New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-18
CANADA.
Rreighting on Lake Ontario Canadian Poll.
tics-Currency- Railroad 90 Lake Huron
Liquor Law.

uct-Curreucy-n hiirOuu 10 Luxe HURON
Liquor Law.
ToRoNTo, Tuesday, March Is, 1853
The American Railroad Companies continue
to exercise great influence over the navigation Of Lake
Ontario. They manage 10 secure 10 themselves
The advantages Of the British coasng trade. The Cape
Vincent and Rome Railroad Company have purchased
three stsamersthe Mayfower, the Highlander and the
Champio which they intend to run as daily line
bstwe Toronto and Cape Vincent touching the in
teTmediste Canadian ports This they enabled do
BY running them In the of Canadian firm. have
heard that On injunction viii be applied for to the Court
Of Chsneery ,opre,en this arrangement being carried
out but the probability "a that some way of getting
round the law will be found. The ogdcnsburgh and
Boston Railway Company are making strong effort
to control the entire Lake trade They are chatering
all the schooners they find this side; and have
sscceededin securing great many. They did the
thing Last year. and to extent were enabled to
control reights the Lake The freight for -four last
year from this port TO OgdensbuTg Oswego and Cape
Vincent l2lg cent? and for other articles 81 per
nn II Is supposed that these will rule again this
season. The amount OF freight on the Lake will be
much increased by the demands for railroad iron aud
other materials and by the unusually large stocks Of
timber swailng shipment 10 the United States The
quantity Of the latter article entirely unprecedented
The Ogdenfburg Railroad Company, In addition to the
schoOners they ohsrter will a couple OF steamers
during the season to the head OF the Lake semi weekly
Even IN lake fre-hts thee railroad companies do very
well but this Of course Is only subsidiary TO their gen
era plan OF bringing business b. their roads
Large as the Government majority usus0y is in the
Assembly the misty being def stod few
nights The question the second reading OF
general bull providing for the Incorporation for charitable
institutions The Tories had united with George Brown
aud some Lower Canadians, and the vote wss taken
altogether unexpected. IL stood 81 against So The
coalition formed with view 10 defeat the Govern
ment, was mcst unpripcpled. Tho bill cannot be very
bad for Mr. Mackenzie voted with the Government and
censured In the everest terms the reacherous conduct
I'd Mr., Brown
The growing commerce between Canads and the
United Sates some years AGO suggested the desFaSty
OF assmulangouI currency hst Of the United States
aud several unsuccessful attempts 10 ,hS; end have
been made. Our currency, rs IL now exists, is q
moot anomalous and inoonvenieut thing. While
principal trade is with the United states
and England, our currency Is not that Of either
of thoso countries. II is provincial currency known
Hslifsx Currency" The English shilling passes
tor shilling and three pence, aud the Engsh sove
rvign fer twenty four shillngs and four pence We
have made several efforts TO come 10 the decimal svs
tenn and in 1850 Legislature passed. law adoptag
the American decimal systcm but The Lords OF tae
Treasury 10 England told that Invading toe
royal preroestive, and must not presume he Van
keehed rs 90 turn money into republican dollars
and cents We have subsequently, been informed how.
ever, that we might adopt decimal syste taough
not allowed TO have the American Under this
imperial license the Finance Minister SET his wits 70
work and contrved the following decimal system which
has for some time been before the Legislature:
lominims, mark 10 marks shilling; IS pence shil-
hns shiinss, crown 10 shilhnss roysl - shillipgs
POUND
fOams', 0siss. Penes-ls peace, shilling; % shil-
hugs, pound.
PessSs, AainSs &ayS'-lo raiunas. mark; 10 marks
shillngi 20 smhngs pound.
Royals, SAilass, MaySs-i0 ni,irl, marx; 10 marx,
shilling; 10 shiilines, royal
CrOtxs, NAaifhSs MarAs-i0 miuilas marx, 10 maxi.
shilling; shlllings, crown
IL this scheme of currency be somewhat clun,ssy I,
must be remembered that we we've not pefmiteat 70
adopt the beet and most eonyeniSnt to Aarcan sys
tenn Of dollars aud cents
A company has been formed 10 construct railroad
from this city to Owen Sound. and Sanzeea on Lske
Huron IL can command the requisite capital and VIA
doubtless push the enterprise 20 successful completion
Il Is impossible 10 look a, the ratis-oas ana ggsn,ic
enterprises IN watch this Province il engaged with
the aid Of British capital without being struck with the
contrast between the present time when soy quantity
of British capital be obtained for public Improve
ments, with the state sf things few years sso wien
the Province unable TO borrow shilling in Eag.
lend
prohibitive Liquor Law Is aow before the Iegis'a,
turc There 10 however bar h. the House OF Assem-.
bly, building which Is pretty web irequcatea; and so
long this continues need hGrsy look for prohlb
1--we Equor law. The bill IL introduced by ns,nber
of the Csblnes but act in his oficsl capacity Lc.