Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 31 janvier 1850, jeudi 31 janvier 1850

[" J ^rfd AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOLUME XLII.THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31,\t1850.NUMBER 14.NOTICES.JDissoiutioii.THK CO-PARTNERSHIP between the un.dersigned under the Firms of HOOKER, HENDERSON &.Co., in Kingston, and HOOK.ER, HOLTON &.Co., in Montreal, expired by limitation on the 3lsi day of December last.The affairs of the Co-Partnership will be closed up by the undersigned, who will use the names of the Firms in liquidation only.ALFRED HOOKER, FRANCIS HENDERSON, L, H.HOLTON.Kingston, Jan.10, 1850,\t7 rpiIE Undersigned will CONTINUE the JL FORWARDING and COMMISSION BUSINESS under the Firm of HOOKER & HOLTON.They have appointed MR.E.HOOKER Agent for their FORWARDING BUSINESS at KINGSTON, who has rented from them the Stores occupied by their late Firm, and to whom any communications relating to their Business at that place may be addressed.ALFRED HOOKER.L.H.HOLTON.Montreal, January 14,1850.\t7 ' NOTICE.THE CO-PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between the Subscribers, under the Firm of HOLMES, YOUNG &, KNAPP, is this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent,\u2014Mr.Youxo retiring from the same.Benjamin Holmes and Joseph Knapp being duly authorized to settle up the Accounts and liquidate the Business of the late Firm.JOHN YOUNG, BENJ.HOl.MES, JOSEPH KNAPP.Montreal, 3lst Dec., 1849.\t3 NOTICE.PÏ1HE Subscribers will henceforward CONTI-JB- NUE BUSIN ESS under the Firm of HOLMES, KNAPP & Co.BENJ.HOLMES, JOSEPH KNAPP.Montreal, 1st Jan., 1850.\t3 NOTICE, THE Subscriber will CONTINUE BUSI-NESS in bis own name for his own aca count.JOHN YOUNG.Montreal, 1st Jan., 1850.\t3 Dissolution of Partnership.rjlHE business carried on by ihe Subscribers, A under the Firms of JOHN ROY & CO., in Montreal, and WILLIAM ROY, Jr.& CO., in Glasgow, was this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent.All DEBTS due to and by the late Firms in Canada, will be settled by the SubscrR her JAMES MOIR.WILLIAM ROY, Jr., JAMES MOIR.Montreal, Dec.I, 1849.\tdu\u20142 SPRINGBANK IRON WORKS, GLASGOW.fB'lHE Subscriber has been appointed AGENT A for the above IRON WORKS, and is now prepared to receive and execute orders for GAS and WATER PIPES, RAILWAY CHAIRS, POT ASH KETTLES, and every other description of IRON CASTINGS.JAMES MOIR, 57, Commissioner Street.Montreal, January 3, 1850.\tdu\u20142 NOTICE.rpHE Subscriber begs to intimate to the pub-A lie, that he has appointed Mr.ANDREW MANN, No.12, St.Frangois Xavier Street, Agent, for the sale of the PLANTAGENET WATERS, in Montreal.E.LAROCQUE.October 4, 1849.\t187 NOTICE.PARTIES INDEBTED to the Firm of J.M.FERRES & CO., Printers and Publishers of the MONTREAL GAZETTE, are hereby notified, that NO RECEIPTS, for Monies due to the said firm, are VALID, unless signed by the Subscriber.THOS.McKAY.Montreal, Oct.9, 1849.\t192 WITH reference to an advertisement of MR.THOMAS McKAY\u2019S relative to our affairs, drawn up by a declared enemy to the Press, and published at his instigation, vve have only to say, that we hold ourselves individually, and as a Company, responsible for all debts due by the Firm, and for all settlements effected with it.Our customers we know will require no farther guarantee.J.M.FERRES & CO.J.M.Ferres, JoiixY Milne.Montreal, Lith October, 1849.\t193 From Montreal to New York.CHEAPEST AND BEST ROUTE.TICKETS lor PASSAGE through from MONTREAL to the CITY of NEW YORK, may be had at the EXPRESS OFFICE.PASSENGERS LEAVE MONTREAL at SEVEN, A.M.; Sleep at Burlington first night ; LEAVE BURLINGTON at HALF-PAST SIX o\u2019clock next morning, by RAILROAD (except 24 miles) to TROY, where they rest for the night, and arrive at NEW YORK at HALF-PAST FOUR o\u2019clock the following day, via the Housa-tonic, New York, and New Haven Railroad.Passengers will find this the Cheapest and most certain Route\u2014evading the dangers and uncertainty of the Sound Navigation.GEORGE BENT, Agent, 183, St.Paul Street.January 15.\t7 WANTED.SokiMici\u2019ai and JEa§terii Express.UNTIL further notice the EXPRESS for NEW YORK and BOSTON, will be CLOSED on MONDAY EVENINGS, at SIX o\u2019clock, for dispatch the tollowing morning.GEORGE BENT, Agent.January 15.\t7 Noîice to TeaciAers.THE PROTESTANT BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, havingtre-solved to Establish a COMMON SCHOOL* in Griflintown, persons qualified to lake charge of the same, are requested to send in their testimonials to Captain Maitland\u2019s Office, Great Saint James Street, until SATURDAY, the 9th ol FEBRUARY next.The emoluments will be equal to £\u2018100 per annum and a free house.None need apply who are not well acquainted with the most approved systems of teaching.January 26.\t12 MpHE ST.LAWRENCE AND ATLANTIC A RAILROAD COMPANY, are desirous of procuring the immediate services of a BOOKKEEPER, who will hold the Office of Secretary and Treasurer.Salary, £200 per annum with House Rent and Fuel, after the 1st May next.Security for £2,000 required.Applications with relerences to be addressed to the President, until 4th February next.A.T.GALT, President.Office, St.Lawrence &.Atlantic i Railroad Company,\t> Montreal, 2lst January, 1850.)\t10 ANTED.\u2014A BOOK-KEEPER and SALESMAN to the Wholesale Dry Goods Business.Address to D.&.E.M., Box, 237.January 22.\t10 WANTED.\u2014A SITUATION in a xMcr-chant\u2019s Office, by a Young Man of 18 years of age, who is desirous of learning busi-ness ; he is acquainted with Book-keeping by Single and Double Entry, and can speak the French and English languages fluently.Good references will be given as to character.Any communication left at the Herald Office for C.D.G., will be attended to.January 22.\t10 rPUA1T(3N~WANTED.\u2014A Person would be happy to obtain a Situation in Canada ; has been a Book-Keeper in one of the largest Iron Foundries and Machine Building Establishments in North Britain.He is a business character, has a general knowledge of Mechanics and Mechanical Charges, can work at the Lathe and Vice, and will make himself generally useful.Please apply by letter to S., care of Andrew Hunterson, Worcester, Massachusetts.N.B.Can produce testimonials as to character and qualifications.January 17.\tn\u20148 A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, perfectly understanding the English and French languages, and who writes an unexceptionable hand, is desirous of obtaining Employment as a Copyist or Translator.Apply at this Office.October 24.\t203 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND LAND AGENCY.rBYHE Subscriber, for the convenience of his I correspondents, will REMOVE with the Public Offices, to TORONTO, where he will continue his business as LAND AND GENERAL AGENT and SHARE BROKER, &c.N.13.\u2014For the information of Emigrants and others, a Register of \u201c Lands for Sale \u201d will be kept, for which no charge will be made until a sale xs eff\u2019-cted.Any accounts entrusted for collection will be punctually attended to.JOHN COCHRANE.October 25.\tmt\u2014204 \u2019\tcamuroll\u2019s Winter Express, IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEN\u2019S UPPER CANADA EXPRESS.H CAMERON respectfully intimates that .he has made arrangements to continue his EXPRESS BUSINESS during the WIN PER.Parcels and Packages conveyed to, and Accounts collected in Quebec, Three Rivers, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, and Hamilton.Parcels or orders left at Mr.Andrew Mann\u2019s Spring Water Dépôt, St.François Xivier Street, will be strictly attended to.H.C.will leave for Quebec on FRIDAY MORNING, the ilth inst.Room for one Pass senaer.Montreal, Jan.10, 1850.\t5 \u2019 STEAMER.AND BARGES.FOR SALE OR CHARTER, a high pressure STEAMER, 25 horsepower, recently put in good working ord ir ; the draught of water is light, and the Vessel adapted to the Forwarding or Lumber Trade.\u2014;also,\u2014 Two BARGES, in good order, fit to carry a large load of Lumber or Thirteen Hundred Bar rels each.For further particulars, apply at the Herald Office.Terms Liberal, July 11, 1849.\t184 A FORTUNE FOR £10 OR £5.BRITANNIA SPORTING\" PORTRAIT CLUB, Offices, George Street, Plymouth, England.rpiIE Managers beg to acquaint their numer-JL ous Patrons, that the next DISTRIBUTION OF PORTRAITS OF RACE HORSES, will comprise those entered for the forthcoming GRAND NATIONAL DERBY RACE, the number of Shares to be limited to 5,000 each Class.First Class Member, £10 ; Second Class do, £5, Early application for the unappropriated Shares is necessary.A party subscribing for more than One Share has the chance of gaining an equal number of Bonuses.Those Members who Draw the various Portraits will be presented with the following Sums.Portrait of\t1st Class Bonuses.2nd Class do.Winner, or First Horse.£20,000\t£10,000 \u201c\tSecond Horse.\t10,000\t5,000 \u201c\tThird Horse.\t8,000\t4,000 Divided amongst Starters.\t6,000\t3,000 \u201c\t\u201c Non-Starters.\t6,000\t3,000 There are 209 Bonuses in each Class, that being the Number of Horses entered lor the Race.The Drawing will be conducted upon the same legitimate principles as those which characterised the late St.Leger and other proceedings.Full Particulars of the result will be sent to absent members immediately after the decison, that each may know his position.Subscribers Registered and Scrip forwarded on Receipt of a Remittance.Bills of Exchange, Drafts, Bank Notes, &c.Addressed and made Payable to the Managing Directors.W.JAMES & CO.Five per cent.Commission to be Deducted on the Presentation of Bonuses.Dec.22.\t2m\u2014232 J, WELCH, Engraver and Designer on Wood.ALL kinds of DRAWINGS, DESIGNS, HOUSE FRONTS, LABELS, &c.&c.Engraved on the shortest notice.Office at T.Ireland\u2019s, Engraver, 8, Great St.James Street, adjoining the Bank of British North America, Montreal.Office up Stairs.January 5.\t1m\u20143 Donqueis for Sale.PipiHE Public are informed, that the Subscriber B will supply Ladies and Gentlemen with FLOWERS, from his Green House.EDWARD MERCHANT, Gardener.St.Antoine Hall, Dec.27.\t234 rg'IHE Subscriber has established himself in a New York as a COMMISSION MERCHANT and FORWARDING AGENT, respectfully solicits the support of the Merchants\u2019 ol Canada East and West.MARINE INSURANCE, &c., effected.A.W.HART, 38, Broadway.December 4.\t3m\u2014224 Axes*.r ilHE Subscriber has on hand an assortment JL of AXES, Manufactured at his own Establishment, and warranted good, for Sale low for Cash.WILLIAM RODDEN.December 14.\t228 500 BALES COTTON Wadding and Batting' iTIOR SALE, by the Subscriber, Agent for the Christieville Factory.GEORGE BENT.June 2.\t80 OUR COLONIES\u2014CANADA.(From the Morning Herald.The following important extracts from letters received in London by an influential firm, from their correspondents in America, will be read with much interest :\u2014 (Extract.) '* Montreal, Dec.1, 1849.\u201c I see that you expect me to go more at length into our political and social state here, and especially to say more about annexation.There A NIGHT UNDER AN AVALANCHE.There was, in the interior, a native of Aosta, who meant to leave us at Martigny for the purpose of traversing the Great St.Bernard, at the exaggerated dangers ol which pass he laughed very heartily.Accidents, he admitted, did sometimes overtake travelers in that part of the Alps ; but generally, he said, the pass of the St.Bernard was open and safe throughout the year, except during the continuance of snow-storms.He had himself, a few years previously, in another pass, (ihe name of which I forget,) been over- are very many like myself, who have taken no ! taken by one of these, in company with an Eng- part in it, and cannot bring ourselves in the least to accelerate it, yet see clearly enough that the thing is inevitable\u2014a mere matter of time ; but still cannot take any very active part in retarding it.This shows that though our loyally, which was highly excited during the rebellion, and till lately was, in fact, ihe highest ruling principle among us, has got a shake by late events; and that even our loyalty cannot blin4 us to the cowardice, and ignorance, or duplicity of our governor, and the bad class\u2014spirit of legislation of our Government generally, made up, as it is, of either actual rebels, or known plotters against British rule, whom our own loyalty humbled, hat Jor whose treason and rebellion we are now compelled to concede large grants and rewards, sanctioned and approved by the home ministry\u2014again I say, that even now, it is our loyalty, though weakened, that keeps a large mass, like myself, from assisting a Union with the United States.\u201c There can be no doubt that the United States will willingly and cheerfully form a partnership on favourable terms\u2014would assume all responsibility on account of our canal and other provincial debt, heavy and unfairly contracted as some of them may have been, and free Great Britain from them.Perhaps they would refuse to pay for the Rideau Canal, which yields comparatively nothing, or for fortifications and barracks, as they would become state property with the ungranied lands.\u201cHowever, 1 am running on as if I were an annexationist, which I declare over and over again, I am not, though I can see that the with-drawal of all protection from us\u2014the system of (miscalled) Iree trade\u2014the extreme blaguardism vve suffer from the Times newspaper, supposed here to be government writing\u2014does, by first ruining our trade and then vexing our spirits, operate upon men here as in other countries.Great Britain, however, can never readily consent to say \u201cgood bye,\u201d or to hasten the period of its being said.Whenever she does, depend upon it the fisrt great cause of her grandeur is departing.One thing I am happy to say is that, however violent parties may look, there is, in lish family returning from Italy, and been witness of the way in which the elements sometimes perform the office of sexton.They set out early in the morning, and arrived a little before nightfall at a part of the p iss which, owing to the driving of ihe winds, is easily chocked up.The snow had begun to fall about an hour and a half previously, and was pouring down the ravine before the blast, blinding both horses and postillions, and bringing along witii it premature night.They had hoped to reach the summit before darkness set in; but the horses furnished thorn wero wooLr *».» n-ulting the views of their constituents.This meeting, therefore, invites.'J'.Sauvageau, Esq , .Member ol Parliament for this County, to declare himself publicly in lavor of the Annexation of Canada to the United States, and if he reluses to apeede to the wishes of his fellow citizens uu this subject, the Cuumy desires him to resign bis seat.8th.Proposed by A.Dugos, Esq , M.D., and Adjutant of Militia, of St.Constant, and seconded by Joseph BroUsseau, Esq , Ensign ol Militia of St.Remi, and resolved : 1 liât the County of Huntingdon cannot too severely blame the deprivations of the Justices of the Peace, Commissioners, and Militia Officers, who have freely expressed their opinions in favour of Annexation ; and believes that so strange a violation ol inherent rights, the title ol all British subjects, tor ever dishonours the Colonial Government, which has used such means to suppress liberty of thought, and political opinion.9th.Proposed by Medard Bruneau, Esq., Cultiva, tor and Captain ol Mililia, of St.Constant, seconded by Paschai.Pinsonnault, Esqr., Cultivator, of St.Philiipe, and resolved : That tins assembly being fully convinced of the injustice of the present system of tythes, inasmuch as they are a direct and heaqy impost, weighing exclusively on the ngriculiurul classes, and being proper to keep up ill feeling between the Curé and his parishioners by maintaining a spirit of distrust, and allowing room for continual suspicions on one side and ihe other, having also an immoral < fleet on the population, desires their abolition, and to substitute a system more just and more in accordance with the wants of our ago.10th Proposed by Leon Bane, Esq , ol St.Constant, seconded by Antoine Merizzi, Esq., N.P.of St.Cyprien, and resolved : That this meeting cannot allow ihe occasion to pass, without again protesting against the Seigniorial Tenure, and without declaring that it desires iis entire abolition.llth.Proposed by LB.Cote of St.Philomene, seconded by Mr.Pierre Viault, of Si.Constant, and resolved : That this meeting is of opinion that jurymen ought to be recompensed for their expenses during the time they attend in Court, especially since by the new law, the inhabitants of rural Districts are called on to sit in civil cases us well as criminal ones.12th.Proposed by M.Pierre Phibodeau of St.Jacques, seconded by M.Bruneau, Esq., and resolved : submit the above resolution, in the hope that i may prove, if adopted\u2014 Pro bono Publico.Monticai January 28, ]850.COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON.The undersigned inhabitants of the County of Huntingdon, take the liberty of inviting their fellow citizens of this county, to assemble at the village of Si.Edouard, on Monday, the 2Sih inst., at noon, in order to take into consideration the general state of the country, and particularly the opportunity of an amicable separation of Canada from the mother country, and of her annexation to the United States.(Signed by one hundred inhabitants of the county, French and English.) The meeting was accordingly held on the 28th instant, at St.Edouard .J.G.Luvioletie, Esq., J.P.and Captain of Militia, presided, and P.Benoit, Esq., acted as Secretary.The following resolutions were adopted :\u2014 1st.Proposed by Hypolite Lanctot, Esq, of St.Edouard, seconded by Antoine Merizzi, Esq., oi St.Cyprien, and resolved : That the County of Huntingdon is firmly persuaded that the deplorable state into which Cana* da is plunged in every respect\u2014commercially, politically and industrially, is due to the colonial condition, and believes it to be beyond any doubt that the situation which the.country now holds cannot be continued much longer, without leading it to complete ruin.2nd.Proposed by J.O.Bureau, Esq., N.P.of St.Remi, Adjutant of Militia, seconded by J.B.Jervais, Esq., of St.Isidore, and resolved : That besides the immense advantages of a purely industrial and commercial character, which annexation would confer on Canada, there are moral considerations of a superior order which would alone suffice to demonstrate the benefit, which would accrue from the attainment of our political independence.The elective system in all its plenitude of action and universality of ap^ plication, would he .secured, and would replace the bureaucratic oligarchy, of which the present government, of Canada consists.Under this system of colonial and non.elective institutions, the functionaries of state appointed without the choice or control of the people, unite in their hands very powerful means ot illicit influence and corruption, by ihe aid of which, the government maintains, in a tyrannical manner, its power over political society, and is able to prevent all political progress which may be considered contrary to the interest of an egoistical governmental oligarchy and by imposing peeuniaiy restrictions on the suffrage of many members of society, thus places the strongest barriers in the way ol the diffusion of political education among the masses of the people.In the United States on the other hand, the political organization is of such u character, that no administrative agent cun withdraw himself from the vigilance oi the nation, which purifies all in the cru* cible of frequent elections.'Thus, the confidence of each citizen in the greatness of his country, in the stability and goodness of its institutions, give him more dignity and confidence in himself and thus aft 'ids a most powerful spring to human in.telhgence, for which self confidence is a necessary lever.3rd.Proposed by J.M.Tiiyfault, Esq., M.D., of St.Cyprien, seconded by D.LafuNTaine, Esq., of St.Edouard, and resolved : That the colonial condition is, by its nature, essen ialiy transitory, since, according to natural right and reason, it ought not to exist, except so long as the feebleness ol the colony requires the protection of trie metropolitan.This period in the hie of nations being past, it is evident that the principles inherent in the rights of humanity announce that the hour of independence of the colony is come.4th.Proposed by A.Demarais, Esq., N.P., of St.Philippe, and seconded by John Williams, Esq., Captain ol Militia, of St.Cyprien, and resolved : That this meeting is of opinion that ihe only means of salvation, which is to*day open to Canada, is that of an amicable separation from England and Annexation to the North American con.lederaey of free and sovereign States.5th.Proposed by Danl.Stotts, Esq., of La-colle, seconded by Loop Odell, Esq , Col.of Mtliiia and J.P., of St.Cyprien, and resolved : That the favourable reception already given by ihe press and by many eminent men in England, to the first declaration made in Montreal relative to annexation, on the 9th October,4 1849, is a proofthat the separation of Canada from England will not encounter opposition from the latter.6th.Proposed by M.Lanctot, Esq., of Laprair e, seconded by Moyse Brassard, Esq., of La-prairie, and resolved :\u2014 That to obtain this great and important measure of Annexation in Canada, and to Jay the largest and mostsolid foundations lor new social institutions, it is of the first necessity that harmony and good understanding of the most generous and perfect kind should unite all citizens who desire to work fur the attainment of the common oh ject.This meeting therefore solemnly invites all who will set their hands to the work to forget all past dissensions, and to unite in a simultaneous movement, which does not concern the interests of parlies, but rather the regeneration and wel* fare of our common country.That the proceedings of this Assembly be pub fished in L\u2019Avenir, Le Moniteur Canadian, La Minerve, the Herald and Courier, and that a copy be sent to T.Sauvageau, Esq., representative of the County.13th.Proposed by John Steel, Esq.,.T.P., second* ed by Pjere Hebert, Esq.J.P.both of St.Cyprian, and resolved : That the thanks of this meeting, are justly due to the President and Secretary, for the able manner in which they have performed thcür duties.(Signed) J.G.Laviulette, Presidents \u201d P.Benoit, Secretary.To the Editor of the Montreal Herald.StRi\u2014I apprehend the public will conceive Punch ought to drive at other quarry than that of a species, whoso keenness of sight and swift, ness of wing, place them beyond the reach of his feeble powers, before lie, in his dreams, in imagination, roasted and eat them ; or that, at any rate, before he attempted to gratify his ravenous appe tite, he should have feared, lest the crooked bone of some tough Annexationist, might stick in his greedy throat, and choak him ; or prove so hard to the digestion of his rapacious maw, as to bring on dyspepsia, which might prove fatal.He is at present but an innocent frog, crooking in the muddy marshes of pjlittcal chicancery and strife, under shelter of the wall of Toronto, but, if he unfortunately, in his pride, inflate himself to show his children how nearly he resembles an ox, he may burst the skin ol his little mass of deformity : or should he not attain this objection of his ambition, he may, in attempting to make himself so conspicuous be gobbled up by some of these winged bipeds he affects to despise.At any rate, ail will concur in prognosticating that if, like his prototype, Paddy Kelly, of Dublin, from whom, in all probability, he has been sprung, he meddles with private character and business, he will soon become a loathsome toad, and be cast out, as he was, from the pale of civilized society.It would be considered a lamentable circumstance, if, alter sustaining the character ol a public mentor, he should descend to that of a private calumniator, and be hailed from the hollow sepulchral caverns of departed polluted greatness and oblivion, by the specters of Paddy Kelly and his compeers, with the insulting exclamation, \u201c a»^ thou also become one of us\u201d ! Allow me, Mr.Edit r, in anticipation of this event, to say to him\u2014\u201d Adieu for ever.Punch Î and may you, if you adopt and persevere in the course of private scanda!, speedily sink into the abyss of political oblivion, in which your species have been engulphed\u201d.Begging pardon for this intrusion, I remain, Sir, obediently yours, Jos.T.Dutton.Craig Street, Jan.25.[We regret to say that our friend Punch, since his removal to Toton\u2019o, shows alarming symptoms of \u201cruin and decay.\" Impertinence and scurrility are but poor substitutes for wit and humour.If he don\u2019t \u201c mend Ids manners,\u201d his hump wont save him.\u2014Ed.M.H.] LOWER CANADA.In common with some 20 or 30 Militia Officers in this County, the Editor of this paper has received the following Circular lr*»m the Lieutenant Col.Commanding the 1st Ba talion Sherbrooke Militia.\u201d Lennoxville, Jan.18, 1850.\u201c Sir,\u2014 I have been instructed by Deputy Adjutant General of Mtli-ia, to asceitain, for the information ol Hts Excellency the Governor Gen.era!, whether the name of J.S.Walton, attached to the Address presented to A.T.Galt, Esquire, M.P.P., as appeared in «he Sherbrooke Gazette of the 10 h .November, 1849, is your signature, or was placed there with your consent.\u201d Ol course it was, and we shall take infinitely more satisfaction in being deprived ol our Gum* mission lor that act, than we did in receiving it a tow months since, (at the urgent solicitation of a highly esteemed friend and superior officer,) from n Commander-in-Chief who showed the \u2018\u2018 white feather\u201d to riotous c tizens of Montreal, whom he was in duty bound to punish with the ample means at his command.\u2014But no, arson, and stun-itig and egging a Governor, were minor offences compared with expressing a political opinion to Mr.Galt; hence the perpetrators of the former were suffered to defy the authorities, while the latter are attempted to be degraded \u2014We say at* tempted, for we are sure that no one whose good opinion is worth seeking, will look upon this proceeding of His Excellency, otherwise than with pity and contempt.To be deprived of a Militury commission by a brave Governor like Sir John Colborne or Lord Metcalfe, would be a matk of disgrace,\u2014but when it comes from the man who sanctioned a bill to reward rebels and traitors, and instigated too, by a Ministry, for whose apprehension-some of them\u2014for treason, a thousand pounds has been offered the intended disgrace is hut a mark of merit.We have a bit of paper, conveying to us thet hanksYf Sir John Colborne, during the releilion of \u201938,\u201cwhich is worth a thousand commissions from the Hero of Egg-harbour.\u2014Sherbrooke Gazelle.Religious Anniversaries.\u2014The Anniversaries of the Religious Societies, which Iiave been held last week, have been remarkably well attended.The Reports of the Societies were generally favours le.We have only room for the following notices :\u2014 Monday, Jan.21.\u2014 Montreal Religious Tract Society.Joseph Wenharn, Esq., in the Chair.Receipts during the year, .£358 5s ; Publications sold, 73,225; gratuitously distributed, 56,479; Movers and Seconders, Revd.Messrs.Macloud, Laveiie, Dewolfe, Burns, and Wilkes, and B.Lyman, Esq.Collection, £12 10s.Tuesday, Jan.22.\u2014Canada Sunday School Union.Hon.Jas.Ferrier in ihe Chair.Publications sold, 15,712 ; Libraries, 73; Movers and Seconders, Revd.Messrs.Lavelle, McGill, Mac-loud, Taylor, Cox, Wilkes, and Messrs.J.Holland and Watson.Collection, £12 5s 5d.Wednesday, Jan.23.\u2014Montreal Auxiliary Bible Society.Dr.Holmes in the Chair.Number ol copies of the Scriptures distributed during the year, in thirteen languages, 7,981 ; Receipts, £925 10s; Movers and Seconders, Revd.Messrs.McGill, Dewolfe, Jenkins, Muir, Wilkes, Gird-wood, Irwin and Burns.Collection, £36 ls4d.Thursday, Jan.24.\u2014French Canadian Missionary Society.Lieut.Col.Wilgress in the Chair.Receipts during the year, £1,431 5s lOd : Movers and Seconders, Revd.Messrs.Taylor^ Dewolfe, Wilkes, 'Parmer, Bond, Jenkins, Burns, Girdwood, and Messrs.D.Davidson, and J.Red-path.Collection, £36 Os 5d.\u2014Pilot.The Official Gazette contains a Proclamation, offering a reward of fifty pounds for the discovery of the person or persons who set on fire the School House in the District Number Eight, in the Township of Hemmingfurd.Among a number of appointments of School Commissioners for Lower Conada, wo notice the lollowing:\u2014Rtv.J.Irwin, John Frolhingham, and Addrew Watson, Enquires, for the city of Montreal.CORRESPONDENCE.To the Editor of ihe Montreal Herald.Sir,\u2014You are aware that the Anniversary Meetings of the different Religious Societies, were held during the past week, in the Wesleyan Church, Great St.James\u2019 Street\u2014at all, of which I was present.1 do not pretend to be able to give a particular account of what was \u201d resolved\u201d upon at these meetings ; but only of the impression left upon me after a careful retrospect of them ; and for the expression of which I crave a small corner in your valuable and widely circulated journal .The first two.Sir, viz.:\u2014The Tract Society and the Sabbath School Union, were very inter* esting, and the building, which is by far the most roomy Protestant place of worship in the city, was comfortably filled.The three last, viz:\u2014The Bible, the French Canadian Missionary, and the Temperance So-cieties, caused a sensation amongst the protestant Christian public, that must have been refreshing to every lover of religious freedom.The house on these occasions was literally crammed, and the union and good feeling which prevailed, particularly at the first four meetings, clearly shewed, that however much the \u201d leaders\u201d in these Evangelical movements may differ in some things\u2014 and in denominational distinctions they differ in many\u2014yet, in matters of vital importance, they are, whether Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Indépendants or Baptists, oil one.But I must not encroach too much upon your space, or the patience of your readers, Mr.Editor, so I will, without further remarks, give you a Resolution which I did not move at the last.of the Meetings already alluded to, it is as follows : \u2014 Resolved,\u2014That in future, all movers and seconders of resolutions at the Anniversary Meetings of these Societies be limited to fifteen minutes each, and no more, until the business is got through with ; and that it shall be the duty of the gentleman presidF g to call any speaker to order, who shall exceed the time so allotted him.In supporting this resolution Sir, I would only remark, that if there is really a desire to keep up the interest that now so happily exists in refeience to these important Societies\u2014the rules laid down in Committee must be strictly attended to by those who take the initiative in getting up and con-ducting these interesting Anniversaries.Not a speaker, Sir, but took care to tell the audience that he had only the time alluded to in this reso^ lution allowed him, viz :\u2014A quarter of an hour, and I remarked Sir, that those who were the most pointed in this matter, and who promised the most faithfully not to exceed, were the very individuals who monopolized most of the time at the meetings ; so that those who wished to get home by \u201d Elders\u2019 hours\u201d were denied the pleasure of hearing all the speakers, orjoining in the doxolo-gy.Now, Str, I contend that if after the business has been done with \u201c neatness and dispatch\u201d more speeches are considered necessary, they should be brought in at the close, and as a \u201cpractical application of the subject\u201d.I was olten struck, Sir, with the force of the following charge, given by a professor of divinity, in your native Edinburgh, to his students ; and which, I think, cannot be too generally attended to by each and every public speaker when he rises to address a popular audience\u2014\u201c Never rise up to speak till you have something to say, and always slop when you have done\u201d.With these few remarks, Sir, I beg leave to THE CIRCUIT COURT.Friday, Jan.25.Present :\u2014John S.McCord Esquire, Circuit Judge.The Circuit Court for the Montreal Circuit, opened this day for the first lime, for despatch of business.Judge McCord presided on the occasion.After assigning to each Barrister his place, according to the priority of his Commission, the learned Judge proceeded to make a few remarks, which he said he considered pertinent and necessary on the opening of anew Court, under a new system,\u2014and first he would remark that with respect to costume, for the respectability of that Court, he would rigidly require the observance of the Rule, that all Lawyers should be habited.He then remarked that, contrary to his views and intentions, frivolous exceptions had been admitted too frequently in the pleadings in the late Commissioners Court, thereby causing great inconvenien.ee\u2014that in that Court there had been great confusion\u2014but that in the Circuit Court m cases of £6 5s., and under, he would follow strictly the letter of the present Act, and would not admit such exceptions.When a man takes exception, deciairng that his uame is not James, but Thomas, the question would be, is he the man intended to be summoned ?If it be answered that he is, then he would order the process to be amended, and immediate proceedings had.In ihe case of II.Mu tiro et.al.vs.Thomas Watson, it was moved by Rose & Holmes for the Plaintiff, that the Defendant be called in open Court, and, failing to appear, that a default be recorded against him.The motion was made for the purpose of getting a decision on the question as to whether any provisions existed for recording defaults in appealable cases.Messrs.Holmes, Montizam-bert, and Bethune, urged different grounds in favour of having the cases called in open Court, and defaults recorded on Defendant not appearing when called.The main points were the following:\u2014No provision, it was admitted, was to he loiind in the Statute,\u2014unless one was made by implication that the appeal-able cases had been assimilated to the cases in the Superior Court in ail matters respecting pleading; but the intention of the Legislature to introduce wilh respect to them a similar provision as that contained in the 23rd section, for Superior Court cases, had not been expressed.The form of the summons given in the Statute to direct the Clerk, ordered the Defendant to appear before our Court.Could this mean at the Prothonotary\u2019s office ?Could it be said that because the Act declared that in all appealable cases the same delay for pleading, answering, and replying, should be allowed, as in the Superior Court\u2014 that, therefore, the provisions respecting defaults and the calling of Defendants m the Superior Court, should also be a provision for that Court?Could that Court supply a deficiency ?Could it create a whole section by implieation ! Deo tors for the most part were ignorant of Law.What, was their guide ?the Queen\u2019s Writ, commanding them to appear belore the Court} It could not he expected that they would understand from that that they should appear at the Clerk\u2019s office i All admit that it presents a great difficulty, and one which must be felt by the Bai ; but the rights of the individual should be regarded.That all the gentlemen of the Bar foreseeing the difficulty had made their apppeajable suits returnable in Term.Mr.George Cartier spoke in favour of the appearance being put in at the greffe.He said that the Act provided that in appealable cases there should be the same time allowed to plead, answer, and reply, as in cases of the Superior Court ; this presumed that the party must have appeared, and it was clearly the intention of the Legislature that he should also appear within the same time, in order to be able to reply.He attempted to draw a parallel between the Writs of Summons in question, and Writs ol Appeal\u2014but the learned Judge interrupted him, saying that they were not all similar in any one respect.The learned Judge then said that he had wished that the question had come up in such a shape as would have enabled an appeal to lie to a higher Tribund, for it was an important question.He would, however, decide on the motion, and when the question was again brought up in another shape, he would review his judgemeiv.He then asked what is the question to be decided ; is it not whether the omission of repeating the 23rd section is of such a fatal nature as to render the provisions in appealable cases inoperative ?The Act declared that every day was a return day for appealable cases.Then what is to be done wilh those cases in vacation ; the Courtis not then Sitting?Then where return them ?We must presume, from analogy, in the Prothonotary\u2019s office ! To declare that the omission of the provision ior recording these defaults is fatal, would be to render a large portion of the Statute inoperative.He would be sorry to see the Bench turned into a Legislative Body\u2014but from the powers vested by the 122ndsection, lie must give effect to the Act whenever it.was possible ; \u2014 the judgment, therefore, was, \u201c the Plaintiff takes nothing by his motion.\u201d Saturday, Jan.26.The Judges, Vanfelson and Mondelet, of the Superior Court, intimated to the Prothon-otary that they would not allow the Circuit.Court being held in the usual Court room, which, owing to its size is most inconvenient, if not impracticable for such purposes.The reasons given by the Honorable Judges were, that they could not délibéré while the Court, was sitting.Mr.Justice Mondeie?put a very singular case ; He said, suppose they choose to fire cannons in that room.His Honor Judge Day replied, I can delib .re even if they do.The Lawyers were always great guns.This information was conveyed by Mr.Pro thonolary Papineau to Judge McCord and the Bar.The Bar urged Mr.McCord to open the Court as usual, and he complied with their request,\u2014Courier* UNITED STATES.RIVAL STEAM SHIPS.On Wednesday last the Cuiiard Steam Ship Canada, Capt.Judkins, proceeded to sea at her usual time, that time being chosen by the owners ol the new and splendid American Steamer Georgia, for what may properly be called ihe trial trip, erroneously set down in some of the city journals as a fair aud duly appointed race with the Canada.Now, when we find so cautious aud trustworthy a paper as the Journal of Commerce giv-irg currency to an incorrect impression of the facts of the case, and the result of the trial, we feel called upon to protest on behalf of our coun* hymen, and set the matter right before them.The Cunard Steam Ships may be beaten, some day, by their vigorous rivals.The Canada, in the opinion of competent judge, was not beaten on Wednesday last.The trial of speed, if sucli it were, is thus described in the paper above mentioned.Ocean Steam Navigation.\u2014Our harbor yesterday presented a spectacle, of which there were very many deeply interested observers, both on land and on board the shipping lining the wharves.I he two noble steamships, the Georgia and Canada, the most perfect specimens of sea.going steam* ers yet produced by the ship-builders of the respective nations represented by their flags, were brought out in competition, with a view to test their comparative speed, The Georgia had been conducted around from the East River by Captain Glover, on the previous day, and moored alongside of her antagonist, at Jersey City.At 12^ o\u2019clock, the latter vessel being out half a mile in advance of the Georgia, on her way to Liverpool, gave the challenge by firing two guns.Dense masses of smoke issued from the funnel of the two steamers, and they were seem to be in rapid motion down the buy.The Georgia, however, gradually gained, and when opposite the Quaran* tine ground, lay abreast of her competitor.The Canada at length discharged two more guns, signifying a surrender, at the same time hauling down her flag.When the Georgia reached the South West Spit, it was estimated that she was two or two and a half miles ahead.The triumph was signalized by spirited cheers, and the Georgia\u2019s company, numbering some two or three hundred persons, among whom were many pro* minent navigators, retired below to partake of the refreshment provided for the occasion.Under 16 lbs.steam, her wheels made thirteen revolutions ; under 12 lbs., 18 revolutions.Considering the advantages under which the Georgia labored, being depressed ten inches at the stern, also tfiat her machinery was new, and consequently stiff, while the Canada, which is claimed to be the most fleet of the English steamers, was in good trim, the trial of their relative speed may be considered satisfactory, and as establishing the iact that Americans can build steamers susceptible of a speed equal to any yet afloat, of English construction.Il must also be borne in mind that the engines of the two steam* ers are nominally of the same power, while the tonnage of the Georgia is considerably the greatest.Ihe little flourishes about \u201c bringing out in competition,\u201d and firing challenge guns, are scarcely worth notice, everybody being aware that the Canada only kopt to her time, and that these steamers always fire two guns as a courteous salute at parting.As for racing, a man riding 20 stone would as soon think of challenging a high* mettled racer under a feather weight, as Captain Judkins thinks of testing the speed of his ship against the Georgia\u2019s on this occasion.The Canada\u2019s best draught for sailing is about 16$ feet, on Wednesday she drew 19£, according to the Pilot\u2019s certificate, which we have seen.On her last inward vovage, with 700 tons of goods on board, she drew 17\u2014her excessive draught of water now being caused by the weight of 700 tons of coal.On the day alter the trial, the Georgia at her wharf drew something less than 15 feet on an even keel.So much for the relative slate of the vessels ; now for the result.The \u201c Journal\u201d says that, at the S.W.Spit, the Georgia was two, or two and a half miles a head.Capt.Judkins wrote word that the distance was about three quarters of a mile, which the Pilot slates is rather above his own estimate.Phe race, if such it may be called, lasted one hour and twenty minutes, and it is a well known fact that the Cunard Steamers average 2^ to 3 miles per hour greater speed at the latter p art of the voyage, when lightened by consumption of coal, than when they start weighed down with it to inconvenient draught.The Canada did not fire \u201c two more guns\u201d and haul down her colours in token of defeat.She paid the usual naval compliment to the Georgia on taking leave, in the same friendly spirit with which we pen this notice, and hail the real bonâ fide rivalry that awaits the British Steamers.The \u201c wish was father to the thought\u201d when the Journal announced the triumph of its favourite; but no candid man with the least nautical experience can substantiate the claim therein put forth.\u2014New York Albion.PASSENGERS SAILED.Liverpool\u2014Steamship Canada\u2014Mr and Miss Simonnet, Paris ; Mr F A Clark and laay, Mr F Hirseh and lady New York ; Madame Recio, Mrs M Sinclair, Lexington ; Rev E G Monk and lady, England; Mr HT Weld and lady, Mary* land ; Miss Monk, Messrs E Joy Morris and lady, Philadelphia; E Coiquhoun, Montreal; Smith, C E Brass, New York ; Pelkington, Liverpool; Struver, Mayor, Jno Idler, N Y ; Samuels, Hava* na ; Leon, N Y ; I Berthemy, France ; Charles D Ross, Montreal ; L Tela M de Ernbil, Havana ; Hill, N Orleans ; Vebevb, N Y ; Chas E Fisher, Phila ; Stuart Maitland, Simonnet, Parts; Thomas, N Y ; Sinclair, Auguste Simonnet, Paris bearer dispatches ; Chas H Rogers, N Y ; A P Montout, Forbes, J R Callender, Glasgow ; Messrs David Price, England; Kipling, N Y; Schmewend, Phila; Porzat, Germany ; Lowing, N Y; J Holford, London ; Jas Faul,-; L Leon, France ; Jas P Clark, Montreal; M Pollock, Glasgow ; S Williams, Jos Anderson, Jr, Abel Chapman, Jno Stilling, Montreal ; Prévost, do ; A Proven, Quebec ; Chs Bailing, Baltimore ; A Paterson Quebec ; Chas Robertson, Toronto ; J C Gilrnor, do ; J G Ross, Quebec ; Geo Oakey, N Y ; Jas Roy, Montreal; D Smith, do; W Stephens, do; Wdchehause, N Y ; J L Beaudry, Montreal ; John Frazer, do; Jas Brown, do; Reis Key, Germany; Glis Satro, Liverpool ; J Fordham, England ; T Newmann, Jno Phillips, Canada ; Skerving, Washington ; Coleman, Jersey, Chrtsholm, Montreal; E Wilkin, 14 Gold-ing, W Heath, Utica; G Heath, do; L Dexter and lady, Boston ; M'ss Dex'er, do ; Messrs W Findlay, Havre ;J B Case, Boston ; R Mantle, London ; E J Bigelow and servant do ; T Moony S Lolls, Phila\u201490.BIRTH.At 129, St.Joseph Street, on the 29th instant, Mrs.Wm.Darling, of a son.DIED.At his residence, St.Radegonde Street, on Wednesday, ihe 3Uth instant, after a very protracted and painful illness, Kenneth MacKenzie Walker, Esq., aged 78 years, justly esteemed through life for hts probity and integrity.Mr.Walker was one of the oldest British inhabitants in Montreal, having resided upwards of 58 years in the city.Friends and acquaintances are requested to attend hts funeral, on Saturday afternoon, at halfpast three o\u2019clock, from his late residence, to the the place of interment, Old Burying Ground G^orgiafiB S|>6iB2g Water.JUST RECEIVED Fresh from the SPRINGS of PLANTAGENET.Price Is.per gallon, by W.E.-BOWMAN, Agent, M\u2018Gill Street, January 31,\t14 "]