, 1874-06-18

petsoT cdtcation OF cadots, and a moro rigorous
aha '1HovTfong4 Hvfs orl91 Of drill OF tho ra1l ~,
Dominion Is "E'Enrt,e, ocst Ia ,,aisi" Du
It is 10 far nloiod, as Napoloons ,,ntort,lnatol,
WaS not ~ Tint motto. "1n times Of reaca
or Mr. Cartwrigl,t's now financial sclouo 1 have
hLfoaay SPOKEN. " only rcmainB to 10 Hai,l thnl
,llo greatest humber Of votoS that woro secured
~ any an anmondmont waa ii, Ont Of . uouao Of
| ncnrly 200 menlberH.
ontBltlo Of tho more important moas,1ros Of
legislation, tho 1nto pnr1tanont got through, m
ENORMOUS AMOUNT or WORN.
Iho yast number OF petitions for tho passage OF
,rapt naptth,nltory Liquor law has lad tho Govern:
workiDg Of tlio profibitory law In tho @ povoral
commemorative in tho United stntoB where IL
Is, Is or 1 nsS boom enforced The Special Oommitteo
oYla9nco, exposing most aeoply tho dnp1iulty OF
the Into Ministry tho pub[lo Accounts Com
ni'ttoo have boon engaged, under tho leadership
o. MF' nolto,', In thu same, fear,. congeninl
task. Among lilo questions brought forward by
private nlcmbors was q scheme for tho election
OF members Of tho Sonnto, now appointed; ,Hntai-
tary reform; tho copyright Law; tho geological
survey Of tho Northwest; compulsory voting !;
taasion and Ffoo Trade, mud the publication Of q
Udnsard.
Two things marked tho session: ono wns tho
expulsion OF tho follow lfiol; tho other WAS tho
haarsI Hhould add q third, especially as it ia ONO
Which leaves, after all, tho most agreeable iu1-
PRESTON. rofor TO tito unBtintod hospitality of
the membors Of Mr.. h1ackcnzioa Cabinet. Nayor
was tl,ero 20 proturo hospitality in this city aH
undar the auspices OF those austcro. eolon,n-
yisngod, conAolonos.ridlen puritnns and rlari-
soos, Alec Mackcn2ie. Eddy Dnko, lu Hotton
A oeoaro9n fro, and noto , snith "Ihe world
old joke Of tho Latin poot.
FIGURES Al III FIGURES.
Tho report Of tho poHtmasIor~Q General shows
that ia ls74 on the lHt lay Of january, there
Provinces; aud that tho number Of mlios Of
poRt-routcH in Canada WIS G5,688. That need
call forth no groat enthusiasm, on}y 30 fur as it
goes to swell tho following total, which sets
forth Tue number Of miles Hor AIal loaty's mail
Travelled last year. Tho figures are beyond con-
certon: II, ,2G6, ,693 tnilonl Tho rovenuo Of the
Canadian post-Ofice Inst yoar was 81, ,4OG, ,9si-
gu incroaso Of S21S, ,u22 in tho yoar. Tho oxpoud-
itaro lit amounted to 55S Cyl shoring loss
051 waB deposited in tho Post Office Savings
Bank. The number Of regiatorod letters was
,377, 900. Tho total correspondence botwoou Cau-
ata mud tho United stntes amounted iu receipts
to e444, ,024 the English correspondence was iar
largor and moro valuable.
TIE RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES,
Wo arc q little lale III tho iield perllnps, to
hold whnt, tho world ovor, arc known aa May
meetings; but what matters? 1t Ia necessary,
if wo arc not Rble to get together In MAY, that Ut
lenat We should take i holiday and reyol iu spir-
itual diversions III juno. Wo are ut 1t nor with
imnlonae aplomb. Principally 1t is tho friaky
Presbyterian, but the Wesleyan Methodist calls
aloud tue refrain that comes from tho thronts OF
the descendants Of old Calvin and young John
Knox.
The Genoral Assembly Of tho Canadn prosby-
terian Church has boon discussing tho state OF
church. -atfaira in fine old Knox Church, in the
CITY Of Toronto. They bad no Swing. case
rank Of tho faithful is 1ioly to result from Their
action. The Synod Of 'the Prcsbyteriau Church
IN connection with tho Church Of Scotland"
which il . very long title for the Kirk, IL also
holding its sessions. A beautiful spirit OF loye
and fellowship aeems to Eraco tho hearts Of ali
It's delegates. but they don't seem to forward
tho scheme Of union Of all Prcabyte,ian
churches worth o cent.
Tho Wesleyan Arethodists arc busy ratlfylna q
1nion betwoon tho Canada and Eastern Nmori-
IAN Conferences. Other projects Of union arc
1oing discussed, and go NO round our little tale.
t IL union everywhere. So mote it be.
CASADENsIs.