New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-05
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
From our Own Correspondent
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become u io1"'i'' V az ,c,,,rti,g i
che project has oeen thrown oU' -
80 an 1n,Derial pena! Settlement. 1t is some
- hot with its position, extent and
what SihsV"' V'i"' ;3 CO NM,
capabilities, it should nave i9iue"'00
,.a.re totally unoccupied, save the two ianuies
~,ho ottend the Light Houses. The climate Is not
IN os in some of the contiguous por-
not ~ .. r,.lo ~. coil 10 fertile ot least
lions Of Lower = "i'"'' ~. .,,,o;,,s
1t produces year,! cioPs Vi P~"' ~
..Lorc vessels laden with such produce have IN
., dove baen stranded and wrecked. In part
1oiiie' 10y =, - r...;..o. Iorr;.s b,;fl;r,,
1t is oVetruh win t'''
materials are there III ptolusipn, ana the waters
which surround 1t TEEN WIN various species Oh
excellent seaEsh- W ere such an Island placed
opposite any portion OF your coast, though ten
hines less attractive, 1t would have been occu-
pied and improved-but Canadians nave always
held it cheaT--as proof may mention That the
Lanean family, who once owned II as SelgEeurs,
sold ont fieir right for So COO 1t is now the pro
perty @, the Seigneur 0! the Mingan Islands, aud
NAV nose;blv be ACQUIRED by the Imperial Govern
71cnt as . eyard dlb6t for criminals
Those who cherish the present relations of this
connection with England cannot with propriety
complain should the latter seek some positive and
practical advantage from her expensive depen-
Clency and to refuse or OBJECT 10 the employment
of Antcostl as penai station saVofs OF the sPri5
of the dog IL the 1nanger as those VINO no" own
Che island abandonlt TO nature, ana leaVe IL lana
of terror 10 the mariner.
Were the scattered ana severed nations u tue
earth, by my miracle snort Vi 'ile HIicHiut, iii
corpOrated under one 1oYefniNeht anu CoLlPei.Iu
by the imposslblhty OF feC!aihiih2 " .I,tuo 'Io
monsters OF crime, to seek OUT desert isiahuS DIS
their prisons, Antcostl might be named as ADAPT
ed to the purpose OF penal settlement put
when the question is put, Shail England transport
the dregs OF society, the untamaole ielohs "h0Se
mere proximity causes an involuntary shudder,
away from her own shores and plant them as
cancerous ulcer upon the American soil, men take
counsel from their fears, and resist the PROJECT as
pregnant with the gravest evils Whlch can ahllct
a community. Under the imperial authorities, the
felon colony OF Anticosti would convert thatsland
with its dreary and dangerous coast INTO place
ofrefuge Harbors lighthouses, roads and build
ings would be constructed and the lavish
nenditure requisite to maintain the criminals in
food and clothing would enrich the nelghb0ring
agriculturists Yet even these inducements will
fail to convert friends III Canada the project for
che ever-present apprehension of escaped convicts
must deter colonists from sanctioning the plan Of
making any portion oil Canada an imperial penal
colony.
Norfolk Island is one thousand miles from the
nearest and it is some twelve miles long and.
halfas vide it is out of the track Of sailing
GELS. the once lovely native truittrees were
swept away to prevent the conceament Of the
ESCAPING felons Still instances have occurred of
some the worst of the felon school condemned
70 that island eiecting their escape. What secu-
rity, then, does Antcost offer! Absolutely none.
The mere drift timber Hoated down the St. Law
renee and cast BY the tide upon the shore, would
furnish facilities for escape and the forty miles of
channel would be child's play to the desperate fu-
gitive The true policy for England to pursue,
Instead of hawking about her criminals, would be
70 initiate upon large scale the prison discipline
of the United States modifying the solitary sys-
TEN where it tended to increase insanity. New
ertheess the chances are that Anticosti may be
really taken up by the home authorities whether
Canada wishes it or not and promise of rail
way from Halifax with direct steam communca-
lion between Liverpool and Quebec soften, the
public discomfort
The trumphs of the Collins line are rousing
John Bull from the state OF calm sefsuiiciency in
which he reposed while the championship the
Atlantic was uncontested; a rival worthy of his
fame has now appeared, and ne must nerve him
self for conflict with competitor, whose lnclp
ent efforts almost exceed his natural successes
A speedy and constant communication with Can
ada is lust now deemed in England all important
consideration. The deliberations upon this point
have doubtless been accelerated by knowledge
of the insecure tenure upon which the Colonies
denend Our CITY Bank has as vet offered in
WIN 60 o00 for the apprehension of Coles, who
robbcd fiat Bank. at its Quebec branch of $4,000
He is supposed to be lurking about the border and
some of YOUR slavecatchers might turn their atten-
zion to Inn. in lieu of following vocation rather
unpopular in the Free States.
The Upper Canada journals make mention OF
considerable numbers of refugee slaves who have
sought that soil since the passage Of the Fugitive
Slave law. In this city the coIored race are in
Creasing owing to that measure.
The INSPECTOR eneral Hincks is the victim of
q good deal of abuse it being imputed to him that
he sold public turnpike road to Company in
which he has large interest, and Mr.. Hoople of
-,oyo 70 over H;ncks,s ocss;ng The statement
transaction deemed the road dear at 0000 less
4bon il cost. Realty of Toronto, the purchaser
WINS FORMERLY y iournevnan shoemaker who, by
Amt NJ ;pdnstr, and obilitiee resl;zed Sl2O N.