The Quebec mercury, 30 septembre 1852, jeudi 30 septembre 1852

[" he ©ucbct THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1852.VOLUME XLV111.ercnrg MORES ET STUDIA ET POPULOS ET PR.CLIA DICAM.Viro.0*o.IV.NUMBER 117.THE QUEBEC MERCURY.rsicc or adverihino.flrtt itutrUon,6 Unetand under.2«6d ___________7 line* to 10.3» 4d - Upwardaof 10linea.\u2018!dperline.Suiteguenl »n*er.\u2022-lievtd their service» might bu required in difli-'ilt \u20224 x«.But he believed that every ,n*n who was able ought to plead his own case, or that of au» oilier |N-rson who chose to employ him to do so.He remembered the time in ticotland when every trade was restricted by a rorj«>ration, and no man rould practice it, who did not belong to tlx-eorjKiratlon.The effect bad been to restrain and keep hark those trade», and now the spirit of tlie age was against tin in.He did not object to lawyers but lie did not think they should t»-hemmed in by the corporations.The only «piali-firution that should 1» required was capacity.NoUaly asked if the man who had put up the gas chandelier lirfore him, had studied m an other ten or a dozen years ; nor was it nacrotar) to make such an inquiry ; all that was required of tlic man was to put Ihe chandelier up, and *o in pleading a case of law, the only enquiry should he as to ca|uicity.The hou.mendier staled thaï in Nova Scotia a law existed similar to tiuit whh h he proposed topaz* ; and a similar law was found to work well in New Hampshire, Mi-irl, and other place*.The hon.turtabtr continued to speak at length in support of his hilt, and to ritr riamples of men who had risen fp m very low estate to he distinguished lawyers.He dwelt particularly Upon this obatrurlion offered by the Hcolrb I ¦or to some einiueut lawyers,hrtausr Iboir parents had tern trwde.mrn ; the |ra«tu of that spirit we bail still here, and that he w isle-1 I» destroy.Mr KirHAOD* said that Ihe hoa.member leonght in crude hills roar after year and a»V«d il« lloonetotako them off his hand* and impfovr them ; and that he (Mr.R ) thought that was too much to ask.This very hill wm on* of llwai The law last year I tad its defects |»\u2022lHtr,| Mit b* him, and vet he brought ia tie- wry «am* tall again.Coming tolb* prim iph- >4 Die tall, M> R.contended that if it were pa»*ed it would place lawyers ia an iafertor |*i*iUun to other cU»«e* There was noihiag now in the law who h |*e«rated a man pleading hi* own ea»' II* moved an amendment that the hill far read a «ecoad time thi* day six months Me*»rs.Caatiaa ami Nuirn of D irhaaa »ppo«- I the hill.Mr M< Ksvsiv replied II# * laird the b>-a Am**-nev (irueral M'est voted f.r the hill la-iytsr, hut that was at tho end of a parliament, an t jn-t crown lands, the revenuca derived from them, and other particulars.Ho contended that the present system wn« very loose ; that the province lost large «unis in consequence, and that valuable timber was cut up for Ihe l«enu.*it of siawtla-tors, without the I\u2019ruvluco deriving any luvcnar froni it.Dr.Roi.rit «nil h \u2022 \\.n happy to idre the hoa.ninn'oC' \u2022\u2022I D'o in dit be deceived for his desire io cot reel piddic nbtuM r.Tlr abuses iiwationed hm* engaged !m anxicui.alu- t'.loii ; nnd thu most active ine.utireM iir.d b.-on purruetl fu:* tbtir carrer tion, and in,u-.y thnu.-n.td pourdx hod in-en saved.Th\u2019s lie would Ih« hippy to tdu'.v him if hr* would vieit tbe dcp-ittn.ciit.lie i pjierled agiiili-t persisting in n motion, which Interfered with those mcustircs; measure it r.liieh the go -eru-ment would soon mature, und which would,, os far ns practicable, Ih> salutary ami efficient.It whs a very |>erptc.\\iiig and important subject ; nnd finding the action of the government iipon it, he presumed the hou.tnemU-r would await the result.Mr.Mi iisky remarked, that there were pii«'i-legrd paitieti who bad 25, 50, nnd 100 mi!\"!» privilege or license to cut timber, lie woti'd like to know who these imfsons, so highly privileged, were?\u2014whether It wan for pokitienl, or for what purpose thev privilege* wer* ground ?He hoped Mr.Boulton would pres* hi-t motion ; as the iiuhlie interests Jemniid«d it.Mr.Lanuton Hsid there vviisn great deni ofdii-ati.'futinn on the subject, lie was very glad Ihe Conimiasioner of Crown Lands hud tuken ihe mat Ur up, im he li.-ul facilities for making iurrsll- gâtions.Mr.Itiit'ETtiN wa* glml to nee that the romtiiis-sioner of Crown LaudH had worked a little ; and ho|ied lluil he would natisfy lin publie in this inntter.He would withdraw hi.' motion, us he dir are pending, to cut timber, or saw-log*, on the OUnwa River and tiihitiuritai for IMS, 10, 50, 51 and 52 : kf*o, the mimbci of piece of timlier Measured through Ihe Nii|«Tvi*nr Culler*\u2019 tffliew at Quebec, and to the agents and servante employed by the Crown ala,ut the sni timber trad»-.Mr.Dixon inlroduml a Bill to re|>rnl the l.'tth and IDii Vic., tap.23, and to niuke further pltt-vi-iotis for Prottwling Foreign Bills ot Exchange.Mr.Jioulioii moved an Ad'lre»* to Ilia Kv-cvdlrnry, for a »tatetarnt relative to the ranking Furul, and uf Die Clergy Reserve», Grninmur S< hl, Indian nnd Jesuit» K-tate» Fund.».Mr.Mackskiir made a general attack upon the government for laid tnunagcmenl of all publie pro|«-rty, including tho Indian la ids.lie nl»o alluded to the Welland Camd and attacked Mr.Merritt.Mr.Mkhhitt defended himself, and chanvrlcrixed the «tus< k ii|«,n him as moot unfair.Mr.Ilivr-fc» was willing to go before tho rnm-mittra i.f 1'iihlic Areounta and meet I lie hon.memlier for llablimaiid or any one else there, and eiplaoi ccerything to lt«o «atisfar ttiHt of the House.Tl.e tiM-nds r for Haidiinand bail applied to Ids it to find what nreaoire* Urey could agréa u|Min.lie wa< hoarver agaiast lire principle of the lull grant that mote q«*M Mr.Ilivcas iatr»«4arod a hill to U> tire Woodstock aat Laha Kr Harbour e oa»| an*.Mr.B'n hr, Vf IlitKks, wwwl-1 re.tu».He riprwa»*.| his cua* tv atreild b* obtained Ti\"* ia 4 Mr Itealore aa Addr voted t»* lit* Esi«H*arv fire a Nstasa of Pta* L «mirer ta*a»«4red t y aaUasrity *4 th vte»w uf Callors at Qvwhot Mr fhi« It on asooad te hriaff a s Ml ?» far sabdiwtesasi of Fartehos ia cortata ram \u2022am* «'*voraatiua m«-tnre tstthdrava Bo< Lf®eTent months.H the .frf,ent\tenabled the] government to suit iu convenience in callin ^ tbe publié ^?PViyoold P™Te * *reat convenience to _ SÎ -\u2019JÜVTSL1\"01\u201d* wben P*rilament won!, meet, and to tlw government also, as then the eonld know whep their business ought to DEATH OF HIS GRACE THE DUK OF WELLINGTON.The last mail brings us the intelligent:, f the death of the Duke of Wellington It may be the great hero of Britain has been as happy in his death as in his life.He has passed away to his reword in time fo ovoid the sight of evils which even] riend of the empire must see looming on, [the horizon.The peace principles of thei ay, the truckling to mob violence which he authorities of the Empire have lately hewn, the tampering of Lord John Rus-| ell with the army, the attacks of men ivilians,* like Lord Campbell on the com [mon law, and the villainous concessiom.-vhich the British government are eon-tantly making to foreigners, shew that he ill days are coming in which th* \u2019lory of Britain will he permitted by de generate sons to fade.The old lion o Albion, five years ago, used these or simh lar words, \u201cI have now lived eighty [years, passed in honor, and I pray God I [may never see the day that a foreign force be permitted to land in England.\u2019 As if these words were prophetical, nc \u201coner is the clay that formed Wellesley Id, than the French papers display rejects for the invasion of England.In Gting the death of the Duke also the] Vench papers generally display a disin-lination to admit his merits; some even illify his memory, in fact altogethe rent his decease in a manner very diffe ent from that which the English prest vould have shewn to any distinguished fench commander.We are glad to see his\u2014we are proud to see by the tone ofj he French papers that « the iron of con- jnest has entered into their souls,\u201d_that he glory of Wellington, like the plume of lector when shown to the child in the [Illiad, could convulse them with terror whenever it moved.If anything could] ppease our regret at this national loss, it i the fact that the French press has hewn its inappemsable hatred to Wellington, even in his grave.They cannot forget Vimierm, Badajoz, Vittoria and Mr.McKenzie\u2019s bill for the election o.herifls, one of the best bills ever pre-ented to a Canadian parliament, embo-l lies an important principle\u2014an approach indeed to the theory of judicial election: which we hope yet to see law in Canada.] There can bo no doubt that any ni'enibei jf the house has a right to push a Ml again and again on the attention of th legislature, in repeated sessions, and w.trust Mr.McKenzie will do so witK thi bill till he carries it.In so doing hi merely follows the example of Mr.Grata, x-raember for London, who during, w* elieve, thirty years introduced an*» iiiual bill for the establishment of thi [l>nlIot, merely to guide public opinion, in ts favor.A precedent more pertinent to he question of parliamentary usage than he angrily expressed opinion of the Inn pector General, who will not find him-] If backed by the conservatives out o oors, in any attempt to put down good] measures, merely because they are pro (posed by the member for Haldimand who is only now doing what Mr.Hinck and his friends used to do before they] uccecded in perching themselves on th ministerial benches.\t.IQUEBEC AND ST.ANDREW\u2019S RAILROAD To the Editor of the Quebec Mercury.Sin, I will thank you to publish the accontu*-, hying letter, in order that the public may know the favorable position of the Quebec and St [Andrew\u2019s Railroad.Through the able assistance of Mr.ChauveanJ i Act of Incorporation was obtained three yeat igo.tocnnble a Company to be formed, havin for its object the junction at the Province lin, vith the St.Andrew\u2019s road, but owing to want oi iction this Charter is now Inoperative.Tw* :oursea remain for consideration to which U I [well to call public attention.I The first\u2014whether it would not be desirable t jresuscitate the Act that has expired, for whic.purpose a petition is now before the Legislature,] Secondly whether in the grand and compre-i icnsive scheme about to he introduced of a Main rnnk Line, it would not lie for the interest of th .-hole Province, that a Railroad were madefron olnt Levy to the New Brunswick Province Line, *ia River du Loup, a distance in all about 170 11168.When Upper Canadians consider that this woului ako New Brunswick and Nova Scotia consumers f\"early a,|.th?wboat they grow, and wher uhlic attention is so much in favor of a Previn [cial policy being carried out, I think the time avonble for enlisting the energies of our public! \u201c®n,',n tfiTor of a simultaneous commencement of Railroad from Quebec downwards, and from [Montreal upwards.\t1 I am, your obedt.servt., Quebec, 29th Sept, 1852.J roMTTH- ANDREWS AND QUEBEC RAILROAI COMPANY.t St.Andrew*, September, 1852.i bm,\u2014I have the honor to acknowledge receipt f your highly gratifying letter of the 25th ultj ,Z^eIn,*a number of the resident Dlrecj tors, at their instance forwarded a short Telc-raph despatch signifying their approval of the « aW.Ya ,ur;\tProposeu adopting! s also a desire that you should proceed as youn etter pointed out I have also been desired t J nv aidy™T?n,n,C.!U0,î K®nerall.v.*nd afford] ny and every information in my power on the ilk rent points alluded to.The Manager of thî L\u2019r Rng,and D,akiDg s°me further \"\u2022YtbetwSen \u2018he tw0 Boards, being mMhl«\u2018kli?a few days, I was in hopes! onld have been here in time to have written] rhicTwin £ hf*n\tftm enabled to do.l rhlch will be attended to immediatolv on his] bnt I am happy to add by advices jusf] )JJ qI* 4 t M-* «\t\u2022 » \u2022 .1 To the Editor of the Quebec Mercury.Sib,\u2014Knowing that many, if not most, of you readers are interested in the cause which hai brought me to Quebec, at a season when my col legiate duties would fully occupy me at Lennox [ville, I think it beet to give them, through th* medium of your friendly columns, some account oi the business which has brought me here.At the time at which the College et Lennox-ville was incorporated, the privilege of grantini [Degree* would,! believe 1 may say, certainly havi, been included in the Act of Incorporation, had noi - rinailtr act been shortly before disallowed in th ase of Queen\u2019s College, Kingston, because thi nvilege of granting degree* was held to be ower vested exclusively in tbc Crown.Application was therefore made, both at the tim\u201e fthe incorporation (1843) ; and again at the eerliest] period of which circumstances admitted after the opening of th* College in 1845, (vix: in 1847,) to the Home Government, but the answer which wai rendered was to the eflect that in consequence o \u2022ht establishment of the system of responsible gov-irnment the application must com* recommended] by the Executive of the Province.Deleye, how ever, intervened, and the way has been hilhert closed against us by the government scheme e, bringing together into one, ia the Toronto Univer \"ity, all collegiate bodies of the province.The way being ahown to be open to us again b.the granting of the late charter of Trinity College Toronto, w# hive taken m early opportunity ei we could of availing ourselves of it : and an ai plication is now before the Executive awaiting .lull m the present press of business, for attention.We ask this privilege, although admitting (hat [there is a certain disadvantage in multiplying universities, as an act of justice to our institution Out of seven similar institutions in British North] literica, ours is the only one which has not thi ¦\tWe do not profesa to compare ouraelvei with the University of Toronto, either for staff oi professors or for resources\u2014neither does any othei of the matitntions in question, as I should pre sume, challenge such comparison.Manifestly w work to disadvantage, when we have not th* sam privileges which others enjoy : and we have tht, additional disadvantage oi working in a country the English population ef which is comparative! small, and of contending with institutions in th', United States, all enjoying that power of confer [ring academical distinctions, which hitherto ha been denied to us.We have, however, not so much to do wit.then?, as with the colleges of Her Majesty\u2019* dominions.Let us therefore invite attention to th following coiip***Ttvx statement taken fron -obie & Balfour\u2019s Almanac, the Church Almanac Jmproyement in Steam Engines he New York Courier publishes the fÔT lowing account of an improvement in ?'