New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-30
CANADA.
Hsom On Own Correspondent

Hrou On Own Correspondent
TORONTO, Wednesday, April %, 1853.
have lust learned by special telegraph from
ovebec, hat the Inspector General lad the es"'
mates Of the revenue aud expendisdfe' Tor 1000
before tho Legislative Assembly TO- slsas. Ioe
+ot.l Estimated revenue is EI, 0OG,o5o, and toe
.,o..Siture El,O63,I42. The customs are ex-
..ct.d TO yield G9OO, 900; the Pablo Works
rrOO 600: Territorial. land aud timber, flOo,-
mo. Rank Impcsts, f24, 900, and Canal Revenue
COS 600. The importation Of last year was
Admittedly excessive; and the orders sent home
LAT fall Tor spring goods were on diminished
.cale--a circumstance by which the Gu stOns
ysveuue will. Of course, be affected. Last year
the gre test increase was in the revenue derived
from land sales and timber licenses, being - per
cent over the previous year. The revenue from
the Public Works during the same time, showed
IN increase Of 25 per cent.
. At the beginning of the present session OF Par
lament committee was appointed to inquire IN
to charges of corruption against the late Admins
tratiOn. 1t has been pursuing its Investigation
during the sitting of Parliament to the present
time. But it was only about fortnight ago that
it made up the full list Of charges into which it
would prosecute an inquiry All these charges
had been directed against Mr.. Hincks the late
Premier and head Of the Financial Department.
They were not indeed all the charges that had
been made against members OF the late Admins
trati0n; there were other charges of corruption,
which had been made by the OppoAltion journals
against other members OF the late Government;
but those against the ex-Pr. mer only the CON
mittee resolved to investigate. The com Dittee
has, since then, concluded its investigation into
four of the charges and found them to be utterly
groundless. II has, therefore, dismissed them;
and is proceeding with the investigation
of the other five. One of those, the ground
Iessness of which has been proved related to the
Eaut Ste. Marie Canal. 1t was alleged that Mr..
Hincks was contractor in that work. and that
be would make million aDd.a-baf of dollars out
oft; tha1 this was the price he was receiving in
barter for the interests of this country and that
his treason was proved by the fact Of his refusing
to allow private Canadian Company to be char
tered to make canal on this side of the Falls.
The charge was mainly based upon some gossip
ing correspondence in a disreputable New York
paper. The whole thing was fabrication from
beginning to end, as an investigation has proved.
There can be no doubt however that this and
other similar and equally grOundless charges
proved highly injurious to the accused, in pOllti
cal sense, and were in fact one of the main causes
of the overthrow of the administration of which
he was the head
While write Learn by telegraph from Que
bee that the Legislative Council is discussing the
seat-Of-G OveTnment question, on motion proposed
by MIR. Moore in favor of fixed seat of Govern
ment. 1t is believed that the motion will carry
for motion to adjourn has been negatived on
vote Of Is against 8. 1t is of very little cOnse-
queDcc what may be the decision of the Council
on the question. The other branch of the Legis-
lature which is elected by the PEG, le has decided
to come to Toronto during the summer; and upon
orders from the Executive Government the re-
pairs Of the old Government House have com.
menced, to fit it for the reception of Sir Edmund
Head.
Our Postmaster. General has just concluded an
arIane, ment, by which British letters mailed too
late for the British steamer, and not specially
directed to 60 by the next American steamer,
will nevertheless, be sent by it. Hitherto, such
letters have been kept till the sailing OF the
next British steamer-ofteL period of eight or
ten days.
have recently conversed with several persons
who have visited various parts of Upper Canada,
on the state of the crops; and all accounts agree
that the wheat crop never looked SO well before.
There has been no winter-killing whatever, and in
many places spring wheat 10 inch high.
son which was apparently late, and was so as far
as the improvement Of the weather was concerned,
il likely to give us forward crops, from the fact
that the snow protected the wheat from injury by
the frost till the time has passed when frost could
hurt it. The breadth Of land under wheat is far
greater than in any previous year.