New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-26
,NEw-YnRK TRlRHNG.
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
Christie rrd shs Reporters Of is5o-sir Alien
r7acNab, Baldwin md Sir j. Coiberue's Rf-

nay.
Of The Tribune.
TosoSTc. Monday, Jaly q, is5o.
want q corner in The TribHMe ia which to re.
,crd the particulars Of a dos.day quarrel between
he CsnsdA Press aud '.be Legislature.
large corps Of re- crters, representing the Presr
In various parts Of CanAda-some Of them reEily
able men, all Of the nrespectable and extremely well
AIKEN notes thus far, and that too
with great sb hty, Of the proceedings OF the two
Hou'es-say ather Of the Assembly, fox there is
the power b. re lodged, far as there is any popu
lar power ut all. Seats are specially assigned
them, not ss with you. in Albany aud Warrington,
within rae bar, but without and below it; and i'm
media ely between them and the bar, a row Of
seatS lave been placed for the accommodation OF
tho ladies.
MIR. Christie, the historian Of Lower Canada, and
who represents Gsspe here, Ia great friend Of Sir
Allen MacNabs,) was outside or At the bar talk
Ing and laughing with the ladies, when Mr. IRE, a
reporter, very respectfully informed him that he
could not hear or report the Attorney Generals
speech because Of their load converi ation-and as
he would be blamed if he reported enormously his
remark was q very natural one. Mr.. g. consulted
Col. Prince, and an apology was privately request.
ed fron Mr. IRE, which no says he gave 10 writing,
and they seem TO say that he did Mt
Next day Mr.. IRE was brought ~ tho bar Tor nis
onense, made 10 apologize for breach OF privilege,
and reprimsnded at considerable length by Speak
or AoriD formerly editor Of La MIheTDe, Montreal.
The moment the House resolved the remarks Of
MIR. Ure 10 be breach Of privilege, the whole Of
the Reporters rose and lett the House, and have
not since returned. Mr. Baldwin went the fall
length for upholoiDg The dignity Of tie House, as he
called il
MacNab, Prince and Christie are in small mno-
rity but the discomfort out oil doors great think
the whole affair manWuvre OF theirs 70 render the
majority in doors more unpopular still, and if 80, il
has been very well got up. MscNab played oil a
similar joke on the Assembly in 1929, and turned it
10 good account. He was then brieiless barrister
and had apparently as small chance OF sitting 10
the Legislature as any one well could have m
Some waggish fellows had Manufactured an EN-
gy of Sir John Colborne, and hung it up on tree
nj Hamilton. Loyalty in the Assembly felt Indlg-
pant a Committee was appointed, aud Attorney
General Baldwin's father placed at the head OF 1t,
10 inouIre into the origin of that oHgy! Sir Allan
was duIy summoned before them, and when asked
uuestiobs would not aDswer-indeed he pretended
10 doubt their power to intenogate him. Baldwin
was quite indignant-reported the case to the
house MacNab was instantly arrested by his
brother, the deputy for his MacNab's) father, the
6ergeant at Arms, and brought TO the bar Were
he uttered long rhapsody Of nonsense about the
rights Of Britons the liberty OF the subject trial by
iuYy &c and absolutely refused to testify. moved
10 send him to Jail, and there we did send him for
a month or 40, when he consented to answer.
Imprisonment was just wha. he wanted Every
dsy motion was made for his liberation, aad OF
course debate followed; the folks out Of doors
took two sides ia the natter; the majority In the
House lest by it; MacNab was held up as mar
tyr; and took his seat on the floor shortly after.
NscNsb played this game TO render BALDWIN
Senior, and the majority Of 1929 odious-iucceeded
and now, as imagine, is repeating the joke upon
Baldwin, Junior, and the majority OF 1850.
Our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reprints OF British
Boeks-scoundreIism-B erro W ng-Interest
Decentralization PeDitentinry and Popu-
tatien-Peter Perry-Primas ne nituro Law
Baldwin's Income-sheived and Pension
ed--ipaiineabie Homestend-'A COi0red
pp.arher,s puseIai-slavery Propesaud-
ssr-mr. Fuimsyc-An Orange Procession.
Correspondence % -se sui@r
TORONTO Tuesday, July g.
During the last fifteen years, suppose we have
made fifty statutes In Canada, all Of them for Rail
wsy.makiDg, but the frat Of the Railways 10
neither made nor begun. What Government
does 10 invariably job to bolster up the covetous
and needy brood who have scrambled for plumber,
through an imperfect elective system, into tenn
porary power and private individuals do not dare
% venture their means 10 encourage public i'm
provements In a country where everything polti-
cal seems insecure and unsettled beautiful and fer
tile although it is. The Railway bills of this ses-
son would ill a tolerabe volume, instead of which
= general law under which all who might desire to
lay out money in that way 10 the measure wanted,
but lite passage would interfere with certain pri-
vste schemes of monopoly-hence we have neither
re~eral Banking nor Railway acts.
Inspector General Hincks has introduced, in As.
ssnbly. bill to tax British copyright works when
reprinted by YOU 90 per cent il imported into Can
ada, for the benefit ofthe several British holders of
such copyrights. In advocating his measure he
described the American publishers who reprint, as
we'll a. the Nation which permits them to do So as
pirates and sooundrels This is mistake In Ire
land, from which Mr. II. 10 an enigrant, there ney.
erwm any coPyrigh.law until 1900. British works
were reprinted without any regard to copyright
and Irish works had protection anywhere
Was England who had the supreme control in Ire
land before 1900 Through her power and wealthy
tc be branded with scopndrelism because of such
erintsf am opposed to an international copy.
right law between England and America, and
know no cause why English authors should be en-.
abled to tax Canadians 20 per cent on their work,
when We Canadians are unrepres euted in their
Parliament, and their booksellers AZ liberty IN ra
print our works If ever We should happen to issue
any.
This copyright bill. many Of the antirepubTcan
speeches, and much Of the protested loyalty here,
are or seem to be, mere trick and maneuvre 10
enable certain persons to Keep well with leading,
Influential and moneyed men, in or connected with
England aud thereby proong the borrowing of
large sums from abroad extravaganza at home
and bribery or corruption, by means Of which
MesMs Price and Latontaine admit that any Gov
Cru or General may move any House of Assembly
30 many puppets, with its leaders, ministry,
and all. We send nearly $500 900 abroad yearly.