New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-27
Written FOR TIE Tribune
4 Winter Journey through the Csnadas.


Eztraets from TWO euer. written BY vseoun, Sydsana
Governor General Of Canada, 10 Lori JOIN Russell
Colonial Secretary Lonioa-taiei a. Toronto. Nov
p All Dee e. la-s. From SesOP~'s Lie q Lord ;
| pages - AMI -
The state u things here b. far Than rad
pected ~ r9uafFy f rls flc,i015 lfs Eih IA
soads irt-ea e1o 0lar Inc people have i4o
e nanii u iasing 80 much Of ff11f1 iasi in-y begin
rlcf sd core ti1a ~ .tseT yale " 40 nefr
Frjssl,ns q oylts. Tue rlalc-s ae uere d-ran ed
Than believed even m krE and TIE tetcit e15nC0 a
ycar-mor- thar equal 10 TIE income. Al public 'sorks
.l-reud-d Eu-rarol gong 90 ia- from ne fruvrcc.
ksrfy mans properly worth Only Bait WHAT; @as.
when ooS % ne Stale ~ SJFerllent and 70 me de-
parueutai administration % the Province instead Of ncn
surpri sed A. the condition Which tad o. IN ong
isaisAed q Ars BEEN endured 40 l'ng.
o. thai. A. dislike Yankee institutions ard
rule would not have fought against tlenivl ca thuls-
ANS o. iLe-r poor irio~s WON TIE afil comp act
Cal Rebels, d.d-t were only ~ keep up suca Govern
The excitement upon RESPONSIBLE Government u
great Taey he Pecpel fee. tie extreme unessEess of
.h-if situation, owing 10 h1ancial enoafIasneni 4ad
hlie ne ao7inaai r "a ne orey'seat tt intense hfyes
10 MT wonder a. Tie cry Tor Responsible Government
when see DO" tang. have been managed
am now more Than ever saiisrei iaai Pie Union ar
fcrd- lr oly chance oi putting cad o. a cuons that
distract Tie eountryhe only means of recrlg it. tlan
ces by persuadns Great Britain 20 lei2 hs PIPER Casda
rXctequ only means o. which PIE procaf 1b9rsa-
De sfsnu Of b. byatr Ep and Strong AID
pOH eriu adm l4srauuu, both departmental all cNecI
tive. be- formed. And unless the People viii the
general outline OF 70, and Parliament ALL then carry the
details upon hch they ould agree, Win nigh
hand he Prornc l5s From all that can hear or see
irou4d not gre gcas puycalss FOR oy hola y w. u some
great stroke j. rot given which sn, turn mens thoughts
from the a1re 10 which they run. give irr.h
impetus 10 puh- works, emf grafton, sui The practical i'm
provement " the country's resources"
The clergy and crown reserves and the lands
owned BY absentees, interpreted through the
settlements in Upper Canada. occupied halt the
Province In 1880 tue trade Of the country was
crsmped by absurd restrictions there was no
check upon nor any means OF exposing astetul
expenditures the soil was mine Of inexhaust-
iDe wealth, but not worked We had protective
system that vas no prOtf ctlon At all, pO~ erless
Legislature, an responsible, uuteeling Executive.
What We rebeed AGAINST is described above with
great candor by British Cabinet Minister IN
secret letters to Lord John Russell, and l ask the
most preIudiced editor In CADsda or the United
states a read 70, and say whether have not been
tho long made the scapegoat Of the events OF 1887
aud whether thu etiiy buruiog with which the
more interruptions Of tue Orange party celebrated
my birthday on the alght OF tn lzth OF March ast,
Al kinestun, and the exhOrtatOns OF the press and
par leaders To secret assassination are not most
discrediabe to the minority, and m st undeserved
by ne. who never was nor VIII be a violent par
tlsan
assessed Value IF Property IN Canada
Lord Sydenhar, better known as Mr.. Poulett
THOMPSON. Member Of Parliament Tor Manchester,
aid President OF the Board Of Trade, London.
frankly Acknowledges that miseovernment had
reduced the value Of property One-haii la 1889.
Who had been our rHiersi A lew month siLce,
Mr. Holmes, formerly OF tie Montreal Bank, and
now member OF TIE Legislature for that city, est.
m atsd the actual value of property that would be
liable, under equitable system Of assessnent,
which regret % perceive that Messrs. Baldwin, i
Pnce, HMcks and Merritt abandoned last sessiOa
when they could have carried it, az six hundred
millions OF dollars 10 botn Cafsdas. THAI Is
very moderate computation and direct tax ~
one dollar on every thousand would give 5000 ,OOO
- g.. f.t.f han fawt 20.
per ID. while Il Is free here.
Trade Of Kingston. the Lakes, SC.
Kingston isa handsome city, butt with blue
lreestoue. judiciou,ly located tor trade, aud was
tor many years the naval, military and CONNER
cial apitsl of Upper Canada. After the PrOyluces
we're united In July 1870. II was selected as the
Seat of Government tor both. Nscount Sydenham
aud Sir Charles Bagot died at Kingston. Lord
Netcalie y no lived bot n short time, removed the
pubic Offices u Montreal, which is more than forty
miles from the frontiers, At the head OF ship navi
CATION, except through the canals, and possessed OF
many advantages " hich the cunning OF some and
violence OF other Influential citizens rather neu-
,ralize Kingston aud Toronto are frontier cties,
aud Quebec IS anything bat central. IL IS said
there will be no change that Paris is the capital
Of France notwithstanding the June emeute ditto
Berlin aud Vienna. though both have been little
revolutionary OF late Parliament holds 10 West
Minister naugre Lord Geo. Gordons mob and
W all street troubles at NJ Astor-'lsce riot.
Until the Rdeau, Erie aud Oswego Canals,
were completed. aud the St. Lawrence navigation
improved, the bulky exports OF the jewellers on
Lakes Ontario and Erie were conveyed 70 tide
water at great expense and risk, bile imports
y ere lorw srded from the seabOard with much
delay aud at heavy cost. Even now, the Econ
omit newspaper Offers tables showing that
-, SEQ 900 have been sacrificed by the Canadian
producer 10 the British ship ia the last three
iu,. N.4a or.I ms
ether frsights, which would have been saved hsd
the carry ing trade Of the 81. Lawrence been open
70 foreign competition.
have not at hand a table OF the imports and
exports last year AZ Kingston, hut they ere much
under those OF Hamilton and Toronto. Hamilton,
~hich well remember when Il bad but one store
In t. with one or two small taverns, and a b ack-
smiths shop, imported from the Unit = States IN
1895 10 the value of s94l $50 and exported thither
S93,s44, while Toronto imported from all places
lexclosve Of goods on which the duties were paid
az MOn'realJ S755 224 aud exported 22i,i4l bar
res Of -four li2 463 bush. OF wheat and Otner pro
d1ce 10 the valae Of g. f3l, $50 including the ex-
ports from other harbors in tue County Of York.
Value and Course Of Canadian Trade.
That the United States Acts establishing inland
draw backs, aud allowing Canadian produce TO Psss
70 the ocean under more favorable regulations,
have taken away very large share Of the trade OF
the 81 Lawrence and operated powerfully In bringing
ABOUT the Repeal OF the British Navigation Laws, so far
as the bill which ready Tor third reading before
he Lords when the last steamer Left will effect that
object cannot be denied Exports and imports reights
ncusve) esrinste the inland trade between the Unit
"a states and North American Colonies for ls4e. az
slOOOOOOO The sea commerce. including sydney
Coal Plaster Fish. Lumber, &c. and he merchsndise
carried back IN exchange 70 Nova SCOTIA New Bruins
wick Newfoundland and Prince Edwards Island,
csnno, 80 readily reduce 6ares bat il amounts 70
considerable sum il bulky and like the inland trade Is
greatly On the increase. The IN )orts into Ne" bruins
wick from all parts, in 1871, were Of the value Of
SJ.l7-,e0O
Its quite evident thst Il New York Portland ia 10
De the shipping Port of Canada there also the purchases
all De n ace Ii Lnted states are % have me car
syinz trade outward, My have Halifax and Quebec
Railroad the port best suited for exports aisO ne
most convenient for iportsi Does not inward Eeiznt
enespen ourwardf A British Manufactured articles
are nov received IN snsda a. the same rates o. duy
a. II imported via Qlsoec. the preference VIII soon De
yiv@n 10 that route and mode conveyance which 10
found 70 be the cheapest and quickest 70 taat com
e ci.l mporiur which Affords the beat assortment a.
izir rates
Trade Of Canada Thirty Ye1ys SiHee
Thl., not the pace 20 speak fully Of the effects Of
he repeal Of the Navigation Laws regards tns long
vovsrs New.Ensland understands that subject tnor-
ouzblv Monroe snd jefferson understood the value Of
ne Tree navigation or the Mississippi; Adams, Clay
and Csilstn proved themselves fully aware, - years
since OF the use America nad Tor free navigation Of
the 81 Lsvreree-