New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-05
CANADA.
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TORONTO, Monday, Feb. %, 1855.


had st least tie merit OF coDciseuess. They
may be compressed into 9 dozen words. Mr..
MORN, it seems, had been complaining just BE-
fore the death of Mr.. Justice Panet that the de-
cling state Of his health would not loog ALLOW
him to remain in the Cabinet. In this case. hls
appointment 10 the Bench " ,uld be sos-ssgssfsr.
if health and strength Of constitution are re-
CURED in Jadge. The Judseship, however, il
sppesrs was ofe red to Mr.. Black. who for some
unexplained reason, refused To accept il. Upon
the retirement Of Mr.. Norm from the Cabinet,
the Lower Csnads members rendered their re-
sicna.ions in body; but strange to say, Mr.. Re-
ceiver-Genersl Tache wss asked by the Premier
70 hold on: he consented. and in turn, prevailed
upou Mr.. Drummoud 20 remain with hlm. Iais
explanation is certainly little singular. Mr..
Tsche. according 10 Sir Allsn. agreed with his
colleagues from Lower Canada in thinking that
they ought sll to resign on the retirement. OF Mr.
MORN. But IL seems Mr.. Tache only resigned 10
90 back again. He walked out OF Government
House alorg with his Lower Canada colleagues;
but observe, the moment he gets them INTO tho
street he bids them goodbye and goes bach. Ito
really appears to have been only playing escort 20
his colleagues from the Council Chamber to the
street lie told them when they started that he
was about To share their fortune-to be their com
panion-that the Cabinet door should close upon
/ them all at once; but what must have been their
feelings when they found the Cabinet door locked
/ upOn them and that their escortlng colleague had
made good his return As stated at the time,
| the change does not on the confession Of the Pre-
| mier. involve any change of principle. Sir Allan
/ is reported to have said "He was not aware that
there was any principle in the matter The whole
| thing arose from the appointment OF Mr. Norm TO
/ Judgeship.
/ The Government las come to the resolution 70
! recommend to Parliament the abolition OF postage
/ on newspapers. This measure has been contem-
/ plated for some time, and is now about To be car
/ red into effect The sacrifice OF reyt nue. will DO
! about 500. OCO year. Though that is all that
finds it's way to the treasury, there is no means OF
judging how much is actually collected, tor there
is no check upon this item. Postmasters know
that they may safely pocket any moderate proper
ton of the newspaper postage without being de-
tected How the duty will be performed when
| the emouments are redueed-when the Postmas
ters whole commission is upon letters, and news
papers Weld them nothing-remains to be seen.
Certain il is that the complaints OF rreguiarty IN
the delivery of newspapers have much increased
since the newspaper postage was reduced from
one penny to a half-penny per copy. The irregu'
larity may, however, not be attributable to that
! cause; for there has since then been an enormous
increase in postal accommodations, and great
numbers Of raw hands pressed into the service as
county Postmasters.
Our Postal Department has just adopted the
Money order system of Rowland Hill. II has ua-
doubtedly answered good purpose in England;
but the necessity for il is by no means so apparent
here. Here is the difference: in England there
are no bank notes of denomination less than To;
and the highest amount that can be sent IN one or
der il f5 Here we have bank bills AZ low ~
dollar; and generally they possess the same value
in every part Of the country. Indeed, for business
purposes, this may be said to be universally tho
case. IL is true that a 800 bill issued by any
one of our banks, payable in Toronto, will be
one per cent. below par If presented ct tho
counter of bank in Quebec-that being the ratio
of excbanse-but it will pass current in business
transactions for the amount specified upon its face
Bank bills passing the other way are not subject
TO any discount. Practically, then, our bank bills
bear the same value in all parts Of the Province;
and they are very convenient tor TRANSMISSION oy
post. All money letters are specially registered;
and on their receipt the person to whom they
are given signs his name in book, opposite tho
number of the letter. About 40 900 letters arc
thus transmitted through the post every year;
and, so great il the safety that not one IN ten
| thousand misCarriss.. In fact, IL seems almost
impossible that any human system can afford more
complete safety. With this system in successful
operation it is quite certain that there exists
here no such necessity for the money order
system, as gave birth TO It in England
and, notwithstanding the adoption OF that
system by our Post-oice department,
| am satisfied that the great bulk Of
the money letters will continue to be seat a. be-
fore, the amount requiring to be sent being in
closed in bank bills within the letter. Indeed, 30
far as experience goes with u.s. and 1t 10 not
long it shows that the majority Of the money
| orders used are for amounts over E5-ElO being
the highest sum that can be sent In ono order,
! and that is twice as much as is allowed In Eng
land. Experience, then, proves that, 30 far,
| amounts under eco continue to be sent Ia bank
notes inclOsed in letters, and not in the shape Of
money orders This fact may be Of use 10 Con-
gress, if it intends to adopt the money order sys-
TEN; it is an argument in favor Of not fixing tho
maximum amount which may be sent in ono
money order at less than $40 The OK
perience Of Canada IN this matter will DO
! much more to the point than that Of England, be-
cause the circumstances Of Canada more closely
resemble those of the United States than do those
Of England The United States, like Csnads,
has low denomination OF paper money, conve-
nent for transmission by letter; but the rates Of
| exchange in different parts OF the Union, and tho
greater fuctuation in the value Of bank bills pre-
vent the analogy being complete and form an sd-
dtional argument for the adoption Of the money
order system in the United States-an argument
! that could not be urged In favor Of its adoption
! here The whole question, besides that OF safety
! resolves itselfintO VI profit and loss. la per-
son in the United States lad $50 to transmit TO =
distant part Of the country he would, even though
the money order system were in force, be apt 70
send it in that way which would cause him the
least trouble and expense. II, by inclosing $50
bank note, be could pay debt Of $50 payable 500
miles distant and If money letters 20 ~ safely
with You as with US, be would be apt 10 prefer
this mode Of payment and for obvious reasons.
| The money order would cost sOmething-witb us