The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-07

agree to make the vacancy for him, and nominate
him Chief Justice. He has accumulated fair sum
Of money during his tenure Of ONCE; result which
may stimulate many adventurers to embark in
political life He personally esteemed, naturally
an amisble man, and q lawyer of more than ord-
nary capacity. His retirement from public Life viii
cause vacancy in the representation Of Montreal;
and at the present moment, it is utterly impossible
10 predict with any certainty, the name OF his sue
cessor There are parties mentioned as candidates,
put, until the time for action arrives, 1t cannot be
Known whether they are serious in their intentions,
or mere masks for others. An election in Montreal
In H,es row, 80 heterogeneous is the composition
Q, .ne Population. Half dozen nations and as
many religions, furnish the materials for fight
Throughout the province the politicians are ac-
lively engaged preparing for the general election
The mass OF the people are quiescent almost to apa
thy. Ihey need the excitement of great princi-
Pile to rouse them to action whereas the questions
before tAem hinge upon the reflective merits of the
| opposing candidates
| Reciprocity With the United States NAV receive
its solution at the hands ofthe Parliament about to
be elected. The intelligent thinkers perceive that
Canada cannot aspire to become a manufacturing
country while she continues subject to the interests
Of Manchester cotton lords, and remains excluded
from the United States markets The abolition Of
all customs duties on the American FROM
tier is regarded as specific remedy for
the disabilities under which the colony Ia
bors: The adoption Of this plan would require
the Canadians to assimulate their duties upon Bri-
fish goods imported via the St Lawrence, to the
American tariff; proceeding which could not be
|
the present moment all the coarse cottons sold in
| Canada are the manufacture of the United States
The Provincial Fair, at Brockville, Canada West,
terminates this Day l. has been numerOusly At;
stock, demonstrates the rapid progress which the
| colony has made in agricultural and mechanical
| industry. The contributions from this quarter
were especially commended for the varied descrip-
tions OF superior apples, product for which the
island of Montreal has long been famous. The
crop this year falls short of ordinary seasons cold
spring killed the fruit in the germ.
In this district the crops have been secured in
excellent condition, but the yield has been large
that the barns are unable to hold them; hence, in
travelling through the country you see huge piles
Of produce stacked outside the barns. an event of
rare occurrence. We have had copiou5 rains, aad
the forest is rapidly assuming an autumnal tint.
Some sharp fr0sts in the morning remind US that
We dwell in northern latitude. B.
TORONTO, October l, 1851.
Resignation of the Cabina-Spec,lMioms about the
Netc One, &C., &c.
The cabinet has resigned in body, and hold
Office only as nominal government till their sue
cessors are appointed. Lord Elgin received the
letter containing the designations on Tuesday, at the
Falls, whittier his Excellency returned direct from
Montreal, without even calling at Brockville, where
the Provincial Exhibition was being held. The
designations will, Of course, be accepted, and new
will permit
At late hour, to. day, no one had been sent for
to form new government. The expected &C
couchement of Lady Elgin, which is to take place
at the Falls, will prevent his Exceency returning
to Toronto before the 10th inst; so that if any
new cabinet be formed before then it will
have to be at Drum mondville. 1t is hardly
likely that an interregnum of such length will be
allowed to take place. 1t is pretty we'll understood
on all sides, that neither Sir Allen McNab nor any
other leader Of the tory party will be sent for to
form new ministry, in the construction Of which,
no doubt, some Of the materials of the old one will
be made available; but not TO any very great ex-
tent. Laontaine, the head Of the late cabinet, is
anxious to retire from public life; had he been so
disposed he might have held on to power for years
to come He is only forty six years of age; AMI to
his own expression, he has been battered about
like an old penny. His alleged connection with the
rebellion ofls3 led to several years of exile
in France; in 1919 his house was attacked and at
tempted to be bnrned by the mob /; and during the
late session the accusation of traitor to his former
principles was hurled at him by his friends,
because he would not assent to measure which he
regarded az premed tated robbery ofthe Seignors
Though not rish. his pecuniary circumstances are
r.
Bourett, another French Canadian member Of the
late government Is TO get q judgeship Price, the
Commissioner Of Grown Lands, goes back into the
eb,curity Of private life TO employ his talents at
the attorneys desk Baldwin, the late Attorney
General for Canada West, has become so unpopular
by his recent avowa of retrograde principles, that
1t is impossible he can obtain place in tho new
mi and it i exceedingly doubtful he will
to Parliament. Thus, Of the late ministry, one
half Of the members are fairly shelved for the pre-
sent The union Of two provinces, inha bited by
distinct races, renders IT necessary that the cabinet
should be peculiarly constructed. For each province
il must have a distinct head. A gentleman from
Lower Canada will be called upon to form the half
OF the cabinet which Is TO represent that section
half that Is to represent this section of the country
The two Attorneys General have latterly been the
leaders Of the government, though 1t is not
ut oil necessary certain that this will be the case
in future. For Lower Canada Mr.. Drummond,
late Solicitor General, will unqueston ably be
Attorney General and leader Hincks, Inspec-
tor General, Is sure to be In the new cabinet, al
though he Is at this moment about "a unpopular a
man as there is in the country. Did he not possess
very respectable talents inancier his forgiven
saton would long since have sank him in irretriev-
able depths Of political perdition, 1t must be sd-
mited that OF late bis small sins have been ridicu-
lousy msgnihed by an odous and Indifferent fana-
ticism that renders disgusting nearly all our po-
litical discussions.
A strong lever Of the type Of the puritanical
spirit nfuses into nearly every political qaestoo Of
the day During the late session Hincks RULED the
temper Of the fanatics by so no votes and move.
ments which certainly deserve to be described as
injudicous For instance, when bill was brought
in to abolish the requirement which compels
all ministers, other than those Of the Episcopal
Church, to give evidence Of their clerical character
TO enable them to soemnize matrim ony. he opposed
1t on the very sufficient ground that 1t made no
provision sfor registering large portion Of the
marriages.. IL instead, he had proposed the requ-
site amendment be would have escaped many Of
the ferociops attacks with which he has since been
assailed. On the whole, the new cabinet can hard
ly be otherwise than more radical than its prede-
cessor.
The ministerial crisis will test the good faith Of
the parties to the "U Mon, lately concluded on be-
half CT the two sections Of the reform party
know enough about the great, unduulged secret,
to be aware that ono condition Of the "combina.
tops' rt qured that the lnspec tor General should
procure the breaking up Of the cabinet about this
time lie has succeeded, and is 80 fer acting In
nnnd filth tnMafis the other aide Of TIA scnnn hna-