New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-19
CANADA.
Cana dian Anairgs

TORONTO, Thursday, March IS.
Yesterday the long talked Of meeting of citi
zens to protest against the removal of the seat o.
government to Quebec till it has been here a fail
term of four years, came Oft, the Mayor presiding.
There was good deal fdenunciation of" French
domination" but the rejection of an amendment
to the address of the Governor General, proposed
by son of Chief Justice Robinson, and which de-
clsred that premature removal would lead to q
dissolution Of the Union between the Provinces,
showed that the meeting was not prepared 70
menace separation even in the event of what they
considered would be breach of faith with Upper
Canada. There was however, good deal Of dis
union feeling displayed. When the union was
effected through the management OF Lord Syden-
ham, there was a promise, on which Upper Can
ada relied, that the seat of Government should be
within this Upper Province; but the act of union
was silent on the question, inasmuch as
it was considered that & Parliamentary enact
ment on the subject would be an invasion
OF the Royal prerogetive--it being the
right Of the Sovereign to hold Parliament
where he thinks proper. Accordingly the seat Of
Government was fixed at Kingston, at the Union.
Lord Sydenham was succeeded by Sir Charles
Bagot whom some have regarded as q weak man.
1t was under his administration and at the in
stigation OF the French party that correspon-
dence was opened with the Home Government
with view OF having some city in Lower Cana
da selected as the scar of Government. That
correspondence, though asked for By the House Of
assembly, has to his day been cithheld from the
public; and its contents can only be guessed at
The result was the removal TO Montreal whence
the precipitRte fight of the Government follow
ed the violent destruction of the Parliament build
ings Government then pledged itself to hold
Parliament alternately in Toronto and Quebec for
wrnAu W.FN -
proposed to move back to Quebec after being here
two years. Upper Car adams object that this will
be q breach otiath with them 1t will andOubted-
~ serve 10 weaken the feeble tie that now binds
the two Provinces together The object of the
Home Government in bringing about the union
was. toswamp the influence Of the Gallo race of
Lower Canada, whom they seem 10 have regard
ed as something like natural enemies" Ii was
thought that their supposed rebeilious dispositions
would be held in check BY the loyalty Of the U p.
per Canada Anglo Saxons aud Cetic-Sax0ns The
Celtic race OF Lower Canada is destined to be
absoi bedin the more energeticraces by which they
are surrounded but at present the Canadians
hold the balance Of political power. aud can carry
any measure they please, whether Upper Canada
like il or not
The Government have stlength recognized the
claim Of w. L. Mckenzie for 81 900, with in
terest, for services rendered to the public antece-
dent to the rebellion.
AhS lnptrlhi 0OVerDmeut mas chlleu IOf list
OF the crimes for which capital punishment has
been abolished in the mother country, and which
are still cspitally punishable in Canada. They
are piracy, rape, carnsl knowledge Of girl under
ten years OF age embezzement by officers and
clerks Of the Post Office. The British Statute
Vic, C. 80, that abolished capital punishment for
these offenses, exempted British North America
from its provisions
a movement is sfoot here to erect Temper
ance hotel in this city, at a cost OF $4,000.
The announcement by journal here that Sha-
drach, the fugitive slave who escaped from Bos-
ton, came to Toronto, was incorrect. He is ia
Montreal, in company with several other recently
arrived fugltives.
Discussions on the higher law are becoming
quite common in the newspapers here The
" higher law" finds much favor ia this monarchcsl
country.
Col Prince has brought an action Of libel az inst
the London Free Press, for canvassing too closely
his claims TO a Judgesbip- he did not get
The Montreal papers are dealing in mutual re.
examinations on the subject of the usual annual
riot at the municipal elections in that city. Each
party fenounces the other as the cause of all the
shooting into the crowd from win.
dovs, the free use Of clubs, and the resulting
broken limbs Whoever may be to blame, there
is no doubt that matters would have been worse