The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-10
RUDsON's BAY TERRITORY.
Action by the Toronto Beard ~ Trade.

Action by the Toronto Board of Trade.
From the roroolo Globe, Dec.
meeting Of the Hosrd Of Trade w.s held lest even
Ing specially with the Of afording opportunity 70
certain gentlemen. long residents of The Hatsoos DAY
Territory 70 call 70 the advantAges Of opcnng
direct sth thai extensive nela Of
enierprse A cor sic cradle number Of our leading
citizens we're present, showing thai ne subsct ooe "
which very general interest is Eel.
7 ROWLAND Esq In the aoss nee OF the President
OF the Board called IA the chair and briefly ex
plain ed the object OF the meeuls
Before this however, Was entered upon, another mat
ter OF some IN p1rtznce the tracing community
disposed Of by . report neirs ADOPTED, nxing the
standard Tor the tour leading qualities OF hour Tue four
samples fixed upon az the ssanaard we're ordered - %
seaed up and IN the hands Of ne secrrtsrs. II
stated hat the standard liked upon was In &C
cerdsnce v th that established At Montreal
Alderman MACDONALD, Ekq., pei8g then called upon 10
sddrets he meeting said NO happy TO do 81, oe
Ct who lad been principally Monumental In orns
ns the position auars with respect 10 the Ia soa Q
Fay Company prominently bsfo' the public roa, o.
psny occupied reg ea OF country, from
WINCH hiheTo we had been shut ont wee matter
IL which every Canadian Interested Some might
osposeo look IL chiefly frota commercial poot Of
view but every inhAot OF the country nsf an inter
Get 10 II IN its 1nal aspect Canada MT what
che a Il sgo-s petty province. Her present
exacrcnsry enterprise and Der extending commercial
IelaroT pointed 10 tie future time not pee
haps very far cisAni when soc must exert no neon
sGsrabe II luerce ihe continent OF North America
TIE pecula- facilities ge had for ationa communi
caIicn. arc our Tor building up nation
ah,y. were such perhaps ~ no other naaoa under
heaven Possessed ana snoald induce every Cana.
Dir. hacooreil then poiased TO mao belonging
10 the huds ms Bay Company. showing the IN
nense tract OF corn'ry they possersed extending Rom
The sun the ~ Lawrence 10 iae Pacdc On TINS map
CAnsoa flied but mall space containing $50 90 square
mis,. The HuGson's Bay territories comprised folr MI
hoDs iqIare mles including several vast regions
large as Csreda in extent inferior 10 her sol
all The requisites for forming nation De con.
tenCed ra the whole OF that tract OF country was pro
perry Car ada. orig paliy New France or Canada
and was atm Canada. having been conveyed SUCH "
England By treaty 10 iIe3 But ,ne Hudsons Bay Com
psny exclusively Occupied is, predicting imm'gra
ton and agriculture end ao,t every aiteup,o i aprove
Il. II Q country, the products OF which ougni
uraly 10 pass through our bands Al one line It's pro
lssstd through Canada and enriched Montreal.
This 10 the time Of the North Wet Company but
o. the two oompsnies the trace was again d.
yeried. and al The products were made 70 pass
iurs purchased here in Toronto were got,
perhaps only nreV niles hence Pence.
ron an then 10 Husson's Bsy and so to England, ia
merchants puTcna Ing them IN ondon aud brns
holders IN ire company were ams.sng great deal OF
wealth from the monopoly they usnrped Their trade
sres IN London, IN March las, amounted TO $4,000
What II cir elsewhere nnposs say,
tBsy not IN the habit OF comm unicalnR n 10
otnnen about their aiisys 70 the puohc The history
he Ter trade coevsi xuh the history OF Canada
and only veour 81 acquaintance with ne salts
bed rary rad title 10 the excusv rights
ard privileges they now claimed While the country
Jrcer he dominion OF France French tracing pAry
tal certain privileges IN territory, which continued
til 1888 Charles H. Ia 1870 bad granted 10 the Hudson
GCmrhhy the fknl tncae iknds WIN
The enuan e u Hudsous Bay. That certainly could
in luce brds tituatsd l.Soc lies 10 the wcst-
yard. (Hear, hear.) In 1870. knowing that IN tr
good for nolhinx, they pe,iu0ned the I'm
peI!Gl Parliament for y coLht mAlioa Of their char
Ter. Parliament rassed az act confirming for seven
years. but longer TbE had only pu ,lisaed
within years and appeared BY II, that IN
point or the charter Of the Huoso1s Bay Com p4ny
expired in .7e7 They ha In tact, no charter shaiever
al his moment, anr yet they were ronopolzrg the
-h,e oornty. (Hesr, heaf.l The facilities for opening
trace BY the q. Lswreoce from that territory were
pa,,er ar ary ether locality because that trade would
Ia,s through Toronto which would become mart OF
ne fur usoe instesc Of London. With our improved
sciliiies OF communication woult be much easier 10
carry the ade thar WAS In tue time Of the North
~sst Company. steamer might be loaded In Montreal
and rent 10 the head o. Lake superior Thence there
we're tome porases between Lake Superior ana Lac do
Tluie And ren there was navigation the vhoe ~Ay
into the ssnbopc country. That country not info
ing country II Vas capable cf pfoduo-
ing vsst quantities OF grain, tor which ~ pre-.
sent there was no masx Make. me Am, y, Iicsns were
ripg and they would ere long extend 70 the skstche
river The valley Of the Saskatchewan coots,ned
5Coeot ths OF the Asinbone 80 eco square mites the
one much larger than Canada the other containing per-
haps great quantity OF FOOD agricultural land
Canada The oejeci, ihen which he and others had In
view 10 oper up this country and claim u - being
properly Car ada Rear, hear To ootsIn this By ap.
peaing 10 the govern ment might prove sios and
certain method Why vi ouli rot npAly be formed,
IKE The OLD Sorhw which contended against the
Hucsons Bay Company for ears and were successfr 10
eli their operations Tor time, Until they we're led into
tloodshed Lost money and nnAy united win the Hud.
so1s Bay Company He did not intend say much with
respect 10 the nature OF The territory. tnere being
Of Il. " lie would Just make one o. tso rsmsrss
on 1t. VAT beds Of coal existed IN the valley OF the
Saskatchewan. There was there, 10 fact, the OF the
greatest coal 1eds 10 the world, aud . navgable river
flowed through IT, snording every facility for inland
Navigation and the employment OF steamers.
Then The Hsdsors Bay ie ls' IN the ss. q The eoun
ser coat There Other counxy which had .
nursery sesmer. and only 200 miles from Lake
Superior. u abounctd u whales and hsh OF every DC
scrp,ion Thcse fsw Of the considerations which
nis nt induce the mercantile OF Canada 10 ~
the q"siion heavily Independently atos sner Of those
purity patriotic .bch might lead many ,ark
in "a He had mentioned already that the last
Of TIC Hudon's Bsy Company, At London, fecnei for
skirs the oi 1450 Goo, and these ali from the
resior eaS, Of the ocky Mountains He ststemsnt
the other day that o. 40 COO worth bad ten sod In New
York coming from Ualed sAes and Russian territories.
fh1, n a direct oommuncstiou were opsnei up,
uoald slsoI through Canada Dear hear re oclev-
cd they would rnd the hole country ready combine
with any company sgaiost the H,osons Bay comps
~. He would mcndoa iIs which occurred only
IN March last An India, chief came 10 Foo
Gsrro with some go carts Of furs. 1n EMS
ssry from Psrbns On the American sde net him md
cad. 1Ycr bad better come .ous mo" be said 81
vul 20 70 ths Fort" There the Huiscns Bay Company
o. rucd With bn aocu. matt y q len doi!sr. and as
usual ested him rough y, knowing he bad another
markg. lie took his furs 70 Peribna and toe auds,us
Bar Ocmpa, had lost that sad hunde % others,
alar. oreht " pogcss the people here we're beginning
TO unders.and that NE rshs Of the company were 90.
such pcy claimed 10 be, and thai faf abso-
vte right 70 compel them 70 rsds here th.re - Il
rieared AMI they found chcrs viilog take tneir
fnrs they would r. and trade wuh them. Il would not
be long with he Hadsou's Bay company formerly,
when thsy gave deeds OF and, with conditions sIached
10 witch sbocd have subscri pei, aud
they put in force the most arbitrary rules against
ctr ers uaoire 10 territor,. II any lound
usding. bis furs were taken from him, aud
sometimes the Articles which be possessed, which
be meant 70 trace OF for furs. All TIA,
was nov done away with. and means were pro
vieed 10 lbete mcu " trade win, ~ the Americans AZ
he aid the COMPANY bad no charter and could not pre-
vent any gc'ng IN ard ussing when The Northwest
Cempsry traded there the Hudton's Bay Company did
put venture court Of lac Try ,hc validity of
the CHARTER but bribed the other company by oderiny
ftm sbar, o. Tie plunder. he would rot detsin toe
ne,trg any longer, Captain Kennedy native u t,e
country ani Who bad recently rtur ed from the search
ior SF John Frspsln) ~ss nov 70 speak. and would
DC able give est deal Of nor about the ter
rliory and ~ capsbifues. (Appsuse)
CAPTAIN ksSNHpY SAID be had been for twenty Eve
years 'he terri Org question twelve Of them during
Biz rsncy and the rtmsbctr In The service OF the Had
,cn's Bay Ccmfsny The ars, Eve years he was IN
their fefvice vss scent on the O,srs subsequently he
was on the Labrador cna,t far n iison's
Raw srs during the whOe Of that uertod no