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JP'uWic," It is added that persons desirous of contracting for the same, must give in their pro- 

 posals on or before Tuesday, the first day of July next ensuing; and the signature, "by the 

 order of the Court," is that of "S. Heward, Clerk of the Peace, H. D." [Home District.] The 

 tender of John Hutchison and George Hethertiigton was accepted. They offered to do the 

 work " for the sum of £,'25 currency on coming to the rock, mth the addition of seven shillings 

 and sixpence per foot for boring into the rock until a sufficient supply of water can be got, 

 should it be required." The work was done and the account paid July 30th, 1823. The charge 

 for boring eight feet two inches through the rock was £3 Is. 3d. The whole welt and. pump 

 thus cost the County the modest sum. of only £28 Is. 3cl. The charge for flagging round the 

 pump, for "logs, stone and worlananship," was £5 2s. 4Jd, paid to Mr. Hugh Carfrae, path- 

 master. Near the public Pump, auctions in the open air occasionally took place. A humour- 

 ous chapman in that line, Mr. Patrick McGann, used often here to be seen and heard, disposing 

 of his miscellaneous wares, And here we once witnessed the horrible exhibition of a public 

 whipping, in the ease of two culprits whose offence is forgotten. A discharged regimental 

 drummer, a native African, administered the lash, The sheriff stood by, keeping count of the 

 stripes. The senior of the two unfortunates bore his punishment with stoicism, encouraging 

 the negro to strike with more force. The other, a young man, endeavoured for a little while to 

 imitate his companion in this respect ; but soon was obliged to e'sdnce by fearful cries the tor- 

 ture endured. Similar scenes were elsewhere to be witnessed in Canada. In the Montreal 

 Herald of (September 16th, 1815, we have the following item of city news, given without com- 

 ment: "Yesterday, between the hours of 9 and 10, pursuant to their sentences, Andre Latu- 

 lippe, Henry Leopard, and John Quin, received 39 lashes each, in the New Market Place." 



In the Market Square at York, the pUlory and the stocks were also from time to time set up. 

 The latter were seen in use for the last time in 1S34. In 1S04, a certain Elizabetli Ellis was, 

 for "being a nuisance," sentenced by .Judge Alcock to be imj^risoned for six months, and "to 

 stand in the pillory twice during the said imprisonment, on two different market days, opposite 

 the Market House in the to'wn of York, for the space of two hours each time." In the same 

 year, the same sentence was passed on one Campbell, for using "seditious words." In 1831 the 

 wooden shambles were removed, and replaced in 1833 by a coUegiate-lookiag building of red 

 brick, quadrangular in its arrangement, with arched gateway-entrances on King Street and 

 Front Street. This edifice Med the whole square, with the exception of roadways on the east 

 and west sides. The pubUc well was now concealed from view. It doubtless exists still, to be 

 discovered and gloated over by the antiquarian of another centui-y. Round the four sides of the 

 new brick Market ran a wooden gallery, which served to shade the butchers' stalls below. It 

 was here that a fearful casualty occurred ia"1834. A concourse of people were being addressed 

 after the adjournment of a meeting on an electional question, when a portion of the overcrowded 

 gallery fell, and several persons were caught on the sharp iron hooks of the stalls underneath, 

 and so received fatal injuries. The damage done to the northern end of the quadrangle during 

 the great fire in 1849 led to the demolition of the whole, and the erection of St. Lawrence Hall 

 and Market. Over windows on the second storey at the south-east comer of the red brick 

 structure now removed, there appeared, for several years, two signs, united at the angle of the 

 building, each indicatuig by its inscription the place of "The Huron and Ontario RaUway" 

 ofliee. This was while the Northern Railway of Canada was yet existing simply as a project. 

 In connection with our notice of the Market, we subjoin the prices agreed upon by the magis- 

 trates, in Quarter Sessions assembled, as in their opinion fair and equitable to be paid by the 

 military authorities for provisions, during the war in 1814 : — Flour, per barrel, £3 10s. Wheat, 

 per bushel, 10s. Pease, per bushel, 7s. 6a. Barley and Rye, the same. Oats, per bushel, 5s. 

 Hay, per ton, £5. Straw, £3. Beef, on foot, per cwt., £2 5s ; slaughtered, per lb., V-Jd. Pork, 

 salted, per barrel, £7 10s. ; per carcass, 7ld. Mutton, per lb., 9d. Veal, Sd. Butter, Is. 3d. 

 Bread, per loaf of 4 lbs., Is. Qd. In AprU, 1822, peace then reigning, York prices were : — Beef, 

 per lb., 2cZ. a 4d. Mutton, 4d. a 5d. "Veal, 4d. a 5d, Pork, 2d. a 2hd. Fowls, per pair. Is. 3d. 

 Turkeys, each, 3s. 9d. Geese, 2s. 6d Ducks, per pair. Is. lOd. Cheese, per lb., 5d. Butter, 

 7^d. Eggs, perdoz.,5d. Wheat, per bushel, 2s. 6d. Barley, 48 lbs., 2s. Oats, Is. Pease 

 Is. IJd. Potatoes, per bushel. Is. 3d. Turnips, Is. Cabbages, per head, 2d. Flour, per cwt., 

 6s. 3d. Flour, per barrel, 12s. 6d. Tallow, per lb., 5d. Lard, per lb., 5d. Hay, per ton, 

 £2 10s. Pork, per ban-el, £2 10s. Wood,'per cord, lOs. 



