New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-21
CANADA.
The Ministerial Crisis.

toward a more favorable result than i had antIcl-
pa,ed On Saturday Nr Norm left for Montreal to
I'll I'D the vacancies for the Lower Canada section
Three diferen, lists of the new Ministry gwen
by CITY journals this morning and every one Them
Is incorrect Indeed, nothing like correct list has
been published here yet. The names 50 far as &C,
tually decided upon for the new Cabinet STAND
thur r.
President of Council. Dr. Rolph Inspector Gen
ssal Hon. r. Hincks Post Master General non NJ
Cameron Commissioner Crown LANDS non; w
Norris Attorney General FOR Canaaa w. s,n,ne o.
Richards Provincial Secretary VT NORM hts"'ney
General for Canada East Mr.. L. Druiiuuonu Ho
ceiyer General. MI Tache - To- ,h. 20
IL is not vet known who Will be seiec1eu loI se
rna,niny two members for Lower Canada thougn II
:" s.ntss,io Tho, Ny Cartier may be one o. II not
member OF the Government, ne win pc ooiS1.o'
General East The Cabinet Will consist OF ten men-
te,s exclusye of the two Solicitors General, VINO are
.eas,ded as members of the Government out VINO
have no voice in the deliberations OF the Caoine'.
The Solicitor Generalshlp, West has Deen onefeo 70
Ianfed Macdonald, who held that post uhuei lhe
is,e Covernmeut but 1t Is probable that he will re-
fuse on a point of etiquette In England tne Solctor
General is always promoted 70 tue Attorney Uehei-
alship but here this rule has no, Oeen observed.
The late Solicitor General, West, was offered the
Comnissionership of Crown Lands, winch ne re-
fused with the declaration that he would take no
ONCE by which he did not receive pfomoion In ms
nrofession IJnOn this answer beng gwen, the Com
InissiOnership Of Crown Lands Was lihmeuIdeey "
fered 10 Mr. Morris and the Postmaster GeneraishiP
to Mr.. Cameron. no ONCE having previously Veehof
fered 10 the latter gentleman and Dr. Rolpn mao os
t,nctlv refused to go into the Cabinet without MN
Macdonad's refusal OF the Crown Lands was iortu-
nate event If it had not occurred, only one secuon
Of the Reform party would nave oeen IN u,
the Government which, in consequence, must IN
cvitaby have bad very short existence, isusPec'
that Macdonald will refuse TO hoid the oohcitoI
Generalshp, after another mas oeeh apP0ffntu ~,
his head 10 the Attorney Generalshlp vi tne eight
names have given, four are those OF ihefheeIs OF
the late ministry, VIZ Messrs. hincks, MOTIFS,
Drurnmond, and Tache. They are, however, .ne
least obnoxious to the public OF any members Oh lhe
late Cabinet, if we overlook the recent enOrts 10
write down Mr. Ilncks' and Whatever oDcct.on
there NAV be to HIM OF legitimate character IL Is
admitted ON all hands that ms great AT tents renoer
his services indispensable to the Government. hf'
Morris has not been much identlhed WIN the POhVy
of the late Government, oil when ne was not long
member and the ability with which he promoted re-
forms in the Post. Office won for him large share OF
public appreciation. He Is rather popular man IMAM
otherwise Probably he possesses, TO some extent
the faculty ofbemg all things to all men. MI Drum
mond who from ms late position OF soucllot uthef
al was al most an outside member Of the old Minis
try is man OF really liberal views. lnCeeo IL was
made question IN the Cabinet, during the late SEES
sion OF Parliament, whether he should not DC os
missed from the Solicitor GenerashIp on account OF
his too liberal views on the Segniorai tenure ques-
ton. And recollect. on another OCCASION wheh
speaking Oh the question OF vested Righ.s III tne
Clergy deserves he took the high ground that the
first duty of a Government is 10 preserve the
peace OF society, and even If there were vested
nights in these lands, which he denied, ne hed tha',
10 prevent great public calamity, 1t would De tne
duty of Government to sweep them away. vi MI
Tacbe confess lido not know much-Dul no amount
of odium or unpopuarity attaches to his name bu'
the great strength OF the new CABINET IN upper ,a
ada-by all odds the part OF the country most uni-
cult to please-lies in the names OF DR.. koiph and
Malcolm Cameron-especlaly IN the former; vi
this eminent man and answering reformer, l nave
already in a previous communication presented me
readers OF The Tribune with sketch; For a few
DAYS he held Office under Sir Francis BOND hedd
but resigned when that selfwiiied and incapable
Governor avowed his intention TO consult ms Coun-
Gil only on such questions MS he shah thnk proper
Malcolm Cameron was member OF the late Minis
try but resigned some two years ago, and thereby
escaped the unpopulaniy OF ITS later acts vi MI
Richards NAV say he Is very devoted partisan, II
that be any commentator AS lawyer he possesses
average abilities and IS, perhaps, on the whole, me
most eligible member Of the bar for the Attorney Gen
eralship Mr.: NORM who succeeds Mr haiohlalne
in the leadership of the French Canadians, does not
possess the iron will and infcxlbe character OF MS
predecessor although ne is man of very respecta-
bic talents and great urbanity OF department lie rs
moreover more liberal than Mr.. Latontainc ana
will not seek to exercise the dctaora power so Of
ten ascribed, but, suspect, not without exaggeId-
ton TO his predecessor Having BEEN through ilte,
the personal, and for twenty years the poinica
friend of Mr. Iaontaine, there is no doubt that Mr..
Norm will be more or less under the influence OF his
old colleague
have been formed II Is, all things considered, qultc
al good as we could reasonably expect
Ihaye 40 information as 10 when the eiectlons
will take place but presume they WIZ not De long
DELAYED The constituencies are all alive with cleo
t,On movements. DIR. Rolph has obtained the unanl-
nous nomination of the Reform Convention OF the
County OF Norfolk, and Mr.. Hmckss fate IN Oxordls
10 be pronounced upon by party Convention to- NOR
row The most desperate efforts have been made to
defeat him, and there is no doubt they would nave
succeeded had he not associated himself IN the Gov
eminent with names OF extended popularity Con-
fdence has fed from the political arena. No man
trusts his fellow. Candidates are everywhere
pledged to the most Impossible platforms and the
other day the candidate nominated IN the County OF
uoon pledged himself 10 resign his seat IN the Par
hament, If elected, at any time on the call OF ma,
joriy of the Convention that nominated hun. II
things go on they are, members OF Parliament
will be reduced 10 mechanical machines called Del
egates bound hand and foot by pledges To the most
whimsical notions, and left totally without discre-
ton even IN the most difficult, emergencies.
Complaints are loudly made by the Provincial.
Press OF the number of destitute pduper emlgrantS
sent out TO Canada by Irish and Scotch landlords.
A Col Gordon, the owner of estates In South jlSt
and Barra, IN the Highlands Of Scotland, has sent OF
over l,lQ0 destitute tenants and cotters under the
most cruel and delusiye temptations assuring them
that they would be taken care of immediately on
their arrival at Quebec by the emgrant agent. re-
ceive a free passage 10 Upper Canada, where they
would be provided with work by the Government
agents and receive grants OF lands on certain I'm.
aginary conditions Seventy of the last cargo of
four hundred and fifty have signed a statement that
some OF them fed 10 the mountains when an al
tempt was made 10 force them to emgrate.
"Whereupon," they add, "Mr Fleming gave orders
TO policemen, who was accompanied by the ground
officer Of the estate III Barra, and some constabes TO
pursue the people who had run away among the
mountains, which they did, and succeeded capttrlag
about frenfy from the mountains and from Other
ISLANDS "a the nelghbOrkood BAT only came tr,h hs
2fscers on an attempt beng made 60 haadcaf them,
and hat some WAo ran alcdy no, brought back,
~ consequence Of h,ch four famlliss az least hare
tten dIrsded, hG,lng "a The SHIPS 70 Que
tsc, Thlle other members Of the (aDss are lct
On the Hlg Alands"
Last week party of about sixteen Norwegian
emigrants landed here, and being IN destitute con-
dition, slept two nights on n wharf without shelter,
almost any food. Seven eight of them SINCE
dead they died IN the Hospital of cholera, some
hut really Of sheer want. L. c.
Arrests In Syracuse.
Correspondence OF the N Y. Tribune
AUBURN, Friday, Oct. L. 1851.
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