New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-26
CANADA.
AIorc OF the Government Clerks hard up-De
crease in Immigration.

Correspondence OF The y Tribune.
TORONTO, Monday, Sept %. 1851.
Acrccably to orders, the various depart
ment, Of Government closed here on Saturday, es-
cept the Crown Land Office, Of which II = not yu1
decided whether 4 branch shall remain. There las
been separate branch OF this department for LowW
Canada ever since the Government came to rs-
rou,o and the Cabinet have under consIderatloa
the question OF leaving branch mere. system -
local agencies for the sale Of public lands exists
but whenever difficulties occur, reference ~ head
quarters becomes necessary and II would De very
ncOnyeniont fOr pper Canada settlers to go N Quo
bee whenever anything went wrong with their lass
patents or their lots.
The Government Clerks are nearly all IN deb<
and many Of them have 81 sell their furniture 70
clear OIL old scores when The moving DAY comes
The Government cOmpels tii IT, Clerks 10 pay teow
debt, When any Of them refuse, an applcation "
the head o. the department to which he Is a!tachod
sets all right These Clerks are ia fact miserable
sct of beings Constantly living above their incomes,
their respe table poverty and condition oil pcTpetuA
dependence render them by no means enviaae
TEcy ali catch The contagiOn OF mimic Court inns-
ence and constantly live IN an unhealthy social AZ
mosphere. They attend all the general DdS oi cov-
eminent house, and naturally persuade ,hemsises
that they have some sort Of affinity with the deiegs-
ted royalty they permitted 10 witness. In NUN
bors they far exceed the actual necessihes of NE
public service and, 4 consequence, they are per
mitted 20 lead easy and lsess yes, very uniavofa-
bic 70 the development OF intellect or spint of IN
dependence
h - rumored that the Government people will
find Quebec Ia a very unhealthy condition, thonsh
tho local papers are slloDt on the subject. Report
SAYS there have been some cases of Cholera hefe
Be this II may,u T. inquest enable that soin spe-
cles Of fatal disease prevails. The DrOyefDlh nsOfs
Of the climate Of Quebec may be accounted foe by
the fact that the surrounding country, for same I've
hundred miles IS wholly unsettled, and has scarcely
ever Teen explored except BY jesuit missionaries.
The Report u the Commissioners OF EnigTAuoo
shows decrease Of emIgTants 10 tanada IN lsS0
from the previous year. In the year ending Decem.
ber 1850. the number of emigfants rom tae unitod
KINGDOM 70 Canada were - 63j and Of those only
80 remained ~ the Province 1923 went 70 me
United States IN the previous year the numosf si
enlgrants % Canada y f95. II - only aoCu.
years since hat the tide of emigration rom Ine Ohrd
kingdom ceased 10 fow In greatest fotre sns
shores Of these British Provinces, ana toos .hc une%
ton of the ned States This chang III 'ne eaiftbs
Of emIgrationI Is accOuntedfo for Dy .he Ds asn
mlssOneIs on the suppositIon that sc4os a. 'ss nus
befof m nts TO these provinces was hcohsldesa-
ale ,hev an found ready employment DsI "heh shey
much Larger ,o ~ he I'M,
tod s,stes that q reaction followed and wHeHton-
s,vsly aided By the large remittances oi emigas@
/ IA The United States 70 their fnencs ihs may ce
,,,,e 10 great extent but X is not me ~hoie uuIn
- "a ust after the rebellion that emisratios 70
these colonies began 10 decline, 10 Consequence NO
Jouft 0f AN idea extensively entertained, of the m
stability Of our political ins;futons and the tde
having once 81, IN IN another direction, iaisr eml
grants naturally followed their hends
The vork Of the late session Of Parliament Is thus
.uIomed up: Bills introduced, 81 carried, III :.
lost or dropped ll5. o! the whole number only ~
originated in the Legislative Council.
For the intermediate election IN the LID Rsdlng of
Yor. there are four candidates all subscribing % tho
same radical platform, though one Of them comes oct
on the TOr intereS.
lis s,ated tia. the Caaadian Rifles will be dis.
banded N two wears # The recently imported military
pensioners be found 10 answer the purpose OF their
introduction.
Great efforts are being made 20 sefesfthe lns?ec
,or IN the County Of Oxford Principally By j"snA
which. I'LL within few weeks ia been tne oSsna
| Of the Government.
The weather has been very chanyeaae
The Provincial AlTlcpitUra- krhosaoa c"nh.snie -
' =; Br9cas -. y Vein ssiaY ~.