The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-01
MONTREAL.
MONTREAL. July l6. 1859,

MONTREAL, July %, 1859
The Parcdi Opera Comrany-A Brt,sh Giippn-7ae Vic
to,ia Brdge-A Detachment Of British Troops DC
The Parod opera company did good business here re-
Gently, for snort season They are now in Qaebec
where they will perform until the middle OF this week.
They have been very successful there.
The clipper schooner Union has her clearance papers TO
sail from Hamilton, Canada West, to-day, with 10000
stAves ali West India except about 0c0 standards
said she built bow her heels any crack Yankee
schooner" She is 24 tons, British measurement Her
captain declares that be WIN reach Liverpool In thirteen
days from Quebec, II favored With favorable weather
She is constructed vito board which will enable
her saH 70 he ~ind thsn any vessel which nsv
visited the victoria Bridge sesp and passed through
all tubes that ny This side q tee river. Wniie
the Of the river in the middle Of Of
the tueee locomotive with several loaded with iron
passed me- The weight aod movement OF the locomotive
and cars produced hte action OF the brldge-not
insn usually noticed upon any bridge when train
OF passing except The suspe uson bridge at Niagara
VIII ch have bad occasion to aude to in former letter.
In my last did not speak in detail Of the present cond
ton Of the work Ioe aoutments and piers are all CON-
pete with the exception OF pumbers fourteen and fifteen,
which built Elk eet above water level, and number
eleven pier rh'ch nss been parposey left untouched in
order channel open for rats appears tn
the has narrowed between The peers al
ready Constructed by the Golfer dAm Numbers fourteen
and htteen viii be finished in twenty thirty days after
the working commences, and number eleven will
be completed by the MIDDLE Of september Sixteen OF the
twenty i've tubes fixed in position and finished,
touches upon them. calculate that bridge will
be ready Tor by the frat OF October but an Inform
ed by good authority stated last that this much
desired event be reached earlier than the fret Of
November Some of the provincial intimate that at
about the time the bridge is compsted the LeHa
than steamer will make her appearance in the harbor Of
Portland. Sa0bld this prove true Great Britain will
occasion to celebrate Two great achievements at about the
Same time.
about eight hundred troops quarere here at
the present time belonging 70 the Thirty SIKH regiment
OF the roy nj artillery Many Of them the Crimean
81.
the Kpgtton steamer We broognt detachment OF the
regimen: ordered to Qdepec. learn that il Is
pected that some OF the troops in Canada will be
dered to England in view Of the fears Of the home 60
tn It Louis Napoleon empAtes invasion
OF Great Britain observe that the Parliamentary de-
bates that subject largely copied the provn
cial papers. witnessed the marching and drilling Of
some Of her kajestys royal troops here, and must
confees that some Of the would DO we'll 10 take
Of the poorest cscet at West Poin-hey
something visited the latter place recently, In coupa
ny with skiltu military friend, who very avora-
bly, impressed With the sodiery appearance, the strict
discipline, and the precision IN driog of the cadets.
nothing in the emenis OF the troops here
that marked them ss being superior in tactics