New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-22
Canadian Affairs.


Correspondence OF TIE Tribune.
NoNTzEaI, Monday, sept i.
DEAR SIR. Things here have become qsi.e dali
and =, quiet as 1iuiL The only s1bleo: interest
ias 70 men who look az politics IS something o..
more consequence thaa cock pit f1- c.sce seek
en- 70 sight 10, il TIE ate negotiation a. Halifax
and that seems = have ended ritaou. zly usefsl
result This throws our commercial legislation
upon ore OF two c)urses. IL vii either fai into
tue hands Of the manufacturing protectionis's,
who III. associate high tariff With Jade pendence
sad fedora. unioa Or Else into those Of the Free
Trsders who, always anxious 70 Increase our com
mercisl connections with the States vii be driven
az the natural result Of thai policy, 70 ook Tor is
consanat.on 10 Annexation L they despair OF sue
cess By other means. A portion Of this party may
probably be inclined 70 Try toe result OF re,Ai,-
ton il or tarf, and 10 that Of Great Britain. Il
Gres, Britain can be induced 70 adopt our views
81 lar as . impose hish duties On your breadstud.
of which there Is some chance in the fact thst
the most ilse. gent statesmen az home, now
see clearly that they cannot preserve these colo
MES without putting them on better footing
Bot ! believe the majority OF these persons, AZ
ieas; 10 the cities where greater intercourse pro
t1ces speecier conviction, are inclined % believe
that your people vii be deaf 10 our pray ers for
reciprocity, and are therefore aux Gus T. make the
change o. allegiance a. soon as possible. | speak
with more conf ience Of Montreal than the other
cities because ] know Il best; bat believe the
feeling prevails IA all Of them though not - the
same extent / hear within the last few days
from a number Of Influential persons that they are
endeavoring % organize meeting, a. which men
Of character end standing, and free from party
faint. vii be prepared 70 express their opinions
publicly IN favor Of Annexation. as our only
hope. There a. OF course some difficulty Ia bring
ing such movement about bat feel little doubt
that 1t will be done, snd done IN manner -
carry right with 10. The parties concerned are
the most influential from position, SC in the city.
Beside these topics we have had some curi0u.
revelations as 70 the manner m which the political
prosecutions have been got up. especially Of the
evidence on which they have been founded. IL
appears that some Of the parties held 20 bail were
arrested on the evidence Of a witness calling him
self Peer Groome, - HON no one Ia toH IA has ever
heard Of tai be gave the dispositions L. question
M Groome, however committed the traing in-
discretion Of alleging. among other equally vera
cIOus facts no doubt, that among the rioters con.
cerned ia the destruction Of the Parliament House
vas gentlemen in plain clothes. whom he never
theless recognized as An officer Of the 23d Hegi
ment, and VI BON he could point DOT. The pafiie.
held 10 bail on this mans deposition published u
II NI
officers Of the 23i to vindcate the character of the
Regiment. They therefore caused an application
o be made 10 the Solicitor General demanding that
Gr0ome should be produced and be made tn point
out the officer lrCuipatef Or sdmit that he had
swoin falsely. The reply from tho officials ves
that Groome had been asked - point oct the oih-
Ger, and bad selected gentleman who not only
nd not belong 70 the Regiment, but was not 10
Montreal or the day when the events In question
took place. The Solicitor General further stated.
In reply TO the Military Secretary. that the msgls
rate who took the deposition was thereupon con
WINGED that Groome labored under misspprehen-
sion, and dismissed that portion Of the evidence
from his mind He also expressed his regret that
such an imputation upon any OF Her Msjestys Of
hcers should have found is way into the public pa
pers. Bot neither OF these gentlemen seem 70
nave thought for moment Of the probability that
Mr. GrOOme was abOrDg under misrepresentation
lu other particulars OF his testimony, nor 10 have
regretted that impgtations made N similar evil
deDce against persons not m Her Majesty ser
Woo had been made the cause OF their arrests
What makes the matter look much worse Is that
Groome swore 10 his deposition that though he
knew not the name Of theofiicer, he was perfectly
well acquainted with his person, VIII the gen
tleman " hom he pointed out-Hon. Mr. Egertop.
one OF Lord kigin personal STATS person g.
remarkable IN appearance that he could not poss-
bly, be mistaken Tor another. IL appears further
that this dsinterCsted witness took care % swear
that he was 80 poor as 10 make Il necessary tor
him 70 leave town % look for work, and that upon
lhs hint of the probable loss Of their witness he
was forthwith enlisted by Her Msiesiys Govern
IHent in that sinecure troop the Horse Police, Of
which honorable mention has been heretofore
10 ade In my correspondence Here we have the
spy system with al its OdIous suoOrntti0n per-
iary pat into operation by a Government Boosting
OF It's liberalism.
Thu cffv aufhorfffes IN do their share In the
eral hubbub Of absurdities, have determined lay
out 1 200 to purchase arms for the Police aad In
order, probably, to inspire confidence IN the man
ner Ia which these arms will be used, have
nsmed a. the Chief OF Police, 10 place OF one who
vas driven out By mismsnagement during the
troubles, person notorious as The Keeper Of IN
licensed billiard tables, uine-pin alleys and houses
Of ill-iAme. This again IL the work OF the party
who cal themselves liberal. IL has, however, 81
much stf-onted the representatives Of the Irish
portion Of the city, who desired TO get OF their
own people appointed. that two OF them have
positively refused u ait in the Council while the
present Chief Is continued.
Lord Elgin has been 10 Niagara, and has since
EFT Lady Z gin there, and returned toward To-
ronto. II issaid he will be at the Kingston Agri-
catnrsl SHOW. h seems % have been received
pretty weli--the Government party say enthusl-
ssticaly; but that ooub, very much At Ham
ilton and Toronto the Tories az very violent IN
their opposition % anything Ike demonstration
IN his honor, AMI | should not vooder 10 hear Of
rows there-especiGly AZ Toronto.