New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-13
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The Indemnity Commissien-The French
Party snd the Churchmen-state of
Trade-Csuscs OF Decline.
COrfcspOndcnce Of Toe InOnne.
NOSrEYAr Monday. July

Correspondence OF be Iuonne.
MONTREAL, Monday, July O.
IN politics things remain as they were when
last wrote-the Governor hidden behind the
M,gnisin. the mounted police keptoutoi town ana
the Mnstry Boosting Of their strength bot $40" 'n-
too many Signs Of weakness 70 deceive Any oody
as 10 their rea feelings. The lat act has been
the suaoin,ment Of a Commission to carry out the
Indemnity bill. and the issuing Of set OF what
arc called Instructions for the guidance Of the
Commissioners. As 20 the men. the selection 10
good. They are sufficiently popular vi the oP-
moments OF the Ministry to avoid csvil' while on
he other hand every one kuO~s them to have
been constant Ofhce-seekers and entirely devOt' RI
u sny Ministry that Wil pay them 80 there vii
H.. M row IN the wfgWam. Tnree Of them = ere
v,igttrers duritg the troubles and one, Mr. Simg
soo Of Cotsau du Lac. earned $500 by the capture
Of q rebel named Giruusrd; but he has hea q Of
the Old woman ~hO presented one candle - y.
Michael and another 70 tis serpent, and has
ns,htei by the lesson however, he IS in other
respects hkei BY al SIDES
Bot the INSTRUCTIONS are the most miserable STATE
psyrr ever saw. stead Ut q Driei account o.
the Law under which tue COmmisslOners are .
ac, follow ed By the corouori-s pending thereon
Instead 81 saying, you will therefore a.cefiau
sucb or 4 set Of facts, aud vii Ia one case De
CIlt
Ministers BEGIN by al apoiogeuc or explanatory
paragraph. Intended for ths public rather thsn tur
persons addressed polnt O1t one clause ina
vas inserted. ~ prevent cayi., and amen.ing ina
II had not that effect bid AZ last. by r-c.tlh =
almost the words Of the act, snd telling he Com
IuissiOuers that that was the spirt ia "hcn D
was carried. old Mt lke the ti'i. nut "nen b.
came L. tue 0rehter question, whether me mfJ'rty
o. tn- minority should rule, should have respect
ed men WfO he'd carried or their plaus iin hrn-
n-.s aud ability. As ]. IT, see clearly mat tnes
rashly undertook measure 81 when they ha1 Dol
Calculated the Consequences, aud that when those
events, which others iDresaw, came % pass, ano
winch very little Judgment aud COURAGE wouio
have overcome, they were fairly nOuplussed.-
T. ~ paper when IO0 comes from Them - p
kind Of sp,loVy 0 explanation. which, # made H.
z I'D TAIN before the riots, would have preventrf
all trouble. Now they are Try NJ 20 ~lthofa =
frIn their own acts ~ TN very ili grace, and vii
be despis-d IS We as dishked.
Among tn r opponents N, French party lee
by Pspiurau ard fAreat6 Is daily becoming more
b. 10 attacking the great ministerial allies, tn
churchmen. IN LOser Canada all persons BE-
lpnsiug 20 the Catholic CLur b are liable by ia"
10 me payment Of tithes, winch IN spite oil the
name, however, Is only Nst part OF ceftaif
hi Is OF grain. These tithes are no~ the con
staut subject Of complaint ia the organ OF ths
party. 1nry do not 20 tor the voluntary system
asy-t. at any rste; but they desire more equits-
bic mode Of levyi the contributions at so muci
per acre lDstead OF per bushel az would make up
a yearly stipend OF 600, be-de the casual IN
come for marriages, &C.. which would oi cOur.e
var, in different Parishes, but would make tn
s'ip-Dd Of the Uai rity o cuFss range betweet
{ 2OU aud $500. o. course tho tories OF Loo a.
Canada ne, as they always have been, strong
friends Of ,iorus OF this hiul-thourh not per
spually Interested Ia this particular case the dill
cllty IN tnis part OF the Province lies on the othc
side when We come O. real reiYrms
T,ade SUI continues here t. b. very dull, whei
compared with tie stirring tunes two or three
years sso; bat believe the character OF th' DE
preston svery much misunderstood and eXagge
rated. both within aud without the OvInce.-
P.ople are always ready 10 lay the blame Of ui-
fortune on any body bat the mseives, and therein
l. Is usually agreed IN our case that the iHult Is
Ensland's Free Trade policy. No doubt the with
drswsl OF the advantages accorded u breadstot'
shipped hence is yyO toAi0 an injury 10 our trade,
tnrush IL is somewhat remarkable that the bread
stuH duties being removed IN le41, returned
In lsi-, aud again removed permanently I'M
year, mat $40 was the wort year of the three
Oar receipts Of produce tins year have Increase
considerably over last, aud are, believe, as lare'
n iu anN wear except the famine years OF lSit
ani ls47. Your oroW back OIL, and the remov"
Of the dtIcrentiel duty of 3 per cent IN favor of
British 20 De has also injured to some extent th,
trade of the rver. But all these thIrgs are moth
ing u the great causes of the TEN orAry dec1ut
in our prosperity. Toe truth is thst during tn
last ten wears an immense sum OF money hss
come from England partly by way OF the expen
ses OF the rebellion, and more by way OF ioau'
foe the canals. THE last item can scarcely have
amounted to less than eight millions OF dollars
Tue expenditure of this sum caused tho suddei
prosperity ususly felt in similar circumstances.
and men " no ound themselves rich, they knew
MT how, supposed they would coniloue always IS
PROSPEROUS This gave rise TO large speculations
at first Ia real estate aud buildings then Ia II n'
which, after sudden gam IN 1916 ana lot',
TUNED out an immense loss-then IN ls47 Snr
ls4s. IN railroads teiegrsphs, and Lake Supero
mines. have heard it cslcd atcd, and thlnk
reasonably enough. that Montreal alone must hav'
either .ost or locked up three quarters OF a million
OF pounds In the two last years Now the loan
having ended aud works stopped, the trade oi
supplying workmsn. &c. has stopped too; moueye'
mn piuched tor capital are econOmizing, aud the
Retailers IN town. aud of course house properties
suffer considerably. At the same time most @
the old establs shed merchants have wea,herec
the Storm aud are believe, dong better bus'
ness this wear than they have done for very 10 o..
time. Tho revenues, TO, are, Am told, increSs
ing, both from customs. which however, are mnct
higher than last wear. aud from the canals In
prosperity If the wholesale people viii OF cours
soon re,tore that of the rest
There has been no well marked case Of Choler'
since wrote, and our entire mortality IS less n Al
lastyear. Yours, OBSERVER.