New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-14
AFFAIRS IN CANADA.

Correspondence Of The Tribune
TORONTO, Friday, jan s. 1851.
We have had hard frost, sunshine, and plenty
of snow and seghing here. for some time back.
hope it will last all Winter.
Only 81, 900 immigrants, or thereabouts, came
TO Quebec from the Old World last year, and OF
these it is probable sou got onehalf Oar wise
Government allows sympathy with the pre-
emption rights-no cheap land sales-no encour-
agement to stout Irishmen, Scotsmen and Eng
nshmen, TO come to Canada. With go. 100000
of lands, unoccupied except by squirrels, bears
foxes, and savages our Colonial Office and North
American Administrations drive off immigration,
as thing of little consequence. When New
York and its suburbs, Brooklyn and Williams
burgh, contained 100000 people, Upper Canada
contained 100000. Now that you have three
quarters of Million we have three quarters also,
or perhaps 100000 l am delighted to find by the
returns in the Philadelphia Ledger that Of the
II 9O5 families in that city, the greater part have
dwellings OF their own there are 90, 755 houses.
This city is filed with American books. |
never saw so many in it before. believe you
charge US ten per cent. on our books sent to you,
while the whole of Canada isopen to your publ
cations duty free. So, too, at Oswegoi see that
on our imports at that port alone last year, you
taxed US nearly 100000, beside warehouse rent,
freight, insurance, &c, and all this chiefly the
raw material which England takes of you duty
free. If Jas you say it is true that Tariffs are
only justfable as a means OF protection, and
operate otherwise unequally, does your lumber
and wheat need protection against those of our
people who come to sell necessaries to your man
ufacturers, and establish your workshops by buy
ing your home made goods in return
Our elections for cities, villages, townships, and
for county municipal officers, takes place now.
Our popular Jury Law comes into operation, to-
gether with a more equitable Assessment Law.
One effect of these organizations will be, that if
Law Reform, Retrenchment, and other good
things, should continue 10 be refused by the Cana
dian Legislature and Executive, the constitution
OF which deserves praise, 500 associations,
more or less popular, will show where the shoe
pinches. There is such talk about railways at
this time, that although much of the din is raised
by electoneerers for the next Legislative Assem-
bly,, our nine miles in the upper Province may
perhaps be extended little.
New-Hea day was kept with greater sociallty
than has ever before been known here. The calls
upon Lord Elgin were incessant from morning till
in the afternoon. Everybody seemed happy.
l m told that his Lordship is quite popular in the
country, bat belonging as | do 70 a class virtually
prosecuted Dy persons In authority here, nave
not called upon him The popularity of his Min
istry will be well tested, if, as some say, Messrs.
Hincks, Morrison, and others of them, are TO
change their positions, aud 60 back TO the people
for reelection, as the rulers. AS a body they are
of feeble ability, but the subs Of office do the
routine business, and unless the machine were to
stop for want of money as Lord Dahousie did
when the Province Treasurer failed for 100000,
there is no knowing how matters are managed in
the public offices.
Much money has been expended in preparing
Quebec for the chief seat Of Government and
perhaps the true reasons are its strength it's DO
sition near the Gulf of st. Lawrence and below
tide water, and a feeling that it is expedient in
time Of peace to prepare for war
As in England, We have sermons in the churches
denouncing the Pope as Antichrist, &c. and truly
his own people value him but cheapy, or he
would need fewer French and Austrian bayonets.
All this however, is no positive proof one way or
tother for Christ himself was not well treated in
bis native country. do MT like these preachings
sect against sect have not forgotten the Phila-
delphia riots. Mr. Hume thinks that the Minis
Try, Lord John Russell especially, are raising re-
hgious excitement in the hope of STAYING of the
cry Tor reform ROGER SHERMAN.