New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-27
CANADA.

-. Wsstern and MIR. Ilulc'"'i'' no ''' "N
~ ,,deoepdens Company, have played the prln-
.,..I parts. The Legislature has given authority
=. construct Railroad, south OF the Great IVES
fern from the Niagara to the Detro'' RIVER lnc
me il sixty miles shorter than the Great western;
- NAV therefore prove a formidable rlvsl 70 toe
49,, ,osd There are two charters-one covering
Az .,o,nd from the Niagara River to ST. Inomas
~ The other the remainder of the distance from
St Thomas 20 the Detroit River. The eastern
.art;on has been aided by municpa subscripuons
Aut sill in the depressed state OF the money
market that continued during the war, suihcieht
means to construct it were not forthc' 'ihns;
The charter of the other secu0i required
ECO 900 10 be subscribed before the Company
sould organize. 1t being impossible 70 get thls
amount taken up, the aid OF me Les'sia1ule
was invoked last session and the hgure
reduced to G25O, 900. As soon as this was DONE
Mr.. thinner man subscribed the necessary amount,
nnd the Provisional Directors ordered the stocH
Aoohs In he closed. However, as they had been
epened at several places, those at Amherstourg
were not collected and person, who pre- 'umed
N act on behalf of the Great Western subscribed
E50v, coo. This subscription is alleged 10 nave
talen place after the stock looks had been
declared closed, and, therefore, illegal. Ihe two
coutendipg parties who both claimed to have
nosses.ion of the field, met at Amherstourg, and
elected ench it's own Board OF Dlrectors-each OF
course. claiming 10 be the legal oDe-and thus mat
Ssp became more complicated than before. And
sOw came the second act in the drama. The
Great Western, or rather the person who assumed
nth what authority will be hereafter seen, to act
fer them, now attem pied to get control of the
ether section of the Southern Railroad, which was
then in the hands of Mr.. Zimmerman. But how
was this to be done? The matter stood
tAus: Last Spring Mr.. Zimmerman, acting
through Mr. Miles ORielly of Hamilton,
entered into an arrangement with the rnunicipali-
ties to relieve them of their responsibilities and TO
assume the control of the work. Mr.. ORiclly, in
pursuance Of this arrangement, nominated Board
OF Directors; and with them Mr.. Buchanan began
20 tamper. Certain of the Directors were bought
over or out with enormous sums given to them un-
der the pretext of relieving them and their stock.
Mr.. Zimmerman was thus - sold 10y the Board OF
Directors he bad himself nominated; but 1t If not
sure that be is without his remedy. Mr.. OReilly
intends to call to his aid the Court of Chauncery to
anravel the mysteries Of the sale At the same
time Mr.. Zimmerman is commencing another
Chauncery suit to prove that the $50 900 subscrip
ton In the other section of the line VAS made IN
frsud-the stock book having been interp0latcd by
alt4 ring E500 to $500 600 after the STOCK books had
been declared clOsed. Mr.. Buchanan now begins to
ask himself how be is to get out the responsibilities
he has 90 rashy assumed: ana writes letter to the
what service he has performed for them and
sends two special ambassadors 10 England bis
President and Surveyor, TO explain it. How the
stockholders of the Great Western will look pom
the matter is the question:; but the premontory
symptoms favor the idea that they will not relieve
Mr.. Buchanan of his liabilities To-day intelli-
gence was received from England that one of the
Directors Of the Great Western in London had
resigned; and he seems to have been the only one
who favored the interference with the new line.
The cause OF his resignation. In fact, seems TO
have been whether the Great Western should do
what Mr.. Buchanan without authority, had under
faken to do for them. At the same time intelli-
pence is received that $50, 600 Of drafts, drawn
Acre on account of this business have been sent
BACK TO Canada by the Directors of the Great
Western. MIR. Buchanan's coup det0t seems there
fore to have failed. Indeed, in any event it could
not have succeeded, for the Legislature would
never have permitted the establishment of such
monopoly as would have resulted from the anal
gamstOn of two parallel lines over the peninsula
of Upper Canada and a third line would have
been Chartered if the other two had been held by
tie stockholders Of the reat Western, even if no
formal anal eamatien had taken place.
The Governor. General will return from the Gulf
cfSt. Lawrence tomorrow. In few days he will
set out on another journey and proceed up the OF
tawa a. far as practicable. Som after his return
from this tour his Excellency will proceed to
Kingston to inaugurate the Annual Provincial
Agricultural Exhibition.
survey of the River Ottawa has been under
taken to ascertain the practieabliy of uniting the
waters Of the Ottawa with those of the Georgian
Bay by ship canal at points where no other
means exists. The survey has been entrusted to
Mr.. Stanley, who is well qualified for the task
A survey has been made at anotber-from Toron-
to-to ascertain the practcability of a shis canal
10 connect the waters Of the Georgian Bay with
those of Ontario. The report may be soon ex-
pccted.
The Grand Trunk Railway is expected to be
completed from ST. Marys, above Strattord, TO the
sesbOard at Portland Oh the LIST of October. The
Victoria Bridge will require 20 be competei in
order 10 perfect the line; and the road will re-
quire to be extended westward to the Canada
frontier. Many persons pre6ct a great change in
The travel from Europe 10 the Western States.
The Great Eastern, now building on the Thames,
Will make her first trip to Portland, and it Ia pos
sibe that if successful, she will be continued on
that route. IL is certain that a strong influence
will be exerted to secure that result; some Of the
largest shareholders in the Grand Trunk being Di-
Fect0rs of the Great Eastern Company.
Col. Baron de Rottenburg has written letter 10
1hs Leader Of this city in reference 10 the late
swmdle by person in New-York calling himself
Lieutenant Col. Narmaduke Reeves. Baron de
R0ttenburg states that he is well acquainted with
Col Marnaduke Reeves and that he is entirely
incapable Of the conduct pursued by the person
&lo assumed his name, and who is no doubt an
Arrsnt impostor in every respect
The election for Legislative Councillors s not
creating much excitement. The election districts
are 90 large that II is almost totally impossible for
any one to canvass them, aud few seem inclined TO
attempt it.
The Committee of Agriculture offers three
prizes for 30 many essays on the history, habits
and means Of counteracting the Injurious effects of
the weeyil the wheat-Ay, and the wheat midge
The question is becoming of great and pressing
importance; for wherever wheat has been grown
tor forty or fifty years there these enemies of the
fhrmer appear Whether they be the result of