New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-09
CANADA.
.,,.scrs-LEGIsLArIvE MATTERS.

v.onlsture, show a very prosperous state OF the
,sveuue. The net revenue Of the consolidated fund
vas e. lss l73 1871 being an increasc OF over mi
lion and quarter OF dollars the previous yeor
The NE revenue from customs alone was nearly
A zoe 0O0 In the event Of annexation all this
,wouH 90 into the Federal Treasury at washtngton'
and ,bst very consideration naturally appss naoy at
,hs idea Of annexation. Our expenditure, during the
anne time, fell short of the revenue by about
Oh, soc, 900.
A. the same time, the expenditure comprised
ass GOO in the shape Of interest on the pubic debt,
and 1892 600 to the sinking fund which Is destined to
nav Of that debt. The public works revenue
.hoxed an increase Of eos, 900 over the previous
wear. and the territorial revenue an increase OF
sla. 600. The great increase vas Of course in the
customs being no less than 81, 600 With 40 vast
an ;ncresre and so large surplus it ia natural that
the attention Of tae Legislature should be turned to
reduction Of the customs duties The articles on
vbicb that reduction TO take place are sugar, mo
lesses, tea and coffee.
The clerpy reserves, a separate fund, brought in
lss, ve,r in one shape another capital and interest
,hort 1850 oOo 1t is the SUN, which thus annually
that is to be distributed under the proposed
Coveruent bill every year, to the county and Town
ponricualtes. The greater part of 1t viii 20 TO
Inner Canada; because the greater part as well "a
49,
Province. ,...,
Esbed by act OF 1882 keeps 40 the crecit OF nun
cpa deben'ures; abou. 81 900 600 Ut which we're s"i1
ouring the year ls53-DOoe of them below par ana
about third Of them above par. The fund pisceI
upSs< the management OF the kocel'ef'doh.ral 81
the PROVINCE He issues debentures to the anoiat OF
spy loan which municipality d-sires aud Is ny the
G.vernment allowed TO make payable on. oat OF
the municipal fund.- the murlcPaiity proVidihS
s king fund for all the debrnureS 81 issued ana that
.iuiu and
"a, AZ securtes on account of the municipalities IN
tsYested The fact Of oil municipal debenures being
issued the credit OF CONSOLIDATED muh'cPs' luna
obtains much higher rate for the securities OF com
nsrsiiyely obscure municipalities than would be other
The pubic debt Of the province, exclusive OF NUM-
cinal debts amounts tO'a little over Slo 800 OOO;
against which we have a sinking fund OF s,7Oo 900,
Invested in three per cent annuities-the province
pay ing the vary rates Of s. ~ per cent upon Its
which comprise this debt fall due at various periods
up to 1881. On the LIST January last, the province
had paid off little over 100000 OF its early loans
and The state of the sinking fuad shows that 1t VIII
be prepared to pay of other debentue' as they Tail
The repors of the Commissions to inquire iato the
causes OF the fires which desrO, ed the two sets OF
Parliament buildings in this city last winter and
spipg have just been given to the public In both
cases the conclusion is come to that the tires were
accidental; but in neither case was the real cause
asceitaincd; and only in one was 1t discovered III
what particular rooms the 6re first broke out In the
frtt Ere that Of February last, about halt the library
5000 out Of IL 900 volu mes, were either destroyed
ar. mi, sipe or incomplete Ii was on the building
alone in this instance that the Province sustained
any loss; the amount being little over slOO, OOO
The books and furniture were fully insured. Nothing
Il vet done with the ruin of the Parliament buildings
proper but the Chief Commissioner Of Public Works,
stated in the Legislative Assembly two days ago, that
the Government have an idea of disposing of IT for
the purpose Of being converted INTO hotel Inc
ruips exclusive of The ground which is leased frOmhe
Roman Catholic Arch Bishop for 81 900 year are
worth between $40 900 and $50 600 The question OF
constructing new Parliament buildings will come up
this session, bringing with il the question OF what
town or city, or towns and cities shall be the seat OF
Government.
The chief Commissioner of Public Works ant ounced
In Parliament the other day, that the Imperial Gov
eminent are about to hand the Jesus barracks,
ext. nsiye but not very valuab @ buildings, III the
heart Of this city, TO the Province. Nov that the
troops are being fast Withdrawn from the Province,
fhete buildings will be of less than heretofore TO
the Imperial Government, which has used them as
barracks ever since the conquest, when as Jesute
College, the buildings were conhscated To the Crown,
with all the esatt of that order wh) afterward,
became extinct in the Province but under a late re-
viyal BY importation and otherwise, their numbers
are believed to be nov considerable. Within few
years they have asked the restoration OF their confs
Gated estates; but only to meet refusal from Lord
EgiD's Administration.
10 day the members Of both Houses of the Legis-
lature 90 to the Saguenay, distance OF about $50
miles In two government steamers In consequence,
Parliament stands adjourned till Tuesday next. The
excursion will take four or five days. According TO
tbe Chief Commissioner of Public Works, 1t is not to
he reg arded as meie pleasure excursion, but also az
means Of informing the members of the House re-
gardipg the ttate of the Lower st. Lawrence,
count OF which Parliament will shortly be called 10
vote an appropriation
Sir Allan McNab President Of the Committees of
the Executive Council; Mr.. j. A Macdonald, Attor-
pey General West; and Mr. II. Smith, Solicitor Gen.
eral for Canada West, thu wv members of the
Administration who have been reelected without op.
will be equally fortunate; Mr.. Spence, the Pvsmss
terGeperal, being the only Minister opposed in his
election and he is likely TO succeed
The new Government has suffered small defeat
already. The Solicitor. General for Canada Esst put
notice on the paper of a motion to strike the
Of Mr.. Macdonald the late Opposition candidate for
the Speak rship from the Standing Committee on
Elections. This Committee is selected by the Speaker.
The reasons given for this motion were two: First
that Upper Canada was unfairly represented in the
Committee by excess OF members while all the
contested elections, except two, were from Lower
Canada che second being that the person objected
TO bad already pronounced on the merits Of a
which the Committee would be called upon judi
siaiy to decide. In the absence of the Solicitor
Genefai the motion was moved by Mr. Cartier the
Sts canoioste OF the late Government for Speaker.
The motion was to strike from the Committee the late
Speaker, BY dsspprovng the warrant of the present
speaker. The House could not be brought To sustain
the motion, and the government were left in minor
N.Y. receiving but Is votes against AZ This il hnt n
small defeat but II large enough to show that the
new Government has not u majority on which - en-
rely on all occasions. ~
THE CRISIS IN CANADA.