The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-17
Our Montreal Correspondence.

MONTREAL, February II, 1852
The Fepdol Tenure and the Stignes0s-THe Landed
P,opiaors-1he NeW Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope-MI,der-T The Wcather, &C., &c.
In the absence Of any worthier topic of dis
cussion, the journals criticsing the conversion
Of one Malcolm Cameron, who took huff last year
with the ministry, left them abruptly assaed their
prodigality, and denounced as useless an Office he
very gladly accepted few weeks since. The fault
Cameron committed was pratipg toe much as to
consistency and adherence to principle Our form Of
government is so essentially vicious, that none
connect tt emselvcs with it and escape contamina
ton In fact, no public man who has held Office
since responsible government became the accepted
form Of political existence, boast perfect purity
If they have not directly stopped to the baser arts of
intrigue. they have silently watched the process,
and tactly sanctioned the deeds.
The question Of our feudal tenure having been
agitated by some Of the cabinet provoked the seg-
reurs to organize for self defence The govern
ment cannot act in the matter without consenting
to surrender the quint or one fifth of the purchase
money Of all the seigniories when sold. The crown
is in truth the man moth seignior, and must FIRST
consent to forego its fcudal privilege, before it
with reason or justice lecture others, and ask them
to be generous.
landed proprietors in the Province OF Lower
Canada, who own seigniories, with the titles by
which their properties are known:-Hon; Pierre de
Boucherville, Segneur de Boucherville; Hon, Robt.
u. Harwood, Seigneur de Vandreuil; Jonathan
WurteIe, SeigneuT de la RivieTe David; Charles
Octayian Cuthbert, Seigneur de Berthier; Hon.
Louis Michel Viger Seigneur de !Assomptien;
Meslire Casauit, Pretre Superieur du Semenai,e
dc Quebec Madame Bingham, Seigneuresse dc
Rigsud; William Berczy and Pierre L. Panet,
Seigneurs de d'Aillebout; NJ. lie Conte de Rotter-
mund, Cassimer Dessaulles and Louis Antoine Dos
saulles, Segneurs de 81. Hyaclnthe; Col. Johnson,
de Bourchemin; Alex L. kierzkowski, Seigueur
do St. Charles; Peter Larglois, Seigneur de Bourg
Louis; Joseph Lefevre dc Belleieulle, Seigneur de
Cournoyer; Madame Phillip Van Cortland Cresse,
Seigneuresse de Nioolet; Mile Virginie +, Dunont,
SejSneuresse de Mile Isles; Olivier Persult, Seig-
neuI de Ste. Marie; Madame do MoDternach,
Seigneuresse de Beiail; John Fraser, Seignour
de Contresour; Edward Fraser, Seigpsur de
RivieIe du Loup On 6ss Thomas Triggs,
Seieueur ds Nicoet; James Armstrong, Ssig.
neur du Fief Hope; Louis Andre Duchesny,
Seigueur DO MasqEi1onge;, sydney Beliingham,
Seigneur do Thwaite; Edward Roe, Seigneur de
Ley; Hon Edward Eliice, Seigneur de Beauhar.
neis; Mayor L. l. Campbell, Signcur de Rouyiilc;
Madame de Ste Ous, ,Seigneuresae &C y. Oars;
l.. N. dc Launitre, seignour dc Melville; Les
SeiFueufs de koyRn et Sabrevois; Hon J.. Pa
rireau, Seigueur De Petite Nation Madame Chris
tie, Sci .neureRse de B!eury; Gabriel Tunstsll,
Selgreur &C Iacohe; non JGs Leslie, cslSueuJ "
Borichemn; John Nairn, Seigneur de Murry
Bay; Hon. ]. Pangman, Seign5ur dc Lacheneye;
G. III Monk SeigAeur de Blainville; Joseph Am.
Bcrttelot, Seigneur des Mile Isles; J. > e. Wur-
tele, Segneur dc Boprg Marie dc FIST; John
Yule, seigneur dc Chsmbly; Hon. i. /. Paaineau,
Seigneur do plaissrce; M. le Colonel Gugy, Seig.
neur dc Crardpre Ell pumon.ier; J. +. Auard,
Seigneur de FaucGut; David 5. Ramsay, Scigneur
de Ramsay; Samuel CORVALLIS Monk, Signear de
Lorne.
The foregoing list, though formidable for its
numbers and the extent Of soil embraced, with the
limits of tie properties above described, does not
include any portion Of the enormous seigniorles
which row belong 70 the Grown. The order Of the
Jesuits, In their palmy days, wRon Canada was
dependency Of the French Crown, became propre-
tors as scigniors Of vast trac.e Of country, which
dCvolyed TO the Crown OF England at the conquest.
The valuable seigniofy Of Lswson, which spreads
for six leagues eaco way upon the south shore Of the
st. Lawrenoo, facing Quebec, was seized by the
Crown, 10 liq1id1te the cefscation Of the late Sir
John Caldwell, once Receiver General; and the
towns OF Three Rivers and Sorel stand upon seig-
pioriog, which liksrHe form portions OK tie Gro IN
domain.
Ia the LIT CT reirniort viii be found names IA
m iliar TO French eare They are the descendants
from the cadets CT those French families who, In
the time Of Louis NV sought these shores III
search OF wealth and isme. Inc eeignior, Ike the
feudatory ia the olden time, clustered round the
crown in the hour Of pei, and, like sentines ant
cd throughout the land, announced the earliest
symptoms CT dsnger Lower canada inhorittd the
law Of rrim ogcniture from France, bat under George
the Third chat Law was Annglled; and, IS natural
retult, few OF the properties above described are
I'D by the dsntf oil the original antees
The wesath Of the Anglo saxon race, and their In
termsisRes with the heresses OF seigniories, nave
served to transfer tho ownership OF some OIL the
finest properties to English names. The Johnsons,
OF ArRenteuil, are descendants Of the once famous
81 ,ALl JOHNSON, Yhs led the Indian allies ~ Eng