New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-28
THE CRISIS IL CANADA.

THE CRISIS IL CANADA.
From he London Timer
Il n the misfortune OF the sort Of connection W. keep
mn with British America that seldom hear anything
about IT, unless il be something unpleasant Had we
really much to do with these Province instead oil merely
sending them emigrants and cotton goods au tAhlu
their timber Canadian Nova ScCiian, or Newlound-
land politics would be familiar 70 all o; US ana whsn de
hates Al home were getting rather dull, might nj up
the void with examples of Canadian eOquence or intrigue
A. i, is. only hear of these Provinces as we 90 OF
Mount Etna-that L. when there Is an eruption II uere
is a rebellion Rebellion Losses blI, or Parliament
House burnt TO the ground, and quarrel about chIrch
property then Of hear al about Il tor both
parties in the quarrel Otherwise caring about as niue TOT
us do for them, rush 20 England enscOnce theh
selves ut hotels write letters and pamphlets mnuncrabe
get n.roduciOns papcr and pubic men, aud gem
orally succeed in printing highly inhsmmable peer
with all the particulars the For nine day. at the out
sidesometmes only for nine hOusa Canadian topic may
be SAID occupy public attention and people Oeihrea
to think hey know some thing about Canadian AFFAIRS, aud
ereed in them But as soon as the rocket n' ds
charged its sparks al is darkness again, and WA be a
tWey omcrth before anybody remembers there is such
place II British America Some weeks ago an atteiHi'
was made 10 draw the Lords into quarrel with the Cana
dian people on the Constitution of the Second Chamber
and something necessary 10 provoke we were
told that We had for some time been the victims series
of outrages upon British honor and that tins was another
However the affair has blown far as England l.
concerned and OF us smartng under sense
of insult But all al once there another Canadian erup
on and az our three immense fleets and armies are do
inc absolutely nothing III Europe, 1t just possible some
readers may take MI Interest III hearing tnat the
Canadian Government has been beaten IN the Legislative
Assembly and that there Is what call political Crisis
Tie defeated Minister is Mr.. Hncks, who appears to
have been the leading Wing statesman OF Canada ever
since the arrival of Lord Elgn six years ago. In this
country he is known chiefly by his audabe AMI to some
successfu attempts to raise money for the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada That he is a gentleman OF
liberal opinions is obvious from his having been Lord El-
Gins Minister and having held that place in Canada for
so long a period. For another he cannot
quite keep up with the movement party-fo Dung Canada
we suppose, may call (which wants, among other
things the entire secuarization of the clergy reserves
and the settlement of the seignOria tenures Happily
is not office to 90 INTO either OF these Questions bHt
we have always heard that the and the tenures
offers serious obstacles 10 improvement and even 10 oc
cupafiOn as cOlonss want buy land outright not 10
tax il upon some Iii gble holding and As little do
they wish be surrounded by vast tracts left IN state oil
till the clergy strong enough to clear Them
some hundred years hence In this country II thing
Of frequent that private rights give way To
public and if Il does not oftener occur more IN the
particular form required in Canada 1t IL because IN the
coure Of thousand year, the rights OF individuals have
been much ciroumscribed a. to leave little more 10
be done. But, we repeat. IL Is Ieaiy unnecessary !"
Germ nobody but the Canadians and which they must aud
will settle for Themselves. They want secuarize the
reserves and settle seinOrla tenures and or late
they will carry both these points Mr. Hncks appears To-
have gone with them in the main but TO have found con-
venen temporize. This policy has been carried on till
he has been beaten in the Assembly As the present Ad
minstraon cannot get on with the existing Assembly
and as the next Assembly will be elected under New
Representation BILL il has been decided to dissolve Par
lament aud submit the great questions at issue To Par
Lament which sha be fuller and more undoubedIepre
sentaon of the Canadian people We are not told wheth
er Mr. ncks expects the Parliament TO a. Tar or
as predecessor but at all events the best way to
settle difficult TO refer It 10 the cOmpletest and
most authoritative tribunal. Meanwhile some important
bills thrown the shelf, and much hcOnY enence Is
suffered IN consequence.
Those OF our readers who happen to be particularly in
eIested in Canada who do not find excitement enough
in the affairs Of tie mother country viii find the whole sto-
~ in letter from Quebec in another column, where they
will see az once the utter mpossIbiy of party AT
home i'll Parliament elsewhere, backing up Mr.. Hncks
against his enemies, staving off the two
in dispute. Mr.. Hncks appears TO have been Min
inter quite a. long the envy OF man will endure-longer
indeed, than any predecessor We can remember. The
combination sailst him is energetic and heero-
ceneous. There the remains of the old Tory party
represented by Sir Allan MRcnab and others the ultra
Liberals and the French Canadian party some Liberals
and some Conservatives. Here is nest OF
hornets that the British Parliament might have
found Itself in, had II not prutenily resolved
several years ago TO let the Canadians settle their
own affair. We now need give the quarrel more
attention than should naturally besow the disputes
in the American Congress or in the French capital There
Guuaars 70 b no intention robbing the eigneurs Of
their dues which would certainly be discredit the
British name though it could not be prevented
But who compel the Church to SCI. Its property who
compel the cOmmutaton OF tithes the sale of land for
railways and who about 10 compel the enranchise
ment of copy holds need net be much distressed al the
compulsory settlement of subject OF contention between
the Jealous old occupants OF Lower Canada and the crowd
of new immigrants. As 10 the Clergy Reserves the
Church of England in Canada has already lost enough in
public estimation without continuing forever the Odous
association of these many GASES OF barred
pess 80 many >lougs of despOnd and many lnphssa
ble thicke il the midst of newcleared countries. All We
ask then i that the Canadian quarrel may lind home,
no rect in this country, and that be left to our own
share Of troubles.
LoED DrNDoN4LD.-The Earl Of Duuionad, better
known as Lord Cochrane has just taken out patent in
the United States for composition of asIhalIun for the
covering Geographic ami for the making OF Oun
cations for pier and lighthouses Tor the Preservation Of
all wood under for the making of pipes tanks &C.
Since The Introduction OF the electric telegraph IL the
United States has been found Imprac'lcabc IA certain
states of the atmosphere 20 transmit intelligence along te
wires from their exposure 10 atmoslheS Influences BY
the Ferl invention til, difficulty j., removed AMI an in
potaut d,sideratum Effected IN the teegraphns,
The sui stance employed completely uuduatrs the @Ires
which viii be carried underground instead Of being, A.
present STR, chtd on high poes-thus being more efi-
Gent much from injury and getting rid ot
the incony tuience 81 poles and wires IN public thorough
fares re composition Is IndeIructbe. and can be sup
Piled o. little than hall the cost Ot anything preN
aus,y used. " e. believe Lord DladOIali in about
bis 10Th year an early rser hale activ, aai hearty We
hone be viii I've set many years o. grace A, order use
liz vigorous inieie, ior the benefit %; bis country ami
humanity large. and remain proof ;Aa man j. less
likely a. wear out than t0 rust ogt.