New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-15
CANADA.
F,oa Our Own Correspondent

The Chairman, DIR. Willis oil the r'oo Nnuio"'
tool tha Ground that sufficient sum ought 10
be raised to pay the slave-owners the value oil
N ri slaves. even If il would require ten
times ns much as the British Parliament voted
.o .ompensate the West India planters for the
los. Of their slaves. If We may judge by the
.moupt which this Society, OF rather the Cana
dian members Of it, subscribed last year. 1t would
he A long tine before any such sum would
he forthcoming All that the Canadian members
nj this Society which takes the comprehensive
name of the q" Ant-Slayery Society OF Canada"
vubscrited last year was E5l. They received from
the honorary Secretary in London, however, t9I5,
and from other parts Of England E4O, total in
come during the year OF LIDO, out oi winch
Sbey have now balance of G645 liS. The money
sent from England comes on The condition that it
Is IN be used only in aid of fugtives from slavery
who seek protection here.
learn by special telegraph that the icebridge
opposite Quebec began TO move of this morning.
Nv another special dispatch from Montreal learn
that the Lachine Canal is now ready TO adj
init vessels Of the ordinary draught A slight
breach had occurred in the canal, but II only I'M
pe6ed navigation one night.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company is in luck.
Parliament, By majority of 80, has voted the ad
dtional 100000 aid asked asked for BY the
Company.
The Great Western Railroad is now doing an
enormous business. Its earnings last week were
over $60CO0
Next Monday Mr.. FELTON, is to move in the Leg
islative Assembly the suspension of all the rules of
the House 80 as to permit of the ProhbtOry Ii
ouor Bill being introduced and passed through all
it's STAGES i'm one day How far this proposal will
succeed remains to be seen. On the subject OF
going into Committee to consider the subject OF
compensating the brewers aud distilers there was
IL 30. III, f.- .t.ea
tanning the question and so against. The brewers
of Quebec had previously pctitioned for compen-
sa.iop Those of Toronto had taken another
course and petitOBed TO have ale, beer and porter
exempted from the operation OF the measure In
this petition the ground is taken that beer contain
ing az alleged from four to eight per cent OF nu
triiiye matter, " is food nc well as drink, for
which assertion Professor Johnston, in his Chemis-
tn Of Common Life, is authOrity-and that to pro-
hibit its manufacture, sale, or use would be to
enact sumptuary law which might hereafter be
used as a dangerous precedent II the measure
should pass the Lower House on the suspension
of all the rules as proposed by Mr. FELTON, it will
still be long way from being law. Ii would
hardly pass the Legislative Council; and, IT It did,
the Goyernor-G eneral would be obliged By his in
sructions TO reserve it, on two grounds-frst, that
it is a measure Of an unusual nature, and secondly
that il pterferes with private property as that of
The brewers and dstillers, without providing COM
pensation TO the parties.
The Governor General recently visited Montreal
by invitation, but the Corporation hos refused to
paw his hotel bill of 800 for which the proprietor
OF DonagaIas Hotel has sued his Excellency. A
curious case surely.
The Legislative Assembly has voted part of the
estimates for the year The total estimated expen-
diture for the year is : O63 l42 Among the items
are contingent expenses of the Legislative Assem-
bly,, exclusive of indemnity to members, f63,O of
LII. id g. %.
members, Gl6,l45; grants to hospitals and other
charities, G32,727; to Mechanics Institute and
other institutions, G6,250 70 colleges and acad-
emies Lower Canada, f20,G01, of which amount
fI6,040 is paid out Of the special Jesults Estates
Fund, the proceeds of property which was conis-
Gated at the conquest. The miscellaneous items
figure up to El29s39 1916. The amount in
cludes an iteppf f25,O0O for improving the pub
lie lands by opening roads, &c; E25,0O0 for an
extension of accommodation TO lunatics in Upper
Canada There is also an item Expenses of
protecting the Fisheries in the Gulf, t2 l40i"
and f5C0 for the outfit of vessels for this service.
This is our whole naval expenditure, and it is
surely moderate enough An addition OF t5,OOJ
to the former grant on behalf OF the geological sur
yey of the Province is to be made. a committee
of the Legislature has been sitting during the SEES
sion uoon the best means of conducting the survey
and of disseminating the information IN the reports
of the survey and they have collected much valua-
BILE information on the subject and struck out
definite plan for future action. The survey will
hereafter be pushed as rapidly as possible to CON-
pleton. An additional grant of E5O0O is to be
made for defraying the expenses OF representing
Canada at the Paris Exhibition making ElO,0OO
in all The members of the Legislative Council
nsed TO be an unpaid body; but in lo52-3it was
necessary TO get as many of them together as pos
.;ble TO vote on question that required TWO
thirds of the whole House TO carry II, and the
~Iordsn were tempted with the offer OF - a day
"a t,erei;-s expenses. The plan was found 10
answer and this item has ever since appeared in
the estimates. The appropriation for the Sinking
Fund ia f75,000; interest on the public debt,
f2lOOOO; Civil List, G73,SS4, in addition TO
which f55,769 contingent expenses OF the admin
istraton of Justice. The grant in aid of the Com
mon School Fund of Upper Canada is to be in
creased by f25,O00.
The laborers on the works of the Grand Trunk
while on strike at Montreal, destroyed machinery
to the value of $4,000. special meeting of the
CITY Council was called to devise measures to pre-
serve the peace.
The Montreal Bank has declared dividend of
per cent for the current halfyear.
The number of soldiers in Quebec is $50, from
25 to 80 years Of age, picked men-500 Of them
being volunteers from the 5ith, the Goth, and the
7Ist 1t has been suggested that these men, Injured
TO heat and cold would make valuable soldiers for
the Crimea, while raw recruits would do garrison
duty in Quebec
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