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

down from the LAKES, ana SIX ette's'Ioi.o F"'
the commercial metropolis OF a great and iertIie
country endowed wiki ooundess natural re-
sources and possessing The modest Flver OF the
continent. It struck me thai TINS was altogether
700 Quiet: i seemed more Ike the quieinesS OF
etsrnatlon and weakness than the Feq0se o.
power.
Ich.er4e with curiosity me conflict OF French
and English social habits a. here exhibited.
TIE Enrl!.h seem - carry OF the victory as
rroper TO their position OF conquerors political
and ve, the more mercunal element has insinu-
a,ed itself. and has IL way to a degree nat II
England would be- shocking. On sundays no
steamboats, are allowed 70 nun. no mails are
DISPATCHED. no theaters or concerts suffered. AMI
the Saxon part OF the people turn out IN obedi-
erce to the Church bells. No Hebrew or
Seventh.Dav Baptist. anxious 20 depaft on
that dav. i dismissed from the CITY, nor even
suffered to send a letter for the consolation
If his waiting wife and family a. home s. lar
even puritan Boston could not be more exern-
nlary, or more utterly contradict every Gallo
fashion and impulse But underneath THIS Eng
G.h rleiditv of observance. luxurate those native
sons and daughters of frolc who welcome the
Sunday a. a time Of recreation Then the .augh
Of gavety Is heard ringing from the sidewalks
and the open doors Of the worAmen'> tidy Gotta
oos. the CATS fit about buster than ever, black
eyed. cuick-volced Young fellows with sisters
and sweethearts. or fathers with wives and chill
dren pile themselves into these locomotive snug
ceres and away they bowl around The mountain,
into the country. wherever they hope Tor plea
sure and DAY remote from ordinary cares. Bos-
ton would positively be outraged by such de-
prayitv. carried of as II Is with an air OF
supreme innocence and enjoyment Only yes
terday. while all the propnety OF Montreal was
convened in the Churches and Cha?els. Eplsco-
nal. Methodist, Presbyterian, or Unitarian,
thousand of these Canadians, who had either
gone or failed to 90 to early mass beforehand,
went of IN railway train 10 81. Hyaclnthe.
some thirty miles distant, 20 some races there TO
take rlace despite the day Il seems that the
directors of the railroad Che Montreal and Port
land could not resist the temptation OF fat
DAYS business and sent their cars. did not
60, though | regret not having seen the country
and the people, all Of the pure native type.
All Americans who come here go to see the
nunneres, OF which there are two or three or
more. 0or the exact number, see guide book
that are quite extensive and al some of them
very neat little knick knacks are sold for the
profit Of the special charity to which, aside from
the religious exercises Of the inmates, the nstl-
tutions are devoted | did not 60 there, but
instead, walked about to see what manufacturing
establishments could be seen in and around the
city One or two steam saw-mllis, rope-walk
and foundry seemed to complete the list.
One saw.mul was externally the most imposing
of these establishments | made no effort to m
inspect the interior OF either of them The rope
walk Is said to employ forty hands and 10 work
up imported hemp for want of the homegrown
article although no country can be better suited
to that crop than this In respect of manufac
turing production, Montreal suppose to be as
web off as the rest of these provinces. Ship
building, our useful guide book says, has sadly
fallen off here.
There seems to be here no regular provision
for public amusement except a little out OF the
way theater, called a Band-box, into whose IN
side was not bold enough TO venture | saw
the sign of Theaer Royal on a very handsome
building, but could perceive no further dramatic
indication. except a bar-room IN the cellar.
About the streets. however saw placards an
nouncing past performance of Parodl and her
troupe. and future one of Mile BorgheSe. This
artistic, as one of the morning papers assures the
public, combines the chief points OF excellence
peculiar to some of the most renowned singers
of Eur0pe, at the same time that she avoids their
faults Madame Anna Bishop also adyertses
for some weeks ahead, a grand entertainments
uniting the attractive features of the opera and
concert, the lady herself appearing In the cos
tunes appropriate TO the pieces she executes
Mr. Bochsa viii preside at the pianofoue. CIvi-
lzation and It's refnements are individually on
the advance
Americans are here IN hordes, Montreal being
a station IN a iavorite Summer tour. At dinner
to-day there were three tables filed mainly with
Yankees enjoyed the sight, and improved the
opportunity. There Is no such chance to study
our countrymen a. to catch number OF them
abroad, and here they are abroad without having
lost the least part of the national pecuhantles.
Most striking Is II 20 notice the classes that
travel for amuSement-people hat IN other
countries would remain fixed az home, never
taking vacation beyond half-day's trip IN
their own neighborhood. Here are grocers,
master mechanics, farmers, dry goods lobbers
and retailers, with sprinklng OF lawyers and
doctors, and now and then parson, setting OF
on journeys OF three or four hundred miles, with
wives and daughters, for the most natural
thing in the world To be sure the mass OF
these explorers have not manners Of the last
shade OF elegance, and commit many ofenses
against the laws OF high society, but they
make mp the difference otherwise 1t Is
impossible to observe them carefully, without
a respect whics more finished and even more
agreeable people often fail to inspire. Onthe