, 1879-03-28

ci'lnest tcapcfs, mowers, etc-, nave foun1 u
v''y en % i ttose eypoyea BY Messr. brown @
hnve struck work. NixOnfs men nrc greatly
! dissatisfied, md will aoon follow suit. Dairy
'ncnt w'lo are ol''iaed 70 par heavy tax ot'
KalE nInt coaree tutu'i Tor rtrerlIlE cheese arc
dlsglated with thr new thrIff.
Epectaf Dtsgdfch to The Tribune.
OTTAWA, h1nrcb N.-lha tinvcrnInent, 1t Is
understood. do not Intend 10 reufal tie lnsolv-
cncy act,, bnt Will Introduce IN amended meas.
urc. II ID intended that atl official AssfgHees
slln1l be rccaIeu aud that Judges In Insolvency
10 appointed to deal With such matters. All
compositions viii bc t,ade Illegal, uni estates
are 10 le administered hy the Insolvency Court.
A debtor will not be able tOnhtain hts discharge
unless by sevcn-efRhthH vote ~ IN. creditors
ind tlreefoirlhs OF Tho vaiuc, and it l,c cant,t
pbtan TINT hc ,'',tet wait until the cn.i Of two
years befure lie can nuke an application to tn:
Insolvency court. These, are sl!c s'riucipat
amendments cntcm plated fly the fioyerNfrnt.
u. Walker, President, M! 4. Dixon, Sccrc
tary Of the f'fewcs Aesociatton,are here request
,E that the customs duty on nnA!t bu nos In
creased ~ prOusc.l In the tariff. IA no maft IL
Imported, while II would atforl the Amerlcabs
"a protest for demanding MI Increased duty TN
Canadian malt entering, ti,a. col'ntry.
Il has bccn'rlmorsd for st,1nc time that ST.
J0hn Macdonald coltrHtplates Visiting Engad
this summer to consult the Hume Government
In reference 10 the future relatlnns Ut the Do:
rnin!on nml the Mother l.al,d aud to ascertain Il
any help may he cxucctctl In thu construction uf
liz Caimda Pacific lsaiIwav. II Sir John
1 should 70 to Engta,n! It ts quito pos.
stblc he would Eon,t out ., st,e ad1ysnngs ~ ts
Gannaa Pacific lIailway .s,o would 10 to-, TO- Great
| military acnsc, although i Is. unlikely That
| ,he Homo Government would traku any money
vraut tawarls It's construction, The Uther ob.
jsetE.v, discussion ot te ,ntHrs M1;;;. rtlai1ns
Is elcsswork. Nobody ha. asked fur aay
| Change IN tllc relations. What Ia most probable
shon!tl Sir John ~ 10 Englaml!, y. tha, he viii
crafty IN inhibition. entsrta'nea f%r years, to ls
| lors. After The Pacific scandal Str john gut d
hint that 1,e need not be IN hurry In presenting
himself for the purpose Of bc!i!E sworll In. Now
that lle has been relab'lltalca BY being placed Ut
the head az the Canadian GoycsnulcI,t aeatn,
there eau bo no objection to Ills being formally
speesol Dt,pasch to 7as 1rtbun&
| MONTREAL, March, 21.-Grur,e X. Kingswcll
and Tholnas Graham, Of the Govcsnuent E,n'.
grafton Department, havo nrrtvcd here from
England. They report uiat large ctniuratiotl
will take p'ncc from England to Manitoba this
lnrge caplta! have already arrived, en- route u
take up extensive tracts Of laud Eu the north.
| WeBt.
Tho number OF mutita.ed metal pieces passing
current hgrc is u Eriuyance. alta calts for some
remedy. Sumo partlcs lt!axc II n business to cut
up old copper kettles Into pleees tho Size oi
hali- pence, ntitl put them 10 circulation.
| A abort time uRo leading Wholesale drug,
house received q cnBe Of gouds from The United
| states. Their Custom-liouse clerk was iutrlst'
ed With The fuyocu wnerewi.h 10 p'!ss the entry,
which WAS done. The Customs Inspector u.
l3ouayenturc trcight-snrds ordered the relnoral
| OF tile cargo tn the examining wnrchousc where
Au inclosurc not mentioned In the fhyotcc, nnd
on which no duty hal becn paid. wns discovered
] Thu Collector bcii,g acquainted With the fact.
| Of tho case, ordered the c9n1lscatlon Of the
gonds, auI condemned the firm to pay heavy
line. y....
Rptcta' nfspateh to TIE T>7bRns.
ST. JouN, N. D., March 27.-Tllc post-OnIct
| Inshsctors OF Nova Scotia h,id Ntw brunswick
md tlit IntorcolouiDl Railway authorities arc
trying to find ont wi,o arc responsible for t1It
loss Of four null bugs containing nualhcr oj
registered letters which huyt EUnc astray t,nct
January. Three Of the fHgs were from s.
jp,u; une for Amherst, oc Tor Truro and Pic
ton, mt 0nu for Halifax. Thu fourth bug wAe
from Mcnnramicook for the north, The asnoun1
ot money In tl.e registered letters Is unknown
| Specfni DtSpttcA to The 1'ribne.
TonoNTo, Aarcll 37.-ltis announced tlat the
wrI.s for thu election ot ~ Mew Ontario Farlta
nrnt will be ISSUED In June. After thu terrible
beating tile Reform pnrty Ent III thE election U
q now House of Commons last September, It chi
hardly 10 expectcl tt,at Mr. Muwat md ILLS vul
leagues will 20 to the country with the llEhtea
hlowat's cnanres Of SUCCESS would lave hcel
materially improved. T. Il too soon yet II
| speculate OIL tlle result, although the prospects
arc ttlnt Mr.. Mowat's paP{f1wIIl be returned b!
MosrnrSl, March 81. A!li! A. Murphy & Co.
lsn!Gr Y 81 Importers haSu sHI<pcuAe' Liabilities
!: Il Jeilrmah, Observation-Disclosures In
failcd. Liabilities, 32i0, ,tfo.