New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-16
CANADA.
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spite ef the 1npropitious weather. The ssne
thing s no doubt, going n every other city snd
town IN Upper Canada. O,suge.sn appears % De
tslly 80 rife fere as IN ireland. Some yesrs AGO.
Mr. BALDWIN carried measure through the Legs
bs1re for rendering penal such processions s' 'sa'
which to day flls our streets, bat the law wss
dead letter. /. was everywhere disobeyed with m
punty and IL was though. better 70 repeal II than
70 continue il on .he statute BOOK. linus tae orange
precessons on the 18th of July have been legaized
SINCE 1851. The main body of the Oranpemen con-
st Of emigrants from the North Of Ireland some Of
them being old settlers who came % the country
forty years.sgo. The order also contains consid-
srable number OF young Canadians and these
are by no means ccnhDed 10 the descend
ants Of Irsh Orangemen. An English Orange
mad, made since he csme 10 Canada, .s oc-
ca0onaliy me. with, and there are lodges OF which
tho majority Of members are Scotch. Indeed,
there is reason 70 believe that the Scotch had
scheme, some time ago, for getting the control Of
the order, which boasts the Possession OF some
$4,000 members but the attempt, if We may Judge
BY the recent election OF grand officers, proved
allure At the general Parliamentary election,
held slI months ago, all parties in Upper Canada
played for Orange slppOrt-a circumstance which
never occurred be fore and may possibly not occur
again. Persons hitherto always opposed 70 Orange
lam az social excrescence growing out OF the evils
0f = CSuol1iou ci III Iue OiI WOIiu, "ith
which We have nothing whatever % do, become
members of the order. An attempt was made this
session 10 carry through Parliament bill incorPo-
rating the Orange Society; and it was only lost oy
very slender maJOrity-One or two, II remember
night. II has been the policy OF the Parliamentary
opposition 20 decry Catholicism 10 every shape; 10
EQlt its ministers and 10 pour contempt on is
ceremonies. The Pope wss regular bugaboo az
the last election. The Ministry was described as
priest ridden: as having no other mission than 10
DO the will Of Po Nono la this way did Radicals
6sh for Orange support Nor was the device
wholly unsuccessful In several constituencies
where the OraDgemen held the balance of power
tais policy of affected fanatcism aud pretended
horror Of the Pope gave success TO the party by
whom it Tas pursued. You VII therefore easily
eonpr bend that the Orange element, all imported
- it s, ls of no small account in Canadian politics.
Whatever may be their faults folies, there ID
aeeot that the Orange party are really aud truly
kysl 10 the Crown of Grea, Britain; and, also
though a late Premier, Col. Tache has predict
that the last gun which viii be fred in favor of
British supremacy in Canada will be fred by a
French Canadian, j am inclined 10 think that be
viii have an Irish Orangemsn al bis side.
1t is now nearly fortnight since the Inspector
General laid draft tanf before the Legislative As
semby, and feH days ago he made large number
Of alterations in il. a New-York journal has
srroneously stated the object of this tariff TO be the
reduction OF n1portatlons from the United States
venture TO affirm that such notion never entered
INTO the head Of The Finance Minister. The truth
~, there was considerable deficiency in the reve-
nue last year, which swallowed up all Immediately
available resources except that Of borrowing TO
carry on the ordinary expenses of the Government
and deficiency will have to be provided for again
this year. To meet this emergency, Occasoned by |
the prevailing commercial stagnaton, the Inspector
General had TO resort to the expedent OF raising the
tariff. That is the primary cause of the proposed |
tba osn1
is found in the desire 10 encourage domestic manu-
factures, without enactIng an ayowedy protective
tariff. The principal alterations consist in
charging 20 per cent on certain articles
now subject to Is, adding 70 and taking
f1sm-the additions preponderating- free list,
and placing a duty Of % per cent upon lcather,
boots and shoes and harness. The Inspector
General, though strongly urged TO do So has re.
fused 10 put cotton manufactures among the ~ per
cents, retaining them at the old figure Of - per
cent. He has consented to place wOolens, as well
az ali descriptions Of manufactured clothing in that
cstegory. 1t is alleged that several English cotton
manufacturers are ready to transplant themselves
Aeir capital and their machinery TO This Province,
the moment they assured of moderate protec-
fOp," which I suppose means 20 or % per cent
Auty II ia curious that those persons who such
great FreeTradersn in England should become Protec
tOnists the moment they think OF coming TO Canada,
And even 10 make tho enactment OF protective
tariff a condition Of their doing so. There Is at
present believe, only cotton factory IN TINS
country and that at Sherbrooke, is not very extern
awe. The proposed tariff has found certain
amount of favor the eyes OF The Association for
the Encouragement of Canadian Industry, though
Il does not fully come up TO their views. IL Is not
kkely that the tariff proposed nor any alterations
that may be made in it, will much affect the trade
q he Province with the United States.
The proceedings ia Parliament progress slowly;
Tor although the Government has a standing major
nv Of 3O-one. fourth of the whole House-the Up
position offer such obstacles to the progress oi ousi
ness that whole days are sometimes spent without
almost anything being DONE The Committee OF
Pubic Accounts has virtually had the Ministry on
trial for several weeks past. This Committee
altogether unknown in England, whence We profess
70 take our Parliamentary models-has been ap-
pointed session after session for many years past.
IN former times, it used to hold few formal
sittisgs, and report that all was right.
This session, however. the Ministry commit
ted the blunder--for such it undoubtedly
was, polntcally-of putting the leader of
ne Opposition and several members of his party,
plong with some hafhearted or doubtful supporters,
Su ts.. Committee; All lie result has S5en st.Se
- might have been anticipated The Opposition
members all attended regularly and punctusny,
While the more doubtful supporters of the Govern
vsopt absented themselves. The Opposition having
by tAis means obtained majority on Committee
nominated by the Ministry, proceeded to put the
Government on its trial. No other description OF
fAe extraordinary nature of the investigation would
convey the truth One of the subjects inquired into
Vas the sale of some $200,OOO OF Provincial de-
bentures in England by our financial agents, toward
Tie close Of last year. 1t is contended that they dd
net fetch a. much the current quotations al the
time they were sold, and that they ought not TO
k>a,, ola Of all af