Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 22 mai 1862, jeudi 22 mai 1862

[" Ce O \\\t.cav \\ \\\tv vv \\ \\n _ I V C VvVv.wxvJW ONÏiiil| BiNK.| DIVIDE N D NO.10.Notice is hereby given that a dividend of FOUR PER CENT upon the ! Paid Capital Stock of this Institution, for j the cn ent half year, has THIS DAY been DE- j GLARED, and that the same be payable at the Bank and its Branches on and after Monday, the 2nd day of June nest.; The Transfer Books will be Closed from the 16th to the 31st May, inclusire.NOTICE is also given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGof the STOCKHOLDERS, for the ELECTION of DIRECTORS for the ensuing year, will be held at the BANKING HOUSE, in BOWMANVILLE, on MONDAY, the SECOND day of JUNE NEXT.The Chair to be taken at Twelve O\u2019clock, Noon, precisely.By order of the Board.D.FISHER, Cashier.Ontario Bank,\t\\ Bowmanville, 19 th April, 1862 $ a mt 104 n\\ .\u201e\t.\\\\JCVvV.v \\ of rtttffa c/VK! t tKWJviwy-v AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE VOLUME LIV.MONTREAL, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1862.NUMBER 122 BUSINESS NOTICES, AMERICAN BOGLE\u2019S ELECTRIC HAIR DYE T CHA 1HE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under the name and style of L.MAR-ÏAND & CO., has been DISSOLVED, by mutual consent, on the 1st May instant.All Claims due to or by the late firm will be Settled by Mr.L.MARCHAND, who is duly authorized to that effect, and likewise to use the name of the late firm in liquidation.L.MARCHAND, CHS.A.MARCHAND.Montreal, May 6, 1862.1m Its 108 IN reference to the above, the undersigned informs his numerous Friends and the Pubic in general that he has OPLNED AiSi OFFICE, At No.39 St.Francois Xavier Street, where he will carry on the Business of Drv&ci amu vumunss,^.\u201e, «.ml will m«ko ADVANCES on every kind of Merchandise, in Bond or otherwise, and on good Commercial Paper.L.MARCHAND.Montreal, May 6, 1862.1m Its 108 valôïsXTIbëlle.1OTICE is hereby given that Messrs.Valois & Labelle have OPENED, at Nos.18 & 20 Jacques-Cartier Place, in the Store recently occupied by Messrs.Labelle & Lapierre, a LEATHER and BOOT and SHOE STORE.They will also always have on hand an assortment of SHOEMAKERS\u2019 FURNISHINGS and Tools.NARCISSE VALOIS.SEVERE LABELLE.Montreal, May 8, 1862, 3m tTs 110 Ts aa superior to all others as the Meridian Sun to a Caudle.All imitate Bogle even to his style of advertisements, which for years have he u headed The Best Hair Dye in the World.Now others without brains steal and copy this.Their Dyes are as miserable as their invention is contemptible.Avoid them all ! Bogle\u2019s has been awarded Medals and Diplomas over them all, and to their contusion pronounced \u201c The ouly Hair Dve fit to be used.\u201d No rainbow tints a la \u201c Tittlebat Titmouse.\" No smut ! no skill staining 1 no humbug, but reliable, safe and sure.Tile distinctive advantages of this over all other Hair Dyes, are,\u20141st.It is entirely iiee from all in-gredients which can injure the Hair.Sud.it does not stain the skin.3rd.It is easier of application, as the Hair can be dyed by it in any weather, whether cloudy, rain, or sunshine.4th.It acts like magic and is instantaneous in its effect, as the Hair can he washed with Soap and Water almost immediately after application, when it assumes a beautiful silky lustre, and has the most natural and life-like appearance.5th.It is the most permanent and natural Hair Dye ever invented, and neither washing, nor the effects of the Sun or weather destroys its color.Proprietor, W.BOGLE, Boston, U.S., and for sale by all respectable Chemists and Perfumers throughout the World.April 90.\t101 kfiJS Si04 THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1862.BOGLE\u2019S BALM OE CYTHERIA FOR PESER YING AND BEAUTIFYING OOuTkXVjkT- ECC:T./N>.T__^_ THE VICTORIA Pleasure_________Cardens I PLATT PROPERTY, SHERBROOKE STREET.A WILSON begs to inform bis friends and \u2022 the public that be has LEASED those OLD ESTABLISHED G ARDENS and will shortly RE-OPEN them with increased attractions.To PIC-NIC PARTIES, SOCIETIES, and others desirous of having a GATHERING during the Summer Season, it is almost needless to say there is no place in or near the Oily which can offer the same advantages ; and he will be prepared at once to enter into liberal engagements for their accommodation.Menageries, Circuses, &e., can be accommodated with Stabling on the premises.TEA, COFFEE and other REFRESHMENTS will be provided for Families, Parties., &c., using the Gardens ; and those honoring the establishment with their patronage may rely upon every attention to their comfort.Season Tickets can be had by application to the Subscriber, or to E.NEILL, Agent, 22 Great St.James Street.N.B.\u2014Due notice of the opening with other particulars will shortly be announced.May 1.\t1m tTS 104 BEMOVAL.CJ.HOUGHTON has REMOVED his Office \u2022 to No.42.St Francois Xavier Street.Money to Invest in Good Commercial Paper.Cash Advanced on Warehouse Receipts.Loans obtained upon Mortgage of Real Estate, &c., &c.May 16.\tr III Iff In icmr INTENDING SUBSCRIBERS are requested to LEAVE their NAMES as early as rossible .TERSVIS FOR SUPPLYING ICE During the Year 1862 : To be delivered daily (double supply on 3al day for Sunday\u2019s use), from the first MONDA x' in MAY to the 1st OCTOriER- This delightful Balsamic Preparation is highly efficacious in protecting the Skin from the effects of a hot Sun, as well as Irom being chapped and harsh by the piercing blasts of Spring or Winter, and at the sea shore or country retreat it is invaluable.So bright the tear in beauty\u2019s eye, So sweet the blush of bashfulness ; Love half regrets to kiss it dry, Even pity scarce can wish it less.In fact the patrons of \u201cBogle\u2019s Balm of Cytheria,\u201d \u201cBogle\u2019s Hyperion Fluid,\u201d and \u201c Bogle\u2019s * Electric Hair Dye,\u201d may be considered as encased in the armour of good health, good temper, and good looks.It is delightful for Children, and Gentlemen find it peculiarly soothing after shaving.Proprietor, W.BOGLE, Boston, U.S., and sold everywhere.April 26.\t101 Be of Good Cheer\u2014Debility anb Languor.\u2014Out of many there is but one infallible remedy, Holloway\u2019s World-renowned Pills,\u201d and only one source of this disorder, the stomach.When we consider the sympathetic affinity existing between the condition of the stomach and the action of the brain, we can easily understand the \u201c rationale \u201d of Holloway\u2019s treatment.\u2014 Through the stomach and the circulation his Pills act on the general system, and by purifying the blood, renovating the digestive organs, and stimulating the secretions of the liver, they give buoyancy to the animal spirits, elasticity to the body, and vigor to the whole constitution.Holloway\u2019s Ointment is the only sure remedy for old sores, ulcerated legs, cutaneous eruptions, &c.\tr 119 Dyspepsia.\u2014This is a very distressing complaint and gives the patient more suffering than almost any other disease, in fact, it is a combination of many complaints in one.The symptoms are mimerons, and are of the nature of almost all other complaints combined.From this fact arise the very many cases where this disease is mistaken for some other, and so imperfectly treated.The first symptoms\u2014indigestion, flatulency, loss of appetite, heartburn, headache, etc., if neglected, almost always awaken some dormant disease.and send the poor sufferer to a premature grave.What you must first do is cleanse the blood and regulate the bowels ; do this with the Mountain Herb Pills, and you can bid defiance to dyspepsia.\u2019Mils are sold by all Medi- PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THIS DAY.Special General Meeting of the Caledonian Society, at Mechanics\u2019 Hall, at Eight o\u2019clock, P.M.Concert, in Mechanics\u2019 Hall, this evening, at Eight \u2022\"aa°\u2014,r o\u2019clock.AUCTION SALES THIS BAY.BY JOHN J.ARNTON.Wines, at his own Stores, at Ten o\u2019clock.by g.McGregor.Dry Goods, at hts own Stores, at Two o\u2019clock.BY SHAW & BROTHER.Household Furniture, &c., at their Stores, at half-past Ten o\u2019clock.Horses Harness, &e\u201e at their own Stores, at half-past Twelve o\u2019clock.^ BY JOHN LEEMING & CO.Valuable Real Estate, at their own stores, at Eleven o\u2019clock.BYr BENNING & BARSALOU.Carpets, &c., at the Stores of Wm.Benjamin & Co., Recollet Street, at Ten o\u2019clock.BY ALEX.BRYSON.Sale of Machines, Tools, &c., at St.Lawrence Engine Works, at Ten o\u2019clock.BY JOHN O.BROWN & SON.Dry Goods, Books, Jewellery, Ac., at their own stores, Notre Dame Street, at Seven o'clock.THE TENPEEATUSE YESTERDAY.State of the Thermometer (in the shade) at the door of Mr.McPherson, watchmaker and jeweller, corner of St.Francois Xavier and Notre Dame Streets May 21\u20149 A.M.60 above zero.2 P.M.00 above zero.5 P.M.57 above zero.ARRIVAIS AT MAY 21.HOTELS.Judson\u2019s Mountain Herb Pil cine Dealers.May 5.1m 107 The Confessions and Experience of an Invalid.PUBLISHED for the benefit and as a warning and a caution to Young Men who suffer from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, &c.; supplying at the same time the means of Self-Cure.By one who has cured himself after being put to great expense through medical imposition and quackery.By pre-paying postage single copies may be had of the author, NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, Esq., Bedford, Kings Co , N.Y.March 14.\tDW ly 63 LEA & PERRIN CELEBRATED Worcestershire Sauce, Ottawa Hotel- A W Kindrick, Compton; Miss Kindrick, do; W Wilson, Cumberland; G Brown, Richmond; B S Wait, Portland; S Mansfield, St Johns, C E; Mrs Waddell, Buckingham; T A Derby, Ogdensburgh; M Doran, Kingston; A Johnston, London; W Mayo, do; II Rou-sell, Toronto; G M Wheeler and sister, Chicago; S Brunson, Picton; M Clark, Toronto; J Belton, do; J Lillamay and wife, do; W Gravison, jr, and wife, Cin-cinnatti; E Stephenson, Trenton, C W; Col S Goldey, Boston, Mass; J R Miller, do; F W Meeers, Rouses Point; E C Woodruff,U S army;C B Stiners, do; J Nelson, Burlington; J Waddell, Hawkesbury.\u201eT\tMontreal House.W Stevens* W Merritt, Detroit; R Wirson, Lindsay: W Stewart, do; A Ynung and lady, Conn, R Lonsdsll, Lennoxville; R Patterson, Coburg; A B Bowen, Toronto.Cosmopolitan Hotel.C Davis, Montreal; II White, do; S Stephens, Trenton.Canada Hotel.O Senecal, St Norbert; J G Pattenaude, Sorel; H Stoche, Quebec; Rev Mr Prouse, do; Rev Mr Drolette, do; Madame Denichaud, Three Rivers; Delle Creme, Quebec; J Michaud, St Hyacinthe; G Crepeau, St Norbert; Madame Crepeau, do; Jas Darice, St Athanase; Jas Charland, do; J Brissett, St Edouard; A Leriche, St Jean Chrisostome; B| Void, Quebec; Mine Couture, do;FX Prieur, St Vincent; H Prieur, St Vincent; Madame Prieur, do; Delle-Trottier, do.St.^Lawrence Hall.S Symons, Hamilton; T A Havemeyer, New York; T J Havemeyer, do; Jno A Robinson, Hainbury, N Y; J Young, Georgetown; Mr and Mrs McDonell&child, do; Mr Fraser, do; J O\u2019Reilly.Kingston; M P Roblin, Na-panee; Walter Ross, Picton ; Walter McKenzie, de; T Low, od; Isaac Hendricks, New York; Miss Tobias, do; Miss Miriam Hendricks, do; W H Jeffery, Quebec; Louis Lamontagne, do; H Arnold, Toronto; T B Taylor, Ottawa; A Fraser, do; Mrs Wallace, Quebec; Chas Boillorge, do; Jas G Worts, Toronto; Jas M Lawder, Brockville; Ohs L Beard, Woodstock; P M Mose, Quebec; J W Cooke, Quebec; Charles Bate, Ottawa.The Fisheries.\u2014The Journal de Quebec has a letter from Port Dalhousie of the 14th instant.There were, owing to the weather, only 20 herring vessels in Plaisance Bay, instead of some 200 to 250 which are usually to be seen there at this time of the year.However, the herrings were abundant, so that at one haul of a seine no less than 2,000 barrels were taken.The seal fishery had also been successful, the Amherst schooners returning to port with from 500 to 1,100 seals each\u2014that it is to say the strip of fat which covers the seals carcasses.One of these weighed 3851bs.Usually the weight even of the larger kinds is from lOOIfes.to 1501bs.On the North Shore the schooners have brought in 60,000 gallons of oil.The Napoleon III., which brought this letter, also brought the captain and crew of the ship Quebec, lost on the reefs of Bryon Island.She saw the Pride of Canada, whose captain attributes her loss to the abberations of his compasses.Three of her crew were lost, and the salvation of the rest was due to the exertions and courage of David Levesque, late Pilot of Capt.Fortin\u2019s Canadienne, aud who, remaining in charge of the wreck_of that vessel^was almost ashore.Nothing is said of the cargo.The sale at the St.Lawrence Engine Works will be continued this morning at 10 o\u2019clock.The finishing shop will be commenced at 3, embracing a superior steam engine and boiler and the valuable stock of machines, tools, &c., for which see catalogue, d he lumber, consisting of boards, planks, battens and square timber, will be sold at 2 o\u2019clock.Pronounced by CONNOISSEURS TO BE THE Only good Sauce AND APPLICABLE TO EVERY VARIE- 10' its per day for the Season.\t\t\t.$ 4.U0.20 lbs\tdo\tdo\t.6.00.30 lbs\tdo\tdo\t.8.00.40 lbs\tdo\tdo\t.10.00.10 lbs\tdo\tfor one Month.\t.\t1.25.20 lbs\tdo\tdo\t2.00.Ice will\tbe\tdelivered during\t.ne month October, to parties barge, as follows requiring it, at an extra 20 lbs per day.,\t\t.$1.50.10 lbs\tdo .\t.1.00.20 lbs\tdo .\t,.2.00.10 lbs\tdo .\t,.1.25.Do\tdo, Monthly do, Do\tdo, During this month, Ice will be delivered three times a week.Parties living beyond the undermentioned limits will be charged extra, according to the distance of their residences, viz.; \u2014 Richmond Square, North-West of Sherbrooke Street, Cote-a-Barron, and Papineau Square.Complaints against the drivers, for neglect or any other cause, will be promptly attended to.Payments, as usual, Cash in Advance.Lamplotigh & Campbell, Apothecaries\u2019 Hall, Cathedral Block.May 3\t2m 106 Extract of a letter from a Medical Gentleman at Madras to his brother at Worcester: May, 1851.\" Tell Lka & Perrin that their SAXJOE ie highly esteemed in Inuia, and is, in my opinion, the most palatable as well as the ___\tmost wholesome TY OF DISH.\tSauce that is made.\u201d EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.L.& P.having discovered that several of the foreign markets have been supplied with spdrioüs imitations of their \u201c W OKCKSTERSHIRE SAUCE,\u201d the labels of which closely resemble those of the genuine Sauce, and in one or more instances with the names of L.4 P.forced, they have deemed it their duty to caution the public, and to request purchasers to see that the names of Lea & Perrin are upon the Wrapper, Label, Stopper and Bottle.L.& P.further give notice that they will proceed against any one who may infringe upon their right, either by manufacturing or vending such imitations, and have instructed their correspondents in the various parts of the world to advise them of such infringements.Wholesale and for exportation by the Proprietors, LEA & PERRIN, Worcester, England ; CROSSE & BLACKWELL, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London.December 24.\tly-t-307 PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.Quebec, May 21.The Hon.Mr.McMurrich, the newly elected member for the Saugeen Division, took the oatli of office and his seat.On motion ui oir n .1-.\t~- was (in consequence of what occurred in the Assembly yesterday) adjourned.LEGISLATIVE ASSEBIBLV.i Quebec, May 21.After routine business, Hon.Mr.Cartier rose and stated to the House that in consequence of the vote given yesterday, he had placed his resignation, and that of his colleagues, in the hands of His Excellency ; there the matter rested for the present, and he would, therefore, move that the House do now adjourn.Mr.MacBeth said he regretted his accidental absence yesterday when the vote was taken.Had he been prepent he would have voted for the second reading of the bill.The House then adjourned at 3:15.UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF Her Most Rraeious Majesty tLe Qaeeu, AND Field Marshal Bis Royal Highness the Prince Consort# K.Ü., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., AND G.C.G.M.The Eoyal laval, Military & East India LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established A.D.188T, for General Assurance on Lives, 13 Waterloo Place, London\u2014N.W.Directors.\u2014Major General Sir Frederic Smith, K.H.SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE «MONTREAL HERALD.\" Quebec, May 21.The resignation of the Cartier-Cabinet has been accepted ; and the Hon.John Sandfield McDonald, at the request of the Governor General, has accepted the task of forming a new Ministry.The extensive sale of fine London proof engravings will be continued at Dubois\u2019 stores tins eveniug at 7J o\u2019clock.First Class House for Sale.\u2014Mr.I seeming will sell at his office, to-day at 11 o\u2019clock, that fine dwelling house, the property of and occupied by J.Bleakley, Esq, opposite the Donegaua Hotel.The regular weekly sale at Messrs.Shaw & Bro.\u2019s stores this morning will comprise a fine as-sor ment of furniture, carpets, stoves, refrigerators, new cooking stoves, gasatiers, &c.Sale at lOj o\u2019clock.M.P.Messrs.BuchauaujCraw ord & Co.No.18 Great St.James Street, MONTREAL, A GENTS for the PURCHASE and SALE of REAL ESTATE In the City of Montreal.Also, of Improved and Unimproved Lauds throughout Canada ; Mills, Factories, Mining and Oil Locations ; Stocks, Monied Securities of all kinds, and the Negotiation of Loans and Investments.April 28.\tCm 101 ll.PEACOCK & 00., Practical Watchmakers and Jewellers, ÎÏO.144 ÏJOÏRS DAKIE STKSET, (Next Door to A.McGibbon, Esquire, Grocer), MONTREAL.WATCHES Made and Repaired, Jewellery made and repaired, Diamonds and Pre-ci«us Stones mounted to order, Spectacles to suit all sights, good supply of Watch Glasses on hand.13-All Work in their line done at the Lowest Prices.The highest price paid for Old Gold Watches, Diamonds, Silver Plate and Plated Ware.H.PEACOCK.R.ELLIOTT.1m 102 Major C F.R.! Nugent Darnell, Escp, Deputy Chairman, Lieutenant General Edwa\"\u201d 15\t\u2019 C.B., Archibald Hair, Esq., Guards : William Chard, Esq, April 29.S., Chairman.James Frederick Deputy Chairman, ward B.Wynyard, M.D., late R.H.Navy Agent; .gineers; Gen.H \u201cG.A.Taylor, 'C.B.,\u2018E.I.Co.\u2019s Service; Wilbraham Taylor, Esq.; Lieut.Col.F.S.Southeby, C.B., E.I.C.S.; Lieut.General Sir George Pollock, G.O.B.; Rear Admiral Michael Quin ; Rear Admiral Sir George R.Lambert, K.C.B.\t« VICE-PATRONS FOR B.N.A The Very Reverend John Bethunk, D.D., Dean of Montreal ; Lieut.-Col.Dyde, Commandant Active Force ; Lient.-Col.DAWD, Volunteer Cavalry; Lieut.-Col.Ermatinger, Inspecting Field Officer Militia;\t.\t\u201e T.A.Evans, Esq., of the firm of Anderson, Evans & Evans ; Physician\u2014Joan Beddy, M.D.ASSURANCES are granted upon the Lives of Per-sons in every Profession and Statipij.of Life, and are extended to Tropical Climates, on favorable terms.The Rates of Premiums are constructed upon sound principles -with reference to every Colony.No extra charge for the risk of voyage from or to England and Norm America.\to «\t\u2022 n Four-fifths of the Profits are divided Septennially amongst the Assured.\tj h Agent for British North America.May\t^ '«'-132 ammunition I 13.AMasnS, FIRST QUALITY BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER, DJo.305 Wotre Same Street.CiHARLES L\u2019ECUYER, (lately at E.Thomp-/ son\u2019s, Esq.,) Manager, begs to request a call of his friends to examine his work, made according to the latest styles of English and French Patterns.Muckleston\u2019s Volunteer Leggings and Diamond Shoes.Also, Vary\u2019s Boots, a most beautiful Boot lately introduced in this market by Moses Vary, of this city.April 30.\tb w 103 35 TARGET 12 Feet Square.Represents average shooting at 500 yards, with ELTSY\u2019S ENFIELD CARTRIDGES.LICITATION.ON MONDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH of MAY, 1862, at ELEVEN o\u2019clock, A.M., at the Door of the Church of L\u2019Ange Gardien, will be Sold, by Licitation, the LAND depending of the community of goods which has existed between Damk ROSALIE BENOIT and the late ANTOINE DYON, of two arpents by twenty-eight, on the south side of the Range Rosalie, annexed for canonical reasons to the Parish of L'Ange Gardien, less a small lot belonging to Joseph Joffrion ; bounded in front by the Queen\u2019s highway, in rear by the lands of the Range Cosimir, on one side by Philippe Routet, and on the other side by Rene Riendeau, with a House and other Buildings thereon erected.The conditions will be made known on the day of Sale.(By Order).' A.GUENETTE, N.P.Ange Gardien, May 3, 1862.r ws 109 ÏÎLEY\u2019S AMMUNTIIOBÏ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION For Sporting' or Blilita.y Purposes.Double Waterproof Central Fire Cups, Felt Waddings to prevent the leading of Glins.Wire Cartridges for killing Game, &c., at long (LstqnaySi Breech Loading Cartridge Cases of superior qUSiity f.Of Shot Guns and Kifles.Contractors to the War Department for Small Arms Ammunition.acob\u2019s Rifie Shell Tubes, Cartridges and Caps for Colt\u2019s, Adams\u2019, and other Revolvers.Snfield SSifle Ammunition and Ball Cartridges For Whitworth and Henry\u2019s Rifles, also for Westley Richard\u2019s, Terry\u2019s, Wilson\u2019s.Prince\u2019s, and other Breech Loaders.Bullets of uniform weight made by compression from soft Refined Lead.Eley Bros, Gray\u2019s-Inn-Eoad,London,W.C.try WHOLESALE ONLY.April 9.\t__________ wly 85 Landing, ex < ton, Great Britain, City of Quebec, City of Hamil-St.Clair, Keepsake, &c,, &c.:\u2014 Black and Green Teas Coffee, Chocolates Indigo, Bi-Carb.Soda Castor Oil, Dry Salteries Wine, Beer and Soda Water Bottles Gunpowder, &e, &c, &c JOHN WHYTE, 284 St.Paul Street.May 9,\t111 The Ministerjal Crisis.\u2014We learn from Quebec that there is a secret history of the late vote upon the Militia Bill, which will, if ever our history be worth the trouble of writing in a book read in future times as follows : It was intended by the Opposition that Mr.Drummond should move in amendment to the second reading of the bill the series of resolutions, which we print elsewhere, defining clearly the duties of the British Government towards us; but acknowledging our reciprocal duty towards the Empire ; and at the same time condemning the Bill as costly, inefficient, and calculated to repress the spirit of volunteering ; with the conclusion that a Committee of the House should be appointed to examine the entire subject, and to frame a permanent sysr tem, not hastily, upon the impressions of two or three men and the dictum of the Ministry, as we have before wildly undertaken enterprises which we have regretted ever since ; hut with such deliberation as to obtain and retain the general assent of the people.These resolutions were duly put on the notice paper, printed and distributed, and are the authoritative expression of the views of the Opposition.These gentlemen, however, found, or thought they found, that a disreputable trick was to he played, by an amendment to Mr-Drummond\u2019s amendment being collusively proposed by Mr.Langevin, in such terms as would virtually amount to a vote of non-confidence Jf this pleasure were defeated by the votes of the Opposition, there would be a triumphant \u201c endorsement\u201d for the Ministry by their very opponents ; or, if it were carried, then Mr.Langevin became for the ponce the leader of the Opposition, and ostensibly the first person to be thought of to form a new Ministry.The initiative would thus be kept in the same hands.It was to defeat this scheme, as we are informed, that the vote was taken squarely on the second reading.We do not know whether this was sound policy or not ; but it has certainly given the Government ap opportunity of placing their expulsion from office \" upon a false issue, and of representing what took place as a negative to Imperial expectation with regard to the defence of the country in time of war, instead of jts being simply a negative to the useless and costly machinery with which that bill would have burdened the country.Had Mr.Drummond's resolutions in amendment been moved, the vote would have gone to the country on its real merits ana the Ministry would have been deprived of a means of slandering the loyalty of the opponents of the bill.l'or the rest Mr.Galt\u2019s preposterous war taxation bu,dget, and the infamous robberies of the Exchequer disclosed before the Committee on public accounts, some of which we reprint today, had notoriously ruined the Ministry with a a large section of their own side of the House\u2014 the Nor1-West corner as it is called.They therefore anticipated defeat ip every direction, notably upon the bankruptcy bill and the new fiscal policy.Their fail had become inevitable, and all that (vas left them was to select a soft spot on which to tumble\u2014a measure such as the militia bill, under cloak of which they might hide the real cause of their expulsion from office ; to wit: their shameless and corrupt squandering of the public money among their partizans, and their utter incapacity to manage the public finances, and to bring the expenditure within the means of the people.The latest particulars respecting the Ministerial crisis will be found in our telegrams from Quebec.Montreal Volunteer Cavalry Tournament.\u2014Yesterday, pursuant to announcement, the assault of arms of the Volunteer Cavalry came off\u2019ou Logan\u2019s Farm, beginning at noon.The heavy sky and a few premonitory drops in the morning indicated a wet afternoon, and this was unfortunately the case.The number of spectators was consequently limited.The intending competitors were punctual on the ground, many of them well mounted, and presenting a fine appearance.Captain Buller, of the Field Train, was to have acted as Umpire, but the inspection on the Champ de Mars having prevented his attendance, Dr.Jones, formerly of the Queenside Dragoons, acted in that capacity.The following were the Committee of Management.\u2014Lt.-Col.David, Commanding Montreal Cavalry Force, President; Captain Smith, No.1 Troop, M.V.C.; Captain Languedoc, No.2 Troop M.V.C.; Major Ogilvie, M.V.C.; Lt.-Col.Lovelace, M.V.C.Francis Drummond Filfjrd, Captain and f tcretary.The second prize was competed for first, viz.: 2nd.\u2014Citizens\u2019 Prize.\u2014A Gold Medal.\u2014For the best shot with the regulation Revolver at a target placed at 25 yards distance, firing to the right and left and passing at a canter.Points to be reckoned in the usual manner.Rule \u2014Open to non-commissioned officers and men of No.One and Two Troops of the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry only.There were 12 entries, of whom only the following made points, (six shots being allowed to each competitor) :\u2014Corporal John Tees, No.1 M.V.C., 3 points, first ; Trumpeter Dufort, No.2 M.V.C., 2 points ; and Troopers Payette, No.2, Robertson, No.1, Elliott, No.1, and Berthe-let, No.2, made one point each.There were 3 entries (all of No.1 troop) for the \u2014 Staff and Squadron Officers\u2019 Prize\u2014A Gold Medal.\u2014 For the Dragoon who exhibits the greatest dexterity in Post Practice, Right and Left by thrusts and Cuts at the rings attached thereto, the practice to be in conformity to the Rules laid down in the Revised Cavalry Sword Exercise for Post Practice, page 29, section 4, Nos.1, 3, 6.Rule.\u2014Open to non-commissioned officers and men of No.One and Two Troops of the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry only.The following were the points made : Pay Sergeant Tabb 6 points, first ; S.Major Elliott, 4 points, second; Corporal J.Tees, third.3rd.\u2014Field Officers\u2019 Prize.\u2014A Gold Medal.goon\tVetpmrTV\u201c- Rule.\u2014 Open to non-commissioned officers and men of No.One and Two Troops of the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry only.For the above three prizes the rider\u2019s horse must have been ridden at/«is/Two Months in the Squadron.Sergt.Major Elliott, No.1, first ; Trooper W.Smith, No.1, second ; Pay Sergeant Tabb, No.1, third ; Corporal John Tees, fourth.4th.\u2014Commandant\u2019s and Staff Prize.\u2014 For the best swordsman with masks and single sticks at independent practice, each thrust or cut to be acknowledged by the defending party sloping swords.This exercise to be conducted as in the Three Practices in four directions, viz.:\u2014 Right Front, Left Front, Right Rear, as laid down in revised Cavalry Sword Exercise, page 24, but each file to use his own judgment in attacking and defending.The whole of the above exercises must be gone through mounted, Rule.\u2014Open to all officers, non commissioned officers and men of the Volunteer Militia Cavalry of the Active Force of Lower Canada.There were two entries for the above.Pay Sergeant Tabb, 6 points ; Trooper W.Smith, 4 points.5th.\u2014Similar to 4th Prize, a sum of $20, open to Regulars aud Volunteers.There were four entries for this, which was the last of the exercises.Troop Sergt.Major Villiers, 13th Hussars, 3 poiuts; Sergt Collins, Military Trai n; Corporal Almanac, Military Train, 2; Sergt, Major Norris, 1st Royal Dragoons, 6.The winners then played off as follows : Sergt.Major Norris, 6 ; Troop Sergt.Villiers, 2.To-day at 12 J o'clock, Messrs.Shaw & Brother will sell at their stores, St.Francois Xavier Street, the handsome Canadian horses, carriage and the single and Captain McGill, R.years ofiTpast, and the ph« is ouë 0f the most beautiful in the city.Special Meeting of the Board of Trade.The British Shilling.\u2014In our columns this morning appear the names of a large number of merchants who have resolved to accept the shilling at 24 cents only.We are informed that a deputation of these gentlemen wqited upon several of the Bapks yesterday, and the Bank officers pledged themselves to export the coin.Inspection.\u2014The Scots\u2019 Fusileer Guards, Col.Dalrymple, were inspected yesterday morning on the Champ de Mars.Drowned.\u2014On Tuesday afternoon, George Mestirardt, a German, and cook on board the ship \u201cMolacka,\u201d fell into the river and was drowned, while crossing from that vessel to the \u201cJames Williams,\u201d which was lying alongside.The body has not yet been recovered.\"Police Intelligenee.\u2014The Attack upon a Soldier.\u2014Yesterday morning Michael Conroy was tried in the Police Court on the charge of committing an assault on George Watt, a private of the Fusileer Guards.Watts stated that pn the 9th May he was in Stewart\u2019s tavern on the corner of Murray and McCord Streets.The prisoner and sevpral others werç there, and a dispute ^rose between Watts and the prisoner.The former thinking it tirqe to return home, left the tavern, but had only got a few steps from the door when he was knocked down by a blow from a hand saw.This stunned him ; when he came to his senses he found himself wounded on the right side of the head, from which the blood was flowing.Watts added that he was then sober enough to know what he was doing.On cross-examination he stated that the affair occurred about half-past four in the afternoon ; he (Watts) had taken three glasses of liquor before going to the tavern, and took two more while there.During the dispute he had called the prisoner a d^r-d Yankee.One Peter Hughes, who was in the tavern on tf;e eyeqlng In question, stated that he heard the soldier make use of very abusive language to Conroy, and declare with an oath that he hated Irishmen, and that no Irishman was equal to a Scotchman.The same person stated that the soldier was so drunk when he entered the tavern that the bar-keeper refused to give him anything, but being a young boy, he was frightened and gave him some beer \u2019 The bar-keeper corroborated these statements, having seen the blow given and the soldier fall down.For the defence, Mr.Bates contended that although it had been established that the assault had been committed, the provocation was sufficient to justify the violence, as no man would stand the violence heaped upon the prisoner by Watt.¥'be Court held that there had not been sufficient provocation to justify such an assault.It was true the pohjier was, no doubt, drunk, and made use of abusive language, but the violence had been used in the Street after the dispute had terminated.The prisoner would therefore be adjudged gujity of aggravated assault, and sentence pronounced on the day following.\u2014Mary Agn Cantwell pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing on Ma)r l-2tb, thirty-seven yards of cotton cloth, of the value pf $14, tlie property of Edouard Desrochers.She was sentenced to three months\u2019 imprisonment.\u2014Frederick Prévost was arrested on the charge pf stealing a whip fram Mr.Smith\u2019s truck, but was discharged pw-ing tp the lack pf evidence,\u2014James Flanigan and Michael flpgan were arrested pn the charge lof stealing several oranges from the shed on th sjand Wharf.A Special Meeting of the Board was held at 3 o\u2019clock yesterday afternoon.Present :\u2014L H Holton, President ; Jacob H Joseph, Vice-President ; D A Poe, Treasurer ; T Rimmer, Wm Darling, T S-Brown, J H Winn, R S Oliver, A Roy, J H Henderson, H Thomas, B Hutchins, J Caverhill, C Freeland, R Esdaile, J Perrier, T Gordon, W Hobbs, jr., John Kerry, H Lyman, B Lyman, H Mulholland, A Mitchell, T C Pautou, A Robertson, H B Smith, T W ilson, D R Wood.Mr.RUSS WOOD intimated that there was already a motion before the Board, which he had moved at the last meeting, which would, he believed, express the general opinion.He believed that, even without the recent event at Quebec, there was no probability of the present bill passing the Legislative Council.He had written and had seen some of the members of the Council, and found that all agree with him on this subject.He, however, proposed to make a few verbal changes, which would, he thought, make the motion pass unanimously.Mr.T.S.BROWN spoke as follows :\u2014 This bill entitled \u201c An Act respecting Bankrupts and Bankrupt Estates in Upper Canada,\u201d introduced into the Legislative Council, by the Hon.Sidney Smith, is a general Bankrupt Law for that Province, and proceeds upon the old but erroneous hypothesis that an estate worth 99c, in the dollar, or less, requires for its control management and settlement, a machinery of Courts, official functionaries and enactments, totally distinct and separate from what is already established for the control, management and settlement of estates worth 100c.in the dollar, or more.Hence, we have here a Bill of 73 pages, 370 sections and 9 long schedules, providing for all possible contingencies where a debtor thinks he cannot pay his debts, or where the creditors think he cannot, or will not.Were there no law in the Province, or principle of law for the recovery of debt, there might not be a word too much\u2014every one of them would be necessary, and every one of us would require just such an Act, with all its machinery, to enable us to collect a dozen demands based on distinct transactions, but fortunately, the p.ccumulated jurisprudence of more than two thousand years has already established the requisite machinery of laws and Courts, and only a few additional remedies growing out of the requirements of modem commercial operations, are wanting.For estates called Bankrupt, we require no new machinery, but simply a short enactment to connect them with machinery already in motion.To clear the question from all obstructions, we must go bqck to first principles.What is a Creditor and what is a Debtor ?A creditor is one possessed of assets w ho transfers the possession to another upon cer-\"J\u2019\" thu-debtor is the person who while he 1 rans^er.The debtor only has right Mais Qae conditions, and on creditor.The object of our law is to place the parties in cases of nonfulfilment, in their original or natural position.If there be but one creditor, he is entitled to all the assets ot the debtor to the amount of hîs demand, with all the power the debtor possessed over them, but as there are usually many creditors, equity demauds an equal division of property.If the creditor cannot or will not make payment at the specified time, the creditor should be able to obtain possession of his assets, which iu nine cases out often the debtor would grant voluntarily if assured of a way provided for settlement.In such cases, or where an insolvent is bribed to make an assignment, the estate should vest in the creditors, in the same manner as the estate of a deceased person vests in his heirs, and the assignee acting as agent for the creditors, standing in all the rights before held by the debtor may wind up the estate in tlje ordinary way, only appealing to the Court in refractory cases, precisely as the debtor might have done, had he not been'interfered with.A compensation of so much in the dollar, is simply a re-sale back to the debtor of his estate, at what is assumed to be its fair value.Every one knows that the debtor in this event, or any other person to whom an estate is sold, requires no special law for its settlement, and it is singular that any one should suppose the creditors from whom they obtained all their powers, required any more, had it remained in their hands.In Lower Canada nothing is wanted in the great majority of cases covering from three-fourths to seven-eights of the whole amount involved in insolvency, but a law of six lines declaring that four-fifths' of the creditors iu number apd value shall bind the other fifth in all their decisions, and then leave them to control the estate which is their own property according to circumstances, and in their own discretion.There may be things in the common law or special acts of Upper Canada contradictory to the equity of our system that required adjustment before the same rule can be applicable to both Provinces.As no two cases of insolvency are exactly alike, equity renulres that each should be judged separately according to its circumstances by the only parties interested, The number of estates that would not be settled naturally or voluntarily under this system might be considerable, but the debtors would be mostly paltry sneaks, and their amount of indebtedness of comparatively little amount.They belong to the petty larceny class, and siiould be subject to felons penalties.The debtor being only the custodier of other people\u2019s goods, the law should define at what time and under what circumstances his proceedings may be arrested- The refusal to pay an adjusted account, or note past due, or to give security, should be deemed in intention not to pay, and there is often a knowledge oi a debtor\u2019s position or designs that authorise interference.Resistance hero becomes criminal and many remedies for obtaining possession of an estate or punishing -e-n triender may be found in sections 77, 78, 84, 85, 86, 111, 121, 124, 125, 142 144 145 146, 117 and 148 of the Bill under discussion.What are called « misdemeanors under the act,\u201d as specified in sections 363, 364, 365 and 366, might in substance, aud as applicable to commercial frauds generally, be judiciously added to our chapter of misdemeanors.Out of the 3)0 sections of Mr.Smith\u2019s bill, I have only named 19 as containing anything required in cases of fraud or bankruptcy, nor do I think closer examination would discover much more to strengthen our present law, if we only remember that the assignees of a bankrupt, like any other agent, acts with the full power of his principal.The first 72 sections provide for the establishment of a new Court solely for insolvent eases, with new judges, new officials, new fees, and new rules of practice.73, 74 and 75 define who are traders, under the act i9 to 82, and 8, to 120 relate to preliminary proceedings before adjudication and proceedings under adjudication 126 to 138 relate to proceedings after adjudication, 149 to 159 establish the power of the Court over certain despriptious of property.165 to 291 and most of the remaining sections relate to choice and dates of assignees, examiua- tions, proofs of debts, discharge of the bankrupts, dividends, discharge of tire assignees, allowance to bankrupts, trust deeds on taking estate?out of Court, arrangements under direction of the Courts, calling of meetings, mode of ascertaining majorities, costs, &c, making a merchant\u2019s estate of a most extraordinary mythical and incomprehensible concern, while to a meeting of creditors the whole would be plain, and might in one afternoon be put in a speedy, cheap, and reasonable course of settlement.Possibly there are many things that might be judiciously called out ot all this verbiage, aud added to our general law of debtor and creditor.If yon establish a separate Court for insolvency, all the words of the 73 pages might be requisite, and so if you established separate Courts for perjury, forgery, housebreaking and arson, each would require an act of 73 pages, without covering all the passible contingencies.He denied the necessity of separate Courts, and consequently the necessity of separate acts.Upon the Ministry rests the responsibility of enacting the \u201csomething\u201d that the mercantile body require, and there is quite time during the present session, if it bo continued, to propose a bill of a few sections, defining what are acts of bankruptcy, giving the estate to the çontrol of four-fifths of the creditors, and punish- ing mercantile frauds with the penitentiary.Anything omitted can be added next session.Some clauses iu Mr.Abbott\u2019s bill and the 19 sections iu Mr.Smith\u2019s that I have named, cover the whole.A body of creditors, when collected, can he their own legislators, so fas as concerns rules aud regulations in the case.He concluded by moving that the Bankrupt Bill now before Parliament, being inefficient, cumbrous and expensive, should not he passed into law.Mr.B.HUTCHINS did net approve of Mr.Wood\u2019s resolution, because its preamble stated that it did not express any opinion on the present bill.He liked what Mr.Brown had said very well ; but thought it did not go far enough.He therefore moved an amendment to the amendment.He thought it singular that there had been so much apathy on the part of merchants respecting this bill.He supposed that this arose from the old axiom that what was every man\u2019s business was no one\u2019s business.It had been admitted by a barrister of high standing in Upper Canada that the law was not wanted\u2014was not petitioned for ; and in his opinion it was not intended for any other purpose than to give office to hungry supporters of the Administratiou.He believed it was not likely that the bill will pass ; but lie still thought that there should be au expression of opinion by the Board of Trade.\u201e Mr.R.WOOD had drawn his resolution with ed au expression on the billTJRselîj~Éëcause he knew that it was approved by some members of the Board.He himself was not prepared to say it was a bad bill.Except for the machinery, about which he doubted, he thought it was a good bill.That he objected to the sectional character of the bill aud thought the Board was unanimous in doing so too.Under these circumstances, he thbught it undesirable that any amendment should be put to his resolution.When that had been carried other resolutions respecting the quality of the bill might be proposed.Mr.John CAVERHILL said he had been credibly informed that there was no intention on the part of the Ministry to have the bill passed\u2014 they meant to let it down as easily as possible.Again, it was the villages of Upper Canada that were seeking to obtain the passage ot this measure, and not the creditors.His own impression was that the creditors did not want any bankruptcy bill at all.He did not like so much talk about bankruptcy ; it seemed as if it would introduce the disease they wished to avoid.He would like the country without a bankrupt at all.There were several things in the law to which he took objection.For instance, why should any Court or Judges have the power of wiping out debts of individuals, while those due to the Crown were left iu force ?There was also mention made of seduction and adultery, which he believed to be uncalled for.The bill was very cumbrous, containing many clauses that might have been omitted altogether.The debts of farmers were not to be wiped out, but he saw no reason why they should not have the same privileges as merchants.He believed, in fact, that the laws of the country were amply sufficient, if a few modifications were introduced into the laws of Upper Canada; but anything beyond that he thought they were better without.The meeting then divided on Mr.Brown\u2019s amendment, which was read as follows : Moved in amendment by Mr.T.S.Brown, seconded by Mr.J.H.Joseph : \u2018That in the opinion of this Board, the bill respecting Bankrupts and Bankrupt estates, now before Parliament, being sectional in its operation, cumbersome and expensive, should not be passed into a law.\u201d It was lost by 10 to 9.The original resolution, which reads as follows, was then put : Moved by Mr.D.R.Wood, seconded by Mr.Andrew McFarlane : \u201cThat in the opinion of this Board, without herein passing any judgment upon the practicability of the Bankruptcy Bill of the Hon.Mr.Smith, now before the Board for consideration, it is unjust and unwise to enact any law of this nature, which is entirely sectional, and that any Bankrupt Bill should be passed by the Legislature as should apply equally to both Provinces.\u201d This was also lost by a larger majority, Mr, Darling then moved, seconded by Mr.Winn \u201cThat it is the opinion of this Board that laws ehouid.be ngssed for Hip.,settlement of insolvent of the Province.\u201d Mr.D.R.WOOD said he should support this motion, as he had intended bringing up one similar.Mr.B.HUTCHINS then moved an amendment, which was seconded by Mr.T.S.Brown.At the suggestion of several members, the preamble was struck out, but it was subsequently ruled out of order, being to the same effect as Mr.Darling\u2019s motion.Mr.MULHOLLAND moved another amendment, observing that he was opposed to a Bankrupt law in toto.He remembered the evils they suffered when the former bankrupt law was in force.Mr.Mulholland, at the suggestion of the President, agreed to make this a second motion to come after Mr Darling\u2019s.Mr.THOMAS thought the present discussion was foreign to the purpose for which the meetr ing was called\u2014namely, to consider the particular bill before Parliament.The PRESIDENT thought the motion couli hardly be ruled out of order, as it had so close a relation to the object of the meeting.The meeting having divided on Mr.Darling\u2019s motion it was carried by II to 8.Mr.MULHOLLAND then moved his resolution, seconded by Mr.HENRY THOMAS, \u2014 \u201c That in the opinion of this meeting any law affect'ng the transactions between debtor cud creditor, should not be sectional in its operation, and that the Bill now under consideration is qn-suited for the business of this country.51 Mr.WINN moved in amendaient, seconded hy Mr.RIMMER \u2014 \u201c That this Board hope that the Legislature will be able to make such amendments in the proposed Upper Canada bankruptcy bill as may make it applicable and acceptable to the commercial classes of the whole Province.\u201d Mr.WOOD said people complained that the Bill was expensive, but it was a fact tb.qt tl\u2019ere was nota word in the hill that in'dicateti what the expense would be, Mr, Winn\u2019s amendment was then carried by 10 to 9.The meeting was then adjourned.in all report upon the question of our defences its bearings.And also,\u2014in the event of the foregoing Resolution being adopted, either in whole or m part \u2014the Honorable Mr.Drummond will move, That a committee composed of\tmembers be ap- pointed to take into consideration the resolutions adopted by this House on the subject of the defences of this Province, to enquire into the most economical and effective means of maintaining peace in ordinary times within the Province, and of aiding the Imperial Government in the protection of the frontier, in the event of war, and especially to enquire into the following subjects : \u2014 Istly.The extent to winch this Province should contribute towards the defeuce of our frontier, in the event of au invasion of the Country.2ndlj-.q\u2019he extent to which the Imperial Government intends to provide for the defence of the frontier by fortifications on land, iron-clad steamers and gunboats on the seaboard and Lake shore.3rdly.The extent to which the Imperial Government will aid our Provincial organization by providing arms, ammuaition and uniforms for our Volunteer Militia Force, or otherwise.4thly.Whether or not it would be advisable to organize a small body of men, trained as soldiers.to serve in times of peace as a police force, other localities'whenever their service might be required, and to form a nuclexis around which the Volunteer Force and the Militia might rally, aud from which they might derive instruction on the approach of war.5thly.As to the best means offormiug a body of efficient Canadian officers, competent to control and command any provincial military organization which the circumstances of the country may hereafter require, either by Hie institution of a Polytechnic school for the education of our youth in the art of war, as well as for instructing them in civil engineering and other special sciences necessary for the development of our resources, such as Geology, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Chemistry and Agriculture, or by requiring Colleges and other educational institutions receiving aid from the Treasury, to impart military instruction and training to their pupils.6thly.Whether it would or would not be advisable to employ throughout the country a certain number of competent persons speaking the language of the inhabitants of the section where they may be stationed, to train and instruct volunteers and militiamen in the evenings, on holidays, and at such other times of the year as they could spare without impairing their means of subsistence.7thly.As to the extent to which the properties recently transferred by the Imperial to the Provincial Government may be made available to meet the expense of the maintenance of a military force in the country.The North Carolinian papers which reach New York indicate an increasing inclination in that State to return to the Union.Extracts are given from several papers in that State, some declaring that both sides must be allowed to have a hearing, but most of them denouncing the enforcement of the conscription as equally cruel impolitic, and illegal.A memorial from the North Carolina Quakers is published, complaining that for the first time in the history of that State they have been impressed by hundreds to serve in the army, notwithstanding their known religious objections to war, and there appears in the Raleigh Standard a proclamation by the Governor of that State, informing his fellow citizens, that the attempt of the Confederate Government to seize arms is illegal ; and that they will be protected in resisting it ; but that as a matter of patriotism and expedience only, lie advises that the arms should be given up.this respect, had been discontinued.The recommendations of the Committee were\u2014first, that the emigrant offices and sheds should he established in the same building, or in buildings adjoining ; second, that these offices and sheds should be isolated from the ordinary landing place, so as to protect immigrants from runners and agents infesting those places ; and third, that masters of all passenger vessels arriving in Quebec, should be compelled to land their passengers at cue aud the same place, in order to their being properly classified and duly forwarded to their several destinations.With these remarks lie move! that the Speaker do now leave the Chair.Hon.Mr.ALLEYN complimented tlie Committee on the ability they had displayed.The hon.member for West Montreal had referred to the emigration commission appointed by his Excellency, and he (Mr.Alleyn) was glad to be able to inform the House that the Government had carried out nearly all the suggestions contained in the report of that commission, by dispensing with the services ofihe foreign emigration agents who had acted improperly.As to Mr.Buchanan, he had in time past received monies for services rendered by him to two steamboat compauies, but he male no secret of it, and being a man of unquestioned integrity, there was no doubt that he considered himself justified in taking such payments.His connection witli those eoui- liflSpgM^ft94^8Îi£.u4.ll si.-îe her for West Montreal as to the desirability of the emigrant office being placed as close as possible ¦to the sheds ; and the second suggestion, also, would no doubt receive, as it deserved to recieve, the best attention of the House, though he must say that hitherto the authorities in Quebec had had no cause to complain of the conduct of the runners, offences .committed by whom were severely punishable by law.He had himself the honour of bringing iu the bill, in 1858, to protect emigrants against runners, and he remembered that it was opposed by the hon.member for West Montreal, who now appeared to think that some such law was very much needed.Mr.McGEE said it was only one clause of the Bill that he objected to at that time.Hon Mr.ALLEYN to some extent approved of the Committee\u2019s third suggestion, but thought that it should be slightly modified.On tlie whole, he highly approved of the recommendations of the commiitee, and hoped that with the single exception he had just made, due effect would be given to them by the House.The House then went into Committee, and the report passed through without amendment.THE AMALGAMATION BILL.On the order for resuming the adjourned debate upon the Hon.John Sandfield Macdonald\u2019s motion for the second reading of a Bill to enable the fusion of certain Railways, and upon Mr.Rotman\u2019s motion that the said Bill be read a second time this day six months.r Hon.J.S.MACDONALD said he thought it better not to go on this evening, for all the gas had not yet escaped, and he would therefore let it stand.Hon.Mr.CARTIER thought the hon.member was right, for there never has been a measure brought into the House about which such violent prejudice existed, and he had never known a subject upon which so much nonsense had been written.THE WATERLOO REGISTRY OFFICE.A long conversation took place on the motion of Mr.Cowan for the second reading of the bill to set aside a proclamation issued with reference to the County of Waterloo Registry Office.Hon.Mr.Cartier and other members requested that the item might be allowed to stand, in the temporary absence from the House of the Attorney General West.Finally it was arranged that the item should be postponed, to be made the first order for Wednesday.The House adjourned at ten minutes before twelve.The N.Y.Herald publishes a statement which purports to be from one of the Merrimac\u2019s crew, on Ihe occasion of her great exploit.He says ;\u2014 Every time the two guns from the Monitor were discharged, each of the two shots seemed to strike as in nearly the sam?-en-d-.ig-rib'st Js^iae the iron plates and timbers, and doing us very great damage generally.It was noticeable also that her shots struck us near the water line, and caused our vessel to leak badly.The irou plates on the Merrimac were welded together in many instances by the heat and force of the Monitor's shot.The Merrimac\u2019s crew during the engagement were made to swear thqt if a large number of the rebels on board were killed, they would not reveal the fact to any one on their arrival at Norfolk.Seeing that the tide of battle was against us we were ordered to \u201cbout ship\u201d and put back to Norfolk.We had not proceeded far when we grounded, and orders had been already given to scuttle the ship, when we made, another and last effort to get off the shoal, and succeeded and we made ovir way up to Norfolk slowly, arriving there at six p.nq, vyith about six feet of tyater in the hold.Kalliston.\u2014A physician iu New Bedford writes lo a friend:\u2014\u201cSay to Joseph Burnett & Co.that lean testify with pleasure to the virtues of their Kalliston, and also of their Oriental Tooth Wash.As a physician, I can truly say that, the Kaliiston is tho best antidote for Mosquito Bites that 1 ever tried, and I often advise its use.It is also a \"good lotion for the cure of some forms of acne and other eruptions of the face for slight bm'HS and scalds, in which cases, according to my wife, it quickly relieves the pain; and ia Chicken Pox, it relieves the irritation (if the vesicles, and appears to prevent pitting, The Tooth Wash appears to be the best in use for spongy, bleeding gums,\u201d\tm i>WS 119 LETTER FROM MR.BRYDGE3.THE FUSION OF RAILWAYS BILL.The following letter, addressed by Mr.Brydges to the Hon.J.S.Macdonald, fully explains itself.Of course everybody will let IVIr.rBx*ytIg;ZXfc lx .\u2014-51 ! and will be able to satisfy them fully on the subject.But these clauses were inserted purely ;n the interests of the Proviuce i seif, as affected by the keeping open, in any event, of every , portion oftke united Railways, and .Mr.Watkin, I as representing the Bondholders, will be but too glad to obtaiu any further measure of protection, especially as \"rtspecls these Bondhoid-ers, who hold a special hypothec, which the ; Committee will assent to.This objection, j therefore, is a matter upon which no disagree-j ment can take place.But all these questions affecting the creditors 1 and Bondholders of the Grand Trunk Company, , should be taken in connection with the propos-, ed project of re-oigauization of the Grand Trunk Company, which will be laid before Pur-| liament at the earliest moment.That project, proposing as it does to legalize au arrangement on which creditors Bond and Shareholders agree, will provide for all existing difficulties, aud therefore the said objection falls to the ground.The fate of that project must rest with Parliament.The third objection is answered by the fact that no such provision is to be found in the Bill at all.Power to make arrangements with any i Railways to the east or west, is clearly in the interest of the Province, so that in opening out its vast territories, traffic should be forwarded continuously and at through rates.This clause, however, is not material to the fusion itself, and it will be tor the Committee to deal witn it as they please.It is offered in good faith.Let me conclude by saying that the floating debt of the Grand Trunk Company in Canada, is now comparatively small.Its\u2019 main debts are in England, and there the creditors notonly approve of this Bill, but have proposed to petition in its favor.Tlie largest creditor in Canada is the Bank of Upper Canada, and they entirely concur in the Bill, as will be proved before the Railway Committee.The other creditors iu Canada now amount to less than $450,-000.This sum includes only $ 0,000, dus in amounts of less than $1,000 and this, held bv persons of small résout ces, is now being rapidl y liquidated, and will be discharged in lull \"with the consent of tlie English creditors.The balance of the debts is owing to not moro than twenty persons or firms.1 say therefore advisedly, that the fear which has been expressed that the object of the present Bill is to avoid the payment of floating debts iu Canada, is «« enUre in is a li1qryJt,yf,vv ; s going to gaia largely by the passage of this measure, it will gain the great advantage of improving the position of its Railway enterprises by reducing the cost of working them, and so increasing die margin of aggrega'e net profit.It will gain the applying orthe surplus rolling stock of the one line to t! e wants of the other, and tints increase the power ol the lines to supply the wants of the trade of the country\u2014and it will gain this further and most important advantage that, the credit of the united Compauies will be so improved that they will be enabled, which otherwise they cannot do, to raise the sums necessary lo provide all the facilities from time to lime required to accommodate the growing and changing trade of a young and rising country.By this means further rolling stock will be obtained\u2014sidings and stations wherever required- elevators for grain and storehouses for flour and other produce will be provided at Quebec Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, London, and wherever else required, and in fact whatever the* trade of the country may demand for its proper development tlie Companies will be able to provide.I may add that the settled policy of the fused company will be to make the enterprises essentially Canadian, accommodating, as a ticst consideration, the traffic of the country through which the railway runs, and to seek only such foreign traffic as its roiling stock will allow it to carry without iu any way interfering with the proper and speedy' transport of the local traffic of Canada.The true interest of a Canadian system of railways is the development of Canada, and whilst American connections ought, wherever they exist, to be fully preserved, they should not be maintained by sacrificing Canadian interests.I can trace much of this opposition to sources which I shall show before the Committee are decidedly not Cam» dian.I trust that a measure which is undoub\u2019eity for the good of the Province will not be stifled as proposed.I cannot believe that theCanadian Parliament\u2014once informed of the facts\u2014will repudiate their own legislation, and break faith with the i .terests which have relied upon their good faith, and look to them for protection.Nor will I believe that tho Par lament of Canada will refuse, for the first time, the bare justice of a bearing, (in the ouly place where they can be heard,) to those who aeek in the ordinary manner for legislation founded upon, the case they will be prepared fully to prove, i am, my dear sir, Yours very truly C.J.BRYDGES.To tho Hon.John Sandfield Macdonald.The following is a petition from the President of the Grand Trunk Company.As it has a bearing on the statement made hy Mr.Brydges we insert it here :\u2014 To Hie Honorable the Legislative Assembly of Canada in Provincial Parliament useembLd : The petition of the Grand 'Cnuk Railway Company of Canada, humbly sheweth.____ That their Rail way.has poen constructed at great cost and amid^ excessive difficulty.That RESOLUTIONS To he proposed by the Hon.Mr.Drummond, in amendment to the Bill ' respecting the Militia ;\u2014 1st.That in the opinion of this House the inhabitants of this Province are hound to adopt all measures, commensurate with their means, to maintain at all times, peace and order within their limits, and in time of war to assist the Imperial Government in repelling any attempt which may be made to violate their frontier ; although the protection of that frontier is, strictly speaking, a matter of Imperial rather than Provincial O.onpftrn, inaaixiuok n.a fhia Province has no voice in questions of peace and war, qnd as, under no probable combination of circumstances, would a cause of war arise between Canada, as a people, and the Ünited States of America, the only power who could carry tho means of destruction with.in our borders.2nd.That nevertheless, this Rouse views with alarm and amazement the proposal made by the Government to organize a militia system which would be efficient only as a political engine to retain in power any Government, however obnoxious to the people, who would avail themselves of the extensive patronage thereby bestowed to prolong their tenure of office ; a System under which a large proportion of our population, dependent as they are, almost exclusively, upon their daily labour for their daily broad, would be withdrawn from thsi?ordinary avocations, during one-twelfth partef each year, for the purpose of going through military exercises, which would still leave them impotent to (opsl an invasion of the country ; a system moreover tending to entail upon the Province an amount of expenditure which its resources are inadequate to meet without resorting inevitably to direct taxation, while it would produce no practical results for the defence of tlie country.3rd.That the Volunteer movement, which has recently demonstrated beyond doubt the loyalty of the people of Canada, without distinction of creed or origin, and elicited the applause, not only of the mother country, but of her allies in France, should not be repressed, as it would he by the passing of the Bill now before this House, but should, on the contrary, continue to he encouraged to the full extent of our means ; this House being of opinion that the Volunteer Force must always constitute the vanguard of the Militia of this Provinpo.4tb.That tlie Militia organization should he confined to the enrolment of all persons capable of hearing arms oq occasions of emergency, and to their classifications in Companies, Regiments and Battalions 5 th.That no efficient Militia Force can be or-cpanlged in fk'3 Province without the assistance of officers specially instructed in the art of war, and at the same time thoroughly conversant with the habits and language, and possessing the confidence of the men who are to serve under them.6th.That before proceeding with the Bill now before this House, a committee consisting of members should he appointed to consider the foregoing resolutions, and to take evidence and PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.(Abridged from the Quebee Chroniole.y LEGISL ATiy Ë ASSEMBLY.Monday, May 19, 1862.THE AMALGAMATION BILL.Hon.J.S.MACDONALD said he held in his hand a petition which he desired to read.It had reference to a measure which had excited considerable alarm out of doors.The petition would, he thought, do much to remove the fear that the Euglish shareholders would suffer by the Bill, tfe then read as follows ; \u201c The Petition of the undersigned, Thomas.Galt, of Toronto, respeotfully sheweth \u201c That your Petitioner ip the Attorney-at-law of the English creditors of the Grand Trunk Raik way Company of Canada ; and as such Attorney, has obtained judgment against the company, in favor of his said clients, to an amount, in the aggregate of upwards of five millions of dollars, .\u201c That your Petitioner has carefully read and considered the Bill now before Your Honorable House, entitled 1 An Act to amend the tins Acta authorizing the union of certain railway eiimpan-ies, as respects the Giand Tr unk Railway, the C)r.eai western Kàilway anume ftunaio and Lake Huron Railway.\u2019 \u201c That your Petitioner is satisfied the provisions of said Bill are not in any way injurious to the rights of his clients, and your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that such proposed Bill may fee passed by your Honorable Honae.\u201c And as in duty hound your Petitioner will ever pray.\u201d THOMAS GALT.Quebec, May 19th, 1802.EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION.Mr.McGEE, iu moving that the House go into committee on the first report of the committee on Emigration desired to make a few remarks explanatory of the objects contemplated in that report.He was happy to say that the influential committee granted by the House on Emigration had attended sometimes four days out of the six ; and on no occasion had the examination been compelled to be adjourned for want of a quorum.When the committee were first appointed they subdivided the general inquiry into several heads.The first portion of the inquiry which they considered most pressing had reference to the accommodation provided in Quebec for the landing and protection of immigrants.The Bureau of Agriculture placed in their hands the careful report of the commission appointed by His Excellency soon after his arrival last autumn, and also the very extensive 'evidence taken before the commission.The testimony of the witnesses led the commission to report that they had found great mismanagement existing in the Emigration office at Quebec, from Mr.Buchanan, the chief agent, down to the.lowest subordinate.It was stated that the German interpreter discouraged immigrants speaking his own tongue from remaining in the Province, and persuaded them to go to the Western States.This arose from his being employed by certain steamboat and railway companies as well as by the Government.T\u2019he Norwegian interpreter was found to have a- course ¦ LccUnar \u2019I\u2019lin nmet material statement in his letter, as we real!, the creditors has been given to the proposition contained in what has been called the confiscating clause.This is what we should like to see proved.The letter was printed and circulated among members of Parlia ment ;\u2014 Quebec, May 19tb, 1862.My Dear Sir,\u2014I have seen in the public papers that strong opposition was raised on the second reading of the Bill introduced by you for the fusion of the Grand 'I'mnil, Great Western, and Buffalo and Lake Huron Railways.I had purposely refrained from making any public reply to anonymous statements which had from time to time appeared with reference to the provisions of that measure, belteviug ( that the proper course for its promoters to pnr- -sue, was to lake the usual course of making those explanations by actual evidence which could bë weighed and sifted when the Bill came before the Railway Committee, to which place we never doubted it would, as hitherto has been the unvarying rule of parliament, as respects all Private Bills, be remitted, as a matter of course, by the House.I need not tell you that we could have no opportunity of making explanations to Parliament until the Rill came in I fie ordinary course before the Railway Committee, before which we should have the right to he fully heard.Opponents of the meaauvo have, however, raised objections to the second reading, and I therefore think it due to you and to the House, to take the unusual course of placing briefly before you rçplfes to the three prominent objections made against the second reading of the Bill.'\t: _ The first objection is, ihat this is new Isgisla-tic.n creating \u201c a monopoly\u201d dangerous to the' trade of the Province.The second is, that the Bill, as it now stands, will improperly interfere with the rights of creditors, and in fact prevent parties to whom the Company is indebted fo?work done or material supplied, from recovering their just claims.The third ij, that it enables the Company to make ieiitways to'lhe.Atlantic and Pacific.in regard to the first objection it will be sufficient to call your attention to the fact, that the Act 16th Vic.Chqp.IQthNov,, 1852, expressly enacted powers of amalgamation, Pariiamon, declaring \u201c that it would be to the \u201cadvantage of this Province that the Railways forming the main trunk line throughout the eouutry should be \u201c under one management.\u201d It also pledged Parliament to enact any further measures which might be necessary to complete to the proper satisfaction of the parties anv such agreement of amalgamation.And in the foRowing year, 1853, that Act was amendretl and extended so as to make it apply pot only to the portions of line forming the main trunk line, but also to include any cross- ines which intersect it.The present proposal, therefore, merely carries out the declared policy and.Intentions, of the Legislature, ns - y.-ia .i.\u201e ouitute Book of yanatla, and on the faith of which policy and intentions as go emphatically and solemnly expressed, upwards of £20,000,000 sterling of Rngliafi capital have been expended in the construction of Canadian Railways.Circumstances at the time delayed the accomplishment of the union authorized by these Acts, but the time has now arrived when it becomes desirable to fulfil tfic declared intentions of the Legislature, and, not doubting the good faith of tfie Canadian Parliament, this Bill is now introduced.With reference to the dread of \u201c monopoly,\u201d it must be borne in mind that the present Grand Trunk Acts fix the maximum rates, beyond which the Company cannot charge for the carriage of passengers ; and the Acts of both the Grand Trunk and Great Western Companies provided by distant enactments, that all their rates, tolls and fares, shall, from time to time, be subject to the approval of the Governor General in Council.Thus the existing legislation places it entirely out of the power of the Companies, either united or separate, to charge unfair rates for the traffic they carry.But again, every one conversant with the matter will understand that during at least eight mouths of the year, whilst navigation is open, the Railways which run side by side with the most magnificent system of water communication in the world, are controlled in their charges by the cost of conveyance upon that much cheaper mode of communication ; and for the remaining four months in the.year, the rates are practically affected by the charges made during the season of navigation ; because, if the Railway Company were to put their rates at high figures, produce would be held over, as it was before Railways were introduced, until the opening of navigation,_ and thus the traffic of the Railways, during winter, would be reduced to a very small matter.Then, in regard to the second objection, that -wir,, the Bill proposes to restrict the rights of credi-ted^ffi a some what similar ! I thin/it will not be difficult to show that manner ; and improper conduct in the sale of j tickets was likewise proved against one of the | permanent employees.The chief agent, too, ; was proved, up to December 1854, but not since that time to have been in the service of steam- I boat companies, receiving from one company ; $500, and from another a further sum of $500 a year.He did not in the slightest degree impute unworthy motives to Mr.Buchanan.He no doubt considered that he was acting with strict propriety ; but his conduct was regarded as ia- 1 discreet, and the course of the chief agent, in ! the greatest possible misapprehension exists up on that point.lathe first place, we shall be able to prove by evidence before the Committee, that the interested parties, the creditors, assent ; and the Commissioner appointed to represent and act for the whole ot the Bond and Shareholders of the Company, and who on Saturday returned to Canada, approves of the Bill, being satisfied with the power of veto, which is absolutely secured to the Bondholders who are to vote, aye or no, and without whose vote no agreement of amalgamation would be valid.Mr.Watkin will attend the Committee as a witness, all the arrangeniefits between your petitioners aud the Government and people of Canada have been faithfully carried out.on their part.That tlie cost of the line lias exceeded the ori-oomc up to the expectations of your petitioners That the interest upon the preferential bonds of the Company has, tor some considerable time past, not been paid.That a large floating debt has been incurred, for the completion and equipment of tlie Railway, That this debt hampers the proceedings of the Company, and threatens the stoppage of the working of the line, should hostiie proceedings be taken.That experience has shown that, no withstanding the cost and less amount of trafic as above stated, the Railway can be made self-supporting and progressive, if this floating debt be now got rid of.That the postal service is now apd has been, since the openingof the Une, cai-tied on by the Company at a largo sacrifice of money, ihat under the circutastauces of embarrassment under whiok the Company has been placed, the bandfioMers, shareholders, and creditors ol the Oomp.vuy have met together and have unanimously appelated an agent, with full powers for tlie re-organizaiion and re-arrangement of the Company\u2019s affairs ; and with a view to such re-arrangement, the bondholders have agreed to reduce their race of interest, and postpone their payment in cash; the creditors have agreed to accepta compost! lion, and all parties have been., ami are ready to make concessions, in order to restore the credit of the Company, and thereby to enable it to provide the increased stock and plant, which the growing requirements of the trade of thu Province render necessary.That those interests! so united, and making generally each their own sacrifices for the common good of the concern, have memorialized the Government, and now petition Parliament in favour of a just payment for the postal service in such mode aud manner as will enable them best lo extricate themselves from their embarrassment.That if the wishes of your petitioners be carried out, and the needful powers be granted, the Railway can be kept open, and Us working and officency be incre-ised and extended.That therefore, your petitioners pray that an Act bo passed, providing for the re-organization of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, and for tho purposes above mentioned, for the amendment of their Acts of Incorporation, and for other purposes to give t'.em relief.And your petitioners will ever ptav.Ou behalf of the Company (Signed) Ijio.'ROSS, President ol thq Grand Trunk Railway Oornpany of Canada.Dated 7th May, 1862.ON \"WHAT PAP ONE OF THE ORGANS EXISTS.(From the Tot onto Globe.) There were some precious revelations iu the Committee of Public Accounts this morning.On page 67 of the Pnbl\u2019c Accounts for 1861, you will see an entry as follows :\u2014\u201c S.B.Foote, \"for stationery, printing, &c., $11,567,38.\u201d \u2019The Committee having mought it desirable to have the particulars of this sum, a gentleman from the Grown Lands Department was in attendance-with the accounts in detail, as furnished by Mr.I oote, and paid by the department.There were fauv or Cve\t\u201e\u201e\u201e t in all tv,n)iue.uu as above, or nearly so.I believe there was a deficiency of $144, or some trifle of that kind.The chairman of the committee read over the items of which a couple of these accounts are composed, and certainly tlie charges are most outrageous.I subjoin a few examples.For 100 swan quills, twelve dollars were charged ; for a dozen pen holders, twelve dollars also ; for half-a-dozen steel-pen holders, just one dollar ; six gross of steel-pens, pencils, &c., cost just twenty-four dollars ; one half dozen paper clasps cost six dollars, or one dollar each ; six portfolios cost eighteen dollars, or three each ; three bottles of mucilage cost three dollars, while a quart of mucilage cost, I believe, (I am almost afraid to, trust my notes) no less a sum th m twelve dollars ! ! Penknives cost thre», three-and-a-half, and four dollars each ! Two packs of blank cards are set down at one dollar and twenty five cents ! A French and English dictionary is put down at twenty-five dollars I Yesper matches cost threa dollars per box ; note-paper is repeatedly charged at four dollars per ream ! Foolscap varies from ten to twelve dollars ; foolscap envelopes, per 1000, cost generally fifteen dollars ! In one case they are set down at sixteen dollars, and in another 250 of them cost five dollars, but usually the price ia only fifteen dollars ! Bad as the stationery extortion is, I am not sur® but that in connection with the printing is worse For 5,000 \u201c notices to settlers,\u201d printed on foolscap sheet, in English, the nice little sum of one hundred, aud seventy-five dollars is charged ! For 2,500 of the same, in French, half that sum, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, is asked ! Within one single week, from the 17th to the 23rd of January, 1861, there are charged various items of printing notices, forms, &c , of foolscap size or less, which, in the total, amount to no less .han ninety-six thousand and some odd hundreds ot copies, and costing the Province two thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars ! Besides the suspiciously large number of these notices, &c., ordered in so short a time, we hava the other fact of the enormous price charged.Why should notices, printed on a single sheet of paper, be charged at the rate of $30 per thousand! Is that not about three prices ?Iu several cases the number of a single notice issued was 10,000 \u2022 m others 5,000, 2,500, &c.Besides printing notices enough lo last several years, Mr.Foote senna to have been allowed nbout three pricey 5115 MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE; THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862.for the work.But we have other items just as grand as these.For example, 1,800 copies letters, 3 forms of 600 each, cost just [$70] seventy dollars, or nearly four dollars per hundred ! Again, 1,000 forms Crown Lands sales, sheet foolscap, to pattern, headed, faint-lined, and red-ruled, cost thirty-five dollars ! Four \u201c indices\u2014 ordinances\u2014double,\u201d cost as follows; 2 of 4 quires cost §10 ; and 2 of 1 quire, §8\u2014in all, eighteen dollars ! But why recount these small items, beside the big ones ?I have given you quite enough for a sample of the way in which the nice sum of §11,567 38 is made up.I do not say that I have given you the most startling items, for I do not think I have.There are others behind quite as had, if not even worse.I have said that the item of §11,567 38, does not stand alone.It forms one item in the Crown Lands printing expenses, and the largest one.There are others, however, quite worthy of attention.Witness the following ; Derbishire and Desbarats, §7,220 01 ; A.Cote, §2,775 75 ; Thompson & Co., §2,126 75 ; J.Lovel, §1,081 97 ; Derbishire and Desbarats, §696 87 ; sundry persons, subscription and advertising, §1,487 07 Besides these are numerous smaller items.The whole cost for that single department, of printing and stationeiy, must reach the heavy sum of §30,000 ! In the other departments, too, the printing plunder forms a very heavy item in the annually increasing expenses.A check is most urgently necessary.It is just one of the first points at which the much talked of retrenchment should begin.To-day a return was laid before the Commit, tee showing the amounts paid to that journal since the beginning of 1860, for stationary and printing supplied to certain departments.These reveal the faet that during the few months of the current year which have passed, the proprietor of the Ministerial organ has been running up the fails against the departments more rapidly than ever !\u2014large as was the plunder in 1867, it will at the present rate be far outstripped in 1862 ! The following are the figures given in the return ;\u2014 For the year 1860 : Provincial Secretary.§1,072\t00 Provincial Registrar.190\t25 Inspector General.1,755\t77 ïiegeiyer^General.539\t00 Crown Lands.Mr.Quinn is an official who has something to do with the culling of timber ; his report is a pamphlet of some twenty-five or thirty pages, I am told for a thousand copies of which from fifty to seventy- five dollars would be probably a good price.Yet the publisher of the Morning Chronicle is allowed to charge one thousand ! This precious item, moreover, is specially marked per order Commissioner.\u201d That, I fancy, involves something more than mere political responsibility as the head of the department.§4,253 07 For the year 1861 : Inspector General.§2,200\t00 Reoeiver General.1,9it\tso Public Works.110\t00 Crown Law.165\t00 Crown Lands.11,567\t38 lail v Heport of the IContreal Produce I J\tElarket.Montreal,.'Wednesday, May 21, 1862.FLOUR.\u2014Extra Superior, t5.60@$6.00; Extra, $5.25 fe.$5.35: Fancy, $5.00 @ $5.10; No.1, $4.45 @ $4.45; No 2, $4.25 @ $4.35 ; Fine.$4.00 @ $4.15 ; Middlings, 3 30 8,46c © 55c Retail PORK\u2014Mess, $12.50 @ $13.00; Prime Mess, $10.50 ; $11.00 ; Prime, $10.00® $10.50.BUTTER\u2014h TRADE AND COMMERCE.Montreal, May 21, 1862.Our arrivals to-day have been\u2014 Tons.vessel from London, general cargo.330 do from Halifax, do do.738 1068 Departures\u2014\tT ons.1 vessel, Liverpool, full cargo.828 do, London,\tdo.664 do, Glasgow,\tdo.513 2005 to-day by Canal and Railroad Our receipts amount to\u2014 Totals.Flour per Canal.brls.5625 Per G.T.R.do.1925\u2014 7550 Wheat per Canal.bus.748G2 Per G.T.R.do.3650\u201478512 Peas per Canal.bus.35644 Pork per do\t\t\t532\t Per G.T.R\t\t.do.\t124\u2014\t656 Lard per Canal\t\t\t3\t Per G.T R\t\t\t22\u2014\t25 Butter per Canal\t\t\t27\t Per G.T.R\t\t\t do.\t22\u2014\t49 Ashes per Canal.\t\t18\t Per G.T.R\t\t\tdo.\t58\u2014\t76 $16,959 68 For the year 1862 (part) : Crown Law.§1,766\t00 Bureau Agriculture.6,313\t00 Do.\t 651\t90 Crown Lands.3,284\t00 §12,013 90 This statement, however, is not full.In the year 1861, the \u201cChronicle\u201d figures as receiving §15,959 68.That is true as regards the particular payments made by the party making this re turn, but there are a number ol other items scattered through the public accounts for that year.The following are those which I have noticed, with the pages of the accounts upon which they are to be found ;\u2014\t¦JZ-, On page 107.$ 453 48 h ii9.23 40 \u201c\t123.23\t36 «\t133.24\t54 u\t142.26\t68' «\t175.3,639\t88 fc ; and 200 bags St Domingo on private terms.Rice.\u2014Carolina is quiet at 7©7>fc $ Jb.East India is very firm, and in fair demand ; sales 100 bags Patna at 5%c, and 400 bags Java on private terms.Sugar.\u2014The market for Raw is decidedly more active and firmer, but without quotable change.Since our last the sales have been 3*100 hhds Cuba at @ 8%c ; 200 hhds Porto Rico at 7 ® SK ; ISO hhds Cuba Clarified at 8%c ; and 200 boxes Havana at 7)£ @ 8%c.Refined are in active demand at firm prices ; sales at 10K@10)£c for ground, granulated and crushed.Molasses\u2014Is firmer, with a moderate demand.The sales are IS hhds Barbadocs 26c; 30 hhds, 15 tes, and 5 bbls Cub» Muscavado at 30 © 31c, and 44 hhds Santa Cniz, at 89, Tea\u2014Tfae demand Is fair mid the market Is firm ; sales 4,000 half-chests Oolongs at P.>f.T, IIiDjsa\u2014Are firm ; we notice sales of 2,000 Rio Grande at 28Xc.ma\u2019cmg ur, lf5 @ s.s en jor bunch ; and $3 30 © $3 35 By auction to-day 2,760 boxes iresn oicuy wimi5, 10c @ 16c, LARD\u2014Per\t7c @ 8c.ASHES\u2014Pot, $6.70 @ $6.75 ; Pearl, $6 80 © $6.85, OATMEAL\u2014Per 200 lbs, $3.80 @ $4.00.Flour\u2014Our market to-day has again been quite, and transactions limited.Sales No.1 at $4.50.No change in other grades.\t.\u201e .Wheat\u2014Market still quiet, and but little doing.Poos\u2014More active DAVID E.MACLEAN &COM Commission Merchants, Shippers and Brokers.PORT OF IffiONTRHAÏi.Arrivals, May 21\u2014Bark Keepsake, Venus, London, April 7, Gillespie, Moffat&co gen., 330.Ship Rosneath, Auld, Halifax, May 10, A Mc-farlane, sugar, 738.g Cleared\u2014Ship Minesota, Flinn, Liverpool, Freer&Boyd, wheat and flour, 828.Ship City of Quebec, Dalrymple, London, Ed-monstone, Allau&co, gen., 664.Ship Toronto, Torrance, Glasgow, Edmonsto ne, Allan&co, gen., 513.ÎHIPORÏS.Manifest of ship \u201c Anglesea,\u201d Capt.Jamieson, from Liverpool :\u2014 Order 3 cks; German&Lepage 1 ck; E Atwater &co 22 do oil; Order 20 hhds brandy; Jno Wat-son&co 22 crates; Lymans, Clare&co 2 hhds 9 ertes; A Urquhart&co 50 cks blue; II B Smith&co 72 ertes 8 hhds e\u2019vvare; L J Beliveau 1 cse mdze; L Renaud&Cassidy 30 ertes 3 hhds do; Rimmer, Gun&co 100 crates bottles; Order 520 boxes tin \u2019 plates; S Drey&co 6 cs looking glasses 22 hales 12 es; H Chapman&co 2 butts 20 qr-cks whiskey; Geo Hagar 3 bdls shovels 1 csk h\u2019ware; Thomas Wilson&co 2 cks 1 cse; JnoWood&son 191 bars 32 bdls 20 do sheet 20 do hoop iron 1 kg rivets; J A Graham 1 ck; Harris, Evans&co 6 do; S H Thompson 30 cks 170 kgs 30 anvils 14 cks; Wil-son&Couillard 9 bdls spades 3 cks; Andw Hayes 84 bdls 1 cse; Jno Whyte 3 cs 47 burls salt; J II Lyon 6 cks; Murdoch&Laing 20 barls soda ash 1 brl caustic soda; Black&Perry 2 cks e\u2019ware; W E Easity 38 ertes 5 casks; Millar, Thomson&co 14 bales cotton waste; G Thorburn 12 do; H Haldi-ble; À'Jefffy&Son lYdSfer\u2019/lfbdif'JÏB'Bai'i\u2019ÏPBn; Frothingham&co 191 bdls 74 bars; Crathern* Caverhill 400 bdls hoops; Rice Lewis&Son 4 csks 898 bars iron; Benoit&Letourneaux35 csks 1 bag 5 bdls wire 9 anvils 4 bdls spades 154 bdls iron 4 osks 2 bkts 1 truss 22 csks 14 anvils 8 weights 30 bxs tin plates 7 bdls spades; Workman&Grif-fin 8 csks 1 cse; Ferrier&co 11 csks 1 hie 5 cses 1 truss; A Jeffrey&Son 1 cask 7 bags 48 share moulds 400 bdls 1517 bars iron; T Patterson& Son 11 csks 3 bkts 6 anvils 7 bdls spades 780 bars 217 bdls iron 49 bdls hoops 60 share moulds; John Harrington 47 csks 18 bags 3 csks 5 bdls 52 bars 630 bdls iron; Thomas Peck&co 226 bars iron; Jas Hutton&co 2 cses 4 csks h\u2019ware; Wm Badenach 1 csk 1 truss 23 csks 6 bdls spades; Winn&Holland 5 bdls iron 200 bxs Canadas 75 bxs tin; German&Lepage 6 pkgs h\u2019ware 7 csks 7 bdls; Jas Hutton&co 10 bxs Canadas; Geo Hay 6 csks 1 cse; McGivern, Helliwell&co 5 csks 29 bars iron; Benny, McPherson&co 12 csks 3 bdls spades 110 bdls bar iron; Frothingham&Workman 1505 bars 930 bdls 325 sheet iron 10 bxs Canadas; Wm Hewitt 17 csks 4 bdls spades; Lamp-lough&Campbell 25 brls salts 7 pckgs apoh\u2019y ware; Edmonstone, Allan&co 157 tons coal.Bark Avon, Mounce, 8th do, Liverpool, Falkenbcrg & McBlain, liar iron, Ac .Grace, Stowe, 30th do, Halifax.JjTibbits & co, ballast .Heron, Hutcheson, 2nd do, Bordeaux, LeMesurler A Champion, gen cargo Brig Lark, Lewis, 6tn do, Bordeaux, order do .Industrious, Alexander, 8th dc, Cadiz, order, ballast ABEIVED UP LAST NIGHT AND THIS A.5I.Ship City of Hamilton, Downie, London, April 7, Allans, Rae A co, gen cargo ___Fatima, Ryan, Liverpool, April 4 ___Samuel Boddington, Talbot, Liverpool, April 6 .Padyona, Foster, Lancaster, April 5 .Ardmillian, Jameson, Liverpool, April 15, general cargo, for Montreal, CLEARED\u2014MAT 20.Ship Rienzi, Murphy, Dublin, the master ___Spartan, McKenzie, Greenock, E Burstall A co .Ben Nevis, Smyth, Liverpool, A Gilmonr A co Bark Northumberland, Hogg, Lancaster, M 1 Wilson ___Tadmor, Bogle, Grangemouth, Benson A co Sshi Belvina, Lachance, Miramichi, Gillespie, Crawford A co Steamship Lady Head, Davison, F Bntean BY TELEGRAPH.Via IVIontreal Line.MARITIME EXTRACTS.The Pride op Canada.\u2014Mr.D.Boulanger, pilot, arrived here last Monday night from Little Trinity River, where the Pride of Canada is stranded, and reports that she is being discharged rapidly.Six schooners had loaded from her, and are on their way to Quebec, and there were seven others about to lead.It appears to be the opinion of the carpenters that were sent down to get the ship up, as well as those engaged in discharging her, that there will be no great diflicul-ty in raising her after she is unloaded.Mr.B.expects to return to Little Trinity River, on Sunday next in the new steamer Powerful, which he came up in, and speaks in the most favorable terms of her qualities as a sea-boat.He reports between 50 and 60 sail of inward bound vessels between Point des Monts and Quebec ; and thinks there must be a great many more as the weather was thick when he came up, and the vessels could be seen but from a short distance.BIRTHS.In this city, on the 20th instant, Mrs.John Esdaile, of a son.At Onondago, Co.Brant, on the 28th ultimo, the wife of Mr.S.Buck well, of a son.In Dunville Village, on the 14th instant, the wife of II.Penny, Esq., of a daughter.At Toronto, on the 19tb instant, the wife of Mr.R.Varoo, Globe Hotel, of a son.In Hamilton, on the 15th inst, Mrs.G.Lowe Reid, of a daughter.At Woodstock, on the 18th instant, the wife of Mr.Robert Stark, of daughter.In Peel, on the 5th instant, Mrs.Askett, of twins, son and daughter.MARRIAGES.In St.Johns, C.E., on Tuesday, the 20th instant, at the residence of Mr.James Harrison, by the Rev.H.F.Darnell, Mr.Thomas McGarity, of Montreal, to Miss Lydia Eaton, daughter of the late Mr.Henrv ¦G\u2019aic'&vrfÆur^n/} v,ai Lx.vrj.-itn instant, by the Rev.A.Sim, M.A., George M.Orr, cf Cookshire, E.I., to Jeannie Dalrymple, daughter of the late John Min shall, Esq., of Montreal.At the residence of the bride\u2019s father, on the 17th instant, by the Rev.Mr.Jones, assisted by the Rev.Mr.Whitten, John B.Lay, Esq., advocate, of Waterloo, to Eleanor, second daughter of Col.B.Savage, of Shefford.In Toronto, on the 19th instant, by the Rev.I.B.Howard, Mr.Oscar Chapman, of the Village of Welland, to Miss Etta C.Parkhurst, of the city of Toronto.On the 13th instant, at the residence of the bride\u2019s mother, by the Rev.John Rennie, Mr.George Sime to Miss Johnii \\ Miller, both of Dunville.Lemons were sold at $150 @ $2 and $2 65 @ $2 85 for the latter, all and 1,240 boxes 25 for the former cash.Naval Stores.\u2014Spirits of Turpentine is firmer; sales 25 bbls at $146^.Rosins are quiet and nominally unchanged.Tallow\u2014We notice sales of 47,000 lbs Western and Southern at 8%, Freights\u2014To Liverpool, 13,000 bushels Corn 9d in bulk* 52,000 do Wheat 9>£d in bulk and ship\u2019s bags; 800 piigs Lard, 27s 6d @> 30s ; 6,0(K) bshls Canada Pegs, 9)£d in ship\u2019s bags ; 2,000 bbls flour 2s 10^d, and 50 bbls Lard Oil, 35s.To London 2,000 bbls flour per steamer at 3s 3d.Three foreign vessels including two barques and one bi\u2019ig hence to Cork for orders with wheat at 13d in bulk.The steamer Great Eastern has engaged several boatloads of Wheat on private terms.Respecting the Toronto markets as regards Produce and Freight, we quote from the Leader of yesterday:\u2014 The breadstuffs\u2019 market during the past week, has been one of continued dulness, and but few transactions have taken place.Nor does there appear any present vlikelihood of an improvement.From England reports continue to be of a depressing nature, rendering operations here few and difficult to be made.In Freights there has been a decline and capacity can now be had to Montreal for flour by steamer at 30 to 35c per brl ; wheat to Kingston and Oswego and other lake ports 2^0 per bshl.The river freight by barge from Kingston to Montreal is steady at 6c per bshl, while the rate by canal from Oswego to New York is only 9i£c, making a difference between the two cities of only 3%c per brl.Should such a high rate be continued on the river we may expect that few vessels from the West will seek Kingston as a point for transhipment, and shippers to Montreal will be disappointed in getting cargoes.Flour to Kingston brings 12%c and to Ogdensburg 15c per brl ; to Boston via Ogdensburg 75c ; by Grand Trunk to Montreal 40c.Weekly Return of Imports at the Port of Montreal- Statement of the Quantity and Value of Imports of the Principal Articles of Merchandize, during the week ending Mav 17.1862, Rate op Duty.ARTICLES.AcPvarm Wlll6lIy.gal8' 100 p cent Gin.rails.Rum.\u201c Spirits & Strong Waters, including Spirits of Wine and Alcohol, and not being Whisky,galls ^ Cordials.galls.Total, 100 p.c., ad val, 40 p.cent.Cigars.ibs.30 p.cent.Ale, Beer, and Porter,) in Wood.galls.\t[ Do.do.do., bottles.doz.Brandy.galls.Blacking.Coffee, Ground or Roasted.lbs.Cinnamon, Mace, & Nutmegs .lbs.Spices, including Ginger, Pimenta, and Pepper, Ground.lbs.Pncltftg.ts .Patent Medicines, and 1 Medicinal Preparations j Snuff.lbs.Soap.lbs.Starch.lbs.Tobacco, manuf.lbs, 25 p.cent.20 p.cent.Total, 30 p.c., ad val.Manufactures of Leather\u2014 Boots and Shoes.Do.do., Harness A Saddl\u2019y Wearing Apparel, made by hand or Sewing Machine.Sugar, refined, or other Sugar equal to refined, lbs.\u2019 Confectionary.GoodsLmpokted Qunt\u2019y.719 353 96 74 300 33 3121 GO 21352 1500 5604 15 p.cent, 10 p.cent.Total, 25 p.c., ad val.fine of all kinds in 1 wood .galls, ( Do.do., in bottles.doz.Dried Fruits, Almonds, 1 Currants, Figs,Filberts ) and 'Walnuts.lbs.j Manufactures of Woollens.Cottons.SilksAVelvets Furs.Gold, Silver | A P.Ware f Brass or Cop\u2019r Hardware_____ Leather, or 1 imp thereof j Glassware.Fancy Goods.Do.Do.Do.Do.Do.Do.Do.Do.Do.Other articles.Packages.Total, 20 p.c., ad val.Book, Map, and News-Paper.Value.557 172 30 202 176 423 72 80 984 17 13 622 'iois 115 4358 8299 142 1131 551 10025 93 63433 Molasses____\u2022.galls.Sugar, being neither refined nor other Sugar equal to refined___lbs.Total, 15 p.c., ad val.Coffee, Green.lbs Tea.lbs.Printed Books, Periodicals, Ac., editions of which are printed in Canada.^ Maps, Charts, A Atlases.!.Jewellery and Watches.iron of all descriptions, | paying 10 per cent.j Other articles not ennm\u2019d.Total, 10 p.c., ad val.Amount of Dutiable Goods Free Goods .6610 1208886 209993 729925 1824 0048 645 3903 28848 33950 6972 759 3975 42 10777 380 3798 268 85085 192050 1132 41410 42542 3971 254017 Total.12X pr.c ICopyrightWorks.Grand Total.Manifest of the Ship City of Hamilton, Capt.Downie, from London : Thomas Peck & co 200 tons pig iron; Kerr, Brown&co 10 casks oil; D & J McLennan 4 do 2 brls do; Order of Geo Hay 5 cks oil; W Hewitt 4 do; Jas Hutton&co 13 baskets wine 1 csk; W Mc-Givern&co 10 csks gin 2 hhds 6 do 7qr-cks; H& J Chown 8 cks 13 kgs 9 qr-cks;A Jeffrey&Son 7 cks 2 kegs; Hugh Fraser&co 22 puns rum 1 bx samples; Brown, Gillespie&co 2 hhds 2 hies 35 bags 84 bxs 6 cs 32 brls 91 chests 1 bag 16 half-dums 10 sacks; Jno Garruthers&co 25 casks 60 bags 12\tbrls 14 bxs 23 cs 84 chests 3 hhds mustard; Order 10 hhds mustard; Winn&Holland 3 cs oil; J G Perkins 4 bags cloves; Josej h Tiffin 50 bags pepper; E Adams & co 15 casks b beer 12 do 13\tbarls 5 kegs 75 boxes 15 bags 3 cs 101 bags; J J Turner 40 cs 55 bxs 102 bags; Law, Young &co 10 hhds 16 csks 3 cs; Fitzpatrick&Moore 25 bris; Thos Hendery 50 do 2 hhds mustard; Kiiv-gan&Kinloch 2 hhds 20 cs; A McGIbbon 25 cs; G R Bell 2 csks; W Ferguson&co 4 cs; A Urqu-hart 200 bxs starch; Order 33 bgs pimento; Thos Mussen 4 bales; Order 4 butts wine 13 hhds 20 qr-casks 1?hhds 4 do 3 pipes 4 butts; Order 2 puns rum; Lymans, Clare&co 112 bags 18 cs 5 casks 2 kgs 5 brls 20 bxs 2 serous 4 hies 30 bgs 10 csks 7 cs 15 bgs; Kenneth Campbell 4 cks 4 cs 1 basket; John Gardner 5 casks 7 cs 4 sacks; Peter Clark&co 40 hhds 30 qr-cks 100 red cses 100 green cses; II Benjamin&co 3 hies; I Buchan-an&co 5 cs; J A Greham 1 cask; J White 1 qr-csk Order 1 cs; A Urquhart 1 cs.Per ship \u201c Ocean Phantom,\u201d H.Lavekick, Master, from Liverpool, Havilland Routh & Co., Consignees :\u2014 C Hagar&co 12 cks; R Juson&co 125 kgs 519 bdls 4366 bars iron; Winn&Holland 100 bxs 111 kgs 15 brls; L RepaudACassidy (14 crates; John feèf lAMWwy1 SWflÿlniirgDt -£.aR.qllatid&snnLj Burns 5 cks 109 crates; Crathern&Caverhill 461 bars 115 bdls 907 sheets iron; T Bate&co 5 ertes; R H Perryn 425 bars 706 bdls 75 boiler plates; A Burns 4 hhds 6 ertes; A Hope&co 403 bars 200 bdls; I Buchanan, Harris&co 640 bdls 135 boxes; Thos Wilson&co 480 bdls; Frothingham&Work-man 1399 strips 607 sheets 468 strips 2082 bdls 247 bars; Order 250 bxs 100 ertes 2 cks 2 hhds 2 cs 8 cks 63 bdls 30 l)les; Hayilland Routh&co 30 bales.Manifest of ship Roseneatb, from Halifax, 21st May\u2014Jas Mitchell 461 pkgs sugar; G Lomer cs skins.Per G.T.\u2019Hailroad West.May 21.Sundries 1925 brls flour 3650 bus wheat 58 brls ashes 124 do pork 22 kegs butter 22 brls lard 200 do oatmeal 350 bus oats.Per Montreal and Champlain R.R« May 21.J McNider 1 bx fruit; Berk 1 bx; C & Caverhill 1 hhd 12 bxs; Foulds & H 1 brl; D Kiunear 1 bxs N Davis 243 bxs s stones 4 do s rifles 9 do c pins 1\tcse mdise 3 brls 2 kegs 5 cs hats; W Darling & co 4 bxs c pins; R Hutchins&eo 45 bxs ginger and pepper; Benny, MeP & co 2 bxs; J Claire bx; H Morgan&co 1 case; W & R Muir 1 do; Geo Hagar 2 bxs; G T R 1QQ car wheels; § J Lyman 2\tbarls potatoes; F Hawton 8 chests; Order 1 omnibus; Janes, O & co 3 brls flour; Owner 13 tubs butter.Per Xaachine Canal- May 21.Barge Try\u2014J M Young 6390 bus wheat.Barge Portland\u2014J Swinburn 9950 do peas: Sundries 225 brls pork; R Mitchell 4244 bushels peas 17 brls flour.Barge Boston\u2014J & H McLennan 2350 barls flour 13 do pork 3 do lard.Barge Renshaw\u2014Law, Y & co 240 do pork: Sundries 1313 do flour.Barge Resolution\u2014Gould & Sons 11250 bush wheat.Barge Ida\u2014Gould&Sons 1350 do; D Torrance 7000 do; Rae&M 48 brls flour.Barge Glasgow\u2014D Torrance 7500 bushels wheat.Barge Alert\u2014Taylor Bros 612 do 5573 do peas.Barge Enterprise\u2014Sundries 6020 do wheat.Barge Defiance\u2014II Routh&co 15090 do.Barge Clyde\u2014Molson&co 4235 do barley 2441 do rye.Schr Defiance\u2014J & R Esdaile 1397 brls flour, Barge Powerful\u2014D Torrance 19650 bu wheat: H Routh&co 7081 do peas.Barge Fleur Marie\u2014GMoffatt&co 8796 do.May 21.Sir Empress\u2014C Freeland 400 bris; H Taylor 4 cs 1 bureau 1 parcel matting; Lewis, Kay & co 7 brls eggs; S Leeming 5 hhds hams; A Savage 2 kegs Oil; S ogüen a Drls ashes; John TViitson 3 crates crockery; John Dougall 21 rolls s leather; Aiken&K 54 brls pork 2 bxs hams; J East 1 erte crockery; Jno Dougall 13 brls ashes 27 tubs butter; J Watson 1 bx e\u2019ware.DEATHS.At Toronto, on the 19th instant, after a lingerin illness, Mr.Andrew McGlaslian, aged 52 years.At his residence in the Village of Haldimand, in the Township of Dunn, on the 15th instant, Mr.John Ed.Lowe, aged 53 years.In Quebec, on the 15th instant, Agnes Chamberlain, wife of Mr.J.Gingfas, joiner, aged 50 years.Grand Y ocal and Instrumental CONCERT, GIVEN BY GUSTAVE SMITH, AT THE Mechanics9 Hall, Great St.James Street, THIS Thursday Evening, 22ud May, Arrival of the \u201c Scotia.\u201d New York, May 21.The steamer Scotia arrived late last night She brings 138 passengers.The Norwegian arrived out on the 9th.The Scotia passed the Anglo-Saxon on the 17th, in lat.46, long.45.The Scotia had strong westerly winds the entire passage.MARKETS.Liverpool, May 10.\u2014Ashes steady ; Pot 33s/® 33s 6d ; Pearl, 33s.Sugar upward.London, May 10\u2014White American Wheat, 59s (® 62s ; Red, 53s 1® 58s.Flour, 26s 1® 30s.Corn without improvement.Sugar firmer.Tea (Congou) declined to Is 48 Is jd.Mr.Layard stated in the House of Commons in reply to an enquiry, that so far os the Government knew Mr.Mercier's visit to Richmond was without instructions from France, and was attended with no political result whatever.The Independence Beige asserts that the object of Lavali\u2019s visit to ° London was to induce England to consent tea common intervention in America, and England agreed, on condition that the Roman qaestion waslirst settled.The French Government gave ear to this, and it has led to the consequence relative to intervention.The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says \u2014 Beyond doubt the recognition of the South is seriously contemplated by the French Government.Rumours of the approaching solution of the Roman question are more and more general.It is reported that the Papal Government is prepared for sudden departure.The Ex-King of Naples had left Rome.His destination was unknown.The Canada arrived e-ut on the 11th., L, Is^ia 11 ^ R O V / t:V-,\t-.nn.-AVûQ Pnrlinmpnt Cardinal Wjsem____arrived at the Tuilleries yesterday on lus way to Rome.Mr.Layard, in announcing the conclusion of the Slave Trade Treaty in the House of Commons, said its conditions gave every reason to hope that the traffic will be effectually suppressed.A debate took place relative to the distress in Lancashire.Mr.Bright deprecated the hasty statements as to the termination of the war, and the discontinuance of the blockade, &c., by Ministers, as most disastrous to commerce in Lancashire.Earl Russell\u2019s late statement that he hoped in a few months the Northern States would allow the independence of the South, paralyzed business in Lancashire for a time, and showed how little he knew the sentiments of the North.Such statements were highly culpable and a breach of neutrality on the part of the Foreign Secretary, r* The Times regards the new Slave Trade Treaty as the first fruits of Secession ; but says it is not a blow at the South,'' but a victory over [the North.\\ Consols have farther declined\u2014closing at 92-].UTISH m HIKE.WE, the Undersigned, MERCHANTS and TRADERS, hereby BIND ourselves, on and after MONDAY next, the 19th instant, to RECEIVE BRITISH SHILLINGS at the RATE of TWENTY-FOUR CENTS only, and BANK them ;\u2014 H & H MERRILL JOSEPH BEAUDRY J B MARION S BRAHADI G LEVY C B LOVELOS MICHEL THIVJERGE WM DANGERFIELD C QUEVILLON BARETTE & PRICE A BRAHADI TURGEON, PREVOST & CO R J DEVINS DAVID PELLETIER E E BEAUDRY M BENJAMIN & CO SENEGAL & DUVERGER DESROCHER & PARANT RINGLAND & EWART JAMES MORRISON & CO HENRY MORGAN & CO DUFRESNE, GRAY & CO JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO C ATKINSON & CO CHARLES E PARISEAU C F HILL & CO MURPHY & BROS CHARLES ALEXANDER C WILSON JOHN CARLISLE GEORGE BARRINGTON OWEN McGARVEY GEO WILSON SAVAGE & LYMAN J & T BELL McDONNOUGH, MUIR & CO THOS MUSSEN CHARLES McKERCHER GRAVEL FRERES FiBi'NOfïYYA5- mtnnrrv E DESROCHER ALFRED G PARE BOUDREAU FRERES J B BEAUDRY JOHN MAHONY MICHEL MORLEY MRS CANRAY BARNERD McILHOwE MRS MCQUILLAN MRS CARROLL PREFONTAINE & PERRAULT BERTRAND & PELLETIER N MARRIEN F BRAIS R ST.JEAN GAUTHIER FRERE & CO FERDINAND PERRIN THOMAS CLARK P V LESPERANCE JOHN REID JOHN GARDNER JAMES F ARTHUR CLARKE, BENNETT & CO ROBT CAMPBELL & CO JAS BAYLIS & CO A G LINDSAY Montreal, May 13, 1862.\t122 IS BRITISH iLLIIS mnu.For particulars, Music Stores.Price of Admission 50 cents.May 22.see Programme at all the 25 cents ; Reserved Seats, c 122 A Mlarj Promenade Concert, VOCAL AND INSTEÜMENTAL, BY THE United Bands and Glee Ciubs of the Garrison, IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE MILITARY ASYLUM, QUEBEC, WILL BE GIVEN AT THE Exhibition Building;, ON MONDAY, the 26th instant, From 3] to 6J P.M., UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF 11.fifin.Sir F.Williams.K.LL Maj* Gen.Lord F.Pauiet C.B., And the Officers of the Garrison, COL.DYDE and Officers of the Active Volunteer Force.In the Choruses there will be about 250 V Dices, Tickets and Programmes to be obtained at Prince\u2019s Music Store and Messrs.Lyman & Savage\u2019s, Notre Dame Street ; at Messrs.Dawsons Book Store and Mr.Nordheimer's Music Store, Great St.James Street; at Mr.Hill\u2019s Book Store, Place d\u2019Armes, and at the Door.Admission, 50 cents.Children half-price.May 6.\t'\t111 As SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the CALEDONIAN SOCIETY will be held in the MECHANICS\u2019 HALL, on THURSDAY EVENING, the 22nd instant, at EIGHT o\u2019clock.DAVID McGAVIN, Secretary.May 21.\t121 Fort Monroe, May 20.The steamer Rhode Island has arrived from New Orleans on the 8th, calling at the various ports along the coast.Everything was quiet at New Orleans.She brings no news in addition to what has been published.No attacks had been made on the Fort at Mobile.Pensacola was occupied by Federal troops.Washington, May 20.The official reports of the Commodores of the vessels engaged in the action at Fort Darling on the James River, contain no new features.The James River is clear of obstructions to within 8 miles of Richmond.A telegraph cable was successfully laid yesterday across Chesapeake Bay, from Cherry\u2019s Bone to Bit ck River in Virginia, and the War Department is now in telegraphic communication with Fort Monroe and Gen.McClellan\u2019s headquarters.The cable is 26 miles long and heavily armored with 15 stout iron staves of a barrel around the insulating coat, and a conductor protecting them from all strain by any force short of what would be necessary to break the covering wires, the aggregate strength of which equals that of a ship\u2019s chain cable.Tunstall Station, 'Va., May 20 The advance under Gen.Storeman reached Coal Harbor, on the road running to Richmond, by way of Newbridge, yesterday, where they found the enemy to be in force.He drove their pickets into within two miles of their main body, and encamped for the night.Everything indicates that the confederates intend to defend Richmond with all the available force they can bring forward.Congressmen and Representatives from every Southern State are there encouraging their troops by their presence and counsel for a determined résista-vance of the Union troops.\tj,.\u201e\u201erierq last night; ihEkfrerptfr^se ôr^nHnïervi^ Gen.McClellan.Richmond papers of the 11th have been received.They contain a correspondence between the Va.Legislature and Jeff.Davis, in relation to the recent movements of the confe4erate army.He states that he had pever entertained the thought of withdrawing the army from Virginia, and abandoning the State.That if in the course of events the Capital should fall, the necessity of which he did not see or anticipate, that would be no reason for withdrawing the army from thç State.The war could be successfully carried on and maintainecl~5n~JYlrginTan soil for twenty jegm\t- ' ¦r\"r with I0ÏICE.T Fta HE Subscribers CHASERS of arc, at all times, PUR- May 22.Pott Boef, Butler, fc JEFFREY BROS.& U©., 17 Lemoine Stkeet.du 122 PORTLAND KEROSENE OIL INFERIOR and ADULTERATED OILS being sold under the above PATENT NAME, I have been requested, by several of the largest Dealers, to 532379 145195 677574 677574 ÏÏ2CPORÏS May 21.Ship Toronto, for Glasgow, Ryan Bros&co 500 brls flour; Sidey&Crawford 300 do; W Cunningham 313 do potash; F Brown 10 cses brooms; F Wilson 5600 bus peas; H Routh & co 1000 brls flour; Law, Young&co 9861 bus wheat; McCul-loch&Bros 150 brls flour; Edmonstone, A&co 8 deals 300 boards.Ship Minesota, for Liverpool, Jas Torrance& co 807 brls flour 193 brls oatmeal; Jas H Henderson 1000 do flour; J Cusack 500 do do; Ross&co 500 do do; Rimmer, Gunn&co 1000 do do; Thos Gordon 50 do potash; D A Poe 11023 bus s wheat; J Foulds&son 9760 do do; J Cusack 10000; Boyd 1250 ps pine boards 47 do deals 25 do scantling 25 do deals.Per ship City of Quebec, for Loudon, May 21 D A Poe 13731 bus wheat 2074 barls flour; Gillespie, Moffatt&co 80 do pearl ashes 200 do flour; Rae&Mitchell 20 do pork; Rimmer, Gun&co 1000 do flour; H Routh&co 8092 bus wheat; W Cun-ninghame 55 brls pot ash 2 8 do pearl do; A Urquhart 1 bx pickles; Edmonstone, A&co 24 kegs lard 12 faxes bacon 71 do do 20 barls lard 12 do pork 735 boards 12 deals.Per S S.Jura, for Liverpool:\u2014D Terrance 3500 bushs wheat; C J Cusack 3300 do; Robert Simms 5 cks hams; H Routh&co 50 brls potash; R Sharpley 1 cse fancy goods; Shannon&Bros d brls flour 1 do pork 1 box cheese, J S Bangs 2 cs furs; Order 1567 brls flour 5441 bus wheat 4955 do peas; W Cunningham 121 brls potash; Gillespie, M&co 3413 bus wheat; R H Hamilton 1 cse cigars; J Tracy 2 cs furs 70 pees deals; Edmonstone, Allan&co 600 pcs pun staves.FOHT or qUEBEiC.[From Quebec Chronicle.] AKKIVEU\u2014MAY 19.Ship Princess Royal, Tozer, 10th April, Plymouth, C& J Sharples&co, ballast ___City of Manchester, Ditchburn, Gth April, Liverpool, do MAV 20.Ship Delgany, Bassett, 9th April salt ___Prank Haynie, Randall ballast \u2014 Annandale, Sheckell, 3rd April, Newport, order, coal .Arthur, Watson, 8th do, London, A Giltnotn'i&co, ballast The CONSUMERS of COAL OIL against purchasing any but the Genuine Portland Kerosene Oil, Which is sold only by respectable Dealers throughout the Province.JOHN RHYMS, Sole Wholesale Agent, Montreal, r 122 May 22.Important to farmers, GROUND BONES for Sale, in quantities to suit purchasers.Orders left at the Agricultural Warehouse of Mr.W.Evans will be attended to.It is recommended by the Agricultural Society of Quebec as being superior to any description of Manure for Farms in general.May 22.\tdu 122 Liverpool, order, 15th do, Gibraltar, order, COURCHET & CO., Shipping and Commission Merchants, NOW ESTABLISHED HERE, 171 ST.PAUL STREET, AGENTS for different Houses in France, England, Germany, North and South America, West Indies and Calcutta, offer to the Public their intermediate for all kinds of business in these countries, and are ready to take Orders for direct Importations.Advances on approved consignments to their friends.Drafts on New York bought and sold.May 22.____________________ ly 122 For Sale, A BILLIARD TABLE, Phelan\u2019s Combination Cushions, latest patent, and appurtenances, complete.For terms, &c., apply to E.M.BURGESS, 192 Notre Dame Street.May 22,\tr 122 - ^'The Confederate General, John B.Floyd, has been appointed Major-Gen.of the Virginian forces, with authority to raise a force of 20,000 men, new conscripts for the defence of Western Virginia.Thejengagement on Thursday at Davy\u2019s Bluff, seven miles below Richmond, between our gunboats and the enemies\u2019 batteries on James River, had produced a great panic among the people of Richmond.They acknowledge a loss of 6 killed and 7 wounded.St.Louis, May 20.A mass convention of the friends of the ad.ministration and those favorable to the emancipation of the slaves of Missouri, under the plan submitted to Congress by the President, is called to meet at Jefferson City, Jan.16th, to nominate State Officers.Tunstall Station, May 21.The pickets of the enemy were driven across Bottom Bridge yesterday by the troops advancing in that direction.The rebels again attempted to regain the post by the use of their artillery, but failed ; our batteries opened, shelling thé roads each side of the bridge.The advance under Gen.Stoneman, reaching New Bridge yesterday, within 8 miles of Richmond, found no enemy in force this side the Chickahominy.Six pieces of artillery were found posted on the opposite bank, but Stoneman\u2019s purpose not being to bring on an engagement, he retired a mile from the bridge, and encamped during the day, While driving in the enemy\u2019s outposts we had one man killed and three wounded.The whole army moved this morning, with view to making a lengthy march.What roads they took it is not necessary to mention but at headquarters.Gen.McClellan, it is thought, will be within short distance of Richmond, in front of which city, it is supposed, will be encamped the main body of the rebel army.If they intend to give the Federal forces battle, which is almost universally acknowledged to be the case, the hour is drawing near at hand when they will have an opportunity.New York, April 21.A special despatch to the Evening Post from Washington says President Lincoln has decided that 50,000 moîêTJÎunteers be accepted to fill up the regiments and form a reserve.\u2014The President has signed the Homestead bill.The Newbern Progressof the 17th says :\u2014The State Convention at Raleigh, adjourned on the 21st, will re-assemble whenever it is deemed prudent.At least two-thirds of the members are Union men.Washington, May 21.A reliable despatch from Fort Monroe says the Oriental, in which General Saxton sailed for Port Royal, was wrecked on the night of the 16th on Boyd\u2019s Island, 33 miles north of Cape Hatteras.The passengers and crew were saved, but a portion of the cargo was lost.Voluminous despatches from the Gulf have been received.The vessels of the Fleet were judiciously distributed.A number, under Commander Lee, were going up as far as Vicksburg.On our occupation of Pensacola, the Mayor promised that the citizens would behave themselves peacefully, and the Rebels evacuated the place, hearing that our steamers, the day before, were going to run is.to Mobile Bay.Porter left Ship Island on the 7th, with steamers of +he Mortar Fleet for Mobile Bar, to fix a place for the mortar vessels to lie, and plant buoys for ships to run by.Great excitement seemed to exist within the forts at the progress of the fleet.There was reason to believe that Fort Gains was being evacuated and the troops there leaving to reinforce Fort Morgan.NEW YORK MARKETS\u2014May 21.Flour\u2014Receipts 21,079 bbls ; sales 1,000 bbls; State and Western slightly favors buyers; Superfine State §4,25/®4,35; Extra State $4,50iS4,G0 ; common to good R.H.Ohio §4,90l®5,10; superfine Western §4,25i®4,35j common to good extra Western §4,50® 4,75.Southern dull ; sales 900 bbls ; mixed to good §4,65 ® 5,50 ; Fancy and Extra §5,60®6,75.Canadian Flour is without decided change.Wheat is without decided change, with a good export demand ; sales 150,000 bushels ; Chicago Spring 85c®§l,02 ; Milwaukee Club 95c®l,03; Iowa §1,04 ® §1,05; Winter Red Western §1,06 ®§1,11.Corn dull and lower; sales 30,000 bush mixed Western at 48 ®50c.Oats dull at 30 ®4lc.Pork dull; sales 300 bbls; Mess §12,37j®12,50; Prime §9,87j.Lard dull; sales 100 bbls at 7]®8]c.Stocks are lower, but active.Money is very plenty and unchanged.Sterling Exchange dull at 112] ®113, ÂT a MEETING of MASTER BAKERS, held THIS DAY, IGth instant, it was unanimously agreed that we would NOT RECEIVE the ENGLISH SHILLING for MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR C E NT S in PAYMENT of BREAD, on and after MONDAY, 19th instant : JAMES STRACHAN S P TILTON R PREVOST A ARCHIBALD GEO SMITH ALEX SMITH ALFRED TRETEAU F K MARQUET E ARCHAMBAULT D BROWN JOSEPH CLORAN JOSEPH WAUGH O BEBEU P MARCHAND A OBRON J PERRAULT J ST.JEAN T THOMAS E HEBRUN C B AUBRY O BOURBONNIERE J TALMOSSE Montreal, May 17, 1802.\tu 122 Montreal, May 19, 1862.WE, the Undersigned, hereby AGREE and BIND ourselves to take BRITISH SHILLINGS from our CUSTOMERS at TWENTY-FOUR CENTS only, on and after this date :\u2014 ÎÜKfT'j'Efôr' D MoNAMARA CHARLES MARCHAND LOUIS TESSIER DANfflL EDWARD PATRICK FLANAGAN LEDGER LANGLOIS JOHN STEWART M BOLIOU PATRICK DOHERTY JOSEPH LUTTRELL P BRUCHESI II DAIGLE DAIGLE & GIARD S CLOUTIER.May 19.u 122 Montreal, 13th May, 1862.WE, the Undersigned, hereby AGREE and BIND ourselves to take BRITISH SHILLINGS from our Customers at 24 cents only, on and after this date :\u2014 GILMOUR & THOMPSON FOULDS & HODGSON STIRLING, McCALL & CO LAURIE, CALLUM & CO THOMPSON, CLAXTON & CO James roy JOHN W BENSON LEWIS, KAY & GO J BAILLIE & CO A ROBERTSON & CO ANDW MACFARLANE JOHN DOUGALL (Dry Goods&Lea) JOS MACKAY & BRO W STEPHEN & CO STEVENSON, SUTHERLAND & CO ROSS & TEMPLETON ALEX WALKER P M GALARNEAU & CO GRENIER & MARTIN F & J LECLAIRE & CO HINGSTON, McBAIN & CO ADOLPHE ROY & CO E HUDON, FILS & CO DESMARTEAU & PLAMONDON HUDON & GELINAS AMABLE PREVOST & CO GEORGE WINKS & CO BURRITT, LONSDALE &TOWNER S DREY & CO stewart & McIntyre JAMES JOHSTON & Co GAULT BROS & CO W & R MUIR JAS P CLARK S GREENSHIELDS, SON & CO May 15.\tu 122 Monteeal,; 8th May, 1862.WE, the Undersigned, MERCHANTS and TRADERS, of MONTREAL, hereby BIND ourselves, on and after MONDAY next, the 12th instant, to RECEIVE and PAY OUT BRITISH SHILLINGS at the RAT E of TWENTY-FOUR CENTS only\u2014 L RENAUD ¦*