The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-06
Our Quebec correspondence.

Probable EGtets--Stafc Of Public E.sitsg nth
fef1sncs to Colonial DspeNd.aos- Respect PAID
by fi0 Leg hture to The late Duke Of fpeliagt1a-
The Lines # Tones Hsiras etc
was one Of barge party, composed for the most
part Of members Of the Legislature, who on Sltar
day visited tho Lvnatic Asylsm at BEAUFORT, about
two miles below Quebec The drive was through
level and well cultivated country, on the north
shore Of the st Lawrence. and the asylum is do
lghtfolly situated, commanding view of that
poble river and its grand and Imposing scenery.
The building is of stone, two stories high, With q
spacious attic, fitted up for the reception OF ad
dtonal number Of patients, but which at present is
not required. The number in the Institution is oae
hundred and sixty. five; about half Of whom
females. The grounds embrace eighty.two acres,
and there is q fine garden, well cultivated by the
patients and in the rear there is we'll stocked
farm. The building is lighted with gas generated
on the premises, and heated by means OF furnaces
beneath. Every precauton has been taken to
guard against 6re-t~o cisterns on the top of the
house, being supplied from neighb0ring river, and
hose conducting che water to every part of the
establishment Underneath is canal, and as the
ground desceuds. everything which is discharged
by means OF pipes, Is carried away by the mt,
which doubtless contributes TO the superior health
fulness OF the patients
The province is indebted for this institution, to
the enterprise and philanthropy Of three medical
gentlemen-Drs. Fremont, Douglas and Morrin, who
built it at their own expense The government has
since assumed the payment of the expense OF main
tanning it, and pays G25 annually for the comforta
BILE accommodation and care Of the patients. l was
shown through the various wards by the former Of
these gentlemen, who is q relative of Col Fremont,
and who appeared to be universal favorite of the
unfortunate inmates, Of whom conformity, with tho
others, he has the entire management and control.
What speaks volumes for the ability with which this
duty is performed is the fact that of one hundred
patients who were received within year, seventy
were discharged as cured.
In book that lies open for inspection, the various
causes OF insanity among the patients are recorded,
and which differ but little from what is found every
where. There was one entry, however, which ar-
rested my attention, from which it appeared that
woman had become insane in consequence of her
husband having run off with another female" What
O record is this of the enduring affection Of woman
and what q host of images does it conjure up, Of
early love and coDugA Affection succeeded by neg
lect and abandonment-of the destruction of oil
the fair prospects ana promises Of ife-and event.
ualy, OF the subverson of reason, never to be, in
all probability, restored-or, if restored unscoom
panied by confidence and respect for the man by
whom she has been wIonged, and whom she doubt
The railroad mania has fairly set in here and
Mr. jackson, largo railway contra ,tor, is expected
here to morrow from New Brunswick, to complete
the agreement for constructing the line from Mont
real to Kingston, the company having surrendered
its charter to the government He mas, it appears
from the papers, entered into q contract with the
government of that province to complete the rail-
road from the province boundary to that of Nova
Scotia, and which will extend to Mirimichie. A
bill is before the Canadian legislature for establish
ing railway between Point Levi, opposite Quebec
to the River dc Loup belo1, distance of one
hundred and twenty miles, and which will con.
stiute part OF the main line to Halifax, or it may
cross New Brunswick, and connect with the line in
that province already alluded to, and in that direc
tion extend to Halifax.
Mr. jackson has also commenced line from
Richmond. about -fy
it will interect the Montreal and Portland rairoad
and MIR. Barring is expected from Boston, who
doubtless intends to vest capital in this province.
The establishment of these railroads, and the
advent OF English capitalists, will be productive of
consequences of which the primitive inhabitants Of
Lever Canada can have idea. Already has Mr.
jackson given notice that parties will be paid IL
cash. and that no person in his employ will be per-
mitted to furnish or sell supplies The effect will
be to overturn the truck system, which prevails
extensively in this province, and which is uni
yersal accompaniment OF numbering. and to reduce
the price Of imported goods which here are extra
vaganty dear. while the laborer will receive bona
fac price for his work.
We bad constitutional question started on Mon
day, bill having been introduced for liking tne
tine fer the future ting Of Pararent-or Of the
Legislature, as it would be moro properly called
the determining of which lie prerogatlve of the rep
resen, alive Of The sovereign The bill was event
ualy withdra Tn, upon the assurance Of the Inspec
tor General that an address, which ne considered
the proper course, would meet with due alton
ton, provided members could agree among
themselves-which appears doubtful-as to which
would be the proper season of the year. We
had lttlo blowing oil Of gas, and from
quarter whence | did not expect 1.-TWO Of the
conservative members considering tho necessity Of
proceeding by address as one of the effects Of colo
NAL dependence. They talked differently, how.
ever. when the Clergy Reserve question came up,
and 10 one gives them credit for sincerity on the
wind blows; and as the object was evidently to &C.
quire popularity, the movement may be considered
as an indication Of the popular feeling in this pro-
vince
The government has not yet come down with
their proposition to raise the toll American YES
sells passing through the elland Canal, and to inn
pose higher duties on articles imported from the
United States.
The papers of Wednesday contained the telegra-
phic account of the death Of the Duke Of Yelling
ton; and When the House Of Assembly met in the
afternoon, the Inspector General moved that the
orders OF the day be disposed of and that aourn
as mark OF respect towards the departed warrior
and statesman with reference to whom, he said
any eulcgum were uncalled for, and would be in
bad taste on that occasion. Perhaps the highest
which could be bestowed on the hero of a hundred
lights, is contained in the simple cffuson Of the
poet, when he wrote,
There is not dishonorng blot
On the wreath thai eDcrcles proud Wengon's name ~
The mind OF the Duke, at once discrimn atinR and
determined peculiarly fitted him for the perform
ance OF those arduous duties that devolved upon
him when he assumed the command of the British
troops IN the Peninsula. The campaign was nc that
time an unpopular with the British nation, who
considered the ocean as their proper sphere Of
ton, and he had not only to contend against .
taTdy and reluctant support at home, but was con.
stantly annoyed by the jealousy and prevarication
OF the Spanish Cortes and the cowardice Of the
Spanish troops in the field
But he triumphed over every obstacle, and the
construction ofthe Lines Of Torres Vedras will stand
prominently on the page Of history, as a monument
OF MS skill and foresight These, which were con-
strncted in 1910, consisted Of two lines, one extend
ing from the Tagus to the Atlantic ocean, twenty
nine miles in length and the other In the rear Of
the former, also reaching from the Tagus to the
mouth fthe Lorenza on the ocean, twenty four miles
in extent thus forming an mpenetrable barrier be-
tween the enemy and Lisbon.
There were thus upwards Of fifty miles Of fortiica~
tiops, bIittling with six hundred cannon, aud one
hundred and fifty forts fanked with abattis and
brcaSworks. which were defended by seventy thou.
sand disposabe men Masscna, With similar force