Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 30 novembre 1854, jeudi 30 novembre 1854

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Quebec, Nov.24, 1854.WITNESS EXPENSES.Mr.Ferres moved that the petition of Mr.H.Hatt, of the Township of Leeds, for remuneration as a witness on the Megantic Election, be referred to the 0 bmmittee on Contingencies.Mr.Chisholm said it was of no use, as the Committee had already reported on similar claims for the same thing and had referred them to the House.Sir A.MaoNab asked if the petitioner had been summoned by the Committee of the House or by the Commissioner who had taken the evidence?Mr.Ferres explained that Mr.Hatt was a Land Surveyor, and had been brought to Quebec away from his professional employment by order of the Committee, at a very bad season of the year, over bad roads, and had been detained there i for several days and subjected, to, great expense.Several voices raised calling on Mr.F.to withdraw, and some to refer.The Honble.Sir A.MacNab consented to its being referred, with a view to payment.THE TARIFF.Mr.Inspector-General Cayley, in moving that the House.do reçoive itself into a Committee, to take into consideration certain resolutions af-fectiug the Tariff, begged indulgence of the House while he offered some observations in reference to the reductions of duty which he proposed to make, and the mode in which he proposed to make those reductions.He was fully sensible that, in undertaking a modification of the existing Tariff, even though that modification was to a limited extent, he was assuming a serious responsibility, that no imposition or removal of duties could take place without producing some corresponding effect upon the importations and trade of the country, and that when such changes affected the necessaries of life, articles entering into the daily consumption of every household, it became a very grave matter of consideration in what mode and to what extent such changes should be carried out.\u2014 The first point, then, which he should bring before the.House, was the consideration whether any diminution of the revenue, and to what extent such diminution should.be made,, under the present aspect of Commerce, and state of affairs in Europe ; the second question was, on what articles of import such reduction should be made ; and lastly, the mode of making the reduction.In order to furnish some safe ground on which a conclusion might be arrived at, how far the revenue would bear reduction without hazarding the efficiency of the public service, or imprudently reducing the resources of the country, at a time when the operations of trade were in a very unsettled condition; and when many entertained apprehensions, and he confessed that he was one of those who entertained serious apprehensions, that they were about to witness, what might be called very straitened times, a tight money market, and limited commerce.He begged the attention of the House to what appeared in the Public Accounts as the balance standing at the credit of the Public Debt at the commencement of the present financial year ; that balance was £834,668 10s.5d.That return, and the large amounts which had been spoken of, in recent discussions on the Bank question, and Public Deposits, had led to the conclusion that the Government had a very large balance in hand ; that the chest was filled to overflowing; and, consequently, that very large reductions in the revenue could be made, without detriment to our credit, or the public service.Without doubt, the finances of the Province were in a very healthy condition, and he was of opinion that the revenues of the country would admit of some reduction, even under the doubtful aspect which commercial affairs then presented : yet it would be bis duty to shew that the large balance which stood at the credit of the consolidated fund at the beginning of the year was not an available balance, and the large sums spoken of as being distributed amongst the several banks did not all belong the public chest.From the sum already quoted, viz., £834,668 10s 5d, there should be taken the sum of £24,333 6s 8d paid on the 1st April last to redeem Sterling Debentures, and the sum of £37,335 15s for Provincial Debentures redeemed during the course of .the of the year\u2014then there were the sums of £31,854 17s, and £11,850 13s Id, for expenses of emigration in 1847, and the redemption of the Quebec Fire Debentures which had been defrayed by the Province, but which had not been carried to account, as it was expected that those sums would be reimbursed from other sources\u2014in addition, there was a reduction to be made of £33,218 8s of unprovided items, and the sum of £330,080 19s 4d\u2014being the aggregate balances of appropriations by votes of the House for the last three years, but as yet unexpended; but which the House could very clearly see could not be dealt with as available for any purposes apart from their original appropriations.These various sums amounted together to £687,673 19s lid\u2014 leaving only the sum of £146,994 11s 4d undisposed of, of the balance standing at thé credit of the public chest at the commencement of the financial year.He had not in the statement which he had just made to the House touched upon the revenue and expenditure of the current year.Owing to the order in which the different important measures had been brought before the House, an order which he was justified in saying, was forced upon the Government by hon.gentlemen opposite ; and particularly with regard to this very question of reduction of duty, the estimates of the year had not been been brought down, and in the absence of the sanction of the House for the expenditure on account of the public service and special, demands, he was not prepared to hazard a conjecture of the probable balance or surplus that there would be at the credit of the public chesf,.But assuming that there would be a surplus revenue not less than there was upon the expenditure of 1853, he must call the attention of the House to.the fact, that provision had to be made for about half a million of Debentures maturingin.1855, and he proposed to set apart the balance the credit of t,he public chest at the commencement of the present financial year, after deducting the sums alrea'dy quoted, and the surplus revenue of the curren t year as a reserve fund for that purpose.He did not consider that the course hé had thus pu rsued in leaving out the probable revenue and expenditure of the present year as at all calculated to embarrass the conclusion at which the Committee would be called upon to come, as it was not desirable to base any calculations of the reduction of the revenue upon the returns of any one year, and that an imcomplete year ; but rather upon a series of years of which the House would find a comparative .statement, in the trade reports and public accounts.The customs revenues of the country shewed a steady increase for the last, four years growing from half a million to a million, and this had led some honorable gentlemen to the conclusion that they might safely calculate upon an increased demand for articles entering into general consumption as the country grew in wealth and population; but it would not be safe to calculate upon an immediate increase upon the imports of any one selected year, and that a very prosperous year, as the present for'instance, as it might very probably happen that the imports arising from the general state of prosperity and ihcilities for obtaining credit would be in advance of and exceed the demand, and be consequently followed by reduced importations, particularly if accompanied by hard times: for instance the customs returns of 1844 were very large for those days, £429,722\u2014exceeding the revenue, of the previous year by £200,000.; but from that period they gradually receded for the four following years, till they fell in 1848 to £304,358.Not to detain the House too long oh this point, he would state that the reduction which he would submit to the Committee would be about £110,000, or about one-ninth of the customs revenue for 1853.The next point to which he would call the attention of the House, was the mode in which he proposed to make the reduction, leaving the consideration of the articles on which the reduction was to be made to the last.It was well known that he was an advocate for specific, in place of ad valorem duties, wherever the change could safely be effected.He was aware that opposite opinions were entertained on this subject, and that strong authority could be produced in opposition to his view ; but he thought that he could produce evidence to shew that latterly the tide had turned strongly in favor of specific duties.He would read two extracts from the petitions of the Board of Trade for Quebec and Hamilton on this subject.The Quebec Board said \u201cyour petitioners haye seen the resolutions to be moved in your Honorable House on the expediency of amending the Customs Duties acts, and observe with satisfaction the intention of fixing upon many articles a specific instead of an ad valorem duty.\u201d The Hamilton Board said, \u201c your petitioners would urge a reduction on sugar, tea, coffee and molasses at least equivalent to the present specific duty on the several articles enumerated, whether the same be levied by ad valorem or specific duty, the latter being considered by your petitioners the more advantageous principle both for the trade and the revenue.\u201d He thought that two more extracts were strdngly-indicative of the views of the.commercial community here, especially as no views to the contrary effect had been brought by any other commercial body before the House.But he thought that the opinions recently expressed in the British House of Commons on the subject would be held to be conclusive.The following fell from Mr.Mitchell.in addressing the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mra Gladstone, last year in the Horise of Commons:\u2014\u201c But there was one particular \u201c class (of.duties) to which he would call « special attentipn, namely, the ad Talprem Biff AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOLUME XLYI.MONTREAL, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1854.NUMBER 235.\u201c duties.\u201d He had presided last year over a \u201ccommittee which had recommended in the \u201c strongest terms the abolition of those duties ; \u201c that committee included among its members \u201c the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, a \u201c former Chancelier of the Exchequer, and \u201c several other high ex-officials, and it was their \u201c unanimous opinion, that the ad valorem duties \u201cought td be at once and entirely abolished.\u201d He (Mr.Cayley) would not detain the House by reading the,strong, and in his opinion, unanswerable argument urged in favor of this abolition, but1 he would read Mr.Gladstone\u2019s reply :\u2014 \u201c I concur with the honorable member for \u201c Bridport in thinking that the system of ad \u201c valorem import duties is highly objectionable^ \u201c Undoubtedly there may be cases where public \u201c policy will not allow of it, and therefore I do \u201c not mean to lay down any universal or aweep-\u201c ing provision ; but I accede to the doctrines \u201c that the system of advalorem.import duties on \u201cmanufactured articles is highly inconvenient; \u201c that it greatly tends to the demoralization of \u201c trade.\u201d With those extracts he would conclude his argument in favor of specific duties.Turning next to the articles on which he proposed to make reduction, and passing over those embraced in the Reciprocity Treaty, which amounted to something short of £30,000, he would name the tw principal ones on which the greatest reduction was to be effected,\u2014namely, tea and sugar.The duty now collected on the first averaged about SJd.perlb., taking the advalorem and specific duty together, and amounted, in 1853, to £7,0,000 it was proposed to reduce it to 2d.per if which would he a reduction on the imports of 1853 of upwards of £26,000.The duties on sugar now ranged from 8s.on the raw sugars to 14s.6d.on the refined, per cwt.It was proposed to .range them in three classes, at the several rati of 6s.6d.on the raw sugars, 8s.Cd.on the clayed and bastard sugars, and 12s.on the refined The reduction of sugar duty, in all, would amount to about £30,000 or upwards, taking the returns of 1853 as the basis of calculation.The next item was coffee, which it was proposed to reduce ito Id.per lb.The total reduction on this article, amounted to one-fifth of the duty, or 20 per cent The proposed reduction on molasses was from 3)d.to 2d.per gallon, and amounted, in the whole,-où the imports of 1853, to £7,400.The reduction on wines was about £5,000.No reduction was proposed jôn other spirits, but the duties were changed from the mixed or double duty to the specific.The reduction on dried and igreen fruits would amount to about £6,000, the latter being declared free.It woiild bo perceived that there was a very large transfer from'the 2 ad valorem duties to the free list, which, yrith the additions of pig iron and other articles, which he1 Vvouid name in Committee, would swell the reductions to £14000, and probably raise the to tal reductions to £115,000 on the returns of 1853 which amounted, to £986,597.The House wouïe perceive that the.largest reductions had been made on raw materials for the encouragement of our own manufacturers and ship-builders, and on coffee, molasses, tea, and sugar\u2014articles which were in general consumption in every house and hdmlet in Canada; and, while he regretted that under the present unsettled aspect of affairs, he did not feel justified in coming down with larger reduction.He trusted that the selection of the articles on which it Was proposed to effect that reduction would be satisfactory to the House and to the Country.The hon.member entered into some further details with reference to the proposed changes.Mr.Brown said it was very obvious that the Inspector General was determined to observe the promise he made a few days ago, that he would keep the public Exchequer so filled as to be always prepared to supply.the demands of supporters.But however satisfactory all this might be to the Government and their supporters, he was well assured that it would be far otherwise with the country; he was convinced that the reduction of taxation proposed by the Inspector-General would be regarded universally Ç-S insignificant and not at all sueh\u2019as.the country had a right to inspect.For years past large Sums had drarvn from the pockets of the people which were not wanted, for the purposes of the State, but were kept floating in the hands of the Inspector General to incréase tlie influence of the Executive: In the last five years there had been a continuous floating balance in the public chest of from two to five millions of dollars and the evil effects which had resulted from the practice in loss of interest, extravagancesin expenditure and direct corruptionary cohid hardly be overestimated.None were more earnest in their denunciation of that practice than the gentlemen in the Treasury Benches while in opposition, and he deeply regretted to find that they were following so recklessly in the footsteps of their predecessors.\t.\t.\t.He regretted also that the Inspector General before he called upon the Honse to consider the reduction which ought to be made on the burdens of the people to lay before the House the estimates\u2014not for the coming year\u2014but for the year 1854, now nearly closed.It was a fact that the supplies for the present\u2019 year have not yet been voted\u2014the ministry having been making the necessary expenditures\u2019without .any reference to Parliament\u2014nay, though .the Legislature has been sitting nearly three months the estimates are not yet printed.How then could the House consider the new Tariff,\u2014how could members judge what amount of reduction could safely be made without any knowledge as to the transactions of the past year, thé prescrit state of the finances or the prospect for 1855.It must be recollected that the only way of reducing the taxation and lessening the surplus in the public chest was by a.reduction of the Customs duties, that the reductions proposed by the Inspector-General were for next year, and that no opportunity for further reduction would occur before the spring of 1856.During all the interval were the public to, be subjected to the heavy and unnecessary burdens at present existing.?A more unstates manlike pvopositive was never made to representation body; and if the House consented to discuss the Customs reductions without ample information a^ to the state of the public exchequer\u2014if it consented to accept blindly the proposition of the Inspector General, it would in his opinion be forgetful of the public interest and and its own dignity as a deliberative Assembly.But he might be told the Inspector-General had given figures.Yes, he had given figures\u2014but of what\" dates?Why, up to the 31st January, 1854.The hon.gentleman asked us in November, 1854 to predicate our reductions for the year 1855 on the state of finances in January, 1854 !\u2014 And how delusive even then are the figures of the.Inspector General.He says, true We had,a vagrance nominally in January last of £834,668,-but we have paid off public debt in 1854 to the amount of £280,668, we have pubic works authorised by Parliament which are now yet proceeded , with, and we retain to meet those works £330,0.80, and certain extraordinary demands came upon us in 1854 amounting to £76,452.Thus, the hon.gentleman tells us the whole balance on 31st January last was after all only £150,000.Now, Mr.Speaker, mark the fallacy of all this.The hon.gentleman strikes his balance as at the end of 1853, but most ingeniously he puts against it all the extra expenditures of 1854\u2014expenditures arising during the year subsequent to the date of his professed balauoe\u2014and he exclaims, \u201c see, there was not really £834,668 in the chest in January last\u2014there was only £150,000.\u201d The honorkrile gentleman ignores the whole receipts of the past year in his statement.He ignores the fact, that not for one hour during the past year has he had a less surplus iu the chest than £800,000\u2014that the balance has ranged as high as nearly five million of dollars, and that it is at this moment considerably above four millions.But, says the honorable gentleman, a commercial crisis is fast coming upon us, we are about to have very severe times, and we must provide against emergencies.I don\u2019t believe in these gloomy forebodings, but were they well founded, a very strange idea the hon.gentleman must have of helping the commercial community to struggle with hard times, by.keeping up taxes which are not wanted, by drawing from the pockets of our business men money which may help them to meet their engagements.Then again, says the hon.Inspector General.Provincial Debentures to the amount of £500,000 fall due in 1855, and they must be met.True, sir, they must, he met, but does the hon.gentleman mean to pay the whole of that enormous suin iu one yearly taxation.He has paid off this year £280,000, and £75,000 towards Lord Sydenham\u2019s Sinking Fund, Does he mean to pay £575,000 farther in 1855 ?If so, I totally dissent from such a policy.I am in favor of paying off the public debt, but by regular instalments which will not affect our commercial interests.I cannot think it advisable to draw off suddenly so large a sum from the industrial pursuits of the country; I cannot think it expedient to1 straiten thé present generation so that the next may enjoy all our improvements,, and pay none of the cost.But I wish to call the attention of the House to this fact, that so large is the surplus in the chest, that we can \u2022 pay off this large amount of the public debt, and still make large reductions on the customs duties, and that with perfect safety.Let us take the hon.gentleman\u2019s admitted balance of £150,000 as at 1st of January last.He has since received £l,150,000 for customs duties, and probably not less than £300,000 from teritorial revenue, public works, excise, bank imports, and other sources.This gives him in all £1,600,000.Then, as has placed his extraordinary expenditures against the bal-lance of 1853, he had none but ordinary expenditures to meet during theyear, which could not haiie exceeded £800,000.At the end of this year he will therefore have a next surplus of £800,000 besides £330,080, to meet works not yet commenced, and then he is starting on a new year in which this surplus will be enormously increased, unless we compel him to make greater reductions.Wby;.sbould next year\u2019s receipts be less then this ?But suppose them reduced, could they be one-half less, or one-fourth less.Mr.Cayley\u2014They might be.JJr, Brown\u2014Well, if they were, the Inspector General would still receive ten to eleven hundred thousand pounds, which, added to the Inspector General\u2019s surplus from 1854 of £700,000, would give him near £2,000,000, and nothing to do with it but the expenditure of 1.835, some seven or eight hundred thousand pounds.You might pay off the whole debt, falling due of £500,000, and still would have in the public chest an undisposed surplus of £600,000 to £700,000.Is it in the face of such facts as these we are are called on to make this petty réduction of £100,000, a reduction, however in a great measure nominal, as it is certain that the reduction of duties will increase the consumption, and prevent much, if any, reduction of revenue.He did entreat the House to pause before acceding to this scheme of the Inspector General, to consider well the position in which they were in, and to insist on a greater reduction on people\u2019s burdens.He would not at that stage enter into any discussion of the details of the hon.gentler man\u2019s scheme.He would say that be was in favor of ad valorem rather than specific duties.Mr.Caü.chon would support the scheme pro posed by the Hon.Inspector General ; as long as the Tariff was not made too high, he would be favorable to it, as it was desirable to keep up the revenue.But the country was not overburdened by taxation, and we stood in a better position with the Tariff than, the people : cif the U.S.The flourishing state of our affairs, according to the hon.member for Renfrew\u2019s statement, would be put out of question, because the hon.gentleman would destroy the revenue, which should be sufficiently large to meet the liabilities of the Province, otherwise direct taxation must be resorted to.The course taken on this occasion by the honble.member for Lambton, was inconsistent, for only a few.days before, he had declared that it was dangerous to give the security of the Province for large sums of money, because of the position of the revenue, but the .hon.gentleman wished to reduce the Tariff very considerably, because there might be a surplus reveuue.By that means, the Province would be unable to meet its liabilities.The reduction proposed by the Inspector General was not too much, as the reveuue would not suffer by it.He hoped the House would support his scheme.Mr.Lang ton thought it would be acknowledged on all hqnds that our finances had -got into a veiy inconvenient position.Thé House was now called upon to provide the ways and means for next year, when they knew nothing about the expenditure at all of this year.This was an exceedingly vicious state of things, rind the sooner it was got rid of the better.In England, the \u2018 Estimates were passed for the year, and the ways and means were provided for the year.Here, at the end of 1854, they were called upon to determine what would be required in 1855, based upon what was required in 1853, without knowing what our income .has been in 1854, and abour February, 1855, they would have the Inspector General down with the estimates of the expenditure for 1854.\u2014 (Hear, hear.) The way to get out of this\u2019 inconsistent system was to fix the time of the meeting of Parliament bylaw.(Hear, hear.)\u2014 The commencement of the financial year should be changed to April and Parliament meet in February ; we should then be in the same position as they were in England.lie hoped the Inspector General would consider what he had stated, He (Mr.L.) could not altogether exonerate him from blame because of the course he now pursued.How could the House form any estimate, when they did not know what the expenditure of the year would be ?By the present system, it was difficult to tell to what year any particular expenditure applied.\u2014 iNeither did they know whether money voted in 1852 or 1853, had been spent.The Inspector General should have brought down a statement (of the surplus revenue.He (Mr.Langton) believed, that there was more than £150,000 surplus, respecting which, a statement should be laid before the House.He would like, in making the estimates, that they should make liberal allowances for extra expenditure, or for any defalcations that might have taken place in the revenue of this year in consequence of the stagnation of trade.In consequence of the ignorance the House was in, they could not toll how mqch to reduce the expenditure.Perhaps it could be reduced more than £100,000.As to the details of the scheme of the Inspector, Genl., he would reserve his remarks until the House went into Committee.Mr.Hjncks.\u2014There was a good deal of force in the remarks of the hon.member for Peterborough as to the inconvenient time at which this matter was brought forward.In 1850 or \u201951 the disposition of the Government was, that Parliament should meet very early in the year, but strong opposition was made to that by the country, and the idea was postponed.It was intended that Parliament should have met in February of last year, but the Governor General being in England, it was not advisable to hold it.If it had met the Governor General would not have come back to this country probably, and the Reciprocity Treaty would not have been accomplished.Nobody could impute blame to the Government for not calling the House together at as early a period after the election as possible.The remarks of the hon.member for Lambton were altogether groundless.The revenue and expenditure in each year were, given in the public accounts\u2014there was always a balance at the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and that balance must necessarily he charged with sums from previous years which thé Government was liable to be called upon to pay.Honorable members were.apt to base their calculations upon the balances found in banks at a particular day instead of going into:the actual charges to the credit of thé Consolidated Revenue Fund.It was impossible, until the end of this year, when the accounts are made up, to come forward with any accurate statement as to the exact position of the Consolidated Revenue.Fund for this présent year.Although there was this balancé of £834,000 and odd' to the credit of the Revenue Fund, yet it was liable for charges placed upon it by Parliament, which would reduce : the £834,000\u2014£243,000 was paid shortly after those accounts were made.up.A lot of bonds,, falling, due in London early in the present year, had been met.out of the balance.The charges amounted to but £700,000, leaving a balancé to the credit of the Consolidated Fund available, of £130,000 to £150,000.The customs was the great item of our revenue, and they could arrive at a conclusion of our finances from knowing the state of the customs.As to any mere difference of expenditure in balances for the present year, it was like nothing at all as compared with-thC: speculation the House must arrive at, with regard to thé.rëvenue of next year.There was no doubt that the.Inspector General could calculate upon getting a revenue equal to that of 1853.We should know in 1855 what our expenditure is likely to he, from: tile estimates of this year, and they could derive the satrie- information as to the revenue.It was d delusion :for the member for Lambton to suppose that there was-an enormous amount Of .revenue to be got from the public lamjs.ÿ The hon.Commissioner for Crown Lands knew That.It Was Tor this reason, according to, the existing law, the receipts from the sales of land had to be invested, and a considerable amount had been invested the last year.There-was nothing to be derived from that.With regard to the revenue from public works, it was not likely to vary to any considerable extent from the revenue of last year.Any hon.member could estimate the revenue of 1854 sufficiently for his own purposes.He thought it would be a most inexpedient course for us, under present circumstances to go to our English creditors and ask them to renew our bonds falling due.The country was largely' increasing its debt it was true, hut not, he hoped its liabilities.Public works were being promoted that were likely td become a charge upon the people or the public revenue, but their creditors saw the bonds of the country going into the English market at an increased ratio.It was perfectly known that they had to be met by the: Province of Canada, unless they were taken up by the parties to to whom these securities were lent, and who, he had no doubt, would pay them.He thought that the Inspector General in basing his calculations ujjon the assumption that he may be called upon to pay these bonds, should not have it put out of his power to do so.If he did that, what was the present state of affairs.The Inspector General had shown that with regard to thé present year;there was only a surplus in the Consolidated Reserve Fund of £150,000.Now there would be due, probably, in a few months, somewhere about £800,000 currency, leaving a balance of £350,-000 to be provided for by the surplus of the present year.Therefore, the Inspector General was perfectly borne.out in saying that there .was no extraordinary amount of surplus revenue to warrant him coming forward to make any sweeping redactions.He (Mr.Hincks) would think the Inspector General\u2019s proposition paltry, If he thought he was.right in basing bis calculations upon the importations of this year or the year before, but he [Mr.H.] was bound to say that he did not think it would be a prudent couisaTor the hon.gentleman to take.When we considered that our great staple article had diminished so greatly in value, it was not to be expected that the importations of next year would come up to what they had been.The boa.gentleman should not run the slightest risk of endangering the finances.We knew he had got to meet large payments, and he [Mr.H.] was certain that the ion.gentleman would not have anything exceeding the means that he had had ; and the probability was, that he would have diminished means, and he [Mr.If j did not think, at this moment,it would be advisable to reduce the balance at the credit of the Government, nor would It be for the interest of the country.The means of the country should not be crippled by a very sudden reduction of the revenue.The balances of the special .funds were fluctuating,.and they could not be\tkept entirely free, between them and the Provincial Government.He (Mr.H.) believed, that the average amount of money lying with the Government, the balances of spécial funds of different descriptions, was, generally, üjwards of £200,000, The Government was trustee for that : the monies were invested periodically, others were held for distribution.He did not think any case had been made out not to go into Committee to consider the tariff proposed by the Inspector General.The postponement of it would be very unsatisfactory to the country.It would be dangerous to put it in the power of the Inspector: General not to be able to meet the bonds when they fell due.There was £100,000 to pay next April, and tbs Provincial bonds of theyear.The Inspector General could not teii what the falling off in the revenue next year might be, and he cameffiowu there upon a revenue of customs of about a million of money in round figures, and proposed to make reductions to the amount of something over £100,000.The revenue of 1853 and 1854 did not materially differ.The revenue was derived principally from goods paying 12 per cent, and £640,000 was received from that source.It was right not' to disturb that.Now his (Mr.Hincks) opinion had differed from the Inspector General\u2019s in this respect, that his (Mr.Hincks) tendency was more favourable to ad valorem duties.That £640,000 was drawn from ad valorem duties upon manufactures Coming into the country, and he believed that there was no great complaint upon that subject,\u2014all persons would agree that if reductions were to be made, they, .should not be made upon the £640,000.We got £32,000 by duties paying 2y2 per cent, consisting chiefly of raw materials, including in that class railroad iron, boiler plates, used as quasi raw materials in the country.He thought that the proposition of dealing generally with the 2)^per cent, by making them free, would be right.Pig iron was now made free, and per cent duties were merely continued upon railroad iron.In regard to railroad iron, there being a very slight duty upou it, he did not think, considering the circumstances in which the country was placed, and the large number of railroads contracted for, with the duty of 2)4 per cent upon iron, that the contractors should be relieved from that duty.He was sure that the hon member for Montreal (Mr.Young) would agree with him in that.He (Mr.H ) had understood the Inspector General to say that the 20 per, cent duties were extiuguished by the Reciprocity Bill.As to the goods paying 30 per cent, they were entirely abolished by the new classification.He thought that that was a judicious course, although ifbe had been bringing forward the measure, he might have thrown the 30 per cent into the !2J4 per cents, instead of putting specific duties on some of the items.\u2014 As to the articles that formerly paid a specific and ad valorem duty,, the only dispute would arise.He thought, under the circumstances of the case, that when a Finance Minister came down and declared, that as far as,.his judgment went, he could not feel justified to propose greater reductions than about £100,000, be (Mr.H,) did not feel disposed to drive him to make reductions beyond that.It would be perfectly competent for the Inspector General, between this and February next, when he brought forward his proposition for next year, to extend Ms scheme, although lie.(Mr.H ) thought it better to do it now.The House had to consider whether the Inspector General had made the best selections of articles: to reduce the tariff upon, and taking from the revenue about £100,000.He (Mr, H.) was bound to say frankly, that he had a much stronger feeling in favor of ad valorem duties than specific.With regard to sugar, the difficulty that arose would be this\u2014there was a considérable ad valorem duty upon it,in addition to the specific.Now, the object had been to bring the ad valorem duty into play with regard to sugiir.Upon refined sugar the.duty bad.been 12s.per cwt., and 12)4 \u201d-5 valorem duty, and this amounted lo a specific duty of about 14s.per owl.; the ad valorem duty being about 4s.6d.per cwt.All other sugars were subject to duties of 6s.per cwt, and 12)4 per cent ad valorem, and upon white bastard sugar the duty would amount to 10s.3d.per cwt.The duty upon Muscovado sugars, taking the price at 16s., would be2s.: the Muscovado would he paying 8s.per cwt, wheu the others were paying 10s.3d.\u2014 [That was fair ; the.better article of sugar should pay a higher duty.The effect of this arrangement led to confusion in regard to the fixing of duties at the place either of import or export.\u2014 He [Mr, H.'j had strongly urged in 1847, to have the duties valued upon goods at the port .of importation, instead of exportation; but even there he found difficulty, arising from the cost of transportation having to be added to the original invoice value.He, [Mr.H | therefore, did not.think that, considering we were dealing with a class of articles that had been previously subjected to a combined ad valorem and specific duty, that any objection to the Inspector General\u2019s scheme, as far as they were concerned, could be urged.He [Mr.HJ, was free to admit, that the moment the proposition was made to adopt specific duties difficulty was found, because the effect of the specific was, that the duty upon white bastard sugar was as he had stated.By the classification proposed, the duty was put on to higher priced sugars, and taken off lower priced sugars, and as far as sugars were concerned, the ad valorem duty was combined with the specific duty, which could not be unsatisfactory to the people.He thought that the leading articles .of tea and sugar were those in which a reduction in duty would be expected by the country, and he did not think any objection could he made as to the manner in which the general reduction of £100,000 was to he made.Hon.Mr.Yodng said\u2014The amount of the whole Customs Revenue of last year, was £1,028,676.Of this, £640,146 was collected from Manufactures at a duty of 12)4 per cent ad valorem.\u2014 This duty was not to be changed\u2014but the remaining £388,530 collected under specific and ad valorem duties is to be reduced to £288,530, and collected under specific duty only.He differed entirely with the Inspector General as to specific duties being preferable to advalorem.\u2014 In this view, he (Mr.Y.) was supported by the practice of the United States\u2019 Government.The Hon.Robert C.Walker, late Secretary of the Treasury was (he thought) as good an.authority as Mr.Gladstone, quoted by the Inspector Gen\u2019l.in favor of specific duties.Mr.Walker condemned specific duties as unjust to the poorer classes of Society.What would he have thought of an annual tax of !$30 on all houses, without regard to actual value, making the owner of the hnm-ble tenement to pay as much as the owner of the costly mansion?Yet this was the principle of specific duties, charging the poor man as much for the cheap, as the rich man for the fine article.The tariff of the Inspector General was upon that principle.Take the first article\u2014 Double Refined Sugar\u2014cost say 40s.per cwt, while an article called \u201c Lumps,\u201d also refined, may be bought at 27s 6d per owe.The purchaser of the inferior would thiis pay 44 per cent duty, while on the finer article the duty would be only 30 per cent.Raw Sugar of common quality would pay 43 per cent, while the duty on the white raw Sugar would be 20 per cent.Molasses, clayed arid refined, were ail at the same duty.Common tea cost in China 5d., while there were fine kinds worth 3s.The poor man who buys his Bohea pays 40 per cent, while the rich man who can buy his Gunpowder or Pekoe, pays only 5 per cent.Coffee in the same .way.The rich man who sips his Mocha, pays 7)4 per cent, while, the poor man who can only buy common, pays 35 percent.Tobacco in the same way, he who smokes his Honey-dew only pays 4 per cent, while the man who buys common plug, pay?40 per cent.Cigars and Snuff in the same way.Wine is charged at Is.per gallon.The Sicilian Port which is worth only 6d.in Sicily, pays a duty of 200 per cent, while the Golden Sherry aud Madeira, is only charged 5 per cent.(Now in relation to Wines, he [Mr.Y.j would protest against such a policy.Such legislation was immoral in its tendency.This duty of 200 per cent prohibited the importation of cheap wines, and its direct effect was, the education of the tastes of the people for ardent spirits.Look at the import of whiskey iu 1851\u201440,864 gallons; in 1852, 98,556 gallons.; in 1853, 324,074 gallons, while.1,500,000 gallons whiskey is supposed to be manufactured in Canada.Give the people a substitute, and encourage the importation, not the prohibition of the light wines of Europe, and greater blow will be struck against intemperance, than any attempt to infringe upon the rights of the people by the prohibition of the import of Spirits.Again, while common whiskey pays 40 per cent, the man who can buy his Scotch whiskey, pays only 5 per cent, and so with Brandy, Gfri, Almonds, Currants, Nuts, Prunes, Raisins, Pepper, Nutmegs, &c., &e.He [Mr.Y.] would challenge the Inspector General to deny these facts, or to point out one single article in the tariff under a specific- duty, which did not unjustly weigh agaipst the man whose circumstances compelled him to buy the inferior article.It must never be forgotten that 8-lOths of the people of this country are engaged in agriculture, and this is the great class on-whom these unjust duties fall most heavily.He would not like to be a party to diminish in any way the high position of Canadian credit\u2014he wished to have ample funds in the chest, but the hon.Inspector General and the member for Renfrew were mistaken, iu supposing that the imports of next year will not be so much as of the present year.The increase in population is not sufficiently borne in mind.It is true there is some .commercial difficulty, hut that was confined mostly to Lower Canada\u2014Upper Canada was never more sound.We had good crops for two years, while in Upper Cana-ua they had also been good, and high prices had been obtained.He would risk his reputation as merchant on the belief that the Customs duties of 1855, would not be less than in 1853\u2014even with ail.the reductions of the hon.Inspector General, which he [Mr.I ouhgj thought paltry in the extreme, with a surplus of nearly one million in hand ; say £650,000 in the chest, and £350,000 invested in London, and subject to or-,dcr.He felt that injustice was done to the Mercantile classes in Lower Canada by this tariff,\u2014 He never had asked, nor uid he uow ask, lor any protection by the St.Lawrencè.The people of Upper Canadit had a right to buy where they chose.He asked for the same right upon a proper'principle, and the effect of specific duties\u2014 instead of ad valorem, was to give an undue advantage to the American importer.Mr.Stevenson said the views of the hon.member for Montreal had much changed since last year, in regard to the position Canada stands, compared with the United States, in their putting ad valorem duty instead of specific upon certain articles.The Americans had since changed that course.About five or six years ago, there was not one article paying a specific' duty in the United States ; ad valorem duty was: put upon every article.Since that, they had again changed, and had levied specific duties on some articles.He (Mr.S.) did not agree in levying duties on manufactures.The wisest course to adopt was, to have a specific duty on such articles as it could properly be levied upon, and place an ad valorem duty upon others.\u2014 When the House went into Committee upon the bill, would hé thé time to consider upon what articles either duty should be placed.The hon.member for Renfrew had given a different opinion now to that which he gave in 1849.He had learns by experience in that school, that all gentlemen had not the opportunity of learning in, (hear, hear.) He (Mr.Hincks,) now found that the principles he then advocated were not right.In six or seven years of financiering, the hon.member had learned something.He (Mr.S.) agreed with the hon.member for Peterborough, that it was awkward at the end of the year to consider the estimates for the next year.He (Mr.S.) believed public opinion was in favor of convening parliament at the beginning of the year; rind it would, no doubt, before long, be called together always in February.When we changed our duties on imports, we should consult the interests of merchants.Now, that the imports were being interfered with, it should be done in the most convenient way; otherwise, it would be dangerous to the mercantile interests of the country, to be changing the tari If every year or two.He (Mr.S.J was struck with the observations made by the hon.member for Lambton, as to the course pursued by the Inspector General ; they were most extraordinary assertions, hut made for op-: position soke.The hon.gentleman objected to that course being pursued as impolitic.It was a poor opposition for an hon.gentleman who possessed sense to make.Why should we not pay our debts with our surplus revenue ?The country having certain large improvements laid out upon it, had been brought into debt, and the Government ought to have the means in hand to meet it.He (Mr.S ) trusted that every shilling of ihe money falling due during the next year, would be promptly paid.They should' not forget they were about passing a prohibitory Liquor Law, and that it would make a reduction in the revenue of £50,000 or £60,000 a year, and that our expences were increased to an amountalmost as great as our income.He need not say, that the expenditure on behalf of the Legislature was likely to be £50,000 or £60,000 more.hereafter, than it had been before.Such increased expenditure would have to he provided lor.The amount of the,lmports into Upper Canada in 1862 or 1853 astonished every one.The importations in Lower Canada would fall materially short of those of last year.In lumber there would be a falling off of 50 per cent.\u2014 That was another reason why we should pay our debts.Every city and town in Canada, was borrowing money to make improvements, and a.great deal of the money would come from England.He thought that the Honee would concur with the Inspector General, that it was not advisable to make so large a reduction as to decrease the revenue materially.The arguments of the hon.member for Montreal on the increase in consumption of various articles, he [Mr.S.] did not concur in.Mr.Merritt said, in the United States tea, coffee, and rice were free of duty.Sugar had aa ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.He contended it was the policy of this country in establishing a Tariff, to reduce the duties on those articles that go into general consumption, and particularly to follow as nearly as we could, the duties on light articles in the United States.By the Reciprocity Treaty, the people of Canada had been placed on a footing with those of the United Stales, as to the produce of the country.When out of all ths Custom Houses from Canada to tbS .American side of tli».lins for 19 years the cost of-cbilectiou on the American side was four times more than the whole amount they collected.It would not be long before the question would be agitated of reciprocity in duties, between Canada and the United States.He [Mr, Merritt] only asked to have the manufactured article sent into the United States, upon the same terms as their manufactured articles were sent, in here.Manufacturers iu Canada then would thrive.But we must regulale our Tariff accordingly.He [Mr.Merritt] was really surprised to hear bon members propose to reduce the duties £100,000, when the Revenue was £1,500,000\u2014 [hear, hear!] Our duties were only 2)4 per cent before the Union\u2014we got up to 7)4 per cent, and in 1849, when be came into the Government, it was raised up to 12)4- But nobody dreamt of the expenditure we were going on with\u2014nobody thought of retrenching; only to take care and get our balances.The Inspector General had said, those balances ought to be kept up.The bon.member for Renfrew likewise advocated that.It was no doubt very convenient for any Government to keep up those balances to meet expenditures, but he [Mr.Merritt] denied, that they ought to be kept up.In 1849 the administration adopted a policy to create a sinking fund to pay debts\u2014to prevent the bal-lance we had outstanding.We had a balance of £800,000 as to which an act was passed, but had the balances as directed by that act been paid in.No; if they had, the debt in question would have been diminished in the same year of 1849, we established, the School fund, which was to relieve the Customs duties from £50,000.Had that been appropriated ?No! He mentioned this to show, that under our present system, the ballan-ces were made use of against the law of the land.The Inspector General had not paid any attention to crockery or .those heavy articles'.In reducing the Customs duties they should be taken off on crockery, and glass, which would\" encourage the outward bound trade from Eng-land up to Lake Erie.The trade now extended down .the Mississippi.Take the whole of these duties off, including railroad iron, and the revenue would be increased.Let some contractors benefit by the duty being taken off railroad iron, and let the tolls be renewed.Mr.Holton said that his hon.friend from Ren-, frew, with that wonderful versatility which they all so much admired, had given very ingenious and plausible reasons for abandoning his own long cherished views in relation to acfv.Vn.rein duties and adopting that of his successors, but ingenious and plausible as they were they had failed to convince him (Mr.H.) He had been a disciple of his hon.friend when a free trader, and was too tenacious of opinions once deliberately formed to follow even him, (Mr.Hincks,) with all respect for his talents, in his extraordinary change of position on this question.He could readily understand the very natural desire of the hon.gentleman to sustain his successor in keeping up the burdens of taxation, and preserving a large surplus revenue, for, besides the manifest advantage of having bis successor adopt the most obnoxious and unpopular feature of his own policy, he perhaps thought that the mission of this coalition, which he had supporled so ardently, was nearly ended, and that the boon of \u201c Governmental Responsibility,\u201d under which he had been so happy and so radiant for the last few weeks, was about being removed, and what was more natural than that the hon.gentleman should desire to resume office with a well filled exchequer, instead of finding it in the state in which his present successor left it on a former occasion.There was au argument made use of by the hon.gent on which no one but a financier of his great and established reputation would venture.He said they were in a commercial crisis, times were hard and would be more so, therefore that we should keep up taxation and withdraw large sums from general circulation that the public coffers might be full and our public credit maintained.The member for Renfrew\u2019s argument was that we were at a commercial crisis, and therefore that we should keep large balances lying idle in the public chest, and kesp up a high state of taxation.None but men of high established reputation could make any argument of that kind.He agreed with the hon.member for Renfrew that the question should be settled now of the Tariff, but he (Mr.Holton) apprehended that they were to have a measure, adequate to the requirements of the country, and not a little measure like the one submitted by the Inspector General.Its postponement would be better, for the country would stand a chance of obtaining a more comprehensive and a larger measure laid before them He (Hr.Holton) would cordially respond to the remarks of the Inspector General in the opening of the discussion, that this question should not be treated as a party one (hear, hear ) He would not attempt to improve the present measure as ho thought that the Inspector General meant to adhere to it.The evils of excessive taxation and excessive revenue were too apparent.The country had long suffered under both.Without being disposed to make any charges against the Government it must be admitted that the financial system pursued was erroneous.He had the utmost faith in the elasticity of the means of the country, production apd consumption were constantly going on with an increasing population.He believed it to be essentially sound.As to the specific and advalorem duties the Inspector General had quoted English authority in support of levying specific duties.He (Mr.H.) would also do that and read to him a very brief extract from Mr.John Stuart Mylne, whom he took to\u2019be the first living authority upon the subject.[The'hon.gentleman then read an extract from Mr.Mylne\u2019s opinion which went to support the advalorem duty in preference to the specific.] In the United Stares they had adopted the advalorem duties as recommended by Mr.Walker, the Secretary bf the Treasury, a gentleman whom the hon.mepber for Prince Edward\u2019s Island had not probably heard of.As to frauds taking place in levying advalorem duties which do not occur in specific duties, he [Mr.Holton] thought that frauds were also effectea with levying specific duties, and that the evils that attached to the advalorem, might be remedied by the system of appraisal.Mr.Cayley\u2014Wished to know what these frauds Were ?Mr.Holton\u2014False guaging and weights, and other impositions.He (Mr.H.) favored the ad valorem system.The modification of the Inspect tor General insugar duties was an improvement, but the duty that he imposed upon tea, without reference to its peculiar quality, was objectiona-\u2019 Vita.Hi G f iVT f .Hnlrhn\u2019fil rtavt.nhipril inn .tn Hip proposed scheme was, that While it left the poorj man\u2019s taxes untouched, and in some, cases increased them, it diminished .the taxes upon most of the articles of luxury consumed by the opulent! classes.Thé duties placed upon sugar were too high.Although the change in thé classification, of sugars was a great improvement on the Inspector General\u2019s original proposition, he had not gone far enough.He could not understand why; tHSt article, which had become a necessary in every household, should be taxed at 40 péf-céot, while articles of luxury were taxed, at a much lower rate.The late Inspector General had treated the question as a fmaucier rather than an economist.Because ' the1 article was of general consumption,, and .not\" produce!! in the country, it was convenient to raise a large revenue.from it.In the United States, whére t\u2019uey had a sugar interest to protect, arid had an avowedly pr.or tectibn duty on sugar, they only levied 30 per céut on all descriptions, [ While even the revised proposition of the Hon.Inspector General would be equal to 35'to 40 per cent.Then, with regard to the proposition of, the Montreal Board of Trade to allow tea to be imported direct from the place of growth free of duty, as had long been done in the United Stdtris, Which the Inspector General had denounced as calculated.to favor particular localities, and on Which'lie,.had èyeri founded covert imputations Of selfishness against the great commercial community which\u2019 he [Mr.H.] :hrid the honor to repfes'etit.Hbnv Mr.\u2018Cayley\u2014No, no.Mr.Holton\u2014Did not understand .that .'they desired any undüé rid.vau.ta'gè for\u2018imports, fey\u2019the St.Lawrence.Of course, the policy of favoring the long .voyage would hot necessarily.preYerif importations- on.the\u2022 'dame terms through the United States in'hbud.Tie Would reserve his further remarks till the House Went into Cbm) milice.Mr.BblüKohaii thought that this discussion should have, taken a wider scope, and that the Govermrfent ought to have informed the House whether thé.principles on which the commercial policy of the country was to.be carried on, were founded on protectiori or free trade, lie thought the tariff origlit td bé rirranged iu such a manner as tq draw the trade bf the West down thé Saint Lawrence as much as possible ; and also to encourage, emigration to the West td pass by that route.The duty bn tea he thought ought to be taken oil'.Mr.Brown stated that he would move an amendmènt, which he rerid as ftdlbws :\u201411 That it is expedient to postpone considération of the' Tarifl\u2019til!1 Tuesday.next, sb that the Estimates for the year 1854, now nearly expired, may .Be laid before this House, and proper duf it\u2019thereby, obtained,for.aéfceitaiuiùg vvhethér larger dedùç-' lions on the Customs Duties! than those proposed may not he mride, with due regard.to the ?tafe of the public iinarices\u201d .He thought that'the House, hi duty to itsélf, buglvt, io support' that amendment.It hfid not sufficient infortnation! before it to go info the consideration of the proposed tariff'; and to ask Uor,: members tb do so without more information Was to'ask them to legislate in the dark, of take \u2019the assertions of the Iilsp\u2019tr.Gen.in preference to their own judgment, wiliéh'he [Mi-.B.] was not prepared to do.The èstiiiïritës arid thé tiff iff ought to go together.He was not going to say that this tariff could ba easily altered if found desirable ; for pass, it now and tiifcre would be no wiiy of altering befdie the spring of 1856, if February was the month in which Parliament was to meet, and the orders for that year would then have been sent out,:\u2014 Hé Wàs astonished at the statement of the' hon.member for Rerifrevv, that it was not desirable to reduce the large balancés: at the credit of the Government.lie.was riot of opinion that there was any danger of a monetarily crisis, arid,for one reason, béeàuse the crops had been very good and prices high.Motion put and lost.Yeas :\u2014Messieurs Bourasss, .Brown, Darcbe,.DeWitt, Dionne, Dorion of'MoritfesJ, Dostaler, Dufresne, Ferrie, Flint, Fbley, Frazer, Gudvre-mont, Hartman, Holton, Lmrisden, Macdonald of Glëiigary, McDbnaid .of Cornwall, Mackenzie, Marchihiofi, Matlice, Merrittj\u2019Papiri, Valois, Wilson, Wright, and Young,\u201427.Nays :\u2014Messieurs' Alleyn, B»l), Bellifigham, Blancliet, Brodeur, Cartier, Caucfion, Cayley, Chabot, Chapais, Chauveau, ChiVnoIm, Ctiiircb, Crawford, Cryslér, Daoiist bf Two Mountains, DesaUluiers', Attorney Général bruhrinoud, Ferres, Fortier of Kieolét, For lier of Beiiecliifssb,' Fournier, Hincks, Jackson, Labelle, Langton, Laporte, Larwili, Le Boutiil.ier, Leiriieux, Loran-gèf, Ly on, Macbeth, Attorney Général Macdonald, Sir Allan N.MacNab, Masson, Méaghêr, Morigénais, Morin, Morrison of Simcoe North, Patrick, Poulin, .PoUliot, Powell, Robinson, Solicitor General Ross, Shaw, Solicitor Général Smith, Smith of Northumberland (Vest, Smith, of Victoria, Somerville, Southwick, Spence, Stevenson, Terrill, Thibaudeau, and Yielding,\u201457.Thé House then went into Committee and Mr.Cayley moved the first resolution.He complained'that the course taken by the opposition was most unfair and Ungenerous.First they fead urged him to.bring, down his resolutions and then toput off their, consideration, when it would be manifestly wrong to do' so after that .time.\u2014 One geüfléinrin told him that his scheme was .insignificant, anolher that it would raise ihé revenue.He 'believed that merchants should.have the opportunity of sending their orders With the full assurance of what the tariff' would be.Mr.Wilson held that the course pursued by the opposition was not unreasonable.He dèsired a reduction of the ¦ tariff and even if .the late ministry had lasted, had he been one of their supporters, he should still hâve felt it his duty to ask them their reasons for pobreducing the tariff' He contended' that there was no inconsistency in the course pursued by the opposition as wa\u2018s contended by Mr.Cayley.Mr.Hincks said, there were no large balances at the credit.or the government Hon.gentleman did not seem to understand the public accounts or not to understand that the large sums which they take for balances at the credit of the, government, were really unpaid appropriations, made by.Act of IV.Hiariient.' He did not believe that aller paying for these there would be more than £150,000 at the 'credit of Ihe goybfpment.Mr.Young said, he uinlefstood the public ari-, counts and'stated that there were £36.0,000 sterling invested in conspls in England besides .the balances iri this Province.Mr.I-ibiCltS.\u2014Whqt ! Do you include the Clergy Reserves Fund ?That was just one item of that,siim invested in England., Mr.Aft.Gen.Macdonald sâiçb in reply to the demand to put.off thé corisidefafioivof the tariff, that it was the custom in England to pass through the tariff at once, as soon as U was'introduced.One reason of that was to prevent speculation, on the proposed changes.Some furtliêf coriversaliori took place in which nothing of importance was elicited.Mr.Holton asked for.a postponement of the debate in order to see if.arrangements could hot be entered into with the view to make amendments ;.but it was replied on thé Side of.the ministry that his views were so entirely incompatible with theirs that postponement for such a purpose would, be a mere waste of time\u2019.The résoiu'tiôris were, therefore all passed.The duty on refind sugflr.was made 12s.thé cwt., Bastard 8s 63., Raw Cg- 6d., Raw Coffee Id, manufacture 2d, per lb.' Committee rose and House adjourned.the capital ; and those who were rich enough to do without an allowance.As he belonged to neither, of these, he should vote for it.Mr.Rankin understood the allowance to members to be not as a compensation for their loss of time, but to cover their expences; and he thought the people did not wish their representatives to live in cellars and garrets while doing the public business, but de'sired they should live like, gentlemen.Finally, çt the request of Mr.Morin, the motion was withdrawn.PENSIONS'OF\u2018UPPER CANADA JUDGES.Mr.McKenzie moved the first reading of the bill for the repeal of the Act authorizing the Government to grant pensions to Judges in Upper Canada without consulting Parliament.Ml-.Felton opposed the bill.Mr.Lemieux supported it.The law as it now stood created a distinction between, the two sections of the province which ought not to exist.It was passed at a time when the Parliament required to be guarded by soldiers.Mr.Morin said that, although it was unusual to oppose the first reading of bills, he must do so in this case.Mr.McKenzie, reproached the member for Sherbrooke with opposing his [Mr.McK\u2019s.] bill, while he did nothing to push his own measures on.For instance, there was the Tempérance hill/which bad passed its second reading by a majority of 90 votes, which was left lie quite still.The law he 'wished to repeal Was the work of Mr.Blake, got up for his own purposes at the time he created the ¦Chancellorship for himself, with a salary which he had prëviottsly declared to be too high for any Jrilge in Canada.' Sir A.HcNab thought the sufejeet of pensions ought properly to be left in the bauds of the Executive Government.Thé motion being put was lost\u2014yeas, 33 ; nays, 39.' INCREASE OF THE SALARIES OF [PUBLIC OFFICERS.Mr.Rankin then moved to declare that it is expedient to increase thé salaries of Public Officers in view of thé increase iri the cost.of living.The Speaker held that the motion was out of order.Ail motions having for their objept thé augmentation of taxes should commencé\" in a Committee of the whole House\u2019 with the approval of the Government.Hon.Mr.Mop.ifi ssi.id that although the motion was not in order he would take the opportunity to say that the employées in the public offices had not been allowed to Starve, but the Govt, had given to each a imras-according to the number of his family.Mr.McDonald, [Glengary] begged to call attention to the fact that the leases of the houses of these'gentlebien would expire on the\u2019 1st May and they would be compelled to incur heavy expenses if they were not informed as to thé intention of the Government with respect to a rémoval.Sir A.McNab said that although the Government must take the initiative in'tbis matter he ; should be glad to', hear the opinion of members.The Inspector General had the subject under consideration, and1 had already drawn up some ( memoranda on\u2019life subject, which he iritended to 1 submit shortly to the House.The motion was then withdrawn.asked that the report might be Quebec, November 27th.INCREASE.OF PAY OF MEMBERS.1 Mr.O\u2019F arrel moved .that the House should go into Committee of the whole .to consider, the expediency of altering the amount, of.indpgiqity now paid io members of the House.Ho supported his motion by some remarks concerning the high price of all articles of subsistence for some years past.Messrs.Mackenzie, Horion of Montreal, and Cartier, spoke against the, motion.Mr.Hincks, on the other, band,., thought, that there should be an increase.The fact was, $4 now was no longer worth so much as when it was fixed as the per.diem of members.If $i was not.too much then ; therefore, it was too little now.He had heard this House compared to the American Congress, but more work was done here in one day than was done in three iu Congress.¦\t.Mr.Smith (Victoria,) said that in the States the duration of.the session was limited, during which members could receive their allowance.\u2014 He thought the.same thing should' be done here.Mr.O.\u2019Farrel said that .those who came to the House to aUeiidijto public affairs did so at a very, great loss, and those members who occupied most of their time were just, those.who now opposed a just regulation of their allowance.He hoped that an increase would be adopted, and with it the plan referred to by the member for Victoria.Mr.Maiiciiildon thought that if the meeting of Parliament were fixed for : the first of February each year, that members would have no reason to complain of the loss of time; little other business being done jat that season.Mr.Çaucuon said those who wore well off should not oppose an increase of allowance to those who were not and Could not afford to give their time without compensation.For himself, being at home in Quebec, he .could get on without any allowance, but others could not; but had, difficulty, as many, other members had,, bow to exist on the §4 a day, ala distance from home.Eej thought the allowance should be $6 per diem.Mix'Lor anger said three classes of members opposed this inotion, viz,:\u2014Those who feared their constifu'mtsi those who were;residents at MR; MAGDtRE\u2019S CASE.Mr.Ferp.es moved that the petition of the Rév.J.Cook and others; of John Snell and others, of .lean Dion, and of William Wright, respecting the conduct of Mr.Maguire, Police 'Magistrate for Quebec, be referred to a Special Committee.-Mr.Attorney General Drummond hoped thé member for Missisquoi would slrike out that Portion of his motion having reference to the petition of the Rev.Dr.Cook and others, as the government having named a commission who had enquired into the subject of complaint in that petition could not Consent to a re-opening of the enquiry by the House.Mr.Ferres thought that notwithstanding the report of the government commission the House might very properly enquire into those charges, ' the more especially as Hr.Maguire had himself petitioned for an investigation.Mr.Rhodes said there were many names of pfersous attached to the petitions who did ribt exist, or who bad not signed them, or had signed under ihe influence of misrepresentations, and mentioned Some of the names Of persons who had furnished him with affidavits to that effect\u2014 among them was Mr.W.Price.He thought that there were few names besides these attached to the petitions.Mr.Ferres said the persons who made the affidavits entrusted to the hon.member for Me-gantic were not necessarily the same as those whose names were appended to the petition.\u2014 The gentlemen who had confided one of these petitions to his care were of the' highest respectability, incapable of intentional deception^ It might indeed have happened that some of those to whom was entrusted the task of getting signatures had used improper means to obtain them, but even if that were to be admitted, and some of the names to be struck off', there remained numerous others of the highest respectability.\u2014 In proof of the assertion he read many of the names, and asked if any more respectable men could bo found in Quebec, He believed they represented nearly all Quebec.: Mr.Rhodes said no doubt many of these persons were highly respectable and their names fairly obtained, but others had been obtained by false pretences, one of them, Paul Poirier, bad beeu obtained by Dion, who told him the petition [vas to get better lodgings fori the Iroquois who\u2019 had beeu arrested by the police in the streets.As Poirier had been arrested a few nights before and had found his lodgings very uncomfortable, hé signed it not' doubting the' truth of Dion\u2019s story.Finding out his error he reproached Dion with bis deception.Oh, replied he, all goes by.finesse now, ; You should, have looked twice ere you signed the petition.Mr.Drummond repeated what he had previously Said, and reading Dr.Cook\u2019s petition, said it was to long, and the charges not distinctly enough specified for a Committee to proceed upon.Mr.Alleyn admitted the high respectability pf the grealer part of the names attached to the petition, but said, it was drawn.up under circumstances to arouse the prejudices.He.regretted that persons of such respectability shpuld.renew, the discussion of a subject,, which should be effaced as soon as possible from the minds of all.He proceeded to state Dion\u2019s case.He had been arrested on suspicion of tholt.and while at the police station violently resisted the officers of justice, of whom they complained next morning to Mr.Maguire, who dismissed their complaint, but did hot give Dion costs.This was his great case.Complaint had.also, been made :of the general conduct of Mr.Maguire, but ho had known that gentleman a long time, and always found Ms conduct whether as advocate or citizen lhat of an honest man, and he had been a firm supporter of the liberal party, when its principles were not so generally popular as now.Sol.Gen.Ross read the petition of Dr.Cook and others, to show that it did not complain of Mr, Maguire, but of the law officers of the Government for not prosecuting him, and the,public, and because they had not yet convicted the rioters at Chapman\u2019s Church.Those arrested on the latter charge had undergone one trial, and were to undergo another ; which had been postponed for reasons over which the Goverti-ment and Mr.Maguire had no control.They had that day demanded their second trial.The petition farther complained of the action of the House respecting the bill limiting the idemnity to he given to persons whose buildings were destroyed by mobs in Quebec.Hon.Mr.Robinson thought this petition one that .should command the attention and the action of the Government, rather than the House: but that Dr.Cook was rather to be praised than blamed for sending in the petition.Mr.Pouliot opposed the reference of the petition .Mr.Hartman drew the attention of the House to the fact that a man of the name of Poirier, who had made .an affidavit that he had been induced to sign Dion\u2019s petition through misrepresentation was riot affixed to Hall.Perhaps itreferred to some other petition, but if so, why swear to this ?It certainly made one doubt the authenticity of the facts brought forward by the hon, member for Megantic.The member for Quebec had said the signers did not represent Quebec, butonly a minority of its inhabitants\u2014Was that a reason why they should be forced to submit to.ihjustico ?He had said that the affair referred to should be forgotten, but the only way to cause such to be forgotten was tomanifest a disposition to do justice.Mr.Rhodes said Piorier.had been mistaken in his affidavit, but that was caused by Dion getting signers to another petition than his own.Mr.Lemieux opposed the reference, because the petitions contained nothing sufficiently definite.Hon.Mr.MacDonald [Glengary] thought that if the petitioners were not satisfied with the report of the Government Commissioners they .'should have their Committee; but there seemed a desire to put,Mr.Maguire out of danger of all chance of having an invesligation of his conduct.Attorney General Drummond, said that was false, and continued going over the same grounds as before.Before sitting down, he apologised' for the warmth with which he had commeoced to speak, and the intemperate expression he had made use of.Mr.Brown said it was a pity the subject had not been discussed with more calmness, and especially that a person filling the place of the A t-, torney General had made use of such language as had fallen from him.This was a subject of great moment to the people of Quebec, it was not because the Government had appointed a Commission and obtained a report Lorn them that the House was to be debarred from enquiry.One of the grounds of complaint ^wp^, tjjat fhq suggestions of .that report had, riot been'crirrled, into effect.Another which lie read,.accused the Government of.negleçting to do its duty, by prosecuting Mr.Maguire after a presentment' by the .Grand Jury.Attorney General Drummond,\u2014The officers of the Crown could not proceed in such a matter without facts on which to base their proceedings ; but these were not furnished in this instance.Mr, Brown.\u2014Very well ; all might be right, but he desired to see the public mind tranquilied by proof that the Government had done its duty faithfully.The petitioners said the report was unsatisfactory, and he was also of that opinion.The Commissioners had .ignored liberty of speech \u2014had stigmatised those às \u201cfanatics and indisk creel persons\u201d who had exercised an indubitable right.They had several times spoken depreciatingly ot M.Gavazzi as a stranger.What matjer if he were ?He had a right to protection., Tüe Speaker called the hon.member to order.He was not speaking of the matter before the House.Mp.Brown.\u2014The whole subject of the liberty of speech is before the House, and if it may cot now be discussed, that liberty is lost, even in the House itself.Mr.Felton discussed.Mr.Brown went on to say the request of the petitioners was a reasonable one.The report said of M, Gavazzi\u2019s lecture, that as well by their subject as the theatrical manner in which it was treated, were calculated to proyoke the animosity of those whose faith was attacked, and had no apparent tendency to promote the views of any religions body.What right had they to say this ?How did they know it ?The Speaker\u2014Order ! Mr.Brown then passed to another part of the report, where it was said twenty resolute men might have defènded the door of the Church against ail comers ; but that the riotèrs were allowed to march off without molestation, and in triumph, thus proving beyond fioubt that iiie police bad not done its duty on the .6th of June, but that the greater number, if not all, abstained fréta all interference with the voters.Notwithstanding this, the Commissioners held thq Magis-.trates bintncless.Who, t hen; werp responsfble for the conduct of any force, if riot the officer who commarids it ?The Government desired to throw all tl.ie birime on the Police Committee; but this should pot be in a city where a Magistrate was appointed and paid by Government' to fake charge of these matters.Yet the Attorney General sought to stifle enquiry.Mr.Felton defended the report, but said it had nothing to do with the question before the House.They had only to enquire if Mr.Maguire had alreadjt been tried'.He contended he bad, by a commission appointed according to law, and thé' members of that Commission had used every exertion to get evidence.This being so, it did not matter whether the Commission had acted well or not, for an officer whose conduct hâs once beeh enquired into, ought not lo be subjected to a second investigation.The Police had clearly failed to do their duty, hut Mr.Maguire was not responsible He did not command them\u2014he was ri judge, and if he absented himself from the riot he was riot blamerible, Hr.Cauohon thought the Government had acled properiy in not acting upon the suggestion contained in the report, before submitting'them for the approval of the House, and he opposed the reference of all the petitions, Because they would separate the général accusations against théGover'mnérit from those which are directed especially against Mr.Maguire.Those submitted should be défini le, so that the accused could answer them.' _ Mr.Wilson could see no reason why the petitions shopld not be referred.There is one request clearly enough defineth It is that which asks the repeal of the obnoxious clause of the Quebec Riot Act.Why should persons legally assembled, like the audience at Ohalmer\u2019s Church be placed without thé'pale offthe law?Hon Mr.Attorney General Drummond moved in amendment, That thé words \u201cof the Rev.HERALD Steam, Book A JobPrl&tiug40fflee, 209 Notre Dame Street, (Near St.François Xavier Street.) fY'IHE Proprietors of this Establishment beg to J.inform their friends and the public, that) having enlarged their Stock of PRINTING MA .TERIALS, STEAM PRESSES, Ac., they will l a prepared to undertake every description of Book, Job and Card Printing, IN THEIR NEW PREMISES.Having recently added one of HOE\u2019S NE 3 CYLINDER PRESSES, for Job Printing, to thei;\u2019 Stock, they hope to be able to execute every' description of JOB PRINTING at moderate ratea and with great despatch.| Their present stock of STEAM PRESSES wit; enable them to throw off upwards of \u2019yO.ObuS' IMPRESSIONS PER DAY.May 4.\t54 -Not to-day, but on another Hon.Mr.Tache,-day.Hon.Mr.Walker characterized the bill as an iniquitous measure, and expressed astonishment at the sudden conversion of thé Conservative-members of the Cabinet.He was surprised at.the number of Roman Catholics in this section-, of the Province who supported the' hill.He wu.; at a dinner party in this city, a year ago, amt he there heard :an Upper Canada Reformer, a.strong advocate of secularization, admit that it the Reserves were secularized the Roman Catholic Church property must share the same fate.He (Mr.W.) denied that there was the difference which had been stated,jin the titles on which the Reserves and the Church property of Lower Canada were held.So bad was the title to the Seigniory of Montreal that the authorities of the Seminary of St.Sulpice did not Venture to sue for any claim up to the year 1818.The hon.gentleman then read from the report of the Royal Commission\u2019of 1836, relating'to the doubts that existed regarding the title of this property.While he was a member of the Special Council, iu 1849, Lord Sydenham recommended legislation on the subject ; aud the Special Council passed an ordinance, in Which the/employed the very words of the Constitution^ Act of 1791 in regard to the Reserves.' This\u2019property, therefore, rested on no-more secure foundatirin than 1!; \u2022 Reserves.To show the opinion wliich the.Roman Catholic bishops entertained of secularization, he would read a portion of their address to Lord Elgin on his return to this country.The parties who advocated this measure were opposed to all religious endowments, as the tone of nearly all their newspapers'Showed.In the Shite of Hew York the endowments given by Qileén.Arine were still maintained.Here the hon.gentleman read an extract from a letter of a clergyman iu New York on the\u2019 subject of this \u2018Church proving1 a bearing On thé suhiëét before John Cook, D.D., aud others\u201d be left out ; Yeas :\u2014Messieurs Alleyn, Bellingham, Blan-chet, Bonrassa, Brodeur, Bureau, Cartier, Cas-sault, Canchon, Chabot, Chapais, Chauveau, Church, Cook of Oxford South, Crysler, Drioust, of: Two Mountains; Darche, Desaulniers, Dionne, Dostaler, Attorney General Drummond, Felton, Fortier of Nicolet, Fortier of Belleelmsse, Fournier, Gill, Guévremont, Jackson, Labelle, La-berge, Langton, Laporte, Lemieux, Loranger, Macbeth, Attorney General Macdonald, McDonald of Cornwall, Sir Allan N.McNab, Marchildon, Masson, Meagher, Mongenaia, Morin, Morrison of Simcoe North, Niles, Poulin, Pouliot, Rankin, Rhodes, Solicitor General Ross; Ross of Northumberland East, Solicitor General Smith of Victoria, Spence, Taché, Thibaudeau, Turcotte, and Valois,\u201458.Nays .-\u2014Messieurs Bell, Brown, Chisholm, De-Witt,: Dorion of Montreal; Fergusson, Ferres, Ferres, Ferrie, Foley, Frazer, Galt, Hartman, Holton, LarWill, Lumsden, Lyon, Macdonald of Glengarry, Mackenzie, Maiheson, Mattiee, Merritt, Murney, Scatcherd, Wilson, Wright, Yielding, and Young,\u201427.The main motion, as amended, was then agreed to, and Mr.Ferres, Mr.Lemieux, Mr.Loranger, Mr, Rhodes, and Mr.Ferrie ordered to compose the said Committee.Mr.Daiiche moved the second reading of the bill to repeal the Sleigh Oridnance.Mr.Masson moved iu amendment lhat it be read a second time in six months.He said the law had proved a very useful one, particularly in the county where he resided, and through which, great numbers of Upper Canadians -passed in winter.Messrs, Guevremont and Marchildon supported the bill.Mr.Valois also spoke in its favor.t Mr.Masson in reply said he did not wonder that the member for Jacques Cartier supported the old plan, for iu that county they still tied the cattle' by the horns.Mr; Pouliot supported the bill.He could not believe that the present law could be acceptable to the people of the district of Montreal, when it was so unpopular in Quebec and.Three Rivers.He, nevertheless, admitted that the old {raine made cahots hut he obeyed the popular will.Mr.MoNQENAia opposed the hill.They had much better roads under the present law than they could have under the old systen.The people of- tipper.Canada now came and traded with the people pf his.county, and the Montreal carters passed.that way, which could not be doue with tfee.old roads.The amendment was carried, and tile bill lost.Yeas, 45 ;.Nays, 12.The House spent .some!,-time in Committee: of the whole, on the Montreal Ashes Inspection Mil.Some discussion arose on the Pension proposed for Mr.Leprobpn.Messrs.Brqwn, McKenzie, Ferres, and others strongly opposing it ; the latter gentleman proposing an amendment to limit it to five years, which was lost ; and the Comit-tee assented to the several clauses of Ihe hill, and then rose.After some time occupied on routine business the House adjourned.LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.Quebec, 27th November, 1854.I\u2019iltANl) TRUNK RAILWAY BILL.The Report of l.he [Select Committee on the G.raiid, Trunk'Railway'Bill was received; and the Bill without amendments, was ordered to.a second reading to-morrow.qCBAJt STEAM NAVIGATION COMI'ANY.The Océan Steam Navigation Company Bill, as àniénded, was read the'third time and passed.SECOND HEADING OF THE CLERGY RESERVES BILL.Hon.Mr.Tache said he did not intend to occupy much time on the subject of this Bill, he would leave it in the hands of the Hon.Speaker, who'was, .better acquainted with the subject, which had been more studied m Upper than in.Lower Canada.Almost ever since the passing of the Act of 1796 creating those Reserves, they had Weeri a source of irritation and agitation m Upper Canada.At first, the Church of England as the Protestant Church par excellence, claimed the whole of these Reserves, but her claims were \u2018riot! only contested,but (lié.voluntaries,who did not desire any portion for themselves, were anxiqris to prevent any one else getting them.There had been much action in the Legislature on thé subject,.;, but up to this [time without result.He thought the lime had come when for thé interest of all.'parties concerned, and, for the peace qf the country.as, it ought to be .settled.Jiany.bf.those who had long regfWed Seçulafizatiph, members of the church of Erigland, had yielded their 'opposition, having becoine convinced that the time had- come when secularization ought to be carried.The gentlemen Who'had previously been opposed to the principle of this measure and who had now become its advocates had been subject to almost every kind of attack ; but he believed their moitiés were pure and patriotic.When thé question- should be settled political mountebanks would no longer have this,string to play upon.It had been stated, iri tiie otlier House and elsewhere, that if the Reserves were secularized the Church 'property of Lower Canada would be ren dereef insecure.But he denied that there was any similarity in the two cases.The church property of Lower Canada was principally obtained from the donations of private individuals : very little if any, he believed none of it, had been given by the Kings pfF\u2019rarice.He admitted that the titheri of Lower Canada so far, rested on the same footing as the Reserves tliat if the.people who.paid them asked to pe released from the obligation of contributing them, the Legislature .would he bound to listen to them.But hero the siinilarily ceased.The.amount .of tylhéq -was not nearly so great as the word seepied to imply, .being ortly \u2019one twenty-sixth part of.the, grain, While in respect of green crops no lythes were payable, \"The reserves, on the contrary, were;so exorbitant in amount that if tliere were no-other reason that Would he a sufficient for alteriiig- their destination.Thé hon.géritleman concluded by moving the second reading of the bill.Hon.Mr.De Boucherville asked , if R were intended^ that the Council should go into Committee oi the whole on the bill after the second read III perty, as having a bearing on the subject before the .Council.During the.French revolution Church property was confiscated, and the same course was proposed to be followed here.He abjured the Council by the Almighty'Father of all to vote against this hill, and thus stem the tide.of infidelity.Hon.Mr.De Boucherville intended to vote for the second reading; but, unless the third clause-was expunged in Committee, he would vote against the bill on its third reading.Hon.J.Morris would vote for the second reading; but, unless the hill was so altered in Committee as to make it more acceptable to the people of Western Canada, he would finally vote against it.Hon.Mr, Ross having left the chair and gone down to the floor of the Council, said he should not have felt it his duty, after what had been said by the hon.Receiver General, to speak upon the subject If it had not been for the remarks ifithe hon.gentleman who spoke last hut two (Mr.Walker) Gentlemen from Upper Canada did not require to be informed regarding the history, of the question.It was written in letters of blood.The hon.gentleman had-referred.to the constitutional act of 17-9Ï ; but he concealed that that act always left the reserves subject to the control of the Canadian Legislature.The hon.gentlemen called this, an iniquitous measure.He (Mr.R.) begged to cal the hon.gentleman\u2019s attention to the fact that the only reservation which the imperial Parliament made in giving no control over the reserves was that the stipends Of the incumbents should be continued for life ; and in this\u2019 bill the very words of the imperial act on that point were used.The people of Englari\u2019d and the Imperial Parliament knew very well what was the stale of public opinion in this country; on this question ; and notwithstanding this a majority of the bishops voted for the Imperial Bill.The hon.gentlemen had'tauhted those members of the administration with whom he (Mr.W.) formerly acted for assisting to carry this measure.He (Mr: It.) contended that his colleagues who had thus yielded to the force of public opinion were deserving not of those taunts, but of the thanks of the public.They had assented to a measure which would save the country\u2014make, it a country worth living ip.The hon.gentlemen had reflected severely on our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects.\u2014(Mr.Walker\u2014No.) He was very glad that the hon.gentleman disclaimed having reflected upon our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects ; hut he (Mr.tW.) lad done so.The hon.gentleman had attempted to il raw a comparison between the Reserves and Uio Church property of Lower Canada.His hon.friend, the Receiver General, had truly said lhat the Roman Catholic property had b'een generally given by private individuals, whereas'the Reserves were never given to or vested in any religious body.Reference had been made to the Church endowments in the State of New York for comparison with the Reserves ; but the cases were not analogous, because the former property had been granted, while the Reserves never were.Hon.Mr.Moore would vote for the second reading of the bill.He intended to move\"cer-tain amendments in Committee ; and if they did not carry, he intended to vote against the third reading of the bill.In answer to some remarks from Mi) Qtjesnel, Hon.Mr.Tache said there were a certain class of people who did not desire any of these Reserves, but were willing to support their own Churches, and contended that they ought not to be called upon to contribute towards the support of others.He regarded the objection as a good one.He denied that this measure had been carried by the Catholics\u2014the truth was, a largo majority of the Protestants of Upper Canada were in favor of secularization, and whatever course the Catholics of Lower Canada might have taken, the result would have been the same.Hon.Mr.DeBeaojEau would vote for the second reading of the bill ; but if he heard some good reason xvhy this property ought to.be secured to the Protestants, he, as a Catholic, should finally vote against the measure.He was not, however, to be deterred from voting for it by any threats that had been thrown out.Hon.Mr.Walker denied that he had intended to throw out any threats; he had only expressed a fear that if this bill were carried the conn try would again be convulsed with agitation.Hon.Mr.McKay would not have voted for tlie measure if it did not provide for the commutation of the life claims of the incumbents, Hon.Mr.Goodhue believed this the best Bill that could be got under the circumstances.: He, knew Upper Canada well and he knew that a.great many persons in that section of the cou 11-try advocated the measure for no other pta-po'SC' than to get an opportunity to seize upon 'thé Church property of Lower Canada.This measure had been forced upon Protestants by Roman Catholics.The Government was formed Whh an undertaking between the -Cafliolics of Lower Canada and the Upper Canada section ofit .that tins and the Seigniorial Tenure Bill should be carried.This hill had been carried by Catholic, votes in the other House; and if carried here it Would be by Catholic votes.Finding this hill forced upon Protestants by Catholics, he, as a a Protestant, was willing to accept it as the best measure that could be got.It was a most'suici-dal measure for Protestants to carry; and he ffelt certain that Protestants of Upper Canada would complain that it was it was forced upon them by Catholics.He was, however, willingto givethlt bill a second and a third reading, on the ground that it was the best that could be got under the circumstances.Hon.Mr.Tache said the lion, gentleman (Mr.Goodhue) had used this bill à pretext for attacking the Catholics.The Catholic members of the administration never fdreed this measure on their colleagues, because they did not care two straws about it.Hon.Mr.QueSnel was told that there was a strong desire for this measure in Upper Canada.He enquiredwhy, and was told that some persons who called themselves voluntaries or other names did not desire any of this money and they contended that nobodykrise ought to get any Of it.He did not think Ibis a good reason ; for -the lands belongdo to the CroWn and it hait'a right to do what it thought proper with (hem.It had been said that this measure had been forced upon the Protestants by.the Roman Catholics ; but this was not correct.Ilq-thought the reason given by the hon.Speaker the one entitled to most weight: it was that the-pressure was so great:that the present premier had been unable to resist it ; and it seemed also that Her Majesty, the hend of the Church, had been unable to resist the pressure ; for tbe Imperial bill could not have been introduced into1 Parliament without her sanction.The bill was then read a second time, by a vote of 19 against 3,\u2014Messrs.Bourret, De Boucher ville, and Walker forming the minority.The bill was ordered to take the third reading on Wednesday! seigniorial tenure bill.The consideration of the Seigniorial Tenure Bill was postponed till to-morrow, in consequence, of the impaired condition of Mr.Dunkin\u2019s .voice, , BANK CAPITAL ANb CHARTER EXTENSION UILL9.The Banks\u2019 Bills were then severally read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.The Council then adjourned.Ciiiua, Crlassj and Earthenware, ¦WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT VERY LOW PRICES.THE Subscribers beg to invite the attention of old Customers, and the Public in general, to the large and beautiful Stock of GOODS now on sale at their Warehouse, the whole of which has been selected by one of the Firm, viz.:_ Breakfast, Dinner, Dessert and Tea Sets, Gob-, lets, Cut and Pressed Tumblers, Wine, Claret, Champagne aud Ale Glasses, Decanters, Custard and Jelly Glasses, Preserve Dishes, China Vases, and a.yariety of other Goods.In the Wholesale Department everything will be found complete, either by the original package, or packed to order by the dozen.THOMSON & MINCHIN, Successors to Robt.Anderson, .\t171 St, Paul Street, July 18,\t119\t' \\ \\ NOTICE TO ADVEETISEKS.ALL ADVERTISERS by theTear or Agreement are charged extra at the usual rates of advertising, \"when they exceed the limits of their agreements.We cannot undertake to return rejected communications.Notices of marriages, births and deaths, can only be inserted when authenticated by some party known to the publishers.TO CQEEESPGÏJTîEÏITS.No notice can betaken of anonymous communications.Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith.idTTAKE NOTICE.\u2014We take no letters out of the Post Office unless they are pes-paid.iCi* Our Correspondents will take notice that we refuse all letters received through the Post Office, unless the postage is prepaid.ÜÜA\u2019oî y'S TSUF-SO THURSDAY MORNING, NOV.30, 1854.(t>Debates and Parliamentary Proceedings, on First Page.Notice to Country Subscribers to the DAILY HERALD.Subscribers to the Daily Herald residing in the country, who have received their accounts by mail, will please remit the amount due, by the same conveyance, without delay.The Baltic\u2019s Mails reached town on Tuesday night, but as the Telegraph had already enabled us to give our readers a full summary of her news, we postponed our extracts from papers received until this morning.Ample details of the battle on the 25th ultimo will be found below; but, beyond the short extract from General ¦Canrobert\u2019s official report of the battle on the 5th instant, already published by us, we find nothing respecting it.It will he seen, by Lord Raglan\u2019s despatch, that any misconception of orders, which may have exposed our cavalry, under Lord Cardigan, to unnecessary danger and loss, was not on that brave and gallant officer\u2019s part, and, consequently, that the report of his having been suspended from his command, for rashness\u201d, is utterly unfounded.Ancuiviits of Ole Battles ott Hie 25tii and 2GtU October* Although no general action was fought from the 26th October to the 5th November, the eight days between these two dates are described as \u201c an incessant combat.\u201d It is reported that Lord Raglan has suspended the Earl of Cardigan from his command, for \u201crashness\u201d in the charge which proved so disastrous at Balaklava, A french General exclaimed when he witnessed the charge of the cavalry, \u201c c\u2019est très ,nagnifèque mais ce n\u2019est pas la guerre !\u201d The following details are selected from various sources :\u2014 filHE GREAT FIGHT OP THE 25th\u2014THE BATTLE-FIELD AND THE CONTEST.If the exhibition of the most brilliant valor, of the excess of courage, and of a daring which would have reflected lustre on the best days of chivalry can afford full consolation for the disaster of to-day, we can have no reason to regret the melancholy loss which we sustained in a contest with a savage and barbarian enemy.Before I proceed to my narrative, I must premise that certain feeling existed in some quarters that our cavalry had not been properly handled since they landed in the Crimea, and that they had lost golden opportunities from the indecision and excessive caution of their leaders, solely owing to the timidity of the officer in command.\u2014 The existence of this feeling was known to many of our cavalry, and they were indignant and exasperated that the faintest shade of suspicion should rest ou any of their corps.With the justice of these aspersions they seemed to think they had nothing to do, and perhaps the prominent thought in their minds was that they would give such an example of courage to the world, if the chance offered itself, as would shame their detractors for ever.It will be remembered that 11 battalions of Russian infantry had crossed the Chernaya, and that they threatened the rear of our position and our communication with Balaklava.It will be remembered also that the position we occupied in reference to Balaklava was supposed by most people to be very strong\u2014even impregnable.\u2014 Our lines were iormed by natural mountain slopes in the rear, along which the French had made very formidable intrenchments.Below those intrenchments, and very nearly in a straight line across the valley beneath, are four central hillocks, one rising above the other as they recede from our lines ; the furthest which joins the chain of mountains opposite to our ridges, being named Canrobert\u2019s Hill, from the meeting there of that General with Lord Raglan, after the march to Balaklava.On the top of each of these hills the Turks had thrown up earthen redoubts, defended by 250 men each, and armed with two or three guns\u2014some heavy ship guns\u2014lent by us to them,\twith one artilleryman in each redoubt to look after them.These hills cross the valley of Balaklava at a distance of about two and a half miles from the town.Supposing the spectator, then,\tto take his stand on one of the heights forming the rear of our camp before Sebastopol, he would see the town of Balaklava, with its scanty shipping, its narrow strip of water, and its old forts on his right hand.Immediately below he would behold the valley and plain of coarse mea. 45s ; White Wheat 12s®123 9d, Red 10s Sd/S) 11s ; Corn 44si@46s.Provisions generally unehanged.Trade at Manchester still drooping.The bullion in the Bank of England had increased £155,000.LIVERPOOL MARKETS.Breadstuffs lower\u2014wheat 3d., flour 6d., corn Is; consols closed 91J4.Death of Mr.John Howe Greene.\u2014This gentlemen, one of the oldest and most respected mer- I chants in Liverpool, died on Saturday morning, the 4tb, at his residence, in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.Mr.Greene was an American by birth, but had resided for upwards of thirty years in this country.The cause of death was an abscess, which began to form some time since ; it suppurated, and from that time his health rapidly declined.Mr.Greene for several years held the office of Chairman of the Birkenhead Commissioners, and at the meeting of the board, on Tuesday evening, it was unanimously agreed to send a letter of condolence to his widow and family.Mr.Rae (the present chairman) observed that Mr.Greene had died in his sixty third year, after serving Birkenhead as a commissioner for a third part of his life, bringing to the task an amount of talent and energy unequalled.His death was a public loss to Birkenhead.Several other members of the board paid a similar tribute of respect to the memory of their late chairman.\u2014Liverpool Paper.Male and Female Servants Wanted.A first-rate COOK, or COOK and HOUSEKEEPER.Also, a MAN, and a BOY not under fifteen years of age\u2014one accustomed to wait at table.None but competent persons need apply.Call at No.I Cornwall Terrace, St Denis St.Nov, 23.r 229 Wanted, SERVANT GIRL.Liberal wages given.Enquire at this Office.Nov.28.r 233 Furnished or unfurnished apartments, with BOARD, in a Private Family.For terms, address B.B,, office of this paper.Nov.24.\tm 230 irutatal iatlmmeni LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Quebec, Nov.29.Last night, the Lennox and Addington election committee reported in favor of Mr.Roblin.A bill to amend the law of Savings Banks was read a second time on motion of Mr.Drummond.The tariff resolutions were concurred in by the House after a considerable debate, and several amendments being proposed and lost.\u2014 Among these amendments were the following\u2014 To repeal Customs duties imposed by Acts 12th Victoria and 16th Victoria on the following articles and to impose instead thereto the ad valorem duties annexed, viz sugar of all kinds, tobacco, cigars and snuff, molasses, whiskey, 30- per cent; wine of all kinds 40 per cent ; tea and coffee, 10 percent; rum, brandy, Geneva, gin or other spirits, cordials and liquors, 100 per cent.To repeal the dnty imposed on animals, meats, butter, cheese, flour, barley, buckwheat, (bear & big) oats, rye, beans and peas, meal of the above grains and wheat not bolted, bran in shorts and hops, free ; bark, berries, nuts, vegetables, woods and drugs, used solely in dyeing, and indigo, bristles, burr-stones unwrought, coal and coke, grease and scraps, hemp, flax and tow, undressed hides, junks and oakum, lard, lead, pig or sheet, marble in blocks, unpolished, oil, cocoa-nut, pine and palm' only, ores of all kinds of metals, pipeclay, resin and rosin, saw-logs, ships\u2019 water-casks in use and teazles, broom corn, wood used in making carpenters\u2019 or joiners\u2019 tools, tallow, tar and pitch, type metal in blocks or pigs, wool, caoutchouc, corks of all kinds, sail-cloth, copper in bars or in sheets, yellow metal in bars or in sheets, bright or black varnish, marine cement, treenails, bunt- j ing, felt, sheeting, printing presses, printing type, printing ink, and printing implements of all kinds ; book binders tools, presses, and implements of all kinds, old netts, and robes, cotton and flax, waste rags, fire clay and Russia hemp, yarn, candle wick, fire bricks, fishing hooks, nets, &c., bar, rolled, rod, sheet iron, bars and sheets of iron not otherwise manufactured, boiler plate, chains, crank, hoop, pig, scrap and old iron, railroad bar, round and square iron, steel, roll sulphur, tin and zinc, wire, telegraph and bridge, and that said articles should be free of duties except in cases of the suspension of the Reciprocity Treaty to extend the provision of 10 to 11 Victoria, authorizing the manufacture of articles in bond to the refining of sugar.Mr.Galt moved an amendment to the said amendment, that the duties on raw sugar and molasses be reduced to 10 per cent instead of 30 per cent.Yeas 32 ; Nays 55.Mr.Ferrie moved in amendment to Mr.Young\u2019s, that the following articles bear custom\u2019s duties, as follows :\u2014Sugar Refined, in loaves, crushed, candy, or bastard, 20 per cent ; Sugar, raw, 15 per cent, and molasses 20 per cent.Teas 33 ; Nays 53.Mr.Ferris again moved in amendment to Mr.Young\u2019s motion\u2014That earthenware and crockery bear a duty of 10 per cent.Negatived.Mr.Young\u2019s motion was then negatived.Yeas 30 ; Nays 57.Mr.Young moved an amendment, that the resolution be recommitted, with a view to consider the following resolution\u2014That it is expedient to repeal the duty of l i_^ per cent now imposed by Act 12 Victoria, on all goods not otherwise charged with duty, and that in lien thereof a duty of 10 per cent, ad valorem, be imposed.Yeas 25 ; Nays 54 Mr.Mackenzie moved in amendment, That the said Resolution be recommitted for the purpose of considering if the following be admitted :\u2014 Certain linen manufactures, threads, machinery, iron and hardware admitted at 10 per cent.Yeas, 24 ; Nays, 49.Mr.Thibaudeau moved, That the Resolution be recommitted to amend the same by reducing the duty on tea and coffee to 10 per cent, and on tobacco to 28 per cent.Mr.Larwill moved in amehdment, That the said Resolution be recommitted for the purpose of substituting tbe following in place of the second Resolution :\u2014That all coffee, molasses, salt, raw and bastard sugars, tea and rice be admitted free, and that upon the following articles the duty be doubled : brandy, gin, rum, whiskey, choice wines, cordials, snuff and tobacco.Yeas, 6 ; Nays, 58.The Tariff bill was then read a first time.To-day the House sat at 11 o'clock.Montreal Pot and Pearl Ash bill was passed through Committee.The Argenteuil Election Committee reported against Bellingham in consequence of the poll being closed too soon, and a writ for a new election was issued.The Kamouraska Election Committee against Chapais, the sitting member, on account of fictitious votes\u2014thousand in number being inserted in the poll books\u2014and also on account of violence on both sides.They recommended that Deputy Returning Officer be prosecuted.On motion for the issue of the writ, Mr.Hincks said he thought it ought not to issue until the House had seen the evidence and was in a position to determine whether it should not suspend the writ or wholly disfranchise the country.In England it had often been done for reasons less than those which apparently would be disclosed by the report.Sir A.McNab took the same view, and after a long discussion during which the ministry were taunted with not having taken the same course in the Saguenay election, the motion was then withdrawn.Mr.Morin also promised that the ministry would introduce a law to restrain by registration or otherwise the gross irregularities which had been proved to take place in Lower Canadian Elections.When the report left, the Montreal Medical School bill had just been lost.The public were excluded from the Legislative Council yesterday in consequence of a difference between the Speaker and the Hon.J.Morris.That body has passed all the Bank bills and has read the Seigniorial Tenure a second time.The Clergy Reserves bill will be passed tonight in the Legislative Council.New York, Nov.29.Private letters from England state that it is the determination of the British Government to enforce with the greatest vigor the blockades of the Ports of the Baltic, Black and White seas, and sea of Azoff, in the spring.The Asia sailed at noon to-day, with Si passengers, and $180,000 in specie.The weather here is getting wintry, snow falling heavily.NEW YORK MARKETS\u2014Nov.29.Flour\u2014Market much depressed to sell to any extent.Holders have to submit to a decline of 12)^ to 25 cents.Sales show a decline of fully 12cts.Exporters have withdrawn from the market, and local dealers are only buying from hand to mouth.Sales 286 brls at $8,12 Id) $8,37 for State ; good lots can be got at $8,12 i@ $8,50 ; $8,50 (3) $8,87 for Western.Canadian quiet.Grain\u2014Wheat depressed ; fair supply belt little demand.Sale 2,800 bushels Prime Red Indiana at $1,94.Cora\u2014Dull and lower; sales 19,000 bushels at 90cJ 10^ 10% MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, THURSDAY, NOYEMBER 30, 1854.' LEGAL NOTICES.Province oe Canada, District of Montreal, Circuit of L\u2019Assomption.IN THE CIRCUIT COURT.Thursday, the second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.present: Jean Casimir Bruneàü, Esq., C.J.No.761.PIERRE URGEL ARCHAMBAULT, Esquire, merchant, of the Village of L\u2019Assomption, in the Circuit of L\u2019Assomption, in the District of Montreal, Plaintiff, vs.JEAN BAPTISTE RICHARD, son of Joseph Richard, farmer and joiner of the Parish of St.Paul, in the Circuit of Berthier, in the said District, Defendant.Nov.17.Barge for Quebec.THE BARGE \u201c HARMONY,\u2019\u2019 capable of taking 6000 barrels FLOUR, is now ready to receive freight.WM.LINDSAY, Agent.224 THE COURT, on motion of Messrs.Pichk & Ap.chambault, Advocates of the Plaintiff, orders that, inasmuch as it appears by the report of Barthélemy Peltier, one of the bailiffs of the Court, made upon the writ of summons in this cause, that the Defendant cannot bs found in the parish of St.Paul, and that he has left his domicile therein heretofore inhabited by him, and that he is absent from that part of the Province of Canada, formerly constituting Lower Canada, he shall, by an advertisement inserted twice in the French and in the English language, in the \u201c Pays1' and the \u201c Montreal Herald,\" newspapers published in the City of Montreal, be notified to appear before this Court, and there make answer to the demand of the said Plaintiff, within two months after the last insertion of such advertisement ; and in default of the said Defendant making appearance and making answer to such demand within the time above-mentioned, that it be permitted to the said Plaintiff to proceed to proof and judgment as in a cause by default.By the Court, L.G.DeLORIMIER, 235\tClerk of the said Court.FOR CHARTER, THE Brig \u201cPREMIER,\u201d 194 Tons Register, is willing to accept a Charter for any good and safe Port.A.M.FORBES, Consignee.Nov.14.\t221 Ship \u201c Valleyfield \u201d IS ENTERED INWARDS at the Custom House.Her goods are expected up from Quebec in Barges daily.Consignees are requested to have their entries passed without delay.JAMES BURNS & CO., Agents.Nov.11.\t219 LEGAL SALES- ATSBK\u2019iïTOra' r V0LUNT1R¥LI\u20acITAT!0N AFFECTING A PROPERTY of GREAT VALUE.WILL BE SOLD, upon the premises, on MONDAY-, the ELEVENTH of DECEMBER next, at ELEVEN o\u2019clock precisely in the Forenoon, to the last and highest bidder :\u2014 THAT BEAUTIFUL and SPACIOUS LOT of LAND, belonging to the succession of the late Mr.JOSEPH AUSSEM, opposite the bridge on St.Antoine Street, communicating between Bonaventure and St.Antoine Sts., measuring sixty French feet in front, by one hundred and thirty-five French feet in depth, bounded in front by the said Bonaventure St., in rear by the property of Mr.Walter Benny, on one side, to the North-East, by that of biles.Marie Claire and Elizabeth Aussem, and on the other side, to the South-West, by the heirs Masurette, with two houses, the one of two stories and the other of one story, thereon erected.The conditions of sale will be announced on the day of adjudication, or may be ascertained before, by application to the Delies.Aussem, on the premises, to Mr.Joseph Robillard, Vitre Sireet, to Joseph Aussem, Esq., N.P., Little St.James\u2019 Street, or to the undersigned.By order of those interested.J.A.LABADIE, N.P.J.E.V.LABADIE, N.P.Montreal, 24th Nov., 1854.\tTts 231 NOTRE DAME STREET TAMILS CHlOCERir.New Fruit Crop-1854, DIRECT FROM MALAGA.LAYER RAISINS, boxes, hf-do and qtrs Bunch Muscatel, do do do Turkey Figs, % drums Layer Raisins, in fancy boxes Prunes, in glass jars and bxs Sultana Raisins, in drums Zante Currants, superior qualities Jordan and Valencia Almonds Soft Shelled Almonds Spanish Nuts Walnuts Oranges and Lemons \u2014And on band,\u2014 Hennessey\u2019s Superior Old Pale Brandy Vintage 1846 Ramsav\u2019s Islay Whiskey DANIEL LANIGAN, 264 Notre Dame Street.Nov.24.\t230 NOTICE.THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between the Subscribers, carrying on business under the firms of ROBERT CLARKE & CO.and CLARKE, GREGORY & GO, have this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent.AH persons having CLAIMS against the said firms, are hereby notified that they have made an Assignment of their Estate to Messrs.TYRE, COLQUHOUN & OO.\u2019 for the benefit of their Creditors, and to whom all parties indebted to tne said firms are requested to make immediate payment.ROBERT CLARKE, JOHN U.GREGORY.Montreal, Nov.11, 1854.\t230 NOTICE.ESTATE OF JAMES FLEMING.A DIVIDEND will be paid to the Creditors of the above-named Estate, on MONDAY, the ELEVENTH DECEMBER, 1854, at the Office of BOUDREAU, HERARD & CO., No.198 and 200 Notre Dame Street.U.BOUDREAU, H.LAVENDER, Curators.Nov.24.\t230 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIYEN that an application will be made to the Provincial Parliament, in its present session, for an ACT to INCORPORATE a JOINT STOCK COMPANY,for the purpose of INSURING PASSENGERS ON RAILWAYS AGAINST INJURY, under the title oftheRAILWAY PASSENGERS\u2019 ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA.WM.H.HOPPER, Provisional Secy.Montreal, Oct.11, 1854.\tddde 193 P.IPÆH ; PJlPEll ! WRAPPING, PBITifîSD 181TT1IG THE Subscriber is now receiving 1©,©0© REAMS assorted WRAPPING PAPER, which, with his present extensive Stock of PAPER and STATIONERY, he will sell at low prices and on reasonable terms.Also, a few TONS of SHEATHING, suitable for Roofing and admirably adapted for laying under Carpets.JAMES CHALMERS, 224 St.Paul Street.October 18.\t198 jLtmterns, Isamps, S'c.ON HAND, and NOW OPENING, a complete assortment of Steamboat Lamps, Lanterns and Signals Railway Lamps, Signals and Head Lights Shop Lamps, Gas Shades, Lamp Globes, &c., AT THE LAMP DEPOT, 161 St.Paul Street, Corner opposite Gillespie, Moffatt & Oo.\u2019s.W.R.HIBBARD.May 12.\t62 F OR SALE by the Subscribers :\u2014 1000 pairs Mackinaw Blankets, 2\t6 points 1000 do Super Heavy, Mediums & White Witney do 1000 do Radical\tdo 500 pieces 4-4 Scarlet Flannels 300 do do White and Coloured do White, Coloured and Check White Wool Kersey and ¦200 do do Saxony do 200 do do Serges Pilot Cloths, Marble and Mixed Witney, Black and Coloured Beavers, Reversible do.Fancy Mixed Siberian Cloths, Black and Coloured Mohair do, AMABLE PREVOST & CO.( 150 St.Paul Street.September 15.\t170 H OOPS FOR SALE-200,000 good Split Flour Barrel Hoops.J.G.SIMS, Champ de Mars Street.Nov.11.\t1m 219 THE Subscriber has just received, ex \u201c Ottawa\u201d and \u201c Sarah Sands,\u201d a large assortment of SEASONABLE DRY GOODS, selected in the English, French and German Markets, consisting of\u2014 Fine and Superfine Broad Cloths, Assorted Cassimeres, Plain and Fancy Vestings of the very best quality, Gloves, Braces, &c.Superior Mouseline de Laine, Silks, Barege, Orleans and Cobourg, Ribbons, Shirting, Sheeting, Fancy Regattas, Neck and Pocket Hdkfs.Daily expected, ex \u201cCleopatra\u201d and other ships A Complete and Choice Assortment, well worthy the attention of the fashionable.\u2014also,\u2014 A General Assortment of FRESH GROCERIES.L.MARCHAND.May 26.\t74 F1 OR SALE by the Subscribers\u2014 150 kegs \u201c Griffin's\u201d Horse Nails 100 do \u201c Best Best\u201d do do 200 do Canada Rose Nails 50 do Countersink Clout Nails 250 boxes 10 Charcoal Tin Plates 400 kegs Cut Nails, assorted Bar, Hoop and Band Iron \u201cBank\u2019s\u201d Horse Shoe Iron Oval und Half-Round Iron Cast Steel, Square, Round and Octagon Anvils, Vices, &c &c FOLEY, ELLIOTT & OO., 265 St.Paul Street.September 9,\t165 HALIFAX AND PORTLAND PACKETS.The Splendid new Brig OCEAN BRIDE, 146 tons N.M., Samoel Gowen, Master, has been placed on the line between Halifax and Portland, and will run as a regular Packet.She will leave Portland on the-.For Freight or Passage, having excellent accommodations, Apply to Nov.11.JOHN RHYNAS & CO., 22 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.219 TO CONSIGNEES.THE ADDISON, Captain Brown, from Glasgow, is entered inwards at the Custom House.Consignees will please pass their entries without delay.KING, REED & OO., Agents.October 21.\t201 NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.CONSIGNEES per ADMITTANCE, from Liverpool, Steamer MONTMORENCI, lighte'r, will please pass their entries without delay.HENRY CHAPMAN & CO., Agents.October 17.\t197 Missing ! A COUPLE OF BOXES ex S.S.\u201c CHARITY,\u2019 one covered with black hide .and the other with canvas, addressed \u201cMISS MURPHY.\u201d\u2014 Information will be thankfully received by DAVID BELLHOUSE.Nov.25.\tdu 231 Missing, ONE Hogshead of EARTHENWARE, marked A [B] M, No.6, landed on the 30th October from the \u201cBRITANNIA.\u201d Any person who is in possession of the same, will oblige the Subscriber by sending it to Ex.Warehouse.ADOLPHUS BOURNE.Nov.22.\t228 LOST, COUPON No.7, for £7 10s.on Town of Bytown Railroad Debenture, No.45, due 1st November, instant.Whoever returns it to this Office will be suitably rewarded.Nov.16.\t223 LOST, on SATURDAY, the 7th instant, a NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.A liberal reward will be given, if returned to No.4, Waverley Terrace, or to this Office.Oct.14.\t.195 Tinsmiths, TWO TINSMITHS will meet with constant employment, and ihe highest wages given, by applying to S.BUTTERWORTH, 94 St.Lawrence Street.Also, an APPRENTICE wanted.Nov.22.\t228 Lost, ON the 31st of August last, a MEMORANDUM BOOK OF ACCOUNTS, of no use to any body but the owner.And on the 1st September, A BUNCH OF KEYS.Whoever may have found the same, and will bring them to this Office, will be liberally rewarded.September 5.\t161 Board and Residence.A LADY and GENTLEMAN, or TWO GEN-' TLEMEN, can be accommodated with the above in a PRIVATE FAMILY, where all the comforts of a home will be found.Distance wiihin ten minutes walk of the Post Office.House and neighborhood first class.Address or apply at the office of this paper-Nov.18.\t225 Church Organ for Sale.A FINE BARREL ORGAN, built by JOSEPH WALKER, London, almost new, and in good order ; plays 27 Psalm Tunes, 2 Voluntaries, and \u201c Gloria Patri.\u201d The selection of tunes is unexceptionable.Handsome case of solid Mahogany, in the Gothic style, with gilded pipes ; may be examined in the Episcopal Church, Chambly.This Organ will be sold a great bargain, and is well worthy the attention of parties wanting such an instrument.Application for particulars to T.G.HATT, Chambly, O.E.Nov.18.\t2w 225 notice\u201d to creditors.WILLIAM McCRACKEN of Kingston, Merchant, having executed an Assignment of all his Stock in Trade and effects to the undersigned for the benefit of his Creditors, executing the same within three months from this date, Notice is hereby given that the Deed of Assignment will lie at the office of Ross, Mitchell & Co., Toronto, for execution by all parties concerned.Dated at Toronto, this 10th Nov., 1854.JAMES MITCHELL, > Asai\u201eaees HERBERT TOPPING.$ 's-saignee3-Nov.25.\t1m 231 ALL persons having claims against the Estate and Succession of the late JOHN WALLS, as well the late JANET HOGAN, his wife, are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned ; and all persons indebted to the said Estate and Succession, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.daniel Macdonald, Curator.St.Laurent, Nov 23.\t1m 231 GENTLEMEN\u2019S WINTER HOSIERY AND GLOVES Gentlemen\u2019s Lambs\u2019 Wool Drawers Gentlemen\u2019s Lambs\u2019 Wool Shirts Gentlemen\u2019s Flannel Shirts Gentlemen\u2019s Gloves, in Kid, Cloth, Beaver, Doe, &c, lined with Lamb and Silk, &c All of the best qualities, and latest styles, At W.W.CAMPBELL\u2019S, No.8 Great St.James St.Nov.6.\t_ 214 Office in St.Sacrament Street to Let.THE Subscriber being about to remove to his new Store, (Hon.John Young's Buildings,) McGill Street, is prepared to LET THE OFFICE at present occupied by him at 13 St.Sacrament Street.Its proximity to the \u201cExchange\u201d renders it one of the most desirable situations for an Office in town.WM.MEIKLEHAM.Nov.16.\t223 WINT^ERM! LAYENDER, Sfflerchant and Military bailor, 80 Me GILL STREET, HAS now completed bis assortment of WINTER GOODS as follows :\u2014 Beavers, Canada Greys, Petershams, Cassimeres, Reversible Cloths, Doeskins, Pilot Cloths,, Tweeds, Plushes, Velvets, Satins, Silks, which he will make up to order in the best and most fashionable manner, at the lowest possible prices for Ready Money.N.B.\u2014Military Uniforms, Servants\u2019 Liveries, Driving Coats, &c.BEABÎY-MÂIM3 CEOTIEIRIG In variety and superior quality, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.October 24.\t203 BOSTON CLOTHING STORE MUIR, EWM â CO.Wholesale, No.78, Eetail, 59 McGill St.HAVE now on hand, the largest and best assorted STOCK of FALL and WINTER READY-MADE CLOTHING in this Market, comprising, in part of1\u2014 Etoffe, Whitneys, plain, mixed and clouded Satinets, plain and fancy Petershams, in variety of col or Doeskins, Lyonskins, and Beavers Black Cloth, Tweed, and Reversible Overcoats Morning and Business Coats Trowsers and Vests, in great variety O ver-all Shirts and Pants Flannel Shirts and Kersey Drawers, &c., &c.The whole having been got up with care, and placed at very Low Prices, they invite the attention of those engaged in the trade.M.E.& Co.having engaged the services of a principal Cutter from one of the most Extensive and Fashionable Tailoring .Establishments in New York, will give particular attention to the Customer Department.Sept.16.\t171 Fire l*roof Safes.THE Undersigned have been appointed SOLE AGENTS in Lower Canada, for the sale of the FIRE PROOF SAFES manufactured by EBWAKSS, FESNALD & CO., OF BOSTON.These Safes will be found to possess every requisite to secure safety, as well against the effects of fire as from the ingenuity of burglars.They have had a high degree of favor in the United States, where they command a rapid sale.The Undersigned have now on hand an assortment of these articles for salé, and will be able to furnish any intending purchaser with numberless certificates as to their quality and value.RICE & BANCROFT.May 19.\t68 AUCTION SALES.BIT S\u2019.».BÏÏS.XWÜ.B.S & CO.THIS MORNING.SALE OF TAMARACK FIREWOOD.On THURSDAY, the 80th November, WILL BE SOLD ON JACQUES CAStTIEB.WHARF, 100 CORDS OF TAMARACK FIREWOOD.AUCTION SALES.sn?j.Or.smFWA'sr.THIS HAY.SPECIAL SALE TEAS, TOBACCO, To Close Accounts.&c.\u2014In lots suitable to purchasers.Cash ou delivery.Sale at ELEVEN o\u2019clock, A.M.J.D.BERNARD & OO., 234\tAuctioneers.On Sale of a Baakrapt Estai®.SATURDAY, 2nd December next, AT THE STORES OF MR.LOUIS DESIIOSIERS, No.86, St.Paul St., WILL BB SOLD WHOM OP ms ST@GS£, CONSISTING OP A large Assortment of Ready Made Clothing, &e., at so much in the Pound.Sale at TEN o\u2019clock, A.M.J.D.BERNARD * Co.234\tAuctioneers.GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, ON THURSDAY NEXT, NOV.B0, jr.a.smsw* w\\iiTk* WILL SELL BY AUCTION, JkT HESS S'POB.BS.Having positive instructions to close without Reserve, 250 half-chests Twankay and Black Teas 120 boxes Manufactured Tobacco 175 brls London White Bastard Sugar 50 puns Muscovado Molasses 150 brls Crashed Sugar 64 half-cheats Twankay\tj AUCTION SALES.¦ BIT ffosm TOSÏUS.TATTEBSALLS.ON FRIDAY NEXT, December I, WILL BE SOLD, THE PROPERTY OF J, D, & CO,, 50 25 30 25 13 1 50 do do do do do do do do do do do do do do F TEAS 25 chests HE Public are respectfully informed that the T Quebec and Richmond SECTION OF THIS RAILWAY Will be opened for the conveyance of Passengers and Goods, ON MONDAY, Ihe 27th instant.Trains will LEAVE LONGUEUIL at 10 a.m., and 8.30 p.m.; and POINT LEVI, opposite Quebec, at 8 30 a.m., and 9 p.m.Winter Fare between Montreal and Quebec, $6 Summer Fare between Montreal and Quebec, In neither case do these Fares include the passage across the River.Arrangements have been made with Messrs.Hogan & Penn, of the Saint Lawrence Hall, to convey Passengers in well appointed Sleighs to and from Longueuil and Montreal, which will call at the Express Booking Office, 53 Great St.James Street, for Passengers three-quarters of an hour before the departure of every Train.\u2014 Fare Is.3d.The Company have also secured the services of the most careful and experienced men to convey Passengers across the river at Quebec, after the close of the navigation.Fare Half-a-Dollar each,\u2014but they will not hold themselves responsible for any loss or damage in that traverse.iCT REFRESHMENT ROOMS have been also provided at the RICHMOND JUNCTION.TIME TABLES, Shewing the arrival and departure of the Trains at the Local Stations, and any other information, may be obtained at the Express Office, at the General Offices, Little Saint James Street, of Mr.MARTIN, Superintendent, Longueuil, and of Mr.HANSON, Railway Station, Point Levi.S.P.BIDDER, November 18.General Manager.1m 225 CHAMPIiAIY & ST.RAWRBSrCR RAIL.RO AD.NEW ARRANGEMENT.ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, Nov.22nd, the Steamer IRON DU KE will leave MONTREAL, CARRYING FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS ONLY, to connect with the Trains for ROUSE\u2019S POINT, at 8:00 A M, and 3:30 P M ; connecting at ROUSE\u2019S POINT with the Lake Champlain Steamers and the Boston, New York and Ogdensburgh Railroads.Passengers by the Morning Train, arrive at Ogdensburgh the same afternoon, and at New York and Boston the next day about noon.Those taking the Afternoon Train, reach New York and Boston the next day.For tickets or information respecting the various Routes in the United States and Canada West, apply at the \u201c GENERAL RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE,\u201d 69 Commissioners\u2019 Street, opposite Quebec Steamboat Basin.W.A.MERRY, Secretary.November 21.\t216 G RANI) TRUNK RAILWAY.TO BUILDERS.TENDERS FOR BUILDING STATIONS.rjnHE undersigned is prepared to receive TEN-1 DERS for the ERECTION of STATION BUILDINGS at Brockville, Prescott, Matilda, Morrisburg, Cornwall and Lancaster.Plans and specifications may be inspected at, the Offices of the Contractors for the Grand Trunk Railway, at Point St.Charles, in the City of Montreal, where Tenders will be received up to the TWENTY-NINTH of NOVEMBER.Security for the due performance of the contract will be required, and the undersigned does not bind himself to accept the lowest tender.JAMES HODGES.Contractor\u2019s Office, ) Point St.Charles, Montreal, ^ October 25, 1854.\t) dddb 198 MONTREAL AND BYTOWN RAILWAY.NOTICE is hereby given, that Trains will run DAILY between CARILLON and GRENVILLE, on the arrival of the Mail Boats from MONTREAL and BYTOWN respectively, for the conveyance of Passengers and Goods.ALEXANDER SCLATER, Superintendent.Carillon, Nov.2nd, 1854.\t211 BANK OP MONTREAL.Montreal, 27th October, 1854.Notice is hereby given, that a dividend of THREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENT on the Capital Stock of this Institution has been this day DECLARED, for the current HALF YEAR, and will be payable at its Banking House in this City, on or after the FIRST day of DECEMBER next.The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 18th of November till the 1st day of December.A.SIMPSON, 207\tCashier.CITY BANK.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND of THREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENT upon the CAPITAL STOCK of this Institution, has this day been DECLARED, for the current HALF YEAR, and that the same will be payable at the Banking House in this City, on and after the FIRST day of DECEMBER next.The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED between the 18th day of November and the first day of December.By order of the Board, F.MACCULLOCH, Cashier.Montreal, 30th October, 1854.\t209 50 Spool Threads.CASES DICK & SONS\u2019 [Clyde Mills] well known SPOOLS, in three and six Cords, in Zinc Cannisters \u2014also,\u2014 Dick\u2019s Celebrated \u201c Stag\u2019s Head\u201d Crotchet Cotton.ForSaie by WILLIAM HOBBS, Jr.Old Exchange, St.Joseph St., ?October 23.\t)\t202 H.JONES & CO., ARE obliged to give notice that they cannot receive any more Goods for Steamers at present, except for Brockville and Kingston in Barges, till they have off a part of what they now have on hand.Schooner Empress can take a few more goods for Welland Canal, Port Dover and Port Stanley.October 26.\t205 ZmBsÆll PUATES.FOR SALE, inch and % inch BEST BOILER PLATE, at\u201dthe Eagle Foundry.GEORGE BRUSH.July 31.\t184 150 British Plate Glass.CASES, assorted sizes, For sale cheap by G.J.HOUGHTON.Nov.22.db 228 For sale :- Canada and American MESS PORK, in bond or duty paid Tallow and Soap Grease Prime and Prime Mess Beef NOAD BROTHERS.Montreal, Nov.24.\tr 227 CANDLES\u2014 50 boxes ENGLISH BELMONT SPERM CANDLES 25 do do SPERM CANDLES For Sale by PHILIP HOLLAND.Nov, 24.\t230 Hyson Skin Souchong Young Hyson Superior Twankay Hyson Twankay Pouehong Fine Twankay Souchong 100 boxes Cavendish Tobacco 87 do Honey Dew 250 do Eureka fine Honey Dew 20 hhds Refined|Sugar 110 boxes Saleratus 14\tkegs Prunes 11 frails Jordan Almonds 20 brls London Porter and Ale 100 doz Playing Cards 50 boxes London Sperm Candles 100 do Brown Windsor Soap 50 gross Corkwood Night Lights 75 doz Eau de Cologne 5 casks Whale Oil 5 brls Scotch Ale 100 bxs Ground Pepper 300 do Digby Herrings 15\tcasks Bordeaux Vinegar 3 packages Gum Arabic With many other articles.Sale at THREE o\u2019clock punctually.J.G.SHIPWAY, 235\tAuctioneer.Ou FEIBAY next?1st; December, AT THE STORES OF GOEBOI à C0.f WILL BE SOLD, To close sundry Consignments: A quantity of German Sheet Glass, assorted sizes White Paint, in 281b tins Black do, in 2811.tins Green do, in 7!I) tins Yellow do, in 71b tins Blue do, in 14 x 7fc tins Dry White Lead, in 1121b kegs Kegs Brunswick Blue, Celestial Blue, Brunswick Green, Braganza, Green and Chrome Yellow, each 561bs Lamp Black, in brls Black.Lead, in 561b boxes, containing 2oz.packages Mixed Pickles, in cases Washing Cake, do Custard Powder, do Currie do, do Roll and Flour Sulphur, in brls Davidson\u2019s Table Salt, in brls Sherry, Cape, and Canary Wines, in qr-easks 8's, 10\u2019s, and 16\u2019s Cavendish Tobaccos \u2014and\u2014 For account of whom it may concern\u2014 A quantity of German Plums, in tres Do Turkey Figs, in drums & hhds Do Pickles, in cases Do Mustard, in kegs and 341bs Do Dry White Lead, in kegs and 112fts And a quantity of Sponges.Sale at half-past TEN o\u2019clock.J.G.SHIPWAY, 233\tAuctioneer.TO ENGINEERS, &e.THE Subscriber has now on hand the following TOOLS, all first class, which may be seen at bis new Store (Hon.John Young's Buildings, McGill Street), viz.:\u2014 ONE \u201c WHITWORTH\u2019S \u201d RADIAL DRILL ONE PLANING MACHINE ONE EXTRA STRONG DRILLING and BORING MACHINE TWO VERTICAL DRILLING AND BORING MACHINES TWO TRANSVERSE PLANING and CURVILINEAR SHAPING MACHINES ONE SCREW CUTTING MACHINE \u2014also,\u2014 ONE DOUBLE-GEARED SCREW PACKING PRESS 30,000 BEST ARCH and CUPOLA FIRE BRICK for Sale.WM.MEIKLEHAM.Nov.22.\t228 1\u2018DUmUliIi, MUIR & DO,, BEG leave to return thanks to their numerous friends, for the liberal support which has been extended to them during the short time that they have been in business, and to assure them that no exertion will be wanting on their part to merit a continuance of their patronage.They would call attention to their present STOCK of FANCY and STAPLE DRY GOODS, which will be found complete, comprising in part :\u2014 Bonnet and Mantle Velvets, French Ribbons and Flowers, Dress Silks in every variety from the plain Gro to the Gorgeous Antique, French Merinos, Rich Embroidered do., Ladies\u2019 Pelise Cloths for Cloaks and Mantles, Embroidered work in Collars, Sleeves, Habits, Chemisettes, Dimity Sleeves and Habits in Setts.The new Empress Eugene Canso, Flouncing, White Robes for Evening Dresses, Houlton Collars, Sieeves and Chemisettes, &c.&c.&c.The stock of Ladies\u2019 Long Plaids and Broche Shawls will be found to be unequalled by .any House in the Trade.To Gents, they would direct special attention to their Stock of \u201c Scotch Plaids\u201d of the newest patterns ; Lamb\u2019s Wool Vests and Pants, L»mb\u2019s Wool Hose and half Hose, Scarfs and Ties in every variety, Lambskin Lined Kid Gloves and Gauntlets, Cloth, Buck, and Vecuna ditto.To those who appreciate a good fit in a Shikt, they would recommend the \u201c Gorget \u201d make, recently introdneed by one of the first makers at the West End, London ; for comfort, ease, and elegance, they stand unrivalled.The Subscribers do not profess to sell at cost ¦price and under ; knowing that public opinion has come to the conclusion that the oft repeated ery of \u201cSelling off under Cost Price,\u201d \u201c Clearing out Sale,\u201d \u201cDissolution of Partnership,\u201d &c,&c., is humbug.Upon examination, they feel satisfied that their Goods and Prices will compare favorably with any House in the Trade.Doors open at 7 A.M., and close at 7 P.M.M\u2019DUNNOUGH, MUIR & CO., 185 Notre Dame Street.November 17.\t224 NEW BOOKS, TUST RECEIVED\u2014a fresh supply of the ' UNI-J TED PRESBYTERIAN HYMN BOOK New Volume of NE ANDERS\u2019 CHURCH HISTORY, Vol 5, 12s 6d THE BOOK AND ITS STORY, a work of great interest, very suitable for the young, 5s LECTURES ON ROMANISM, by Dr.Gumming, 5s SELF-EXPLANATORY EIBLE.Bound in Cape Morocco, Marble Edges, 16s 3d \u201c\t\u201c\t\u201c Gilt Edges, 21s 3d \u201c\tMorocco GiltEdges, 21s 3d \u201c Best Morocco, Flexible Backs, 28s 9d \u201c\tAntique Morocco, 32s 6d FAMILY CHRISTIAN ALMANAC For 1855\u20144d each, 2s 6d per doz., 17s 6d per 100 \u2014also,\u2014 RELIGIOUS and MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL BOOKS CHILDREN\u2019S BOOKS BIBLES, TESTAMENTS, PSALM and PRAYER BOOKS ALMANACS FOR 1855.SCOBIE\u2019S, Family Christian and Farmer\u2019s Almanacs for 1855.Wholesale and Retail.JOHN DOUGALL, 255 St.Paul Street.Nov.17.\t274 NEW GOODS BIT SHS\tA&aiVAIiS.J PARKIN is in receipt of a beautiful assort-.ment of NEW LACE and MUSLIN GOODS \u2014CAMBRIC and SWISS EMBROIDERIES ; Honiton, Guipure, Spanish Point, Maltese, and Thread LACES, in all the New and Fashionable articles for MORNING & EVENING DRESSES.These CHOICE FABRICS will be sold at the lowest possible remunerating prices, by JAMES PARKIN, Laceman, 168 (Old No.116) Notre Dame St.Nov.16.\t223 ' IVERPOOL SALT\u2014 L4 6000 Minots in Bulk 600 Barrels For Sale by PHILIP HOLLAND.October 30.\t208 Fire Bricks and Grindstones, FOR SALE by the Subscribers\u2014 20,000 Best Newcastle FIRE BRICKS 500 do GRINDSTONES, assorted, from 16 to 60 inches ¦ FROTHINGHAM & WORKMAN.Julv 14.\t116 English cheese 10 baskets Queen\u2019s Arms 5 do\tDouble Gloucester 5 do Cheshire 5 cases North Wiltshire do DANIEL LANIGAN, 264 Notre Dame Street Nov.24.\t230 [Disposed of solely in consequence of their having no further use for them,] Mine First Glass Horses.o.1\u2014Dark Dapple Grey Gelding, 7 years old.\t\t 2\u2014\tdo\tdo\tdo, 8\tdo 3\u2014Bay Gelding,\t6\tdo 4\u2014Brown do,\t9\tdo 5\u2014Bay\tdo,\tG\tdo 6\u2014D\u2019k Bay do,\t7\tdo 7\u2014Brown do,\t5\tdo 8\u2014Black do,\tG\tdo 9\u2014Bay Mare,\t5\tdo They were obtained at\tgreat expense,\tare in good condition and sound ; would make excellent Carriage Horses, having good action and perfectly kind in every way.The best lot offered this year, and worthy the attention of intending purchasers.Sale at ONE o\u2019clock.Nov.29.\t234 AUCTION,SALES.bit ffomir CLOSING SALE OF FISH, SW&.fin, TJEJRS, 4*c.ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER FOIST, AT THE STORES -OF MESSRS.J.&J, MITCHELL, WILL BE SOLD, Barrels Prime No 1 Herrings, just landed éx -VUCTiON SALES.btst ssâiiiï.& oisAB.KE.THIS DAY.IN LOTS TO SUIT FAMILIES.AUCTION SALES.\u201cIda\u201d ¦ Bright Muscovado Sugar Hhds Brls Barrels Syrup Barrels Cod Oil Boxes Twankay and Hyson Twankay Teas, &c &c Sale at TWO o\u2019clock.JOHN DEEMING, 234\tAuctioneer.m CORPORATION OF MONTREAL.MONTREAL WATER WORKS.NoGce to Water Tenants.ALL WATER TENANTS are hereby notified that they shali have to KEEP THEIR WATER PIPES SECURED FROM FROST DURING THE WINTER, as there shall be NO DEDUCTION MADE on their Water rent should the water freeze through their neglect to comply with the present notice.By order of the Water Committee, Francois Leblanc, Superintendent of the Montreal Water Works.City Hall,\t^ Montreal, 15th Nov., 1854.3w tTS 223 Bimmers Toilet Yinegar.NO Toilet Table can be considered complete without a Bottle of RIMMEL\u2019S VINEGAR.It should also be found in every sick-room.Sold by all Chemists and Druggists in Canada.Nov.1.\t3m T.ts 210 THE Subscriber has REMOVED to No.163, St.Paul Street, opposite Messrs.Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.\u2019s where he offers for Sale a variety of GROCERIES, WINES, SPIRITS, &c.H.L.SHARING.September 21.\tlOwits 175 FK.ÎÎSK TEAST FOR SALE by the Subscriber\u2014 700 packages TEAS, comprising Young Hyson, Imperial, Gunpowder, Souchong, Twankay and Hyson Twankay.H.L.SHARING.September 23.\t10w Tts 177 amiesss ron.eausl THE Subscribers offer for Sale, at their Yard, head of Parthenais Sireet, over 500,000 HARD BRICKS, of tfe first quality, at reasonable prices ; and will deliver them, if required, in any part of the City.For particulars, apply at the Yard, or at No.198, St.Dominique Street.VITAL CASSANT & BROTHER.Montreal, Nov.16, 1854.\tb mt 223 EiïspïoysiieHt fter Winter.ANY energetic man who will take an agency of HALL & BROTHER, and sell the \u201c GREAT RED DRAGON, or MASTER KEY TO POPERY,\u201d a new and \u201c thrillingly interesting work,\" throughout his own Town or County, or elsewhere, can clear from $40 to $100 per month during the coming Winter and Spring.Agents no do it, and others can do it.Let any man whose lime is not wholly engaged, call on or address HALL & BROTHER, No.115 and 117 Nassau Street, New York.He will receive particulars by return mail.Nov.16.\t1m tTS 223 ; LANDS FOR - r: THE following Lands are for sale.They are situated in the TOWNSHIP of OSGOODE, about 17 miles from Bytown.A portion of the Lands adjoin a Terminus erected, or about to be erected, on the Bytown and Prescott Railroad.An occupant of these Lands, by this Railroad, is within half an hours reach of either Bytown or Prescott :\u2014 LOT 25.\u20145th Concession, 200 acres, of which about 30 are cleared, and under cultivation.LOT 26.\u20146th Concession, 200 acres ; about 30 acres cleared, and under cultivation.LOT 27.\u20145th Concession, 200 acres.EAST-HALF of LOT 25th\u201410th Concession, 100 acres.This is a very valuable lot.£100 was offered for it last Spring, but declined, as the owner wants to sell the whole of these Lands en bloc.EAST-HALF of LOT 27.\u201410th Concession, 100 acres.The Title for the above Lands is unimpeachable.Tbe proprietor holds them under a Crown Patent.The terms are £450 for the whole, one-half in cash, and the balance in three years.These Lands have been estimated at £550, but the undersigned has been instructed to offer them for less, to obtain an immediate sale.For further particulars, apply to JOHN POPHAM, Advocate, Montreal; Or to ALEX.ROSS, Esq.Barrister, Bytown.Montreal, 4th Nov., 1854.Tts 213 MISSING F1 F.ROM the Ship WILSON, T.& W.§ 112, 1 ' M.CASK.Any information will be thankfully received by TOUSSAINT LeCOMPT, Carter.Sept.28.\t181 Mahala Spencer, WHO left England about the year 1810, or her legal Heirs, if she is not living, can hear of something to their advantage by addressing EDMUND SMITH, At the Albion, St.Paul Street.It is supposed that Mabaia Spencer married Angus McGillivray at Montreal, about twelve years since.Any information directed as above, or left at the .aid Office, will be attended to.October 27.\tn 206 KTBW BOOBS.SDRED VERNON, or the Yictim of Avarice, T being the Sequel to Woman and her master The Lost Heiress, by Mrs.Scuthworth, 2 vols The Pride of Life, by the author ol the Hen-Pecked Husband The Maid of the Saranac, a Tale of the Revolution Fred Arden, or the Jesuit\u2019s Revenge Chambers\u2019 Journal for November Ida May, a story of things actual and possible Brother Jonathan\u2019s Pictorial for Xmas.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 An assortment of DIARIES for 1855, both for Office and private use, various sizes, &c.Maclear's (late Scobie\u2019s) Canadian Almanac for 1855 Miller\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Almanac, 1855 Christian Family Almanac, 1855 The People\u2019s Almanac, 1855 Starke\u2019s Sheet Calendar, 1855 For sale by G.SPARKES, 22 Great St.James Street.Nov.25.\t231 NEW MUSIC.JUST PUBLISHED, and for Sale by the Subscriber :\u2014 Gazelle Schottische Grisi do (beautifully illustrated) Moonbeam do\tdo\tdo Evening Shade Polka, (concertante) Georgette Valses, D\u2019Albert HENRY PRINCE.53\u201c In Press, The \u201c Very Last Schottische,\u201d and \u201c Le Mirrior Polka,\u201d by Chas.D\u2019Albert, of Montreal.November 25.\t231 Boot and Shoo Trade.LASTINGS, Wool and Union Italian Cloths Linings, Bleached and Brown Boot Webs Machine Sewing Silks Do\tLinen Threads,|&c &c A good assortment on hand.N.S.WHITNEY.Nov.16.\td 223 NOTICE.THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and enstomers, commencing on the 27th instant, he will CLOSE his Store at EIGHT o\u2019clock each EVENING, until the 1st day of MAY next.JOHN LEVEY.Montreal, Nov.13.\t220 For Filling Decayed Teeth.HOWARD\u2019S SUCCEDANEUM,\u2014a supply just received by ALFRED SAVAGE & Co.Nov.9.\t217 Lard.Fifty tierces number one For Sale by WATSON & WILLIAMS.October 16,\t196 F©II_gAMa STEAMER « PROVINCIAL,\u201d (LATE WILMINGTON,) Apply to JOHN ANDERSON & CO., St.Peter Street, Quebec.November 14.\t221 GLASGOAŸMD NEWY0RK STEAMSHIP COMPANY.THE New and Powerful Steamships \u201cNEW YORK,\u201d 2,400 tons, and 500 horse-power, R.Craig, Commander, and \u201c GLASGOW \u201d 1962 tons, (in six water tight compartments,) and 400 horsepower, W.Gumming, Commander, buiit expressly for the trade between New York and Glasgow, will sail as under :\u2014 FROM NEW YORK.\u201c Glasgow,\u201d Saturday, 18th Nov., at 12, noon.\u201c New York,\u201d Saturday, 23rd Dec, at 12, noon.FROM GLASGOW.\u201c Glasgow,\u201d Saturday, 21st Oct., at 4 o\u2019clock, P.M.\u201c New York,\u201d Tuesday, 21st Nov., at 4 o\u2019clock, P.M.First Cabin, saloon state-rooms.$90 First Cabin, midship do\tdo\tdo.75 Second Cabin\tdo\tdo\tdo.50 Steward's Fee included.Thied Class.\u2014A limited number of third-class passengers will be taken, supplied with provisions of good quality, properly cooked, at $25.each.Carries a Surgeon.For Freight or passage, apply to J.MgSYMON, 33 Broadway, New York.New York City Bills or Gold only received for Passages.October 19.\t198 Fresh FroR,\u2014Ex \u201c Kaioolah,\u201d DIRECT FROM MALAGA.MUSCATEL RAISINS, boxes, halves & qtrs Sultana do, in drams Zante Currants, in kegs and caroteols Malaga Grapes, kegs and hf.do Prunes, in jars and boxes.Lemons Jordan Almonds Valencia do Soft Shelled do Bitter\tdo Barcelona Nuts Brazil\tdo Walnuts For sale by Nov.17.R.THOMAS, 35 St.James Street.224 FOE SALE, EAST INDIA RICE, of superior quality Zante Currants, in barrels Cognac Brandy, pale and brown DeKuyper\u2019s Geneva, &c &e.ROBERT HALLOWELL.Nov.2.\t2w 211 JUST RECEIVED,\u2014A few hhds GOLDEN LEAF TOBACCO, very fine.HENRY CHAPMAN & Co.Oct.18.\t198 SCALES AND PATENT WEIGHING MACHINES MANÜFACTUTED and for Sale by the Subscriber\u2014a superior article.COUNTER SCALES, weighing 14, 28, and 36 its.PLATFORM BALANCES, to weigh 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 cwt.PLATFORM BALANCES, to weigh from 10 to 30 cwt, on wheels.\u2014also,\u2014 HAY SCALES, and LARGE WAREHOUSE SCALES, to weigh several tons, made to order.William rodden, 91 to 91 William Street.Montreal, 8th Nov., 1854.\tdd 2L6 AntbFaclIe Coal.FOR SALE bv the Subscriber\u2014 LEHIGH and LAKAWANA COAL, Lump, Furnace, Grate, Egg, Range, Stove and Nut Sizes, Screened, by cargo or in lots to suit purchasers.Also, Newcastle Grate and Steam Coals.At present prices of wood, those who use Anthracite Coal will save at least one half the expense in a winter\u2019s supply of fuel.JOHN M.GILBERT, No.6, St.Sacrament St., Opposite Merchants\u2019 Exchange.August 31.\t157 fîMitcllï fSuibous Roots.JUST RE C E I V E D, a large assortment of DUTCH BULBS, in prime order, consisting of Hyacinths, Crocus, Jonquille, Tulip, lie.S.J.LYMAN k GO., Place d\u2019Armes.October 14.\t195 2?SB.rE£!S?AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE.HERRING\u2019S PATENT SÂLAMâMBER SAFES.1st Prize at the World\u2019s Fair, London.1st Premium at the Crystal Palace, New York.RE SUPERIOR to WILDER\u2019S PATENT, und.will resist a greater degree of heat.To be had in Montreal only at 145 St.Paul Street.GEO.HAGAR, Agent.Nov.16.\t223 A1 A MISSING.LARGE CASE containing MACHINERY, marked [HJ M taken from Barge \u201c North Briton;\u201d being Goods, ex SIS.\u2019 \u201c Charity,\u201d October trip.Information of same Will be thankfully received by DAVID BELLHOUSE, Agent, Canadian Steam Navigation Company.November 13,\tde 220 Siieap Faints.ramsay & mcarthur, HAVING RECEIVED their annual supply of Paints, Glass, Dry and Ground Colors, Paint Brushes, Graining Tools, Glaziers\u2019 Diamonds, Gold and Sliver Leaf, Artists\u2019 Tools, &c., &c., offer tbe same Cheap for Cash, at their Wholesale and Retail Stores, corner of McGill Street and Haymarket Squaio, Montreal.MANUFACTURERS of eveiy description of ORNAMENTAL STAINED and ENAMELLED GLASS.July 4.\t107 SXt&S BÆSCEEVKS, AT No.9, GREAT SAINT JAMES STREET : CHAMBERS\u2019 JOURNAL, for August Howard\u2019s Works, in 2 vols Organic Christianity, by Sawyer Life of Chrysostom, by Perthis Cumming\u2019s Scripture Readings Ladies\u2019 Complete Guide to Crotchet and Knitting Do do do do Beauty Edward Saville, or the Rescued Nun Paul Deverill, or two Judgments for one Crime Minnie May, with other Rhymes and Stories J.ARMOUR.September 13.\t168 AUG.LaMONTAGNE, 55 & 07 St.François Xavier Stieet, offers for Sale\u2014: 200 bkts \u201cRuinart\u2019s\u201d Champagne 250 cases Barton & Guestier\u2019s Clarets & White Wines 25 hhds and qr-cks \u201c Raynal k Alusse\u201d Cognac Brandy 12 do\tdo E Grégoire & Co.do do Sandeman & Co.\u2019s Port, in hhds and qr cks Pemartin & Co.\u2019s Sherries, do\tdo Widow, Portella & Co.'s do do\tdo 50 cases Still and Sparkling Hocks ID bales Superior Velvet Corks, &c.&c.20 hampers do- French Bottles September 30.\t183 S£!WXN& MACHINES, SÏIPERIOB.To any ever offered to the Public.THE Subscribers are Manufacturing these LABOUR-SAVING MACHINES at their Works in Montreal, and are prepared to furnish purchasers at Reduced Prices.They also furnish NEEDLES, THREAD, SILK, &c, &c.N.B.\u2014Full direction for use accompany each Machine.J.W.MoLELLAN & CO., Office\u20141 Wellington Street March 14.\t184 POB.S3A&K, AAA GENUINE Havana SEGARS, of the following.Choice Brands :\u2014\t_ Silvas, Club-House, Fanny Ellsler\u2019s, Riondos, Mediana Regalias, Ambrosias, Irving House, Candittas, and Cubreys.JOHN LEVEY.Nov.13.\t220 Continuation of Sale AT QUEEN\u2019S ARCADE.ALL THIS WEEK, Each Day at ONE o\u2019clock, HILL & CLARKE, Auctioneers.232 NOTICE TS HEREBY GIYEN, that application will be _L made to the Legislature, during the present session, to remove tbe site of the County Town Registry Office, and Seal of the Courts for the County .of Terrebonne, from the places where they are now respectively held, and to establish the same permanently at the village of St.Jerome.St.Jerome, Sept.15, 1854.\t2m 171 NOTICE THE undersigned have relinquished business in favor of MR.WM HOBBS, Ja., who will continue in the same premises all the various agencies hitherto represented by them.W.WHITEFORD & CO.September 5.\t161 SIT STEWART «& KERR.THIS MORNING.HJIMJtGEH Gooms.AT THE STORES OF ALEXANDER WALKER, ESQ,, CUSTOM HOUSE SQUARE, THIS MOEHIHG, Thursday, 30th inst., WILL BE SOLD On AccG of whom it may concern Y Y M 2 eases Spool Thread \u2014Damaged on voyage of Importation.Sale at TEN o\u2019clock.235\tSTEWART & KERR.THIS HAÏ.CONxINüATiOX OF SALE OF DRY GOODS, BY CATAÎL ©GSJE.NOTICE.ALL PERSONS having claims against tbe Estate of the late WILLIAM WATERS, of the Cedars, O.E., are requested to hand tbe same in to JOHN RAMSAY WATERS, at the Cedars ; and those indebted to the said Estate to pay their accounts to the said John Ramsay Waters without delay.JOHN R.WATERS, WILLIAM H.WATERS, Executors and Universal Legatees.Cedars, Nov.11, 1854.\tr 219 CL.AREMOWT MACHINE WORKS, CLAREMONT, N.H.D.A.CLAY & Co., Manufacturers of Machinist\u2019s Tools, Engine Lathes, Circular Saw-Mills, Wood and Iron Planers, Paper-Mill Machines, &c.&c, THE Subscriber has been appointed AGENT for the above manufacturers, and has some of their LATHES and PLANING MACHINES on hand.They are considered the best tools of the kind made in the States, and purchasers would do well to call and inspect them.They will be sold at the manufacturer\u2019s prices, with only the expenses added.JOHN HENRY EVANS.October 31.\t209 50 CASES GLENF1ELD STARCH For Sale by LANE, STEPHENS & CO.September 27.\t180 Fish, Oil, &c.ONE HUNDRED Cwt.Superior Table Codfish 75 cwt.Small\tdo 25 bbls Pickled\tdo 8 do Cod Sounds 25 do Cod Oil For Sale by WATSON & WILLIAMS.October 16.\t196 Coals.Best large grate coals, For sale by MORLAND k Co.Nov.4.\t2m 213 s- ALT\u20142500 bbls Liverpool Coarse CODFISH\u2014500 quintals Large Table SEAL OIL\u2014250 qr-cks Pale, finest quality For Sale DAVID TORRANCE & 00.October 17.\t197 250 Nov.13.res, sash, BOXES of Fine TOBAOCOS-6\u2019s, 10\u2019s, 18's, and % lbs, JOHN LEVEY.220 CARI».JW.COLEMAN would respectfully inform .the Citizens of Montreal, that he is now prepared to receive BOARDERS for the WINTER SEASON, on favorable terms, on and after 14th December.HOURS OF MEALS as follows, viz :\u2014 BREAKFAST at BIGHT o\u2019clock.DINNER at TWO and FIVE o\u2019clock.TEA at SEVEN o\u2019clock.J.WARREN COLEMAN.Nov.20.\tdu 226 B.NEW BOOKS.DAWSON has just received\u2014 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, and what I saw there, by T.S.Arthur, 3s 9d Easy Warren and his Contemporaries, sketched from Home Circles, by Wm.Turner Cogge-shall, fis.Walden, or Life in the Woods, by Henry D.Thoreau, 5s.Leaves from tbe Tree Igdiasyl, by Martha Russell, 3s 9d.Homewards from Constantinople, comprising Notices of Gallipoli, the Dardanelles, Malta, Italy, Switzerland, &c., by W.Watson, 5'6d.A Dictionary of Terms in Art, edited and illustrated by F.W.Fairhoit, F.S.A., with 500 engravings in wood, 15s.Influence of the History of Science upon Intellectual Education, by Wm.Whewell, D.D., Is 3d.Also, a supply of Scobie\u2019s Almanacs for 1855.Price 7j^d.American Diarys, assorted sizes, for 1855.No.23 Great St.James Street, (Old Post Office.) Nov.21.\t227 DMAT SI, JAMES STREET (MEM, BARIjIT C jtOSZNGr I NOTICE.R THOMAS, No.35, St.James Street, begs \u2022 leave to intimate, that on and after MONDAY next, the 20th instant, his Store will be CLOSED punctually at haU'-past SEVEN o\u2019clock, P.H., Saturday excepted.In giving this Notice, it is respectfully requested that purchasers wishing their Goods sent home, will leave their orders as early in the day as possible, especially on Saturdays\u2014the latter part of tbe day being so much taken up in waiting on customers at the counter, it is sometimes difficult to put up orders and dispatch them as promptly as desired.Nov.18.\t225 SCOTCH MARMALADE.TUST RECEIVED, per Brig \u201c Sussex,\u201d direct \u2022J from Dundee, a case of MARMALADE from the celebrated House of James Keiller & Sons, Dundee.J.GARDNER, Chemist and Druggist, West End Notre Dame Street.November 9.\t217 WILLIAM \u20ac.HOW & CO., Forwarding and Commission Merchants, No.3 New Block, Atlantic Wharf, PORTLAND.ÜS\u2019Refer to Messrs.Frotbingham & Workman, Montreal, and to the Merchants of Portland generally.Nov.23.\t3w 229 NOTICE.THE Co-partnership heretofore existing in this city under under the firm of D.& W.SMITH, was DISSOLVED by mutual consent on the 14th inst.All debts due to or by the said firm, will be settled by DAVID SMITH, one of the undersigned, who will continue the same business in tbe same premises, in his own name and on his own account.DAVID SMITH.WILLIAM SMITH.- Montreal, 19th October, 1854.\t200 npHE Creditors of the Estate of the late j.ALEXANDER RONALD, in his lifetime of the City of Montreal, Shoemaker and Trader, are requested to send in their claims, duly attested, to the undersigned as speedily as possible; and parties indented to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment.MARY L.RONALD, Tutrix.Nov.6.\t214 FOR SAFE.TWO CUT STONE DWELLING HOUSES on Notre Dame Street, near Dalhousie Square, and ONE CUT STONE BUILDING on St.Paul Street.Terms liberal.For particulars apply to E.KERSTEN, Corner of St.Peter & Notre Dame Sts.October 19.\t199 JAMES ARMSTRONG, ADVOCATE, 81, Little St James Street, MONTREAL.Nov.1.\t6m 210 ANOTHER TREAT FOR SMOKERS SILVA SUGARS.JUST RECEIVED, by Steamer Cleopatra, 5 cases of those celebrated StLVA SEGARS, of tbe finest flavor and warranted genuine, having been imported expressly for the Subscriber.\u2014also, landing- 50,000 CLUB-HOUSE SEGARS, in 1ft boxes, of a beautiful quality.JOHN LEVEY.September 27.\t180 SUPERIOR GRATE COALS, IN LOTS to Suit Purchasers.For Sale at the Court Yard, St.Paul Street, near St.Sacrament Street, T.D.HALL, Merchants Exchange Building, Hospital Street.September 25.\t178 THE following Sale, which commenced yes-terrfay at ihe Auction Warehouse of STEWART & KERR, will be CONTINUED This Day at One o\u2019clock punctually When a large lot ot RICH FA^C Y GOODS, in addition to tbe Catalogue lots, will be offered.CE®SEW® SJREE OF BEY O-OOBB, BY CATALOGUE.The Subscribers have received for peremptory Sale, UPWARDS OF EIGHTY PACKAGES mnr goods, Comprising a complete Assortment of: Flannels, Kerseys, Blankets Fine and Heavy Cloths, Cassimeres, Doeskins Printed Thibets, German all Wool Cloakings Alpacas, Mohairs, Cobourgs, French Merinos Gros de Naples, Silk Velvets, Ribbons, &c., &c.Which they will offer to the Trade, BY CATALOGUE, AT THEIR.STORES, 29© SE.PAUL On THURSDAY, November 30th.Sale at ONE o\u2019clock punctually.STEWART & KERR, 235\tAuctioneers.RUCBNU?Sa-HBAS?1M CLEVELAND l rz&Ei Cleveland, Oct.28, 1854.MESSRS.STEARNS & MARVIN, Nos.144 and 146 Water St., N.Y.\u2014Gents : Our city was last evening visited with the most destructive fire since its existence, and you may well think we felt interested and anxious to know the result of several Safes oi yours and others in tbe fire.We need hardly tell you yours came out of the fiery ordeal triumphant over all others.Immediately under Anderson\u2019s office was 50 or 60 tons of tallow, and of course made the hottest kind of fire ; and in another Safe of yours, in the same building, was $i0,000 in bank bills, checks, &c., all of which came out in perfect order, after lying in the ruins ten hours.All that have seen the effects ofthe fire on the different kinds of Safes, are satisfied of the superiority of your \u201cRich\u2019s improvement on Wilder\u2019s Patent Safe.\u201d Yours respectfully, MOBLEY & REYNOLDS.CLEVELAND FIRE AGAIN.By Telegraph.\u2014Cleveland, Thursday, Nov.2, \u201954.Morrison & Burges\u2019s Safes have Wilder's Patent on them.V MORLEY & REYNOLDS.By the above it will be seen that the Safes which preserved tbe money and valuable papers in the great fire at Cleveland were not (as claimed to be,) Herring\u2019s Patent, but WILDEk\u2019S, although made by Herring, and now manufactured by us.STEARNS & MARVIN, Nos.144 and 146 Water-st, New York.Nov.3, 1854.A LARGE SUP! LY of WILDER'S PATENT SALAMANDER S A t' E S, with RICH\u2019S IMPROVEMENTS, for sa s by JAMES HUTTON, The only > gene of Wilder\u2019s Patent SaU mander Safe in Montreal.St.Helen Street.Nov.9.\t217 W.H.GMVES, AGENT F 'R BLACKIE k SON, PUBLISHERS, Glasgow, Edinburgh.London & N.York, 35 Great St.James Street, (Over R Thomas\u2019 Store,) MONTREAL.October 23.\t1m 202 JOHN RHYNAS & CO., FOBWA&DDJG AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PORTLAND, MAINE.» John Rhynas.\tGkokge H.Stakr, Nov.29.H.B.M.Vice-Consul.227 250 Nov.3.loehfine Eerringa, KEUS just received, and for sale by NEIL MoINTOSH, Place d\u2019Armes.212 gORAX\u2014 A few cases for sale by Nov.16.G.D.WATSON.223 White Paint.JUST RECEIVED, a supply of Extra quality in 281b, 5Bib and 1121b packages.HENRY CHAPMAN & CO.Montreal, October 16 1854.\t196 F OR SALE:\u2014 Bright Muscovado Sugar, in hhds and brls Dutch Crushed Sugar, in brls White Havana Sugar, in boxes Young Hyson Tea, in half-chests Montreal T D Pipes Cordage and Hemp No 1 and 2 Lard Oil Palm Oil, Soda Ash Chandlers\u2019 Wicking Archibald's Seal Oil Leaf Tobacco Brandy NOAD BROTHERS.Montreal, Nov.21.\tr 227 MAIR\u2019S Portable Steam Engines, FOR OANAL, RAILROAD, OR GENERAL MANUFACTURING PURPOSES.THESE ENGINES are constructed on a new and improved principle, with Wrought Iron Heads in Boilers, Patent Out-off, &c.They are warranted to do more work with less Fuel, than any Steam Engines now in use, and can be had from three to thirty Horse Power.% Apply to WILLIAM WORKMAN.Montreal,August 19.\t183 ffUST SUBCEKVB», AT NO.9.GREAT ST.JAMES STREET, THE following NEW PUBLICATIONS :\u2014 Chambers\u2019 Journal for September.Maryatt\u2019s complete works.2 vols in olo.The Phonographic Teacher.By E Webster.The Reporter\u2019s Manual of Phonography.By A.J Graham.The Manual of Phonography.By Isaac Pitman.The Practical Mechanic\u2019s Journal for Sept The Mission and Destiny of Russia.The Cabin Boy\u2019s Story.The Cobbler Snob.By Henry L, Stephens.The Yale College Scrapes.By John D.Toge.The Highwayman\u2019s Stratagem.By Claude Duval.The Beautiful Cigar Girl.By J.H.Ingraham.The Virginia Comedians; or Old way in Old Dominions.Ned Musgrave, or tbe most unfortunate Man in the World.The Rail Road King, or the Worship of the Golden Calf.Progrees and Prejudice.By Mrs.Gore.Mrs.Caudle\u2019s Curtain Lectures.By Punch.Tbe Chemistry of Common Life, No.4 Party Leaders, Sketches of Jefferson, Hamilton, Jackson, Clay, Randolph, &c.By Isaac Pitman.September 26.\t179 NOTICE.APPLICATION will be made to the City Council at its next meeting, for the erection of a SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTORY on a lot fronting on Papineau Road, between Dorchester and Lagauehetiere Streets.MORRIS HEILMAN & OO.Nov.21.\td 227 NOTICE.A, LL persons having claims against the Estate r'ii and Succession of the late ALECIA MARTIN, in her lifetime of Montreal, Widow of the late THOMAS LEWIS, are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned, and all persons indebted to the said Estate and Succession, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.GILBERT HORNE, Curator, 63 Vitre Street.Nov.21.\tm 227 _ THE Publie are respectfully informed that the DRUG ESTABLISHMENTS of this City will, on and after the FIFTEENTH DAY of NOVEMBER, be closed at SEVEN o\u2019clock, P.M.£3= Parties making purchases will please do so before that hour.P.S.\u2014Saturday Nights excepted.Nov, 8.\tdd 216 AUCTION SAIT'S THIS DAY.For account of whom it may coiicerii.AT THE SUBSCRIBERS\u2019 STORES, ON THURSDAY NEXT, NOV.30, will be sold, On account of whom it may concern, 2 cases Assorted Cloths 2 do Cashmeres and Doeskins 2 do Cottou Goods' 2\tbales Plain and Printed Moleskins 3\tcases Linen Thread 1 do Assorted Buttons 4\tdo Satineties Sale at TWO o\u2019clock 233\tBENNLVU .WILLIAM RIDER, Pres.N.A.G.P.Cb.August si.\txls 157 MAIiltWABlL raUi.TKSIt.M & CiLVERHIXiI., Wholesale Hardware Merchants, CUSTOM HOUSE SaUARE.ARE now receiving from the following vessels in port\u2014Cherokee, Jane Brown, William Richardson and Chesterholme, a large portion of their tall supply of HEAVY and SHELF HARDWARE.September 1.\t158 COMMISSION AND FOKWAEDING MEEOHANTS, No.1, Atlantic Railroad Wharf, PORTLAND, MAINE.September 19.\t173 &.BUTiiEa, Commission and Forwarding Merchants.Head of Hleliarfison\u2019s Wfearf, PORTLInD, MAINE.Refeeences :\u2014H6n.John Young ; Henry Chapman & Co.« October 29.\tly 208 ».W.WÏBTiT ï BS 3» , MANUFACTURES GAS CHANDELIERS and FITTINGS, INSURANCE, GLOBE FIR® AMD LIFE! insuranse CO- OF LONDON.CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STEELING.All paid up and invested, thereby affording to the Assured, an immediate available Fund for the payment of the most extensive losses.AGENT for the CITY OF MONTREAL, continues to accept FIRE RISKS at favorable rates.23\u201d Losses promptly paid without discount or deduction, and without reference to the Board in London.HENRY CHAPMAN, Agent Globe Insurance.September 15, 1854.\t170 LOCOMOTIVE and other TUBES, Patent METALLIC MILITARY and HOUSE BEDSTEADS, Patentee and Manufacturer or other Bedsteads upon improved principles in Iron, Brass and Precious: Metal.Agents\u2014 WILLIAM CHANCE, SON & CO Birmingham.Pattern Room in Montreal\u2014212 St.Paul Street.June 15.\t91 \" jTf.Stephens ! i\tMANUFACTURERS OF Sail ClotSs, Twines, S8i©e Tit read, ITstalnir KetS-and lAMes, BRIDPORT AND BRISTOL.Agents for Canada\u2014 WILLIAM CHANCE, SON & CO.Pattern Room-T212 St.Paul Street.Dec.18.\t___j____\t_\t236 SUsTSM CRAWFOR®, BROKER.AND GENERAI.AGENT.Produce, Stocks, Bonds, Exchange, &c., BOUGHT AND SOLD.Office Union Buildings, Si.Francois Xavier St.©lobe Insiaraoee, (Established in 1803.) CAPITAL ©!fH mn&ZON SîUïSSi&SKsa.Life Departmeifl.rpHE following are some of the advantages held JL out by this Company,\u2014being these which should influence intending assurers in the selection of an Office, namely , Perfect Security for the fulfilment of the engagement contained in the Policy.Reasonable but adequate rates of premium.The prospect of important future advantages to Policies on the Participating Scale.A reputation of long standing, as regards the Office, for stability and prudence, and for a liberal consideration of all questions connected with the interests of the Assured.And, the concession by the Company of all advantages and facilities, which in the present state of Life Insurance, can be so/eZy guaranteed.The undersigned is duly appointed by the above Company, Agent for Insuring Lives, Granting Annuities, and for the Purchase of Reversions and Life Contingencies.HENRY CHAPMAN, Agent for Canada.Montreal, Sept.15,.1854.\t170 3S,Sa.\u2019XSH jâ.R2ïSRCiLïXr FIRE, OCEAN AND INLAND MARINE Assoraece Company* OF TORONTO.INCORPORATED 1833.CAPITAL £100,000.G.P.RIDOÜT, M.P.P.Governor.HON.JAS.GORDON.Depy.Governor.T.W.BIRO HALL, Esq.Managing Director.TRUSTEES: Wm.Proudfoot!Peter Paterson, T.D.Hasris, Esquires.THE Subscriber is prepared to issue Ocean and Inland Marine Policies, on favorable terms.Also, Fire Risks taken on every description of Property.M.H.GAULT, Agent, St.Francois Xavier Street.May 22.\t70 Miibtal Life Insurance Company, ©f stew -ÿfQM.n cxæir.Cash Assets, $3,543,301 Ol.fpHIS COMPANY has attained the highest po-JL sition among thé Life Institutions of this Continent, and grants to policy holders every advantage that is attainable by Life Insurance.Further information may be had, on application to\tM.H.GAULT, Canada Agent.May 22.\t70 THE COBONIAD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.Capital-One million Sterling.GOVERNOR : The Right Hon.the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Governor General of British North America.HEAD OFFICE :\u2014Edinburgh.HEAD OFFICE FOR CANADA Montreal, 49 Great St.James Street.BGABD OF BIBECTOES : The Honorable PETER McGILL, Chairman.Hon.Justice McCord, j B.H.Lemoine, Esq.Hon.A, N.Morin.j J.O.Moffatt, Esq.Henry Starnes, Esq.MANAGER\u2014A.DAVIDSON PARKER.THE BOARD in MONTREAL is invested with full powers to accept proposals, putting the Company on the risk at once, without communicating with the Parent Board.This arrangement gives to the Colonial all the facilities of a Local Company, and combines the additional advantage of ample Security.AssuranceEi on the Half Credit System, granted.July 4.\t107 INSURANCE, BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION- No.1 Prince's Street, Bank, London.Empowered by Her Majesty\u2019s Royal Letters Patent.DIRBiCTORS : Colonel Robert Alexander, Blackheath Park Chairman.William Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch Street.George Bevington, Esq., Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey.F.P.Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham.George Cohen, Esq.,Shacklewell.Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart Court, Lombard Street.John Drewett,Esq., 50, Cornhill.Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Prince\u2019s Street^ Bank.T.S.Girdler, Esq., 7, Tokenhouse Yard.H.L.Smale, Esq., Doctors\u2019 Common.Standing Counsel\u2014H.Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8 Old Square, Lincoln\u2019s Inn.Solicitors\u2014Messrs.SiflLeod & Stenning.13, London Street, Fenchurch Street.Bankers\u2014Messrs.Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, 50, Cornhill.THIS INSTITUTION was originally established under a different title in\u2019the year 1839, on he plan of admitting the assured to participate n four-fifths only of the profits ; but the Society has since been remodelled so as to become a Strictly \u201cMutual Association.\u201d The whole of the funds and property belong to, and are accumulated for the exclusive benefit of the Assured.The profits are divided annually among the Policy-holders, and applied in reduction of the current year\u2019s premium ; thus constituting, in effect, an immediate cash payment to the Assured.Half-credit Policies are granted on terms unusually favorable to the holders,\u2014the amount for which credit is given being gradually liquidated out of the profits.Two Tables of Rates have been computed; one entitling the Assured to participate in the profits after payment of five annual premiums ; the other considerably lower, in which the period of participation is deferred two years longer : the premium ultimately payable by the Assured is, however precisely the same, whichever Table of Rates may in the 1st instance be selected.General Meetings of the Members are held annually ; to whom full and complete statements of the affairs and funds of the Society are submitted, and.by whom the divisions of the profits are from time to time declared.At the Annual General Meeting held on the 27th April last, a dividend of 30 per Cent, upon the current year\u2019s premium was awarded to all Members who had made the requisite number of payments on their respective Policies.By Order of the Board of Directors, E.R.FOSTER, Resident Director.ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.London; May 1st, 1852.*,* The \u201c Britannia Mutual Life Association\u201d is altogether distinct from, and independent of, the Proprietary Office transacting busùness under the.name of the \u201c Britannia Life Assurance C om-pany.\u201d The only connection between the two establishments is, that their affairs, are conducted on the same premises and by the same officers,-by which means the entire disbursements of the Mutual Association are reduced to a small per centage on the receipts.J.H.MAITLAND.General Agent for Montreal and Canada June 21.1852.\tTts\u201496 RAILROADS, fee.Montreal and New York Railroad.Alteration^ of Honrs.ON AND AFTER MONDAY, 20th instant, Passengers for HEMMINGFORD and Intermediate Stations, will leave the Depot, Bonaven-ture Street, at 4:00 P.M.RETURNING, Passengers leave HEMMINGFORD for Montreal at 6:00 o\u2019clock, A.M.Trains between Montreal and Lachine will run as follows :\u2014 FROM MONTREAL.\tFROM LACHINE.7,00 a.m.\t8,30 a.ih.10,00 a.m.\t10,30\ta.m., 12,00 Noon.\t12,30 mm.4,00 p.m.\t4,45 p!.m.6,00 p.m.\t6,00 p.m., O\tr on arrival of Steamer \u201cLady Simpson\u201d, or Mail Line Boat.Passengers for Bytown and the Ottawa take the 7 a.m.Train from Montreal.ANDREW ROUGH, Agent.Office M.& N.Y.Railroad, ) Bonaventure Street, > Montreal, Nov.17, 1854.)\t226 STEAMSHIPS, &c.Winter Service to War timid.THE CANADIAN STM® NAVIGATION COMPANY, \\ UNDER CONTRACT WITH Her Majesty\u2019s Provincial Government of Canada.COMPANY\u2019S OFFICES: No.3 Royal Insurance Buildings, North John Str.LIVERPOOL.'WILLIAM RUDD, Secretary.Steam from Portland to Liverpool.THE COMPANY\u2019S First-Class Powerful Screw Steamships.OTTAWA.Captain J.B.Atkins.CLEOPATRA.Captain Salt.CH'ARITY.Captain W.Paton ERIE, New.Captain \u2014-.HURON, New_____Captain-.j\tONTARIO, New.Captain-.SARAH SANDS, Chartered, Captain W.Ilsley.One of the above-named vessels will LEAVE PORTLAND on the 5th And 20th ofNovember.RATES OF PASSAGE : liyiown and Prescott Railway.FREIGHTS for BYTOWN and places on the RIDEAU CANAL, can be safely, cheaply and speedily forwarded by the Saint Lawrence River to Prescott, and thence via the BYTOWN and PRESCOTT RAILWAY and Rideau Canal to places of destination.The Ogdensburg and Montreal Steamboats touch at the B.& P.Railway Wharf, at Prescott, regularly, at 6,30 A.M.downwards, and at 2 P.M.upwards.Parties landing goods at the Railway Wharf, Prescott, for transhipment over the Railway, save wharfage and shipping charges.R.HOUGH, Supt.B.& P.Railway Prescott, Oct.9, 1854.\t.\t194; VERMONT CENTRAL.RAILROAD.atBBMjjaa LIVERPOOL TO PORTLAND AND MONTREAL.First Class 20 Guineas.Second do 14\tdo Third do 8\tdo Provisions, &c.Surgeon.NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, OF LONDON.A SAVINGS\u2019 BANK FOR THE WIDOW AND THE ORPHAN.wit & vureiJÆÆ, FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.ÎSEAB ©meSJ-TORONTO.REFERENCES : Hon.P.McGill, Pres.Bankof Montreal, Hon.John Molsoa, Messrs.Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., Messrs.Frotbingham & Workman, Alexr.Simpson, Esq., Cashier Bank of M., D.L.Macpherson, Esq., Toronto.George Crawford, Bsq.j.M.P.P., Brockvilie.Wm.Giinn, Esq., Manager Bank of Montreal, Quebec.May 10.\t60 smso'srssBss & m., Commission, Custom House & Forwarding Agents, Have Removed their Office to the HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS\u2019 BUILDING, Custom House Square.All business entrusted to them will meet with prompt attention, and on moderate terms.May 18.\t67 R.M.W.Taylor.\tS.Lester Taylor.æ&srsoR sl bïuîœxse®., COMMISSION MEECHANTS, !, Cincinnati Ohio.Refer in Montreal, to Merchants generally.US\u2019 Attention given to the purchase of POEK.LARD, TALLOW, GREASE, LARD OJL, &c-, and to the sale of MACKEREL, COD, and SEAL OILS, MG IRON, &e.&e.March 14, 1853.\t.\t25 j AiMJB S H.S P R l N \u2019 G L E \u2022 : I\t; 'airirtftiiïfiçç, , Ojjite 36, Gr.eal Si.James Street, Lata the Office of ohn Osteil, Esquire.F ebruary 18,\t.1 v\u201421 j.Ï1.'PRINGLE, Barrister ami Attorney, &«., CORNWALL, C .W .November 19.\t.1 v\u2014225 JUST PUBLISHED.Reflections of a wesleyan Methodist LAYMAN, on Reading DR.RYER-SON\u2019S REASONS for RESIGNING OFFICE in the WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH.Price Three Pence.E.PICKUP, Agent, St.Francois Xavier Street.August 17.\t145 Canada Clotfling Manufactory, NO.73, McGILL STREET.THE Subscriber begs to inform the citizens of Montreal, Country Merchants and Strangers, that be is now making up a very extensive assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, adapted for the coming season, which he will dispose of at a small advance for cash or approved paper.Constantly on hand, a large assortment of As-traean, Seal, and other Fur Goats.Also, Waterproof Garments in great variety.F.X.LOISELLE.September 26.\t179 .B&imüssa's.For sale- 54 bales 7 points Mackinac 35 do 3, 4, 5 and 6 points heavy 21 do best Rose, Wnitney and Bath 12 do Brown and Grey Horse Covers JEAN BRUNEAU.October 9.\t190 1 -v I J.LANGLOIS, GENERAL AGENT & UGIMSSIGN SSKSlOHià.il'îi?, ¦ 14G, SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO, ,ILLINOIS.August 16.\t6m 144 PEARSON\u2019S AME&iMN HOUSE, CORNER of FRONT &, YOUNG STREETS, TOSOJffiTG, c.w-August 14.\t142 H00LE STANfipm & 00., MINERVA WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Steel CoïtwertCFS itmri Ketmea\u2019S, MANUFACTUREES OF IMPROVED Oust Steel Engineering & Machine Files, Locomotive Engine Railway Carriage and Waggon SPRINGS; SAWS Of every description, Engineering Hammers.&e.&c.&c.Agents for Canada\u2014 WILLIAM CHANCE, SON & CO.Pattern Room\u2014212 St.Paul Street.December 18.\t230 iaET1 ARRIVING AT Quebec, Montreal, Rouse\u2019s Point, Boston, and .New York, Forwarded isa Bond or Duty Paid, Apply to ¦ CHARLES SEYMOUR, Montreal.June 24.\t99 .CAPITAL\u2014£350,000.EVERY description of RISKS, FIRE and Ma-RINE, taken at the lowest remunerative scale, and all Losses promptly settled upon ad-¦ducing the necessary claim.A.HEWARD, Agent.Union Buildings, ) St.François Xavier Street.> Montreal, March 7th, 1854.)\t28 PROVINCIAL ÏWS1URAWCE COMPANY.INOORPORATBID BY ACT OF PAS' IAMHNT.A.M.Clark, Esq., President.J.G.Bowes, Esq., Vice-President.W.L.Perrin, Esq.W.Matthie, Esq.D.HacDonnell, Esq.Mr.Wm.Atkinson.D.Crawford, Esq.J.G.Worts, Esq.J.C.Morrison, Esq.J.L.Robinson, Esq.J.J.Hayes, M.D.Secretary & Treasurer\u2014E.G.O\u2019Brien, Esq.Solicitor\u2014John Duggan, Esq.Bankers\u2014Bank of Upper Canada.Agent for Montreal\u2014A.Reward.FIRE INSURANCE business generally, as well as MARINE, both Inland and Ocean Water, (transacted by this Company at its various Agencies, as well as at the Head Office\u2014v TORONTO STREET, TORONTO.April 23\tly\u201449 OFFICES\u201426, Cornhill,(London i 17, Great Si.James Street, Montreal, CAPITAIe\u2014j£500?000, STERLING.LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.MONTREAL : Wm.Limn, Esq.; Rev.J.Flanagan.B.Holmes, Esq.; A.Larocque, Esq.; E.R.Fabre, Esq.; JAMES B.M.CHIPMANj General Agent, B.N.A.Colonies; D.D.MACKENZIE, Accountant and Cashier.PREMIUMS are as low as safety to the office admits.Insurers, under the Withdrawal Table, are entitled to borrow to the extent of one half Iheir Annual Premiums, without any responsibility or guarantee.Each Loan will be endorsed on the Policy, which is consequently not required to be lodged with the Society.Existing Policies will continue upon iheiormer system, or may be converted into one of the new form.The Montreal Directors sign Policies under special power of Attorney from the Court Directors in London, and there by save the expense of Stamp Duty.Applicants are not charged for Medical Examination.Thirty days allowed for payment of Premium after it falls, due.Risks are accepted.Loans granted, and Losses paid by the Montreal Local Board, without referring to London.Pamphlets or Blanks may be had at the office in Montreal, or at the Agencies throughout the Province.Montreal.Nov.9,1853.\t12m ts\u2014217 EftUITABLE FIBË ISTSUEASrCE CO OF LONDON.CAPITAL\u2014j£500?000 Sterling.LOCAL DIRECTORS AT MONTREAL, Office\u201417, Great St.James St.William Lunn, Esq.\tHon.William Morris.John Torrance, Esq.\tJ.G.Mackenzie, Esq.John Frothirigham, Esq.E.R.Fabre, Esq.Alfred LaRocque, Esq.\tTheodore Hart, Esq.Benj.Holmes, Esq.CHARLES F.TILSTONE, Manager.D.D.MACKENZIE, Accountant and Cashier.THIS OFFICE insures against Loss or Damage by Fire, all descriptions of Buildingsr including Mills and Manufactories, and the Goods, Wares and Merchandise in the same; Ships in harbor or in dock; Craft on Navigable Rivers and Canals, and the Goods laden on the same; and Farming Stock of all descriptions., The u Équitable\u201d Firè Office will, by a constant anà-lysis of its own experience from time to time, adopt such rates of Premiums as the nature of the risk may justify.With this view, an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety\u2014or fifty per cent;\u2014of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers, whose Policies have been in force for three years.The engagements of the Equitable are guaranteed by a responsible proprietary, and an ample subscribed Capital.The insured are free from the liabilities of a Mutual Insurance Society, and entitled, according to the plan of the Company, to a return of half the profits.Losses are made good, withbut deduction or discount, and are adjusted and paid in Montreal, without reference to London.§3= By a Resolution of the Court in London, PREMIUMS ARE RETAINED IN MONTREAL to pay Losses and ACCUMULATE a FUND of £10,000.THE LOCAL DIRECTORS MEET WEEKLY.Agents have been appointed throughout Canada.Montreal, Nov.9.1853.\t12m xs\u2014217 BKITISH & IJMTED STATES MAIL | SOUTE TO Sîffistois, iV.Yor!»,Worcester & East | TRAIN ARRANGEMENT, OCTOBER 2, 1854.From Rouse\u2019s Point at 6 A.M.and 2 P.M.MONTREAL PASSENGERS can proceed from Rouse\u2019s \u2022Point to Boston, New York, Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, Salem, and intermediate Points at the above named hours.Passengers leaving Montreal by the 6 P.M.Tiain can Stop over night at Rouse\u2019s Point and proceed next morning at 6 A.M.to Boston,:New York and all the above named places; or they can proceed.to Burlington by steamer same evening, and next morning take the 7.25 P.M.Train on Vermont Central Railroad, arriving in Boston at 6£ P.M., from two to two-and-half hours earlier than any other Vermont line.The 6 A.M.Train makes through connection same day.The 2 P.M.Train proceeds to Northfield, Passengers for South and East stopping at Montpelier or Northfield as they may select.PAUL MONDOU, Agent, 63 Commissioner Street, Montreal.October 6, 1854.\t187 NORTHERN RAILROAD.HEW AKRAHGEMENT.rfflaem jtoir™ CÏÏAKTSE ©X1 æxmXE.ON AND AFTER MONDAY, August 7, 1854, Passenger Traius will run as follows :\u2014 Traims g\u2019oi ag East.Leave Ogdensburgk at 8.00 A.M., on arrival of the Express Steamers from Lewiston\u2014dine a{ Rouse\u2019sPoint\u2014proceed by Vermont Centra,! Cars for Burlington and the East Leave Ogdensburgk at 2.15 P.M., lodge at Rouse\u2019s Point, arriving at Boston the following day at 7 P.M., and New York at 11 P.M.Trains going West.Leave Rouse\u2019s Point at 8.00 A.M., on arrival of the Cars from Montreal; connecting at Ogdens-burgh with the American Express Line of Steamers for Niagara Falls, Buffalo and the West.Leave Rouse\u2019s Point at 1.45 P.M., connecting at Ogdensburgh with American Steamers for the GEORGE V.HOYLE, Superintendent.Ofeioe N.R.R., Ogdensburg, Aug FBOM PORTLAND TO LIVERPOOL.First Class 85 Dollars.Second do 60 do Third do 30 do \u2019 Provisions, &c.Carnés, a .0__ For Freight or Passage apply to LAMONT & M'LARTY, 21, Water-street, Liverpool.And to\tDAVID BELLHOUSE, Portland, Montreal and Quebec.October 16.\t196 IN consequence of the S.S.OTTAWA and CLEOPATRA having been taken up by Government, to convey Troops to the Seat of War, the Canadian Company has CHARTERED the splendid NEW STEAMSHIP \u201c CASTAEXAI?, \u2019> to aid in performing ike Monthly service between LIVERPOOL AND PORTLAND, during the Winter; The \u201cCANADIAN\u201d will LEAVE PORTLAND for Liverpool on the FIRST of DECEMBER, after the arrival of the Montreal and Quebec Trains of that day.DAVID BELLHOUSE, Portland.Nov.13.\t222 AUSTRALIA ! SIXT'Sr BAITS PASSAGE ! Pioneer Line of Monîiily Packets, CARRYING THE U.S.MAIL.THE FOLLOWING SHIPS HAVE SAILED :\u2014 Revenue, 1,300 tons, July, 1852.Epaminondas, 1,400 tons, August, 1852.Ocean Eagle, 1,450 tons, September, 1852, Oneco, 1,500 tons, October, 1852.Scargo, 1,450 tons, December 1852.Baltimore, 1,300 tons, January, 1853, Euphrasia, 1,200 tons, March, 1853, Oregon, 1,000 tons, March, 1853.Nimrod, 1,000 tons, April, 1853.Sea Ranger, 1,200 tons, July, 1853.Lady Franklin, 900 tons, August, 1853.Edward, 1,400 tons, October, 1853, Ocean Steed, 1,600 tons, November, 1853, Carthage, 900 tons, December, 1853.Albert Franklin, February, 1854.Nightingale, 1,066 tons, May, 1854.Gertrude, 1,200 tons, July, 1854.Flying Scud, 1,713 tons, Sept., 1854.Nimrod, 800 tons, October, 1854.The ships of this Line are fitted with Emerson's Patent Ventilators, and carry Francis\u2019 Metallic Life-Boats.\u2019-.-a THE A.1, SUPERIOR CLIPPER SHIP ~%7%T X ZSF ID JSsl.lO.ID \u201e 1200 TONS REGISTER, BENJ.SMITH, Master, WILL SUCCEED the \u201cFLYING -SCUD-\u201d as Twentieth Ship of this Line, and have ©ÏÏŒCüX BÏSPA^CBS The \u201c WINDWARD\u201d is acknowledged by.competent judges to be equal iu strength and sailing qualities with any Clipper Ship afloat.Intending Shippers and Passengers, are.requested to examine her at Pier 8, East River.For Freight or Passage, apply on Board, or to E.W.CAMERON, 116 Wall Street, R.Y.Or here, to NEIL McINTOSH.November 8.\t210 The TROPIC, 700 tons register, E.R.Smith, Master, will succeed the WINDWARD, as twenty-first ship of this line, and-will sail for SYDNEY on the 5th of December.WWk RUBBER SIDES.Car Is Û B H insurance; company git London.Capital\u2014©syc Mlliitm Sterling.All paid up and invested.EIRE DEPARTMENT THE undersigned are appointed SOLE A GE N T S for ALL CANADA, {Montreal City excepted.) They will insure risks at advantageous rates, and have authority to settle claims without referring them to London.LIEE DEPARTMENT.A Reduced Tariff of Life rates for Canada will be shortly established.RYAN, BROTHERS & CO.Glohe Agents, Montreal & Quebec, ROYAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL MD LONDON, PROPERTY of all descriptions INSURED against .loss or damage by FIRE, and LIFE Insurance effected on advantageous terms.LOSSES promptly settled without reference to England.\ta H.L.ROUTH, Agent.January 12.\t5 \u201cSUN\u201d Mutual Marin© Insurance Co.\u2019y., \u201c MERCANTILE \u201d \u2019 Mutual Marine Insurance \u201c ATLAS\u201d Mutual \u2022 Marine Insurance \u201c ASTOR\u201d Mutual Marine Insurance OF NEW YORK.r|\u201d1HE MONTREAL RUBBER COMPANY hav- ÎL ing purchased the premises of the late MONTREAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, and erected the newest and most improved machinery in their Works, are now prepared to sell to the Trade a much superior article to any hitherto manufactured here, and equal if not superior to any imported.They will have no Agents, and will make no consignments, thus placing all dealers on an equality.Their prices will be the same as first quality Goods in the States, viz.:\u2014 Men\u2019s Overshoes, first quality.5s per pair.Women\u2019s do\tdo do v.3s 9d \u201c Boys\u2019\tdo\tdo do .3s 1 jd \u201c Misses and Children's do .-2s 6d \u201c With a discount of 5 per cent to those who buy in the season to the extent of .£250 and upwards 10 per ceiit to purchasers of £1000, and 15 per «Ont to purchasers of £2000 and upwards.Nc greater discount will in any case be made.They will not sell less than a case, and will require cash for every purchase under £25.All orders to be addressed to the Company ar their Works, St.Gabriel Lock, Montreal.Shoes not proving of first quality can be returned at the expense of .the Company.ALFRED M.FARLEY, Secretary.Montreal, 7th Aug., 1854.\t184 ROCHESTER, L0CKP0RT AND NIAGARA FALLS RAILROAD.©peM to Bcsffaïo.The most Direct, Cheapest and Quickest Route I to TORONTO, HAMILTON & Canada West.ON and after TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,1853, Trains will leave Rochester for Buffalo and Niagara Falls as follows:\u20147:20 A.M., and 2:15 P.M, Returning\u2014Trains will leave Buffalo and Niagara Falls for Rochester, at 7:50 A.M., and | 4:40 P.M.Passengers for Buffalo will find this route superior, in point, of comfort, to any other.The I Road is thoroughly built, and equipped with entirely new Cars and Locomotives.The present terminus of the Road in Buffalo is I on the Terrace, the most central portion of the City.WARREN COLBURN, Superintendent.Rochester Jan.18 1853.\t15 FOR EASTPORT &.ST- JOHN.N-B- tVTJL, CTana 1 If: ! PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at the approaching | Session of Parliament, an application will be made by the MONTREAL AND BYTOWN and \u201cTHE NORTH SHORE RAILWAY\u201d COMPANIES, conjointly, for a CHARTER for the CONSTRUCTION of a RAILWAY from some point near the TOWN of BYTOWN, in Canada West, to such point on LAKE HURON as they shall deem most advantageous, and from thence to SAULT STE.MARIE.Signed, SYDNEY BELLINGHAM, Sec\u2019y.Montreal & Bytown Railway.Montreal, Jan.2, 1854.Signed, H.L.LANGEVIN, Sec\u2019y.North Shore Railway Company.Quebec, Jan.4, 1854.\t4 Steamer \u201cADMIRAL\u201d, 800tons, Captain Wood EVERY TUESDAY.Steamer \u201c EASTERN CITY\u201d, 700 tons, Captain Winchester, EVERY FRIDAY.THESE Steamers will (until further notice) leave from LINCOLN\u2019S WHARF, BOSTON EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at TEN.o\u2019clock, A.M.,-and CUSTOMHOUSE WHARF, PORTLAND, at EIGHT o\u2019clock, P.M.Returning, will leave ST.JOHN EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at EIGHT o\u2019clock, A.M., and EASTPORT at TWO, P.M., touching at Portland.The above forms the most agreeable and cheapest route for persons visiting the Lower Provinces, and in speed, safety and accommodation, those Steamers are unequalled.For further particulars, apply to GEO.GREIG & CO., No.32, Long Wharf, Boston.March 30.\t38 Tlse ESi-Slisli art«5 Sortis Americas* BÏoyai Mail SteanssMps, Co.\u2019y,, Co.\u2019y», Co.\u2019y., 100 May 6.TOS.SA3Ü1!.MINOTS OF GRASS SEED.A.DENOÜVION, ; Petite Cote, Parish of Montreal.184 Wholesale Drug- Warehouse.THE Subsoribers are receiving from various Ships in Port and to arrive, their FALL IMPORTATIONS, and offer, for Wholesale only : DRUGS and CHEMICALS of every description; SNGLISH and AMERICAN MEDICINES; FANCY SOAPS; LUBIN\u2019S and other PERFUMERY ; MEDICAL GLASSWARE, &c.Arrowroot, Sago, Tapioca, Gelatine, Fresh Candied Peels, Chocolate, Cocoa, Mustard in.bottle and otherwise, Fish Sauces, Spices, both ground and whole.\u2014and\u2014 Indigo of various qualities, Maddor, and Dyes in general, Red and While Lead and White Paints of the finest.quality, Colours, Paint and Lamp Oils, &c.; , CARTER,.KERRY & CO., ~ C L \u201d\t.St.Paul Street.October 19.\t199 EQUITABLE MUTUAL SAFETY AND MIRIM INSURANCE COMPANIES Oï1 JBOSTOHT.THE Undersigned, Agent for the above Companies, is authorised to receive PROPO-SAIiS for MARINE RISKS («TEAS ©R SHULAIB»,) on SHIPS, FREIGHT or CARGO, by the Voyage or Open Policy.Policies will be issued direct from the Office of the Companies at New York and Boston.Scrip Certificates, averaging heretofore 28 ÿ1 cent.Annually, will be issued at Division of Profits, to all parties effecting Insurance through the Subscriber.THEODORE HART, St.Nicholas Street.Montreal, March 4,1854.\t27 New Edinburgh Saw Mills, SASIB, BSOOli&iB&Iïïfiî FACTORY, BYTOWN.(Fokmerly MacKay & MacKinnon.) A STOCK of SEASONED LUMBER, PLAINED, TONGUED, and GROVED FLOORING, &c.; DOORS, WINDOW SASH BLINDS, LATHS, SHINGLES, &c., constantly on hand.Also, are prepared to fill orders for DOOR SASH, and BLIND STUFF out to any size, and put up in bundles for shipping.CURRIER & DICKINSON, By town, C.W:, Or\tM.K.DICKINSON, Canal Basin,Montreal.March S.\tly 29\t- Apartments Vacant.- AT x,.©©ssxam\u2019s, No, 60 ST.GABRIEL STREET.June 21.\tws 96 FOR.SAFE.A TUBULAR BOILER, Second Hand,\u2019nearly new\u2014is 14 feet long, 4 feet in diamater, 92 2-inch tubes, fire box 7 feet long.For farther particulars, apply to W.D.P.JANES, Canal Basin, Montreal.September 7.\t163 WM.THOMPSON & SONS, 205 Noire Rams© Street, Manufacturers of silk hats, Hungarian HATS, CLOTH CAPS, and IMPORTERS of PALM LEAF, LEGAORN, PANAMA, and other SUMMER HATS, have now isÀaiarB A large assortment of the above Goods, which we are SEIXING OFF ©HEAP, And invite the attention of all COUNTRY BUYERS To our Stock, which is much larger than last Spring, and has been made up with great care, as we employ none but the best workmen, and one of the firm devotes his entire attention to getting up our Goods in a substantial workmanlike manner, we can recommend them as not to be surpassed by any manufactured in Canada or any Foreign Country.We have determined to CLEAR OUT Ouf entire Summer Stock before the 10th June next, so if you want bargains cs-nrxs irs & ©A&a.¦ May 8.\t58 Tall and winter godds.rp.HE Subscribers have just received, chiefly 1 via Boston and River Steamers a large and complete assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, consisting in part of\u2014 French Merinos, Cobotirgs, Lustres, Orleans, Delaines, Cashmeres, &c., Black and Col\u2019d Glacés, Blk and Coi\u2019d Gros Poplins, Satinettes.Satiu\", &c., Brocaded and Checked Glacés and Gros, Checked Galas and Spun Silks, Falsely and Scotch Wool Shawls, Plaids and Hkfs Black and Cold Cloths and Cassimeres, Petershams, Beavers, Whitney, &c., Flannels, Blankets, Bookings, Druggets, &c.Silk, Cotton, Woollen and Worsted Hosiery and Gloves, Laces, Sewed Work, Muslins, Dress, and Tailors Trimming, &c., &c.\u2014ALSO,\u2014 A very compléta assortment of small wares.ALEX, MOLSON A Oo.Oct.2\t184 Dritisii and North American E:X P R E S SjO 0 MP ANY MESSENGERS leave DAILY for the Eastern j Townships, Portland and Boston, at 6 o\u2019clock, A.M.and 3 o\u2019clock P.M.; at 6 o\u2019clock for Quebec ; at 8 o\u2019clock A.M.for Bytown, Kingston, Belleville, Toronto, Hamilton, Saint Catherines, London, and Windsor.d.deforest, Agent, 53, Great St.James Street Montreal, July 1, 1854.\tly 90 FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL.Chief Cabin Passage.$130 Second Cabin Passage.$ 70 FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL.Chief Cabin passage.,$110 Second Cabin Passage.60 The shipé from Boston call at Halifax.Captains\tCaptains ARABIA.C II E Judkins, I AMERICA.WJ C Lang.PERSIA.A Ryrie, | EUROPA.N Shannon.ASIA.E G Lott, I CANADA .J Stone, AFRICA.W Harrison, | NIAGARA.I Leitch, These Vessels carry a clear white light, at théir mast head, green on starboard bow, red on, port bow.Niagara.from Boston.Wednesday, Nov.8th.Arabia.(from New York.Wednesday, Nov.16th.America, .ifrom Boston.Wednesday, NoV.22ndl Asia.^.from New York.Wednesday, Nov.29th.Canada.from Boston.Wednesday, Lee.6th.Africa.from New York.Wednesday; Dec; 13th.Europa.from Boston.Wednesday, Dec.20th.Berths not secured until paid.for.An experienced Surgeon onboard.The owners of these ships will not be accounlablëfor Gold, Silver,Bullion, Speeié, Jewellery, Precious Stones,' or Metals, unless bills df ladingare signed, thefefor, and the value thereof thereia expressed.For freight or passage, apply.to E.CUNARD, 4 Bowling Green, New York.S.S.LEWIS, Commercial Wharf, Boston.November 9.\t217 Musical Instruments.SEEBOLD, BROTHERS have on sale, at low | prices\u2014\tr'r - Saxhorns\tViolins Cornopeons\tGuitars Ophyclides\tAccordians Trombones\tClarinets French Horns\tFlutes I Trumpets\tDriims Violin and Guitar Strings.Ac.No.221, Notre DameiStréet, West.October 7.\t189 MEW ©BY ©0©P§.:.SPRliira 1854.THE Subscribers are NOW OPENING parti of their SPRING IMPORTATIONS, received via Portland and Boston, consisting in | part of\u2014 Black, Shot Colored, and Exhibition Silks Ribbons, Parasols, Dress Trimmings A fine assortment of Sewed Muslins Printed and Plain Muslins Printed and Plain Bareges Satin Check and Bayadere Dresses Delaines, Circassian and Sultana Lustres Cobourgs, Orleans and Alpacas An assortment of Small Wares Black and Drab Cloths Black and Oxford Doe Fancy Tweeds and Doeskins And, to arrive : Forfar Baggings, Twilled and Plain Bags OGILVY, WOOD * CO.10 St.Joseph Street.May 9.\t69 WINES & _GROCERliS.| LA MOTHE & FRERE, Mo.2©2 St.Paul Street, Montreal, HAVE on band a general assortment of GROCERIES, and pf.the best and rarest descriptions of WINES and BRANDIES, such as :~ Moet & Chandon\u2019s Champagnes ; Grand vin d\u2019Angleterre, Fleur de Sillery, of the first quality.Henkell & Co.\u2019s P.henish, Moselle, and Sparkling Hock Wines.Foke & Brandenburg\u2019s Claret Wines of every description.Hultskam, Toon & Molyn\u2019s Cordials, the .very best of all descriptions Best Champagne Brandies, \u201942, \u201945, \u201948, \u201950, \u201954 Madeira, Sherry, Port, Canary, Sicily, Burgundy, iffalaga, &c August 5.\t135 Montreal to Cornwall, Dundee, Fort Covington, CALLING AT Beauharnois, Coteau du Lac, Port Lewis, St.Anicet and Lancaster.THE Steamer FASHION, C.B.Dewitt, Master, will leave the Subscribers wharf, for the above places on TUESDAY and FRIDAY, and Lachine on tbo arrival of the four o\u2019clock Tj* clins JOHN MACPHERSON, Canal Wharf.Septembers.\t164 TOW BOAT.PH LATE irmcs-jAL, \" WILMIKGTOH,\u201d rriHIS Powerful Steamer will run between JL QUEBEC and MONTREAL, during the remainder of the seaaon.as a FREIGHT and TOW BOAT.Apply to.JOHN ANDERSON & CO.A GENTS, 16 Union Buildings.Montreal, 13th Sept.,\t170 NOTICE.STEAMER PROVINCIAL npHE Proprietors will not be responsible fm JL any debts contracted on account of this vessel, without a written order from the Captain on board, or JOHN ANDERSON k CO., Agents, Union Buildings.October 18.\t198 THE MONTEEAÏ.HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE , .Is Printed and Published by JAMES POT'i 3 for himself and the other Proprietors, at No, : 2(19, Notre P-amé Street.Montbsai, ; 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