New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-17
AFFAIRS or CANADA.
r,nsni Tenures In Lower Cnnada-Ohris"e
vs.. Papineau.

s. ro,;ries into the best mode oil AbOhshing thS
.v.,sr,. 90 abhorrent TO the French Canadian pop
.i.top. through a Communication, have been ordered
r. Legislature, on motion Of Mr.. La'ontaine,
no mites in his person the functions of Agent Of
al british Government, Attorney. General, and
p.;,,o Minister for Lower Cansds. On the 18th
fIsst month the question was discussed, but La
S,rtaine. who is nov a pstrOoD though the son OF
a moor farmer, proposed no definite remedy.
A the question at issue deeply interests many
of your readers quote from the Toronto ErnDa-
:sty the views taken by Messrs. Papineau, who,
with bis family, own large seigneuries,) Christie,
DsvgnOu &C.:
heavy rentss niOersble burden on has million OF
sentsd on the subject session and No yenured 70 say
that zoo Coo persons peuuOnsd The Lower CAnsos Lsga'
lure before The UDiOn 10 hsve the yenies liked al INC Og
ma rate In the District Of Quebec the rses have not
been much raised buI in The District Of monueai every
seignsur has raised the ysne double aud reoie and 70
soue stance, hundred fold The evil was not so much
IN The tenure 10 the abuse VI H. the hfst Hea1
10 e .oos q ., 10 ,os.s.sioo Of H. the loG It
he maid every time cannot use he "ase On
on sny bn of going on Land and taxing timber
out Of which 20 construct ~ IRON nis I snve g.
hang around the necks Of the oonayes Ths burdens OF
ds 81 pns, he tweih Of Ihe amount OF me purchase
NJ Papineau, best known TO your readers
,h,oneh the events Of 1887, and who saved Lower
Canada to the British Government through his
fears Of losing his seigneury, he haylnglreused 70
mite with the Nelson's 10 make the tenures tne
yaIlvipr cry rather desiring 10 secure the ieudal.
;sm through union with you, which would, as in
Albany and Rensselaer, Counties, protect 1t, gave
bis views thus: .,..-,
or hose of The poor could not be long maintained The
ne Of ,breeourhs Of ssigneuS sbsolute as
much 40 az those held By free and common occ9ge
The sSstem OF tenure against which the ouIcres were
font I'd u II
po.terous suppositon that parties could conPei lne
copcede his land wiener no nAso VI mO -, ss
land. for penny acre. ltwas no wonoei sue
ceedei IN producing an enech "en ey bsi Inc ba1e
country had not been thoroughly denoreiL91 Mh9n Le
people had been under iaen easnng c
sons OF the regularly constituted courts ior nesrv ns
sni yn,ion The French law granted the Ssigneues
the condition that The selgneus WouIo setie tuen III
Al. aIerwayds there were grants with this condition,
Thai The apds should DO sold rented Dut no rss OF
rent was fixed The frat action Of the government 10 the
matter vss by an edct Of the French King in l7l Some
of SegneGTs had sold their lands in conhayeouon oil
The grant which hey received Ihemi sno NE oIgen.
only compel an observance oil the terms
of The grant The TO be charged f rent was mol hXed
by Governments and was TO be toe same as Psd
nv HE ndng con sres hls subject OF his
nlnost mpOance, involving as DID he lnyalsOfo hsG'
of property and therefore 1t would be wen Tor hooofsos
sentler en- consider carefully, the difference between
fuds existed, and Is II now existed be-
fore disturbiDgi it.
Df. D0FlgnOn wanted tne ftfIcS HAtu-AO COu-
mutation could take place without liking them
He would pass a law by which a cenSHdtTe would
have the right to choose his Seigneur. From sos
to the Union, every Assembly had pissed bills TO
remedy the abuses Of the feudal tenure, but the
Government by means OF a Senate OF its selection,
had vetoed them The failure of crops had impov-
ershed the farmers, and the next Lower Canada
elections would turn on the abolition OF the tenures.
Mr.. Drummond wanted the Seigneurs rights
fixed in the shape OF an annual rent which the
cOnsitaire could commute.
Lalontaine's scheme is mere put off All the
information that is requisite is on the journals
already. ROGER SHERMAN.
Blonted Church Establishments Thousand
Stale ParsOns-PensiOns TO all Religions
Public Debt in Ireland and Cannda-Irish
Policy here-TrlnI by Jury-The jail for
Drh,-U-ury-DOllars and Gents for Car
reHcy.
Toronto Correspondence OF The Tribune
ToRoNTo, Friday, July s. 1850.
Mr.. Francis Hicks, Inspector General Of Cana
as was. on the 9TH Of September, 1888, editor and
owner Of The Examiner, now the property OF Mr.
lanes Lesslie. Then, as now the authorities here
were using their utmost Efforts 70 secure the ser
vices of the Clergy of certain sects as stipendia-
rios of the State. Mr.. Hncks was seeking an ee-
walton 10 the House OF Assembly as stepping
stone 10 mower and he edled his readers after this
fashion
9 chnfch Fstablshment with Bishops, Deans, Arthtea
"Sops Re ;os Para, n6ges Geoes, and perhaps Ii1aes
No he is in onice; and, after aiding Mr. aid
win. since lsA7, TO staVe off af enquiry into the
Vaccinations Of the Enemy a" Boated Church
Fstablishment," he has come forward 20 oppose tue
introducticn Of bill for TIE sale Of $4,000 two han
dred acre farm5 for the purposes Of general eda-
catios fund upon plea that tue. British Parliament
had exercised the power OF establishing the Cler.
oy oi certain favored sec.s, and approprlstiRg to
heir use the proceeds OF these lands TO the esc'u
sion OF ether religions equally CONSCIENTIOUS; anu
that all the people could do IN the matter was 10
pray 10 London for the royal permission to mitigate
The evils of Bloated Church Establishment
attic People" understand the thing, however
amember named Morrison, who assisted last year
10 prevent legislation, has, in recent debate In
the Assembly here, assured the House tina. even
among the Adherents OF the Church OF England,
there were those among his constituents who wOdd
rather shoulder their muskets as in 1897, than con
sent 10 be sadded with the evils Of a minority
clergy in the form Of secular union OF Church and
State.
Entrants shun Canada because It's Government
have denied the People the Freedom OF the Press,
and established the Church Of Rome, through the
treat, that followed the conquest Of 1852 and the
Church OF England through the British Act of 1871;
just as they shun your South, where the States
have set up Human Slavery as cherished mani
cipal nsttation. An Annexatiouist Assembly
man, Mcconnell, from Lower Canada, said the 9th
er night, that the active, young and enserprisng
Canadians are going West and 10 Boston and your
STATE. leaving sl the young women on hand A
sad state Of things truly. Toronto City has gained
few inhabitants since last Summer-the Census
of this wear gives il % l66 Inhabitants.
The ~orn has seen many spiritual councils meet
10 decide what religion is II hope 1t will yet be-
hold atcmporsl council assembled 10 establish come
thing De finite in the shape Of q code OF morals -
There is a wonderful discrepancy both among the
virtuous aud the vicious, relative 70 the doctrines
OF noFshy, ethical philosophy, and the practice of
the dudes OF lie.
Tho vnlnahle l.Dds ra.o-,.al L., c.,o~.;hi,. Co.