Parliament. Under these favorable circumstances I am on which has a material beari the St. Lawrence has enga emigration, and the red tion during the recess, a of the object in view, wh your approbation, will be sideration. I shall lay b which I have received from views of the Imperial Go tary of State for the Coloni to the Clergy reserves, and introducing a measure into on which Her Majesty's M ment, during the last sessi Imperial statute on this su Gentlemen of the Legislati For the subjoined interesting statistics we are indebted to the British Colonist. UPPER CANADA. Years. LOWER CANADA. Population. Years. Population. 1770 a few French emigrt's, 1676. 1791 50,000 1688. 1811 1700. 1824 1830 neral prosperity among the con- The absence of any sufficient obtaining correct statistical informag the productions of the country ng knowledge, which may be serto those engaged in Agriculture s proposing to become settlers, have subject of complaint. I do not doubt bestow your best consideration on onable measure that may be submitdying this defect, and perfecting a settlement of unoccupied land in s of the Province. able that grievances, which are alleg nder the feudal tenure, which obtains rts of Lower Canada, may engage on. I am confident that in dealing bject, which is one of great delicacy, nifest a scrupulous regard for the perty, which have been acquired and good faith, and with the sanction, ared, from the legal tribunals of the 1848 1852 8,415 11,249 77,000 15,000 151,097 1706. 20,000 PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION.-The Annual Exhibition of the Provincial Agricultural Association, will be held in Toronto, on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of September. Extensive arrangements have been made to ensure a display of the produce and industry of the the country, commensurate with the increase in its population and wealth, since the last Exhibition held in this city four years ago. The Local Committee in their address to the Citizens of Toronto express their confident expectatien that the Ontario, Simcoe and Lake Huron Railroad will be opened, and the Locomotive in operation as far as Bradford, by the time fixed for the fair. A very large number of visitors from all parts of Canada and the United States is looked for, and (for the purpose of affording every facility to strangers to procure suitable accommodation)the local committee have announced their intention to keep a record of all houses of entertainment in the city and environs, as also the extent of accommodation each possesses and the charges for the same. SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE FALLS OF THE MONTMORENCY.-According to the Journal de Québec, the Turnpike Trust have by virtue of a law passed last Session of Parliament acquired the Montmorency Bridge, and this bridge ments are now in force in both sections being old and rickety, the road commissioners ince, for the maintenance of indigent have determined to replace it by a new one. signed to the Lunatic Asylum, which ap- It is intended, says our contemporary, not only I regret to observe, in some respects de- to make the bridge useful but attractive. case of the unfortunate persons in- Strangers are to be attracted by two wonders siderations of humanity of the highest at the same time and place-the one a natural, I confide in your readiness to bestow and the other an artificial wonder. The Road ttention on any measure that may be Commissioners have determined to make a to you for the remedy of this evil. In Suspension Bridge. And what is still more asures which you may adopt for the of the Province, and the happiness and marvellous, says the Journal de Québec speaknt of the people, you may rely on my ing of the bridge "il faut qu'il soit le plus -operation, and I shall not now further près possible de l'abime et que dela première l'on from the important duties in which you puisse contempler avec ettonnamment, la seconde to engage, only to express my humble merveille de Dieu." Mr. Keefer, Chief Engithe Almighty may render our efforts neer of the Board of Works, and Mr. Rubidge for the public good. of the same Department have been called upon NEW BR We are informed tha with the consent of Government to measure seen by reference to t the ground necessary and to make an estimate of August 3rd, 1850. of the cost of the work.-The Journal has seen Mr. Rubidge's plan of a bridge, which will be 380 feet in length and is intended to be placed almost perpendicularly over the edge of the Falls, and about six feet from the surface of the river. The spectacle, says our contemporary, will be sublime. It is said further that Mr. Hall the proprietor of the land on both sides of the Falls has promised to give, without any consideration whatever, the land necessary for the bridge and for a road leading from the present highway to it. The cost of the bridge is estimated at £5,500. We learn, says the Montreal Herald, that Dr. Mauritz Maquer, a very distinguished German naturalist, is now making a tour in Canada. THE FIRE IN MONTREAL.-The Montreal Gazette gives the following returns of the number of houses, &c. burnt in that city on the 8th and 9th of July; Houses, 1,108; number of families made houseless, 2,886; estimated value of property destroyed, £340,816, or $1,363,264. CAPE BRETON. The C. B. News of the 28th ult. says:"We understand that a gentleman from Toronto, Upper Canada, has recently visited Sydney. It appears that one of the purposes for which he came among us, was to examine the capabilities of the country, and the nature and character of our productions. The chief object of his visit, however, was,-and it is a matter of great interest to us all,-to examine into the possibility of a Rail-road from Pettitcodiac, New Brunswick, to Louisburg, as the great Rail-road Terminus of this Continent. Of this possibility we have never entertained a doubt, and we entered upon the consideration of the question at much length, about the time of the meeting of the Railway Delegates at Portland, in the United States, as will be concluded to appro Pounds towards the re the late great fire at M doubt that the Legislat firm this grant. Three years ago a n in the lower part of W shortly after he sold off last week he disposed £1050-clearing by th his living for the three BERMUDA AND TH The Bermuda Legisla on the 26th July. Th during the 24 days the 1 said to be unprecedented Island. Governor Elli Colony on its growing p The continued increas of the soil, the remune and the striking improve and skill of the people ar of reflection. And when attention of so many hi practical persons is devot servation and better dev tural resources of the think, look forward to the agingly. If it should pl the colony for the next fe cession of favourable crops has just been gathered, it branches of business thr must be steadily stimulate vantage of the body of th the happiest effects upon th of improvement in the t whole face of the country our notice in every directi THE English news is singularly unimportant, for | firm that uncertainty to its f we already knew the uncertain results of the shall not weary our readers b General Election, and late arrivals but con culations as to what the Minis hat coalition or what course the - make or take. Recording only ems, we are content to leave the present; there will be no lack of returning to it : WLY ELECTED COMMONERS. manufacturing a new House of nished. The workmen have put ut of hands. They cannot now re of the thing they have made; the best of it till it will be broken e kind of stuff it is made of-how nd work-can only be learned by eriment. Qualities and capabilities r indifferent—it has inherent in its washing or tinkering cannot alter; are must be left to time to show. e of this new machine to subserve any party or party leaders is very any reliance can be placed on proustworthy inferences drawn from on-Ministerialists in the House of ut many Non-Ministerialists are sustatious in professions of anxiety to opposition; and some Ministerialby previous declarations, may not e to offer Lord Derby a thoroughMinisters, however, it appears , have failed to obtain an absolute t their supporters maintain that the views of the different sections of der it impossible to combine them ve assault upon Ministers or their - Ministerial phalanx less obnoxious sensions than the Opposition? Mr. the Buckinghamshire nomination, ed from public view. He is underke the adepts or thaumaturgi of old, mystic seclusion at the concoction of nacea-or like Mahomet in his cave, ew chapter of the Koran to meet een exigency-or like Friar Bacon, by word and spell his brazen head. he great work is completed, what t of the unanimous approval of Mr. arty? Will that which meets the verts bent on crossing the Free-trade which they have been led, satisfy ill hanker after the flesh pots of pror. Disraeli is prepared to conform to of the age," but will he be able to ot merely his bucolical supporters, me of his fellow-placemen, to follow here will be about 310 Ministerial ? vy or substantially useful qualities brought into play by the new House s are not less problematical. The nknown, or at least untried Members, eat-nearly one-third of the whole a good many instances it will be one cipher has taken the place of nd the only use of ciphers is to make notation. But there have been also nong the more restless and pushing se doings and sayings determine the he Legisiature, or at least impart a tie tone to its proceedings. In all its essentials, the House of Commons seems little changed by the recent elections, except in a slightly increased torpidity and feeble. ness, the inevitable work of time on men and their works. A general election is supposed to be for the House of Commons what Medea's kettle was for old Eson; but in the present instance the venerable gentleman appears to have passed through the process not merely without having his youth restored, but positively without having the insidious progress of old age arrested. the existence of potato blight in Ireland. One Evidences unfortunately are multiplied as to feels reluctant to confess this appalling fact to oneself; but its truth can scarcely be doubted. This additional grievance must give fresh impulse to emigration. The influx of gold from Australia, and the exodus of adventurers to the various Colonies comprised under that general heading, continue to be enormous. Mr. Macauly, M. P. for Edinburgh, is said to be convalescent. So much the better for our chance of more English history from his pen. His parliamentary tongue may remain silent, without any grave loss to the nation. No news from India or from the Cape, of a very important nature, success, so far, seems to attend the British movements. GOLD IN THE WEST INDIES. The following is an extract of a letter from Trinidad, Port Spain, August 1st:-The gold diggings of Demerara are causing as great a revolution in this island as the Australian and California diggings have both in Europe and America. Our planters, with several agricultural labourers, have already started, some of whom are realizing their most sanguine expectations. Lord Harris, (the Governor,) his family and suite will shortly visit the West India Eldoraldo. We cannot congratulate the good people of the West Indies on the discovery of that which no doubt they consider to be a source of immense wealth. At the present moment some of the smaller Islands, as Barbadoes, St. Vincent, and Antigua, are nobly rising from out of the depression under which they laboured. They have by a wise and judicions policy, settled their emancipated population comfortably under equitable laws, and have been working harmoniously and in a Christian temper for some time past. If Gold be so close within their reach, may we not fear an abandonment of their legitimate pursuits, and, as a consequence, a sacrifice of the cultivation of their great staple—the sugar-cane? Wise people say that every man has his hobby; and thoughtful readers very soon discover what are the hobbies editorial. We acknowledge then frankly that one of ours is an unconquerable antipathy to the present occupant of supreme power in France. With every desire to record honestly the prominent events that occur in that country, on whose condition the welfare of Europe so greatly depends, and with a wish to be guarded against individual prejudice, we find ourselves deriving a malicious pleasure from reading or aiding to circulate the harsh truths that are told regarding him. The news of the month is the retirement of M. Casabianca from the office of Minister of State, or Premier, in which he is succeeded by M. Achille Fould, the well known financial operator. Other changes in the Council of State have taken place, caused by the removal of those members who dared to vote against the seizure of the Orleans property, and the substitution of the merest tools. One of these last alone has a name which may be recognised; it is that of M. de Cormenin, the author of some clever pamphlets, an Orleanist, Republican, or Bonapartist, as suits him best.The festival announced for the 15th, at Paris, was, we read, to be shorn of its expected military attractiveness. The National Guard is not thought to be ripe for the distribution of the Eagles. The Moniteur assigns as a reason for the change that the President might be embarrassed by the cries of the citizen soldiary-meaning its presumed clamour for the Empire. The truth appears to be that "His Highness" is fearful of their silence. The Prussian Government has semi-officially denied the existence of the treaty antagonistic to a French hereditary Empire, which the London Morning Chronicle lately dug up from some unknown source. We still suspect that the Elysée has been at the bottom of it.-Victor Hugo, expelled from France, has now been driven out of Belgium, and has taken refuge in the island of Jersey. His forthcoming "Napoleon the Little," if written up to his standard of ability, will produce a strong sensation in France, whence it will scarcely be possible to exclude it. The Arts in France have sustained a severe loss in the person of Tony Johannot, whose clever pictorial illustrations of books must be remembered by many of our readers. States as have interest that on a late occasion at Washington, Mr. Se full and satisfactory sta regarding the Fisherie follow him through his content that he expose hubbub that has been r that there was no nov forced by Great Britain indignation hitherto exp The President of the ing an enquiry from th made to the American ation of the Sandwich I may be inferred that the under consideration by th The invasion of Guay General Flores has resul His forces have been di have been given up to G of Ecuador. Flores him Late accounts from many political arrests ha an uneasy feeling prevail of no further infamous invasion. Unwonted sec if there be any in conten the fact. THE MILITIA.-The un in active preparation, G tracted for several thous greater part are already c of the ordinary military buttons close up to the n narrow peak, or "bobtail. with yellow collar and cu of a dark leaden hue, su Concerning such public affairs of the United only, by Firmin, decorates FACTS FOR THE FARMER. FARM MACHINERY.-The portable farming pro- belonging to Mr. Neame, of duce mill, from Mr. Crosskill, of Beverly, has been informed, has purchased th tried at Canterbury, in the presence of many of trial at Mr. Neame's farm, at the leading agriculturists in the neighbourhood. at the rate of 30 bushels per The experiment was very satisfactory; it ground at the rate of 60 bushels oats and beans, and, to show what it was capable barley to fine meal at the r of doing, hint stones were ground to fine powder, hour, besides grinding bone by putting different kinds of grinding plate in, an stones, bricks, &c.-Canadia operation which was attested in 15 minutes; and from which, it appears, any substance can be RANSOME AND MAY'S ONE-H ground, from flint-stones to barley meal. The-This cart is very useful a |