The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-12
Canada.


QUEBEC, May 5, 1852.
Contradictory Reports Respecting Mr.. Hiacks' Ne
quotations ~ England-Rumorod Failure of III
Haitian Railroad Scheme Temper of the Lrperia
Cobind-Prospets of the Business Year-Edi
to'ial Sqtabbles-.Signs ofa Coalition Beticeen tn
French Canadians and the Iorics-Su job,
Fianklin's Sips-Rerenclme,,t, &c.
Public curiosity has been stimulated to the hi CHEST
pitch by the contradictory reports respecting Mr..
Hincks' success in England Private letters from
| London assure us that Sir John Pakington refuses
| to be bound by Earl Grey's promises; and, fur
| Their. takes formal exception to the deviation from
Major Robinson's route, recommended by the COM
missioners from the several British North Ameri-
can Provinces. railroad, says Sir John,
from Halifax to St. John, N. b., and there
joining line to Portland, would be the death of
the western portion of New Brunswick and the
eastern portion Of Canada; neither produce nor pas
sengers would explore that part of the road be-
tween st. John and Quebec. Maine and Montreal
influence, combined, would give such preponder-
ance to the route from Halifax to ST. john tn ence
to Portland, and thence to Montreal, that the Que
bee aSd Halifax line would be mere useless orna-
ment, Again-n military point of view, the route
along the gulf shore, recommended by Maj Robin
son, Is obviously preferable to a line running
through the st. John valley.
This is the story which is circulated by many who
pretend to be correctly informed and if you refer
TO my letters of last December, you will find that
then stated my fears Of some such termination as
this to the matter.
on me otner hahd, the ,uonTedf H9ald-a paper
been successful beyond his hopes-that he has
oo."hec 'ne Ploihise VI tHe lmperIai guar
'Ge az me rom Hauax 30 hamilton.
- ~ hoMener, worthy OF remark inat mono
kind--an omission, if the fact be true, very difficult
WIN .ier wei homn nAety 70 pun
,n, ho Ia n. ~ hani NJ Il iace
tnth nf ~. 1,o,.or I .;iI H. ny ny iet
l;iai 80 ~ au 70 -, ,a sho Peo4e noe
ayar on ~ that ~ rnaan. 49, =; h! low nov"
Of Commons ,ba nav Chauoouor as ~ ~ ,nJ aaose
A. msnaai; 49,, ~" ~ u INC IAchequer
He won,S not Low dau rr,o tb+ ~ s,o,o ,o,ao4
under any circumstances assist private enternrse h
the principle be received with very great caution
II large outlay had been made upon work of great
magnitude in suffering district and II appeared that
Mnen nnsneu .nere was iar prospect OF remuneration
in1 gn' IN
Bnt he did not think the ,,le should 10 enlarcnd
Meanwhile. the Provisional COMMITTEES Of tho
North shore Railroad are Kicking nm friends and
promises Of Subscriptions; ana the Melbourne Com
pany have two hundred men and few horses at
work. Notwithstanding the start of the latter, the
odds are in favor of its rival for the reasons
planned to you in previous letter. Fast men are
booking bets. two and three to one. that the North
Shore line will be the first built
Since my last letter was despatched, the business
year has begun in earnest; upwards OF sixty sail
have arrived from sea, and the summer boats are
plying with their usual regularity between Quebec
| and Montreal Merchants expect that this will be
| what is technically called 'sgood year" The
| contracts for timber in England have been made at
| remunerative prices, and the quantity which is be-
| ing or has been got out, is unusually large. 1t is
stated that upwards of twenty millions OF white
pine will this year leave the Ottawa, chiefly for
summer deliveries. There will be little done IN red
pine imagine Shippers of that article, last year,
lost as much Sd. and Cd. foot.
need hardly tell you that there is little or moth
ing doing in the political world. The opposition
| papers are harping here and there about the APP
| pontment or the dismissal of some clerk or other
| in the government Offices, and caballing floods of
patriotism a3T0poS of the rash disposal of beggarly
salary Of 5000. We should die Of ennui in Quebec
| were it not for Mr.. Cauchon, who is certainly the
most lively person and the most amusingy irrasci-
bic editor in the province. Having been dslodged
from his post Of organ, When the present ministry
came into power, he has kept up ever since an in
cessant fire of grape and heavy artillery upon the
Coaadica and Goectte; and having discovered that,
under the cloak of the responsible editors of these
journals one of the under secretaries of the province
and tho Oneen,s nrinter have been in the habit of
| satiotino their cacoetbcs scyibend,. and making
sad ooTn of the exoroan. he assaifs these gentle.
| mon Inv name in M measured terms In the
| States fhere il no ;mnronrietv in mentioning nm
| At T., nana. Ill ns,oaa tolarotas th;s
darar,,,c, Gu EndFl;sh et;nma7te In Canada
wd boId 10 Inc Ensl;sb rulei. and M Canchon
W., H bnan ororain handleJ Co.. he disrssard
| nss 49,. 49, 80 aao,s, avad - .a ~
ono nf tbe t;es oftbe eJitoral chair Tharo I;
e d ~ Nv ,hoto,or that in nont &c fact bn was
; ~ - ottibn,n No art;rlns ~ tba gentIomen
w6nsc names 10 Ter;rted and confass 1iba argn.
ment that those narties heinz in government nav
no,id nat Ia ovneatad - eor,s e Ia. go
mn pnayorablc pninion az he doing az tbe nistrv
and eonseouently that thew were unsafe guides. ioI
the nublie mind does not appear To be totally
devoid of weight. on the other hand "a ono who
has been accustomed to the wretched style md
moogre IDEAS Of the proyincial prcss the installation
nfa man of education and intellect in the char'' Of
= leadno noner though he be fettered by his daily
broad in the expression of his thought is matter
az reorganization and rejoicing.
| IT, amid this fqtras of personal quarrel and pri-
,yor,bv &c ear;ous and Immediate attention Il has
confess escaped my notice. There is in the
Jowna ae 'eneosa ggoa ueai VI strong wrl.lhg ior