New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-03
CANADA.
Bureau cf Neutrality-suspicious. Insurance Co.
Rebellion losses.
Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune.

Bureau OF Neutrality-suspicious. Insurance Co.
Rebellion losses.
Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune.
TORONTO, Thursday, Jan % 1882
The Government has resolved to estab-
lish Bureau Of Agriculture, and to unite 1t with the
PRESIDENCY Of the Executive Council. The an
nounce meat has elected good deal of discussion
by the Press. The circumstances under ~-Ich thus
new department OF Government IS crea;ed are
these On The formation OF the Cabinet, Ma colin
Cameron offered, and accepted. the Postmaster
Generalship hut 1t turned ont thai the prior OccI-
pant wOuli not take the Office that had been as
eRu ed him-iha Crown Lands Departmene-butl In
sisted on claiming the Post Office. The Presidency
Of the Council was there ore, assigned to Mr. Came
ION, and to this office he was gazetted without his
knowledge on consent. lie refused to accept an Of
Gee which he had preyio isly Denounced as useless,
and was Therefore lef' an OUTSIDER for the nonce
The CABINET beng formed come what on the coalition
principle, tie compromise was deemed incomplete
without the assistance of Cameron Hence the Gre
alton Of the department, and the uniting OF 1t
with the Presidency OF the Council AS to the
utility OF the rev Office, that is question on which
there tvs opinions. That IL owes its creation to
the exigf Of the ruling party IS obvious enough
l am NOT a~afe Of any legal warrant for such a
step. but possibly IL is intended 10 apply to Parlia-
ment for an ac, OF indeinni,
The rumofed failure OF tie Rome IN. \ Protec-
ton Fire Company has created a good deal OF ex-
element here this morning. The Company had
done buhc6s in this city 10 very large extent, and
consequently great deal OF disappointment is felt.
Ii took all sorts of risks aud had insured PROBABLY
aiarget amount OF properly than any other CON-
pany. AbOnt u month ago, tGe Company sent clrcu-
lar notices stating that they intended 20 withdraw
their operations iIon Canada on the expiration Of
existing policies
The Re- elcn Losses Commission has at length
brought its lsoofs to a c.ose The number Of clam-
ants is 26f5. the asgiega.c Of their claims amount
ing TO SstSlt0. OF thss number no less than 400
neglected to send in their claims, by which they wall
lose in the aggregate. So coo. The amount OF the
claims Eled Is $736,0C0 The amount OF the claims
actually est bshed is $500 600, To met ct which there
10 available S3lQ,tCc The balance presume will
have to be provided for BY further appropriation,
otherwise the claimants viii have TO lose It. The
expenses at the Commission amonsed 10 100000
Iobserv6 that Tbs Transcript (Mohtreal) takes ex-
ceptcn 10 my statement o. mo franchise IN the txo
sections 81 ne Province. The difficulty Is precisely
this, tina, while regarded the csasawes as tenants
The TfaDSc',st regards them as proarietors. winch
OF US may be correct there Is 10 DOUBT that the leu
dal tenure, unknown in Upper Canads, mutiplies
votes much faster than that Of free and common So
cage, anc therefore, repea. II, the franchise 10
practically very different m the two sections Of the
Provlncs Inc same paper states that the feadal
tenure leads TO highttul amount of perjury that
in 10 ne parishes three or four hundred persons
voted when lot half that number had the lie al Quail
ifcaiion. The alleged impinl,y with which this
can be done, Is said 10 rest on tie impossbity of
getting Impartial uries or committees in polite al
cases.
Walker s Hutchinson, extensive clo,hers in this
city recently set to work sc ~Ins machine in CON
sequence of which they Incurred great deal of i'll
viii ON the Journeymen wlo considered Their in.
seTcsts compromised by The of machinery. 4
Journe, 10 81 Talors Protective Society has in con-
sequence been formed, aEc on Monday last they
marched through the streets IN procession To the
eumbtr Of some 200 The ownefsof the maehine
have actually been induce 20 ab indon its use. IL
all 10 lao purpose. however; the march OF improve
meAl cat hot be arrested II Goes at FRS. oTins
with 1t scn,e evils as ell as blessings.
The present has been the codes! winter ever eS
psrienc ed IA Upoer Canada for quarter OF ceis
soiy. ilhutIza is epidemic IN this city. L. c.