New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-06
Trade of NIontreaI-POlitical -trifes--t. Jean
Bapti-fe society Travelling steamboat
Academic oar-ene-- of the Tory kabble-
Decreased Value OF Real Estate.

Bapti-fe society Travelling - steamboat
Accidental oar-ene-- of the Tory kabble-
Decreased Value Of Real Estate.
Montreal Correspondence Of he Tribune
MoNrnEAI, juno 3'. l-4'
Il /. imposs bic % depict in too sombre gu. ors
rhs state OF depression in which this tat 2 ie"
years since. thriving city noa IS. Business seems
almost A. stand the streets where merchants
most DO c1nererate are silent and deserted NJ
Western Canadian merchant now visits Us % lay
10 hs stack Of goods md by bis presence alone O.
run Up prices at auctions 20 or 81 per cent above
their value. Montreal is shorn Of her trade Ia the
West. her glory is departed as the Commercial.
emporium OF Canada. Our merchants were for
merry accustomed 70 say that they lost more Ia
bad debts 10 pper Canada than they made 10 the
shape OF profit 0n goods sold aud delivered, bur
hey would be al now 90 see that trade returned
-yeu with all tire drawbacks In the shape Of losses
which they sleae they sustained Their aspira-
-ous are vain Westward the star OF Commerce.
Ike that Of Empire. takes lts way.
We are mt y,t ia the iull enjoy mert az the
fruits of Free Trade. NJ the same time that pro
lection IS virtually Withdrawn from us-for hold
that the protective duty OF our tarh Is rather a
nominal than rea. advantage 70 the country.
New branches Of commerce are apparent y.
however springing up. especially " tn your grrs-
y esterL county, and our rec Traders are san
tuIne Of almost indefinite extension. Several
American scEoaners have come down from Lake
Erie and one even from AXE Huron, with G. ~
tud PORK. and have taken back return cargoes-
principally salt and the produce OF our fisheries.
The calculation IL that Indian Corn, at our pres
-ut rates % glt. can be brought down by our
annals and laid down in Liverpool trfe low cr
| than RIA your canals and New-Nork. When the
repeal OF the Navigation Laws enables Us 10 have
.onuage to compete with British vessels 10 our
9orts toe advantage side. II - said, will bc
Increased. " tia large addition 70 our upEard
.reicht farther decline IA our downward freight
naN also be anticipated.
THIS u the brightest side Of the picture If our
commercial affairs aud, as You will observe, II Is
pleasing ia prospect rather than m reality. Il Is
,fue We can have plenty Of produce brought "a our
market but the question -, where are buyers d
Ds found what vessels are 10 be- got t. remove ~,
and what other market 20 be got o. receive II from
rs Unless there be Hn outlet here, your mer-
chants v d Of course continue to send the whole
4 their produce to your ports where 40 such diff
culty exists.
A circumstance has iust occurred which strik-
nely demonstrates the impohcy and injurious ei.
iccts of our present maritime code. Oue OF our
most cuterprising commercial houses made appl
cation 70 the Governor-Genersl 20 allow two new
schooners American 10 come down with cargo to
Montreal or Quebec, there to discharge, take 10 q
"a a.
"a the part OF the Executive Government 10 com
ply with the request, IL was proved they had not
he power-and the adventure was abandoned -
On the very same day on which the refusal was
communicated 10 The applicants, steps into the Of
ice Of those applicants citizen oi your tree he
public. bringing an order from the Imperial q "
arnment obtained throU IN the Influence Of Mr..
bancroft % admit his brig to pass through our wa
ers a. the broad Atlantic. TINS Is one % the beau
tiul consequences OF being a Colony-perhaps !
should say o. our Colonial system. The foreigner
btains v hat $ denied = the cItizen-the comfy
ot nations Is considered a sufficient plea Tor giant
.ng to the one an advantage which - denied % the
other on some point Of oH,i etiquette. Ia oPposl-
ZION 10 the true Interests OF the country. suppose
be- ie bon temps rieHdra but this living 10 antici-
Dston OF future benefit is scarcely likely % cement
lur attachment to British counexion.
Our Torres, dcs pairing OF success IN any other
way. are looking out for some new state OF polu-
cal existence. aud are openly advocating annexa
ZION 10 your Republic. They proceed, however.
IN their usual self satisfied style imagining that
because they will H. Il must be accomp. ished
quite in SIC yoo, SIC jubeo manner. The Newspaper
Of which they have so long talked II is said IS 10
come out Immediately. Your New-Iork mer-
chants are said 70 have subscribed about $4,000.
aud your presses-yOur own IN partlc 1lar-are 70
give their sympathy and cooperation. a free dis
cussion OF the subject OF annexation IS greatly 10
be desired 'it vii not be the people who rouse
that will control public feeling, ! venture 10
orophesv The newspapers now in circulation
are taking the wind OF the sails Of the contem
plated paper, and opening the discussion IN
genuine annexation style. This will nip the new
enterprise In the bad.
No poltcal events OF consequence occurring
The Tories profess 70 have given up oil thoughts
Of farther violence, except on the appearance OF
the old mounted government police, which they
promise 20 aunihiAte. The League IS the chosen
instrument OF the Tories, bUt the very names OF
the foremost men 10 thar association are enough
90 deter any but their own party from j0llius
them. Al attempt IS being made q iraternize
Nth our Red Republcsns-the infinitely small
number OF Pspinesus foliowsrs-but the alliance,
% made, cannot De lsstns. The rsncor Of pohti.
cal strife Is ss fierce as ever. Lord Elgin's name
s put in the van by both parties
A. u - mark IN broader carlcature our SOC a
condition, meeting Of the Universal Pesre -
ciety was held the other evening. and attended
by numbers Of the most heated partlsans IN the
community They " ho practice sedition are send
ing . Pans delegate . preach peace.
The -. Jean Baptist Society bad avery large pro-
cessiou On their uatious. anniversary a. went OF
= i'm ec.at the Governor anne was loudiy cheer
ed opposite Government House. and God save
the Queen Vss PLAYED among ire uolsiest accls-
nations. The Red Republicans bad their lemon
.irstion IN tie evening ia the shape Of dinner.
order OF the day. About 100. wiki their guests
attended
As striking Instance OF the power and inas-
ence which the Tories possess In any department
10 the civil government q Canada, ! refer You .
the statement IN the Patriot OF TUESDAY last. IL
appears TIA, nine-tenihs a. essr, OF the civil ex
penditare OF the country Is applied - the pay
ment Of glo-Saxons.
Travelling ID CAnAes IS now very chesp from
Montreal % Quebec BY frsi-clsss steamer g.;
from Montreal % the Falls Of Niagara. g. We
have Dot the osua lumber OF visitors from your
side as vet The health Of the city IS remarkably
good. but in some h,thy localities there are q ies
cases OF common Cholers. resembling q good deal
Asiaiic. TIE Board OF Health have made very
good sanitary regulations, and hope they vii Be
rigidly eniorsed There Is little or no alarm
among citizens Several deaths have occurred
from coup de soleil' The weather has. unti
the asst TWO days been intensely hot thermome
tsr az high As 90 ., ss7 IN the shade.
A distressing accident socssssa sw0ssys sisss 70