New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-19

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tie chief Of those who were circulating i. vas a
Po.t Once Clerk another. a gentlemen interest
"a lea tre buildings. A. present occupied az Par
lia,rett Hsu.e.-and g. On. The m-rrta-ic -ea'
xto have pat their names 20 u sre those = hose
business would be likely . suffer isom Annexation
in consequence Of the high duties ca the British
good. thew sell or else persons engaged IN GONE
m the Id protected trades. IN y bonn he hatit Is
sti strong. AID vho It'll Indulge tee vaia hope OF
2 -etu-a 20 the old state a ialn-f. Genera y 10
ma. be- noticed hat me men who s-e established
here a, Coiouists. 60 for Annexation. whstever
their immediate interests may b. While bacne.o-s
and .hip-ow1crs, whose property u equally a.
home Al Lisefqoo. IS az Mon'retl' s.ics u iae Old
order of things.
Itis ogite pl.ia. however that the Protes, has
been drawn % with a. especial regard 10 the
views Of the Pr1tecLI1lisls, whO stu fancy there
isa probability Of having advantage ior Cana
dian -four aud timber IN Brush markets. You
vii see that, wrapping DP the ooder expressions
of the Address. the Protest admits the facts as 10
the present evis, and the necessity ior sremedy.
without pointing oct what that remedy IT, There
e 10 doubt about that with any VINO know the
men So that Great Britain, II she merely decides
upon the opinions OF the two Addressef must
make choice between those who accept her Free
Trade policy az sccompiishef TACT Of which
they have H. riah, 20 complain, but which makes
the longer existence Of the Colonial relation unde-
sirable. and those who protest against separation
bat insist on her resumirg her OH burdens to pre-
vent II.
There will be otner opinions. however certainly
more entitled 20 favor than the ast There VIII
be many men, especially among recent emisrsnts.
In the back townships, whose desire 10 preserve
the existing connection will be the real love OF
their title IS Englishmen. Throughout the com
try these will be very numerous, snd 10 VIII no
doubt be long before anything Ike sufficient
unanimiry can be obtained 10 elect the object de-
sired by the Annexstionists, Ia q peaceful and
l-gai msnHer. / am the more desirous Of putting
this plainly before your readers, because It has
been too much the fashion ter persons writing
hence 70 represent Annexation IS something
that vas 70 be brought about immediately. On
every occasion Of excitement the same nonsense
has been gone over, till the whole story sounds
like often repeated hGmhug.
At the same time IN Montreal It has taken little
more than SIX months 20 convert nearly the whole
OF the present supporters Of the movement and
though / doubt much Of Upper Canada, and Am
sure that there are thousands violently opposed 10
the change, | must say that all the renabe &C
counts receive from that part CT the country cad
to the opinion that the people are much more ad
valced than my own judgment would lead ne 70
believe.
The seat of Government humbug-f1r humhug
il is Whatever be the determination, to keep such
question go long cpen-stii continues 10 be tsls-
cd about. Nobody IN this part o. the world be-
lleves that il will DE removed snd the opinions o.
the various members Of the Execa i've Council are
bg this time sufficiently vel. known 10 assure
the Montrealers that since the return a Mr..
Hacks. az least, they have majority IN their IA
vor. The only probable way Of arriving AZ con
trary decision, would be by the Ministry deter
mining n leave the decision 70 Lord E!eln, and
10 suppOr, him in whatever he decided. Oar
CANADIAN Punch, which is little inferior 10 the
Londoa Punch, has IA excellent Illustration OF
this business. Baldwin "a playing As thimble-rig,
With three thlmbes, representing Toronto hlngs
ton and Montreal, on " hich he invites bets while
Punch from behind quietly overfets the Montreal
thiuh' c with his cane aud discovers the pea.
The arrange meLts between the Portland hau-
road Company and HesHs. Black. the contractors.
of which have formerly given you the particG-
lars " ere ratified on Friday. Messrs. black are,
therefore At present, the essees Of the road from
Longueuil TO 81. Hyscinthe, At per cent. per
annum on cost price.
At the beginning of last week we had return
Of Cholera, which killed some four or five persons;
but | have heard Of no new attacks Tor several
days.
observe 10 Ministerial Journal published at
Brockvile. a statement that the editor was pres
ent during the riot inside the Parliament House
on the 25th OF April and trst C0urteuay did no
mischief, but on the contrary tried to prevent u
! always understood that Cout.enay hAd directed
the mace u be taken away, perhaps to save II ;
but the fact OF HI. having been very active Ia pre-
serving property, instead OF destroying - VIZ"
known to every body about the Parliament House
Tie weather here is getting very cold ard the
few leaves which still remain on the trees On tue
mountain wear very yellow appearance.
In spite OF our croaking. the T all business tnis
year has been tolerably good but not Ike old
times The revenue is larger than last year but
then the rate. OF customs are nearly one third
higher.