New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-11
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.


Corrs'po'a7 uoSrsral, Tuesday April
s..;.. &. At last fairly upon as am p" NO..
~ oh heavy loads passed on we..oea''I
- three days ago, boats arc nov the
Ne. The ice IS leaving the r'e' III '''''' 49,
80. ,h,,,h below, where toe oo"lo,H','''. -,
-, 80! end current makes Jam a. 'ne O'7
pam. ii a .,nsequeut consolidation oi ulo
.,;B 70 be seen the broad ana "'I
o'' 80 by the constant passing OF horseS '0
IRA '' 81, As usual at tins season t"oi
thrce ii'o"' ,,oter Of accidents, Dlt ",no 10
nave p - hsen fAtal. The m'schei "es $50
heA, y. -, n. .oss Ol 2 h1Tss or Morse alI -
co.. ,,.,cs the principal event since -,
49, .cop;,,al OF the persons cna'seD vi ios,
y vac i,o,t If the disturbances o. apr" 60.
tc. on 49,, r.,urned b. every Indictment WIN
No On - and understood that the bl 'GulA
one eAor ia uuerl, bad ID point OF law II IS
ID i"A -, Assembling and destroy lng iDusc.
r.a-os from what is whispered cuisine Tue v a.
~ -, that the case Tor the crown D'"hr
jug ,.1-,rle,ely. as venrured . prophecy that t
eso.,id 40 many mOnths ago. leI u "@s
.,,,,os-,, suspiciOns Of this KIND that 'ne 70
non, while mems minds were yet nos 80 49,
a;..,,e,, took upon themselves b arrest res
- ai,,,.,g and brought about. most uniecess ar
~ r. soc,,,d sores u Disturbances 70 "hCI '"'S
y. -,as oxoosed last year. IL is 10. tthaic' ~
~ a., 10 turned out that the Granl Ju1! was
-, ,rholly composed OF persons pOhucauy oP
'.d N The accused as 1t prcveg,s any SUI
Of partially. if.,i,or ;,.,or.
- during the las term OF our Criminal count
o. ,rsI however. has excited good deal OF IN
,,r.st and Of cOmmiseration for the gutty party
This unortunate ielnw was an lrsh Catno"C' ~
in in the midst Of Protestant population ana ne
eppesrs not 20 have been very capable o soVer'lIi1
bis tenper IN such way as t. gam inc COCA VII
of those vino differed from him Qua1eIs acco,d'
iugly took place, aud these were cAasP u'o" y!
o., ottock made upon the Roman Catholic process
sion called the Elle Dtes last Sumner a series
of i,i,ries seems 10 have been thereupon perpe
,rs,.d neon the isolated Roman Catholic, such as
shaving his horses tai, elrdling his trees &c Al
last mad with excitement and believing th@t sOn.c
pc, depreciation was about b. be committed on Ms
property. he lett his house with gun ana accom-
named BY his son, b. protect wheat heio arr u
on the spot lac found some persons "toih te IN
closure and after calling upon them m vain 70 stop
fred and brought one OF them down-dead. There
can b. no doubt that this was murder and, WIN
very pious CathYllc Judge, and q Jury composed
entirely Of Catholics much % their honor-there
was no hesitation about giving the Appropriate yer
dict Still it is plain that ia tins case the law does
not satisfy our sense OF moral justice We forget
that the prisoner doomed 70 death man who, per
baps, was not injuring BIN at all and who, II he
were was only committing secondary oiicnsc ,
and we remember that the convict would have
been at this day in the enjoyment of his property
and his good name had 1t not been FOR the criminal
acts OF others Who are triumphing IN his fall,
eht about bg their vilsinv. | hope the Exec
utiyc viii do something more IN this case than
merely remit the extreme penalty OF the law. !
shotld not omit an episode on the trial With the
principal was indicted son as ms accessory. For
the defense anothc~ son was put into the witness
box who proved that his brother then in the dock,
was not with his father " hen the gun was fired
but that the person who accompanied the latter
was himself the witness. HIS testimony IN favor o
his brother cost him an immediate arrest, but the
Grand Jury rejected the bill against HIM
While speaking OF the law courts, may as wei
mention that the dismissed Anne xatiOnIst q. 6
have now both taken their places below the ba
in stuff gowns silk beink the emblem Of their last
rank One of them has applied 10 the Govern
noent for leave % institute suit ia the OF
the Queen against himself 50 as 10 try The qucs
tion Of right
For some DAYS there have been new rumors here
of a coalition administration, aud have some rea-
son To believe that they are not wholly destitute
nj foundation A few DAYS will probably bring
about a dca0hfmeAL believe that Ministers ma
themselves So much puzzled by their old friends ON
the Clergy Reserve question, that they cannot
hope 90 get on without concedmg what is demand
ed ami what indeed, they are deeply pledged %
But il they adopt principle hostile to eccies'ss'''
cal endowments they place themselves III laise
position with the bulk of their party-the kolnan
ra,bolic French of Lower Canada These last
haye already expressed their determination no' t.
give their adhesion to measures based on maXlms
which must " yef0n,ber 6OHfGicmtHt on themselves
| quote the words OF an article in the journal ID
Oiebcc. edited by the Member for n County ad
ioinieg that city--an article which has excited lt
tie attention, bat which IL evidently written after
due consultation and deberaton, and intended to
serve as manifest OF a party. The glst oil The
whole is that the French wall not sacrifice them
selves To their Upper Canadian allies, aud being
able To make sure of a strong and compact body
in the Legislature will be tady, it forced on that
course to take office with that section OF Upper
Canadians TO whom they have lately been op
posed This is the real index to the coalition, aud
| can see 40 chance OF any other move being posi-
BILE evento get through the next season, which Will
commence IN MAY.
To enable Lord FL, in to effect such a junction Of
parties the two Offices ct Chief aud Second Com
missioner of the Board of Works have very con
venienty become vacant Mr. Wcntenhalfs un
fortunate alteration has placed one of these posts
at his LOrtships disposal aud the other has fallen
into his Gift by the resignation of Mr.. Cabot
resignation said To have been written in the Public
Station. where the Minister OF the Crown had got
ONhtu up OeChuse ne not Keep uitiNtl Qua bl
the gutter. do not vouch for the circumstantials
Of the latter portion of the story, though believe it
but substantially, IL is correct Ministers were
not ashamed 20 choose d notorious drunksrd for
their colleague; but he rot too drunk for them
let this was the msn hose recent return for Que
bee was lookod upon as an immense ministerial tr
umph, and who had the whole of the Tartuiies aud
Clergy aidiuc him. by stories OF his piety-hs as
ssiance 10 the S0ci,tt " 81. Vincent de Paul. &c
We have just now curious example OF the
truth, that bigotry is not confined TO one sect We
have Mercantile Library among our institutions,
70 which the Ncic York Chr,stiaa In9Huer--an
Unitarian newspaper-has been sent gratutously.
However the young gentlemen who form the
Board OF Censors of the Library, in their zeal for
orthodoxy. have lately TUNED the Inquirer out Of
doors. believe they will either have to readmit
IL or the Society broken up; but it is worth re
marking, that, among the press here. they have
met with only one advocate, and that one IS iour
nal which ur,fesSes 10 be intensely bOrr.d at the