New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-12
CANADA.
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>.mmercial treaties WIN N Pe
a.. =, nrcount. v,s nave found means Oh whip-
=. t,s ae,1l round the post, till we arrive at
,s..ntially the same result Baron Boilleau IL
ss~s,.h conul at Quebec; and IL was very easy
xr him Ia sound bis Government and see what they
-e,,d do in the event of our doing something else
IN This way, tie thing has been managed; ana al,
tA.,sh we have not the form of commercial
sresty we have everything il could bring u.s. In
rursuance, as it would seem, of an arrangement
t,.s made with the French Government, tne lama
dan Executive got the assent OF the l-eg'si"'ore'
hast session. to reduce the duty on WiDes pranay'
ga s,;sa fruits the duty on wine being reduced 70
"a No, csnt. that on brandy to 80 per cent, ana
g., entrants. figs, almonds, walnuts, and hlberts,
a. IN cor cent. ad yaloreul. These reductions were
~ made In the discretion of the Executive; that
( :. when il was fully understood that we were
90 get some equivalent. The Government was not
blg in issuing the proclamation making these re-
factions; and scarcely haa The Gazette announcing
ttem appeared, when the French MoniteW Unioer'
s.l shows that the action of our Government had
been reeiprocated. The remissious or reductions
rsde by the French Government relate to potash
oak bark and tanning stufs, les sues tonnns,
srtrait de noir de esiie ct dautre rtgetaur' In
syery case distinction is made, when these articles
are in ported in French and foreign bottoms There
said TO be question Of the admission of Canadian
Yssees to register in France; and 1t is understood
that Baron Boilleau has some representation on the
subject to hp Government. But while the French
navigation laws kept up In all their rigor, 1t Is
improbable that any concession OF TINS KIND VIII
be glanted for the French Government
viii 10 doubt think CIT as important to
Protect the ship-carpenters Of Bordeaux and Mar
settles az the owners Of the vessels after they have
been tut All the above articles, which a
I'd reGut ton Of duty has been made when imported
into France In foreign vessels, are ADMITTED Tree
when in ported in national vessels. Potash, the
Host important article in the list will be charged,
when imported in foreign vessels, francs the lUO
klogrsnmes, or 22i pounds; black oak BARK Is u
ray tie same duty and tanning stutfs 8 francs the
"a pounds. wooded country, Ike Canada, car
produce no end Of potash. Every acre that u
cleared produces the requisite materials and all tla
is necessary is TO 90 to little extra trouble In the
manufacture. crop OF good ashes is worth more
than a crop Of wheat or any other produce. Otter
yielding enough to pay for both the land and The
cost of clearing. OF course, there Is some
cost for apparatus and ii potash were
manufactured in the most profitable way, We
should not see to every farmer attempting TO
rnapufacture his own ashes. OF black oak bark
frnnce receives its principal supply from the
Erited States, and the reduction OF the French
duty uron il viii be as great an advantage to your
y,elle as TO ours. In Lower Canada, the supply o.
1t IL practically inexhsushbe; and it remains to b,
seen whether IT vii hereafter become regular al
article Of export from this country timber is a
TretGt. Some persons are disappointed of DO
fsding timber among the French list of articles
subject TO remission or reduction of duty. IL i
Understood that there s something more to com,
yet and that the free admission of our eereaee int
tie French colonies viii soon be determined upon
correspondence between the British Embassa
dor at Washington and the Canadian Goyernmen
en- hand and the American Government on tn
other, the subject of the Reciprocity Treaty, ha
recently been published. 1t does not appear iron
this correspondence that the American GOyernmen
ever seriously contemplated the abrOgation of tina
treaty. Tie reference TO this subject in the In
st1uctions of MIR Hatch appears TO have been litt'
more than Incidental and L was explained to thi
British Embassador that it had no particular zig
ri6cance. Mr. Hatch, however it would appear
hlisaI prehended the nature of his duties. He hac
been appointed one Of FIVE Commissioners to loOE
after the Collectors of the Revenue on the Cana
dian frontier, and when he reported so strongl,
against the Reciprocity Treaty the President los
NO time in appointing another person to make al
additional report which il said TO be totally differ
ent in tenor from that of Mr.. Hatch. When
paragraph appeared in The Constitution of Wash
Bgton, some months ago, condemned from Cana
dian Opposition paper, and expressing the opinion
zion Of the spirit Of the treaty and would justify it
abrogation by the United States Lord Lyons Gale;
lie attention of the American Government to thu
circumstance, and the reply was that the para
graIh must not be taken as in any way indicating
tie views of the Government.
The rumOr some time ago set ahoat by Mr.
isbister in England that Canada had refused Il
undertake the administration of the Red River
Colony, is untrue. No such offer was ever made
and could not, therefore, be refused. The estab
nsbment Of free port at Sault Ste Marie viii nat
RIaiy cause the Red River cOlOnsts 10 lean to
ward connection with Canada since such con
neetiOn would give them free imports; while, il
they be created into separate colony, they vii
Lave TO levy import duties to maintain the loca
Government.
Londonderry has been selected by our Postmaster
General the first packet station Of the Canadian
line Of steamers The assent Of the British Post
Office authorities ia necessary to confirmation OF
the choice, but as they move slowly in St Martins
" Grand, il is difficult to say when the matter viii
be decided. IS sf
During the flush times from 1854 to 1857, several
nuuicpa tiles went recklessly into debt for railroad
purpOses-s ubscribii stock aud making loans OF
gifts 10 railroads. OF these some borrowed on the
q edit of the consolidated Municipal Loan Fund
which was administered by the Government, and
0tLers Oh their own unaided credit. The Govern.
mens had 10 grant relief to the former BY extending
the time for the repayment Of the loan and the City
Of Hamilton. which belongs to the other class II
indebted municipalities, recently sent delegates to
the Govern 10 come t. its assistance also. 1t
Nss argued that one class Of municipalities had as
much night to indulgence from the Governs emit ~
the other; that II @as Of no consequence whether
they rad borrowed on the credit OF the Municipal