The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-16
Affairs in Canada.

From the Montreal Herald, July 1871
Since the departure Of the mail city has been sub
sced fearful visitation The psstilsnss il too
y amous and the dread disease which, At first was
confined to the emgrants who sought our shores now
c cts down many valuable member Of society Tho
c,ergy, and the medical professon-the sefdevoted IA
dies from the converts and the benevolent portion OF
exists have each furnished their victims Every hour
furnishes some instance Of sickness some fresh
example Of Its termination by death, among those We
know and respect With whatever psnt the stream Of
misery comes in contact it leaves the marks OF its pas
sage: on the steamboats, ten fifteen, twenty five and
twenty depart the short voyage of one night between
Quebec and Montreal The mortality does not
street the police find the bodies of those who die there
rather than to the place which Government has pro-
In that He'll upon earth betwe and two thousand
sick fever patients constantly lying and deaths TO
the number OF thirty forty nifty and even more than
ferings in low marsh, where not breath Of air
reach them with other shelter from the ardent heat
but sheds made Of deal boards while the thermometer In
stone houses by shade and exposed draughs
Of air stands as high 80 degrees Those who are at
tackled have money but they can ind no one to re-
ceve them for all dred the seourge
Yet these the blessings that those three Irish phi
lanthropists Messrs OConnell Cooley and Gregory,
hold up so desirable. For every hundred patients
they would have given thousand, and they would
have called on to be thankful for the increase Of our
population and the outlay Of capital This the fruits
Of systematic colonixationthat colonization, In short,
that is intended to relieve the mother country not to
To this painful subject, have next In I'm
portae to notice the fiscal plan laid before paria
the provisions OF British Possessions equase
all duties, the protection hitherto afford
incidental loss to the trade at the Of Quebec
and but he also proposes to render the bond
ing system complete and at the same time as simple
as possible. This will probably, In some MEASURE MAKE
up for the disadvantage by facilitating breadstuns
trade, but it would have been far perfect measure
had he taken OF the Be-. duty He also proposes to re-
duce the tolls the canals TO shift the burden Of oer
tain tonnage duties heretofore chargesbe shipping
to the consolidated fund 1t IL too clear that these
measures will be of little use, unless the home auhor
ties give us free navigation by sea and our river Our
address to her Majesty that subject the
on the determination OF which our prosperity or ruin
may depend.
1t is encouraging to see that the true principles Of
commercial dealing are every day more and more I'm
derstood On Thursday night an honorable member,
who akes very strong ground the protectonst side
Of the question: stated in the House that the very
who, year ago, the most violent opponents OF
free trade have declared that the salvation OF the
try depended upon its adoption that Ia Montreal 1t ~
quired much moral courage to offer opnisn ON the
other side, as to refuse to fight duel
The public accounts show total Of revenue Of fbl2.
093 l8s 3D. against f524 366 los Cd That Is falling on
Of Ell 1913 lbs Id hut there sum OF upwards OF
twelve Thousand pounds FOR tavern Licenses, which In
e45 went to the consolidated fund and which this year
has been applied to local purposes there seems In fair
ness to be difference in favor Of last year The great
item of decrease the customs amounting to E4I0
ooi in lsao and fssi7l in 1876 the great apparent
increase the item Of tolls public works, the dh
ference being f4s in 1896 to E27 In ls45 large
advance which already makes yet unfinished public
yield third Of interest Of the provincial
debt The bank mposts have also from Gao
IN to in 1896 and leave out the tavern
licenses for both years have real increase in the
else Of upwards Of fl0000 The expenditure E60t
22S l2s 3D. exclusive OF loans laid out for public works.
but inclusive Of the interest that the ordinary
has exceeded the ordinary expenditure by E4700
The increase Of expenditure, however, principally
arising from the accommodating loans, has been from
$500 3s9 lSs I'D to the above mentioned sum- dihs
renee Of almost $4,000.
Ministers have maintained . majority varying from
whS nSy taking b. to- ps
must be regarded with the greatest dislike by every
who would prefer University worthy Of the Province
to the encouragement of sectional interests The
ncent property which forms the endowment, produces
10000 per year and every year adds largely to value
IL the Government scheme be carried out the annual
proceeds will be divided among four colleges belonging
TO the Episcopalans, Roman Catholic, Wesleysns and
Presbyterans besides about 60 500 to be distributed
among Grammar Schools. Thus the Canadian Univer-
sty is to be knocked on the head.
The deaths among the emigrants from ship fever
tnue very numerous the hospital at Crosse Isle for the
week ending Saturday last shows the number in the
hospital to BIO ~ follows - l...