The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-04 00:00:00

rO/1 SHAUL

THE SITN, LONDON, IVEDNESDAI EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1858

loose women about him, who would soon have stripped him
cf everything valuable on his person, if witness had not in-
'et fered. He troused the prisoner, set him on his legs, and
advised him to go home. The prisoner immediately called
him by a foul nami,,and said, "I'll knock your--head off."
He expostulated with the prisoner, yvho continued his abuse,
ani aimed several blows at him with his fist, which he
evaded. At last the prisoner struck him a heavy blow on
the side of the head, and felled him to the ground. He got
up and seized the prisoner, whn made a determined resist-
anc-, and a long time elapsed before he was secured.
Mr. Yardley called upon the prisoner for his defence, but
he paid no attention to the request of the magistrate.
Mr. Yardley (loudly)—Do you hear me, sir?
The prisoner, in a drawling tune, said—What am I here
for ?

➢lr. Yardley—For being drunk, and striking a police
constable.

The prisoner—I know nothing about it.
Mr. Yardley—What are you ?
The prisoner—I am a shipwright.
Mr. Yardley—Where do you work ?
The prisoner—No where. r have just arrived from Aus.
tralia.

Mr. Yardley—ls this the way you behave in Australia ?
The prisoner—Yes, sir. (Laughter.)
Mr. Yardley—Theo the sooner you get back to Australia
the better. I fine you 20s. for assaulting the policeman.

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CANADA.

FROM CORRESPONDENT OF TIIE MORNTNG POST.
TORONTO, JULY 19
THE FRASER RIVER GOLD-DIGGINGS.

Since my last letter the proceedings in Parliament
have been of unusual interest. The fate of the
" want of confidence" motion was not doubtful ; the
Government did not even condescend to answer the
speeches of the Opposition on this matter ; but,
after some three or four of the latter had delivered
their sentiments, loudly protesting against the pre-
sent condition of things, and especially against
French domination, and complaining that, in conse-
quence of the Ministry having a minority of votes
in Upper Canada, a number of useful measures which
the Western section of the province stood in need of
could not be passed. A vote was taken in a very full
house, and the numbers stood thus : for the motion,
37 against 47, giving the Government a majority of 10
of the whole, but leaving them in a minority of 9 as
regards Upper Canada. This result was anticipated,
and therefore very little interest was felt in the
matter ; there was but a meagre attendance of mem-
bers or spectators, and some of the chiefs of either
party were absent. Had there been a full house it
is probable the Government would have been sus-
tained by a larger vote, but the Opposition papers
assert that the difference would not have been great.
Neither party seem to think they have gained any-
thing by the Tote.
A much more important matter was decided on the
following day, when the member for Montreal, Mr.
Dorion, the clever leader of the Rouge party,
brought up the seat of Government question, mov-
ing, in amendment to the motion of the Finance
Minister that the house go into committee of sup-
ply, " That an humble address be presented to her
Gracious Majesty the Queen, to represent, that this
house is duly grateful to her Majesty for complying
with the address of her Canadian Parliament, pray-
ing her Majesty to select a permanent seat of Go-
vernment; but, that this house deeply regrets that
the city which her Majesty bas been advised to
select is not acceptable to a large majority of the
Canadian people."
The mover of the above had two objects in view ;
in the first place, if possible to defeat the Govern-
ment ; and in the next, to get a vote in favour of
Montreal. In neither of these objects was the hon.
gentleman successful, and, after a sharp and interest-
ing debate, the decision of the Queen was maintained
by a majority of 18.
The principal Opposition paper in this city thus
comments on the vote on the seat of Government ques-
tion :—" The Government admitted by their silence,
and others stated the fact broadly, that if Mr. Dorion's

motion was lost, it was equivalent to saying that the
decision should be final." With reference to this
question, which was of such a nature that we could
not settle it ourselves, it should be stated that the
general impression now is that no removal will take
place from this city to Quebec at the expiration of
the four years (in October, 1859), the period fixed
fF'r the alternating system of Government; but that
the Government will remain at its present location
until the proper accommodations for its reception
shall have been provided on the banks of the
Ottawa. In the meanwhile the state of the provin-
cial finances will hardly admit of any expenditure
being made for the purpose of providing suitable
buildings for the Government at the new capital;
and besides, many people fully entertain the belief
that theeidsOest,tawa people will yet be disappointed,
and that a Federal Union of the British North
American Provinces will step in to rob them of their-

much-coveted prize.
Another matter of great interest ON your side of the
ocean has been decided in the provincial Parliament.
The bill to amend the acts relating to the Grand Trunk

Railway Company of Canada hasbeen pased through
committee, and on a division, is to be read a third
time this day. A number of amendments were voted
down by considerable majorities, chiefly restricting
the borrowing powers proposed to be granted to the
Company, and no one doubts the final passage of a
measure, the object of which is to afford relief to the

greatest of our national enterprises, whose prosperity
and success must at all times reflect the prosperity
and successful development of the province.
The Grand Trunk Railway deserves, and must
have, the fullest measure of support the country
can give to it, and none i'ut croakers are so
short-sighted as not to perceive the fact

,hat but for the Grand Trunk Railway the

progress of Canada during the few past years would

. ..
have been comparatively slow, while the important
benefits destined by its agency to be conferred on

the province are incalculable. The millions we may
guarantee or spend to-day will be returned tenfold
ere many years, and all British North America will

yet be obliged to confess its obligations to all parties
by whose exertions the stupenious enterprise has
been thus far carried towards its successful comple-

Another most important motion has been made
by the Finance Minister, relative to a more advan-
tageous provision for the redemption of provincial
debentures by the creation of a provincial stock.
Mr, Cayley proposes to create a consolidated fund,
bearing interest at 4i per cent,—which is thought a
fair equivalent for the present value of the Provin-
cial Debentures, It is, of course, expected that when
unds rule high the Canadian stock will go up also.
It needs very little argument to show the great ad-
vantage of the proposed conversion of the public
debt ; all parties interested will be benefited by the
change, the present debenture system being so in-
convenient, complex, and burthensome ; and it may
safely be anticipated that capitalists at home will be
more ready to make investments in Canadian Stock,
which will always be easily convertible, than in
municipal, Government, and various other deben-

tures. In addition to these advantages, the change
in the management of the public debt will lessen its
amount, while it would tend to increase the value
of the present debentures in the English market.
The scheme finds favour on all sides of the house,
and no doubt, after due consideration, the resolu-
tions embodying the proposed change will be adopted.
The tariff has safely passed the ordeal of commit-
tee, and a bill founded upon the resolutions will
soon be passed through Parliament, and then we
may expect a speedy termination of the longest ses-
sion I remember in Canada. The tariff is intended
to afford a large measure of protection to our manu-
factures; but Mr. Cayley repudiates the idea of
its being a protection tariff—he says it is a tariff for
revenue purposes, such as is demanded by the pecu-
named modify
pecu-
liar circumstances of the province. Some of the items
upon which high duties are placed—such as upon
and probably the
paper—doinspector n-geonteramlemetawyith
in
the favour,
article
his tariff ; but a revenue must be obtained,
and as newspapers are free of postage, or nearly so,
in Canada, the provincial press ought to be satisfied.

engages public at-
tention
Theoitnhceransuadbjaest
tlvehiFehratsleovir r River
gold discovery
and at the present time the excitement is growing
throughout the province. Some of our papers at-
tempt to dissuade people from leaving for 'the dig-
ging, at least not until further and more reliable
information on the subject shall be furnished ; but
it is no easy matter to cure the fevei when it once
appears ; and when it gains a hold upon the mind, all
prudent considerations are scattered to the winth.
No doubt there will soon be a large immigration to
the new gold fields from England : if not, the Ame-
ricans now flocking thither will do as they like, and
cause disturbances in British Oregon.

The San Francisco -Herald of the 21st June, a
copy of which has just reached me, is literally filled
with articles on the subject of the Fraser River
gold discoveries, and while attempting to check the
exodus which was going on, and threatened to de-
populate the elder diggings, does nut succeed in
blinding the eyes of the Californians to the fact
that the richness of the new El Dorado had not been
exaggerated, and that ti c probability was that a
large population would be re many months could
elapse be found in British Oregon. It supposes that

a large and important city will spring up at some
point on Paget's Sound. The question is asked,
" Where is the new city to be ? The restrictive
policy of the Hudson's Bay Company will prevent
any large city springing up on the United States
territory; but the Herald does not believe
the company will be sustained in their exclusive
policy by the Government of Britain. At present
the indications point to Esquimaux Bay, three miles
from Victoria, on Vancouver's Island. At that point
it is said there is sufficient depth of water for ships
of the largest class, and for the accommodation of an
extensive commerce. The Hudson's Bay Company
favour the above locality. The Herald, however,
points out the difference between the company's
tenure of Vancouver's Island and that of the main-
land, and sees no reason to doubt their ability to
convey a perfect title until the expiration of their
lease. The discovery of gold fields will destroy all
chance the company might have had of ob-
taining a renewal of their lease of the island.
The progress which Russia is making in the
North Pacific, by the annexation of the Amoor
River country, will suggest to the British Govern-
ment the necessity of establishing a colony on this
coast, to preserve the balance of power! " This can-
not be done while the company hold the whole
country under an exclusive charter. " The Cana-
dians, too, are clamorous for the opening of the whole
of the British possessions on the Pacific for settle-
ment and immigration, and it is not likely that the
British Government will refuse them anything they
may now ask."
All-the Californian papers tell the same tale, and
do not deny that the gold fever is raging in every
part of the State. All the lines of travel are crowded
by adventurous gold seekers, and accommodation
cannot be found for the half of those who are hur-
rying to the sea-board from the interior, burning
with the desire to get early to the new diggings.
" Hostile Indians, a barren and forbidding region,
an inhospitable climate, and a dangerous river route
have no terrors for them ; they will brave all to
satisfy themselves." It is of course the interest of
the Californian papers to decry British Oregon, its
climate, and call it—as the Hudson's Bay Company
have so often done—a barren, forbidding region ;
but the world is wiser to-day on these subjects than
it was a few years back ; and if it were not, what
care the gold-seekers for sufferings from want of food
and shelter, and for dangers of which they at pre-
sent know nothing, incited and fed as their minds
are by dreams of gold—of bright auriferous metal ?
The effects of the new gold fever are proving dis-
astrous enough in California. The price of labour
has already been seriously affected, and a number of
quartz mills have been compelled to cease operations
from a scarcity,of hands. Labour of all kinls has
been run up, and in many places strikes have oc-
curred and resulted in an advanced rate of wages
being granted. San Francisco is said to present a
singular series ofscenes, from the effects of the Fraser
River fever, the city being the natural outl:t for all
persons bound thither, whether from the mines or
from the interior towns of the country. All classes
are seized with the mania ; even newspaper men have
been bitten, and have gone off with types and presses
to the new gold region. For the present the shop-
keepers of San Francisco would appear to be doing
a good business in all these articles required for the
use of the diggers, and it is supposed that a million
of dollars will have been added to the daily circula-
tion within a week.

A rumour had been in circulation at San Fran-
cisco, but was not generally credited, that the charter
of the Hudson's Bay Company had been renewed
by the British Government for a further term of 21
years. After giving its readers a tolerably accurate
sketch of the condition of the controversy down to
nearly the present time, the San Francisco paper ex-
presses the hope " that the people of Canada will not
recede from their original position, viz., no renewal of
the charter. they remain firm, the Hudson's
Bay Company's rule over the whole of the north-
western territories of Great Britain will be termi-
nated in- May, 180, and free trade and liberality
will take the place of monopoly and intolerance."
To renew' he charter of the company, even on the
conditions proposed by Mr. Labouchere, would,
under present circumstances, be to create a mono-
poly in comparison with which the East India Com-
pany would be insignificant. Governor Douglas
has already prohibited vessels from navigating
Fraser's River, and claims as a right belonging to the
Hudson's Bay Company the whole of the new trade
which is fast springing up as the adventurers continue
to press forward to the diggings. "It is just the
same," says the paper before quoted, " as if one single
commercial house in San Francisco should have the
monopoly of furnishing the whole population of
California with whatever they may require in the
shape of necessaries or luxuries, and at whatever
prices they might determine, ignoring altogether the
law of demand and supply, together with the right
to impose licenses for the privileges of mining,
and also for navigation. Such is the character
of the monopoly enjoyed by the Hudson's Bay
Company, and which, if the charter be re-
newed, they %%ill enjoy for 21 years more." The
bare contemplation of its magnitude is almost
sufficient to take the breath out of a man. What-
ever course events may take, we think that there is
now sufficient grounds for the interposition of our
Government. "It is neither fair nor just that Eng-
land should be allowed to erect a monopoly of that
kind at our very doors, under the pretence of renew-
ing the charter of an existing commercial company,
and to sanction a policy more exclusive and more
outrageous in every respect than has ever been pur-
sued by the Chinese or Japanese."
In another article the same paper calls on the
Governor of the State to communicate to the Cabinet
at Washington the important events transpiring be-
tween the citizens of California and the Hudson's Bay
Company, and to issue a proclamation to that effect ;
also to define the rights and privileges to which they may
be entitled under existing treaties between Great
Britain and the United States. The recent Reci-
procity Treaty is quoted as confirmation of the view
that perfect equality should exist between the two
nations, the treaty stipulating " that the same
tonnage duties are payable upon ships or boats im-
porting goods into Upper or Lower Canada as are
or may be payable at the same time in the United
States on British craft entering the harbours of the
State from which such goods have been imported."
There can be no question that Governor Douglas
has stretched his authority not a little in condemn-
ing; American vessels to the pains of seizure for
infraction of the conditions set forth in his late
proclamation. The United States Government have
liberally allowed to the Hudson's Bay Company,
and all British subjects trading with the same, the
privilege of navigation of the Columbia. " From
the point at which the 49th parallel of north lati-
tude shall be found to intersect the great northern
branch of the said river, to the point where said
branch meets the main stream, and from there down
to the ocean, with free access into and through said
river or rivers, it being understood that all the
different portrga along the line thus described shall
in like manner be free and open. In navigating the
said river or rivers, British subjects, with their goods
and produce, shall be treated on the same footing
with citizens of the United States." The above it is
contended might well serve as a basis for the United
States to require a similar mark of libera!ity from
the Hudson's Bay Company as that conceded by
them to the Company.

It is very clear that in placing restrictions en the
operations of the Californian and United States
traders, the HuNon's Bay Governor has, at the least,
acted without due discretion, and there is good rea-
son to fear that the consequences may be disastrous,
and tend/to involve the United States and Great
Britain in fresh quarrels, which, coming so soon
after the settlement of the right of search question,
are rot likely to be easily or amicably arranged.
But it would seem quite impossible for the Company
to show the least act of liberality ; even while on
trial, and about to undergo the fatal btroke of the