The Quebec mercury, 10 mars 1846, mardi 10 mars 1846

[" TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1846.VOLUME XLII, JWtrf iirf MORES ET STÜDIA ET POPULOS ET PRÆLIA OICAM.Vnto.G *6.IV.NUMBER 29.THE QUEBEC MERCURY.PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK.1\t' hkick ok advkrtisino.rir.f intrrtinn> lû>CB o»'* u'iJer.2* ^\t______ 7 line» to ten.3* \\d '\t______ Upivfird» of 10 lines.Ad.per line.rrrueB(.V.rrf.on»\u2014Quarter price.All \\drertl*emcnt», mindcompanied with direction* ' u^iicd until forbid, and charged accordingly.* Order* fnr discontinuing Advertisements to be in ind delivered the day previou* to puhliculion.Per»on* not having Account* at this Offlee, will h.recuired to pnjr on giving Advertisement*.AGENTS.MovthML-F.R.Fabre, Esq.TlilBg.ftlvEBS\u2014H.b.Hughes, Esq.\\Vm.tUKRY-B.L.Hayden, Esq.Kikostok\u2014The Post Muster.Tobovto-W.G.Hinds, Esq.N*V\\V\tGaspe\u2019\u2014R.W.Fitton, Esq School for Young Ladies.Mrs.DUNI.RVIR beg* to inform her friends that, l^r School opens on MONDAY, the \u2018Jth instant at 2d.St.Ami Street.Quelice, 7th March.1846________________U____ NOTICE.4 1,1, PERSONS indebted to the Estate of the late Mr.j^iiv Tked, in hi* lifetime of the city of Quebec, Merchant Tailor, arc requested to iimke immediate payment, and thorn having claim* against tlie said estate, are renuc\u2019slcd to present tliem duly attested to the undersigned.1\t1\tB.G.CANNON, Public Nutary.Quebec, 2Slh Feb .Id 1t>.\tu THE Subscribers offer for Sale, 25 Puncheons MOLASSES of a Superior Quality.PICKERSGILL, TIBBETTS & Co.Quebec.Feb.28, 18-tti.\tu poll SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER.A VALUABLE and e*ten*ive assortment of Steel J\\ ENGRAVINGS, the above can be seen daily on A l.yONSi* Tobaeconist, St.John Street, Quebec, Feb 28, 1846\tf KM PORI CAT.rpHF.Subscribers rclinqulfbing their business in this I City on l«t May next, cannot do »o without sincerely lhartking tlieir numerous friends and customers fur the liberal psi rouage with nhieb they have been lionured, since they fir-l commeiiccd here, and at the saine time beg to recommend to favorable notire their micccs-sors, W.BENJAMIN Co., Tailors, General Out* filter», Woollen Draj^rs, Sic., of Montreal, who nil! reopen Hie same preuiDe» eailj in May, with .a very fashionable assortment of Goods, from London and Paris, expected |ier lira! Spring vessels.\\t tlvs whole of the remaining portion of their valuable Stock tnuil be sold off prior to 1st May, wc beg intending purchiiers to favor u* with ancu\u2019ly call, as we arc now telling at and under cost price.BENJAMIN St BROTHERS.Qochcr, 2fnli Fcbv., !84t>\tu TO BE RAFFLED !\u2018i»!t, A CHOICE Selection of Valuable PAINTINGS .ml PRINTS, by Wovkhmans, Pehelickn\u2019k, Caii* MICH act.and other Matters of Eminence.The Prints aiefromPainiingshyMoKKr.AVI).Ttiu lot will ho di« rided into FOURTEEN PRIZES, hv 100 Member* .at \u2018ib.each.To he seen .at Mr.CHRISTMAS\u2019, Waleh* Msker, Engraver St Jeweller, near PaYNk'h Hotki.k)* \\ l.i*r will 1^.11^111*1 .it MR.B MLl'.V\u2019S, (\u2019.uver and tiilder, Sr.StaMSI.auh Stheet.Fort Stiect, Quel.ee, Fob.26, 1846.\tk-2 NOTICE is hetfhv given that the Undesigned is duly amhniized m settle all claim* due by urtotl* Estalc of the I lie Mr.Wtu.lAM Hamilton, in l.n lifr lime of Quct'rc, Bcllmnn .and Vuctioncer, un.l ol die Isle Mrs.Isabki.i.a Bkemmkk, his wife.Therefoie the Creditors are requested to fyle tin ir demands, (ultest-rd) without delav, at hia residence, Si.John Stiect, Upper Tuim.ANDREW WILSON.Que tree, I7lh Februarv.1816\tu THE subscriber on account of declining health has relinquished butiuest in favour ofMr.Robert Neill.who has been in his employ for year* past, respectfully recommend* hint to his numerous fnends us a coni|>etcnt workman and trustworthy young man.Also returns Ills grateful acknowledgement for past favour* during the last twenty-six rears.THOMAS G.CATHRO, No.Il, Notre Dame Street, Lower Town.Quebec, bib March, 1816.\tf WATCHMAKER 8c JEWELLER.ROBERT NEIL, Iwgs most respecfully to intlmn'e to bis friendi and the public, that iic has commenced business in the above lino as Successor to Tllos.G, Cathro, and ho|)cs fiom the experience be has hud in the business and unremitting attention, to merit a share of public patronage, which be most respectfully solicits.No.Il, Notre Dame Street.Quebec, 5th March, 1846.\tf BONNETS, LEGHORN, STRAW, Sfc., CLEANED AND ALTERED, frc.frc.tfc.WIDOW TWEED DELL returns her sincere thanks to her friends and begs to inform them that she continues her business mrc Mr Jîre, at the corner House, near the High School, on the Cape, where orders will receive her usual punctuality.Quebec, ftih March, 18-16.NEW BOOKS AND MUSIC.THE undersigned have ju»t received a supply of new and popular Publirationi.Also,\u2014Some music, which will bo sold cheap.T.CARY St Co.Quebec, March b, 18|6.\tu Croton Marine and Fire Insurance Company of Ncm York.f|lTHE undersigned continues to accept Risks and issue II Policies oil behalf cf the above Company.WESTON HUNT, Hunt\u2019s Wharf,\tAgent.Quebec, 3rd March, 1816.\tu AN ESSAY THE OREGON QUESTION, BY E.A.MEREDITH, L.L.B.T.C.D.UARRISTF.R-ATLAW.A fuw copies for sale l»y THOS.CARY & Co.Quebec, Mardi 3, 1816.u Price Is.3d.PROPOSALS for building a WHARF al Sillery,! will be received by the Subscribers to ilie l»t j April next.\u2014For particulars apply at Ihe office of PEMBERTON BROTHERS.Quebec, Mth Feby., 1816.\tI in.rVJHK NINETEENTH ANNUAL BAZAAR, fbr t ihe Sunport of ibc PROTESTANT FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, will tie held at the NATIONAL SCHOOL-HOUSE, on TUESDAY thc2lst and WEDNESDAY the 22d of APRIL.Ptrsnnt wishing to assist iliis Charitable Inslitulion nr» requeu'd to send their rontrihutions to the omler»igned Lillies, flirming the Committee : \u2014 ' | HE subscriber begs to inform the gentlemen of Que-I bee and Ihe public in general, that he is now prepared to do all kinds of PlastkMNQ, Ornamental and Plain.Hard Finhb and Stucco Work, together with Whitewashing and Distempering, on tlie mosl leaaonable term*.Also, all kinds of jab work attended to with the greatest punctuality.J.P.BROWN, At Mr.liurligan\u2019s, Painter, Notre Dame Street.N.B.No connexion with the \u201c Imperial Smoky.\u201d Quebec, March 2, 1816.\tu AT PRIVATE SALE- rWNO BE SOLD by the Subtcriber, the Schooner I L'Italienne, forty three lens, built in 1841, with her tigging and new Sails.N BALZAUETTL Quebec, 2-blb February, 1816.\tu W A N v Ê I), A SITU \\TION by a jierson having a thorough knowledge of buMiiess and capable of taking ctiargc of a >et of Books\u2014Address by letter P.J.alibis office.Quebec, 28th February, 1816\tk E I) O R N E Y, I) Y E It A N I) S C O U R E R, BEGS rc*|>rcUully lu inforui her friends and lire public, that »he has opened, in tier old stand, outside Palace Gale, where all orders will be exccutid with dispatch.Quebec, 21»t Feby., 1816.\t2m-l TO PARTIES FURNISHING, &c.f ¦AHE Subscriber leaving shortly foe England, will dis* I.pose of hi* Furniture (nearly all new,) at private Sale, the whole of ihe articles are warranted having been manufactured to order, by Hilton Jc Baird, of Montreal, and Mr.Drum, of Quebec.The DRAWING BOOM FURNITURE consists of a POETRY.From the New- York Mirror.LAMENT OF THE WIDOWED INEBRIATE.I\u2019m thinking on thy smile, Mary\u2014 Thy bright and trusting smile\u2014 In the morning ofeur youth and love, Ere sorrow come\u2014or guile ; When thine ru ms were twined about my neck, And mine eyes looked into thine, And the heart that throbbed for mt alone, Wat nettling dote to mine ! I sec full many a smile, Mary, On young lips beaming bright | And many an eye of light and lore Is Bashing in my sight ; But the mile it not for my poor heart And the eye is strange to me, And loneliness comes o\u2019er my soul When its memory turns to thee l l*m thinking on the night, Mery, The night of grief and sharne, When with drunken ravings on my lip*, To thee I homeward came;\u2014 0, the tear was in thine earnest eye, And thy bosom wildly heaved, Yet a smile of love was on thy cheek, Though the lieart was sorely grieved ! But the smile soon left thy lips, Mary, And thine eye* gew dim and sad ; For the tempter lured my steps from dice, And the wine-cup drove me mad : From thy cheekt the rotet quickly jled, And thy ringing laugh was gone, Yet thy heart still fondly clung to me.And still kept trusting on.O, my words were harsh to dice, Mary, For the wine cup made me wild ; And I chid d\u2019ec when dime eyes were sad, And I cursed thee when they smiled.God knou t I loved thee even then, But the fire was in my brain, And ihe curse of drink was in my heart.To make my love a bane.\u2019Twos a pleasant home of our*, Mary, In the spring-time of our life, When I looked upon thy sunny face.And proudly called lliee wife\u2014 And \u2019twas pleasant when our children played Before our cottage door :\u2014 But the children steep until thee, Mary, I shall iierer see them more I Thou\u2019rt niting in the church-yard, now, And no stone is at thy head ! Bui the sexton knows a drunkard\u2019s wife Sleeps in that lowly bed ;\u2014 And hs says the hand of God, Mary, Will fall with crushing weight On the wretch who oroughl thy gentle life To iu untimely fate ! Hut he knows not of the broken heart I hear within my breast, Or the heavy load of vain remorse, That will not let merest : He knows not of the sleepless nights, When dreaming of thy love, 1 seem to see thine angel eyes, Look coldly fiom above.I have raised die wine-cup in my hand, And the wildest (.trains I\u2019ve sung, Till with the laugh of drunken mirth The echoing air has rung : But a pale and sorrowing fact look'd out From the glittering cup on me.And a Iremhling whisper 1 have heard That l fancied, breathed by thee! Thou\u2019rt slumbering in the peaceful grave, And thy sleep is dreamless note, Hut die seal of an undying grief Is on thr mourner\u2019s brow, And mine heart is chill at thine, Maty, For the joys of life have fled, And I long to lay my aching breast With tie cold and silent dead ! From American Papers.Tttr.Stakvixo Millions ok Europe.\u2014It was rumored on Change, m Liverpool, a few days previous Mr*.MllNTI7.AMnr.RT, - Mountain, - Walkkh, Miss I\u2019ihk, \u2014\u2014 Tatlou.Lsdy Stuart, Mr# Ashworth, -Bur iian an, \u2014 Buriugb, -Frkkr, -A.Gii.lksfik, Aiiiuiitance Is.3.1.Children Half-I\u2019riec, Quebec, February 7, 1846.Magazines and reviews, ( AP HAt.K PRIOR, ) consisting of the following, viz: BLACKWOOD.AINSWORTH, NEW MONTHLY, BENTLEY, bdinhurgii, London quarterly, DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW, foreign sl colonial qumitkiily.T.CARY & CO.Quebec, Frhy.1846.Is I F F OF MAJOR GENER \\L Sill ISAAC HHOCK, K.II t\ttNTP.nsrKRSKII WITH .\u2019VnTtttK.S qr The celebrated Indian Chief Tccumsch, HY F.B.TUPI*EU, KNQ.A lew copies received and for sale by T.CARY St Co.erior Toned Grand Square I\u2019isno Forte*, all warranted to stand this climate.At J.MEAD\u2019S Fur Store, No.ft, Sl.John ¦Streei.Quebec.Quebec, Jtny.31.18!\u2022\t\u2022* NOTIC that the uudcisigned will follow up rious matters citliuslul to Mr.Kerr ' management-A.W.COCHRAN, ]'J, St.Ann Street.Quebec, Jail.10, 1846.\tu ped.-\t\u201e\t_ Minium St Co., have purchased an immense quantity ol Indian corn in the western country, where it '«mams on storage, waiting the opening uf navigation for Htipment to tlie seaboard, for exportation to Ireland.It is stated, that the purchasers of grain by this house Hie past season, amount Ur nearly a million of dollars.This will relieve ihr west of a portion of the surplus grain products f that section, and introduce Indian corn imo Great Britain in -uch a manner as to ensure its consumption and bring it into general tue.\u2014Uotlon Fimet.for sale by T.CARY fc Co.Livtrfiool.IIÜI7 .4 302\t1700.5,01)0 |7v6.10,381\t1760\t 26,000 ITOt).33,131\tITBir.56,000 I8'M .60.48!)\t1801.77,653 18.0\t._______ D6.373\t1811.04,376 1820 .123,706\t1821.118,632 1830 .202,3.89\t1831.165,175 IS40 .312,852\t1841.233,003 1845 .371,223 I\u2019lii sc figure* indicate But New York has Utterly gained pretty largolv upon its competitor, in |K)inl of population ; though f we compare the number of houses The «encrai opinion, a* we find it expressed by persons rerted annually, a différent inference would be drawn, about ti* md as we gather it from the most intelligent f!» Liverpool column includes not only the houses presses, corroborates wlnl wc ventured to say in Tuev reeled in tlie city proper, but tn the whole borough, day\u2019* paper, that the true aspect of the new* recently 1 comprising an area of about eight square miles.The received is riot one which renders the settlement ofdiffi- | population of the whole borough in 1S1I was 286,487.____________ rullirs between the United States and England more ra*y.j\tHoutct\tErected.1H08E persons for whom the late James Hasting* 1 And iwrhapi it is due to our readers to say that we do not i Kerr Esq.acted as \\or.NT, arc hereby informed, recollect, from any current nimor or general surmise .» iinilVt*1,\u2019itt'd will follow Up uui conclude llte va* ! cither that tlie Government of the United Slain las received any favorable intelligence Irom Mr.Mr Lane, or that the British Minister here is in possession of any instructions to renew clForls for settlement by compromise.We alluded, in Tuesday** paper, to the fact that Mr.Buchanan, hv authority of the President, had refnird two offers tu adjust the existing dispute by arbitralisn ; and ws expressed our fears\u2014and those fears are sincere and dftp\u2014that those repeated rejections could not fad to pro- L A W FOR SALE 13 L A N K S AT THIS OFFICE- Years.\tNew York.\tBor.of Livrrpoo\u2019 1838\t\t.\t781\t1052 1939\t\t\t.674\t997 ISIO \t\t.850\t1577 1841\t\t.\t971\t1761 1842\t\t.\t912\t2027 1813\t\t.1273\t1390 1814\t\t.1210\t2450 IS 45\t\t\t\t3728 This cattaordinarr\tincrease in the mnnhrr of huilrln\t seted in Liverpool\t\u201c has been\t(III result ( says Liverpool Times) of the excellent regulation which forbids livings in cellars, and so far it ia a proof of an improved mode of living rather than increase6f population; but, even after every allowance haa been made for that circumstance, the increase is surprising, and shows that Liverpool is still in the full vigor of iU growth.\u201d\u2014Jturnal of Commerce.Distinguished Compliment of Lord Metcalfe.-\u2014Mr.J.H.Smith, Professor of Drawing and Perspective, in this city, has recently received « large and costly case of such instruments as are used in Drawing, Mapping, and every branch of delineation, wbieh beard the following; inscription : \u201c Presented by Hia Excellency the Right Honorable Lord Metcalfe, Governor General of H.B.Majesty\u2019s North American Provinces, &c.jtc.flic., as a Token of Regard to Mr.John R.Smith, His Lord-ship\u2019s former Tutor In Drawing, November, 1845.\u201d This notice is not made at the instance of Mr.Smith, but by two or three gentlemen, artists and amateurs, who happened to have seen the present, and who are acquainted with the unobtrusive maimer in which, at an advanced age, Mr.S.continues to give his most valuable instructions.The names ofhU recornmenders ond pupil* are such\u2019 as forbid any attempt to increase his reputation.Besides the late Henry Inman, we may mention Turnbull, Jarvis, Waldo, Peale, Vànderlyp, Gilbert, Stuart,.Allston, and Sully ; whose names arc attached to the pamphlet which accompanies this paragraph.Mr.Smith\u2019s works, un \u201d Picturesque Anatomy,\u201d and other artiitical subjects, have long been before the public.\u2014/V.Y.Courier * Enquirer.Sir John Ross, tlie celebrated voyager of tlie Polar region», recently went through the bankruptcy court, his debt* and liabilities amounting to ten thousand pounds, and his assets to six hundred.It appeared that Sir John Ross had lost three thousand pounds by the failure of Mr.Webster, the publisher of Sir John\u2019s expedition in 1834.He also lost one thhusarid pounds for debts incurred in fitting out the expedition.He received five hundred pounds per annum as consul general for the Coort of Sweden, three hundred |>ouiids halfpay os captain in the navy, and that sum annually for thirteen wounds.\u2014Cor.Boston Journal.Sending Message# underground.\u2014A friend of ours, who has a taste for ingenious experiments, and of turning every good thing to good uses, has prepared some magnetic batteries, one of which he places in his own house, where the gas and water pipes come together, and tlie other he applies at his place of business in the same way, ami so lie holds a conversation with lus family, by means of this new kind of mignctlc telegraph.\u2014I/nitaJ Statci Gazelle.C AN AD A.Ottawa Improvement*\u2014We feel happy in being, able to inform our I.urn tiering friends and those interested in tlie prosperity of\u2019.he country, that the Government Improvements in operation at lbs Chaudière Falls, Upner Bytown, are going on well, and we have the gratification of staling that (he Slide* will lie completed and every thing in readiness for tlie passing of Timber on the 1st of May.A long boom will be stretched from the old Pier at tho head of ihe entrance to tlie Lost Channel on which tho new Slides are situated.Tlie Piers and wastegates at lha head arc completed, or nearly so ; throughout the course of the Lost Side four Slides will be erected (three of which .ire nearly complete) with a strong dam and wastegates at tlie head of each, and an intervening basin with a boom on each side leading from the shore to the entrances.Tho first Slide at tlie head is 90 feet long, llte second between 2 and 300.and tlie lliitd 150 feet in length, the fourth at the foot, the foundation of which is now excavaiing will he 50 feet in length, at the head of which will be erected' a strong stone dam 120 feet in length, with two bulkhead Piers, and a boom on each side to prevent the imber being acted on by the strong eddies on this part of Use Channel.In the inidule of the Bay at the foot of tlie Channel a large mooring Pier 22 feet square is in progress, which is to ba fastened flrmly together, and to the rocks at the bottom by large iron-bolt*.There are at present about 120 men employed, and we were much pleased with the liusiness-liko bustle and stir of activity visible in every department of the business, ai d it is a soorec of pleasure to contemplate the lacihtyj'vhich will he afforded to Lumbermen in tlie pas-age ol their limbsr >vhen those Works arc completed,\u2014they will also bean additional attraction to live many and majestic works of art, which the stranger and traveller aro certain of meeting with and admiring in Bytomi.\u2014Ottawa Advocate.Dreadful Steamboat Accident.\u2014Capt.Perry, of the steamboat Brunette, which arrived at New Orleans on the 17th ultimo, from St.Louis, reports that the steamboat Snladin, from Nashville, in passing down tie river, came into collision on the evening of the 12th with the steamboat Congress, going up, near Pilcher\u2019s Point.Fifteen persons were killed by the collision, or subsequently drowned, but their names arc not given.The cabin of tlie Congress separated from the hull and wt* towed down to Lake Providence by llxs Saladin.The hull of the Congress immediately sunk.It is fartlxr stated that in consequence uf the collision, the connecting pi|>cs of the engine of Hie Congress burst and severely snlded several oflicr passengers.I.atcr accounts from New Orleans say that thirty liviR \u2014twice the number above stated\u2014were lost by the collision of the Congress and Saladin.Tlie report of the latter boat «ays that al>out fifteen or twenty deck hands and firemen were drowned, and about ten badly scalded.\\ll who were scalded were taken to Vicksburg and placed in an hospital there.Mr.David Hall, first engineer, and two firemen of tlie Congress, died im their arrival at Vitkjburg.\u2014 Timet.The Monster Brewery.\u2014B(relay\u2019s celebrated Brewery, in London, covers an area of fifteen acres.It contains conduits half a mile in length, railroads, hoppers, steam engines, Sic., enongh to confuse one.One hundred and eighty-seven horses, each worth three hundred dollars, are constantly employed.One copper boiler will contain 4,200 barrels of beer.Thirty tons of coal are consumed daily.The malt bins will contain 1,600,(100 busheh, worth $2,500,000.Fifteen hundred barrels of ale are made every day, and sixty cats are kept to destroy mice.This establishment does vastly more to deprive the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland of food, than \u201c shoit crops,\u201d yet we hear much less complaint about it.Costliness or Smoke.\u2014If smoke were a luxury instead of being a nuisance, it would be dearly purchased al Hie |wicc paid for it in some plxees.The loss by non-consumption of smoke, Dr .Lyon Playfair has shown to he, in Manchester alone, X60,i)00 a-year, and if the expense of additional painting and whitewashing be added, the actual money lost would be double the amount of poor rates (very year.In Preston, if all the furnacca consumed their own smoke, the public would *avf 4.'10,450 a-year in extra washing. Ct> To our Advertising FRiEur*.\u2014 tin having (Kcam\u2019iaUy ununfrom Advtrlutmenii Mng continued in thii paper, for a period bn/oml We exlrart the following from the leader of the ! Tomnio Herald : \u2014 We hr>?e received, from the following was the ri stilt, as also for the ballot ,\t®'hvr officers, viz :\u2014 .pn-at.OTmr,\u201ea«\u201e|.b, | P.fsidfnt-Tciimlfs CaW.p.E«].Vice Presidents\u2014J.P.Bradley and p, Leppei,.2S\u201c *'trtï'T!,,\u2019lZui b\u2018\tI\tC™.T\"l kThU ^ZuZJZfJu',\tTréworbÆT \"ly, untten instruction*, or limits, on the same sheet 1 Majesty s Adv»«er,, who h« made more than one tun\t.that intended (most frequently from the omission of,\tThüt rh^'inf* 1,e?e.U,l'?\"*,on \u2018b® instructions) it is respectfully requested, ] tih December was comm .ùieàu d to'\u2019that special encouragement to those owitfi*of imtnovi a- \u2022he oi i^na,s being always preserved for the guidance h,V hfe.but who\t*- ÔZZ^ HoT W.^otver, of the Printer.\tmnk.ns,,, rroj^s knenvf, ^ 0f St.Stephen's Hall.\tW.Rurkr.\tJ.M.MtickK - .J.: f:\t-\u2022 n»\u2014.A/anngmg Committer.QUEBEC, MARCH 10, 1840.Onr reRrlers will find in the present number an important article, headed \u201c Proceedings of the lîeneral Committee of Relief ; important as precursory of the adoption of a principle upon which the .\t, s-cond ilistrihutioii of the large amount of mon.y |.\t.\u2018 n,,,ch now in the hands of that body is to he founded., 'i'\u2019'v,\"tî>,l0J,\",>'et'(s h'xperientia dtKf/:\u2014.ind experience in the past distribution of th^ money has apparently worke.t a revolution of opinion among the member* of the Committee\u2014the trustees of the donors in England uiitl elsewhere.The buildings within the limits of the burnt dis.trict must be restored ; and that in incombustible materials.To this end Mr.Cochran\u2019s resolutions! apply ; and we trust they may be supported, if ne-te sary, by a public manifestation of opinion.Former distributions may have been conducted upon correct principles, hut, we conceive, the basis of those principles do not an> longer exist.Want has been removed ; at all events to a commensurate extent to relieve it altogether would nut only he impossible, but utijtiil\u2014the Committee of Relief being the agents.We have already repeated a known fact lhat a gift is of no value when a moderate equivalent might be exacted.Proprietors ought to be asjhted ; not those who own several lot* and who can sell one or two to establish them*elvrs upon the third; but men who stood between the merchant and the labourer,\u2014as affecting commerce\u2014and thote who lived In a desirable state of independence a* private individuals.To destroy the class of proprietors would be to create a grievous et il.They are, in their degree, an important portion of the commit nity ; once obliterated, their property would fall into the hands of monopolists, who would,nr might, if they saw fit, raise rents, harass industry and têtard the ad lancement of the population in a varittv of ways.Credit to a labouring man, ora mechanic, is not only desirable hut necessary.Therefore we (.tight to re-es ablith the retailers of tlje suburbs\u2014as far as may be consistent with ju\"ice, and even, as Mr.Printing House So iare \u201d throuzh ihe medium of an honourable lady wh.se mine attained a» nrrii notoriety lur an imputed imimoy with a .oble ( x rrunr.r, ,ie Iut liirrary latent, bud i>eevj,,uf]y Aceurcd fnr.t I ne.serv.cn rendered the \u201d leadi-; pe.rna»\u201d by iî^î&ITÆSÏJ.1» *****\t,,f\u2018 i ,*\t^or,°n we pre.-ume 'o be the l*dy a.Itnled *aurin, J.I\u2019renderga,!, Sir H.J.Caldwell Pliyriciaii'\u2014Dr* Russell and Mo/fat t.Serr.taiy-|J.O\u2019Connor.Assistant Sacrelary\u2014J.A.Coall, (J.-nt.It VI a* resolved that in cm.«.qui nce -if Ihe disis-t(Ms Which had SO lately befallen the ri?y the So ciety would foiego t i- pleasure of dining log, titer this year in l.onottr ofthei; Natioi-al Fe-ti.a!, J ite meeting then adj('i).n»'i!.M.O\u2019Cov.nor, Secy.Quebec, 7th March, ISUi.ble property in the burnt districts, who sltall rebuild houses in brick or «tone ; mofed according to the now existing By law.-\u2022\u2014That for thD purpose, a sum of not les, than £\u202215,000 be set apart lor the purpn«e of giving such proprietoi* a further grant, as well on account of their ln,«p« of immoveable a* of moveable piopertv.3.\u2014Th't thi* stun be apportioned by the Com-mittee of Distrihtt'ion, acoonling lo ihe cirettm.'tanc.s of the parries, with tltese restrictions and condition*\u2014 1.\tThat no grant made or to he made shall gi.e to any one person mote than £250 for the \"hole of his shate or dividend out of the Relief fund.2.\tlhat the grant in tespoct of immoveable pro pert} shall only be made to such vole o| nrittee said hat in the Acting Mayor, the vite* of the Cbm being equally divided, and three mt mbersof Committee, not forming a majority theier?/ iiaHitg appealed to the decision of the Council a i* ilte said Council having on such »ftpeal n.ssed\" Resolution restricting tlie poweiiv of the i-i- * Mayor which are delined by a By Law, and decllr-ing tlte said election null and void\u2014it\tthe of this Council that the said election h.vin.r k' regularly made, it cannot be set a-idc, and ibHt ib\" power* of the Acting Mayor cannot be except by a By Law.Mr.Rousseau moved, seconded by \u2022 lie \u2022\u2022slriclVd .\t.\t.\t\u2014.> Mr.B.-lle,,,, nai the notice o| motion now stthmitted be .k aside.The President gave it as hi« opinion 'hat it m order, and that he considered himself boipnl m receive it.\t0 A* the situntion of Dq.u'v (l«* ,\t________________________^ » ih io 4, property, over and above what they shall\t//.e\t,1.,\t».receive as their dividend under resolution n *\t°fl\tMercury* No.1.\tj.Dear >ir,\u2014] nnticed.by a perusal of yni,r |ast 4.\t\u2014That a fund or sum of £10.000 «hall here- !?51\u2019,e\u2019 a f tin* ! E.L MONTIZ aMBERT, II utorary Sec\u2019y, toinpiimentary was presented on he- bave viewed y,»ur rciircmonl from ti>c NortC P T,> Coru KS PON D KNTS.\u201c /f Cockney.-'\u2014\u2018 Olf ami \u201c A Subscriber,\u201d are declined.Communication fmm the latter if entirely a to the writer Cnrpotdiion did Viol nay for temoving the step*, for whirl.(the Corresponde,,, ol Ilte limes) gives them credit.\u201d It will be j,-en on reference to the above that 1 said no such U,in\u201e.gave them credit foi nothing ; I regret that 1 cmR.i not do so.lie again says, there i« m}t a fo0t \u201ef *tri*\"l III Quebec blocked at the private exnci.se individuals, ,t ha* all been done by the public fund-.\u201d This I a No deny.St.Peter Street wa* blocked at rite expense of private individuals; ami STA a bonus.The labauring man ramiot get ciedii from the merchant ; we therefore require an intermediate I tt,,IL, to your kind cuniinendaiiou of tiic t Bn lalion Older.1 i'i rour last ' We felt a ju«: pride.Sir.in you a* our Commanding refu m.their former position, wholesale merchants ! bec Militin would l.ate been led Pv vou 10 th-it no*, 1 1 «'«ced.ol Hourso!d£l57 would Upon the faith of their former integrity and I which the greivle.*i dn .ger« were to l>\u2019c *hare;I m) t'e \u201e\u2022- '¦\t0,1 ^ ^\t(>d.their property\u2014imall tliough it might be\u2014enable ;,n M 1|b\"\u2018>r won.In thi* conviction they oe e * ren th- j *r 11\tFsq.re.them to extend many minor benefits in ihe iuvnr»v ! cned by Hieir rerncrnbrniic of your p»«i servie-, j,, ~,hi F.MF.NT OF RRCEIPTS (NI) PAYMENTS From the 2nd lo the 9th March, IX16.Amount a* per statement of the 2nd in*,.£li>3,527 13 fi Since Received : Pari.-hioncr of St.Marie N.B\">*ucc.£ 0 10 0 1\u2019 \"cc d.of Flour sold £157 .affair.|t will he found enclosed '\tJü,,\" a.,.ul Fa,\u2019\u201dq«e .Street* er a, Mr.Cary\u2019s Bookstore\t\u2022 r \" /\tm\u2018U'\tthem.AKei toe wmU wa* dun» ill., r.1:.Cl! Y COUNCIL.\u201e\tFriday, 6th March, 1846.1 res.nt r-CouPcillior* Llox.l, (JiRespie, Ron*- ev.L» -.1.*\t: 1 .^t\t.\t.\t1\t/ Aîtei the woik wa* done the C 'rpor.ilion max have assumed the debt ami these cirizéns may Have heconte ( 011,ora!inn stnckholdets ; this does al e( rite ca e : wo are not inilehtod to t)i nut Cor jin.ITS 12 6 \u2022\u2018an, Rob,taille, Magntrc, O\u2019Brivit, Laurin, BHIeau,\t\"\"I\"x é ** f a\t_A ¦are that of a violation of trust, to exert themselves lo secure the rebuildingof the Subtub».Building once resumed, work would be abundant, and wages high; wherefore then the necessity f0r large and immediate grants to tenants ?The pre-eervation of tlie moral condition of a community ii \u2022urely desirable.Many who have reluctantly appealed to the Committee of Relief, as supplicants for assistance, would much rather have given an equivalent for the gratuity received than othcrwRe.A man who once departs f»om his status in society is apt to degenerate from those proud and honorable motives of self-respect he once entertained.This ji ao evil, and one of magnitude, to be guarded against.There must be, there i«, there has been, and there always will be, cases of individual misery in large communities ; but from all we have heard, evert efloit lo relieve the distress consequent upoii the firee has been made.Why then, we ask, make these very extreme cases the only subject for consideration t Why not relieve them, upon legitimate principles, in effecting a general and a lasting good ?We sincerely trust that all who oppo.e an additional grant being given to proprietor* may review their opinion, and that Mr.Cochran\u2019s principle maybe adopted.If it be objectionable in detail, it can, of coursei be modified.I It !» plea.Nt to 1.» m know tint you Inve us to enjoy nn appointment of hi-her distinction, aid one in »),,n of which were referred to the Suli-(irunmittee of Distrimrioo.The Courier of l'huiïday last state* (ha: in adili-tion to the cwardly and disgracrful as-ault upon R-ada p.ti'ion f.om tenants in St.Jehn Suburbs, sntf-rer* by ,h- late fires, pray ing to b- relieved in p oporlirin ,0 their îo«ses.i» the same way as pro-prioor\u2014signed by ninety-six peisons.Mr.Chauveau pre-ente i a Petition adopted at a Mr.Kingsfofd,nf the Tim-s, sev-ral persons w'ere | P\"h,ic \"M'p,in!?ofscff,',' ri\u2018bJ'l,ie late fires, proprie much hurl during the last election riots.Amon« ?Fmer hou e*.finer .shpp*, n.-xv shop windows on an i - ,,.rxV-il .,\\lo in-'e; rite old ones, i,m| t|\u201e.mtrodnrtio,.of famphim, .,* a substitute for gas, i-.,p* Tl.re onr real improvements, for xvhicl, Q 1.hec need not thank I ) her Corporation.it was, on division of 10 âgain»t 4,\t.' |\t* am- \u2022s:\u2018r, Resolved,\u2014That the election of the Chairman of I r n ^ \"Uf ve.y Humhle Seivmt, \u2022lie Markets\u2019 Standing Committee having been ir-! hikQurbuc ( ohuksi\u2019ondknt or the Times.regn.a'ly made, the said election tie declared null !\tT, n l 1 ,\t\u2022 ¦ and void.\t10 the hditor oj Ihe Quebec Mercury.Mr.Rousseau, ieronded by Mr.Rohi!-\u2019\u201d 1\t\u2018S|R,\u2014 I 1\u201c> a'i moved, and it w as, on division ni' lOagainst 4 n.w-vi.».« n't .*\t.*\ta.\t\"\t^ hi m-mber ex ajfirio of any 1 Mamimg Commilt.e i< amt i|,e same is hereby de-claied 'o he null and void.Mr.McLeod withdrew.Mr.Tessier seconded by Mr.Relleati moved of do Resolved,-That the Markets\u2019 Committee ptoreed de novo to ihe election of a Chairman.The doors wore then Opened.Submitted the weekly statement nf the paid to widen cerain streets in St.John and S, Koch\u2019s Sihu'hs, Mr.Rohitaille, ! which ,s one of much importance', an I to w hicl.'the you upon a subject , e, art I lo which tlie pu lie attention ha* already been called by 41, article xvhicl.appeared finely in tfie columns of the *!\tJ' hi, iff y di-nt-t'd the ones.\t.\t,\t- , .tile que*.sum*1 ,0n-; , s ,he >choi'lmaster A right to foibid the m 1 P»l\"Mtome-a,nu*einen.* and recrearion* s uctioned \"J 1 Pa,,,ni ?And shewed tli.it Ihe attempt of ho ity no, only beyond interior of the paient*\u2019 th- Month of February.\t''\u201c\u20191.\"\" j !l'vell,n-\u2019 VVas- 10't\u201d1 the mildest term, injudicious Ptesentcl a petition of certain residerrs of Palace '\tTl\"\u2018 ''\"I\u2019'\u2019 ,ra\"ce it contained he.ngstationined in the said Street.\u2014Referred to the v o h \u201d T* ^ f C' \"f \"\u2018li,*vi\"s*' Police Committee.\trreu 10 mt j j(1\u201eI|,y.Il;ig nut \u201e |Pa,jyi.d llt the Submitted the Trea*ttrei\u2019« Monthly Statement of !\u2018\u2018at'l\"\u2018rs ,0\t'heir aiirii :* Mon'h I'f Fehmarr\t.ellin*., ,0 tl'C the m \u201c distrersrd .,\t.\t.\t- .licated the Presented a petition of James Swetzrr.nravi.,.» ?!r\t'¦''\u2022\"\"\u2022\".\u2018\u2022\u2022\u2019H.v, ami named no paitirular the assessment nn his house be remitted to him \u2014 1 \".r\tBin* rernaik* w hirti 1 have Referred to the Finance Committee.\t\u2018\t| ,0 ol,'!r «f»1'\u2022licited by the rrdaetinn of the erm- Presented a letter from Henry Atkinson.Esn.J ^'hl°7.\u20180 ,\u2019:.',C,ic: 5 \"'\"\u2018la» r\u201c>I\u2018her the cor respecting his Assessment.\u2014Refeired to the Km 1 > i, \" ' ffu,By \"f \u2022'n of trilling importance, ance Committee.\t-1\t' ,,ir> 'I persisted in, uecessanly iixuluctivu .-vs*\t-\t.\t.\t*\t' * \u2022\u2022'1 \u2022 \u2022 V x.r* 1 »\t*\u2022 Presented a petition from certain inhabitants of wi.lÜ'lr L?V'\u2019 a\"\u2018! tl\"?errin« l'1\",y lus'tttiticn St.Lewis Suburbs, praying that a Fire Engine he \u201e\tf 2 ' aM< '' c'\"l'nr'*,(* h°'ly, I shall be per- imtju that suburb.-Referred to,he Fire Committer.\t.Presented a petition of Andie Picard, praying to be indemnified for ground giv-n by him to tlie Cor milted to be more and ,0 name the U caused by the Municipal Election hail not entirely subsided Tuesday flight.Several di*turbance» took plac- in dill \u2022ren' parts of the town, especially in (he Quebec Suburbs, x* here thei w.-re at one time about a hundred people assembled.Several shots were fired indifferent parts of thrrin, ami (we hear) that a soldier was fired at in Vi re Street, fiv some person who retreated before he could be identified.\u201d (4.) That the degree of distre«s alone was to determine its amount in the distribution 0/ the balance poratinn in St.Joseph Street-Referred l