New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-04

Tended by galleries
Rv far the most satisfactory building ! have
seen here IS the Market, which Is buli, N excei-
lent taste and with perfect adaptation TO Is
uses II stands prominently fronting the r4'ei'
and On tha, side has a polce-oihce and plenty O'
spare unfinished rooas IN ~ basement M
stalls are above. and IN the story above thes' is
4 vast vacant space. 10 We finished OF "a a Con
cert Hall for the coming visit OF jenny I'm
The arrancl nent ofthe stalls IS worthy o. pia's'
and imitation. though | fear Ne~-f OF" VIII
rcver he led 70 follow so good an example Li'-
inc roust be cheap here good beef, they toil
me. was FIVE cents pound, though u no oe''eI
than was served at the hotel where lodge i' u Is
dearat that. The Market cost S2s00OO There arc
.lso several banks OF handsome architecture,
rbe TEMPLES OF Mamuon are better oullI than
the temples Of Religion, but all are Greclan'
who ever saw Gothic bank > a cus'om-house
and several charitable Institution, which are
worth looking a., a monument to LoTl Ne.soh'
whose sculptures the frosts OF Winter nave oaily
,oanoled. some massive locks by which vessels
are raised from the ST Lawrence mo lht Id
chine Canal. and best Of all, the quay when runs
along the river the whole length OF the business
rart Of the CITY. say a mile 1t i OF hammered
Stone. laid IN the most substantial manner, with
p cas-, iron railing along the edge OF the side
walk above. and roadways At coRv nlent aIs-
tances down 70 the docks below Ih~ docks
are some dozen or fifteen feet lower than the top
Of the quay but in the Spring am told that the
ice IS often piled up above them, and that the
massive stone front OF the quay IS then hee"ed
to guard the street from destruction. II was
built at the expense Of the Provincial Govern
ment. and must have cost a great deal more
money than the city would have liked TO be
taxed for.
| spent the better part OF day IN wandering
about the streets inhabited by the laoon"g
classes The Irish do no, appear to 'raiemze
with their Celtic any better than with their
Saxon brethren. 1t was quite rare to no'e a til
bernian dwelling IN a French neighoorhood
Poverty is much the same everywhere. but the
native Canadians know how to adorn II with
cleanliness. The difference between their
abodes and those Of the Insh IS striking IN this
respect, as well as IN certain air OF economy
and snugness.
fayorite profession with the French working
class IN Montreal IS cabdriving, and III tins they
develop a skill IN wheeling a customer out OF
double the fare an unequaled talent m swearing
in both French and English, at their horses and
at each other, a reckless dexteTity IN navigating
through crowd, and perfection OF lmpudence
which must compel the admiration even OF the
most crusty strangers that fall into Their hands vi
the last named quality one Of Them and green
hand too gave me brilliant illustration. ihey
generally handle their tight little nags with
perfec safety but this fellow either lost his felns
or pulled the wrong way, and a. we were turn.
ing a corner at full speed, up went one wheel
upon the high cuTb-stone, and over tumDled the
cab. pitching me violently upon one shoulder and
nearly breaking my neck ! crawied out OF the
ruins as rapidly as possible, and found the driver
swearing, and another man. provldentlally close
at hand as we upset, holding the horse As soon
as aScertalned nobody was killed, rghted my
hat, brushed my coat, and got into another cab
NV old driver came up without his shoes'-he
had been thrown out OF them,-and with one
hand scratched little, and observed | would
no doubt pay him. On beng told that TINS was
a mistake and he might think himself lucky not
to 60 to prison for manslaughter An, but |
hurt myself too, and won't YOU give me couple
shilings p" No I'll give you to the police, II
Won don't get out of the way directly AT this
he ripped out a iorclble word or two, and went
to picking up MS cab, assuring me he had never
seen man OF such limited capacities and mean
disposition Angry as | was at his outrageous
careessness, could not help laughing at the
impudence which, under such circumstances,
could think of being paid
The vehicles driven by these Jehus are twO
one a native SON of g0-cart called a caeche, IN
which whoever ventures NAV e sure of a famous
humping If there Is any professor OF klneslPa
thy at New-No advise him TO get one OF these
machines with fast troiting horse and good
rough road II would bee sovereign for some mals-
dies The other vehicle Is the regular cab, such
as We had al Newly ork IN abundance some seven
or eight years ago. and even now stacking old
one occasionally parades Ito battered sides ana
torn cushions. with skeleton steed and decay
ed driyc~. about the steamboat landings. But IN
Montreal these boxes on two low wheels with
the character on top, are Vet m vogue, and are
universally patronlzed, there beng no lines OF
omnlbuscs In spite of my Oyerturn take a fancy
10 their drivers black eyed fellows, dressed III
dev-ma care fashion, sln glng out TO each other
IN their patoiS they 50 swinging along on
:heir bouncing vehicles, or cooking one eye, and
shouting, Cab gentleman - at some pedes-
tran of whom there IS a chance to make a fare
They have all the vices tha. belong 10 the uni
,ersal fraternity OF cab-meE and some virtues
tina. others have not and lree and easy life
they lead, with no Cravings )f conscience 20
trouble them Many OF them drive their own
cabs such may be suspected rom the special
neatness OF Their carriages, and the shining
chunkinesS a theI, PONIES.
The great thing at Montreal Is the drive