The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

Hudson's Bay Monopoly and Canada.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,-- The Canadian Parliament meeting on
the 13th, no doubt the proposal of the Duke
of Newcastle, through the Under-Secretary, to
renew this gigantic monopoly, and grant to
an irresponsible private company three-fourths
of British America, will be there fully con-
sidered. Canada, some years ago, having sent
Chief Justice Draper to oppose the renewal ofthe
monopoly—exclusive privileges and lease of the
Company—desired to have the country opened in
colonies under the Crown, with equality to all, and
exclusive privileges to none, which Lord Derby's
Government intended doing, and which ought to
be done.

Lord Bacon says all monopolies are against the
principles of the British Constitution, and are,
therefore, illegal. Parliament has never sanctioned
the grant of Charles the Second, which has always
been questioned, though, if confined to the shores
of Hudson Bay, as intended by the merry monarch,
few would demur. Parliament this session has
abolished the rights of fishery on our
coasts and rivers, though granted some years ago
by Parliament and the Crown because they were
injurious to the public good and public interest.
Why, then, should the Duke of Newcastle attempt
to continue a monopoly that has been the incubus
of British America, preventing settlers on our
priaries and driving them to the bordering ones of
Minesota and Wisconsin ? People will not settle
under the rule of an irresponsible private company
when they have our colonies and the western states
free to them.

So unpopular and despotic is the sway of the
Hudson's Bay Company at the Red River settle-
ment, where the chief population lies, that the
people have risen and released a prisoner against
the will of the company's servants. The Duke of
Newcastle is a" know-nothing" of the opinion of
the Canadians and inhabitants of the Red River
settlement, and must have been misled in offering
to renew the monopoly. _

TRAVELLER.

Proclamation of the Archduke Maximilian

as Emperor of Mexico.

The following intelligence, dated Havana, July
22, is published by the New York journals :
The French transport Milan arrived here yester-
day from Vera Cruz, having left there on the 13th
inst. She brings dates from the former capital of
the Republic to the 10th inst., on which day, in the
city of Mexico, was proclaimed the Empire, the
Archduke Maximilian to fill the throne. The
Council of Notabilities being duly assembled by a
previous convocation declared unanimously, with
the exception of two votes, that the Mexican nation
through them selected the empire as the form of
government, and through them proclaimed the
Archduke Maximilian of Austria Emperor of
Mexico, and that should his highness refuse the
throne thus offered him, they implored the Emperor
of the French to select a person in whom he had full
I confidence to occupy the throne of Mexico. The
public proclamation of the empire of Mexico took
place in that city on the 10th inst. A courier was
immediately despatched to Vera Cruz, and the
Milan sent off with the news. It is stated from
Vera Cruz that all the towns along the route of the
courier made immense manifestations of joy on the
promulgation of the news, and at Vera Cruz 100
guns were fired in honour of the event.

THE NEW EMPEROR OF MEXICO.—The Moniteur
of yesterday says:—" The Minister of Foreign
Affairs has received from the Consul-General of
France at Havana the following telegram, trans-
mitted from Queenstown ou the Bth of August :
`Havana, July 21—By the Milan, which arrived
to-night, I learn that on the 10th of July the Arch-
duke Maximilian was proclaimed Emperor by the
Assembly of Notables held in Mexico.' "