Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 21 février 1852, samedi 21 février 1852

[" ^ »\t\\ : A\tV \\ 'l -\t1\\\t* -*.L .AIN & ST, RAILROAD LAWRENCE CO.NOTICE.CALL of FIVE POUNDS per SHARE on EW SUBSCRIBED STOCK of the CHAM-:N and SAINT LAWRENCE RAILROAD PANY has been made, and will become W.A.MERRY, Secretary., 1852.\t10 AWEENCE AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY.ED TENDERS, endorsed, \u201c Tenders for Licitation with Authority of Justice.THE LANDS after designed, belonging to the heirs of the late LOUIS JODOIN and late APPOLLINE MESSIER, will be Sold, after the usual publications, the two first LOTS, at the Door of the Parish Church of Varennes, after Mass, on SUNDAY, the 22nd day of February next ; and the three others, at the Door of the Parochial Church of St.Julie, the day after Monday, the 22rd of February next, at ELEVEN o\u2019clock of the forenoon, viz :\u2014 1st\u2014A Farm situated in the Parish of Yarennes, to range du Lac, containing three arpents and two perches in front at the north west end, and three arpents, seven perches and twelve feet at the other, or twenty five arpents in depth, and from there, taking one arpent in front by nine arpents and eight perches in depth, more or less, hounded in front by Joseph Jodoin nnd Xavier Petit dit Lalumiere, in rear by Antoine N.Gauthier and Louis Savaria, on the north east side, by Joseph Jodoin, and on the other side by the Queen\u2019s highway and the said Ant.N.Gauthier, in a high state of cultivation, the greatest part, and the other part in wood, with a house, barn, stable, shed and other buildings thereon erected.2nd\u2014A Farm situated at the same place, containing two arpents in front by twenty five arpeuts and five perches in depth in the north east line, and twenty four arpents and eight perches in the other, more or less, bounded in front by Joseph Jodoin and Michel Bisson-net, in rear by Benjamin Savaria, on the north east side by the Queen\u2019s highway, and on the other side by Joseph Messier, in cultivation, without building, including therein the implacement or lot of land in the possession of Christopher Lussier, in virtue of a lease for life time, bail a vie.3rd\u2014A Farm situated in the Parish of St.Julie Seigniory of Montarville, in the first concession of Grand Coteau, containing five arpents, seven perches and thirteen feet in front by twenty five arpents in depth, including a lot of land of three arpents in surface, the property of Hypolithe Quintin, bounded in front by the cordon, between the Seigniory of Montarville and the Seigniory of Boucherville, and in rear by Touissaint Bénard, on the north east side by Joseph Quinton, and on the other, by Hypolithe Quintin, in cultivation, with a house, barn, stable, and other buildings theron.-A portion of wood land, situated in the said Parish of St.Julie, at the fourth concession, Seigniory of Belœil, containing one arpent in front by twenty eight arpents in depth, more or less, bounded in front by Louis Collet, in rear by Michel Fredette, on one side by Etienne Jodoin, and on the other side by Gilbert Provost.5th\u2014Lastly, another portion of wood land, situated in the said Seigniory of Beloeil, at twenty seventh range, containing one arpent in front by twenty seven arpents in depth, bounded on one side by Etienne Jodoin, and on the other by Toussaint Huet dit Dalude.They are all very valuable Properties, and the terms of payment will be easy.For particulars, address to M.A.GIRARD, N.P.Varennes, 30th January 1852.3w ts 15 WILL BE SOLD, on SUNDAY, the 29th instant, at the CHURCH DOOR of the Parish of ST.SULPICE, the following PROPERTY, belonging to the Estate of the late F.X.DURAND, to wit : A FARM, situate at St.Sulpice aforesaid, containing 1 arpent 3 perches and 3 feet in front, by 31 arpents in depth, (apart from a small strip of land, containing about 3 superficial arpents, belonging to said Farm,) bounded in front by the River St.Lawrence, in rear and on one side by J.B.Nantais, and on the other side by J.Bte.Beignet, with a barn, stable, and half of a one-story stone house, the other half belonging to the said J.Bte.N\" q n t o i q N.G.BOURBONNIERE, N.P.Montreal, February 9, 1852.\tr ts\u201419 POETRY.\u201cTHE CHILD AND THE PEBBLE.\u201d TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.I met an infant by a bridge, With hair of flaxen hue, Cheeks red, and rounded, as a peach, And eyes of blue.She held a pebble in her hand, And then in careless glee, Threw it far out into the stream, And laughed at me.The golden fishes dived away, As fast the pebble fell, And spreading circles vexed the waves, With gentle swell.\u201cFair child, \u201d I thought, \u201chow blest iu life, If thus thou scatter wide, \u201c The cares and sorrows thou shalt meet, \u201cOn every side.\u201d Full many gladsome years have fled, When fancy me beguiled, And bent my steps toward the bridge, Where sat the child.Alas ! the arch had felt decay, The stream a river grown, Coursed madly o\u2019er the spot where once The pebble shone.And \u2019mid the darkness of the night.And \u2019mid the furious storm, With arms tossed up to Heaven there stood, A woman\u2019s form.Then, with a cry of wild despair, It plunged beneath the wave, And foaming whirlpools gathered o'er, The lonely grave.I turned away, with tearful eye, For memory could but own, The child had flung itself where fell, The sparkling stone.THE FIVE FRANC PIECE.(translated from the french.) e Freight Engines of about 26 tons weight, with Tender\u2014three to be delivered by the 1st November, 1852, and six to be delivered by the 15th August, 1853.with Tender, August, 1853.to he delivered by the 15th The Tenders may apply to the whole or any SALE .By Authority of Justice.Railroad Company, A.0.WEBSTER, Secretary.11 RAILROAD.ON MONDAY, the 8th of MARCH next, at TEN o\u2019clock in the Morning, will be Sold, at the DOOR of the CHURCH of ST.ELIZABETH, and adjudged to the last and highest bidder, the hereinafter described REAL PROPERTY, belonging to the community of goods heretofore existing between PIERRE CHARRON DIT DUCHARME and the deceased OLIVE ENOS, to wit :\u2014 A FARM situated in .the Concession of Saint Pierre, in the said Parish of St, Elizabeth, containing one arpent five perches and nine feet in front, by forty arpents in depth, bounded in front by the Grand Line between Bertheir and Danhaie, in rear by the lands of St.Norbert, on one side by Joseph Charron, and on the other side by Jn.Bte.Brancon-nier or his representatives, with a house and barn thereon erected.For Conditions of Sale, apply to the Undersigned Notary, at his Office, in St, Elizabeth.-\tN.LAÇASSE, N.P.St, Elizabeth, February 2, 1851.\t17 IHE RAILROAD being now OPEN from ROUSE\u2019S POINT to SOUTH MONTREAL 3T.LAMBERT, the Company are prepared to RRY all descriptions of FREIGHT destined NEW YORK, BOSTON, and Intermediate Montreal, February 3.H.BRAINERD, Superintendent, lm\u201415 New Tall Goods.THE Subscribers offer for Sale, on Liberal Terms, to the Town and Country Trade, A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF English and Scotch STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS \u2014ALSO- AMERICAN SATINETTS, GREY COTTONS, BLEACHED SHEETINGS, STRIPES, COTTON YARN, WADDING and BATTING.R.CAMPBELL & CO.Sept.26.\t179 QUEBEC AND KICHMOND RAILROAD COMPANY.ed EDWARD L.MONTIZAMBERT, Esq., Mr.Montizambert is authorized to grant re- By order of the Board, Quebec, Feb.4,1852.P.MACKIE, Secretary.17 OND CABIN & STEERAGE PASSAGES FROM CORK, WATERFORD, NEW ROSS AND DONEGAL.PABTIES desirous of securing Passages for their friends, from any of the above Ports, can do so by applying LEMESURIER, TILSTONE & CO, Quebec ; LEMESURIER, ROUTH & CO., Montreal ; Or JOHN E(UN & CO., January 13.Aylmer.6 PLANTAGENET WATER.NEW CERTIFICATE.The following from Doctor Munro, Chief Phy ician of the Hotel Dieu, adds one other to the Proprietor of Plantagenet Water, Place d\u2019Armes.Sir,\u2014I have hitherto refrained from giving you my opinion of the Plantagenet Water ; but the time has now arrived when it is just, both to the public and yourself, that I should do so.I state then, frankly, that I have the highest opinion of the Plantagenet Water, which I consider superior, in fact far beyond comparison with any other mineral water with which I am acquainted, have used it extensively in my practice at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, and with the most remarkable success.As a gentle aperient its use is invaluable, and in numerous cases where other medicine could not be safely employed, I have found it most useful.I consider it a duty both to the profession and the public to state thus much in its favor, and I strongly recommend all the heads of families to keep a supply of the water by them, being perfectly satisfied of its great utility.I have the honor to be, Sir, P.MUNRO, M.D., Chief Physician in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Lecturer of Surgery in the School of Medicine, of Montreal.Sold only in one place in Montreal, Place d\u2019Armes, No.4.Open at half-past six o\u2019clock in the morning\u2014shut at eight o\u2019clock at night.February 19.\t22 Canada Plates.BOXES, ex St.Andrew.For Sale by DAYID TORRANCE.October 4.\t186 500 MERCHANT\u2019S Gargling Oil.WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS for Canada, WILLIAM LYMAN & CO.194 and 196, St.Paul Street.January 20.\t9 STORAGE-STORAGE.FIRST-CLASS PREMISES.ASHES, to 1st May next, 6d per Barrel BEEF and PORK, equally low Extensive accommodation for GRAIN.CAMPBELL & WILLIAMSON, -Logan\u2019s Buildings.Jan.6.\t3 HOQUAJMIXTURE.JUST RECEIVED from England riu New York, a Supply of this Celebrated TEA, unequalled in Quality and Richness of Flavor ; and, in order that all may have it within their means, the Agent has been instructed to Sell it at the very low price of 3s ÿ\u2019 ft, at which price it is cheaper than ordinary Tea at one shilling.T.S.SUTHERLAND, Sole Agent for the Canadas, 108, Notre Dame Street, Montreal.Feb.3.\tlm\u201415 CORN BROOMS- THE undersigned having made more extensive arrangements for the manufacture of CORN BROOMS, thereby enabling them to make a further reduction in the PRICE, would INVITE INTENDING PURCHASERS to CALL and EXAMINE THEIR STOCK before purchasing elsewhere, as they feel confident that their facilities enable them to sell on more advantageous terms than any other in the trade.NELSON & BUTTERS.January 10.\t2mDC\u20145 THE Subscribers having erected Works on the Lachine Canal, near St.Gabriel Locks, for the manufacture of AXES and other heavy HEAVY HARDWARE GOODS, are now prepared to supply the Trade with a superior quality of warranted Cast Steel, Felling and Scoring AXES, put up in a neat and substantial manner, and of any size required.The various patterns of AxeS used in the country, or made in the United States, can be supplied, and the utmost care will be taken that the quality be such, as to insure satisfaction.SCOTT BROTHERS, St.Gabriel Locks, Lachine Canal.!Cf Our Manufactory not being conveniently situated to the Business parts of the City, we shall keep a supply of our Goods with Messrs.LeMESURIER, ROUTH & CO., who will effect Sales and take orders on our account.January 17.\tD Cm\u20148 National School Books.\u201cINTRODUCTION to Geography, a new edition, Jl by Mr.Sullivan\u2014just received The Spelling Book Superseded, by Mr Sullivan \u2014and,\u2014 Ample Supplies of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Readers, Sequel to the 2nd Reader, the Arithmetic, Grammar, Book-keeping, and Keys to the different Books of the Series, the whole bound in a superior manner.ARMOUR & RAMSAY.October 25.204 400 KEGS and Tinnets BUTTER For Sale by T.C.PANTON, 1 St.Sacrament Street.January 24,\tn It was past midnight, and the bride had been long in her bridal chamber, when the bridegroom escaped from his friends, and found his way to a private staircase where a confidential maid awaited his coming, in a corridor near the door which was open for him alone.\u2018 Go in \u2019, said Dorinne, in a low whisper, \u2018 my lady is waiting for you\u2019.The husband of an hour tapped at the door, opened it, and threw himself at the feet of a young and beautiful woman.She was seated before a cheerful fire, in the elegant undress of a rich widow, to whom a second marriage had given rise to new hopes and fears.\u2018I beg you will rise \u2019, said she, giving him her hand.1 No, no, my dear madam\u2019, said the young man, grasping firmly her extended hand and carrying it to his lips, 1 no, let me remain at your feet, and do not, do not, withdraw this little hand, for I fear you will vanish and leave me; I fear it is all a dream ; it appears to me I am the hero of a fairy tale, such as I remember in'my childhood, and that at the moment of possessing all in the world I wish to possess, the deceitful fairy will fly away with my happiness, to laugh with her companions at my regret and despair\u2019.\u2018 Banish your fears, my dear Frederick ; yesterday I was the ¦widow of Lord Melville ; to-day I am Madame de laTour, j/our mi/e ; dismiss from your imagination this fairy image of your childhood, for there is uo fairy tale to relate, but a very true story\u2019.Frederick de la Tour had every reason to believe that a supernatural being had taken his fortunes into keeping ; for during the last month, either by accident, chance, or destiny, an inexplicable success had made him rich and happy beyond his most sanguine wishes.He was young, not more than twenty-five, alone in the world, and living with the most self-denying and rigid economy, when one day, as he was walking in the street of Saint Honore, a splendid equipage was suddenly drawn up opposite to him, a lovely woman, leaning out of the coach-window, and seemingly much agitated, called out to him, \u2018 Mr\u2014, Mr\u2014\u2019.He stopped.The footman des- \"CT-ÆdcÙ TFOm tils station^ opened the door, let down the steps, and with his plumed hat injhand respectfully invited the astonished Frederick to enter the carriage.He did so, and thus, as if by magic, beheld himself seated beside a woman both young and beautiful, and dressed with great elegance and richness.He had hardly time to look around him before the horses were again at full speed.1 My dear sir\u2019, (said the lady, who was thus running away with him, and in the sweetest tone imaginable), 11 have received your note, but notwithstanding your refusal, I hope I shall see you again at my little soiree tomorrow evening\u2019.1 Me ! madame\u2019, said Frederick.1 Yes, you, sir ;\u2014oh ! I beg a thousand pardons, I hope you will forgive me the mistake I have made\u2019, said the lady, with an appearance of much surprise, 1 but you resemble so perfectly one of my most intimate friends, that I mistook you for him.Oh ! excuse me, sir ; what must you think of me ; but thé likeness is so striking \u2014it would have deceived any person\u2019.By the the time this explanation was at an end, the equipage entered the court-yard of a splendid mansion, and Frederick could do no less than hand Lady Melville from her carriage.Now my Lady Melville, as we have said before, was beautiful, and did not at all resemble those sallow visaged heavy stepping immense English women who, when they smile, open affectedly their pale lips, and show you two rows of frightfully yellow teeth.No, she was a French woman ; her lustrous black hair contrasted well with her brilliant complexion, and her coral lips, as she smiled sweetly, permitted an occasional glimpse of the whitest teeth in the world.Frederick de la Tour, dazzled as well he might be, by so many charms, had no difficulty in believing that Lady Melville had mistaken him for some less happy mortal, and he thanked his stars for it, as the error enabled him to become favorably known to my lady whose obliging and very flattering invitations he eagerly accepted\u2014 and strange to tell, soon became not only a marked favorite, but among her most constant and welcome guests.The rich widow was surrounded by suitors for the honor of her hand, who were dismissed one by one, and it was somehow so brought about, that before the end of a short month, the young clerk had an interview by her Ladyship\u2019s own appointment\u2014marriage was proposed by her, and, of course, accepted by him, in a delirium of love and astonishment.The bewildered young gentleman stood before the small looking-glass in his modestly furnished attic, and surveyed himself from head to foot.\u2014 He was by no means an ugly man, but he could not consider himself particularly handsome; his dress was such as became a clerk with a salary of as many hundred francs per annum as there are months in the year, and having a praiseworthy aversion to running in debt, he could not therefore attribute his good fortune to his tailor.He made up his mind that he must be loved for himself alone, and his early novel reading favored this romantic conclusion, but being naturally of a modest turn of mind, this solution on second thoughts appeared improbable, and he then determined that Lady Melville must be labouring under some strange and unnatural delusion.When the wedding day arrived and the future husband listened to the silver or rather (go/dert tones of the notary\u2019s voice, his astonishment redoubled.He would have, (so said the marriage contract,) a country seat in Burgundy, a domain in Normandy, a house in the street Saint Honore in Paris, and numerous other goods and chattels, of which until that day be had never heard a syllable.Lady Melville had riches across the channel, also, coal mines in Wales, and grazing lands in Devonshire.It was to the young man a golden dream from which he dreaded to awake.The Mayor had sanctioned and the priest had solemnly blessed their union, yet with the rites of the church and the forms of law to aid his reason, the conviction that it was all but a splendid and unsubstantial vision would not^ leave him, even at the feet of his lawful wife in the bridal chamber\u2014he pressed her hand to his Ups, he grasped convulsively the embroidered nightdress, in his fear that she might suddenly vanish into the air.\u2018 Rise, my dear Frederick,\u2019 again said his wife, 1 draw that easy chair close to mine, and let me talk to you.\u2019 The young man did so, but without releasing the hand of his wife, and Madame de la Tour began thus :\u2014 1 There was once upon a time\u2019\u2014\u2018 Good Heaven,\u2019 said Frederick, 11 am not wrong then ; it is ! it is 1 a fairy tale 7\u2019 \u2018 Listen, my dear sir\u2014there lived once a young girl whose family had been rich ; but when their only daughter was but fifteen, they had no other means of subsistence than the daily earnings of her father.They lived at Lyons, and I know not what vain hope of bettering their condition induced their removal to Paris.But some men when they have once fallen, never rise again, and indeed few things are found more difficult of attainment than retrieving our fallen fortunes, again filling our place in society, and moving in the cherished circle we have been obliged to relinquish.1 The father of this poor girl experienced this, to him, insurmountable difficulty, for after strug-ling during four long years with poverty and neglect, he died in an hospital.Her mother\u2019s death soon followed, and the young girl was left alone in a cheerless garret, a long arrear of rent unpaid, with the chilling presence of two miserable untenanted beds to increase her feelings of grief and desolation.If there were to be a fairy in my story, she should without doubt now present herself, but there was not a glimpse, not the shadow of one.The young girl was unknown in Paris, without money, without either friend or protector to sustain or cherish her, and she asked in vain for that employment which makes the riches of the poor.Guilty pleasure, it is true, extended its arms to allure her, but there are minds so formed as instinctively to love virtue and to abhor vice, and hers was happily of this stamp\u2014 but she must eat, and the hunger of the first day was increased by a sleepless night, bringing a second day without food.You, Frederick, have just risen from a table profusely covered with the most tempting luxuries, sparkling wines, the rarest fruits, ever3rthing to gratify the fastidious appetite, and altho\u2019 until yesterday poor, you can have no conception of the deep misery I am describing.In the midst of the magnificence around us, and seated as we now are in these ample chairs, embroidered with silk and gold, you may be astonished that I can conjure up such a scene \u2014but listen still.Hunger compelled this poor girl to beg for a crust of bread , she shrouded her head in a veil, once her mother\u2019s and her only inheritance ; she bent her body that she might appear old and infirm, and went down from her garret into the street\u2014there she extended her suppliant hand, Alas ! the hand was white and delicately formed, and there would be danger in allowing it to be seen ; she bound the veil around it as if to hide a loathsome object.She took her stand near the entrance of the court yard far distant from the street lamps, and when there passed a youngand happy girl (alas ! far happier than herself), she held out her hand, asking but a sou\u2014one sou to buy a little bread\u2014but at evening young girls in Paris are thinking of other things than giving away sous.If she saw an old man approach, she ventured to implore his aid ; but age is hardhearted and miserly, and the old man would turn away and pass on.The evening had been chilly, rain began to fall, it was growing late, and the night watchmen were going their rounds, when the young girl, ready to faint with hunger and disappointment, held out her hand once more.\u2014 It was a young man who stopped, and drew from his pocket a piece of money, which he dropped into her hand, as if afraid of the contact of so much misery.A policeman, who no doubt had been watching the poor girl, suddenly appeared and seizing her rudely by the arm, exclaimed, 1 Ah ! I have caught you at last, so you are begging iu the street, to the station house, old witch.\u2019 The young.man immediately interfered, taking her part with the greatest warmth\u2014be drew within his the arm of the beggar, whose hand he had a moment before feared would soil his gloved fingers, saying to the policeman as he did it, \u2018 The woman is no beggar, you are mistaken, I know all about her.1 1 But, sir,\u2019 said the enforcer of the law against street begging, 11 saw her hold out her hand to you, and-\u2019 \u2018 I tell you,\u2019 said the young man, steadily, \u2018I know her and shall protect her.My good woman, said he, whispering in the ear of the young girl, whom he supposed old and ugly, take thisyiae/rancpiece, and letme lead you to the next street, that you may get away from this fellow, who will continue to watch you ! The five franc piece slipped from your hand into mine, and as we passed under a lamp, which until then I had taken care to avoid, I saw your face.\u2019 1 My face V exclaimed Frederick.1 Yes my dear Frederick, your face, it was you who thus preserved my honor and my life; you gave five francs in charity to Lady Melville, to your future wife.\u2019 \u2018 You !, said Frederick, \u2018you, young, beautiful, and rich, you a beggar! \u2019 1 Yes \u2019 said Madame de la Tour, \u2018once I was indebted to charity, once only, and it was to you.The morning succeeding this day of misery, which I now look upon as the most fortunate one oi my life, a kind-hearted concierge, took pity on me.(and she has had cause to bless the hour she did so,) and found me a place as seamstress in the establishment of a rich nobleman.My cheerfulness and good looks returned with my ability to support my self, and although my unhappy parents were sincerely regretted, time, which accomplishes all things, gradually soothed my grief, and I fortunately became a favorite with the respectable housekkeper.\u2019 \u2018 OnG day Lord Melville camo into my little room, as 1 was at work, and seated himself at my side.He was not far from sixty-five, tall, thin, of severe expression of countenance, and his ordinary manner was haughty, cold and reserved.\u2014 1 Young woman, \u2019 said he, \u2018 I know the story of your life ; will you marry me ?\u2018Marry you?\u2019 I exclaimed, \u2018your lordship is jesting.\u2019 \u2018I never jest,\u2019said his lordship.\u2018I ask 'again will you marry me?lam rich, and am determined my wealth shall not go to unworthy nephews, who would bury me to-morrow, if they could.I am a martyr to the gout, and would rather be nursed by a wife than by mercenary servants.If I am to believe what I hear in your favor, you possess elevation of mind and correct principles\u2014it is in your power to become lady Melville, and to prove to the world that you areas fitted for admiration in prosperity, as you have been praisworthy in struggling with adversity I\u2019 \u2018 I loved you,\u2019 continued the bride, \u2018 and although I had seen you but for a moment, yet I could not banish your image, and something whispered to me from inmost recess of my heart, that our lives were to be passed together.\u2019 \u2018 When I looked at Lord Melville and observed attentively his stern unyielding countenance, his piercing grey eyes, and the determination shown in carrying out the plan he now meditated, I was unwilling to lend my aid in its accomplishment.It appeared to me that I ought not to encourage this cunning device by which he would disinherit his nephews, and thus, although the noble Lord did not receive an immediate refusal, yet he saw my hesitancy and agitation, and like most persons who meet with unexpected obstacles in accomplishing their views, he became more eager, and pressed his suit with unwonted ardor.Those with whom I lived, and every body I knew, advised me to profit by this freak of an English Lord with millions ; a part, at least, of whose fortune, in the event of my doing so, must soon become mine.As for myself, I thought of you, my gratitude lent a thousand graces to your person.I recalled continually the kind tone of your voice, although heard but for an instant.You had never looked in my face, and yet I was near sacrificing to this dream of the imagination, my good fortune and your own; but I had taken too severe a lesson in the miseries of a life of poverty and suffering to allow these romantic feelings to overpower my better judgment\u2014your image was reluctantly thrust aside by the poor sewing girl, and I became Lady Melville.\u2018 It was indeed, my dear Frederick, a fairy tale, that I, a poor, destitute, friendless orphan girl, should become the wife of one of the richest of England\u2019s Peers, that I, a modern Cinderella in my magnificent equipage with servants in heraldic liveries, should drive through the street, in which, but a few short months before, I had walked a shivering beggar ; that 1, clothed in the richest silks and radiant with jewels, should look from my high estate, upon the very spot where 1 had stood extending my trembling hand for charity.It was a turn of fortune\u2019s wheel, too incredible tor belief, in truth, a fairy tale ;\u2014but the fairies of this world of our\u2019s, my dear Frederick, are the passions of mankind.\u2019 \u2018Happy Lord Melville,\u2019 cried Frederick, \u2018he could enrich jrou.\u2019 \u2018He was indeed, happy,\u2019 said Madame de la Tour ;\u2018for the event proved that this marriage, which the world looked upon as an old man\u2019s folly, I cause to be regarded by this same world, as the most sensible thing he could have done.He was rich, not only beyond his wants, but even beyond his wishes.He never could manage to spend his entire income, and his fortune was continually increasing.He believed from the first hour of our union, that he might trust in the attachment of a wife who owed everything to his bounty, and never did he, for one moment, repent his marriage with a French woman.I reposed on my part perfect and entire confidence in Lord Melville, as to any provision in the disposition of his fortune, and with sincerity and tenderness watched over his declining years He died, leaving me the whole of his immense riches, and I then inwardly vowed to marry no other than the man who had relieved me in my greatest need.But how silent you are ?said Madam de la Tour, pressing the hand of the husband she had enriched and would love with such devotion \u2018 and you never visited in the gay world nor went to the theatre, nor to concerts\u2014ah ! if I had but known your name.'\u2014While she thus playfully reproached her astouished husband, she took from around her neck a chain of rubies, to which was suspended a diminutive silk purse,\u2014 from the latter she drew out a five franc piece, set in a little frame of gold.\u2018 It is the same one, \u2019 said she, putting it into Frederick\u2019s hand for a moment, and then taking it back again.\u2018 The sight of this cherished piece of silver gave me a supper and a roof to shelter me until the next day, when at my earnest request it was so arranged that I could redeem and keep your fortunate gift\u2014it has never for a moment left me.Ah 1 how happy I was when I first saw you in the street\u2014with what joy I ordered the coachman to stop\u2014I was nearly frantic with agitation and delight, and I at once adopted the only pretext I could so suddenly think of, to get you into the carriage.I had but one fear\u2014you might be married\u2014had that been the case, you would have never heard this story.Lady Melville would have been your good gen-, ins ; she would have secretly enriched you beyond the dreams of avarice, but the unhappy woman would have sought a home in another land, far from the man whose hand and heart could never be hers.' Frederick de la Tour dropped the hand of his wife ; let fall the embroidered robe, and with both hands grasping firmly the piece of silver, he raised it to his lips, with an almost reverential solemnity\u2014\u2018You see,\u2019 said Madam de la Tour,\u2018that I am no fairy, but on the contrary, from you came the fairy\u2019s gift, and it has indeed proved a wondrous talisman.\u2019 LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.ARRIVAL OF THE EL DORADO.Form Days Later from California.New York, February 16.The steamer El Dorado arrived at her dock about 6 o\u2019clock this evening, with California dates to Jan.21.The steamers California and Golden Gate had arrived at Panama ; the latterin 12 days 18 hours from San Francisco, including 16 hours detention at Acapulco.The El Dorado brings §1,092,000 on freight.Her passengers have arrived in the short time of 25 days 18 hours.The passengers by the El Dorado have made the quickest time yet made between the two ports being only 23j^ days running time.The Isthmus.\u2014The rains have ceased.The Gorgona road is in good order.The fare up the river in small boats is from $4 to §5.The isthmus continues remarkably healthy.California.\u2014Business in San Francisco continues moderately active.Accounts from the Southern mines state that the late dry weather has had an unfavorable effect upon business.In some places many of the richest gulches have become dry, and miners are compelled either to return to the creeks or rivers, where there is water, or wait until they are supplied by ditches leading from large streams.The Stockton Journal says that able-bodied men can obtain employment anywhere in the Southern mines, at §100 per month and board.The people of the new capital are in high glee, in consequence of the Legislature having taken up its quarters there.The streets are filled with people, the livery stables are well patronized, and the stores, saloons and restaurants are doing an excellent business.A rich mine has been discovered near Nevada, which yields in some parts $200 to the pan.A battle had occurred in Lower California between the insurgents and government forces, in which the former were defeated and dispersed.The Alta California discusses the affairs of Kossuth and Hungary at some length, and says at the proper time California will do her part to further the objects of liberty, &c.The startling news of Louis Napoleon\u2019s coup d'etat was received on the 16th ult., at San Francisco.The papers comment on his course with some severity, and prognosticate his speedy downfall.The news from the mines is of much interest.Quartz mining still attracts the attention of the mining population, although great difficulty is experienced in obtaining proper machinery for extracting the gold.Only one company has thus far declared a dividend\u2014the Gold Hill Quartz Mining Co.of Grass Valley, which has been in operation some four mouths, and has declared a dividend of 10 per cent.Panama.\u2014The Panama Herald of the 28th of January says that the place is crowded with passengers bound to California.A party of Englishmen were at Panama en route for California.They were from the Cornwall mines, England, and came direct from Southampton to Chagres.This association is under a regular board of counsel, who accompany them.ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.The meeting of the Board of Trade of this city adjourned from Tuesday last, was held yesterday afternoon at one o\u2019clock, Hugh Allan, Esq., President of the Board was in the chair.The Chairman read the resolutions proposed at last meeting, and stated that it was now open for gentlemen to address the meeting or propose farther resolutions for consideration :\u2014 Mr.Bockus said that the only argument he had heard advanced against the measure introduced by Mr.Gould was its impracticability.It was said to be unattainable.This was an argument easily made, and not difficult to answer.All he had to do in replying to it was to endeavour to show, that if the Province only asked for it, it would be conceded to us.It would not only be readily entertained by our own Legislature, but also by the Ministry in England.He could appeal to the readiness with which the question of reciprocity was taken up, to prove that this also would be well received.No sooner was the plan of Reciprocity embodied in a statute to satisfy the demands of Canada West, than the British Minister at Washington, was instructed to do all that lay in his power to further it.And now if Canada should ask for a little more, he felt certain she would get it.He was somewhat acquainted with the trade of this country, and there was hardly one article in the Reciprocity Act, which he had not seen come from England ; and supposing this measure of Mr.Gould\u2019s to be adopted, and that they would come again, whal would be the case, that we should be paying upon them 12j per cent, while by the United States they would be free.We now were asking only that as hitherto we have proposed, reciprocity in only a few articles, we should ask that it should extend to more,\u2014that we should have it in everything.And we were sure to get it if we only asked for it.The desire ol the British Government had been of late years to do justice, so far as they understood our interests, to the Colonies, and they professed to desire to place us on the looting of a county oi England.He desired nothing else than to follow our own interests.It had also been argued that the effect of this mea.sure would he to cut off our trade with England at once.Well, be could say for himself th it there had not been a year of his life in which he had not seen it stated, and in the House of Commons time and again declared, that the U.States were the best customers of England.He had heard with some misgivings of conscience, but slill he had heard it, and that as they were the best customers of England, it would be impolitic to incur the risk of offending them.He would then ask, if it would be culling off our trade with England, if we were to be made also one of her best customers, to partake in their prosperity, and join in the buying of British manulactures 7 A gentleman, however, the other day had denied that the United States were prosperous, because they were sending so much of their gold to England.But why did the gold go, if there was not trade to make it move in that direction ?There was a great consumption now of British goods among us, but if Mr.Gould\u2019s proposal were carried there would be more.Some objections had been made by Mr.Ryan lo the details of the proposal, hut he (Mr.B.) did not wish to bind ihe Boaid of T rade to any of them ; he had pointed out on Tuesday how the division might be made, bul he was not wedded to any particular details He would change them to suit the meeting so long as the principle itself was agreed to.It was also objected, that Mr Gould had not proved its praciicabiiiiy.He did not know how to prove that.Ail he could say was, that we had already asked lor a recipiocity in some things, and why not exle -d it to all ?He was certain that if the community asked for it, they would get it.Ihe friends ol Negro emancipation, of the I'arlia mentary Reform, and of the abolition of ihe Corn Laws, did not attempt to prove that Parliament would grant those measures, but only that it ought to do so, because it was desirable to obtain ihem.All that we can do is to shew lhat it is desirable \u2019or Canada to get what we point out ; and that is all that is necessary.If he came down to a late period, he might remind gentlemen that responsible government was pronounced impracticable, that it «otild sever the link which cennected us with England, and separate us fiomthe mother country.He remembered that in 1840 Lord John Russell addressed a despatch to Lord Sydenham instructing him never to grant that measure, hut when the people got togeiher they dtmanded it, and at the first session ol Parliament which sat therealter, it was conceded.From that he lelt sure, that we had only to shew a strong majority, in favour of what we desired and we would obtain it.Another remark was to the effect that if carried, it would be Protection against England, but not against the United States.He admitted that it was protection a-gainst her, but not specially against her.It was protection against all the world except the United States.His principle was the greatest good ol Canada, without reference to any particular country.If England could do us as much good as any other country, then we should make an arrangement with her, audit France were that country we should be exceedingly stupid not to do it with her.He was lor studying our own interests, the interests of Canada.(Hear, hear, from Mr.Ryan.) \u2014 He understood the cheer of that gentleman, and he (Mr.B.) candidly confessed that he did not possess so much of the sentiment of loyalty as that gentleman did.He (Mr.B.) was a Canadian by birth, all he had was here, and he expected to re-main here as long as he lived; but he willingly admitted that he had less of the sentiment of loyalty than Mr.Ryan.He wished to form a compact of protection with the United istates, Why could we not manufacture tor Canada with a duty of twelve-and-a-half per cent in our favor ?Because there were not consumers enough in the country to make a market sufficiently extensive.We*were only two millions of people at most, and we had therefore, but a limited market for our manufactures.Manufacturers ceitainly attempted to establish works, but it was more from prejudice and sympathy than any thing else.He wished to give them 25 millions of people to supply ; and the producer himself would also get the benefit of tfie protection.If it were said that we were giving our trade to foreigners, he would ask, if on obtaining this scheme, we should all go to sleep 2 Were we to lose anything we now command ?Had we not the same business talent as other people?the same energy 1 And would we not have the same stimulus'?He felt satisfied that we should then do all the business of the West,\u2014we were destined for it, and nature had selec:ed us to pour it into our lap.Mr.B.then excused himself as a slow speaker, and hoped that after hearing others speak, he might again be allowed to address the meeting.Mr.Thomas said that perhaps Mr.Bockus would explain how we were to get reciprocity with England, if we adopted the United States tariff.Mr.Bockus said that we cannot, and unless our interests pointed it out for our advantage we need not.Our interest» were altogether more with the United States than with England ; we were producers of certain articles which were consumed in England and in the United States, but England was too far away for us to benefit by her.\u2014 We had reciprocity with her before when we took her goods at 2J per cent, and when our produce was protected in her markets, why was it, that we did not then become one of the greatest peoples the world î Mr.Gould said there was one thing in which he desired to be set right with the public.A newspaper of the City had spoken of him as \u201c an American citizen.\u2019\u2019 He had no objection to being called so, so far as it was true, he was borne in the U.8.But as an Act of Parliament was passed to naturalise him and his five sons, on taking the oath of allegiance, he was now a British subject, and could claim his priv.leges as such.He mentioned this merely to correct what might be a false impr ssion.He would now make a few remarks on Mr.Ryan\u2019s resolutions, and in the first place he would say, that as a whole he had no objection to them ; but there was this consideration, whether the Board of Trade had been convenediito deliberate upon them.It had been assembled' to consider the Trade of the Country, and to give to the Province an expression of their opinion as to what was for ils benefit.\u2014 If those resolutions passed, 'hey would only state what the Board had been doing for some lime past.He highly approved of ihe most of them, and if his own measure were adopted he would give his hearty concurrence to promote the others.As to the improvement of the river and lakes, it was now going on, and the Chief Commissioner ol Public works had recently inloimed him, that by the cio.-e ot the season, there would be fitteen feet of water, from Montreal to the sea.He was aLo in favor of correct information being spread among emigrants, and if the rebatement meant a rebate-oient of the 7s 6d given by Government to emigrants logo out of the country, he would support it.He Would give no bounty to persons corning here to emigrate on to the United States.He also desired to see the w\u2019ild lands settled.As to the line of ?teair e.s th»\u201d question had been before the Bond, ai d iis fa\\oiable consideration recommended to the goveii mem, bei\u2019oie whom it now was If desirable to reaffirm it, he had no objection.But lo the 4lh resolution as it stood he had objections, alfho\u2019 he was ready to agree in the revision proposed of it.I he proposition as it stood, v\\as for differential duties, and we had no right to ask for that.Not only would this government be opposed to it, in his opinion, but also the Imperial Government.They will not consent that a different duty be levied on goods from Spain, from that levied on goods from the United Stales.Mr.Ryan said all countries would pay the same duties, by the same route.There would be no favour to any nation.Ail would be on the same footing.Mr.Gould.\u2014But a man from Chicago would be charged more on his goods, than an importer by the river.Mr Ryan.\u2014His produce would be free by reciprocity.Mt.Gould would tell them what that reciprocity w\u2019as which is at present before the Congress, on the article of lumber alone, the amount ol duty paid had been on from one hundred and filty to two hundred thousand pounds, and this article on which so immense an amountof money vva> paid had been entirely dropped, it was not included in that Act, he would not say it was so, but, it had been said that it was wifh the connivance and consent of Shipowners of Montreal, that they might secure the business through the route of the St.Lawrence.Mr.R.Esdaile, was desirous of correcting an error of Mr.Gould\u2019s,the clause had been omitted on account of the opposition of the mercuants of Maine, who wsre largely interested in the Lumber question.Mr.Ira Gould, was not aware that the circumstance of the omission was so generally known, but certainly it had occurred to him as being probable, for if the lumber was forced to go by tne St.Lawrence, the ship owners could of course get what freight they chose.He had been told that the pressure of his motion might have a bad influence in Washington, with respect to the negotiations now impending ; it would then interrupt such a negotiation, as he had spoken of, how much that would be for the benefit of Canada, each one present must know as well as himself; a very great deal had been said in ta-vour of the increase of the importations by the St.Lawrence, as though that was of so great importance to Canada; there is one insurmountable obstacle in the way of such, that should these already heavy importations be increased, there is, nor will not, be a sufficiency of consumers.Ihis put him very much in mind of an anecdote he had heard of a man wishing to sell a mill site to another, who examined and fount} it exactly as represented, and very suitable, except for one circumstance, the want of water.So was this increase of importation.It would be indeed a good operation if the further supply would be counterbalanced by a further reinforcement of consumers.Every politician of the day was of opinion that the present importations were too heavy.If then, they are now increased, U\u2019hat wrill be our condition ; we have not sufficient markets for oui produce, should we, however, extend the consumers of our wares from two millions to eight, nine or ten millions, then there would be some reason for so doing, but every effort must suiely fail as long as we stand in our present position.He thought this also entertained a point of our relationship, and history wh ch needs demonstration; that is, to let us know how lar w« can act for.ourselves consistently with our situation as regards Great Britain.He would refer to the facts of his memorial ; he could not think that the Americans would give us reciprocity unless we gave them something in return ; whereas by our present proposition we merely gave admission to their pork, it was clear to his mind that we should not get what v\\e want while we gave them nothing in return.'Ihe preamble of the memorial alludes to the thirty one States, and hé would that every one should see the relation wre should bear to them by arrangement of his proposition; the only difference would consist in then sending a representaiive to Congress, while we should not ; in every other point he considered we should have equal benefit with them.We know of no people who ei joyed so many of the comforts, not to say the luxuries ol li\u2019e, as the Americans.You v ry seldom see a native American as a beggar.We find every or nearly every man with his house, his home, his barn and horse.He has generally all he needi to make him u happy man, and thus we should be; and as for n ol sending a representative to < ongress we could stil.do as at present, we could send our commissioners, and the ambassador of the Mot her country is ever ready to second the carrying out ol views fot our good.He wished to say a lew words ot Canada in its present circumstances as he understood mat-ters, she had heretofore been a dependant on Great Britain.Until a few years past, we had no legislatuie but were governed by a governor and council and whether their dvc.ees were good or bad, we w ere und r the necessity of submitting while we remained thus and betore England extended to us our present system ot Gur.eminent She protected us in her markets; thus it went on until in the wisrlom of the Mother country and Canada, we were lelt to choose f.r ourselves everything excepting our Governor,ior as regards the power oflhe Imperial house to cancel la as it is a lact that we have less bills vetoed than in the States ; our future depends greatly on the commtr-cial regulations we make for omselves, and it ts not for us to take any narrow view oi the position of Canada, we must not look upon her as a slip of land placed without relation or connectim with the rest of the contin-nt.He did not w Rh for annexation nor did it appear to him lhat such view grew out ol his resolution, but it would, he was assured, make us happy because we should be prosperous, and we should be prospeious because of this arrangement, which should be the gréât cementing bond to bind us to the mother country.He could not desire annexation, he looked and saw one foul spot on the esculcheon of the States, he referred to slavery, that system could have no place, no sympathy in his bosom, but we should yet remain an asylum for those who should come here and be at rest, and, he thought the United States were large enough, they have already accumulated enough for them to look after, he yet ieared that the.mass might break asunder at some tuture pe- riod, should that come we should be on the right side,we should be where we like to be, in that situa- MONTREAL HERALD, SATURDAY, FEB.1, 1852.tion which would not militate against^our arrangement.But will the United Stales consent, here were his greatest fears, he did not fear the refusal of England, he feared the United States would not see as much benefit for themselves as he saw lor Canada, the benefits to them consists in our opening for the New England States a wider market for their manufactures, it would therefore certainly enlist the feelings and approval of the manufacturing portion, and the Western States would thus possess by the St.Lawrence a very great thoroughfare, while our city would also become an extensive market lor the exchange of their manufactures for our hreadstuffs, it would also rid them ol those custom-houses which would help them in their policy of reducing their establishments which seemed February 19, 1852.\t)\t22 New City Gas Company of Montreal.A past SIX MONTHS, has been declared, and will be paid to the SHAREHOLDERS of the NEW CITY GAS COMPANY of MONTREAL, on and after SATURDAY, the SIXTH day of MARCH next.By order of the Directors, W.R.FALCONER, Manager.New City Gas Comp\u2019y Office, J Gabriel Street, Griffintown > February 19, 1852.\t)\t22 QUADKILLE PARTY.\u2019 MR.McDONALD will give a QUADRILLE PARTY at his ASSEMBLY ROOMS, on MONDAY EVENING, the 23rd instant.Tickets 6s.3d.February 19.\t22 THE next meeting of the PROTESTANT BOARD OF EXAMINERS, for the Granting of DIPLOMAS to Teachers, will be held on TUESDAY, March 2d.Teachers intending to present themselves for Examination must notify the Secretary, MR.S.PHILLIPS, Principal L.Canada College, St.Urbain Street, Montreal.February 19.\t22 La Banque \u2018du Peuple.NOTICE.THE STOCKHOLDERS of LA BANQUE DU PEUPLE, are hereby notified that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the STOCKHOLDERS, will be held on MONDAY the FIRST day of MARCH next, at THREE of the clock in the Afternoon, agreeably with the XVIII Clause of the Act of Incorporation.By order, B.H.LeMOINE, Cashier.Great Saint James Street, } 30th January, 1852.j\tb s\u201414 LA BANQUE DU PEUPLE.NOTICE.THE STOCKHOLDERS of LA BANQUE DU PEUPLE are hereby notified, that a SEMIANNUAL DIVIDEND of TWO AND A-HALF PER CENT, on the CAPITAL STOCK paid in, has been this day declared, and will be Payable on and after MONDAY, the FIRST MARCH next.By order of the Board, B.Montreal, 13th Feb., 1852.H.LeMOINE, Cashier.20 Sleigh Harness.TO BE DISPOSED OF\u2014 A Double Set of SLEIGH HARNESS, as exhibited at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851.Particulars to be known by applying to ROBERT MORRIS, 27, Notre Dame Street.February 17.\tr\u2014 Superior Smoked Hams.JUST RECEIVED and on Sale by the Subscribers\u2014 1000 Sugar-Cured Hams 1000 Superior Mild-Cured Hams HOLMES, KNAPP & CO.February 14.d\u201420 Wanted Immediately.1 4) DOZEN LIVE PIGEONS.1\tApply to JAMES COX, Green Grocer, St.Ann\u2019s Market.February 19.\t22 FOR Sale by the Subscribers\u2014 Steele\u2019s Patent SODA ASH A.CUVILLIER & CO.Feb.12,\txgi "]